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Radio: Time for Brass

More music from Manxland thanks to Ian Cottier.

Cottier
 

Time for Brass
97.2, 89 and 103.7FM and 1368AM

2010 was a quite extraordinary year for brass band recordings — the life-blood of a programme like 'Time for Brass'.

Both in numbers and in quality these recordings, from major companies and individual bands alike, they were a source of pleasure and enjoyment.

The following playlist shows what was on offer in the first 'Time for Brass' of 2011 — mainly of excellent tracks that I had no time to play in 2010!

That's how it goes and waiting for me at the radio station when I arrived was another parcel of pleasures to come.

I've mentioned before my amazement at the power of the internet: within quarter of an hour of starting the programme two text messages arrived in the studio, one from across the Atlantic and one from Port Erin, just a few miles down the road. Manx Radio and 'Time for Brass' are truly global!

3rd January:

1. Winterthur Centenary
Ray Bowes
South London Fellowship Band

2. The Merry Wives of Windso
Nicolai arr. Cooper
Fodens

3. And Everything is Still
Andy Scott
Fodens
Soloist: Lesley Howie

4. A Pilgrim Song
Thomas Rive
The Household Troops Band

5. Procession of the Nobles
Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Lorriman
Black Dyke

6. The Watermill
Ronald Binge
Black Dyke
Soloist: Richard Marshall

7. Servants of God
Steven Ponsford
Norwich Citadel Band

8. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Stephen Foster arr. Howarth
Cory
Soloist: David Childs

9. Irish Tune from County Derry
Percy Grainger arr. Wright
Grimethorpe

10. Yesterday
Lennon and McCartney arr. Snell
Manx Concert Brass
Soloist: Stephen Maddox

11. What Sweeter Music
Rutter arr. Yeo
Nidaros Brass Band

12. Praising
Erik Silfverberg
Hendon Band of the Salvation Army

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