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Report & Results: 2013 De Luxemburgse Muziekfederatie

Buizingen's little green men claim yet another banding title

BUIZINGEN
 

Brass Band Buizingen included a repeat performance of their recent European Championship own choice work, ‘When World’s Collide’ in winning the De Luxemburgse Muziekfederatie Union Grand-Duc Adolphe internanational competition held in Luxembourg.

150th anniversary

The event was held as a part of the 150th anniverasay celebrations of the organisation and saw bands from Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Germany take part.

The two legged event saw the Belgian champion under the direction of Luc Vertommen, play the set work, ‘Connotations’ by Edward Gregson followed by their own choice programme that included Nigel Clarke’s amazingly inventive tribute to the 1950’s Hollywood sci-fi movies, subtitled, ‘Little Green Men in Interglatic Spaceships with Rayguns and Phasers’.

Principal cornet Harmen Vanhoorne also delivered a sparkling account of ‘Fortune’s Fool’ written for him by his great friend Stan Nieuwenhuis.

3,000 first prize

The open competition organized by renowned Dutch conductor Jan Cobert saw the band claim the 3,000 Euro first prize and a ‘Great Distinction’ award ahead of Concordia Vetroz from Switzerland, who also performed ‘Triastan Encounters’ conducted by Geo-Pierre Moren, with Brassband de Waldsang of the Netherlands in third.


their own choice programme that included Nigel Clarke’s amazingly inventive tribute to the 1950’s Hollywood sci-fi movies, subtitled, ‘Little Green Men in Interglatic Spaceships with Rayguns and Phasers’4BR

Results:
Set work/Own Choice: Total

1. Brass Band Buizingen (Luc Vertommen): 94.5/97.5 = 96.00
2. Concordia Vetroz (Geo-Pierre Moren): 94.25/96.25 = 95.25
3. Brassband De Wâldsang (Rieks van der Velde): 92.25/88.5 = 90.38
4. Brass Band du Conservatoire d’Esch-sur-Alzette (Guy Conter): 80.8/89.5 = 88.88
5. Brass Band Düren (Martin Schadlich): 82.00/83.5 = 82.75

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