Nicholas Alexander Brown conducts The Irving Fine Society Ensemble in Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite for 13 Instruments. May 1, 2010. Part 1 of 3. Daniel Stepner, Concertmaster.
I respectfully disagree SamuraiHelmet, I've seen tympianists clang down their mallets, this is not acceptable. I think I clearly stated that silence is an important part of most pieces, to play "silence" one simply needs to be silent. To downplay these mistakes and consider them to be inevitable is a cop out, or amateuristic.
@JackinTheWoods The biggest issues with musician noise are based not on the musicians themselves, but rather on the location and sensitivity of the microphone. Some noises like page turning are fairly inevitable. It's up to the recorder to select a location at which the blend is correct but small noises like that fade out
In response to HotSauce CM7 comment about no brass and a piano instead....... This is Aaron Copland's OWN arrangement. Actually this version was written first to accompany the ballet in 1944. He wrote the full orchestra version a year later.
Why so much CLUTTER NOISE, do professional musicians need to be trained like barn animals not to crap up the performance, I see this again and again, what an insult to such a brilliant composer, MY GOD so unprofessional. Silence is a part of the piece, please respect and rehearse it as so.
Good gravy! No brass section?!?! Replaced with a PIANO (who needs to slow down by the way)?
Oh, the wind players don't like it when other people play on top of their solo... lol 4:32. Could work on the intonation... Oh, and holy cow. Strings need to SLOW DOWN!!! The hardest part for strings would not rushing the eighth notes. Good job on a difficult piece though! =D
I really am trying to see the good and beautiful in this music but it just curdles my stomach... what do you see in this?
lsdvine 3 days ago
I respectfully disagree SamuraiHelmet, I've seen tympianists clang down their mallets, this is not acceptable. I think I clearly stated that silence is an important part of most pieces, to play "silence" one simply needs to be silent. To downplay these mistakes and consider them to be inevitable is a cop out, or amateuristic.
JackinTheWoods 3 weeks ago
@JackinTheWoods The biggest issues with musician noise are based not on the musicians themselves, but rather on the location and sensitivity of the microphone. Some noises like page turning are fairly inevitable. It's up to the recorder to select a location at which the blend is correct but small noises like that fade out
SamuraiHelmet 3 weeks ago
In response to HotSauce CM7 comment about no brass and a piano instead....... This is Aaron Copland's OWN arrangement. Actually this version was written first to accompany the ballet in 1944. He wrote the full orchestra version a year later.
361lewis 2 months ago
Why so much CLUTTER NOISE, do professional musicians need to be trained like barn animals not to crap up the performance, I see this again and again, what an insult to such a brilliant composer, MY GOD so unprofessional. Silence is a part of the piece, please respect and rehearse it as so.
JackinTheWoods 3 months ago
Good gravy! No brass section?!?! Replaced with a PIANO (who needs to slow down by the way)?
Oh, the wind players don't like it when other people play on top of their solo... lol 4:32. Could work on the intonation... Oh, and holy cow. Strings need to SLOW DOWN!!! The hardest part for strings would not rushing the eighth notes. Good job on a difficult piece though! =D
HotSauceCM7 3 months ago
@piccolofairy96 Did that last year!
clarinetnerd26 4 months ago
If I write something half as beautiful as the first three minutes, I'll die happy.
ComposeLikeABoss 4 months ago
@piccolofairy96 already am :D
superrhyno1234 4 months ago
@piccolofairy96 Done that before, actually.
Shepard9000 6 months ago