EBBA has announced the final line up of competing bands that will battle it out for the European Brass Band Championship title at the De Doelen Hall in Rotterdam during the first weekend of May.
Behemoths
There is a battle of brass band behemoths in the Championship Section, with reigning champion Manger Musikklag defending their title against arguably the strongest ever field of world class rivals.
As always there will be a great deal of interest in the showcase selections of the bands for the own choice discipline on the Saturday, with the trend towards picking contemporary works by European composers very much in evidence.
Judges
There is also an interesting line up of adjudicators too, with an eclectic mix which sees a brace of Englishmen teamed with a Swiss, Belgian, Norwegian and Netherlander.
Four bands will compete in the B Section, with representatives from Austria, Italy, Netherlands and Northern Ireland, whilst there are the added attractions of the European Youth Band and the European Composers Competition.
There is a battle of brass band behemoths in the Championship Section, with reigning champion Manger Musikklag defending their title against arguably the strongest ever field of world class rivals4BR
Championship Section:
Manger Musikklag (Norway)
Brass Band Oberösterreich (Austria)
Noord Limburgse Brassband (Belgium)
Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark)
Black Dyke (England)
Brass-Band Nord Pas-de-Calais (France)
Brass Band Schoonhoven (Netherlands)
Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag (Norway)
The Co-operative Funeralcare Band (Scotland)
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan (Switzerland)
Cory (Wales)
B Section:
Austrian Brass Band of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Austria)
Brass Band Wipptal (Italy)
Brassband Heman (Netherlands)
The 1st Old Boys Association Band (Northern-Ireland)
Adjudicators:
European Composers Competition Final Thursday 3rd May
Philip Sparke, England
Oliver Waespi, Switzerland
Ed de Boer, Netherlands
Championship Section Set Test Piece & B-Section:
Arsene Duc, Switzerland
Andrew Berryman, England
Frans Violet, Belgium
Championship Section Own Choice:
Kar Ole Midtbø, Norway
Garry Cutt, England
Klaas van der Woude, Netherlands
Championship Section Own Choice selections:
Within Blue Empires (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
31342 feet (Ludovic Neurohr)
Old Licks Bluesed Up (Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen)
Audivi Media Nocte (Oliver Waespi)
Vienna Nights (Philip Wilby)
From Ancient Times (Jan Van der Roost)
Audivi Media Nocte (Oliver Waespi)
Spiriti (Thomas Doss)
Masquerade (Philip Wilby)
Revelation (Philip Wilby)
Spiriti (Thomas Doss)
Ticket Sales:
Tickets sales at www.dedoelen.nl
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