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Re: Music for the Common Man - Rubbish

Tricky - I didn't say it was comparable to those two - I was saying look at the
standard of those two pieces, both of which are, as you said, very difficult and
very good pieces, then look at MftCM and see how much lower the standard of that
piece is. BfB and Spectrum were great tests for the first section, and pieces of
that standard should be used every year. MftCM is so far below them. You don't
want to be anywhere near the hall listening to trash like that.

BTW did you look out that 2nd bone part of Moon & Mexico I was looking for ?

<JT>

Richard Dyson wrote:

> John Todd wrote:
>
> I've heard a lot of people say that - not about the parts but about
> the piece.
> What sort of test is that for the first section. It's one of the
> poorest choices
> for years. Compare it to Spectrum or Ballet For Band. It's going to be a
> struggle to motivate any band to play it, and as for the audience, having to
> listen to performance after performance of rubbish like that ......
>
> <JT>
>
> John,
>
> I think you underestimate the difficulty of these two pieces, both are very
> easy to play the notes but only true musicians can find the nuances b oth
> the pieces hold. I haven't heard Music for the Common  Man but if it can be
> compared to these two pieces I'll be there listening!!
>
> Richard Dyson
> Web Master Whitburn Band


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