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Radio: World of Brass

More great music to enjoy with John Maines over the coming weeks.

Maines
 

World of Brass Radio:
Presented by John Maines
At: www.worldofbrass.com/wobradio

A new programme every Friday heard 24/7 52 weeks!
Also catch up with previous programmes

Contact John with any comments or requests on: johnmaines@btinternet.com

27th August:

In The Firing Line
Bramwell Coles
Enfield Citadel (1984)
Conductor: James Williams

Highlights from Titanic
James Horner
Oberaargauer
Conductor: Manfred Obrecht

Carnival of Venice
Camerata
Black Dyke
Conductor: J. Watson
Solo: Robert Childs

King of Heaven
Kenneth Downie
ISB
Conductor: S. Cobb

Dance to thi’ Daddy
arr Darrol Barry
Grimethorpe
Conductor: James Gourlay

Wild West
Ennio Morricone
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

Harmony in Blue
M. Ellerby
Grimethorpe
Conductor: J. Gourlay
Piano: Philip Mead

Kaleidoscope
Rimsky Korsakov
Enfield Citadel (1984)
Conductor: James Williams

St Clements
C.C. Schofield
Grimethorpe
Conductor: P. McCann

Under the Double Eagle
Josef Wagner
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: David Hirst


3rd September:

Anthem of the Free
Dean Goffin
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

The Mysterious Bridge
Darrol Barry
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: Alan Morrison

Golden Slippers
Norman Bearcroft
ISB
Conductor: S. Cobb
Solo: David Daws

Rhapsody in Brass
Dean Goffin
Cory
Conductor: R Childs

Dance Fever
Kenneth Downie
YBS
Conductor: D. King

Largo from The New World
A. Dvorak
Grimethorpe
Conductor: G. Cutt

Variations on an Enigma
P. Sparke
Eikanger Bjorsvik
Conductor: H. Snell

Steadfast and True
Carl Tieke
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

One Moment In Time
A. Hammond
Fairey
Conductor: Marc Reift

I Got Rhythm
G. Gershwin
BNFL
Conductor: R. Evans


10th September:

Fanfare & Chorale Laudes Domini
Wm Gordon
Household Troops
Conductor: John Mott

Italian Fantasy
arr A. Fernie
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

An American Trilogy
G. Richards
Sellers International
Conductor: P. McCann

Catari Catari
Salvatore Cardillo
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs
Solo: R Marshall

Pirates of the Caribbean
Klaus Badelt/Barry
Oberaargauer
Conductor: Manfred Obrecht

Lord of All Hopefulness
arr K. Downie
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: S. Cobb

Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
R. Wagner
Fodens
Conductor: H. Snell

The Light of the World
Dean Goffin
ISB (1950)
Conductor: Bernard Adams

Donegal Bay
P. Lovatt Cooper
Cory
Conductor: R Childs
Solo: D. Cihilds

A Spin Through Moscow
D. Shostakovich
Leyland
Conductor: R. Gray

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April 8 • There are only limited tickets left if you wish to enjoy the New Horizons Concerts of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Leyburn and Manchester — so be quick.


Regent Hall Concerts - Central Band of the Royal Air Force

Friday 1 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Sunday 3 May • St Alfege Church. Greenwich Church Street SE10 9BJ


Regent Hall Concerts - FiveBy5 Trumpet Quintet

Tuesday 5 May • Charlton House and Gardens. Charlton Road, . London. . SE7 8RE


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Friday 8 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Wardle Anderson Brass Band - Wardle Junior Blast

Friday 8 May • Milnrow Parish Church, 16 Westward Ho, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 3JX


St John's Band (Mossley)

April 12 • BBb BASS player required following our 4th place at the North West regionals. We are a friendly, welcoming 4th section band based in Tameside, Greater Manchester and we rehearse on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in Mossley.


St John's Band (Mossley)

April 12 • SOLO CORNET players required (position negotiable) following our 4th place at the North West regionals. We are a friendly, welcoming 4th section band based in Tameside, Greater Manchester and we rehearse on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in Mossley.


St John's Band (Mossley)

April 12 • WHIT FRIDAY MORNING - all players welcome.. . Experience Whit Friday morning in the Mossley Whit Walks from 9am on 29 May, with food and drink at the Yorkshire Ward after the march.


John Durrant

MA LLCM TD CertEd (Dist)
Conductor, Band Trainer, Composer, Trumpet and Cornet Soloist, Arranger, Adjudicator


               

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