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Radio: World of Brass

More great music from Phillip Hunt

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SOUNDS OF BRASS:

BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO BRISTOL, CORNWALL, DEVON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GUERNSEY, JERSEY, SOMERSET SOUND, SWINDON & WILTSHIRE EVERY SUNDAY EVENING @ 5 PAST 7
PRODUCED AND PRESENTED WEEKLY BY PHILLIP HUNT

AVAILABLE LIVE AND LISTEN AGAIN EVERY WEEK ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB. Live on Sundays at 19-05 British Time or at any time for 7 DAYS after the Broadcast.

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Telephone 01752 843919.

13th December:

THE PRESIDENT
William German
Foden’s Richardson Band
Conductor: Garry Cutt

CHARIVARI
John Iveson
Cornet Soloist: Richard Marshall
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

VIVO PER LEI
Zelli & Mangali arr. Alan Fernie
Duettists: Barbara Schupbach Cornet & Christoph Bangerter Euphonium
Oberaargauer Brass Band
Conductor: Manfred Obrecht

TRIO CONCERTO FOR BRASS BAND
Dr Denis Wright
Cornet: Phillip McCann; Euphonium: John Clough; Trombone: John Maines
National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome

GREENSLEEVES
Trad. arr. Bruce Fraser
Quartet: Oliver Waldmann, Cornet; Fabian Brudermann, Flugel;
Ruven Telli, Tenor Horn; Roman Vogt Euphonium
Oberaargauer Brass Band
Conductor: Manfred Obrecht

THE TOPS
T J Powell
Cornet Quintet
Lydbrook Band
Conductor: David Williams

GRANDFATHERS CLOCK
George Doughty
Featuring Six Euphoniums
Massed Bands of Britannia Building Society, John Foster Black Dyke Mills, Williams Fairey
Conductor: James Scott

THE MYSTERIOUS BRIDGE
Darrol Barry
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Conductor: Alan Morrison

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John Ward


Conductor, Adjudicator


               

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