Chris Bradley on his lockdown album, becoming a Besson artist and his fascinating musical life | episode 14

Celebrated cornetist, conductor and educator Chris Bradley joins Mark Good as he prepares to release a new album of music, all recorded at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more than 15 years, the newly-crowned Besson artist has impressed audiences far and wide with his performances as principal cornet player with Whitburn Band, enjoying no shortage of success – but his links with the band go back much further, as he explains. Chris also reflects on his musical upbringing, from a young lad in Clydebank trying to get to grips with the trumpet, to performing with Scotland’s finest bands and orchestras. That, and he picks a very tasty Piece of the Podcast.