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Radio: Time for Brass

Brass band music from the Isle of Man thanks to Ian Cottier

Presenter Ian Cottier
 

Time for Brass:

Please note that there will be no 'Time for Brass' on Monday April 30th. However it may be of interest that instead of the normal programme, Judith Ley and Rodney Evans will be reviewing the brass classes at the Manx Music Festival.

April 23rd:

1. Croydon Citadel
Brindley Boon
Black Dyke (Nicholas Childs)

2. Overture 'The Bartered Bride'
Smetana arr. Broadbent
Cory (Robert Childs)

3. Weber’s Last Waltz
Rimmer arr. Parry
Fodens (Michael Fowles)
Soloist: Glyn Williams

4. O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen arr. Littlemore
Foden's (Michael Fowles)

5. Rule Britannia
John Hartmann
Cory (Robert Childs)
Soloist: Owen Farr

6. Hymn to the Fallen
Williams arr. Van der Woude
Dodworth Colliery M.W. (Eliot J.Darwin)

7. Demelza
Hugh Nash
Black Dyke (Nicholas Childs)
Soloist: Sheona White

8. America and Somewhere
Leonard Bernstein arr. Crees
Cory (Robert Childs)

9. The Sun Has Got His Hat On
Noel Gay arr. Sparke
Dodworth Colliery M.W. (Eliot J. Darwin)
Soloist: Geoff Benson

10. Deep Harmony
Handel Parker arr. John Golland
Dodworth Colliery M.W.

11. Galop
Shostakovich arr. Snell
Foden's (Michael Fowles)

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