Lanner Band to compete in the WEBBA contest
Preparations are well underway for the band to compete in the 2025 West of England Brass Band Association (Area Contest) contest on Saturday 8th March. This years test piece is Introduction, Elergy and Caprice by Morley Calvert, the Canadian composer, written especially for the first European Brass Band Championship held in 1978.
The piece consists of three contrasting movements. The Introduction opens with a slow, mysterious figure after the first fanfare-like unison notes. This leads to the main section, a quick ‘one-in-a-bar’ movement centred around a persistent figure.
The Elegy opens with an unaccompanied Euphonium solo, which is then passed through to horn, cornet, and basses in the manner of a passacaglia. This is broken and then the movement fragments.
After the tension of the Elegy, the Caprice provides much needed relief: a spritely dance, very rhythmical in character, the theme of which is thrown around the band with great abandon.
If any supporters would like to travel to Torquay on the contest day with the band please contact Jeremy Gilbert on 07599 905 734.
The band wish all the bands from Cornwall taking part over the two day weekend well with their performances and are hoping for a great result for themselves.
