A Christmas Festival, by Leroy Anderson - Score & Sound

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  • @lizardpeoplepoetry
    @lizardpeoplepoetry 7 лет назад +120

    i have played this every year for almost ten years. i am so sick of it, but at the same time it just wouldn't be christmas without it.

  • @thedirectress1712
    @thedirectress1712 2 года назад +23

    I played this in orchestra in 1969-73. I'm in a community orchestra now and we played it last Christmas and will this year too. Love it!

  • @jackiemarotta5997
    @jackiemarotta5997 7 лет назад +182

    they key is torture but the song is SO GOOD

    • @loopsi17
      @loopsi17 6 лет назад +37

      found the band kid

    • @Ethan-cb6ke
      @Ethan-cb6ke 6 лет назад +11

      @@loopsi17 probably an alto sax too lmfao

    • @obinnanwakwue5735
      @obinnanwakwue5735 5 лет назад +5

      I'm a low brass player and I don't think the keys are torture (yes not even E major)

    • @geopixels6886
      @geopixels6886 4 года назад +3

      Obinna Nwakwue
      Because you’re low brass. Lmao. Concert E Major would be like concert F# (6 sharps) for Bb clarinets and trumpets and C# (7 sharps) for Eb Saxophones and Bari’s

    • @mikemiller2271
      @mikemiller2271 3 года назад +3

      I loved playing this in high school

  • @Dark_Link09
    @Dark_Link09 Год назад +7

    As a bass player, I see this a a win

  • @nikkiyoutoo6303
    @nikkiyoutoo6303 8 лет назад +20

    looooovvvveeeee it we are playing this in a concert

  • @mercutioescalus6782
    @mercutioescalus6782 7 лет назад +29

    Those damn sixteen notes at the end

  • @adamescue5219
    @adamescue5219 2 года назад +9

    the violin triplets at 5:48 absolutely churn my guts. it sends shivers down my spine like why is it so creepy in a happy song 😭

    • @Clvvudii
      @Clvvudii Год назад +2

      It churns my guts even more having to play it..

    • @Lana-ii9js
      @Lana-ii9js Год назад +2

      ⁠@@ClvvudiiWe have to play this in December for symphony 😭

    • @AyoOgunyoye
      @AyoOgunyoye Год назад +1

      @@Lana-ii9jssame, i’m usually on violin 2 but promoted myself to oboe lol

    • @hannahwatson8402
      @hannahwatson8402 Год назад +1

      Don’t know but great to play!

    • @adamescue5219
      @adamescue5219 Год назад

      We played it twice last year-once for symphony, and once for concert band. It was horrible 🧍‍♂️

  • @samanthafialkow6092
    @samanthafialkow6092 3 года назад +15

    5:38 *saving so I know what spot to practice*

    • @jaedensilva
      @jaedensilva 3 года назад

      You playing this song? My teacher gave it to us earlier this week and wants us to learn it. There's only 14 of us and we are the varsity orchestra. I don't even know measure 1 to 7 lmao

    • @samanthafialkow6092
      @samanthafialkow6092 3 года назад +2

      @@jaedensilva yeah, 218-251 is our playing test section… I got the music on Monday and my test is tomorrow, I think I’m screwed 😂

    • @jaedensilva
      @jaedensilva 3 года назад +2

      @@samanthafialkow6092 this song is so long and our music was printed on the back of the page, I have no rests in the song so I have no clue how I will flip the page if I learn it, We have to learn it by december for a winter concert. I dont even think I would be able to learn this and this is a grade 3 piece my teacher said. My teacher grades us strictly on being good because my school is new so theres pressure on us needing to be good so in 10 years the school has a good reputation.Im a viola player and the only 1. theres 2 cellos, me viola , 1 bass, then rest violins like 9 of them. And i have a test tomorrow on measure 1-7 and I DIDNT PRACTICE AT ALL. R.I.P meh

    • @samanthafialkow6092
      @samanthafialkow6092 3 года назад +1

      @@jaedensilva howd you do bestie

    • @jaedensilva
      @jaedensilva 3 года назад +1

      @@samanthafialkow6092 turns out it wasn't a playing test she wanted us to clap a rhythm of a random measure. I managed to get an 80 on it. Not much people did good on it. She said on Monday, which is tomorrow, if nobody knows the rhythm well she will put away the song OOOOf. Before she showed us this song she wanted us to play a song called rhythm sticks by shirl jae well, something like that. It is a grade 5 I think and we managed to learn all of it but a hard part from 77-133 it's just measures repeating the same rhythm. Because we didn't know that part she said we will use it later. Then gave us this song Christmas festival that's like 300 measures xD. And it will be put away tomorrow if nobody knows the song rhythm.

  • @JohnAckerman31
    @JohnAckerman31 Год назад

    I’ve played this a few times before when I was in band. It’s a really good piece of music.

  • @cameronkrumm8597
    @cameronkrumm8597 4 года назад +31

    Our band and orchestra played this for our winter concert but the band and orchestra have different class periods. So at 3:22 it was really awkward for me cause I played chimes but it was just me and no strings.

  • @faithfrancisco9829
    @faithfrancisco9829 2 месяца назад +1

    Dude this is probably one of my favorite pieces I am doing for my Christmas concert this year but I have so much to do, I got this, Christmas Eve Sarajevo, A Charlie Brown Christmas, sleigh ride, Trepak, Dance of the sugar plum fairy, and March of the Nutcracker in my symphony orchestra that I am in, then I also have 3 more to play in my Philharmonic Orchestra and those are a lot easier (Thank God!) I get to play dance of the reed flutes, God rest ye merry, Rock ye very, and Le Froid de l’iver (The cold of winter) I love the pieces it’s just so much practice 😫😅🫡 good luck to everyone preparing for their next concert, may the force be with you! ❤️🥰🫡🫡🫡😎

  • @desireezelaya6939
    @desireezelaya6939 5 лет назад +7

    5:37

  • @auroratrinity1065
    @auroratrinity1065 7 лет назад +17

    1:19 😍😍

    • @carlitosyaranga1474
      @carlitosyaranga1474 7 лет назад +4

      The name of the carol is God rest Ye Merry Gentleman

    • @yeety1208
      @yeety1208 2 года назад +2

      i love the bass line that i play on the cello in that bit

    • @auroratrinity1065
      @auroratrinity1065 2 года назад +1

      @@yeety1208 Wow!!! It is a beautifully written part♥️

  • @michellero5082
    @michellero5082 5 лет назад +20

    My teacher almost cussed us out while playing this
    I dont blame him as 7th graders we sounded horrific trying to sight read

    • @happybrilidays
      @happybrilidays 5 лет назад +9

      .....they had 7th graders playing this?

    • @michellero5082
      @michellero5082 5 лет назад +1

      @@happybrilidays honors 7th graders

    • @happybrilidays
      @happybrilidays 5 лет назад +8

      @@michellero5082 I'm a senior in high school and we're playing it.
      Then again it's a bi-annual tradition

    • @AddysonWest
      @AddysonWest 5 лет назад +1

      I’m a 7th grader playing this

    • @poorlydrawncactus1178
      @poorlydrawncactus1178 2 года назад

      i know a 6th grader whos playing this

  • @braprap362
    @braprap362 6 лет назад +7

    this song is absolute torture and it has made me consider dropping band, but it's worth it.

  • @antsflorida4092
    @antsflorida4092 3 года назад +1

    I sit at Trumpet 1, pretty interesting part

  • @butterbiing
    @butterbiing 4 года назад +6

    people who disliked are people that had to play this in orch and got tired of it

  • @usetobethemagicpillownowit9130
    @usetobethemagicpillownowit9130 7 лет назад +11

    Why place oboe under clarinet

  • @noahhawthorne6866
    @noahhawthorne6866 4 года назад +4

    Why's there 2 band arrangements that sound exactly the same, but ones level 4, and ones level 3, and then the orchestra one, also sound the same, but it's 3.5

    • @ANXI8TY
      @ANXI8TY 3 года назад

      Different key and slight changes

  • @reecegonzales17
    @reecegonzales17 2 года назад +1

    I’m performing this on Friday as a Symphonic Orchestra group for our Winter Concert.

  • @marcovaleriovittoria9130
    @marcovaleriovittoria9130 2 года назад +9

    A minute of silence for the tuba players who have to count 153 measures of rest (which is about 4:30 seconds of rest) just so that they can comeback at the end and play downbeats!

    • @lauraklabunde740
      @lauraklabunde740 2 года назад +1

      YES! I never counted the rests. Just memorized the other parts so I knew where to come in!

    • @Danbearpig
      @Danbearpig 4 месяца назад +1

      That’s why I borrowed a string bass part so I could double during the rests!

  • @NightshadeNate
    @NightshadeNate 5 лет назад +12

    Those 5 ascending quick notes before the key change on jingle bells were too hard

  • @christopherbautista3070
    @christopherbautista3070 3 года назад +1

    4:16

  • @rebeccacampbell3328
    @rebeccacampbell3328 Год назад

    How many pages of music in this piece??

  • @Broeckietube
    @Broeckietube 2 месяца назад

    4:33 ouwch oboes

  • @savannah2539
    @savannah2539 4 года назад +2

    I have to play flute 2 on this and it sucks

    • @FluteGirl808
      @FluteGirl808 2 года назад +1

      same, but it's okay.... i have a strong section, and we have too many clarinets, you can't hear us... but at the jingle bells in C major was terrible, bc we only had like one note the entire time...:)

  • @sharks_bro9573
    @sharks_bro9573 Месяц назад

    Rare good bass part

  • @ChoppersRefrigerator
    @ChoppersRefrigerator 3 года назад

    Trombone 3 sucks in this song

  • @what_my_name_is
    @what_my_name_is 2 месяца назад

    3:15

  • @makaiataylor
    @makaiataylor 2 месяца назад

    5:14