Folk Dances

[STRIKER12Gecko]

So cool! We are playing this same thing at our Local Junior High!!

[MantaRay9612]

Supposedly this song is Shostakovich making a mockery of Stalin's rigid policies. A beautifully written and preformed piece.

[PopTrumpet8]

we just started playing this piece for Bastrop High School, we are hoping to play this for UIL. Great job, you guys sound great :)

[peruboy42]

the French horn part is SO boring. Even when we went fast, It was no problem keeping up. and I'm in middle school!

[airdragon91]

we took this so much faster when we played it in high school. that third page was ridiculous on clarinet, but so fun!!!

[MsPetiteJoy]

playing this in my hs... i play oboe :)

[MYSChrome77]

I remember it faster. :)

[TheLugia3]

I'm a trumpet player and my band is playing this song too! It sounds great!

[msbublegirl]

This is amazing

[thebrichannel]

I love this. I wish it were a little faster. The Flute/Piccolo part is great! We are planning on playing this in the fall. Throughout the year we are also considering the Hindemith Symphony, Rocky Point Holiday, Commando March and Armenian Dances. I am excited!!

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

The Tuba/Euphonium part was always so much fun to rehearse and play.

[swatslayer5]

@xxPatheticEmoxx Playing it now. The cool part is when it's just the tuba at 1:26 and the entire piece speeds up drastically.

[MrLyons77]

The tuba part was suprsingly fun especially around the end i would love to be able to perform this again

[dorkfaceflutexo]

we just played this at PMEA all states, we took it a lot faster.

but i just love this piece. the percussionists coordinated a dance. it was amazing.

[TheMisstur]

just played this at UIL and got straight 1's

[XxEcLiPzeX]

I love this song, I play triangle on it. lol! But our band's lineup this year is epic!

1. Folk Dances-Shostakovich

2.Passages-Michael Sweeney

3.Sea Songs-Ralph-Vaughn-Williams

We used to play Lux Aurumque-Eric Whitacre

[TheTubaNoob]

@XxEcLiPzeX My band played Passages and Folk Dances. They both rock.

[501stSpitfire]

Percussioneer here. :D Such a fun song to play. Especially at 1:40.

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

I wanna play this again!

[TheMuppet10000]

one person didn't make it in honor band

[MMBG398]

i just played this in the honors band i was in :DDDD amazing song

[gercen92]

@MMBG398 I played in the miami dade honor band, what honor band did you play it in ?

[MMBG398]

@gercen92 i was in Lebanon Valley College Honors band :]

what instrument do u play??

[gercen92]

@MMBG398 I play trombone and tuba

[MMBG398]

@gercen92 haha i play trombone also :] i was like the only trombone player that was a girl there hahaha

[gercen92]

@MMBG398 Do you have a facebook... (I don't wanna be creepy or anything it just you don't meet many trombone players from other countries everyday)

[MMBG398]

@gercen92 haha i play trombone also :] i was like the only trombone player that was a girl there hahaha

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

Did this on tuba last sunday.

[shadowthecat971]

why is it being played so sloowww??? i played 1st Trumpet on this, Much Faster

nice preformance though

[PunkCandyNightmare]

next year, the honor band will be playing this(: ill be a freshman so i cant pkay it... :(( oh well. theyll do great! :DD i love this song its so awesome!

[FlameOfGodith]

@PunkCandyNightmare really? where do you live? I'm playing 1st trumpet for this this year =)

[Veroxen]

My bad played this a few years ago i played Piccolo and personally i think that is the must fun part but i could be wrong lol. its still an amazing song and played so beautifully great job ^.^

[Travisees]

first trumpet is having a few problems in the beginning, the tempo change was too dramatic in the first third of the piece and the last third, style is good but I am having a hard time hearing all of the high woodwinds - too drownded out by piccolo and brass. Where is the accelerando? over-all I believe you preformed this piece very well.

[TolentinoChristian]

My symphonic band is playing this too. The upbeats for this song is quite hard to get it synchronized for the French Horns.. well for my section. I LOVE THIS SONG. IS THIS BAND PLAYING AT THE ACCURATE TEMPO?

[awesomemaria]

I played the tenor sax part in grade 11. Fun times~

[dauiske79]

Just played this with an orchestra (1st violin :D)

[Evervision]

Ya i played this song my sophmore year of High school... except we changed it so we would get gradually faster so that by the end we were going so fast that we changed it to cut time! It sounded so cool!

[xxRawrrDanisaur]

we played this for CMEA =)

i love it hella much.

[trumpeteeress]

My band (high school upperclassmen band) is currently playing this

:)

love it.

[peaceoutchicks]

we r playing it too!!!!

[Mike754]

the second band at my school played this

[Emuman16]

Fun song. Just played this for Virginia Tech Honor Band.

[MyPetSock]

oh my gosh! you were there too :D?

i was the tuba with the hat if you saw me :)