'Landscapes' and 'Shadow cast by the sun' from 'Rhythm of Light', recorded by Hepworth Band and conducted by Ryan Watkins, will be broadcast on Radio 3 Sunday 29 June. 'Rhythm of Light' was commissioned in 2021 to celebrate the life and work of sculptor Barbara Hepworth.
So delighted that 'Landscapes' and 'Shadow cast by the sun' will be broadcast on Radio 3 during the final programme of the series Brass Banding with Hannah Peel on Sunday 29 June: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002b65z.
'Rhythm of Light' was recorded and performed in 2021 by Hepworth Band, conducted by Ryan Watkins and has since been widely performed. It featured twice in the Barbara Hepworth Life and Work tour, with the Hepworth recording on TikTok for the National Galleries of Scotland, and live at Towner Eastbourne with South Coast Brass conducted by Linda Harvey in 2023. In 2024 it was used as a test piece for the Brass Band Conductors' Association Conducting Competition. and performed by Regent Brass, conductor Alan Duguid, at the Scottish Challenge in Perth.
Talking about my compositional journey and musical projects with Adrian Chiles and fellow guests Bear Grylls and Chris Roberts 'The Flamebaster'
Talking about my compositional journey and musical projects with Adrian Chiles and fellow guests Bear Grylls and Chris Roberts 'The Flamebaster'
Brand new wind band arrangement of 'Serenata' premiered by The Bands of HM Royal Marines (Collingwood) in Portsmouth.
Brand new wind band arrangement of 'Serenata' premiered by The Bands of HM Royal Marines (Collingwood) in Portsmouth.
Serenata recording by Grimethorpe and Jack Stamp featured again on BBC Radio 3's Sunday breakfast show
Serenata recording by Grimethorpe and Jack Stamp featured again on BBC Radio 3's Sunday breakfast show

Mozart Requiem, Lane Sussex Stories and Hurd Swingin' Samson

Some of the best brass musicians in the world, at the peak of their powers, each presenting a programme of contemporary and traditional repertoire, along with major solo works, effortlessly linked by the inimitable Frank Renton.
Each band will be encouraged to present themselves in their best possible light, playing to their strengths and free of the stresses and strains of contesting.
The bands are:
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Brass Band: 10:30-11:15
Willebroek: 12:00-13:15
Black Dyke Band: 14:00-15:15pm
David Childs Solo Recital: 16:00-16:45
Flowers Band: 17:30-18:45
Foden's Band: 19:30-20:45