So I'm bored at work and was thinking about how I can't wait to get to my tuba and play Shostakovich's 5th symphony finale tomorrow and was wondering, what are some of your favorite big, loud, huge, blastisimo (sp?), beefy sounding songs that you like to play/listen to?
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What is your favorite BIG and LOUD music?
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What is your favorite BIG and LOUD music?
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Pines of Rome
Fountains of Rome
Ride of the Valkyires, of course
I've never played it, but Turangalila-Symphonie has some good low brass parts.
The Planets, specifically Uranus
Mutanza (band piece.)
Of Sailors and Whales, last movement
The end of Kaddish
Fountains of Rome
Ride of the Valkyires, of course
I've never played it, but Turangalila-Symphonie has some good low brass parts.
The Planets, specifically Uranus
Mutanza (band piece.)
Of Sailors and Whales, last movement
The end of Kaddish
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Shostakovich 13
Tchaikovsky 5th
Festive Overture
The last mentioned piece I had the pleasure of hearing SF Symphony play a couple months ago under Rostropovich. They brought in an additional 4 trombones and (at least) 4 horns (cant remember the exact numbers) for the big brass sections. I almost had to cover my ears because it was so loud and so in tune. The same concert was Shostakovich 5 (was my favorite of his symphonies, until I heard 13)
Tchaikovsky 5th
Festive Overture
The last mentioned piece I had the pleasure of hearing SF Symphony play a couple months ago under Rostropovich. They brought in an additional 4 trombones and (at least) 4 horns (cant remember the exact numbers) for the big brass sections. I almost had to cover my ears because it was so loud and so in tune. The same concert was Shostakovich 5 (was my favorite of his symphonies, until I heard 13)
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Aquarium (J.deMeji)
Chakra (M.Hamers)
Tiento del primer tono y batallia imperial (sp) (C. Halfter, I think)
Der Traum des Oenghus (Rudin)
This is all band stuff. Never played with strings.
Pilatus was cool, too.
Chakra (M.Hamers)
Tiento del primer tono y batallia imperial (sp) (C. Halfter, I think)
Der Traum des Oenghus (Rudin)
This is all band stuff. Never played with strings.
Pilatus was cool, too.
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Anything by Holst. Anything by Nehlybel. I played a band transcription of Lohengrin I really liked.
Anecdote about the Nehlybel: as you know, typically not only loud, but percussive as well. In rehearsal, the tympanist was being tentative. Our director, after two or three times through the climax and not getting it up to dynamic to suit him, finally slammed down his baton and said that at the end of this piece he expected a broken head. He didn't care if it was the tympani or the tympanist, but a head was going to be broken, and if it wasn't the tympani, it would definitely be the tympanist. The next time through was, to use a word, scintillating.
Anecdote about the Nehlybel: as you know, typically not only loud, but percussive as well. In rehearsal, the tympanist was being tentative. Our director, after two or three times through the climax and not getting it up to dynamic to suit him, finally slammed down his baton and said that at the end of this piece he expected a broken head. He didn't care if it was the tympani or the tympanist, but a head was going to be broken, and if it wasn't the tympani, it would definitely be the tympanist. The next time through was, to use a word, scintillating.
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I know it's nothing to do with US history...
..but the end of 1812 is always a lond bang with the FFFF section and if you bring in the canons so much the better.
Some day everbody will realize that it is a great piece but has nothing to do with the War of 1812.
..but the end of 1812 is always a lond bang with the FFFF section and if you bring in the canons so much the better.
Some day everbody will realize that it is a great piece but has nothing to do with the War of 1812.
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the first thing I thought of when i saw the subject of this was Motorhead. Apparently I missed the boat. however, I do wonder what Lemmy would sound like backed by a 100 piece, amplified/distorted helicon symphony. it could happen. (he just did a rockabilly record with some guys, i'd say symphony work can't be that far behind)
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Just from those I have so far had the pleasure to play (in no particular order)
Mahler 6, 5, 3 (1st mov) and 2
Tchaikovsky 4 , 5 & 6 (march)
Elgar 2 & Pomp & Circumstance No.1
Holst Planets
Hindemith Metamorphosis
Shostakovitch 5, 10 & Festival Overture
Carmina Burana
Pictures at an Exhibition (last 2 mov.)
Strauss Alpine Symphony
Sibelius 2
Rachmaninoff 2
Meistersingers Overture
Flying Dutchman Overture
Wagner Rheingold (Fafner)
Bruckner 4
Mahler 6, 5, 3 (1st mov) and 2
Tchaikovsky 4 , 5 & 6 (march)
Elgar 2 & Pomp & Circumstance No.1
Holst Planets
Hindemith Metamorphosis
Shostakovitch 5, 10 & Festival Overture
Carmina Burana
Pictures at an Exhibition (last 2 mov.)
Strauss Alpine Symphony
Sibelius 2
Rachmaninoff 2
Meistersingers Overture
Flying Dutchman Overture
Wagner Rheingold (Fafner)
Bruckner 4
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1812
Tchickovshy Symphony No 2 " Little Russian "
Shotstakovich 10 ( 2nd Movment tho Stalin and his little tank time)
The Planets
4 Temprements ( symph 2 Nilsen)
for Brass Band
Contest Music - Wilfred Heaton
Partita - Wilfred Heaton
Revelation- Philip Wilby
Whitsun Wakes - Michael Ball
Fronteer - Michael Ball
Of Men and Mountains - Edward Gregson
Trumpets of the Angels - Edward Gregson
English Heritage - George Lloyd
Energy - Robert Simpson
Odin - Arthur Butterworth
Variations and Fuge - Handel / Brahms trans Arthur Butterworth
Passagaglia in C - Bach
1812
Tchickovshy Symphony No 2 " Little Russian "
Shotstakovich 10 ( 2nd Movment tho Stalin and his little tank time)
The Planets
4 Temprements ( symph 2 Nilsen)
for Brass Band
Contest Music - Wilfred Heaton
Partita - Wilfred Heaton
Revelation- Philip Wilby
Whitsun Wakes - Michael Ball
Fronteer - Michael Ball
Of Men and Mountains - Edward Gregson
Trumpets of the Angels - Edward Gregson
English Heritage - George Lloyd
Energy - Robert Simpson
Odin - Arthur Butterworth
Variations and Fuge - Handel / Brahms trans Arthur Butterworth
Passagaglia in C - Bach
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Now that is one which would be great to play!SorabjiFan wrote:Don't think anyones picked this one - Havergal Brians Gothic Symphony - 2 Tenor and 2 Bass on stage and six bass off stage - the score actually stipulates at one point ten tubas.
Most Brian parts are stonking - a man who knew how to write from the bottom up!
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Orchestra:
Respighi: Church Windows
Mahler: 2,3,5,6
Bruckner: 4,5,6,7,8,9
Wagner: Ring
Shostakovich: Just about anything
Strauss: Alpensinfonie, Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare, and Stadt Wien.
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Wind Band:
Tons of Marches... preferably German ones they are the most fun to play at least for me.
Trittico
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Brass Ensemble
Grieg: Funeral March
Byrd: Earl of Oxford
Brass Band:
Sparke: Year of the Dragon
Vaughn Williams: Henry 5th Overture for Brass band
Thats about it for now....
Respighi: Church Windows
Mahler: 2,3,5,6
Bruckner: 4,5,6,7,8,9
Wagner: Ring
Shostakovich: Just about anything
Strauss: Alpensinfonie, Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare, and Stadt Wien.
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Wind Band:
Tons of Marches... preferably German ones they are the most fun to play at least for me.
Trittico
Lincolnshire
Brass Ensemble
Grieg: Funeral March
Byrd: Earl of Oxford
Brass Band:
Sparke: Year of the Dragon
Vaughn Williams: Henry 5th Overture for Brass band
Thats about it for now....
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Sibelius Symphony #2
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Franck Symphony in D Minor
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A few that got missed:
Hindemith - Mathis der Maler, Symphony in Eb, Symphonic Metamorphosis
Stravinsky - Firebird, le Sacre
Prokofief - Alexander Nevsky
Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony (esp. Mvt 3 - if you have ever played it, you know where I mean), Sinfonia Antarctica
Sibelius - Symphony #1. (Wet dream program: Sibelius 1, intermission, Sibelius 2.)
Revueltas - Sensemaya - maybe not so loud, but dense as hell, and lots of fun.
Hindemith - Mathis der Maler, Symphony in Eb, Symphonic Metamorphosis
Stravinsky - Firebird, le Sacre
Prokofief - Alexander Nevsky
Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony (esp. Mvt 3 - if you have ever played it, you know where I mean), Sinfonia Antarctica
Sibelius - Symphony #1. (Wet dream program: Sibelius 1, intermission, Sibelius 2.)
Revueltas - Sensemaya - maybe not so loud, but dense as hell, and lots of fun.
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