Music in 'Test Pieces' for Brass Band

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St Andrew's Variations

Composed by Alan Fernie.

Test piece for 4th Section British Brass Bands in 2017

Seascapes

Composed by Ray Steadman-Allen.

Test Piece in 2019 Regional GB contests at Championship level. Listen here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To6Jn3o-sGk

Ex Terra Lucem

Composed by Jonathan Bates.

duration 11 minutes 2nd+ section

Rhapsody In Brass

Composed by Dean Goffin.

Rhapsody in Brass is in three movements and was written for the British Open Championships in 1949, held at Belle Vue in Manchester. Set as the 2nd section test piece for the 2017 British Brass Band Regional Championships.

The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa

Composed by Philip Sparke.

Set as the 1st section test piece for the 2017 British Brass Band Regional Championships. Listen here:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAE-u2lwSH0

Brass Metamorphosis

Composed by James Curnow.

Brass Metamorphosis as the title suggests is a set of variations based on an original theme.

The Journal of Phileas Fogg

Composed by Peter Graham.

The novels by Jules Verne have been a rich source of inspiration for composers over the years. I have taken elements of his epic work Around the World in Eighty Days as the outline for a series of adventures recorded in an imaginary diary by the hero of the story, Phileas Fogg.