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Radio: Sounds of Brass

Music to enjoy in the New Year from Phillip Hunt.

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  Phillip Hunt brings in the New Year with plenty of great brass band music

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For our 33rd birthday programme I've chosen a selection of music composed, conducted and performed by just some of the musical friends I've made throughout those years.

Sunday 6th January 2019:



We welcome the New Year with a selection of music with New in the title.

THE NEW COLONIAL (R B Hall)
Brighouse & Rastrick
Conductor: Richard Evans

NEW WORLD FANTASY (Gordon Langford)
Black Dyke
Conductor: Prof Nicholas Childs

A NEW DAWN (Christopher Bond)
Soloist: Owen Farr
Cory Band
Conductor: Philip Harper

NEW FRONTIER (William Himes)
Amsterdam Staff Band of The Salvation Army
Bandmaster: Howard J Evans

A NEW DIMENSION (Joy Webb arr. Stephen Hague)
Soloist: Kirsty Abbotts
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
Conductor: Alan Ramsay

THE NEW GRANDFATHERS CLOCK (Alan Fernie)
Soloist: Glyn Williams
Foden's Richardson Band
Conductor: Howard J Evans

THEMES FROM THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY (Dvorak arr. Dr Ray Steadman-Allen)
Enfield Citadel Band
Bandmaster: Jonathan Corry

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