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10:00 AM.Jazz to classical, New Orleans to New York, Wynton Marsalis is the complete musician. David Bremner profiles the legendary trumpeter. Read more Video, Audio

10:00 AM.A tribute to the outstanding NZ cornet player, band director and educator who died in 2015. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.The Australian-born virtuoso studied informally with Dennis Brain and went on to become the world's most recorded horn player. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.John, Robert, Nicholas and David Childs - three generations of outstanding euphonium players and brass band directors from one Welsh family. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.The French trumpeter Maurice André is a legend of brass. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.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. Read more Video, Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner talks with multi-instrumentalist and jazzman James Morrison. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner explores the history and repertoire of the trumpet, both jazz and classical, with studio guests Dave Elton, Mark Carter and Lex French. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner explores the history and repertoire of the horn, and some of the great music written for the instrument.

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10:00 AM.David Bremner covers the euphonium's role in bands and orchestras and as a solo instrument, and welcomes kiwi eupho specialist Byron 'Buzz' Newton. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner covers tuba history and repertoire and welcomes ophicleide player Nick Byrne, and tubists Andrew Jarvis and Kenneth Young. Read more Audio

10:15 AM.David Bremner covers trombone history and repertoire and welcomes guests Rodger Fox and Christian Lindberg. Read more Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner looks into the history and current activities of the National Band of New Zealand. Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner features British ensemble Superbrass, cornet soloist Richard Marshall and NZ composer John Psathas (RNZ). Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner features trombonist Zoltán Kiss, brass music from New Orleans, and composer Anton Bruckner (RNZ). Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner features trumpeter Alison Balsom, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band and composer Gareth Farr (RNZ). Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner features Louis Armstrong, Summit Brass and composer Eric Ball (RNZ) Audio

2:00 PM.David Bremner features trumpeter Allen Vizzutti, South Island composers John and Anthony Ritchie, and the Chicago Symphony brass section. Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner features trombonist Joe Alessi, Christchurch band Woolston Brass, and composer Paul Hindemith (RNZ). Audio

2:00 PM.David Bremner features the Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet, inimitable jazzman Miles Davis, and New Zealand composer Dean Goffin (RNZ). Audio

2:00 PM.David Bremner features American quintet Empire Brass, euphonium ambassador David Childs, and the antiphonal composers of 16th century Venice (RNZ). Audio

2:00 PM.David Bremner profiles trumpet supremo Sergei Nakariakov, trombone quartet Bones Apart, and band composer Peter Graham (RNZ). Audio

10:00 AM.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… Read more Audio

10:00 AM.David Bremner features the always elegant quintet Canadian Brass, cross-genre NZ composer Ross Harris, and colourful jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. (RNZ) Audio