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There are still a few tickets available for the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist Final in Manchester on Saturday.

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There are still a few tickets available for the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist Final in Manchester on Saturday.

Four in contention

David Moore, Lauren Reeves-Rawlings, Stephen Sykes and Matthew White will compete on Saturday evening at the RNCM in Manchester with the winner being crowned the BBC Radio 2 Young Brass Soloist for 2009.

With a full house expected, you need to be quick to obtain your free tickets4BR

The four soloists will be accompanied by Black Dyke conducted by Dr Nicholas Childs with host Frank Renton getting the night's proceedings underway at 7.30pm.

Full house

With a capacity audiene expected, tickets for the final in the Haden Freeman Concert Hall are available from the RNCM website – www.rncm.ac.uk or the Box Office on 0161 907 5555 on a first come, first served basis with a requested limit of four per applicant.

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