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Radio: Sounds of Brass

There is plenty of great music to look forward to from Phillip Hunt over the next few weeks

Phillip Hunt
 

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 6th May:

KINGS OF BRASS MARCH
Derek Broadbent

CAPRICE AND VARIATIONS
Jean-Baptiste Arban arr. Walter Hargreaves
Soloist: Lyndon Baglin

BRITANNIA
John Hartmann
Soloist: James Shepherd
Kings of Brass
Conductor: James Scott & Geoffrey Whitham

FANTASY ON BRITISH SEA SONGS
Henry J Wood arr. Denis Wright

AMPARITA ROCA
Jaime Texidor arr. Aubrey Winter
Whitworth Vale & Healey Veterans Band
Conductor: Roy Newsome

ELEGY AND RONDO
Gilbert Vinter
Heritage in Brass
Conductor: James Scott

CROWN OF GOLD
Lieut-Colonel Ray Bowes
South London Fellowship Band
Conductor: Major George Whittingham

Sunday 13th May:

THE GLORY OF CORY
Derek Broadbent
Buy As You View Cory Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

PAGEANTRY
Herbert Howells

JEANNIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN HAIR
Stephen Foster arr. Elgar Howarth
Soloist: David Childs

HEJRE KATI
Ralph Mendez arr. Mark Freeh
Soloist: Ian Williams
Buy As You View Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

CU CHULLAIN
Karl Jenkins arr. Tony Small

ANOTHER OPENIN’ ANOTHER SHOW
Cole Porter arr. Stephen Roberts

ABIDE WITH ME
William Monk/Karl Jenkins arr. Peter Graham

BRASS TRIUMPHANT
Gareth Wood
Cory Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

Sunday 20th May:

GORSETH FANFARE
Inglis Gundry
Cornets of The Cornwall Youth Brass Band
Conductor: Alan Pope

MARCHING WITH SOUSA
J P Sousa arr. Gordon Langford
Massed Bands of The Royal Air Force
Conductor: Wing Commander R E Wilkinson

THAT’LL DO
arr. Dan Price
Soloist: Zoe Hancock

CHILDREN OF SANCHEZ arr. Reid Gilje
Soloist: Zoe Hancock

REET PETITE
arr. Sandy Smith
Cornwall Youth Brass Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

CORNISH CAVALIER
W E Moyle
Darley Dale Band
Conductor: Adam Rutter

MUNION
Goff Richards
Massed Bands of Bodmin, Camborne, Mount Charles, St Austell
Conductor: Goff Richards

STILL TIME
Goff Richards
Wilton & District Band
Conductor: Dennis Chalk

SECOND WALTZ from THE JAZZ SUITE No.2
Dmitri Shostakovitch arr. Alan Fernie
Bideford Town Band
Conductor: Roger Ashby

SEIZE THE DAY
Peter Graham
Bristol Easton Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Nathan Cole

Sunday 27th May:

DIXIE
Dan Emmett
Morton Gould Symphonic Band
Conductor: Morton Gould

MEDLEY from WEST SIDE STORY
Leonard Bernstein
Black Dyke Mills Band
Conductor: James Watson

SATCHMO
Kenny Baker arr. Alan Morrison
Soloist: Alan Morrison
JJB Sports Leyland Band
Conductor: Richard Evans

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR FANTASY
arr. Bilik/Himes/Gray
Brass Band of Battle Creek

FINALE from GETTYSBERG
Randy Edelman arr. Andrew Duncan
New England Brass Band
Conductor: Douglas Yeo

BIRDLAND
Joe Zawinul arr. Lane & Sharp
Brass Band of Central Florida
Conductor: Michael J Garasi

PRESIDENTIAL POLONAISE
John Philip Sousa
Royal Artillery Band
Conductor: Keith Brion

THE PATRIOT POLKA
A Pryor
Soloist: Arthur Pryor
Sousa’s Band
Conductor: J F Sousa

A PITTSBURGH OVERTURE
Philip Sparke
JJB Sports Leyland Band
Conductor: Richard Evans


3rd June:

ORB & SCEPTRE
William Walton
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: James Watson

VIVAT REGINA
William Mathias
Rigid Containers Group Band
Conductor: John Beryman

ELIZABETHAN SERENADE
Ronald Binge arr. Edrich Siebert
Men O Brass
Conductor: Harry Mortimer

MAJESTIC MEMORIES
arr. Michael McDermott
Massed Bands of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines

THAMES JOURNEY
Nigel Hess
Leyland Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles

HAPPY AND GLORIOUS
Derek Bourgeois
Massed Bands of Britannia Building Society, CWS (Glasgow), Brass Band Willebroek
Conductor: Howard Snell

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