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RNCM Festival on Radio 3

Highlights of this year's RNCM Festival of Brass from Manchester are to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 next week.

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Black Dyke Band and The Venezuelen Brass Ensemble are to be featured on BBC Radio 3 next week as highlights are broadcast of the RNCM Festival of Brass which took place in Manchester in January.

Afternoon on 3

Radio 3's 'Afternoon on 3' is an integral part of the station's weekday schedule and is designed to showcase music from varying genre's and concerts that have taken place and starting on Monday 28th February at 4.20pm, the programme will feature performances from the festival throughout the week.

Dyke Monday and Tuesday

Black Dyke conducted by Dr Nicholas Childs who opened the Festival will be featured on Monday and Tuesday. Dyke's programme includes the first performance of Paul Lovatt-Cooper's 'Starburst and Canyons' along with Philip Wilby's 'Red Priest' whilst Richard Marshall is the featured trumpet soloist in Arthur Butterworth's 'Concerto alla Veneziana'.

Twenty four hours later, actor Barrie Rutter is the narrator in William Walton's film score to 'Richard III' whilst Dyke's contribution to the week closes with Bourgeois's dramatic work, 'Blitz'.

Undoubted highlight

The high point of the RNCM Festival was the performance of the Venezuelen Brass Ensemble at The Bridgewater Hall and they will be featured on Wednesday and Friday.

Once again Radio 3 will broadcast highlights from the RNCM with the Venezuelen Brass Ensemble performances being something you'll just want to sit back and hear — they are simply breathtaking4BR


Unforgettable

On Wednesday 2nd March listener's will get the chance to hear Giancarlo Castro's 'Gran Fanfaria' followed by what was a stunning interpretation of Bernstein's 'Symphonic Dances' from West Side Story arranged by Eric Crees.

Breathtaking Mussorgsky to close

To conclude the week's music from the RNCM Festival is the Venezuelen Brass Ensemble's performance of Elgar Howarth's arrangement of Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' which brought many in the hall to their feet at its conclusion — it really is something not to be missed!!

'Afternoon on 3' is available online in addition to being available via the BBC iplayer after transmission.

RNCM Festival of Brass highlights on BBC Radio 3

Monday 28th February @ 4.20pm

Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs (conductor), Richard Marshall (soloist)

Paul Lovatt-Copper: Starburst and Canyons (World Premiere)
Arthur Butterworth: Concerto alla Veneziana
Richard Marshall (trumpet)
Philip Wilby: Red Priest

Tuesday 1st March @ 4.20pm

Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs (conductor), Barrie Rutter (narrator)

Walton (arr Edward Watson): Suite from Richard III
Derek Bourgeois: Blitz

Wednesday 2nd March @ 3.20pm

Venezuelan Brass Ensemble
Thomas Clamor (conductor)

Giancarlo Castro: Gran Fanfaria
Leonard Bernstein (arr Eric Crees): Symphonic Dances (West Side Story)

Friday 4th March @ 4.20pm

Venezuelan Brass Ensemble
Thomas Clamor (conductor)

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Elgar Howarth): Pictures at an Exhibition

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