4BR has finally managed to catch up with the three winners of our weekend quiz to give them the news that they have won a study scores of Hermann Pallhuber's test-piece, 'Titan's Progress' plus a commemorative programme from the National Finals.
Winners
The winners were Tony Saunders who is a supporter of Ogmore Valley Silver and Pencoed Silver Bands in south Wales, Martin Swann who played with Carlton Main Frickley at the Albert Hall and Andy Jackson who plays just about every cornet position known to man with Filton Concert Brass.
Answer:
The eponymous hero in the making in author Jean Paul's 1802 novel 'Titan' — both the analogous inspiration for Mahler's 'First Symphony' and the central character of Hermann Palhuber's test-piece was of course — Albano de Cesara.