Folk Dances

[400adub]

yeah conductor dude! loved watching that. my band director does the same thing at the end with the circling of the hand, its awesome ha.

[TinasaurusRAWR]

I have to play the piccolo part :O

Oh myy..

[MrRandomvids4ever]

@TinasaurusRAWR This is random do you happen to be playing at new york in feburary??

[nickmisiaszek]

@MrRandomvids4ever I am, second trombone

[TinasaurusRAWR]

@MrRandomvids4ever Oh, no :)

[xgregman894x]

we played that last year for my county's honor band. We took it alot faster tho.

[luvitalia101]

Omg we played this for marchig band WITHOUT A DRUM MAJOR OR CONDUCTOR. we had to keep time ourslevea and i play the clarinet flute hard part. I was 12.

[DoctorThunderbolt]

My District's All Star band just played a simpler version of this song, I love it either way but its amazing when played with such expertise

[SimThePenguin]

@DoctorThunderbolt

You know I just played that same song today in My District's All Star band too.

[acatcalledronald]

blacked out playing this piece, involves little to no breathing but sounds amazing!

[awesomemaria]

I played the tenor sax part for this song in high school. Oh the nostalgia, I really miss band...

[sxf0419]

Played on 4/19??? That's my birthday!!! Love this piece btw!

[spke532]

I played this is in high school All County Band. Great song

[saraxjeanxx]

We played a slightly simplified version for our highschool band concert :) Great job!

[raynefallsfromgrace]

I loved playing this song on tuba. But I was never really able to hear it from an audiences standpoint because when we were playing all I heard was bass...

[PsychicPie]

@raynefallsfromgrace Same  here. :)

[PrincessDrummerGirl]

I cant hear the trinagle part at all!But this was awesome!:)

[12jo0]

i play this in highschool we fail

[xxPatheticEmoxx]

I love the tuba/euphonium build up on the second and third pages.

[sxf0419]

Man, this piece was fun. I played it for all state this year, and we didn't take it as fast, but it was still fast. I love the euphonium part. With combos of the melody, counter melody, and the background.

[AltosaxHero]

That is one fantastic director!

[RogueAgent067]

4 people can't folk dance.

[southpatriot08]

I played clarinet on this for wind-symphony, extremely fun piece to play.

[diezombie6]

MY NAME IS VIKTOR !!!!!!!!!!!!! REZNOV!!!!

[PHSTRUMPET2012]

I'm in highschool and the 1st coronet part is not too hard, all the 16th note runs are on scales.

[RoyaltonDrummer922]

our band cant play it that fast...

[bbdogrocks13]

I have the 1st cornet part. Its ridiculous.

[rjdogful]

@bbdogrocks13 Nice, I have the second, but I'll be playing the first cornet part in a few weeks. Oh how I love high school seat challenges.

[ImDarkie]

i love this piece. its quite fun to preform especially near the end when it picks up tempo

[AltosaxHero]

@ImDarkie Oh yeah, it's my bands favorite piece

[BingoStingRay]

being a french horn....i hate this music so much. i hate having upbeats. and we have to play this at a contest in april.

[McFlury9687]

Shostokovich I beleive

[FlameOfGodith]

we played this song at about 200-240 BPM in my district band this year... it was rediculous lol

[YourSoLastSummer28]

@FlameOfGodith Me too, was it PA district 10 band?

[FlameOfGodith]

@YourSoLastSummer28 it was the PMEA district 9 band that i was in lol

[Officially2015]

Does anyone know who the composer of this piece is?

[LianaAkaTobi]

@Officially2015 Dmitri Shostakovich

[jwroop]

Interesting interpretation, mediocre conducting.

[927drummerboy]

This gentleman is far too large for the podium and is out of proportion to a defined conducting line. If he lost 15 pounds of cellulose his effect upon the podium would be most favorable.

In addition, he does not know his score at all well as indicated by his inability to look at his musicians with enthusiasm.

It would be great if he were to sale shoes for a while so that he can lose weight and season himself as a musician.

[FlameOfGodith]

@927drummerboy trololol

[perry2141]

thres alot of repeats in this song

[AustiiMalii]

@perry2141 sooooo many DX

[FlameOfGodith]

@perry2141 everything is repeated at least once XD

[bobo324mg]

Woooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! Shostakovich

[takatomon]

is it me but at the very beginning in section, are they playing additional sixteenth notes? because i have the conductor and i feel like the flutes are playing extra notes...

[AstrorumLucet]

my high school is playing im a tenor sax but most of my band couldnt sightread this so well. i like this piece alot.... but it is wicked....

[keepsinging1416]

3:20 reminds me of the part with the train in Dumbo XD

[runescapemaster518]

Perfect with everything I think the low brass and low reeds need to play a lot louder

[SheenaBrnai]

Nice balance between the 1st trumpets and flutes! Usually you hear either ALL trumpet in those fast peices or all picc...lol Oooh, like 2:45. Very nice.

[SmooveSax]

That was GREAT!!!! We played the song at my high school spring festival when I was a freshman...that's the best I've ever heard it sound!

[AngryBob8]

I came

[cullen594]

My middle school is playing this for our spring concert i have second alto sax part and it is hard almost have down though and its been like 4 days!!

[valmllr]

He's the most amazing conductor I've ever seen!

[guitarxgodx100]

4:08

AND HERE THEY COME, DOWN THE STRETCH!!! hahah it reminds me of a horse race when it speeds up hahahha

[guitarxgodx100]

we are playing this for all city county and states hopefully

[satoshi2oll]

Amazing =D We're playing this for one of our UIL pieces.

[medkid99]

I just LOVE how this guy conducts the band! And the band sounded great! Congrats! ;-)

[rwfan88]

Excellent job by the ensemble and good choice of tempos, I think. It's just a bit painful for me to watch the conductor show such little movement or emotion. I'm sure he's a fine conductor, but he looks like he's trying to conduct a lullaby. Bernstein used to look like a raving lunatic conducting Shostakovich. A bit extreme perhaps, but something along those lines would be more in the character of the piece.

[dantrpt]

@rwfan88 Over the top conducting gestures aren't always the best thing, especially for the ensemble who has to interpret what the conductor wants.

[KazTheSpazz]

now theres a conductor who knows hot to control the music

[Littlecuttie17]

Very very very nice :)

[blacksquirrel09]

I played this at some point in Middle School, I think. Back then, I was practically amazed at how fast the woodwinds had to move their fingers, haha

[JTHMjulia]

we played this 2 years ago. I freakin' love shostakovitch

[ranmadori]

We sight read this in band :D so fun!

[nellieou]

Great performance, but the conductor seems all show and little lead by directing directly on each beat instead of just before.

[MicrobeObliteratorMo]

i didn't like this song much when i first played it in band...but now it's one of my fav XD

[SoRaGrl23]

this is too slow

[librachic102]

on the contrary. its supposed to start slow and gradually gain speed through to the end. i think the tempos the conductor chose here are pretty spot-on. fast does not always mean good.

[Monkeyman8j]

But it does mean more fun.

Of course, this only applies if you are playing music, not listening to it.

[shandrasushisaurus]

I love this song. But the alto clarinet part is really no fun.

[dwdrummer180]

im playing this song in about a week. unfortunately, i play french horn. not a very fun song for horn. I just tune it out and listen to the rest of the band because the song is good though.

[tikitiki111]

lol tubas as well

[sapphirextears]

When we played this in our Wind Ensemble, I went out and bought it on iTunes.

And this recording is still better.

I agree with IllThreat. We almost took it faster, then decided not to.

Fabulous recording, and one of the most fun non-feature (We didn't feature it as our 'big piece' in the program) pieces we had played in a while. I'm a bass clarinetist, and the middle section was perhaps the most fun thing I had ever played at the time.

[gigmaster07]

i played this my (sophmore)? year i am looking forward to be part of texas state! future cougar

[Boomaca]

this is the best recording of this on youtube but im sure UNT can play this much better no offense

[Boomaca]

If you're taking this any faster at the beginning then it seems your director is totally missing the whole purpose of the piece. You won't have anywhere to go at the end! Plus, any faster than this by even a good group, and things could get really dirty and sloppy. This is by far the fastest I've heard this song played by any group anywhere (and I've heard a lot of recordings of this). Of course they nailed it because it's Texas.haha our band are just better!!

[DoctorFrogger]

I've heard a professional recording of this piece that was significantly faster, but you're right that for non-pro this is really good.

[kittycrcat2008]

my band is playing this in our concert in a month...

ITS SO MUCH FUN to play!

[Keira13]

I learned this piece with my honour band in three days.

And it is STILL by far my favourite <3

[lastwishSTAR]

me too! good stuff :)

[peruanita90]

amazing best performance ive ever seen for this song good job

[trespalabres]

takt 182 (end)

"slow"^^ to quick

[Hector95100]

amazing and amazing director. we are playing this in middle school right now of course not to full spped :-)

[mayfouk223]

ah yes, the All-District memories are flooding back :D

[iAmObsessive]

Go clarinets!

[nejihyuga665]

get it.

[Keira13]

OHYES!

-isclarinettist-

[mayfouk223]

hahaha I love how at the end the conductor does this rapid circle motion pattern. I love watching conductors!

[jordyzzle]

the tempos do sound correct.

i'm playing this in my symphonic band for a christmas concert.

[IzzietheIZ]

This is ridiculously slow in the beginning. Is it just me or did the conductor slow down the piece. It sounds like it sped up and then he gradually made it slower. And then they rushed the ending. I'd give them a 4.5/5. As far as I could tell, they were tuned well, but the song lacked any great dynamics and there were some tempo flukes that could have been corrected for more power and influence to the piece.

[DPFanatic18]

Trust me, if a university wind ensemble is doing that piece in that tempo, most likely it is correct.

They played the correct tempos anyway.

[IzzietheIZ]

Then it might just be problems with my computer or the recording equipment. Stupid technology.

[eq2ownswow]

im playing this now in my wind ensemble and at the beginning we are taking it much faster than they did... so i dunno it could be either they were conservative with their tempo, or under tempo, or the recording equipment. all over the piece we are playing it much faster.

[IIIThreat]

If you're taking this any faster at the beginning then it seems your director is totally missing the whole purpose of the piece. You won't have anywhere to go at the end! Plus, any faster than this by even a good group, and things could get really dirty and sloppy. This is by far the fastest I've heard this song played by any group anywhere (and I've heard a lot of recordings of this). Of course they nailed it because it's Texas.  Damn Texans! LoL!

[eq2ownswow]

lol, i agree, those texans are damn good XD

but nah, our director is a student teacher for this upcoming concert and she is throwing a HUGE ritard in later in the piece so we have the slow down, then we burst back up to tempo one beat after the four measure ritard. its pretty cool, ill try to get a recording of our performance and post it for you all

[dinnyfm]

we are doing this in my wind ensemble and i play thesnare part, it gets kind of boring though cause all it does is repeat

[brittanychantelxx]

at lva we're doing this for the winter concert :D

[smhguardiegirl]

We just started working on this for my school's concert band. I love the clarinet part! We hope to compete using this piece this spring.

[ihosvany]

whoa im doing this in an honor band as well, watsup with that

[Keira13]

In my honour band I think we went wayyy faster...

[JairajGeorge]

We learned this in 2 days for an honour band, boring horn parts, offbeats eww.

[Keira13]

aha, OPHB 2008! (L)

and the clarinet part I rather enjoyed :P

[hotworship]

Yeah!!! OPHB 2008!!!! We rocked!

[hotworship]

HAHA you're from OPHB 2008 too!!!

[5omeon3]

We played this for concert festival last year and got a superior.

I <3 this song!

[beccalynnburton]

wow those runs are so CLean!!!! good job!!!!

[shaylen911]

lol the conductor started to lose control of his movements in the last few seconds. other than that, loved his style.

this, from what i can see and here, is flawless. amazing job, Texas (:

[KoocaMungaGowa]

This piece is very well done indeed. I love this piece we are playing it at my college. there was only one mistake that i did hear in this video and it's at 3:02 on the attack some trumpet cracks the note. But its nothing compared to the overall performance of this song.

[jbwooten89]

well.. I have reason to believe that this band played this song as near perfect as I would have wanted it.

[AllThatJazz99]

Very well played! I've done this piece as well and really enjoyed it. :)

[bandkid09]

This song is hard as crap.

We're playing this for concert festival.

[desperaux0]

we played it too :) i was one of the few who could play the hard parts like measure 102 so... i had to practice it a lot

[mutualism]

My band is performing this for UIL this year.

[deannalucille]

Very clean from most that I've seen, most I've seen are a big mess. That first string of notes that the flutes and clarinets do are usually jumbled together, and you can't hear what it is.

With this video, you can hear the tune! Thanks, Texas! :)

[desperaux0]

yeah texas rocks :) we played it when i was there once. and i heard it from lots of different bands.

[roller0coaster0gal]

bassoon = <3 XP

[roostre619]

quiet dona, or should i say donna

you know you cant play one of those

[roller0coaster0gal]

hey who this??? I do play bassoon!!! idk if you joking or not, lol

[jbwooten89]

I play bassoon, too :D

[roller0coaster0gal]

awesomeness, the bassoon rocks XD

[brehow]

actually Dona does and shes really good at it ;D

[jbwooten89]

<33333333333333333333333333 this song. Symphonic band is playing this and it's amazing.

[misteralmuranas]

this was our closing piece at out all district symphonic band concert...it was incredible!

[spamandrice]

Well done. It seems to me that faster pieces seem to be your strength (looking at the Lauridsen piece). In this piece, your dynamic changes, articulation, and entrances are all shown. Great accents. Baton technique is fairly decent--it could just be the video, but the stick looks a little too small for you.

I really don't have any "critique" for you. Conducting is well done. One nit-picky thing is that you should try to keep your forearms down..don't end up conducting near your head!

[ogpimpmore]

Nice tempos...is this the UT wind ensemble? I always like to see conductor's go into 1 at the end when it gets faster...just an idea. I think your Lauridsen comments were a bit harsh, I thought you did a nice job on that. Keep up the good work...

[tauneutrino]

Awesome performance? Nice video and sound quality, too.

[jpnova204]

Im playin this on December... shit Im scared

[tbonesfa]

Well played, well conducted.

[Hotboy4U2C]

WOW...very nice conducting!!!!

[Tuftaffety]

Well Played.