El Camino Real | Alfred Reed | The Bands of HM Royal Marines

[@ralphdavis8927]

I had the privilege of performing this piece with the US Air Force Band out of Warner Robins AFB, Ga. under the direction of the composer Dr. Alfred Reed in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. in the 1980's. What a thrill it was! I love this piece and it was masterly performed here by this great band. Thank you!

[@helpstopanimalabuse8153]

That's one hell of a privelidge. I think a lot of musicians don't realise how privelidged they are performing pieces in many great concert halls under great conductors until later in their lives. I took my daughter (9 Y.O.) to see John Williams conduct the Weiner Philharmoniker in Viener & it won't be later that she will realise it was a "Hey, i was here" moment. Now that john has turned 90 i, as a professional musician who has being involved in recording the soundtracks for all the last 7 Star Wars Movies truly appreciate what a wonderful composer & a better human being he is. Hopefully there will be lots of years to come for John. I feel distraught even thinking of that terrible day when he passes but will truly enjoy his genius while he is with us.

[@chatbud]

Interpretation aside, I marvel at the clarity of how the entire performance was captured. This has to be out on CD! The flute soli at 8:31 is usually a blur live but here you can almost imagine the notes right in front of you!

[@kh_167]

One of Wind Band Music's famous classics played by one of the world's best Bands. Sublime performance as always!

[@louisthompson1020]

This band is wonderful and they are playing a delightful composition , I love the tempo changes with the beautiful melodies.....

[@adrienmelsen]

Great performance. Didn't know this magnificent piece of music, until yesterday evening. We attended the show performed by the Dutch HM Royal Marines Band, celebrating the 150th aniversary of the local Orchestra "De Hoop" in Ossendrecht (The Netherlands). Wow, just as good your band. It was an honour attending this show. Also a great performance. You yourself may proud of this one.

[@domepiece11]

Check out Armenian Dances by Reed as well. Another banger.

[@chatbud]

And the cameraman/director should have given the timpanist some love at 1:08. If you're familiar with the score, the timpanist is going absolutely bonkers here going at fortissimo and leaping semiquavers between the D & A drums.

[@brianmcd9492]

I can hear desert,ancient bazaars,epic sea journeys,romantic oasis and a gallop to victory back home,sucess🙂

[@biancamelodesouza5517]

Acordar de manhã com esse presente!!! Ahhh Meu Deus

[@jordiibanez2163]

EL CAMINO ESPAÑOL, DESDE CIUDAD DE MÉXICO A LA CIUDAD DE SANTA FE EN EL ACTUAL NUEVO MÉXICO (EE.UU.) UNIENDO EL ANTIGUO VIRREINATO DE LA NUEVA ESPAÑA (ACTUALES MÉXICO,CALIFORNIA,NUEVO MÉXICO,NEVADA,COLORADO,TEXAS Y UNA GRAN PARTE DEL MEDIO OESTE DE LOS ACTUALES EE.UU.ENTRE OTROS TERRITORIOS DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA).🇪🇦🤝🇺🇲

[@j.ramona.v3092]

musica española..... en toda su esencia

[@domepiece11]

I appreciate that Reed attempted to capture historically characteristic sounds in modern wind band repertoire. Armenian Dances is wonderful as well.

[@jaronshelton4124]

This is the only video I’ve seen on KZbin of a wind band at Royal Albert Hall wow

[@キャプテンまゆちー]

bravo👏

[@chip-chipper-chippest3581]

One of my very favorite pieces!

[@marktamesis2971]

Loced this piece. Took me back when I played it in 7th grade😭😭

[@chris.l.07]

i’m sorry 7th grade???

[@Thenotosfamousiq]

@@chris.l.07 it was probably the rearranged piece. The rearranged piece is a 2 or 3.5 for the difficulty

[@griffin8er845]

This piece is so fantastically written and I was just dissatisfied with the entirety of the middle. Notes and rhythms were played but I didn’t feel like there was any substance or emotion behind them. Everything at a fast tempo was quite precise though so pretty good performance overall.

[@brokk2]

Agree. More over, and as usual (90% of american bands), way too fast. It's a pity, because It's like trashing away the whole piece, instead of tasting it.

[@mastershifu9149]

@@brokk2 this is a british band

[@khristienhorn]

@@mastershifu9149awkward lol

[@chatbud]

And this entire section beg. 5:57 should have been focused on the mallet percussion, esp. the marimba player.

[@rednapoleon346]

8:40

[@raymoland]

Great performance but what does the director have against the cornets? Not a single shot of the soloist in the slow mvt....

[@Charlienepien]

Great piece, but de second/middle part is played with very little soul. Straight, to the point (like military soldiers ;-) ), but with very little dynamics. Such a pity. Hopefully it will be/would have been better without social distancing!

[@EdvinasBitinas]

Hk 0:17

[@VCA-3]

Está bien para ser ingleses, aunque van más rápido de lo que pueden.

[@youtuuba]

Nice performance rendered so-so by the awful acoustics and poor recording techniques. And no doubt made worse by the social distancing within the ensemble. And I wonder why anyone would decide to light the ensemble as if they were in a cave. Why bother wearing snappy uniforms of nobody can see them from the audience (without the camera closeups, neither could we). I also thought the first oboe played her part very mechanically; I have heard much more musical playing of that part elsewhere. I suppose its was the director 's decision to add that un-Alfred Reed dynamics effect in the brass on the last chord of the opening fanfare.....that just sounds stupid, bad idea.

[@kanari22]

ユーフォの方、めっちゃいい音！

[@swagger9456]

this kind of sounds like arabesque by samuel r hazo

[@robertobara-t1e]

Bro his face at 0:04

[@ironmatic1]

Something is so weird about this recording. The balance is so off, everywhere.

[@딸기-d8c]

ちょうど300いいねなの嬉しい

[@oskarwikstrom7772]

Can barely hear the trombones sadly

[@EggNY0lk]

There’s a way better interpretation of this piece on KZbin played by a Japanese concert band (I think it was the NHK wind band), has more soul and cleanliness to it, and the oboe solo in the middle section is played with much more emotion, which in this one, lacks so much of it.

[@timc7543]

Yeah, gotta agree. Middle section is wooden and mechanical. This is one of the big lyrical movements in the rep and this performance was really disappointing.

[@RealM4rcus]

I mean this is not the best performance of this song :/

[@deadstar4955]

What do you mean

[@寿中村-o1x]

走りすぎてテンポ崩れが残念です

[@thedude4065]

The "visual" of the entire percussion section all wearing their virtue signaling black clothe masks looks bizarre

[@djtwo2]

So, you regard obeying the law/rules as virtue signalling? That just demonstrates that your opinions have no validity.

[@tanaka267]

一人一人は素敵だけど、合わせるとどことなく雑

[@wik4237]

This band’s unison is not quite good. Although some parts are quite well, overall it does not give a good impression and there are also a lot of mistakes on notes and stuff. Just my opinion 🤷‍♂️.

[@はらだはじめ-n6v]

まとまってない。 ユーフォの音が負けてるよ。

[@evokewei123]

My thinking. This piece is not suitable for this band.