On Sunday 10th October, Verwood Concert Brass delighted their audience with a proms concert. Playing to a full house, soprano cornet player, Mark Marsh skilfully played the Intermezzo from Cavelleria by Pietro Mascagni.
The player featured in the programme was Sophie Howes who played with the Training Band from the age of 10. She then progressed to third cornet in Verwood’s main band. Now, at the age of just 20, Sophie is the principal cornet player in Verwood ‘A’ and played a superb solo which showcased her talent. This was Rusalka’s Song to the Moon by Dvorak, a very challenging piece, executed brilliantly.
The Training Band continues to choose more and more challenging music with their finale of Bach’s Toccata in D Minor attracting prolonged applause.
Verwood B also continues to improve. They, too, chose a difficult programme and the audience seemed to particularly enjoy H G Amers: The Wee MacGregor Highland Patrol, particularly tricky for the solo cornets and the four remaining players at the end of the piece, not to mention the percussion which Dominic Buswell tackled extremely well.
Ian Harris’ rendition of Rule Brittannia arranged for Euphonium left the audience wondering how he could muster all that puff! Truly spellbinding.
Supporters were in good voice when it came to Jerusalem, so much so that they demanded it as the second encore and the finale of the 1812 nearly lifted the roof.
