Besson Swiss Open
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Date:
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23 Sep 2023 |
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Venue:
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Concert Hall, Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne |
| Adjudicator(s): |
Professor Nicholas J Childs, Pascal Eicher, Peter Graham, Blaise Héritier, Howard Lorriman |
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Test piece:
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Angels and Demons (Peter Graham) |
| Pos |
Band
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Conductor
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Test Piece |
Own Choice |
Total |
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Draw |
Points |
Pos |
Draw |
Points |
Pos |
points |
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| 1 |
Brass Band Treize Etoiles |
Frédéric Théodoloz |
9 |
178 |
1 |
2 |
176 |
1 |
354 |
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English Heritage (George Lloyd) |
| 2 |
Brass Band Fribourg A |
Florent Didier |
6 |
175 |
2 |
4 |
162 |
8 |
337 |
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Spectrum (Gilbert Vinter) |
| 3 |
Brass Band Berner Oberland |
Véronique Gyger-Pitteloud |
8 |
171 |
3 |
1 |
166 |
5 |
337 |
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Blitz (Derek Bourgeois) |
| 4 |
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern |
Michael Bach |
2 |
163 |
7 |
8 |
174 |
2 |
337 |
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The Year of the Dragon (Philip Sparke) |
| 5 |
Wallberg Band |
Ivan Meylemans |
7 |
168 |
5 |
5 |
167 |
4 |
335 |
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Variations on an Enigma (Philip Sparke) |
| 6 |
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz |
Stefan Roth |
3 |
164 |
6 |
9 |
170 |
3 |
334 |
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Pageantry (Herbert Howells) |
| 7 |
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan |
François Roh |
10 |
170 |
4 |
3 |
163 |
7 |
333 |
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Contest Music (Wilfred Heaton) |
| 8 |
Oberaargauer Brass Band A |
Patrick Ottiger |
5 |
152 |
10 |
10 |
164 |
6 |
316 |
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Diversions on a Bass Theme (George Lloyd) |
| 9 |
Paris Brass Band |
Laurent Douvre |
4 |
161 |
8 |
6 |
154 |
9 |
315 |
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Journey Into Freedom (Eric Ball) |
| 10 |
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland |
Sandro Blank |
1 |
156 |
9 |
7 |
152 |
10 |
308 |
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An Epic Symphony (Percy Fletcher) |
Best flugel horn in set piece: Anthony Rausis (Brass Band Treize Etoiles)
Best performance of own-choice test: Brass Band Treize Etoiles (playing English Heritage)
For their own-choice piece, bands were required to play an original work from a prescribed list.
Links to videos of set test and own-choice performances as follows:
Brass Band Treize Etoiles
Brass Band Fribourg A
Brass Band Berner Oberland
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern
Wallberg Band
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan
Oberaargauer Brass Band A
Paris Brass Band
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland
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.