HOLST The Planets: 1. Mars, the Bringer of War - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

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"The President's Own" United States Marine Band performs Gustav Holst's "The Planets," Opus 32, transcribed by Merlin Patterson, on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, Va. Conducted by Major Michelle A. Rakers. www.marineband.marines.mil/
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@DustyTravis 8 жыл бұрын

The hearing loss I just endured listening to this multiple times on my headphones? Totally worth it...

@charleyhibschweiler4555 5 жыл бұрын

It's not worth it unless it's the Chicago Symphony recording

@scottleft3672 4 жыл бұрын

Let the neibors know you're ALIVE....krank it up.

@user-nf3kz9ee2n Жыл бұрын

@@charleyhibschweiler4555 yeah, chicago's my favorite version as well

@gingerk1dd207 Жыл бұрын

@@charleyhibschweiler4555 Although no strings, you can't deny the Marine Band's brass is always fantastic

@mhill781 6 жыл бұрын

US Space Force official theme.

@mrdonut1533 5 жыл бұрын

I think either this, Jupiter, or Uranus would work

@marysanchez90 3 ай бұрын

@@mrdonut1533❤I was introduced to this album by a late boyfriend of mine and I just love it! Unfortunately he passed but, we really had a lot in common! I learned a lot from him! I miss him very much!

@transforminggacha6599 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone in a class told to watch this?

@TAPEWXRM 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@trevorglasgow3120 4 жыл бұрын

band

@zacharykesler9759 4 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@TAPEWXRM 4 жыл бұрын

@@zacharykesler9759 thaz pretty embic

@ConnorManley 4 жыл бұрын

yep

@AlgyCuber 4 жыл бұрын

it sounds like a full orchestra even without strings

@gregmonks 2 жыл бұрын

Major Michelle A. Rakers! The lady can conduct! It's almost sacrilege to clap after a performance like that. It takes an incredible set of ears, a keen mind, a deep understanding of the music, and uncanny vision to wrest a performance like that out of even the best musicians. As a retired classical musician I can tell you that performances like this are the very thing that is missing in the modern classical world. Musicians, and conductors especially, haven't a clue as to what is meant by the phrase "living inside the music". What you just heard was an example of "living inside the music". Needless to say, the band is pretty incredible too.

@703Bella Жыл бұрын

As an ex worker in music field I agree.

@suntzuwu Жыл бұрын

Why is a conductor needed at all? The music is on paper. The musicians know how to play and read music. This is a serious question. I've never understood the need.

@expandiiboul Жыл бұрын

@@suntzuwuwhen there is more people than a chamber group you need someone to keep it all together. Queues, tempo changes, breaks, fermata, keeping people together. The reason why you might not need one in a marching setting is because your keeping time with your feet. The conductor also instructs specific parts and how it should be played.

@mhillaxeman Жыл бұрын

Wow! Not only do they pull this off without strings (aside from the one string bass), but a truly exciting performance all around!

@dumbpunk1165 4 жыл бұрын

i didn't even realize this was a band not an orchestra until i decided to actually look at the video. Amazing tho holy shit

@kaziiqbal7257 4 жыл бұрын

I like her conducting. Very conventional, no flailing her arms around.

@RMutt-gw6uz 6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that conductor

@WetaMantis 3 жыл бұрын

She's into it.

@mohamedmansaray2347 5 жыл бұрын

The conductor is intense!!

@Themuffinman22 5 ай бұрын

Major michelle rakers she is a great person to be around

@iteinflammateomnia 7 жыл бұрын

BASS TROMBONE POWA

@jck1794 6 жыл бұрын

this is the best recording I've ever heard of this piece

@paytheline 5 жыл бұрын

What better ensemble for Mars, the Bringer of War than the “President’s Own” Marine Band?

@sanstheskeleton2023 4 жыл бұрын

An orchestra

@charleyhibschweiler4555 4 жыл бұрын

The Chicago Symphony

@MASSExpedition 4 жыл бұрын

rah

@kaziiqbal7257 4 жыл бұрын

Literally any professional ensemble with strings

@litenalskare 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure this is satire guys lol

@ayelmao1224 4 жыл бұрын

4:11 the most brütal breakdown of the early 20th century

@jordanmullenhopkins 4 жыл бұрын

1:19 chills every time.

@kevincruikshank9371 5 жыл бұрын

Camera needs to focus on soloist at appropriate time. The baritone/ euphonium solo is a tough one and classic. Need to see the soloist- not the conductor and full ensemble. We don’t get enough respect as baritone/ euphonium/tenor tuba players! Other than that- outstanding!

@edwardrasmussen3465 Жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken, I believe the first trombonist performed the baritone / euphonium solo. Take another look at 2:11.

@faolansmith1473 Жыл бұрын

The Euphonium is playing the solo. It's just the camera angle that makes it hard to see it. If you watch a few seconds after and look at the Euphoniums, there is a second player. I've learned the solo before, not the easiest but one of my personal favorites to play. Additionally if you look really closely when the solo starts, there is a Euphoniumist with his instrument up.

@7z7z7kO 3 ай бұрын

The solo is not that hard.. that’s tough coming from a highschool Junior..

@kevincruikshank9371 3 ай бұрын

@@7z7z7kO Ok?

@onejagjeff 2 жыл бұрын

A truly stunning performance.

@emiliohernandez7214 Жыл бұрын

What a riveting performance!! A genuine thrill!

@tjhooker824 7 жыл бұрын

RIP eardrums. This is so heavy its crazy

@TAPEWXRM 4 жыл бұрын

there's some more mars war music that would absolutely murder your ears

@danielchoi9609 5 жыл бұрын

Let the name Mars ring across the battlefield and bear witness to my enemy’s flight

@bradleyswanson9844 8 ай бұрын

Stunning piece

@larongrey1961 4 жыл бұрын

Just, Thank You. GREAT!!!!

@allwinds3786 10 ай бұрын

Wow! So clean and clear with the wind band.

@r0s3h1ps6 5 жыл бұрын

Despite the fact that they left out my favorite instrument, euphonium. It sounds amazing.

@tristanperciful6609 4 ай бұрын

Did you not hear the euphonium solo?

@karenenglish7732 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent !

@lilyhope432 7 жыл бұрын

Only one bassist? Nevertheless, I love the conductor. Very clear movement and expression, it gets the emotion across very well.

@everettduncan7543 5 жыл бұрын

That makes this even more epic

@bigolbrass 4 жыл бұрын

Strictly token, There are more than enough tubas.

@kaziiqbal7257 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I’ve seen a conductor with a clearer pattern

@1999polle 4 жыл бұрын

That lonely string bass is just to colour the sound.The real base is provided by the three tuba players on the right and the bass trombone. And they also have a contrabassoon and a contrabass clarinet.

@johnclemash2544 2 жыл бұрын

She is the Assistant Colonial Director of the Marine Band. She has a doctorate in Conducting and Analysis, so she’s perfect for people in conducting classes to study

@musikdamalsii1057 Жыл бұрын

Magnifique Bravo !!!

@debrasgarcia4712 2 жыл бұрын

Good piece of music

@robandwood57 5 жыл бұрын

A superb performance of a wonderful transcription. Bravi to all; I've loved this great Suite for many years in its orchestral form, this version casts a new and fresh light upon it. May I suggest another 'take' upon this - the two piano, four-handed transcription by Holst himself? It has been recorded several times. Many thanks for this post, best wishes to you.

@jdwhea 4 жыл бұрын

Eyy, I'm playing an excerpt of the four handed version with my friend this spring. (We are mixing Pictures at an Exhibition and The Planets.)

@christianreis7091 4 жыл бұрын

Bravo!!!

@briancompau1694 6 жыл бұрын

No way...is that a bass oboe? Yes please.

@jacobfraser8930 8 жыл бұрын

Is that a contrabass clarinet?!

@nigelroy1769 8 жыл бұрын

yup

@Addison-lq4te 4 жыл бұрын

And a bass oboe and a alto flute.

@Addison-lq4te 4 жыл бұрын

You also don’t see a contrabassoon in a wind band much.

@markbernard4156 5 жыл бұрын

I want to play that bass oboe so bad!

@Zenkai251 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, both a bass oboe and an English horn!

@sanstheskeleton2023 4 жыл бұрын

That's what's called for

@dkaik 3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to be under the direction of her baton. She seems phenomenal

@marceloreisdesouza891 Жыл бұрын

Bravo!!

@questergaming8302 3 жыл бұрын

good music

@hannahf8431 6 жыл бұрын

Didn't even make it three seconds without crying 😂

@silhouetta6983 4 жыл бұрын

holy fuck they're so good wth

@scottleft3672 4 жыл бұрын

The men of the Field of Mars.

@TAPEWXRM 4 жыл бұрын

uac marines

@unholyvoices5641 2 жыл бұрын

I like those outfits

@user-nr3wb5ue8k 2 ай бұрын

Can't you see the missle scenarios at the end of the movie War Games playing out? A war with NO winners, only total devastation!

@willcavanagh2391 4 жыл бұрын

The performance hall kinda looks like Paul Davenport Theatre at UWO

@allwinds3786 7 ай бұрын

I just practiced my trumpet part with this recording, the first time I got the counting right. 😅😊

@yourgirleft 5 ай бұрын

ur a trumpet what do you expect 😭😘

@allwinds3786 5 ай бұрын

@@yourgirleft I resemble that remark

@jaedenk999 3 жыл бұрын

anyone have to watch this for band?

@bryanmbadi2157 4 жыл бұрын

Mars bringer the wars

@aidenreyes683 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@tomshiba51 4 жыл бұрын

This is right there with Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries as a song that expresses battle.

@Zahenny Жыл бұрын

4:06 the best part to replay

@shawnkim7276 2 жыл бұрын

whats the trumpet player doing at 3:19?

@jetrudartrumpet6673 Жыл бұрын

I played this

@Themuffinman22 5 ай бұрын

Major michelle rakers she is a doctor too and she has great clinics for band

@armanazadpour 3 жыл бұрын

in class rn

@toddjohnson5504 4 жыл бұрын

Good gong hit.

@exorbis9880 7 жыл бұрын

At most videos of this magnificent piece I keep asking the same question ; Why tempo so fast ?

@twistedjazzman 7 жыл бұрын

Ex Orbis I agree. I thought the same thing. We played it just a couple steps slower. It just seems more dramatic and less rushed that way. Just my opinion I guess.

@coloraturaElise 6 жыл бұрын

For a group made of winds instead of strings and winds, it's often necessary to take things a little faster to make it work. This is brighter, however, than the tempo our wind ensemble is doing this weekend.

@JohnJohn-ir5hw 4 жыл бұрын

I just figured that it's the U.S. Marines, so the mindset is a disruptive such thing - meaning, they're going to get the job done even at the expense of clarity (there is SLOP dripping from this recording: rhythmic integrity is lacking and there is an internal war among the band's sections, and even within the sections). The intonation excellent throughout, and that makes this an enjoyable listen. They're Marine's, right? So, no one expects them to dance or coax anyone else into such a state...I'll bet that the Army band, or even the Air Force band put this recording to shame in those regards.

@JohnJohn-ir5hw 4 жыл бұрын

@@coloraturaElise Is that why the rhythmic problems? Folks have to breathe? I just typed this, but since I'm curious and you may know: the intent is there, and the intonation of the group is wonderful, but the unity of rhythm is downright offense because there is so little of it. It's like 6 tanks plowing through a few buildings that the Martian refugees constructed out of plastic garbage that the company that first came through their designated residence left behind. Gross... like they're drunk.

@MercenaryLocusGaming 7 жыл бұрын

I feel like a few video games have taken from this movement.

@jasonsummit1885 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, like browser's castle fight in Super Mario Bros.😁

@mbell985 Жыл бұрын

Get on the bus! Get on the bus!

@ajaj1136 3 жыл бұрын

my ears had died by this point 5:59

@ajaj1136 3 жыл бұрын

6:37 did not help my ears at all

@dougdumbrill7234 Жыл бұрын

Let me see your war face!!!👏👏👏

@sumostudios3958 2 жыл бұрын

Correct me if im wrong but isnt mars specifically in star wars prequels

@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын

Holst totally stole it from John Williams.

@jodiknutson1209 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they used the song to put scenes together, and someone liked it so much that they asked John Williams to compose a similar version.

@grandicellichannel Жыл бұрын

Curious Droid and NASA Artemis 1 brought me here.

@bambino100011 7 жыл бұрын

WTF????? Where is the Euphonium Solo??????? Holst wrote it for Euphonium. (But I like the Trombone section in this piece )

@Zangviperr 6 жыл бұрын

it's a euphonium solo. there are two euphoniums, and the one on the right is playing it. you can't see him very well as he is blocked by the people in front of him.

@liubolun 4 жыл бұрын

It is conducted by the US Marine Band, I even "heard" DI's yelling and "saw" knife hands waving in front of my eyes...

@Tucker.Showkeir 5 жыл бұрын

4:57

@lilithknight117 4 жыл бұрын

Were playing this in my middle school band at cannon city. Should be fun.

@loveni_33 4 жыл бұрын

Knight Spirit I Know You Lyin 😭🤦🏾‍♀️

@ayelmao1224 4 жыл бұрын

Middle schoolers playing in 5/4? That aught to sound great…

@desireecervantes8763 3 жыл бұрын

lmaoooooo

@kitbuny 3 жыл бұрын

Get you a girl with as much raw passion, but just the right amount of restraint as Major Rakers omg.

@RedMan1269 3 жыл бұрын

2021 be like

@MurderbyGravy 4 жыл бұрын

who was the arranger for this masterpiece?

@dmscholl4 4 жыл бұрын

MurderbyGravy Pat Patterson of The Woodlands TX. He is a good friend of mine.

@Marzzhal 4 жыл бұрын

Original is Holst for orchestra. He did a peace for all the planets

@brycebtwin4707 Жыл бұрын

@@Marzzhal peace

@Marzzhal Жыл бұрын

@@brycebtwin4707 dude commented on a 3 year old misspelling😭😭my bad tho

@benthelad9190 3 жыл бұрын

@Chimpson2009 3 ай бұрын

Is this public domain?

@bradyking9778 2 ай бұрын

The song itself is but this performance itself may not be.

@VKDM8687 4 жыл бұрын

How in the HECK are there actual empty seats at this performance?!?!? LOL...smh.

@hail_ 7 жыл бұрын

MUSIC POWA AT YOUR EARS

@thepopcornman68 8 жыл бұрын

Wheres Earth??

@timmallette1888 8 жыл бұрын

Ask Holst!

@iteinflammateomnia 8 жыл бұрын

+Tim Mallette He is dead though...

@cable_tv7537 7 жыл бұрын

I think the reason why there's no Earth is because you can't generalize all of Earth's history and culture into an 8 minute orchestra piece.

@freshlysqueezedaesthetics2942 7 жыл бұрын

Account Removed The planets was created of the concept of astrology, and in astrology the Earth is nothing more than a reference point, that's why it's not there.

@charleyhibschweiler4555 6 жыл бұрын

Caleb Gladden That's what we have dank memes for

@derekjarman5156 3 ай бұрын

I would hate to play a wrong note under that conductor.

@qwink6346 5 жыл бұрын

Why does the bassoonist puff his cheeks

@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын

Because he can.

@tasertag7513 6 жыл бұрын

When the two leaders most likely to start WW3 meet in your country.

@Dad_Brad 2 жыл бұрын

6:30 The last American soldier leaves Afghanistan.

@statingtheobvious8119 4 жыл бұрын

Isnt this a middle school band song?

@jay-eraj.5216 4 жыл бұрын

No not even close this song is a level 5 ( the arrangement there playing) my band played this for our concert( yes this Arrangement) last year. Like this song is kinda really hard

@bryanmbadi2157 4 жыл бұрын

War

@yizhu7709 8 жыл бұрын

The trombone solo should be played by the Euphonium. It sounds better in my opinion.

@iteinflammateomnia 8 жыл бұрын

That would be more in line with the original orchestration as well, given that it is played by the tenor tuba in the orchestral version.

@yizhu7709 8 жыл бұрын

SirRageAlot VII Also I'm a euph player so im pretty salty hahaha

@iteinflammateomnia 8 жыл бұрын

Yi Zhu I agree with you though haha. I am a horn player myself.

@HeyyItsJohn 7 жыл бұрын

Trumpet player :D

@lukepetrowski 7 жыл бұрын

definitely im a euphonium player myself

@davidhall4170 7 жыл бұрын

Tempo too fast -- Holst himself cautioned to not play at such a tempo -- remember this was written at the start of WWI -- trench warfare, slogging through the mud, and when the top speed o that ne weapon the tank was at best 4 mph in optimum conditions-- speed takes away the fear, terror and horror of war. Try it at 0.75.

@jck1794 6 жыл бұрын

sounds better at this tempo tbh

@georgiebetancourt2594 6 жыл бұрын

Do not disrespect the Marine bands conductor. This was her own interpretation, and I do not see you up there conducting.

@darknemesis9225 6 жыл бұрын

Georgie Betancourt i wouldn’t say he is disrespecting as much as just giving his opinion

@hanstaeubler 5 жыл бұрын

I personally like this tempo

@CorvetteCoonass 4 жыл бұрын

While that may be true, the amount of energy it takes to play this piece is no joke. The longer you have to hold notes in this piece, the more your lungs will hate you.

@nv1211 4 жыл бұрын

3:47 Pause it right there xDDDD 3:48 4:12 4:13 4:14

@tonybarde2572 5 жыл бұрын

This would be great with the sound of air raid sirens and bombs falling in the background

@ghost-sama208 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like some Legend of Zelda boss fight music ngl

@s.j.rogers129 6 жыл бұрын

This was great, but I prefer it with the violins included. Adds more raw emotion to it.

@auberginereverie 4 жыл бұрын

4:11 When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

@trevorglasgow3120 4 жыл бұрын

omg sry my finger slipped on the bomb release trigger

@jadecale8845 6 жыл бұрын

They didn’t follow the conductor very well

@diegoguereca1199 4 жыл бұрын

You are correct. They're not with her at all; they are following her. The important thing though is that they stayed together. It's just the way the marine band "reads" the ictus of conducting.