I MARCH Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 I want to expand my band literature so i wanted to know some modern pieces or classical pieces that are amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMELLO Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 "Angels in the Architecture" by Frank Ticheli is challenging, but fun to play. "October" by Eric Whitacre is absolutely gorgeous! I just played both of those for UIL and we got sweepstakes. It was a fantastic performance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drummantx Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Ride is great fun, sure everyone plays it, but it's just downright fun to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphonipwn Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 A personal favorite of mine that we are playing this year is Ticheli's "Apollo Unleashed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) My personal favorite is The Planets, especially Mars and Jupiter. Edited May 31, 2011 by Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 My personal favorite is The Planets, especially Mars and Jupiter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarineticorn Posted April 14, 2011 Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 Anything by Grainger is fantastic. Same goes for Alfred Reed. My personal favorites are Molly on the Shore (Grainger) and El Camino Real and A Jubilant Overture by Reed. And of course, Whitacre is great too -- we played Equus for UIL this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apachedan Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 "Russian Christmas Music" is my favorite out of the pieces I've played. The last two minutes are just epic and the whole thing sends chills down my spine. As does most of Russia's music. I've enjoyed "Postcard" by Ticheli. It's just ridiculous in terms of time signature changes, but once you get the "groove" down it's actually pretty fun/intense to play. There's a lot of cool sound effect type stuff in the music, so it's not exactly lyrical sounding. But it's cool nonetheless. "Esprit De Corps" is just awesome. Especially if you play trumpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Pretty much anything by John Mackey (Asphalt Cocktail, Redline Tango, Undertow, Kingfishers Catch Fire, Aurora Awakes, Hymn to a Blue Hour) Pretty much anything by Eric Whitacre (October, Lux Aurumque, Sleep, Equus) Other favorites of mine: Young - Tempered Steel Gillingham - Galactic Empires Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy Grainger - Molly on the Shore Vaughan-Williams - English Folk Song Suite Holst - The Planets (Mars/Jupiter) Holst - First Suite in Eb Holst - Second Suite in F Maslanka - Symphony No. 4 Ticheli - American Elegy Ticheli - Sanctuary Ticheli - Vesuvius Husa - Music for Prague Balmages - Summer Dances Jager - Esprit de Corps Nelhybel - Trittico Ewazen - Hymn for the Lost and the Living Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium Tchesnokov - Salvation is Created Margolis - Terpsichore Camphouse - A Movement for Rosa, Symphonic Prelude/Fanfare (actually....pretty much anything by Camphouse ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydbronco94 Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Anything by Grainger is fantastic. Same goes for Alfred Reed. My personal favorites are Molly on the Shore (Grainger) and El Camino Real and A Jubilant Overture by Reed.And of course, Whitacre is great too -- we played Equus for UIL this year. We played Eric Whitacre's "Equus" as well for UIL! One of the greatest pieces of music I have ever had the privilege to play!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRaider13 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Finale from the Gadfly....My students are playing this next season Some of my top songs you may like: Adagio for Strings Awayday Ballet Suite No. 4 1. Prelude: By Shostakovich Cantus Laetus Celebration Overture-Boyer Festival of Light Liturgical Dances-Holsinger The Last Starfighter Lost in Space Main Theme Make Our Garden Grow Nessun Dorma Palladio Rocky Point Holiday To Tame The Peroulis Sky's The other like 75% of the songs I like are already listed in previous post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
november rain Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 JOHN MACKEY'S HARVEST!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 You know, there have been many great concertos (solos with band/orchestra accompaniment) written by popular living band composers (James Curnow, Philip Sparke, Brian Balmages, Julie Giroux, Frank Ticheli etc.), but they're almost never mentioned by anyone. Ever since Joe Alessi premiered Harvest, I'm seeing people talk about it all the time, just as much as any other Mackey piece. It's even rarer to hear people mention concertos to be among the finer works of a specific composer. It's a great piece. I just thought it was an interesting thing to point out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellbrass07 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 I think THIS piece is really cool http://soundcloud.com/zach_ashcraft/hymn-for-the-forgotten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhstrombone Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I think THIS piece is really cool http://soundcloud.com/zach_ashcraft/hymn-for-the-forgotten Pines of the Appian Way (pines of Rome mvt. IV) is amazing. http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F...h?v=pMeXzqTfNcY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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