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Radio: World of Brass

More great brass band music from John Maines.

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!
Here’s this week’s programme (from 8-6--12 and 15-6-12):

8th June:

Le Reve Passe
Luigini
Hammonds Sauce Works
Conductor: Geoffrey Whitham

Orpheus in the Underworld
Jacques Offenbach
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Harlequin
Philip Sparke
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Soloist: Gary Curtin

Aspects of Adiemus
Karl Jenkins arr P Graham
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Finale from The New World
Antonin Dvorak
Amsterdan Staff
Conductor: Howard Evans

Oblivian
Astor Piazzolla
BB of Central Florida
Conductor: Chad Shoopman
Soloist: John Copella

Gresford
Robert Saint
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Phillip McCann

Helvetia
Gareth Wood
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Mr Lear’s Carnival
Elgar Howarth
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Ardross Castle
Philip Sparke
YBS
Conductor: Professor David King
Soloists: Shoena White & Margaret Antrobus

15th June:

Black Horse Troop
John Philip Sousa
Fairey
Conductor: Major Peter Parkes

Barber of Seville
Giaochino Rossini
Bodmin
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Estudiantina
Emile Waldteufel
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Elgar Howarth

Ray: Soundtrack Highlights
Ray Charles arr Sandy Smith
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Nine Daies Wonder
Bramwell Tovey
Foden's
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Violin/Oration: Mark Fewer

Jenny Wren
Roland Davis
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs
Soloist: Richard Marshall

Hope
Dorothy Gates
New York Staff
Conductor: Ronald Waiksnoris

Oration
Howard Snell
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs
Soloist: David Childs

Tallis Variations
Philip Sparke
Foden's
Conductor: Michael Fowles

Xylophonia
Joe Green
Fountain City
Conductor: Dr. Joseph Parisi
Xylophone soloist: Theodore Musick

West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein
BNFL
Conductor: Richard Evans

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Conductor, Band Trainer and Adjudicator


               

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