Poll: Best SA Festival Piece

[timjones]

I thought it would be interesting to see what you guys thought with respect to the above topic. I want know the ones that make you tingle when you play/hear them!
What would you consider to be the greats? I have come up with these (in no particluar order)

Resurgam
The Present Age
Procession to Covanent
Kingdom Triumphant

Suggestions are most welcome

Tim Jones
The Best (?) Cornet Playing Bass Player in the World

[Cantonian]

Apart from Present Age no particular order.

Present age
Call of the Righteous
The Lord is King
Aspects of Praise
Pastoral symphony
At the Edge of Time
Princethorpe Variations

[johnflugel]

Resurgam is not an SA work, was published by a non-army house first!

At the Edge of Time
Song of Courage
The Holy War
Variations on Maccabeus
Shine as the Light
Renaissance
Quintessence
Pastoral Symphony
Canadian Folk Song Suite

Just a few

John

[PeterBale]

Some additonal ones not yet listed:

Symphony of Thanksgiving, Dean Goffin
Romans 8, Ray Steadman-Allen
My Comfort and Strength, Brian Bowen
Pilgrim Song, Thomas Rive
Song of the Eternal, Les Condon
My treasure, Wilfred Heaton
None other name, Erik Leidzen
Arise, my soul, arise, Dean Goffin

[Maestro]

No particular order:

Arise My Soul Arise
Kingdom Triumphant
Ratcliffe Highway
The Holy War
Divine Pursuit

[Shommusic]

March: Rejoice!

[beard_4b]

Song of Courage
My Strength, My Tower
Blazon
Corpus Christie
Songs of the Morning
Call of the Righteous
Truth Aflame
I know a fount

[Maestro]

March: Rejoice!

Is that the one from the 'green' book all them years ago?

[BreadOfHeaven]

Festivity is a cracking piece of music!

[Straightmute]

Toccata - Oh the Blessed Lord
Just as I Am
Victory for Me
Praise

My Strength, My Tower

Exodus
Kingdom Triumphant

[Cantonian]

March: Rejoice!

Is that the one from the 'green' book all them years ago?

I'm sure it must be. We also had the Orange and Blue Unity series books with gems such as Melodies from Great Composers and Kasangulu. I had to be able to play Merrily Onward and Llanfair from the Orange book before I could join the YP band.

[beard_4b]

March: Rejoice!

Is that the one from the 'green' book all them years ago?

I'm sure it must be. We also had the Orange and Blue Unity series books with gems such as Melodies from Great Composers and Kasangulu. I had to be able to play Merrily Onward and Llanfair from the Orange book before I could join the YP band.

The best piece from the unity series was definatly the march Stand up for Jesus

[Gorgie boy]

What about these?

Hope Variations
The Call of the Righteous
Sanctuary
Holy War
Southern Cross
Song of Courage
Symphony of Thanksgiving
Shine as the Light
Isaiah 40 (published by SP&S)
Renaissance
The New Covenant - not really an SA piece but religious!

Paul Drury
Edinburgh Gorgie Band
Fuoco Brass

[carlwoodman]

Resurgam is not an SA work, was published by a non-army house first!

Factually correct but Eric Ball has often been quoted as saying to the ISB when he first rehearsed it with them, 'Gentlemen, Resurgam has come home'.

Add Daystar to the list please.

[johnflugel]

There is a terrific piece called 'Thy King Cometh' by Les Condon.

I have an LP from the 1978 congress on which NYSB presented the work (Derick Kane premiered Better World on the same programme), but I have not heard a band play it since. Noone to my knowledge has recorded it either.

Does anyone on here know anything about it? Carl, maybe you could nudge the right people for the ISB to programme it again? Has anybody here actually played the piece. It is not published incidentally, as far as I know.

John