Saint-Saens, Marche Militaire Francaise

[@sifridbassoon]

Whoa Nellie! too fast! it reminds me of when I went to a Dallas Symphony concert back when Jaap Van Sweden was still conducting. He took the finale of the Tschaik 4 at about that tempo. Everyone managed to end together, but there were some places where it started pulling apart. 😮😮

[@musicianinseattle]

See comment above to Messrs. van der Klift and Le Bras, and follow the link. You’ll doubtless be appeased.

[@checkthisjunkout]

@@musicianinseattle I guess I’ll read it too because I will need appeasement for this tempo. 😂

[@MooglyMog]

Played this in 9 th grade orchestra at my high school.

[@avidreader111]

הזדמנות לראות את בני יחידי האהוב.

[@JoelLeBras]

Too fast

[@bertmoren]

Trop rapide à mon goût

[@TheTympanist]

ce n' est pas propre ! essayez de jouer juste et en mesure d' abord ! pas professionnel !

[@malwinagawarkiewicz9308]

Wow! Fantastic!👍

[@andrevanderklift8420]

What ugly fast, are they afraid that they miss the airplane

[@jicasas]

Or because it's marked "Allegro giocoso" and it's in cut time...

[@gert.ronner]

The tempo is just right. The problem seems to be the woodwinds having a hard time keeping up, that possibly makes it sounds rushed.

[@michaelshaw1182]

Tempo is correct, but brass and woodwinds could not keep up. Also, many intonation problems. Very poor performance from a supposedly professional outfit. Made worse by a lazy two-camera shoot.

[@mikehodges5612]

@@michaelshaw1182 I cannot agree with your assessment of the tempo. The score reads allegro giocoso but also reads half note=132. The conductor starts the piece at half note=142 and pushes the tempo through the whole piece. It is his prerogative to take the faster tempo but I prefer Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops and their interpretation of the March.