This Leyland Band release features seven first-time recordings including The Alchymist's Journal by Kenneth Hesketh and Four Sketches by Simon Dobson - the winning entry in the 2002 European Brass Band Composer Competition. Soloist James Gourlay performs the brass band arrangement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto. Other works included are Global Variations and A Thames Journey by Nigel Hess, RPM and Headbanger by Matthew Hindson, Peterloo by Malcolm Arnold and the comical encore piece Keystone Kops by Carl Davis.