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Re: sorely underplayed wind band works
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:28 pm
by Heavy_Metal
Mark E. Chachich wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:14 pm..................Victory at Sea (Richard Rogers, Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett) I got to play this under Robert Russell Bennett and it was a great experience!
Mark and I also played this with our band, in a concert at a retirement community a few years ago. It brought one 90-something gentleman to tears. He'd served in that war, and was really moved to hear us remember his generation's signature accomplishment by playing this piece. It was a moving experience for us too.
This is one big reason we play music.
For those not familiar, "Victory at Sea" was one of the first TV documentaries. It was quite advanced for 1952, when it came out, and holds up well today. I'm pretty sure you can watch all the episodes on YouTuba. Highly recommended.
Re: sorely underplayed wind band works
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:19 pm
by bearphonium
Jperry1466 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:24 pm
bloke wrote: ↑Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:53 pm
I'm not in control of this thread and I'm not trying to be but can we just say marches, whether Sousa, Fillmore, King, Alford, circus marches, British marches, German marches, French marches, Scandinavian marches, Italian marches, and all sorts of special concert marches...??
Two more pieces come to mind: the transcription of Ketelbey's "In A Persian Market" (anyone heard that in the last 50 years?) and, believe it or not, the Vaughn-Williams "English Folk Song Suite". I arranged a couple of movements of that for our tuba ensemble and was surprised to learn that only 2 of our 9 members had ever played or even heard of it.
Interesting; we are playing "English Folk Song Suite" for our spring concert with Eugene Symphonic Band next month