City of Bradford - Band 9

Nice opening, full sound. A bit of a rocky moment but quickly sorted. Cornet and Euphonium take over and this is a perfect duet, no clips very clean and tidy. Bravo.

Nice Trombone sound, a few nervous moments where the band is not fully together however these are resolved quickly. Some beautiful Flugel playing and is then joined by some lovely Solo playing throughout.

Some nice easy playing throughout this by the band, which is followed by some beautiful dynamic contrast. An unfortunate split note but transitions nicely into the next section. The band is making the most of the effects written in the music and these are executed beautifully.

Off-Stage cadenza has a clip but very well played PC. Unfortunately the tuning has suffered due to the mutes, however the ability of players is high.

Euphonium cadenza is really good, and the duet is equal to that - bravo to both.

What a Bass Trombone sound, proper rich sounds coming out. Semi-Quavers work well, executed well and the snare helps build up the atmosphere. The sound dies and is overtaken by some lovely lyrical playing from the Euphonium and band.

We then move into the main theme.

A slightly slower version of this maybe, but I quite enjoy this. Tenor Horns have a bit of a nervous moment on the way up but quickly regroup and have a lovely sound. Trombones take over, I’m enjoying the Bass.

Sop soars over, once again very easy to listen to.

A couple of clips of notes in this section, however the band is showing off their ensemble playing beautifully here and they are such a lovely band to listen to.

Some more beautiful flowing playing which transitions through the band freely.

A small timing error in this tune but sorted very quick and didn’t take away the beautiful playing that has been going on. A great sound produced in the build up to the end, and a lovely final chord. Bravo.