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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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