St Paul's Suite - Gustav Holst I Saxophone Ensemble Arrangement

[@odafe33emma44]

Hey sam ur dad is my music teacher mr vanderwoud. i love ur instrument. UR MUSIC IS SO GOOD. keep up the good work, love u bro

[@Johnnyplaysyo]

As a string player, incredible to see this done in a saxophone choir! I know just how fun this work is to play, so i'm sure you had a blast. Can't wait to see more work of this type, and especially excited for you to tackle Hammersmith (hopefully!).

[@silasreimer]

Another post from the one man ensemble master. I love the low notes on that Bass!

[@elizabethcprins]

Sounds great, Sam! The little one I'm nannying sat through the whole thing with me, spellbound 😊

[@samvanderwoude]

Nice to know I can reach a younger audience!

[@skyechen2673]

YES! Another Holst Suite!!!!

[@ohkay734]

Nice!

[@thomasmiddlebrooke1012]

Now I want to hear this live! Well done!

[@TheodoreBrown314]

@samvanderwoude2258 Is the music for this publicly available? If so, I can send it off to the Sydney Conservatorium Sax Choir and see if this can be made possible

[@thomasmaughan4798]

Fantastic!

[@hyatesanimations7787]

tremendous!!

[@brady5829]

I love the tongue pizz rizz

[@samvanderwoude]

Lol

[@pukalo]

I love that bass sax, in fact I've held that exact bass saxophone before (the u of alberta bass). Someone played it in summer band 2023.

[@samvanderwoude]

It’s a great instrument!

[@pukalo]

@@samvanderwoude It was purchased several years ago by the university, along with an entire lineup of Selmer series II saxophones, from sopranino to bass.

[@vdberg111]

Wonderful Sam! Great arranging for the intermezzo! Have you worked with changing up your reeds and/or mouthpieces to indivualize the voices for the same sax? I can loan you a c-melody if you want to incorporate that! 😊 I used own a c-sop too that had it's own voice. There's a horn in F out there somewhere too. 😅 Nice bass playing as well!

[@samvanderwoude]

Hadn’t thought about changing my setup within sections, that’s a neat idea! Might make it sound more like an authentic saxophone choir.

[@vdberg111]

@@samvanderwoude Just like when you sing in a lower or higher octave, the same voice but with a different timbre. Some people sound very good harmonizing with themselves (of course, not so for others).

[@BlockBuster681]

Not sure if you’re still around, but it is possible if you could make a full band piece of Under the Double Eagle?

[@samvanderwoude]

I can take a look! Can’t promise anything for several years though, I have a bit of a backlog…

[@TheodoreBrown314]

Amazing sounds, keep it up! As an aside, while you're working through Holst's pieces, is A Moorside Suite on the table? (Originally written for brass band, but I believe there's a wind band transcription available)

[@samvanderwoude]

It’s on the list! Might be quite a while before I get to it though.

[@TheodoreBrown314]

@@samvanderwoude Heck yeah! Honestly, take all the time you need - with how good the videos you've been putting out are, I don't think anyone wants quantity over quantity Gotta ask, though: you planning to give the Brass Band version a try? 😁

[@samvanderwoude]

Haha, not sure yet! Either I would do the original brass band version or make another saxophone choir arrangement.

[@TheodoreBrown314]

If you give the Brass Band version a shot, I wish you all the best! As much as I love seeing the sax quartets and choirs you've done, I always think Brass Bands could use a bit of extra attention (Heck, I wish you all the best no matter what you pick, but I just really like the sound of the Brass Band version of that piece)

[@samvanderwoude]

Well, if I can do the original, I usually prefer to do the original. That would definitely push the limits of my brass playing though!

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Sounds pretty good. Just call up some other sax players. They all play out of tune and stuff!

[@sampohoreskeybuskinglooseb9238]

Haven't seen me play yet