Own-choice test pieces announced for European championships

Scottish composer Alan Fernie’s Prismatic Light is among the list of own-choice test pieces being played at the European Brass Band Championships. The music is one of 11 works in the European Youth Band Competition – Premier Section.

The European Brass Band Association (EBBA) has announced the own-choice test piece selections by the competing bands at the 45th European Brass Band Championships in Palanga, Lithuania.

“There is an intriguing selection of own-choice pieces and composers in the Championship, Challenge and Youth sections, so it promises to be a great weekend of music making and listening,” commented Ulf Rosenberg, president of the EBBA.

Own Choice Pieces - Championship Section

Cataclysms (Roland Szentpali), Dear Cassandra (Ludovic Neurohr), Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle), Jesus in Tibet (Simon Dobson), Karma (Ludovic Neurohr), Sand and Stars (Thierry Deleruyelle), The Falcon in the Snow (Paul Saggers), The Triumph of Time (Peter Graham), Weeping Willow (Hitoshi Takahashi) and Z 1920 (Peter Graham)

Own Choice Pieces - Challenge Section

Music of the Spheres (Philip Sparke), Of Distant Memories (Edward Gregson) and Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby)

European Youth Band Competition – Premier Section

Down to Earth (Stijn Aertgeerts), Elegie (Koen Van Biesen), Festmusik der Stadt Wien (Richard Strauss, arr Peter King), Share My Yoke (Joy Webb, arr Ivor Bosanko), Malaguena (Ernesto Lecuona, arr Mark Freeh), Fanfare of Daffodils (Gareth Wood), Men of Harlech (traditional arr Gordon Langford), Carnival of Venice (Paganini, arr Alan Catherall), Starburst (Dan Price), Prismatic Light (Alan Fernie) and Gaelforce (Peter Graham)

European Youth Band Competition – Development Section

The Yeti - At the Foot of the Mountain (Magnus Brandseth), The Sea Ghost and the Sirens - Voices from the Abyss (Magnus Brandseth), The Phoenix - Rising from the Ashes (Magnus Brandseth), Pradžios Vėjas (Saulius Petreikis, arr Rokas Podelis), Eloïse (Paul Ryan, arr Derek Broadbent), Lithuanian Dances (Kazys Daugėla), Quest - part 1 Making a Difference (Paul Sharman), Blaydon Races (Gordon Langford), Country Scene (Goff Richards), Tension (Frederick Schjelderup), Nightmare from Cry of the Celts (Peter Graham), A Troika? Tidy! (Karl Jenkins) and Olympus (Philip Harper)