Wild Russia Wells Cathedral School Music Wiltshire Music Centre By Reg Burnard The most difficult thing to do when listening to a concert such as this is to remember that, give or take an addition of two, the performers are pupils; not professionals – yet.

So, when, as an opener, Drumline, making their debut with their new, gleaming Majestic Marching Drums, perform an incredibly complicated routine – complicated in theatrical movement as well as musical precision – without a stick or beat misplaced the wonderment starts.

And, so it goes on.

There is humour, perfection, discipline, musical ability. Above all, enjoyment. For it is abundantly clear that, under the effervescent head of brass, Paul Denigri, love of what you’re doing is a prerequisite.

Flight of the Bumble Bee, with Tom Highnam and Jack Whitehead, one diminutive, the other tall and gangly, on one marimba was as much a musical masterpiece as it was a feat of physical prowess. It was a hoot.

And Fanfare and Allegro for trumpet (Iona Bird) and timpani (Kizzy Brooks) was a sheer musical delight as much as it was a revelation that the timpani could be tuneful as well as majestic.

An orchestral second half, conducted by Denigri, saw Britten’s Russian Funeral Music and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Cortege lead into (most of) Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in an intriguing and challenging setting for brass. But, you really had the feeling that everyone on stage would have walked through fire for the man with the baton.

And, you have to wonder, where are people with this amount of blazing talent going to finish up?