Second Suite in F Part II of II

[uskyph]

3:33 the crash symbol almost played too early!

[iBlaxton]

this is my favorite composition ever. effing brilliant. 

[pokemonnnerd]

Wow. If I didn't play this piece before, I'd have absolutely no clue of tempo. Just shows how dramatic conducting styles change from person to person.

[Bandgeek440]

If I remember correctly the Third Clarinet part for "Fantasia of the Dargason" is surprisingly hard 'cause it goes over the break a lot.

[ECSit]

song of the blacksmith is really confusing for the trombones... we don't have anything that matches up with the other pieces till the 'hammer' comes along at the end.

[HoBoMoBob]

1:35 is where I start my solo-- very fun

[imsohasome]

i the songs

[JaZzTaStIc303]

<3 Irish washerwoman.

[abcdefghayley]

You guys have some killer clarinets. We're playing this song at my high school right now so I know it, sounds really good! You took movements one and four way faster than we are, though. But hey, there's no right and wrong in music :)

[FallEnova]

i played this recently, but we did the their part A LOT faster and the last part a bit slower ,very good by the way, nice euphonium solo!!!

[blackcherrysoda91]

wow you guys take mvmt. 4 fast, well faster than us anyway at the moment . Sounds very good though. Personally mvmt. 4 is my favorite.

[JVIaster]

song of the blacksmith is supposed to be slow...it is supposed to imitate the sounds of a blacksmith's hammer striking the anivil, heavy and powerful

[sazdy]

From what I've heard of other orchestras, and from what we do in my university band when playing this song, the tempo in this version is just a little too slow, barely. But, they made it work fine.

[angelforbes2]

Agreed. In the band I'm doing this with, he said it's supposed to be a little bit faster. My conductor brought in a sung version of the song. ^.^ funniest thing ever.

[terjeau]

I love the Euphonium part at 2:20

[v2engine]

1:33 is my fave part.

[v2engine]

1:33 is really good.

[bigpapa199460]

i'd rather have a tenor play it(i say tht because im a tenor player my self)

[CptBigShwanky1867]

i agree i played the entire piece with the military and i played tenor and it is more exciting

[AquariusNaiads]

the end of Song of the Black Smith was bright, but other than that awesome!

[airikdixon99]

this sounds pretty good but much to fast

[ilepolnac]

one of the funnest song I have played in band

[bigsisluvslilbro]

Well, I for one practice while you guys play and I think the tempo is just fine for a bunch of freakin' students. Dang! you are good!

[Kaloray]

Blacksmith way too slow.  needs more separation on movement 3. euph was covered a little bit in 4, but nice playing. end of 4 was a little rough.

[silvofithrade2759]

Hm. Song of the Blacksmith could have been a bit faster. The tempo for Dargasson was about right though I think.

[drmbeaufort]

For the sake of that poor tuba at the end (and a few others too for that matter), I prefer to play the fourth movement just a tad slower.

[nerf15]

3rd movement can be played a little faster, adds intensity and contrast among movements

[drmbeaufort]

I agree. By no fault of the musicians, this piece did seem a bit too slow. It's not all that uncommon though to take this movement a little on the slow side. Many conductors believe that "The Blacksmith Song" should be played at a slower tempo because of the blacksmith's slow and deliberate speed of work.

[blueghost00]

It seems like the euphonium had a little trouble with the high note at 3:43. I would too after that many solos...

[caguellano]

Fourth movement, first greensleves melody, euphonium needs to come out mondo mas. trombones and such can quiet down until the low octave dargason, but all in all good work euph.

-Jon

[The3lse]

It's played at a significantly slower tempo than the original composition, and your low brass section could have used a bit more practice, however it was very good as a whole.

[FG94]

wow i played this 2 day and im just an eight grader and this is suppose to be more for older ppl and we pulled it off :D

hehehehehe

[SkaterDIZ]

LOL ME TOO!!!!

[phantomsfire980]

eighth grade Dang you must be a good band

[illBUrFriend]

Nice Job....:D

[bthockey25]

Was this at an adjudication? I would like to know what they got. My band got a Superior and we played the 2nd and 4th movements.

[keetner]

Isn't the 3rd movement being played a bit slow?

[jingerxXsnappers]

I've only played it once before, but I am pretty sure that's the right tempo for part three...

[JLRedWing13]

It's marked Allegro Moderato, so it's open to interpretation. I've even heard faster recordings of this movement. I guess it really depends on how well the solo alto sax player can set the tempo and how lightly the band can tongue.

Anyway, this is a great performance of one of the greatest pieces in all of band literature!

[tanya6293]

is the fourth movement reall that fast? we're playing it right now in band and it's not nearly as fast. o.O

[Amdurius]

Yeah, that's about the speed my band played it at. It's supposed to sound lively.

[Skipatronic]

The Euphonium line needs to come out in Mvt. IV. That's the important line.

[Sa967St]

i LOVE the second piece!!!!!

[istop4squirrels]

props to the tuba player for getting the first half of the solo... very hard and VERY highly written!

[enrique123987]

i agree, it is a very fun solo, i am playing it now. i cant say i think its that high though...... it kinda depends on the player themself i think. i have a good high register but a very suckish low register.... but it is still a more difficult solo.

[shinachan701]

How old are the musicians that are playing?

[everlend]

You all did a great job on this piece! I am playing the solo clarinet part and even though I have played several times over the years, I know how difficult this piece can be. You all sound great and the clarinets really are very refined on Dargason. Keep up the great work.

[Uniduckdavid]

the "anvil" sound should be more refined and not so splooshy. i don't know how to describe it. the ending chord could have been worked on more. good job though, its a super tough piece, and your articulation, especially on those trumpet parts is fantastic!

[colossus999]

I loved how well you did Blacksmith song. It's not easy in any way.

[albermarle52]

Nice intonation but the brass chord on the end of the Blacksmith's Song was anemic.

[jokeboy101]

we are playing all four movements and i play trumpet and man yall sound good. good job. (fourth movement i think is the best)

[Keech12]

I play euphonium in this piece and the solos freakin' kick ass sooooo much. Amazing piece

[xxMrAmazingxx]

i play euphonium and cornet but im playing cornet mostly atm

[DarkXepher666]

AMEN! Although it's hard to choose between the March Solo or the Fantasia solo.

[bored9988]

totallly! the march solo is more beautiful imo but the dargason is way more fun haha just love how bouncy it is :P

[beautyqueen146]

Woot! Go piccilo solo! I played that!

[toddingt0n]

We're playing this in my school's wind ensemble. I love Movements 3 and 4. We play 3 a lot faster. I think it sounds good both ways, actually.

Good job on all four movements!

[asdfgfdsa44]

I played the 4th movement in middle school. You were much better than us.

[bvollm1]

the 4th movement sounds like greensleeves because it is greensleeves... or a variation of it. I'm a euphonium player and this is by far may favorite peice ot play.

[bladebloodykill]

I like the 4th movement a lot. It's funny, 2:20 and 3:31 sound aa bit like "Greensleeves." And kudos to the piccolo player.

BTW, I played this my sophomore year. memories...

[cright3]

that was a bit fast but they pulled it off nicely

[drummerXprodigy]

3 needs to be faster.

last chord mehh.

4th was awesome.

i played break drum haha.

it's awesome.

[ajnorris13]

I disagree with everyone that mvmt. 3 should be faster. Does a Blacksmith hurry through their work? It should sound a bit labored.

[iamrecognized]

Fine.  It still sounds better faster.

[AHungryOyster]

Those clarinets have great tone and intonation!

[aznmunchlax]

I like the last movement... so fun (annoying for some)

[dorfischer]

nice but... A TEMPO- don't you think?

[mangobone7]

Not a bad performance. I thought the 1st and 2nd trombones were very good but the bass trombone could be a bit stronger. I would know, I played that bass trombone part my junior year. It was still a good performance, better than my band on average.

[saxplaya119]

Wow ur low brass can relly kick some names and take some ass! but ya that i do agree with zootsuite that blacksmith shuld be faster (at least thats wat my band did) nice solos (i played the sax 1)

[zootsuiteman]

haha i liked at 3:23 the cymbol girl almost played at the wrong spot but saved herself, good catch

[winner91439143]

man , this band was CRAZY!! way better than ours lol

[Eman5805]

I recall the song being a lil faster when we played it, but then my band had a tendency to rush. And we had a real nice sounding railroad spike hit. But, still a good rendition.

[swtaznphnix]

ohh, thanks for uploading this. first time playing a french horn.. and I'm given this piece.. lol, so listen to this video over and over really helps

[clarinet2009]

well all i have to say is that my high school band does not even try to attempt the 2ed movement and that was great honestly keep up the god work!!!!!!!!

[PlanoSarah]

Ah, there's the euphonium player. I kept looking around when the camera would zoom in during the solos and couldn't find him!

[WindTunnelMiroku]

i think the euphonium here is a girl, shes to the left of the 2 tubas

[MyHeroJackBlack]

The Cow bell in the first part was way overruling, needed to be toned down a little

[thedustoflife]

It's supposed to be an anvil. It's the song of the blacksmith, after all. Thus it doesn't bother me that the clanking is over the top.

[bonavex]

On Song of the Blacksmith, the last chord wasn't together. On Fantasia, once again, the drums overpowered. They're a good percussion section instrumentally, but they need to learn to blend with the band. The trumpet section sounded especially good on Fantasia, and the Alto Saxes/French Horns were incredibly good on Song of the Blacksmith. Tuba got a bit flustered at the end of Fantasia, but the Piccolo player was excellent. Overall, good.

[Azerothian]

pfft.. My middle school band plays up to the same par ;P, just.. dont think we are going to touch Dargason.. *cries*

[DuskShadowleaf]

Finally someone plays Fantasia up to tempo...my band director plays it probably 20 clicks slower....drives me insane.

[mcrlovesBoA]

wah!!!! This is the only thing I don't like in Second suite. TOOO MUCH FLUTE RESTING AND ANNOYING COUNTING!!! But you guys were awesome. Great job!! But I agree with robotluvr. Way brighter buddy.

[lilemmybaby92]

compliments to the picc. player. she nailed the ending!

[robotluvr]

The ending chord on Song of the Blacksmith could have been brighter. Otherwise, good job!

[Bandiscool87]

WOW that was really good. is this a high school band?

[Argith]

Immaculate alto sax section!