MikeD Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Two wind ensemble Claude T. Smith works: "Festival Variations" (Cavies did an abbreviated opener in '87. Smith's "Prelude Variations" (rarely recorded) would be my first choice: Two other suggestions: Wagner's "Overture to Rienzi" by PR and "Suite of Old American Dances." Claude Smith's "Flight" would be good too...written for the opening of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum, I think. It also contains Pachelbel's Canon, which is the museum's "theme song". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I'd like to see some of Karel Husa's "Prague, 1968" on the field. Would fit really well into a show that balances between light and dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Spirit do "Gone With the Wind"? I think that'd be pretty neat. Opening and closing statements in the 1990 show, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Two wind ensemble Claude T. Smith works: "Festival Variations" (Cavies did an abbreviated opener in '87. Smith's "Prelude Variations" (rarely recorded) would be my first choice: Also from Claude Smith: Variation on a Hymn by Louis Bourgeois http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvd7fKd8zCg Gala XXV (don't have a recording of it, unfortunately) Edited January 12, 2014 by 84BDsop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Sousa Marches Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Music. JUST music! No stupid narration EVER!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NodnarbSwagFish Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Music. JUST music! No stupid narration EVER!! Is it still considered "stupid narration" if the source music has it in there (i.e. Cadets and "A Lincoln Portrait" this year)? I think then it's very acceptable because that piece is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Music. JUST music! No stupid narration EVER!! True, I don't want "stupid narration" either. Effective narration is just fine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowtown Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I’m still waiting for the Cadets’ Barry Manilow show. I hear Hopkins is a huge fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) Is it still considered "stupid narration" if the source music has it in there (i.e., Cadets and "A Lincoln Portrait" this year)? I think then it's very acceptable, because that piece is great. What's acceptable in one medium simply may not work in another: if you love drum corps for its music, then you may never be able to enjoy narration in that medium. Or you may not mind narration, but you find that a corps has done a bad job of using narration even when adapting from a source where it was highly effective. A point which applies to more than narration: John Rutter's "Gloria" is a beautiful piece of music, but that doesn't mean that Pioneer necessarily did a great job adapting it for the field as their intro last year. So time will tell if the Cadets do a great job with the spoken Copland, or they botch it. Edited January 17, 2014 by N.E. Brigand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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