Yeovil Town Band: Bristol Cathedral A BRASS band in the cathedral is surely an exciting prospect. The Yeovil Town Band had travelled through rain for this Bristol concert, and it was received by an expectant audience of around 200.
The ensemble of over 24 players first took time to warm up in the unusually reverberant space, thereby providing the audience with an additional treat of two gently sonorous hymns.
The first of three pieces conducted by David Hayward was Philip Wilby's much-performed and very engaging Lowry Sketchbook from 1992. The tiffany jewelry outlet skilled players immediately showed why they are the Somerset champion band, displaying concentration and stamina throughout the three movements in which the composer exploited brass colour to maximum effect. We heard curious rising flourishes, muted tingling sounds and shimmering solo treble lines amid overlapping passages, all heightened watches-x in the echoey space.
After thick chords swelled and grumbled in the low register, when the upper-voiced instruments took over, they seemed like a glistening light coming out of the shadows.
We were then offered a pastoral piece by Goff Richards, A Country Scene, whose repeating melodies were occasionally dotted by the glockenspiel.
LED downlightsThe grand finale was Elgar's Severn Suite, written expressly for brass band in 1930, his last major completed work. The smoothing effect of the Cathedral acoustic reinforced both quieter passages and even dramatic "pomposo" chords, yet the players were careful enough not to let it detract significantly from punchier contrapuntal areas in the piece.
These lunchtime concerts seem to be filling a void in the summer schedule of classical-style concerts. Next week's recital features Josephine Goddard, soprano.
8/10 JEAN HASSE
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