Whitburn triumphs at West Lothian Festival
THE Whitburn Band has celebrated after it triumphed at the 2015 West Lothian Festival of Brass.
Conducted by John Boax, Whitburn narrowly came out on top ahead of Co-operative Funeralcare Band following the event at the Howden Park Centre in Livingston on Sunday, June 7. The two bands both gained 198 marks but the West Lothian band was awarded 100 music marks by adjudicator Richard Marshall compared to 99 for its close rival, meaning Whitburn came out on top.
Results
Adjudicators: Richard Marshall, Tony Swainson, Bruce Fraser
Bands, draw, RM points, TS points, BF points, overall score
1) Whitburn, conducted by John Boax 3 100 60 38 198
2) The Co-operative Funeralcare Band, conducted by Andrew Duncan 6 99 59 40 198
3) Clackmannan and District, conducted by Lynda Nicholson 5 94 58 34 186
4) The Kirkintilloch Band, conducted by Raymond Tennant 2 92 56 36 184
5) Kingdom Brass, conducted by Eoin Tonner 1 96 55 32 183
6) Kirkintilloch Kelvin Brass, conducted by Charles Keenan 4 91 53 30 174
Most entertaining performance: Co-operative Funeralcare
Best new arrangement: One More Day (Andrew Duncan), Co-operative Funeralcare
Best solo item: Cornet, Co-operative Funeralcare
Best Elgar Howarth composition/arrangement: Paris Le Soir, Kirkintilloch Band
Best group feature / mixed group: Co-operative Funeralcare
Programmes
1) Whitburn Band
Piece | Composer | Arranger | Publisher
Enter the Galaxies | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | Prima Vista Music
Jealousy | Jacob Gade | John Iveson | Brass Wind Publications
The Bonnie Briar Bush | Elgar Howarth | unpublished
Unisons | Mikhail Misha Alperin | S H Giske | Norsk Noteservice
When She Loved Me | Randy Newman | Sandy Smith | Obrasso-Verlag
Tale of the Dragon | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | unpublished
2) Co-operative Funeralcare Band
Piece | Composer | Arranger | Publisher
One More Day | C-M Schoenberg | Andrew Duncan | Music Company (UK) Ltd
Scherzo from Symphony Number 10 | Shostakovich | Andrew Duncan | Music Company (UK) Ltd
Cry Me A River | A Hamilton | Alan Morrison | Faber Music
Elegy from A Downland Suite | John Ireland | R Smith & Company Ltd
Money Money | Makes the World go Round | Kander & Ebb | Andrew Duncan | Music Company (UK) Ltd
The Great Gate of Kiev | Modest Mussorgsky | Elgar Howarth | Studio Music Co. Ltd
3) Clackmannan and District
Piece | Composer | Arranger | Publisher
Fanfare pour précéder "La Peri I Paul Dukas | Stephen Roberts | Tanglewind Music
Vallflickans Dans | Dance of the Shepherd Girl | Hugo Alfven | Lynda Nicholson | unpublished
Paris Le Soir | W Hogarth Lear | Hansen London Ltd
Fuga Y Misterio | Astor Piazzola | Lynda Nicholson | unpublished
Four Scottish Dances (3rd Movement) | Malcolm Arnold | Ray Farr | Paterson's Publications Ltd
La Rotta 14th Century Italian | Lynda Nicholson | unpublished
Finale from Checkmate | Arthur Bliss | Eric Ball | Novello & Company Ltd
4) Kirkintilloch Band
Piece | Composer | Arranger | Publisher
Scarborough Fair | Eric Crees | Brass Wind Publications
Los Hermanos de Bop | Mark Taylor | Sandy Smith | Obrasso
Girl Talk | Neil Hefti | Adrian Drover | Adios Music
Maleficent Suite | J N Howard | Titus & Klass | Unpublished
Paris le Soir | W.Hogarth Lear | J&W Chester
Nightingale Dances | Mathew Hall | Triton Works
5) Kingdom Brass
Piece | Composer | Arranger | Publisher
Amazing Grace | Eoin Tonner | Unpublished
The Crazy Brass Machine | Mark Taylor | Sandy Smith | Obrasso-Vertag AG
Embraceable You | George Gershwin | Elgar Howarth | Rosehill Music
Music from The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino | Bocook/Sparke
A Little Prayer | Evelyn Glennie | Eoin Tonner | Unpublished
The Great Gate of Kiev | Mussorgsky | Elgar Howarth | Chester Music
6) Kirkintilloch Kelvin Band
Piece | Composer | Arranger | Publisher
Horizons | Paul Lovatt-Cooper | Prima Vista Musik
Flowerdale | Philip Sparke | Anglo Music Press
Armenian Fire Dance | Goff Richards | Obrasso - Verlag
Little April Showers | Frank Churchill | Leigh Baker | Kirklees Music
Jeanie With the Light Broan Hair | Stephen Foster | Elgar Howarth | Chester Music
Marche Slav | Tchaikowsky | Charles Keenan | Charles Keenan Music
