Ewazen bass trombone concerto 1mov ( dress rehearsal)31-05-2009 Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall.

[francisiv]

I have listened to the video of Mr. Vernon play this first movement many many times, and I have to say that even compared to that, you sound great! Really nice job!

[Raymondbone17]

@francisiv

thank you for ur comment

I am glad u like it

[AttitudeCastle]

anyone know where i can get sheet music for this?

Its a wonderful piece

[Raymondbone17]

@AttitudeCastle

hickeys music

[AttitudeCastle]

@Raymondbone17 Hey! Thank, i have got my hands on the piece from Hickeys :) Thank,

I wish i could play like you, i really struggle with the phrasing. And my personal intonation is terrible :(

And i don't have the power for the final pedal E without over blowing and sounding like a fool or it comes out as a whisper! Ahh haha How long have you been playing may i ask sir?

[Raymondbone17]

@AttitudeCastle

this piece is originally for tuba then bass trombone, for my taste, this is not necessary to play the Pedal E at the end, like what you say, you dont want to sound over blowing or sounding fool. the tone quality of Pedal E of tuba and bass trombone is different. so I rather have a nice exciting low E rather then a pedal E.

[Raymondbone17]

@AttitudeCastle

you know I listen back to this recording many many times and I found more and more have to be improved and so many thing I don't like. like my teacher always said, recording yourself and judge yourself.

I switch to bass trombone at 2006, I used to play tenor for many years

to solve intonation problem, I have some idea can share with you, play with tuner and play the things on piano note by note, like piano- trombone, piano- trombone etc and recording yourself. hope it helps

[AttitudeCastle]

@Raymondbone17 Ah thanks for all the great advice!

And i agree for the Low E sounds much fuller and less flappy tonally if you know what i mean.

Thanks for the tips, i'll do a few run throughs and listen to my intonation, and i'lll play my pieces a little slower and really listen and the piano/trombone playing is something i will try right away! Thank you very much! I too was a tenor player, and switched too bass a few years ago

[gmofftarki]

Great sound- nice and dark, but at the same time definitely a bass trombone rather than a slide tuba.

[Raymondbone17]

@gmofftarki

LOL thanks I would love to sounds like a slide tuba when I play in a brass quintet haha

but thanks for your comment

[babtrombone]

you sound great, this is a great piece to play!

[Raymondbone17]

thank you for the comment

[salsatuba]

great sound! what are that lasers in front of te orchestra??

[Raymondbone17]

thats some subtitle about the name of the song and composer .I think this is so disturbing and I required them to not do this in concert.

[zuantuba]

this piece premire by Jacomo I think.....

btw ..your soung is great..

[Raymondbone17]

@zuantuba

thanks man

I met Jacomo couple years ago,

he is cool guy, he is conducting an orchestra now WOW

[Raymondbone17]

haha

thats true, I have play with Mr Ewazen once and he shared some funny stories of this piece with me. He was saying that concerto originally wrote for tuba, and this is not necessary to play that octave. its up to you. but I found that the new recording of Yves Bauer, he played that down an octave

[SuperJox]

Cool. If you can, try to get the recording of John Rojak. He sounds great and plays it the written octave amazingly!

[SuperJox]

Nobody ever plays that last note the octave its written. Not complaining but just noticing. Good sound!

[musicianlaurence]

Ha ha, my omission of that last note was mentioned in my final recital report!