Posted by GD on February 26, 2003 at 01:07:45:
In Reply to: What are your favorite band pieces? posted by GC on February 24, 2003 at 11:32:47:
Nelhybel:
Chorale, Corsican Litany, Symphonic Movement, and Trittico
Nixon (maybe Nelson, can't remember):
Resonances I
Barnes:
Impressions of Japan
MacBeth:
They Hung Their Harps in the Willows
Wine From These Grapes
Schwantner:
...and the mountains rising nowhere
Schumann:
When Jesus Wept
Boysen:
I am
Conversations With the Night
It's kind of disappointing that so many people list transcriptions as favorite band pieces, but I guess it's a testament to what the wind ensemble can do for a piece... so here's my favorite band transcription:
Shostakovich:
Prelude in Eb (originally for piano)
least favorite for band, or any combination of instruments for that matter:
anything with the word "Sousa" in the upper right hand corner (please, I don't want to start anything; I've been through it before, heheh)