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Radio: Listen to the Band

More more brass band music and chat with Frank Renton at the BBC.

Frank Renton
  More music and chat from Frank Renton at the BBC

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

        

Listen to the Band:
25th October:

Frank Renton is with Dave Lea, Musical Director of Jaguar Land Rover Band, and also features a new recording from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force.


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1st November:

Frank Renton features Cory and Foden's Bands recorded at the Sunday Gala concert at Symphony Hall the day after the 2016 British Open.

        

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