I was fortunate to hear them perform this at Carnegie Hall around the same time of this performance and they finished the concert with Candide Overture. What a treat.. Love the low brass :) Bravo!!
Gorgeous score, often enjoyed over the years. Respighi studied with Rimsky-Korsakov. He may have influenced Uruguayan composer Eduardo Fabini (La Isla de Los Ceibos, Campo).
This is like a movie, I imagine the first (1:43) part like chaos, two armys fighting, angels and demons trying to protect each other, then when it is calm in the midle of the piece (5:09) it is like the angels won part of the territory and can rest a little, but then, (7:22) the demons come back and the war continues, they fight vigorously and when the angels win I imagine it like they see god himself in 12:04 and they can finally rest in heaven and in 14:02 they go to sleep with no stress and their minds are clear PD:I actually dreamt this with this exact piece because I played the percussion of the piece in a concert the day before, the best dream of mi life
If you're talking about the device they step on, then they would be hands-free page turners for tablets. It's so that the performer doesn't have to manually flip pages in case they can't do so. Hope this answers the question!
EASILY one if the five most imperative pieces of all 20th Century music. I might even rank it as number two behind Igor Stravinsky's RITE of SPRING. Once this music gets under your skin you will never tire of revisiting it. Also, the entire Husa cannon is highly recommended for innovation and beauty. Thank you, Karel.
This is a rough performance. A lot of hacked notes with entrances. Woodwinds saved the day luckily with their clean runs. Listen to Revelli’s live performance of this work. It’s that next level of preparation. This is a well known piece, so it has to be solid. You don’t want to play it average. UNT has a pretty clean live performance as well.
Sweet tone gentlement! Kudo's to the Ensmble as well. But man! What a sound! Great blend between the two flugal horns! Nicely done! I am not a horn man, but much have great respect for the brass. I am from the rhythm section, drums, percussion. I was looking for this tune for the big band I play in, and came accross this. Not the arrangement I needed. But very glad I opened this up anyway. Sweet!
12:03 God, that is just a face of pure ecstasy, bliss, and dreams coming true right there. Its very refreshing to see composers and conductors express their raw emotions as something they created is booming in front of them
Zach Morgan on horn! I had the great pleasure of playing this piece with him in 2010. A great guy and horn player. I’m sure he is doing great things now.
Well done! STRONG performance of this epic composition! In April of this year I had the opportunity with my granddaughter to experience Maestro Jerry Junkin conduct the Dallas Wind Symphony as they performed this piece (with the massive Lay Family Organ at the Meyerson Symphony Center). It was absolutely magnificent and we were both quite emotional at the end. It was an experience I'll remember for the rest of my life.
