Vincent Persichetti: Symphony No.6 "Symphony for Band" (1956)

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987): Symphony No.6 "Symphony for Band" (1956)
I. Adagio - Allegro
II. Adagio sostenuto [05:47]
III. Allegretto [09:46]
IV. Vivace [12:55]
Eastman Wind Ensemble diretto da Frederick Fennell
Cover image: painting by John French Sloan.
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[@garydavis9361]

I've had this on CD for years. It's a classic recording from the'50s. Without a doubt one of the greatest pieces ever written for band. Persichetti is relatively obscure but band people know who he is.

[@pgroove163]

basically everyone outside of pop/ rock music is relatively obscure with the general public...

[@james_subosits]

Still obsessed with this work. A work of genius.

[@francoisrossignol7961]

That last chord is soooooo good!

[@davidwebb2755]

Persichetti hints at serialism with a tone row in the opening of Mvt. 1, then pretty much abandons it until the final pan-tonal chord! That chord is a bear to tune---it's made of several individual triads & 7th chords that all have to be identified, extracted, and tuned individually in order to make the final chord "right". I always see the Symphony as a search for meaning---we hear the pieces all laid out for us in the opening, then it becomes a journey through all sorts of situations and conversations to "put it all together", which is exactly what he does on that final chord.

[@francoisrossignol7961]

@@davidwebb2755 Very interesting. I Will listen to it again with that in mind.

[@nathanielmorgan129]

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[@reedbenton9903]

@Nathaniel Morgan yea, have been watching on Flixzone} for months myself :D

[@pikachuchujelly7628]

Persichetti is one of the few atonal composers whose music really captures my attention throughout. The other is Bartok. I shouldn't call it atonal, but I mean they lack functional harmony.

[@darr3263827]

Played this in college at UMD when Timothy Mahr (now St. Olaf) was still director of bands. Haven't even thought of this piece in over ten years. Just popped into my head, and here it is. Awesome.

[@user-bh5mw1sh6u]

ヴィンセントパーシケﾃイ先生の作品は素晴らしい作品ばかりで最高ですね🎵私達も50年以前にブラバン吹奏楽部で演奏していましたとってもテクニックのいる複雑に絡み合う難曲でしたねぇ🎵しかしその難曲を演奏できた🎵時の達成感はものすごい感動の連続ですね🎵先生の作品は私達ブラバン吹奏楽部員を熱狂させた最高の作品ばかりでした‼️とっても素敵な思い出ですね🎵名演奏ですね🎵最高ですね🎵ありがとうございました🎵素晴らしいですね🎵

[@chrismedina6198]

I LOVE PERSICHETTI❤

[@aidenbrayshaw770]

YESSSSSSSSS RIP KING 😔

[@donnix768]

Had the honor of playing this with the Marian Catholic High School Symphonic Band. It was one of our band director Greg Bimm’s favorite pieces. Mr.Bimm is a world class conductor and one of greatest band directors that has ever lived. Thanks for posting.

[@xavierbuford2169]

It’s been rumored that we’re playing it this year, if we do I hope we do you proud. PRIDE📯

[@dennisbergendorf2429]

So fun to be in a great HS band! I was in a wonderful concert band in junior high. Several kids went on to pro music careers (this is one of the songs we played).

[@FightbackMediaGroup]

Thank you Lonnie Keen, Brandon High School (1978) for exposing us to this wonderful piece of music.

[@pedroochoatango]

Great! Sounds like really American music. While Europe was stuck in the Damstadt School, there was something fresh in America in the middle of the XX century. Barber, Bernstein, Persichetti, Ginastera… Today it seems like 1970 rock, like ELP, before the time (as a matter of fact, ELP played Ginastera). Fresh energy. American "contemporary" "avant garde" music. Art music. We must give some acknowledgement to those composers, frequlently ignored.

[@Sybill6859]

Played this my senior year of high school. By far my favorite piece EVER! and i'm a huge fan of Beethoven and other classical composers

[@fallynirl1006]

God, everyone played this in like college and stuff. I'm going to be a freshman next year, and I recently played this with my highschool band camp. Albeit, a lot the kidsin my band were seniors, it was still hard.

[@Artisticmare]

Playing this for my wind ensemble this year. Such a beautiful piece

[@adamjohnson6954]

A real foot-tapper. Love that last chord

[@mtmanzeb]

Yes, there are such beautiful moments like this throughout. Such depth yet such simplicity: wonderful!

[@joshuasussman4020]

A beautiful atmosphere in the Adagio. He gets a rich and varied sound from the resources.

[@Nayrugoddessofwisdom]

That moment around 7:20 when the 1st cornet solo soars serenely over the rest of the ensemble really makes me melt.

[@alexiglesias2866]

Great music and awesome sound! Congratulations!!!

[@MRLOVINGOOD]

I clicked for more info and I see why this music sounds very good.The info was about Eastman Wind Ensemble with it's founder.That was refreshing to hear.THANKS

[@jochanaan58]

Magnificent playing and perfect interpretation! I played this with the Boulder (Colorado) Concert Band in the 1980s. We were good, but not this flawless!

[@davidmayhew4818]

Vibrant recording! Loved it!

[@dmorton3423]

Played this in the All-State band in Nashville and was the timpanist at that time. Most challenging song I ever played! I remember if you get lost counting the bars. You're sunk! ( during high school )

[@josemariamanjon]

No conocía a este compositor. Pasé hace un rato por delante del conservatorio en el que daba clases y vi la placa que le pusieron como homenaje, por eso he venido a KZbin a buscar música suya. Esta obra me ha gustado; especialmente la percusión me ha resultado muy llamativa. Escucharé más música suya.

[@dennisbergendorf2429]

We played this in junior high about the same time that West Side Story was released. Always thought the two were grandly similar.

[@JPerez198]

My friends preformed this piece the 2 and 4 movements at Carnegie hall in new York earlier this year i wish i could have gone but ill go on the next trip

[@victorsanchez4656]

I know that feeling.....😢

[@james_subosits]

We're playing the whole symphony at Carnegie Hall this March!

[@ircoleton]

My favorite part was 00:00-17:03

[@ItzNotTempest]

Same

[@kevinbutler6240]

Vaild

[@wayneday3116]

As long as your group could avoid intonation problems, Persichetti could make any band sound great.

[@braedenmiller8538]

and if they could count, his rhythms aren't tricky on their own (percussion rhythms are very tricky), but putting them with the rest of the group can be.

[@pikachuchujelly7628]

This piece can also sound like noise if your intonation is bad.

[@jackmull4770]

Movement IV sounds like John William’s A New Hope Soundtrack - Specifically at 16:35

[@jefferywilliams9253]

dat last note doe

[@aeroplano111]

Indeed. Never doubt Persichetti to end an entire symphony on a 12-tone chord!

[@brodyodyo4671]

of course my wind symphony doesn’t put me on this piece that i’ve wanted to be on since high school and puts me on an accompaniment piece 🥸

[@katelennon8151]

9:45 movement 3 12:54 movement 4

[@Invert_Scrub]

Anyone know who plays tuba on this recording??

[@ignacioponcio7818]

theres a euphonium solo in the second movement

[@chefjeff3410]

yare yare

[@ronaldmeekins3479]

Is that the band also singing 😮

[@kayscritic]

(For my own practice) 60- 2:14 Solo- 7:34

[@ryliephillips7179]

6:40

[@brodyodyo4671]

the piccolo player was STRUGGLING 😩

[@krantiyatri2107]

L'orchestrazione ricorda le armonizzazioni di canti popolari irlandesi composte da Percy Grainger

[@Mekaels_Music]

sus

[@calebcoale896]

The Picture looks old however the music is not .

[@GTlFit]

This song is old

[@Psalm51V15]

Yeah, this "song" is "old" - if you're a teenager and your concept of "old" is your parents' age. Go listen to Beethoven's 5th (1808) and shaddup for a decade or so, would ya? You might learn something that way. For example, a symphony is not a "song."

[@hipepleful]

@@Psalm51V15 I'd disagree on it is NOT a song. If you're arguing that it is art, then you'd be saying that all music is art, no matter how awful it is in your opinion, it is beautiful in someone else's mind. Also, to expect someone to instantly "get" post-tonal music is rather stupid, especially if you're going to talk down to them. Also, why would you pick Beethoven's 5th and not something that's more beautiful, and I could imagine people getting more (Something of Chopin, possibly)? Could it be that you just don't have a broad scope of music history? Also, no matter what, it is old. Almost all classical music is old, in my opinion: though, that doesn't mean that it isn't bad.

[@Psalm51V15]

@@hipepleful : A symphony is, literally, *not a song.* Look the two words up in the dictionary - preferably a music dictionary. They mean entirely different things. A symphony is not a song just like a horse is not a squirrel. Geddit? "why would you pick Beethoven's 5th," you ask. Well, because, in comparison to the Persichetti piece (which dates from the 1950s), it is "old." That is why I included the premiere date (1808) of Beethoven's 5th. I also used the example of Beethoven's 5th because it, too, is a symphony, just as the Persichetti piece is, whereas Chopin - to cite your example - never wrote a symphony. (Of course, this explanation may not mean much to someone who doesn't grasp the difference between a symphony and a song.) Had I wanted to use only chronological *age* as a criterion - without reference to the symphonic repertory - I could have cited the music of Bach, or Byrd, or Palestrina, or Lassus, or Pérotin - or, for that matter, anonymous medieval plainchant. These works are "old" - not merely in comparison to Persichetti, but in comparison to Beethoven himself. "Could it be that you just don't have a broad scope of music history?" Yes, that must be it. Thanks for sharing your helpful opinions.

[@hipepleful]

@@Psalm51V15 Well, nor are you with "helpful opinions", if your goal is to educate a "teenager" with an elitist attitude. I'm not saying sugar coat it, but you could at least have less of a negative outlook. In my opinion (which we've already clarified is useless, of course, because it's not like opinions, in general, are useless), if you wanted to educate someone, you should do it in a more pleasant attitude, as it wouldn't deter someone to just write off said person/community and ruin the music even more for them. Anyways, back to your argument. I will use these two definitions musicterms.artopium.com/s/Song.htm musicterms.artopium.com/m/Movement.htm and musicterms.artopium.com/s/Symphony.htm if those are not to your liking, as the song's definition isn't fully to mine, as it ignores something like Mendelssohn's "Songs without Words", which would be a contradiction in my mind, you may link your definitions. So, if you'd be fine with adding the fact that it can be just instrumental or have a reason why it isn't, I'll be happy with our terms. While I agree that it isn't LITERALLY a song, I picture movements as songs in general. So, you could, I guess, say that it's a collection of songs, in my mind. As for the ad hominem of saying, "Could it be that you just don't have a broad scope of music history?", I am sorry for doubting you. If we do continue to even have a discussion, even out of this topic, I do promise to be more civil in my responses. Thank you for reading my comment again, and have a nice day.

[@lookingglass0]

But evergreen.

[@arQerlovesgigibear]

somebody, probably famous right now, is not a very good timpanist, hahaha.

[@markdodge2474]

Wups - hit the thumbs down by accident!!