pianomusicman89 Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 we played this amzing piece last year called DIONYSIAQUES by florent schmitt. absolutely fantastic and extremley hard. but i absolutely fell in love with it. has anyone heard of this song???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionbc Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 I can't really think of concert pieces I like... Â On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss - I love this one because not only did I get to play this in band, but I got to sing it at church too. Also, it's just a pretty song and the story behind it is very touching. Â October - I can't stop listening to this piece, I think another band played it, and somehow I got the mp3...it's beautiful. It almost makes me cry listening to it. Â Not a concert piece, but SENSEMAYA! JK JK JK...don't kill me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellbrass07 Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Mahler #2 - This piece usually puts me in a good mood. And its 90 minutes long so I usually dont get sick of listening to one part.  Elsas Procession to the Cathedral- favorite wind band piece  Lux Arumque- Lots of sentimental value  Chorale and Alleluia by Howard Hanson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRtrumpet Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 We played OCTOBER and ELSA'S PROCESSION TO THE CATHERDRAL at all-region. They're now on my list of favorite songs. They're beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcomac29 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Not a concert piece, but SENSEMAYA! Â Â no offense... but that's my least favorite piece... ever.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_sax_agent Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 played: Javelin by Torke/Patterson ( this year) Inglesina-Cese (8th grade) Festal Scenes-Ito(last year) Summer Dances-Balmages ( freshmen year) Canarios Fantasia-Akey(8th grade) Â I haven't: Â 30 second Scherzo-Heindeman Symphony in Bb-Hindemith A tribute to a good friend-Conway Turbine-Mackey Smyphonic Metamorphosis, Turandot Scherzo-Hindemith Scherzo(gian Co) from Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio-Goldenthal Equus-Whitacre Symphony #2 Apollo Unleashed-Ticheli A symphonic Etude-Yvonkowsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radchad Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Any music by Ticheli, Shostakovich, and Samuel Barber. Mhm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftwdrummer Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) My preferences are very simple: I like pieces where the percussion either has a lot to do, or nothing (I don't like a piece that has nothing percussion but suspended cymbal rolls, for instance) Â So... That I've Played (or would have played, if there were perc. parts) Blue Shades -Ticheli (nuff said) Lux Aurumque -Whitacre (the power you get radiating off the stage when a good band hits those chords in the middle is just too much) October -Whitacre (the ability for it to go through so many different ideas and still be cohesive amazes me) 1812 Overture -Tchaikovsky (played this one with a local community orchestra...most fun I've ever had counting rests) Â That I've Heard Awayday -Gorp (will be playing it this year for UIL...apart from the pointless percussion break 2/3 of the way through, it'd be in my top 5) Symphonic Metamorphosis -Hindemith (Fantastic piece, culminating in one of the most famous marches of all time) Anything by Gershwin -Gershwin (He's Gershwin...nuff said) Anything by Bernstein -Bernstein (see note for Gershwin, apply here) Edited January 28, 2008 by ftwdrummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonepit06-07 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Trittico - Vaclav Nelhybel Chorale and Shaker Dance - John Zdechlik Carmina Burana - Carl Orff we marched Enigma Variations as part of our show this year. so that was good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urkadrums Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hmm.....I thought I posted in this topic a long time ago. Ah well.....my all-time favorite piece is Tempered Steel....first heard it nearly 10 years ago and still like it to this day.....shame you hardly ever hear it anymore.   haaa and we got to play it this year in wind symphony, jealous much ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbcheez Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Blue Shades- Ticheli Hounds of Spring- Alfred Reed Havendance- Holsinger The Red Machine- Peter Graham  i have fond memories of playing havendance. we played it at my eighth grade concert and we usually played it perfectly but for some reason all the horns managed to frack any note above fourth space e. then again, it was eighth grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo2108 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 i would have to say mine is o magnum mysterium strange humors  played it for the tmea honor band concert this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borchnork Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I got to hear Mackey's "Turning" over the weekend. IT WAS CREEPY BUT SOOOO GOOD! Â and I have to add: Â "Festive Overture"- Shostakovich "Commando March"- Barber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo2108 Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 yeah our director and mackey are pretty good friends 2 years ago we played redline tango and it cost us $1500+ to play it and he liked the way we played it so he let us play strange humors free of charge i dont even know if we had to buy the score  and now he wants to play that new kingfish peice or whatever its called so i hope we get to play it for our last concert cuz im graduating this year and i really like his music  and yeah commando is probably the best march ive gotten to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fata1 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 (edited) After hearing Avon march part of Verdi's Requiem, it's become one of my favorites. I finally downloaded it so now I have the full 40 or so minutes of greatness. I would be so happy to play that or 1812 Overture. Both are two of my favorite pieces to listen to right now. Edited February 24, 2008 by Fata1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_DRUM_MAJOR Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE?!!?! if you play it, youre lucky, that piece is amazing, i heard it live at tmea with the 5a symphonic band and i was just amazed. It made me really want to be part of the 5a symphonic band again...but then college happened...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titancoaster Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) my favorite two are Movement for Rosa, i love how well it encludes so much with out losing your interest, and my other pick is Lux Aurumque, it is just SO beautiful, words cannot even express. Edited February 26, 2008 by titancoaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireAnnette07 Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 Pieces I've played that I absolutely adore:  -October (I've never played it in concert, but I have two copies from two years from high school when we were going to play it, then didn't)  -Southern Harmony: played it in last night's UT Symphony Band concert & was sad to turn it in  -Second Suite in F: played it my sophomore year in high school. I guess I'm biased because I had the clarinet solos, but I just LOVE it  -I can't think of the name, but I played it in region band last year and it had an amazing clarinet part. I want to say Albanian Dances, but I'm not sure..  -Cajun Folk Songs: takes me back to the junior high days when Ticheli was new (to me). It's nostalagic  -Pretty much any Sousa march. My old band director was in love with Sousa or something, but for good reason.  Pieces I've Listened to and Adored:  -O Magnum Mysterium: I didn't play in this song, but select people from my band did in our concert last night. It's so beautiful  -Red Line Tango: I am jealous of the people who got to play this in high school. Grr.  I'll have to continue this later, I guess. I have to leave for a meeting and then do la tarea de espanol. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo2108 Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE?!!?! if you play it, youre lucky, that piece is amazing, i heard it live at tmea with the 5a symphonic band and i was just amazed. It made me really want to be part of the 5a symphonic band again...but then college happened...LOL Â yeah turns out were not gunna get to play it for uil or senior honor concert(last concert) were sticking with strange humors which i dont mind at all=]] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo2108 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Â if wouldnt mind telling me what you think on how my band plays=] greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordo2108 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 ooh btw its us playing strange humors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarinetGlissandoInBlue Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 David Maslanka's stuff is pretty cool. Â I've played Mother Earth and Give Us This Day. Â Still looking for recordings of his other works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyj Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 enigma variations is very beautiful  by edward elgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitewing09 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Kingfishers catch fire!! that is an awesome peice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kollormn Posted August 22, 2008 Report Share Posted August 22, 2008 March, Op 99 by Prokofiev is absolutely the best march I've ever played! Mostly because of the really fun clarinet part  I love Spoon River by Grainger. We played it at Midwest  Equus by Eric Whitacre, an amazing and chilling piece. I hope I get to play it someday.  Three Dances from the Maid of Orleans by Tchaikovsky. I heard Marcus play it at Midwest, it's absolutely brilliant. The horn part is amazing!  Nitro by Frank Ticheli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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