My school did this and had so many "Oh no"s written on it. 1) Our show was gonna be a bunch of tourists (winds, brass, percussion) on a train touring Africa. Then the natives (color guard) come up out of nowhere and attack the train. The teacher changed it from natives to wild animal spirits after a lot of us said that African natives attacking a train unprovoked might look a little racist. 2) The train was a hazard and I'm surprised no one got injured. And please understand, it wasn't just us standing in a platform in wheels, no no no. We were on _benches_ on platforms in wheels. Benches that weren't bolted down, had a possibility of collapse because they were foldable, and would sometimes not be completely on the platform. So imagine the fear of being on a bench on a _moving_ platform and having to _freakin jump off of it with my tenor sax before my assigned animal spirit lunges at me._ Not gonna lie, though, my favorite parts were when we got to disregard the rules that have been drilled into our heads. Like jumping off of stuff with your instrument and sprinting at a color guard member full speed like you're about to *_murder her with your SAXOPHONE RAAAAAAAAH!!!_* I slipped and fell in my back during rehearsals practicing this and everyone (including me) fussed over my sax before seeing if I was okay. Junior year was fun.
This is my absolute favorite piece that I have ever played. I haven't heard it since I graduated high school & I still remember every cue for alto! It was so cool to hear everything come together
I played this as a Sophomore. I played Piccolo and even though it was supposed to be a Piccolo Soli, it ended up being a solo for me, so that was fun!! All the upperclassmen told me I did fantastic so I'm fairly proud!!
I'm playing this for my college's wind symphony. All the tempo labels are hilarious and every single commentary are hysterical. Oh not to mention the Pick a note part. Us clarinets joked about having a few people play the deadly 4th octave G xD
Stage fright, 3rd French Horn, and the 5 of us horns were up on the very front of the stage for the concert. 15 years ago. Wow. Wish I could go back and do this all over again!
I played this song in high school. On the french horn, the intro is the hardest rip I have ever played. lol. Its so demanding. I miss the good ol days.
Yeah. Im playing fourth horn for this piece and i go to an internationally recognized high school for our band, so the expectations are REEALLY high. Lol its real hard tho..
Wow...I played this song my freshman year in high school at the All District Band Concert in 1997 at Trinity Valley College in Athens Texas...Brings back memories!!!
Playing this song in high school was so much fun. We didn’t have nearly enough percussionists to play all the parts, so each percussionist has at least four or five parts. It was difficult, but a blast to perform, When we played it in our concert, we got a standing ovation.
+Slimmkiller I play tuba, but the concert that we played this for, the director moved instruments around so the horns were right in front of us and pointing straight back at us. Getting a faceful of that powerful sound on this piece gave me a lot of newfound respect for you guys' abilities, horns gotta put up with some crazy stuff from composers, I don't know how y'all do it! Mad props and lotsa love from the back row!
Playing 3rd horn in symphony band, and imma freshmen. Im also the only one on 3rd.... WELP, TIME TO GO DIE. we litterally started playing this for the first time today in band
My old high school not only did this for their marching show, but over spring break they get to go do a clinic with Robert W. Smith... the year after I graduate. Son of a gun.
I remember playing this my sophomore year for an ensemble contest. I play bass clarinet, and the one comment I remember was the judge commenting "NICE PICCOLO SOLO". I'm still salty to this day.
We're playing this song for our March concert this year! In the past we've played Abrahm's Pursuit and Arabesque. Super hard songs like these are so much fun! :)
@@daveed_5719 it’s around 5:10 but it’s kind of hard to hear with the low brass answering the woodwinds. It slides in underneath and you will have to know it’s there. I don’t know if that’s the one that Hungrychance14 was referring to.
We played this song in band and we sounded just like this. This was a very enjoyable song to play and be able to play. Thank you for this arrangement. This was back in 2009. Just strolling down memory lane
Zachary McKinon Dude, we're playing this for judges next week and the trombone part is pretty damn confusing in the 12/8 part. Other than that, it's golden
I'm the only horn player in my HS band (and a senior). This is one of our spring pieces, and I already know this is what I'm going to be practicing all semester.
We played this song in symphonic band at sandusky high school in ohio...im a drummer so we loved all the tribal percussion stuff...just going balistic...
Got to play this at blue lake. Wish my school band was good enough to play challenging music. I loved playing the timpani part. Kinda wish I had the congas but whatever I’m happy with what I got. Amazing piece
Our high school band played this back in 1995. Totally rocked argyle socks. This and 'Ireland: Legend and Lore' were two of our favorite pieces by this composer.
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I love being a bass clarinet and playing that soli thing with the piccolo. It makes me feel important. (and we don't feel that way too often!)
Malamute456 I agree wholeheartedly xD
I play the piccolo on this and I wish the bass clarinet would play out more! I can barely ever hear him and it's such a cool part together!
i play bass clarinet on that part to its a fun
I don't like that part because it makes me feel awkward like it's an accident.
Malamute456 and the solo at 72 really makes you feel important too
When, my band teacher said we were gonna play Africa, I thought he meant by Toto XD
Dominick Jones Same bro
SAME
What if I told you... that mine did *both*? :Thonk:
So did I lol
I did too lol
As primal as possible!
"brass ad lib vocals and screams"
I love the fact that the sheet music says that.
aS PrIMaL AS pOsSibLE!!
Ooga booga
The 48 people who disliked this song are in orchestra
Rishika B. I'm in orchestra and band 😂
They are Australians who tried to like the video.
This song literally kicks all manner of ass
Got the bass clarinet Soli , playing it tonight- wish me luck
Good luck!
Cryptic Charmander, how did it go?
I had it too, it was great, huh?
One of the rare fun pieces for bass clarinets. :D
If I may add, Bassoon also
as a bass clarinet, I have to say I enjoyed being the main attraction of this movement
Nah just bass lol
My school did this and had so many "Oh no"s written on it.
1) Our show was gonna be a bunch of tourists (winds, brass, percussion) on a train touring Africa. Then the natives (color guard) come up out of nowhere and attack the train. The teacher changed it from natives to wild animal spirits after a lot of us said that African natives attacking a train unprovoked might look a little racist.
2) The train was a hazard and I'm surprised no one got injured. And please understand, it wasn't just us standing in a platform in wheels, no no no. We were on _benches_ on platforms in wheels. Benches that weren't bolted down, had a possibility of collapse because they were foldable, and would sometimes not be completely on the platform. So imagine the fear of being on a bench on a _moving_ platform and having to _freakin jump off of it with my tenor sax before my assigned animal spirit lunges at me._
Not gonna lie, though, my favorite parts were when we got to disregard the rules that have been drilled into our heads. Like jumping off of stuff with your instrument and sprinting at a color guard member full speed like you're about to *_murder her with your SAXOPHONE RAAAAAAAAH!!!_* I slipped and fell in my back during rehearsals practicing this and everyone (including me) fussed over my sax before seeing if I was okay.
Junior year was fun.
Wow, that's wild. At my high school, we just.......sat there and played.
This is my absolute favorite piece that I have ever played. I haven't heard it since I graduated high school & I still remember every cue for alto! It was so cool to hear everything come together
I'm playing the bass drum, claves, and log drum for this...awesome to be a percussionist
I'm playing bells, gourd/shaker, castanets gong and bass drum...gotta love percussion c;
Chimes, Cowbell, marimba. :D
You gotta love being a percussionist!
I'm on congas/bongos, finger cymbals, and wind chimes
Im gonna play this on toms in our performance next month
Percussion section: **is contemplating suicide**
You misspelled "Horn Section" 😂😂
As a percussionist this song is great. It's really fun to play and cool sounding.
Stephano I think that is obvious before one minute has passed by
Honestly wasn't that hard
This is simultaneously fun and infuriating for percussion
Playing this song as a freshmen... Tenor sax and its hard AF for a freshmen like me! Should payed attention in middle school band lol
Tenor saxes represent!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude I played this as the only tenor sax and didn't get called out a single time
Git gud
Omg I know I so late but literally you're comment is me right now
Ayyye I play tenor
I'm not a tenor but I played this song my freshman year last year and it was the most fun I've ever had on a piece I sweaaaar
My band class just sight read this today. Tough AF. But this song is a BEAST
so true, our wind ensemble did that piece. savage
+Ilikebeinme 2411 WE'RE PLAYING THIS FOR OUR SPRING CONCERT ON THURSDAY
+Darth Venar good luck! it's a killer piece!!
We've been working so hard
We did great! Everyone loved the percussion's antics
Percussion: ad-lib
Woodwinds and Brass: Pick a note
I thought it was your job to pick the notes, Mr. Smith
😂😂😂
French horn and low brass parts give me chills. Wish I played the French horn.
Daithí O' Ceallaigh me too.
Played Bass Clarinet...Loved this played it twice in my high school band. An amazing piece
I played this as a Sophomore. I played Piccolo and even though it was supposed to be a Piccolo Soli, it ended up being a solo for me, so that was fun!! All the upperclassmen told me I did fantastic so I'm fairly proud!!
Wakanda forever
Lol
Rip
As a bass clarinetist I love this piece so much.
That ending gets me every single time.
At 5:26 the Horns make it sound like Star Wars then when Trombones and Tubas come in, they just completely make it sound like Star Wars😍😍
Same for 8:14 😍😍😍
Reminds me More of lord of the rings/the hobbit but ok
I just listened to this played by my grandaughter's(bas clarinet) grade 12 band and it blew me away. Fantastic piece.
Robert W. Smith is a genius
I'm the only bassoonist in my school. Bass clarinet's are my best friend!!!
I play bass cl.
We love you too
i play contrabass clarinet
Bassoooooon!!
0SPACE0BAR0 I wish I had you at my school,I play bass clarinet,and our school needs more double reeds or one,lol
I'm playing this for my college's wind symphony. All the tempo labels are hilarious and every single commentary are hysterical. Oh not to mention the Pick a note part. Us clarinets joked about having a few people play the deadly 4th octave G xD
Playing this in the spring. Can't believe how awesome all the parts are individually and together. The horn part (which I play) is just so great.
I'm on flute! Excited for our next concert!!
Played this last year as a freshman on flute. Awesome piece. Pretty difficult, but it sounded so cool!!!
Stage fright, 3rd French Horn, and the 5 of us horns were up on the very front of the stage for the concert. 15 years ago. Wow. Wish I could go back and do this all over again!
Jake aka Remaggib imma freshmen and we are playing this and 5 other songs, and I'm on 3rd Horn 😁😃😄
I played this song in high school. On the french horn, the intro is the hardest rip I have ever played. lol. Its so demanding. I miss the good ol days.
My band was going to play this but COVID came... I was really excited. Hopefully we’ll get a chance to play again. This song is really beautiful.
Played French Horn for this song and fourth part was still intense to play, by far the most fun piece I've played though!
Yeah. Im playing fourth horn for this piece and i go to an internationally recognized high school for our band, so the expectations are REEALLY high. Lol its real hard tho..
Wow...I played this song my freshman year in high school at the All District Band Concert in 1997 at Trinity Valley College in Athens Texas...Brings back memories!!!
I played this song in the late '90s in high school too! So much fun to play.
Playing this song in high school was so much fun. We didn’t have nearly enough percussionists to play all the parts, so each percussionist has at least four or five parts. It was difficult, but a blast to perform, When we played it in our concert, we got a standing ovation.
I'm playing trumpet right now for this song. I really enjoy this piece, once I finally learned the piece.
Horn part for this killed me
+Slimmkiller i know, right?
Too many high notes!
tru tru
My band played this last year when I was still playing flute but just hearin the high notes make me cringe in knowing how sore I be after
+Slimmkiller I play tuba, but the concert that we played this for, the director moved instruments around so the horns were right in front of us and pointing straight back at us. Getting a faceful of that powerful sound on this piece gave me a lot of newfound respect for you guys' abilities, horns gotta put up with some crazy stuff from composers, I don't know how y'all do it! Mad props and lotsa love from the back row!
I loved playing this piece!!! 2nd horn my Freshman year... 1st Horn my Senior year. Purgatorio is another fun one to do.
the whole divine comedy symphony is fun to play
Playing 3rd horn in symphony band, and imma freshmen. Im also the only one on 3rd.... WELP, TIME TO GO DIE. we litterally started playing this for the first time today in band
My old high school not only did this for their marching show, but over spring break they get to go do a clinic with Robert W. Smith... the year after I graduate. Son of a gun.
those sexy horns:) were playing this for concert and it's so fun
I remember playing this my sophomore year for an ensemble contest. I play bass clarinet, and the one comment I remember was the judge commenting "NICE PICCOLO SOLO". I'm still salty to this day.
the exact same thing happened to me lol
Horn part at 4:34 has me DYING! dude when I played that I LOVED it! #iwastheonlyhorn
The intro is sooooooooo strong!! I love it!!!!
Holy crap, that bass clarinet/piccolo thing at the beginning is catchy af.
It's a alto sax and a French horn
+Puffin is here I meant at 1:03. Sorry, not really the beginning I guess.
Of course you're here.
It sort of sounds like Kim Possible if you listen to it.
We're playing this song for our March concert this year! In the past we've played Abrahm's Pursuit and Arabesque. Super hard songs like these are so much fun! :)
Euphonium solo! The Euphonium part is fun to play.
What time in the song is it?
@@daveed_5719 it’s around 5:10 but it’s kind of hard to hear with the low brass answering the woodwinds. It slides in underneath and you will have to know it’s there. I don’t know if that’s the one that Hungrychance14 was referring to.
As someone whos played this piece, I like 0:40 through 2:27 the best
It was really long though. Our band in high school played some of the longest pieces ever. I enjoyed this one though!
Pick a note
yep at the end
+G Monie T tuba
James Fermin for trumpet players this term means set your embouchure and blow and whatever comes out play it soft
Oof I always chose a g#
only understood by people who actually had to learn an instrument and to play this song. It's amazing
at a la wind our band just whispers a la wind and I die laughing every time
I’m playing this right now in band
Finally found this song. Remember playing this years ago in high school👌🏽. #percussion
This was my marching band show in my high school freshman year.
Really badass show
Damn how did you guys translate percussion? Thats so cool.
I loved having the chance to play the bass clarinet soli with the piccole
We played this song in band and we sounded just like this. This was a very enjoyable song to play and be able to play. Thank you for this arrangement. This was back in 2009. Just strolling down memory lane
We were going to play this, but whatever, and shoutout to the euphonium #whatsaeuphonium? #nooneknowsus
facts
Bless up fellow Euphoniums
To most people we are just Tubas
To our fellow band members, we are forgotten
But to ourselves, we are the best brass instrument!
Horn part slayed my soul❤🔐
I am a tuba player, but I am rooting for those horns. They especially make 0:08 sound badass!
My fave of Mr.Smith's collection it was awesome to meet him that fine summer 😎
my school band learned this for a marching show and it was quite epic
Primal voices....
My band was considering to do this but it's too hard for our horns😢
#NeverHaveToSayThisAboutThe
Trombones
Zachary McKinon Dude, we're playing this for judges next week and the trombone part is pretty damn confusing in the 12/8 part. Other than that, it's golden
Easyy
Sad
Rainbow Samurai lmao the 12/8 part is not hard
Just played this for region. The high A in the horn part is no joke! It's a hells hard peice.
Bass clarinet for the win!
My middle school band went over to my cities high school and I played this on trombone. Nearly passed out but I loved this song
I'm the only horn player in my HS band (and a senior). This is one of our spring pieces, and I already know this is what I'm going to be practicing all semester.
This song got us best in State. Loved playing it so much!!!!
I played bass drum in this piece and I am not exaggerating when I say this is the most fun bass drum part on the planet
played this in honor band last year. badass as hell song
This brings me all the way back to my Junior year of high school 🥺
Tuba part was so fun to do. Miss band
ok but why does it say "band ad-lib 'native' vocals" and "as primal as possible" in the score lol thats so problematic
IKR Were just cutting those out lmao
This piece always gives me the chills! A very beautiful piece might I say.
9 minutes of pure Robert W Smith
Love this piece and the fact it has contrabass clarinet solos.
We played this song in symphonic band at sandusky high school in ohio...im a drummer so we loved all the tribal percussion stuff...just going balistic...
I'm on first horn ..... saying goodbye to my lips lol
I feel your pain
ssme, but my primary is trombone 😭
I felt that on a spritual level
I think I'm going to have to beat someone up to play the toms for this, but I'm willing.
no you wont
Wow, it's almost as if I was joking.
+Jackson Page Jackson I know you and you don't kid
+Jackson Page OK well see ya block 7
I'm almost never serious lmao
Omg we're playing this in the wind ensemble at my high school. This is such a fun song!
I love playing this song in band so much.
I love the brass parts being played, especially, the horns!!
Played this last year. Principle clarinet and it was so much fun. One of my favorites 😁
I play bass clarinet,in this song, it's just so badass!!
I love the Tom part it was so much fun at the last concert well done
I personally like 3:56 through 5:17 the most :D
The best part is the bass clarinet - piccolo duet towards the beginning.
Bari sax opening in this is beast, loving the 2nd ad lib
Got to play this at blue lake. Wish my school band was good enough to play challenging music. I loved playing the timpani part. Kinda wish I had the congas but whatever I’m happy with what I got. Amazing piece
Horn part just killed me WOAH. I can only reach low notes on my horn. This is honestly amazing!
DabbingGirly piccolo killed me high notes in the fourth octave!!!
Technically 5th octave though...
playing this song right now in high school bad. I play tuba and the parts awesome.
Best song in high school by far!!
I don't know bout anyone else but i was on the tuba part...
I am right now haha
Me too
same
Same
I loved playing this!!! It was soo much fun!!!!!!
I'm playing the flute for this piece and I love it!
I love playing this song
This is such a chop buster on 1st horn but I loved every second of it.
I loved playing this song ! Especially since I had the piccolo solo 😊
For honor band we got the music on a Friday and played this in concert Saturday night
Our high school band played this back in 1995. Totally rocked argyle socks. This and 'Ireland: Legend and Lore' were two of our favorite pieces by this composer.
Our French horn section would sound badass if we did this piece... all 8 of them :D
Can't believe that it's been 5 years since I played this. All the harmonies are so moving and beautifully written.
Just played this at my County Band concert. I was first chair on 1st trombone.
I bet that was fun lol
NHLchaos same....just berly starting to play it
Same. I have Danzon and Movement for Rosa on the same set.