30th anniversary celebration for Sounds of Brass

Phillip Hunt and the Sounds of Brass radio programme will celebrate its 30th anniversary next weekend.

Monday, 31 August 2015

Next weekend, one of banding's most popular radio broadcasters will be celebrating 30 years of bringing brass band music to the world.

30th anniversary

Phillip Hunt has produced and presented 'Sounds of Brass' since 1985, and his weekly programme on BBC Radio Cornwall is heard from Sidmouth to Sydney thanks to the advent of the worldwide web and the radio i-player.

For his 30th anniversary programme (his 1495th) he presents music from some of the rising Cornish compositional stars that Phillip has been a sterling advocate for over the years — including Daniel Hall, Simon Dobson and Christopher Bond, whose Tenor Horn Concerto, 'Bestowal of a Century', performed by Lowenna Taylor also celebrates his other great musical passions of the Cornish Youth Band and the famous Bugle Contest.

BBC Sounds of Brass — Worldwide

Broadcast on BBC Radio Cornwall, Devon, Guernsey& Jersey every Sunday evening at 7.05pm and on Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset Sound, Swindon & Wiltshire on Sunday 12.00am to 1.00am.

Produced and presented by Phillip Hunt since 1985.

Available live and listen again every week on the worldwide web through the radio i-player.

Live on Sundays at 7.05am or 12.00am British Time or at any time for 30 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'.

Also on Freeview Radio Channel 720. Devon area only.

Requests and Comments welcome at E Mail, brassmanpgh@uwclub.net

Telephone 01752 843919

Sunday 6th September:

Sounds of Brass 30th Anniversary Programme (No 1495)

Fanfare — Golden Years (Christopher Bond)

Illusions (Daniel Hall)
Cornwall Youth Brass Band
Conductor: Philip Harper

The Goat (Iain McKnight)

La Cambiale di Matrimonto (Gioachino Rossini arr. Iain McKnight)
Leyland Band
Conductor: Russell Gray

Bestowal of a Century (Christopher Bond)
Soloist: Lowenna Taylor
Cornwall Youth Brass Band
Conductor: Les Neish

Celtic Song (Simon Dobson)
Mount Charles Band
Conductor Kevin McKenzie

Lydian Pictures (Simon Dobson)
Besses o' th' Barn Band
Conductor: Lynda Nicholson

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