Carpathia by William Owens Band - Score & Sound

This powerful work depicts the frantic voyage of the RMS Carpathia, the first ship to arrive on the scene after receiving a distress call from the Titanic. Determined to save as many lives as possible, the captain managed to squeeze 17 knots out of a supposed 14-knot vessel. The music depicts the vibrations of the ship's hull along with the hissing of the boiler. As Carpathia arrives on the terrible scene, the music relinquishes its fast pace to a slow, mournful hymn. After a brief moment of tranquility, the music intensifies as the rescue ship embarks on her triumphant yet tragic return voyage to safety. Absolutely stunning! (2:10)
Concert Band & Orchestra Recording Credits:
Recorded at The Lodge Studios, Indianapolis, IN
Brian Balmages, conductor
Michael Graham, engineer
Ryan Fraley, producer

[@Ryo_909]

For the ones that do not know, Carpathia was the boat that saved around 700 titanic survivors. Congrats to Carpathia for this.

[@alexbutler7269]

Fun fact: This one made dash nearly killed her. The Carpathia gave everything she could, to the point where her boilers were permanently damaged. she could never go her original top speed again

[@s.d.m.g5244]

Played this at band camp. The trills are honestly so fun, and the countermelody is a banger (I play flute)

[@Rad_Nicole]

Got to love that ship bell.

[@74836]

More cowbell to more shipbell

[@evanthescienceguy9002]

yeah we use a brake drum

[@Rad_Nicole]

We actually did the same thing.

[@The_Thing.]

What’s the instrument?

[@zacharyapotheker3150]

I played this in 7th grade, it's a certified banger

[@bodester-isnt-gay]

I’m playing it in 7th grade now

[@HunterTheKerbal]

@@bodester-isnt-gay yo same

[@rowdymac4707]

Same

[@ykatticus]

playing this in 7th grade right now!

[@ykatticus]

@@bodester-isnt-gay me too

[@awkotacotime]

I remember playing this in middle school band more than 10 years ago. I remember crying when our director read the composer notes before playing the song for us for the first time. Listening to this today and knowing the story behind it still brings tears to my eyes.

[@icya1798]

What's the story?

[@jackson2713]

I’m playing it right now in middle school band 😂

[@zbstudios8927]

Im playing it right now and I was the only one who knew the story before the band director read it to us

[@zbstudios8927]

@@icya1798 the carpathia was the ship that rescued the survivors of the titanic

[@zbstudios8927]

@@icya1798 the beginning is the distress call from the titanic the middle is racing to the scene and the slow is when they got there to the scene

[@evanthescienceguy9002]

funny thing: i was unaware that the carpathia was a ship at first. when we first got this piece, since i am a geography nerd, i was under the impression that it was referencing the carpathian mountains 😂

[@password1300]

I play trombone currently and this piece is my favourite ever. I thought when I first got this piece it looks crazy to play. Then we started to get better at this song and i fell in love with it.

[@rowdymac4707]

BRO SAME IM A TROMBONE TO

[@allthingsalex767]

The same I play trombone too. I played this at the auburn University Honor band and William Owen's flew from Texas and directed us

[@abehankens7456]

omg i play trombone too! im in 8th grade and just learning this piece but damn its pretty fire

[@stormlovertoby]

Hello fellow trombones!

[@sleepynoehams]

ive never played this piece but i do play trombone 👍

[@Jam-zr3kr]

I remember having to learn this in just a few days, and then William Owens himself came to direct us. Hes amazing, came all the way from Texas.

[@slinkoVR]

Im in Texas and he came down and did the same lmao, he is so cool. Plus, didn't expect him to call us gang tho lmaoo

[@charlottebowditch376]

i get to play this for my spring concert and i’m super excited it sounds so cool

[@Commando2268]

do you go to Loflin Middle

[@jakeramirez883]

I got to play this piece with William Owens himself

[@milkshake-380]

Oh wow that’s cool!

[@ga1ianoplays772]

Baller!!!

[@SteveStrikesTTV]

Nice

[@SteveStrikesTTV]

I got to place this with my very own Anthony Harley Hottel

[@turtleb6704]

My band teacher told us to play this after he handed it to us the first day we played it and after he showed us this and said “ohhh that’s what it’s supposed to sound like” 😭😭

[@samjetstream9]

Dude same

[@svungflower]

when my director read the composer’s note, we realized that it was about the rms carpathia! she even didn’t know till she read it herself

[@ew3076]

Same. It sucked

[@lilyparsons6680]

Same

[@azxtnt]

I found this piece awesome enough when I played a with a very small band, now that there’s more parts it’s one of the best things I’ve ever played in concert band. Now I’m making a marching band show with this in it, I think it will work well

[@Krom-fk3me]

played this for my fall concert and the band director didn’t tell us what it was about before the concert. It was really cool to hear what it was when our speakers got up to talk about the piece.

[@7z168]

Played this for concert assessment. Still gives me chills, such a great song

[@lilymatula]

played this at band camp last week

[@carrot_animates]

I played this a few months for my first 8th grade concert and loved it!!! This song is so good!!!!❤❤

[@ItsxxFinley]

I’m playing this song for my concert this year

[@haydenrondy4868]

Played this in 8th grade. It was a fun piece

[@johnmichaels.1212]

Currently my favorite piece I’ve played

[@andrewikola9131]

@@johnmichaels.1212 currently the piece i am playing as t. sax. it is great!

[@svungflower]

yeah it’s so good, the first trumpet part is amazing

[@savannahsanchez8032]

i listened to the high school band play this last night as a 7th grader, and throughout the whole piece I most literally was like “😧”…I was SHOOK, especially because I fangirl over interesting pieces a LOT 😭😭😅

[@NoName27217]

The snare drum part is actually hard sometimes you have to keep everyone on the right tempo

[@Crazy_KM]

I play trumpet, percussion (usually snare) and I also play trombone so this piece is really difficult because i have to learn 3 parts

[@Leisy_Bear]

I played this for my winter concert this year. Honestly one of my favorite pieces that I have played. My band director brought in her fathers actual vintage ship bell so it would sound legit. The internal clapper fell off like twice and we were so worried she would be mad that we broke it. She wasn't mad, easy fix that brought the ten of us closer together than we were before.

[@thatoneracingguy_alt9999]

This is about the carpthia rushing full steam ahead to rescue the passengers of the RMS Titanic.

[@wseipel9451]

playing this rn, our concerts in october

[@menjitakoroka]

My concert is also in October, playing this song.

[@gavinking1277]

Mine to

[@gavinking1277]

I wonder if we’re at the same school

[@jadedpython]

I played this song a couple years ago for Region band.

[@wseipel9451]

@@jadedpython nice

[@DomCillo097]

My first year with my instrument and this is what my teacher wants me to play 😐 I play the sax

[@MrTactical839]

HMMMMMMMMM….hi Dom it’s me autistic caterpillar interesting seeing you here….🤔🤔

[@MrTactical839]

And don’t mind me scrolling through these comments. 🤣

[@DomCillo097]

@@MrTactical839 AUSTIN

[@MrTactical839]

HI

[@password1300]

oh man we learned this in our second year

[@Fishycheese99]

Little tid bit: RMS Carpathia had 2 sister ships, similar to Titanic, RMS Saxonia and Ivernia and in July 1918 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German u-boat while serving as a troop transport. Her wreck lies in 500 feet of water and was rediscovered in 1999.

[@Cal-mo1qh]

Playing this piece with my high schoolers and the baritone sax really adds to the piece

[@gosh_darn_odin]

I play bari sax and I love the way this piece sounds with it. It's so much fun to play!

[@alanalamp]

im playing this rn in band its so fun

[@thatxman6927]

This is my favorite to play

[@keeganh.4814]

Was mine too

[@gustavohernandez567]

Same

[@liamvega7286]

first time listtening too this, gives me chills.

[@cauliflowercollin]

this is fire bro

[@an_american_idiot]

I remember playing this at a 6th grade band concert, I found this video because I kept the music and looked at the composers name

[@bodester-isnt-gay]

What is it

[@DomCillo097]

I’m playing this tomorrow at our concert I’m playing Carpathia, Psalm 42, and Avengers!!! I can’t wait!!

[@monkeee3000]

Hey wait, you playing the avengers?

[@DomCillo097]

@@monkeee3000 yep I did

[@AlecKnjazihhin]

I played the average too last year (playing Carpathia this year)

[@A_weird_looking_chicken]

I got snare drum so I've been listening to this every day

[@juliaabernathy7441]

I played this in highschool/junior high. As a middle clarinet I got so distracted with the beauty of the composition

[@74836]

We are playing this soon! I play the trombone in 3rd chair.

[@blackjack6427]

same lol

[@recker100b3]

Ayy, trombone gang

[@mrcool3219]

Haha I play trombone too

[@Rocco.Taco1]

The person who made the piece conducted our district band and hes a funny director

[@jasonryan8415]

Legendary

[@leah1051]

I play this in all county

[@sandichief39]

I remember playing this in middle school

[@user-ul6rc6uy8c]

I'm learning it rn

[@jakecross4523]

Yo my favorite song i have ever played in band was published on my birthday!

[@OhioanMan]

Im playing this right now in 7th grade.

[@nicodubin5628]

sane

[@recker100b3]

Same

[@EANDRRIDING]

Same

[@karleedoesstuff]

Funny thing this is my band song this year; fun fact, carpathia is actually a ship that went to go dave the titanic!

[@yeetdragon2413]

I'm in orchestra, and I learned that band was playing because they were irresponsible and left a lot of music on the floor of the music room. So I picked up the parts I found and learned how to play them (in the right key). Fast forward 3 months, and half the people in the band have agreed that I can play the music better than most of them.

[@243crissy]

They made a song about the RMS Carpaithia

[@that_guy_void]

Playing this in march 2022 at the area band festivel

[@apexpredator6361]

what school do you play for

[@that_guy_void]

Diablo vista middle school

[@sunglassesemoji4863]

ME TOO

[@gloomysogloomy3026]

We have a festival at cedar point TOMORROW and the transition from 53 to 54 is THROWING ME OFF! Wish me luck 🙏🏻
🎷 any tenor saxes? 👀

[@yaboikwebin9677]

Ik it's a little late for luck, but how did you do?!

[@ephramkovar1412]

I play tenor saxophone

[@CowboyVR1248]

I’m playing this for snare and this seems to hard 😫

[@lanellc06]

I played this in middle school

[@127-Chess]

I can’t here the timpani 😢. I’m supposed to learn my part from this

[@TheAmazingCM3]

I played snare…

[@recker100b3]

Playing this in 5 days
Trombone gang

[@itsyon_playzff6930]

Clarinet gang 🤷‍♂️

[@jankerby9112]

F. Horn gang😎

[@indymanmike7775]

@@jankerby9112 Percussion gang

[@jakecross4523]

2nd trumpet gang

[@password1300]

yes trombone gang

[@jesseramirez2370]

I play this in 7th grade on trombone

[@Sniperspartan74]

imagine playing this on 1.75x speed lol I am playing this for band but jeez

[@kentescorza252]

I miss the simpler times :/

[@azaruu2832]

I just got it handed to me today and it looks so difficult😭

[@kentescorza252]

@@azaruu2832it’s not dude, it’s so much fun ones you get in sync and rhythm with the song. Hope you enjoyed it

[@lanellc06]

6th grade