Radio: Listen to the Band

Make sure you catch Frank before he disappears from the BBC airwaves.

More music to enjoy from Frank at the BBC

Friday, 02 February 2018

Listen to the Band: 13th March

Frank Renton asks what do Brighouse and Rastrick, Reg Vardy, Whitburn, Willebroek, Eikanger Bjorsvik and conductor Nicholas Childs all have in common?

Answer, they were all winners of top level banding competitions in 2017, as Frank reminds listeners of their success.

Listen to the Band: 20th March

If the duties of a military musician have never been as diverse, neither has the music they play.

Frank Renton presents the electronic beats of Vangelis' 'Chariots of Fire', some atmospheric guitar work on 'Scarborough Fair', the Beatles and great music by one of our most distinguished composer's Edward Gregson.

And as for a march? Well of course, one of the very best by Kenneth Alford which Frank recalls conducting as he The Royal Artillery Band through the streets of London for the first time.

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