Bedworth Brass (Conductor: Jonathan Mott) -

Band Number 12. 

Bedworth Brass (Jonathon Mott) - Vitae Aeternum 

To end the afternoon session, we have First Section Bedworth Brass, most likely the closest band to where I’m based! 

Nice vibrant opening from the band, an unfortunate timing error leads to a bit of disjoint but is very quickly resolved. 

Lovely Euph lines at this point beneath PC who is holding down the tune. Well played. 

Some intonation struggles at points unfortunately especially end of long notes but don’t take away from the performance massively. Crescendo opens up to a lovely full rich sound before dying just as quickly. Some nice Trombone playing follows between the two tenors. 

Bell effect does work, not all of them are together between tuned and cornets and unfortunately we lose some of the tuning at the end of notes again. Muted section is well played from the Cornets and majority is well in tune. Bell effect a lot tidier this time. 

What a beautiful Flugel sound in this solo. Full, rich and warm this is a lovely solo. Bravo. 

The Euphs take over, and again what an amazing sound being produced which rings beautifully in the Bradshaw Hall. 

They then follow this with a lovely counter melody up in the stratosphere that is played very well. Bravo all. 

Cornets just watch the tuning before being cut off. What a lovely ending to the movement. 

What a start to the third movement, I enjoy this. Whilst not always the most accurate the effect is amazing and passes around well. Xylophone player well done, that was very classy playing. Bravo. 

What a great sound this band is making. Between the tune on cornets and the euphs scaled runs this piece is becoming a show of technical ability whilst maintaining a good sound. Slightly mistimed notes across the band at points but not something that distracts. Glockenspiel!! Incredible. 

A few misfires during the rallentando to the end of the piece but a lovely performance that end with a nice full chord. 

Well played all especially tuned percussionist.

We will be back soon for the final session!

~ Sam E.