The end is a little fast for me, but a great performance.
@SantaFe194848 жыл бұрын
Did you know that onion domes have both a practical and symbolic purpose; to keep the snow from accumulating on the top and also is supposed to symbolize a flame.
@manpreetbishnoisigar75838 жыл бұрын
hallelujah
@einstien3118 жыл бұрын
Played this is High School Honor Band today. Played the string bass. Had that solo line (actually technically not a solo, but whatever).
@TheFNGee8 жыл бұрын
The reason is sounds low in volume is because of how dynamic it is. Using computer speakers to play this, computer audio being what most of it is (compressed), you're robbed of how truly LOUD the loud parts really are. The gran casa strikes will move your chair back about two inches, and the Lay organ will ruffle the insulation in the attic, as well as make mirrors on the wall show a really wobbly reverse image. :) The low-range descending notes at 12:58 with that Lay organ present, are truly moving. Couple points where Junkin loses focus towards the final chords, oh, but getting there? WHOA!!!
@ryankinsella44808 жыл бұрын
Nerd alert
@beautimazing8 жыл бұрын
WHY has nobody commented. This is beautiful!!!!!
@CelestialChoir9 жыл бұрын
YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! I love those pedal tones in the organ underneath....beautiful, evocative music...when the majestic organ re-enters at the end, the final crescendos make me "see" the Gates of Heaven opening up...GLORY!! :-)
@Beebop1219 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recording. Verona Community Band is doing this this year.
@timothybachman19669 жыл бұрын
Mackey's concerto is usually regarded for its flare and difficulty, but so many people forget this, which I think is one of the most beautiful movements in the saxophone repertoire.
@williamgreer40939 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@miblish51689 жыл бұрын
LOL... I wouldn't call it "ambient music", but it's very interesting. Thanks for providing the score! Is it written for one person per part, or are the stage band clarinets, flutes, etc. played by multiple players? Also, harp??I hope he doesn't have to march with it.
@libchick269 жыл бұрын
Dear God Almighty...
@traceroutex9 жыл бұрын
10% old Batman 5% Tom&Jerry 100% Awesomeness
@caelestissapientiae6789 жыл бұрын
Wir spielen das jetzt im Orchester... Eigentlich sehr leicht, nur zu kleinen Teilen rhythmisch schwer, zumindest für Waldhorn. Nervig ist nur für die erste Stimme die Höhe. Was allerdings schwer ist an diesen Stücken - die Leichtigkeit, mit der man spielen muss. Zumindest laut unserem Dirigenten.
@rudra23419 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately Very Few People Listen To This Great Music.
@simpleesymone42509 жыл бұрын
This is great. I can feel the emotion they played with.
@stgbarcher72719 жыл бұрын
11:50pm, Christmas Eve. I'm sat here, a glass of Pinot Noir beside me. Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed, easing me into Christmas Day... Good. God bless everyone on today, the Eve of Christ's Mass. :)
@stgbarcher72719 жыл бұрын
The Pinot Noir was drunk prior to my typing the above; 11:52 - 11:54pm. Perhaps I should pour more?
@stgbarcher72719 жыл бұрын
stgbarcher Merry Christmas, one & all.
@eviearcher9 жыл бұрын
Happy holidays! If you're looking for fun Christmas music, please come take a listen to my song "On Christmas Day" on my channel! I'd love to know what you think :) Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGelloObftxsqLs. Hope you enjoy!. Thanks! -Evie Archer
@imovieperson9 жыл бұрын
This movement sounds very similar to asphalt cocktail
@kamil7thsaga9 жыл бұрын
Same composer
@imovieperson9 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know, you can hear similairites in his compositions and they have created a distinct "mackey" feel
@ssmusic2149 жыл бұрын
Beautiful music. But what exactly it has to do with Russia?
@CapriceBozza809 жыл бұрын
The piece is based on liturgical music of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
@ssmusic2149 жыл бұрын
CapriceBozza80 The title says Russian. And there NEVER was any instrumental music in any Russian Orthodox Church since it's beginning in 988 AD. Acappella vocal music ONLY.
@CapriceBozza809 жыл бұрын
***** Exactly. This piece is based on choral works.
@ssmusic2149 жыл бұрын
CapriceBozza80 Which one? Never heard anything even close in any Russian orthodox church.
@Swordsonian8 жыл бұрын
They based it off of the church music that originally had no instruments.
@sirataone9 жыл бұрын
I like this music very much(^-^)/
@gjones77779 жыл бұрын
this is just plain excellent. But I agree, seems just a tad quiet, or maybe reserved is the word. But outstanding players to be sure.
@betaomega049 жыл бұрын
It's a to easier to think of the piece in one instead of two. A lot of groups slow down once the brass come in, so it's easier to manage tempo if you "slow it down"
@warrenpugh78449 жыл бұрын
First three notes remind me of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn . . or is it my ears?
@noelleholden76279 жыл бұрын
I was there when they premiered this piece! This movement's my favorite - Timothy McAllister is absolutely flawless on the soprano.
@silviomase38959 жыл бұрын
musica divina!
@LElayneSousa9 жыл бұрын
Oops (2:28)!!! Beautiful piece though.
@amaralucci110 жыл бұрын
Nice! Cool instrumentation
@lasfigerler10 жыл бұрын
wow! thanks for the video
@zlognorpbrimbio425210 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. In all my experiences with ambient music, never have I encountered such attention to detail and such brilliant flourishes. That feeling welled up inside me, as if it was to erupt, and that's a good thing.
@melchiorvulpius479910 жыл бұрын
This was de rigueur for every Christmas concert for my 20 years in army bands. What a great piece! Really horrible if you have a shitty oboe / English horn player assigned to your band (CARL McGUIRE).
@boston_octopus9 жыл бұрын
Oooo, burn!
@El_Sin.078 жыл бұрын
+Melchior Vulpius Coral
@gravics10 жыл бұрын
CapriceBozza80 I agree.
@jzer2110 жыл бұрын
Kind of strange that the (rare) saxophone solo in the old castle was rewritten for trumpet when saxophones actually ARE part of the concert band.
@ryanwilliams63399 жыл бұрын
Considering the edition we are all used to is an arrangement from pianos, I'm alright with throwing solos around to different voices and changing things up. I especially enjoyed Bydlo
@demarezmichel10 жыл бұрын
SUSATO Tielman (1551) - Allemandes I et II
@Dylan2007sha10 жыл бұрын
My god.. this song is beyond beautiful..
@orjanbark426110 жыл бұрын
Very good!
@amszerz10 жыл бұрын
I love this piece (and performance) so much, but oboe (i think its an oboe) error at 2:28 hurts so bad =(
@CapriceBozza8010 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean. Other than that, I'd say this is the finest performance of this piece that I've heard.
@josshawthorn180110 жыл бұрын
Magnificent.
@feqqet10 жыл бұрын
I am playing the bassoon part now and it is harry, out director finally said, play the triplets as quarter note and that made it easier for me.
@rajendrakhude749110 жыл бұрын
Nice
@saladofdoom4210 жыл бұрын
Wow, this piece was written in less than 16 days under the gun. Tantamount to Handel's Messiah as far as writing brilliant music quickly goes. If I'm not mistaken, Reed was a teenager attached to an Army Air Corps band when he wrote this. Amazing. Junkin's interpretation: freaking DEAD ON. Reminiscent of the power and excitement generated by '87 SCV. The only down side: you need seriously badass subs to avoid distortion in the organ part on the recording. Computer speakers just don't cut it.
@TheNoobyGuy110 жыл бұрын
Played this at the TMEA All Region III Clinic. This piece is fantastic, but it's so boring for trombones.Even the tubas got more melody lines than we did, and that's saying something!
@CapriceBozza8010 жыл бұрын
***** The technique you're referring to is known as "slap-tonguing." It's when you articulate in such a way that it creates a popping sound.
@SedonaMTB10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Who is the soprano sax player?
@CapriceBozza8010 жыл бұрын
Tim McAllister, Professor Of Saxophone at Northwestern University and Soprano Saxophonist of the PRISM Quartet. At the time of this recording, he was Professor Of Saxophone at Arizona State University.
@MrOssjason10 жыл бұрын
I have searched and searched for a performance of this caliber and found it at last. This is one of my favorite pieces of choral music, and to hear it so skillfully performed by this wind ensemble gladdens my heart deeply.
@hrntchr9 жыл бұрын
+Jason Oss Take a look at another one and let me know -- O Magnum Mysterium of course -- Jack Stamp conductor of Wisconsin Symphonic Winds... would like to hear your comment.. I one of the horn players...
@kuromitsu110 жыл бұрын
What a treasure,and what a superb arrangement!!!bravissimo!
@stevenbryantmusic10 жыл бұрын
If you want to see the score, or to hear various recordings including this one and several others, please come listen on my website: www.stevenbryant.com/concertoforwindensemble.php
@xxholicxxclover741310 жыл бұрын
:) love mackey's pieces there always so different and inspiring.
@ja1473210 жыл бұрын
Sound seems a bit quiet, or maybe it's just my computer. Beyond that, excellent piece. Every Christmas since junior year of high school (3-4 years) I set an alarm of this song at 11:50 so that, at exactly midnight, this piece will hit the beginning its climax and the Christmas bells will sing for all to hear. It's the beginning of what I hope will become an amazing tradition.
@saladofdoom429 жыл бұрын
Wow, awesome tradition! Yup, the volume is kinda low. The mp3 I got from Amazon is a lot louder. :)
@regaman1018 жыл бұрын
+Joe Michalski I'm sure your neighbors love you for it..
@mayonnaisek1210 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Beautiful composition, beautifully executed. nothin else I can say. (bursts into applause)