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Re: Finals disqualifications

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Subject: Re: Finals disqualifications
From: "David Lancaster" <d.lancaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:40:46 GMT
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Hi

Jeremy Wise wrote:

> I know of at least one 2nd section band that is
> already considering withdrawal as Three Figures is way beyond them. As for
> Concerto for Band in the Champ section - I hope that it has been
> substantially revised as the original does not appeal at all to me - from a
> playing or listening point of view.

Most bands I know are having fun with Three Figures - a crazy 
choice; for me it is a much more complex score than Pagentry 
which is still used to test bands at the highest level.   When the 
test pieces were announced we all went out for a drink to celebrate 
the fact that we hadn't qualified...  And I hear on the grapevine 
that Un Vie de Matelot has been chosen for the Mineworkers Contest - 
second section again - with Variations on a Ninth for the first 
section and Variations on the Shining River for Championship - can 
anyone confirm this?  

When I submitted a piece to the Nationals music selection 
committee a couple of years ago with the suggestion that my piece was 
considered for the First section, the note came back (along with the 
rejection letter - shame!) that despites its technical difficulties 
(irregular compound mixed metres, complex interlocking rhythms, three 
independant percussion parts, some high, exposed solos and a short 
aleatoric section (a la Trittico/Revelation) etc, etc) it might be 
better suited to the Third section...

Is there a not-so-well-hidden agenda here that we haven't been told 
about?

On this basis I look forward to hearing fourth section bands tackling 
Paganini Variations at the Areas next year, though on second thoughts 
they may sound better from the bar...  Certainly, it's great to try 
out these pieces in the bandroom, and all credit to those second 
section bands who can make a decent job of Mr Howell's handiwork, but 
to impose it as a compulsory piece for the National Finals seems 
unnecessarily sadistic!

David

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