Adjudication
Sunday 11th Mar 2007, early evening
Adjudicator Ian Brownbill
First note not in tune and second bar loose. Much better entry at A but horn falters a little. Piu Mosso flows well - well done back row. Reasonable at B but basses could be more sustained and tuning is poor bassese into C. 2 bars before D starts 'mp' some loose playing into E. Again loose ensemble at G. Good effort sop into H and to follow. Not clean into J. Some nice sounds at K but unconvincing percussion into M and noisy at O! Nice cornet playing and generally the music flows here. Mainly fine through but loose entry at R and sounds not balanced at appasionata. Tom Toms fine at V but I can't hear the timpani! Just watch the finale playing doesn't get too loud. The playing just lacks discipline at times and we don't get anywhere close enough to mp bars of BB.
A performance that had convinction and determination but missing in much of the fine detail - some good individual playing most notably sop.