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Frank Renton celebrates The March and its proud place in brass and military bands. He finds them in the cinema, on the concert platform and on the parade ground.

Frank Renton celebrates The March and its proud place in brass and military bands. He finds them in the cinema (John Williams), on the concert platform (Copeland / Allen), on the parade ground (Sousa) and heard in the open air as at the Whit Friday competition held annually in Delp. The programme features classic performances by Black Dyke, The Band of the Grenadier Guards, Foden's, Leyland and the President's own US Marine Band and begins with a Symphony of Marches by Gilbert Vinter.

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Wed 17 Aug 201121:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Williams Fairey Engineering Band

    Symphony Of Marches (1 St Movement)

    • Triumphant Rhapsody – The Music of Gilbert Vinter.
    • Polyphonic.

  • Foden’s Richardson Band

    The President

    • Whit Friday Marches.
    • Doyen.

  • Kirkintilloch Band

    Imperial March (From The Empire Strikes Back)

    • Summon The Heroes.
    • Egon.

  • The Band of the Grenadier Guards

    Semper Fidelis

    • Tribute.
    • Teldec.

  • Leyland Band

    The Earl Of Oxford's March!

    • The Age of Chivalry.
    • Doyen.

  • United States Marine Band

    Country Band March

    • Charles Ives’s America.
    • NFI.

  • Black Dyke Band

    Knight Templar

    • Now That’s What I Call Brass!.
    • Doyen.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Aug 201121:30
    BBC Radio 2

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