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Radio: Time for Brass

Plenty of great music on the airwaves from the Isle of Man thanks to Ian Cottier.

Cottier
 

Time for Brass:

97.2, 89 & 103.7 FM and 1368 AM and www.manxradio.com

6th June:

1. Irresistible
William Rimmer
Boobs and Brass

2. Magic Flute overture
Mozart arr. Rimmer
Black Dyke

3. Klezmorim
Sandy Smith
Black Dyke
Soloist: Joseph Cook

4. Tintagel
Denis Wright
Leyland

5. Spirit of Life
David Catherwood
Enfield Citadel Band

6. Castell Caerphilly
T.J.Powell
Brass Band Berner Oberland

7. Our Love is Here to Stay
Gershwin arr. Goff Richards
Soloist: John Lee

8. A Groovy Kind of Love
arr. Alan Fernie
Leyland

9. On With the Motley
Leoncavallo arr. Ray Farr
Fodens
Soloist: Jens Lindemann

10. Give Me Jesus
arr. Gordon
Jens Lindemann & Robin Dewhirst

11. Our Boys will Shine Tonight
arr. Gordon Langford
Leyland


13th June:

1. Entry of Spartacus
Khatchachurian arr. Snell
Point of Ayr

2. Love Theme from 'Spartacus'
Khatchachurian arr. Langford
Sun Life

3. Le Cid
Massenet arr. Snell
Sun Life

4. The Perfect Fool Holst
arr. Peter Parkes
Sun Life

5. Ayesha's Dance
Khatchachurian
Arr. Snell
Sun Life

6. Sabre Dance
Khatchachurian arr. Hurdley
Sun Life

7. Firebird
Stravinsky arr. Farr
Grimethorpe

8. Montagues and Capulets
Prokofiev arr. Roberts
Sun Life

9. Bacchanale (Daphnis and Chloe)
Ravel arr. Snell
Britannia B.S.

10. Czardas (Coppelia)
Delibes — arr. Alan Fernie
Black Dyke

11. Clog Dance (La Fille Mal Gardee)
Herschel arr. Newsome
Sun Life


20th June:

1. Knight Templar
George Allen
Black Dyke

2. Morning, Noon and Night
Suppe
Black Dyke

3. Pandora
Damare
Black Dyke
Soloist: Ian Porthouse

4. Le Roi d'Ys
Lalo arr. Frank Wright
Black Dyke

5. Jewels
Eric Ball
Kings of Brass
Soloists: Peter Read, Jim Shepherd, Kevin Wadsworth, Stephen Lord

6. Elegy from 'A Downland Suite'
Ireland
Kings of Brass

7. Angels Guard Thee
Godard arr. Eric Ball
Black Dyke
Soloist: Chris Jeans

8. Cornet Carillon
Ronald Binge
Kings of Brass

9. Crimond
Jessie Irvine arr. Peter Graham
Black Dyke


27th June:

1. Old Comrades
Teike
Kings of Brass

2. Oberon
Weber arr. J.A.Greenwood
Kings of Brass

3. Silver Threads among the Gold
arr. Boddington
Black Dyke
Soloist: Roger Webster

4. Resurgam
Eric Ball
Black Dyke

5. David of the White Rock
arr. Willcocks
Black Dyke

6. Grandfather's Clock
Doughty
B.T.
Soloist: Simon Willis

7. A Little Serenade
Ernest Tomlinson
Kings of Brass

8. Panis Angelicus
Cesar Francke arr. Denis Wright
B.T.
Soloist: John Maines

9. Nightfall in Camp
Douglas Pope
Massed Bands

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