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Radio: World of Brass

Plenty of great brass band music from John Maines from his Cornish homeland

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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
Contact: johnmaines@btinternet.com

9th March:

Death or Glory
Robert Browne Hall
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Brian Grant

Ruslan and Ludmilla
Mikhail Glinka
Foden's
Conductor: Brian Hurdley

The Whistler
Green arr Peter Graham
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Soloist: Paul Judge

Bonnets of Dundee
Trad arr Elgar Howarth
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Elgar Howarth

Benvenuto Cellini
Hector Berlioz
Williams Fairey
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

Hejre Kati
Jeno Hubay
Fodens
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Soloist: Mark Wilkinson

Diadem of Gold
G Bailey
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Home of Legends
Paul Lovatt Cooper
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Amporita Roca
Jamie Texidor
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs


16th March:

Sounds from Thuringia
Hermann Blankenburg
Black Dyke Mills (1978)
Conductor: Roy Newsome

Overture on Famous English Airs
Ernest Tomlinson
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Elgar Howarth

Cavatine and Variations
Jean Baptiste Arban
Leyland
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Soloist: Russell Gray

An Epic Symphony
Percy Fletcher
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Mid All The Traffic
Leonard Ballantine
Staines SA
Conductor: Tim Parker

With Flying Fingers
Luc Rodenmacher
Brighouse
Conductor: Alan Morrison

Celebration
Leslie Condon
Croydon Citadel
Conductor: Iain Parkhouse

The Pilgrim’s Progress
Rodney Newton
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb

A Scots Miscellany
Alan Fernie
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

A Jaunt Around the Town (St Austell Suite)
Kenneth Downie
Brighouse
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb

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Conductor, Band Trainer and Adjudicator


               

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