Lauridson's music fits a band so well - oh to be a parent of any of these kids - lovely - at 2.01 they handle ML's signature "welling' so beautifully with grace and tenderness
Lol heck yes she's great. It's not her fault her alto clarinet is a piece of shit and squeeks all the time. This was my freshmen year at all-state. I loved the conductor, Out of the three so far shes the best. We'll see what the one is like next year.
Wow. We're playing this piece in my band. It is so painfuly slow, but it's really beautiful. This band makes it sound so good, and they barely look older then 15, 16 years old! Well done!
P.S. Anyone else watch the condoctors face as she, well, conducts :D?
Yes, and I personally find the conductor's passion and thoughts more easily communicated when they put expression with their face. It more easily depicts whether he/she needs something to be more tender or more prominent.
I've only heard this done as a choral piece. But it's beautiful as an instumental piece too! I love this song. Lauridsen's music is absolutley incredible.
Listen to the recording with Polyphony and Stephen Layton: just perfect.
'The composer runs the emotional gamut, from ecstasy in the sublime to subdued introspection, qualities readily engendered and reflected by Polyphony's matchless singers. Their love for words and music register with unwavering conviction, doubtless fuelled by Lauridsen's singability.'
i think it was too fast, and the beginning was a little too loud..its hard to stay quiet with like 20 horns. sounds amazing. my band played this at our state festival, and i agree it is alot harder than it sounds..but none the less this director took it way to fast, which took away from the emotion of the piece
way too many horns, you need maximum eight. Beautiful sound. need more third horn. trumpet is not with the band near the fermata. the conductor nedes to shape the notes.you should hold the clarinets for longer at the end. the climax could have been more emotional. anyway, it was great, and i have played this pece so i know how defficult it can be to grasp the emotion.
only problem i have is that they started the piece quite loud that didn't allow for a lot of dynamic contrast... that was probably due to the massive amount of players, but still, dynamics are dynamics.
I love this piece. I'm playing it in band this year, and it's 10 times harder than it sounds. Great job, suprisingly good sound quality for a video, but personally i think your conductor looked ridiculous... but awesome anyway.
Honestly.... There is nothing more than a wonderful morten lauridson piece.... This one is very beautiful... 2 complaints.... Its too fast, and all you can hear is oboe.... Other wise it was wonderful!
my symphonic band played this piece for the All NW conference this year, and i think the conductor rushed the piece, by far, waaaay too fast. sounded really good though. i also thing the fermatas should have been treated as grand pauses, thats what we did, adds a really nice effect to the sound
i think they did a good job.. i love this piece.. Symphonic Band @ my school played this piece as well. i think this director should've slowed the piece down a bit.. it's a beautiful piece.. i heard a few intonation problems but not too bad. they just need to listen a little better.. good job
Hey this song sounds really good and expressive sure there was one screw up but that doesnt matter. Oh and TimGBone Im a 9th grade all state trombone of florida. IN fact the best 9th grader in the state. anyways this song is very expressive.
Congratulations! That's cool cuz I was a 9th grader (when I wrote that comment) and I was the only 9th grader in the trombone section in the all state band so I thought it was cool.
Wow, great job. By the way, 1 squeak isn't the end of the world, even at that level of music. The main thing is recovery, and that squeak almost sounded sort ofin tune, lol.... Oh yea, Massachusetts All State trombonist right here.:)
Funny how peple will critizise a performance with out knowing the effort and talent it takes to just even be nomitated to perform in such a great event.
Lauridson's music fits a band so well - oh to be a parent of any of these kids - lovely - at 2.01 they handle ML's signature "welling' so beautifully with grace and tenderness
robbiepat 1 year ago
beautiful intonation!
zigzeigler 1 year ago
we played this at all district in my area, loved it
yuuzang 1 year ago
Lol heck yes she's great. It's not her fault her alto clarinet is a piece of shit and squeeks all the time. This was my freshmen year at all-state. I loved the conductor, Out of the three so far shes the best. We'll see what the one is like next year.
bandgeek3714 2 years ago
the last note wasn't long enough the clarinets should have been the last inst. played
trplayer87 2 years ago
This was my freshman year! The conductor was really funny but awesome. :D
jennathefish1 3 years ago
Awesome! We played this piece in 2007's Florida All-State! -flute-
saimusicmandy 3 years ago
Eww! With the exception of the clarinet that screeched at 3:08 this is VERY good.
TimonyErt03 3 years ago 2
Wow. We're playing this piece in my band. It is so painfuly slow, but it's really beautiful. This band makes it sound so good, and they barely look older then 15, 16 years old! Well done!
P.S. Anyone else watch the condoctors face as she, well, conducts :D?
NacodaLupine 3 years ago
Yes, and I personally find the conductor's passion and thoughts more easily communicated when they put expression with their face. It more easily depicts whether he/she needs something to be more tender or more prominent.
isudude0913 2 years ago
what's wrong with 10 french horns in a lauridsen piece
kuballer10 3 years ago 2
my HS band is playing this lolz :D
fob199 3 years ago
I'd like to hear this song in orchestral form...
80FrontStreet 3 years ago
I've only heard this done as a choral piece. But it's beautiful as an instumental piece too! I love this song. Lauridsen's music is absolutley incredible.
campbell292 3 years ago
lol at 3:07 my friend was the one who squeaked
courkeysoren 3 years ago
My god, isn't lauridsen simply genius! Well done!
heavensomewhere 3 years ago
rofl at 3:07.
But very well played. THUMBS UP!
monster9500 3 years ago
jesus how many people are in this band? there are like 10 french horns!
Explosiverobot 3 years ago
256. and if you count, there are 12 tubas
donkeykong88888 3 years ago
Holy crap!! The Massachusetts all state band has about 120!! (estimating)
TimGBone 3 years ago
Truly on of Lauridsen's more sublime works
TimonyErt03 4 years ago
Listen to the recording with Polyphony and Stephen Layton: just perfect.
'The composer runs the emotional gamut, from ecstasy in the sublime to subdued introspection, qualities readily engendered and reflected by Polyphony's matchless singers. Their love for words and music register with unwavering conviction, doubtless fuelled by Lauridsen's singability.'
[Classic FM Magazine]
Mimameior 4 years ago
we are playing this for UIL
yeah, 4th band playing this is gunna be weird
we sound good on it so far though
randomidiot123 4 years ago
:38 = hehe im playing trumpet hehehe
nsudemon1 4 years ago
nv on earlier comment
tubasareawesome 4 years ago
They have a interesting tuba set up, broken up by the euphonium and god that band is massive
tubasareawesome 4 years ago
i think it was too fast, and the beginning was a little too loud..its hard to stay quiet with like 20 horns. sounds amazing. my band played this at our state festival, and i agree it is alot harder than it sounds..but none the less this director took it way to fast, which took away from the emotion of the piece
paintblfrk420 4 years ago
way too many horns, you need maximum eight. Beautiful sound. need more third horn. trumpet is not with the band near the fermata. the conductor nedes to shape the notes.you should hold the clarinets for longer at the end. the climax could have been more emotional. anyway, it was great, and i have played this pece so i know how defficult it can be to grasp the emotion.
province29 4 years ago
only problem i have is that they started the piece quite loud that didn't allow for a lot of dynamic contrast... that was probably due to the massive amount of players, but still, dynamics are dynamics.
FlyingPancake0390 4 years ago
well there are like 20 french horns, so it probably was hard for them to contain the sound. look at the band its like they have 400 kids playing!
jatc08 4 years ago
its a ballanced band. i was one of the tuba players. i loved this song. it was my freshman year and my first year
theorderofone 4 years ago
I love this piece. I'm playing it in band this year, and it's 10 times harder than it sounds. Great job, suprisingly good sound quality for a video, but personally i think your conductor looked ridiculous... but awesome anyway.
thatotherguy9 4 years ago
gorgeousssss wow theres like 98475984 people in each section!!!
DoubleABaterriezzz 4 years ago
This piece is so pretty but the fourth horn part sucks.
FungusToes 4 years ago
lol, clarinets.
iamtheslow 4 years ago
That one squek is my great friend Janae. She rocks. Um, balls.
bandgeek3714 4 years ago
*gasp* Janae Harlow? I know her! She's great. :)
isudude0913 2 years ago
Honestly.... There is nothing more than a wonderful morten lauridson piece.... This one is very beautiful... 2 complaints.... Its too fast, and all you can hear is oboe.... Other wise it was wonderful!
clarinetmike88 4 years ago
Add the choir and the orchestra pieces!! The choir's VERY impressive!
automobile01 4 years ago
my symphonic band played this piece for the All NW conference this year, and i think the conductor rushed the piece, by far, waaaay too fast. sounded really good though. i also thing the fermatas should have been treated as grand pauses, thats what we did, adds a really nice effect to the sound
paintblfrk420 4 years ago
i think they did a good job.. i love this piece.. Symphonic Band @ my school played this piece as well. i think this director should've slowed the piece down a bit.. it's a beautiful piece.. i heard a few intonation problems but not too bad. they just need to listen a little better.. good job
alison4god 4 years ago
everyone knows it's all about texas all-state. =D
1234Jesus1234 4 years ago
great piece, but let me say what i heard =P
after first fermata, when the trumpet and flute entered the trumpet was sharp and the flute was flat
might be video and audio lag, but looks like the trumpet didnt follow the conducter towards the 2nd fermata.
intonation problems at some of the fermatas.
also the piece was kinda rushed in my opinion.
slow it down and fix some intonation problems =P
ChoujiAkimichi 4 years ago
Hey this song sounds really good and expressive sure there was one screw up but that doesnt matter. Oh and TimGBone Im a 9th grade all state trombone of florida. IN fact the best 9th grader in the state. anyways this song is very expressive.
amac567 5 years ago
Congratulations! That's cool cuz I was a 9th grader (when I wrote that comment) and I was the only 9th grader in the trombone section in the all state band so I thought it was cool.
TimGBone 4 years ago
Wow, great job. By the way, 1 squeak isn't the end of the world, even at that level of music. The main thing is recovery, and that squeak almost sounded sort ofin tune, lol.... Oh yea, Massachusetts All State trombonist right here.:)
TimGBone 5 years ago
Wow, they did a great job. 1 squeak isn't the end of the world though, so chill out... Oh yea, Massachusetts All State trombonist right here. :)
TimGBone 5 years ago
oh goodness ONE squeak, u guys are lame critizizing such a wonderful preformance.
Awsome
chaoticplay10 5 years ago
Great vid. Beautiful.
I'm trying out for NC All State band next month.
moseleych 5 years ago
Pretty Flawless, EXCEPT FOR THAT DAMN CLARINET, but yea pretty flawless..one thing though....WHERE ARE DA NIGGAZ IN DIS BAND!!?? LOL!!
Dbump3000 5 years ago
Beautiful rendition.
Funny how peple will critizise a performance with out knowing the effort and talent it takes to just even be nomitated to perform in such a great event.
Great Job
morenojosea 5 years ago
Leave it to the clarinets to screw up a priceless moment...man what a great song though...what a shame....
wedontsing 5 years ago