The Divine Comedy IV. - Paradiso

Robert W. Smith

[@chip-chipper-chippest3581]

I was in college when this movement was published. Our wind ensemble world premiered the entire Divine Comedy under the direction of Robert W. Smith at the South Carolina state music educators conference. It was as enjoyable to listen to his thinking and direction from the podium as it was to play the entire suite.

[@GRasputin91]

RIP Robert Smith, I'm sure he's playing this piece right now

[@captainash6581]

Beautiful. The journey has come to an end. You are here. Now glimpse into the eyes of God for only a moment, and understand all.

[@harton2759]

unless your: gay, muslim, hindu, buddhist, jew, atheist, unbaptised babies, have managed to find clear holes in the inconsistent and arbitrary teachings of the Bible....

[@captainash6581]

I'm not sure what you're saying. I'm not a religious person. The Divine Comedy deals with the concepts of Heaven and Hell. The post has to do with the piece of music in the video and how it relates to the poem.

[@mr.poobear99]

Har Ton not how it works buf

[@Helmsson1]

@@harton2759 You can be gay and enter heaven. Also, being baptized does not equal salvation. Regardless, let's just focus on this beautiful piece of music.

[@mubaraksenju7521]

@@harton2759a boomer who cant even differentiate between your and you're talking nonsense lol. funny!

[@theMrbandgeek19]

The french horns and singing in the beginning was probably the perfect thing to represent paradise

[@k1ttenofborg187]

I cried while playing this at my last concert.

[@mr.poobear99]

ZeldaFanMarvelDc 123 same

[@GRasputin91]

I cant listen to it without tearing up. Its so amazingly beautiful

[@seanbrennan5192]

Hands down one of the best compositions out there. Played this piece in high school. Always been my favorite. Wish the intro was longer

[@andrewprawat8199]

hopefully this is remembered in 1000 years

[@firescractherxd1269]

I'll make sure of it.

[@DiscreetLuka]

It better.

[@GRasputin91]

It shall be played throughout all of eternity, the cosmos will resonate with it

[@fortepiano4491]

Smith wrote The Ascension after the other three, meaning he brought the melody beginning at 3:00 and made it the main motif of the Ascension. So Paradiso isn't a call-back, Ascension is a call-forward.

[@zacharywilliams2]

Hey thats actually really interesting.

[@matthoward6598]

Never knew that cool fact. Played the entire divine comedy my freshman year in high school and to this day it is still my favorite piece

[@Zanderthegrape]

Yeah Robert Smith should be scoring films! His pieces are magnificent

[@jacobopstad5483]

Ah, the wonders of the modern age! I had this song in my mind and all I had to do was search for it. What a lovely feeling.

[@codylewis3052]

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. This is a masterpiece, and nothing less of it. Anyone, even those with no education in music would be able to visualize this journey. Fantastic.

[@benniemilligan6533]

Our band is playing Paridiso this year. As a tenor sax player, the sixtuplet passages are incredibly fun to be play, and when played correctly, an amazing addition to the brass' power. The Divine Comedy is by far one of my favorite shows. Very powerful.

[@scottcameron8008]

As a bari sax player, I agree re. the sextuplets and would add that one has to be part gorilla to handle them on the big horn. It's a real workout.

[@djinnification]

By far Robert W Smith’s compositional masterpiece and one of the top five modern compositions. Haven’t heard it since about 2000 when we played it in my high school symphonic band.

[@Nerocu32]

i seriously hve chillsand a few tears tryin ton start this is such a gorgeous song. the chords justy touch ur soul

[@Musicmanmurrell]

i know i'm still learning about composers and all, but i never really was a fan of Robert W. Smith until I came across these songs, I would have never guessed that he of all people would have written these 4 movements. unbelievable the things we are able to accomplish through sheer inspiration, and I can tell that he was inspired, bound, and determined to write these songs.

[@ladybug20hippe]

as a flute i thought this song just ran away from me sometimes

[@cmsugrad04]

oh man i never thought to look for him here!! we did this piece my senior year in high school and i STILL LOVE IT!!!! I wish i could play it in my summer band!!

[@btoneplaya1]

Gaddang, this music brings back so many memories of my Freshmen year doing this as our marching show, such a great show to start off high school

[@loganpintor]

We played the divine comedy all 4 movements. Being a trumpet player in the ferris wind ensemble, I can say it is by far the most amazing piece of music I have ever played

[@WhFLs]

I remember playing All 4 pieces of the divine comedy for our Major Works concert. I loved all of it. Trumpets for the win! :D

[@GRasputin91]

I can just feel myself rising through the atmosphere, past all the planets and stars and right to the center of reality where the very spirit of Creation resides, the force that moves all of the celestial bodies

[@DiscreetLuka]

I’ve listened to this, eh probably about a thousand times already. This song is just amazing. Plus the other three songs. I usually have tDC looping all day. :D

[@iMason6216]

brings tears to my eyes...

[@katarinathegreat2822]

Thanks Robert Smith. Now I get chills every time I play Troy’s warm up chorale, Letter I, which is the French Horn chorale in here.

[@bluewind7386]

I love this I cry at it every time

[@CompSarge]

We did The Divine Comedy at my college two years ago. It was one of the most amazing pieces I had ever played. This song still brings me to tears. Thanks for uploading! (Ours was better, though. ;-P)

[@rugererP95]

Played this song in high school. Absolutely loved it!

[@Whitney0813]

I can imagine the Day of Glory, walking into Heaven and hearing this song being played.

[@damienray2286]

Love these pieces of music!!😍😍 I'm so glad my band is playing this.

[@lenawenger2140]

Goosebumps. Just goosebumps.

[@TheLehster]

THIS IS THE BEST SONG TOO PLAY IN BAND CLASS

[@jet7111]

i loved playing all 4 of these in high school

[@chessicles99]

i love how the ending is just like OZICJVAKLGSDKCLXBNSRODFJGBNLKJDSFHLKXJCBADFLJKHVLXKCJBVDSMFGLJADKFHGIDUSFHGKJLXCBVMNCBVLKJSEHFGLSJKDFGBXCMBVSLJKFDGHDFB BAM!

[@gogogo883]

My highschool band is playing all four movements for the spring concert. :)

[@myrahill9617]

Ricky Bookser when I was in high school we played one a year. My freshman year was inferno then sophomore year was Paradiso junior year ascension senior year was vesuvius. We had other songs for openers and ballads. I graduated high school almost 14 years ago. My how time flies.

[@chessicles99]

first to second movement is go together ok. second to third (in my opinion) is awkward but still kinda fits. third to fourth goes together soooooooooooooooo well

[@Lil.ochito]

I came here to study this piece, im singing it in my chorus

[@CivDiv]

Ya it is lehster! I think you know who I am (;

[@Pidge287]

ahhhh, yes! a beautiful French Horn part!

[@godotandL4ever]

@DaEpicZombies Please, the first violin part is a living HELL!

[@adventureman123]

this is the most powerful song i have ever heard.

[@50me0ne5etupu5the80m]

@oaarbh This is more for an Oboe centered band isn't it. I understand, they never gave me any challenging bassoon solos in high school.

[@LethalChicken77]

Quite the way to finish high school band... oh wait we never got to perform it

[@SuperLLtt]

I FUGGIINN LOVE THIS SONGGG!!! :3

[@moviemadness2009]

This was my pump up song during marching band season. Wish I could actually march it on the field. :)

[@Vu1canian]

Our band is making a show out of the whole Divine Comedy. It's called "The Narrow"

[@moviemadness2009]

That's awesome! Have fun with it!

[@Laz_Jime]

Vu1canian We call our version of this "What Lies Within"

[@Aipom27]

For our second semester symphonic band, we are playing the four divine comedy pieces and so far we just finished Purgatorial and inferno, excited to play the 3rd and 4th one!!

[@Bren9431]

Who knows, you might get to see someone do this well in the near future ;)

[@sodapop976865]

The person who disliked this never made it to heaven...

[@boberz33]

Anyone else notice the picture in the middle gets bigger throughout the whole song?

[@tjhovest555]

What group is performing on this recording?

[@Musegrl23]

I love the flute part

[@CarlAquinoTBPR]

divine comedy the (un)abridged series!

[@btoneplaya1]

@thetrumpetguy14 No, J. W. Mitchell high School in Florida, unfortunitly the only video we have was from our competition mid way through our season and not the final product at States.

[@jennydb1979]

@adidasgirl181 ...Robert W. Smith guest conducted the national band I was in when these pieces were just published a long time ago. We practiced all 4 movements and performed them with him...quite an experience.

[@Xorcrupt]

43 people have great taste in music. ;)

[@kaykayboy23]

Which movement is the really cool trombone part in?

[@mrchichi1603]

kaykayboy23 4th

[@ladybug20hippe]

This song is so beautiful but some of the runs really kill

[@racertv9]

no, it does get bigger, skip to different parts of the song.

[@CrackalackinProd]

i remember crying when i had to sing. embarrassing but it couldn't be helped ;p

[@tacolaw6286]

very good

[@lalofra100]

aw i feel you bro :(

[@BladeTNT2018]

While I never played it before, I am getting creeped out by the rhythm on most of the woodwind instruments

[@waj-s2b]

You again

[@oaarbh]

my bassoon part to this sucks :( the whole sound is great though :D i wish my band had crotales and a celeste

[@oaarbh]

@50me0ne5etupu5the80m yeah, i think the hardest part i ever got was like pirates of the carribean at world's end symphonic highlights where there were several super high notes and i was like schmeh *shrug*. so i also the beginning of peral harbor and american elogy

[@britttkdmusic]

what high school?

[@BenHassed]

Obviously, if you really were a musician, you would understand that she was not referring to the term of masturbation but to pretending to play. For more information on the fingering she was talking about, go to wikipedia's article "Fingering".

[@guraski]

@mtbski3 i'm playing that part in a music festival o.O

[@Themustangturtledude]

The person who disliked this took an arrow to the knee and went to hell.

[@badlose2424]

@mtbski3 Horns=beastly

[@thegreatestmaneverrr]

All of these songs make me rock hard.

[@chessicles99]

LOL really? its quite a nice piece tho

[@firescractherxd1269]

is the oboe off?

[@veenst18]

Nope, intentionally a beat after the voices begin singing :)

[@morganthomas1454]

WHO THUMBS DOWNED THIS OMG I WILL FIND UUUUU

[@TheVaterman]

1 dislike... I will find who ever did it and make them go through inferno many times.

[@Racknison]

@mtbski3 We are frech horn, it is a normal thing, :D

[@koinu93]

Just ignore people like them. Immature.

[@christianl3852]

haha

[@christianl3852]

i dont give a damn i play sax and i know what fingering is it is maserbating