ABADDON - Parts & Score, TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Availability Available Published 11th August 2014
Cat No.JM70977 Price
£93.00 Composer: Kevin Houben Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)
Duration 14:15 Grade 5.5
In the New Testament Book of Revelation, an angel called Abaddon is written as the king of an army of locusts. A highly challenging contest work.
Abaddon was commissioned by the NLBB (Noord-Limburgse Brassband – North Limburg Brass Band) from Belgium. Abaddon is the demon reigning over the underworld. In the New Testament – in the Book of Revelation by John (9:11) – he is called the angel of the bottomless pit.
The work Abaddon lives up to its name. Technically and physically, it holds an enormous challenge for every band in the champions division. The composition has a traditional form structure (fast–slow–fast), and it consists of ornamentations around the letters IVAN, after Ivan Meylemans, the conductor who since 2001 has obtained great successes with the NLBB, and who in this case has also been essential in taming the demon in Abaddon.
