The end is a little fast for me, but a great performance.

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.

hallelujah

Played this is High School Honor Band today. Played the string bass. Had that solo line (actually technically not a solo, but whatever).

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!!!

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WHY has nobody commented. This is beautiful!!!!!

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!! :-)

Thanks for the recording. Verona Community Band is doing this this year.

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.

Fantastic

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.

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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.

Unfortunately Very Few People Listen To This Great Music.

This is great. I can feel the emotion they played with.

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. :)

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This movement sounds very similar to asphalt cocktail

Beautiful music. But what exactly it has to do with Russia?

I like this music very much(^-^)/

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.

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"

First three notes remind me of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn . . or is it my ears?

I was there when they premiered this piece! This movement's my favorite - Timothy McAllister is absolutely flawless on the soprano.

musica divina!

Oops (2:28)!!! Beautiful piece though.

Nice! Cool instrumentation

wow! thanks for the video

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.

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).

CapriceBozza80 I agree.

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.

SUSATO Tielman (1551) - Allemandes I et II

My god.. this song is beyond beautiful..

Very good!

I love this piece (and performance) so much, but oboe (i think its an oboe) error at 2:28 hurts so bad =(

Magnificent.

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.

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.

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!

***** 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.

Beautiful! Who is the soprano sax player?

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.

What a treasure,and what a superb arrangement!!!bravissimo!

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

:) love mackey's pieces there always so different and inspiring.

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.

Absolutely beautiful. Beautiful composition, beautifully executed. nothin else I can say. (bursts into applause)