Great Western Railway Paddington Band
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
Summer Evening Concert for Friday 14 August 2026.
Conductor - Nick Charles
The Performance will be selected from the Programme shown below
Alert - Concert March
Richard Bell
Lustspiel - Overture
Bela Kela
May Blossom
WEIR
Tribute to Glenn Miller - Selection
Henry Gass
Trumpet Voluntary
Henry Purcell
The Dancing Years - Selection
Ivor Novello
Handel’s Largo
arr Dan Godfrey
The Wee McGregory
H G Amers
Simple Aveu
Frank Thome
Lady of Spain
Torchard Evans
Instant Concert
Harold Walters
My Way
John Cacavas
Viscount Nelson - March
Wilhelm Zehle