Russian Easter Festival Overture, opus 36 by Rimsky-Korsakov

[bxr782]

Not bad for a wind ensemble, especially for a piece that is hard to transcribe from orchestra to wind ensemble or concert band.

[stuartsa]

@bxr782 Right where this video begins, in the orchestral version, all the violins are instructed to play pizzicato, but strumming rather than plucking. The balalaika effect is lost when there are no strings to strum. But some of it is regained when the players are slightly out of sync. In this case, the "incorrect" way to play or conduct has led to some results that the arranger would have liked.

[eveningtsar]

This is my favorate piece of music on the planet, bar none.

(But the Xylophone has to go :)

[goboenomo]

A little too fast for my liking.

[DTfan43]

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but this is not fast at all. Listen to Stokowski's version. Now that IS fast.

[ArturoAlejandroS]

This is very good.Thanks for post this, the russian music is awesome.

[adrishoes]

We are playing this for our marching band show. Its going to be soooo awesome

[shilohtent]

This ranks with the most beautiful and haunting music ever composed

[lissa754]

See comment on Part 1. Same here.