UMich Symphony Band - Gustav Holst - First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band, op. 28, no. 1 

Gustav Holst was my fellow Anglican Churchman.

fr i did this in my first year of middle school

I played First Suite in my high school honor band my sophomore year and at my first symphonic winds concert two months ago. In fact, after the last note of Chaconne, the conductor's baton flew to the French horns. 😂😂😂 I also played Second Suite in my senior year for pre-festival and festival.

@@codywear8195 did u play good

@@mastershifu9149 it was good for a middle school band

What school

how tf r ppl in middle school playing this

​@@mastershifu9149 probably poorly.

He's probably conducted this piece so many times in his career that he could do it in his sleep 🤣

He is obviously a well-trained conductor. Juilliard? Curtis?

Probably my favorite moment in any piece ever

The part is actually written for bass sax!

What makes you say she's underrated, I've heard she's very highly rated.

Simply for timbre reasons. Not completely noticeable to the untrained ear but the C trumpet does provide a bit of a richer color than a Bb trumpet

I agree wholeheartedly

Assuming y’all are fellow percussionists, is it just me or does anyone else think the crash cymbals sound a little dull?? Idk but i think it should be a little brighter and maybe ring a little linger in my opinion. No hate on the player just the cymbals lol

It's supposed to be 4 cornets, 2 trumpets and 2 flugelhorns.

I believe old Gustav would've loved this performance.

@@zackwoods5077 In the 1948 edition yes, however Holst's manuscript called for 2 cornets, 2 B-flat trumets, and 2 E-flat trumpets.

Sheri Schmidt, I think the video sync is not totally accurate. You can see the video gradually gets ahead of the audio (check trumpet fingerings and triangle hits, etc), and that may explain why his conducting seems a little “off”

All of our videos are meticulously synched down to the sample and exact measurements from camera to conductor position to account for audio time delays. Haithcock very frequently leads the ensemble (conducts with gestures just ahead of the band by fractions of a second), which is very common for conductors to do. He leads without getting in the way of the ensemble.

Kaitlynn Henderson Lucky you! I'd love to have this be my homework

@@pearspeedruns same lol

Unless you had to answer stupid questions about it like "what would be happening in a movie while this piece was playing" No joke I have to answer that

I’m not complaining

no

Works at that tempo, but perhaps too close to the Intermezzo's tempo. Good band, this.

I personally prefer the performance by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.