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From: ConsTest: Birmingham Open Brass Band Competition

Croft Silver (Conductor: Henry Dunger) -

Conductor: Henry Dunger

🕒 April 11, 2026 at 02:00 PM | 👤 Elise Hale

Band Number 11. 

Croft Silver Band (Henry Dunger) - Stantonbury Festival 


Nice opening followed by tight cornet, and a lovely Tenor Horn section. Taken over by Euph who produces a nice sound along with the Bass Section. Crescendo is effective. Lovely Flugel Solo sound. Bravo. 

Rall is effective and band then picks up the tempo very well. Solo Trombone creates a nice sound. Some tuning issues here and there to be wary about but the overall effect it has is minimal. Lovely build up by the Solo Horn and Flugel. Sop shines through. Classy ending following the MD well. 


Nice Trombone sound to start the next section and accompanied well. Sop shines through once again creating a lovely sound on the melody. Bravo. 

Key change is a bit nervous to start but settles well from the Tenor Horns and tuning is good between the section. Bravo. 

Deep bass sounds are refreshing to hear and really add a nice depth into this section. Well done basses. Dynamic contrast is effective. 

Beautiful solo from the Solo Euph and another nice ending to the movement. 

A bright energetic start to the final movement.

Tune is great between the cornets and the clashes are effective and undoubted which is nice. 

Nice percussion playing here. Band is navigating this movement very well, undoubtably the bands most confident. 


Here and there a few intonation issues but easily fixable. Tune in this section is once again played well and is accurate. Dynamic contrast is clearly. Well played on this link as this is in my opinion one of the hardest parts of this piece. 

Building up to the final section now and still full of energy and accelerating towards the ending. 


Classy ending to round off a lovely performance well played.


~ Sam E.