Year of the Dragon.Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.

Recording of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.A Composition by Philip Sparke.
1.Toccata
2.Interlude
3.Finale.

[@peachbook]

6:05個人的に音楽人生で一番愛したフレーズ。 後にも先にもこんな思い入れのあるフレーズはないです。ドラゴンの年、最高です。

[@J2415J]

7:15. I haven't played or heard that euphonium counter-melody in 23 years, and I can still hum every note...

[@SoaringTrumpet]

Can you tell me where the 1000's of band director's are out there listening to this?

[@J2415J]

Uh, what?

[@andyearnest449]

@906Josh Dude same. I played this at Interlochen in 1999 and just remembered it. Good memories.

[@sadmeepnoises]

Hey guys, this is a good rendition of the Pear of the Dragon 😊

[@V15lol]

such an underrated piece. mvt 2 is one of the most beautiful sections of music ive ever heard

[@tasergeirachy3303]

0:00 Toccata 3:10 Interlude 9:56 Finale

[@David-wy6iv]

amazing

[@lucasharvey8990]

Sounds very clean. It makes for great background music.

[@user-wj4dz3rq6w]

Who is the conductor？

[@technoguy6000]

This is rather interesting, and I like it! I love the energy of the first & third movements. And that second movement... mmph... 6:05, doe.

[@dennisgerona1686]

we'll be playing this August 2014... and we're already rehearsing it as early as first week of March! hahaha... hope we would be able to play it like this....

[@cheejekyi8140]

my band played this and we enjoyed it! hope u will enjoy urself as much as we did

[@highstimulation2497]

My drum corps played this in the 90s. It has therefore always had "special" meaning for me. I become oddly emotional at 13:19 (I was a timpanist.)

[@petersoudesuyone]

the best version on the face of the earth

[@V15lol]

i love the subtle transition at 1:20

[@yapsean4383]

best version

[@michelinbevan9637]

Anyone else feels the warmth in 7:50 to 7:55

[@who8mahbacon]

hearing the finale this fast has me crapping my pants. 0.0

[@TheSynchroStar]

D'accord!

[@soggyfxshbal305]

Looking at the pdf, I thought it was easy and couldn't be a grade 5 piece...until I reached the finale, boy I was wrong

[@dogunboundhounds9649]

played this for marching band one year before I came sounds great

[@dogunboundhounds9649]

i never played it but my upperclassmen sounded great

[@7BlackBoo]

Such a nice piece. I would love to play it someday.

[@thatguyfromthere1168]

It is nice isn't it

[@7BlackBoo]

Shadow Gengar Yep.

[@carlos-sw5qu]

@@7BlackBoo currently marching the show,ill send you a link of the whole thing a month from now

[@aznminr123]

Anyone else hearing the direct quotes from Shostakovich's 5th in the bassoon section starting at 11:57, and especially at 12:38

[@ZachMacLurg]

2:45 Sounds like Angels in the Architecture by Ticheli :) Both awesome peices

[@ricardodasilvaraposo7976]

Already played, awesome pieces👌🏼

[@hswunno]

Lot of cool colours here MR. Sparke! I hear some Copland, Billy the Kid and Gershwin American in Paris. What a great band this is!

[@TheKingofRome1]

This is tokyo kosei one of the besg wind ensembles there is out there

[@jhendemz8394]

Damn

[@katherineasuncion5121]

Why when my band teacher put this on I instantly thought of a person running in a war zone. Dont question why cause idk too

[@qualekk]

no, but i do see how you could think i was saying that. that was poor word choice on my part. i was stating that Shostakovitch was one of his favorite composers and one of his favorite pieces was the rite of spring by Stravinsky. I then restated that Shostakovitch was one of his favorite composers. sorry for the confusion.

[@spablopablito]

Relaxed, I only wanted know your point of view.

[@Ignanadal]

Al minut 9:58 ve lo bo, es genial

[@qualekk]

quite possible. one of Sparke's favorite composers is Shostakovitch. and one of his favorite pieces is The Rite of Spring. So it is possible that Sparke was paying a somewhat homage to Shostakovitch.

[@MrFluffyVG]

especially in the third movement

[@fornello123]

8:38 -50 does anybody else hear Gershwin?

[@gregghanson6095]

Sounds more Bernstein to me.

[@V15lol]

yea sounds like bernstein, love this part tho

[@putigumut6772]

is this really Tokyo kosei wind orchestra? it sound so different with if compare to other TKWO's recording :O but it like it :

[@user-wg4xb8dn3k]

9:56

[@conductist]

are you kidding me? The Rite of Spring was written by STRAVINSKY. Don't tell me that you got confused between the two because they are pretty distinct from one another...

[@SchoolAppropriate]

It's so difficult for me to pull off this ppp chime part in the finale... I have to be so gentle... Which is pretty difficult for me - considering my forte is more - well, forte marching percussion.

[@ChannelOfAviation]

***** But the great thing of this peace is exactly this.. One moment extreme fort and two seconds later we are in a absolute piano. That makes this peace so interesting. But I can imagine, that this is quite hard to play. P.S. Drummers are the best :D

[@user-js7iz8hi4n]

3:10 2楽章

[@spablopablito]

why different?

[@spablopablito]

:)

[@aznminr123]

I figured. A quote that direct had to be an allusion to the composer.

[@mokumokura]

tragic tuning on english horn solo

[@zippybogard]

Brilliantly played piece of wonderful music but the solo in the middle movement should be played on the Trombone as it is in the Brass Band version, since in this case , a brass intsrument is clearly more suitable for this role than a woodwind intsrument!

[@samerissa5731]

Still doesn't beat the brass band version for me...still awesome to listen to though :).

[@DeepcarBlade]

It's very good, but give me the original Brass Band version every time. There's much more depth to the sound when played by a brass band, and the interlude loses so much when not played on trombone.

[@putigumut6772]

I don know why,but i don feel right. Or maybe im wrong,Sorry if im being rude. Sorry :)

[@noahkunze7005]

9:55

[@user-ts8ng5ik4f]

9:58