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Radio: World of Brass

More great music to enjoy with John Maines over the coming weeks.

Maines
 

World of Brass Radio:
Presented by John Maines
At: www.worldofbrass.com/wobradio

A new programme every Friday heard 24/7 52 weeks!
Also catch up with previous programmes

Contact John with any comments or requests on: johnmaines@btinternet.com

27th August:

In The Firing Line
Bramwell Coles
Enfield Citadel (1984)
Conductor: James Williams

Highlights from Titanic
James Horner
Oberaargauer
Conductor: Manfred Obrecht

Carnival of Venice
Camerata
Black Dyke
Conductor: J. Watson
Solo: Robert Childs

King of Heaven
Kenneth Downie
ISB
Conductor: S. Cobb

Dance to thi’ Daddy
arr Darrol Barry
Grimethorpe
Conductor: James Gourlay

Wild West
Ennio Morricone
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

Harmony in Blue
M. Ellerby
Grimethorpe
Conductor: J. Gourlay
Piano: Philip Mead

Kaleidoscope
Rimsky Korsakov
Enfield Citadel (1984)
Conductor: James Williams

St Clements
C.C. Schofield
Grimethorpe
Conductor: P. McCann

Under the Double Eagle
Josef Wagner
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: David Hirst


3rd September:

Anthem of the Free
Dean Goffin
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

The Mysterious Bridge
Darrol Barry
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: Alan Morrison

Golden Slippers
Norman Bearcroft
ISB
Conductor: S. Cobb
Solo: David Daws

Rhapsody in Brass
Dean Goffin
Cory
Conductor: R Childs

Dance Fever
Kenneth Downie
YBS
Conductor: D. King

Largo from The New World
A. Dvorak
Grimethorpe
Conductor: G. Cutt

Variations on an Enigma
P. Sparke
Eikanger Bjorsvik
Conductor: H. Snell

Steadfast and True
Carl Tieke
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

One Moment In Time
A. Hammond
Fairey
Conductor: Marc Reift

I Got Rhythm
G. Gershwin
BNFL
Conductor: R. Evans


10th September:

Fanfare & Chorale Laudes Domini
Wm Gordon
Household Troops
Conductor: John Mott

Italian Fantasy
arr A. Fernie
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs

An American Trilogy
G. Richards
Sellers International
Conductor: P. McCann

Catari Catari
Salvatore Cardillo
Black Dyke
Conductor: N. Childs
Solo: R Marshall

Pirates of the Caribbean
Klaus Badelt/Barry
Oberaargauer
Conductor: Manfred Obrecht

Lord of All Hopefulness
arr K. Downie
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: S. Cobb

Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
R. Wagner
Fodens
Conductor: H. Snell

The Light of the World
Dean Goffin
ISB (1950)
Conductor: Bernard Adams

Donegal Bay
P. Lovatt Cooper
Cory
Conductor: R Childs
Solo: D. Cihilds

A Spin Through Moscow
D. Shostakovich
Leyland
Conductor: R. Gray

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