Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer / arranger: Michael Ball
Written in 1999
Duration 10.00 Minutes
Click on "MORE DETAILS" to view the Solo Cornet part.
An English Suite was commissioned jointly by the Brass band Heritage Trust and the Fodens (Courtois) Band as part of their centennial celebrations in 2000.
Championship Section testpiece.
An English Suite was commissioned jointly by the Brass Band Heritage Trust and the Fodens (Courtois) Band as part of their centennial celebrations in 2000. The work is intended to be played without a break but the three component sections are designed to be used separately in a concert context if wished. The titles of individual sections .(at least in the case of Scherzo and Nocturne) represent a conscious act of homage to Hoist’s A Moorland Suite, one of the earliest of the great innovative twentieth century brass band pieces, dating from 1928. Plymouth Town, the finale, is not a march, as it is in Hoist’s work, but a kind of “English Hoe-Down” in general character.
M.B.
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer: Edward Elgar Arranger: Eric Ball
Theme & 14 variations ( duration - 29.32 ). The variations are named after the initials of Elgar's friends and relatives as follows : Var0. Theme - 1.24 Var1. C.A.E - 1.43 Var2. H.D.S.-P. - 0.52 Var3. R.T.B - 1.22 Var4. W.M.B - 0.27 Var5. R.P.A - 2.05 Var6. Ysobel - 1.31 Var7. Troyte - 0.57 Var8. W.N. - 1.49 Var9. Nimrod - 3.29 Var10. Dorabella - Intermezzo 2.48 Var11. G.R.S - 0.56 Var12. B.G.N - 2.28 Var13. *** - Romanza - 2.26 Var14. E.D.U. - Finale - 5.15
Part of this work ( Theme & eight variations )has recently been set as a testpiece. This will be published in a different format from the above - please phone for details.
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer / arrangers: E. Ball, Edward Elgar
Part of this work ( Theme & eight variations )has recently been set as a testpiece. This will be published in a different format from the above - please phone for details.
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer: Gilbert Vinter
Set as the Third Section Testpiece for the 2006 Regionals Duration - 12.05
The three movements are : 1. Caprice - 4.07 2. Elegy - 3.44 3. March - 4.14
Click on "MORE DETAILS" to both view the Solo Cornet part and listen to the THREE audio extract provided.
If you enjoyed listening to this extract, you can buy the full recording of this work on the CD section of our site. If you want to perform this work with your band, you can of course purchase the score and parts here right now, by clicking on "BUY NOW".
The recording is REGIONALS 2006 , - CD is DOY CD206
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer: Gareth Churcher
Set as the Third Section test piece for the 2018 National Finals of the British Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - The Centaur, Cheltenham Saturday and Sunday 15th. & 16th. September.
Pontins Section 3 Testpiece in 2006
Click on MORE DETAILS to view a sample part.
The three episodes are as follows :
01. Fanfare and Bells of Celebtarion - Maestoso e marcato 02. Solenne ( In Memory of Shaun Thomas ) - Teneremante e legato 03. Finale - Allegro vivo e marcato
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works) Composer: Gareth Churcher
Set as the Third Section test piece for the 2018 National Finals of the British Brass Band Championships of Great Britain - The Centaur, Cheltenham Saturday and Sunday 15th. & 16th. September.
Pontins Section 3 Testpiece in 2006
Click on MORE DETAILS to view a sample part.
The three episodes are as follows :
01. Fanfare and Bells of Celebtarion - Maestoso e marcato 02. Solenne ( In Memory of Shaun Thomas ) - Teneremante e legato 03. Finale - Allegro vivo e marcato
To view 