James Adler: Hoe-Down by Aaron Copland

[iferrit]

Sitting on a fire cracker?

[Killlz4fun]

Very good try and you have a lot of fun as I see, however this piece is made for orchestra and, unlike many other classical music, impossible to play on a piano without loosing it's feel.

[J1a2n3a4e]

hahah the way he plays makes it look fun!

[jadlerpnocomp]

Thanks, everyone - and Happy New Year! I appreciate your warm comments. More concerts, and YouTube posts, coming in spring.

[MrLstat]

The way he's playing, his movements, made me smile. We can clearly see and feel that he is enjoying it. Well done Sir :D

[keatsrivas]

I can see you are having fun playing this piece Mr. Adler :)

[TheBatmanShow2112]

This guy is amazing, but I came here looking for whose line is it anyway!!

[JubalCalif]

KUDOS! Now why do I have a sudden hankering for a fat juicy steak???

:)

[heatblizzard]

17,138 people at this concert.

[CabalDarkDragonclaw]

from 1:38 he looks really happy

[CabalDarkDragonclaw]

faster, play it faaaaaster!!!!

[joiseygirls]

I loved how much feeling James put into this piano peice! I was rolling on the floor laughing! It's almost as if Aaron Copland is in his hands. He's a definite inspiration to me. I hope one day I'll be able to play this song and just as well as Mr.Adler.Thanks!

[jadlerpnocomp]

Thanks, folks. ;-)

[chichi123xx]

That was awesome

[welcometourf]

i can't stop looking at the shiny head in the front row, it's mezmerizing

[heatblizzard]

@welcometourf What head? I can't EVEN see the piano let alone a shiny head since there is so many people there croweding the view:

Perhaps the uploader should have smaller people in the front and taller people in the back no? :)

[tiKaaliK8]

LOVED IT!!!!

[montes707]

Beef...it's what's for dinner.

[jadlerpnocomp]

Great, hope you enjoy learning it - a truly fun piece. Cheers!

[odina86]

Brilliant! You've inspired me to attempt learning this (key word= attempt) ;-)

[reilyhannahoverhiser]

i can play that

it's SO much fun

[kithic14]

Aw he's so happy!

[jadlerpnocomp]

Thanks for your comments and compliments, folks - much-appreciated. Happy New Year!

[BorisCr]

I demand to see his hands! I'm sure he has more fingers then the ten I was born with!

[pakmanATL]

Does anybody know where I can get sheet music for this?

[jadlerpnocomp]

From the Boosey & Hawkes piano edition, prepared (presumably) by Aaron Copland.

[HomelyCooking]

There's no pianist quite like James Adler.

[codemanradiohead]

Absolutely amazing!!! I had no idea this could even be played on a piano! The ending looks like so much fun to play!

[yay99999]

any notice that this guy memorized the entire thing? :O

[sebastianrc]

Since Franz Liszt( and the so difficult pieces) pianists use to memorize every single piece cause the don't have time to look at the sheet =)

[ZzMatthewzZ]

I think there's nothing strange about it.

Musicians remember, academicians read sheets.

[BtoCtrill]

most pianists do (for performances at least)

[cirosuperiore]

love the fact that this guy is so INTO IT. nicely done

[badtown88]

Had this guy as my music professor in freshman year of college. Fucking amazing piano player. I remember one time he came in with a broken arm and started playing like crazy. He's the man.

[FurubaAddict]

holy crap thats quick

[bcbdaggtrf75]

is the sheet music available?? I've got a CD with Mark Allan playing his transcription, sounds exactly the same as this version, could it have been published?

[fairysneeze]

There should be, I think Aaron Copland did a transcription of this for piano, as well as Saturday Night Waltz.

[jadlerpnocomp]

Yes, the piano publication has several different works. All difficult, sadly. ;-)

[anaggressivenapkin]

left hand= cello

right hand= violin

[mcabeza75]

i need this sheet music!!!!!!!!!!!!! some body help

[razel410]

Well played Mr. Adler

[Moggggpiano]

Well played indeed. I never heard this piece as a piano solo before.

[japanesesweet]

Outstanding. You really get into the spirit of the piece.

[Dundsany]

Las disonancias me recuerdan la música de la películas "2 mulas y una mujer"

[jcrjuggler]

Hey James. I didn't realize what a good pianist you were. I thought you were just a composer. Great job!!!

[soulreapr1]

Nice job.

[LouiseH95]

Class