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This week's show is Christmas music from over a dozen bands based overseas and just a few of the best home grown bands here in the UK. Some of the music you will have heard before but I am sure some of the pieces you may be hearing for the first time. If you have a favourite piece of Christmas...

Hello Brass Banders It is good to be back after two weeks off working at home. We have a number of new bands on the show this week and this trend is to continue. Some listeners may be familiar with Dr Jim Fox, he for many years has a All Brass Radio station in the US. He played for many years...

Hello Brass Banders I hope you are having a smashing summer. It must be a first for many years with no park engagements cancelled owing to inclement weather. I well remember in the 1960s being one of the younger members having to fetch the seats for our band and then set them out for our...

Hello Brass Banders Welcome to another two hours where you will hear some of the best brass band music both old and new. We are featuring bands this week from USA, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Belgium and some great bands of course from the UK. We have soloists straight out of the top draw...

Hello Brass Banders This week's show is different from the usual Sunday Bandstand. Our music choices this week are all by Darrol Barry, one of our most gifted and popular brass band composers and arrangers, who sadly passed away last week. We would usually play one or two tracks from the...

Hello Brass Banders Well it's good to be back. Four weeks holiday soaking up the sun but it cannot last forever. So here we are with another two hours of brass band music from many parts of the world. We have some music tracks from three CDs that were only released in the last couple of weeks...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to another two hours of music from the world of brass bands. This week all the bands are from the UK, with many of the usual musical favourites and one or two that you might not have heard for a few years. We have the usual crop of top drawer soloists. The music...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to another two hours of music from the world of brass bands. As always we have bands from around the world with some both up to date and vintage performances, dating as far back as 1957. We also have a fabulous crop of soloists. Don't forget to have a look at my...

Hello Brass Banders and welcome to my programme of wonderful music from the world of brass bands. We have performances from bands around world with some wonderful soloists. We have some real vintage performances dating back to 1957, the 1960s and 70s as well as some up to date performances...

Hello Brass Banders and welcome to another two hours of wonderful music from the world of brass bands. We have some fine performances from bands around world. We have some real vintage performances dating back to the 1970s. There are soloists straight out of the top draw. We have two wonderful...

Hello Brass Banders and welcome to another two hours of brass band music from some of the best bands and soloists in the business, both from the past and the present. The bands included this week are from a number of different countries including Belgium, Sweden. USA, New Zealand and of course...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to another two hours of brass band music featuring bands and soloists from around the banding world. With the UK National Brass Band Championships area finals now with us again for another year, everyone here at Sunday Bandstand wishes all the best for those bands...

Hello Brass Banders and welcome to another two hours of music from the world of brass bands. As always we have a rich and diverse choice of music for your enjoyment. With bands from around the world and some fine soloists. In particular listen out for two of the finest soprano cornet players...

Hello Brass Banders and welcome to another two hours of music from the world of brass bands. As always we have a fine eclectic mix of music for you to enjoy. We have bands from around the world and some fabulous soloists. Max Bruch, the composer, conductor and teacher was born in 1838 and died...

Hello Brass Banders and welcome to another two hours of brass band music from around the world. We have a varied and diverse choice for you this week , some old and some new. The soloists are straight out of the top draw with an incredible performance from 'The Wizard of Oz', the...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to another two hours of sparkling music from the world of brass bands. As always I have a varied and eclectic choice for you this week. A special mention of 'A British March Parade...', any band taking this on needs to have both the ability and almost as important...

Hello Brass Banders - welcome to another two hours of our kind of music. Brass band music both from the past (1957) and the present. As always we have bands from many parts of the world and some extraordinary soloists straight out of the top draw. Congratulations to all those bands that...

Hello Brass Banders - Welcome to Sunday Bandstand and what is the first show for 2018. A Happy New Year to all my listeners where ever you are. I have a wonderful two hours of brass band music from around the world with some great soloists, some you will know some that may be new to you...

Hello Everyone I hope you have all had a good Christmas. I was asked in December 2007 if I would like to produce and present a weekly brass band programme. Having been a player in brass bands for almost 50 years and having held various positions in bands from librarian to concert secretary...

Hello Everyone - welcome to our Christmas Eve edition of Sunday Bandstand. We have two hours of festive music featuring many of the usual favourites at this time of year with some others you may not have heard before or may be it was a long time ago. The bands are from around the world with...