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Radio: Sounds of Brass

More great music from Philip Hunt on the 25th March and 1st April, including the winning performances from Torquay and a Broadbent bonanza.

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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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Telephone 01752 843919.

Sunday 1st April:

A Broadbent Bonanza.

THE PIONEERS MARCH
Derek Broadbent
CWS (Glasgow) Band
Conductor: Archie Hutchinson

FANFARE AND LARGO FOR A MEMORABLE OCCASION
Derek Broadbent
Massed Bands of the Wessex Youth Course
Conductor: Derek Broadbent

YOU NEEDED ME
Goodrum arr. Derek Broadbent
Soloist: Bill Bailey

VARIATIONS IN BLUE
Derek Broadbent
Trio: Paul Coupe, Steve Breen, Paul Warder
Besses o th’ Barn Band
Conductor: Derek Broadbent

MUSIC FOR A CENTENARY
Derek Broadbent
Brass and Voices of the Isle of Man
Conductor: Derek Broadbent

ROMANCE from the GADFLY
Dimitri Shostakovitch arr. Derek Broadbent
Williams Fairy Band
Conductor: Brian Grant

VECTIS ISLES SUITE
Derek Broadbent
Flowers Gloucester Band
Conductor: Derek Broadbent


Sunday 25th March:

Three winning Performances from the West of England Brass Band Championships, courtesy of Chorum Records.

MOUNTAIN VIEWS
Bertrand Moren
Brunel Brass
Conductor: John Winterflood

OLYMPUS
Philip Harper
Bream Silver
Conductor: Bryn James

ENGLISH FOLK SONG SUITE
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Midsomer Norton & Radstock Silver
Conductor: Joanne Sykes

SEMPER FIDELIS
John Philip Sousa arr. Keith Wilkinson
William Davis Construction Group Band
Conductor: Keith Wilkinson

MATTHESON’S AIR
Gilbert Vinter
Soloist: Bryan Taylor
Williams Fairey Engineering Band
Conductor: Peter Parkes

PLENTEOUS GRACE
Kenneth Pelmear
Camborne Town Band
Conductor: Leonard Adams

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Ennio Morricone arr. Andrew Duncan
Soloist: Paul Richards
Brunel Brass
Conductor: John Winterflood

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