ANYONE wanting to hear some of the best classical music to see in the New Year can look forward to a Viennese concert in January.

The award-winning Bournemouth Concert Brass, return to Regent Centre in Christchurch with their annual New Year Viennese Concert on Sunday, January 4.

The warm, burnished brass sound of Johann Strauss family and their famous Viennese waltzes, polkas and marches are guaranteed to blow those winter blues away.

Resident conductor, Bill Willis, who has been with the band since 1993 and has written some of the arrangements for this year’s concert is in charge of the baton from 3pm.

With favourites like the Blue Danube and the Radetsky March, other highlights of this perennially popular concert will include pieces by other famous composers from Vienna, including Franz Lehar and Mozart.

Formerly called The Bournemouth Silver Band, Bournemouth Concert Brass are undoubtedly one of the top bands in Britain today – a tribute to their long and distinguished history.

The band is a former winner of the West of England Championships and have been finalists at the National Brass Band Championships at the Albert Hall.

They are also past winners of the prestigious Milton Keynes and Reading Brass Band Festivals.

n For tickets (£11, concessions £10.50) contact Ken Taken on 01202 692044.