Heard this piece at the National Concert Band Festival (Music For All) and the wind ensemble that played it was superb (my bandmates said: they cooked, just like the people of Pompeii)
I played this song in my high school wind ensemble in 2002. It was such a fun song to play as a bassoonist. Miss those days and I wish I kept playing in college.
I remember playing this is high school (20ish years ago). This was deffs my most memorable song in my band days. A pain learning it, but so rewarding when we finally got it.
I'm in my early teens and I have to play this piece in front of so many people and as a percussionist this is extremely hard to count, definetly the hardest piece I have ever played
I'm a junior in HS, playing this as a Euphonium for spring Also have a listen to 'Urban Light' by James David. Played that last year for spring, really fun!
It was easy on flute. I barely squeaked into symphonic band as a junior, so I was grateful. I remember how our band director was always yelling at the percussion during this song. He called them rock heads 😂. In his defense, only one of them could read sheet music.
I played this song with my wind ensemble in high school (2009-2013) and it sounds so beautiful to this day. I’m almost 30 and still remember every rehearsal. This is a phenomenal performance.
One of the most complicated pieces of music to learn. We had to learn and perform it in a week as teenagers for U of D band camp our high school teacher convinced us to join because they didn't have a full low brass section. Speaking of which, Dude, trigger trombones? That's a no for me, but I was also known as being the jazz chick who kept swinging the eighth notes throughout high school. I have no regrets. Should've taken it up with the first chair; wait, you just tried 😉🤣.
We played this like 3 times my high school year and i really thought i was gonna have to play it a fourth but thankfully we got to do something different for my senior year in Incantation and Dance
The struggle playing this song as a percussionist is real. Having to count 2 + 3 + 2 +2 for every measure really sucks. Also, the musical queues in this song are hard to hear so you have no choice but to count lol. Eventually, you get used to the rhythm and you just know where to start.
Now take that struggle, and consider having to march to that... 7/8 was enough of a pain for me, and I have nothing but mad respect for those DCI/WGI cats who do the even stranger time signatures
@waitwhat238 I mean... our Visual Effect scores were through the roof once we could finally pull it off, soooooo... it WAS worth it. Pain in the ass, but definitely worth it
@@williambreeden8193I somehow got 1st part clarinet and I was a freshmen and there were 7 other clarinets but they were upper class men ( I was the only one that got 1st )
