Test Pieces By Section
This page shows test pieces that have been used as the set work for contests in particular sections. You can also see the full list of testpieces that have been used at contests on this site.
| Name | Composer |
|---|---|
| The Crusaders | Thomas Keighley |
| Honour and Glory | Hubert Bath |
| The Maunsell Forts | John McCabe |
| The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Derek Bourgeois |
| Vienna Nights | Philip Wilby |
| Lorenzo | Thomas Keighley |
| The Beacons | Ray Steadman-Allen |
| Victory | Cyril Jenkins |
| Dances and Alleluias | Philip Sparke |
| Paganini Variations | Philip Wilby |
| Odyssey | Kevin Norbury |
| Variations on the Shining River | Edward Rubbra |
| Isaiah 40 | Robert Redhead |
| St. Magnus | Kenneth Downie |
| Four Dances from Checkmate | Arthur Bliss arr. Eric Ball |
| Variations on an Enigma | Philip Sparke |
| Malcolm Arnold Variations | Martin Ellerby |
| Princess Nada | Denis Wright |
| Earthquake | Jan de Haan |
| Overture to Rienzi | Wagner, arr. Howard Lorriman |
| Il Furioso | Donizetti arr. C. Godfrey |
| The Year of the Dragon | Philip Sparke |
| Salute to Youth | Gilbert Vinter |
| Three Figures | Herbert Howells |
| Montreux Wind Dances | Carl Rutti |
| Riffs and Interludes | Torstein Aagaard-Nilson |
| Macbeth (Meechan) | Peter Meechan |
| The Night to Sing | Bramwell Tovey |
| Theme and Cooperation | Joseph Horovitz |
| John O'Gaunt | Gilbert Vinter |
| Blitz | Derek Bourgeois |
| Main Street | Eric Ball |
| Seascapes | Ray Steadman-Allen |
| Sounds | John Golland |
| Une Vie de Matelot | Robert Farnon |
| Visions of Gerontius | Kenneth Downie |
| Music for Battle Creek | Philip Sparke |
| Carnival Overture | Antonin Dvorak |
| Essay for Brass Band | Edward Gregson |
| Ciacona Seria | Henk Badings |
| Hiawatha | Coleridge Taylor arr. C. Godfrey |
| Caliban | Arthur Butterworth |
| A Lowry Sketchbook | Philip Wilby |
| Ginnungagap - ...seeming emptiness | Johan Evenepeol |
| Variations for Brass Band | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| The Force of Destiny | Verdi arr. Frank Wright |
| Hinchingbrooke | Alfred Ashpole |
| Royal Parks | George Lloyd |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Dr. Thomas Keighley |
| Academic Festival Overture | Brahms arr. D. Wright |
| Masquerade | Philip Wilby |
| Diversions on a Bass Theme | George Lloyd |
| Montage | Peter Graham |
| Titan's Progress | Hermann Pallhuber |
| Klang (!) | Orjan Matre |
| Prometheus Unbound | Granville Bantock |
| Songs for BL | Elgar Howarth |
| Odin | Arthur Butterworth |
| Eden | John Pickard |
| The Accursed Huntsman | Cesar Franck, arr. E. Siebert |
| Freedom | Hubert Bath |
| Variations on a Ninth | Gilbert Vinter |
| High Peak | Eric Ball |
| Red Earth | Roland Wiltgen |
| A London Overture | Philip Sparke |
| Diversions for Brass Band | Derek Bourgeois |
| Concerto for Band No 1 | Derek Bourgeois |
| Chain | Piet Swerts |
| The Severn Suite | Edward Elgar |
| Energy | Robert Simpson |
| Rococo Variations | Edward Gregson |
| Le Roi d'Ys | Edouard Lalo arr. Frank Wright |
| Partita (Sparke) | Philip Sparke |
| I Lombardi | Verdi arr. C.Godfrey |
| Prisms | Peter Graham |
| All the Flowers of the Mountain | Michael Ball |
| Epic Symphony | Percy Fletcher |
| On the Shoulders of Giants | Peter Graham |
| Refrains and Cadenzas | Thomas Wilson |
| On Alderley Edge | Peter Graham |
| The Plantagenets | Edward Gregson |
| Images | John McCabe |
| Les Preludes | Liszt arr. Bram Gay |
| Ceremony | Michael Ball |
| Concerto Grosso | Derek Bourgeois |
| The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa | Philip Sparke |
| Pride of Race | K. A. Wright |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Peter Graham |
| Introduction, Elegy and Caprice | Morley Calvert |
| A Kensington Concerto | Eric Ball |
| Le Chant de l'Alpe | Jean Ballisat |
| Tristan Encounters | Martin Ellerby |
| Infinity | Robert Redhead |
| Diadem of Gold | George Bailey arr. Frank Wright |
| Harmony Music | Philip Sparke |
| Owain Glyndwr | Richard Maldwyn Price |
| Fireworks | Elgar Howarth |
| Burlesque for Brass Band | Rob Goorhuis |
| Terra Australis | Martin Ellerby |
| Lac Leman | Derek Bourgeois |
| Elgar Variations | Martin Ellerby |
| Macbeth (Keighley) | Dr. Thomas Keighley |
| Dove Descending | Philip Wilby |
| Benvenuto Cellini | Berlioz arr. Frank Wright |
| Selection from Franz Liszt | Dr. T. Keighley |
| Connotations | Edward Gregson |
| Concert Overture for Brass Band | Vilem Tausky |
| Dances and Arias | Edward Gregson |
| Life Divine | Cyril Jenkins |
| Northern Lights | Philip Wilby |
| Sketches from Nowhere | Thomas Doss |
| Comedy Overture | John Ireland |
| Seascapes with High Cliffs | Ian Wilson |
| Belmont Variations | Bliss arr. Frank Wright |
| Cloudcatcher Fells | John McCabe |
| Ballet For Band | Joseph Horovitz |
| Masters of Space and Time | Bruce Broughton |
| Five Blooms in a Welsh Garden | Gareth Wood |
| Waverley | Berlioz arr. Snell |
| The Corsair | Berlioz arr. G. Brand |
| Albion | Jan van der Roost |
| Aubade (Dawn Songs of the Fabulous Birds) | Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen |
| Chivalry | Martin Ellerby |
| A Moorside Suite | Gustav Holst |
| James Cook Circumnavigator | Gilbert Vinter |
| Hymn at Sunrise | Ray Steadman-Allen |
| Trittico | James Curnow |
| Le Carnaval Romain | Berlioz arr. Frank Wright |
| The Essence of Time | Peter Graham |
| Harrison's Dream | Peter Graham |
| Pride of Youth | Gordon Jacob |
| Journey into Freedom | Eric Ball |
| Whitsun Wakes | Michael Ball |
| Themes from Symphony No.5 | Beethoven arr. D. Wright |
| Tallis Variations | Philip Sparke |
| Les Francs Judges | Berlioz arr. Frank Wright |
| A Downland Suite | John Ireland |
| Extreme Make Over | Johan de Meij |
| Revelation | Philip Wilby |
| Cambridge Variations | Philip Sparke |
| Symphonic Music | Paul Huber |
| Of Men and Mountains | Edward Gregson |
| Sleepless Cities | Paul Lovatt-Cooper |
| Robin Hood | Henry Geehl |
| In Memoriam R.K. | Elgar Howarth |
| Spiriti | Thomas Doss |
| The Lily of Killarney | Benedict arr. C. Godfrey |
| On the Cornish Coast | Henry Geehl |
| Jazz | Philip Wilby |
| The New Jerusalem | Philip Wilby |
| Salamander | John McCabe |
| A Northern Rhapsody | Thomas Keighley |
| Between the Moon and Mexico | Philip Sparke |
| Atlantic | Philip Wilby |
| Coriolanus | Cyril Jenkins |
| Brass Blot | Hakon Berge |
| Concertino for Brass Band | Kenneth Downie |
| Triumphal Brass | Jan de Haan |
| The Torchbearer | Peter Graham |
| Oceans | Goff Richards |
| From Ancient Times | Jan van der Roost |
| Frontier! | Michael Ball |
| The Planets Suite (Venus & Jupiter) | Holst arr. Stephen Roberts |
| Sovereign Heritage | Jack Beaver |
| Pageantry | Herbert Howells |
| Oliver Cromwell | Henry Geehl |
| Gems from Sullivan's Opera No.1 | J. Ord Hume |
| Wand of Youth | Elgar arr. ? |
| Gems from Sullivan's Opera No.3 | J. Ord Hume |
| Seid | Torstein Aagaard Nilsen |
| Carmen | George Bizet |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | Thomas Keighley |
| Prague | Judith Bingham |
| Sinfonietta for Brass Band - The Wayfarer | Eric Ball |
| Pathetique | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Spectrum | Gilbert Vinter |
| Theme and Eight Variations from Enigma | Elgar arr. Eric Ball |
| Within Blue Empires | Paul Lovatt-Cooper |
| Festival Music | Eric Ball |
| Contest Music | Wilfred Heaton |
| Kenilworth | Arthur Bliss |
| English Heritage | George Lloyd |
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