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Blockbuster selections revealed for European Championships

The list of own-choice works to be performed by the bands at the forthcoming European Championships in Lille have been announced.

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The list of own-choices pieces that have been selected by the competing bands to perform at the forthcoming European Championships in Lille (above) have been announced.

Sold out

As always the will be a great deal of interest in hearing the blockbuster selections performed — so much so that tickets for the climax of the Championships at the Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle on Saturday 30th April were sold out almost as soon as they went on sale.

World premieres

World premieres of works from Philip Sparke and Thomas Doss will mingle with recently published major compositions from Andrew Duncan and Oliver Waespi, as well as existing major repertoire from Jan van der Roost, Peter Graham, Edward Gregson and Alexander Comitas and a trio of renditions of 'Trance', also by Thomas Doss.

There is also an interesting selection of works to be featured by bands in the Challenge Section, with an eclectic list that includes compositions by Philip Sparke, Dean Jones and Dean Goffin, Kevin Houben, Jacob Vilhelm Larsen and Thomas Doss.

tickets for the climax of the Championships at the Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle on Saturday 30th April were sold out almost as soon as they went on sale4BR

Championship Section:

Cantata (Andrew Duncan)
EKSTASE (Thomas Doss)
From Ancient Times (Jan van der Roost)
Hypercube (Oliver Waespi)
Metropolis 1927 (Peter Graham)
Of Distant Memories (Edward Gregson)
Raveling, Unraveling (Philip Sparke)
The Trumpets of the Angels (Edward Gregson)
Trance (Thomas Doss)*
(to be performed by 3 bands)
Vita Aeterna Variations (Alexander Comitas)

Challenge Section:

A London Overture (Philip Sparke)
Abaddon 'The Dark Angel' (Kevin Houben)
Blackout (Thomas Doss)
Glorifico Aeternum (Dean Jones)
Rhapsody in Brass (Dean Goffin)
The Saga of Tyrfing (Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)

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