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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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Victoria Wood

Last 5 tickets left for NYBBGB in Manchester...

April 18 • There is just room for a quintet of listeners for the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain at the RNCM in Manchester later today...


pARLIAMENT

BBE returns to Parliament

April 18 • Brass Bands England met MPs in Parliament to reignite support to meet the challenges ahead for bands across the UK.


Linz

UK trio to showcase European preparations

April 18 • Flowers, Tredegar and Whitburn will putting the finishing touches to their European Championship preparations — and you can hear how they are getting on.


Fleetwood

Enjoy the Fleetwood action next weekend.

April 18 • If you can't make it in person then why not sit back and enjoy the brass band action from anywhere in the world...


Hathersage Band - Hathersage Village Spring Concert

Saturday 18 April • Hathersage Methodist Church . Main Road. Hathersage S32 1BB


Regent Hall Concerts - Central Band of the Royal Air Force

Friday 1 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Sunday 3 May • St Alfege Church. Greenwich Church Street SE10 9BJ


Regent Hall Concerts - FiveBy5 Trumpet Quintet

Tuesday 5 May • Charlton House and Gardens. Charlton Road, . London. . SE7 8RE


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Friday 8 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Waterbeach Brass

April 16 • Waterbeach Brass are seeking a talented and confident solo (tutti) cornet player to join our friendly and ambitious band. We offer a welcoming and social environment with a diverse and challenging musical repertoire playing at regular concerts and contests


Chinnor Silver

April 15 • With the dust settling after the areas we are looking for Bb BASS & PERCUSSION players to join us as we look to consolidate as a 1st Section Band.. Varied but realistic diary for the coming year and possible foreign trip in 2027. Rehearsals on a Wednesday


Linthwaite Band

April 15 • We are a welcoming 4th section band with a vacancy for a kit player. Our calendar is filling up with various contests and engagements to fulfil through the year.


Chris Wormald

B.Mus (Hons), LTCL, PGCE
Conductor, adjudicator, arranger


               

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