Philip Wilby's Concerto for Euphonium was originally composed for Robert Childs and the Black Dyke Band in 1996 when the composer was living in Birstwith, just outside Harrogate. It was later rescored by the composer for euphonium and symphony orchestra for David Childs to perform with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in the final concert of the BBC Young Musician of the Year 2000. The Concerto's extended length seeks to explore that fine combination of sustained lyricism and explosive virtuosity, which typifies the modern euphonium in the most expert hands. There are two parts that divide into four movements. Part One opens with a sonata structure movement marked 'Non troppo allegro', which alternates between a melodic style and some rapid passagework. As the tempo indication suggests, however, the intention of the music is a firm and cerebral development of the opening fourth-based motifs. At the tranquil conclusion of this music, the second movement bursts in with a Greek Island dance. The movement is rapid and extrovert and is subtitled Zeibekikos - that is, the traditional dance of the Greek Islands, which involves smashing plates and lifting tables in one's teeth! Part Two opens with an exploratory section which re-examines some of the opening material surrounded by cadenzas, and is centred upon a short and sustained Adagio. The final movement, marked 'Allegro vivace', opens with a rapid fugal section, which moves inexorably towards a climactic return of the music and tonality of the opening bars of the work.