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ELSA'S PROCESSION TO THE CATHEDRAL
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'ELSA'S PROCESSION TO THE CATHEDRAL' IS THE OPENING TO SCENE 4, ACT II, OF RICHARD WAGNER'S OPERA 'LOHENGRIN' (1850), AS ELSA PREFACES HER BETROTHAL TO LOHENGRIN. THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL BAND ARRANGEMENT, FILLED WITH MEDIEVAL COLOR AND PAGEANTRY.
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Contemporary band compositions, classical music arrangements, marches, jazz, symphonies, overtures. A collection from bands that I have played in throughout hi
Hello and welcome! "Symphonic Band Performances" is a compilation of recordings from several high school and college bands that I played in including the TMEA (Texas) All State Band, the TMEA Region X All Region Band, the Interlochen Arts Academy National Music Camp, the Cal Poly Tech Band, San Luis Obispo, the USAF Golden West Band, and recordings from my h.s. band, Beaumont H.S. and a few band recordings that were passed down to me. Also included are various All State groups and college and university bands. I participated and played in the large majority of these recordings. There are no professional recordings here and every recording is Public Domain. Most are available for free download. Each song has been converted from the original analog or digital source and edited with Audacity or Dak software. In the majority of these recordings, I play the tenor sax or alto sax, b flat or e flat clarinet, or directing. I was drum major for 2 years in high school, I have a BA from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where I studied music ed, composition and theory. I had about 500 more recordings I was planning to digitize and upload, but this past Nov. 20th, my home was completely destroyed by fire, and all the contents, including all my music and instruments. So, this is it. Please feel free to post a comment here or on my member page. If you like, please become a fan by clicking "I'm a fan" below.
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Genre
Classical • Opera
Charts
Peak #87
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
Richard Wagner - 1850
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public domain
Uploaded
January 25, 2010
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MP3 5.6 MB • 126 kbps • 6:15
Story behind the song
Elsaas Procession to the Cathedral is written to exploit every possible emotion related to love and passion in the band and the listener. The piece's tempo is completely up to the director, however, the arranger, Lucien Cailliet, notes that the tempo should never exceed 80 quarter note beats per minute. Tempo is specifically allowed to flux ever so slightly in order to add to the expressive feel, as long as it does not change too much too fast. The other key area to keep in mind is the fact that this is a processional, so the intensity will be slowly building until the end, when Elsa reaches the cathedral for her wedding. Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach and its sequel, Lohengrin, written by a different author, itself inspired by the epic of Garin le Loherain. It is part of the Knight of the Swan tradition. The opera has proved inspirational towards other works of art. Among those deeply moved by the fairy-tale opera was the young King Ludwig II of Bavaria. 'Der Marchenkonig' ('The Fairy-tale King') as he was dubbed later built his ideal fairy-tale castle and dubbed it "New Swan Stone," or "Neuschwanstein," after the Swan Knight. It was King Ludwig's patronage that later gave Wagner the means and opportunity to build a theatre for, compose and stage his epic cycle, the Ring of the Nibelung.
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ALEXIS PATRICK
May 16, 2010
This song is a sentimental beauty!!!! Great work,my friend.