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Radio: Bandstand

More great music from the new brass band radio programme is being broadcast on ABC Classic in Australia.

Bandstand
  More great music from Lucas Burns

Wednesday, 18 February 2026

        

This week on Bandstand Lucas Burns guides listeners through a colourful hour of brass music, beginning with Sydney Brass and David Stanhope's 'Australian Fanfare'.

There's music from Fredrick Schjelderup, Joseph Horovitz, Percy Grainger, Amano Masamichi, Lew Pollack, George Gershwin and much, much more.

To enjoy:
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bandstand/from-fanfares-to-fireworks/106251138

        

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