• The World Rejoicing (Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale) was jointly commissioned by the British Open Brass Band Championship, and the National Brass Band Associations/Federations of the Netherlands (NBK), Belgium (VLAMO), Switzerland (SBBV) and Norway (NMF), to be used as the top section test-piece for their National/Open brass band competitions in 2021-23. It is a set of variations on the chorale Nun danket alle Gott written around 1636 by Martin Rinkart and set to music around 1648 by Johann Cruger.
  • Endurance

    £10.00£65.00
    Commissioned by Kapitol Promotions as the 3rd section test-piece for the 2020 Regional Championships of Great Britain, Endurance is a set of 'narrative variations' for brass band inspired by the story of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey across the Southern Ocean in 1914-16.
  • The Once and Future King

    £10.00£65.00
    A three movement suite for brass band, suitable for bands of third section standard and upwards. The Once and Future King has been selected as the set test-piece for the 3rd sections of the Swiss National Brass Band Championships in 2007, the Regional Championships of Great Britain in 2009 and the NIBA Championship of Ireland in 2012.
    The Once and Future King is a superbly written, atmospheric piece with a thrilling climax - Rodney Newton, British Bandsman
  • Perseverance

    £10.00£65.00
    Commissioned by Middleton Band to mark their 140th anniversary in 2016, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and featured on Middleton Band's CD of the same name.

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