The participating brass bands compete for the title of \"Besson Swiss Open Champion Band\". In addition, a special prize worth CHF 1,000, donated by Obrasso-Verlag AG, will be awarded for the best self-chosen piece and a special prize worth CHF 500, donated by Musik Beat Zurkinden AG, for the best percussion register in the test piece. Five jurors evaluate the performances without contact with each other, without visual contact and without knowledge of the starting order. Each of the judges awards a maximum of 60 points for the test piece and the self-selected piece. The highest and lowest scores are deducted, resulting in a maximum of 180 points per band for the test piece and self-choice piece and a total of 360 points.
PROGRAM
TEST PIECE (morning)
OLIVER WAESPI Hypercube
SELF-SELECTION PIECES (afternoon)
DEREK BOURGEOIS Lightning JOHAN DE MEIJ Extreme Make-over KENNETH DOWNIE Visions Of Gerontius MARTIN ELLERBY Terra Australis PETER GRAHAM Harrison's Dream HERBERT HOWELLS Pageantry GEORGE LLOYD English Heritage PHILIP SPARKE Partita PHILIP WILBY Paganini Variations PHILIP WILBY Red Priest
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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World Band Festival: 35th Besson Swiss Open Contest
Besson Swiss Open Contest, the brass band competition at the KKL Lucerne
The participating brass bands compete for the title of "Besson Swiss Open Champion Band". In addition, a special prize worth CHF 1,000, donated by Obrasso-Verlag AG, will be awarded for the best self-chosen piece and a special prize worth CHF 500, donated by Musik Beat Zurkinden AG, for the best percussion register in the test piece. Five jurors evaluate the performances without contact with each other, without visual contact and without knowledge of the starting order. Each of the judges awards a maximum of 60 points for the test piece and the self-selected piece. The highest and lowest scores are deducted, resulting in a maximum of 180 points per band for the test piece and self-choice piece and a total of 360 points.
PROGRAM
TEST PIECE (morning)
OLIVER WAESPI Hypercube
SELF-SELECTION PIECES (afternoon)
DEREK BOURGEOIS Lightning JOHAN DE MEIJ Extreme Make-over KENNETH DOWNIE Visions Of Gerontius MARTIN ELLERBY Terra Australis PETER GRAHAM Harrison's Dream HERBERT HOWELLS Pageantry GEORGE LLOYD English Heritage PHILIP SPARKE Partita PHILIP WILBY Paganini Variations PHILIP WILBY Red Priest
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.