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Radio: Sounds of Brass

More great music to enjoy in the run up to Christmas with Philip Hunt.

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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

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Sunday 18th December

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Traditional arr. Howard Lorriman

JOY TO THE WORLD
Georg Friedrich Handel arr. Howard Lorriman

ALPENLANDISCHE WEIHNACHT
Traditional arr. Howard Lorriman

O HOLY NIGHT
Adolphe Adam arr. Howard Lorriman
Oberaargauer Brass Band
Conductor: Manfred Obrecht

HURON CAROL
Traditional arr. Kevin Norbury
Soloist: Terry Everson

CHRISTMAS BELLS ARE RINGING
Alfred Burt arr. Stephen Bulla

RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC
Alfred Reed arr. John W de Salme
The New England Brass Band
Conductor: Douglas Yeo

SON OF MARY
John Peterson arr. Rieks van der Velde
Soloists: Hilde van der Hoeven & Willem van der Leest

FRENCH CHRISTMAS
arr. Rieks van der Velde
Brass Band De Waldsang
Conductor: Rieks van der Velde

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Sam Fisher

BA (Hons), PGCE, Dip.ABRSM
Conductor, Adjudicator (AoBBA), Composer/Arranger, Cornet & Flugelhorn Soloist


               

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