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Cellists Christopher Allan, Adrian Bradbury, Ian Burdge, and Ben Rogerson - Cellophonics - perform live, and Trevor Herbert discusses his new book The Brass Band Story.

Cello quartet Cellophonics (Cellists Christopher Allan, Adrian Bradbury, Ian Burdge, and Ben Rogerson) join Petroc Trelawny in 80A for a live performance ahead of their concert Upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, London, on 20/07. Trumpeter Guy Barker is also in studio with them, discussing music he wrote for the ensemble. Live from BBC Cymru Wales, in Cardiff, professor and musicologist Trevor Herbert talks with Petroc about his now book The Brass Band Story, out on Yale University Press on 14/07.

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Music Played

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid

    Orchestrator: Clark McAlister. Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Frank Loesser

    Guys and Dolls: Overture (extract)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Guys & Dolls: Overture.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • York Bowen

    Suite for Four Cellos: Prelude

    Ensemble: Cellophonics.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur, Z. 268: Chaconne - First Music

    Ensemble: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Beauteous Softness.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 13.

  • Astor Piazzolla & The Swingle Singers

    Libertango

    • Columbia.

  • John Pickard

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times.
    • BIS.
    • 108.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade - Mazurka

    Orchestra: Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus, Gayaneh, Masquerade / Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketc.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • DECCA.

  • York Bowen

    Suite for Four Cellos: Sarabande

    Ensemble: Cellophonics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 23. a 2 Clav.

    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2025).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • George Gershwin

    The Half Of It Dearie Blues

    Performer: George Gershwin. Singer: Fred Astaire.
    • NAXOS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.21 in E minor

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • DECCA.

  • York Bowen

    Wood on the Tracks: 2- Altoona Express

    Ensemble: Cellophonics.

  • John Dowland

    Go Crystal Tears

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Jess Dandy. Singer: Laurence Kilsby. Singer: Alex Rosen. Ensemble: Jupiter Ensemble. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Songs of Passion.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Otto Nicolai

    Mondaufgang

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Choir: Wiener Singverein. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • New Year's Concert 2017 / Neujahrskonzert 2017.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Ronald Binge

    Cornet Carillon

    Performer: Black Dyke Band.
    • Best of Brass - Popular Favourites Performed By the Greatest Brass Bands.
    • Sanctuary Records.
    • 9.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco (extract)

    Performer: Wallace Collection.
    • MUSIC FROM CYFARTHFA CASTLE.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 1.

  • Philip Sparke

    Year of the Dragon (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Britannia Building Society Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • The Year Of The Dragon.
    • Doyen.
    • 16.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 'Organ Symphony' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Barber, Poulenc, Saint-Saens: The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eschenbach.
    • Ondine.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Spinning Song (Song without Words - Bk 6 Op.67)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.

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