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Classic Brass

Frank Renton features some great classical pieces arranged for brass band and talks to Sue Hopkins about her transcription of the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz.

Classical music transcribed for the brass band has long been a feature of the repertoire and tonight Frank Renton talks to Sue Hopkins about her new version of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. It was played recently by The Grimethorpe Colliery Band in Birmingham's Symphony Hall and their conductor Alan Withington talks about the challenges the musicians faced.

30 minutes

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Thu 7 Oct 2010 22:30
麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Black Dyke Band

    Jupiter From The Planets

    • Symphonic Brass.
    • Naxos.

  • Howard Snell Brass

    Spring From The Four Seasons

    • The Four Seasons.
    • Polyphonic.

  • Sellers International Band

    Toreador's Song From Carmen

    • Great Classics.
    • Obrasso Records.

  • Black Dyke Band

    Trepak From The Nutcracker

    • Spectacular Brass Volume 3.
    • Obrasso Records.

  • CWS Glasgow Band

    Girl With The Flaxen Hair

    • The Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Harlequin.

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    March To The Scaffold

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    Finale 鈥� Symphonie Fantastique

  • The British Tuba Quartet

    Fugue In G Minor

    • In At The Deep End.
    • Heavyweight Records Ltd.

  • Brittania Building Society

    The Great Gate Of Kiev

    • Pictures At An Exhibition.
    • Doyen.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Oct 2010 22:30
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 2

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