Nine of the UKs top bands are putting the final preparations to their 30 minute programmes for the inaugural BrassPass.tv 'Band of the Year' contest which takes place at Manchester's Stoller Hall on Saturday.
There is a first prize of £5,000 plus a magnificent new trophy to be picked up by the winner, with podium prizes of £3,500 and £1,500. The open adjudication is in the hands of the international panel of Tom Brevik, Reid Gilje and Jan De Haan.
The bands have also announced the programmes that they will be performing.
The event is being live-streamed by BrassPass.tv and a trailer can be found at: https://we.tl/t-RrP6yhRXJM
4BR will be giving live commentary coverage of the contest.
Line-up:
BrassPass.tv Band of the Year:
Stoller Hall, Manchester
Adjudicators: Tom Brevik, Reid Gilje, Jan De Haan
1. Foden's (Michael Fowles)
Masque (Kenneth Hesketh)
Vallfickens Dance (Hugo Alven, arr. Frode Rydland)
Soloist: Gary Curtin
Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle)
2. Flowers (Mareika Gray)
Jacobs Ladder (Jonathan Bates)
Threnody (Ben Hollings)
Soloist: Tom Fountain
Ascension (Philip Wilby)
3. Fairey (Garry Cutt)
Le Corsair (Hector Berlioz arr. Geoffrey Brand)
Follow the Flame (Peter Graham)
Soloist: Lucy Cutt
Resurgam (Eric Ball)
Final two Portraits from Gallery (Howard Snell)
4. Carlton Main Frickley (Russell Gray)
Into the Stars (Ben Holling)
Song from 'Milestone' (Peter Meechan)
Soloist: Kirsty Abbotts
Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle)
5. Brighouse & Rastrick (David Thornton)
Knight Templar (George Allen)
Blue Rider (Kit Turnbull)
Second movement — Several Circles (1926)
Third movement — Composition VIII (1923)
Soloist: Chris Robertson
Lowry Sketchbook (Philip Wilby)
6. Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths)
A Short Ride in A Brass Machine (Andrew Baker)
Fantasie Brillante (J.B Arban, arr. Kevin Edwards)
Soloist: Ashley Higgins
The Triumph of Time (Peter Graham)
7. Black Dyke (Prof Nicholas Childs)
A Brighter Light (Philip Wilby)
Concerto for Baritone (Peter Graham)
Soloist: Katrina Marzella
Second movement — Tide
Third Movement — Torque
Heroes (Bruce Broughton)
8. Cory (Philip Harper)
The Spaceman (T.J. Powell)
Cornet Concerto (Derek Bourgeois)
First movement
Soloist: Tom Hutchinson
Explorers On The Moon (Paul Raphael)
9. Tredegar (Ian Porthouse)
Phenomena Fanfare — On Themes by Gustav Mahler (Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
Toccata: Oh The Blessed Lord (Wilfred Heaton)
Eyes of a Child (Kateryna and Svante Henryson arr. Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
Soloist: Danny Winder
As If a voice were in them... (Oliver Waespi)
