BreadOfHeaven
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Well here we are finally!! After a month of spreadsheets and sorting through pm's I finally have a list of the 100 greatest Test Pieces as voted by you the tmp public (well over 80 of you anyway!!!). Thanks for all the voting and thought that you put into it. A clear winner that appeared somewhere on nearly everyone's list.
It's been great fun. Now the debate begins........................
=96 Triptych Sparke 7
The Shipbuilders Yorke 7
James Cook Circumnavigator Vinter 7
Les Preludes Rimmer 7
A Moorside Suite Holst 7
=88 Albion Van Der Roost 8
Henry V Price 8
Freedom Bath 8
Carnival Romain Wright 8
Leonardo Wilby 8
Cambridge Variations Sparke 8
Haselmere Suite Graham 8
Malvern Suite Sparke 8
=81 The Maunsell Forts McCabe 9
Purcell Variations Downie 9
Prometheus Unbound Bantock 9
Tintagel Wright 9
Comedy Overture Ireland 9
High Peak Ball 9
Sinfonietta No 2 Ballisat 9
=74 Five Blooms In A Welsh Garden Wood 10
Chorale and Tocatta Buller 10
Downland Suite Ireland 10
Un Vie De Matelot Farnon 10
Tournament for Brass Ball 10
Benvenuto Cellini Wright 10
Kensington Concerto Ball 10
=70 The Aeronauts Richards 11
Symphony Of Marches Vinter 11
Fantasy Arnold 11
La Forza Del Destino Wright 11
=67 Sinfonietta - The Wayfarer Ball 12
Whitsun Wakes M Ball 12
Fireworks Howarth 12
66 Oceans Richards 13
=63 Lydian Pictures Dobson 14
Kennilworth Bliss 14
Prague Bingham 14
=58 Vizcaya Vinter 15
Diversions For Brass Band Bourgeois 15
Lowry Sketchbook Wilby 15
Music For A Festival Sparke 15
Partita Gregson 15
=56 Hymn at Sunrise Steadman-Allen 16
Royal Parks Lloyd 16
=54 Ballet For Band Horowitz 17
Odin Butterworth 17
=52 Trumpets Of The Angels Gregson 18
Checkmate Ball 18
51 Seascapes Steadman-Allen 20
=49 Chain Swearts 21
Plantagenates Gregson 21
=47 Triumphant Rhapsody Vinter 24
Suite Gothique Ball 24
46 Energy Simpson 25
45 Rhapsody In Brass Goffin 26
44 Enigma Variations Ball 27
43 Coventry Variations Tovey 29
42 Partita Sparke 30
=40 Connotations Gregson 31
Le Roi Dy's Wright 31
39 Diadem of Gold Wright 32
=37 Dances And Arias Gregson 33
Diversions on A Bass Theme Lloyd 33
36 Of Men And Mountains Gregson 34
35 New Jerusalem Wilby 36
=32 Between The Moon And Mexico Sparke 41
Tallis Variations Sparke 41
Sounds Golland 41
31 Land Of the Long White Cloud Sparke 46
=28 Harrison's Dream Graham 49
Variations on A 9th Vinter 49
Legends and Myths On Alderly Edge Graham 49
27 Montage Graham 50
26 Apocalypse Bourgeois 51
25 Epic Symphony Fletcher 53
=22 Spectrum Vinters 56
Variations on an Enigma Sparke 56
Festival Music Ball 56
21 English Heritage Lloyd 58
20 Pageantry Howells 59
19 Issiah 40 Redhead 63
18 Life Divine Jenkins 65
17 Les Preludes Gay 68
16 Cloudcatcher Fells McCabe 70
15 Jazz Wilby 78
14 Tristan Encounters Ellerby 89
13 Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Bourgeois 91
12 Masquerade Wilby 97
11 Dove Descending Wilby 105
=9 Harmony Music Sparke 108
Revelation Wilby 108
8 The Essence Of Time Graham 123
7 Concerto Grosso Bourgeois 129
6 Blitz Bourgeois 138
5 Contest Music Heaton 174
4 Paganini Variations Wilby 232
3 Resurgam Ball 246
2 The Year Of The Dragon Sparke 248
1 Journey Into Freedom Ball 288
It's been great fun. Now the debate begins........................
=96 Triptych Sparke 7
The Shipbuilders Yorke 7
James Cook Circumnavigator Vinter 7
Les Preludes Rimmer 7
A Moorside Suite Holst 7
=88 Albion Van Der Roost 8
Henry V Price 8
Freedom Bath 8
Carnival Romain Wright 8
Leonardo Wilby 8
Cambridge Variations Sparke 8
Haselmere Suite Graham 8
Malvern Suite Sparke 8
=81 The Maunsell Forts McCabe 9
Purcell Variations Downie 9
Prometheus Unbound Bantock 9
Tintagel Wright 9
Comedy Overture Ireland 9
High Peak Ball 9
Sinfonietta No 2 Ballisat 9
=74 Five Blooms In A Welsh Garden Wood 10
Chorale and Tocatta Buller 10
Downland Suite Ireland 10
Un Vie De Matelot Farnon 10
Tournament for Brass Ball 10
Benvenuto Cellini Wright 10
Kensington Concerto Ball 10
=70 The Aeronauts Richards 11
Symphony Of Marches Vinter 11
Fantasy Arnold 11
La Forza Del Destino Wright 11
=67 Sinfonietta - The Wayfarer Ball 12
Whitsun Wakes M Ball 12
Fireworks Howarth 12
66 Oceans Richards 13
=63 Lydian Pictures Dobson 14
Kennilworth Bliss 14
Prague Bingham 14
=58 Vizcaya Vinter 15
Diversions For Brass Band Bourgeois 15
Lowry Sketchbook Wilby 15
Music For A Festival Sparke 15
Partita Gregson 15
=56 Hymn at Sunrise Steadman-Allen 16
Royal Parks Lloyd 16
=54 Ballet For Band Horowitz 17
Odin Butterworth 17
=52 Trumpets Of The Angels Gregson 18
Checkmate Ball 18
51 Seascapes Steadman-Allen 20
=49 Chain Swearts 21
Plantagenates Gregson 21
=47 Triumphant Rhapsody Vinter 24
Suite Gothique Ball 24
46 Energy Simpson 25
45 Rhapsody In Brass Goffin 26
44 Enigma Variations Ball 27
43 Coventry Variations Tovey 29
42 Partita Sparke 30
=40 Connotations Gregson 31
Le Roi Dy's Wright 31
39 Diadem of Gold Wright 32
=37 Dances And Arias Gregson 33
Diversions on A Bass Theme Lloyd 33
36 Of Men And Mountains Gregson 34
35 New Jerusalem Wilby 36
=32 Between The Moon And Mexico Sparke 41
Tallis Variations Sparke 41
Sounds Golland 41
31 Land Of the Long White Cloud Sparke 46
=28 Harrison's Dream Graham 49
Variations on A 9th Vinter 49
Legends and Myths On Alderly Edge Graham 49
27 Montage Graham 50
26 Apocalypse Bourgeois 51
25 Epic Symphony Fletcher 53
=22 Spectrum Vinters 56
Variations on an Enigma Sparke 56
Festival Music Ball 56
21 English Heritage Lloyd 58
20 Pageantry Howells 59
19 Issiah 40 Redhead 63
18 Life Divine Jenkins 65
17 Les Preludes Gay 68
16 Cloudcatcher Fells McCabe 70
15 Jazz Wilby 78
14 Tristan Encounters Ellerby 89
13 Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Bourgeois 91
12 Masquerade Wilby 97
11 Dove Descending Wilby 105
=9 Harmony Music Sparke 108
Revelation Wilby 108
8 The Essence Of Time Graham 123
7 Concerto Grosso Bourgeois 129
6 Blitz Bourgeois 138
5 Contest Music Heaton 174
4 Paganini Variations Wilby 232
3 Resurgam Ball 246
2 The Year Of The Dragon Sparke 248
1 Journey Into Freedom Ball 288