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Radio: Time for Brass

More great Christmas music from Ian Cottier on Manx Radio.

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Time for Brass:
Manx Radio
Frequency: 97.2, 89 and 103.7 FM and 1368 AM

Plenty of great music to enjoy this Christmas thanks to Ian Cottier on Manx Radio.

13th December:

1. A Christmas Adventure
Darrol Barry
Middleton Band

2. A Christmas Overture
John Golland
Manx Youth Band/ Manx Concert Brass

3. Before the Cross
Edward Gregson
Cory
Trumpet Soloist: Philip Cobb

4. An Age of Kings (3rd movt.)
Edward Gregson
Black Dyke

5. Reindeer Express
Derek Broadbent
Manx Youth Band/ Manx Concert Brass

6. Over the Rooftops
Darrol Barry
Middleton Band

7. Finale — Haydn Cello Concerto
arr. Ray Farr
Cory
Tenor Horn Soloist: Owen Farr

8. Covenant Worship
Leonard Ballantyne
Norwich Citadel Band

9. Macushla
McMurrough
Black Dyke
Cornet soloist: Richard Marshall

10. Mistletoe and Wine
arr. Darrol Barry
Middleton Band

11. Candlelight Carol
John Rutter arr Chris Mallett
Manx Youth Band/ Manx Concert Brass

12. Metropolis
Kenneth Ketteringham
Norwich Citadel Band


20th December:

A selection of Christmas music featuring the Middleton Band and the Manx Youth Band and Manx Concert Brass with selected readings and a spice of seasonal humour.

27th December:

A personal selection of tracks from some of the outstanding albums that have been produced during the past year. Truly, the best of 2010.

1. Mephistopheles
Shipley Douglas
Manx Concert Brass

2. Prelude to 49th Parallel
Vaughan Williams
Fountain City Brass

3. Sweet Nightingale
arr. Goff Richards
Leyland
Trombone Soloist: Brett Baker

4. A March Prelude
Edward Gregson
Fairey

5. Mac and Mort
Harry Mortimer
Black Dyke
Cornet Duettists: Richard Marshall and James Shepherd

6. The Padstow Lifeboat
Malcolm Arnold
Fodens

7. Hora Staccato
Dinicu arr. Goff Richards
Tongwynlais Temperance

8. Tribute to Glen Miller
Barrie Fogie/Dan Price
Cory

9. The Hot Canary
Cory
Euphonium Soloist: David Childs

10. Breezin' Down Broadway
Goff Richards
Boobs and Brass

11. Czardas
Vittorio Monti
Black Dyke

12. The Big Top
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Emley Band

13. Someone to Watch Over Me
Gershwin
Grimethorpe

14. Joy to the World
arr. Darrol Barry
Middleton Band

15. When the Saints Go Marching In
Goff Richards
Cornwall Youth Band

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