I performed this in the So Cal Jr High School Honor Band back in 1974. To this day I still love this march and I'm glad I found it here. A little fast, but still good. Thanks for the memories.
I'm playing the second suit myself with the group I'm in an we have the same trouble with rushing in the percussion section on occasson also. But this song is made difficult to show a bands talent.
I don't know what the deal is with Americans, they always rush British marches! Take time to smell the roses (or sip the tea)! Even though it sounded frantic, well done.
I don't know when you played this, but we played it in 7th grade. It was REALLY hard. We did great, but we probably should have saved it until high school.
This isn't a college level piece. It IS however my most favorite piece of music to play. Holst was a genius and this piece doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
i agree that this peice is not easy i'm in tenth and last year was played and we were amazing at or concert. too bad you couldn't played you probably would've won our at least had a really good chance of winning for playing a peice like this
Oh my goodness, I absolutely love the part that runs from 1:58 to 2:40 - It just reminds me of a lovely, majestic Irish jig. It makes me want to dance, yet fall in love. x]
And the Song Without Words... I always just think this song is SO beautiful, and it leaves me speechless, yet peaceful/relaxed. ^_^
Omg... i've played this song all years of my high school life xD freshman year:1st flute sophmore:piccalo solo!!!! :D junior:1st bassoon senior year (now) first clarinet!!!! :D
My wind ensemble is playing this, its a fun piece.
Also, I'm pretty sure that there is a simplified version that is playable for middle schoolers for whoever was talking about that, most middle school kids don't have the range to play this as written.
im playing this in my eighth grade band. surprisingly, we sound very good. i'm first chair flute, and i have the solo for fantasia on the dargason because we don't have a piccolo
We too are playing this at school. Roberson High in Asheville, NC. I play tuba and the parts are hard as hell, but I can play it alright. What we don't have is a Euphonium (baritone) player that's worth anything.
Oh yeah, Holst was good to the tubas. Our band played First Suite last year, and I'm a tuba player, so I pretty much jump for joy at the thought of playing any Holst piece, especially the suites...or Mars.
Holst is one of the very few composers in the history of western music that can actually write a GOOD tuba part. I would say Vaughn Williams, Grainger and Hindemith are the others
OMG!!! I loved playing this piece last year!!! My favorite would always and forever be the Fantasia on the Dargason!
And I don't know if it's the sound quality or just selective instrument, but the trombones and trumpets like to stick out and the tubas have something that makes me a little aggravated! lol But overall, well executed and you had some better spots than my band when we played this fine piece of music literature!
Great song, and played beautifully. As a tuba player, I can understand how the baritone solo can bring the entire band down. You really have to follow the conductor really well that part because there seems to be "tuba apathy". The rests in the last half of the bar tends to slow down the entire band down. In this case, the tuba player did it well.
And the baritone solo was excellent! Brings back excellent memories! Well done, guys!
well,children...I recieved my performance degree in Euphonium from Indiana University and have been a band director for many years - so - let's talk about the euphonium solo. It's all about musical line and intonation!and it's really difficult - since most of our instrument are so woefully out of tune with themselves. I always played a besson - whit an amazing rich tone - but the upper register was SOOOO sharp! listen again at the f's and g's in the solo - and you'll see what i mean!
I get that problem too. I'm a senior in high school and the school horn is a Besson (I want to buy one like it) and every note from the mid A natural up is consistently out of tune (not horribly, but it's noticeable). Is that common in Besson horns, or is there something I can do to fix it? Me and the BD tried playing around with the valves once, but no luck. Also, the fourth valve is pretty flat, even when pushed in all the way.
in the score i have and my oboe music it says "Solo (or clarinet)" for the oboe part and for the Solo clarinet part it says "solo with oboe".. dunno what music you guys have
The March, Blacksmith and Fantasia on the Dargason are my favorites (not included the 2nd part because I didn't play it for my concert). I'm the only clarinetist boy at my school and did all the clarinet solos. :) My concert is next week!
The solo in the second movement is supposed to be played by the clarinet player. Its in the "solo clarinet" part. I own the score, and I have to analyze it for a college corse. The oboe player is supposed to play the chordal notes.
It is in doubt to which instrument Holst intended the solo to be performed on. Many of the mainstream publishers (ie, boosey and hawkes) write for clarinet because it is more widely played then the oboe. Most scores have paragraph or so that explains what I just said.
you know what, I'm a Junior right now (Junior in High School, that is), and we're performing this for our spring concert. The Euphonium part isn't as hard as everyone told me it was, the only thing that gives me a problem is section A of Song Of The Blacksmith
I played this in highschool had to learn the euphonium as a trombone player for it... I wish the solo was a bit cleaner in the first movement and the trombones coulda pulled back a bit it seemed a bit too accented during the solo...
i played this piece like 6 years ago and loved it, as a trumpet player i have to say the lead trumpet does a nice job in the second movement, nice subtle vibrato and good tone
Nice job overall, but as an alto saxophone player I must say that the solo wasn't nearly loud enough in the second movement. It is piano, but it is a soloist piano: play it with lots of air and confidence!
I play Euphonium in my high school band, and I love that solo....its not as hard as people make it out to be! And, I think this group plays this tempo very well!!!
I agree, the solo is actually VERY easy, my only problem is hitting the high notes consistently, as I get tired quite quickly, but I can usually get it
I'm only in a concert band, so we're playing at a slower tempo of course, but this peice is so much fun!
I like how much repitition there is, because once you have it under your fingers, it's fairly simple..(though I'm not so happy with the f key..I miss playing Bb..lol)
I`m in concert band, too. We`re trying to play this, and even though I`m the second to last 3rd clarinet [because I suck that much] I`m having the easiest time with it. everyone else in my section is struggling. Thank you for posting this up, It made it easier to practice, and I got an A+ when we got tested on this.
I'm both in a community college band as a fill in Euphonium as well as my high school band. We're doing the First in the Community College Band and Second in my high school band. I'm a soloist in the Second and let me tell you that solo in the march is so awesome!!!
My band is playing this and I am first chair Euphonium so I got to play the solo in the March and it was the most amazing thing ever. I enjoyed playing it.
This is such a great piece, all 4 movements. We're currently playing it now in my band, and i being first oboe get to play the solo for the second movement. I'm having some troubles with hitting low C, it just doesn't want to come out.
We're playing this in my band too. Sounds super cool. One of the band directors calls movement 3 "Give Mr Meiste a Heart Attack Song". Cus it's loud and all, lol.
and i have this piece in my folder and the solo in movementII is on clarinet.. my band director told us that the piece had been rewritten, perhaps the solo used to be for oboe, but it's for clarinet now.
euphonium solos blow me away in the second movement. I gotta play both euphonium and 2nd trombone parts in my high school band lol :P. Go trombones and euphoniums!!!!
I must say, you are way good! Our band is playing it this year, and we aren't doing so good. . .so far. Although we're only in ninth grade and I think our teacher expects to much of us.
Anyway, great job! It sounds awesome! Two thumbs up!
We played this in High School, my band mistress gave it to me in year seven saying I had to perfect the eupho solo in the first movement. We eventually performed it.
clarinet?! The solo in the second movement is meant to be on the oboe! We played this for Festival my senior year, and it's definitely one of my best memories of band.
Hey I play clarinet too! we played this last year and I was so mad because I really liked the solo for Song with No Words and I got solo Clarinet for the concert after lol. anyways I love this song so mouch lol. Jordyn
I love this song!! I played it with my 7th grade band, it was really hard (im a flutist!) the first part was hardest for me, but the rest were all okay as far as a flutist can go! But all in all it is a really fun peice. This band did spectacularly!!
sounded great. it sounded really good overall. only thing i would say is that the trombones were sticking out in during the euphonium solo. its cool that you guys played out the chords, but you're taking the euphonium's spotlight!!! lol. sounds awesome though. really.
We have to play this for my band class. . .and I play piccilo. It's so freaken hard! We probably wont get it up to speed since we're only in a ninth grade band. =D
We played this for our last concert. In the second movement they made the Clarinet solo an oboe solo (me being the soloist). I have to say that it makes more sense (in the style) to have it be an oboe solo. But well done! I still really liked it! This piece is amazing!
i got this music recently... im a baritone player and am so excited about the solo! who ever played the baritone part in this concert did a really great job... that G is pretty hard to get. =]
Yeah, I am pretty sure that was the bass trombonist playing the solo, but it was quite good. We just got this piece in our high school band, and I have to say, getting the higher notes to come out as smoothly as he did, was very nice.
btw, seanmd80, although i love bassoons and respect your opinion, i think that if Mr. Holst had wanted it to be a bassoon solo, he would have made it so. i can think of no better instrument to use for this solo than euphonium (of course not- i play it) but if one was unavailable, bassoon would be my second choice.
you get 2 play it in freakin' middle school!? the only reason i played in eighth grade (im a frehie now and i kick anus) is because i joined a community orchestra that did a couple band pieces. i played euphonium- i slaughtered the repeated solo in "march" and maimed the three in "fantasia."then i got my braces off and i could play it perfectly. i was ticked. euphoniums rule; long live the band geeks!
I play solo clarinet in my HS Band, and I think in this band, she could vary the volume just a bit for emotion, and stretch the tempo a bit at the "ad lib."
We don't actually have a euphonium, so our bassoon plays the 1st movement solo, and I must say I like it with the bassoon better. It brings out that melancholy emotion.
i really like how they transfered over from happy to sad...my class can't do that gverry well...my fave part has to be eather song without words(on my sheet music is called i will love who i love i think...(werd aint it eh?))or song of the blacksmith.
we did this, I had the baritone solo in the march...and I was only a freshman! We had an excellent oboe player and alot of great low brass who didn't overpower so we did pretty well overall
Just a little constructive critisizm because I played this song in competition and the band ranked Excellent, in the second part, the low brass section overpower the oboe and that is a very delecite part.
very well played... my high school band played the entire movement, and it was pretty hard!! overall, balance wasn't to bad, and tuning and expression was nice. we are lucky enough to have an EXCELLENT oboe player, and on the second movement that tone color is almost neccassary to the piece... but otherwise, overall a pretty good job.
I loved when my high school band played this. I was such a novice then I was playing 3rd trumpet, by the time I was good enough to play 1st we never played songs this good. And the euphonium was a lil off key on the high note.
is it 4 time hard to tell 4
vaugier7 8 months ago
my high school band did this song
vaugier7 10 months ago
I performed this in the So Cal Jr High School Honor Band back in 1974. To this day I still love this march and I'm glad I found it here. A little fast, but still good. Thanks for the memories.
rlreseck 11 months ago
I'm playing the second suit myself with the group I'm in an we have the same trouble with rushing in the percussion section on occasson also. But this song is made difficult to show a bands talent.
squirrelpiglet12 11 months ago
I don't know what the deal is with Americans, they always rush British marches! Take time to smell the roses (or sip the tea)! Even though it sounded frantic, well done.
jmogle13 1 year ago
@jmogle13 I noticed the percussion section (particularly the snare) kept rushing also, so it may have been intended (slightly) slower..
spybloom 1 year ago
It's very catchy. Does anyone else think that the melody for March sounds like Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly? But obviously this came first :3
ILoveRizaHawkeye 1 year ago
I don't know when you played this, but we played it in 7th grade. It was REALLY hard. We did great, but we probably should have saved it until high school.
Coolio7272 1 year ago
i thought that the song was really good, we have to play this now in band and this sounds like a really good song so good job!!!
sherokzyoursocks2007 2 years ago
This isn't a college level piece. It IS however my most favorite piece of music to play. Holst was a genius and this piece doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
jsubertdawg 2 years ago 2
this song is so awesome!!! I'm playing it this year in the Wind Ensemble band of my high school... and yes... the euphonium solo sounds AWESOME!!
DutchtownSound173 2 years ago 2
That Euphonium solo is amazingggg.
I get to play that this year!!!!
Except we are changing it to a trombone solo ^_^
Nickgranger1 2 years ago 3
me too dude!! high five *slap*
Nintendoman851 2 years ago
yaa! i convinced my band teacher to let my concert band play this this year. we're not bad, but it needs work.
CarpeDiem121892 2 years ago
i agree that this peice is not easy i'm in tenth and last year was played and we were amazing at or concert. too bad you couldn't played you probably would've won our at least had a really good chance of winning for playing a peice like this
fennecfox1 2 years ago
haha... in my band... we don't got a euphonium, lol a triggered trombone player has to play 1st trombone and euphonium part
regn23nky 2 years ago
love the Euphonium solo in all the parts!
So much emotion can be put in them!
jerichobrass 2 years ago
Oh my goodness, I absolutely love the part that runs from 1:58 to 2:40 - It just reminds me of a lovely, majestic Irish jig. It makes me want to dance, yet fall in love. x]
And the Song Without Words... I always just think this song is SO beautiful, and it leaves me speechless, yet peaceful/relaxed. ^_^
ChocolatePheonix 2 years ago 2
@ChocolatePheonix I like that part too...but it reminds me more of a sea chantey than an Irish jig, LOL
CharlieBladeRemus 1 year ago
dude i can play the tenor sax and trumpet part to this
CptBigShwanky1867 2 years ago
Very british
falcons1988 2 years ago
You guys did great on this!
Our first alto sax had to play the cues for the baritone solo, because our baritone sucked xD
Your speed for Claudy Banks is how the saxes wanted to take it =] But nooo, the clarinets and flutes couldn't play it that fast =/
And I really love Song Without Words. The second alto sax part for that is sooo weird. But I love it <3
This is a college-level piece? I never knew that... I'm in a 7-12 band, and we played it for our spring concert. Loved it <3
dellafiora3395 2 years ago 2
loved playing this song! played first flute and piccolo. great job on the way you played this though
iplayyflute 2 years ago
great clarinet solo!
lisa112593 2 years ago
Omg... i've played this song all years of my high school life xD freshman year:1st flute sophmore:piccalo solo!!!! :D junior:1st bassoon senior year (now) first clarinet!!!! :D
saxclaranetbasson 2 years ago
Played Euphonium in High School, by far my favorite song to play...so many solos for Euphs.
Syrlantar 2 years ago 3
Wow, that's great playing :)
L33tDragonPriestess 2 years ago 2
our band has to play this and we're in middle school. it's really to play at a fast tempo.
oboe15soccer 2 years ago
MIDDLE SCHOOL? This is a college level piece! I thought it was hard, as a freshman!
darkpiano7 2 years ago
tubas have to man up.......
frenchyblue92 2 years ago 19
Trombones need to push through the high notes, but other wise. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome job.
HaroldandFred 2 years ago 2
jeez.... I can play it fast, but not that fast.... I don't like playing at 1:28... It's boring....
kickassangel1 2 years ago
Go to 04:30, it's awesome!
Whiskan 3 years ago
my sister played this song and she says it isn't the simplified piece...she's an ok player...
joester425 3 years ago
the second movement is so beautiful
NicolaMeecooox 3 years ago
I love this piece!
terjeau 3 years ago
My school can play this and we're only a junior high and im in 7th grade. We are the second best band in texas.
Swimmer3461 3 years ago
....thats nice......
kickassangel1 2 years ago
Get over yourself kid. It is about creating good music, not creating good music at a certain level.
HaroldandFred 2 years ago
thats good to kno. no need to brag tho darlin.
OMG94524 2 years ago
on the second repeat when the band enters after the euph solo one of the trombones made me go "EWW" lol but otherwise, good stuff.
blueblinkxdxd 3 years ago
My wind ensemble is playing this, its a fun piece.
Also, I'm pretty sure that there is a simplified version that is playable for middle schoolers for whoever was talking about that, most middle school kids don't have the range to play this as written.
raideo 3 years ago
My orchestra is also playing this, but it isn't simplified and we're just in high school.
jonnierekkisvalur 3 years ago
Simply a fun piece.
KoLAddict06 3 years ago
I dont even want to know what this song would sound like in a middle school band. they are terrible no matter what way you look at it.
this is not a difficult piece, but middle schoolers, come on now.
i have new freshman coming into my clarinet section for symphonic band that cant even count lol.
LaurenHoee 3 years ago
man the clarinets look cool...all cool and calm and completely awesome!!
MrsGaaraSabaku 3 years ago
In the begining the Trumbone played loud during the Baritone solo and the Trumpet solo was beautiful
xXAsiAnTheif 3 years ago
pretty good. solos covered up a little in places. everyone had bells in their stands - BAD - tuba puff - BAD - trumpet solo - NICE.
Kaloray 3 years ago
we played the sogn without words part
HCB428 3 years ago
im playing this in my eighth grade band. surprisingly, we sound very good. i'm first chair flute, and i have the solo for fantasia on the dargason because we don't have a piccolo
Treggorz 3 years ago
tell me, is this vey hard? like on a scale of 1-10? i really love this song, and (not really likely) it be cool if my concertband could play this
HCB428 3 years ago
it's a good level of difficulty, it's challenging but still enjoyable
stinkpaqle 3 years ago
we're also playing this in our eighth grade band! its one of my favorite pieces we're playing.
fluffisgoodyay 3 years ago
We're playing this at school. Song without words ...I always get a tear in my eye haha, so sad. I play it with my eyes closed, so emotional.
saxygurl8 3 years ago
We too are playing this at school. Roberson High in Asheville, NC. I play tuba and the parts are hard as hell, but I can play it alright. What we don't have is a Euphonium (baritone) player that's worth anything.
shotgunguy93 3 years ago
We have a sweet bari player, he does the solo at :57, it really sounds great.
fleaOWNS 3 years ago
hell yeah! the tuba part is hard as hell, but its sooo fun!
hiamaguchi 3 years ago
Oh yeah, Holst was good to the tubas. Our band played First Suite last year, and I'm a tuba player, so I pretty much jump for joy at the thought of playing any Holst piece, especially the suites...or Mars.
TheFumbleberry 3 years ago
Oh yeah, Holst is good to us Tuba players.
TheFumbleberry 3 years ago
Ohh yeah . we're preforming this tomorrow.. i'm so exctied :)
tubagirl747 3 years ago
awhh yeahh!!
OMG94524 2 years ago
Holst is one of the very few composers in the history of western music that can actually write a GOOD tuba part. I would say Vaughn Williams, Grainger and Hindemith are the others
jamesy11111 3 years ago 12
HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
this is the ONLY good tuba part ive gotten in high school
frenchyblue92 2 years ago
@jamesy11111
I would also mention Prokofiev, Mahler, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky
Tubaking91 1 year ago
We're playing it too. I wish our trumpets were that in tune. great job!!
yaoigurl08 3 years ago
I play trumpet and I must say this is a really fun song to play.
Ghost887 3 years ago
I as well play trumpet and it is a wonderful piece to play. My Bach Stradivarius trumpet sounds wonderful on this piece.
qtip428 3 years ago
Multiple Euphonium solos FTW.
Syrlantar 3 years ago
OMG!!! I loved playing this piece last year!!! My favorite would always and forever be the Fantasia on the Dargason!
And I don't know if it's the sound quality or just selective instrument, but the trombones and trumpets like to stick out and the tubas have something that makes me a little aggravated! lol But overall, well executed and you had some better spots than my band when we played this fine piece of music literature!
dart20918 3 years ago
I'm playing this song in my High School band. It's a really good song.
mrchingTUBAhhs08 3 years ago
Great song, and played beautifully. As a tuba player, I can understand how the baritone solo can bring the entire band down. You really have to follow the conductor really well that part because there seems to be "tuba apathy". The rests in the last half of the bar tends to slow down the entire band down. In this case, the tuba player did it well.
And the baritone solo was excellent! Brings back excellent memories! Well done, guys!
BonerLens 3 years ago
euphonium solo: 7/10 good sound
davideuphonium 3 years ago
well,children...I recieved my performance degree in Euphonium from Indiana University and have been a band director for many years - so - let's talk about the euphonium solo. It's all about musical line and intonation!and it's really difficult - since most of our instrument are so woefully out of tune with themselves. I always played a besson - whit an amazing rich tone - but the upper register was SOOOO sharp! listen again at the f's and g's in the solo - and you'll see what i mean!
beefnotfish 3 years ago
I get that problem too. I'm a senior in high school and the school horn is a Besson (I want to buy one like it) and every note from the mid A natural up is consistently out of tune (not horribly, but it's noticeable). Is that common in Besson horns, or is there something I can do to fix it? Me and the BD tried playing around with the valves once, but no luck. Also, the fourth valve is pretty flat, even when pushed in all the way.
Drego642 3 years ago
Karen Fannin?! I've met her and enjoyed a nice talk - she's at Hendrix College now. What group is this?
reddieclarinet07 3 years ago
great Baritone solo, just like me. :)
mixmastermike255 3 years ago
I think its a euphonium they have for tht part actually
eelslikewater 3 years ago
Trombones like to stick out on the favorite part huh!!
anjelikac 3 years ago
wow. you guys rest your clarinets the same way we do. XDDD
smexyitalianoboi 3 years ago
Solo is Supposed to be Oboe with clarinet..
in the score i have and my oboe music it says "Solo (or clarinet)" for the oboe part and for the Solo clarinet part it says "solo with oboe".. dunno what music you guys have
haynplatapus13 3 years ago
My oboe part says the same thing, too. It says "Solo (or clarinet)".
chronobound1592 3 years ago
The March, Blacksmith and Fantasia on the Dargason are my favorites (not included the 2nd part because I didn't play it for my concert). I'm the only clarinetist boy at my school and did all the clarinet solos. :) My concert is next week!
OberKommando77 3 years ago
The solo in the second movement is supposed to be played by the clarinet player. Its in the "solo clarinet" part. I own the score, and I have to analyze it for a college corse. The oboe player is supposed to play the chordal notes.
If you don't believe me, buy the score.
saxychick0017 3 years ago
It is in doubt to which instrument Holst intended the solo to be performed on. Many of the mainstream publishers (ie, boosey and hawkes) write for clarinet because it is more widely played then the oboe. Most scores have paragraph or so that explains what I just said.
bmwski0507 3 years ago
i played this song when i was freshman... euphonium part of this song is pretty hard
kf05070017 3 years ago
you know what, I'm a Junior right now (Junior in High School, that is), and we're performing this for our spring concert. The Euphonium part isn't as hard as everyone told me it was, the only thing that gives me a problem is section A of Song Of The Blacksmith
cactusjack901 3 years ago
I played this in highschool had to learn the euphonium as a trombone player for it... I wish the solo was a bit cleaner in the first movement and the trombones coulda pulled back a bit it seemed a bit too accented during the solo...
Phnxkon 3 years ago
whaat? in the first movement at 1:42, it's supposed to
dut dut duzz duzz duzz dut dut duzzzzz
(dut= reg. notes, duzz=rolls)
at least that's how my school's snare drum does it, and it sounds a bit better..
butbyebye 3 years ago
The snare drum in this recording is playing it exactly how it's written. It sounds like your school's snare drum is improvising.
saxychick0017 3 years ago
i played this piece like 6 years ago and loved it, as a trumpet player i have to say the lead trumpet does a nice job in the second movement, nice subtle vibrato and good tone
worshipguitar33 3 years ago
As a first trumpet player, and a fellow player of this piece... I Agree completely with you.
FrederickTheTrumpet 3 years ago
Nice job overall, but as an alto saxophone player I must say that the solo wasn't nearly loud enough in the second movement. It is piano, but it is a soloist piano: play it with lots of air and confidence!
JLRedWing13 3 years ago
nice baritone solo, all our's does when he's up is look at every1 and smiles
SoStrickland99 3 years ago
well , the start was a tad rushed, and the trombones rushed during the Euphonium solo, but all in all a excellent performance!
SGTBLOODHOUND 3 years ago
I play Euphonium in my high school band, and I love that solo....its not as hard as people make it out to be! And, I think this group plays this tempo very well!!!
JackJones1234567 3 years ago
I agree, the solo is actually VERY easy, my only problem is hitting the high notes consistently, as I get tired quite quickly, but I can usually get it
cactusjack901 3 years ago
lol my high school band has our 1st trombone covering that part
xdapprentice 3 years ago
im having a little trouble playing at "J"
kinda hard for me cuz i play bassoon and i have trouble playing the high partch...
aynakosiaimee 4 years ago
I am playing bassoon too.
I must say some part of the high notes and the fingering are not easy.
And the most problem for me is the 'slur'.
This band... very very nice!!!
Excellent!!!
I wish I can play that
alexkinchung 3 years ago
I'm only in a concert band, so we're playing at a slower tempo of course, but this peice is so much fun!
I like how much repitition there is, because once you have it under your fingers, it's fairly simple..(though I'm not so happy with the f key..I miss playing Bb..lol)
(flute)
XxMooelfxX 4 years ago
I`m in concert band, too. We`re trying to play this, and even though I`m the second to last 3rd clarinet [because I suck that much] I`m having the easiest time with it. everyone else in my section is struggling. Thank you for posting this up, It made it easier to practice, and I got an A+ when we got tested on this.
shinachan701 4 years ago
Tempo presto. WHY?
hariel 4 years ago
I'm both in a community college band as a fill in Euphonium as well as my high school band. We're doing the First in the Community College Band and Second in my high school band. I'm a soloist in the Second and let me tell you that solo in the march is so awesome!!!
Skipatronic 4 years ago 2
My band is playing this and I am first chair Euphonium so I got to play the solo in the March and it was the most amazing thing ever. I enjoyed playing it.
CODEVeronika0418 4 years ago
I think our Euphonium, since we're also playing it is about to start crying becasue of his solo...lol
I'm tuba.
PeanutbutterCrazy 4 years ago
i had to play the euphonium solo in my school band too :) it was funnnnnn..but i messed up on that high G the second time through gahhhh
Sa967St 4 years ago
We're playing this piece in our band, and this sounds great....
Boriqua20108 4 years ago
This is such a great piece, all 4 movements. We're currently playing it now in my band, and i being first oboe get to play the solo for the second movement. I'm having some troubles with hitting low C, it just doesn't want to come out.
But yeah... Great job!
Xternium 4 years ago 2
yea the rewritten version has the clarinet as the solo... lol and i have the solo part!!!
numbanumb 4 years ago
i've always wanted to play this... =/ i love it so much!
Tromb0wnage 4 years ago
We're playing this in my band too. Sounds super cool. One of the band directors calls movement 3 "Give Mr Meiste a Heart Attack Song". Cus it's loud and all, lol.
AmarisClaiborne 4 years ago
this is amazing!
and i have this piece in my folder and the solo in movementII is on clarinet.. my band director told us that the piece had been rewritten, perhaps the solo used to be for oboe, but it's for clarinet now.
politicalsweetheart 4 years ago
omg that solo in mvmt 2 is def on oboe...
livexx2love 4 years ago
yeah its supposed to be on oboe... sounds a lot better with oboe! its kinda wierd that a killer band like this wouldn't have an oboe......
Uniduckdavid 4 years ago 2
The solo is supposed to be for an oboe, really? Cause our clarinet player is playing it.
keetner 3 years ago
I played this yesterday at my concert I am the 1st cornet/trumpet part!
asdfgfdsa44 4 years ago
euphonium solos blow me away in the second movement. I gotta play both euphonium and 2nd trombone parts in my high school band lol :P. Go trombones and euphoniums!!!!
lamtartarus 4 years ago
yall are pretty good. what grade is this?
and also did you play all 4 movements?
themormonator 4 years ago
"March" is a real blast to play with the trombone. ;) Song w/o words is beautiful.
Varjaagi 4 years ago
I must say, you are way good! Our band is playing it this year, and we aren't doing so good. . .so far. Although we're only in ninth grade and I think our teacher expects to much of us.
Anyway, great job! It sounds awesome! Two thumbs up!
beautyqueen146 4 years ago
We played this in High School, my band mistress gave it to me in year seven saying I had to perfect the eupho solo in the first movement. We eventually performed it.
Awesome much.
illmtl 4 years ago
clarinet?! The solo in the second movement is meant to be on the oboe! We played this for Festival my senior year, and it's definitely one of my best memories of band.
stefaniblair 4 years ago
we played that when i was in seventh grade. my best friend got the Euphonium solo. amazing.
notsosimplelifexx 4 years ago
Ah, this reminded me of grade 9 when we played it :)
it was one of the most classic && awesome band piece ever!
2nd movement is the BEST movement!
xoxo
doubleredsx3 4 years ago
im in grade eight and we are playing that... awesome song
themonkeyswillcome 4 years ago
song without words is one of my favorite pieces of all time. i have two solos in it for our spring concert on b-flat and e-flat clarinet.
catie2011 4 years ago
Hey I play clarinet too! we played this last year and I was so mad because I really liked the solo for Song with No Words and I got solo Clarinet for the concert after lol. anyways I love this song so mouch lol. Jordyn
GGWannaB 4 years ago
I love this song!! I played it with my 7th grade band, it was really hard (im a flutist!) the first part was hardest for me, but the rest were all okay as far as a flutist can go! But all in all it is a really fun peice. This band did spectacularly!!
sami88818 4 years ago
Oh wow. this is amazing. our band is playing this....omg. XD I love it. I'm so ready for monday now. i really wanna get back to playing it!!
HanyouKristin 4 years ago
where are the saxophones????
well it was great I LOVE THIS SONG!!
I prefer the 4th movement though
difhiosfhsd 4 years ago
sounded great. it sounded really good overall. only thing i would say is that the trombones were sticking out in during the euphonium solo. its cool that you guys played out the chords, but you're taking the euphonium's spotlight!!! lol. sounds awesome though. really.
rodogg2092 4 years ago
We have to play this for my band class. . .and I play piccilo. It's so freaken hard! We probably wont get it up to speed since we're only in a ninth grade band. =D
beautyqueen146 4 years ago
We played this for our last concert. In the second movement they made the Clarinet solo an oboe solo (me being the soloist). I have to say that it makes more sense (in the style) to have it be an oboe solo. But well done! I still really liked it! This piece is amazing!
sunnygirl221 4 years ago
I want to play this at my high school cuz Ive only played the last movement in middle school and it sounded really cool!
bigcookie101 4 years ago
Fantasia always sounded like an Irish jig to me. Was my favorite of the 4 when I played it.
evilonejgv 4 years ago
u guys are so good. i wish i could play this as well as the trombones in urr band
rokrchick30 4 years ago 2
i got this music recently... im a baritone player and am so excited about the solo! who ever played the baritone part in this concert did a really great job... that G is pretty hard to get. =]
YourPeep 4 years ago 2
Actually I thought the person who played the solo was a base trombone but w/e... awesome anyways!
Geekboy36 4 years ago
Yeah, I am pretty sure that was the bass trombonist playing the solo, but it was quite good. We just got this piece in our high school band, and I have to say, getting the higher notes to come out as smoothly as he did, was very nice.
Cheezeit117 4 years ago
In our school, we use a baritone, and it sounds a little fumbly right now. (She's not very confident yet). But its getting there.
XOTruBrit92 4 years ago
High G's definitley the hardest note to hit on the euphonium within the high Bb to Pedal Bb register.
darklordsmiley 4 years ago
Not a chance. High Bb is much harder for me. I can get all the way to a B but the C refuses to come out
DarkXepher666 4 years ago
you guys are really good
bagalakadaka 4 years ago 2
we are too at my school, it so much fun to play!
InvaderZim8Gir 4 years ago 2
Have you played Armenian Dances? It's amazing!
lotrfreak324 4 years ago
I'm playing this right now...i love it
llamamama09 4 years ago
darkwitch 721,
you are really full of yourself. its actually really sad. this is a sweet song btw lolololol!
firstbase615 4 years ago
we're playing that song this year also.
it's pretty sick.
i love blacksmith and
fantasia on the dargason
they have the right tempo but they rush a couple of the eight notes.
the snare is a bit ahead.
but very good anyways.
good job
drummerXprodigy 4 years ago
song was played well, but the middle part should have had the oboe. its just not the same without it.
cthrucube 4 years ago
i play the ooobooooe but i might not be playing it with the ensamble this year :(
InvaderZim8Gir 4 years ago 2
My band is playing that this year. Its such a good piece.
But I do have to ask, why is it that people insist on bragging about what chair they held. It doesnt matter. Im sorry, but that bothers me.
xfallenxpinayx 4 years ago
We played this last year. Fun piece.
-1st Chair Trombone
-1st Chair French Horn
-Low Brass Section Leader
Yeah...I rule.
Darkwitch721 4 years ago
btw, seanmd80, although i love bassoons and respect your opinion, i think that if Mr. Holst had wanted it to be a bassoon solo, he would have made it so. i can think of no better instrument to use for this solo than euphonium (of course not- i play it) but if one was unavailable, bassoon would be my second choice.
emuman14 4 years ago
you get 2 play it in freakin' middle school!? the only reason i played in eighth grade (im a frehie now and i kick anus) is because i joined a community orchestra that did a couple band pieces. i played euphonium- i slaughtered the repeated solo in "march" and maimed the three in "fantasia."then i got my braces off and i could play it perfectly. i was ticked. euphoniums rule; long live the band geeks!
emuman14 4 years ago
we are playing this in middle school !!
hd217703 4 years ago
I played the Euphonium solo at my high school concert and nailed it!!
Ancona55 4 years ago
I can play the euphonium solo in the first movement.
yesoayesoa4 4 years ago
I play solo clarinet in my HS Band, and I think in this band, she could vary the volume just a bit for emotion, and stretch the tempo a bit at the "ad lib."
We don't actually have a euphonium, so our bassoon plays the 1st movement solo, and I must say I like it with the bassoon better. It brings out that melancholy emotion.
seanmd80 4 years ago
i really like how they transfered over from happy to sad...my class can't do that gverry well...my fave part has to be eather song without words(on my sheet music is called i will love who i love i think...(werd aint it eh?))or song of the blacksmith.
love band
flutes and band rule all!!!<3<3<3
ps-i am called a band geek...and am proud of it
pps-band geeks rule!!!
ppps-band geeks reunite!
KingTut28 4 years ago
we're playing in our band now.. i'm a freshman clarinet with 2nd part...
soinlove19 4 years ago
Which school performed this?
dzearly317 4 years ago
we did this too..i played the snare part
smhsdrumline 4 years ago
we did this, I had the baritone solo in the march...and I was only a freshman! We had an excellent oboe player and alot of great low brass who didn't overpower so we did pretty well overall
sasunaruluvr010 4 years ago
Yea i played this on tuba as well. That one part in the 4th movement was hell.
bonesawmigraw 4 years ago
This is the song I have to play for my Harmony Sénior tryout! AWSOME SONG!
89edc 4 years ago
I played this song on tuba with my brass quintet last year.
So much fun... the fourth and fifth movements are pretty difficult though...
RyanFlynn91 4 years ago
this piece rocks, my band's practicing it now.
angrywhiteboy93 4 years ago
played ds suite durin high school. i had fond memories of ds piece. will nvr forget it.
ozcarz90 4 years ago
Just a little constructive critisizm because I played this song in competition and the band ranked Excellent, in the second part, the low brass section overpower the oboe and that is a very delecite part.
riko2chialchemist 4 years ago
Excellent.
bar101 4 years ago
very well played... my high school band played the entire movement, and it was pretty hard!! overall, balance wasn't to bad, and tuning and expression was nice. we are lucky enough to have an EXCELLENT oboe player, and on the second movement that tone color is almost neccassary to the piece... but otherwise, overall a pretty good job.
fluteXaXlicious 4 years ago
We just played this for our end of the year concert. It's always good to hear what the song is supposed to sound like before hand.
Trombones & F Horns rule all~!
Darkwitch721 4 years ago
I loved when my high school band played this. I was such a novice then I was playing 3rd trumpet, by the time I was good enough to play 1st we never played songs this good. And the euphonium was a lil off key on the high note.