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Radio: Time for Brass

More music from over the waves as Ian Cottier presents Time for Brass.

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Time for Brass:
97.2, 89 & 103.7FM and 1368 AM and worldwide on www.manxradio.com

It's curious that I get far more feedback, and certainly more requests, from listeners in the UK and overseas than I do from those here in the Isle of Man.

This week's selection is in part the outcome of an e-mail from Keith
Brown in Fairlawn, New Jersey. Keith, though now permanently resident in USA, is a former Salvation Army bandsman in England and a member of the Band of the Coldstream Guards.

He attended a concert in New Jersey recently and was bowled over by what he heard, especially by guest soloist, David Childs.

Keith wrote to me to tell me about it and as a result it seemed like a good idea to share it with a wider audience. I hope our Manx Radio listeners, wherever they may be, enjoy the music as much as Keith did.

Monday 23rd May

1. Celebration
Leslie Condon
International Staff Band

2. Hine e Hine
arr. Peter Graham
Rushen Silver Band

3. Neath Dublin Skies
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Cory
Soloist: David Childs

4. King of Heaven
Kenneth Downie
International Staff Band

5. The Witch of the Westmorlands
Archie Fisher arr. Harper
Leyland

6. O, For the Wings of a Dove
Mendelssohn arr. Philip Wilby
Black Dyke
Soloist: Richard Marshall

7. Fugue in D Minor
Bach arr. Ray Farr
Enfield Citadel Band

8. Battle Ready
Roger Trigg
Enfield Citadel Band

9. The Veterans
Ray Steadman Allen
Enfield Citadel Band

10. An Evening Prayer
Humperdinck arr. Robert Childs
Cory

11. The Hot Canary
Paul Nero arr. Childs & Wood
Cory
Soloist: David Childs

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