BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide - "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

Performed on Feb. 5, 2023, at Northern Virginia Community College's Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center in Alexandria, Va., as part of a concert titled "American Traditions."
Leonard Bernstein's Overture to Candide
transcribed by Clare Grundman
Conducted by 1stLt Darren Lin
Concert program and notes: www.marineband.marines.mil/Po...
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[@timepanini]

On of my favorite overtures. Love the setting for Wind Ensemble

[@manondumouchel5298]

Fantastic piece of music.. Enjoy it! Thank you to all for this beautiful moment ❤

[@RatnipTX]

My high school band won Sweepstakes playing Candide in 1965. Robert E. Lee High School, 1965.

[@shieldmaiden2660]

As a trombonist, I love playing this piece. Outstanding Marines!

[@kokoken1]

Fantastic, beautifully done, even without strings.

[@harrywoodell7008]

One of my favorites on the gazebo in summer band. Long time NOVA no see. Nice hall. Great band.

[@brucekuehn4031]

Crisp and clean!

[@Mkohlbauer]

Great sounding composition AND outstanding recording!!!

[@ruthbrierley1798]

Fave!!

[@evansmusic48]

Bravo!

[@andreporto8315]

Bravoooo!!

[@alainarturopulidobarron1073]

¡Magnificent performance!

[@HockeyGuy_in_STL]

Played-this in high school! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 🎺

[@deankyle22]

one of my favorites from high school band, though i think you guys did a little bit better on it ;)

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

The last part: Theme from “The Dick Cavett Show”

[@jjtint]

Need more closeups of sax players and French horns

[@episnod]

Great playing. The dress uniforms are over the top!! Paid as staff sergeants but deserve O-10

[@richmanwisco]

They do in fact get paid more than your infantry E-6.

[@twiiii1]

Where is the lightness and air in this piece? Its as if the band is playing with combat boots on in some sections. There is also no bounce to the music in the appropriate sections. Where is the Colonel when you need him to direct the band properly. Same old complaint I have when someone else conducts the band. Its as if the band is sight reading the piece for the first time and has not thoroughly rehearsed this famous piece we all know so well. Its also not about how fast you can play the last section either.

[@MikeDominy]

Your commentary is contradictory. You can't complain that the opening is stodgy because the tempo is a bit slower than you may be used to (but with some of the cleanest articulations in the woodwind lines that I've ever heard) and then criticize the briskness of the closing tempo, which is pretty much the tempo Bernstein conducted this section at. Would I conduct this differently, most likely. Do I appreciate and respect this interpretation, absolutely.

[@evansmusic48]

Glad you got this off your chest! Pointless.

[@MogueHorizon]

A mess. For some unknowable reason the conductor gives a whole measure for tempo at the start. 1:50 mind-bogglingly late cue. Syncopation parts are imprecise in many, many spots. Tempo is inconsistent and awkward as the brass tugs ahead without resistance. Things finally lock in towards the end but some pretty surprising stuff at this level of musicianship.