The John Lawes
Brass Band Collection

This arrangement features FOUR TROMBONES with band accompaniment and is in two sections, first a full bodied unison, and secondly in close harmony, a very stirring sound.

An original composition giving the band a good workout, full of catchy themes and solo features.

This popular Christmas song is here treated in various ways, featuring each section of the band at different times.

A Carol concert for folk in a hurry, 14 well known carols in under 3 minutes. A fun piece that travels at a goodly tempo.

This super tune from the musical film TOP HAT has been popular for many years. It is here arranged as a FLUGEL HORN solo with band accompaniment

A selection of familiar songs relating to birds including: The Birdie Song/Dance, When the Red Red Robin comes Bob Bob Bobbing along, Feed the Birds, Tit Willow, O for the Wings of a Dove, A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square, Yellow Bird, Rockin’ Robin & Bye Bye Blackbird, all done in various styles and instrumentation.

This well known song is given a new and varied treatment with the tune in many guises giving all sections of the band a challenge.

Geoffrey Beaumont was one of the founders of the 20th century light music group and wrote many singable tunes to established hymns in the 1950/60s. Some of his tunes are still in use today and five of the most popular are featured in this selection, including perhaps his best known to the words of 'O JESUS I HAVE PROMISED’.

The second composition of the two is concerned with the wildlife that lived in the countryside before the developers took over. In this piece the Solo Horn takes up the rhythm of the words in the title, the theme is then developed in a variety of ways by the rest of the band.

This is the first of two pieces written to highlight the plight of many British villages that are losing their countryside to urbanisation. After a calm start the developers move in and the piece gets busy, a trombone solo echoes the rhythm of the words in the title before the whole band takes up the cause.

An original composition in two contrasting sections with the feel of a big band. Lively and tuneful with some interesting rhythms. Good fun to play and to listen to.

A lively traditional Irish tune is here given a rhythmic update, each section of the band taking the lead in turn. Each section has a contrasting arrangement starting with the trombones in harmony and ending with a big finale for the full band.

A very popular Victorian music-hall song is given a bit of a jolt in this full bodied rhythmic arrangement. Nobody in the audience will drop off during this piece, the drummer alone will see to that.

A bright lively foot tapper.
As the title suggests the piece is based primarily on major and minor 3rds used in various guises and sprinkled amongst each section of the band.

An original composition, the opening theme is based on the rhythm of the words in the title and is first heard played slowly and quietly on three trombones, increasing in speed as the cornets take up the tune. The second theme is started by the Eb horns and gradually developed into a full band sound ending with a big classical style ending.

This beautiful and well known piece originally for piano and orchestra is arranged here for brass band. Most of the piano arpeggios are in the middle parts of the band whilst the top cornets have the gorgeous melody.
A little tricky but well worth the effort.

The sonorous sound of the trombone portrays the melancholy of the girl whose lover has gone to sea and in the distance she can see the setting sun shining through the white sails of his boat.
The piece features a calm beginning but later the band take up a more animated rhythm which is played against the smooth solo line.

Michael Wild (who died in November 2018), composed over forty stage musicals, this is a selection of tunes from one of his shows which was originally written to be performed during Regatta week in Henley-on-Thames. Henry Fielding (impresario) once said that Michael had a rare talent for writing tunes that people can easily remember. This selection proves the point.

One of Stephen Foster's most popular songs arranged as a 'Theme and Variations' solo for Flugel Horn (or B♭ cornet).

An original composition based on the rhythm of the words in the full title: "Let's take advantage of life (it's the only one you'll ever get)". Lively, rhythmic and tuneful and bound to get your audience tapping their feet.

Looking from the window of a fast moving train hedgerows rush past, often unkempt and occasionally interrupted by the sudden appearance of a tree, a gate or a fence. This piece attempts to reflect the passing countryside in music.

The Mermaid is a popular sea shanty that tells the tale of a sailing ship the crew of which are warned by a mermaid (with a comb and a glass in her hand) that the ship will sink before the end of her voyage. It’s a very sprightly tune for such a grizzly tale.

A new take on an old favourite including an optional ad-lib (jazz) solo on cornet (or trumpet), a short section using Euphonium & muted cornets, a chorale and a little surprise at the end.

Franz Lehar, well known for his waltzes, wrote some very catchy tunes in 2/4 time. This brisk and tuneful piece is a selection of his two in a bar tunes from the opera 'The Merry Widow '.

This piece is an original composition involving three themes, all variants of each other, developed and moulded together to form a tuneful, interesting and heterogeneous whole.