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Radio: World of Brass

More great music from John Maines and his world of brass.

John Maines
 

World of Brass Radio:
Presented by John Maines

www.worldofbrass.com/¬wobradio

A new programme every Friday heard 24/7 52 weeks!

Also catch up with previous programmes
Contact: johnmaines@btinternet.com

John Maines invites you to listen to World of Brass Radio
www.worldofbrass.com/wobradio
Brass Music 24/7 52 Weeks of the Year!

18th May:

Goldcrest
James Anderson
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Nabucco
Guiseppe Verdi
Foden's
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Joy in My Soul
Erik Silverburg
ISB
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb
Duet: David Daws & Andrew Justice

Benvenuto Cellini
Hector Berlioz
Fairey
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

Variations on a Tyrolean Melody
JB Arban
JSVB
Solo: James Shepherd

Honey Pie
Lennon and McCartney
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: David Hirst

A Manchester Tale
Andrew Duncan
Sellers International
Conductor: Phillip McCann

Bagatelles
John Golland
Eminence Brass

I Vow to Thee My Country
Gustav Holst arr Ray Steadman-Allen
Grimethorpe
Conductor: James Gourlay

Fairest of the Fair
John Philip Sousa
Fairey
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes


25th May:

Florentina
Julius Fucik
Fairey
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

Marco Spada
Daniel Auber
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Vilja
Franz Lehar
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Brian Grant
Solo: Kevin Crockford

Breath of Souls
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Swingtime Religion
Barrie Gott
H.M. Welsh Guards
Conductor: Lt. Col. Stephen Barnwell

Memory
Andrew Lloyd Webber
YBS
Conductor: Professor David King
Solo: Peter Roberts

Trumpet Voluntary
Jeremiah Clarke
BNFL
Conductor: Richard Evans
Solo: Alan Wycherley

Excerpt from Music of the Sheres
Philip Sparke
BB of Central Florida
Conductor: Chad Shoopman

That’ll Do
Randy Newman
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Solo: Zoe Hancock

Ravenswood
Willian Rimmer
BB of Central Florida
Conductor: Chad Shoopman

1st June:

Tiger’s Tail
TW Thurbin
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: David Hirst

The Thievish Magpie
Gioachino Rossini
Foden's
Conductor: Tom Wyss

Time to Say Goodbye
Francesco Satari
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Soloists: Alex Kerwin & Jonathan Bates

Fanfare Romance and Finale
Philip Sparke
BB of Central Florida
Conductor: Chad Shoopman

Meditaion from Thais
Jules Massenet
Fairey
Conductor: Geoffrey Brand
Solo: Alan Wycherley

Daniel
Barrie Gott
H.M. Welsh Guards
Conductor: Lt. Col. Stephen Barnwell

Spiriti
Thomas Doss
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Before the Cross
Edward Gregson
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs
Solo: Philip Cobb

New York State of Mind
Billy Joel
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Solo: Adrian Hirst

Bacchanale
Camille Saint-Saens
Foden's
Conductor: Bryan Hurdley

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