I really like Dr. Leyva's conducting. He's not a glorified metronome waving his baton around; he's more like a coach motivating the musicians to get in the spirit of the piece, supporting them and trusting the players to maintain the appropriate rhythm. It's also nice to see that he has the confidence and knowledge to not need a score to remind him of what happens next in the music. Bravo!
I've loved this music for at least 60 years. This is a good, thoughtful performance. I wish the video showed the musicians ... Jesse Leyva is nice to look at, but these video performances are always more enjoyable when we can see the different performers (or sections) making their music.
Personally I adore this piece. I am a freshman tuba player and I love the low brass piece beginning at measure 65. I saw several people stating that this is hard and I never experienced that. I 100% recommend this to any band teacher or professional conductor. However go easy on the tubas of they can't play the high bit at 31, 60, and 98. Summary: great piece, love it, have played it and recommend it.
+Mortuus Tenebris Do you have time stamps for those measures? This is a three movement piece. I played this as a sophomore in highschool on Tuba, and I don't recall parts that were too high.
I play tuba an remember playing this piece sophomore year for Senior Band, don't recall any bits that were higher than a C for the tuba. I do agree though, this is a great piece and super fun to play on the tuba. Lots of energy!
Outstanding work, Dr. Leyva! You conducted the orchestra like you would a local folk gathering, not a military retreat (which is how I'm accustomed to hearing it played in the United States). Couple of splee-ya's in the solo trumpet and some intonation trouble in the low brass aside, the feel was lyrical and gentle...very cool!
Playing this with my university's wind ensemble. I'm on pic and my favorite part would definitely have to be the 6/8 in the first movement. This performance is very well done!
I was in all regional band, 1st chair Tuba back in the early 80s. This was one piece we played, and ever so often, this song gets into my head and I have to hear it. Thanks to youtube, i get to hear it. Yes, very nice job here, well done.
+The Imp If you listen to Fennell's later recording of the piece with the Marine Band, his approach changed drastically. It's an amazing performance and was uploaded to the ensemble's YT channel.
+The Imp I love the Fennel recording partly because it was so brilliantly mastered and is still better than many modern recordings. As for your point about tempo, RVW gave no metronome markings and certainly in the UK a 'march' tempo varies between 120 (standard pace and 140 (light infantry pace). Highland regiments often quick march at 112 and cavalry bands 112 or even significantly less. The lack of metronome marking and variation in march tempo allows for artistic licence. Interesting conductor!
About to do the 1st Cornet solo at the Sydney Opera House for a music festival. This video has helped me a lot. Thank you so much for making my life so much easier.
OMG, this is, perhaps, the best performance of this piece, that I have EVER heard. The Brass are not over-powering the Woodwinds. This is magnificent . I played first Clariinet on this in 1978, when I was just 17. It still remains an all-time favorite of mine
I'm glad the 3rd movement repeats. There's that wonderful section you can listen for the trumpets once and then the trombones. Played this 6 years ago (I was still quite young and inexperienced) and that part was a pain.
I was lucky enough to have Dr. Leyva visit our school to conduct a piece for our Spring Concert. He was the music director of my school's current music director in high school, which is the high school I go to!
Played this in high school under the direction of the venerable Jim Schnoebelen. He was an amazing director that got the most out of his bands and is still an incredible human being. Thank you Jim! Amazing performance here by U of I Symphonic band. What a powerful moving piece!
I've been looking for this song for forever! I remember playing it in band 3 years ago, but could not find it for the life of me.. I FINALLY found it! Also, I have to say this was an exceptional version. Well done! (:
The trumpets in this song are absolutely beautiful.. My high school wind ensemble is doing this but its a little challenging only having about 30 of us but its slowly coming together :D
+Hannah thepunkin - OH ! I also hate Kenny G ... that's why I said he's watching too much KG ! Two minutes of Kenny G are two minutes you will never get back
+Jesse Leyva As a tuba player, I really appreciate when the director acknowledges us, especially when *cough* our band director *cough* only cares about the horns *cough* This was well done
OK, I have now watched (listened to) this video 6 times, and I find it just breath-taking. I hear every instrument so pure and clear. I own 2 professional recordings of this piece and they are not nearly as good as this performance. If I had been in that Auditorium, I most likely would have been crying... (I am a 52 year old male clarinetist and stage actor)
Im playing this in the Bensalem High School Winter Concert on 2nd trombone. I'm only a sophomore, so my band director must be evil. This is the hardest piece I have played.
LOTS of things to like about this. High woodwinds in particular seem spot on. Nice percussion work, and the brass were very facile in some rather difficult passages. Balance was very nice ... where were the mics positioned? Nice dynamic contrasts as well. From one trombonist to a handful ... y'all sounded like ONE 'bone :-) .. except when you weren't supposed to ;) ;) A few intonation things, esp. in inner voices, but overall a very good job! Makes me miss college band for sure!
I feel like the snare drummer fell behind at some parts, but the conductor's conducting style wasn't helping much. Overall, I still really enjoyed listening 😊
Liam McManus lol I had a conductor at a band seminar one time who said she wasn't going to keep a beat, she was going to "shape the music" and literally the whole percussion line died
I played third clarinet in this earlier this year in my high school band (I'm a freshman) and although it was very difficult, it was also very exciting to play! Beautifully written piece of music
You should recommend Zampa Overture :D If you like challenging, that is pretty good (plus, it has clarinet melody for pretty much the whole thing, with very little trumpet)
Our band had to play the march for this, and, since I play french horn, i have to agree that it is very difficult. Your Symphonic Band does it very well, though.
Wow, this sounds great! I was looking around for examples of these as my High School band is now playing it. Alto saxophones get such good parts for these pieces tho
Jesse Leyva Perhaps I should rephrase. It's funny to me because my conductor uses such grand gestures yet you can evoke the same response from your band using very simple ones.
It's amazing how he doesn't need the score to conduct the song. But it kind of bugs me that he's conducting the first movement in 4/4 and not 2/4. But hey, it still works out.
I know. I heard it when they the 3rd movement when they did the second time at the beginning. It's hard for trumpets to play perfectly unless if you're an expert.
Im playing this as 2nd cornet(im actually a trumpet) its a nice song and i especially like the begining and the "haunting" part(if you played this in band you would know what i mean)
An impressive rendition of this amazing piece of music. I agree, the slow middle section is maybe a little slow which could explain some of the entry problems. Being tentative is always a problem for wind players, being too quiet and not making any sound/the note sounding in the wrong place is worse than making an entry too loud then backing away, in my person opinion of course! Really good version though, thankyou Illinois!
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I played this piece in high school (I played trumpet). I guess the band director must have just given up, because we only did it for a few weeks, and never performed it. I'm sure we could have got it if we just gave it more time.
The original (band) version of this piece should be heard more. I think the orchestral version isn't much compared to the supple tones of a purely wind and percussion ensemble.
Has anyone ever taken a look at the score for this? I have, and must saw that there's alot of mistakes in it. From wrong notes to wrong time signatures. I can understand why the conducter chose NOT to use it here. ;) On a side note, some say that this thing is hard. Well that's partly true. Example: In "Seventeen Come Sunday" the upper woodwinds get this evil time change of 6/8 time while everyone stays in 2/4. The beat is the same, but it's the odd-vs-even that makes it so hard. Go figure! :P
Sara Wolfe I don't really know about band but in an orchestra the first flute and first oboe actually lead the others a little (not the strings obviously but the rest)
I really like Dr. Leyva's conducting. He's not a glorified metronome waving his baton around; he's more like a coach motivating the musicians to get in the spirit of the piece, supporting them and trusting the players to maintain the appropriate rhythm. It's also nice to see that he has the confidence and knowledge to not need a score to remind him of what happens next in the music. Bravo!
I love it when they use the trumpet for the solo in the middle instead of the clarinet. such an inviting sound, yet so powerful!
not just trumpet tuba and euphonium too just adds a solid push
i had to sightread the oboe solo yesterday while we played with the Irish Guards from England!! love this piece
Didn't we all play this in high school? Always one of my favorites.
I've loved this music for at least 60 years. This is a good, thoughtful performance. I wish the video showed the musicians ... Jesse Leyva is nice to look at, but these video performances are always more enjoyable when we can see the different performers (or sections) making their music.
Personally I adore this piece. I am a freshman tuba player and I love the low brass piece beginning at measure 65. I saw several people stating that this is hard and I never experienced that. I 100% recommend this to any band teacher or professional conductor. However go easy on the tubas of they can't play the high bit at 31, 60, and 98. Summary: great piece, love it, have played it and recommend it.
+Mortuus Tenebris Do you have time stamps for those measures? This is a three movement piece. I played this as a sophomore in highschool on Tuba, and I don't recall parts that were too high.
I play tuba an remember playing this piece sophomore year for Senior Band, don't recall any bits that were higher than a C for the tuba. I do agree though, this is a great piece and super fun to play on the tuba. Lots of energy!
How's Senior year?
Movement 1: 0:04
Movement 2: 3:52
Movement 3: 7:50
thanks
+Mobius_Peverell bump
I - March, "Seventeen Come Sunday", II - Intermezzo, "My Bonnie Boy", iii - March, "Folk Songs from Somerset".
Beautiful!! Wonderful work all around!! Very crisp......so smooth. Thank you so much!!
Outstanding work, Dr. Leyva! You conducted the orchestra like you would a local folk gathering, not a military retreat (which is how I'm accustomed to hearing it played in the United States). Couple of splee-ya's in the solo trumpet and some intonation trouble in the low brass aside, the feel was lyrical and gentle...very cool!
A favourite piece of beautiful music, very well played. Thank you all.
Playing this with my university's wind ensemble. I'm on pic and my favorite part would definitely have to be the 6/8 in the first movement. This performance is very well done!
I was in all regional band, 1st chair Tuba back in the early 80s. This was one piece we played, and ever so often, this song gets into my head and I have to hear it. Thanks to youtube, i get to hear it. Yes, very nice job here, well done.
I've been looking for this song for years.
Beautiful Trumpet Soloing and the piece at the right tempo as opposed to St. Frederick Fennel's speed through version done with Eastman.
+The Imp If you listen to Fennell's later recording of the piece with the Marine Band, his approach changed drastically. It's an amazing performance and was uploaded to the ensemble's YT channel.
+The Imp I love the Fennel recording partly because it was so brilliantly mastered and is still better than many modern recordings. As for your point about tempo, RVW gave no metronome markings and certainly in the UK a 'march' tempo varies between 120 (standard pace and 140 (light infantry pace). Highland regiments often quick march at 112 and cavalry bands 112 or even significantly less. The lack of metronome marking and variation in march tempo allows for artistic licence. Interesting conductor!
About to do the 1st Cornet solo at the Sydney Opera House for a music festival. This video has helped me a lot. Thank you so much for making my life so much easier.
OMG, this is, perhaps, the best performance of this piece, that I have EVER heard. The Brass are not over-powering the Woodwinds. This is magnificent . I played first Clariinet on this in 1978, when I was just 17. It still remains an all-time favorite of mine
I'm glad the 3rd movement repeats. There's that wonderful section you can listen for the trumpets once and then the trombones. Played this 6 years ago (I was still quite young and inexperienced) and that part was a pain.
love it,been trying to find this music for years never knew what it was called,my mum and i used to listen to this when I was little
this is by far my favorite piece when i played baritone many moons ago
I was lucky enough to have Dr. Leyva visit our school to conduct a piece for our Spring Concert. He was the music director of my school's current music director in high school, which is the high school I go to!
This is an excellent rendition.
Played this in high school under the direction of the venerable Jim Schnoebelen. He was an amazing director that got the most out of his bands and is still an incredible human being. Thank you Jim! Amazing performance here by U of I Symphonic band. What a powerful moving piece!
I like the version with the trumpet solo versus the clarinet solo in most versions.
I've been looking for this song for forever! I remember playing it in band 3 years ago, but could not find it for the life of me.. I FINALLY found it! Also, I have to say this was an exceptional version. Well done! (:
Thanks!
Not only enchanring and evocative; it's a master work in this genre.
The trumpets in this song are absolutely beautiful.. My high school wind ensemble is doing this but its a little challenging only having about 30 of us but its slowly coming together :D
Awesome. You have captured the spirit of Old Abion with this wonderful interpretation of a classic Williams!
Its fun watching the oboe player on the left play lol. Dem movements
***** He's so into it he loses the rhythm at some places. He's watching too much Kenny G.
+The Imp lol. You better not mention Kenny G. to my music teacher, Mrs. Laulainen. She doesn't like Kenny G. LOL.
+Hannah thepunkin - OH ! I also hate Kenny G ... that's why I said he's watching too much KG ! Two minutes of Kenny G are two minutes you will never get back
Loved playing this piece, both in band and in orchestra!
nice! i played this piece during high school as a trombonist and listening to it now bring back memories
I play 2nd Trombone in this song and our High School Wind Ensemble is playing this next week. This is a great performance of this song!
I LOVE the way you all performed this! 1:12 was absolutely EPIC!!! So great!
Thanks Mike!
Jesse Leyva Wonderfully conducted!, congratulations from Spain. We are playing this beautiful work now.
Mike Morgan ikr
Thanks Mike Morgan !
+Jesse Leyva As a tuba player, I really appreciate when the director acknowledges us, especially when *cough* our band director *cough* only cares about the horns *cough*
This was well done
This is one of my ALL TIME favorite pieces to listen to and to play!
One of my all-time favs. Well done!
OK, I have now watched (listened to) this video 6 times, and I find it just breath-taking. I hear every instrument so pure and clear. I own 2 professional recordings of this piece and they are not nearly as good as this performance. If I had been in that Auditorium, I most likely would have been crying... (I am a 52 year old male clarinetist and stage actor)
We are playing in middle school and this song is awesome.
I did this in Symphonic Band in 9th grade. 1st chair flute/piccolo. We won the Colorado Springs Cavalcade of Music with it.
The epic blending of 3rd clarinet an sax in this piece sounds epic when you get it right
@Richydoes what are you talking about it being a “good attempt?” It was awesome!
Superb!
I love this performance, I actually recently played it myself at the USC school of music! :)
I like the obo solo and the LOW BRASS SOLO TOO
I know. It was beautiful. And the low brass did a swell job too.
Excellent performance!
Im playing this in the Bensalem High School Winter Concert on 2nd trombone. I'm only a sophomore, so my band director must be evil. This is the hardest piece I have played.
Fricking 2/4
We only have 1 trombone. And I try to listen to his part and it doesn't sound that hard. Not that I know of.
Lower Merion High School 2nd clarinet. Freshman
Nick Jones Emergency Response Videos bruh I had to do solo cornet as a freshman for my district band.
Nick Jones Emergency Response Videos I'm playing this in 8th grade band lol
LOTS of things to like about this. High woodwinds in particular seem spot on. Nice percussion work, and the brass were very facile in some rather difficult passages. Balance was very nice ... where were the mics positioned? Nice dynamic contrasts as well. From one trombonist to a handful ... y'all sounded like ONE 'bone :-) .. except when you weren't supposed to ;) ;)
A few intonation things, esp. in inner voices, but overall a very good job! Makes me miss college band for sure!
I’m playing this on bass trombone and I’ve gotta say it’s one of the most fun pieces
0:00 I. Dives and Lazarus
3:50 II. Intermezzo: My Bonnie Boy
7:48 III. Folk Songs from Somerset
We are playing this in our band. As a tenor saxophone, I have a lot of trouble reaching a low Bb.
I'm so excited I get to play this at graduation tomorrow
What an outstanding turn out
We played this my freshman year in high school, and man. Being the only oboe was very stressful, even if the song's fun.
I feel like the snare drummer fell behind at some parts, but the conductor's conducting style wasn't helping much. Overall, I still really enjoyed listening 😊
Liam McManus lol I had a conductor at a band seminar one time who said she wasn't going to keep a beat, she was going to "shape the music" and literally the whole percussion line died
@@meganmcc6104 Hell on Earth
Nice to hear it in VW's original form for military band, albeit a rather large one!
How many people are in this group
Performing this piece tomorrow
and Kudos to the solo oboist. magical, magical
When did Maidana start conducting?
I played third clarinet in this earlier this year in my high school band (I'm a freshman) and although it was very difficult, it was also very exciting to play! Beautifully written piece of music
Hey, same here! (I played first, but every part is pretty in-depth.) Clarinets rule!
You should recommend Zampa Overture :D If you like challenging, that is pretty good (plus, it has clarinet melody for pretty much the whole thing, with very little trumpet)
This piece is awesome. I'm playing this in my advance band. It's hard (2nd clarinet). I'm surprised I can hit the highest E on the clarinet.
I meant to correct myself. I might play either 1st clarinet, 2nd clarinet, or Tenor sax.
Playing this now in school, really tough but lots of fun :D
You guys sounded so great!!!!! But.....
What the hell was the conductor doing
Great! I've played both Tuba and 1st trumpet on this. Fun music either way.
Our band had to play the march for this, and, since I play french horn, i have to agree that it is very difficult. Your Symphonic Band does it very well, though.
That oboe player really got into it. Haha. My University's band is playing this right now. Slight differences, but you guys played very well.
Wow, this sounds great! I was looking around for examples of these as my High School band is now playing it. Alto saxophones get such good parts for these pieces tho
my middle school band is playing this .
playd this in band!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!
The conductor is HILARIOUS.
Thanks
Jesse Leyva Perhaps I should rephrase. It's funny to me because my conductor uses such grand gestures yet you can evoke the same response from your band using very simple ones.
It's amazing how he doesn't need the score to conduct the song. But it kind of bugs me that he's conducting the first movement in 4/4 and not 2/4. But hey, it still works out.
Reading 6/8 is easier than looking at 2/4 if you would be playing constant triplets it sounds the same but is easier to read.
that trumpet player was struggle bussin lul
I know. I heard it when they the 3rd movement when they did the second time at the beginning. It's hard for trumpets to play perfectly unless if you're an expert.
. . . and between 2:16-2:18 in the first movement.
Tone was perfect, but the performance lacks the abruptness between piano to forte. My opinion though. Loved the performance!
Oh gosh... 1st clarinet as a sophomore in high school. No wonder why I want to switch over to the bass clarinet after having to do this torture
Im playing this as 2nd cornet(im actually a trumpet) its a nice song and i especially like the begining and the "haunting" part(if you played this in band you would know what i mean)
I agree I play 1st cornet (trumpet) and the haunting part is my favorite section of this
Just took my performance test and I'm hoping to be moved up to 1st :D
I agree. I'm playing this. Except I play 2nd clarinet. The haunting part is my favorite too, Guregu.
I'm my district's only oboe and we're performing this Saturday oh gOD
So it's been 4 years now. How was it 😂?
what a fantastic conductor! spot on :)
An impressive rendition of this amazing piece of music. I agree, the slow middle section is maybe a little slow which could explain some of the entry problems. Being tentative is always a problem for wind players, being too quiet and not making any sound/the note sounding in the wrong place is worse than making an entry too loud then backing away, in my person opinion of course! Really good version though, thankyou Illinois!
It's a pity the camera is focust on the conductor, rather than the performer's.
Since it is my video on my TH-cam page, it isn't a pity at all.
#SEMPER FIDELIS #QUA PATET ORBIS #JE MAINTAN DRAI ! ♫♪ great ♫♪♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @/bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding! Compliments! #SEMPER FI #QPO #JMD🎵🎼🎼🎶🎵🥁🎺👌👌🙏🙏🎺
Doing this for our band and we are in intermediate! We are practicing our buts off to sound like this! Haha I wish us luck
Intermediate?!?! You got to be joking. This piece is level 4. They must be a hard band.
+Hannah thepunkin I'm playing this on French horn in 7th grade for mpa
+Hannah the Musician There is some simplified versions of this song out there.
I'm playing this at my school band
I played this piece in high school (I played trumpet). I guess the band director must have just given up, because we only did it for a few weeks, and never performed it. I'm sure we could have got it if we just gave it more time.
Why is the house empty?
The original (band) version of this piece should be heard more. I think the orchestral version isn't much compared to the supple tones of a purely wind and percussion ensemble.
I really wish in this video to recognise the brass players!
Belmont Kids?
Warum spielt dieses Orchester vor leeren Sitzen;ohne Publikum!?
It's a TH-cam video, not a "Live From Lincoln Center" broadcast. Give these kids a break. Every performer has to start somewhere.
But you have to admit the six eight in Seventeen Come Sunday is amazing!
Good but there are some pitch problems.
Has anyone ever taken a look at the score for this? I have, and must saw that there's alot of mistakes in it. From wrong notes to wrong time signatures. I can understand why the conducter chose NOT to use it here. ;)
On a side note, some say that this thing is hard. Well that's partly true. Example: In "Seventeen Come Sunday" the upper woodwinds get this evil time change of 6/8 time while everyone stays in 2/4. The beat is the same, but it's the odd-vs-even that makes it so hard. Go figure! :P
I like to LISTEN to the 6/8 parts, butsince the trumpets only play one note in the 6/8 part (>.
Notice that the conductor uses minimal gestures, which are clear to the players, but not flamboyant for the audience
This reminds me of a mix between HTTYD and If you could hie to Kolob.
that first chair oboe would sound sooo much better if he didn't move so fucking much!
Sara Wolfe hes getting into the music. Its not a bad thing
Sara Wolfe I don't really know about band but in an orchestra the first flute and first oboe actually lead the others a little (not the strings obviously but the rest)
I meant, of course, 'enchanting'!
ESPLENDIDO
I'm playing this at band cam I am an 8 grader going to ninth
The first E Flat clarinet part on this piece is a nightmare
i think the conductor should have the sheet music in front of him unless he has a good memory
Kevin Murphy Those gestures he's making are actually hilarious. But I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what he's doing
I know exactly what I am doing.
Jesse Leyva that's cool
Ummm come on piccolo! Where are you?