A Far Cry - Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Mvmt. 4

[fearsomesnow]

4:14 was the most fun for me to play in my orchestra :3

[kissmyshoesx]

amazing!! i'm speechless at the precision of everyone's playing, so in-tune - sounded really gorgeous

[1986maligno]

the time is a bit slow,no?

[boobabycluebaby2]

So gorgeous it physically hurts. Bravo!

[Ragen96]

The phrase at 6:29 to 7:10 was absolutely gorgeous. My favorite part of the whole piece and you definitely did it justice.

Also, the whole group had great balance. (:

[violinchu]

sounds pure but painful to watch due to the concertmaster's foot work.

[horseloverlinda1]

what an amazing piece played so well. we're doing this in my school orchestra and my audition is coming up next week and i just cant stop watching this video.....it's played exceptionally well (PS violas kick ass)

[wistaria2010]

Very enjoyable performance!!

[JackieLee270]

Phenominal viola section! Such an inspiration!!!

[00Dance00Dance00]

using this song for my dance piece! its nice! :D

[pianogirl7192]

Bravo guys!!!! It's been awhile since I've played this and your perfermonce was soo good!!! Gave me chills :)

[sumkid89]

I met the Vandiver sisters at my orchestra camp today.

[whhswhhs]

Beautiful. Beautiful. Thank you for posting this wonderful performance.

[xsomebodyx]

Greetings from Singapore! Very impressive piece of work!

Ah, the nostalgia. I played this with my String Ensemble in our annual concert when I was 13. Too bad I've stopped playing my violin for about 3 years now. Hearing this really makes me wanna pick up my violin again ;p

[twannifufu]

You should! I started up with my viola again after 2 years and healing from tendinitis.

[fiddlinmatt]

Where are they from? and what ages are they? The playing is really great. Very imppressive sound and great presentation!

[violinflu]

A Far Cry is a professional chamber orchestra in the Boston area, although we tour often. Ages range from mid-20s to mid-30s. Thanks for the compliments!

[fiddlinmatt]

what are the backgrounds of most of the players, ie. do you all come from different areas/schools/countries, etc. or did you all find eachother in the scope of a smaller setting, say at a single institution or two?

[OnAMushkin73]

I'm lovin' the beginning!!! Excellent tone progression, guys. Great violas, by the way.

[EfikZara]

I played this piece at camp when I was in 7th grade <3. It will always be a favorite <3.

[electricviolinist92]

wonderful, guys!

[IhaveaCstring]

violas rock, as always =D

nice chamber orchestra!!.. sounds great! =)

I love this piece!!!

[twannifufu]

Viola power!!!

[Zesaestoa]

Yesssssssss. :D

[xjakjakx]

violas always have volume problems

[Violaelf]

Actually... considering there were only 3... compared to the rest of the orchestra... they're actually doing pretty well. :s

[doublesHello]

This was... really good. Although the violas had some volume problems, the song was amazing.

As for apark - ready for region?

[apark091]

awesome job, we are submitting this for honor orch in texas as well

[MagikBabe1]

No we haven't entered supposedly in like a long time. Lets say its a school in the Metroplex part of Texas

[MagikBabe1]

We are playing this song right now to tape for the Honor Orchestra in Texas =D idk if we'll play it as good. but your pp is not soft..ours you can like barely hear..

[ashbruce1]

I am a violinist in A Far Cry and I went to HSPVA in Houston. That is so exciting that you guys are getting to work on this piece. A Far Cry would love to come and do a tour of Texas next year! Good luck with Honor Orchestra!!

[MagikBabe1]

haha thx we got 8th because they said we couldn't get the sixteeth notes as clean as an orchestra with 20 ppl. we had 65 =D but thx

[lauramaytube]

absolutely flawless. wonderful.

[mykeeistopchef]

lovely .

[mickeymoo482]

omg gorgeous

[bklyntech09]

amazing!!! i played this song in my orchestra as well, but we were not nearly as great as you guys, great jobb =D

[krokyk]

Amazing, without a conductor... Are you guys pro musicians or amateurs? I'm playing in amateur orchestra and we are practicing the whole serenade, but we are far, far away from the level you are performing.

[violinflu]

Thanks! We are all pro musicians in the Boston area, trying to build A Far Cry into a well-paying permanent ensemble :) Good luck with your performance of the Serenade.

[MagikBabe1]

the cellos are BEAUTIFUL! I'm a violist =D

[fiddlinmatt]

what are the backgrounds of most of the players, ie. do you all come from different areas/schools/countries, etc. or did you all find eachother in the scope of a smaller setting, say at a single institution or two?

[iurena]

very good!!

[matteoaceti]

Amazing...they're incredible.

[angelsinger12485]

This gives me chills every time I play it or hear it. Extraordinary job!

[venerablenan]

Beautiful! I played this last year...you sound better. Love it!

[venerablenan]

Beautiful! I played this last year...you sound better. Love it!

[venerablenan]

Beautiful! I played this last year...you sound better. Love it!

[ClassicalMusichild]

Are rehearsals done without a conductor as well? I'm so amazed, we played this and even with a conductor it was difficult to stay together. This really does sound like one big string organism which is how every orchestra should sound. =D

[ClassicalMusichild]

It's beautiful how they all move together. This is music in its purest form.

[slemgem]

Go violas!

[cherowrady]

amazing, amazing, amazing. can we hear the other movements? (please :)

[PapaVic]

YES PLEASE!!

[Neji107]

we're doomed.

[dt10825]

keep it up, sounds great!

[CaliforniaBob]

You guys are great and so is your sound engineer!

[violinflu]

Thanks so much - although strangely enough, for this video we took the sound right off the little Sony videocam!

[PapaVic]

What's amazing is how the whole breathless audience gasped in unison during the one-second pause at 6:28-29.

[mykeeistopchef]

ha.

very funny. but they deserve the breathlessness.

[Kermyyy]

holy god!!

im in a highschool orchestra with like 2 and half times more people

and you guys make more sound than us!

we are also playing this song for UIL

man and our orchestra is great, but you guys are amazing

wow..

[koreanborn165]

mmm...tchaikovsky wrote a note for this piece that the bigger orchestra the better...but wow you guys sounded like a whole orchestra of 60

[violinflu]

Thanks so much! We hope Tchaikovsky wouldn't have minded us playing this piece :-)

[eatmegoodbitch]

wish i could hear more of the bassline cause that's my favorite part, but that was very very nice

[bananapark14]

wow, very good!