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Energy boost for Belgian National

Robert Simpson's 'Energy' tops the test piece list for the Belgian National Championships later this year.

Robert Simpson
 

The test pieces for the 2012 Belgian National Championships that will take place at the Lemmensinstitute in Leuven on the weekend of the 24th/25th November have been announced.

Energy

The Championship Section bands will have to get to grips with one of the classic contemporary works of brass banding repertoire – Robert Simpson’s, ‘Energy’.

Written for the short lived World Championships in 1971, it remains a severe test of a conductor’s skill set to control the pace of musical momentum.

Written for the short lived World Championships in 1971, it remains a severe test of a conductor’s skill set to control the pace of musical momentum4BR

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Michael Ball’s popular 1987 European Championship set work, ‘Frontier!’ will provide a pioneering test of character for the bands in the First Section, whilst Philip Sparke’s three movement ‘Celtic Suite’ provides the Second Section bands with a little taste of Wales.

The elegant musicality of Joseph Horovitz’s ‘Sinfonietta’ provides a lovely musical test for the bands in the Third Section.

Adjudicators

The trio of adjudicators for the contest have been announced as Dr Peter Meechan, Simon Dobson and Stan Lippeatt.

Set Works:

Championship Section: Energy (Robert Simpson)
First Section: Frontier! (Michael Ball)
Second Section: A Celtic Suite (Philip Sparke)
Third Section: Sinfonietta (Joseph Horovitz)

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