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Roy Newsome returns as guest presenter and conductor in a programme celebrating the career of Dr Denis Wright in the centenary year of his birth. Dr Wright enjoyed a long career as an adviser on brass and military bands for the BBC and as conductor, teacher and founder of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain. The Sun
Life Band perform works including Tam O'Shanter 's Ride and the Comet
Concerto, originally written for Harry Mortimer , and performed tonight by guest soloist Phillip McCann.

Contributors

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Roy Newsome
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Dr Denis Wright
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Tam O'Shanter
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Harry Mortimer
Soloist:
Phillip McCann.

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