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Brian Travers

UB40's trombone player Brian Travers joins Frank Renton at the British Open Brass Band Championships.

UB40 horn player Brian Travers joins Frank Renton at the 159th British Open Brass Band Championships, to experience the joys and possible surprises of the oldest such competition in the world.

Seventeen of the country's top bands play The Red Priest, a piece based on the re-imagining of Vivaldi's music by the distinguished composer Philip Wilby (listen out for echoes of the famous Four Seasons) in a bid to take the title.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 7 Sep 2011 21:30

Music Played

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band conducted by Garry Cutt

    The Toreador Song From Carmen

  • Virtuosi GUS Band conducted by John Berryman

    The Red Priest

  • Black Dyke Band conducted by Nicholas Childs

    The Red Priest

  • Cory Band Band conducted by Robert Childs

    The Red Priest

  • Black Dyke Band conducted by Nicholas Childs

    Toccata Organ Symphony No 5

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Sep 2011 21:30

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