Besson Swiss Open
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Date:
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20 Sep 2025 |
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Venue:
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Kultur und Kongresszentrum KKL (Salle Blanche), Luzern |
| Adjudicator(s): |
Carlo Balmelli, Holger Bronner, Dr Robert Childs, Pascal Eicher, Howard Lorriman |
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Test piece:
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Hypercube (Oliver Waespi) |
| 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 |
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| 1 |
Valaisia Brass Band |
Arsène Duc |
9 |
178 |
1 |
3 |
170 |
4 |
348 |
 |
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English Heritage (George Lloyd) |
| 2 |
Wallberg Band |
Paul Holland |
7 |
172 |
2 |
4 |
175 |
1 |
347 |
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Harrison's Dream (Peter Graham) |
| 3 |
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern |
Michael Bach |
5 |
168 |
4 |
8 |
172 |
2 |
340 |
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Extreme Make-over (Johan de Meij) |
| 4 |
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan |
Jean-François Bobillier |
3 |
171 |
3 |
9 |
165 |
6 |
336 |
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Visions of Gerontius (Kenneth Downie) |
| 5 |
Brass Band Berner Oberland |
Véronique Gyger-Pitteloud |
1 |
164 |
6 |
6 |
172 |
2 |
336 |
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Partita (Philip Sparke) |
| 6 |
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland |
Sandro Blank |
6 |
167 |
5 |
5 |
160 |
8 |
327 |
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Paganini Variations (Philip Wilby) |
| 7 |
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz |
Stefan Roth |
2 |
156 |
9 |
10 |
168 |
5 |
324 |
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Red Priest (Philip Wilby) |
| 8 |
Oberaargauer Brass Band A |
Roland Fröscher |
4 |
155 |
10 |
7 |
165 |
6 |
320 |
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Terra Australis (Martin Ellerby) |
| 9 |
Five Lakes Silver Band |
Christopher Ward |
10 |
163 |
7 |
2 |
154 |
10 |
317 |
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Pageantry (Herbert Howells) |
| 10 |
Brass Band Fribourg A |
Adrian Schneider |
8 |
160 |
8 |
1 |
157 |
9 |
317 |
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Blitz (Derek Bourgeois) |
Best percussion in set piece: Valaisia Brass Band
Best performance of own-choice test: Wallberg Band (playing Harrison's Dream)
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
Wallberg Band
set test own-choice
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern
set test own-choice
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan
set test own-choice
Brass Band Berner Oberland
set test own-choice
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland
set test own-choice
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz
set test own-choice
Oberaargauer Brass Band A
set test own-choice
Five Lakes Silver Band
set test own-choice
Brass Band Fribourg A
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.