Adjudication Blackpool 2008

An Epic Symphony

Adjudicators

Geoffrey Whitham,Peter Roberts

Draw 2

1dGeoffrey Whitham

I Movement:

Clean Cut opening (3) pity about 1st note trom,but well recovered (4) Good cornet plays with style (6) Troms do well.

II Movement:

For me the balance could be more secure, to much 1st Trom. (8) Super Cornet (9) Sop is Ok (10)Euph as style.

(13) Some nice playing Bass heavy at the end.

III Movement:

Good Opening (20) This section was quite well done. (22)  semi runs could flow better for me unfortunately this continues for some time.

The ending is insecure. A generally good performance pity about the end. I did like the soloists.

Thank you .

Peter Roberts's

I Movement:

Quite good to open just the odd mis pitch in lower melodic line. Ensemble not always together, a good style to the music but not always secure in solo lines.

(4) Just the odd moment of intonation very stylish cornet. Reprise at (5) Good (6) Good, bass trom nice style good to close.

II Movement:

Unbalanced and needs more cresc/dim, again good stylish cornet. (9)Well done Sop (10) Could do more with espressivo, anamato well handled (12) Because of the upper dynamic, the "musical line" is lost into (13) Well handled not always together to close.

III Movement:

Up tempo start, whilst everything is in place the style is lost, and sometimes becomes ragged.(22) and beyond is not always secure in ensemble and dynamic contrast (31) Needs more grandioso a fine finish.

Overall quite a good performance, just marred by insecure ensemble, and up tempo final movement.

Thank you . 10/05/2008