Towcester Studio (Conductor: Ian Knapton) -

Band Number 10. 

Towcester Studio Band (Ian Knapton) - 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

The final repeated piece of the day and it’s a great piece. Towcester placed 3rd in the Midlands 2nd Section with this piece. 

Nice opening a few intonation struggles in the Bass section however nothing major. 

Builds nicely and Euph is evident here and sounds lovely. Front row cornet tune is classy and well tuned to each. Music is flowing well and leads to a nice full sounding double forte. 

Nice Trombone trio works well. 

Fast section gets moving well, some lovely tuned percussion. Music rises and falls effectively throughout this section. Speeding up again now Trombone kicks this off well, a few disjointed entrances in the band. Tenor Horns have good power behind them on their entrances. Percussion not always together unfortunately at the end of phrases. Tenor Horns shining through again what a great sound full of control. Lovely crescendo to the climax and then falls away leaving a lovely lower band sound. Tenor Horn entrance very nice again. Bravo. PC takes over with a classy start to his solo which maintains to the end of his solo. Bravo. 

Some intonation issues in the cornets on the long notes but nothing major and is covered. Lovely duet between Sop and PC. This section is flowing beautifully. MD is enabling the rubato and going with it and it brings out a lovely side to this piece. Bravo Sir. 

Flugel solo is classy with a lovely tone which then gets built up with an Accelerando. Unfortunately the first shock note isn’t fully together. Quickly made up by the massive dynamics on display. Tenor Horns once again creating a great sound on their rips. Dynamic range on display is refreshing to see the band get down in dynamic and well as the very loud. Front row effects work well in this section. 

Euph tune shines through and is well played. Crescendo once again to a big crash cymbal, a few intonation issues here. Build up to the end is very effective and works well. 

Lovely performance well done all. 

Thank you.

~ Sam E.