Frank Renton: Still Listening to the Band - Ep 29
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Brass Band Blechklang take us on a Perilous Nordic Journey and it’s high time we heard a movement from the  Symphonic Suite for Brass by Eric Ball, a piece which Frank thinks is one of the best ever written for band . Featured also is a new track from a favourite band, we get a chance to revisit the story of a band that was on our UK TV screens for weeks on end and enjoy some updated 17th Century by Purcell who Philip Wilby called the first British composer of genius. We also hear new music by Philip himself on the latest Cd from Black Dyke called Pilgrim’s Progress.
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