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Although not a new phenomenon brass bands with other instruments such as piano, strings or singers can still seem very modern to some. Frank Renton features some successful examples tonight along with other classic band recordings.

30 minutes

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Wed 29 Aug 201221:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • River City Brass Band

    12 Th Street Rag

    • Concert In The Park.
    • Polyphonic.

  • Fuoco Brass

    March – Seventeen Come Sunday

    • Badinage.
    • Besson.

  • Brass Band Oberosterreich

    Vitae Lux

    • Red Pack.
    • Weinberg Records.

  • Staffordshire Building Society Band with Pete Hartley

    Country Dance

    • Somewhere Out There.
    • Harlequin Recordings.

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band with Philip Mead

    Nocturne In Blue And Silver

    • Terra Australis – The Music of Martin Ellerby (Volume Three).
    • Polyphonic.

  • International Staff Band

    Toccata, Oh The Blessed Lord

    • The Heaton Collection.
    • SP&S.

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Aug 201221:30
    BBC Radio 2

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