Brass Bands
Tom Service explores the world of brass bands with composer Gavin Higgins and musical director of the Elland Silver Youth Band, Samantha Harrison.
What鈥檚 the difference between a cornet and a trumpet? How did Czech music and a hill in Dorset sell a million loaves? What happened at Manchester鈥檚 Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in 1853? Tom Service answers these questions and many more as he explores the world of brass bands: our witnesses are the music director of the Elland Silver Youth Band, Samantha Harrison, who鈥檚 immersed in today鈥檚 competitive banding world, and composer Gavin Higgins, who鈥檚 written a ballet for brass band.
Producer: Ruth Thomson
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Robert Browne Hall
Death or glory - march for brass band
Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: John Anderson.- RCA VICTOR.
- 09026 687572.
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John Marcangelo
Clog Dance
Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Trevor Jones.- RCA VICTOR.
- RCA 68757.
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Gustav Holst
A Moorside suite for brass band
Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-4553.
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Christopher Bond
Neverland
Performer: Cory Band.- DOY.
- CD-396.
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Traditional Traditional
El Sinaloense
Performer: Banda Sinaloense Del Recuerdo.- Instituto Social de Arte y Cultura.
- unknown.
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Charles Crozat Converse
What a friend we have in Jesus Tune: What a friend
Performer: Excelsior Brass Band.- GBB.
- BCD 290.
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Henry Purcell
March and canzona [from 'Queen Mary's funeral music'] Z.860 for trumpets & trombones
Performer: Baroque Brass of London. Conductor: Timothy Brown.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
- 93981.
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Boban Markovi膰
Balkan Fest
Performer: Boban Markovic Orchestra.- PIRANHA.
- PIR1790.
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Peter Skellern
YOU'RE A LADY
Performer: Peter Skellern. Performer: Hanwell Brass Band.- DECCA.
- 250 4944.
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Hannah Peel
Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia
Performer: Tubular Brass.- My Own Pleasure.
- unknown.
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Harrison Birtwistle
Grimethorpe aria for brass band
Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.- DECCA.
- unknown.
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Gavin Higgins
Dark Arteries Brass Band music
Performer: Tredegar Band.- SKU: 22126.
- TIC003.
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John Williams
Star wars - music for the film
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John (Towner) Williams (1932).- Sony Classical.
- S2K92950.
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Christopher Bond
Neverland
Performer: Cory Band.- DOY.
- CD-396.
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