Britten - Simple Symphony - Boisterous Bourree

[Godlygaga]

im luvin it!!!

[Godlygaga]

i'm playing this in 9th grade! Im in vivace! its awsome!!!!

[mikel15858]

Playing in college? I'm playing this in high school. IT's FUN but kinda hard :/

[artas555]

We are playing simple symphony with our orchestra and its very funny piece. :-)

[SuperCulby]

Playing this in college string orchestra! :D

Did anyone notice that Benjamin Britton's Simple Symphony was a giant alliteration???

[crygirl93]

damn have you seen the scores for double bass?! I think I'll never play this right :/

[ChildhoodMobility]

Playing it, but I`m a violist :/

[ZeCheesy]

im 12 and im playing this 4 my quartet

[TheDavid2222]

did Britten always create pieces in a neo classical style?

[TheDavid2222]

did Britten always create pieces in a neo classical style.

[SynthRay]

The cello part isn't that hard, It's actually really fun if you have other people who know what they're doing.

[walshamite]

Perhaps the (apparently) simple symphony? Based on tunes derived from early boyhood composing efforts, I believe -- the tight simple elegance is almost baroque; redolent of an England, and an English style, which are both now passing away.

[3buchipluma]

pienso que simple significa juego o divercion con la muscica

[serghiej63]

I love this music. I love Britten. Thanks a lot for post.

[Foreverjammin99]

He called it simple because he wrote it when he was 9... or around that age. That's what my orchestra director told us.

[Xenocide31337]

Simple Symphony - it's funny because it's sarcasm...

[cellohmd]

I just played this piece with my orchestra for a festival and my teacher correctly calls it the not so simple symphony

[xC3110x]

Bleah.. I love this entire piece but my HS orchestra classmates are finding it a bit less simple than they may have expected. And we have a concert next monday. wheeee

[jfdskd]

It's called simple because there aren't any woodwinds or brass. And it is actually quite simple but I guess that is just my opinion :-)

[EliteAero256]

Really great song! Playing in my HS orchestra!

[Twilifelove100]

Playing this song this year for my middle school orchestra :) <3 cant wait until i perform it

[bettinamiklo]

super!!!! gratulation!!!!!

[VioLAPlaYer239]

played the full symphony in a concert yesterday, not very "simple," but very fun to play. our conductor told us the composer dedicated it to his viola teacher =)

[coccobacio]

great piece of music! just played it with the orchestra an hour ago and could listen to it for hours ;)

[carlosparejaobregon]

It's not so difficult. You must practice a little more!

[GirlMusicVideoMaker]

what person can dislike this? 

[flyaway2magicland]

Playing this in my highschool symphony orchestra! I love it! Kind of hard at first, but once you get it learned, it's the best!!!!!!

[Paine436]

I love this song to death, playing it right now for Chamber.

but it's not SIMPLE whatsoever. So difficult, especially since we're taking it like.. 3OO% undertempo. X-x

even Violin 2, ughhh.

[mooglelance]

Simple in meaning that it was written in the simple meaning of compostion of this piece, he wrote it in college for composing and made this for well.. showing the basic or simple parts of composition.

[raywilliamjamson]

I have to play this by july 11...

...

ugh.

[LlamaLlord21]

Benjamin Britten

Simple Symphony

Boisterous Bourree

Playful Pizz.

Sentimental Saraband

Frolicsome Finale

...

Alliteration at its best.

[Monoprixchen]

whos playing?

[StylinRed]

i get all tingly when i hear beautiful music... this is wonderful

[ICriedBloodyTears]

My school is going to play I,III, an IV movements.

[GuitaristZach6]

@ICriedBloodyTears were doing all four

[amperko]

My school played I,III and IV too.

[LoveULin]

My orch. also join the Music Festival in Hong Kong, but our orch play the Dvorak~finale, no prize- - fourth...

[kdog1064]

i'm playing this with my orchestra right now :D

[lashinequa]

im playing this right now :D

[Chia3633]

i played this with the orchestra!! was great

[astrononerd]

:) my ensemble is playing is playing this for solo and ensemble. :)

[thebassgirl08]

mein lieblingssatz ♥

[Adoriakashite]

Nice, thanks for uploading! =)

[ThaSchwab]

What about the finale? Second movement?

[johnsungh]

I agree with chichibobbytam...i'm playing this and it's anything but simple :P

[thereez93]

totally right ;-) im playing this too, violin 1, and whenever i study i think "why the hell did he call this SIMPLE??" haha

but it is fun to play. very beautiful. one of my favourite classical pieces

[ckcclinton]

I heard from my teacher its because this whole symphonies' melodies are melodies that he made up when he's a little little kid, so he called it "simple" XD

[violalord1]

@thereez93 Because it is based on themes he made as a child.

[EpsilonLotus]

@thereez93 Simple has a different meaning to Britten. Simple in this case means that he wrote it when he was young. I think he was 9 or 10 when he wrote this. So simple means not immature but not yet developed?

[catnai2008]

@EpsilonLotus how could this not be devoloped! lol its so good :)

[Catz0125]

@thereez93 Because he is funny. He has all kinds of funny things in it, like when it seems like the violas should get louder in one point they actually get softer :)

[Kasuhaku]

I loved playing this movement along with the others in camp. What I found as a problem was that we would rush alot. But we got it down =).

[DannyDomoSan]

I love the first and last movement. gives much bounce to the song.

[MissSparrow42]

i absolutely LOVE this movement...but we're only playing the finale...grrrr

[stiemogo]

hahahaha chichibobbytam. :) thanks for the laugh.

[chichibobbytam]

I am playing this piece and it is quite complex. It should not be called simple symphony.

complex symphony.

[headshothoncho100]

@chichibobbytam lol heck ya the finale has some tricky rythms that when i was sightreading it i had to stop and scratch my head for a bit

[cellohmd]

@chichibobbytam

my orchestra teacher always called it the not so simple symphony

[annabellyfullofjelly]

@chichibobbytam Same. I'm going to the Australian Chamber Orchestra Workshop and we're playing this. For 1st violin, it's hard!

[k73f]

i played it and i really liked it

but i think it sounds much better in string quartet

[ThaSchwab]

I don't see why ... this was written originally for a full orchestra