Congratulations...you actually made me enjoy listening to the sound of a soprano sax. A feat not easily performed. Yes, I, a sax major cannot stand soprano saxes, lol.
@asinhawkeye0065 hey Johnny, its me mitchell. And i have some of the sheet music to this. Bob gave it to us at sax camp. i can get the rest of this sometime by talking to German
This made me realize (combined with another sax performance I heard live) that the saxophone is probably THE most underrated instrument in the world. Different pitches sound like different instruments. It's an Oboe in the middle, a flute down low, and a trumpet up high...Amazing.
any chance you could do this same thing on The Seal Lullaby? You have a beautiful baritone saxophone sound too! I play tenor as my primary, baritone as my secondary, prefer to stay away from alto and soprano. Like i said, beautiful playing and i would love to hear you play The Seal Lullaby, it is my favorite Whitacre piece=]
... Yup, it's confirmed, I shall pick up sax. This was the most beautiful thing I have heard From a saxophone, <3 I love the different colours from each of them, from Bari - soprano, Just beautiful and amazing <3
I went to your recital tonight, and I thought it was absolutely lovely and brilliant! I was telling all of my friends how gorgeous your playing is, and one of them actually heard you before and pointed me to your youtube. You're such a fantastic player. You're an inspiration to all musicians!
Bob, was this for school or just for funsies? oh and I think you sound slightly better than when we attempted this at sax camp. eh maybe more than slightly. except for Bari, that bari player at sax camp was a boss. :) good job man.
Hey, well done! The overall sound is a bit reedy and bright, but I love the soprano sax. They way it soars over a note without sounding mechanical (3:03) is great.
For kicks, I layered your video on top of my trombone 'Sleep' video and they sound brilliant together!
@WhiteNitE521 If you think this is gorgeous you havn't heard much of what a saxophone can sound like. This is rather mediocre acually. If you have started like "the sound of the sax" listening to this you should listen to music where the saxophone really can show off, such as Jazz, blues and funk! =)
@Chirpingler Excuse my rudeness, but how on earth do you find this to be "mediocre"? It takes an extremely talented musician to be able to control not just one, but every instrument of the saxophone family at such a high level. This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard!
@kenbrack125 Excuse accepted. I believe you think this is beautiful because of the harmonics of the tones put togehter in chords, but the sound form the saxophone itself would I definitively call mediocre. I do not direcly blame the player, the microphone or recording device may not be the best, or it's just low quality on the playback. However, as WhiteNitE521 commented about the sound, and not the combined saxophones together, I would see it strange that he changed his mind listening to this.
@Chirpingler I see where you are coming from, but i still find it hard to believe you can call this sound mediocre, that's all I'm trying to say. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this matter. lol
I thought you looked familiar. I met you at your grad school audition at Indiana. I was the kid that went to Hebron if you can recall that far back. This is absolutely beautiful playing. Well done!
Congratulations...you actually made me enjoy listening to the sound of a soprano sax. A feat not easily performed. Yes, I, a sax major cannot stand soprano saxes, lol.
matrix86 1 week ago
where can you get this music from?/???? i really wanna do and ensamble like this
asinhawkeye0065 4 weeks ago
@asinhawkeye0065 hey Johnny, its me mitchell. And i have some of the sheet music to this. Bob gave it to us at sax camp. i can get the rest of this sometime by talking to German
kenbrack125 4 weeks ago
Beautiful!!! :'D
kazikago5123 1 month ago
This made me realize (combined with another sax performance I heard live) that the saxophone is probably THE most underrated instrument in the world. Different pitches sound like different instruments. It's an Oboe in the middle, a flute down low, and a trumpet up high...Amazing.
lyndentribune25 2 months ago
my life is officially complete. Favorite song+favorite instruments=love!
reedb17 2 months ago
Gorgeous. This gave me goosebumps.
lebertus1 2 months ago
Beautiful!
RiotGirl4Eva 3 months ago
any chance you could do this same thing on The Seal Lullaby? You have a beautiful baritone saxophone sound too! I play tenor as my primary, baritone as my secondary, prefer to stay away from alto and soprano. Like i said, beautiful playing and i would love to hear you play The Seal Lullaby, it is my favorite Whitacre piece=]
xXShadowBlackwingXx 3 months ago
I always had the desire to do this but not the recording equipment! Great job on it as well
edmondssax 3 months ago
Glad you did it on different saxophones instead on one type :)
vanish129 4 months ago
hey mr esson. great sola. i am proud to say you are my tacher
gt516 4 months ago
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gt516 4 months ago
... Yup, it's confirmed, I shall pick up sax. This was the most beautiful thing I have heard From a saxophone, <3 I love the different colours from each of them, from Bari - soprano, Just beautiful and amazing <3
JJBRMusic 4 months ago
I went to your recital tonight, and I thought it was absolutely lovely and brilliant! I was telling all of my friends how gorgeous your playing is, and one of them actually heard you before and pointed me to your youtube. You're such a fantastic player. You're an inspiration to all musicians!
JazzySnazzy09 4 months ago
When someone hears the word "sax" their mind immediately shifts to jazz; not this jaw dropper!
11riddikulus 4 months ago
Ahh suspensions everywhere! lol<3
Chella211 5 months ago
Does anyone else feel like he should be playin the theme from the brady bunch right now????
Matt2steppinMcGee 5 months ago
Bob, was this for school or just for funsies? oh and I think you sound slightly better than when we attempted this at sax camp. eh maybe more than slightly. except for Bari, that bari player at sax camp was a boss. :) good job man.
Matt2steppinMcGee 5 months ago
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
CharlieBladeRemus 6 months ago
Hey, well done! The overall sound is a bit reedy and bright, but I love the soprano sax. They way it soars over a note without sounding mechanical (3:03) is great.
For kicks, I layered your video on top of my trombone 'Sleep' video and they sound brilliant together!
PantsADaemon 7 months ago
Fantastic, I'd try this sans vibrato though. It should mesh better :)
I see you use the Optimum mouthpieces?
carlheanerd 8 months ago
Wow, I have never really liked the sound of a Sax until this video, absolutely gorgeous!
WhiteNitE521 8 months ago 9
@WhiteNitE521 Haha, well I'm glad to change your mind :)
UHSax 8 months ago
@WhiteNitE521 If you think this is gorgeous you havn't heard much of what a saxophone can sound like. This is rather mediocre acually. If you have started like "the sound of the sax" listening to this you should listen to music where the saxophone really can show off, such as Jazz, blues and funk! =)
Chirpingler 1 month ago
@Chirpingler Excuse my rudeness, but how on earth do you find this to be "mediocre"? It takes an extremely talented musician to be able to control not just one, but every instrument of the saxophone family at such a high level. This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard!
kenbrack125 1 month ago
@kenbrack125 Excuse accepted. I believe you think this is beautiful because of the harmonics of the tones put togehter in chords, but the sound form the saxophone itself would I definitively call mediocre. I do not direcly blame the player, the microphone or recording device may not be the best, or it's just low quality on the playback. However, as WhiteNitE521 commented about the sound, and not the combined saxophones together, I would see it strange that he changed his mind listening to this.
Chirpingler 1 month ago
@Chirpingler I see where you are coming from, but i still find it hard to believe you can call this sound mediocre, that's all I'm trying to say. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this matter. lol
kenbrack125 4 weeks ago
Wow. Awesome playing!!
MikeKorsonMusic 8 months ago
I thought you looked familiar. I met you at your grad school audition at Indiana. I was the kid that went to Hebron if you can recall that far back. This is absolutely beautiful playing. Well done!
mrsax13 8 months ago
@mrsax13 Of course I remember! Thanks for the wonderful compliment.
UHSax 8 months ago
Is there any way to get this arrangement from you?
golson2012 8 months ago
Uh band camp 2009
Saxboi1994 8 months ago
This is lovely and well done. The range of saxophones give the sound a surprising fullness.
clauclau33 8 months ago
WOW. Your control over your instrument is astounding. Fantastic!
Zhaboka 8 months ago
You wouldn't happen to have the sheet music for this would you?
yamborski 8 months ago 2
Great playing, very interesting to hear it this way.
alexyodermusic 8 months ago
I found this from Eric Whitacre's Facebook page. :) Really great work. You're incredibly talented.
xxpurpleCHROMExx 8 months ago
Amazing!! Wonderfully done!
rhapsodyenbleuclair 8 months ago
Amazing! I was pleasantly surprised. Very pleasantly, and Eric posted this on his facebook so that's pretty cool too!
CaptainVictoryXavier 8 months ago
I was not expecting this to work so well but it's beautiful! Really nice playing!
bonza4clarinet 8 months ago
Bob, That was extremely beautiful!!
darrellpolka 8 months ago
Beautiful!
sonicdust 8 months ago
nicely done, I came here from Eric's own post
Theres another of his conductor tracks on Youtube for the song Lux Arumque, give that a shot, not as long, and possibly a lot easier than sleep.
PitboyHarmony1 8 months ago
So beautiful!
GOOyouknit 8 months ago
brilliant! maybe eric would like to try the virtual Saxophone choir ;p
valhallavs 8 months ago
Great job!
chriswales19 8 months ago
This is amazing. NEVER stop doing what you do.
copperjosh 8 months ago
Beautiful!
SqueakyFloors 8 months ago
Dude This is great! I played this song as the Ballad in my Sophmore year in high school Marching Band! One of my favorite Whitacre works!
TaylorWoot 8 months ago
I really need to figure out how I can have Eric Whitacre as my mentor.
bbnb1986 8 months ago 7
Fantastic!!!
MooreTiphane 8 months ago
Congratulations! Eric Whitacre himself has posted this on hiw Facebook and Twitter pages, great job!
randomuserguy 8 months ago 25
AWESOOOOOME!!!!
ditzpangilinan 8 months ago
Yeah, Bob! Beautiful!
Jzzmus 8 months ago
That's absolutely wonderful playing and beautiful composition by Eric Whitacre. Fantastic stuff!
jamesmustafamusic 8 months ago
@jamesmustafamusic Thanks for the kind words :)
UHSax 8 months ago
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schilke88 8 months ago