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Radio: Sounds of Brass

There are a packed few weeks ahead for brass band music lovers on Philip Hunt's great radio show.

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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 THROUGH THE RADIO iPLAYER. Live on Sundays at 19-05 British Time or at any time for 7 DAYS after the Broadcast.

To hear this week’s programme instantly go to www.bbc.co.uk/devon and click on Listen Live or Listen Again.

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

Sunday 15th May:

Heaps of Harper.

LIONHEART
Philip Harper

MAGEE’S PATROL
Philip Harper

SALSA PA’GOZAR
arr. Philip Harper
Polysteel Band
Conductor: Philip Harper

DE-LOVELY: A COLE PORTER MEDLEY
Cole Porter arr. Philip Harper
Whitburn Band
Conductor: Michael Marzella

A HEBRIDEAN LULLABY
Philip Harper
Soloist: Katrina Marzella
Cornwall Youth Brass Band
Conductor: Philip Harper

HAT TRICK
Roy Newsome
Soloists: Philip Harper, Liz Jenkins, Richard Knight
Sun Life
Conductor: Roy Newsome

DON’T STOP ME NOW
Freddie Mercury arr. Philip Harper
Tongwynlais Temperance Band
Conductor: Philip Harper

QUEEN ISOBEL’S PRAYER
Philip Harper
Flowers
Conductor: Philip Harper

THE ROYAL GAME
Philip Harper
Leyland Band
Conductor: Philip Harper

Sunday 22nd May:

CELEBRATION
Leslie Condon

RHAPSODY ON A THEME BY PURCELL
Kevin Norbury

PSALM OF THANKS
Paul Sharman

TOCCATA, OH THE BLESSED LORD
Wilfred Heaton
The International Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Stephen Cobb

WHEN I REMEMBER
David Catherwood
Soloist: Roger Webster
Amsterdam Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Howard J Evans

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
George Gershwin arr. Bill Broughton
New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Ronald Waiksnoris

SWEET BY AND BY
Leonard Ballantine
Soloist: Randy Cox
Chicago Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: William Himes

CONSTANT TRUST
Eric Ball
The Household Troops of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Major John Mott


Sunday 29th May:

UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE
Josef Wagner arr. Gordon Langford
Whitworth Vale & Healy Veterans
Conductor: Dr Roy Newsome

SELECTION FROM IOLANTHE
Sir Arthur Sullivan arr. Gordon Langford
Black Dyke Mills

SILVER THREADS AMONGST THE GOLD
Allison
Soloist: Peter Roberts
Kings of Brass
Conductor: James Scott

IN A MONASTERY GARDEN
Albert Ketelby arr. Philip Wilby
Organist Mark Lee, Bristol Cathedral Choir
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

TO A WILD ROSE
Edward Macdowell arr. Eric Ball
Soloist: Mike Faro
St Dennis Band
Conductor: E J Williams

MORNING PAPERS
Johann Strauss 11 arr. Edrich Siebert
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: Allan Withington

WILL O THE WISP George Willcocks
Soloist: Maurice Murphy
Black Dyke Mills
Conductor: Major George Willcocks

SLAVONIC DANCE
Dvorak arr. Ronald Hanmer
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band

LITTLE LISA
James Warr arr. Stanley Boddington
St Keverne Band
Conductor: David Loukes

SULLIVAN FANTASY
Sir Arthur Sullivan arr. Gordon Langford
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs


Sunday 5th June:

CROWN IMPERIAL
Sir William Walton arr F Wright
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

A MOORSIDE SUITE
Gustav Holst
Black Dyke Mills
Conductor: William Halliwell

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
Leonard Ballantine
Soloist: Barney Lawrence
Boscombe Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaste: Howard J Evans

FAIRIES & GIANTS
Sir Edward Elgar arr. Gordon Langford
Black Dyke Mills
Conductor: Peter Parkes

AVE VERUM CORPUS
Sir Edward Elgar arr. Ralph Pearce
Soloist: Maurice Patterson
Enfield Citadel Band
Bandmaster: Jonathan Corry

ALLEGRO PIACEVOLE from SERENADE Opus 20
Sir Edward Elgar arr. Philip Sparke
Foden OTS Band
Conductor: Howard Snell

EYES OF A CHILD
Jalkeus/Larsen
Soloist: Allan Withington
Stavanger Band
Conductor: Jacob Vilhelm Larsen

THE SORCERERS APPRENTICE
Paul Dukas arr. Derek Bourgeois
Leyland
Conductor: Philip Harper

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