Lovely warm vibrato. Well played, Sir! The principal cornet of my old brass band used to solo with this, and I always enjoyed it (though I think it sounds better on flugelhorn than on cornet). I would like to know more about the tune. Is it a Salvation Army hymn? And who was the smart lady pictured at the end of the video? Was that Joyce Webb? Was she an SA composer?
@bandfordmusic2 күн бұрын
Yes it is Salvation Army and composer is the lady in the photo at the end of the video
@bandfordmusic27 күн бұрын
Converted from VHS cassette
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
New Zealand C Grade Test 2024 in South Auckland
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
What a player Jessica Crabbe is
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
At the time this was cutting edge hymn arrangement
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
Still one of my favorite performances in my career. So satisfying is the composition and the subject! Thanks Joseph Turin
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
BBb tuba players note this will be out shortly on www.lake-music.com
@debford9322Ай бұрын
Lovely playing Mark.
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
Hi Deb Have you heard the whole KZbin album? Dedications - 11 beautiful melodies recorded during Covid and some just recently on my new Geneva Cardinal cornet all dedicated to our wonderful dad, Keith Ford OAM
@Paul-kd2qmАй бұрын
I played this back in the 90s as the set test for the 2nd section regionals. What a fantastic piece of music this is.
@TheSproutarianАй бұрын
I used to listen the c.d of Jim Davies playing this in the 90's (best version ever, on youtube too), and l used to think how your unique style of vibrato would also suit this melody. Imagine my surprise when l saw you playing this 27 years later. Not really that surprised though, we like many of the same cornet melodies, so it was only a matter of time before you played this. Loved it, thankyou....you are the Jim Davies of Australia.
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
I used to love the Brian Evans soprano version also
@georgemelitsis2607Ай бұрын
Nice Mark!
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
Thanks for listening
@georgemelitsis26072 ай бұрын
Nice Mark!
@segundoespinoza38452 ай бұрын
maravilloso
@bandfordmusic2 ай бұрын
Miss this super band
@geraldappleton36353 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing Mark. Great admirer of Steve (and Alex). Superb performance from a wonderful human.....
@Matty1978euph3 ай бұрын
A brilliant memory and performance - what a band! What a partner in crime 🎵
@jacquesberset28284 ай бұрын
Malaguena mark freeh
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
No Sandy Smith arrangement
@user-jx6uh3pc9u4 ай бұрын
😂
@josverstegen28754 ай бұрын
heel mooi
@antonmanuel27914 ай бұрын
Awesome! 👏 beautiful piece by one of my favourite composers
@TheSproutarian4 ай бұрын
an absolute top draw choice. Thankyou for posting it. You have a very unique vibrato too.
@bandfordmusic4 ай бұрын
Thanks, my vibrato comes from years of listening to Jim Shepherd of Black Dyke fame
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
Is that good or bad?
@TheSproutarianАй бұрын
@@bandfordmusic Good
@flamenfloralis5 ай бұрын
Beautiful performance! Bravo!
@joselorentemarch5 ай бұрын
Esta música es la mejor medicina para todo. Bravo!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@alfpetito57066 ай бұрын
First comment, I’m surprised. Well done, nice sound! Keep playing.
@bandfordmusicАй бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@harryputter78066 ай бұрын
As a cornet player who's considering picking this as a solo to play with a band I applaud you. What a lovely rendition, delayed vib, phrasing on point, expression 👌. My interpretation is similar to yours 🎺👍
@bandfordmusic6 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@bandfordmusic6 ай бұрын
I’m Australian but grew up listening to Dyke, Cory, Foden’s, YBS, Grimethorpe and the like
@wesleydawe156 ай бұрын
This band is as good as the International Staff Band.
@bandfordmusic6 ай бұрын
That’s so kind - but unfortunately this band no longer exists which is a real shame
@georgemelitsis26076 ай бұрын
Terrific!
@bandfordmusic7 ай бұрын
Not a bad performance for 4th place
@takkiewors7 ай бұрын
a rousing performance thanks.. My Dad would be very proud of that .. He wrote it for Black Dyke Mills band as was then..
@bandfordmusic7 ай бұрын
Brilliant - it’s a cracking good March that I have either played or conducted with many bands over the years.
@TheSproutarian7 ай бұрын
It's a real treat finding video in my feed this morning, have always wanted to hear this performance. I understand that Steve was very close to being a winner with his rendition of this. R.I.P Steve.
@TheSproutarian7 ай бұрын
This was the era when the Kew soloists all had beautiful sounds and made their instruments sing, and this alone made this band very special, and it is why we won everything. Geoff on solo eupho, wow, what an amazing sound, as good as it gets. Ross on solo horn, such a pretty sound. Glen on cornet...the sound, the style, and the right type of vibrato, just awesome. Matt on baritone, the best baritone there ever was. Darren on trom, can match the best of them when in form. 6:26 - Beth on 2nd cornet stands up and knocks it out of the park with this giant fat sound with perfect vibrato...shows how good this band really was when back row players do things like that. And of course we had some great basses. Thanks for posting this Mark, l have wanted to hear this for the past 28 years. 😮 You make my dream come true today.
@neilbassett671820 күн бұрын
Best baritone player? I take it you never heard/heard of Fred Lenne. 😉
@TheSproutarian20 күн бұрын
@@neilbassett6718 Heard lots of stories about Fred, played next to him once and was really impressed with his sight reading on a tricky piece, but sadly never heard how good he really was. Please share about Fred, would love to know how good he really was. How good was his sound, music making, technique, and sight reading? Was he really the best there ever was like some say?
@DarrinReed7 ай бұрын
A great performance apart from a few mishaps. Would have been first place without them. How the band standard in Victoria has dropped since those days. A real shame.
@TheSproutarian7 ай бұрын
Yep, would have been a winning performance if it was a bit tighter in places and without the slips. Kew had two golden era, and their strengths were completely different. The later golden era Kew were stronger and tighter, but they didn't have the sound and musicality of the early golden era Kew.
@bandfordmusic7 ай бұрын
1998 is now available kzbin.info/www/bejne/jITLq5-qf855i9Usi=HQF8k8Fk9bwTvKqP
@TheSproutarian7 ай бұрын
Mark, do you have the 1998 performance of this piece?
@bandfordmusic7 ай бұрын
Yes but not digital as yet
@DarrinReed7 ай бұрын
the 1998 was a better performance than this.
@TheSproutarian7 ай бұрын
Perhaps the best performance by Kew Band l have ever heard. That march was just WOW. When a band plays this at a certain standard, the magic comes out, and we were lucky enough to have reached the level where we got to hear it. Not many aussie bands play marches well, but we nailed it that day.
@DarrinReed7 ай бұрын
Funny how my posts in here disappear?.
@bandfordmusic7 ай бұрын
Nearly 40,000 views ❤
@_Vertexx_6 ай бұрын
it does
@TheSproutarian7 ай бұрын
Two things noted here.... Steve's incredible tuba sound, and 0:46 Rob on solo cornet making one of the finest sounds you'll ever hear.
@georgemelitsis26077 ай бұрын
Legend!
@evansessampong62147 ай бұрын
Beautiful rendition 🎉 Please, any free score to download?
@bandfordmusic8 ай бұрын
Steven Ford passed away on the 22/12/2023 in Melbourne, Australia
8 ай бұрын
Great playing Mark, very lyrical 😍
@robertmeyer16188 ай бұрын
What''s the musical theme or song on which this is based?
@ruthparnell5934Күн бұрын
It wasn’t based off any song or theme, it was composed by a uniformed soldier in the Salvation Army- a band master, many years ago! His daughter became my bandmaster!! 😊
@jjocarbonevt9 ай бұрын
Nice...where did you find the backing recording?
@Lasalas7777 ай бұрын
Please Mark, where can I find the Backtrack, ?
@theimp59019 ай бұрын
Playing beautifully through the notes. Excellent sustention on the phrasing. Really making music. Well done brother.
@bandfordmusic9 ай бұрын
I think the little Aussie band didn’t do too badly
@arcanjogabriel81119 ай бұрын
Bravo bravo bravo👏
@PMC-Japan10 ай бұрын
Played this in 1981 for my final school exam.
@johngunning212310 ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic! This is one of my favourite pieces of music!
@TheSproutarian10 ай бұрын
What an occasion. 😃 Looks at all the heads in the audience back in the day too.
@bandfordmusic9 ай бұрын
Isaiah 40 coming soon
@TheSproutarian9 ай бұрын
@@bandfordmusic that is the one l have been waiting for