Robert W. Smith's adaption of Dante's The Divine Comedy, movement II, Purgatorio as played by the Hampton Bays High School Symphonic Band.
Opens with Kathryn L. talking about the movement while focused on artwork depicting it. Shortly afterwards the music begins.
. . .wow. this sounds like when my band was playing this for the first week or two. no offense. soprano sax solo was not the greatest. i'm sure you guys could of done better with more practice.
singsongfly 1 year ago
my only advise is to connect to the music... instead of it being so chopped up and instead of everyone worrying about how frantic the piece is... just connect to the music emotionally and have fun... =))
I love this piece... we're playing it for our spring concert and i'm 1st horn =p
cgwilson09 2 years ago
nice. this song is badass
Noel2fab 2 years ago
We played this last year. Definately one of my favorite peices throughout high school.
It's so badass!
InfernoX14 3 years ago
Yeah, this piece rocks as a marching show when you play all movement in the right way.
bigsousaguy3 3 years ago
Meh... squeaky clarinet... something sounds out of tune, too... The beginning is sort of weak, but it gets better. Sometimes it takes time to slip into a piece. I guess this is one of those moments....
AmayaSohma 3 years ago
Our band did this as a marching show... its was awesome..
geddylee62 3 years ago
Dont take this as a bash or anything but I now the trickiness of this piece because not only did I play this for state but my band played this for every band director inthe state... bu to be honest this was not the right choice for the band....throughout the who piece the band in not together it sounds like an echo. The whole song from beginning to end was rushed and crazy out of tune...I know I am an All-State Clainet player,but this was the worst playing of this I've heard of this song..sorry!
ashleysmyre 3 years ago
Here I'll just comment on the opening solos(long song, and I don't have time to listen to the whole thing)
The opening notes were...less than impressive. Maybe the soloist was nervous or something, but it comes off as weak, and they've got bad sound.
The flute solo was done fairly well. Could've been more connected(I had the job of that solo), but it's in a seriously unpleasant range, with a weird jump or two.
laxbellexmort 4 years ago
just wanted to thank kn777 whoever you are! :)
xstep15 4 years ago