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Radio: World of Brass

More great music from John Maines over the next few weeks.

Maines
 

World of Brass Radio:
Presented by John Maines

www.worldofbrass.com/wobradio

A new programme every Friday heard 24/7 52 weeks!

Also catch up with previous programmes
For requests or info contact: johnmaines@btinternet.com

20th May:

Sounds from Thuringia
Hermann Blankenburg
Black Dyke (1978)
Conductor: Dr. Roy Newsome

Overture on Famous English Airs
Ernest Tomlinson
Grimethorpe
Conductor: E Howarth

Elves Dance
Andrew Duncan
Leyland
Conductor: Jason Katsikaris
Solo: Katrina Marzella

Coventry Variations
Bramwell Tovey
Fodens
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey

An Untold Story
Paul Lovatt Cooper
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
solo: Sandy Smith

The Blue Bird
Charles Villiers Stanford
Amsterdam Staff
Coductor: Dr. Howard Evans

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Derek Bourgeois
Williams Fairey
Conductor: Maj. Peter Parkes

Giles Farnaby Suite
Arr Elgar Howarth
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Elgar Howarth

The President
William German
Fodens
Conductor: Gary Cutt

Shine as the Light
Peter Graham
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb


27th May:

Star Lake
Eric Ball
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb

Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Camille Saint-Saens
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

And Everything is Still
Andy Scott
Fodens
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Solo: Lesley Howie

Visions
Mario Burki
Austrian Youth Band
Conductor: Hannes Buchegger

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

Finale Giocoso
Vladimir Cosma
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs
Solo: David Childs

Wonderous Cross
Philip Wilby
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Connotations
Edward Gregson
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Elgar Howarth

Serenade
Franz Schubert
Brett Baker
Fenella Haworth-Smith (Piano)

Tribute to Glenn Miller
Arr. Barrie Forgie
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs


3rd June:

Fugue in D Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Farr
Enfield Citadel
Conductor: Jonathan Corry

Tintagel
Denis Wright
Leyland
Conductor: Philip Harper

The Ransomed Host
Ray Steadman-Allen
Boscombe SA
Conductor: Dr. Howard Evans
Soloist: John Starkes

Hymn to Barossa
Andy Scott
Fodens
Conductor: Michael Fowles

People
Stanley Black
Co-operative Funeralcare
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Soloist: Jim Hayes

Three Miniatures
Philip Sparke
Fodens
Conductor: M Fowles

Fanfare and Flying Theme — ET
John Williams
Fodens
Conductor: Thomas Wyss

In A Monastery Garden
Albert Ketelby
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Red Sky At Night
W Hogarth Lear
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer
Black Dyke/Bristol Cathedral Choir
Organ: Philip Wilby
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

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Boax adds to Cory strength

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Regent Hall Concerts - Take 5 Brass Quintet

Friday 12 June • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Sherborne Town Band - Celebrating the Music of Malcolm Bennett

Sunday 14 June • Venue-Mark Village Hall, Vole Road, Mark-TA9 4NY. . TA9 4NY


Barnsley Brass - Black Dyke Band

Thursday 25 June • St Mary's Church. Church Street. Barnsley S70 2AH


Regent Hall Concerts - Junior Guildhall Brass Band

Friday 26 June • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - The Royal Sackbut Collective

Friday 26 June • Regent Hall (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Crewe Brass

June 5 • Crewe Brass are looking for PERCUSSION PLAYERS (TUNED and KIT) to join our highly motivated 4th section band. We are a very welcoming and sociable band, with a positive outlook and a reasonably busy calendar of engagements. Other enquiries are welcome.


Glossop Old Band

June 5 • Our friendly second section band are looking for a BB bass player to join us for contests, concerts and exciting new projects. Glossop Old Band is situated between Manchester and Sheffield and rich in history


Dodworth Colliery MW Brass Band

June 4 • BACK ROW CORNET 2nd/3rd cornet. . NEMBBA contest entered for 15 November. LBBA contest entered for 22 November. . Concert schedule planned in advance. Planned breaks .


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Conductor, Band Trainer, Adjudicator, Arranger, Teacher and Publisher


               

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