Australian Euphonium
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Probably been done before but what the heck!
I rate Revelation or The Kingdom Triumphant
I rate Revelation or The Kingdom Triumphant 
Best Ever (Or Favourite) Last Note
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Dave Payn
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Don't know about all time favourite last note but a few of my top 'endings'
Montage - Peter Graham
Pictures at an Exhibition - Great Gate of Kiev - Mussorgsky/Howarth (PJBE recording)
Checkmate - Bliss/Ball
Just As I Am arr. Wilfred Heaton (leaving three front row cornets, pianissimo on that F major chord is just....wow!)
Montage - Peter Graham
Pictures at an Exhibition - Great Gate of Kiev - Mussorgsky/Howarth (PJBE recording)
Checkmate - Bliss/Ball
Just As I Am arr. Wilfred Heaton (leaving three front row cornets, pianissimo on that F major chord is just....wow!)
James McFadyen
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2nd Movement 'Threnody' to Darrol Barry's A Salford Sinfonitta. Well actually the best notes are the few chords preceding the very last note. A very evocative harmonic structure.
Daniel Sheard
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End of (4th movement) of Brahms 4th symphony. Not brass band, obviously.
What about most disappointing endings? Tristan Encounters.
Daniel
What about most disappointing endings? Tristan Encounters.
Daniel
ScrapingtheBottom
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I know its not brass bandy, but the ending of Sibelius' 5th is pretty quality.
In brass band terms my fav would be Pictures at an Exhibition.
In brass band terms my fav would be Pictures at an Exhibition.
Accidental
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If we're talking original bb music, then for me it has to be Blitz 8)
Absolute worst ever last note, imo, is Tristan - what an anticlimax!
Absolute worst ever last note, imo, is Tristan - what an anticlimax!
MoominDave
Well-Known Member
How about the 2nd movement of Holst's Moorside Suite? That massive pp texture is an undeservedly neglected effect, and it is placed in its perfect context there.
Dave
Dave
Andy Stevens
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Best note ever? It's got to be the sublime trumpet playing of the master himself, Gonzo the Great, on the last note of the Muppets Show theme.
Worst note ever? Probably the same one, when I had to play it. All I had to do (aged 10) was hit a high note REALLY badly. I'd been doing that since I first picked up the instrument 2 years before, and so was quite justifiably upset when, on stage, I smacked my first ever perfect fff top C and held it straight despite my attempts to fall off it!
Worst note ever? Probably the same one, when I had to play it. All I had to do (aged 10) was hit a high note REALLY badly. I'd been doing that since I first picked up the instrument 2 years before, and so was quite justifiably upset when, on stage, I smacked my first ever perfect fff top C and held it straight despite my attempts to fall off it!
Lothianh
Member
Amen to that!! Although I think I have to go with the ending to his 7th - the apotheosis of C Major. ;-)ScrapingtheBottom said:
In brass band music, I think the final three bars of Journey into Freedom are fantastic - the ascending line in the bass parts, resolving on the final chord, great stuff!
How about suggestions of endings we love...because we dislike the pieces so much we can't wait for the end!!
-Lothian
iggmeister
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Last note to Contest Music by Wifred Heaton.
For the best example, listen to the version on the Complete Champions CD by Black Dyke. Awesome every time.
Igg
For the best example, listen to the version on the Complete Champions CD by Black Dyke. Awesome every time.
Igg
You can hear one of the WORST ever last notes at http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.callard/brassplayingmishaps.htm
Click on the Pomp & Circumstance clip.
Andy.
Click on the Pomp & Circumstance clip.
Andy.
HBB
Active Member
http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.callard/Brassplayingmishaps.htmW.Rimmer said:
That's the link you want!
drummerboy
Member
Tristan - definitely an anticlimax!!!
Best ending - what about Corpus Christi? Paganini Variations has got to be up there too!
Best ending - what about Corpus Christi? Paganini Variations has got to be up there too!