Live coverage of the 2024 National Championships — 4barsrest
Saturday 5, 15:02:38. Championship Section: 13. Easington Colliery (Luc Vertommen) It's a big day for Easington Colliery, whose decision to draw on the experience of Luc Vertommen paid off in the opening bars.
Report & Result: 2024 National Championships of Great Britain
Oct 5, 2024 · Report & Result: 2024 National Championships of Great Britain. There are new compass coordinates for the Gloucester home of the National Trophy as Flowers Band and Paul Holland master Peter Graham's test-piece challenge for a dream victory.
Report & Result: 2024 British Open Championship — 4barsrest
Sep 7, 2024 · Now there is no doubt. Brass Band Treize Etoiles' stunning victory at the 170th British Open at Symphony Hall was stamped with such sublime authority that very few would now dare argue that they are not anything other than the best band in the world.
Live coverage of the 2024 National Championships — 4barsrest
Sep 15, 2024 · Section 2 Sunday 15, 21:01:21 Section 2: 18. City of Cambridge (Philip Fisher) Oh this was so close to being an absolute belter of a later draw gem — and hopefully it will get reward and recognition for the sheer verve and character that …
2025 Regional test pieces announced... — 4barsrest
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Live coverage of the 2024 Regional Championships — 4barsrest
London and SC Sunday 17, 18:09:24 Championship Section: 7. Amersham (Paul Fisher) Amersham recommenced the contest with a typical Paul Fisher musical interpretation — one that searched for the detail in the score but still allowed his players to shine in a confident manner.
2024 4BR Awards — Long List nominations — 4barsrest
Dec 18, 2024 · Much like 2023 the past 12 months in the banding world was one of continued retrenchment and resilience. Any long term positivity though has still been built on an underlying fragility to the foundations of many of the organisations that make up the global banding movement – from individual bands to representative associations and major contests.
Report & Results: 2024 Swiss National Championships
Nov 24, 2024 · Valaisia Brass Band was crowned Swiss National Champion for the eighth time following a thrilling contest of fluctuating excellence and surprising expectations in Luzerne.
2024 British Open Championship — The Lost Circle preview
With ‘The Lost Circle’ Jan Van der Roost has provided the British Open with a major composition that challenges both preconceptions as well as misconceptions.. Written through the prism of his personal fascination with the prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain, it is inspired by man’s millennials-long link to a monument of unresolved mystery.
Review: CD review: Regionals 2025 — 4barsrest
Oct 16, 2024 · ‘Arkansas’ (2009) is a distinctly non-urban musical landscape; its triptych form based on a trio of well known folk tunes from America’s ‘Natural State’, with the composer’s own little nods to classical formations. A resolute opening of optimism leads to a lyrical ballad of pioneering spirit with a brisk, vivacious finale bringing the work to a bold end.