Listen to the Band:
10th July:

Frank Renton with some classic brass band sounds.

17th July:

Alan Fernie is one of the top arrangers of his generation with brass bands all over the world playing his music — a fact which pleases and amazes him in equal measure.

Tonight he talks to Frank Renton about what he thinks makes a great arrangement, recalls being tipped £50 after conducting a performance of his own controversial arrangement of the Madness hit 'Baggy Trousers', and explains why he called time on his career as a professional trombonist.