There is a section of the piece missing - see video edit at 2:03 - probably because of a youtube time limit for which I believe there is a workaround. I hope to see Ji Hye's complete (fantastic) performance here sometime soon. (Andy Harnsberger has uploaded his recent video of the complete work.)
@kyotaiko It wasn't sped up, I was there ;) She is that fast.
@timetoslowdownisnow John Serry is a pianist, not a percussionist/marimbist... so even though I don't want to discredit him as a composer, I'm not sure he necessarily realized how hard his music is. There isn't a terrible amount of idiosyncratic material here, other than the octave stuff...
@DougDrumUltimAPerry Au Contraire! John Serry was actually a percussion MAJOR at Eastman. In fact, on his senior recital he performed the marimba in the Ingolf Dahl Duo Concertante (for which I played the flute part), and I can tell you that his performance was expert. So by being both a composer AND a marimba player himself, he wrote Night Rhapsody for his good friend Leigh Howard Stevens with full knowledge of the instrument's capabilities. BRAVO to Ms. Jung on a wonderful performance!
@Kujalamuse Ah, I stand corrected! Thanks for the info. Ji Hye is my teacher here in Kansas, and she had mentioned something to me about how he does a lot of jazz piano playing... do you know anything about that?
@DougDrumUltimAPerry Oh yes, John is an amazing jazz piano player and composer..... unfortunately he just wasn't that popular in the late 70's early 80's to sustain a career as a jazz combo leader. I had the pleasure of being a roadie for a short time. He lent me his scores for some of the pieces he wrote for the jazz combo and to this day nothing is quite like it.....
There is a section of the piece missing - see video edit at 2:03 - probably because of a youtube time limit for which I believe there is a workaround. I hope to see Ji Hye's complete (fantastic) performance here sometime soon. (Andy Harnsberger has uploaded his recent video of the complete work.)
jserryws 1 month ago
this looks like it was sped up slightly...its still really good though
kyotaiko 1 year ago
@kyotaiko It wasn't sped up, I was there ;) She is that fast.
@timetoslowdownisnow John Serry is a pianist, not a percussionist/marimbist... so even though I don't want to discredit him as a composer, I'm not sure he necessarily realized how hard his music is. There isn't a terrible amount of idiosyncratic material here, other than the octave stuff...
DougDrumUltimAPerry 1 year ago
@DougDrumUltimAPerry Au Contraire! John Serry was actually a percussion MAJOR at Eastman. In fact, on his senior recital he performed the marimba in the Ingolf Dahl Duo Concertante (for which I played the flute part), and I can tell you that his performance was expert. So by being both a composer AND a marimba player himself, he wrote Night Rhapsody for his good friend Leigh Howard Stevens with full knowledge of the instrument's capabilities. BRAVO to Ms. Jung on a wonderful performance!
Kujalamuse 9 months ago
@Kujalamuse Ah, I stand corrected! Thanks for the info. Ji Hye is my teacher here in Kansas, and she had mentioned something to me about how he does a lot of jazz piano playing... do you know anything about that?
DougDrumUltimAPerry 9 months ago
@DougDrumUltimAPerry Oh yes, John is an amazing jazz piano player and composer..... unfortunately he just wasn't that popular in the late 70's early 80's to sustain a career as a jazz combo leader. I had the pleasure of being a roadie for a short time. He lent me his scores for some of the pieces he wrote for the jazz combo and to this day nothing is quite like it.....
twcal 5 months ago
Sometimes pieces like this seem to be "difficult" for the sake of being so, and not necessarily for the sake of good music.
timetoslowdownisnow 1 year ago
JI HYE IS A MARIMBA TIGER! She is beyond amazing!
graha1jt 1 year ago
This is insane! Atonal marimba piece!
Remoxx 1 year ago
@Remoxx I wouldn't call it atonal. More like chromatic instead of diatonic.
DestroyedDimension 1 year ago
@DestroyedDimension Indeed, it's more like it.
Remoxx 1 year ago
Unreal.
DforDrums 1 year ago
Wonderful play and composition!!!
Great John Serry!!!
*****
RockHistoryTube 1 year ago
That was really impressive... But where are measures 61-79?
NinjasaurusMia 2 years ago
wow, wonderfule performance of this piece. I love the piece and you sound great.
GregMarimba 2 years ago 2
she's a machine! That is a beautiful marimba.Adams Artist classic.
crpederson 2 years ago
I've never really cared for this piece and still don't, but nonetheless, Ji Hye really throws down here. This is an amazing performance.
AoAPC 2 years ago
@AoAPC i agree. it's really hard, but it's not my favorite piece to listen to. and yeah she killed it.
minimeiskool 1 year ago