Set Test Pieces 2025
On this site, you can see the set test pieces for this year's Aalborg Music Festival. You can also read about the pieces and the thoughts behind them from the composer or arranger.
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The pieces will be emailed to the bands on the 1st of March.
Sektion A
HERO
Robin Hoffmann
Arrangeret for Brass Band: Ubbe
Winner Best Score – Marina del Rey Film Festival 2017
In 2017, I had the privilege to work on a project that is probably one of the dreams for every film composer. I got contacted by Drew and Nate – two brothers – of Ice Cream Entertainment to score their short film called HERO. They asked me to write music in the style of 80s/90s adventure scores and gave me complete creative freedom on the music, which is a very rare opportunity these days. Their love for film music and respect for the craft behind it was fantastic and I had a blast writing this music
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Sektion B
The War Within
Adrian Busk, 2025
A symphonic journey through the labyrinth of conflict. "The War Within" weaves a complex tapestry of all the themes there is in the center of a conflict of war.
The conductor and the orchestra are shaping the music, when they in cooperation chooses, which themes and melodies are underlined in the music. The band is the creators of what character the nature of the battle should be.
Sektion C
The King of Love
Traditional Irish Melody, arrangeret for Brass Band: Brian Hogg
The hymn tune St Columba is one of the tunes associated with this well-known paraphrase of Psalm 23. This simple setting, written at a time of bereavement, reflects the positive assurance we have (even in the face of death) of God's care and guidance.Little technical difficulty will be found within the notes but the music demands that the players be expressive and attempt to capture the truth encapsulated within the words.