Blue Bells of Scotland - New Trombone Collective

[goldcrayon2]

Why are comment sections for every video having to do with wind instruments so dumb?

[ShortyOh5]

Beautiful playing!!! I know the drummer was sposed to be funny but it got annoying after awhile. They shoulda had him do that couple times then fall back....

[TheBenrussell]

Lol did anybody notice the valve trombone, I always thought they were just a novelty. Fun as hell though

[tromuniapp]

soprano trombone for the win!

[larsgundy]

The drummer was annoying...

[axcboltq]

No. Fast is impressive, but that was just too fast.

[axcboltq]

@Spdres Wow. Sick fires, bro.

But in all honesty, I feel the whole thing's a tad undermined by the percussionist.

[Eternaleppert]

Wow... I'm going to take a stab in the dark, folks, and tell you that the percussionist was just "acting" and playing around. The applause was not for him solely, and if you notice, the applause is much more for the trombone player. Lighten up and quit taking this so seriously!! I laughed out loud!! Hilariously funny, and it totally fit with the music! It's called musical creativity. Do more than just play music. Let people SEE IT IN ACTION!! Awesome job, guys!!

[ThereseWeecee]

The solo trombone has the most beautiful tone I've ever heard! amazing!

[ManIhTwoLinJay]

That contra bass trombone eats soprano trombones alive O_O

[HONS95]

Hmm.. just epic..

You can't find a video of this piece where people don't start laughing when the soloist is playing the deep tones in the cadence ;)

[tobert4now]

I laughed, but it's a bit of a shame the percussionist got so much attention next to such obviously great trombone playing.

[mboschm]

@tobert4now Maybe this is the point. They are so good that they can afford doing all this nonsense.

[TheRobEarhart]

silly drummer, that stage is for musicians!

[FatGuy712]

so what do i see...soprano, alto, euphonium, i think two tenors with an f attachment, a valve trombone and two bases?

[stogiebear84]

F Bass, not Contrabass

[jeffseed108]

who is that asshole playing the drums like wtf?

[Frenksel]

@jeffseed108 It's Pierre Volders, member of the New Trombone Collective, principal at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and I think one of Jörgens best friends...

[obiwan88]

My personal list of the world's best trombonists alive now (classical, order by age):

Joseph Alessi, Christian Lindberg, Alain Trudel, Jorgen van Rijen

Of course these are the players I know (pardon the ignorance if I've missed out anyone I don't know). Among the above, I thought Mr Trudel is the most under-rated.

Also, he has since focused more on conducting.

Oh, and I thought Mr Trudel is remarkably versatile. He plays from the alto trombone repetoire (baroque), all the way to modern jazz.

[danieljdick]

Aakk. I could have gotten one of those king silver euphoniums several years ago for about $500 and was so tempted and now I'm kicking myself I didn't. I put more than that into fixing the slide on my trombone several years ago when it was damaged.

[pantscrapper12]

My GOD that chord at the end was GODLY

[gurandorin]

Geweldig!

[Yrishorn]

AWESOME!!!!

[supernole100]

HOLY CRAP! I will have sex with that soloist. AMAZING!!!!!

[thewaterballoonist]

Any idea where I can find the arrangement for this?

[CoHful]

The Drummer looks like Newmann

[TheGeetarPlayer]

That was by far the most enjoyable version of Blue Bells of Scotland but I with the crowd didn't cheer so much for the drummer. It just shows that no matter how good people are at trombone, they're STILL human. Most of his mistakes can be blamed solely on running out of air. This was a damn good performance, though. I've played this solo many times and I'm going to attempt to hit the triple high b flat for a recital I have coming up. Great stuff.

PS I love the pea-shooter

[DarkAeonSlayer99999]

@revoltingmexican Dude, you're a joke. Sure this is EXTREMELY fast, but does that mean that noone could do it? Lol at you. Jorgen is probably THE best tenor trombone player alive, you'd probably shat yourself if you actually saw him playing. Of course he can do it. And, all-in-all, there were only like 10 mistakes. Given, that the environment wasn't really serious, chances are that he could do it perfectly, so shut the kcuf up.

[hysteria544]

Is that a King euphonium I see? Nice.

[littletroll78732]

Is that a Piccolo-bone?

[Nightslash091]

@littletroll78732 its a slide trumpet

[Shadowbunnyjedi]

that is a baroque-style trumpet one the far left, no?

[cplhewett]

@Shadowbunnyjedi more commonly known as a slide trumpet or even a soprano trombone

[trombandy]

(3) Watch this video: youtube.com/watch?v=42EWs9Y9UL­c - though I admire Joe and his playing a lot, it is not perfect playing either and - compared to Jorgen - even less musical..

(4) Let's not forget: It's all about the show! So they drummer fits in perfectly. (btw. it's the principal trb of Rotterdam Phil)

[skidv10]

His intonation is terrible. Check out Alessi or Zalkind playing this

[barbarian92]

I've seen the score to the trombone solo, and damn, I can't believe that he makes it all look THAT easy. It's not human to play that that easily. Mad props to van Rijen!!!

[vultisubito]

oshi- I don't even

[Ranma37]

Sick

[kigarh01]

This was quite funny. Who care's if it wasn't the cleanest performance. Whatever happened to playing to entertain people. I'm working on the Blue Bells of Scotland and it isn't easy. So stop complaining about a flub here and there. This was a fun piece, not serious.

Awesome job guys!

[Alba5814]

@kigarh01 Yea i played this for my jury about 4 months ago, Not the easiest thing to even take it at the tempo they did.

[Zombbg4]

Obviously the point of this performance is bone players love Blue Bells, but it's effing impossible to play clean live, thus the silly percussionist to lighten things up a bit.

[matthewharris065]

@Zombbg4 ummm, no, it's quite possible, I've seen a few Pro players play this live, and let me tell you, Joe Alessi had EVERY pitch nailed, every articulation, and put so much musicality into a piece that's s fast, e did an AMAZING job.

[305gigi]

very entertaining! someday i would sound like that....just takes a lot of practice and commitment =)

[elelsey]

I actually saw this live and it was AMAZING! As a pro trombonist, I've NEVER had a perfect performance AND I've heard the best players in the world "flub" a few here and there. It still doesn't matter b/c the people at the top are better cold than some of you will EVER be! Just appreciate the final product and stop being idiotic and nitpicky....besides, even the best in the world know how to edit CD's....think people!!!

[SlideEssence]

Fun times! I played an arrangement for Brass Choir while I was at the University of Denver. Trombonists consider it sacrilage, but honestly you can't go wrong with two tubas playing the octave displacement at the end.

[allynx93]

Legit players? Are you kidding me, Jorgen Van Rijen's one of the most in demand soloists in the world right now. He won the international trombone competition in France in 1999, and 2001. If you want a LEGIT recording of Jorgen check out his solo debut with the Royal Concertgebouw when he plays Henry Tomasi. This was just something for fun to get people interested in classical music, because that's Rijen's principle goal. To spread music. Him not legit? Your not legit.

[porkboi]

Personally I thought it was a brilliant performance... both in music and showmanship.

I was thoroughly entertained by both the gimmick and the trombonist. Wish some of you guys in the comments below would stop nitpicking at everything and appreciate the performance for what it is. Play to your audience... not everyone will know how Blue Bells is 'supposed' to sound [which is only relative to each INDIVIDUAL's interpretation anyways] but everyone can enjoy a little humor here and there.

[stickywick12]

that is one little trombone on the far left... need to get me one of those

[dylanw26]

That's a slide trumpet. :-)

[porkboi]

Or a soprano trombone :]

Tom-A-to, tom-AH-to I guess lol.

[slydewinder01]

Or a really big paperclip :)

[tromuniapp]

@dylanw26 Thats just slang. if ur sure its a trumet try playing it. :-)

[dylanw26]

@tromuniapp Yes, I know that.

[EezaB1889]

Lindberg, Ron Barron and Ian Bousfield have all recorded better versions than this

[danieldevere]

This is live. There is a big difference.

[revoltingmexican]

and he's playing it at about 208 bpm, which is beyond prestissimo. Flambogularity 121 knows what he's talking about. He's playing way too fast, and this pretty much sucks unless you were in the audience at the circus and this happened to be an act.

[revoltingmexican]

dudes, it's too fast. None of you have probably even played it. It so fast that he can't even keep some measures in the 2nd and last variations in time. None of this is musical, it's just a stupid gag. Ironically the most musical version I've heard of this song is lindberg's, which is about as close to a perfect recording as you can get.

[themadtrombonist]

I agree entirely. If you like listening to LEGIT players perform this piece, check out Joe Alessi on his "Illuminations" album and Mark Lawrence on his album "The Golden Age of Brass: Vol. 2." The guy in this video sounds like he has some talent but focuses too much on show rather than the music. He's appealing to the audience members that know NOTHING about how much time and effort it takes to play it like Lindberg, Alessi, Barron, Friedman, (insert your trombonist here), etc.

[revoltingmexican]

yeah, seems like they're hiding the fact that he can't play it by using this gag, and speeding it up to the point where NO one could play it.

[slydewinder01]

Please, we should all sound that non legit

[danieldevere]

Dude. It's at the international trombone festival. He's playing for an entire audience of trombonists, many of them professionals. I think they know how good he is. Oh, by the way, you should see the video of Alessi playing this live it's not nearly as clean as this.

[hoogestefan]

@revoltingmexican You've just nailed it...And if you'd ever bother to get your facts striaght you'd know that this was never meant to be more than a stupid gag.

[overlordb1663r]

flambogularity121 you are wrong it goes allegro allegro vivace thus it would sound fast to an ignorant fool

[trombonelytrombonist]

I agree with flambogularity121, Variation 1 is being played pretty fast, and it is only written at allegro, which is exactly what flambogularity said, thusLY he may seem wrong to an ignorant fool.

He's probably only playing 10 or 15 bpm faster than allegro though.

[krisdestiny34]

Amazing, how can you think that fast?

Percussionist was very distracting though, I want to punch him.

[B1GBA55MANN01]

that was AMAZING great work guys, although i noticed a euphonium in there as well, EVEN BETTER :) great work boys

[EpicPhalure]

that contrabass trombone is an epic win.

[TromboneMachine]

wow that own every blue bells on the earth

[bikebone73]

Incredible!!! Bravo to the soloist and an Oscar to the percussionist!! Bis Bis Bis!!

[Triadhaze]

The soprano trombone makes me smile haha.

I wish I had one

[foxxiej]

They are for sale at like €300 easily.

[GodofTrombones]

Soooooo many trombones :D

That makes me so happy!

Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Valve, Baritone/Euphonium, Bass, CONTRABASS, and Jorgen? AWESOME.

[hollaXboi]

Amazing =)

[AmericanIdiot2423]

ridiculously amazing playing by the soloist. the double, triple, quadruple, infinitiple tonguing was insane.

[micky8171995]

that is both halarious and very pretty. i love it. it makes me want to be better at the easy version i am playing now. i like the drummer guy, he is funny. it was beautiful.

[m5foxtrot]

I just jizzed in my pants

[rTROMBONEk]

oiled myself... again.

[Dominoe11112]

I think the drummer really pulled it together lol

[villabrass]

the trombon is very good,bud i think the drum is out side.

[pkeijsers]

that's the joke.. ;)

[PRHSBone]

it was good...

but i dont think arthur pryor would be proud of this performance...

[Bobaw00t]

lol dude the drummers like distracting the audience.

[zoot69]

geez those variations went like the clap! I want a little bass drum dude next time I play this piece. What a fantastic performance!

[boxer4u2nv]

Superior performance and show.

[dluu13]

That "drum dude" is Pierre Volders, the principal trombone of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. gotten from the other new trombone collective blue bells video

[dluu13]

i believe the bass drummer was some other trombonist in another orchestra haha.

[blasterboy2007]

damm... nuff said... excuse me while I go rethink my life....

[cj614]

that was awesome i want to do that!!!only thing is that in some areas, it was a little sloppy but besides that, drummers r such glory hounds lol