Second Suite in F for Military Band

Hey everybody!

This won't spark everybody's interest, but I just fell in love with this piece of music.

It has four parts to it...

1. March
2. Song Without Words 'I'll love my love'
3. Song of the Blacksmith
4. Fantasia on the 'Dargason'

http://www.jwpepper.com/catalog/lsearch

Whoops! You're going to have to type Second Suite and then search for it. When the page pops up after you hit search it'll be at the top of the list, just click "real audio" and listen. ~sorry~

I'm playing it at my concert and I'm so excited!!! What do you think? I expect people to say "BORING!" But that's alright, it's all a matter of musical preference.

Well, I hope you enjoy it!

Take care!

Steve

Am I the only one that find's this music splendid? Give it a chance guys!!!

hey......steve......why do you think noone likes this music???? WELL LET ME TELL YOU I DO!!!!!!!! SO THERE!!!

Thanks Kim...but I'm quite dissapointed they're aren't anyothers who like it... :(

i know but its still a great piece of music!!

It's okay.

OMG! I love this topic!
I've played this piece(flute) numerous times, I absolutely love it. Last year for contest, we played the last movement(we got the highest score), I really love this piece.

Thank heavens!!! Theirs somebody else who loves this song!!! I could kiss you!

you play trumpet right? I bet you love playing the first movement, all the brass players are obsessed! We're probably going to do the first movement for contest this year, I'm excited.

Yeah, I love the first movement...it's my favorite. Don't get me started on the second movement! That trumpet solo rocks!

The second movement is so beautiful, it was boring for the flutes but the clarinet/oboe combination is so pretty.

I have to say something, isn't the fourth movement kind of repetitive? It's a great song, but it is very repetitive! The third movement is so cool though, I love the trumpet part at the pick ups to the 15th measure...it's so cool... :)

I agree, it's very repetitive, I kind of loathed playing it after awhile. It's a lovely song but it's a pain to play over and over again. What other band type music do you like? I really like King marches and anything Holst

I'm pretty open to all types of band music...if you ask me, I really enjoy playing the marches though. My main favorite composers are Gustav Holst, John Williams, Beethoven, and Verdi. Unfortunatly, my band and including the full orchestra never play anything by Verdi...and I wish we would. He's my all time favorite composer.

As for jazz band music, I'm in love with Maynard Ferguson stuff. He is the TRUMPET GOD! lol

I miss band...I hate Christmas vacation...grrrr...I'm a band geek, can you tell?

Verdi's good, we don't play anything like that we just play traditional band stuff...but I still like it. Yeah, I can tell you're a bandgeek....wow.... I love band a lot but our band this semester's like mediocre, next semester is the good band. Do you do county band/district/state band?