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A Bit of Banding History - Sherborne Town Band and Paul Cosh

Frank Renton talks to trumpeter, teacher and conductor Paul Cosh about the Sherborne Town Band which his father Colin started in 1961 and which has just released a new CD.

Trumpeter, Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Paul Cosh retired from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in September 2005, almost 50 years to the day that he was given a cornet in a tin hut in Sherborne. His dad Colin painted the 5 lines of the musical stave on a black board and wrote tunes on it for Paul to learn, starting with a popular film theme of the day The Dambusters. Colin then went on to found The Sherborne Town Band in 1961 which Paul now conducts in a new a celebratory CD called Jubilee. He tells Frank Renton about the bands early days, the family connections which run deep in banding and the challenges of keeping a town band together today.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 7 Nov 2012 21:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy with Dutch Swing College Band

    High Society

    • When The Swing Comes Marching In.
    • NFI.

  • Redbridge Brass

    Ain't She Sweet

    • Close Enough For Jazz.
    • NFI.

  • Jens Lindemann

    Amazing Grace

    • Dreaming Of The Masters.
    • Doyen.

  • Sherborne Town Band

    Punchinello

    • Jubilee.
    • NFI.

  • Tredegar Band

    I Loves You Porgy

    • Tredegar In Concert Volume 1.
    • Avanti.

  • Cory Band

    Lle Cana'r Eryrod (Where Eagles Sing)

    • This Land Of Ours.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Nov 2012 21:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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