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Time for Brass
Manx Radio's long running brass band music programme, hosting by Ian Cottier.
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Episodes
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TIME FOR BRASS 16 JUNE 2025
Monday, 16 June 2025
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!
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TIME FOR BRASS 09 JUNE 2025
Monday, 9 June 2025
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!
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TIME FOR BRASS 02 JUNE 2025
Monday, 2 June 2025
Ian Cottier heads across the channel to check out some of the best brass bands in Europe
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TIME FOR BRASS 26 MAY 2025
Monday, 26 May 2025
Join Ian Cottier for the last time for Brass in the merry month of May!
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TIME FOR BRASS 19 MAY 2025
Monday, 19 May 2025
Ian Cottier is here with programme majoring on melody and variety in the world of brass band music!
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TIME FOR BRASS 12 MAY 2025
Monday, 12 May 2025
Ian brings you his selection of all that's best in brass!
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TIME FOR BRASS 05 MAY 2025
Monday, 5 May 2025
Join Ian Cottier for all the best in brass - and some blue john!
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TIME FOR BRASS 21 APRIL 2025
Monday, 21 April 2025
Ian is back with the best in brass!
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TIME FOR BRASS 14 APRIL 2025
Monday, 14 April 2025
As we head towards this year's Laxey Brass Festival, Join Ian for another celebration of all things Brass Band!
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TIME FOR BRASS 07 APRIL 2025
Monday, 7 April 2025
Join Ian Cottier as he celebrates the best in British banding!
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TIME FOR BRASS 31 MARCH 2025
Monday, 31 March 2025
Ian Cottier hails the end of another month with all the best in brass!
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TIME FOR BRASS 24 MARCH 2025
Monday, 24 March 2025
In the latest edition of Time for Brass, Ian brings you a selection of personal favourites, for a very special reason.
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TIME FOR BRASS 17 MARCH 2025
Monday, 17 March 2025
Ian Cottier plays the best of brass bands featuring music from Mozart to Andrew Lloyd-Webber via Glen Miller!
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TIME FOR BRASS 10 MARCH 2025
Monday, 10 March 2025
Ian gets all magical for the first half of tonight's show . . wands at the ready!
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TIME FOR BRASS 24 FEBRUARY 2024
Monday, 24 February 2025
Ian continues with his mini series looking at individual bands - tonight Hammonds Saltaire
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TIME FOR BRASS 17 FEBRUARY 2025
Monday, 17 February 2025
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
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TIME FOR BRASS 10 FEBRUARY 2025
Monday, 10 February 2025
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
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TIME FOR BRASS 03 FEBRUARY 2025
Monday, 3 February 2025
Join Ian Cottier as he takes an excursion into a golden age of brass band music and performance
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TIME FOR BRASS 27 JANUARY 2025
Monday, 27 January 2025
Join Ian Cottier for the last Time for Brass in January with everything from Mozart to the Muppets!
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Time for Brass 20 January 2025
Monday, 20 January 2025
Ian Cottier brings you all things brass with music from some of the best in the business . .
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TIME FOR BRASS 12 JANUARY 2025
Monday, 13 January 2025
Ian Cottier with all things brass . .. this week from monastery gardens to bumblebees!
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TIME FOR BRASS 06 JANUARY 2025
Monday, 6 January 2025
Ian Cottier with the first TFB of 2025 - and joys such as a brass band sounding like a guitar!
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TIME FOR BRASS 30 OCTOBER 2024
Monday, 30 December 2024
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!
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TIME FOR BRASS 23 DECEMBER 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024
A Time for Brass Christmas Special - the story of Scrooge who of course has no shortage of brass!
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TIME FOR BRASS 16 DECEMBER 2024
Monday, 16 December 2024
Ian Cottier with his selection of the best in brass band music from Britain, the Isle of Man and further afield
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TIME FOR BRASS 09 DECEMBER 2024
Monday, 9 December 2024
Ian Cottier with more sounds from top brass!
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TIME FOR BRASS 02 DECEMBER 2024
Monday, 2 December 2024
Ian Cottier looks ahead to the festive season of December and the Christmas message with some real top brass!
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TIME FOR BRASS 25 NOVEMBER 2024
Monday, 25 November 2024
Ian brings you his weekly selection of the best brass band music from around the British Isles and beyond.
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TIME FOR BRASS 18 NOVEMBER 2024
Monday, 18 November 2024
Ian Cottier brings you his selection of the best of brass band music from around the British Isles and beyond!
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TIME FOR BRASS 11 NOVEMBER 2024
Monday, 11 November 2024
Ian Cottier with his selection of the best in brass, with music to mark commemoration and thanksgiving.
