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The winning Breath of Souls

BBC Radio 2's Listen to the Band have released the winning performance of Breath of Souls on their website.

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As an added bonus to their 2011 Nationals coverage from The Royal Albert Hall last Saturday, the BBC's Listen to the Band have released the winning performance from the Brighouse and Rastrick Band of Paul Lovatt-Cooper's Breath of Souls conducted by Professor David King.

The highlights programme hosted by Frank Renton features snippets of some of the competing bands performances along with interviews with people involved on the day including Kapitol Promotions' Philip Morris.

The winner

To listen to the winning performance click on the following link:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00l7x2v

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