Minor Alterations No. 2: Carols from the Dark Side - David Lovrien (Concert Band)

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  • Minor Alterations No. 2: Carols from the Dark Side - David Lovrien
    (Concert Band)
    The long-awaited sequel to Minor Alterations is here - now 31% more twisted! More familiar holiday melodies transposed from major to minor, only now they're set in the style of famous minor-keyed orchestral pieces. Your audience will never be the same after hearing "O Holy Night" set against "Ride of the Valkyries".
    Grade 5 Composition
    (above recording is of the Concert Band version)
    Composed by David Lovrien (ASCAP, 2010)
    Conducted by Jerry Junkin
    Performed by the Dallas Wind Symphony
    Published by Lovebird Music (2010, 2013)
    Hosted on www.lovebirdmus...
    To listen to the full orchestra version, visit • Minor Alterations No. ... .
    I do not own anything.

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  • @Kreuzing
    @Kreuzing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Minor Alterations 2- The Eclectic Boogaloo

  • @AGNisworse
    @AGNisworse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Last Christmas, my high school played Minor Alterations. I jokingly asked my instructor if we would play this composition this year, and he said he had planned on it. I have told my friends and they all freaked out as much as I did.
    I'm so hyped!

    • @procrastinationkitten4657
      @procrastinationkitten4657 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, my band played Minor Alterations last year too! I doubt we'll get to play this one this year though... ;-;

    • @demilevine2458
      @demilevine2458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same thing we wanted to play minor alterations again and he surprised us with the second one

    • @Paydenbarlow
      @Paydenbarlow 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I played it two years ago 2 trumpet the parts were so f-ing high my face was bright red

    • @Foxyboi1
      @Foxyboi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!!!

  • @m.evan.bullard
    @m.evan.bullard ปีที่แล้ว +18

    5:58 Ride of the Valkyries with Oh Holy Night was the absolute best combo.

  • @ciangartland3103
    @ciangartland3103 8 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    "Oh Christmas Tree" = Darth Vader 😂

    • @granthershbine9385
      @granthershbine9385 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Cian Guitar welcome to the world of minor music

  • @Kingwut117
    @Kingwut117 9 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    David Lovrien is a genius

  • @Kingwut117
    @Kingwut117 9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I absolutely LOVE that combination of Three Ships and Sorcerers Apprentice! =D

  • @lucamarin5421
    @lucamarin5421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    How purify your ears of Mariah Carrey’s All I want for Christmas

    • @cmiller9800
      @cmiller9800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who absolutely abhors that trash passed off as music. Thank you

    • @Paydenbarlow
      @Paydenbarlow 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao

    • @littlewishy6432
      @littlewishy6432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Next thing you know someone's going to make a minor key cover of that song out of spite. Though I feel like that's been done already

    • @Aaxolotl.
      @Aaxolotl. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m happy to see that I’m not the only one who absolutely despises that song. Idk why so many people like it.

  • @zachallred6824
    @zachallred6824 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I play french horn and this song is really fun. I love it so much. It isn't too hard, but it is difficult.

  • @_alicia__
    @_alicia__ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The beginning sounds like straight up Tchaikovsky 😂

  • @allabreveconsulting7067
    @allabreveconsulting7067 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    So excited for this piece in our next concert! #bassoonsrule

    • @bajablast4202
      @bajablast4202 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nicole Alioto hell yeah

    • @taylorl.trumpet6766
      @taylorl.trumpet6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alla Breve Educational Consulting i love the bassoon feature part. maybe my favorite part of the entire song.

    • @Talonistrying
      @Talonistrying 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope it went well!! -🎺

    • @ryl3118
      @ryl3118 ปีที่แล้ว

      ct8ygtc gel hash and a picture

  • @cjlorenz3498
    @cjlorenz3498 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    We played the first one two years when I was in high school, one of my favorite peices by far. Now that I know there is a sequel it would have been awesome to play it! And oh my goodness this made me laugh! xD

  • @emilybrunson8250
    @emilybrunson8250 11 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Heard this on Performance Today and it's even more delightful the second time!

    • @mrhassansanmusic
      @mrhassansanmusic 11 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heard it there too, had to check it out afterwards!

  • @elisenicole5780
    @elisenicole5780 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    one of the hardest things ever was getting this together in one week for a concert

  • @dylanu7896
    @dylanu7896 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Rip the non-existent trombones; lived well, but died of silence

  • @cristinacollaros3262
    @cristinacollaros3262 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    were playing this, this year in wind ensemble and it's really fun and a creative piece but its really hard for the flutes #secondflute

    • @LUCKYDEOXYS
      @LUCKYDEOXYS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its not hard as long as you put in the work. Anyways, how was the concert

    • @drmcmilkers761
      @drmcmilkers761 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bassoon

    • @bobananana6781
      @bobananana6781 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      FLUTESSSSS

    • @addisondurrence1431
      @addisondurrence1431 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cristina Collaros reason why I don't want to play it. I regret my instrument if I knew it was going to be this hard I wouldn't have opted for the flute. It just looked cool and easy to play. I was just a naïve child then

  • @LollyPopKiller-ow1kk
    @LollyPopKiller-ow1kk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Playing this in band this year. This is above my playing skills for now, but i absolutely love it

    • @ronrogers5220
      @ronrogers5220 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is how we learn our horns...playing stuff we think is too hard for us....

  • @cthulhutentacles4994
    @cthulhutentacles4994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I got the opportunity to play this with the Honolulu Wind Symphony this year, it was really fun to play. Thanks, Mr. Higaki!

  • @kross9130
    @kross9130 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    We played the first one in our college/community band ... had a blast playing it. Soon as I heard this one I wanted to play it but our director thinks it might be a little above our heads. Still hoping we get the chance.

    • @yanissaamadis7308
      @yanissaamadis7308 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      my high school band played the first one and our band director thinks we're ready for this one. help me (i play clarinet T-T)

    • @DrMarciaMcDowell
      @DrMarciaMcDowell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's never above your head to stretch our skills out a little - TELL YOUR DIRECTOR! And as musicians, we're always better for it! Can't tell you how often I've struggled with a simple (or what looked simple) phrase, and spent hours to get better and better.

  • @fakeout8406
    @fakeout8406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Concert band students: What are you
    This: death

  • @MasonPayne
    @MasonPayne 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Heard this on Performance Today as well. It is a ton of fun to listen too.

  • @V15lol
    @V15lol 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The trombone solo isn’t in the actual sheet music lol

    • @zenster1097isveryfunny
      @zenster1097isveryfunny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bro I was so confused playing along with the music and then hearing T R O M B O N E 😂

    • @MemeDictator
      @MemeDictator 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it is in mine

    • @zenster1097isveryfunny
      @zenster1097isveryfunny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MemeDictator Then you are at the right place my friend, the orchestral version is the one without the solo

    • @V15lol
      @V15lol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Meme Dictator theres teo versions, the old version has it while the new version is different, the new version is on the lovebird website

    • @procrastinationkitten4657
      @procrastinationkitten4657 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      * Cries * I play trombone ;-;

  • @mountainman7782
    @mountainman7782 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    A Very Soviet Christmas

  • @Dan_Finnegan
    @Dan_Finnegan ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Would anyone happen to know a full song-by-song or track-by-track list of what songs are featured in this piece from beginning to end? I wish that the score/info about the piece had some sort of breakdown, but it doesn't.

    • @superscrounger
      @superscrounger ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here is a Fair Approximation of the Playlist:
      Jingle Bells
      O Christmas Tree
      Sorcerer's Apprentice
      I Saw Three Ships
      Funeral March of the Marionette
      March of the Wooden Soldiers
      Little Drummer Boy
      I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
      12 Days of Christmas
      Chim Chim Cherie
      Away in a Manger
      Most Wonderful Time of the Year
      Little Town of Bethlehem
      Ride of the Valkyries
      O Holy Night
      Welcome Christmas
      Frosty the Snowman
      Joy to the World

    • @ericheidner6355
      @ericheidner6355 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@superscrounger Nice work--but note the quote of Camille Saint-Saens' "Bacchanale" from "Samson et Dalila" against "Joy to the World." ;)

  • @musicaman8683
    @musicaman8683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These are the songs I could hear:
    O Christmas Tree
    Idk
    Little Drummer Boy
    Glory in the highest
    Idk
    12 Days of Christmas
    Away In The Manger
    Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    Idk
    Some arrangement made to sound like March of the valkyries
    Hosana in the Highest
    Frosty the Snowman
    Joy to the world

    • @WolfgangXP65-67
      @WolfgangXP65-67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      First idk is The sorcerer's apprentice, very popular due to it being Fantasia by Disney.

    • @jrjoyce6290
      @jrjoyce6290 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its also combined with the Christmas tune "I saw three ships"

    • @jessicamendoza23
      @jessicamendoza23 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The last idk is O Little Town of Bethlehem and the arrangement with Ride of the Valkyries is O Holy Night

    • @KingSkeletor79
      @KingSkeletor79 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funeral March of a Marionette is played when the audience laughed. It was the theme for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • @elkwanted
    @elkwanted 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We're playing this in my high schools wind ensemble class. It's a ton of fun to play, but we unfortunately had to cut some parts in order for us to be able to play it in time for our concert.

  • @the_ender4791
    @the_ender4791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My band played this and me and the other bassist like playing three ships and sorcerer apprentice. Everyone was like wait a minute they are playing but they aren’t moving the bows.

  • @awsomemanthing5358
    @awsomemanthing5358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I finally convinced my band director to play this next Christmas concert

  • @bajablast4202
    @bajablast4202 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Playing this piece this year. I play bassoon so I got a solo boiz!

  • @sand12432
    @sand12432 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I didn’t know Frosty the Snowman could go so hard

  • @bennotbenjamin6210
    @bennotbenjamin6210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This song slaps on trumpet

  • @battlefrontpro1
    @battlefrontpro1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What song is 7:40? I love how it sounds, but I don't know the name

    • @jaredhira
      @jaredhira  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am unsure of what carol begins at 7:40, but starting 7:54, it moves into a minor variation on Frosty the Snowman.

    • @georgiaadventure102
      @georgiaadventure102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is joy to the world

    • @adamwojtasiak6204
      @adamwojtasiak6204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      FROSTY THE SNOWMAN!

    • @jackwaters3892
      @jackwaters3892 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      At 7:40 it is frosty the snowman as well, just in 5/4, minor, and mixed with some extra spices.

  • @cjkellner
    @cjkellner 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Recently played this piece again... brought back memories from high school, but also a question. In both this recording and in my high school's performance, a part of the piece was left out- it would be at 7:42 in this recording. After playing it at my university and leaving it in, it was the one part I didn't remember, and I distinctly remember our high school band director cutting it out, not being an older version of the piece or anything. Has anyone else performed this with that cut? And if so- why is that cut made?

    • @sand12432
      @sand12432 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The one you’re talking about is the full orchestra version

    • @cjkellner
      @cjkellner 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sand12432 No, its written in the sheet music for the concert band version as well.

  • @jordinwang9378
    @jordinwang9378 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Little Drummer Boy=Uranus from the Planets?

    • @_alicia__
      @_alicia__ 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jordin Wang Yesss I was thinking the same thing

    • @mrdonut1533
      @mrdonut1533 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      YESS

  • @JerryDoesThings_1604
    @JerryDoesThings_1604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Who else is listening to this the day before the concert?

    • @kalechips5972
      @kalechips5972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Listening to it on the day of mine...

  • @jordynmelancon2286
    @jordynmelancon2286 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Trombone solo got me dead :’)

    • @_b3d612
      @_b3d612 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

  • @sethbutler4709
    @sethbutler4709 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this! Love the first one too!

  • @guido002011
    @guido002011 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    does 5:41 sound like "feed the birds" to anyone?

  • @missrecorderr2100
    @missrecorderr2100 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:02 My favorite part!

  • @kylelangston2377
    @kylelangston2377 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is the song present at the 5:10 mark? Very nice piece.

    • @paygeeminovski
      @paygeeminovski 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Kyle Langston no idea, i was thinking the same thing

    • @stefaaneeckels4786
      @stefaaneeckels4786 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's "Oh little town of Bethlehem", music by Louis Redner.

  • @lucylindawilliams
    @lucylindawilliams 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How do we buy this? We need it for our concert band.

    • @jaredhira
      @jaredhira  9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You can buy this and other pieces by David Lovrien at his website: Lovebird Music. There is a link in the description.

    • @lucylindawilliams
      @lucylindawilliams 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      jaredhira - May the concert continue! Thanks!!

  • @atlantahuskey2766
    @atlantahuskey2766 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is that final piece of music at 7 40 i think

    • @emmyhuggins3188
      @emmyhuggins3188 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ride of the Valkyries

    • @crazygodzilla1677
      @crazygodzilla1677 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not flight of the valkyries, it's frostie the snowman

  • @kaitlyndavis385
    @kaitlyndavis385 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can I ask why the Grinch Stole Christmas part is left out?

    • @jaredhira
      @jaredhira  10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hah, that would be a question for the composer. But you never know, maybe there'll be a Minor Alterations No. 3.

    • @kaitlyndavis385
      @kaitlyndavis385 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Frank It's not an alteration to it though, it's actually in the song. Considering that we just played it in community band's Christmas concert. It comes after the Angels We Have Heard on High part, and right before Frosty the Snowman. They actually cut some other stuff from it, now that I listen to it again. Which is bizarre. Huh. Oh well. Guess I'll listen to the other video that has the whole song.

    • @nicketypickety
      @nicketypickety 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Kaitlyn Davis It might have something to do with the fact that this is the concert band version and not the orchestral band version but idk

    • @DavidLovrien
      @DavidLovrien 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This recording is from the premiere, before I added 2 new sections toward the end to help build energy.

  • @bmeeker2
    @bmeeker2 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    love this

  • @vapor4367
    @vapor4367 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can someone send me the trombone solo, my sheet music doesn’t have it

  • @angelaclarinet
    @angelaclarinet 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Playing Eb clarinet!

  • @timtim3611
    @timtim3611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You’re a Bozoboe (inside joke to a friend, it’s a really cool piece)

  • @danielstroup8777
    @danielstroup8777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is part of this song cut out? I think the orchestral version has a "Joy to the World" part but I didn't notice it here.

    • @scoopskipotawtos4433
      @scoopskipotawtos4433 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel Stroup yeah they cut like, 30 something measures out of it. I dunno why though, it's weird.

    • @CountDerekula1
      @CountDerekula1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      David said in a comment that this recording was from the premiere of the piece before he added two more segments towards the end to help give the piece a final build to the end.

  • @JohnDoe-if7bs
    @JohnDoe-if7bs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kylo walks out of his ship they play this song

  • @Novacreeper231
    @Novacreeper231 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    bro that trombone solo

  • @belleretko6316
    @belleretko6316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why was the audience laughing at 1:32?

    • @Yoyobb409
      @Yoyobb409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because the composer mashed two well known pieces together

    • @bigmustang1972
      @bigmustang1972 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because it mixed with funeral march so well

    • @Graham_M
      @Graham_M 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bigmustang1972 sorcerer’s apprentice* :)

    • @bigmustang1972
      @bigmustang1972 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Graham_M they're clearly laughing at the part where he mixes it with with Funeral March of a Marionette.

    • @Dan_Finnegan
      @Dan_Finnegan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When my college community band performed this piece last year I heard somebody in the audience laugh at this same section in the piece.

  • @gy1952
    @gy1952 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 6:40 what's that song?

    • @crazygodzilla1677
      @crazygodzilla1677 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A mash up of oh holy night and flight of the valkyries

  • @rithwikraman188
    @rithwikraman188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Where's my alto sax solo gang at :)

  • @anonym3
    @anonym3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:59 I see what you did there.

  • @mjarail
    @mjarail 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer freylach!

  • @samuelpuscas7778
    @samuelpuscas7778 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:45

  • @_b3d612
    @_b3d612 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    why is the trombone jazzy I did this with my band and it should not sound like that.

    • @MandoCalris5236
      @MandoCalris5236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Because why not, It sounded nice to me

  • @Wisteria867
    @Wisteria867 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:15