Russian Christmas Music- Alfred Reed Part 1 of 2

[Orchdork09041998]

the best band piece EVER. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!

[supraxspan13]

Thumbs up if you played this in High School..Ahh the good old days

[mom0squishy]

after the five minute mark the trombones have seventy eight bars of NOTHING.

[willyg15starscout]

We played this for our christmas concert and im 1st chair trombone. This piece is amazing. And i love the heavy brass part at the end of the whole song. I love it. :D

[cjgrot]

Forget Sinatra, this stuff is friggen awesome!

[1xskaterguyx11]

We play this song for our marching season and christmas concert... IT WAS THE GREATEST THING EVER. Russians know how to celebrate :D

[AllHallowsEveAHE]

I play second clarinet on this and has a concert for my school on Monday... Need some luck..

[Walskishere]

We're playing this this year :)

[Prodigy906]

is that an oboe?

[mikeh9754]

@Prodigy906 It is an English Horn - a little longer than an oboe.

[ashbash6100]

Performing this song on Sunday with my orchestra :) it's a really fun and wonderful piece of music :)

[Genesis804]

this song's the shit yo

[PockyFlavouredKisses]

Clarinets~

[wes3tomcat]

I played Chimes for this song

[devilmate969]

@wes3tomcat u too lol wasnt it a pain in the ass at first??? hahah espically the mid section solo

[BandPeoplez]

Love the trumpet part!! And also I loved 3:45.

[lunacowberry12]

BASE (;

[lunacowberry12]

jeez the oboe is getting no credit and it has a huge solo!!!

[lunacowberry12]

4:27

crazy part for flutes!!!

[lunacowberry12]

YA FLUTEs!!! as far as i can see in the comments they have gotten no credit!!

[akatsuki9GuY]

Yeah Tubas! playing a c almost the whole song!

[StarlessSupernova]

I still get nervous hearing the sax solo. I haven't played it in nearly 4 years and my heart still races O_O

[greatnate07]

I love that double tonging 4 e + a 1  in the trumpets at 4:43. Gotta get those tongues moving!!

[Emily7Young]

BASS CLARINET!

[imdabestbrit]

i have to play this EVERY SINGLE YEAR.... T_T

[Temporalfox]

1st F Horn :3

[F3ARMUFFS]

....Go triangle?

[RashaadCalaham]

Go English horn! =)

[xxwm1]

We played this last year, ahhhh such an amazing piece of music.

[buefyYT]

Go string bass...>.>

[TheAmazingEuph]

I play Euphonium in this song..... I hope this gets the same fate as the top two.. GO EUPHONIUMS!!!!! O_o

[TYLERJAMESSESIC117BO]

@TheAmazingEuph Ya, EUPHONIUMS FTW

[pinkish410]

we're playing this in band this year for our christmas concert and i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

[CDsisters]

@pinkish410 SAME :)

[NinjaMinkzx]

@CDsisters @pinkish410 Either of you at Springfield High School?

[CDsisters]

@NinjaMinkzx Nope. But I live in IL

[mcainsmaul]

GO (insert instrument i play here!)

[278911ric]

:D

I'm playin this For my high school this year ! Haha! :D

[ECGProductions092]

That is one intense Christmas.

[TheMrKibbles8]

anyone know what ensemble is playing this? I like it a lot better than the tokyo kosei recording on youtube, can't quite pinpoint why.

[ravenswing93]

We are totally playing this this year!!!! =]

[cowboyzsuk81]

played this my freshman year of high school..of course with the sophomores juniors and seniors haha..but we knocked this out the box

[zazudragon85]

being the only trombone playing that solo is so nerve racking............love the song though!!!!

[RIPxREVIVE]

1 Person regrets quitting band in High School....

[ThePresidentKramer]

1st clarinet! :)

[nybabby15]

i played this in band but we have to take this song out because it was too difficult for some of the players :(. I wish i could have played the whole thing because i LOVE this song!!!!!

[laurenluvestwilight]

@nybabby15 hahahah not to be mean but our band could play it!

[fireemblemfreak21]

I can't believe someone disliked this!

[legofsam666]

this horn part made me shit bricks... within bricks!!!!!!

[alikh123]

Cor anglais for the win! The most scary solo ever though...=/

[icarusfliesonthesun]

SAXAMAPHOOOOOOOOOOOONES

[customgamerAMD]

tuba part was a joy for the cues at the beginning, this song has been my all time favorite i have ever played

[coffeeclark]

Let's go Clarinets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[Favre4Eva4]

In Soviet Russia, trombone plays you!

[alex7193]

"this is how christmas is celebrated in russia" -my director

but in all seriousness, love this piece, alfred reed is such a genius

[dominiqueflowers631]

I was in the presussion section when we played this piece in high school. 1997.Good music

[twjohnson91]

got to play the clarinet cues at the beginning on bassoon :D

[Bl1ndFOURY]

dis song sucks ass

[TheCarlosjv]

TRUMPETS FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!!!

[cheffsilvia]

Our director made it a tradition to play this every year at our winter concert also this was my first year playing trumpet so it was a bit difficult for me .

[Skyyhedgie]

We had a tradition to play this every year for our winter concert. Unfortunately our new directors stopped that tradition. We were kind of a way unbalanced band, instrumentation-wise. It's cool to hear what this piece sounds like with a full, balanced band :)

[Starcraft2Freak1995]

We recently played this at our High School Concert Award Ceremony. I play trombone, but my band director had me learn tuba for this so i was a nervous reck that night. It went well though. I love this piece.

[cowboyzsuk81]

played this my freshman year of high school. (yes freshman..don't worry we had the sophomores juniors and seniors with us) it actually sounded well in our recording.

[ipvideogames]

trombones for the win...

[kiramyers12345]

I played the chimes for this! 

[EloquentQueenn]

i loved the third clarinet to this.

[cowboyzsuk81]

@EloquentQueenn

i played 3rd for this. it was so intense

[OmegaLesPaul]

2nd Cornet

Anyother 2nd Cornet bros here? :D

[wrestlingdude07]

@OmegaLesPaul 1st cornet. haha sorry bro

[OmegaLesPaul]

@wrestlingdude07 Ahh jerk. :P I'll get there someday

[AVHSBandGeek]

First Flute.... Not really that hard, pretty fun to sight read aha were playing this for our Arts festival :D

[shastagragg]

Wish I knew which ensemble was playing this. Sounds an awful lot like ours.

[SEMPfilms]

My schools wind ensemble played this. We didnt have an english horn, so we used a soprano saxophone.

[mcainsmaul]

I'm gonna be a hardass and express how much i know about instruments and harmony over the internet!!! am icool!?

[annieiscarlton]

is that really the saxophone's solo?? man it does NOT sound like a sax at all sounds more like a string instrument o.O

[axres]

@annieiscarlton I know you did not just call the English horn solo a saxophone solo.

[1955marfa]

Second Horns---Wooo WHOOOOOOO!

[PrudenceProductions]

Loved playing this piece, go first flute <3

[blackfang500]

3rd trombone

[riolu32]

Most beautiful song my band has ever played....... So amazing

[dtn001]

trombones... beautiful

[jeanneowens]

Beautiful job. So reminiscent...

[Raeptree]

Second Piccolo <3

[ctown2ba]

6:55 i always love a good cello in pizzicato. :) so awesome!

[cenatri458]

very few people know the beuty of this piece, but the experts all recognize it's quality

[littleferdy]

trumpets!

[Rabshadow]

Finally, a good-quality FULL LENGTH version of this song, without crying children, coughing people, or rustling in the background. I've been looking for one for years. ^^ Excellent.

[killpineapple]

first chair tubist in SoCal honor band. loved this to hell

[gmaziscool]

our orchestra played this and everyone loved it. :)

[5Fan5]

GO TROMBONES!

[usafjohnson]

@5Fan5 hell yeah!!!



[Przystojny17]

this is amazing!! One of my all time favorite pieces written for wind band!!

[cattrac]

First chair drum captain percussion 1974! This is such a beautiful instrumental. Played it for concert contest 73-74. Goose bumps!

[hp71196]

We played this with my freshman jr. clinic. But we had to play some crap arrangement that almost made my ears bleed.

[seecritagent]

played first bassoon and the english horn solo. best of both worlds :-}

[bishomti]

wow I'm a bone player and even I'm impressed by the Piccolo...

[marinegal11]

english horn <3 <3 <3 <3

[joeywomer]

When I first played this at my High School, it became one of my favorites. This music is epic.

[gnatilly05]

love it - we played it in high school (shorter version though) still a favorite

[shooter0078]

The beginning sounds like Santa getting executed

[fouxcrackr]

we played this in band, im last trombone...

[Pizat19]

I played the oboe solo's on alto sax cause our oboe player sucked :s Favorite thing I played in symph band ever. VERY good job. I wish there were more details about who played this...update pl0x.

[supertasticFREAK]

@Pizat19 i think this is the U.S. Air Force Band,

[kndr141]

Cut off at the best part :(

[JADEandKIBA]

i loved performing this piece. i had to do the timpani (which wasnt TOO difficult) but i hate having to do percussion solos!!!! i get so nervous!!! XD

[MrHomeBoy17]

Go bones!3:12

[MrHomeBoy17]

Go bones!

[jacque0347]

played this tonight for our Christmas concert and it sounded great! I love this song!

[joedogg123456789]

Timpani. <3

[manlymen1342]

Bass Drum Part=Hell raiser



[Ghost94Buster]

our director has never told us different from 3/4, i dont know what this means but i understand the 6/8 "theory" for lack of a better word

[riddingxtoxdamnation]

Go Horns!!!

[lydialikespancakes]

I loved this piece. I loved playing the "oboe" solo, too. We too lazy to bring an english horn into it... :D

[bxinger]

english horn?? :DD

[bubbahotep92]

Played this on tuba. Our part is pretty much a D held for 14 minutes with a few rests haha

[rockonman32]

First Flute. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!! Those sixteenth notes in cut time... yeah, ok Mr. Conductor... -_-

[georgiadream1]

@rockonman32 im first flute too.... we just cut that entire part because our conductor is a saint =]

[lunacowberry12]

@georgiadream1 lucky you!!! not us :P

[DeadandDECAYED99]

oboe c:

[ShotgunDolphin]

First time paying this music this year. Freshman tuba.

[fosho78901]

the tempo here is 32 . . . o god

[duckdavis]

@fosho78901 I don't think the tempo is 32. I'm pretty sure the beggining is in 6/8.

[TheSpuzzy]

@duckdavis actually it is indeed in very slow 3/4, though the conductor may prefer to conduct in 6

[duckdavis]

@TheSpuzzy Right, I just checked the music. It is indeed 3/4. But when we play it in my High School Orchestera, she wants us to think of it as 6/8.

[fosho78901]

@duckdavis its 3/4 but ill check the music jus to make sure :)

[duckdavis]

@fosho78901 It actually it 3/4, I was mistaken. It's just my Orchestera conductor wants us to think of it as 6/8 when we play it.

[IWasJustBored]

4:10

[MrC110992]

First clarinet part of this song rocks my socks

[Close2Ground]

@MrC110992 I agree, I love to play song.

[XxTank435xX]

First Alto Sax? :D

[grimshadow10]

@XxTank435xX same :)

[FATEf101]

French Horn!! Ya, that's what I play! and we OWN!! We are currently playing this piece right now for our christmas concert!! woot!!

[Mikester283]

I played this song on crash cymbals 2 years ago, one of the best musical pieces I ever played in band.

[musicxpwnsxlife]

LOVE THIS ONE! we played it for a christmas concert last year...near the end when clarinets take over, a baby started to cry.....and it fit the mood. Hearing the beauty of the piece and human hope all at once, one of the best performances I've ever been in

[nosubject101]

2nd clarinet! And its a really good song. A little dark for christmas in my opinion, but its fun to play and its beautiful(:

[Xternium]

I love the English horn solo!

[clarinetluvr811]

second clarinet ftw

[clarinetluvr811]

my band is playing this song for our winter concert

[SteaknShakeServer42]

@clarinetluvr811 mine too...not sure how i feel about it for a holiday concert. great song but idk

[icancimgngblind]

Euphonium, ftw

[dodell484]

1st Basson LJHS Just got it. Looks like it will be fun. Another good piece which is of my favs is called Bulgarian Dances.

[katgirl161]

I got stuck with two copies: 3rd trumpet and 2nd cornet with this piece cuz one of our trumpet players quit :/ lol at least im not like the poor guy that got stuck with 3 copies :)

[Nipponkoku]

First horn <3

[Kerpaltheballer]

@Nipponkoku same :) 

[Dancekat1414]

@Nipponkoku I get to play the first horn part for our christmas concert this year!!

[pomonaluv2014]

I played this every year in high school on tuba.  It's an awesome song, I just wish we didn't have to play it in the gym.... The acoustics made it sound horrible...

[irishfox94]

The One and only bass trombone in our band heck yeah!

[ValerieMillward]

FIRST HORN! FRICK YES! <3

And my friend is first oboe/English horn. :)

We love this piece with a passion. <3

[XTheWhiteMambaX]

First Alto Baby

[Theonewithmusic14]

First piccolo. . . .god help me

[kmsbandrocks]

@Theonewithmusic14 Oh I know right?!

[Raeptree]

@Theonewithmusic14 Second piccolo, I feel your pain from this song! The high G's to A natural 16th notes were. . . unholy to say the least.

[BroadwayFlutist]

@Theonewithmusic14 I totally understand you! And there's also another piccolo too!! D:

[Owlsbreath]

@Theonewithmusic14 Right? we're playing this too, and I play first piccolo, I love it.

[jacqersNcrysers]

@Theonewithmusic14  me too XD

[fishy511]

@Theonewithmusic14 We have the best piccolo player in the state of Kentucky. Practice, practice, practice.

[Harrawesome]

i am playing the chimes part for our concert

[sakuramatics]

this is very different from how we played this song for our marching show

[zackygramlich]

string bass cues via tuba for the win!

[Jamo8994]

Who is performing this?

[TheCrazyperson11]

i love the gong....

[LentekuNFS]

GONG FTW.

Love playin it. LOL

[Shadow3329]

3:14 During a rehearsal my band director went down the line of the trombones and made us all play this alone. I screwed up so badly, great piece despite my horrible memories of it

[seazk303]

6:55 !! awesome!!

[MusicAndHorses4ever]

lol 4:55 is my director's "Big Duffy Cue"

[aril93]

I'm playing this song this year too! The bass drum/ suspended cymbal/ gong. And it's just sooo much fun lol

[PrincessSerena1121]

@aril93 I'm playing it too! Timpani, lucky me

[TheMisterPIanoMan]

@PrincessSerena1121 I am also playing the Timpani part for this!

Needless to say, I am pumped.

[aril93]

@PrincessSerena1121 Niceee that timpani part is sweet

[Reaperboy97]

I'm playing this in band this year! :D I play the bassoon part...

[izziepow]

@Reaperboy97 WE are too!!! I play the clarient and it is really nicceee and pretty and misterious at the same time! I love it!

[Reaperboy97]

@izziepow HA! I would've had to play the clarinet part if I hadn't chosen to play bassoon. :P Yet, I love my bassoon... It may not have any features, but I still love it. :D

[narutojames225]

We had a brass sectional today in band and the French horn leader said if done right this piece is a brass orgasm, so right...

[SerimanTheWolf]

I'm playing this in my high school band. My homework was to find a good recording of it to get an idea of the style... Accomplished! :D

[InfectiousShadow]

Nah I think the best part ever is second horn cuz that's what I play I get some of the coolest parts... shame they don't stick out being that I'm the only one who plays it

[KurosakiKun24]

this is beautiful! I hope our band does a good job playing this :D