19 bands will take to the stage at the Musikhuset in Aarhus this weekend for the Danish National Championships (Friday 3rd & Saturday 4the November).

The organising body Dansk Amatør Orkesterforbund celebrates its 75th anniversary this year and has commissioned a brace of new pieces.

Elysian Fields

The Elite Section will feature four bands who will perform a brand new work 'Elysian Fields' by Jacob Vilhelm Larsen on the Friday, followed the next day by the own-choice selections.

The own-choice selections include 'A Tale As Yet Untold' (Sparke); 'Hybercube' (Oliver Waespi); 'Sand & Stars' (Thierry Deleruyelle) and 'Sinfonietta No. 3' (Etienne Crausaz).

The winning band will gain the invitation to the 2024 European Championships.

Open judging

There is open adjudication in all other sections. The four First Section bands will perform Paul Lovatt-Cooper's 'Orion' as well as their own-choice works, with the Second Section bands playing the set-work 'A Journey To The Bermuda Triangle' by Pimpanit Karoonyavanich as well as their own selections.

Mikkel Amsinck has written the test for the Third Section entitled, 'Sunset Reflections' plus their own-choices.

The event will be broadcast by brasspass.tv

Competing bands:

Elite Section:

Test Piece: Elysian Fields (Jacob Vilhelm Larsen)
Adjudicators: Brett Baker, Daniel Thomas, Garry Cutt

Concord Brass Band (Prof. Jesper Juul Windahl)
Lyngby-Taarbæk Brass (Michael Aaberg Thomsen)
Nordvestjysk Brass (Huw Thomas)
Aarhus Brass (Stig Mærsk)

First Section:

Open adjudication
Test Piece: Orion (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)
Adjudicators: Brett Baker, Daniel Thomas, Garry Cutt

Dania Brass Band (Stanley Westh)
Excalibur (Jan van der Roost)

Frederiksberg Brass Band (Andras Olsen)
Albinus Variations (Etienne Crausaz)

Skanderborg Brass Band (Michelle Rakers)
Chivalry (Martin Ellerby)

Aalborg Postorkester (Henrik Juul-Brinkmann)
The Kingdom of Dragons (Phil Harper)

Second Section:

Open adjudication
Test Piece: A Journey To The Bermuda Triangle (Pimpanit Karoonyavanich)
Adjudicators: Sofie Brems Sørensen, Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, Dennis Vinholt Andersen

Flyverhjemmeværnets Musikkorps (Thomas Lørup Hyldgaard)
Renaissance (Peter Graham)

Hvidovre Musikskole & Christianshavn Brass Band (Kenneth Vegeberg)
Lake of the Moon (Kevin Houben)

Sejs Blæserne (Jan Nørgaard)
New World Sketches (Dan Price)

Svogerslev Brass Band (Henrik Næser)
Chorale & Variations (Leighton Lucas)

Third Section:

Open adjudication
Test Piece: Sunset Reflections (Mikkel Amsinck)
Adjudicators: Michelle Rakers, Mikkel Amsinck, Dennis Vinholt Andersen

Brass Band Da Capo (Lars Peder Brinks Sørensen)

Greve-Roskilde Brass (Christian Lykke Jensen)
Dark Side of The Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

FDF Aarhus Musikkreds (Simon Kjærgaard)
Olympus (Phil Harper)

FDF Gladsaxe Brass Band (Carl Viggo Jespersen)
Viking Age (Deleruyelle)

Hjørring Brass Band (Bjørn Morten Kjærnes)
Ad Otmium (Peter Graham)