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Radio: World of Brass

Plenty of great music to keep the cold at bay with John Maines over the coming weeks.

John Maines
 

World of Brass Radio:

Presented by John Maines

www.worldofbrass.com/wobradio

A new programme every Friday heard 24/7 52 weeks!

Also catch up with previous programmes
Contact: johnmaines@btinternet.com


26th November:

Indomitable
Herbert Mountain
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Jericho Re-visited
William Himes
Household Troops
Conductor: Maj John Mott

Don’t It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue
arr Darroll Barry
Leyland
Conductor: Richard Evans
Solo: Maurice Murphy

The Call of the Righteous
Leslie Condon
Norwich Citadel
Conductor: Richard Woodrow

Arbucklenian Polka
John Hartmann
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Solo: R Marshall

Hine e Hine
P Graham
Black Dyke
Dr. Nicholas Childs

Titan’s Progress
Hermann Pallhuber
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Yellow Rose of Texas
Louis J Buckley
Oakland Brass Band
Conductor: Neil Barlow
Solo: Kenneth Kroesche

Roar!
Andy Scott
Fodens
Conductor: Garry Cutt


3rd December:

Midway March
John Williams
Foden’s
Conductor: Thomas Wyss

La Belle Helena
J. Offenbach
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Bridge Over Troubled Water
Paul Simon
Leyland
Conductor: Garry Cutt

Zelda
Percy Code
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Solo: R Marshall

A Pilgrim’s Song
Tom Rive
Household Troops
John Mott

Broadway Spectacular
arr A. Fernie
Ratby Co-op
Conductor: Michael Fowles

Song of India
R. Korsakov
Leyland
Conductor: Howard Evans
Solo: Brett Baker

Resurgam
Eric Ball
ISB
Dr. Stephen Cobb

Anchor’s Aweigh
Charles Zimmerman
Oakland Brass Band
Conductor: Neil Barlow

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Henry Creamer
Cory
Conductor: Robert Childs


10th December:

Colonel Bogey
K. Alford arr Farr
Eikanger Bjorsvik
Conductor: Ray Farr

Oberon
Carl Maria von Weber
Kings of Brass
Conductor: James Scott

Troika
Sergei Prokoffiev
arr Fernie
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Winter Wonderland
arr Steve Sykes
Fodens
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Ole’ South
George Hamilton Green
Sellers
Conductor: Phillip McCann
Marimba & Xylophone: Helen Giddings and Carol Stephens

A Christmas Piece
G Richards
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Narration: Ken Greenwood
The voice of Scrooge: James Sykes

Super Trouper
ABBA
arr A Fernie
Leyland
Conductor: Garry Cutt

The Night Before Christmas
Julien Roh
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan
Conductor: Jean-Francois Bobillier

Little Drummer Boy
Harry Simeone
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb

Sleigh Ride
L Anderson
Household Troops
Conductor: Maj John Mott

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