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The Land of the Long White Cloud - Aotearoa 1979


Also/previously known as: Aotearoa

Also dating from 1979, The Land of the Long White Cloud was Philip Sparke's first test piece; it was commissioned by the New Zealand Brass Band Association for their 1980 National Championships (their centenary year) and set for the European Brass Band Championships, held, that year, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Aoteama was the name given to New Zealand by its Polynesian settlers whose first sight of the islands was a long, flat cloud lying low over the land.

The work has no specific programme although many have seen pictures of the surging ocean in the opening bars. A faster dance-like section leads to a slow, haunting solo tor soprano comet; this is taken up by the whole band before earlier material returns‘ The dance-like tune is, this tame, given a fugal treatment and the opening bars return to close the work.

Composer: Philip Sparke
Type: Test Piece


Date Contest Band Position
16 Nov 2024 Scottish Challenge Shield Johnstone 8
03 Nov 2024 NEMBBA Autumn Contest (First Section) Hucknall & Linby MC Brass 3
02 Nov 2024 SWBBA Contest (Second Section) Porthleven Town 2
02 Nov 2024 SWBBA Contest (Open Section) Porthleven Town 13
12 Oct 2024 Rochdale Contest (Championship Section) Meltham & Meltham Mills 10
23 Jun 2024 Bernisches Kantonal-Musikfest (Second Section) Brass Band Rapperswil-Wierezwil 10
28 Apr 2024 Holme Valley Brass Band Contest (Section A) Meltham & Meltham Mills 7
06 Apr 2024 North American Championships (Second Section) Motor City Brass Band 4
21 May 2023 Buxton Festival (Championship/First Section) Hucknall and Linby Mining Community Brass 3
08 Apr 2023 Australian Championships - Wind Band (B Grade) Northside Concert Orchestras Concert Band 5
20 Nov 2022 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (First Section) Hathern Band 7
05 Nov 2022 SWBBA Contest (Open Section) Lanner & District 7
24 Sep 2022 Queensland State Brass Band Championship (B Grade) Surfers Paradise Brass 5
20 Aug 2022 Victorian State Championships (B Grade) Geelong West Brass Band 2
11 Jun 2022 Dutch Open (First Division) Brassband Amersfoort 2
15 May 2022 Buxton Festival (Second Section) Royal Buckley Town 2
15 May 2022 Buxton Festival (Championship/First Section) Old Silkstone 3
30 Apr 2022 European Championships (Challenge Section) Brass Band Regensburg 1
28 Nov 2021 Scottish Challenge Shield Granite City Brass 5
24 Nov 2019 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (First Section) Bilton Silver (Rugby) 4
09 Nov 2019 Danish National Championship (Second Division) Danfoss Orkestret 2
03 Nov 2019 Yorkshire & Humberside BBA Contest (First Section) Lindley Band 1
20 Oct 2019 Rochdale Contest - NWABB (First Section) Lindley 2
24 Jun 2019 NSW State Championships (B Grade) Gunnedah Municipal 2
20 Apr 2019 Australian Championships - Wind Band (Junior A Grade) Northern Youth Wind (NSW) 3
24 Nov 2018 Belgian Nationals (First Division) Braz'Art Harelbeke 5
30 Sep 2018 Queensland State Brass Band Championship (B Grade) Sunnybank Brass 1
30 Sep 2018 Queensland State Brass Band Championship (B Grade) Toowoomba Municipal 5
21 Apr 2018 Brass Band League (NI) Spring Festival (Championship Section) Strabane Band 4
01 Apr 2018 Australian Championships (B Grade) Brisbane Brass No. 2 (Qld) 4
01 Apr 2018 Australian Championships (B Grade) Surfers Paradise Brass (Qld) 13
09 Feb 2018 Norwegian National Championships (Division 3) Bergen Brass Band 8
09 Feb 2018 Norwegian National Championships (Division 3) Valdres Brass Band 12
09 Feb 2018 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Agder Brass 12
25 Nov 2017 Wessex BBA Contest Andover Town 4
29 Apr 2017 European Championships (Challenge Section) Coalburn Silver Band 5
16 Apr 2017 Australian Championships (C Grade) Glenorchy City Community Brass (Tas) 4
11 Mar 2017 North American Championships (First Section) Central Ohio Brass Band 5
25 Feb 2017 Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (First Section) Kidlington Concert Brass 1
25 Feb 2017 Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (First Section) Epsom and Ewell Silver Band 5
25 Feb 2017 Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (First Section) Oddfellows Brass 2
25 Feb 2017 Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (First Section) A W Parker (Drybrook) Band 3
25 Feb 2017 Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (First Section) Hyde Band 4
03 Feb 2017 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Alexander Brass Band 6
03 Feb 2017 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Manger Old Star Brass 7
29 Jan 2017 Brass At The Guild (Preston) Contest (First Section) Harrogate 4
19 Nov 2016 Scottish Challenge Shield South Yorkshire Police Band 12
06 Nov 2016 Yorkshire & Humberside BBA Contest (Section A) Llanrug 8
29 Oct 2016 Italian National Championship Brass Band Überetsch 2
23 Oct 2016 Rochdale Contest - NWABB (First Section) Llanrug 4
22 Aug 2015 NSW State Championships (B Grade) Toronto Brass 4
11 Jul 2015 New Zealand National Championships (B Grade) The Devon Hotel New Plymouth Brass 2
03 May 2015 Buxton Festival (Third Section) Ifton Colliery 3
02 May 2015 European Championships (Challenge Section) Brass Band Wipptal 4
05 Apr 2015 Australian Championships (B Grade) City of Greater Dandenong (Vic) 5
05 Apr 2015 Australian Championships (B Grade) Parramatta City Band (NSW) 9
04 Apr 2015 Australian Championships - Wind Band (Junior B Grade) North Sydney Girls High School Symphonic Wind (NSW) 5
29 Nov 2014 Wessex BBA Contest Ocean Brass 8
29 Nov 2014 Belgian Nationals (First Division) Brass Band Scaldis 1
23 Nov 2014 North Wales Rally (Open Section) Llanrug Band 1
15 Nov 2014 Blue Lake Brass Band Contest (B Grade) City of Greater Dandenong 3
30 Aug 2014 New South Wales B Grade Concert Band State Championships Sydney Wind Symphony 1
19 Apr 2014 Australian Championships - Wind Band (B Grade) Northern Youth Symphonic (NSW) 3
17 Apr 2014 Australian Championships - Wind Band (Junior A Grade) Northern Youth Symphonic (NSW) 3
07 Feb 2014 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Rong Brass 9
24 Nov 2013 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (First Section) Knottingley Silver 3
20 Jul 2013 New Zealand National Championships (A Grade) Marlborough District Brass 10
26 May 2013 Nelson, Marlborough - West Coast BBA Contest (Hymn, Test Piece, March) Marlborough District Brass 2
19 May 2013 Weston-super-Mare (Third Section) Pontypool Brass 1
19 May 2013 Weston-super-Mare (Championship & First Section) Lewis Merthyr 8
18 May 2013 SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest (Fourth Section) Pontypool Brass 5
18 May 2013 SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest (First Section) Lewis Merthyr 3
08 Feb 2013 Norwegian National Championships (Division 3) Hordvik Musikklag 11
25 Nov 2012 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (First Section) Ipswich & Norwich Co-op 12
25 Nov 2012 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (First Section) Yiewsley & West Drayton 15
03 Nov 2012 Danish National Championship (Second Division) Dania Brass Band 1
30 Sep 2012 SCABA Autumn Contest (Championship Section) Ipswich & Norwich Co-op 7
11 Feb 2012 Norwegian National Championships (Division 1) Oster Brass 4
05 Feb 2012 Brass At The Guild (Preston) Contest (Second Section) Eccleston 3
26 Nov 2011 Wessex BBA Contest Verwood Concert Brass 7
20 Nov 2011 GBBA Own Choice (Section A) Verwood Concert 3
02 Oct 2011 Fleetwood Contest (Second Section) Eccleston 2
25 Jun 2011 Eidgenössisches Musikfest (First Section) BB Schötz 10
28 Nov 2010 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (First Section) Enderby Band 9
21 Nov 2010 West Midlands BBA Contest (First Section) Enderby 2
20 Nov 2010 Scottish Challenge Shield Kilmarnock Concert Brass 6
13 Nov 2010 Swedish National Championship (Elite Division) Malmö Brass Band 6
16 Oct 2010 SCABA Autumn Contest (First Section) Horsham Borough 7
14 Jun 2010 Queensland State Brass Band Championship (A Grade) Capricornia Silver 2
16 May 2010 Weston-super-Mare (Championship & First Section) Rogerstone 1
18 Apr 2010 IABCB National Band Championships (Section 1 Brass) Drogheda Brass Band 1
17 Apr 2010 Flemish Open Brass Band Championship (B-Section) Brassband Oefening & Uitspanning 4
05 Feb 2010 Norwegian National Championships (Division 3) Fjell Brass 8
28 Nov 2009 Scottish Challenge Shield Dunaskin Doon 6
07 Nov 2009 SWBBA Contest (Open Section) Lympstone South West Telecom 6
11 Oct 2009 SCABA Autumn Contest (First Section) Brighton & Hove City 13
03 Oct 2009 Fife Charities Band Association Contest Johnstone Silver 9
08 Jun 2009 Queensland State Brass Band Championship (A Grade) Cairns Brass 4
16 May 2009 SEWBBA (Ebbw Vale) Contest (First Section) RAF St. Athan 3
06 Feb 2009 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Hornorkesteret Stavanger 8
29 Nov 2008 Scottish Challenge Shield Kirkintilloch Kelvin 1
29 Nov 2008 Scottish Challenge Shield Lochgelly 6
19 Oct 2008 SCABA Autumn Contest (First Section) Tilbury 6
04 Oct 2008 Fife Charities Band Association Contest Lochgelly 5
06 Apr 2008 SCABA Spring Contest (First Section) Crystal Palace 7
23 Mar 2008 Australian Championships (B Grade) Geelong West Brass (Vic) 3
20 May 2007 Weston-super-Mare (Championship & First Section) Treherbert 5
14 Apr 2007 North American Championships (Honors Section) Princeton Brass Band 6
09 Feb 2007 Norwegian National Championships (Division 3) Musikkorpset Gjallarhorn 1
26 Nov 2006 Scottish Challenge Shield Johnstone Silver 1
26 Nov 2006 Belgian Nationals (Second Division) Brass Band Leieland 2
19 Nov 2006 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (First Section) Regent Brass 6
04 Nov 2006 SWBBA Contest (Second Section) Lympstone South West Telecoms 7
07 Oct 2006 West Wales BBA Festival Contest (Championship Section) Treherbert 4
23 Sep 2006 Swiss Open Brass Band Luzerner Hinterland 4
30 Apr 2006 Buxton Festival (Second Section) Boarshurst 5
29 Apr 2006 European Championships (Challenge Section) Arklow Shipping Silver Band 4
22 Apr 2006 IABCB National Band Championships (Section 1 Brass) Arklow Silver Band 1
16 Apr 2006 Australian Championships (C Grade) Yellow Cabs Bayside Brass (Qld) ss 9
29 Mar 2006 Tameside Open Championships (Second Section) Boarshurst 3
11 Feb 2006 Norwegian National Championships (Division 3) Laksevåg Musikkforening 4
11 Feb 2006 Norwegian National Championships (Division 3) Hasle Brass 5
11 Feb 2006 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Flesland Musikklag 10
20 Nov 2005 Northern Open (Second Section) Tyldesley 8
20 Nov 2005 Leicestershire BBA (Leicester) Contest (Open Section) Towcester 3
09 Apr 2005 Cornwall Brass Band Association Contest (Championship Section) Lanner and District 2
27 Mar 2005 Australian Championships (B Grade) Warringah Concert Brass (NSW) 2
11 Feb 2005 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Bergen Brass Band 3
28 Nov 2004 Belgian Nationals (Second Division) BrassBand Zele 2
10 Oct 2004 SCABA Autumn Contest (First Section) The Egham Band 6
11 Sep 2004 NSW State Championships (B Grade) Hall Village (A C T) 4
17 Apr 2004 North American Championships (Honors Section) Sheldon Theatre Brass Band 4
11 Apr 2004 Australian Championships (B Grade) Moorabbin Brass (Vic) 6
13 Feb 2004 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Gjøvik Bybrass 12
08 Feb 2004 Brass At The Guild (Preston) Contest (Second Section) Meltham and Meltham Mills 5
08 Feb 2004 Brass At The Guild (Preston) Contest (Championship Section) Tyldesley 9
30 Nov 2003 West Midlands BBA Contest (Championship Section) City of Oxford 3
03 May 2003 European Championships (Challenge Section) Brass Band Malmo 3
30 Mar 2003 Pogson Bray (Section A) Meltham 2
06 Oct 2002 Fleetwood Contest (Championship Section) Blackburn & Darwen 5
09 Feb 2002 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Ørskog Brass 7
09 Feb 2002 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Vennesla Kristne Brass 1
09 Feb 2002 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Kopervik Musikkorps 6
23 Jun 2001 Eidgenössisches Musikfest (First Section) Brass Band Konkordia Büsserach 21
10 Feb 2001 Norwegian National Championships (Division 2) Austrheim-Lindås Musikklag 11
03 Dec 2000 Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire & District BBA) Contest (Section A) Cawston
12 Feb 2000 Norwegian National Championships (Division 1) Musikkorpset Gjallarhorn 12
10 Oct 1999 SCABA Autumn Contest (First Section) Crystal Palace 10
13 Jun 1999 Australian Championships - Wind Band (B Grade) Campbelltown - Camden & District Concert (NSW) 4
18 Apr 1999 Yorkshire & Humberside BBA Contest (First Section) The Harrogate Band 1
18 Apr 1999 Yorkshire & Humberside BBA Contest (Championship Section) South Yorkshire Police 2
03 Apr 1999 Australian Championships (B Grade) City of Ringwood (Vic) 3
31 Jan 1999 Rochdale Contest (Second Section) Silk Brass Zeneca 3
31 Jan 1999 Rochdale Contest (Second Section) Oldham Brass 97 1
31 Jan 1999 Rochdale Contest (Championship Section) Dobcross 6
06 Dec 1998 Hartlepool Brass Band Contest (Second Section) Harrogate 1
19 Sep 1998 NSW State Championships (A Grade) City of Holroyd Band 5
03 May 1998 Buxton Festival (Second Section) Derwent Brass 2
02 May 1998 European Championships CWA Brass 12
01 May 1998 European Championships (Challenge Section) Brass Band Froschl Hall 1
01 May 1998 European Championships (Challenge Section) Armitage Shanks Arklow Silver 4
30 Nov 1997 Hartlepool Brass Band Contest (Second Section) South Yorkshire Police 4
12 Oct 1997 SCABA Autumn Contest (Championship Section) Uckfield Concert Brass 9
29 Mar 1997 Australian Championships (B Grade) Toronto & District (NSW) 3
29 Mar 1997 Australian Championships (B Grade) City of Launceston (Tas) 4
01 Mar 1997 Cornwall Brass Band Association Contest (First Section) Lanner and District 2
08 Feb 1997 Norwegian National Championships (Division 1) Oster Brass 6
01 Dec 1996 Hartlepool Brass Band Contest (Third Section) Cottingham 3
12 May 1996 Weston-super-Mare (Championship & First Section) Tongwynlais Temperance
11 Feb 1996 Norwegian National Championships (Division 1) Kleppe Musikklag 8
03 Dec 1995 West Midlands BBA Contest (Championship Section) Jackfield (Elcock Reisen) 10
03 Dec 1995 Hartlepool Brass Band Contest (First Section) Boldon 2
15 Oct 1995 Tasmanian Band Championships (B Grade Brass) Glenorchy City Concert Brass 1
13 May 1995 New Zealand National Championships (A Grade) Auckland City Brass 9
29 Apr 1995 European Championships Conservatoire d'Esch 10
15 Apr 1995 Australian Championships (B Grade) Toowoomba Municipal (Qld) 4
09 Apr 1995 SCABA Spring Contest (First Section) Brighton Silver 5
19 Feb 1995 Oxfordshire & District BBA Winter Contest (Open Section) Brackley 1
05 Feb 1995 NWABBA Contest (Second Section) Glossop Old 1
02 Apr 1994 Australian Championships (B Grade) Southern Districts (WA) 12
02 Apr 1994 Australian Championships (B Grade) Geelong West Brass (Vic) 3
02 Apr 1994 Australian Championships (A Grade) Brisbane Excelsior (Qld) 11
02 Apr 1994 Australian Championships (A Grade) Preston Municipal (Vic) 9
13 Sep 1992 Fife Charities Band Association Contest Cowdenbeath 1
18 Apr 1992 Australian Championships (A Grade) Hawthorn City (Vic) 3
03 Feb 1991 Fife Charities Band Association Contest Cowdenbeath 1
24 Nov 1990 Forth Valley Championships Scottish Brewers (Newtongrange) 4
24 Nov 1990 Forth Valley Championships Kinneil Colliery Silver 7
24 Nov 1990 Forth Valley Championships Cowdenbeath Public 16
18 Nov 1990 West Midlands Brass Band Association Contest (Open section) Triman-Amington
23 Oct 1990 Tasmanian Band Championships (B Grade Brass) Glenorchy City Concert Brass 1
09 Sep 1990 NSW State Championships (A Grade) Kahibah Bowling Club Band 4
09 Sep 1990 NSW State Championships (A Grade) St. Marys Band Club 3
15 Apr 1990 Australian Championships (A Grade) Preston Municipal (Vic) 6
24 Sep 1989 Burtonwood Brewery Brass Band Championships (Section 'B') Bedford Leigh 3
29 Apr 1989 European Championships Burgermusik Luzern 5
29 Jan 1989 Rochdale Contest (Championship Section) Blackburn & Darwen 1
30 Apr 1988 European Championships Brass Band Treize Etoiles 9
12 Dec 1987 Dutch Nationals (Championship Division) De Bazuin 3
02 May 1987 European Championships Agnes Street 10
18 Apr 1987 Australian Championships (B Grade) St.Marys District (NSW) 1
03 May 1986 European Championships Brassband Rijnmond 7
29 Mar 1986 Australian Championships (A Grade) Strathfieldsaye Municipal (Vic) 7
14 Dec 1985 Dutch Nationals (Championship Division) Brass Band Rijnmond 2
03 Nov 1985 LHCBBA Watford Contest (Championship Section) Brackley & District 1
26 Oct 1985 Leamington Spa (Warwick District Council) Contest (Open Section) Brackley & District 1
18 May 1985 New Zealand National Championships (B Grade) Addington Workshops 11
07 Apr 1985 Australian Championships (A Grade) Sutherland Shire Brass (NSW) 8
03 Feb 1985 Lewisham Contest (Championship Section) Welwyn Garden City 1
02 Dec 1984 Tyldesley Contest (Section A) Glossop Old
02 Dec 1984 Belgian Nationals (Championship Division) Midden Brabant 3
02 Dec 1984 Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire & District BBA) Contest (Open Section) Welwyn Garden City 2
20 Oct 1984 Leamington Spa (Warwick District Council) Contest (Open Section) Birmingham Brass 12
12 May 1984 New Zealand National Championships (A Grade) Lower Hutt Civic 8
06 May 1984 European Championships Parc & Dare 5
20 Nov 1983 West Midlands BBA Contest (Second Section) Hanger Motors 1
28 May 1983 European Championships Midden Brabant 8
28 May 1983 European Championships De Waldsang 5
14 May 1983 New Zealand National Championships (A Grade) Tenderkist Wanganui 5
03 Apr 1983 Australian Championships (A Grade) Kew Citizens (Vic) 5
01 Apr 1983 Australian Championships (Junior A Grade) Willoughby Municipal (NSW) 3
19 Feb 1983 Southampton Open Contest (Second Section) Hanger Motors 1
10 Oct 1982 NSW State Championships (A Grade) Willoughby Municipal 1
07 Nov 1981 National Mineworkers (Second Section) Kinneil Colliery
16 Nov 1980 Belgian Nationals (Championship Division) Brass Band Midden-Brabant 1




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