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Author: ClarinetConnoisseur
Date: 2005-10-26 21:41
I'm very excited to announce that our band is playing the Festive Overture by Shostakovich this year for our Spring concert! I've heard a few recordings, but does anyone know a site where I can hear it online? Thanks!
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2005-10-26 22:05
Lots of orchestral recordings of this fine work. The orchestra version is in A major instead of the band key of Ab. I've performed it both ways: sure is a lot easier to play the fast scales in C on the A clarinet than it is to play them across the break in Bb on the Bb clarinet!
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Author: KellyA
Date: 2005-10-27 03:17
I played the opening clarinet solo in H.S. I was 15, and I remember practicing it for hours cause I loved it. Our band played it fast and furious. You'll have a great time with this piece.
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Author: A2Clarinetist
Date: 2005-10-27 15:04
We're playing that on November 13...I found it online but the link is at home (and I am at work). I'll try to remember to post it later. It's a Boston Pops file and it is FAST.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2005-10-27 15:55
Go to http://thefim.com/classicalconcerts.asp and search (CTRL F) for festive. (By the way, I found this quickly with a Google search on Shostakovich Festive MP3.)
Orchestral performances usually go like a bat out of hell -- 144 or even faster.
Ken Shaw
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Author: A2Clarinetist
Date: 2005-10-27 16:23
Ken Shaw said:
"Orchestral performances usually go like a bat out of hell"
That's for sure. It feels like hell even at 130.
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Author: coasten1
Date: 2005-10-30 23:03
If you can accept large mp3 files, I can send you a copy of the college of lake county wind ensemble performance of this piece. It is a pretty quick piece.
Tony
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