Favorite Wind Ensembles piece

Ex Nihilo · Post by **Ex Nihilo** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:40 pm

La Virgin de la Macarena

phatbob2007 · Post by **phatbob2007** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:54 pm

ride! - samuel hazo

MalleTragic · Post by **MalleTragic** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:48 pm

Here are some of my favorites:

"Amazing Grace" by Ticheli- an absolutely beautiful arrangement of a classic hymn. His use of harmonic texture is excellent, and hearing it played well gives me goosebumps every time.

"Ghost Train (all movements)" by Eric Whitacre- this piece is one of my favorites because it strikes in me so many different emotions. At times it is very beautiful and refined, while at other times it is dark and aggressive. Whitacre is also great with using harmony to create many different textures.

"Ride" by Hazo- It's fast, exciting, has killer percussion parts and woodwind runs, and an alto sax solo to die for.

"English Dances (set no. 1)" by Malcolm Arnold (the version arranged for band)- I'm not sure why I like this piece so much; maybe because it's beautiful and exciting but in a way unlike anything else in the repertoire (in my opinion).

There are others, of course, but those are the main ones.

xrichster04x · Post by **xrichster04x** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:09 pm

My favorite Wind Ensemble piece would have to be

In the Spring at the Time when Kings go off to War- David Holsinger

FluteOfTheNewWorld · Post by **FluteOfTheNewWorld** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:26 pm

Blue Shades

ZJH · Post by **ZJH** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:19 pm

UHS_picc28 wrote:Four Scottish Dances

Overture to Candide

Concertino

An American Elegy...It's so moving when you know the story behind it.

Oh man, "Four Scottish Dances" is SO hard for woodwinds, but I'm only basing that after one sight-read. It was crazy.

And I whole-heartedly agree on "An American Elegy." That piece is SO moving if played well and in tune...the majestic portion is simply tear-jerking.

My other personal favorites are the Holst Military Suites, "English Folk Song Suite" by Vaughn Williams, "Variations on a Korean Folk Song" by Barnes Chance, "Chorale and Shaker Dance" by Zdechlik, "Mannin Veen (Dear Isle of Man) - A Manx Tone Poem" by Wood, among many others. Those pieces I just love the most.

xrichster04x · Post by **xrichster04x** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:50 am

Another favorite of mine would have to be The Echo Never Fades - David Gillingham the story behind it so touching and moving. Saratoga recently played this piece at the Sydney Opera House and in addition we got to Premiere a composition from David Gillingham specifically written for the Festival we attended "Premiering Sydney".

trumpetbum · Post by **trumpetbum** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:15 am

Monument-Robert W. Smith its hard but its a lot of fun to play once you get all the runs clean and it has spoons played in percussion

phatbob2007 · Post by **phatbob2007** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:48 pm

xrichster04x wrote:Another favorite of mine would have to be The Echo Never Fades - David Gillingham the story behind it so touching and moving. Saratoga recently played this piece at the Sydney Opera House and in addition we got to Premiere a composition from David Gillingham specifically written for the Festival we attended "Premiering Sydney".

yeah our wind ensemble did that piece 2 years ago along wit david holsingers to tame the perilous skies, i love that song, the story behind it is quite touching beautiful piece.

xrichster04x · Post by **xrichster04x** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:04 pm

wow... we performed it with In the spring at the time when kings go off to war by david holsinger. WOO HOO for these awesome composers

xrichster04x · Post by **xrichster04x** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:12 am

Another favorite of mine would have to Lu Aurumque after I saw L.D. Bell use it i was stunned i even downloaded the song into my ipod.

swuster · Post by **swuster** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:49 pm

Scootin' on Hardrock by David Holsinger
Redline Tango by John Mackey
Vesuvius by Frank Ticheli
October by Eric Whitacre

Anyone that wants, PM me and i can send you the audio files for these awesome pieces.

Sabira · Post by **Sabira** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:54 am

Sick.

FluteOfTheNewWorld · Post by **FluteOfTheNewWorld** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:00 pm

swuster wrote:Scootin' on Hardrock by David Holsinger

Agreed. I also like this

clarinetking · Post by **clarinetking** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:46 pm

Russian Christmas Music
Armenian Dances I
Rise and Shine