Favorite Concert Band Pieces

[b_sax_agent]

5 pieces I would absolutely love to play again (regardless of difficulty)

 

1. Javelin (Torke/Patterson)

 

2. Canarios Fantasia (Akey)

 

3. Summer Dances (Balmages)

 

4. Sinfonietta (Dahl)

 

5. Incantation and Dance (Chance)

 

but right now, my favorite piece of all time is

 

Bartok Concerto for Orchestra

 

or DeFalla Fire Dance Ritual

 

or possibly Celestail Night by Danielpour.

[Fata1]

My two favorite pieces that I've played so far are Enigma Variations and Redline Tango. Both are amazing and a lot of fun to play. There are too many pieces that I haven't played to list but I would kill to play Symphonic Metamorphoses and the Pines of Rome.

[whitewing09]

I would love to play hmm Summer Dances lol

[borchnork]

  whitewing09 said:

I would love to play hmm Summer Dances lol

 

That piece is BEAUTIFUL! Its so simple, but so complex all at the same time.

[whitewing09]

I like woodwindy stuff and that has a lot lol

[b_sax_agent]

I like summer dances because the BARI SAX solo.

 

I was overjoyed.

[treyj]

  Fata1 said:

My two favorite pieces that I've played so far are Enigma Variations and Redline Tango. Both are amazing and a lot of fun to play. There are too many pieces that I haven't played to list but I would kill to play Symphonic Metamorphoses and the Pines of Rome.

 

 

I loved both enigma and pines of rome when we played them!

so beautiful.

 

as for equus, I've never played the concert arangment but our marching show opener was EQUUS by whitacre last year it was awesome. i loved it :]

 

theres a video of it below

[whitewing09]

Yalls backwards marching looks alittle.. hmm different than usual... Idk

[treyj]

  whitewing09 said:

Yalls backwards marching looks alittle.. hmm different than usual... Idk

 

yeah i suppose it is different.

I've never seen another school with it.

We march cavaliers style.

It's really tough but once you get it looking good it looks a lot cleaner and smoother than the typical marching style.

 

Just harder to learn in the beginning

[whitewing09]

Cool cool, just sayin it looked kinda funky

 

 

I like Amparito Roca

[borchnork]

I hafta add

 

Festive Overture from Shostakovich. INSANE woodwind piece, but it's fun!

 

J'ai ete au bal from Grantham. Again, more insane woodwind stuff, but it has an amazing jazz tuba solo in it. lol.