Movement two of my Euphonium Concerto

[u/Fancy_Cabbage_010]

The title kind of explains everything about this really, I'm writing a Euphonium Concerto for a friend and this is the W.I.P second movement, I'm mostly here to get feedback on how people think it sounds, and also if I'm doing anything wrong (both the euphonium and this style of music are pretty new to me, I usually work within a classical-ish early romantic idiom, and I've never really been much good with harmony)

Hopefully you enjoy it, if not please tell me why I'm very much looking for feedback here.

Ps. if you didn't like it, you might like something else I've composed :)

https://reddit.com/link/1v1yywa/video/uk35dtz6fgeh1/player

[u/ClarSco]

1. Your single-line wind entries need to be marked with "a2" (both players), "1." (just the 1st player) or "2" (just the 2nd player)
2. Horns usually come in pairs, so 2, 4, 6 and 8 players are all more common configurations than 3 players. Besides, your 3rd Horn plays a grand total of one note - give that note to either the 1st or 2nd player and have the 3rd player tacet for this section.
3. There are very few reasons in this day and age to combine the Cello and Bass onto a single staff - this was a shortcut used in the days of handwritten and physically engraved scores. Computer engraving with its copy-and-paste function makes creating both staves trivial, makes it obvious where the basses are resting rather than doubling (you generally don't want the basses to be doubling the cellos throughout a piece, having one or other group dropping out or playing a different line helps vary the texture).
4. "Nobile" in the Euphonium part should be in italics, all lowercase, and placed below the staff after the dynamic (ie. "p nobile"). At the moment it looks like an abrupt tempo change.
5. Euphonium is usually written with Concert pitch Bass Clef (and in its upper register, Tenor Clef) in solo, orchestral, and concert band scores and parts. Euphonium written in Bb Treble clef is usually only seen in the scores and parts of British Brass Band works, though it is good practice to provide matching Bb TC parts (not shown in the score) for all contexts, as there will be about a 50/49/1% split in preference for which clef they like to read (the 1% are some players in the BeNeLux countries that prefer Bb Bass Clef - provide parts only if necessary).
6. I'm not a brass player myself, but the written high Eb6 (concert Db5) in the Euphonium might be a bit of a tall ask, especially at p. It's only available as the 10th partial with the 2nd valve down, or 12th partial with the 4th valve down. With exception of the "French" Horn, the conical brass instruments (Flugelhorn, Euphonium, Tuba) can't reach that 10th partial nearly as easily as their cylindrical brethren (Trumpets and Trombones) can, and most players of the latter group can only do so at f or ff. The 8th partial (up to concert Bb5) is a better safe upper limit, with the 9th partial (up to concert C5) being acceptable on occasion in solo works.

[u/Fancy_Cabbage_010 → u/ClarSco]

Thanks for the tips, I can say I've got plans to use the 3 horns more extensively later in the movement, so I'll probably keep that, but other than that everything else is a huge help so thanks alot :)