Cat No. JM72111
Price £79.99
Composer: Simon Dobson
Category: TEST PIECES (Major Works)

Set as the CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION test piece for the 2016 Finals of the British Brass Band Championships.

Journey of the Lone Wolf by Simon Dobson is available on the CD 'Journey of the Lone Wolf' by the Black Dyke Band, conducted by Professor Nicholas J. Childs & Elgar Howarth.

To purchase the CD or see a track listing please click here.

First published 2014 by Faber Music Ltd. Revised edition 2016.- This purchase is the 2016 Revised Edition.

Percussion requirements
The percussion requirements for this work were amended in 2016 at the request of Kapitol Promotions Music Panel, which has selected the work as the test-piece for the 2016 Championship Section finals of the National Brass Band Championships, 8 October 2016.
With the co-operation of the composer, Percussion 3 material has been re-assigned, where possible, to Percussion 1 and Percussion 2, either as a re-write or cue. The reduced Percussion 3 part now becomes an option and is not to be performed on 8 October. Percussion 4 (for tuned instruments) is unchanged.

Performance notes
During the second movement, Night Music, Percussion 2 is instructed to play a backing track (manipulated samples of bowed crotales and nature sounds) from a CD player linked to speakers. This is to add atmosphere and a sense of physical space during the flugel horn solo. The CD is provided with the performing material. Minor revisions have also been undertaken to the cornet, horn and baritone parts in the last four bars of the work. Any band that has purchased the 2014 publication should contact Kapitol Promotions Music Panel Secretary, Alan Hope, and alternative material including percussion parts will be supplied by the publisher.

Percussion instrumentation
Timpani
Percussion 1: Bongos, crotales, cymbals, hi-hat cymbals, snare drum (medium high), suspended cymbal, tambourine, tam-tam.
Percussion 2: Concert bass drum (shared), brake drum (shared), kit bass drum (with double-kick pedal), snare drum (shared), suspended cymbal (shared), tam-tam (shared).
Percussion 3 (optional): Brake drum (shared), crotales (shared), snare drum (shared), suspended cymbal (shared), tam-tam (shared).
Percussion 4: Tubular bells, vibraphone, xylophone, crotales (shared).