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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Phillip Hunt keeps us up to date with more great brass band music.

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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.

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Sunday 22nd January

MARCH TO THE SCAFFOLD
from The Fantastic Symphony
Hector Berlioz arr. Darrol Barry

FINALE from Symphony No.2, THE RESURRECTION
Gustav Mahler arr. Christopher Wormald
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

FROM THE NEW WORLD
Movements 2 & 4 from Symphony No.5
Antonin Dvorak arr. Ray Steadman-Allen
Hampshire County Youth Band
Conductor: Leighton Rich

ADAGIO from Symphony No.2
Sergei Rachmaninoff arr. Ray Farr
Soloist: Richard Marshall
Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band
Conductor: Garry Cutt

SCHERZO from Symphony No.10
Dimitri Shostakovich arr. Andrew Duncan
Whitburn Band
Conductor: Andrew Duncan

FINALE from Symphony No.5
Ludwig van Beethoven arr. Maurice Bail
Multi Track
Soloist: Steven Mead

SYMPHONY No.4
William Boyce arr. Howard Snell
Howard Snell Brass
Conductor: Howard Snell

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