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Radio: World of Brass

More great music over the next couple of weeks from John Maines.

John Maines
 

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

20th July:

Nibelungen
Richard Wagner
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: Jeremy Wise

The Corsair
Hector Berlioz
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

The Swan
Camille Saint-Saens
Leyland
Conductor: Jason Katsikaris
Solo: Katrina Marzella

Elegy and Rondo
Gilbert Vinter
Eminence Brass

The Shipbuilders
Peter Yorke
Lostock Hall Memorial
Conductor: John Wood

David of the White Rock
Trad arr George Willcocks
Foden's
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey

Birdland
Joe Zawinal
BB of Central Florida
Conductor: Michael Garasi

Song of the Seashore
Trad arr Alan Catherall
Leyland
Conductor: Richard Evans
Solo: Billy Rushworth

John O’Gaunt
Gilbert Vinter
Black Dyke
Conductor: Geoffrey Brand

Dance of the Tumblers
Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov
Foden's
Conductor: Russell Gray


27th July:

Belford’s Carnival
Russell Alexander
Beaumaris
Conductor: Gwyn Evans

Semiramide
Gioacchino Rossini
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Titania’s Aria
Ambroise Thomas
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Richard Evans
Solo: Richard Marshall

Labour and Love
Percy Fletcher
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Casper’s Lullaby
James Horner arr Sandy Smith
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Ruby Tuesday
Mick Jagger
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Frank Renton

Carnival of Venice
Herbert Lincoln Clarke
VBS Poynton
Conductor: Alan Lawton
Solo: Andrew Lawton

Suite for Brass
John Rutter arr Sandy Smith
Wellington (Telford)
Conductor: Stephen Curtis

Aberystwyth
arr Ray Steadman Allen
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: David Hirst

The Girl I Left Behind Me
Trad arr Gordon Langford
Black Dyke
Conductor: Geoffrey Brand

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March 18 • Tintwistle Band are looking for a Soprano and front row cornet players to help complete the team.. We rehearse Monday and Thursday 8-10pm at our own bandroom on Old Road in Tintwistle, and perform a variety of concerts all year round.


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March 15 • We are a friendly, welcoming 4th section band based in Tameside, Greater Manchester. Following our 4th place at the North West regionals, we are looking for a SOLO CORNET player (position negotiable). We rehearse on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.


Lt Col David Barringer MBE

BMus (Hons)
Conductor and adjudicator


               

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