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Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Jim Shepherd (flugel) & Helen Varley (tenor horn)
Hard to believe it's a year since the wonderful Jim Shepherd left us. I thought people might like to hear a couple of lovely recordings where Jim was playing flugel horn. Despite his incredible dexterity as the world's best cornet player it has always been his slow melody recordings that I love the most, especially on flugel when he had such a gorgeous dark tone and the jazziest slow vib.
It was so much fun to record the duet Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - this one has Jim's twinkle in the cheeky last bar.
The song was composed by Richard Leigh, and originally made famous by Crystal Gale in 1977. This lovely arrangement is by Goff Richards, the finest of brass band arrangers.
It was so much fun to record the duet Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - this one has Jim's twinkle in the cheeky last bar.
The song was composed by Richard Leigh, and originally made famous by Crystal Gale in 1977. This lovely arrangement is by Goff Richards, the finest of brass band arrangers.
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Hard to believe it's a year since the wonderful Jim Shepherd left us. I thought people might like to hear a couple of lovely recordings where Jim was playing flugel horn. Despite his incredible dexterity as the world's best cornet player it has always been his slow melody recordings that I love the most, especially on flugel when he had such a gorgeous dark tone and the jazziest slow vib. This ...
You've Got a Friend (arr. Sandy Smith) - Helen Varley (tenor horn), Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Perth
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Performed at Perth Concert Hall in 2018 with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, this is the beautiful ballad You've Got a Friend, written by Carole King and covered by the wonderful James Taylor. It was particularly great to play in the wonderful Perth Concert Hall, as the acoustics were designed by my former boss at BDP (Building Design Partnership), the fabulous Duncan Templeton, along with lead ...
Helen Varley - Lockdown Masterclass 'The Journey of the Musician Within'
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A masterclass on the basics of brass playing, by Helen Varley, solo tenor horn player of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. In this class we're going to talk about: - What are your musical goals? - What steps can you take to help achieve them? - Performance anxiety - Why do YOU play a musical instrument? Why do we do it? Recorded during lockdown as part of the 2020 Saskatchewan Canadian Summer Camp...
Pater Noster (Rebecca Lundberg) - Helen Varley Lockdown Recital
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The beautiful Pater Noster composed by Rebecca Lundberg, the talented solo trombone player of the famous Fairey Band. Available to buy for various intrumentation: Tenor horn & piano - www.ackermanmusic.co.uk/pater-noster-our-father-eb-horn-with-piano-acc.-includes-f-horn-part-lundberg-8384294.html Cornet & band - www.justmusicuk.com/publications/details/JM74108 Flugel - www.justmusicuk.com/publ...
Sonata Spiritata (John Barber) - Helen Varley Lockdown Recital
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The energetic Sonata Spiritata composed by John Barber, the terrific solo trombone player of the famous Fodens Band. Available to buy: www.forsyths.co.uk/sheet-music/by-instrument-family/brass/tenor-horn/140134-barber-john-five-pieces-for-tenor-horn-9790570313341.html Recorded during lockdown as part of the 2020 Saskatchewan Canadian Summer Camp recital series.
Skibbereen (Max Stannard) - Helen Varley Lockdown Recital
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The beautiful Skibbereen by Max Stannard. Available to buy from Lake Music Publications: www.lake-music.com/solos-with-piano-accompaniment/skibbereen-tenor-horn-solo-with-piano Recorded during lockdown as part of the 2020 Saskatchewan Canadian Summer Camp recital series.
Helen Varley Lockdown Tutorials - Warm up breathing
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A warm-up breathing tutorial to set your day going! These are the kind of breathing exercises I regularly use in my in-person masterclasses. Created in 2020 as part of the Lockdown Tutorials series of masterclasses for the Saskatchewan Band Association Canadian summer camp.
Lights on the Tyne (Simon Oliver) - Helen Varley (tenor horn)
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This upbeat piece by Simon Oliver was originally composed as a solo for Joe Cook, the former solo tuba player of the Black Dyke Band who now plays in Norway with the Manger Musikklag Band. Performed here as a tenor horn solo with the British Army Brass Band Catterick, conducted by Major Brenden Wheeler, as part of Saxhorn Fest 2020. If you want to hear the original tuba version by Joe you can p...
If (Gates, arr. Ashmore) - Helen Varley (Tenor horn)
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A beautiful solo called simply 'If', originally made famous by David Gates with the band Bread, and performed here in the brass band arrangement by Derek Ashmore. This performance with the British Army Band Catterick was a special one as my good friend Major Brenden Wheeler was conducting, as part of Saxhorn Fest 2020 (just weeks before lockdown!). The lyrics to this song are incredibly poignan...
Get Happy - YABB (Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain)
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Former members of the Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain (known fondly as YABB) reunited in 2022 for this video in honour of founder and all-round hero Frank Wolff. For several decades the band toured Europe and USA/Canada with an ever-changing line-up of top notch players. Many of these play/played with the world's leading brass bands, and much fun was had on the tours over the year...
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In memory of the unique and charismatic Richard Evans. (Apologies I couldn't edit myself out of this portion of the video!) In 2021 I had to record a lockdown lesson for one of my schools, who had requested a half hour video about brass bands in Yorkshire and Maurice Murphy. I was struggling for material on Maurice, and gave the lovely Richard Evans a ring, who instantly offered to record an in...
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.................got ALL three pieces now , Bb parts delivered on Tuesday , brilliant .
OMG , Gorgeous sound ..........well played everyone .
Really enjoyed that Helen . I have both the cornet and Flugel versions for full band and often play the solo at home on either euph or bari. It's a lovely piece of music and a surprisingly easy piece to play . I love the rather " meaty " piano part , not heard it before ........lets hope they arrange it for Bb instruments , mind you i could always try it on the wifes Eb Bass .....lol.
Distinctly Mr Jim Shepherd effortless resonance Iconic in Brass History 🎶🎵🎺🎵🎶🎺😊
The Great Man himself. My hero. Got his autograph backstage in New Brighton 1961.
Nice one Helen ... many of us were luckyp to have had Jim in our lives..
What a performance. Absolutely brilliant
I love it
Wow, absolutely amazing. Gives me great memories of #saxhornfest and my late friend.
Wow, never heard such a gorgeous sound on a euph before
That's because it's a tenor horn! (Alto horn in the States)
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That was awesome! We will be playing this piece at our band concert next weekend.
Brilliant memories
such warmth and ease
What a so nice musicality, thanks Helen
Fantastic!! Thanks for the videos. Im a crazy of Maurice Murphy.
What a wonderful band Bravo?
Absolutely fantastic well done Helen such a beautiful tune.
Wonderful March play by nice band
Always wondered what it would sound like at the regular speed. Lovely reminder of a great man of the brass band movement.
I wonder how many in the audience listened to that and thought how beautifully played it was , i sometimes think people don't appreciate the skill involved in getting an instrument to " sing " to that level . Beautifully played Helen , a superb sound , superb .
Wow! That sent shivers up and down my spine! Wonderful playing.
Thank you very much for this excellent video, it is much appreciated by the people. An excellent final piece to play.
Brass band music at its very best! What a solo. I hardly have words.
... I see that I commented 9 years ago also. Well, I hadn't realised that when I wrote again, and I meant it then and now.
Lovely job!
Beautiful! I'm just learning the Flugelhorn and trumpet! It's nice to hear this!
What a wonderful interview.
Wonderful,thanks for sharing
God bless you Richard. RIP. A friend of my dad in Chorley and I met him often. (Richard, not my dad)! What a gent. Brass Bands; before football & girls, my original passion....
The finest arrangement in the history of brass bands. 👍
How the hell has this had 7k views in 11 years? Stunning performance, beautifully played
Wonderfull Helen ! 👍
Well done bravo
Lovely playing bravo
Well played! Who is the arranger?
I believe this arrangement is by Peter Ratnik.
@@stevieb9699 Thank you :)
It was arranged by Alan Catherall. the same arrangement played by Sandy Smith on Grimethorpe in Concert CD
This is beautiful!
Feel Good music. Just heard it at Knaresborough Christmas market, played by big band. Very Christmassy.
Such a lovely tone 🥰
Beautiful! How wonderful to see them playing a Carpenters cover. Nice! Awesome on Tony Peluso's famous guitar solo. Wonderful.
A great, upbeat tune played by a great band.
i love playing this at band, on my bass trombone
Que lindo !
Wow that bought back memories
Awesome!!!
nice
Very nice. I particularly like the way she played the "guitar solo".
Well played! :-)
Why was the Saprano cornet acknowleged by the conductor at the end?
fantastic bass's
What a wondeful job the Principle Solo Cornet and the Soprano Cornets did.