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Radio: Sounds of Brass

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

Radio
  Plenty of great music to enjoy from Phillip Hunt over the airwaves

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 May 27th 2018:



Celebrating the Whit Friday Marches

HAIL SMILING MORN (William Spofforth)
Delph Band
Conductor: Philip Goodwin

CORNISH CAVALIER (W E Moyle)
Darley Dale Band
Conductor: Adam Rutter

NORTHERN LANDSCAPES (Peter Graham)
Black Dyke Band
Conductor: Dr Nicholas Childs

CITY OF MANCHESTER (K J Meeks/C Radcliffe arr. Derek Broadbent)
CWS (Glasgow) Band
Conductor: Archie Hutchinson

ORB (Charles Anderson)

MARK OF A CHAMPION (Alan Morrison)
Soloist: Tim Whitehead
Bodmin Town Band
Conductor: Leonard Adams

ON ILKLA MOOR BAHT'AT (Trad. arr. Derek Broadbent)
Pendeen Silver Band
Conductor: Brian Stevens

SADDLEWORTH FESTIVA L OVERTURE (Goff Richards)
BNFL Band
Conductor: Richard Evans

MEPHISTOPHELES (Shipley Douglas)
Dobcross Silver Band
Conductor: Dennis Hadfield

Sunday 3rd June 2018:



DALARO (Edward Gregson)
Egon Virtuosi Brass
Conductor: Bramwell Gregson

CARNIVAL OVERTURE (Antonin Dvorak arr. Geoffrey Brand)
Buy As You View Band
Conductor: Dr Robert Childs

SUR L'OPERA 11 CROCIARO DE MEYERBEER (Arban arr. Roy Newsome)
Soloist: Russell Gray
Fodens Richardson Band
Conductor: Roy Newsome

LE CORNET POLKA (Arban arr. Simon Kerwin)
Soloist: Russell Gray
Fodens Richardson Band
Conductor: Frank Renton

VARIATIONS SUR LE CARNIVAL OF VENICE (Arban arr. Marc Owen)
Soloist: Russell Gray
Leyland Band
Conductor: Michael Fowles

LIBERTY FANFARE (John Williams arr. Michael McDermott)

SUMMON THE HEROES (John Williams)
The Band of HM Royal Marines School of Music
Conductor: Major M P Dowrick

FINALE OF ENIGMA VARIATIONS (Sir Edward Elgar arr. Eric Ball)
Fairey FP Music Band
Conductor: Allan Withington

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