Well, sorry it's been a while since my last post, I think this goes to show that I have a lot more time when the weather is bad. Over the last week I have been pretty busy on all fronts, work, music, watching rugby, and even some time with the family.


On Saturday I played a concert with a local orchestra, and was reasonably pleased, there were quite few mistakes but I think most of these were down to a combination of lack of concentration and nerves. Any way the program went reasonably well and the audience were either very polite or enjoyed the evening.

Personally the most interesting part of the concert was the Weber Konzerstuck (literally Concert Piece) for Orchestra and Piano. This is basically a concerto, only with no breaks between movements, the interest for me came from the orchestration only one trombone is used, and it's the bass. Now for a any trombone it is very unusual to be the only one but for a bass trombone this is unheard of - anyway although it felt a bit bazaar the orchestration really worked, and I think we all enjoyed this piece. We also played the Beethoven "consecration of the House" and Brahms second symphony.

Although I have nothing in the diary at the moment I hope to do a lot more orchestra playing this year, both on Tuba and Bass Trombone - so come fixers make that call.............