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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Music over the airwaves from Phillip Hunt down in Cornwall.

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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 8th April 2018:



THJE BOMBADIER (T J Powell)
Sun Life Stanshawe Band
Conductor: Brian Howard

WORLD TOUR (Rodney Newton)
Gosport Solent Brass
Conductor: Colin Garner

SOFTLY AWAKES MY HEART (Camille Saint Saens arr. Gordon Langford)
Soloist: Chris Lewis
Aldbourne Band
Conductor: Ian Holmes

ALLERSEELEN (Richard Strauss arr. Stephen Roberts)
Sun Life Band
Conductor: Bryan Hurdley

BREEZIN DOWN BROADWAY (Goff Richards)
Hatherleigh Silver Band
Conductor: Matthew Green

PUTTIN ON THE RITZ (Irving Berlin arr. Goff Richards)
Helston Town Band
Conductor: John Hitchens

DOVER COACH (Gilbert Vinter)
Cornet Trio: Brian Taylor, Philip Chalk, Stephen Bastable
Williams Fairey Engineering Band
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

CARNIVAL OF VENICE (Jean-Baptiste Arban arr. Alan Catherall)
Soloist: David Childs
Flowers Band
Conductor: Paul Holland

ODYSSEY (Kevin Norbury)
Flowers Band
Conductor: David Childs

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