Brass band (contest music)

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Fragile Oasis

Winning Performance at the 2013 of  Stephen Roberts Arabian Nights -  Fantasy on Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade for Brass Band

Tredegar Arabian Nights Winning Performance British Open 2013

Live performance from RAH National Finals 2013 that achieved 4th place from a number 1 draw. 

Of Distant Memories (Edward Gregson)

Black Dyke - Symphony in Two Movements (Edward Gregson) - EBBC 2013

This is a remastered recording of the YRBBC 2014 Winning performance of St Magnus, conducted by David King. 


Brighouse & Rastrick (David King) - St Magnus (Kenneth Downie) - 2014 Yorks Champs

Sand And Stars (Thierry Deleruyelle)

Les Preludes - Grimethorpe Colliery Band British Open 2001

Philip Sparke

A Malvern Suite (Philip Sparke)

Thierry Deleruyelle

Sand and Stars (Thierry Deleruyelle)

*****, Concerto n°10 for Brass Band, Percussion & Onde Martenot.
This pièce without title is a true invitation to emotion. Several times I asked myself how could I call a work that tends to speak of emotion, passion and feelings. But for this, my choice was just stopped on the title "*****". Why? Because it is to me quite impossible to name the exact moment when our heart is beating deeply, when we feel an indescribable element who slides under the skin, when a tear escapes quietly from a sight, when our hair stands on all over our body, when our soul takes possession of our flesh. 
Being fascinated by this phenomenon that art causes to humans when it is understood and crossed, the opportunity to work on this mesmerizing creation really pleased me.

Initially, I wrote this piece so instinctivly and probably without worrying about the main problem; The emotion must be induced in the audience, but first among the performers. To transmit a feeling, a mood, the musician must first understand the literature, seize it and give back to the audience in the most accomplished playing. 
The harmonies are nothing. Counterpoint is only mathematical. And orchestration is an artifice. The alchemist then merges these elements to make a Total Art, an Emotion. 
Specifically, after a couple of different versions of this piece and weeks thinking about my goal, this latest version has finally been accepted. There is scarcely no relation between the first test and the final Full Score. 
Questioning the composer was daily and collaboration with the performers was a terrific learning experience.

*****, Concerto n°10 for BB, Percussion & Onde Martenot

A Road Less Travelled By (Philip Sparke)

Jan Van der Roost

The Lost Circle (Jan van der Roost)

Grimethorpe (Torchbearer - Area -2015.M4A

The Forest for the Trees - Wim Bex

Elgar Variations / Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Montreux 2016

Music for Battle Creek - (Philip Sparke) Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern

European Brass Band Championships 2017

Destination Moon by Paul Raphael

The Legend of King Arthur

Peter Graham

On the Shoulders of Giants(Peter Graham)

Hermann Pallhuber

Titan's Progress(Hermann Pallhuber)

Marco Pütz, arr. Paul McGhee

Time for Outrage!(Marco Pütz/Paul McGhee)

Tallis Variations(Philip Sparke)

Thomas Doss

Spiriti (Thomas Doss)

REM-Scapes (Thomas Doss)

Breath Of Souls B&R

The bands qualifying performance of Seascapes at the Yorkshire Area 2019

Seascapes

Seascapes Yorkshire Area 2019

Philip Harper

Explorers on the Moon (Paul Raphael)

Sketches NM 10

Eden

Destroy, Trample, as Swiftly as She. Commissioned for the European Brass Band Championships, performed by the Tredegar Town Band.

Destroy, Trample, as Swiftly as She - Tredegar Town Band

The Forest for the Trees - Wim Bex

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