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Radio: World of Brass

Plenty of great music from John Maines, with a special 89th birthday celebration of the music of Ray Steadman-Allen.

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

23rd September:

The Black Bull
Darrol Barry
Foden’s
Conductor: Michael Fowles

Kaleidoscope
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Household Troops
Conductor: Carl Saunders

My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
arr Gordon Langford
Black Dyke
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes
Soloist: P. McCann

Jubilee
Paul Drury
Household Troops
Conductor: Major John Mott

My Mountain Top
Andy Scott
Fodens
Soloist: Glyn Williams

Castles in Spain
Mark Lockheart
Superbrass

Crusaders
Dean Goffin
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Audivi Media Nocte
Oliver Waespi
Manger Musikklag
Conductor: Peter Stilvay

Jesus Answers Prayer
Kenneth Downie
Household Troops
Conductor: Carl Saunders

Welsh Fantasy
Gareth Wood/Gordon Langford
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

30th September:
Ray Steadman-Allen 89th Birthday Special

Hadleigh Camp
Ray Steadman-Allen
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb

An American in Paris
George Gershwin
Fairey
Conductor: Allan Withington

Eternal Quest
Ray Steadman-Allen
Household Troops
Conductor: Maj. John Mott
Soloist: Nick Hudson

North Country Pastorale
Ray Steadman-Allen
BT
Conductor: John Maines

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Henry Creamer
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Slipping Through My Fingers
ABBA
Cory
Conductor:Dr. Robert Childs

The Spirit
Ray Steadman-Allen
Household Troops
Conductor: Maj. John Mott

On Radcliff Highway
Ray Steadman-Allen
YBS
Conductor: Prof. David King

The Nightingale
Harold Moss
Fairey
Soloist: Rod Franks

The High Council
Ray Steadman-Allen
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

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