Cory Band wint eerste Band of the Year Contest

Laatste update om 22:42 op Saturday, 22 June

Na vele jaren is de titel UK Band of the Year weer te verdienen. In deze nieuw opgezette wedstrijd spelen de deelnemers een vrij gekozen 30 minuten programma. Daarmee lijkt de opzet veel op die van de Dutch Open Brass Band Championships of de Vlaams Open. Uiteindelijk deden 9 bands vandaag mee in de Stoller Hall in Manchester en zeker niet de minste. 

Jury: Tom Brevik, Reid Gilje, Jan De Haan

Uitslag: De Haan/Brevik/Gilje/(Solist*) = Totaal
*alleen bij gelijk resultaat

1. Cory (Philip Harper) 1/1/1/(1) = 3
2. Black Dyke (Nicholas Childs) 2/2/2/(2) = 6
3. Tredegar (Ian Porthouse) 3/3/3/(4) = 9
4. Fairey (Gary Cutt) 4/4/5/(7) = 13
5. Foden's (Michael Fowles) 5/5/6/(6) = 16
6. Carlton Main Frickley Colliery (Russell Gray) 7/6/4/(3) = 17
7. Brighouse & Rastrick (David Thornton) 6/8/7/(5) = 21
8. Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths) 8/7/8/(9) = 23
9. Flowers (Mareika Gray) 9/9/9/(8) = 27

Beste Solist: Tom Hutchinson - Cory Band

Gespeelde programma's in volgorde van loting:
1. Foden's (Michael Fowles)
Masque (Kenneth Hesketh)
Vallfickens Dance (Hugo Alven, arr. Frode Rydland) Solist: Gary Curtin
Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle)

2. Flowers (Mareika Gray)
Jacob's Ladder (Jonathan Bates)
Threnody (Ben Hollings) Solist: Thomas Fountain
Ascension (Philip Wilby)

3. Fairey (Garry Cutt)
Le Corsair (Hector Berlioz arr. Geoffrey Brand)
Follow the Flame (Peter Graham) Solist: Lucy Cutt
Resurgam (Eric Ball)
Final two Portraits from Gallery (Howard Snell)

4. Carlton Main Frickley (Russell Gray)
Into the Stars (Ben Holling)
Song from 'Milestone' (Peter Meechan) Solist: Kirsty Abbotts
Fraternity (Thierry Deleruyelle)

5. Brighouse & Rastrick (David Thornton)
Knight Templar (George Allen)
Blue Rider (Kit Turnbull) Solist: Chris Robertson
- Second movement — Several Circles (1926)
- Third movement — Composition VIII (1923)
A Lowry Sketchbook (Philip Wilby)

6. Hammonds (Morgan Griffiths)
A Short Ride in A Brass Machine (Andrew Baker)
Fantasie Brillante (J.B Arban, arr. Kevin Edwards) Solist: Ashley Higgins
The Triumph of Time (Peter Graham)

7. Black Dyke (Prof Nicholas Childs)
A Brighter Light (Philip Wilby)
Concerto for Baritone (Peter Graham) Solist: Katrina Marzella
- Second movement — Tide
- Third Movement — Torque
Heroes (Bruce Broughton)

8. Cory (Philip Harper)
The Spaceman (T.J. Powell)
Cornet Concerto (Derek Bourgeois) Solist: Tom Hutchinson
- First movement
Explorers On The Moon (Paul Raphael)

9. Tredegar (Ian Porthouse)
Phenomena Fanfare — On Themes by Gustav Mahler (Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
Toccata: Oh The Blessed Lord (Wilfred Heaton)
Eyes of a Child (Kateryna and Svante Henryson arr. Jacob Vilhelm Larsen) Solist: Danny Winder
As If a voice were in them... (Oliver Waespi)