Air Force Concert Band Plays Lincolnshire Posy by Grainger

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

Category:

Music

Tags:

• air
• force
• concert
• band
• memorial
• lincolnshire
• posy
• percy
• grainger

[lukachoo]

May I ask why you might have skipped the third movement? Was it due to lack of instrumentation?

[RRPiccolo]

@lukachoo It wasn't my call what or wasn't included...it was the conductor's choice and I don't know what his reasoning was behind his selections. There were many other songs performed at this concert, so it might have been due to time constraints. I just recorded the performance.

[davidverchick]

What is that guy doing at the end??!?!! Who is that guy????!? Why is he walking right in front of the band at the end of the last movement?????? What???!!?!???!?

By the way, fire safety rules!!!!

[RRPiccolo]

@davidverchick Sometimes people are just oblivious, or they don't care.  He could have gone behind me, but apparently chose not to.

[chaosdude14]

I was in a drum and bugle corps this summer (the Blue Stars - involved in an organization called DCI) and I still always appreciate concert band music, our college wind ensemble is playing this piece, thought I'd look it up, Fantastic =)

[RRPiccolo]

@chaosdude14 That's great, I love DCI! Wished I could have been in one myself, but I play the wrong instrument. :)

[aelon1]

As a band director, this is one of (in my opinion) 4 pieces that ALL band students should play at some point. The others include both Holst suites and the English Folk Song Suite.

[HeyItsDylanAndDaria]

i love the brisk young sailor....the clarinet part is amazing and so is picc<3

[111Bluerocks]

l've been there...

[LS6Silverado]

This is what i love about Grainger, where he pulls this stuff from. Like the start of Lincolnshire is completely different to how it ends at 1:06 - yet somehow it all makes sense, wow.

[topplayer100]

nice!!! i just played this same arrangement in highschool. Even without the 3rd and 5th movements it is an amazing piece

[3398halofreak]

and excellent song fort Collins high school is playing this piece of music the baritone part that im playing is hard but so worth it

[ItsVeggiehead]

@RRPiccolo most bands dont play the 3rd movement because it is just too hard to play beautifully so most bands just skip it. Especially version A with the high piccolo and soprano clarinet solo.

[PLANEMANGROY]

@aelon1 I agree. Problem is that this piece is much harder than the 3 that you just listed.

[LilDrummerBoy74]

Wow! Nailed the woodwind sextuplets in The Brisk Young Sailor. As a studend, I have to say that the second movement of this is the greatest conducting experience with my high school class I have had thus far.

[mecsfudge]

4:33-5:15....

VISCIOUS CLARINETS.