Philip Sparke - Music for a Festival 

that bassoon. I love it.

dat is incredible one of the best song of phillip sparque well done

im in norways best brass band and we played this piece and our dirigent contacted sparke and HE LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Brings back awesome memories ;)

I love this piece!

listning to this over and over again haha

This is the best version I've ever heard.

im playing this at the moment. its a great piece especially when your playing timpani

Brings back some memories of my formative years!

1st bassoon kicks ass. remember the countless nights of my face being numb trying to perfect my solo in the second movement.

Was given the first clarinet music to this today! Excited to play it!!!

That moment when your director hands this out and you play Euphonium.

I was 2nd Baritone when our little village band played this as a contest piece in Norwich about 25 years ago! I think we came 4th out of 5, but was a fun piece to tackle!

i love this... it like a cross between city cruiser and doyen

great! I love it ❤

We played this piece my freshman year in high school - but boy, we didn't play it this fast.

Awesome

I an gonna play this piece for a Great competition i norway 😝😝😝

*awestruck

As a trombonist I have never loved and hated a piece this much at the same time. Love the first movement, hate the second movement, third movement isn’t bad

Where did you get this recording? Best one I can find on the internet!

I played this piece with the band that I'm currently in,and travelled up to Torquay to play it and we one our section!Fantastic piece though,but not very easy to play with the tempo 😂

8:40

wait what 7:27?

Mmmm

I played this in Wind Symphony in college, performed May 1 2011. About 7 hours later the world learned that Osama bin Laden was dead. Best coincidence ever.

if sparke was a shit enough orchestrator to write the bassoon solo in the wrong octave the bassoonist themself can at least be proud of it. i play the solo at about f and take the E at 7:27 up an octave because 1. it's beautiful 2. the voice leading makes more sense