The percussion section in my class weren’t very serious and rarely got into the music we played. But MAN they pulled it together whenever we played this song

5:13 is the jam!

5:13 slaps so hard.

Denmark hello! Greenland and isles say you're missing the? Point.

I would like to do this piece but do not have any French horns. Are there any parts where the horns are the only section playing?

I’m playing it for a festival in a couple of days

Playing the flute part on this. The polyrhythms are super difficult haha. Thanks for the recording, I’m practicing with it.

The first song that actually made me double mallet as a Vibraphonist :3 (well, I mean, it was high school, I was a 'percussionist' technically... but yeah)

i’m in 7th grade symphonic band, we got this piece a few weeks ago and we’re gonna perform it in may..i’m a flute player btw😇

french horn part fire

Bar 75 - 80 👌

I was a percussion playing the bongo and after playing this song with other percussion playing with tombs which we had two on the tomb because of it being impossible to do solo but this was song was amazing because it give the percussion there own solo with other percussion

I play timpani for this song, and it's so confusing because the tempo changes so much, so it's really easy to get lost and lose count of your rests.

Playing this for UIL. Im the low darbuka!

We are abt to go preform this at a contest for North Texas hs bands amd I'm so excited

SOBBING AND CRYING BECAUSE MY BAND IS PLAYING THIS PIECE FOR OUR UPCOMING CONCERT AND IM NOT IN IIIIITT WAAAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH I LOVE THIS SONGGGGGGG

Notes for those playing it now for a concert, correct me if I'm wrong on any of these, I'm making these notes for me more than anyone else (posting them in case it helpd anyone!) and I don't have the score. - During the drum break: The first "Hey!" is 117. The second "Hey! is 4 before 148, where the flutes come in. (4:30) - Entering afterwards (basically with the same part) is, in order, 1. Flutes (4:35) 2. Alto saxophones (flutes still backing) 4:46 3. Baritones/Euphoniums 4:57 4. Trumpets 5:05 5. Flutes again (saxophones and possibly clarinets as backing?) 5:12 From there it's up to you to count, since I don't believe there are any long sets of rests afterwards for most folks? Happy playing! Hope this is a fun concert :)

as a flute i literally spent 30 whole minutes practicing that last part and i am STILL STUCK.

anyone else hearing batman somewhere?

I had the bongo part for this, my lord how fire this piece is

Percussion part is W

That 16 measure note at the beginning is the bane of my existence but then when we get to measure 17 and the whole piece really starts

IM BUSTINGF

as a sousaphone player, this song did me justice in highschool band 🤣

Played Bari sax for winter concert and we take everything down the octive. By far the most fun I've had with a peice

i got the flute solo in my band 😝

Still by far my favorite concert piece in high school it was so cool and I played the marimba part

I would love to the the ContraAlto Clarinet for this. Imagine if there was a Contrabass Clarinet part for this. Ooh that would be epic, i think.

I love the flutes and clarinets. Doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo doodoo dit doo dit doodoodoo And as an euphonium…GORGEOUS It’s not everyday you get the melody/counter melody

playing this for our fall concert as the pianist^_^

I play timpani in on this piece and my director hates percussion but he loves the timpani part and i love my lil solo at 76 :]

It was the most fun song for percussionists, we all got to play a new instrument. Our director also bought new darbukas and djembes so we had the latest stuff. I got the djembe but I played the darbuka part.

im playing this at my middle school for symphonic band (i play flute) and the trill for G natural confuses me & keeping my rhythm at the same pace gets hard at times 😓 does anyone have any tips ?

me when i wear a kaffiyeh (white hoodie) in the desert (sandbox) and see some camels (random people) eating leaves (sandwich).

I played the shakere in this piece

2:20

After Beethoven made me 😩😩

As the bongo player, I was indeed that b*tch

Im playing 1st trumpet on this at Dixie band camp

Among us clouds

Can we all just agree that Brian Balmages is a brilliant composer?

played this in my band class, one of my fav pieces by far. sounds so magical here. love it

Brain don’t miss 🔥

The in between measures where chimes switches to vibraphone there are 142 measures of rest

Played this for district honor band, it was so much fun! (trumpet here)

My high school is trying something out where 3 of the bands play this song together. Freshman band, concert band, and wind ensemble

I played this piece in eighth grade and fell in love with it. Now, as a senior in high school, I’m getting to play it with our top-level band. This piece is and always will be my favorite of all time.

Played this piece back in middle school! Us clarinets had this inside joke that we used up until we went to high school, where whenever we'd listen to a song for the first time, and a hard-sounding part came up, we would always say "I bet this part is on measure 102", in reference to that dreaded clarinet part at around 3:08 in the video. It was a really fun piece to play, in all honesty, and I wish I could go back in time and do it all over again!

I'll never forgive covid for making me miss the opportunity to play this magnificent piece

Playing this as a French horn one of best ones I’ve played