RIP Robert W. Smith. Greatest composer, teacher, and musician I have ever met. Your work lives on in us

The narration should be a requirement of all performances of these pieces.

4:22 Inferno 11:49 Purgatorio 19:23 The Ascension 26:19 Paradiso

I played that trumpet solo in the inferno. That whole piece is no joke, they did a great job.

I was kind of annoyed with the narration in the beginning because I just wanted to get to the piece, but when he said "I SEE HIM IN THE FLESH, LUCIFER, THE DEVIL HIMSELF" I got insane goosebumps

I was in Florence, the birthplace of Dante, today and hearing this. While I was approaching the Piazza di Santa Corce and I saw the great monument of Dante, this segment 29:44 was playing in my headphone. Gave me goosebumps!

Amazing that peace is truly amazing! I just love the narrator! When he said Lucifer the devil himself gave me chills and it still does.

i didn't know there was a narration (im playing the ascension) and i love it omg. this guy especially did an amazing job

Amazing. Dante was a genious, and his work is just fantastic. Robert W Smith and all the orchestra made really a great job :D 5:07 "LUCYFER, THE DEVIL HIMSELF" THAT'S EPIC

The timpani part in inferno is insane!

We did the ascension for marching band in 2002. Best damn show ever. Topped with a ten yard dash and diamond drill. 🔥

The entire piece was fantastic, but I must say that Inferno was my favorite movement. I mean, I might be playing that solo at the beginning sometime in my life (at the very least I hope).

We're playing this in my school, and I had no idea there was narration; this was amazing

Our band performed this the year my mom passed and they dedicated ‘Paradiso’ to my mom and you guys performed it wonderfully! 💕

io ho i brividi ogni volta che lo riguardo! bellissimo! bravissimi !

This entire piece touches my soul...

I played this on percussions in inferno I played chains on the ground 😂

17:22 that percussion solo ATE!

I just cant help but laugh at the fact that the lick is the main melody at 21:30

I played timpani on this piece in high school. What an epic piece of music! Too bad my music program in my high school was trash and we could barely fudge our way through it. I always wanted to perform this piece with an ensemble of talented, dedicated musicians. That day never came for me.

Was such an amazing piece to play. we had combined with all the other schools in my area and my god was this such an amazing piece to play. im a percussionist and when i say it was the most fun ive ever had playing a piece, it was truly such an experience

Omg who's the narrator? His voice is heavenly!!!!! Full of emotion that awakens the deepest passion resonating with the soul!

Absolutely stunning.

one word. INCREDIBLE!

I watched this entire thing and it was incredible from the inferno all the way to paradise it was a great journey

Parabéns, muito lindo!

Great job guys

I will pay every band director in DCI for them to play this with the narration

Good job!!!

this whole piece is absolutely magical and this band seriously brought it to life. inferno has had my heart since i first heard it from my high school wind ensemble, but now hearing all of the movements, paradiso is just so ethereal and "divine" and grand. this entire performance was just so awe inspiring also, am i seeing things or is that both a soprano AND a bass sax together in the same ensemble???? :O

am I the only one who sees a similarity in rhythm between 7:43 and the spring rounds from the rite of spring?

Oh hey, it's the music that KZfaq translated comments from Japan refer to.

Playing this piece next Saturday. I noticed something weird while listening to this rendition with the score at hand: from 26:42 on (bar 11) and after 29:28 (bar 60) in Paradiso: The mallet player is playing a dotted 8th Bb and 16th C instead of a 16th Bb and dotted 8th C. I wonder if this was intended or a weird fluke noone noticed during practice, because it gives a whole different vibe (percussionist pun right here) to that piece.

Does anyone have the text that is spoken by the concert host?

Where can I get the scores in PDF?

i am playing the ascension 🙂

did anyone else at 9:45 hear the sax come in early

Tradgedy vs comedy. As far as i understand, in a comedy, nobody dies

4:58

I’m not really a fan of Robert W. Smith as a lot of his works sound the same. But this is one of my exceptions, I love this piece.

Where can i find this text of narration?

please the name of the narrator 😍🥀😍

28:20

14:45

I’m sorry- YOUTH? Winds??? THESE ARE CHILDREN???

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The timpani needs re-tuning.

Jesus but hog rider version

29:37