Z1920 (Peter Graham) - Brighouse & Rastrick Band/David King

Z1920 is inspired by the genre-defining 1920 Douglas Fairbanks silent movie The Mark of Zorro, an adaptation of Johnston McCulley’s 1919 pulp fiction novel The Curse of Capistrano. The main characters are represented within the piece as follows:

Don Diego - Cornet 1 (played by Tom Smith)
Zorro (Don Diego’s alter ego) - Cornet 2 (played by Roger Webster)
Lolita (love interest) - Flugel Horn (played by Mike Eccles)
Captain Ramon (the oppressor) - Euphonium (played by Chris Robertson)

The narrative of the movie translates to a musical journey in five scenes with a degree of creative license employed in ordering the sequence of events:

00:00 Scene 1 - Capistrano - a people oppressed - the arrival of Zorro
03:30 Scene 2 - Lolita, a damsel in distress
03:54 Scene 3 - Captain Ramon and Zorro prepare to duel - the sword fight
06:28 Scene 4 - Don Diego’s broken heart - a tango at the hacienda
09:42 Scene 5 - The final duel - the oppressor vanquished - Zorro unmasked and Lolita reunited

The era of the swashbuckling hero, adventure, romance and passion find echoes in traditional brass band values of lyricism, virtuosity and bravura.

[shanegould]

Best Music I've heard in years please let's have it at The Open or Nationals

[petersutton]

Magnificent music, brilliantly performed. All soloists absolutely nailing it...but especially great to see Roger Webster showing he can still mix it with the best!

[Custom]

Great performance by a brilliant Brass Band, Lucky were those who were in this hall

[yzaugg]

Absolutly phantastic written, conducted and played - a superbe testpiece, i like it so much!!! Thanks and please, more like this in the complete Brass Band Mouvement.

[TimWnyc]

How did this not win😂
Incredible playing. Pure emotion.

[chaosfenix]

If you want to fill the Albert hall again for the nationals, this piece is it

[carlosgiovanideoliveiraper]

Uma apresentação épica de uma peça magnífica!...
A tempos eu não me emocionava ao ouvir uma Brass Band, e hoje eu quase cheguei as lágrimas!
Espetacular Brighouse & Rastrick Band!!! Bravíssimo!!!

[danielbayle]

Absolument MA GNI FI QUE !!! et très impressionné par la qualité musicale de l'ensemble ! Bravissississimo !

[ImAtLevel]

Simply stunning performance, was easily the 2nd best performance that day think they came 3rd in the own choice but should’ve been 2nd.
Fantastic piece Mr Graham at his best. The king of kings owned that stage he can throw some shapes can’t he?

[MichaelFottrell-bv]

Wonderstriking performance! A great celebration of the colours of banding! Beir bua go deo na ndeo!

[GordonHugenay]

Who said that test pieces mustn't be fun? This is wonderful!

[JWF]

Is this real?
Absolute TOP PERFORMANCE WITH DAVID KING WOW WOW

[brianstewart]

This is a brilliant performance
Thank you ❤
What placing did they get

[TheSproutarian]

Is that Roger Webster in Soprano? Such a great sounding band.

[philliplipple]

Brass band playing as only the British know how.