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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Music celebrating Trafalgar Day over the airwaves from Philip Hunt.

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  Music from Philip Hunt this week celebrates Trafalgar Day

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.

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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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Sunday 20th October 2019

Celebrating Trafalgar Day.

VISCOUNT NELSON (Wilhelm Zehle)
The Band of HM Royal Marines Plymouth
Conductor: Major Paul Weston

UN VIE DE MATELOT (Robert Farnon)
BNFL Band
Conductor: Richard Evans

SONG OF THE SEASHORE (Traditional arr. Alan Catherall)
Soloist: Alan Morrison
Wallace Arnold Rothwell Band
Conductor: Frank Renton

FANTASY ON BRITISH SEA SONGS (Gordon Langford)
BLOW THE WIND SOUTHERLY (arr. Gordon Langford)
Roberts Bakery Band
Conductor: Colin Cranson

FROM THE SHORES OF THE MIGHTY PACIFIC (Herbert L Clarke)
Soloist: Steven Mead
Michigan State University Wind Symphony
Conductor: Kenneth G Bloomquist

THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (Albert Elms)
Narrator: Alan Jenkins
Foden's Courtois Band
Conductor: Nicholas Childs

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