Cat No. JM31364
Price £74.00
Composer: Robert Simpson
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Difficulty level: Championship
Duration 12.00

Previously used as a Championship Section testpiece.

One of the composer's most enduring works, Volcano was written for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain in 1979. The composer writes: ""While it is, of course, possible to listen to this piece with the erruption of a volcano in mind, it is also possible to interpret the title in a figurative sense – that is to say, as one might refer to a 'volcanic temperament'. Alternatively, some may prefer to listen to is simply as a piece of music. I would recommend the latter.

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