TheMusicMan
12.05.2007, 13:34
Weston-Super-Mare – Own Choice Contest - 2007
http://www.themouthpiece.com/images/weston2007/severntunnel.jpg
Section Entered : Third
Order of Play : 3
Musical Director : Andrea Ayres
Chosen Test Piece : Tryptich - Philip Sparke
http://www.severntunnelband.co.uk (http://www.severntunnelband.co.uk)
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No Music Available.
Good opening with some solid sounds from the middle of the band. Excellent feel to the music and it all seems to be going fine. Great use of dynamics. Suspect tuning in horn and back row cornets. Soloist perform well throughout the movement. Pecussion add lots of pulse and excitement to the peformance. Good crescendo from band and all parts are heard.
Trombones not in tune with muted back row. General tuning throughout ensemble suffers. Good Euph and Cornet, both play with style and emotion. Excellent crescendo and timp work. Basses could be a lot stronger with moving lines through 'hymn tune section'. Euph suffers with intonation problems in high register. Tuning to close of movement is poor, especially against tubular bell.
Good bass and horn line to open final movement. Band is well balanced and has lots of rhythm, especially from percussion. This is sounding good although there are still one or two blips dotted about. I think the band can see the end in sight and the concentration has wondered a little. The band also lack stamia in the closing bars.
A very good performance by a relatively young band.
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http://www.themouthpiece.com/images/weston2007/severntunnel.jpg
Section Entered : Third
Order of Play : 3
Musical Director : Andrea Ayres
Chosen Test Piece : Tryptich - Philip Sparke
http://www.severntunnelband.co.uk (http://www.severntunnelband.co.uk)
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No Music Available.
Good opening with some solid sounds from the middle of the band. Excellent feel to the music and it all seems to be going fine. Great use of dynamics. Suspect tuning in horn and back row cornets. Soloist perform well throughout the movement. Pecussion add lots of pulse and excitement to the peformance. Good crescendo from band and all parts are heard.
Trombones not in tune with muted back row. General tuning throughout ensemble suffers. Good Euph and Cornet, both play with style and emotion. Excellent crescendo and timp work. Basses could be a lot stronger with moving lines through 'hymn tune section'. Euph suffers with intonation problems in high register. Tuning to close of movement is poor, especially against tubular bell.
Good bass and horn line to open final movement. Band is well balanced and has lots of rhythm, especially from percussion. This is sounding good although there are still one or two blips dotted about. I think the band can see the end in sight and the concentration has wondered a little. The band also lack stamia in the closing bars.
A very good performance by a relatively young band.
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