Shaker Loops (Shaking and Trembling) by John Adams
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this is a modern/contemporary piece. It sounds awkward because there are so many parts and each part generally has between 3-5 notes. Its just an incredible amount of counting you have to do.
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Можно и почище играть. Строй плавает.
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Awesome work :)
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love Adams and this piece in particular. You all did a great job of playing it. :D
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sounds awful and out of key!! awful...
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@Matthewcmiel Much respect for you. Me and a friend tried to make a startup of talented teenagers in the Bay Area to get a pure youth orchestra like this together, but it fell flat when no one could make it to rehearsals.
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The more of John Adams work I hear the more I want to hear.
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Absolutely brilliant - Great piece and great performance. It is so uplifting to not only hear one of my favorite composers - but that there is a large enough collective of young musicians that are interested in him. Next project I recommend Frank Zappa, Steve Reich or Arvo Part. ;-)
I'd just like to point out that there were no professors or teachers involved in this project whatsoever. It is from a new music ensemble of teenagers. No one performing is over 18, and the "head" of the ensemble was barely 18 at the time of this video. Now I'm all mature at the grand old age of 19...
Matthewcmiel 3 years ago 24
All I can say is goose bumps. Man, I'm floored. Made my day seeing these kids play. F'in Awesome.
ihatejazz2000 2 years ago 8