Besson Swiss Open
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Date:
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22 Sep 2018 |
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Venue:
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Concert Hall, Culture and Congress Centre, Lucerne |
| Adjudicator(s): |
David Childs, Pascal Eicher, Maurice Hamers, Stephan Hodel, Howard Lorriman |
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Test piece:
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Phoenicia (Stephan Hodel) |
| Pos |
Band
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Conductor
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Test Piece |
Entertainment |
Total |
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Draw |
Points |
Pos |
Draw |
Points |
Pos |
points |
| 1 |
Brass Band Berner Oberland |
Corsin Tuor |
10 |
173 |
1 |
4 |
168 |
3 |
341 |
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Prometheus (Franz Liszt arr Raphael Näf) |
| 7 |
Wallberg Band |
Ivan Meylemans |
6 |
170 |
2 |
1 |
162 |
7 |
332 |
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Feste romane (L'Ottobrata and La Befana) (Ottorino Respighi arr Howard Snell) |
| 5 |
Brass Band Fribourg A |
Maurice Donnet-Money |
5 |
169 |
3 |
9 |
166 |
6 |
335 |
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Le Corsaire (Hector Berlioz arr Geoffrey Brand) |
| 4 |
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan |
François Roh |
4 |
169 |
3 |
6 |
168 |
3 |
337 |
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Symphony No 2 (excerpts) (Alexander Borodin arr Julien Roh) |
| 2 |
Brass Band Treize Etoiles |
James Gourlay |
2 |
168 |
5 |
8 |
173 |
2 |
341 |
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Mazeppa (Franz Liszt arr Bertrand Moren) |
| 6 |
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland |
Hervé Grélat |
9 |
167 |
6 |
5 |
168 |
3 |
335 |
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Concerto for Orchestra (Intermezzo interrotto and Finale) (Béla Bartók arr Sébastien Pasche) |
| 3 |
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern |
Michael Bach |
1 |
160 |
7 |
7 |
178 |
1 |
338 |
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Pini di Roma (Pini di Villa Borghese, Pini del Gianicolo and Pini della Via Appia) (Ottorino Respighi arr Howard Snell) |
| 8 |
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz |
Stefan Roth |
8 |
159 |
8 |
2 |
162 |
7 |
321 |
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Symphonic Dances, Op 45 (Sergei Rachmaninov arr Julien Roh) |
| 9 |
Oberaargauer Brass Band A |
Christoph Luchsinger |
7 |
156 |
9 |
3 |
153 |
10 |
309 |
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Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op 36 (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr Bertrand Moren) |
| 10 |
Constellation Brass Band |
Yvan Lagger |
3 |
151 |
10 |
10 |
156 |
9 |
307 |
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Firebird (excerpts) (Igor Stravinsky arr Ray Farr) |
Best performance of contest march: Brass Band Berner Oberland (playing Black Knight (William Rimmer))
Best performance of orchestral transcription: Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern (playing Pini di Roma (Respighi arr Snell))
For the entertainment programme, bands were required to play an orchestral transcription, plus a march from a prescribed list.
Links to videos of set test, march and classical arrangement performances as follows:
Brass Band Berner Oberland
Brass Band Treize Etoiles
Brass Band Bürgermusik Luzern
Ensemble de Cuivres Valaisan
Brass Band Fribourg A
Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland
Wallberg Band
Liberty Brass Band Ostschweiz
Oberaargauer Brass Band A
Constellation Brass Band
The adjudicators were in separate boxes and each awarded placings for each band for both the set test piece and the orchestral transcription. 1st place is then converted to 60 points, 2nd place 59 points, and so on. The highest and lowest marks awarded to each band were discarded and hence a maximum of 360 points (2 x 180) were available. Points scored for the own choice march were not included in the overall mark and were for the purpose of deciding the special march prize only.