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BD1 Brass' winning performance in the 2nd Section of the 2022 Bolsover Festival of Brass. The band's Flugel Horn soloist Phoebe Mallinson also picked up the award for the 'Best Soloist' of the day. THE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD & MAID MARIAN 1. Agincourt Song (Trad arr. Bates) 2. The Battle of Sherwood Forest (Jonathan Bates) 3. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (Lloyd-Webber arr. Bates) - Flugel Ho...

Maybury Hill Lullaby was composed for the City of Bradford Brass Band as part of a programme of music based around both the original H.G Wells novel and 1978 adaption of Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds. During the previous day, the first missiles from Mars had crashed into earth and the creature within had gone out invoking chaos and destruction on all human life nearby. The Narrator (an unn...

This performance of In the Stone - an iconic 1979 Earth Wind and Fire track by David Foster and Allee Willis arranged for Brass Band by Myrtha.Trans.Barber was a part of our Preview Evening Performance at Ossett Town Hall on the 4th May 2022. We hope you enjoy it!

City of Bradford Brass Band's (MD: Jonathan Bates) winning performance of Hubert Bath's 'Freedom' at the 2022 British Open Senior Cup, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The band's Principal Cornet player Alan Hobbins also received the award for the 'Best Soloist'.

A live performance of Goff Richards' wonderful composition 'The Aeronauts' from the 2022 2nd Section Yorkshire Regional Brass Band Championships in Huddersfield Town Hall, where the band placed 2nd under their Musical Director Jonathan Bates to qualify for the 2022 National Championships of Great Britain.

A live performance by the band's Principal Euphonium player Jolyon Stead of Evelyn Glennie's 'A Little Prayer' from our concert at Skipton Holy Trinity in October 2021. A Little Prayer, a short prayer, is a short work by Evelyn Glennie, one of the most famous percussion soloists in the world. She originally composed this piece for marimba in order to show the soft and intimate sounds of this in...

BD1 Brass' entire winning programme from the 2021 Wychavon Festival of Brass 2nd Section. In addition to the 1st prize overall, the band also won awards for Best Entertainment, Best Soloist, Best Baritones and Best Percussion with their programme inspired by the life and career of British astronuat Tim Peak.

A live performance of Frank Ticheli's 'Earth Song' from our concert at Skipton Holy Trinity in October 2021. A cry for peace in a world torn by war, this poignant a cappella setting of an original text is filled with striking dynamic contrasts. "Sing, Be, Live, See... This dark stormy hour, the wind, it stirs. The scorched earth cries out in vain... But music and singing have been my refuge, an...

A live performance of 'Nordic Polska', arrranged by Philp Harper from our concert at Skipton Holy Trinity in October 2021. Nordic Polska is a combination of traditional Swedish and Finnish folksongs arranged for performance by LEVELELEVEN, a combination of The Real Group and Rajaton. Using scatting and nonsense syllables, the sound of the folksongs shines through. A beautiful and other-worldly ...

A live performance of Simon Dobson's 'Penlee' from our concert in Skipton Holy Trinity, October 2021. "The tragic story of the Penlee lifeboat, the Solomon Browne, needs no introduction, and the pain felt by family and friends in the area is still very much a reality. I was brought up in full knowledge of the story having been born just a few weeks before the fateful night itself. I felt that, ...

Sending the very best Christmas wishes to all our friends and supporters on Christmas Day 2020 with images taken in and around Bradford. Cricket in Roberts Park: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/34187596182/ Clayton Heights: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/34813347936/ University of Bradford: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/34029580144/ Lister Park: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/26728472138/ Bradford City...

From everybody in BD1 Brass, City of Bradford Brass and First Blast - we wish you a happy Christmas and look forward to performing for you in 2021.

Christmas Greetings from BD1 Brass, City of Bradford Brass and our friends at Holy Trinity, Idle with images taken in and around Bradford. Esholt: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/30016799786/ Bench: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/3256505948/ Forest of Light: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/30159381175/ Salt's Mill: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/2490192960/ The Luminarium: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/36...

Christmas Greetings from BD1 Brass, City of Bradford Brass and our friends at Holy Trinity, Idle with images taken in and around Bradford. Come, Lord Jesus: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/7008514135/ Cattle: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/41646950284/ Twelve Apostles: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/28394317577/ Frozen Dinner: www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/3084714517/ Adoration: www.flickr.com/photos/a...

Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Coventry Carol

Sweet Chiming Christmas Bells

Once in Royal David's City

Christmas Joy from the City of Bradford Brass Band Organisation