TheMusicMan
12.05.2007, 13:34
Weston-Super-Mare – Own Choice Contest - 2007
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Section Entered : Second
Order of Play : 2
Musical Director : Paul Slater
Chosen Test Piece : The Kingdom Triumphant, Ball.
http://www.phoenixbrass.co.uk/
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No Score or music provided
Wonderfully controlled entry and crescendo by the percussion, but the trombones are just slightly out of tune. Cornets - excellent!!
Sorry to be critical - but I hear a band out a balance - cornets seem to be over the top of the rest of the band... not balanced!! The short Cornet solo though is very expressive and well played and builds into some well phrased and controlled 'mood' music!
The 'Carol' section sounds gorgeous! The balance is now much improved with wonderfully clear horn playing. Trombones much better as well now...
I hear lots of short individual solo lines - all very well played and this is well rehearsed, well done. Nervous horn though... don't be nervous, you can do it! Muted cts very good and Trombone entry is pitch perfect, well done band... lovely discords are heard. So far this is a good all-round performance - but there are some balance issues heard in places.
Personally, I'd like to have heard more Bass sound through slow middle section, I still hear the cornets over the top of everything else - but that's just me, and I am not the adjudicator :)
Finale is well played with gorgeous sounds.
In summary - I'd have to say you are in with a shout of a podium place, but the performance was somewhat inconsistent. Sometimes I heard excellent sounds and soloists, other times I heard balance issues with cornets over the top of the remainder of the band. Just my opinion... :) Thanks.
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http://www.themouthpiece.com/images/weston2007/phoenixbrass.jpg
Section Entered : Second
Order of Play : 2
Musical Director : Paul Slater
Chosen Test Piece : The Kingdom Triumphant, Ball.
http://www.phoenixbrass.co.uk/
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No Score or music provided
Wonderfully controlled entry and crescendo by the percussion, but the trombones are just slightly out of tune. Cornets - excellent!!
Sorry to be critical - but I hear a band out a balance - cornets seem to be over the top of the rest of the band... not balanced!! The short Cornet solo though is very expressive and well played and builds into some well phrased and controlled 'mood' music!
The 'Carol' section sounds gorgeous! The balance is now much improved with wonderfully clear horn playing. Trombones much better as well now...
I hear lots of short individual solo lines - all very well played and this is well rehearsed, well done. Nervous horn though... don't be nervous, you can do it! Muted cts very good and Trombone entry is pitch perfect, well done band... lovely discords are heard. So far this is a good all-round performance - but there are some balance issues heard in places.
Personally, I'd like to have heard more Bass sound through slow middle section, I still hear the cornets over the top of everything else - but that's just me, and I am not the adjudicator :)
Finale is well played with gorgeous sounds.
In summary - I'd have to say you are in with a shout of a podium place, but the performance was somewhat inconsistent. Sometimes I heard excellent sounds and soloists, other times I heard balance issues with cornets over the top of the remainder of the band. Just my opinion... :) Thanks.
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