38 bands will head to Utrecht this weekend to take part in the 2016 Dutch National Championships.

Action

The keenly fought action will take place in the Great Hall of the city's impressive TivoliVrendenburg centre, and starts on Friday afternoon (21st October — 3.30pm local time) with the seven competitors in the Fourth Section, performing the set-work, 'An English Pastorale' by Dean Jones.

Later in the evening the eight bands in the Third Section will take to the stage to perform 'Visions' by Dan Price.

Saturday opens with the Second Section at 10.00am as eight bands tackle Oliver Waespi's 'The Raid', followed by the six First Section rivals battling it out on the new publication, 'Sinfonietta No 3' by Swiss composer Etienne Crausaz.

The Triumph of Time

The Championship Section starts at 6.30pm, when nine bands, led by defending champion Provinciale Brassband Groningen will look to master Peter Graham's 'The Triumph of Time'.

The winner will not only be crowned the 36th National Champion, but will also represent the nation at the 2017 European Championships in Ostend.

4BR Editor Iwan Fox will be making his way to Utrecht to cover the event and to give band by band live coverage in each section.

The Championship Section sees nine bands, led by defending champion Provinciale Brassband Groningen will look to master Peter Graham's 'The Triumph of Time'4BR

Competing Bands:

Championship Section:

Set-Work: The Triumph of Time (Peter Graham)
Adjudicators: Russell Gray, Reid Gilje, Luc Vertommen

Altena Brass (Anno Appelo)
Amsterdam Brass (Pierre Volders)
Brassband De Bazuin Oenkerk (Klaas van der Woude)
Brassband de Waldsang (Rieks van der Velde)
Brassband Rijnmond (Erik van de Kolk)
Brassband Schoonhoven A (Ian Porthouse)
ProClass Brass Band Limburg (Renato Meli)
Provinciale Brassband Groningen (Richard Visser)
Soli Brass (Anne van den Berg)

First Division:

Set-Work: Sinfonietta No 3 (Etienne Crausaz)
Adjudicators: Russell Gray, Reid Gilje, Luc Vertommen

Brassband Breukelen (Syde van der Ploeg)
Chr. Brassband Excelsior (Rieks van der Velde)
De Spijkerpakkenband (Erik Janssen)
Kunst naar Kracht (Erik Kluin)
Oefening en Uitspanning (Anno Appelo)
Pro Rege (Anne van den Berg)

Second Division:

Set-Work: The Raid (Oliver Waespi)
Adjudicators: Mareika Gray, David Thornton, Danny Oosterman

Brass Band Schoonhoven B (Robbert Vos)
Brassband Amersfoort (Vincent Verhage)
Constantijn Huygens (Richard Visser)
De Bazuin B Oenkerk (Sietse Hamersma)
De Lofklank (Gerk Huisma)
Excelsior Ferwert (Herman Sibma)
Gloria Dei (Jaap Musschenga)
Martini Brassband (Rieks van der Velde)

Third Division:

Set-Work: Visions (Dan Price)
Adjudicators: Mareika Gray, David Thornton, Danny Oosterman

Apollo (Piet Visser)
Backum Brass (Vincent Verhage)
Blaast de Bazuin (Aline Werkman-Schipper)
De Nije Bazun (Piet van der Heide)
Gereformeerde Brassband Groningen (Jan Werkman)
Greidebrass (Marco Middelberg)
Kunst en Vriendschap (Henk van Loon)
Looft den Heer (Gijs Heusinkveld)

Fourth Division:

Set Work: An English Pastorale (Dean Jones)
Adjudicators: Mareika Gray, David Thornton, Danny Oosterman

Blaast de Bazuin (Paulus de Jong)
Brassband Opsterland (Martine Reijinga)
Chr.muziekvereniging Concordia (Gouke Gerben Wielenga)
Euphonia (Paulus de Jong)
Felison Brass (Patricia Geertse)
Immanuel (Jan Werkman)
Soli Deo Gloria (Sijtze van der Hoek)