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Radio: World of Brass

More great music over the coming few weeks 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!

31st May:

Voice of the Guns
Kenneth Alford
Wingates
Conductor: Alan Lawton

The Jolly Robbers
Franz von Suppe
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Jubilance
William Himes
Foden's
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Solo: Mark Wilkinson

Les Preludes
Franz Liszt
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Songs of Testimony
Norman Bearcroft
Household Troops
Conductor: Carl Saunders

Keystone Kartoon
arr. Sandy Smith
Hammonds Saltaire
Conductor: Morgan Griffiths

Vita Aeterna Variations
Alexander Comitas
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Resplendence
Lucy Pankhurst
Foden's
Conductor: Michael Fowles
Solo: Mark Wilkinson

Lord of All Hopefulness
Kenneth Downie
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Phillip McCann

Mighty to Save
George Marshall
Household Troops
Conductor: Carl Saunders


7th June:

Midway March
John Williams
Foden's
Conductor: Thomas Wyss

Tydfil Overture
Joseph Parry
Cory
Conductor: Dr, Robert Childs

Nimrod
Edward Elgar
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Brian Grant

Bravura
Peter Graham
Grimethorpe
Conductor: Brian Grant
Solo: Michael Dodd

The Shepherd Psalm
Dean Goffin
Household Troops
Conductor: Carl Saunders

In Memorium RK
Elgar Howarth
Foden's
Conductor: Garry Cutt

Here There and Everywhere
Lennon and McCartney
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: Gavin Lindsay

Images for Brass
Stephen Bulla
Sellers International
Conductor: Phillip McCann

Chanson Du Matin
Edward Elgar
Fairey
Conductor: Brian Grant

Horizons
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs


14th June:

Cornish Cavalier
William Moyle
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: Allan Withington

Truth Aflame
Kevin Norbury
Sellers International
Conductor: Phillip McCann

Tucker
Erik Leidzen
New York Staff (1961)
Solo: Derek Smith

Rhapsody in Brass
Dean Goffin
Cory
Conductor: Dr. Robert Childs

Ole South
arr Stephen Bradnum
Sellers International
Conductor: Phillip McCann
Duet: Helen Giddings & Carol Stephens

Pound the Streets
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

Love’s Old Sweet Song
James Molloy
Fairey
Conductor: Dr. Stephen Cobb
Solo: David Daws

Kaleidoscope
Rimsky Korsakov arr Brian Bowen
Enfield Citadel (1985)
Conductor: James Williams

Laura
Neil Hefti
GUS
Conductor: Bramwell Tovey
Solo: Richard Franklin

Armenian Sabre Dance
Gomidas Vartabed
Black Dyke
Conductor: Dr. Nicholas Childs

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Conductor, Band Trainer and Adjudicator


               

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