Time for Brass

Brassed off with August? Well say cheerio to it with the best in brass with Ian Cottier !

Ian Cottier brings you another selection of the very best in brass band listening with a global feel as tonight he features bands from Russia, USA, Scotland , France. Switzerland and Canada.

Ian Cottier with all the best in brass including a piece never before featured on Manx Radio!

Ian Cottier brings you a flavour of the high standards of banding around Europe!

Ian brings you his best of brass from some of the best in the business . . .

Ian Cottier with the best in Brass band music from around the world

This weeks rendition of Time for Brass, brought to you by Ian Cottier

Ian Cottier celebrates the best in brass

Ian Cottier celebrates old midsummer's day and the Island's Tynwald Day . .. with the best in brass

Ian Cottier features with the best in brass featuring Onchan Silver Band's performance at this year's Guild and his favourite brass instrument - the trombone!

Join Ian Cottier as he brings us the best in brass once again - as he returns to his roots with Rushen Silver Band!

Ian Cottier with the best in brass and over the next few weeks enjoying music recorded at this year's Manx Music Festival or Guild. Starting this week with Ramsey Town Band

Ian Cottier heads down memory lane with some exceptional brass banding! Kings of Brass indeed!

Join Ian Cottier as he gets the best in brass to blow away the mist and fog with some great melodies for a none-too summery evening!

Ian Cottier celebrates the band music of the Salvation Army

Ian heads off on his brassy travels again . . . this time banding around Europe . . !

Join Ian for a tour around the band rooms of Norway!

Ian Cottier has a dozen tracks from the best bands of Wales!

Ian celebrates brass banding north of the border. Och Aye!

Ian Cottier hosts a special Time for Brass, playing music solely recorded by brass bands from the Isle of Man - and there are quite a few of them!

Ian Cottier looks forward to spring and longer days with hopes of brass bands in the open air and music from just one band - the evergreen Black Dyke.

Ian heads off around the world with a programme focusing on the worldwide reach of brass banding

Ian Cottier plunders the band book of the Salvation Army for this evening's best in brass . .

Ian brings you his unique selection of brass band music from marches to show tunes and Wagner to Andrew Lloyd Webber!

Ian Cottier has more music, less chat this evening with brassy versions of everything from Verdi to Ted Heath!

Ian's back with his weekly selection of the finest brass band music.

Ian's back with his weekly selection of the finest brass band music.

Join Ian Cottier for all the best in brass as he showcases the vast repertoire of bands around the country and the globe!

Ian Cottier is looking forward to Spring and the longer evenings already with some great tuneful brass tunes to blow away the rain!

Ian Cottier with the best in brass from Black Dyke to the latest album from our own Rushen Silver!

Ian Cottier with a programme dedicated to the music of the world class brass band that is Fairey

Something for everyone in tonight's programme as usual as Ian celebrates the glory of Cory!

Ian Cottier launches into a new year of brass band music with a rousing take on Crown of Conquest!

Join Ian for the first TFB of 2026 and a fresh start! Don't worry - the theme is the same as it's ever been!

Join Ian as he takes TFB over the border for Hogmanay!

Ian offers you his brassy Christmas time special with voices old and new imparting some festive tales, all wrapped up in lots of great brass band music. Happy Christmas!

Ian Cottier has the best in brass with some great sounds from Black Dyke and a famous Nightingale!

Ian Cottier is thinking in threes again as he brings you the best in brass!

Ian brings you his latest selection of the finest brass band music.

Join Ian Cottier for the best in brass with Ravenswood, Roy Newson's concorde and songs from the shows

Ian Cottier with the best in brass to banish November blues - and music from Black Dyke and our own Manx Concert Brass

Ian Cottier with some of the best in brass and his own musical tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the lives of others in times of war

Ian Cottier celebrates the best in brass from around the globe and of course here on the island, where Rushen silver have just enjoyed a training weekend with guest conductor Alan Fernie

Ian Cottier presents the twelfth and final programme in his series of brass around the world which has featured 60 bands from 15 countries!

Ian Cottier with the best of brass from around the globe - quite a few from Norway this evening and Stateside.

Ian heads as far afield as New Zealand and as close to home as Douglas in his continuing journey celebrating banding around the world . .

Ian Cottier continues his look at brass banding around the world!

Ian continues his series Brass Band World celebrating banding around the globe . with bands tonight from Sweden, the US and Britain . .

Ian Cottier continues his exploration of the global spread of banding with another five of the best!

Ian Cottier continues his tour of the world via all the best in banding!

The seventh in Ian Cottier's series celebrating banding around the world concentrates on the global brass of the Salvation Army

Ian continues his mission to show banding is a worldwide movement with bands from around the world

Ian Cottier casts his net wide to show the worldwide breadth of banding!

Ian Cottier chooses five bands from across the globe to demonstrate the worldwide appeal of banding!

Ian brings you his weekly selection of brass music and this week, he takes a trip around the world.

Ian is back with his weekly selection of the finest brass band music.

Ian Cottier takes a musical excursion through some of the great colliery bands

Ian brings you his weekly selection of the finest brass band music.

Ian is back with something for everyone in Time for Brass . . from Resurgam to songs King of the Swingers!

This week, Ian brings you a selection of music for Tynwald Day, along with some special Tynwald reminiscences.

Ian Cottier with his weekly selection of the best in brass!

Ian Cottier is back with another Time for Brass - all the best bands in one country in one joyous listen!

Join Ian Cottier for all the best in brass! He's not one to blow his own horn - but it's all top notch stuff!

Ian Cottier celebrates the vast range of perhaps one of the most famous brass bands on the planet - it's all black gold from Black Dyke!

Ian Cottier heads across the channel to check out some of the best brass bands in Europe

Join Ian Cottier for the last time for Brass in the merry month of May!

Ian Cottier is here with programme majoring on melody and variety in the world of brass band music!

Ian brings you his selection of all that's best in brass!

Join Ian Cottier for all the best in brass - and some blue john!

Ian is back with the best in brass!

As we head towards this year's Laxey Brass Festival, Join Ian for another celebration of all things Brass Band!

Join Ian Cottier as he celebrates the best in British banding!

Ian Cottier hails the end of another month with all the best in brass!

In the latest edition of Time for Brass, Ian brings you a selection of personal favourites, for a very special reason.

Ian Cottier plays the best of brass bands featuring music from Mozart to Andrew Lloyd-Webber via Glen Miller!

Ian gets all magical for the first half of tonight's show . . wands at the ready!

Ian continues with his mini series looking at individual bands - tonight Hammonds Saltaire

Ian Cottier with the first in a mini-series of programmes based on a single brass band. To start it off he features the ever wonderful Wingates

Ian is back with a programme celebrating all the best in Brass . . and a story of old rivals coming together in latter life for a one off concert which led to years of music-making together

Join Ian Cottier as he takes an excursion into a golden age of brass band music and performance

Join Ian Cottier for the last Time for Brass in January with everything from Mozart to the Muppets!

Ian Cottier brings you all things brass with music from some of the best in the business . .

Ian Cottier with all things brass . .. this week from monastery gardens to bumblebees!

Ian Cottier with the first TFB of 2025 - and joys such as a brass band sounding like a guitar!

Ian Cottier invites you to join him for the last TFB of 2024 with a programme of music from Scottish bands - revving up for 2025!

A Time for Brass Christmas Special - the story of Scrooge who of course has no shortage of brass!

Ian Cottier with his selection of the best in brass band music from Britain, the Isle of Man and further afield

Ian Cottier with more sounds from top brass!

Ian Cottier looks ahead to the festive season of December and the Christmas message with some real top brass!

Ian brings you his weekly selection of the best brass band music from around the British Isles and beyond.

Ian Cottier brings you his selection of the best of brass band music from around the British Isles and beyond!

Ian Cottier with his selection of the best in brass, with music to mark commemoration and thanksgiving.

Ian Cottier gets thinks ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night - and he doesn't just mean the E Flat bass . .

Ian Cottier celebrates 75 years of Rushen Silver Band!

Ian brings you the best in brass from the likes of Kings of Brass, Black Dyke and Cory.

Never one to blow his own trumpet - though keen to hear others blow theirs - Ian Cottier has this week's selection of the best in brass band music

Ian Cottier with his selection of some of the best brass bands in the country - and around the world!