@@Asphalt9Stuff for musicians like me who need to play a random little excerpt from this piece for an audition and don't want to read through the whole score just to find the timestamp for when my part starts :)
Such a shame more of the world isn't exposed to this absolutely delightful music, played by some of the most talented and gifted musicians on the planet. Thank you for bringing us such sensational music.
As well, also had the pleasure to work with him and it was a spiritual moment I will never forget. I experienced the highest energy level to date in an ensemble playing this piece. The colors, characters and scenery he created for this piece come from a place he found in meditation (as much of his music does)
79 years listening to z d studying music and this is like nothing I’ve ever hear👍Un-be-flippin- lievable🎯‼️As a horn player it is particularly fantastic‼️🎯
Holding a dissonant clarinet note at the end of this and then releasing it at the very end, after all that had gone before, was the singularly most exhilarating musical experience I've ever had. It was almost impossible not to burst out laughing or something because of the built up energy, but the room was silent for several excruciating moments until the conductor (Dr. Wakefield at the Univ. of OK) finally lowered his arms and the applause started.
One if his best symphonies in my opinion. I had the privilege of meeting him when the ensemble I was in performed his mass, only a few months before he passed on. He admitted that when he composed 4, that was the time when he felt that he had finally accomplished his true sound as a composer.
A highlight of my life was performing this masterpiece as a member of the University of Arizona Wind Symphony in the Spring of 1994 under the direction of Gregg I. Hansen. Dr. Maslanka was present for our performance (as well as one or two other performances including "A Child's Garden of Dreams") and described his process in composing this piece. I get chills hearing this version and remembering the looks of exhaustion and joy on the bodies and faces of the entire ensemble at the completion of the performance.
They played this at state mpa and it was a ROLLERCOASTER, i was not expecting a 30 minute song and it was probably one of the coolest 30 minutes ive ever experienced, core memory formed
Our high school band director wants to have us play this for our next concert; the level of difficulty is just wow. I totally admire you guys, this is great. :)
I was able to hear this piece of music in an amazing concert hall. It was probably the coolest things I have ever heard. The ending just building and building on itself, this piece is amazing listening to it but hearing it in person is just something else. You get to feel just how powerful this piece is, it’s absolutely amazing.
I'm a huge fan of David Maslanka, a bigger fan of Mallory Thompson, and a long-time supporter of this fine ensemble. These three things combined make for a stunning performance! I can only imagine what it would have been like to actually be surrounded by the sound in that auditorium.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU NAVY BAND! This is my favorite recording of #4. Trombones! OH MY GOODNESS! You were so powerful and heavenly! Every single one of you guys just nailed it. Exactly as it should be played. I attended UT when Junkin premiered this piece at TMEA in 1994! It will alaway hold a special place in my heart! PS-I went to High School with your harpist, Emily. She always was such a delightful, sweet lady!
Thank you, David, for your wonderful music! Thank you, Navy Band, for your outstanding playing! Thank you, Mallory, for your inspired leadership! This is a mountaintop experience!
I played this back in the 90s as a student at the University of Nebraska. Euphonium. I think about 25:30 is where I usually burst into tears. What a piece, and this is a great recording!
that eerie moment at 23:44 and then my favorite part when everyone is like OMG these runs at 25:35- and the brass is just like...haha melody in slow duration!!! (percussion has these runs basically throughout the symphony!!!) this is my favorite piece of all time and NAVY BAND ROX!!!
@Fumbles9001 I was in attendance at Baylor University with the University of Arkansas Wind Ensemble in 1994 when this piece was premiered by UT with Maslanka sitting very unassumingly in the audience; one wouldn't even had known he was there except he was cajoled into standing to receive the ovation from the audience which lasted several minutes. I have yet to experience a premier of any work (orchestral included) since that time that was received with more excitement and hope.
Olive David maslankas work, we played give us this day in my high school band and later just yesterday we got to go as a band to see his 9th symphony at Texas state. Our band director is a friend of him so he talked to us for about an hour before the concert. Then I got a signature from him. He is a awesome and funny guy.
forgive me..to clarify- the people going OMG! runs!! are in my band, these talented musicians in the NAVY band are just like, oh yeah, more runs, ok no biggy! Such amazing musicianship and how they play with such great balance...and with such ease too!! I hope to be at that level some day!! Come to Alabama and play this one more time....please?
I was right there with you - these masterful musicians are the best possible use of a tiny % of our military budget! ...or rather I was with you, up until 6:30 when I saw a Selmer Paris model 41 contrabass clarinet appear in the video. That instrument costs over $35,000 - it's the musical version of the military spending $435 on a hammer! Your tax dollars and mine, hard at work...
SaxTeacher yes, however I think as music educators we can both agree the tone produced can be almost incomparable in comparison to a student model, or any other intermediate models. Also I know they provide instruments free of charge, however who’s to say the contrabass was provided to the player, after all they do have to endure some form of music education to be considered for a spot, I’m sure it was a rented model payed off by the time they ended up in this ensemble just as most of the other instruments are, with the exception of the percussionist :)
There's a very significant spiritual back story to this song that was told to me by a band director friend about a decade ago, and I can't remember exactly what it is. This is absolutely phenomenal.
I saw this live the other night. The finale is just incredible. There is no recording that could possibly compare to sitting in the same room as the music when the drums get going. This is one of those pieces of music that must be felt as well as heard.
it is very hard as a musician to not at the least have an appreciation for what a spectacular piece this is. I've heard it performed live by the University of Miami (Florida) Frost Wind Ensemble, one of the best collegiate bands in the southeast, and it is truly breathtaking live. however with a good sound system or headphones this video does it about as much justice. thank you all for your service and musicianship
@CPTRv1972 The Commodores jazz ensemble and Country Current country-bluegrass ensemble will be in that area of the country this fall. The Concert Band, Sea Chanters chorus and Cruisers contemporary music ensemble should be there in 2013. Thanks for your support!
Our outgoing Director of Bands at WVU conducted this piece as his last with the Wind Symphony (highest ensemble; he's moving to administration). He brought in a full organ for it; hell of a way to go out on a 25-year career!
Maslanka is the my all time greatest composer when I'm in wind ensemble I hope I at least play give us this day like they did this year at my high school
For anyone who's interested in purchasing a recording, my top picks for recordings of this piece would be: Dallas Wind Symphony & Jerry Junkin ("Maslanka: Garden Of Dreams") University Of Texas Wind Ensemble & Jerry Junkin (1994 TMEA Convention) Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble & Mallory Thompson ("Rising") The UT performance can be found on Mark Custom Recordings's website. Look under "TMEA." It's a live recording of the world premiere of the piece.
@@chopincj7530 Popular rifle calibre. These days its use is limited to that of a sporting/hunting cartridge. From 1906 (hence the -06) thru to the Korean war it was the primary rifle round of the US armed forces.
Oh dear, indeed...I suppose it does happen to the best of us. I was always jealous of this solo when performing this piece at my own university. The principle player at the time had seniority on me, but I always felt I had JUST the right sound for this solo.
@dare2dream0728 Maslanka has a theme called Song of the Golden Light that appears at the end of this piece and in many other pieces he has written. According to his good friend and my All-State clinician, Gary Greene, there is an arrangement that is just of the SOTGL that they have been trying to get people to catch onto for years. Maslanka's music is GORGEOUS but it is SO hard...
Musician's Earplugs. Most bandmembers in the Service got them. They are amazing, custom-fitted, with removable filters to change how many decibels they reduced. If you want to be able to hear later in life, these guys are indispensable. I still use mine.
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But why though? seriously
@@Asphalt9Stuff for musicians like me who need to play a random little excerpt from this piece for an audition and don't want to read through the whole score just to find the timestamp for when my part starts :)
@@nardeenkeryakes2847same here 😅
Such a shame more of the world isn't exposed to this absolutely delightful music, played by some of the most talented and gifted musicians on the planet. Thank you for bringing us such sensational music.
Ryan Myers ryan you won congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those who search for themselves instead of following the path of trends end up finding hidden gems as a reward.
@@aramkhachaturian8043 Damn very well said. I respect your views. Thank you.
I had the pleasure of working with David Masalnka and performing this symphony. It was and still is the highlight of my musical career.
what!
@@JakeWolven qq1
As well, also had the pleasure to work with him and it was a spiritual moment I will never forget. I experienced the highest energy level to date in an ensemble playing this piece. The colors, characters and scenery he created for this piece come from a place he found in meditation (as much of his music does)
Too cold to go outside today? Let our TH-cam channel entertain you! You can't go wrong with Maslanka's Symphony No. 4.
79 years listening to z d studying music and this is like nothing I’ve ever hear👍Un-be-flippin- lievable🎯‼️As a horn player it is particularly fantastic‼️🎯
Holding a dissonant clarinet note at the end of this and then releasing it at the very end, after all that had gone before, was the singularly most exhilarating musical experience I've ever had. It was almost impossible not to burst out laughing or something because of the built up energy, but the room was silent for several excruciating moments until the conductor (Dr. Wakefield at the Univ. of OK) finally lowered his arms and the applause started.
god i want that someday
Yes!!!! And there are several of Maslanka's works that have this affect!
Come on, ads during a symphony should be illegal.
One if his best symphonies in my opinion. I had the privilege of meeting him when the ensemble I was in performed his mass, only a few months before he passed on. He admitted that when he composed 4, that was the time when he felt that he had finally accomplished his true sound as a composer.
He was a brilliant composer!
RIP David Maslanka, sad day. You will be missed!
RIP to the legend that is David Maslanka.
My son's wind ensemble at Ok state just performed this! It was amazing. He's also the only freshman percussionist in wind ensemble. So proud of him!
A highlight of my life was performing this masterpiece as a member of the University of Arizona Wind Symphony in the Spring of 1994 under the direction of Gregg I. Hansen. Dr. Maslanka was present for our performance (as well as one or two other performances including "A Child's Garden of Dreams") and described his process in composing this piece. I get chills hearing this version and remembering the looks of exhaustion and joy on the bodies and faces of the entire ensemble at the completion of the performance.
Her: I bet he's cheating on me
Me and the boys at 3am:
not the babies...
They played this at state mpa and it was a ROLLERCOASTER, i was not expecting a 30 minute song and it was probably one of the coolest 30 minutes ive ever experienced, core memory formed
yeah man it was pretty crazy right!!! you were flabbergasted
That melody at 25:50 is the main reason I love playing trombone. It's such a powerful instrument.
that's called the doxology chorale
If you like it listen to Bach's cantata BWV 130
I just wanted to hear the slow section again, and I come here to find out Maslanka passed away :( Rest in peace, your music is eternal.
Maslanka is one of my favorite composers and Symphony No. 4 is just an amazing work of art!
Our high school band director wants to have us play this for our next concert; the level of difficulty is just wow. I totally admire you guys, this is great. :)
I was able to hear this piece of music in an amazing concert hall. It was probably the coolest things I have ever heard. The ending just building and building on itself, this piece is amazing listening to it but hearing it in person is just something else. You get to feel just how powerful this piece is, it’s absolutely amazing.
Yes I heard it yesterday and I got chills
I had the pleasure of performing under Thomson’s baton for a couple of years. One of the best conductors I’ve ever worked with.
I'm a huge fan of David Maslanka, a bigger fan of Mallory Thompson, and a long-time supporter of this fine ensemble. These three things combined make for a stunning performance! I can only imagine what it would have been like to actually be surrounded by the sound in that auditorium.
Maslanka and De Meij are the best wind band composers of the modern era in my opinion
Bert Appermont, also for me
I absolutely love Maslanka's Asian influences that can be heard in his music
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU NAVY BAND! This is my favorite recording of #4. Trombones! OH MY GOODNESS! You were so powerful and heavenly! Every single one of you guys just nailed it. Exactly as it should be played. I attended UT when Junkin premiered this piece at TMEA in 1994! It will alaway hold a special place in my heart! PS-I went to High School with your harpist, Emily. She always was such a delightful, sweet lady!
Farewell David, thank you for your beautiful music, for your beautiful life...
Played this a few years ago at the Wind Symphony at the University of Oklahoma. Love the piece so much! I get chills every single time I listen to it.
Thank you, David, for your wonderful music! Thank you, Navy Band, for your outstanding playing! Thank you, Mallory, for your inspired leadership! This is a mountaintop experience!
Mallory Thompson...my favorite conductor. It was a pleasure to study with her at NU.
I played this back in the 90s as a student at the University of Nebraska. Euphonium. I think about 25:30 is where I usually burst into tears. What a piece, and this is a great recording!
At 25:49, every trombone player is probably thinking, "yeah, THIS is why I play trombone."
Thank you all for your fine musicianship and service to the country!
that eerie moment at 23:44 and then my favorite part when everyone is like OMG these runs at 25:35- and the brass is just like...haha melody in slow duration!!! (percussion has these runs basically throughout the symphony!!!) this is my favorite piece of all time and NAVY BAND ROX!!!
@Fumbles9001 I was in attendance at Baylor University with the University of Arkansas Wind Ensemble in 1994 when this piece was premiered by UT with Maslanka sitting very unassumingly in the audience; one wouldn't even had known he was there except he was cajoled into standing to receive the ovation from the audience which lasted several minutes. I have yet to experience a premier of any work (orchestral included) since that time that was received with more excitement and hope.
The University of New Hampshire Wind Symphony will be performing this in a month or so! I can't wait! They are amazing!
Olive David maslankas work, we played give us this day in my high school band and later just yesterday we got to go as a band to see his 9th symphony at Texas state. Our band director is a friend of him so he talked to us for about an hour before the concert. Then I got a signature from him. He is a awesome and funny guy.
forgive me..to clarify- the people going OMG! runs!! are in my band, these talented musicians in the NAVY band are just like, oh yeah, more runs, ok no biggy! Such amazing musicianship and how they play with such great balance...and with such ease too!! I hope to be at that level some day!! Come to Alabama and play this one more time....please?
Now I don't feel so bad about my tax dollars going to the military!
I was right there with you - these masterful musicians are the best possible use of a tiny % of our military budget!
...or rather I was with you, up until 6:30 when I saw a Selmer Paris model 41 contrabass clarinet appear in the video. That instrument costs over $35,000 - it's the musical version of the military spending $435 on a hammer! Your tax dollars and mine, hard at work...
SaxTeacher yes, however I think as music educators we can both agree the tone produced can be almost incomparable in comparison to a student model, or any other intermediate models. Also I know they provide instruments free of charge, however who’s to say the contrabass was provided to the player, after all they do have to endure some form of music education to be considered for a spot, I’m sure it was a rented model payed off by the time they ended up in this ensemble just as most of the other instruments are, with the exception of the percussionist :)
These musicians elevate the art form to its highest, and bring great honor to themselves, their ensemble, The Navy, and the Unites States of America.
@@mdickinson you also are assuming that the military bought it. That might be true but at the same time they mightve bought it themselves
@@mdickinson to be fair, every tax paying us citizen paid $.0002 for that contrabass clarinet
Sooo many moods and ideas. I love this! Really well written.
Rest In Peace, David Maslanka. Thank you for all of the beautiful music.
There's a very significant spiritual back story to this song that was told to me by a band director friend about a decade ago, and I can't remember exactly what it is. This is absolutely phenomenal.
What's the back story?
I'll send out an email to the director friend....I'm wanting to say a child's death. But....I'm not certain. I'll double check.
+Ryan H. Turner Thanks pal! I'm fairly young and I just love contemporary composition- especially songs with deep meaning behind them.
I heard something similar, but can't remember. One of the parts was supposed to echo crying I believe?
The flutes are played in a special way towards the end to mimic crying of unbaptized children in purgatory or so my band director said
I saw this live the other night. The finale is just incredible. There is no recording that could possibly compare to sitting in the same room as the music when the drums get going. This is one of those pieces of music that must be felt as well as heard.
4:05 sounds like the last movement to John Mackey's "Wine-Dark Sea".
you mean the last movement to Wine Dark Sea sounds like Maslanka 4. This piece is a solid 20+ years older than Wine Dark Sea.
Great music played by a great ensemble. This is something to be proud of. Thank you for posting it!
it is very hard as a musician to not at the least have an appreciation for what a spectacular piece this is. I've heard it performed live by the University of Miami (Florida) Frost Wind Ensemble, one of the best collegiate bands in the southeast, and it is truly breathtaking live. however with a good sound system or headphones this video does it about as much justice. thank you all for your service and musicianship
Oh man that alto sax solo gave me chills at 10:22
This is a MUST listen. Beautiful!
@CPTRv1972 The Commodores jazz ensemble and Country Current country-bluegrass ensemble will be in that area of the country this fall. The Concert Band, Sea Chanters chorus and Cruisers contemporary music ensemble should be there in 2013. Thanks for your support!
Wow. That moment when Old 100 just erupts from the ensemble...so amazing.
Our outgoing Director of Bands at WVU conducted this piece as his last with the Wind Symphony (highest ensemble; he's moving to administration). He brought in a full organ for it; hell of a way to go out on a 25-year career!
Director of Bands to administration strikes me as being a demotion (the former is surely more enjoyable), but perhaps it's for the good of the school.
I think Mother Earth should be up there, as well as his concerto for alto sax and wind ensemble. Both of those are great works.
At 26:12, the alto sax player stops playing to scratch his ear.
Big if true!
RIP to David Maslanka. He will be missed.
Wonderful writing, performance and video production!
David maslanka is coming to work with us at my college in November! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited!
Me Too!
Jason Lee Brace yourself for Maslanka
Dat bone section... damn.
It's Barney Stinson @3:50 on contrabassoon!
What an amazing sound! Such sonorities and strength!
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble will be performing this next semester, and I couldn't be more excited.
25:50 made me wish I played trombone. Amazing performance and composition.
This is very inspiring, due to the fact that I would like to be in a service band in the future
Loved this! Inspires my work on stuff that I'm engaged in doing
Amazing! Great! Music!Never new him before!
Thanks for the info! I've got the DWS recording but never knew that UT and Northwestern had one.
19:09-19:42; Quite impressive, the amount of time and work must of demanded much practice.
Very Beautiful Concert USNB. Bravo!
My all time favorite for this piece and anything by Ron Nelson.
Maslanka is the my all time greatest composer when I'm in wind ensemble I hope I at least play give us this day like they did this year at my high school
For anyone who's interested in purchasing a recording, my top picks for recordings of this piece would be:
Dallas Wind Symphony & Jerry Junkin ("Maslanka: Garden Of Dreams")
University Of Texas Wind Ensemble & Jerry Junkin (1994 TMEA Convention)
Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble & Mallory Thompson ("Rising")
The UT performance can be found on Mark Custom Recordings's website. Look under "TMEA." It's a live recording of the world premiere of the piece.
This video is perfect in two ways.
1. It is a video of a piece by David Maslanka
2. The length of the video is 30-06.
evildude109 what’s the significance of the number?
@@chopincj7530 Popular rifle calibre. These days its use is limited to that of a sporting/hunting cartridge. From 1906 (hence the -06) thru to the Korean war it was the primary rifle round of the US armed forces.
Oh dear, indeed...I suppose it does happen to the best of us.
I was always jealous of this solo when performing this piece at my own university. The principle player at the time had seniority on me, but I always felt I had JUST the right sound for this solo.
'What a way to spend a Half Hour
Is there not an organ player? Very important for this piece. Amazing sounds though!
“Good music survives incomplete instrumentation. Good music survives substitutions.” -David Maslanka
The emotional drain though. Holy cow. I can see why people would cry after playing this piece.
RIP Maslanka :(
A little wonky but nevertheless a beautiful doxological work. I had the privilege to play a Maslanka symphony with the Ithaca College Symphonic Band.
The whale part gives me chills every time.
New world school of the arts students are performing this music , we are going to record this amazing music
changed my life!!!
man.. ball busters on the chops XD
One of the most difficult but fun timpani parts I have ever played.
It's incredible
I hope to be playing in the us NAVY BAND next year as a tuba player!!! My all time goal!!
did it ever happen?
I would put Traveler in front of Give us this day, but all great pieces none the less. Maybe you need a fourth spot there :)
@dare2dream0728 Maslanka has a theme called Song of the Golden Light that appears at the end of this piece and in many other pieces he has written. According to his good friend and my All-State clinician, Gary Greene, there is an arrangement that is just of the SOTGL that they have been trying to get people to catch onto for years. Maslanka's music is GORGEOUS but it is SO hard...
Wow. Absolutely phenomenal. Have you ever played Robert W. Smith's Divine Comedy suite? I'd love to hear your rendition of that.
Love the french horn and low brass!!!
Only real og remember when this dropped
recording this was a real struggle.
RIP.
Rest In Peace
Old Hundredth is one of my favourite chorales. I think parts of this are based off of it. RIP, Maslanka.
In the music it actually says “old 100” as a reference for rest counting
@@tko5019 I don’t remember whether I knew that four years ago, but I definitely didn’t know it now. TY for the fact!
@@korialogo lol I didn’t realize the comment was so old.
The ending reminds me of Shostakovich 7th ending
We are playing this this year
Who the hell disliked this?
There are parts if this song that remind me of Give Us This Day
This piece is incredible. Funny...clarinet player has earplugs in at 26:55.
Them bones!
Musician's Earplugs. Most bandmembers in the Service got them. They are amazing, custom-fitted, with removable filters to change how many decibels they reduced. If you want to be able to hear later in life, these guys are indispensable. I still use mine.
such an amazing texture at 5:13
Why does it look like half of the close-ups arent even playing... 6:28 trombone bottom left...
The Northwestern Symphonic Wind Ensemble has one out now.
No group will ever be able to top UT Wind Ensemble's performance of this :D
Isaac Beu Eastman at Midwest ‘09
Outstanding...