No. 9 BAND- CAMARU NAVALS BAND

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5490, 15 February 1896, Page 6

No. 9 BAND- CAMARU NAVALS BAND

■ ' (Conductor :: Mr AvFbbw)/.. ; , Opening :" Fair attack, better . articulation on the whole required, bar 4 faulty, bar 8 better, want of tongue at bars 17 and 19, not nicely together from bar 21, Mar^,to still faulty, top of band a little slovenly at Con fuoco, dotted crotchets (same fault as most of the bands) not sus-. tamed, someone played. B natural in bar 57, semi-quavers mixed from bar 60, cadenza fair. Andante : Band out of tune, basses across in bars 6 and 7, trombone going very well, a little stiff from Agitato, cadenza fairly good, but , crotchet not left nicely by band, tempo fair, from bar 25 tuning faulty and basses jerky, cadenza fairly -good, out of tune at bar 36. Allegro: Precision fair but too slow, want of go all through thiß move; ment, cadenza, .band ' precise, cornet too mechanical. Moderate : Well together, accompaniment too pointed, cornet bad style, pushes notes too much, cadenza fairly managed, shot notes very precise, accompaniment better at. tempo, * cornet better h^rq. Con Animatb.:'. Going fairly "well, soprano good^ band a little choppy fro™ •apirito, cadenza good, . Andante : Accompaniment fairly well together, a bit iinsettlod at bars 4 tinii 6, batjses out of tune filom bar, 10, euphonium fairly good, but plays semi-quavera in bars 17 and 19 too mu,ch in a heap, got nicely together at Jwff

) i ■ — — — —"— ~ '. ' 21* and tuning faulty, cadenza a mtle tame but nicely in tune. Allegro: Precision fair but not balanced,, soprano and horn badly in tune at bar 11, a want of dash all through this movement, wrong notes flying from bar 40, soprano missing; afterwards band improves, making a fairly good finish, f but tuning faulty. Points ... 71.