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There is plenty of great music form Ian Cottier at Manx Radio this Christmas.

 

There is plenty of great music to enjoy from Ian Cottier on Manx Radio this Christmas on his 'Time for Brass'.


Monday December 21st:

The programme that I most enjoy putting together each year is my Christmas Special.

It gives me a chance to pull together lots of different responses to the Christmas story and to go outside of my brass band remit and introduce choral pieces and the spoken word.


Monday 28th December:

The lifeblood of a programme like mine is the way the recording companies and private recordings make sure their newest productions reach the ears of potential purchasers.

Now, thanks to the wonders of the internet, my each year I put together a programme which I call “The Best of ....”.

1. Prelude on ‘Tallis’ — Peter Graham – Sunderland Monkwearmouth Band
2. Ballafesson March – John Kinley – Rushen Silver Band, Isle of Man
3. The Magic Flute overture – Mozart arr. Michael Kenyon – Enfield Citadel Band
4. Spectrum – Gilbert Vinter – Black Dyke; archive recording 1970
5. The Flower Duet – Delibes arr. David Childs – Cory – Soloists: Joanne Childs (Flugel) and Michelle Ibbotson (Soprano)
6. The Triumph of Peace – Eric Ball – The International Staff Band
7. Swinging Matilda – Philip Wilby – Black Dyke
8. Joshua Swings the Battle – arr Stephen Bulla – The Household Troops Band – Cornet soloist: Daniel Robson
9. Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana” — Mascagni arr. William Halliwell – Virtuosi GUS
10. I’ll Walk with God – Brodsky arr. Goff Richards – New York Staff Band
11. The Invincible Army – Erik Leidzen – Black Dyke


Monday 4th January:

Like many of my listeners I follow with fascinated interest the 4Barsrest rankings. Like many of my listeners, that fascinated interest is not untinged with a healthy scepticism.

Is Bob Childs’s Cory really 570 points better (or is it more successful?) a band than brother Nick’s Black Dyke as the rankings would have you believe?

Are we to take as gospel that Eikanger-Bjorsvik are in any true sense nine places lower down the competitive pecking order than Stavanger?

Impossible questions to answer, but one good thing to come out of the December rankings is that they have provided a peg on which to hang this week’s programme.

I have taken the top ten bands in the December list and offered a sample of their wares.

4th January 2010:

1. The Barber of Seville – Rossini arr. Howard Lorriman — Cory
2. Toccata – Widor arr. Philip Sparke – Fodens Richardson
3. The Lady is a Tramp – Rodgers and Hart arr. Sandy Smith – Black Dyke
4. Luck Be a Lady – Frank Loesser arr. Sandy Smith – Black Dyke
5. The Bonny Briar Bush – Trad. Arr Elgar Howarth – Grimethorpe
6. Little Fugue in G Minor – J.S. Bach arr. Sandy Smith – Grimethorpe
7. The Big Mancini – Henry Mancini arr. Darrol Barry – Brighouse and Rastrick
8. Arnhem – A.E. Kelly – Leyland
9. Pie Jesu – Faure arr. Bram Gay – Leyland – Flugel soloist: Lucy Murphy
10. Kongalela – Jan Magne Forde – Stavanger
11. Spring Waltz – Philip Wilby — Fairey
12. Westward Go! — Goff Richards – Desford

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Unibrass

BBE headlines UniBrass Championships

February 10 • Brass Bands England has been announced as the headline support sponsor of the UniBrass Championships in Cardiff this weekend.


Dobcross

Dobcross open doors for Chalk (and others)

February 10 • Dobcross Silver Band will be welcoming Phil Chalk, MD of KDNS Fairey Band to work with them this week — and others are welcome too.


Ryan Watkins

Haverhill benefits from Watkins workshop

February 10 • The Hepworth MD, Ryan Watkins enjoyed his recent trip to work with the Haverhill Band.


German Open

German Open open for entries

February 10 • Domestic and international bands can enter the popular German Open Championships in Warstein-Belecke later this year.


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal College of Music Sackbut Ensemble

Friday 21 February • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - The Band of the Welsh Guards

Friday 21 February • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Contest: North West Regional Championships

Sunday 23 February • Winter Gardens Complex, Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HU


Newstead Brass - Midlands Championships Preview Evening

Sunday 23 February • Summit Centre . Kirkby in Ashfield . Nottinghamshire NG17 7LL


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Friday 28 February • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Linthwaite Band

February 10 • Linthwaite are a friendly 4th section band looking forward to the Yorkshire area contest in March, following on from that we will have a vacancy for a 2nd cornet. We also have various contests and engagements coming up through the year to keep us busy.


Chinnor Silver

February 7 • Our COMMUNITY BAND meets on a Monday morning and we welcome any players who would like an extra blow.. players of all abilities welcome and we do not expect you to alter your allegiance to your band.. just a fun blow with cake and coffee.


wantage silver band

February 5 • Wantage Band (championship section) has a vacancy for TOP 2ND CORNET. This would suit a player with experience in a championship/first section band. Rehearsals take place every Sun 7:30pm and Wed 8pm in Wantage with highly experienced MD Chris King.


Prof. Christopher Houlding

MMus, GGSM, LRAM
Conductor, Performer, Educator


               

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