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Radio: World of Brass

More great music to pep up your early season appetite for brass band contesting from John Maines.

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World of Brass Radio:
World of Brass

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

7th January:

To Regions Fair
Norman Bearcroft
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

A Phantom Menace Suite
John Williams
Fodens
Conductor: Thomas Wyss

Love’s Enchantment
Arthur Pryor
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Solo: Ian Bousfield

Finale from Symphony No. 1
Gustav Mahler
Eikanger-Bjorsvick
Conductor: Ray Farr

Lloyd
Cuthbert Howard/Fernie
Fairey
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

An American Trilogy
Goff Richards
Sellers
Conductor: Phillip McCann

Star of Bethlehem
Stephen Adams
Ransome
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes
Solo: George Thackray

Pageantry
Herbert Howells
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Bonds of Friendship
Jaime Texidor
Fairey
Conductor: James Gourlay

Yule Dance
Philip Harper
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb


14th January:

Cross of Honour
William Rimmer
Fodens
Conductor: Brian Hurdley

Le Domino Noir
Daniel Auber
Black Dyke
Conductor: James Watson

Notturno
Richard Strauss
YBS
Conductor: Prof. David King
Solo: Sheona White

Estudiantina
Emile Waldteufel
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Elgar Howarth

Harrison’s Dream
Peter Graham
YBS
Conductor: Prof. David King

Heartbeat
Len Ballantine
Norwich Citadel
Conductor: Richard Woodrow

The Last Amen
Peter Graham
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb

Schindler’s List
John Williams
Fairey
Conductor: Brian Hurdley

Vitae Lux
Torstein Aargaard Nilsen
Amsterdam Staff
Conductor: Howard Evans


21st January:

Procession of the Nobles
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Ruslan and Ludmilla
Mikhail Glinka
Fodens
Conductor: Brian Hurdley

Clear Skies
Eric Ball
Enfield Citadel
Conductor: James Williams
Solo: Keith Hutchinson

Contest Music
Wilfred Heaton
YBS
David King

Black Note Fantasy
George Dobson
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs
Horns: Owen Farr, Lynne Turner and Lucy Rogers

Apex
Peter Meechan
Brass Band Rijnmond
Conductor: Howard Evans

Love’s Old Sweet Song
James Molloy
Black Dyke
Dr. Nicholas Childs

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

Time to Shine
Andrew Mackereth
HM Coldstream Guards
Conductor: Lt Col Graham Jones


Symphony No. 2
The Little Russian
Amsterdam Staff/Brass Band Rijnmond
Conductor: Howard Evans

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Conductor, Adjudicator, Educationalist


               

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