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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Great music over the airwaves from Phillip Hunt down in Cornwall.

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  Plenty of great music on show from Philip Hunt down in Cornwall

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 6th May 2018



Memories of the European Brass Band Championships

2011 Switzerland
PAS REDOUBLE (Camille Saint-Saens arr. Michael Bach)
Brassband Burgermusik Luzern
Conductor: Michael Bach

1998 London
SYMPHONIC MUSIC (Paul Huber)
Black Dyke Mills Band
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

2008 Norway
LAPP-NILS POLKA (Traditional arr. Gudim)
Soloist: Nils Landgren
Stavanger Brass Band
Conductor: Selmer Simonsen

2004 Scotland
HYMNS OF PRAISE (Goff Richards)
National Youth Brass Band of Scotland
Conductor: Richard Evans

2005 Holland
PARIS METRO (W H Bowen arr. Steve Sykes)
Amsterdam Brass
Conductor: Frank von Koten

1993 Plymouth
ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (Trad. arr. Stanley Boddington)
Soloist: Nicholas Childs
Bodmin Town Band
Conductor: Howard Snell

2010 Austria
LATIN FOR BRASS (arr. Joe Laube)
Soloists: Lito Fontana & Hans Gansch
Brass Band Oberosterreich
Conductor: Hannes Buchegger

2016 France
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
European Youth Brass Band
Conductor Erik Janssen

1995 Luxembourg
THE BARTERED BRIDE
Bedric Smetana arr. Derek Broadbent
Williams Fairey Band
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

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Cory to head to Alpine Festival

May 6 • The Welsh champion will join up with BrassBand Bozen Uberetsch as part of the first Alps Brass Festival.


Sarah Baumann

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May 6 • Sarah Baumann has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Brass Bands England.


David Childs

Childs to provide recital and masterclass at Elgar International Festival of Brass

May 6 • Details have been released of the recital and masterclass appearances of the euphonium virtuoso at the forthcoming event in Birmingham.


Brighouse

Brighouse to close Best of Brass series

May 6 • The British Open champion will provide the final concert of the annual Leeds 'Best of Brass' series.


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


Wardle Anderson Brass Band - Wardle Junior Blast

Friday 8 May • Milnrow Parish Church, 16 Westward Ho, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 3JX


Regent Brass - Woodbridge Excelsior Band and Russell Gray

Saturday 9 May • The Salvation Army (Regent Hall), Oxford Street, London W1C 2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Woodbridge Excelsior Band

Saturday 9 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


East London Brass

May 7 • B Flat Bass : fresh off the back of our promotion to the Grand Shield, ELB are on the look out for a bflat bass player to complement our existing section. The band is ambitious and has an exciting second half of the year ahead.


Thornton Cleveleys Band

May 7 • We currently have the following vacancies.. 3rd Cornet and Bb Bass.. Friendly 3rd Section NW band based just outside of Blackpool. We have some great concerts coming up as well as marches, galas and charity events. With the odd contest thrown in too


Thornton Cleveleys Band

May 7 • MD VACANCY . We are a 3rd section NW band based just outside of Blackpool. Monday and Thursday rehearsals. Good mix of concerts and contests. Library full of music with funds available for new music. .


Julian Bright


Conductor, Compere/MC, Cornet Soloist


               

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