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Title: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: Noob-guy on April 29, 2011, 11:13:11 PM
played by the high school orchestra, i think the paper showed "Sinfonia in A minor" but when I look that up, it sounds nothing like the song. please help ID it, the song is so freakin awesome. Link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn1qoSnvY0Q
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: Opus106 on April 30, 2011, 12:02:11 AM
Hi. The piece sounds like it could have come from the quill of Antonio Vivaldi, or perhaps from one of his contemporaries, but I'm not very sure about the exact identity of the work.
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: Noob-guy on April 30, 2011, 12:48:01 AM
^ thanks for trying. anyone else?
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: DavidW on April 30, 2011, 05:25:09 AM
It's Vivaldi Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 3 No. 6.  What I think makes it hard to identify is that frankly the playing is absolutely terrible.  Sorry.
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: Noob-guy on April 30, 2011, 09:25:11 AM
Thanks, but is it a different variation of the song? Because it don't sound exactly the same, I mean only the beginning kind of sounds like it then the rest of the Song is different
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: DavidW on April 30, 2011, 10:27:45 AM
Oh sorry about that.  Assuming the title is right, I would try looking up baroque era operas and oratorios, within them are usually sinfonias and this is probably what this is.  If you were at that concert, wouldn't it be easier to contact someone else that was there for a copy of the program?  Or heck ask the conductor himself what was the name of the work.
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: Szykneij on April 30, 2011, 12:33:49 PM
I'm pretty sure David is correct with his identification. Many classical pieces are edited and arranged for performance by school ensembles, which is most likely the case here. These arrangements will vary from the original in form and length, and sometimes even in key. What I'll take issue with is David's "absolutely terrible" assessment of the playing. This is clearly a school orchestra performing in a noisy venue, most likely for an audience of family and friends. Congratulations to those kids for learning to play an instrument, getting together to rehearse and perform classical music, and sharing it with others.
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: DavidW on April 30, 2011, 02:00:39 PM
Okay I apologize, there was a much more polite way of saying that their playing might not sound like the usual performance.  I did not have to say "absolutely terrible."
Title: Re: Identify this Song..........Please
Post by: Agomongo1235 on October 15, 2012, 11:54:02 AM
It's in the description  Sinfonia-Paraphrase from Trio in A Minor By Georg Philipp Telemann