Cat No. JM65674
Price £64.95
Composer: Gareth Wood
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Difficulty level: First
Duration 14.48

This work has been selected as B Grade set work for the 2022 Australian Brass Band Championships.

This is the First Section Test Piece for the 2013 Regional Events of the British Brass Band Championships.

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You can buy a full performance CD of this work and the other four Region Test Pieces on this site. The CD is called "REGIONALS 2013" - type this into the CD QUICK SEARCH to find.

This four movement work was written for Cory Band in their 125th anniversary year and can be heard on the band’s CD, Triumphant Brass ( which can be purchased on this site ). It is a fun piece which shows off the technical wizardry of the modern day brass band.

The first movement is a celebratory fanfare. A strong melody played by the trombones, the thread which runs through the whole work, makes its first appearance. The second movement is reflective and it is the trombones again that state a strident, angular theme which is taken up by the whole band. The crux of the work is the third movement, a melody played on the euphonium honouring the great Welsh folk melodies. The finale is a rollercoaster ride on the very edge of brass band technique.