National Finals - Championship Section - Test Piece : Music for Battle Creek

Order details and discussion for the National Finals Championship Test Piece :

Music for Battle Creek - Philip Sparke
De Haske (UK) Ltd.
Fleming Road, Earlstrees, Corby NN17 4SN
Tel.: 01536 260981
Fax: 01536 401075

 

I'm pleased to say that the study score for MUSIC FOR BATTLE CREEK is now available.

you can order it from your usual supplier or directly from the De Haske website:-

http://www.dehaske.com/index.php?tas...k=det&id=17363

 

No plans at the moment, but it's certainly not out of the question!

 

music for battle creek

I think this is a fab test piece. There are no bad bits of music. The ending is very unexpected, the first time we played it, it came as a real shock! Does Philip Sparke write anything that isn't gold. Really looking forward to the finals. It's gonna be a good weekend.

 

Avoid the queues at the Albert Hall and get your copy of the study score from the De Haske stand at the British Open in Birmingham this Saturday!

It's also available from all your usual band suppliers or at

www.dehaske.com

 

I'm excited..............I just confirmed that I'm flying to London for the weekend and will be attending the Finals. I'm very happy about that and especially because it sounds like such an awesome test piece.

 

No arguments there - it's great to play. So much in it for everyone!!!

 

Not in my experience!

I've favourites and less-favourites of course... (sometimes relating to those I can get near playing and those I'm miles off)... but generally he comes up with the sort of thing that makes me wish I had half the imagination and skill needed to write something similar myself!

Which is why even though I've not heard this one, I'm thoroughly looking forward to a seat in the albert hall, a study score, and some quality bands to listen to.

If it measures up to his usual standard, it'll be a cracker.

 

I think it is going to be a very hard test for all the bands. Apart from the solo cornet/ euph duet (which is hard enouigh to play on your own, let alone in unison with another player) after only 12 bars of the piece, and all the other whopping great solos, the third movement is simply one of those things that you have to sit down and programme into your brain.

It will be interesting to hear how the bands approach it stylistically as well as it is not really your usuall 'British' brass band fare.

I'm really enjoying rehearsing it.

Igg

 

absolutely loving the euph solo in the second movement - fantastic writing

 

Agreed - You need to know where everyone else's part fits against yours - And then try to ignore it

 

Mad piece. I like it.

This should surely guarantee that the cream floats to the top - only about 5 bands will get near it. But then I thought that about 'Eden'.

 

Do you mean that more bands could play it than you expected or that the best bands didn't come at the top?

 

I should hope all the bands will "get near it"! They are supposedly the best the country has to offer... It will be a shame
if they cant.. 'tis quite tricky though!!

 

I'm enjoyng getting redy for my debu in London this year... Think the piece is fantastic, but wha what could we possibly expect from Mr Sparke... Well done on a great piece...

The most enjoyable part for me is on the back page with the 40 odd bars of sostenuto chord progressions, with the oving stuff just sitting nicely in the middle of it... a fantastic bit of writing...

Can't wait to get on stage and take a good look round before we play.... Must be awesome????

 

It is awesome... you'll never have seen so many empty seats...

Seriously though, it's always nice to play there, although not the easiest of halls to play in. Hoping not to be on in the first few, think the ending might take the crowd a bit by suprise...

 

..for god's sake don't do that! - you might faint

john R

 

Not able to get to the contest (best man at a mate's wedding) but have been doing some rehearsals for one of the competing bands and have to say the piece is a total belter! love it all. As good as Dances and Alleluias and I loved that too!

 

Must be almost the size of the Michael Fowler centre eh JR?