New Forest Brass

Chris King:

Opening - could have more conviction?
Does a bass try to creep in early?
A. not entirely settled here.
C - we are much happier here.
E - aim for more soft and smoothness here.
F - some of the 'quaver-triplet semiquaver' line overpowers the melody
G - troms not balanced.
H - ok. I - not 'p'.
I hear percussion thought. Nice tempo.
L well controlled.
M - a bit confident for 'p'?
N - let the countermelody come through.
O - ok. Q - almost flows. R - secure.
S - again let the countermelody sing through.
T - ok. Good effort Trom. Other lines mainly secure-ish!
U - ok, careful horns.
W - mainly very good.
X - nice sop. Z - good.
AA - well organised. BB - fine
CC - a little untidy. DD - a bit safe dynamically
FF - mostly successful. GG - ok - horn intonation suffers a little
II - I feel the percussion. Trom is a little dominant in the mix. Good ending!
Overall, good musical ideas, but lower dynamics are quite heavy with some insecurities. Well done!

John Winterflood:

Opening cornets not together! Lower band heavy on entry.
Hesistant entries follows with C. E dynamics!!
G tuning troms/cornets. H didn't work into I.
J Dynamic contrasts. O Basses too loud.
2 bars before T entry not together.
T Trom starts well but runs out of steam.
U all too loud. Basses at V mf.
AA not too loud. CC cornets not together
FF balancing of parts. Good sop!
A good ending!
Overall it was not together and dynamics not all correct. Well done!