Radio: Touch of Brass

Join presenter Martin Upfold for more great brass band music over the airwaves.

Join Martin Upfold for plenty of great brass band music

Wednesday, 16 April 2025

The Touch of Brass programme is 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.

Martin Upfold

Martin's family banding roots lie with Pelton Fell Band, now the NASUWT Riverside Band with whom his grandfather and great grandfather both played.

He started to play on Eb bass aged 13, and went on to play with Swindon Youth Band, the Swindon Young Musicians Club, Swindon Concert Brass and Aldbourne Band.

He returned to Swindon Band and continued to play with them under the late Francis Cowley. He also had time to fit in playing with the Wessex RAF Voluntary Band and went on to play again with Swindon Pegasus Brass.

He started to work with Community radio station Swindon105.5 in 2008 presenting 'A Touch of Brass' which you can hear between 6pm & 7pm every Sunday evening.

In 2020 he was diagnosed with Parkinsons but has maintained his programme ever since, much to the delight of listeners around the banding world who listen in every week.

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 â€” 3pm, Monday â€” Friday on 01793 611555 and leave a message.

Sunday 20th April:

Florentina March (Fucik)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Liszt)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Love on the Rocks (Diamond/Becaud)
Seller International Band

By the Sleepy Lagoon (Coates)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Blenheim Flourishes (Curnow)
Williams Fairey

The Ashokan Farewell (Ungar)
The Band of His Majesty's Royal Marines
Violin Soloist: Major J.R. Perkins

The Old Rugged Cross (Bennard)
Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Easter Hymn (Masgagni)
Brighouse & Rastrick

Hallelujah Chorus (The Messiah) (Handel)
Black Dyke Band and the Huddersfield Choral Society

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