Our band just did this song tonight and a lot of people were emotional and a few people in band were crying

I played this song my first concert of my freshman year. Now, every time I hear it, it just absolutely makes me sick to my stomach. It's hard for me not to cry when I hear it.

I did this piece almost 40 years ago in an honor band. Both a good introduction to modern composition and very emotional.

I played tuba for this song in the Washington All State Band at the University of Puget Sound gymnasium. We had 17 tubas. Once we were done playing, the field house remained quiet for about 5 seconds before the applause started.

@alanbevington4875

3 жыл бұрын

Was that in 1988?

@jphoeke

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanbevington4875 Yes it was. I was one of the tubas in the back row. That summer I went on a band tour to Europe and the gal that sat next to me was on that tour as well.

@alanbevington4875

3 жыл бұрын

@@jphoeke Too funny. I was there too, in the Bone section! I remember that ending, and the flute playing the pedal tones and then the silence.... I still get chills when I think about it.

@jphoeke

3 жыл бұрын

@@alanbevington4875 I didn't buy a copy of the performance then and have been kicking my self since.

@alanbevington4875

3 жыл бұрын

@@jphoeke I think I actually have it somewhere, on cassette

I was a junior in high school when i played this (it feel like a million years ago) and hearing it from the audience perspective is something boarding on a surreal as musician playing it i didn't get the full impact of the song thank you for posting and allowing me to reminiscence a little

I played trumpet on this with the All University Band at Northern Illinois University. The "bombing" part of this piece was so intense...I've never had a chance to hear it from the perspective of the audience. Thanks for posting this!

@andymilsten9096

6 жыл бұрын

chainlightning58 how loud is it up there?

@hfontaine8

9 ай бұрын

@@andymilsten9096I’ve played this live before as well. The band played movement 3 (the bombing) for the first time in a rehearsal I was not present for, so the next day when I was there and they played it I had chills and was crying by the end. It’s incredibly loud - you are surrounded by sound and it’s very moving. Very intense

Just heard this last night in concert for the first time---wow--just wow!!!!

Indeed it is. I'm playing bari sax on this one.

Dude, I was remembering seeing a performance of this, so I looked up a few key words and found this! The very performance that I saw live! The internet is a small world sometimes.

Dude! The world gets even smaller! A few days ago you walked by right as I was telling my friend who was with me in the audience about finding this video. (I wouldn't expect you to know who I am. I'm a vocalist. We haven't officially met, just been in theory or something together.)

The WWU Symphonic Band performed this again last night!

epic this is such a good song

Amazing. That's all.

epic

@CarlosPlummer

7 жыл бұрын

we miss u

@hmmmyes6533

4 жыл бұрын

Carlos Plummer noice OW clips btw 👌

Crap, that's a lot of tubas. But it's also a pretty big band.

Was this a FINAL product and not a dress rehearsal? Starting at 2:14.. that is a train wreck.. 2:21 trumpet if you are going to make a mistake.. make it a big one. 2:55 Quite possibly the MOST difficult passage for concert band are between 2:51 to 3:00.. the passing around of that "idée fixe".. every section has a go... and you did a 5/10 job at it. What the heck is wrong with the trb's? Pitchy? Yes! More sectionals required. This entire thing from a Judges perspective screams "MORE SECTIONALS REQUIRED"

@scrawnykid

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your contribution to a concert band performance from over 12 years ago. I'll be sure to hop in my time machine to remind everyone that "sectionals good."

@o.solaris6407

2 ай бұрын

@@scrawnykid LOL You kind of miss the point? But whatever.