Product: CD review: The Impossible Dream

October 4, 2022
Richard Poole
Foden's Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Featuring: Anthony Mann (marimba); Craig Mann (organ)
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD413

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Product: CD review: Black Dyke Gold Volume X

October 3, 2022
Conductor: Prof Nicholas Childs
Soloists: Daniel Thomas, Michael Cavanagh, Siobhan Bates
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD412

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Product: CD review: Vaughan Williams on Brass

October 2, 2022
Tredegar Band
Conductors: Martyn Brabbins & Ian Porthouse
Soloist: Ross Knight
Albion Recordings: Albion ALBCD052

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Product: CD review: Regionals 2023

October 1, 2022
Featuring: Black Dyke, Fairey, International Staff Band of the Salvation Army, BNFL, GUS Band
Conductors: Prof Nicholas Childs, Frank Renton, Dr Stephen Cobb, Richard Evans, Brian Grant
Doyen Recordings: DOY CD415

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Concert: Brighouse & Rastrick

September 1, 2022
Conductor: Ian McElligott
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Snape
Saturday 27th August

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Product: CD review: King of Swing

August 31, 2022
Foden's Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Featuring: Matt Ford
Soloist: John Barber
World of Sound Recordings: WOS163

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Book review: A History of the Lindley Band

August 30, 2022
Author: Paul Harrison
ISBN: 978-1-80068-369-3
Paperback

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Concert: Tredegar Band

August 25, 2022
Conductor: Ian Porthouse
Soloist: Yu-Han Yang
Compere: Andrew McGregor
Prom 32: Royal Albert Hall
London
Tuesday 9th August

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Product: CD review: Ensemble of the Golden Bough

August 23, 2022
British Folk Music for Brass Ensemble
Vol. 1 — The Land Without Music
PTC Record Label

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Book review: Brass Essentials

August 20, 2022
An Arban Companion for all valve instruments
Author: Paul Cosh
Timbercroft Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-3999-1211-2

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Book review: Before the Music Stopped

August 18, 2022
The Life of a Professional Musician 1965 -2000
Author: Peter Bassano
ISBN: 9798783933660
Hardback/Paperback/Kindle versions

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Product: CD review: The Lyrical Euphonium

August 17, 2022
Martin Smith
Accompanist: Catherine Milledge
MSM Recording: MSM001

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Concert: BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Tredegar Band

August 16, 2022
2022 BBC Proms
Conductors: Ryan Bancroft & Ian Porthouse
Royal Albert Hall
London
Monday 8th August

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Product: CD review: Serendipity

August 14, 2022
Duo Giovivo
Soloists: Fabian Bloch, Muriel Zeiter
Genuin Classics Recordings: GEN 22770

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Concert: National Reserve Band and National Youth Brass Band of Scotland

August 12, 2022
Conductors: Ian Porthouse, Alan Fernie, John Boax, Charlie Farren, Gareth Bowman
Albert Halls
Stirling
Saturday 6th August

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Concert: National Childrens Brass Band of Scotland

August 11, 2022
Conductors: Alan Fernie, Stuart Black
Albert Halls
Stirling
Saturday 6th August

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Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain

August 7, 2022
70th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Conductors: Martyn Brabbins and Anna Beresford
Soloist: Nardus Williams
Royal College of Music
London
Saturday 6th August

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Concert: National Youth Brass Band of Wales

August 6, 2022
Conductor: Philip Harper
Soloist: Isobel Daws
St David's Cathedral
Friday 5th August

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Concert: Elgar International Brass Band Summer School

August 5, 2022
Conductor: Paul Holland
Great Malvern Priory
Malvern
Friday 29th July

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Concert: Flowers Band

August 2, 2022
Conductor: Paul Holland
Guest Soloist: Phillippa Lay
Bacon Theatre
Cheltenham
Sunday 24th July

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