Oh geez. My high school honors band is playing this at Carnegie hall this year. It's so ridiculously hard! Being a tuba player, I've never seen nor have I attempted to play notes as high as the ones in this piece. Hahah. Kudos to you guys. It sounded awesome (:
Boy does this bring back memories!! The opening "George" is taken a little too fast for my taste. The opening "George" theme should be more separated, more like a fanfare. The "traffic" theme was very nice. The "river" theme was also nice. I think there should be more silence in the pauses in the "night" theme. The return of the "traffic" theme is almost impossible to play. The return of the "George" theme was a little too fast as well. You did better than we did.
Not only is it too fast on the ears... but the the quick rhythmic portion of it was too fast for the players... You can clearly hear them lag to the entrance of their parts, then speed up to meet the conductor's speed. Maybe play it 20 or 30 BPM slower?
This is being conducted by Mr. Bishop, the current Director of Instrumental Music at BCC. Marion Scott retired in 1998. Mr. Bishop took the band of 18 players with no trumpet players that Mr. Scott left and has built it into a pretty good community college program!
This appears to be Marion Scott conducting. Scott, who recently retired from the faculty at Brevard Community College. Scott was one of the finest high school symphonic band conductor in Florida during the 1970's. The depth of the program he put together at Merritt Island High School(three concert bands) and the quality of their playing earned him a college professorship even though he lacked a doctorate. Almost comparable to Frank Wickes at UF back then.
Wow. Impressive. And I think I maybe saw what might have been your face maybe twice............or not... ^_^; But the piece is lovely. What story does it tell?
Oh geez. My high school honors band is playing this at Carnegie hall this year. It's so ridiculously hard! Being a tuba player, I've never seen nor have I attempted to play notes as high as the ones in this piece. Hahah. Kudos to you guys. It sounded awesome (:
liveekate 2 years ago
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rjtipa5 2 years ago
@liveekate isnt carnegie hall for like ppl that are EXTREAMLY good at playing, im talkin mozart goood!
BoxheadBountyHunter 1 year ago
@liveekate We played there too! Vero Beach highschool. We played incantation and dance, along with foundation and this.
leocurythebrazilian 1 year ago
Boy does this bring back memories!! The opening "George" is taken a little too fast for my taste. The opening "George" theme should be more separated, more like a fanfare. The "traffic" theme was very nice. The "river" theme was also nice. I think there should be more silence in the pauses in the "night" theme. The return of the "traffic" theme is almost impossible to play. The return of the "George" theme was a little too fast as well. You did better than we did.
sbutler0727 2 years ago
i hate polychords which is what most of this is according to my director..... but i do like the timpani part at around 6:00
Coolbill34 2 years ago
Not only is it too fast on the ears... but the the quick rhythmic portion of it was too fast for the players... You can clearly hear them lag to the entrance of their parts, then speed up to meet the conductor's speed. Maybe play it 20 or 30 BPM slower?
MeegMaster 2 years ago
this song is ok.. seeing as im playing it in PMEA Honors Band.. but whatever..
Also.. whose idea was it to write in two different keys??! ah well still is a good song..
macintoshfan9999 2 years ago
Ugh god, my band is doing this song for our upcoming concert. No matter how well its played I just can't make myself like it at all.
NyamoSan 2 years ago
This is being conducted by Mr. Bishop, the current Director of Instrumental Music at BCC. Marion Scott retired in 1998. Mr. Bishop took the band of 18 players with no trumpet players that Mr. Scott left and has built it into a pretty good community college program!
jaisenlaviero 3 years ago 2
This appears to be Marion Scott conducting. Scott, who recently retired from the faculty at Brevard Community College. Scott was one of the finest high school symphonic band conductor in Florida during the 1970's. The depth of the program he put together at Merritt Island High School(three concert bands) and the quality of their playing earned him a college professorship even though he lacked a doctorate. Almost comparable to Frank Wickes at UF back then.
Polistotle 3 years ago
Wow. Impressive. And I think I maybe saw what might have been your face maybe twice............or not... ^_^; But the piece is lovely. What story does it tell?
zorgonak 3 years ago