Popular Pieces

During the lifetime of the band, a number of musical pieces became very popular and enjoy somewhat of a cult status to this day. These include:

  • 633 Squadron
  • 76 Trombones (WJ Duthoit)
  • A Caledonian Journey (Alan Fernie)
  • A Holiday Suite (Eric Ball) (Test Piece)
  • A Mexican Fiesta (Ronald Hanmer) (Test Piece)
  • A Northumbrian Suite (Stuart Johnson) (Test Piece)
  • All in the April Evening (HS Roberton arr. E Ball) – Performed at 2009 reunion
  • Beatles Medley
  • Carillon (Flowers/Gomm arr Stephens) – Performed at 2009 reunion
  • Chequerboard (Gordon Langford) – as played on RTÉ’s Faces & Places, 1987
  • Christmas Carols
  • Colours of the Wind (from Disney’s Pochahontas) – Performed at 2009 reunion
  • Death or Glory
  • Divertimento (Boedijn arr Jakeway) (Test Piece) – Performed at 2009 reunion and available in audio format
  • Divertimento – Scherzo (Bryan Kelly)
  • Finlandia (Sibelius) (Test Piece)
  • First Suite in Eb (Gustav Holst arr S Herbert) – Available in audio format
  • Gaudete
  • Here, There and Everywhere
  • Hootenanny Folk Festival
  • Hungarian Dance No 5 (Brahms arr G Langford) – Available in audio format
  • I Don’t Know How To Love Him (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
  • I Want To Break Free (Queen)
  • Imperial Echoes
  • Indian Summer (Eric Ball) (Test Piece)
  • Is é an Tiarna mo Aoire (Fintan O’Carroll)
  • It’s Not Unusual
  • Lionel Monckton Memories
  • Little Suite for Brass (Malcolm Arnold)
  • Mark the Merry Elves (Quartet)
  • Match of the Day Theme
  • National Emblem
  • Nimrod (Elgar)
  • O’Donnell Abu (Liam Walsh)
  • Oh The Sight Entrancing (Fintan O’Carroll) – Available in audio format
  • Oklahoma (Rodgers arr Wright)
  • Our Director (Bigelow) – Performed at 2009 reunion
  • Partita (Edward Gregson) (Test Piece)
  • Pastoral Theme (Cyril Walters) – Available in audio format
  • Pastorale (Goff Richards)
  • Petit Suite De Ballet (Eric Ball) (Test Piece)
  • Plaisir D’amour
  • Prelude for an Occasion (Edward Gregson)
  • Punjaub (Charles Payne)
  • Puppet on a String (Martin/Coulter) – Performed at 2009 reunion
  • Rhapsody No 1 of Negro Spirituals (Eric Ball) (Test Piece)
  • Rocky Theme
  • Roddy McCorley March
  • Salzburg Suite (Denis Wright) (Test Piece)
  • Samba De Janeiro (Bellini)
  • Simply The Best (Tina Turner)
  • Sleighride (Leroy Anderson) – as played on The Late Late Toy Show, 1986
  • Sreath Fonn Gaelach (Fintan O’Carroll) – Performed at 2009 reunion
  • Step Together (Fintan O’Carroll)
  • Student Days (Allan Street) (Test Piece)
  • Suite in Bb (Gordon Jacob) (Test Piece)
  • Take a Chance (Abba)
  • Toccata in D Minor (Bach)
  • Viennese Nights
  • Voices of Youth Suite (Edward Gregson) (Test Piece)
  • The Bombastic Bombardon (Edrich Siebert)
  • The Floral Dance (K Moss arr Derek Broadbent)
  • The Gladiator March (JP Sousa)
  • The Magnificent Seven (E Bernstein arr E Siebert)
  • The Standard
  • The Stein Song
  • The Advancement March
  • The Young In Heart, The (Eric Ball) (Test Piece)
  • Youth Salutes A Master (Eric Ball) (Test Piece)

If you have any others, please email to info [at] mountsionsilverband.org