To The Edge is an inspiring journey of courage and self-discovery. We must push past fear and embrace uncertainty, knowing that every challenge — no matter how tough — is a step toward growth. Despite setbacks and doubts, we learn to leave fear behind, forge our own path, and rise above, proving that true strength comes from daring to go to the edge. This show features plenty of subtle moments in the music to lean into the 'edge' theme, such as the battery having an exposed moment in the opener where they play on the edge of their drums. In addition to being a compelling marching band show, To The Edge is a great vehicle to teach your students about strength and courage.

To The Edge

Symphony No. 3, Mvt. III [original instrumental]

Arranged for Flute Ensemble by Carla Rees. Score available at Tetractys https://www.tetractys.co.uk/photo_17230847.html

Performed by Royal Academy Flute Ensemble

Shostakovich Concertino op. 94 extract

Romance Para Gay

January - you bring to sing the saddest voices in me.

Shostakovic (JazzSuite) - edited
vs.
The Velvet Underground (Candy Says) - edited

Sad Song

Sad song (I've come to hate my body)

Dmitri Shostakovich: 5 Pieces for 2 Violins and Piano

This is a transcript and recording of the first movement, Präludium I Prelude from Shostakovich's Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, arranged by Levon Atovmyan.

The recasting of the Five Pieces from their original versions was done by Shostakovich’s friend Levon Atovmyan (1901–73), a Turkmen composer, arranger, and man-about-the-music-industry. In the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s, Atovmyan created many composer-approved suites comprising movements from assorted Shostakovich works, including the four Ballet Suites and the suites from the film scores for The Gadfly (1955) and Hamlet (1932). Atovmyan apparently assembled the Five Pieces by 1970, and they were published under the rubric Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano. The parts can also be played by two violas.

The Prelude derives from Shostakovich’s music for The Gadfly, where it is titled “Guitars” and was to be played by two guitars. Atovmyan had already transcribed this movement in his orchestral Suite from The Gadfly (Opus 97a), in which guise it may be familiar to some listeners. In that setting, he mixed in some music from a separate Gadfly section, but in the Five Pieces he reverts to the text Shostakovich originally wrote (though with bowed strings instead of plucked ones). It balances on the thin boundary between pensive Russian melancholy and genial Viennese good cheer. The two string instruments track each other almost always in the same rhythm, though in harmony, a characteristic that maintains for nearly the entire suite.

(Source: https://youtu.be/s_HmPmDo-VM?feature=shared)

Download on MuseScore: https://musescore.com/user/82832146/scores/23212807?share=copy_link
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lFKFFdVwUXo

Prelude (from 'The Gadfly')

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a (arr. Barshai)
III. Allegretto (Excerpt)
Moskau Virtuosi · Vladimir Spivakov
Capriccio 4CD-Set · C7470 [06/2025]

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Suite for Variety Orchestra - Jazz Suite No. 2
VII. Waltz II (Allegretto poco moderato) (Excerpt)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Steven Sloane
Capriccio 3CD-Set · C7460 [06/2025]

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Suite for Variety Orchestra - Jazz Suite No. 2

Recordings heard on this track: 

Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninoff, Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saens, Omphale’s Spinning Wheel
Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, Op. 47
Mitropoloupols, New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Arthur Wilensky Talk on Dimitri Mitropoulos

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