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Radio: Sounds of Brass

More great music to listen to as Philip Hunt pays tribute to the great Major Peter Parkes.

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SOUNDS OF BRASS:

BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO BRISTOL, CORNWALL, DEVON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GUERNSEY, JERSEY, SOMERSET SOUND, SWINDON & WILTSHIRE EVERY SUNDAY EVENING @ 5 PAST 7

PRODUCED AND PRESENTED WEEKLY BY PHILLIP HUNT

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Telephone 01752 843919.

Sunday 6th March

A Tribute to 'The Major'


In an interview recorded in 1998 Peter Parkes talks to Phillip Hunt about his Military and Brass Band career.

REGIMENTAL MARCH OF THE DCLI

MARCHING TRUMPETS
Frank Seymour

RED FEATHERS
Peter Parkes
Band of The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

OLD LONDON
arr. Peter Parkes
Band of The Grenadier Guards
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

PUNCHINELLO
William Rimmer
National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

THE MARKSMAN from BAVARIAN DANCES
Edward Elgar arr. Peter Parkes
Black Dyke Mills Band
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

ELEGY from ENTERTAINMENTS
Gilbert Vinter
Williams Fairy Engineering Band
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

TANCREDI OVERTURE
Gioacchino Rossini arr. Ray Woodfield
Sellers International Band
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

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