Bazeilles 2007 MPTDM "La Procession du Sardar"

[fredericpignon]

félicitations ...

[casanaalex]

omg i played this in my concert band when i was a freshman! it sounded so good i love it! sadly im a senior i wish we can all play it all again :(

[thelepewguy]

It is indeed slow. What i am going to say is probably prepostrous, but the National Phylharmonic Orcestra of Mexico renders a faster, more dynamic version. I thought sardar referred to some sort of harvest...

But regardless, this masterpiece is a favourite in higher stratta Latin American circles.

[donmarley69]

This is an old Armenian song the melody is very vivid from my schooling days. where is Sardar?

[joseftnix]

Sardar is not a place. The Sardar was (is) a local bigwig in many of the Caucasian societies. Ippolitov-Ivanov composed this after watching one of them ride into town with his retenue.

[donmarley69]

I think your right, I must have been mistaken but in his Caucasian works he wrote a plethora of multi-ethnic pieces and one of them was Armenian.

[GeometricalPanda]

in Armenia

[shantb]

I remember playing this in HS. But these guys are so much better sounding than I can remember my orchestra ever being. Nicely done! Brings back memories and such pleasure to hear it done right.

[humdiddlyhum]

this sounds so slow!

[empresslilo28]

i love this song i enjoyed playing it in my band class, love the solo =)

[iluvawsumpuppies]

kewl

[iluvawsumpuppies]

i luv this song! were playin it at my skool but were not close 2 how good these guys r!

[ArmenianBlueberry]

this is an armenian song

[rossco993]

im armenian....yiyah.....armenian­s r pimp

[ArmenianBlueberry]

you bet man :)

[arwen122091]

LOL

but sure, i guess thats true

[ArmenianBlueberry]

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