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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Its a celebration of Burns Night with Phillip Hunt this week

Radio
  Its a celebration of Burns Night with 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 26th January 2020

A Burns Night Visit to Scotland.

SCOTS WHA HAE (Traditional arr. Bruce Fraser)
HIGHLAND LULLABY (Chris Brown)
Scottish Brewers Silver Band
Conductor: Raymond Tennant

RHAPSODY ON THE ISLE OF MULL (Kenneth Downie)
Yorkshire Building Society Band
Conductor: David King

SCOTTISH FOLK VARIANTS (Stephen Bulla)
Soloist: Anthony Smith
The Household Troops Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Carl Saunders

ROSES FOR A PRINCESS (YE BANKS & BRAES)
(Traditional arr. Andrew Duncan)
ERISKAY LOVE LILT (Traditional arr. Andrew Duncan)
Soloist: Eleanor Ferguson
A HEBRIDEAN SUITE (Andrew Duncan)
Whitburn Band
Conductor: Andrew Duncan

MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE (Traditional arr. Gordon Langford
Soloist: Darren Hendy
Camborne Town Band
Conductor: Derek Greenwood

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