Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Ticheli's Loch Lomond

Frank Ticheli
(January 21, 1958 - Present)

Normal guy. Pretty chill.

Ticheli's arrangement of Loch Lomond is one of my favorite pieces to listen to. Loch Lomond is a Scottish folk song. There isn't really much to say, but this piece is holy goddamn good.

At 5:46 in this recording is one of my favorite notes ever written. The build to it is just fantastic and the way it releases is godly. Of course no recording can ever do it proper justice, but when I performed this piece in my high school wind ensemble, I would get chills running down my spine because it's so awesome.

Anyway, listen, and turn the volume up as loud as you can bear.



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