While admittedly bias, I listen to this rendition last night performed by the Las Vegas Academy’s Wind Ensemble, their production was off the charts. Performed at the Smith Center their production was incredible. I mentioned to my wife, we’ll probably never hear what we just experienced ever again…
It's just something you don't see in concert band pieces. At 6:18 there's this build, all the way to 7:01. Listen to it all the way through. In most concert band pieces, you build to a major drop off in dynamic (unless it's the end of the piece), or you build to a stopping point in new pieces like this. But no. This piece builds, and picks up *exactly* where it left off in terms of pace, dynamic, the whole bit. That's what makes it so good.
my local university played this. I got to play in one of their rehearsals of this piece and it's a beast! lowest bass clarinet part I've seen yet and couldn't play with my lame high school bass clarinet. can't wait to join them with a legit bass clarinet though
it is! an interview with viet cuong shows him saying he was basically making a 90's dnb track for wind. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LcQN87Ao-Nw.html link + time stamp very good rendition of this song, recommend listening to it as well :3
