The Land of the Long White Cloud - Philip Sparke door Brassband Scaldis

Brass Band Championship 2014 - Belgium
November 29th and November 30th 2014 in CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg.
Brassbandkampioenschap 2014 - België
29 en 30 november 2014 in CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg
Brassband Scaldis o.l.v. Raf Van Looveren
Keuzwerk/Own Choice Piece: The Land of the Long White Cloud - Philip Sparke
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1:36 is perfection

[@lisascott7697]

THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD - Aotearoa (Philip Sparke)
Also dating from 1979, The Land of the Long White Cloud was Philip Sparke's first test piece; it was commissioned by the New Zealand Brass Band Association for their 1980 National Championships (their centenary year) and set for the European Brass Band Championships, held, that year, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Aoteama was the name ghren to New Zealand by its Polynesian settlers whose first sight of the islands was a long, flat cloud lying low over the land, The work has no specific programme although many have seen pictures ol the surging ocean in the opening bars. A faster dance-like section leads to a slow, haunting solo tor soprano comet; this is taken up by the whole band before earlier material returns‘ The dance-like tune is, this tame, given a fugal treatment and the opening bars return to close the work.

[@yjamesbauchert880]

Played this with Salt River Brass at NABBA in Las Vegas, 1999!!! Wicked fun piece. We hired the composer to come work with for three weeks.

[@blueycaldwell4273]

I played this in 1977 in B grade in NZ (2nd grade) it was written about our country being Aotearoa the Land of the Long White Cloud.. Blue. C.

[@frankvincenten8905]

Wonderfull piece of music. Played it back in 1985 and 1986 allready. Really wonderfull!!!

[@lauramorris3934]

This is the test piece for the first section in march 2017. It's a brilliant piece of music. This is a great performance of it

[@lauramorris3934]

YINKA'S BATTY I play for Shirebrook miners welfare band

[@MissBrazify]

I am playing in Torquay as well in the first section, good luck!

[@joepoteman5326]

Een mooie weergave!, prachtig en ik vond het fijn om naar te luisteren.
Ik zit nu op eufonium maar heb dit werk vroeger op bugel weleens gespeeld, en vind het nog steeds een mooi werk van Spark

[@---rs4wz]

Oh ya my jam

[@dannydielkens9786]

Some nice flugal playing by a great friend!! Good one Johan!

[@louiskindt6316]

Mooi stukje muziek, maar verdorie niet simpel om te spelen, dacht ik zo. Moeilijk van maatvoering maar plezant om horen. Merci Danny!

[@Metal-Possum]

Flugel*.

[@tsjukemar]

@@Metal-Possum Da's Engels voor bugel.

[@Leisesturm]

@@tsjukemar No, not really. Unless you are joking.

[@alfje5492]

@@Leisesturm A flugelhorn is called "een bugel" in Dutch, so what's the joke?

[@Xenol1997]

I got really confused with there being 2 second trombones, was thinking, pretty sure the bass-trom line is different to that!

[@TeeTeeThedog]

Emperor_Xenolius poor bass trom

[@yjamesbauchert880]

A third tenor bone added and the bass bone stuck over by the bases ... no respect.

[@davehardy3527]

The Land of the Long White Cloud is New Zealand,

[@andrewjackson1612]

noice

[@harmholwerda5017]

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[@guidovanhaalen4432]

great Sparke versiopn ♫♪ a bit out of tune, balance and transparancy now and then, but in all good of dynamics and musicallity as well as playing and phrasing ♫♪