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Radio: Sounds of Brass

More great music from Philip Hunt.

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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,

AVAILABLE LIVE AND LISTEN AGAIN EVERY WEEK ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB THROUGH THE RADIO iPLAYER.

Live on Sundays at 19-05 British Time or at any time for 7 DAYS after the Broadcast. To hear this week’s programme instantly go to www.bbc.co.uk/devon and click on Listen Live or Listen Again.

Requests and Comments welcome at E Mail. brassmanpgh@uwclub.net
Telephone 01752 843919.

Sunday 16th October:

MANDORA MARCH
James Ord-Hume

FINALE-WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE
Gioacchino Rossini
Massed Bands at The Crystal Palace
Conductor: John Henry Iles

THUNDER & LIGHTNING POLKA
Johann Strauss arr. Frank Wright
Massed Bands of Grimethorpe Colliery, Wingates Temperance, CWS (Manchester), Luton, Shaftesbury Crusade (Bristol)
Conductor: Vilem Tausky

SERENATA
Enrico Toselli arr. James Ord- Hume
Massed Bands of Brighouse & Rastrick, Black Dyke Mills, GUS (Footwear), CWS (Manchester)
Conductor: Vilem Tausky

CORNET CASCADE
Robert Docker
Massed Bands of Black Dyke Mills, GUS (Footwear), Yorkshire Imperial Metals
Conductor: Geoffrey Brand

WESTMINSTER WALTZ
Robert Farnon
Massed Bands of Brighouse & Rastrick, Cory, Fairey, Yorkshire Imperial Metals
Conductor: Robert Farnon

FLYING FINGERS
Goff Richards
Massed Bands of Birmingham School of Music, Ever Ready, Dalmellington, Yorkshire Imperial
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

FINALE from ACT TWO of AIDA Giuseppe Verdi arr. William Relton
Massed Bands of Foden OTS, Hanwell, Yorkshire Imperial. The Bach Choir.
Fanfare Trumpeters, Jeremy Sandford, Robert Simmonds, Nigel Taken, David Thompson, David Tonkin, Jeremy Willcock
Conductor: Sir David Willcocks

PHILLIP McCANN SALUTES HARRY MORTIMER
Soloist: Phillip McCann
Britannia Building Society Foden Band
Conductor: Howard Snell

GAELFORCE
Peter Graham
Massed Bands of Black Dyke & The Royal Marines
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

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