Time for Brass:
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After the three special programmes, two of listeners' requests and the studio conversation with David Horsfield, it's back to trying to keep up with the constant stream of albums that "Time for Brass" attracts from all the major recording companies.
It really is wonderful how well the programme is supported, both by its listeners and by the companies who sustain the high profile of bands. It's such a pleasure to be able to reciprocate with a world-wide promotion of these albums through the wonders of the internet.
Two albums on tonight’s show are woth a word of advance comment. Every so often I receive a recording that merits every track being broadcast. Such a one is “Patrons’ Choice” recorded by Fodens on the Egon label.
Quite different is a solo album by the late Brian Evans, first recorded in 1988 and re-issued on CD in 2004 by Kirklees music. It needs no comment from me to add to Brian Evans’s legendary status, so just sit back and enjoy the music.
8th March:
1. Imperial Echoes
Arnold Saffroni arr. James Ord Hume
Fodens
2. The Merry Wives of Windsor
Otto Nicolai arr. Cooper
Fodens
3. Softly Awakes my Heart
Saint-Saens arr. Simon Kerwin
Wingates
Soprano soloist: Brian Evans
4. Labour and Love
Percy Fletcher
Black Dyke
5. Winter
Vivaldi arr. Howard Snell
Fodens
6. The Padstow Lifeboat
Malcolm Arnold
Fodens
7. Solitaire
Neil Sedaka arr. Stephen Corbett
Clifton and Lightcliffe
Cornet soloist: David Crisp
8. Shrek – arr. Alan Fernie
Clifton and Lightcliffe
9. Pie Jesu – Andrew Lloyd Webber arr. T Halliwell
Wingates
Soloists: Brian Evans (soprano cornet) and Simon Stonehouse (Flugel)
10. Bay View
Buckhaven and Methil Band
