Besson Swiss Open
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Date:
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21 Sep 2024 |
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Venue:
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Concert Hall, Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne |
| Adjudicator(s): |
Carlo Balmelli, Dr Robert Childs, Pascal Eicher, Blaise Héritier, Howard Lorriman |
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Test piece:
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Masquerade (Philip Wilby) |
| 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 |
| 1 |
Valaisia Brass Band |
Arsène Duc |
10 |
178 |
1 |
1 |
169 |
5 |
347 |
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The Torchbearer - Symphonic Variations on a theme by Eric Ball (Peter Graham) |
| 2 |
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern |
Michael Bach |
2 |
167 |
5 |
10 |
175 |
1 |
342 |
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English Heritage (George Lloyd) |
| 3 |
Brass Band Fribourg A |
Florent Didier |
8 |
175 |
2 |
4 |
164 |
6 |
339 |
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Harmony Music (Philip Sparke) |
| 4 |
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz |
Stefan Roth |
7 |
171 |
3 |
5 |
163 |
7 |
334 |
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Blitz (Derek Bourgeois) |
| 5 |
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan |
Jean-François Bobillier |
4 |
161 |
7 |
8 |
172 |
2 |
333 |
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Extreme Make-over (Johan de Meij) |
| 6 |
Wallberg Band |
Ivan Meylemans |
3 |
162 |
6 |
7 |
170 |
3 |
332 |
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Partita (Philip Sparke) |
| 7 |
Brass Band Berner Oberland |
Véronique Gyger-Pitteloud |
1 |
158 |
8 |
6 |
170 |
3 |
328 |
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Montage (Peter Graham) |
| 8 |
Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien |
Russell Gray |
6 |
168 |
4 |
3 |
155 |
9 |
323 |
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Dances and Arias (Edward Gregson) |
| 9 |
Oberaargauer Brass Band A |
Hervé Grélat |
5 |
154 |
10 |
9 |
156 |
8 |
310 |
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The Essence of Time (Peter Graham) |
| 10 |
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland |
Sandro Blank |
9 |
158 |
8 |
2 |
151 |
10 |
309 |
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The Year of the Dragon (Philip Sparke) |
Best euphonium in set piece: Glenn Van Looy (Valaisia Brass Band)
Best performance of own-choice test: Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern (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:
Valaisia Brass Band
set test own-choice
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern
set test own-choice
Brass Band Fribourg A
set test own-choice
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz
set test own-choice
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan
set test own-choice
Wallberg Band
set test own-choice
Brass Band Berner Oberland
set test own-choice
Ensemble de Cuivres Jurassien
set test own-choice
Oberaargauer Brass Band A
set test own-choice
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland
set test own-choice
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.