The Other Mike Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chimes of Swing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRyder_FMM Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Here are a few works that I would love to hear on the field. Ralph Vaughn Williams A Sea Symphony Symphony Antarctica Symphony No. 6 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Howard Hanson Symphony #6 Randall Thompson Symphony #2 Samuel Barber Essays for Orchestra Violin Concerto Benjamin Britten Peter Grimes Dmitri Shostakovich The Gadfly Suite Piano Concerto No. 2 Modest Mussorsky Pictures at an Exhibition (it's been quite a while since this work has hit the field) Andrew Llyod Weber Requiem Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Alexander Nevsky Igor Stravinsky La Sacre du Printemps Al Hirt Green Hornet Stan Kenton Selections from Artistry in Rhythm (another that has been a long time) Music of Bill Chase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCIfan90 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Someone really needs to jump on: "Scenes From Melville" based on "Of Sailors and Whales" composed by Francis McBeth. A high school band did this in '91 and it totally rocked. Someone just needs to just do an entire show based off that whole piece. That piece is a show within itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.mello Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Here are a few works that I would love to hear on the field. Ralph Vaughn Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Andrew Llyod Weber Requiem Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Yes to those, but I don't think that the Williams piece can be done justice in its intricacy without making it the entire show. Wouldn't that be experimental! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Here are a few works that I would love to hear on the field. Samuel Barber Essays for Orchestra Violin Concerto Allow me to send you to SCV 2011. Their intro piece was Barber's "First Essay for Orchestra". It was great, and really set the mood for that show. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Someone just needs to just do an entire show based off that whole piece. That piece is a show within itself. Yup, Westerville South MB did a whole show based on this in '91 and it was very "drum corps" and pretty danged cool. I would love to see a top tier World Class corps take the music and just totally dominate it on the field.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRyder_FMM Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Allow me to send you to SCV 2011. Their intro piece was Barber's "First Essay for Orchestra". It was great, and really set the mood for that show. Yes, I know. I'm hoping someone can give us more than a taste to set the mood (though it was an excellent taste). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrinkinOuttaCups Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I'd like to see more music that was originally written for brass ensembles. I know the Cavaliers did some in 2010 with "Harrison's Dream." I think brass band music in general would translate really well to the field. The elements are already there - loud, awesome brass music and percussion. Examples - (first piece is "Harrison's Dream," btw).There's a lot of good brass quintet and brass ensemble music in general, too. Stuff by Malcolm Arnold, Eric Ewazen, Anthony Plog, Victor Ewald, and others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHdork Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 <Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf> Hmmm - this could work...I'd never thought of it as drum corps before...ready made story! One that no one has done, but I think could work VERY well: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 What a rockin' finale that would be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 I'd like to see more music that was originally written for brass ensembles. I know the Cavaliers did some in 2010 with "Harrison's Dream." I think brass band music in general would translate really well to the field. The elements are already there - loud, awesome brass music and percussion. Examples - (first piece is "Harrison's Dream," btw).There's a lot of good brass quintet and brass ensemble music in general, too. Stuff by Malcolm Arnold, Eric Ewazen, Anthony Plog, Victor Ewald, and others. Cadets 98 was a brass piece by Van Der Roost called Stonehenge. Their brass wasn't that great, but it was music that translated REALLY well to the field, so I agree with you about more brass music. Craig Phillips does some spectacular brass, organ, and percussion writing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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