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| Title | Date Period / Type | Duration | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Overture | Pre Brass bands -Modern day brass | 4:00 | Newly composed introduction piece in condensed Sonata form (traditional overture structure). Starts with bugle fanfare works through to modern concert piece. |
| 2. The Start of Brass | 1830s – 1880s, Classical: based on Satanella by Balfe, 1861 Open test piece | 6:00 | Based on Satanella, reworked to Introduce all instruments in the band in order the instruments were invented, repeated sections included to allow time to talk about each instrument type. |
| 3. The Dance Band | 1850s-1860s, | 3:00 | This is Inspiration by L.C. Everett. Includes optional Ophicleide player… |
| 4. Contesting & Original Music | 1880s – 1910s | 3:00 | In 1913, J. H. Iles used Percy Fletcher's Labour and Love. This piece takes parts of that Labour and Love and adds newly composed sections in a similar style. |
| 5. The Great War | 1914-23. Military type marches. | 3:40 | Newly composed standard military or concert march with short phrases from other marches. |
| 6. Meanwhile, in America… | 1890-1935. Ragtime -> Dixieland -> Big band swing number | 4:00 | Cornet & Brass bands -> modern trumpet & jazz. The piece has three sections documenting the transition from traditional European brass bands to big band swing, repeated talking sections included. Combine with 9. |
| 7. The Harry Mortimer Years | 1920s-1950s. Test piece was “Gems of Harmony” | 4:00 | Harry Mortimer conducted the band as a professional conductor, and conducted 4 bands in the Belle Vue 1933 contest C section which Burbage won. This is a cut down version of Gems of Harmony. |
| 8. All Parts are Created Equal | 1930/1940s Music style from the period. Slow ¾ dance | 3:00 | Feature the ladies in the band, small group piece with 6 parts (no men). Title now “All parts are created equal”. Each part has equal shares of the tune, rests and notes, no one part is more important. |
| 9. Popular Brass | 1960s: popular music, rock beat, tune snippets from famous song | 3:20 | Continuing story of 6. Transition from Louis Armstrong, via The Beatles and off shoot to Michael Jackson via big band producers. |
| 10. Training Day | 60s-80s. Arrangement of tune a day melodies | 2:30 | Start with Training band teachers up front. All recent juniors in the band join. Towards the end all the other members of the band join in. All melodies from tune a day woven together. |
| 11. The Next Generation | 2000s: classic duet, carnival of venice + slow melodies | 4:30 | Duet for principle and junior/assistant principle. The assistant takes the limelight for a change. |
| 12. Ode to the Band Hall | 2008: A hymn tune | 4:00 | Song to celebrate the band hall and it’s significance to brass banding (the church of brass bands). SATB Singing of hymn to start, then brass band traditional hymn afterwards. |
| 13. The Modern Contest | 2010-2020: mini contest style piece | 5:00 | Newly Composed example of a short modern test piece, describing the process of practicing a test piece and going to regionals. |
| 14. Christmas / Burbage Traditions | Christians Awake, Aurelia and The Supreme Sacrifice Mash up | 4:30 | Burbage Band has many traditions, this piece documents Christmas, church clypping and remembrance traditions via the associated hymn tunes and a new arrangement combining them. |
| 15. Lockdown 2020 | 2020, modern | 3:00 | Lockdown for covid and impact. Newly composed concert piece represents the covid virus spreading and causing havoc. |
| 16. Finale | All. Combination of musical ideas from all above | 6:00 | Recovery from covid and celebrate! All the good bits from tunes above combined in one piece for rousing finale. |
| Nocturne Variations | Modern Euphonium/Cornet Solo | 4:00 | A newly composed modern Euphonium or Cornet solo with full brass band accompaniment. Melodic and technical passages. |
| Six (from Six the musical) | 6 soloists + brass band | 4:15 | An arrangement of the song Six, with 6 easier soloist parts (4/5 Bb, 1/2 Eb) and brass band backing. |
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