Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer: Peter York
Set as the 4th. Section Testpiece for the 2008 National finals in Harrogate.
Previously set as 3rd. & 4th. section testpieces. duration 9.50
This a wonderful original suite for brass band by Peter Yorke.
It is in four movements :
1. Web of Steel - 2.30 2. The Launching - 2.15 3. All Hands at Work - 2.15 4. Maiden Voyage - 2.00
Great musical imagery, and should be set as a fourth section testpiece more often.
If you enjoyed listening to these four audio extracts and want to hear the complete performance of this work, then you can do so by purchasing the CD entitled "HARRY MORTIMER - A Tribute in Music" QPRL 050D, available in the CD section of this site. This CD is infact a great purchase with loads of good repertoire that make great listening for all bandsmen - go on, check it out see what else you could be listening to apart from a complete performance of Peter Yorke's "The Shipbuilders" !
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer: Richard Wagner Arranger: Duncan Wilson
Duration: 11:00 minutes
Arranged by Duncan Wilson, this extended orchestral selection from “Götterdämmerung”, is one of the epic four opera cycle called “Der Ring des Nibelungen” by Wagner. “Siegfried's Rhine Journey" is often presented outside the opera house and is published separately. This excerpt includes especially composed endings by Richard Wagner himself so that the work is better able to stand on its own as a complete composition.
Percussion: 3 Players playing timpani, glockenspiel, triangle and cymbals
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer: Jan Van Der Roost
This opener was written for the 10th anniversary of Brass Band Midden Brabant (BBMB), the composer’s own band. A soft and lyrical middle section follows on the powerful opening fanfare which, if the technical equipment is available, can be used as background music for a spoken text or presentation. The finale is distinctly rhythmical in character, and develops into a somewhat unusual ending. Here, the composer piles ten different notes on top of each other, representing the BBMB anniversary in a musical way. At a later date the composer made two new versions of Signature, namely for wind band and fanfare.
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