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Radio: Touch of Brass

Martin Upfold hosts programmes full of brass band music over the next two weekends.

Radio
  The programmes are hosted by Martin Upfold

The brass band programme hosted by Martin Upfold is on the air each week on Community Radio Station Swindon105.5.com.

Not only can you tune in each week and listen to a new programme, you can also repeat things on 'Catch Up' too.

Welcome

Martin welcomes listeners every Sunday between 6.00pm & 7.00pm on Swindon105.5 or (FM)105.5, on the App, Now on Digital,

Go to www.swindon1055.com and click on 'Listen Live', or if you missed the show y, click on 'Catch Up'.

You can also leave a message to get a track played at martin.upfold@swindon1055.com or info@swindon1055.com (putting your message c/o A Touch of Brass) or telephone Swindon105.5 between 10am — 3pm, Monday — Friday on 01793 611555 and leave a message.

Sunday 2nd March:

Concert Prelude (Sparke)
The Regimental Band of the Royal Welsh Regiment

Overture to the Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
Brighouse & Rastrick

Bass in the Ballroom (Newsome)
Black Dyke
Tuba Soloist: Gavin Saynor

Slaughter on 10th Avenue (Rodgers arr. Smith)
Williams Fairey

On The Quarter Deck (Alford)
Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines

Riverdance (Whelan arr. Farr)
Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag

Helter Skelter (Major WGJ Lemon)
Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers
Xylophone Soloist: Staff Sergeant Gary Ormston

The Big Dipper (Ian McPherson)
The Royal Signals (Northern) Band
Xylophone Soloist: Musician David McKeague

One Voice (Manilow arr. Farr)
Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag

Procession of the Nobles from Mlada (Korsakov arr. Leidzen)
Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines

Sunday 9th March:


Prelude For An Occasion (Gregson)
Flowers Band

Finlandia (Sibelius)
Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana) (Mascagni)
Black Dyke Band
Soloist: Philip McCann

Those Magnificent Men (Goodwin arr. Kelly)
Central Band of the Royal Airforce

Army of the Nile (Alford)
Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines

March: Praise (Wilfred Heaton)
Flowers Band

Round the Clock (Williams Fairey)
Singing in the Rain (Brown arr. Fernie)
Tredegar

Theme from Independence Day (Arnold arr. Rocky)
Desford

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