Program No. 92 - 23rd February 2014

Hour 1 (Jazz and Contemporary Brass)
Nils Landgren Funk Unit

Nils Landgren is a Swedish R&B funk and jazz trombone player. He began playing drums at the age of six, before at last discovering the trombone at 13.

By his own reckoning he has been on more than 500 albums, as a soloist, as part of Nils Landgren Funk Unit, or as a sessional player. He has performed with people and groups as diverse as ABBA, Ray Parker Jnr., Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Eddie Harris and Maceo Parker.

Landgren tours regularly. In the next few months you can see him perform in Sweden, Germany, France and Switzerland.

Tonight's show will feature his group Nils Landgren Funk Unit.

1.    Walk Tall
2.    You Dig
3.    Cannonball
     - Paint It Blue (1996)

4.    Slowfoot
5.    Brazos River Breakdown
6.    Freak U
     - Licence to Funk (2007)

6.    Money, Money, Money
7.    Super Trouper
8.    Dancing Queen
     - Funky ABBA ( 2004)

Next week will feature some of Nils Landgren's solo works.

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Hour 2 (Movie Scores)
Alexandre Desplat

Possibly one of the most underrated movie score composers around at the moment, Desplat is a prolific composer, in both Hollywood as well as in his native country, France.  He has been nominated for 6 Academy Awards, 6 Golden Globe Awards (won one), 6 BAFTA Awards (won one), 7 Cesar Awards (won three) and 5 Grammy Awards (won one).

Tonight's program simply serves as an introduction to his vast body of work. Expect a few more programs featuring this composer in the future.

1.    Mr Fox In the Fields Medley
2.    Finale
     - Fantastic Mr Fox (2009)

3.    Sky Battle
4.    Fireplaces Escape
5.    Destroying the Locket
     - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010)

6.    Opening Titles
7.    Heilbronn Mine
     - The Monuments Men (2014)

8.    Main Title
9.    Finale
     - Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)

10.   Philomena
11.   Confession
     - Philomena (2013)

12.   Calling the Guardians
13.   Oath of the Guardians
     - Rise of the Guardians (2012)

14.   Battle With the Tartars
15.   Ice Bear Combat
     - The Golden Compass (2007)

Next week we look at video game music and uncover those written by well known movie score composers.  You may be surprised as to who will feature on the show.

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Hour 3 (Brass Bands and Ensembles)
Classical and Operatic Overtures

A lot of well known music in the classical genre has been transposed for brass bands over the years.  Tonight's program looks at the Overture, both in symphonic and operatic form as the length of these works can sometimes fit well as either major works or entertainment items for brass bands.

1.    Russlan And Ludmilla - Overture (Fodens Band)
     - Brass in Concert (2001)

2.    The Hebrides Overture - Fingal's Cave (Black Dyke Band)
     - Essential Dyke Volume 7 (2007)

3.    La Forza del Destino Overture (Soli Brass)
     - WMC 2001 Brass Band CD 2 (2001)

4.    William Tell - Overture (Grimethorpe Colliery Band)
     - Classic Brass (1989)

5.    Overture - The Marriage of Figaro (Black Dyke Mills Band)
     - European Championships (1991)

6.   1812 Overture (BAYV Cory Band)
     - European Championships (2003)

I found more than enough music here for a couple of programs. Next week, we'll continue with this theme.