Band arrangements of orchestral music
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By Kenneth W Parker
These are well performed pieces. This is an extremely sharp band. But you are not getting what the composer wrote. I followed the Flying Dutchman overture with my Dover Score, seeing where wind passages in the original were faithful, but violin parts were often given to the clarinets, oboes and/or flutes.
Just make sure you know what you are getting. There are no string players in the United States Navy Band.