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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Enjoy plenty of great brass band music from Phillip Hunt.

Radio
  Phillip Hunt brings plenty of great brass band music to the airwaves

BBC SOUNDS OF BRASS — Worldwide

BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO CORNWALL, DEVON, GUERNSEY & JERSEY EVERY SUNDAY EVENING @ 7.00pm and on BRISTOL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOMERSET SOUND, SWINDON & WILTSHIRE Sunday 12am to 1am.

PRODUCED AND PRESENTED WEEKLY BY PHILLIP HUNT since 1985.

AVAILABLE LIVE AND LISTEN AGAIN EVERY WEEK ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB THROUGH THE BBC RADIO iPLAYER.

Live on Sundays at 19.05 or 12am British Time or at any time for 30 DAYS after the Broadcast.

To hear this week's programme instantly go to the Web Site of the BBC Local Radio Station you are listening to and click on Live or Listen Again, then Schedule.

For those listeners who can hear the programme on their TV through the Freeview Radio Channel you can now set your system to record the programme on a weekly basis by going to the Radio Programme Guide and finding our broadcast time.

At the moment the BBC Local Radio Stations on the Freeview Radio Channel can only be accessed within the individual Radio Station areas, which is why some numbers are duplicated.

The Freeview numbers for the Stations available are, BBC Radio Bristol 719, Radio Jersey 719, Radio Devon 720, Radio Guernsey 721, Radio Cornwall 721, Radio Wiltshire 721, Radio Somerset 722, Radio Gloucestershire 735.

You can also listen to and download the programme on your Smart Phone by downloading the BBC iPlayer APP.

Requests and Comments welcome at E Mail, brassmanpgh@uwclub.net
Telephone: 01752 843919.

Check the Sounds of Brass Blog @ www.sofbblog.wordpress.com every week for programme details, brass band articles and information.

Sunday 4th February:



GRAND MARCH from MOSES
Gioacchino Rossini arr. Ray Woodfield
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

LA DOMINO NOIR
Francois Auber
Foden's Band
Conductor: Russell Gray

FINALE from PIANO CONCERTO No. 3
Sergei Rachmaninov arr. Philip Harper
Soloist: Tom Hutchinson
Cory Band
Conductor: Philip Harper

THE SWAN
Camille Saint-Saens arr. Howard Snell
Soloist: Katrina Marzella
Piano: John Wilson

SYRINX
Claude Debussy arr. Ted Tarling
Soloist: Russell Gray
BNFL Band
Conductor: Richard Evans

SHEPHERD'S HEY
Percy Grainger arr. Denis Wright
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles

VIOLIN CONCERTO 2nd MOVEMENT
Felix Mendelssohn ar. Richard Rock
Soloist: Brett Baker
Ratby Co-operative Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles

VIOLIN CONCERTO FINALE
Felix Mendelssohn arr. Michael Hopkinson
Soloist: Owen Farr
Cory Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

THEME & VARIATIONS
Gioacchino Rossini arr. Sean Brennan
Soloist: David Thornton
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

FINALE TO ACT 1 OF TOSCA
Gioacchino Puccini arr. Philip Harper
Cory Band
Conductor: Philip Harper


Sunday 11th February:



DIAMOND NINE
Duncan Stubbs
Band of The Royal Air Force College Cranwell
Conductor: Flt. Lt. Duncan Stubbs

BRASS METAMORPHOSIS
James Curnow
Soli Brass
Conductor: Jan de Haan

BUSTER STRIKES BACK
Alan Morrison
Soloist: Alan Morrison
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Conductor: Garry Cutt

THE WAY WE WERE
Mervyn Hamlish arr. John Golland
Soloist: Stan Lippeatt
Thoresby Colliery Band
Conductor: Keith Wardle

THE WHIRLWIND
Jules Levy
Soloist: Brett Baker
Piano: John Wilson

HYMN TO THE FALLEN
John Williams arr. Klass van der Woude
Brunel Brass
Conductor: John Winterflood

OYDESSY
Kevin Norbury
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Conductor: Allan Withington

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