Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst

[emmieluv14]

played the piccolo solo :)

[HedzMusicUniverse]

I play the euphonium solo for this piece! playing this for the wind ensemble at my high school

[skwaag5233]

Euphonium. That is all.

[EdsToTheRescue]

@skwaag5233 ikr that's what i have to play in honors band and i sound good 8D

[macosx406]

I'm not sure I agree with the crescendo at 2:38. I've always thought that was light and then it's suddenly BIG! But that's why we have different conductors.. To express different musical ideas.

[TheNameIsMikep]

p.s. I played baritone on this song. My favorite so far.

[donaldinks]

@TheNameIsMikep

As did I...

;-)

[TheNameIsMikep]

@marochima2 we have one at our high school :)

[dannynowak38]

Bloody asians...

[skwaag5233]

@dannynowak38 I am one at my high school :D

[Woundtootight]

Simply amazing...



[drewper73]

When my brother was in 9th grade he played trumpet in band & I remember them playing this song at state contest in '86 & somehow I ended up w/a cassette recording of that concert. I was in 7th grade, a percussionist, & I listened to that tape over & over again. 2 yrs later I was playing in the high school concert band as I had been in middle school. That band director now conducts our local community band & we recently played this piece. It was great to hear it live again 20 yrs later.

[ToDefyGravity]

like if you played the oboe solo

[TheJeremySun]

doing this for my highschool's windensemble :D lots of fun playing the euphonium !

[jonesyonmysleeve]

How does this band sound so phenomenal with such a passionless conductor? Basically just beating time, smirking, and bobbing back and forth....this is one of the most in-tune, technically proficient bands I've heard in 20 years.

[TheAliceinthePalace]

@jonesyonmysleeve

It's about the music, not the conductor. If he gets such good sound out of the band with minimal movement from him good on him!

[MrBernhard86]

@jonesyonmysleeve Hallo! I´m from Austria so excuse my english writing ;-)! it´s really a very good performance from this band. i studied trombone and conducting in the university of innsbruck/tirol/austria and my teacher often told me.....a good conductor has to practice so good that he can lay back in the concert and listen to his wonderful band :-))! I think this man enjoy his band very much!!!!

[m015094]

This is the best version I've heard on youtube so far. Gotta love the euphonium solos.

[Amphy720]

I'm first clarinet for this, our band isn't prepared at all for our concert in two weeks...Well, at least the euphonium memorized my solo in movement two so he can play if I pass out.

[Amphy720]

@Amphy720 I mean, I'm not in this band. I'm talking about my high school band. Bad language herp derp.

[magehunter978]

Is this a mix band? Coz a recognize some from Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra

[HannahLynnLove]

AGH the trumpets at my school just cannot get the part at 7:46. they suck so bad D: it's all whiny and gross.

[HannahLynnLove]

Sorry, I can't remember the correct names of all the movements.

March: 0:06

Song Without Words (I'll love my love): 4:50

Song Of The Blacksmith: 7:16

Fantasia on the Dargason: 8:35

[i6a1n3]

It amazes me that music requires talent and work from a group of people who have divers interests and demands, conflicting egos and enmity; yet they practice and rehearse to perform a bit of pitch and rhythm that serves no purpose but fleeting enjoyment. If there was any proof of deity (and there isn't) then it would be music.

[Amphy720]

@i6a1n3 I kind of have a theory about why band is well, band, while orchestra and choir aren't so tied together- While the latter two have only a few parts (and thus don't need to worry so much about the cello that's slacking off), with band there are so many diverse, intertwined parts with smaller sections, they have to rely on each other. As a clarinet, I have to rely on the euphonium across the ensemble, the flute on the opposite side of the podium, etc. It's just a stronger bond.

[mopishorange061]

My middle school senior band is playing that song! I'm not sure if we'll get it down in time

[threedayspassing]

10:37 = chills.

[declouxa]

sick



[alcatracgamero]

Here comes your free Button for Fantasia on the Dargason :D 08:35

[TheNihipali5]

1:40 is truely a contrbass clarinet... damn thats sexy! lol

[marochima2]

1:40 are the pixels deceiving me or is there really a contrabass clarinet, cause i think that's what it is

[YouFreakinTroll]

@marochima2 My band has one too. We also have a contra alto. They are disappointingly expensive, though :(

[MrBernhard86]

@marochima2 yes it is :-)

[jwparamore]

Just when you thought we did it! Damn chinks go and one up us again!

[chris26935]

I think the best songs played here were the love song and the song of the blacksmith.

[canewbold]

Excellent performance very much like the Dallas Wind Symphony my personal favorite

[HallaBalla1959]

Excellent performance! Excellent recording! The best I've seen of this wonderful piece.

I play it in my band, but not as perfect as this, unfortunately.

[themanofmusic1996]

Absolutely beautiful. I almost cried, it was that good.

[randomprimate]

@themanofmusic1996 wow. pussy.

[nel90]

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS!

[alger3041]

Excellent performance, comparing quite favorably with those "professional" renderings.

Very touching how a Far Eastern ensemble can take so naturally to music that of neccessity must be quite foreign to them (although if it is a Japanese group I could readily understand it). Holst would have been quite pleased with this.

I do have a small caveat, however. In the last movement, I would definitely not broaden just before the final statement of Greensleeves but rather keep up the pulse.

[chris26935]

@alger3041 I concur.

[musicnut7]

This is excellent playing. I wish we knew more about the group.

[trumpet7317]

Excellent recording! Enjoyed the performance.