Concerts

Great Western Railway Paddington Station Band The Great Western Railway and Paddington Borough Prize Silver Band was established long before 1923. The Great Western Railway Staff Military Band was founded about this time and would give Concerts on the Station Lawn. The Great Western Railway was nationalised in 1948 to become British Railway Western Region and during the 1990s was privatised to become Network Rail and First Great Western. Celebrating 201 years of travel by train in Great Britain Friday Evening Band Concerts 7.30 - 9.00pm in the Station A different and varied Programme is performed each week of Marches, Selections from the Shows, arrangements from the Classics and Popular Tunes. For Band information visit www.paddingtonrailwayband.co.uk

Barnard Castle - Concert March Goff Richards The Thievish Magpie - Overture Gioachino Rossini The Merry Widow - Waltz Franz Lehar The Best of the Seekers - Selection arr Trevor Sharpe The Southport Belle - March William Rimmer Instant Concert - Selection Harold Walters Tango American Henry Mancini Hootenanny Harold Walters Spanish Gypsy Dance Pascual Marguina Half A Sixpence David Heneker Horse and Buggy Leroy Anderson Lady of Spain Torchard Evans Sons of the Brave Thomas Bidgood