Radio: Sounds of Brass

Music to remember the passing of the Listen to the Band era...

Philip Hunt looks back at highlights from the soon to be lost Listen to the Band

Sunday, 29 April 2018

BBC SOUNDS OF BRASS â€” Worldwide

BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO CORNWALL, DEVON, GUERNSEY & JERSEY EVERY SUNDAY EVENING @ 7.00pm and on BRISTOL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOMERSET SOUND, SWINDON & WILTSHIRE Sunday 12am to 1am.

PRODUCED AND PRESENTED WEEKLY BY PHILLIP HUNT since 1985.

AVAILABLE LIVE AND LISTEN AGAIN EVERY WEEK ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB THROUGH THE BBC RADIO iPLAYER.

Live on Sundays at 19.05 or 12am British Time or at any time for 30 DAYS after the Broadcast.

To hear this week's programme instantly go to the Web Site of the BBC Local Radio Station you are listening to and click on Live or Listen Again, then Schedule.

For those listeners who can hear the programme on their TV through the Freeview Radio Channel you can now set your system to record the programme on a weekly basis by going to the Radio Programme Guide and finding our broadcast time.

At the moment the BBC Local Radio Stations on the Freeview Radio Channel can only be accessed within the individual Radio Station areas, which is why some numbers are duplicated.

The Freeview numbers for the Stations available are, BBC Radio Bristol 719, Radio Jersey 719, Radio Devon 720, Radio Guernsey 721, Radio Cornwall 721, Radio Wiltshire 721, Radio Somerset 722, Radio Gloucestershire 735.

You can also listen to and download the programme on your Smart Phone by downloading the BBC iPlayer APP.

Requests and Comments welcome at E Mail: brassmanpgh@uwclub.net
Telephone: 01752 843919.

Check the Sounds of Brass Blog @ www.sofbblog.wordpress.com every week for programme details, brass band articles and information.

Sunday May 13th 2018

Memories of Listen to the Band.

WASHINGTON DC (Bryan Kelly)
Desford Colliery Band
Conductor: Frank Renton

OVERTURE: ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC (G F Handel arr. Frank Renton)
Desford Colliery Band
Conductor: Frank Renton

ROLL AWAY BET James Ord Hume
2 MOVEMENTS FROM A HOLIDAY SUITE Eric Ball
Introduced by Jimmy Kingsbury 1971
St Dennis Band
Conductor: E J Williams

ROYAL TROPHY (William Rimmer)
NEXT TO SILENCE (Per Olav Olsen)
Soloist: Paul Bilkey
Introduced by Roy Newsome 1991
Camborne Town Band
Conductor: Steve Sykes

THE TRAP (Ron Goodwin)
JJB Sports Leyland Band
Conductor: Richard Evans

SINGING IN THE RAIN (Nacio Herb Brown arr. Alan Fernie)
Tredegar Town Band
Conductor: Nicholas Childs
Introduced by Frank Renton with Goff Richards 2005

WASHINGTON GREYS (Claudio S Grafulla arr. Winter)
Kirkintilloch Band
Conductor: Frank Renton

FESTIVE OVERTURE (Dimitri Shostakovich arr. Peter Kitson)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Conductor: Frank Renton

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