My band is playing this song this semester. My teacher tells me that he picked this song because of the French Horn part. It made me feel special, as I play 1st Horn.
Last year(2015-16), this piece was the finale of my school's spring concert. We played it right after Purgatorio... I remember it being so amazing. It was a magical moment that brought us all to such high spirits. I got to see a lot of my band's character that night, as ten minutes after our amazing performance, our band director explained to us that he was leaving the school. It was a tough time, very few dry eyes in the band that night...
I just found the clip of my high school band performing this. It was one of my favorite things we played, and I was lucky enough to have the trumpet solo.
This is by far and easily one of the top five modern arrangements of classical music for me! We played it in 2000 when I was a sophomore and it’s just beautifully composed!
Ah, my high school marching program did a version of this piece, along with inferno, in one of our shows. Theme was “knocking on heaven’s door.” This part always gave me chills
The Sky Islands of Tears of the Kingdom. When I first started the game and heard the chords that play when you’re up there, it reminded me immediately of 0:00-1:18
I can remember being in high school and reynoldsburg Ohio I was a part of a band in high school and we play this piece for our marching band show Friends back a lot of memories thank you for posting this God bless you!
A few years ago the wind ensemble at my high school played this at the last concert for the senior song! It sounded just like this and I knew that I had fallen in love with this piece. Its a piece that stays with you long after the music stopped.
my band played it my junior and senior year and we had two french horns and we still rocked it and the freaking woodwind part is beast i played clarinet 2nd chair and it freaking rocked love this song we really wanted to play purgatory but we couldnt find it
i play the first trumpet part in the brass quartet thing in the beginning. my favorite thing in life. ever. all of the movements are wonderful. gotta get on reading the book now.
I performed this last year. Changed my life! We also played Purgatorio. Another good piece to listen to(also one of my favorites) is Apollo: Myth and Legend.
I loved this my sis played it her Jr. Year of high school in symphonic band all four pieces first chair sax she rocked it I rally loved this piece though
Peach County High School played this last year and got straight ones at festival!! It was my favorite one to play, and i was a freshman! We did soo well!! Under the direction of Darren Johnson!
eu toquei ela aqui no Brasil na oficina de música de Curitiba a dois anos ...eu fui 2° trompa naquele ano ..foi a melhor musica que eu já toquei só de escutar ela da vontade de tocar ela de novo :)
I played most of my sophomore year in a shadow I created for myself. My band had two french horns with their names written perfectly and neatly at the top of the pieces. Those two french horns were considered the best. I played The Inferno my freshman year with one of them, and then my sophomore year it was only me. My name was written in a small bad font underneath a player I can only describe as jaw-droppingly amazing. Because I was so afraid of not living up to what my band director had before me, the solos scattered throughout all of these pieces had scared me. While practicing The Purgatorio solo I had a breakdown. I cried for 30 minutes over the fact I wasn’t good enough. That song ruined me. At the concert I got an award for ‘most improved’ but I couldn’t understand why. When we played Purgatorio my band director helped my breathe, and I played the best I could. The next day, and that night, I got collectively over 20 compliments on it. I’m still only a sophomore, and I can’t wait for the next years to improve. My self doubt will still be there, but now I know I can do it.
I remember I played 1st trumpet on this song my Freshman year, I could never get the first note, it always frustrated me because I never got it on any performance, Except the last one. But my solo after the vocal part always sucked... I'm going to be a junior this year, and I know I can play the hell out of this song now.
@starbamboo6460 LOL! Don't worry. I had really loud too and had to raise the bell as well towards the audience. As seen in some of the performances done by Igor Stravinsky. And we had only 2 French Horns - My friend and I. :P
@ShinjuxXx We played this my freshman year and I was placed in the highest band level with the Seniors and YES it was EPIC!!!!!!!!!! That was over 10 years ago though lol
My band is playing this song this semester. My teacher tells me that he picked this song because of the French Horn part. It made me feel special, as I play 1st Horn.
Playing first chair euphonium, so much fun!
3:38 is my favorite part, when the flutes and clarinets come in while the others are still singing hallelujah.
The Divine Comedy is the best music I have ever played.
Played this 4 years ago as a high school sophomore on the French horn, by far my favorite piece we played in concert band
Sharkbait easily the best instrument in this symphony is the FH, they crush the whole thing! Haven’t heard this in almost 20 years!
The tuba has a great part in this too
in my high school band, we played the whole divine comedy
same
same
Dude I want to with my orchestra. Sadly, we only gonna play Inferno
My high school band did too
same
wish this was on spotify
Last year(2015-16), this piece was the finale of my school's spring concert. We played it right after Purgatorio... I remember it being so amazing. It was a magical moment that brought us all to such high spirits. I got to see a lot of my band's character that night, as ten minutes after our amazing performance, our band director explained to us that he was leaving the school. It was a tough time, very few dry eyes in the band that night...
he was what?
I just found the clip of my high school band performing this. It was one of my favorite things we played, and I was lucky enough to have the trumpet solo.
played this song at 3 concerts. flute part killed me every time. so. many. notes........
This is by far and easily one of the top five modern arrangements of classical music for me! We played it in 2000 when I was a sophomore and it’s just beautifully composed!
Ah, my high school marching program did a version of this piece, along with inferno, in one of our shows. Theme was “knocking on heaven’s door.” This part always gave me chills
The Sky Islands of Tears of the Kingdom. When I first started the game and heard the chords that play when you’re up there, it reminded me immediately of 0:00-1:18
im also the baritone soloist and love every second of it and im only a sophmore
I wish the last note was written as a dotted quarter note. There is power in that last note! We did it when we played it, and it bought goosebumps!
Played this on oboe my freshmen year! Had Inferno's opening oboe solo. ABSOLUTELY BREATH TAKING MUSIC TO PLAY AND HEAR WHEN IT ALL COMES TOGETHER!
I can remember being in high school and reynoldsburg Ohio I was a part of a band in high school and we play this piece for our marching band show Friends back a lot of memories thank you for posting this God bless you!
We played this in my high school symphonic band. Way back in 1997-98, I had the joy of playing part of the trumpet duet at the beginning.
A few years ago the wind ensemble at my high school played this at the last concert for the senior song! It sounded just like this and I knew that I had fallen in love with this piece. Its a piece that stays with you long after the music stopped.
this was my senior year marching band show. inferno, ascension and paradiso. it landed us 5th in the state.
lilahbug 423 Any videos of it? I think it would be cool to watch
What band?
The Divine Comedy is our marching show this year. I absolutely love it!
listening to this automatically puts you in a better mood :-)
my band played it my junior and senior year and we had two french horns and we still rocked it and the freaking woodwind part is beast i played clarinet 2nd chair and it freaking rocked love this song we really wanted to play purgatory but we couldnt find it
i play the first trumpet part in the brass quartet thing in the beginning. my favorite thing in life. ever.
all of the movements are wonderful. gotta get on reading the book now.
TRUMPET SECTION!!! REPRESENT!!!
I performed this last year. Changed my life! We also played Purgatorio. Another good piece to listen to(also one of my favorites) is Apollo: Myth and Legend.
Played this sophomore year with my high school symphonic band as Trombone! 💕
WHY IS THIS SONG SO GOOD?!!?! EARGASMS EVERYWHERE!!!
Magic of lovely lovely band music
I'm the Baritone soloist in this! Awesome song, also played the Inferno.... for baritone those two pieces were lip killers XD
Favorite movement for many years!
I’m getting goosebumps!!!! Those French horns!!!!!!
I remember playing the flute part at 1:50 in class one day and everybody just stopped and stared, it was funny
musicmiss18 lol it is fun
I loved this my sis played it her Jr. Year of high school in symphonic band all four pieces first chair sax she rocked it I rally loved this piece though
I had the euphonium part on this trio! I loved this song...but Paradisio is by far the best on this composure
Horn in F, playing this for next weeks concert. =D Amazingly fun to play even though it blows chops from the high G's. But it's so worth it.
I'm a junior in high school and I play the tenor sax, all we do is repeat the eighth notes. Over, and over, and over... Lol, but I love it!!!!
Peach County High School played this last year and got straight ones at festival!! It was my favorite one to play, and i was a freshman! We did soo well!! Under the direction of Darren Johnson!
Who gets chills hearing this
?? This song is when dante goes
up to heaven. Listen to the divine comedy inferno.
I had the honor of playing the french horn for this song. The hardest but greatest song I've played
Played this sophomore year on French horn, it was pretty intense
The french horn part is pretty fun to play!
For my next marching show my band director has decided to use the Divine Comedy and I am very excited to play such beautiful pieces of music!
I did it my junior year of high school and it was fun. This will be a fun one to do.
Peach County High School played this last year for competition. and we got all ones. it was fun playing the part with the wine glasses.
we just played this in our school concert and we got a standing ovation. :P
I had the incredible opportunity of performing this and I swear it changed my life. Great music.
french horn=superhero instrument!
love this piece so much.
This is too awesome.
I love this song we played it this year for Busch gardens. I played the trumpet solo at 4:20
this bings me back to high school, great times
Amazing, my band is playing this for a festival and I cant wait.
we played this piece in concert band and it has to be my favorite song to play by far
+Rubber Pig Well look at who it is.
Brian Hernandez no, i do what i want
eu toquei ela aqui no Brasil na oficina de música de Curitiba a dois anos ...eu fui 2° trompa naquele ano ..foi a melhor musica que eu já toquei só de escutar ela da vontade de tocar ela de novo :)
Fancy meeting you here.
YO!! Euphonium also plays at the tempo change with the french horn!
Played this at Troy University 2017 Summer Band Camp
Thank you so much for this! Ive tried to find a good recording for a long time!
My middle school band played this.. :] It was fun. I'm doing it again this year in High school.
So are we! Were playing the entire Divine Comedy.
love this piece I've performed this in my high school years
it makes me feel like crying in some way:')
@1hstorm playing the timpani for this song is amazing. I am a freshman in highschool and we are doing this song, I love it.
Was only able to play 2 out of the four in high school, but honestly still one of my favorite pieces ever played overall.
this is my favorite piece from the whole symphony i don't know why though i just really like it
Our high school band based its part 4 off of that composition. Big hit.
I played the opening as a baritone solo last year for my grade 10 final performance. ncredible piece
This is what we are playing in marching band this season.... I CAN NOT WAIT! :D
@BethlehemFilms17 That had to be an amazing experience. =)
13 years ago, wow.
We're looking at playing this for our concert this year. It's between Ascension and Esprite De Corps
Thats soo cool!
oh yea love the flute part !!!!
TicTac123 Cait me two but it is so hard and fun to play I felt bad for the poor 7th grader she looked so scared when we got the sheet
We are playing all four movements in our high school Wind Ensemble. Its gonna be so epic.
This must be the inspiration for Dancing Mad!
I played most of my sophomore year in a shadow I created for myself. My band had two french horns with their names written perfectly and neatly at the top of the pieces. Those two french horns were considered the best. I played The Inferno my freshman year with one of them, and then my sophomore year it was only me. My name was written in a small bad font underneath a player I can only describe as jaw-droppingly amazing. Because I was so afraid of not living up to what my band director had before me, the solos scattered throughout all of these pieces had scared me. While practicing The Purgatorio solo I had a breakdown. I cried for 30 minutes over the fact I wasn’t good enough. That song ruined me. At the concert I got an award for ‘most improved’ but I couldn’t understand why. When we played Purgatorio my band director helped my breathe, and I played the best I could. The next day, and that night, I got collectively over 20 compliments on it. I’m still only a sophomore, and I can’t wait for the next years to improve. My self doubt will still be there, but now I know I can do it.
we have to sing awesome
Conducting it is a freaking cardio workout!
the flutes and intonation....geez
Holy crap! That Horn part at 1:30!! I want to play this
Heck yeah! I'm playing the second trumpet solo!
@BethlehemFilms17 thats amazing
I play french horn and the part is sooooo fun! :D but when I heard the flute part I was like O.o daaaammmmnnnnn
me too!
I remember I played 1st trumpet on this song my Freshman year, I could never get the first note, it always frustrated me because I never got it on any performance, Except the last one. But my solo after the vocal part always sucked... I'm going to be a junior this year, and I know I can play the hell out of this song now.
@BoBeRz3 i played this last yr of high school, played the alto sax part. it was fun,
im on this trumpet solo in tha beginning =D
2:26 Trombones. WAH WAH, WAH WAH.
Our day in the sun! :D
lol got my neighbors angry cuz using this piece to practice at home full blast
Couldn't play that stupid water glass >:( Only two people in my band class could, lol. Stuck with suspended cymbal. at least I'm not alone. Cool piece
FunHazards FPS haha we literally just played this today and the glass is so easy
The alternative is using a violin bow on a vibraphone
PRINCIPLE CHAIR FRENCH HORN!!!! We perform this song MONDAY!!! lol! It'll be SPEKKTAKULAR!!!!!
The Baratone and Frenchhorn part at 1:30 was my favorite to play xD
hahaha yeah i always laugh whenever i hear that note tho XD
The licc
two things that never go together but when they do it is pure amazingness
i just made up a word
And we only had 2 French horns one of whom learned that year how to play
French horn comes in around 1:20
my high school band is playing this piece, im on the piano. its such a nice piece, i dont want to screw it up >.>
@starbamboo6460 LOL! Don't worry. I had really loud too and had to raise the bell as well towards the audience. As seen in some of the performances done by Igor Stravinsky. And we had only 2 French Horns - My friend and I. :P
@ShinjuxXx we did it last year! and then our band went to Japan and we played it there :D
We r doing the Divine Comedy as our field show but we had different arrangment specialy made for us.
@ShinjuxXx We played this my freshman year and I was placed in the highest band level with the Seniors and YES it was EPIC!!!!!!!!!! That was over 10 years ago though lol
4:21 that trumpet player knows what he's doing
2018? Por cierto voy a tocar toda la divina comedia con mi banda