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Thursday 20 January 2022

CD: Keep the Music Playing

KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYINGSolo trumpet: James FountainPiano: Elliot LaunnTredegar Town Band: Conductor: Ian PorthouseSlide Action/Lucy Knight/Classical PopUpswww.wobplay.com / www.worldofbrass.com James Fountain, recently crowned as the LSO‘s principal trumpet, has issued his first solo recording. It’s a knockout. It should be played time and time again by anyone who has ever pressed a...read more

Thursday 20 January 2022

Concert: NYBBGB Reunion Band

Marking the start of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain’s (NYBBGB) 70th anniversary celebrations, the 2022 Butlin’s Festival closed with a dazzling concert programme from the organisation’s Reunion Band, led by Dr. Robert Childs, celebrating the oldest and best youth brass band in the world through a programme of...read more