This weekend (November 29th and 30th) the Belgium Brass Band Championships will take place for the 36th time. For the first time the competition is programmed in a new venue Cultural Centre Zwaneberg in Heist-op-den-Berg. Fifteen Belgian Brass Bands (in 4 divisions) will try to claim the title in their division. The winner in the Championship Section will represent Belgium at the 2015 European Championships in Freiburg, Germany. The adjudicators are the internationally renowned John Doyle (GB), Philip Sparke (GB) and Tom Brevik (NO).
Participating bands in the Championship Section (November 30th) are:
– Brass Band Heist
– Brass Band Leieland
– Brass Band Buizingen
– Brass Band Willebroek
– Brass Band Zele
– Festival Brass Band
– Kortrijk Brass Band
– Noord-Limburgse Brass Band
Test-piece : Electra (Martin Ellerby)
Own-choices :
– Concerto for Brass Band (Kenneth Downie)
– Concerto Grosso (Derek Bourgeois)
– English Heritage (George Lloyd)
– Journey of the Lone Wolf (Simon Dobson)
– Music of the Spheres (Philip Sparke)
– REM-scapes (Thomas Doss)
– Revelation (Philip Wilby)
– The Divine Right (Philip Harper)
http://www.vlamo.be/evenement/brassbandkampioenschap-2014-heist-op-den-berg
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Location
CC Zwaneberg, Cultuurplein 1 in 2220 Heist-op-den-Berg