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Plenty of great brass band music from Phillip Hunt.

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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 11th August 2019



PLYMOUTH HOE (John Ansell arr. Charles Godfrey)
The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth
Conductor: Captain John Perkins

FAMOUS BRITISH MARCHES (arr. Gordon Langford)
TAKE A PAIR OF SPARKLING EYES (Sir Arthur Sullivan arr. Gordon Langford)
Soloist: Phillip McCann

BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS (Trad arr. Gordon Langford)
Soloist: Marcus Cutts

HUNGARIAN DANCE No 5 (Johannes Brahms arr. Gordon Langford)
SOLDIERS CHORUS (Charles Gounod arr. Gordon Langford)
The Fairey Band
Conductor: Kenneth Dennison

SERENATA ( Frank Hughes)
Soloist: Kenneth Dennison
The Fairey Band
Conductor: Harry Mortimer

WEST COUNTRY FANTASY (Gordon Langford)
Massed Bands of Bodmin Town, Britannia Building Society & Camborne Town
Conductor: Howard Snell

SHARE MY YOKE (Joy Webb arr. Ivor Bosanko)
Soloist: Philip Cobb
The International Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Dr Stephen Cobb

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Otto Nicolai arr. Cooper)
Foden's Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles

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