Brilliant Brass: Recent Episodes
RNZ
Jazz to classical, New Orleans to New York, Wynton Marsalis is the complete musician. David Bremner profiles the legendary trumpeter.
A tribute to the outstanding NZ cornet player, band director and educator who died in 2015.
Text: Enjoy the full interview with 84 year old Barry Tuckwell recorded November 2015, as a web-only feature
The Australian-born virtuoso studied informally with Dennis Brain and went on to become the world's most recorded horn player.
John, Robert, Nicholas and David Childs - three generations of outstanding euphonium players and brass band directors from one Welsh family.
After a lifetime of music making, from early experiences in a rock band to over 40 years leading his eponymous Big Band, trombonist Rodger Fox is as busy as ever.
David Bremner explores the history and repertoire of the trumpet, both jazz and classical, with studio guests Dave Elton, Mark Carter and Lex French.
David Bremner explores the history and repertoire of the horn, and some of the great music written for the instrument.
David Bremner covers the euphonium's role in bands and orchestras and as a solo instrument, and welcomes kiwi eupho specialist Byron 'Buzz' Newton.
David Bremner covers tuba history and repertoire and welcomes ophicleide player Nick Byrne, and tubists Andrew Jarvis and Kenneth Young.
David Bremner covers trombone history and repertoire and welcomes guests Rodger Fox and Christian Lindberg.
David Bremner looks into the history and current activities of the National Band of New Zealand.
David Bremner features British ensemble Superbrass, cornet soloist Richard Marshall and NZ composer John Psathas (RNZ).
David Bremner features trombonist Zoltán Kiss, brass music from New Orleans, and composer Anton Bruckner (RNZ).
David Bremner features trumpeter Alison Balsom, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band and composer Gareth Farr (RNZ).
David Bremner features trumpeter Allen Vizzutti, South Island composers John and Anthony Ritchie, and the Chicago Symphony brass section.
David Bremner features trombonist Joe Alessi, Christchurch band Woolston Brass, and composer Paul Hindemith (RNZ).
David Bremner features the Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet, inimitable jazzman Miles Davis, and New Zealand composer Dean Goffin (RNZ).
David Bremner features American quintet Empire Brass, euphonium ambassador David Childs, and the antiphonal composers of 16th century Venice (RNZ).
David Bremner profiles trumpet supremo Sergei Nakariakov, trombone quartet Bones Apart, and band composer Peter Graham (RNZ).
David Bremner features test pieces composed for brass band competitions by Englishman Derek Bourgeois, drops in on the legendary Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, and celebrates the astonishing work of Swedish trombonist Christian Lindberg. (RNZ)
David Bremner features the always elegant quintet Canadian Brass, cross-genre NZ composer Ross Harris, and colourful jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. (RNZ)
David Bremner features Swedish trumpet supremo Håkan Hardenberger, prolific British composer Philip Sparke and experimental Austrian septet Mnozil Brass.
David Bremner profiles Australian jazzman James Morrison, a versatile composer well-known in NZ, Kenneth Young, and the esteemed Black Dyke Brass Band from the UK.
David Bremner looks at the refinement of German Brass, the dazzle of American Wynton Marsalis, and innovation of a British composer experimenting with the brass band genre, Philip Wilby.