Sunset Rhapsody was recorded by the CWS Manchester band years ago and it comes across as a fine piece of music, perhaps not as rhthmically challenging as some of todays pieces but it does give the band a chance to show off a nice round tuneful sound. Eric Ball knew how to challenge a band not just with technical demands but the very basics, tone, phrasing and style. If your band doesn't solve these basic problems the piece won't work. The rhapsody is full of well composed ideas and any band that works on it will be a far better band than when they started! As with all Eric Balls works the difficulty is inherant in the music and it is up to us to bring out its secrets.