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Great music over the airwaves from Phillip Hunt down in Cornwall.

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BBC SOUNDS OF BRASS — Worldwide

BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO CORNWALL, DEVON, GUERNSEY & JERSEY EVERY SUNDAY EVENING @ 7.00pm and on BRISTOL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SOMERSET SOUND, SWINDON & WILTSHIRE Sunday 12am to 1am.

PRODUCED AND PRESENTED WEEKLY BY PHILLIP HUNT since 1985.

AVAILABLE LIVE AND LISTEN AGAIN EVERY WEEK ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB THROUGH THE BBC RADIO iPLAYER.

Live on Sundays at 19.05 or 12am British Time or at any time for 30 DAYS after the Broadcast.

To hear this week's programme instantly go to the Web Site of the BBC Local Radio Station you are listening to and click on Live or Listen Again, then Schedule.

For those listeners who can hear the programme on their TV through the Freeview Radio Channel you can now set your system to record the programme on a weekly basis by going to the Radio Programme Guide and finding our broadcast time.

At the moment the BBC Local Radio Stations on the Freeview Radio Channel can only be accessed within the individual Radio Station areas, which is why some numbers are duplicated.

The Freeview numbers for the Stations available are, BBC Radio Bristol 719, Radio Jersey 719, Radio Devon 720, Radio Guernsey 721, Radio Cornwall 721, Radio Wiltshire 721, Radio Somerset 722, Radio Gloucestershire 735.

You can also listen to and download the programme on your Smart Phone by downloading the BBC iPlayer APP.

Requests and Comments welcome at E Mail: brassmanpgh@uwclub.net
Telephone: 01752 843919.

Check the Sounds of Brass Blog @ www.sofbblog.wordpress.com every week for programme details, brass band articles and information.

Sunday 29th April 2018



Trombones to the Fore

76 TROMBONES (Meredith Wilson arr. Eric Crees)
76 Trombones of the London Trombone Sound
Conductor Geoffrey Simon

THE NOBLE TROMBONE (Brian Bowen)
Soloist: Chris Thomas
Cory Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

FOUR PIECES FOR FOUR TROMBONES (Gareth Wood)
Soloists: Nick Hudson, Mike Fowles, John Barber, Simon Chappel
Britannia Building Society Band
Conductor: Howard Snell

TENOR TROMBONE RAG (Roy Newsome)
Soloist: Jodie Davies
Mount Charles Youth Band
Conductor: Jonathan Small

THE BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND (Arthur Pryor)
Soloist: Arthur Pryor
The Sousa Band
Conductor: John Philip Sousa

LA PETITE SUZANNE (Arthur Pryor arr. Bram Gay)
Soloist: Ian Bousfield
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (Larry Henly/Jeff Silbar arr. Darrol Barry)
Soloist: Derek Southcott
The Stocksbridge Band
Conductor: Christopher Houlding

MAGIC TROMBONES (Darrol Barry)
Trio: Jonathan Pippen, Scott Quarmby, John Ingman
Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Conductor: Gavin Lindsay

DANSE BOHEME (Georges Bizet arr. Helen Vollam)
Bones Apart
Becky Smith, Helen Vollam, Katy Jones, Lorna McDonald

TROMBONE CONCERTO (3rd Movement) (Derek Bourgeois)
Soloist: Ian Bousfield
Sun Life Band
Conductor: Roy Newsome

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