UCLA Wind Ensemble - Persichetti - Symphony for Band Mov.1

[notanenemy]

I played this in high school. I love this.

[epicfailemmy]

Playing this song in my high school symphonic band.

Can't wait to get my chops on this horn part <3

[killpineapple]

we played this my junior year in Honors Wind Ensemble in high school.  could barely get graded on it. fucking love this whole piece

[rc1260]

I played this at CBDA all-state last year, and set behind the horns (i played tuba). That lick at 2:04 gave me chills EVERYTIME. indescribable...

[ataricom]

WOW! Awesome sound!

[EstebanMuchacho]

Show romanization

A pesar de que soy inocente, til se pruebe su culpabilidad

Soy tratar de conseguir sucio, la compra de un club y puesta en marcha de bienes raíces

Para G real, soy Cumplir mi sueño

Si quiero ocultar mi plan, a continuación, precisamente voy a construir mi crema

el primer viaje sin la camarilla

Envió a la perra con el ladrillo trimestre, esto es lo

[MylesPrower]

... Why?

[mrbearbear216]

@seanixs Thank you so much for enlightening us with your brilliance in analytical skills. And the proficiency in your vernacular is simply SUPERB! Next time, sit down before you write these breathtaking comments and remember that not all of us can comprehend the words from your astonishing capacity.

[seanixs]

umm ok ??

[grosensteinbergjew]

its so annoying when yorue learning it

[hiyaclemens]

I agree. The notes and rythyms are pretty simple, considering this piece's reputation, but it is veryyyy difficult if you consider the balancing. Each part is handed off in such a perfect manner that you have to be very precise. If the balance is off, this piece sounds terrible. It's something you have to accomplish as an entire band, not just a single member.

[maa0162]

Unanim 2430, Great comment! As someone who studied aesthetics with David Whitwell at CSUN and who, having now quite the opposite experience, is currently working on an Ed.D. at North Texas, I can tell you that as I grow older, it is difficult to watch ensemble performances without emotional nuance. There is evidence about the lack of this everywhere in the wind ensemble world and nobody seems to be bothered by it; just look at the crowd attendance in this video!! How sad!!

[MagixP]

lol how can u mistake french horn for tuba

[Szatski896949]

beautiful tuba solo

[DanTheMan199008]

French Horn Solo you mean?

at the beginning.

[hautboishavoc]

@DanTheMan199008 There is a tuba solo at 3:50. I'm sure that's what they were talking about.

[arauxos]

Good Job! Congratulations!!!

[SaxyBoy91]

Isnt this a little easy for a university ensemble?

[porkchopsisgood]

This work is a top 10 piece of wind ensemble literature and a perfect example of what should be done at the university level. Not everything has to be Schwantner....(big fan, btw).

Great job on a wonderful work...I know Blake well: we worked together for a short time at Sea World San Diego.

Cheers!

[0bxperson2]

i have to disagree, I am currently a sophmore in high school and my wind ensemble played this and I am a tuba player myself. Persichetti's Divertimento is quite a bit more challenging as well... or Graham's Harrison's Dream.

[Unanim2430]

It's not all about technical difficulty. Something that is forgotten by many academics is the expression and emotion found in a piece. Just because a work does not fly above the stars does not mean it isn't hard. Emotion is something rarely displayed by many elite ensembles. It's because they are so focused on technical elements they forget the pureness of music and its ability to touch the soul.

As you grow in your musicianship you will understand a bit more.

[groovybiatch]

yeah and you also don't know squat about music, my middle school band played what I played in college last year, and I'm a senior, but we played in 100x more musically.

[0bxperson2]

Ok, people seriously need to stop commenting that. I didn't post it, my cousin was here two months ago and used my account to post it. Don't say anything to me about it because it's true, I don't know squat about music. My cousin who posted that might but I don't so don't comment me! I thought I had said this earlier.

[RussianLyracist]

Great horn and low brass. <3

[isisdazs]

Great rendition! The band was good, great tuba sound. Though sometimes I wondered where the percussion was. C'mon xylo, you can count your rests and play with dynamics, I know you can. :( Love the woodwind sound at the end.

[goldingna]

Having attended Western Carolina in the past I can most certainly attest that App State is not even in this league! We did this last year at the University of Tennessee, and as an ensemble we sounded about as good, but you can tell that the UCLA group has a lot of really good players. Our players weren't as good, we just had a great conductor.

[ericsaid]

they are so sharp.....in a college....lmao....appalachian is a smaller school in the boonies of north carolina and their wind ensamble is so much better

[Eisha09]

My High School Band Played this, this year at Evaluation

[urmylolipop]

i played this symphony and i have to say it's an extremely difficult piece to play, not that the notes are hard, but fitting all the parts together is the hard part.

[blkjock81]

@urmylolipop

I don't think this is an "extremely difficult"piece, or maybe you have to expand on what you mean. But it has just enough challenge for an advance level group. I remember sight reading this piece for the first time in 2nd year. Best thing I can describe...counting in 2 with obscured downbeats kept you on your toes...but the musical rewards from playing this piece came quite easily and readily, which is why this piece is still one of my absolute fave wind band works.

[idontknowyet]

darn right he was, our high school symphonic band played this for a competition and it was amazing, our band did pageant, op.59

[JESUS4137]

do u have any recordings or kno how i can get some for Parable XI for alto saxophone solo, Op 123

[paperbakwriter09]

Did you ever find a recording of Parable XI?

I've been looking for one myself.

[tubadylan]

Yes, an his book on Twentieth Century harmony is a great read for any composer or orchestrator.

[1337evan]

Persichetti was a genius...