Air Force Concert Band Plays Pas Redouble by Saint-Saens

Performed at a concert on June 11, 2008 at the Air Force Memorial.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• air
• force
• memorial
• concert
• band
• pas
• redouble
• saint-saens

[lhsbonez]

My high school symphonic band is playing this. I don't like it this way because it's sounds off without the brass sound. I am a trombone player so I feel so left out listening to this.

[SAReub08]

AWESOME!! The clarinets sound great! - Mostly because I play clarinet and clarinet rocks :)

[cfiigep]

The wrong note at 2:28 that Hawnsy52 mentions is one of the trumpets. Fixed the second time, 2 measures later, you'll notice. That lick is a bit awkward to read and finger with the Fb. The key signature changes 2 measures before that, from F to Bb, so someone just missed it. Stuff happens. Very nice performance of this piece. Clams are not the sole domain of us weekend warriors!

[ReverendofDrugs]

where the fuck is the brass

[argonaut200]

@lhsbonez strange, because my high school band is doing it, and since I am in percussion, we miss the strings. i guess it was originally a piano quartet, later transcribed for an orchestra. go figure!

[shurikencatapult]

@KamiYugure This is actually the written speed. At least on the score my school has it is.

[ThePsychicSpudMuffin]

@pokewshark me too!!!

[pokewshark]

im going to 7th grade and im in my schools honor band. we hv to learn this in only 2 weeks :S

[FoghornSwing]

@Hawnsy52 They ARE human, so that does tend to happen. ;)

[spenzem]

@KamiYugure You can have the wonderful tone; precise, CLEAN woodwinds (which were indeed wonderful!); and complete mastery of this tune--or you can have a raucous, muddy, out-of-control mess. *Faster ≠ Better*

[notasharecropper]

the woodwinds are spectacular(the whole band).....it takes musicianship to play a song like this

[KamiYugure]

Tone, sound quality, balancing, blending and tuning are great, but this should be played MUCH faster. After all, "Pas Redouble" means "double quick-step". The tempo should, ideally, be pretty much blinding.