There is a great story attached to this piece. Claude T Smith was a 1st chair Horn player in college. His Senior year a Freshman beat him out for 1st chair. Many years later Col. Arnald Gabriel asked Smith to write a piece for the Air Force band that they could not play, so he wrote Festival Variations. Coincidentally the Principal Horn player in AF band was actually the person who beat him out for 1st chair in College. The guy came up to Smith during the rehearsal and said, “I absolutely love the piece, but did you have to make the Horn parts so damn hard?”. Smith looked at him and said, “GOTCHA!!!!”
@@SomeTromboneDudeIdk I did and... good lord xD I tkink your conductor wants you dead, watch out! Speaking of insane music programs: once, I played Pilatus by Reineke, the second clarinet concerto of Navarro, Harry Potter (with the famous horn quartet) and Pompei by Piña xD I also played Mata Hari, Jeanne d'Arc by Poelman, Miss Saigon and Reminiscencia Gitana in ONE concert 🥵😅😂😂
All 4 parts in this piece cover at least 2 plus octaves plus are Uber exposed. This piece would give a professional ensemble a really hard workout. I have seen this appear on state lists for high schools but it makes me wonder how students could handle the challenges.
@@kristijantomic548same 😭 as a euphonium i’ve literally never had to play anything close to what is in this piece even as a junior who’s been in the highest bands since freshman year IM COOKED BRO
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There is a great story attached to this piece. Claude T Smith was a 1st chair Horn player in college. His Senior year a Freshman beat him out for 1st chair. Many years later Col. Arnald Gabriel asked Smith to write a piece for the Air Force band that they could not play, so he wrote Festival Variations. Coincidentally the Principal Horn player in AF band was actually the person who beat him out for 1st chair in College. The guy came up to Smith during the rehearsal and said, “I absolutely love the piece, but did you have to make the Horn parts so damn hard?”. Smith looked at him and said, “GOTCHA!!!!”
Interesting how a piece they could not play has become basic literature and has been recorded by a bunch of different wind ensembles.
And now, a moment of silence for our sisters and brothers in the horn section... 😳🙏😅
I can't imagine playing anything after this piece....
@@Sparkle-q5s at least if you survive 😅
Funny thing, I played this a couple months ago after a piece called "Rising Dragons", which is an insane piece(that you should definitely check out)
@@SomeTromboneDudeIdk I did and... good lord xD I tkink your conductor wants you dead, watch out!
Speaking of insane music programs: once, I played Pilatus by Reineke, the second clarinet concerto of Navarro, Harry Potter (with the famous horn quartet) and Pompei by Piña xD
I also played Mata Hari, Jeanne d'Arc by Poelman, Miss Saigon and Reminiscencia Gitana in ONE concert 🥵😅😂😂
Well, woodwinds work at least as hard!
Played this at Temple University in the 1980s when it was a new work. On horn. Still gives me chills.
Bro has nightmares about this piece
N響の演奏に酷似してるな。。と思ったらN響の演奏でした。何度も聴いたから耳心地良かったです。
The pulse from those time signature changes get me every time! Such a great work
I played Tenor Saxophone on this piece and 274 was so much fun to play, such a fantastic piece
Putting ads in the middle of a piece should be considered a crime
WOW !!!!!! absolutely amazing.
Love it! Well played!
Penn State Bass Clarinet
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とても難しい譜面。おどろきました。ありがとう！
Thanks!
0:58- Tpt excerpt
おい！クロードスミスに金管は各楽器譜の二線上のC(ヘ音記号楽器はその8va上まで)まではスラーで余裕で出ますって教えたのは誰だ！ブライアンボーマンか？今すぐここに出てこい！
My high school band is playing this for festival, and I think it’s safe to say I’m cooked 😅
Where did you get the score for this?
High school horn player here and my director is thinking of having us play this. Am I cooked?
yeah youre cooked
@@metrobeannot if you’re me(I’m in 8th grade and I haven’t played French horror no single day in my life)
All 4 parts in this piece cover at least 2 plus octaves plus are Uber exposed.
This piece would give a professional ensemble a really hard workout.
I have seen this appear on state lists for high schools but it makes me wonder how students could handle the challenges.
Yeah my high school symphonic band is doing this piece this year, and I think it’s safe to say that we’re all pretty cooked.
@@kristijantomic548same 😭 as a euphonium i’ve literally never had to play anything close to what is in this piece even as a junior who’s been in the highest bands since freshman year IM COOKED BRO
チューバ吹きがつい吹いちゃうヤツ(^^)
Someone have this score in pdf please ?
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やっぱホルンを殺してる。関係ない私たちにはいじめないでください…
The ending sounds like the composer just took the chord sequence from the ET theme.
haha
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nice tune 60s sound to it..out dated for sure,,but much better than most newer stuff
Outdated? Music like this is timeless. Why would you even say that?
Ughhhhhh
Personally really doesn't enjoy this work... Or else I'd do this work's score vid rather than the Variations on a Hymn by Louis Bourgeois.
係咪以前玩band玩過有啲黑歷史lol
@@natheniel lol nah
I just doesn't like the style...
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