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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Plenty of great music and chat over the next two weeks with Philip Hunt — including Richard Evans and music from the Nordic lands of brass

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Sunday 28th July 2019:

Richard Evans reads more from his autobiography, Dick the Stick.

THE NEW COLONIAL (Robert Browne Hall)
The National Youth Brass Band of Scotland
Conductor: Richard Evans

VITAE AETERNUM (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
MUSIC (John Miles arr. Stephen Brodie)
IN THEE IS JOY (J S Bach arr. Howard Snell)
The Leyland Band
Conductor: Richard Evans

NATIONAL EMBLEM (Edwin Eugene Bagley)
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

WILL O THE WISP (George Willcocks)
Soloist: Maurice Murphy
Black Dyke Mills Band
Conductor: Major George Willcocks

LIGHT CAVALRY (Franz von Suppe arr. John Greenwood)
BNFL Band
Conductor: Richard Evans


Sunday 4th August 2019



Sounds of Brass takes a Cruise to the Nordic Countries.

THE PLYMOUTH SOUND MARCH (Ron Goodwin)
The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Commandos
Conductor: Lieutenant John Perkins

NORDIC MOODS (Tom Brevik)
Provinciale Brassband Groningen
Conductor: Siemen Hoekstra

NORDIC POLSKA (Anders Edenroth & Matti Kallio arr. Philip Harper)
The Household Troops Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Carl Saunders

FAROESE FOLK SONG: SONG TO SPRING (Knut Haberg arr. Goff Richards)
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Conductor: Goff Richards

SUMMER GREETING (Ingi T Larusson)
Reykjavik City Band
Conductor: Bjorn R Einarsson

IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING (Edward Greig arr. Bill Geldard)
Soloist: Paul Bennett
Fairey Band
Conductor: Tom Davoren

NORWEGIAN INTRO AND REEL (Traditional arr. Tom Brevik)
Travelsphere Holiday Band
Conductor: Russell Gray

SWEDISH MELODIES (G. Blomberg)
Stockholm VII Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Erland Beijer

SWEDISH RHAPSODY (Hugo Alfven)
FINLANDIA (Jean Sibelius arr. Thomas Bidgood)
Men O Brass
Conductor: Harry Mortimer

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