Exit_Brass!
Besides performances with their regular bands (Brassband Buizingen, Festival Brassband, Brassband Heist) Harmen Vanhoorne, Stan Nieuwenhuis, Tim De Maeseneer and Glenn Van Looy will be playing several concerts with Exit_Brass! during the Flemish Open weekend.
On 16 April they’ll as support act to the gala concert, on 17 and 18 April they’ll play a.o. during the award ceremonies.
More information on this young but virtuoso quartet through www.exitbrass.com.
update: programme has been added
The 2010 Flemish Open Championship weekend will be kicked off by renowned Belgian orchestras: the brass ensemble of the Royal Wind Band of the Belgian Guides (conducted by Yves Segers) and former European champion Brass Band Willebroek (conducted by Frans Violet).
Furthermore a billing is given to the rising Belgian euphonium star Glenn Van Looy. In 2008 he won the British Open Solo Championship and was runner-up at the WMC Soloist Competition. Early 2009 saw Glenn adding the title 35th Ern Keller Memorial International Soloist of the Year to his list of awards.
Next to all of this you can enjoy the young but very promising virtuoso quartet Exit_Brass!
The brass ensemble of the Belgian Guides will put the Belgian composer François Glorieux in the spotlight. This part of the concert will feature the trumpeter corps of the Belgian Guides, after which three works by François Glorieux will be performed: ‘Bridal Fanfare’, ‘November’ (trombone solo: Tom Verschoore), ‘Fantasy’ (euphonium solo: Glenn Van Looy) and the suite ‘Praha’. ‘Music for a solemn occasion’ by Jan Segers will close the musical performance by the Guides.
After the break Brassband Willebroek chooses music by composers like Torstein Agaard-Nilsen, Kenneth Hesketh, Percy Fletcher and Peter Meechan. Glenn Van Looy will perform ‘Walking on music’ (by Roger Derongé) and ‘Flight to Sparta’ from ‘Three Stories-Three Worlds’ (by Peter Meechan).
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Section B also has a lot of contest music to offer:
For the rest of the programmes you have to come and listen on Saturday 17 April from 12:30 in the Mechelen City Theatre.
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Section A of the Flemish Open Brass Band Championship has six competitors.
Amsterdam Brass, Brassband Buizingen, Brassband Willebroek, Festival Brassband, Noord-Limburgse Brassband and Provinciale Brassband Groningen play from 18:30 on Saturday night 17 April 2010 in the Mechelen city theatre.
Next to the imposed Triumphal Brass by Jan de Haan, the own choice pieces are very promising.
No need for secrecy, here’s the list of pieces:
*World contest premiere
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The Flemish Open adjucation team will be headed – traditionally we may say – by Jan Van der Roost. The other adjudicators are Robert Childs (UK), Jan de Haan (NL) and Yves Segers (B).
The competitors are alphabetically listed. The timing is subject to changes.
The contest programmes have to reach the organisation committee before 1 February 2010. The adjudicator’s scores have to be in before 1 March 2010.
* Cologne Concert Brass decided to participate in section C in stead of D.
The Flemish Open takes place in the city theatre, Keizerstraat, Mechelen.
The ticket prices for the Flemish Open Brass Band Championship 2010:
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For the first time, competing bands will be obliged to play a short piece. We had two new pieces written and selected two others from already existing catalogues.
The Dutch composer Jan de Haan wrote a brand new piece for section A. It is called Triumphal Brass and will be available from www.dehaske.com as of January 2010.
Johan Evenepoel from Belgium composed Bachetto for section C. This work will be available from Evenepoel-editions as of January 2010.
For section B we chose Fanfare for a Jubilee by Jan Hadermann, now available from www.dehaske.com. Section D bands will have to give a rendition of Curtain Call by Pete Meechan, available from www.bandpress.be.
Adjudicators: Jan Van der Roost, James Gourlay, Rob Goorhuis
This section took place on April 13 2008 from 14:00.
Prize best euphonium player: Glenn Van Looy, Brass Band Heist
Prize best cornet section: Young Brass Band Willebroek
Brass Band Heist at Flemish Open 2008
