I don't claim to be an expert on test pieces, I have my favourites just like anyone.
I was just wondering what other people think might be the most innovative, enjoyable/entertaining, challenging test pieces of the recent times? Basically your favourites, and that will stand the test of time like the good oldies.
Thoughts?
I currently like The Saga of Haakon the Good and ...and when the river told...
Never B flat, sometimes B sharp... but always B natural ;)
"best" is nore than a little subjective, but the ones I've enjoyed either playing or listening to the most and would really like to hear more of, are
Dances & Alleluias
Extreme Makeover
St Magnus
Vienna Nights
Alex
my posts are my views only, I am not speaking for my band or any other organisation
Vienna Nights for me too, a classic, although I did also very much enjoy And When the River Told.
Eden
"Sometimes I wish I had been more spontaneous. I feel like going out, stealing a traffic cone, putting it on my head and saying 'Look at me, I'm a Giant witch'"
Titan's Progress
Roccoco Variations, Prague (I know it was written in 1995 but used in 2003).
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Simon Phillips
(1) Eden
(2) St Magnus
(3) Saint Saens Variations
John R
Seconded, great pieceOriginally Posted by simonium
"Sometimes I wish I had been more spontaneous. I feel like going out, stealing a traffic cone, putting it on my head and saying 'Look at me, I'm a Giant witch'"
Played "Variations on an Enigma" at an own choice with Cambridge two years ago if that counts , cracking EEb part and we got a 2nd place on it.
At the risk of summoning He-who-must-not-be-named I also enjoyed "James Cook" and "Salute to Youth" couple of years back with Ipswich at Butlins / Area.
In terms of listening , "Eden" and "Torchbearer" are faves as well.
"Then raise the scarlet banner high , beneath its folds we'll live and die.Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer we'll keep the Red Flag flying here"
Phil
TMP Political Commissar
EEb Bass
Clacton Co-Op Band
For me, in terms of listening I have to go with "Audivi Media Nocte", "Titans Progress" and "Extreme Makeover"
Breath of Souls.
Simon Sanderson
2nd Cornet
Brighouse & Rastrick
My mind works like lightning, one brilliant flash and it's gone.....
For me my top 3 consists of:
Elgar Variations
Audivi Media Nocte
The Torchbearer
"Bass trombone a touch OTT in places....."
Gareth Davis BMus (Hons) PGCE
Composer/Arranger/Bass Trombone - Hebden Bridge Band - Yorkshire 2013 First Section Champions
The more I listen to 31342 Feet (Ludovic Neurohr), the better it gets.
It's not how you play ... it's the way how you play it!
tMP Banding Boffin Award 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, tMP Saddo Award 2007, tMP Best Picture Award 2008
My Public Domain Arrangements
Albion; Contest Music; Eden; Elgar Variations; Extreme Makeover; Music for Battle Creek; On The Shoulders of Giants; St. Magnus; Torchbearer; Vienna Nights. In alphabetical order because I could never pick a single favourite let alone put my favourite ten in any order; then again, tomorrow my top ten could well be different as I think of Concertino; Harrison's Dream; Breath of Souls; Spiriti; From Ancient Times; Revelation; Rococo Variations.........my goodness there has been some very fine music used in the past 10 years.
Almost anything by Peter Graham.
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