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• Genre: Symphonic Wind Band
• Date of Composition: 1985
• Piece Duration: 4
• Publisher: R Smith

Prelude for an Occasion was one of my first works for brass band and was written in 1968 for the Black Dyke Mills Band for a recording on the Decca label. Since then it has become a popular concert opener.

After a short fanfare introduction it moves into a quasi-march with a somewhat rhythmic and dissonant middle section before returning to a triumphant restatement of the opening fanfare.

© Edward Gregson

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