I am 64 now and my younger brother is 62--I first heard of GG when I went to the UK to watch Wishbone Ash in Manchester 1971--all the way from Canada that was. My brother and I plus our friends always thought your dad and uncles were the best musicians. We saw GG twice in Toronto at Massey Hall--they brought the house down. Brilliant group and music--god bless them. I had a poster size shot of your Dad singing in Toronto.
Say thanks to your father for unbelievable music that him and the others GG have created in that years. Everyday I search video of his performances. Probably the best underrated band of all times.
Wonderful! Whoever transcribed (and played) Kerry Minnear's xylophone solo should be given a medal of honor. That was a joy to watch. Great job by all! 😎👍🎹
Thank you for your comments! This was a really challenge work that I made with this group in 2008, in Belo Horizonte-MG - BRAZIL. It was amazing to reharse and conduct this music!
People who haven't heard the original Gentle Giant must have found that a very surreal piece. Heck, I've heard the original Gentle Giant and I still find it surreal. Great rendition!
I hope all those that attended have been Giant fans since that day...I wish stuff like this would be more prevalent today...Probably the last public recording of a Giant song...:(...C'est Magnifique!
@ppaul3 * The conductor is Vivian Assis. All the singers and players are music students of an Arts School named "CEFAR" from "Palácio das Artes" (an important brazilian theater). This was a concert from "CEFAR" in 2008.
Ha ha ha ha!!!! I felt so alone in he seventies, listening to stuff like that, but today I'm happy to heur youngsters around the world revive an play those masterpieces, leaving the mediocrity of the seventies in oblivion. OBRIGADO!
Parabéns a todos os envolvidos do CEFAR. Escolheram uma belíssima e complexa obra do Gentle Giant e desempenharam de forma brilhante um arranjo para coral e banda que deixaria os gigantes gentis orgulhosos, assim como eu fiquei de ver brasileiros fazendo algo tão fabuloso. Excelente!
Hey, hey, hey..great!!!!! I hope some of the GG boys see this, and realize, as if they need to, that their music is not only still alive, but growing in popularity!!! Seems some people are bored stiff of today's unimaginative music..
Wow! That is just astonishing. As a Gentle Giant fan, I am SO pleased to know there are people - gifted musicians - who are prepared to learn and play Gentle Giant to this amazing standard. Bravo. Bravo. Xx
Amo Gentle Giant! E amo cantar em coro. Preciosa interpretação ao vivo. Arranjo, instrumentação e vozes muito coesos com a regência. Ainda assim, torço pra que tenham conseguido realizar registro em estúdio, para equalizar tudo. Cereja do bolo - Derek Schumann, seus maneirismo e figurino predileto, entrando em cena, no finalzinho. Gracias por tanto empenho!
The people from Minas Gerais top the charts when it comes to Music! I'm 63, listen to GG since forever, and I am stunned by the work of these fine musicians. The audio quality notwithstanding, I am thankful for your posting this, +Cristina Assis.
Your dad was great and part of music history, one of the main composers (in this case, quite sure the intertwined convoluted fuguish style passages must have been created by Kerry Minnear), he was brilliant. The whole band members were like clockwork, Gentle Giant was unique, and fabulous. Bravo for this very cool interpretation
Simply incredible! Caused emotion and huge impact see It! In my country, Brazil! There are not garbage music in nowadays! Sertanejo and funk Miami Bass shame our culture, but this moment was a fantastic proud for us! Congratulations for the students
Meus sincerpissimos parabéns a todos que participaram dessa apresentação! Essa música do Gentle Giant é muito difícil, mas muito boa! Parabéns por cantarem um pouco de Rock Progrssivo, ainda mais Gentle Giant, uma jóia perdida no tempo!
Almost on the same level as Zappa. You see more and more recognition for this amazing band which I myself only recently discovered. So I bought nearly all of their albums.
sensacional! só minas gerais para fazer uma releitura brilhante de umas das músicas mais fantásticas já feitas, de uma das melhores bandas de rock prog. Salve!
This was a beautiful performance. Very true to bother the music and the spirit of Gentle Giant. This is such an advanced an unusual choice for students to perform and they performed it like professionals. Bravo!
Como fã do rock progressivo, fiquei maravilhado pela apresentação e pela escolha da música. Parabéns, Vivian !!!! Como dito nos posts anteriores, só em MG mesmo. Abraços a todos os músicos e integrantes do coral.
Impressionante, fico maravilhado ao ver uma música linda como esta sendo executada aqui no brasil, vcs só precisam disponibilizar estas partituras para gente.
Wonderful arrangement ! I love how you staged it to bring out the antiphonal aspects of the piece, and also seems to accentuate the contrasting styles within it - rock, contemporary classical, and even a little jazz. I REALLY enjoyed it.
É de arrepiar mesmo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ouvi essa explicação um tempo atrás(põe tempo nisso) e daí descobri minhas grandes paixões: a música e a psicologia
Brano straordinario bravissimi tutti Musicisti coro direttrice del coro e malizioso e al contempo simpatico finale con ballerino che fa una toccata e fuga alla direttrice del coro ma non nel senso di JS BACH , ci siamo capiti , basta guardare le immagini .....
Great Finally, Outstanding Performance. No need to say that GG is one of the best progressive bands of all time, too bad they never playd in Brazil - yet...
Sensacional!! Como fã de Gentle Giant me sinto maravilhado e a despeito de um comentário de que ficaria melhor com menos integrantes nos vocais, creio que o número escolhido só acrescentou vida à música mem lembrando um coral de um Shnittke ou um Pendereki!! Lindo!! Parabéns à todos os músicos inclusive! Espero que a platéia tenha sabido reconhece a grandeza desta manifestação cultural que demonstra que há inteligência e bom gosto no rock!
This is amazing. My dad would love seeing this! He was the singer of GG!
Gentle Giant were awesome ! You must be proud of your dad
I am 64 now and my younger brother is 62--I first heard of GG when I went to the UK to watch Wishbone Ash in Manchester 1971--all the way from Canada that was. My brother and I plus our friends always thought your dad and uncles were the best musicians. We saw GG twice in Toronto at Massey Hall--they brought the house down. Brilliant group and music--god bless them. I had a poster size shot of your Dad singing in Toronto.
your uncles and your father are my heroes..you are so lucky.
Say thanks to your father for unbelievable music that him and the others GG have created in that years. Everyday I search video of his performances. Probably the best underrated band of all times.
Give him my thanks for the wonderful music the bestowed upon the world!
Fantastic fun! This piece really deserves to be part of an orchestra's repertoire.
Wonderful! Whoever transcribed (and played) Kerry Minnear's xylophone solo should be given a medal of honor. That was a joy to watch. Great job by all! 😎👍🎹
He NAILED that solo.
Thank you for your comments! This was a really challenge work that I made with this group in 2008, in Belo Horizonte-MG - BRAZIL. It was amazing to reharse and conduct this music!
I was the 1,000th "like".
Gentle Giant is
'A GRAND' band. 😉
But it should be
100k "like"s. or MORE !
People who haven't heard the original Gentle Giant must have found that a very surreal piece. Heck, I've heard the original Gentle Giant and I still find it surreal. Great rendition!
I hope all those that attended have been Giant fans since that day...I wish stuff like this would be more prevalent today...Probably the last public recording of a Giant song...:(...C'est Magnifique!
Now THAT'S a music program. Bravo to all involved!
Fantastique! The percussion solos! What an achievement!
@ppaul3 *
The conductor is Vivian Assis. All the singers and players are music students of an Arts School named "CEFAR" from "Palácio das Artes" (an important brazilian theater). This was a concert from "CEFAR" in 2008.
Cristina Assis maravilhoso demais.
Ha ha ha ha!!!! I felt so alone in he seventies, listening to stuff like that, but today I'm happy to heur youngsters around the world revive an play those masterpieces, leaving the mediocrity of the seventies in oblivion. OBRIGADO!
Parabéns a todos os envolvidos do CEFAR. Escolheram uma belíssima e complexa obra do Gentle Giant e desempenharam de forma brilhante um arranjo para coral e banda que deixaria os gigantes gentis orgulhosos, assim como eu fiquei de ver brasileiros fazendo algo tão fabuloso. Excelente!
It's amazing to me that this group has the guts to even attempt this. Well done.
This is the first time I have EVER seen anyone dare to cover a Gentle Giant tune...I mean piece.
Great to hear the xylophone go a little Kerry Minnear nuts in the solo ;)
Kudos !
@Jack Clare It's hard to marimba that long ago. ;)
GENTLE GIANT É GENTLE GIANT, MARAVILHA OUVÍ-LOS EM VÁRIAS VERSÕES, INCLUSIVE EM VERSÃO TUPINIQUIM.
Hey, hey, hey..great!!!!! I hope some of the GG boys see this, and realize, as if they need to, that their music is not only still alive, but growing in popularity!!! Seems some people are bored stiff of today's unimaginative music..
Great version of a great piece of music!
This music must have been a thing. Holy mentioning! Wow!
Been a GG fan since day 1. These kids acquired the taste. Damn good rendition of complicated music. Kudos.
Wow! That is just astonishing. As a Gentle Giant fan, I am SO pleased to know there are people - gifted musicians - who are prepared to learn and play Gentle Giant to this amazing standard. Bravo. Bravo. Xx
Amo Gentle Giant!
E amo cantar em coro.
Preciosa interpretação ao vivo. Arranjo, instrumentação e vozes muito coesos com a regência.
Ainda assim, torço pra que tenham conseguido realizar registro em estúdio, para equalizar tudo.
Cereja do bolo - Derek Schumann, seus maneirismo e figurino predileto, entrando em cena, no finalzinho.
Gracias por tanto empenho!
THANK YOU CRISTINA!!
The people from Minas Gerais top the charts when it comes to Music! I'm 63, listen to GG since forever, and I am stunned by the work of these fine musicians. The audio quality notwithstanding, I am thankful for your posting this, +Cristina Assis.
PARABÉNS!!!!!!!
Ver e ouvir brasileiros fazendo isso, é extraordinário!!!!
:D
great!! i love GG - also for me thebest prog band of all times! and this cover with a coral here is also amazing!
Your dad was great and part of music history, one of the main composers (in this case, quite sure the intertwined convoluted fuguish style passages must have been created by Kerry Minnear), he was brilliant. The whole band members were like clockwork, Gentle Giant was unique, and fabulous. Bravo for this very cool interpretation
GG the greatest band in the world
Muito bom, parabéns, GENTLE GIANT não é para qualquer um... excelente
Simply incredible! Caused emotion and huge impact see It! In my country, Brazil! There are not garbage music in nowadays! Sertanejo and funk Miami Bass shame our culture, but this moment was a fantastic proud for us! Congratulations for the students
Meus sincerpissimos parabéns a todos que participaram dessa apresentação! Essa música do Gentle Giant é muito difícil, mas muito boa! Parabéns por cantarem um pouco de Rock Progrssivo, ainda mais Gentle Giant, uma jóia perdida no tempo!
Comecei a ouvir Gentle Giant em 1972 com 16 anos,a harmonia instrumental e vocal me impressionaram.
Fantastic. Excellent work. Thank you for keeping Gentle Giants music alive.
Nicely done, thanks!
Almost on the same level as Zappa. You see more and more recognition for this amazing band which I myself only recently discovered. So I bought nearly all of their albums.
YES. YES. YES. THIS is how you perform a Gentle Giant cover!
Absolutely brilliant. I wonder how long it took to master this piece...
Felicidade ver essa obra prima 🎉.
Vi esse vídeo há alguns anos e ainda não consigo acreditar. Simplesmente sensacional!
Beautiful performance, thanks to all who participated
sensacional! só minas gerais para fazer uma releitura brilhante de umas das músicas mais fantásticas já feitas, de uma das melhores bandas de rock prog.
Salve!
Mas que grata surpresa ver a música altamente criativa e sofisticada do GG apresentada por brasileiros, de maneira irretocável! Parabéns!
This was a beautiful performance. Very true to bother the music and the spirit of Gentle Giant. This is such an advanced an unusual choice for students to perform and they performed it like professionals. Bravo!
I knew this is a classic. Thanks for doing this.
Que coral lindo !!!!!!! Parabéns pela escolha da música e brilhante execução !!!!!!!
Incredible, it sounds really powerful with a choir!
maravilhoso! parabéns moçada!
Que descoberta esse vídeo! Fiquei arrepiado só de ver, imagina ter assistido isso ao vivo. Sensacional ver galera mandando GG aqui em Minas! ❤
Practically brings me to tears. Phenominal work. I don't need to say anything else...? Do I?
Como fã do rock progressivo, fiquei maravilhado pela apresentação e pela escolha da música.
Parabéns, Vivian !!!!
Como dito nos posts anteriores, só em MG mesmo.
Abraços a todos os músicos e integrantes do coral.
Saudoso João Kurk !
Amazing. Really makes one appreciate the genius and beauty of GG!
Fabuloso!
Isso é aqui... Holy Shit. Espetacular.
what can i say. i'm ........speechless..wow
1971 got into Zappa, Tull and GG. What else do I need?
Impressionante, fico maravilhado ao ver uma música linda como esta sendo executada aqui no brasil, vcs só precisam disponibilizar estas partituras para gente.
Eu como músico e fã da banda Gentle Giant estou emocionado e arrepiado pela interpretação, parabéns
Very brave and utterly, utterly brilliant
Minha nossa, que achado sensacional! Ver um coral brasileiro executando Gentle Giant!!! Parabéns a todos!
In Belo Horizonte - MG Brazil
August 2008
Oh my goodness. This is brilliant!
I do believe GG will become more popular now than 40 to 50 years ago. Zappa was always right about them. Great job by the way.
God bless all these guys and the Gentle Giant.
Really enjoyed it. And nailed the marimba solo!
Outstanding, the adaptation as well as the performance.
wicked thank you for that... i'm speechless.
Wonderful arrangement !
I love how you staged it to bring out the antiphonal aspects of the piece, and also seems to accentuate the contrasting styles within it - rock, contemporary classical, and even a little jazz.
I REALLY enjoyed it.
É de arrepiar mesmo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouvi essa explicação um tempo atrás(põe tempo nisso) e daí descobri minhas grandes paixões: a música e a psicologia
This was awesone - THANK YOU!!!
Blown away and VERY happy!!!
O melhor de tudo é ver como os coristas estao felizes de cantar isso! Muito bom! Meus parabens!!
Adoro essa musica!
GIANT never sleep.Go boys in the Band
Performance magnífica!
muito bom! great work, the Giant is still alive!!
Belo, fantástico, maravilhoso trabalho!!1
Fantastic! So great to Gentle Giant music appreciated like this. Well done!!
stunning!!! Thank you...I shed a tear in amazement!!!
Eu tava lá! Achei muito legal! Quase não vejo alguém tocando Gentle Giant e sou fã do trem. Até arrepiei quando reconeci a música!
Fantástico 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Arrepiou tudo. Meu Deus, que maravilha! Parabéns aos envolvidos.
Well, it's wonderful. There is an Italian Jazz group called Ibrido Hot six that is doing their material very very well.
paul
not only very brave to attempt such a complex number...but beautifully done....'giant' would be proud...i'm sure!
Fantastic. I wish they taught Giant while I was in school......Reflections should be their next assignment. DW II
breath-taking! Thank you.
Sou fã do Giant e tô todo arrepiado aqui, emocionado.
Amazing. Gostaria de ter presenciado esta apresentação,
i wish i could watch this live
fantastic
Excelente!!!!,sou ex aluno do Cefar,sinto muito orgulho do que voces fizeram,so BH pra tocar uma obra prima dos G.Giants,muito bom!!!!!!!
This is AWESOME! Well done!!
Kudos for doing your version of this very, very complicated piece of music!
Brano straordinario bravissimi tutti Musicisti coro direttrice del coro e malizioso e al contempo simpatico finale con ballerino che fa una toccata e fuga alla direttrice del coro ma non nel senso di JS BACH , ci siamo capiti , basta guardare le immagini .....
Lindo! Lindo! Fiquei emocionado.
Porra! Por que ninguém me convidou para esse concerto?!?!? :-)
Great Finally, Outstanding Performance. No need to say that GG is one of the best progressive bands of all time, too bad they never playd in Brazil - yet...
eu diria que a melhor, mesmo todas sendo diferentes umas das outras!
Olha......achei fantástico. Parabéns a todos!!!!:):):)
simplesmente MAGNÍFICO...
This is wonderful!
Sensacional!! Como fã de Gentle Giant me sinto maravilhado e a despeito de um comentário de que ficaria melhor com menos integrantes nos vocais, creio que o número escolhido só acrescentou vida à música mem lembrando um coral de um Shnittke ou um Pendereki!! Lindo!! Parabéns à todos os músicos inclusive! Espero que a platéia tenha sabido reconhece a grandeza desta manifestação cultural que demonstra que há inteligência e bom gosto no rock!
Really great !
The music is really well played !