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What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:23 pm
by rjovel
What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played?
Mines are Flashing Winds by Jan Van der Roost and Fortress by Frank Ticheli.

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:27 pm
by Hostrauser
Liturgical Dances by David Holsinger and Marche Slave by Piotr Tchaikovsky

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:29 pm
by bassoonuba
Definitely Marche Slave and 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:52 pm
by ovhs_sousaman
New World Symphony and Kirkpatrick Fanfare

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:34 am
by Wildabeast
Dunno if it's THE most for me, but "Festive Overture" by Shostakovich comes to mind.

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:17 am
by Chapagne
Always more interesting to hear why from people on questions like these...

Praise Jerusalem by Alfred Reed - a piece where just when you think it can't get any more massive, the voice of God in the form of a brass choir gets in the conversation.

Masada by Ralph Hultgren - I only sight-read this once, but it absolutely thrilled me to the core. I believe it's based on a story of a bunch of people killing themselves rather than be taken into slavery by the opposing army. The chaos of the mixed meter and disjointed panic in the melodies were a perfect illustration.

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:30 pm
by lucidecho
Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story or Ticheli's Angels in the Architecture. Decisions decisions...

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:15 pm
by trumpetdiva
That's a tough one. There's so many including some mentioned already. I like the oldies but goodies
Here's two from my Top 20 list

The Universal Judgment-Camille de Nardis
Les Preludes-Franz Liszt

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 2:33 pm
by Bakensobek707
For me, although it has been awhile (2006-2009):

Music of the Spheres - Philip Sparke
La Mezquita de Cordoba - Julie Giroux
Snow Caps - Richard Saucedo

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:17 pm
by JLGORMAN
1. Chester Overture by Schuman
2. William Tell Overture by Rossini
3. Overture to Candide by Bernstein

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:58 pm
by chubbygeek
traveller-david maslanka
Loara HS

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:31 pm
by mightyhorn
Hindemith Symphony in B flat
:!:

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:55 pm
by bigcity
Mahler Symphony No. 2

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:05 am
by vore
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber by Paul Hindemith

and

Sinfonietta for Concert Band by Ingolf Dahl,

vore 8-)

Re: What is the most exciting concert piece you have ever played

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:21 pm
by JCYS
Most exciting? Not sure what that means exactly...as in difficult but fun to play?

The most difficult would be the William Walton Viola Concerto (absolutely a crazy hard bass bone part...)...but it wasn't fun to play...