On the weekend in which Leyland made it back into the top ten of the 4Barsrest world rankings, the band took to the studio to record the latest in the “Leyland in Concert“ series, Blue, featuring classic arrangements, fabulous solos and new band works.
The 17 items chosen by musical director Thomas Wyss included music from Leyland’s last two Brass in Concert programs including “Blue” and “The Beauty of Blue” from the 2014 program, and “Intrada – Ein Feste Burg“, “Faith Of Our Fathers” and Leyland’s latest commissioned work “Sprites and Flares” from the 2015 program.
Pete Shaw (Principal Cornet), John Doyle (Flugel), James McLeod (Solo Euphonium) and Chris Doran (Solo Eb Tuba) are the featured soloists.
The full list of music recorded is:-
| 1 | Blue | Thomas Gansch | arr. John Doyle |
| 2 | Beauty of Blue | John Doyle | |
| 3 | Blue Rondo a la Turk | Dave Brubeck | arr. Kevin Edwards |
| 4 | Deep River | Traditional | arr. Peter Graham |
| 5 | Faith of Our Fathers | F W Faber | arr. John Doyle |
| 6 | Intrada – “Ein Feste Burg” | Ray Farr | |
| 7 | Jenny Wren | Roland Davies | |
| 8 | March from 6th Symphony | Tchaikovsky | arr. Howard Snell |
| 9 | Metropolis | Andrew Stephenson | |
| 10 | Molly on the Shore | Percy Grainger | arr. Howard Snell |
| 11 | Montagues & Capulets | Prokofiev | arr. Gordon Langford |
| 12 | Nearer My God to Thee | Lowell Mason | arr. Simon Wood |
| 13 | O Magnum Mysterium | Morten Lauridsen | arr. Phillip Littlemore |
| 14 | Pines of Rome | Resphigi | arr. Howard Snell |
| 15 | Seranata | Enrico Toselli | arr. Goff Richards |
| 16 | Sprites & Flares | Christopher Bond | |
| 17 | The Waltonian | J J Richards | arr. Thomas Wyss |
Keith and Jess of KMJ Recordings once again provided the expert production facilities.
The CD will be released in the New Year.