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Radio: Sounds of Brass.co.uk

An afternoon of great brass band music from Chris Johnston and Rob Tompkins — this week featuring memories of Sellers International Band.

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  Sounds of Brass

Sounds of Brass

Live broadcast: Wednesday 26th February
12 noon — 2.00pm

Chris Johnston and Rob Tompkins present the brass band radio programme with something for everyone.

On this week's live show they feature Sellers Engineering Band.

Founded in January of 1986 the band was led by Philip McCann. Its original name was Huddersfield Tecol Band and in 1987, just one year after its formation, it changed to Sellers College Brass and then to Sellers Engineering Band and finally, Sellers International Band, a name which lasted and was passed on to the junior band, the Sellers International Youth Band, in 1998.

Programme:

Legend in Brass (James Curnow)
Coriolanus (Cyril Jenkins)
Sinfonietta (Erik Leidzen)
The Kingdom Triumphant (Eric Ball)
Variations for Percussion (Rodney Newton)
A Pastoral Symphony (Robert Redhead)

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