Symphony No. 1

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Added: May 17, 2008

Duration: 8:21

Another "audio only" vid. I put the same picture on here as I did on Tribal Quest because I couldn't really find one that fits the mood or setting of the song. Enjoy anyway, though! This is still from the 2008 Minnesota State Honor Band, only it's the 9-10 band, not mine. My friend, Carmen, was in this band. She plays trombone. Anyway, this song that they played, Symphony No. 1, basically musically describes WWII and some of the bombings. It's set in 4 very short movements: One describes the kind of suspenceful atmosphere of the war; The second one I can't remember what it means; the Third one is titled "Ave Maria", and it kind of shows kind of how "artistic" the bombings seemed when it happened, despite the horror of it all, and the third one is the most dramatic. The low brass holds this long, low note the whole time while the percussion does their "thing" with effects, and the rest of the band whistles, blow through their horns, making weird blowing sounds with their mouths, and the clarinets, flutes, oboes, and others say words like "Help!" or "Firestorm!". They whisper those words at first, but gradually it gets louder and louder until they're basically shouting, and then a couple of people scream. The symphony comes to an eerie end as a single flute plays a low C and rolls in to make the pitch go lower, and tapers it off to silence. She does that 3 times. ...And that is why it is NOT a good idea if you listen to this song at night in the dark. Trust me: I know from experience. *shudders* And again, sorry if it's hard to hear at times!!

Channel: Music

Tags: 2008 9-10 band buckvich daniel honor mbda minnesota no. symphony