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Looking Forward to the British Open Championships

Frank Renton considers what bands need to do to play an extended arrangement of a classical masterpiece and win this years Open Brass Band Championship on Saturday.

30 minutes

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Wed 4 Sep 201321:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Foden’s Band

    Fanfare To Precede La Peri

    • A Portrait Of Stephen Roberts.
    • Difem.
    • 118502.

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Presto From Rapsodie Norvegienne

    • French Bonbons.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN 4542.

  • Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band

    Variation Xviii From Variations On A Theme By Paganini

    • Variations.
    • Polyphonic.
    • QPRL 041D.

  • Brighouse and Rastrick Band

    Waltz From Symphonie Fantastique

    • Marches And Waltzes.
    • Doyen.
    • DOY CD 032.

  • Owen Farr/Cory Band

    Finale From Violion Concerto

    • Untold Stories.
    • Doyen.
    • DOY CD225.

  • Black Dyke Band

    Ziugeunerweisen

    • Soloist Showcase.
    • Doyen.
    • DOY CD292.

  • Williams Fairey Engineering Band

    Procession To The Minster

    • Procession To The Minster.
    • Grasmere.
    • GRCD 42.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Sep 201321:30
    BBC Radio 2

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