Which pieces always make you happy?

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:43 pm

I especially like the broad descending lines in the slower parts of Jupiter

this is one of my favorite parts of any classical piece...especially the tympani part

and as a side note: this was used in the movie Mr.3000

WilliamVance · Post by **WilliamVance** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:48 pm

I never get tired of performing any sousa marches...any of them.

I most like Stars and Stripes, Fairest of the Fair, and Invincible Eagle.

Others include:

First Suite in Eb, Second Suite in F Maj. by Holst(movement IV. is my fav.)
Wizard of Oz, no matter how its arranged for band
Toccata Marziale
and of course...

The Star Spangled Banner...Still gives me goose bumps toward the end...

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:32 am

We only get two notes, but the band transcription of O Magnum Mysterium has got to be the most satisfying E-flat I've ever played.

Amen to that! Here's my list:

October: Eric Whitacre
Jai ete au bal: Donald Grantham
Variations on America: Charles Ives
Dies Natalis: Howard Hanson
Sussex Mummer: Percy Grainger
Irish Tune: Percy Grainger

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:47 am

English Folk Song Suite.

Rick "digging up his CD of Hodie for the car tomorrow" Denney

dtemp · Post by **dtemp** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 12:57 am

Wagner's Hungarian March always makes me feel warm and fuzzy (even if I crap all over it).

Ames0325 · Post by **Ames0325** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:30 am

Noisy Wheels of Joy: Eric Whitacre
The Klaxon: Filmore
Gumsuckers March: Grainger
Six English Folk Songs: Vaughn Williams
a solo transcription of In The Hall of The Mountain King--Can't remember arranger
and
I am probably going to get flamed for this one but probably my all time favorite piece to play is:
Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba: Walter Hartley

Amy

hbcrandy · Post by **hbcrandy** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:50 am

My favorites are as follows:

Bruckner - Symphonies #4 & 7
Prokofiev - Symphony #5
Vaughn-Williams - Symphony # 1, (The Sea)
R. Strauss - Alpine Symphony

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:26 am

Tacet's make me real happy.

Charlie Goodman · Post by **Charlie Goodman** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:51 pm

Hm...

Grainger - Molly on the Shore. I really like the piece, and the only time I've performed it I got to play the bass solo.

Grainger - Horkstow Grange (sp?) from Lincolnshire Posy.

Holst - Second Suite in F

Monti - Czardas (no matter who's playing; preferably not me)

O Magnum Mysterium, as it really is the best E-flat ever.

Brubeck - Take Five

clagar777 · Post by **clagar777** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:37 pm

Charlie Goodman wrote:

Monti - Czardas (no matter who's playing; preferably not me)

...same here

MartyNeilan · Post by **MartyNeilan** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:39 pm

GOOD church charts (what few of them there are

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Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:08 pm

schlepporello wrote:... it's been my experience with the Goss arrangements that we've been handed that Larry doesn't know how to arrange for low brass. Often times my tuba part doubles the trumpet part and is almost always written an octave too high.

So let "Gilligan"

play it where written, and you take it down an octave ...

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:12 pm

schlepporello wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote: So let "Gilligan" play it where written, and you take it down an octave ...
You catch on pretty quick don't ya?

Hand him all the rope he wants!

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:30 pm

schlepporello wrote:
Kevin Hendrick wrote:
schlepporello wrote: You catch on pretty quick don't ya?
Hand him all the rope he wants!
Oh man! I shouldn't pick on the kid like this, but you gotta here it.
Our French horn e-mailed me this morning saying that Our litle tuba buddy had asked our minister of music if he could do a solo this coming Sunday, something like "Up on the Rooftop". Our Minister of Music basically (in a way that only a politician could) said "NO". I e-mailed our M.o.M. about this later this evening and he said he's merely postpone his solo opportunity until December 17, 2025.

Too funny! Well, at least it'll give him more time to work on it ...

bort · Post by **bort** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:36 pm

Call me simple, but I can still get a huge kick out of Stars and Stripes.

Last summer, my community band went on tour in Austria, and played a few concerts. For the first concert, we shared the night with the local band (top notch group!). To close out the show, both bands together played Stars and Stripes. I don't know how to describe it, but playing THE American march with an Austrian band for an excited Austrian crowd is an experience I'll never forget.

tubafatness · Post by **tubafatness** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:05 pm

"The Planets" is always a great song series to listen. Call me crazy, but my favorite movement isn't Jupiter or Mars, but both "Saturn" and "Neptune." Also, I like listening to Nat McIntosh's "The Warrior Comes out to Play" Just sick. \
Also put in the recording on Pokorny's "Big Boy" CD of both "Andante Tranquilo" and ".....And What Rough Beast?," (I know, I'm kind of into the whole modernistic music thing.)

tjonp · Post by **tjonp** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:29 pm

No tuba/euph part, but the Beethoven Violin Concerto might be my favorite piece ever.

I would also second the Planets suite, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter in particular.

Tubaguyry · Post by **Tubaguyry** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:17 pm

Well, you didn't specify how big the audience had to be to constitute a "performance", or whether the pieces had to be ensemble or solo. So, here's my list, with the group size being one (me), and the audience being my cats:

Hindemith - sonata, 3rd Mvt.
Schumann (Cooley) - Fantasiestucke, 2nd Mvt.
Schumann (Cooley) - Drei Romanzen, 3rd Mvt.
Jager - concerto
Arnold - quintet, 1st Mvt.
Wilder - Effie suite

I don't have the Penderecki capriccio, but I think if I had it, it would be on the list. Same goes for the Bach (Cooley) Sonata in Eb.

pulseczar · Post by **pulseczar** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:40 pm

Oooo Effie Sings a Lullaby is such a great tune.

One song I really like right now is A Lark Ascending- Vaughn Williams. It's a violin solo piece, but it sounds great.

Uncle Buck · Post by **Uncle Buck** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:42 pm

bort wrote:Call me simple, but I can still get a huge kick out of Stars and Stripes.

Here's another vote for this sentiment. If playing Sousa marches and circus marches doesn't make you smile (at least on the inside, of course, because you wouldn't want to mess up your embouchure), then you're probably playing the wrong instrument.

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