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Radio: Sounds of Brass

More music from Phillip Hunt — including a fond remembrance of the composer Darrol Barry.

Radio
  More music from Phillip Hunt

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 17th June 2018



COLONEL BOGEY ON PARADE (Kenneth J Alford)

WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE-FINALE (Rossini arr. Frank Seymour)
Men O Brass
Conductor: Harry Mortimer

ZAMPA (Herold arr. William Rimmer)
Massed Bands of Britannia Building Society & Williams Fairey Engineering
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

CONCERT STUDY (Goedicke arr. Bruce Boughton)
Soloist: Roger Webster
Massed Bands of CWS Glasgow & United Norwest Co-operatives (Rochdale) Band
Conductor: Archie Hutchinson

LONDONDERRY AIR (Traditional arr. Gordon Coleman)
Massed Bands of Morris Concert, Ransome & Marles, Yorkshire Imperial Metals & Camborne Town
Conductor: Harry Mortimer

MEMORIES OF SCHUBERT (arr. Eric Ball)
Massed Bands of Brighouse & Rastrick, City of Coventry, Grimethorpe Colliery, GUS Footwear & Hanwell
Conductor: Eric Ball

WALTZING MATILDA (Traditional)
Massed Bands of Camborne Town Band & The Band of The Royal Corps of Signals
Conductor: Major Paul Morrell

PASTORALE (Goff Richards)
Massed Bands of Camborne Town, Mount Charles, St Austell & St Dennis
Conductor: John Maines

THE CALL OF THE RIGHTEOUS (Leslie Congdon)
Massed Bands of the International Staff Band of The Salvation Army and the Salvation Army Staff Bands of Amsterdam, Canada, Chicago, Japan, Germany, New York & Melbourne
Conductor: Ronald Waiksnoris

I VOW TO THEE MY COUNTRY (Holst arr. Ray Steadman-Allen)
Massed Bands of Black Dyke & The International Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Conductor: Dr Stephen Cobb


Sunday 24th June 2018



Remembering Darrol Barry

SUNBURST (Darrol Barry)

ELEGY (Darrol Barry)
Soloist: Mark Wilkinson
Foden's Richardson Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles

SALFORD SINFONIETTA (Darrol Barry)
BNFL Band
Conductor: Richard Evans

THE BIG MANCINI (Mancini arr. Darrol Barry)

DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE (arr. Darrol Barry)
Trio: David Price, Thomas Swatland, John Ingman
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Conductor: Alan Morrison

FANTASY ORIENTALE (Darrol Barry)
Soloist: David Childs
Buy As You View Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

A NORDIC TRILOGY (Darrol Barry)
Cory Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

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