
The set test piece for the Championship Section is entitled ‘Audivi Media Nocte' by Swiss Composer Oliver Waespi. This section starts at 17.00 hours. Live Comments from 4barsrest,com
Bands taking part
Brass Band Schoonhoven, Netherlands
Brass Band Treize Etoiles, Switzerland
Cory Band, Wales (defending champion)
Kingdom Brass, Scotland
Lyngby-Taarbaek Brass Band, Denmark
Manger Musikklag, Norway
Noord-Limburgse Brassband, Belgium
The Fairey (Geneva) Band, England
Tredegar Town Band, Wales
Windcorp Brass Band, Sweden
The adjudicators of the European Brass Band Championships 2011 in the Straviniski Auditorium, Montreux:Championship section test piece Friday 29. April and B-section Saturday 30. April, morning:Thomas Doss (Austria), Frode Amundsen (Norway) and Eric Crees (England).
Championship section own-choice section Saturday 30. April, afternoon: Blaise Heritier (Switzerland), Allan Withington (England) and Luc Vertommen (Belgium).
The own choice pieces to be played in the Championship section on Saturday 30. April:
A Symphony of Colours (Simon Dobson)
A Tale as Yet Untold (Philip Sparke)
Concerto for Brass Band (Kenneth Downie)
Destroy, Trample, as Swiftly as She (Gavin Higgins)
From Ancient Times (Jan Van der Roost)
Montage (Peter Graham)
Music of the Spheres (Philip Sparke)
Rococo Variations (Edward Gregson)
Old Licks Bluesed Up (Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen)
Titan's Progress (Herman Pallhuber)
Among the works to be played in the 'B' Section are Excalibur (Jan Van der Roost), Extreme Makeover (Johan de Meij), Of Men and Mountains (Edward Gregson), Partita (Philip Sparke) and Trittico (James Curnow).
Set Test Piece for the B section 'Vertex' by Swiss composer Stephan Hodel. Bands play own choice concert programme to include set test piece.
Bands in B Section
Austrian Brass Band of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria
Brass Band Oberschwaben-Allgäu, Germany
EXO Brass, France
Messina Brass Band, Italy
Ensemble de Cuivres Euphonia, Switzerland