• Andante. I suspect middle players (violin 2, viola) are highly highly out of tune.
• Bar 6-7, the semiquaver-chord is not together
• Bar 11: Cellos, what on earth was that?
• 15 bar: Please split this chord! Didn’t we agree that? Write it down now!!
• 16 bar: violin scale not together!
• Also, from here onwards, violas can’t really be heard and that shouldn’t be the case. FF, please. Oh, and don’t crack while you’re at it!
• 4 bars before Allegro Moderato: WHY GOT OPEN E STRING???
• 7 bar of B, I think only here the cello spiccato not too clear.
• 7 bars before C till C: (Violin 2 / Viola) As usual, not really together. Practice the scales with your best friend, the metronome.
• At C, everyone is guilty of flying fingers. Unevenness of the semi-quavers. Practice SLOWLY. And with dotted rhythm, if you know what I mean.
• 7 before D: please let the notes ring, it sounds pretty dry!
• 8th bar of D: (violin 1, viola) where’s the dim?? Last note sounds choked. CRASH!
• Directly after that, the violin spiccatos are not very pleasant… Practice those high notes, and vibrate more, make the notes come alive! Cellos also out of tune haha..
• 4th bar of E, viola rushed. Very dangerous.
• 5th bar of E, violin scale not together…
• After that the cello viola scale also not together.
• Do you see now why violists rushing at 4th bar of E is a bad idea? Scenario: violas rush. Violins think: "Oh my, we’re getting faster! Banzai!" Yingtse says: "Follow me you dimwits!" then violas and cellists catch on the rush fever, and like dominoes, we all descend into a chaos of rushed and out of tune scales. Moral of the story: violists should not rush.
• F, violins, sing more! Just the bow is not enough.
• 5th bar of F, violas and cellos don’t so meng can. Eee.
• 8th bar of F, this scale sounds very precarious, like any moment will break out into anarchy kind. Just don’t rush and use metronome.
• 2nd bar of G, violist pizzicato, bring that out, please!
• At H, get ready immediately after the scale! The show’s only just started!
• K, violists, please pluck together.
• Same thing at K, violins please do the dim. And also don’t crash that last note.
• 4th bar of L, oh my screeching violin 1.
• 9th bar of L, violists don’t rush.
• 5th of M also, too ugly. (violas/cellos)
• 10th of M, issit just me or cellos not counting?
• Scale before Andante non troppo, crash.
• VIOLA SOLO is NON-EXISTENT. Use 3rd position, C-string. Spam. But no crashing. Write down. Now. Glares.
• Chord. Again, divide it, right?

2nd mvt

• From Bar 1, the boom-cha-cha is not very nice… cello not in tune and then violin2 and violas sound dead. Let the notes ring! (vibrate)
• 15th bar of A, violas, your minim sounds crashed. Not too short please, land the bow nicely and use more left-hand.
• Bar before B, violin 1 very nice arpeggio but then the trill after that pity was outta tune.
• 8 bars before C, violin 1 as usual tsk tsk :P stay together, use a metronome!
• 2nd bar of C, violas more vib please and divide if you can’t hit the notes.
• 12 bars before E, viola, that high note is once again not there. Practice slowly like we did in sectionals, please. :)
• 10 bars before F, I suspect violas aren’t really in tune here. Practice slowly and accurately!
• F, 1st bar, what was that awful crash??!
• 10th bar of F, violas crash.
• 14 from the end. Violas. Aiyo.

3rd mvt

• Bar 5-8: (violas): DAMN outta tune
• Bar 13-16 (violins): Out of tune.
• Bar 9-10 of Poco Piu Animato (violin 1): The slide. Eeee.
• Bar 18-19 Chord (Cellos or Basses) : Never wait for chord
• Viola and Cello Solo: Shaky. Keep time. Practice with metronome.
• 1 Bar before A (violas): Yuck.
• Whole of A (violin 2 and violas): Tune pls. Pls.
• 5 bars before B: (violins) What was that??
• 4 bars before B: (violas) HOLY SHIT. Don't crack, more vibrato. Try 4th position, on D string.
• B, during viola solo (both violins): very choked high notes and spiccato
• 12th bar of B (viola): EEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Tune. Practice the whole semi quaver passage with metronome.
• Same passage (Cello and Violins): Wah lao. Aim before you jump high notes and practice more by shifting very slowly and accurately.
• 1 Bar before C all the way through C (viola): Don't hide behind violins arh. Think people cannot hear out of tune meh.
• 6 bars before Tempo 1 (violin 1): HAHA. =P
• 13th bar of Tempo 1: We're always dragging.
• D: Basses, keep time and tune a bit. Violin 1, intonation shaky. Violin 2, don't saw the violin!
• Last chords: quite ugly, everyone, please write "fingerboard " on your score.

4th mvt

• Andante, in general: Sounds dead. Practice with vibrato. Everyone should watch intonation this part is super exposed especially at the last pp part.
• Allegro, from Bar 1: (viola and cello) the short quavers are super dry and bad. They don’t ring enough, please don’t crack your sound and use more vibrato.
• A: (viola) Crash crash crash. Doesn’t sound that great.
• Bar 9 of A: Everyone, pushing as usual. Don’t rush.
• B: (viola) Not your solo but still must be in tune. You are the bass instrument here.
• 18 Bars before B: (violin 1) OH MY. Practice more arpeggios please!
• 4 Bars before D: (violins) Spiccato not equals crash! Practice short and slow first, with vibrato.
• D: Where’s my viola solo?? Find the right depth of which to play into your instrument. Coax out as much sound as possible, it sounds really anti-climax here. But whatever you do, DO NOT crash it’ll be worse.
• 9 bars before E: this unison scale, is not together. Use metronome. Same thing with viola and cello 5 bars later.
• 17 bar of E: (violas) holy shit!! Do something! The horror lasts till 8th bar of F.
• G: Violas, the same problem we just can’t hear you. Really get to know the right amount of pressure and bow speed to get the most sound from your instrument.
• Before H: Nice, we’re not rushing but violins make the chords ring a bit more?
• K: Violas, same problem. But this time its only bottom note’s fault. HA!
• 17 bars before L: (violins) gasps.
• 5 bars before M: (violas) we want more sound here. Please dig more and use more bow. Bow on string, string on viola, viola on shoulder, shoulder on torso, torso on ass, ass on chair, blah blah. But a nice job at M :)
• 10 bars before Molto meno mosso, scale is almost there but not quite yet, metronome!
• Molto meno mosso: oh my, come in together, please.
• 3 bars before marcatissimo: the CHORD. We decided to divide it, right? Then divide it!! And please don’t choke it, the whole first theme before this was so nice then this chord ruined it all.
• Directly after that, the violin triplets. Practice the triplet motion slowly first, let your muscles get the hang of it.
• 5th bar of Piu Mosso, please write in your score if you haven’t already done so, subito piano, and crescendo to FFF again, 4 bars later.
• 12th bar of piu mosso: This note is terrible! (violin one, Viola)
• 8 bars before end: everyone. Going to end soon le, can stop playing your instruments already, so don’t crash. DON’T CRASH DON’T CRASH!!!

Just my two cent's worth, everyone, hope I haven't offended anyone. :)

Sorry basses I absolutely have no clue about your score so I didn't mention you guys at all, except maybe once in the 3rd movement.

To the violists, I'm sorry this came one hour late, and its only one piece. It took much longer than I expected. Damn it.

Anyway, it's been nice preparing this concert with all of you. Really enjoyed it alot, and appreciate all the hardwork you all put in... Hope we have a good concert k? Jiayou all of you.

Goodnight, -tiap.