Set as the Championship Section Test Piece for the 2017 National Finals of the British Brass Band Championships.

GALLERY for Brass Band by HOWARD SNELL

 

The title ‘GALLERY’ refers to six pictures, four of them by Scottish artists. Each picture has a movement, in addition to which there is a very short introduction. They are all linked, though there are short gaps between each movement, the lengths of which are at the conductor's discretion.

 

Duration: Gallery complete is 20 to 20 minutes 30 seconds long. It can be played without Movement 4, The March Back to Camp, in which case the duration would be 15 to 16 minutes.

 

The first part of each title given below is the composer's, the second part is of the picture's actual title with its painter:
 

1: Entrance No picture - the visitor approaches the Gallery

2: Street Market The Barras by Paul Cox

3: The Skater's Waltz The Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch by Henry Raeburn

4: The March Back to Camp Gassed by John Singer Sargent

51 Love Story Old Couple by Caitriona Campbell

6: Cut-Outs Jazz, text and illustrations by Henri Matisse

7: Landscapes Two Views from Ben Lomond (looking South~West and looking North-West) by John Knox