Besson Swiss Open
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Date:
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21 Sep 2019 |
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Venue:
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Kultur und Kongresszentrum KKL (Salle Blanche), Luzern |
| Adjudicator(s): |
Dr Robert Childs, Howard Lorriman, Pascal Eicher, Maurice Hamers, Thomas Hammes |
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Test piece:
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Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby) |
| Pos |
Band
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Conductor
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Set Piece |
Own Choice |
Total |
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Draw |
Points |
Pos |
Draw |
Points |
Pos |
points |
| 1 |
Brass Band Treize Étoiles |
Frédéric Théodoloz |
8 |
177 |
1 |
1 |
168 |
3 |
345 |
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Pageantry (Herbert Howells) |
| 2 |
Brass Band Berner Oberland |
Corsin Tuor |
4 |
172 |
3 |
9 |
172 |
1 |
344 |
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An Epic Symphony (Percy Fletcher) |
| 3 |
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan |
François Roh |
9 |
169 |
4 |
5 |
168 |
3 |
337 |
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High Peak (Eric Ball) |
| 4 |
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern |
Michael Bach |
7 |
176 |
2 |
4 |
159 |
8 |
335 |
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John O'Gaunt (Gilbert Vinter) |
| 5 |
Wallberg Band |
Ivan Meylemans |
5 |
165 |
6 |
7 |
168 |
3 |
333 |
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Connotations (Edward Gregson) |
| 6 |
Brass Band Fribourg A |
Maurice Donnet-Money |
1 |
162 |
8 |
8 |
168 |
3 |
330 |
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Resurgam (Eric Ball) |
| 7 |
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland |
Roland Fröscher |
2 |
163 |
7 |
6 |
166 |
7 |
329 |
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Journey Into Freedom (Eric Ball) |
| 8 |
Oberaargauer Brass Band A |
Christoph Luchsinger |
3 |
157 |
9 |
10 |
169 |
2 |
326 |
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Spectrum (Gilbert Vinter) |
| 9 |
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz |
Stefan Roth |
6 |
167 |
5 |
2 |
152 |
10 |
319 |
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James Cook, Circumnavigator (Gilbert Vinter) |
| 10 |
Ensemble de Cuivres Mélodia |
Vincent Baroni |
10 |
155 |
10 |
3 |
157 |
9 |
312 |
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Freedom (Hubert Bath) |
Best soloist in set piece: William Birrer (euphonium, Brass Band Treize Etoiles)
Best performance of own-choice test: Brass Band Berner Oberland (playing An Epic Symphony)
For their own-choice piece, bands were required to play an original 'classic' brass band composition from a prescribed list.
Links to videos of set test and own-choice performances as follows:
Brass Band Treize Etoiles
Brass Band Berner Oberland
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern
Wallberg Band
Brass Band Fribourg A
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland
Oberaargauer Brass Band A
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz
Ensemble de Cuivres Mélodia
The adjudicators were in separate boxes and each awarded placings for each band for both the set test piece and the orchestral transcription. 1st place is then converted to 60 points, 2nd place 59 points, and so on. The highest and lowest marks awarded to each band were discarded and hence a maximum of 360 points (2 x 180) were available. Points scored for the own choice march were not included in the overall mark and were for the purpose of deciding the special march prize only.