The European Brass Band Association is pleased to announce the set test pieces for the 45th? European Brass Band Championships, Palanga, Lithuania (27 April - 5 May 2024), and is delighted that the competition will be going ahead! The pieces had been commissioned by the host organiser, Palangos Orkestras, with the support of the Lithuanian Council for Culture for the 2020 EBBC, which is now able to proceed in 2024.
A Road Less Travelled ? Philip Sparke
The Championship set test by Philip Sparke is a three-movement work entitled
A Road Less Travelled By. Although there is no programme, the title is taken from the final lines of The Road Not Taken by the American poet Robert Frost (1974 - 1963),
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I?
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
A Road Less Travelled By is cast in three movements:
I. Moto Perpetuo,
II. Nocturne, in which the soloists are featured in elaborate solos and ensem