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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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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 1.00am to 2.00am.

PRODUCED AND PRESENTED WEEKLY BY PHILLIP HUNT since 1985.

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Live on Sundays at 20.05 or 12am British Time or at any time for 30 DAYS after the Broadcast.

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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.

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Telephone: 01752 843919

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

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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Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen

D. Phil. (Oxon) [Ph.D Oxford University], GBSM, LTCL, ABSM, ALCM, Cert. Ed.


               

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