Odyssey, Kevin Norbury. Brass Band

Odyssey

Composer: Kevin Norbury

Duration: 12:30

Series: Triumphonic Publications

Grade/Difficulty: Suitable for Championship Section Bands

Regionals 2018 Championship Section Test Piece

Kevin Norburys powerful major work was selected as the Championship Section test piece of the 1999 European Brass Band Championships held in Munich.
The piece was inspired by the ancient Celtic hymn 'Be Thou My Vision' and Dantes Inferno.
The mood of the music at its commencement is brooding and troubled, with angular melodic lines, dissonant harmonies and pounding rhythms.
The work undergoes a number of stylistic changes in the course of its progress from the seriousness of the opening to exuberance and triumph at the end.