Fish Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I've been pessimistic because of their visual stuff but hearing Will Pitt's arrangement of Shost. op 34 is going to be worth the price of admission, I know it. It's going to be classic phantom regiment, which is what has been missing. I've wanted them to play this for a long time. I recommend listening to an orchestral transcription ( or even wind ensemble) to get a feel of what this can sound like with brass. I hope it's their opener. https://youtu.be/8BsDNSR2h50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general_tsos_chicken2 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I hope it's their opener. https://youtu.be/8BsDNSR2h50 I'm guessing it will be, it's very much an intro. The Prokofiev is probably a percussion feature, which I think it's great for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Nice music choices, except for the Cogen, which sounds like a bad Methodist church Sunday morning choir anthem. If they end up using it I hope it is seriously rewritten. Perhaps Regiment will be the first corps to field a bagpiper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Perhaps Regiment will be the first corps to field a bagpiper! I would rather listen to two fighting cats than a bagpiper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadevilina Crown Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Nice music choices, except for the Cogen, which sounds like a bad Methodist church Sunday morning choir anthem. If they end up using it I hope it is seriously rewritten.It was written by Phillippe Rombi. COGEN is the acronym of the orchestra that performed it in one version out on YouTube that was originally posted here. I do admit that that performance isn't very good.Here is the original version that is from the soundtrack to Joyeux Noël, a French film about the Christmas Eve Truce of 1914. (Now that I think of it, it sounds kind of like something out of a Christmas movie...) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I would rather listen to two fighting cats than a bagpiper. Your opinion, but don't tell the Racine Kilties! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I felt that way until I joined a competitive pipe band and heard piping done right. When actually played in tune, it's like a sonic laser to the eardrums. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I felt that way until I joined a competitive pipe band and heard piping done right. When actually played in tune, it's like a sonic laser to the eardrums. Mike Maybe I've just never heard one in tune then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) Perhaps Regiment will be the first corps to field a bagpiper! I believe ( could be wrong ) that the 27th Lancers were the first DCI Corps to do so.. back in the 70's ( or maybe it was in the 60's,.. pre DCI ? ). I wonder also if the Kilties may have done so at one time... pre DCI too. Edited November 30, 2015 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) It was written by Phillippe Rombi. COGEN is the acronym of the orchestra that performed it in one version out on YouTube that was originally posted here. I do admit that that performance isn't very good. Here is the original version that is from the soundtrack to Joyeux Noël, a French film about the Christmas Eve Truce of 1914. (Now that I think of it, it sounds kind of like something out of a Christmas movie...) So much of DCI and DCP discussion about show theme, depth of show, the show beyond the notes of the musical score has brought the discussion of meaning. appropriateness, accessibility, multi-layering, understanding of the challenge to each performer, etc., etc. Even if this piece is too schmaltzy (good Yiddish word,) for some it may be most appropriate for the World situation of this summer and the various perspectives so many have about our times. Knowing Will Pitts, a most genuine person, he never leaves things just at surface level. Edited November 30, 2015 by xandandl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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