Heaton’s Contest Music for WMC

The organisers of the World Music Contest, which is due to take place in Kerkrade in 2022, have announced the brass band test-pieces that will be the set-works in each of its sections of competition. 

Bands competing in the elite 'Concert Division' will have the pleasure of performing Wilfred Heaton's much loved 'Contest Music' within their programme set of music, whilst Philip Sparke's former European Championship set-work, 'Tallis Variations' will test bands as part of their programmes in the First Division.

'Entertainments' by Gilbert Vinter is the Second Section test to be included, whilst a new work by respected Swiss composer Etienne Crausaz, entitled, 'Albinus Variations' is the Third Division set-test.

2021 should have seen celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the World Music Contest, but due to Coronavirus the festival was postponed for a year. Further information is available at: https://wmc.nl/en/participate/documents-wmc-2022 Registration for the 2022 World Music Contests starts on June 1st

Set works:
Concert Division - Contest Music (1973) - Composer: Wilfred Heaton (GB)

First Division - Tallis Variations (1999) - Composer: Philip Sparke (GB)

Second Division - Entertainments (1968) - Composer: Gilbert Vinter (GB)

Third Division - Albinus Variations (2021) - Composer: Etienne Crausaz (CH)