The Burry Port Town Band were delighted to be crowned National Eisteddfod Champions for the second consecutive year!
The band delivered a highly polished performance under the baton of Tom Davoren to once again claim the top prize in the only live televised brass band contest.
The band’s programme opened with Peter Graham’s ‘Phoenix’ from ‘War of the Worlds’ before solo euphonium Chris Smith delivered a superb lyrical rendition of ‘Ar Lan y Mor’. The upbeat drive and pulse of ‘Kongolela’ led into the evocative premiere of ‘Bli hos oss’ by 2015 European Composer winner Stan Nieuwenhuis, before things were rounded off with the world premiere of Tom’s ‘Pure of Heart’ based on the Welsh hymn tune ‘Calon Lan’.