The Fountain City Brass Band placed second at this year’s
NABBA competition with a score of 95.4. The Fountain City Brass Band has been
extremely competitive since its inception, winning 6 U.S Opens, 4 NABBA
Championships, and the Scottish Open Brass Band Championship.
This year, FCBB
performed Philip Wilby’s “Vienna Nights,” a difficult piece with several Mozart
references scattered throughout. 4BarsRest says this about “Vienna Nights”: “…perhaps
Wilby's finest work to date for the medium. This is Mozart brought to life in a
way that no other composer for brass could approach. The mixture of genres, the
intuitive appreciation of the style and the ability to compliment true genius
with a deep felt and personal appreciation is a startling achievement. It is a masterful work that in turn envelopes
and intrigues, cajoles, subdues with sly wit and pathos and finally, and
breathtakingly thrills the living pants off you in a way Mozart himself would
have surely been tickled pink of.”
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