Come, Sweet Death by J.S. Bach (arr. Alfred Reed)

[@jazzmusictheorist]

Played this my freshman year in high school.....that was 6 years ago......this piece is so moving and powerful that I could NEVER forget about it

[@arielleanderson9776]

Christian Martinez try Lux Aurumque that song oml

[@stefanj.99]

And this was written 6 years ago... how funny, eh? Hope you're doing well in life!

[@samloyd9287]

I have to conduct this piece for my conducting final. Imagine drawing from a hat for your final piece and the slip of paper just reads “come sweet death”

[@sing-a-longohsdeluxe3215]

Hope it went well!😊

[@chelseabelsea]

the horn part for this is beautiful. my director had me stand and recognized me at the concert for it. i will never forget how moving this piece is

[@jazzmusictheorist]

It's very beautiful....I remember my freshman year my band played it and I swear I was almost crying of how beautiful it is

[@dbzgal04]

I remember playing this in band when I was in high school. Very pretty!

[@capratube1]

Likewise, in 1962 (+/-), with the Gahanna [Ohio] Lincoln High School Band, under the direction of Robert F Kessler, a fine teacher and friend. I visited with him two years ago, as he recovered from surgery. May God bless our dedicated teachers and mentors. May they, and all of those whose lives they enriched, when their time comes, experience a Sweet Death. (I was tempted to say "a Sweet Passing," but that wouldn't he honest.)

[@goppo6753]

This song is so powerful it's almost depressingly beautiful

[@journeystarr]

I read somewhere that the late Cliff Burton -former Metallica bassist and musical genius-got the inspiration for the intro to the song Damage, Inc. from this song. dunno if that is true or not.

[@johnthelesserofthethirdoft863]

journeystarr facts

[@hunterirvine5740]

Yes it is, I'm a diehard Metallica fan and that's the only reason I'm here 🤣🤘

[@nelk5809]

Hunter Irvine same

[@jt1929]

That’s what Kirk Hammett says that Cliff told him. His music teacher taught him pieces of Bach as a kid. Musically he was well beyond the members of Metallica and they were in awe and intimidated by his knowledge but fortunately he was a good natured guy. Joel McIver does a great biography, To Live Is To Die

[@rocafella142]

Yes, it's true. Bach wasCliffs's biggest inspiration

[@cathacks420]

It’s currently 7am and I have been thinking about my band a lot recently. I go to a private school and there’s not many people in band, so we have a hard time every year, but we always win state. Our tenor just quit, so we are having to rearrange our entire marching show. My band director started tearing up yesterday in the middle of rehearsal because he was so stressed out. I have been thinking about my freshman year in band and my mind just flipped to this song. This is the song that won us state last year. It is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever played, and I remember breaking out in tears during the performance because of how damn perfect it was. Shout out to Bach and the 2024 Mustang Band for changing my life :). It was truly a privilege to play this with all of yall, if any of you happen to be reading this.

[@qman123abc]

Playing this in band. Beautiful melody

[@shelleymartin1451]

Nothing better than this! you got a gem of a CD. Ninety-nine percent positive this is the Tokyo kosei Wind Ensemble conducted by the incomparable Frederick Fennell... perfection Had this recording played at my mom's memorial service.

[@elizabethwalker3344]

1:52 this part reminds me of the toby maguire spiderman movie soundtrack

[@HunterOxley]

Sang this in a music festival, so moving and emotional that I haven't stopped thinking of it in the several months it's been...

[@goppo6753]

Hunter Oxley same I can't take it off my mind

[@hunterirvine5740]

🤣🤣

[@Leanna_Rose]

I love this song very very pretty, flutes rock the solo in this piece

[@sazr9569]

when u looking for a song from The End of Evangelion and stumble upon this piece instead

[@arielleanderson9776]

SAZR the guitar part?

[@Bone_Daddy13]

Your first mistake was looking for that song

[@taefer7437]

​@@Bone_Daddy13 Neon Genesis Evangelion has great music. The OST also includes some pieces from J.S. Bach. It's never a mistake to look for great music.

[@jacoblukens2958]

I'm having the opposite problem

[@KB-qk4tv]

This was one of my favorite pieces to play in high school. So mournful and emotive.

[@aqualoon9120]

The oboe part is so fun to play for this piece i love it

[@dillonbrunetti8066]

Aqua Loon I play oboe too. we just did this for my spring concert, but we went faster, it still sounded great

[@Korogunso8]

we had no oboes so i got to play that part >:D

[@bunnymaekay]

we sightread this piece today in band, and i play the oboe. i had no idea what i was doing 😂

[@giannabastone]

Beautiful piece, playing it in band. Just so hard to play along with the audio on English Horn.

[@myheartandactionsareutterl9058]

I see bach is a massive evangelion fan as well

[@bigjongie]

i played this at a retirement home one time

[@AspenMoeburg]

hell yeah

[@corey5363]

my marching band played this in our show and it was amazingly beautiful once we got it down.

[@redfrenchhorn4539]

This song is beast. You know the day I first played this song in band (we played it for the fun of it) I was thinking to myself, "Hmm....'Come, Sweet Daeth' huh? Well....I'm still waiting for mine."

[@jaycilangehennig2059]

Do you play French horn?

[@Setupjustsoicancomme]

Euphonium part is so awesome in this piece :)

[@cathacks420]

Playing this this year 🔥🔥🔥

[@corabrewster2527]

this song is so hard to play along to

[@grantdcc916]

I love this

[@ablockofcheese7546]

damage inc

[@topsecret1837]

SynapseDynamics I'm officially amazed as to the dark connections between classical music and metal now. Someone needs to do a doom metal cover of Virgil Fox's version.

[@Ranmann86]

Top Secret cliff burton was a musical genius

[@jimicusjolcen9460]

Fuck yes^ \m/

[@perkele8341]

All is Well at damage Inc. You see Please step forward if you please Blood will follow blood Dying time is here Damage incoppurated

[@pufflerate123]

if you're playing this for band at all and you play trumpet, write "zzz" somewhere on the paper. we don't play for half the song.

[@nateklein4391]

Fitting that this piece is called “Come sweet death,” cause that’s exactly what I was thinking every time we played it

[@taylorwillmarth7897]

amazing how not every piece requires heavy trumpet

[@pufflerate123]

Taylor Willmarth it’s really well played out

[@nateklein4391]

I forgot I made this comment, but yeah, I actually really enjoyed getting to sit back and listen to the rest of the ensemble play. Such beautiful music

[@DanvilleEsau-hi4bn]

One of my latest favorites. Would like to ket the score for this piece, for my long time friends to play together

[@isaiahclouse7063]

Alfred Reed was one of the best composers/arrangers for band ever, other than Percy Grainger.

[@jazzmusictheorist]

I aspire to be as good as Grainger when it comes to writing for band

[@orestodomundo6652]

Big Metallica fan here.

[@nathanweber354]

nobody asked

[@Will-ht2ny]

@@nathanweber354 Nobody asked you to say nobody asked... it's a stupid comment. Have a great day!

[@blaketaylor4763]

@@nathanweber354 do you understand why he even said it

[@alexishernandez1314]

@@blaketaylor4763 Yuh cuz Cliff

[@dreagonzalez2374]

Oof the amount of air you gotta have behind this, the arrangement isn't what makes it difficult but the stamina you gotta have 👀💜 Also rushing is my weak point 😂

[@robertromanul2212]

Does anyone happen to have the complete sheet arrangements for each instrument ? This version specifically is very nice if I could find it.

[@jasonzurlo1543]

Buy it then

[@no3339]

I could almost swear there’s a another song that uses the melody from the first four notes of this song

[@timjennings4054]

Damage jackals ripping right through you!!!!!

[@nelk5809]

Where is the part from

[@chrisrodsa210]

Damage Inc. by Metallica​@@nelk5809

[@32daniel15]

Cliff Em All!!!

[@tharealgavgav8306]

Eighth note equals 76 ughhhhh.... still love the piece tho

[@officialtechnological2042]

Tried this on piano.... came out just the same

[@bunnymaekay]

my director told me it was originally written for organ :)

[@Alotofthings.]

"The Rest is Silence". Hamlet, 1601-1603

[@nathanweaver3378]

One last caress

[@ThathankaIyotake]

Damage inc

[@memetrash5082]

this isnt komm usser tod

[@vxsoma4198]

you depression now available in classical

[@cadenschmidt2752]

This song is actually beautiful just sayin

[@datmangotho9618]

it’s 38bpm 😭 this piece is pretty but dang it’s so slow to play, I keep getting lost because it’s so slow

[@mort5381]

It’s 76😭

[@datmangotho9618]

@@mort5381 for the eighth notes 💔💔

[@arlenehensley6753]

Bach understood that Christ is sweet death!

[@WeltAusEis]

play the fucking organ shinji

[@perkele8341]

Don't fuck with razorback

[@herbie424]

Consider yourself lucky.

[@tajanaehunter]

the tempo is sooooo slow.

[@Arcian]

I take it then you haven't heard Virgil Fox's arrangement on the Wanamaker Organ?

[@tajanaehunter]

we're playing this exact arrangement for our concert so it doesn't matter anyways

[@ザワールドP]

76 bpm, that is indeed very slow

[@ivanmartindelcampo4062]

Color-P that's just the eighth note I think

[@calvinstewart9380]

You would be correct. I'm playing this in 7th grade band, its soooo slow but great.