My Sophomore year in HS, I had placed fifth chair trumpet, so I was on second part. We got this piece for our spring concert and I instantly fell in love with it, so much so that I really wanted to be first part for it. My only way to do that was to pass up two incredible players, one of them was a senior and the other a junior. I worked so hard to get a good enough grade to be moved up to third chair. I still think that piece was the cleanest performance I have ever been apart of. We ended up playing it at graduation that year as well, and at that point I had moved up to second chair, right behind the band director's pride and joy, a senior girl with exceptional skills. I will never forget the moment after we finished playing, she looked at me with teary eyes and told me to keep up the good work. This song made me realize how much music could move a person, and I can't help but think about that year when I listen to this piece. Now here I am, it's my senior year and I'm not even sure if I will get another high school concert to perform at, but all I can do is hope that I can have one last concert to send off my high school experience.
This is one of, if not my favorite band piece(s) ever! Ever since playing it in 9th grade honor band on tuba, I’ve come back to listen to it again and again. Every time I listen to 4:48 through the end, I get extreme chills from the beautiful eastern melody, especially when piccolo begins to play it. For some reason, though, my favorite part of that section is the never-ending snare drum rhythm; it allows a beautiful, smooth flow from the dramatic percussion-heavy section into the next.
I am a freshman in high school, and this is the most difficult thing I have played. It is taking so much work as an ensemble to make this sound right. We have been taking most of the piece super slow to perfect it.
If your band is successful, then congratulations, this is a difficult piece to play musically. I, personally have no trouble, because i play the Bari sax part. As an ensemble, there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make this piece sound the way it is supposed to..
My three favorite songs I’ve ever played is definitely Blue Shades, Arabesque, and this one. All which I had solos in which is pretty neat cause these are my favorite pieces. I play flute 😅
We r playing this for my spring concert. It has 6th-8th graders in it. Im in 7th grade and playing piano for this. if band director didn't know I played piano I'd be playing flute for this.
Love this song to death, favorite I’ve played but when we played this it was my first year after I switched to bassoon and I was the only one. For some reason I just couldn’t be loud, maybe at most mf
I feel ya, I am the only bass clarinetist in my section (our only bassoonist sits next to me) and NOBODY could hear me, and it made me so frustrated, because I literally was blasting on every note, even with dynamics, and it still sounded like pp.
So figure. Beginning “I am Genghis Khan! Let’s go conquer some stuff” and after that. Imagine his army on horseback’s traveling through the Chinese country side. And the slower part of the piece is a village that is peaceful, a small village with fishermen and and khans caravan is traveling through it, with no intent of hurrying a single thing. With khan admitting his empire. And after that. Continue to ride on horseback’s through the country dude and when you get to the percussion heavy part (120 I believe) You are fighting it out. Conquering the land you want to grow. And the end. Well. Finish up you conquest. With the melody being the backing part of it. That’s how my band director explained this to us and I’m in percussion.
a good horn player lives for a song like this
18 people liked this song so much that they turned their phones upside down to like it again
My Sophomore year in HS, I had placed fifth chair trumpet, so I was on second part. We got this piece for our spring concert and I instantly fell in love with it, so much so that I really wanted to be first part for it. My only way to do that was to pass up two incredible players, one of them was a senior and the other a junior. I worked so hard to get a good enough grade to be moved up to third chair. I still think that piece was the cleanest performance I have ever been apart of. We ended up playing it at graduation that year as well, and at that point I had moved up to second chair, right behind the band director's pride and joy, a senior girl with exceptional skills. I will never forget the moment after we finished playing, she looked at me with teary eyes and told me to keep up the good work. This song made me realize how much music could move a person, and I can't help but think about that year when I listen to this piece.
Now here I am, it's my senior year and I'm not even sure if I will get another high school concert to perform at, but all I can do is hope that I can have one last concert to send off my high school experience.
:)
Same dude. I played this last year and Im a senior now. I wish I could go back and feel the way I felt performing this for the first time
@@hydratedgremlin7887 It’s one of those songs that change you as a musician.
This is one of, if not my favorite band piece(s) ever! Ever since playing it in 9th grade honor band on tuba, I’ve come back to listen to it again and again. Every time I listen to 4:48 through the end, I get extreme chills from the beautiful eastern melody, especially when piccolo begins to play it. For some reason, though, my favorite part of that section is the never-ending snare drum rhythm; it allows a beautiful, smooth flow from the dramatic percussion-heavy section into the next.
Yeah it sounds great but I'm guessing you remember how much your clarinets hated that part right?
Wow that’s a challenging song 9th grade! Currently playing it as junior
I am playing it in a high school wind ensemble but I am in 6th grade
Symphony is mispelled on the screen lulz
Jason Klein Sympony is misspelled in your comment lulz
Sean Yates it's not???
Jason Klein smyphonie is misspelled is your comment !
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I cant unsee it now. Thanks
my baby sister slept through this entire piece when one of our bands performed it and i'm still impressed
0:29 ahh yes the clarinet squeak
Omg how did you hear that 😂😂
5:36 to the end will always be my favorite part to play and hear all together
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This has to be one of my favorite band pieces I've ever played
same i loved playing this song
I am a freshman in high school, and this is the most difficult thing I have played. It is taking so much work as an ensemble to make this sound right. We have been taking most of the piece super slow to perfect it.
If your band is successful, then congratulations, this is a difficult piece to play musically. I, personally have no trouble, because i play the Bari sax part. As an ensemble, there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make this piece sound the way it is supposed to..
Good luck on it! I'm one year ahead of you, and my symphonic band is having a ton of fun with this piece.
Thanks! we are having lots of fun too.
Same here but we had to take it part and just lean it piece by piece but yeah it's lots of fun
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Played this at all state it was amazing!!! Wish we had it this year 🥲.
I’m playing this at LSU where Giroux earned her Bachelor of Music in Performance
i get krunk to this
Bro same
This is the final boss of high school band
I will always have a fond memory of playing this my senior year for the UTC concert festival
Playing this in honor's band, it's everyone's favorite!!!!!
I just played this in honor band also and had a solo. It was fun
crazeechickee11 really im playin it in my shitty hs band
julie wrote a BANGER. one of my faves of all time
3:41 like if working this part was a pain.
Josh White not much i played snare 🤷🏼♀️😂
I saw that comment and automatically knew the part 💀
We played this piece in our marching show this year and our director likes to show off the woodwinds with a run every year and that was it
Josh White YES
Jesus I'm having to practice it now. I can only go at 96 right now. Luckily our concert is in 3 weeks
Man I played this song in 2020 part of heritage high school honor band for a tour unfortunately covid hit a month later
I played this my freshman year of high school, and that was 8 years ago 🥲 I still get chills listening to it now!
I’m playing it as a freshman this year
playing this ! amazing w bass clarinet
1:30 just for practice, ignore
3:15 TOO BEAUTIFUL
My three favorite songs I’ve ever played is definitely Blue Shades, Arabesque, and this one. All which I had solos in which is pretty neat cause these are my favorite pieces. I play flute 😅
Playing this currently in 9th grade as a alto saxophone player, a challenging yet incredible piece.
we just performed this, one of my favorites
I live for the con forza 🙏🏾
The Con Forza is fun but very difficult with all the subdivision changes RIPP woodwinds
It does sound awesome but it’s tricky on flute lol
Khan forza you mean?
@@dylanshay646 no there is a place called con forza in the music, it means with force
@@ramensam9624 I was making a play on words using the name of the title of the piece
Did anyone else hear a clarinet squeak towards the beginning of the song?
Chill- Angon Yes, I did.
a squeak is just a high note trying to get out
Clara Eaton that is most definitely not what it is, people can squeak on any note
Yeah, that just how we be sometimes lol
Chill- Angon Same it is so obvious because i am a clarinet
When you have a total of two days to learn the 1st clarinet part for an honor band
3:37 every low brass and low reeds favorite part lmao
I have a solo in this for honor band and I'm hyped. We're performing this today and im so excited
Paris Amour no way! i'm playing the oboe solo
Abominable Snow Panda that's awesome! I'm playing the trumpet solo
Paris Amour i played the oboe solo last year, it's so pretty
This song is so fun to play as first flute.
As euphonium, its nice to have a melody for once but this song isn't too fun lol especially with the 16th 8th notes
Remember recording this as if it was yesterday..... :)
WHY WAS THE CLARINET SQUEAK SO LOUD DAMN
Played tuba part this past spring. Nice part
We r playing this for my spring concert. It has 6th-8th graders in it. Im in 7th grade and playing piano for this. if band director didn't know I played piano I'd be playing flute for this.
BANGER
Love this song to death, favorite I’ve played but when we played this it was my first year after I switched to bassoon and I was the only one. For some reason I just couldn’t be loud, maybe at most mf
I feel ya, I am the only bass clarinetist in my section (our only bassoonist sits next to me) and NOBODY could hear me, and it made me so frustrated, because I literally was blasting on every note, even with dynamics, and it still sounded like pp.
incantation and dance
Easton Kulas NO oh my god that song is satanic
Easton Kulas puszta
We played both incantation and dance and khan this year. Two of my most favorite songs to play.
Kevin Nelson me too!!! we played incantation for festival and khan for our spring concert (:
sophiad 112901 that’s EXACTLY what our band is doing omg
This shits goes hard
who’s here from all state tennessee 2019?
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I loooooove yoooooou!
Eric Venables what the fuck
I cry at this part
Oh my god the euphonium part at the beginning
Trombone has it at measure 22 if that's what you're referring to
@@keylinhenderson5214 nope I'm talking about the euph part
@@keylinhenderson5214 like after it gets quiet and the clarinet start playing the little melodic phrase yk
Absolutely amazing!
1:29:46
as a horn player i am fucking dying here jesus christ
3:03 is probably my favorite part to play on 4th horn because it’s just low notes that feel great
Where are my other piano players at?
Can someone please describe the story for this? Me and my band have been trying to figure out what parts of the music symbolize
So figure. Beginning “I am Genghis Khan! Let’s go conquer some stuff” and after that. Imagine his army on horseback’s traveling through the Chinese country side. And the slower part of the piece is a village that is peaceful, a small village with fishermen and and khans caravan is traveling through it, with no intent of hurrying a single thing. With khan admitting his empire. And after that. Continue to ride on horseback’s through the country dude and when you get to the percussion heavy part (120 I believe) You are fighting it out. Conquering the land you want to grow. And the end. Well. Finish up you conquest. With the melody being the backing part of it. That’s how my band director explained this to us and I’m in percussion.
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Yoooooooo. I get to play 2:40 for this one.
Colonel Narwhals hey Robert lmao
2:00 4:48
KHAN
Highschool symphonic band gang
why are they so much faster than 60 bpm
it switched to 120 at measure 14
Yeah
My middle school wind ensemble is playing this.
RiverGirl bs
Bryant Le It could be possible but it might not sound the best.
Blossom Ramos i mean like that’s to be expected right lol
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Anna Pidgeon YES! Best part! I get the most extreme goosebumps of my life when I hear that section.
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dolphin spongebob same
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