NEW - Bruckner 6th Symphony (1st Mvt.) Arranged for Band

[leejacksonaudio]

Here we go again, this time with my biggest project yet! Today I've uploaded a version of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 in A Major, 1st Movement, arranged for concert band / wind ensemble. Bruckner's 6th is an underappreciated masterpiece, and the first movement is a massively powerful work that stirs the emotions or the listener. I've tried to capture the soul of the work with my arrangement by translating the strings to the saxophone choir and by keeping other voices as authentic as possible. Here's the WeTransfer link to it, good for the next 7 days:

 

https://we.tl/t-ik1jOWb53l

 

As always, please let me know what you think. Thanks!

[leejacksonaudio]

Full transparency - this recording was generated in Dorico Pro 5.0.20 using NotePerformer 4. No actual bands were harmed during this recording. :)

[Dimon12321]

Sounds... good, I guess.

 

Recently, I attended a concert of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in Romania on my birthday. It's program was:
- George Enescu "Prélude à l’unisson" from the Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major Op. 9
- Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107

 

..., and I didn't like it that much comparing to classic symphonies by Bach, Rossini, Vivaldi, Beethoven or some other famous composer. Then I listened to some other music of "not-famous" composers (for me personally), including your arrangement, and I think I don't understand this kind of music because it doesn't wake any emotions in me, except for the feeling of sleepiness, no matter how productive I was before listening to them.

 

[leejacksonaudio]

19 hours ago, Dimon12321 said:

Sounds... good, I guess.

 

Recently, I attended a concert of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in Romania on my birthday. It's program was:
- George Enescu "Prélude à l’unisson" from the Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major Op. 9
- Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major WAB 107

 

..., and I didn't like it that much comparing to classic symphonies by Bach, Rossini, Vivaldi, Beethoven or some other famous composer. Then I listened to some other music of "not-famous" composers (for me personally), including your arrangement, and I think I don't understand this kind of music because it doesn't wake any emotions in me, except for the feeling of sleepiness, no matter how productive I was before listening to them.

 

Fair enough. I have classical composers that I don't like as well. Brahms being one of them, as some people will be shocked to learn.

[leejacksonaudio]

I've released a revision of the Bruckner 6th, 1st Movement, Band arrangement. This version has been gone through with a Fine-Toothed Comb<tm>, looking for the tiniest errors and wrong notes. Several were found and squashed without mercy. For your easier listening pleasure, I've uploaded the track to Soundcloud. Here's the link:

 

https://on.soundcloud.com/HqXeb

 

Please let me know what you think, especially if you listened to the first version - is this version any cleaner? Thanks!

[leejacksonaudio]

More combing. :)  The file on Soundcloud has been updated. I've streamlined the orchestration in parts, tweaked it in others, and just generally made it better (I hope). I need your feedback, folks, please. Here's the link:

 

https://soundcloud.com/lee-jackson-12/symphony-no-6-in-a-major-1st-mvt-wind-band-arrangement

 

Drop comments here, in PMs, or on Soundcloud, please. Thank you for your help.