My band director told us if you’re not imagining some movie while playing this song, what’s even the point.

I played this for honour band back in Grade 10 (I'm a 2020 grad student RIP). Our conductor told the bass drum player that "I want you to almost break something". Fun times with my trumpet section lol.

This song feels like cresting a hill in the mountains on a long hike and as you finally reach the top you look out and see a pure untouched wilderness, to your left a crystal clear lake with trout rushing by, an elk perched atop a rock bugling, an eagle soaring across a blue sky and a rushing river flowing next to you.

This song really makes me emotional. The low brass part gives you this grim feeling, and yet the trumpets give you a slightly happier feel. The flutes smoothly progress the song, and with all the low reeds in perfect harmony, everything is a mix of happiness and sadness... After A while though, the woodwinds completely take it away, and bring this piece to an end. I absolutely adore this piece, and I hope that we can play this next year for mpa

I played this in 8th grade. I played percussion like congas and bass drum on this piece and it kinda made me emotional, that’s how good it was. This really brings back memories. 😊

I play the wonderful french horn. It is incredible to play this peice within my youth orchestra, spectacular

I have no idea what's going on and I love it.

i like how everyone here has good memories of this song, meanwhile if i hear anything resembling the clarinet part in the opening i have a minor panic attack

My 8th grade band director teased us with this song, and apparently this year's freshmen too. After 2 years I think we're finally going to get to play it. I'm beyond excited

Omgg this gives me highschool memories im getting chills i loved this piece so much im going to cry lol #bassclarinet🤟🏾

Our band listened to this song for the first time and it was through speakers. It legit sounded like something from Avatar!

i like how my score writer for my school turned this from such a calm and collect song to a marching band segment

when I first sight read this piece, I wasn't a fan. things progressed and I realized that the more emotion you put towards this particular piece is what makes it amazing

I played this song at honors band and we had the privilege of actually being conducted by Michael Sweeney. I have great memories and this will always be a favorite song of mine!

this gave me chills

2:26 is so hopeful, it makes me want to cry and dance at the same time ❤❤

Playing this for honor band this year. I’m a 10th grader and let me tell you: sight reading this in a band that’s 4x bigger than my last school is actually a lot better. You all carry each other, not one person carrying everyone. There were so many times when seniors left and it was 2 juniors, 4 sophomores, and 4 freshmen playing, and it still sounded the exact same, but a tiny bit quieter from a few less trumpets. It’s SO MUCH FUN TO PLAY!

we just selected this for our 8th grade spring concert, we have a lot to work to do and only a month to do it, but i'm super excited!

Played this in my 7/8th grade band I play alto sax 🎷✌

Played this in Prairie State Honor Band, I played the baritone in this song and my god it was so beautiful. We learned this piece along with four others in one day and performed that night. It was by far the best performance, and the greatest time I've had as a musician. This song will forever have a place in my heart.

I played this last year. it was so much fun

Played this freshman year of high school. still remains to be one of my absolute favorites of all time.

I love how they chose percussion (my instrument(s)) as the rain and thunder, that's so cool!!!

Played bass drum on this. LOVED making thunder noise

this song reminds me a lot of the music in princess mononoke. like im so excited to play this with my band!!!

we're playing this in band right now and everytime we play it I cry because it's so beautiful

The more comments I read, the more I feel like i missed out on something really cool. Not taking a music class in highschool was a huge regret. I struggle to hold on to this passion for music by becoming a producer. I envy all of you that belong to something, when instead there's me in my own little world.

This is hella cool. I'm set on playing this in band now!

genuinely fun to play this song. i almost cried during the performance for the honor band. glad to have Michael Sweeney as the conductor. he’s such a nice guy! the percussion was jamming out in the back, it was great lmao.

I remember playing this for my spring concert in my freshmen year of high school

Questo pezzo mi mette in pace con me stessa e con la natura che mi circonda. Meraviglioso!!!

playing this right now (flute) and it's so cool

I played this at band camp last summer, and this piece gets me every time. I just love the atmosphere, so many good memories tied to this song!

I played this on the french horn and it still raises the hair on my arms. Such a powerful song.

I heard this played by another highschool at my LGPE and I absolutely loved it. So I took one of the pamphlets with the titles of the pieces played and which school played them and I keep coming back to this one. It literally gives me chills every time.

Played this song in band this year, amazing. Play the wonderful clarinet.

This song is so amazing.

By far my all time favorite piece to play!

I played this in early March of 2020 and it was honestly one of the most memorable highlights of the year. Times were so much simpler before April 2020, everyone was just having fun back then

I played this at junior SYMS last summer and it was SO FUN as a bari sax

i love this piece so much

This is such a beautiful song!

So excited to play this for an honors band...this piece is so dramatic and full of emotion--- it's beautiful! I know it'll be even better playing it with an actual band!!!

I remember playing this in high school and to this day it’s my favorite thing we played

7:14 that clarinet high note

I'm playing this on Friday for band festival. I thank you so much for putting in that amazing percussion part at 125. it gives me a chance to just cut loose

Doing research on this song for an upcoming event. Very excited to play, thank you!

Just beautiful......

I’m playing this in band and every time I play it around measure 133 (6:00) I like to imagine Pixie Hollow (where tinker bell lives) and it make the song just AMAZING! Every time I do that I just can’t help but smile and get butterflies while I’m playing my tuba 😍

playing this at WIBC this november as 1st chair 1st clarinet !! this piece is so beautiful

Wow I want this. Beautiful.

Did this for 9th grade last year. Was a pretty neat piece. Played the vibes for this

Playing tuba and euph in this piece is the best

I'm playing this for my senior year competition piece along with Lightning Field by John Mackey. We listened to this today for the first time, and I honestly thought I was listening to either a Disney movie soundtrack or was at the fireworks show in Epcot with this in the background. Can't wait for Washington, where we will perform this beautiful piece.

This is great I wish my band would play this (alto sax)

Currently playing this in band as one of our festival peices!! (Current clarinet, soon to be alto sax)

I got to play this song and it sounded savage

My favourite part is when you the flutes doing the melody from the beginning really fast with the snare drum

Tuba in this piece sounds great!

We are playing this and Marche Diabolique in my 7th grade band... I cantttttt waiiiittt!!!

this is actually really cool and clever

My band is playing this tonight woo

Totally love how the oboe part is just filled with so many rests #oboeplayer

The tuba came in with a great passion in the beginning

waooo it´s very cool

This gives me Africa vibes. I picture the jungles of Congo, especially when the drums kick in

I hope my band plays this, it's so good (B flat clarinet & Trombone)

Ah, yes, memories. Of being the only one to try out for the synth part and then completely blowing it on the night of the concert because the synth randomly died out mid song and when we fixed it I couldn't find my place again! Haha, that made me so unfairly mad at the song itself, so I haven't listened to it in a while, but it is a good piece.

I got this song 3 days ago for 8th grade. Trumpets all the way!

Awesome

Tuba part is amazing

6:20 I absolutely love this ending, but I hate it how they don’t just leave it there. One of my biggest pet peeves in music. I understand what it is supposed to do, but... uhh. XD

My band sight read this but we suck so much that we played a different one for our LGPE, "A Shaker Gift Song" the oboe part goes to notes that are unimaginable

I’m shaking in my boots. What is this time signature, and why do it change 24/7

Omg I remember doing this song in 8th grade band... such good times. Also, this song sounds like something from Princess Mononoke or somethin.

I played this song at the all county music festival

We played this when we went to Carnegie Hall in March!

We were able to learn this in about a month! Beautiful song by the way. I play OBOE, anyone else?

Yeah I’m playing Bari sax for the first time on this piece, and it truly is one of my favorites. Makes me wish I was still on alto 😂

I 💜 this song... we’re playing this @ my school for our concert and competition

Cool

I’m playing this in my 7th grade band :)

Lit.

#altosax

I’m gonna be playing this song for lgpe this year and I’m sooo nervous bc this is the hardest song I’m probably ever gonna attempt and ofc I got second chair so it’s gonna be extra hard 😭

I told my band director this sounds like something out of bluey

👍👍

I was playing this song in my band class one time and my band teacher was like, “What’s that piece called?” So I said the name and he said it sounds really nice and that we might play it next year (going onto 8th grade btw)

Here's what I imagine from this piece: 0:00-1:03 represents weather. Two children are caught in a rainstorm. They run and take shelter in a cave. 1:04-2:08 The cave is the sacred grounds of frightening nature spirits, who send the children on a mystical journey to understand our connection to the planet. 2:09-3:57 represents animals. For each phrase, an animal runs through its natural habitat and leaps into the air, exploding into a mess of coloured dots that reform into a different animal. 3:58-4:43 represents plants and the changing seasons. Time lapses of plants growing and dying as the seasons go by are shown. 4:44-6:43 represents geology and the might of natural disasters-earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, hurricanes. 6:44-end Having shown the children the planet's power, the nature spirits release them, and they triumphantly walk out of the cave into the blazing sun as the screen fades to white.

1:10 is pretty cool

How did they get rain drops. Beautiful piece btw

Why does 3:01 to like 3:45 make me wanna cry ;w;

3rd clarinets where you at? lol

We played this song this year. It is so beautiful and I play trombone and that part is really cool on here. This song is so pretty and it is so peaceful.

4:44

It's a shame that we didn't get to play this because of covid...

4:45 hits different though

42 dislikes from people who don't live on earth.

Most of the percussion is in either 12/8 or 6/8 at a time where everything else is in 4/4 or 2/4???? How is this even a thing? I mean, I'm all for different things, but this is something entirely new to me.

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