The Divine Comedy IV. - Paradiso

[heresmycardjoker]

the opening sounds like a brilliiant fusion between "Pure Imagination" and the opening chorale in "1812 Overture"

[Musegrl23]

I love the flute part



[DaEpicZombies]

Playing this on saxaphone is a living NIGHTMARE.

[godotandL4ever]

@DaEpicZombies Please, the first violin part is a living HELL!

[Themustangturtledude]

The person who disliked this took an arrow to the knee and went to hell.

[bandgeekchef17]

when i first played this song in band class i almost cried cause it made me think about where my mom is right now. R.I.P Heidi Anderson

[Nerocu32]

i seriously hve chillsand a few tears tryin ton start this is such a gorgeous song. the chords justy touch ur soul

[adidasgirl181]

robert w smith guest conducted at my all district band 2 years ago!!

[kaykayboy23]

Which movement is the really cool trombone part in?

[SuperLLtt]

I FUGGIINN LOVE THIS SONGGG!!! :3

[Whitney0813]

I can imagine the Day of Glory, walking into Heaven and hearing this song being played.

[btoneplaya1]

Gaddang, this music brings back so many memories of my Freshmen year doing this as our marching show, such a great show to start off high school

[thetrumpetguy14]

@btoneplaya1 Steele h.s????

[btoneplaya1]

@thetrumpetguy14 No, J. W. Mitchell high School in Florida, unfortunitly the only video we have was from our competition mid way through our season and not the final product at States.

[ionatorthegreat]

Most beautiful ending to a fantastic 4 movement piece =)

[sodapop976865]

The person who disliked this never made it to heaven...

[jet7111]

i loved playing all 4 of these in high school

[chessicles99]

first to second movement is go together ok. second to third (in my opinion) is awkward but still kinda fits. third to fourth goes together soooooooooooooooo well

[AllTimeAesthetic]

my band just played this last night... high schools band. we played the ascension, the inferno, purgatorio, paradiso (not in that order I don't think but oh well).

[lifefullofmusic]

This is one of the last songs I'll ever play with my high school band, and I'm totally stoked about it :D

[adventureman123]

this is the most powerful song i have ever heard.

[oaarbh]

my bassoon part to this sucks :( the whole sound is great though :D i wish my band had crotales and a celeste

[50me0ne5etupu5the80m]

@oaarbh This is more for an Oboe centered band isn't it. I understand, they never gave me any challenging bassoon solos in high school.

[oaarbh]

@50me0ne5etupu5the80m yeah, i think the hardest part i ever got was like pirates of the carribean at world's end symphonic highlights where there were several super high notes and i was like schmeh *shrug*. so i also the beginning of peral harbor and american elogy

[theMrbandgeek19]

The french horns and singing in the beginning was probably the perfect thing to represent paradise

[sycopath6666]

so, i don't know if anyone here plays bari sax, but damn my fingers hurt

[nightpool2]

@sycopath6666 OH yes, it's almost impossible to play isn't it? O.o

[sycopath6666]

@nightpool2 ha, yeah and we gotta play it at a concert next thursday, it'll be and adventure

[iMason6216]

brings tears to my eyes...

[SFsax14]

i love how this video has absolutely no dislikes

[cmsugrad04]

oh man i never thought to look for him here!! we did this piece my senior year in high school and i STILL LOVE IT!!!!

I wish i could play it in my summer band!!

[Xorcrupt]

43 people have great taste in music. ;)

[ionatorthegreat]

i know i'm still learning about composers and all, but i never really was a fan of Robert W. Smith until I came across these songs, I would have never guessed that he of all people would have written these 4 movements. unbelievable the things we are able to accomplish through sheer inspiration, and I can tell that he was inspired, bound, and determined to write these songs.

[sasorinodanna13]

divine comedy the (un)abridged series!

[CompSarge]

We did The Divine Comedy at my college two years ago. It was one of the most amazing pieces I had ever played. This song still brings me to tears. Thanks for uploading!

(Ours was better, though. ;-P)

[mtbski3]

i had an orgasm listening to the french horns in the beginning :O

[guraski]

@mtbski3 i'm playing that part in a music festival o.O

[badlose2424]

@mtbski3 Horns=beastly

[Racknison]

@mtbski3 We are frech horn, it is a normal thing, :D

[aveyowyns]

Does anyone else think that the beginning is exactly (well, not exactly, but pretty close), to the beginning of Willy Wonka's Paradise?

[boberz33]

Anyone else notice the picture in the middle gets bigger throughout the whole song?

[acceptedreject777]

Of the four movements, I listen to this and Ascension the most. And it is Impossible for me to choose which is my favorite. Thank you so much for putting the whole thing up. I have educated many of my peers on this wonderful composition thanks to your comprehensive, high quality videos.

[BartleDoo2009]

My marching band this year is doing a piece with all 4 arrangements in it. its a really neat show. and i love this arrangment so uplifting!

[thesecondflood]

thanks a lot! This piece and whole entire composition is epic and i couldn't find a good quality recording anywhere. You are the MAN! (or the WOMAN, i can't tell which hahahaha:P)