We played it for the first time my freshman year and we loved it so much that we picked it for our graduation performance my senior year. I was first chair flute so I got the solo towards the end. My band director was a huge James Swearingen fan, so we played a lot of his stuff, but this was our favorite.
This was my senior song in high school. This and Light Eternal where my to favorite pieces to play, as a trombonist the heavy low brass is just amazing, it send shivers and memories up my spine every time I listen. James Swearingen is one of my favorite composers and I've never disliked or turned down any of his scores. They are beautiful.
Played this back in 8th grade. It was fun to be the 1st chair clarinet. Back when 2 line C was a "high note". Now the crap I play now is only in altissimo.
Played Bass Clarinet for this as a senior in high school. Liked it so much, I used it as one of my conducting test pieces during my first year of college.
I am doing trombone 2 for this in lgpe this year in hs band That was my freshman year and I cried when the slow part came in because I remembered my ex that loved this peice and I just played on knowing the light was coming this peice right here was the peice that saved my freshman year I'm a graduate now and I still love this piece
One thing that I love about this song is when it gets to 3:04 and the audience thinks that its over but nope we're only getting started! =) Beautiful piece though ~ I love it when our band plays it. Sends shivers up my spine
Playing trumpet for this in our spring concert, 1st Trumpet, 1st Chair. I'll admit that it's not the most challenging piece I've ever played, but it has its moments.
ohgod, my band is about to play it, my brother played it already too. OMGEE, the last part sounds like a circues TT________TT; cant believe we have to play it good....
Personally, I’ve never played this piece, and probably won’t for another two years. My high school symphonic band needed a tuba, so me, a trombone player in the wind ensemble (auditioned based) sacrificed an elective period to play tuba. I needed to practice, so I used this piece that the upper class men were using for their concert. (I was a freshman.)
haha french horn :3 i am devoted to horn xD im only a freshman but my friend whos a junior first chair trumpet in our schools band and the top band in the state for well yeah high school (youth symphony) well yeah she said im better than two of the french horns :D that made me happy ^w^
west islip all district timpanist whoo but we played it through to 4:55 then back to 1:50 and ended it at 3:00 so yay i got do do the timpani solo twice and we also did cartoon symphony and i was still timpani
heh we're lerning this piece with the towns orchestra this year.i must say it's easyer for me than the phantom of the opera was last year XD there are just a few parts i have to play a few times to learn them but the rest isn't that hard :) but it's still a beautiful piece.
I think it's cool to learn what grades and school/universities people have played it at. It's also cool to learn what instruments people play (: But, in the comments it's annoying to see "1 chair oh yeah soooo easy" if it was that easy then why did you play it? You're supposed to challenge yourself. (: That's what music is about. I love this piece, I had trouble playing it when I first got it, but now it's just really fun to hear my whole band play it (: That's what music should feel like :D
This piece was commissioned to celebrate the life of my high school band director, Milton Shank. Its first performance was by my high school band in 1994.
Played this in band when I was in high school, now hearing it for the first time in nearly four years, just as magical as when I played it!
Yael Feder it was my senior song in high school and it is just pure beauty listening to it. My favorite piece of music I've ever played.
We played it for the first time my freshman year and we loved it so much that we picked it for our graduation performance my senior year. I was first chair flute so I got the solo towards the end.
My band director was a huge James Swearingen fan, so we played a lot of his stuff, but this was our favorite.
The first trumpet part is probably one of the funnest parts I've played and I've been playing trumpet for seven years.
PunkMcNasty Same here!
Which means 16 years now. Holy cow you've playd for just as long as I have lived
my band is playing this song this year. :)
I`m also playing this song!!
Kaite Rojas
same
me too
This was my senior song in high school. This and Light Eternal where my to favorite pieces to play, as a trombonist the heavy low brass is just amazing, it send shivers and memories up my spine every time I listen. James Swearingen is one of my favorite composers and I've never disliked or turned down any of his scores. They are beautiful.
Alexander Byrne Hewitt same
love this song so much! just started playing it in band and I LOVE the S.D. part!
Bloodlineと遭遇
The bassoon part for this song is so menacing
as a bassoonist, i whole heartedly agree
It be like that doe
The slow part is so dynamic!!
5:17 That low brass sound! I played this piece my freshman year as a 1st trombone :) I loved playing that part at 5:17 :P
NHLchaos me too!!!!
NHLchaos trombones!
i am a baritone freshman. so for me this was my faverate piece of music we played
Yes same!!!
思い出の曲。聴くたびに涙出てくる
なあゆ
え、、！私も思い出の曲です…!!
私が小学生の頃音楽部に入って初めてやった曲で、先輩たちと演奏することがとても楽しくて、音楽を好きになり続けるきっかけとなった曲…今は音楽関係の仕事に就きたいと思ってたりするんです😄
なんか同じ人が居てとても嬉しいです(;_;)
@@user-hn9mn8br2b
私も小学生の頃の思い出の曲でした。
曲名をやっと思い出してここに辿り着きました😅
音楽関係のお仕事に就けましたか？
また演奏してみたいものですね😊
Played this back in 8th grade. It was fun to be the 1st chair clarinet. Back when 2 line C was a "high note". Now the crap I play now is only in altissimo.
SaxSavage wat middle school you go to , this is grade 4 music
My school doesn’t have this song until at least tenth grade
i’m playing this song my eighth grade year-
@@trueblue8962 i don't know what wacky kinda music you played in fourth grade, but we never even got to this until high school.
Playing this song in my H.S concert band. Go flutes and piccolo!!! 🎶🎶
I'd played this piece on Picc, Flute, Sax and Timpani! Great piece.
+Meg Collis All at the same time?! ;)
7 years ago Was gonna play this music in middle school band, then I graduated. Complicated feelings when I listen to it again
Played this at my band contest last June absolutely loved this piece one of my favorites we played in 8th grade. Ohh the memories ~.~
I remeber cursing the oboe sheet music as it was printed on the front and back
I love how all the comments are about how people played this piece in band :D
(Shocker! I played it too! haha)
We’re playing this for our ratings festival this year. As a bassoonist playing the bass part is absolutely amazing. Such a wonderful piece.
Really nice piece, I'm playing Alto 1 and I love it.
whoooooooo GO FLUTES!!!!!! we palyed dis song and won first place in competition loved dis song
i play french horn for this piece :) i LOVE it. it gives me goosebumps every time. not when i play it of course, but when i hear this XD
Played Bass Clarinet for this as a senior in high school. Liked it so much, I used it as one of my conducting test pieces during my first year of college.
This was our senior song. I love it till this day.
I love playing this, it's so beautiful, it made my friends cry lol
My High School's Symphonic Band is playing this - it is amazing.
played this in middle school :)
brings back so many good memories!
I am doing trombone 2 for this in lgpe this year in hs band
That was my freshman year and I cried when the slow part came in because I remembered my ex that loved this peice and I just played on knowing the light was coming this peice right here was the peice that saved my freshman year I'm a graduate now and I still love this piece
senior year high school played this. it was amazing!
I played xylophone,bells,chimes, and gong for this song :3 It was awesome :3
if only our ending sounded this great
Played 2nd and 3rd trombone for the piece. Such a beautiful piece to play for competitions and concerts❤
i just did this song for my highschool. one of the most enjoyable ever, some very interesting dynamics from my spot at alto sax 1.
I'm in Junior High/Middle School and our band is playing this song at a concert and two contests along with Anthem of An Era and Mechanism.
I played this on baritone horn in 8th grade, this was a great piece
Like the peace of the galaxy !!!!
Wowwww!!!!
I've never played this but I think the end of this piece is my favorite ever WOW
Great piece!
My bad sight read this piece and I loved it
I’m in 7th grade honor band and we are playing this. Still don’t know how I feel about it but it sounds beautiful!
I've played this song 2 years in a row!
i'm using this song for my drum major tryout selection piece. it has the meter changes and dynamics that can make for a great song to tryout with
This is one of the best songs I ever herd
1st trombone all the way!! the solo part is pretty awesome and challenging!
the flute parts are exquisite
One thing that I love about this song is when it gets to 3:04 and the audience thinks that its over but nope we're only getting started! =) Beautiful piece though ~ I love it when our band plays it. Sends shivers up my spine
We sight read this piece in preparation for festival, it's such a cool piece, I hope we play it again.
played this song in the southeaster united states honor band, this piece was so moving, toward the climax of the song i cried a little lol
I had forgot about this song. Loved playing it in band. I played tuba. I will say this about Swearingen, he tried to make the bass part interesting.
I'm playing this song next week
that flute chord at 4:48 is unimaginable :D
My band is going to be playing this song at our high school graduation
This song is so majestic and grand it gives me chills!
muito linda essa canção
Clarinet and F horns soloing part is awsome 3:07 till 4:43 Like if you think so :D
fozhlccrn1999 don’t forget about trombone 1
I played the solo for this at my school :D
best Concert band piece!
Played it in fifth grade. Years later but still as mesmerizing :)
Natalia Fay fifth grade, wtf? My school don’t play that until tenth
yo back in the day this was the most ballin piece we did in band
Flutes. Yes. :D
This song reminds me of a song called Brandon Bay by Ed Huckeby, anyone else hear it?
I played xylophone for this piece, it was very fun
I played the echoing trumpet solo for my college band. This song is the shit.
9th grade trumpet here, I play the solo in the begin, pretty fun piece.
aw we played this song tonight, i had the trumpet 2 solo lol
I have to play this song tomorrow- wish me luck!!! hahahaha
I have to play this one
やっぱスウェアリンジェンさんの曲は感動する😭
いい曲作りますよねぇ、
i Play this year with 2 horn on my side!! that get amazing
Clarinet all the way! My band is playing this in a month. First chair, first part. :D Band nerds unite.
baritone was easy the whole piece!! loved it
Had to switch to 3rd trombone piece for cues. We only have 2 trombones and one baritone. I'm 2nd chair of the low brass section.
we're playing this right now :)
iam playing this song now
Playing trumpet for this in our spring concert, 1st Trumpet, 1st Chair. I'll admit that it's not the most challenging piece I've ever played, but it has its moments.
ohgod, my band is about to play it, my brother played it already too. OMGEE, the last part sounds like a circues TT________TT; cant believe we have to play it good....
True so very True
Flutes own this piece. c:
@pudgge56 i agree, whenever i think about my festival trip to boston i think about this part of the song. they go hand in hand almost
Ahhh I miss playing this one ; A ;
I was the 1st F horn and it was so extremely fun ~ qwq
Same. I'm playing it with my band this year, and I love the first part.
中学の定期演奏会で演奏した思い出の曲です🥲
we just got this the other day to play for our concertr and the random time changes annyoy me to death! lol
Personally, I’ve never played this piece, and probably won’t for another two years. My high school symphonic band needed a tuba, so me, a trombone player in the wind ensemble (auditioned based) sacrificed an elective period to play tuba. I needed to practice, so I used this piece that the upper class men were using for their concert. (I was a freshman.)
Me too me to NHL I am n 9th play tbone and 1st at that... I like ot
I'm doing trombone 2
Timpani, Lincoln University Concert Band
haha french horn :3
i am devoted to horn xD
im only a freshman but my friend whos a junior first chair trumpet in our schools band and the top band in the state for well yeah high school (youth symphony) well yeah she said im better than two of the french horns :D that made me happy ^w^
you’re out of college now
west islip all district timpanist whoo but we played it through to 4:55 then back to 1:50 and ended it at 3:00 so yay i got do do the timpani solo twice and we also did cartoon symphony and i was still timpani
I played this song in TRIDAC
I can hear a french horn！
I played this in a band camp after my first year. Luckily, I only played the suspended cymbal.
playing this tomorrow (: first flute part
heh we're lerning this piece with the towns orchestra this year.i must say it's easyer for me than the phantom of the opera was last year XD there are just a few parts i have to play a few times to learn them but the rest isn't that hard :) but it's still a beautiful piece.
I think it's cool to learn what grades and school/universities people have played it at. It's also cool to learn what instruments people play (: But, in the comments it's annoying to see "1 chair oh yeah soooo easy" if it was that easy then why did you play it? You're supposed to challenge yourself. (: That's what music is about. I love this piece, I had trouble playing it when I first got it, but now it's just really fun to hear my whole band play it (: That's what music should feel like :D
My HS is plying this right now (:
This piece was commissioned to celebrate the life of my high school band director, Milton Shank. Its first performance was by my high school band in 1994.
It's a lovely song! My favorite song we played in high school. We played it in 97 or 98 and to this day I love listening to it.
人生初めての吹奏楽コンクールはこの曲でした。あまり覚えてません(小声)
僕もです
5:00
2:05
探していた曲
Bravo
i dnt hear a french horn :(
I got the music a few days ago and i love playing it on my horn!
@KamiRotasu Definitely! Especially with the random 6/8 measures thrown in!