Product: Have you got the horn: Besson v Yamaha

August 1, 2005
4BR looks at the two leading tenor horns on the market — the Besson Sovereign and the Yamaha Maestro to see which one comes out on top.

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CD: 2005 Norwegian Brass Band Championships

July 30, 2005
Various bands
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD197
Total playing time: 2hrs 35.25

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Book Review — Dick the Stick

July 30, 2005
Autobiography of Richard Evans
Jagrins Publications
244 pages
Price: £13.99

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Concert: Brett Baker with Kew & Footscray Yarraville Bands

July 25, 2005
Conductors: Mark Ford and Phillipa Edwards
Guest Artist: Brett Baker
Firbank Girls’ Grammar
Friday 22 July 2005
Brighton, Melbourne

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Concert: YBS Band

July 18, 2005
Conductor: Professor David King
Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir
Conductor: Geraint Roberts
Pavilion Theatre
Rhyl
Saturday 16th July

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Concert: Black Dyke Band/2nd Rossendale Scouts Band

July 15, 2005
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Conductor: Graham Helm
Royal Theatre,
Bacup
Saturday 2nd July

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Concert: Gresley Old Hall Band and Junior Band

July 15, 2005
Conductors: Nigel Boddice and Fay Bayliss
Gresley Old Hall
Saturday 2nd July

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Concert: Buy As You View Band

July 15, 2005
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs
Cheltenham Music Festival
Cheltenham Town Hall
Sunday 10th July

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CD: The Derick Kane Euphonium Album

July 14, 2005
Derick Kane: Euphonium
The International Staff Band, Conducted by Stephen Cobb
Richard Phillips, Piano
SP&S Ltd: SPS 195 CD
Total playing time: 77.16 min

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CD: Tales and Stories

July 4, 2005
Eikanger Bjorsvik Band
Conductor: Reid Gilje
Soloists: Magnus Brandseth, Henning Anundsen, Tormod Flaten, Martin Winter
Organ: Iver Kleive
Recitation: Kirsten Hofseth
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD204
Total Playing Time: 64.03

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Concert: The National Band of New Zealand

July 1, 2005
Conductor: David Gallaher
Aotearoa Maori Cultural Group, Regent Hall Band
Regent Hall,
London,
Tuesday 28th June

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Concert: Fanfare and Final Flourish

June 29, 2005
Kirkwall Town Band
Orkney Schools Brass Band
RSAMD Brass
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
Wednesday 22nd June

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Concert: Brighouse & Rastrick Band

June 28, 2005
Durham Brass Band Festival
Conductor: Ray Farr
Soloists: Alan Morrison, Steve Miles
The Gala Theatre, Durham
Saturday 25th June

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Concert: Fairey (FP Music) Band

June 28, 2005
Prescot Parish Church
Thursday 23rd June

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CD: Grimethorpe in Concert—Volume II

June 24, 2005
Grimethorpe Colliery (UK) Coal
Conductor: Richard Evans
Soloists: Mark Frost, Richard Marshall, Sandy Smith, Michael Dodd
Egon Recordings: CD SFZ 125
Total Playing Time: 74.03

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Concert: Just Jazz, Canterbury Foundation Brass

June 22, 2005
‘Just Jazz’—Canterbury Foundation Brass, conducted by Davey Boyes, Aurora Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday 18th June 2005

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Concert: Gala Concert, QBA State Championships

June 22, 2005
The Best of Brass, Saturday 11th June, Brolga Theatre, Maryborough, Queensland. Capricornia Silver, Brisbane Brass, South Brisbane Federal, Brisbane Excelsior.

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Concert: Reg Vardy Band

June 22, 2005
Conductor: Ray Farr
Soloists: Mikeo Kanno (Violin) Andy Nercessian (Piano)
The Gala Theatre, Durham
Sunday 19th June 2005

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CD: Alpha and Omega

June 21, 2005
YBS Band
Conductor: Professor David King
Egon Recordings: CD SFZ126
Total Playing Time: 72.33

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CD: The Heaton Collection: Volume 3

June 17, 2005
Black Dyke, International Staff Band
Conductors: Dr. Nicholas Childs, Bandmaster Stephen Cobb
Soloists: Brett Baker, Kevin Ashman
SPS Recordings: SPS198 CD
Total Playing Time: 62.53

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