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Hannah meets percussionist Cathryn Hurst, who got into music through banding and shines a light on the competitive bands flourishing in the Midlands.

Hannah meets percussionist Cathryn Hurst, who got into music through banding and its ive community. Shining a light on the competitive bands flourishing in the Midlands, we relive an exciting moment from the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain. Plus, a premiere of Peter Graham’s new work recorded at Bradford’s Big Brass Blow Out, Errollyn Wallen’s piece for trombone ensemble and a classic brass arrangement of Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

Produced by Olivia Swift
A Reform Radio production for BBC Radio 3

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59 minutes

Last on

Sun 11 May 2025 20:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Brukdown

    Ensemble: Bone-afide.
    • Doyen.

  • Wallace Willis

    Mill Town Revival

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • BMG Classics.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (The Snow Maiden)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • BMG Classics.

  • Alan Fernie

    Prismatic Light

    Performer: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.
    • The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Rondo from the 1st Violin Concerto

    Performer: Owen Farr. Performer: Cory Band.

  • Bruce Broughton

    Heroes

    Performer: Ratby Co-operative.
    • World Of Brass.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Tonight

    Composer: Mark Freeh. Performer: Tongwynlais Temperance Band.
    • Ttsb.

  • Estella Wallace

    Ka Mate Te Reo I Te Reaka Kotahi

    Performer: Brighouse and Rastrick Band.
    • World Of Brass.

  • Mauricio Kagel

    Match

    Performer: Siegfried Palm. Performer: Christoph Caskel. Performer: Klaus Storck.
    • Music for Renaissance Instruments.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 May 2025 20:00
    BBC Radio 3