Creston Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band - Mvt I

[Skizzot2005]

good job man. This piece is such a beast to put all together for a recital. Not many people actually like the piece but i really grew fond of it when I had to play it.

[wiseoneize]

does anyone know where i can get a piano accompaniment cd to this song?

[dunsmoop]

you sound really good man. Do you have a recording of Creston's Rapsodie for Saxophone and Organ?

[imaninjamonkey]

what is the date of composition and what is the style??

[imaninjamonkey]

when was this composed? i need to know right away

[lifeizlemonz]

wow nice job man.

[syko159]

What a great piece. I memorized all 3 movements of this piece...12 pages...and was a finalist in a concerto competition. You sound great overall.

[rosten7]

I am frantically trying to learn the piano reduction of this concerto to play for a recital tonight. Your accompanist is very talented! You have a beautiful singing tone when you play saxophone. Great job!

[hellomotherful]

Hey I picked this out for a solo the other day and I REALLY NEED POINTERS???

[TSaxEthan]

I really like the dance that you've choreographed with this piece.

[carlocalienes]

GOOD SOUND..!!!!!!1

[ofunck]

Excellent Playing

[tyjetz]

There are moments when the clarity of the melodic line is muddled, like around 1:50 or so. Also, the intonation has some flaws. It's painfully obvious every time you play a fourth line D because they're always so sharp.

[CharlieParker56]

I agree. It is obvious that you have talent, but remember musicality comes first before notes. YOu need to pay attention to the finer nuance to take your playing the next level. Nuances such as intonation and ton quality should be the first on the list.

[Reeds8706]

Wow! You are a very talented and skilled saxophonist! I enjoyed listening to you play this movement very much! :)

[saxyscotty]

very powerful

[jazzyjazzer06]

what is the title and arranger of this piece?? i would LOVE to play this piece for when i try out for the Marines Band!! I gotta start working now lol

[yankeegirlie1]

dude. you're absolutely amazing.

I'm in 9th grade and my teacher gave me this solo for nyssma, and I've either got to play the 1st and 2nd movement or 2nd and 3rd, and I'm pretty overwhelmed right now.

but you nailed it.

I envy you. =] awesome job!

[janelso33]

Love your tone, too.

[janelso33]

Tremendous! Close to the best interpretation (Dale Underwood) of this piece I've heard. Well done.

[bradleythebeast]

you are a beast.

and so is the guy behind you on the piano.

it's so smooth, it flows so well.

i want to grow up and be like you, seriously.

how long have ya been playing??

[andorinter]

ehhh just curious, how long did it take you to prepare the first movement?

[andorinter]

just played this at solo festival, did the second movement first and the judge had to cut it right before it hit the end section where it goes back to 138 bpm. Went really well.. good job too

[learjet4]

I played oboe in the second movement of this piece. It's very intresting. There is no key signature though =) Double sharps/flats galore.

[tonkythewonky]

oboe? how would you play this on oboe! that's something i'd like to hear. =)

[learjet4]

In the concert arrangement. It opens with an oboe soli. Sorry to disappoint you ! ;)

[counce1]

Don't play the cadenzas faster than you can play them...they don't have to be really fast to be impressive, but they DO have to be clean. Speaking of clean, many of your fast sections weren't...slow down and work for accuracy. You need to milk the beautiful sections for all they're worth. Bring your soft dynamics WAY down and play the middle "slower" section much more relaxed and reflective. This performance could be much improved. Keep working!

[MonoRec88]

Very nicely played.

Remember to have a egalité in your sound in all registers. Remember also to have intonation in all your notes, especially in your mid-range.

How old are you?

[backinblack0676]

Nicely done man, great tone and excellent finger work. I will tell you, this thing is a mother to play without the F# key haha.

[foshizle22]

Nicely done. I'm just curious as to how many of the saxophonists that play the standard repretoire on youtube can also blow decent choruses on something like rhythm changes or even a regular 12 bar blues. Not trying to knock anyone at all, just curious as to how many of the saxophonists playing legit can play jazz too, or even as well as they play classical on youtube.

[saxophoney]

Some sax players don't even like jazz (most people don't).My view is that they can be separate disciplines.You can love different music and genres, and be indifferent to jazz but play it when needed (although maybe not too great.Hard to improvise when your heart ain't in it).Sorta like classically trained pianists.Those playing at the highest of levels can play both classical and jazz superbly (eg. Russell Peterson) and keep the styles properly separated.You need great chops to play either well.

[HugoSax]

It looks like this is the first north american classical saxophonist that I had real pleasure to hear playing saxophone!

Congratulations!

[jcrwzr]

seriously? the first?

[SACHIINA]

Good job.　I am thinking about playing this piace for my next sax exam.

[Beatmastapat09]

holy cow man

im sittin' here tryin' to learn pink panther solo and thinkin' thats hard

hah

proved me rong :P

[andorinter]

nice... i'm working on this now... it's a hard piece, but fun to play

[Shadowswiper]

nice, i had to do this for a compitition, the entire thing

[saxophoney]

I listened to this again. Excellent. Beautiful French sound.

[saxophoney]

Excellent job!

[jzer21]

Good job. It's always a good thing when the pianist makes more mistakes than the soloist. I hate those high G's at the end too. Good handle on the notes. It's hard to tell from the recording, but you might wanna bring out the accents more on the fast sections starting on the Eb and later on the B.

[JPSaxMan]

This doesn't sound to me like the original Creston Sonata written for solo alto saxophone and piano...it was done very well, but why didn't you do the original?

[mboniface]

Because it is not the Creston Sonata. Creston also wrote a concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra. It is a completely different piece.

[JPSaxMan]

Ahh I see; my mistake. I suppose reading the title more carefully would have helped in preventing that =P.

[thejoyofsax]

This is Creston's Concerto, not his Sonata.

[godsend221]

nice sound, I can tell you work very hard.