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Sam VanderWoude
Canada
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2019
Hey everyone! This is a channel where I post the music videos I make. Videos might be anything from saxophone quartet to full symphonic band pieces, including well-known standard rep and some of my own arrangements of music. And who knows, maybe someday I'll expand into full orchestral works!
St Paul's Suite - Gustav Holst I Saxophone Ensemble Arrangement
The St. Paul's Suite in C Major for string orchestra is likely Holst's most well-known composition outside of the Planets and the two suites for military band. Written in 1913 and published in 1922, the St. Paul's Suite was dedicated to the St. Paul's school for girls, at which Holst was a teacher. The suite is comprised of four movements: a Jig, featuring alternating 6/8 and 9/8 time; an Ostinato, where one voice holds the simple four-note pattern throughout the movement (Violin II in the original, Alto Sax in my arrangement); an Intermezzo, featuring exposed solo lines and interjecting dance modes; and the Finale - the Dargason - which Holst took straight from his Second Suite in F and tweaked slightly to adapt it for string orchestra
I enjoyed arranging and performing this work on saxophone choir. While it was certainly a difficult piece to play (up to the sixth ledger line above the staff on Soprano Sax!), it was an absolute joy to dive into the great melodies, countermelodies, and harmonies that Holst created.
HUGE thank you to the University of Alberta for letting borrow their Bass Saxophone and a room to record in for the afternoon! Also to Heritage Christian Academy for letting me borrow a Tenor and Baritone Sax, and, as always, Highwood Lutheran Church for letting me record in their beautiful sanctuary.
Equipment used:
Yamaha Soprano Saxophone - 475
Yamaha Alto Saxophone - 875EX
Yamaha Tenor Saxophone - 275
Yamaha Baritone Saxophone - 62
Selmer Super Action 80 Series II Bass Saxophone
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface
Rode M5 matched pair pencil condenser mics
Nikon D3400
Steinberg Sequel III
Adobe Premiere Elements
Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed arranging and performing this work on saxophone choir. While it was certainly a difficult piece to play (up to the sixth ledger line above the staff on Soprano Sax!), it was an absolute joy to dive into the great melodies, countermelodies, and harmonies that Holst created.
HUGE thank you to the University of Alberta for letting borrow their Bass Saxophone and a room to record in for the afternoon! Also to Heritage Christian Academy for letting me borrow a Tenor and Baritone Sax, and, as always, Highwood Lutheran Church for letting me record in their beautiful sanctuary.
Equipment used:
Yamaha Soprano Saxophone - 475
Yamaha Alto Saxophone - 875EX
Yamaha Tenor Saxophone - 275
Yamaha Baritone Saxophone - 62
Selmer Super Action 80 Series II Bass Saxophone
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface
Rode M5 matched pair pencil condenser mics
Nikon D3400
Steinberg Sequel III
Adobe Premiere Elements
Thanks for watching!
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Brook Green Suite - Gustav Holst I Saxophone Quartet Arrangement
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Originally written for the junior string orchestra at the St. Paul's School for girls, Brook Green Suite was one of Gustav Holst's final compositions. He wrote it while in the hospital in 1933, the year before he died, and its premiere was the last concert he attended. He wished to contribute to the repertoire of easier string orchestra music that was substantial, not a watered down arrangement...
Gustav Holst "A Somerset Rhapsody" (arr. Concert Band)
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Music tells a story. When you hear the word “rhapsody,” you probably think of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, or perhaps Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody. While those are two very different examples of music, they are both rhapsodies because they both tell a story; the rhapsody is a narrative genre of music. Gustav Holst’s A Somerset Rhapsody is likewise a narrative piece of music; however, it is u...
Themes from "Green Bushes" - Percy Aldridge Grainger/arr. Larry Daehn
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J.S. Bach - Preludium 22 l Saxophone Quartet Arrangement
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First Suite in E Flat - Gustav Holst
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Gustav Holst's "First Suite in Eb" was written in 1909, and is considered to be the first serious work written for military band. The entire piece is constructed on the eight bar tuba and euphonium solo which starts the Chaconne. This melody is reminiscent of an English folk song; however, unlike the various melodies found with in its sister suite - the "Second Suite in F" - this melody is an o...
Riu Riu Chiu | ORIGINAL CONCERT BAND ARRANGEMENT |
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"Riu Riu Chiu" is a 16th century villancico (renaissance Spanish art song) that has become popular as a Christmas carol. It is often attributed to the Catalonian composer Mateo Flecha (1481-1553); however, claim has not been verified. I wrote this arrangement of "Riu Riu Chiu" for concert band in an orchestration class I took during my undergrad. It features a lot of Spanish and Latin American ...
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: mov. 4 "Rondo" - Saxophone Quartet
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is probably the world's most well known string quartet. However, you likely haven't heard it performed as a saxophone quartet instead! The transcription to sax quartet is by me. Big thank you to Calgary Christian High School for letting me borrow their recording equipment and Bari Sax! Also to Highwood Lutheran Church for letting me use their ...
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: mov. 3 "Menuetto" - Saxophone Quartet
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is probably the world's most well known string quartet. However, you likely haven't heard it performed as a saxophone quartet instead! The transcription to sax quartet is by me. Big thank you to Calgary Christian High School for letting me borrow their recording equipment and Bari Sax! Also to Highwood Lutheran Church for letting me use their ...
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: mov. 2 "Romance" - Saxophone Quartet
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is probably the world's most well known string quartet. However, you likely haven't heard it performed as a saxophone quartet instead! The transcription to sax quartet is by me. Big thank you to Calgary Christian High School for letting me borrow their recording equipment and Bari Sax! Also to Highwood Lutheran Church for letting me use their ...
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: mov. 1 "Allegro" - Saxophone Quartet
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is probably the world's most well known string quartet. However, you likely haven't heard it performed as a saxophone quartet instead! The transcription to sax quartet is by me. Big thank you to Calgary Christian High School for letting me borrow their recording equipment and a Bari Sax! Also to Highwood Lutheran Church for letting me use thei...
Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst
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Written in 1911 and published in 1922, Holst's Second Suite in F for military band is considered a standard in band repertoire today. From start to finish, this piece took me about 18 months to finish, including planning, learning all of the parts, recording, and editing. The finished product includes 39 separate tracks and 21 different instruments. Big shout out to Calgary Christian School for...
And the Angels Called - James Swearingen
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And the Angels Called, by James Swearingen, was commissioned by a high school in Copley, Ohio. Three of the students there, who all happened to be in the band, tragically lost their lives within a short span of time. The piece begins with a mournful, dirge-like section. In the middle of this piece, three solos emerge, a tuba, a trumpet, and a flute - the instruments played by the three students...
Brilliant! Thanks very much for all of your hard work -- huge fun to watch and to listen to.
Hello. Is this in concert G?
Correct!
Do you sell sheet music of your arrangement? I love how you filled the string parts with other instruments and left the oboe solo alone. There is another arrangement that puts the oboe solo on alto sax! Please let me know how to obtain your arrangement. FANTASTIC VIDEO PERFORMANCE! 🤩BTW all bass drummers look like that...
Thanks! I do sell the version - I’m currently getting a website set up from which I’ll be able to sell all of my arrangements and compositions. It should be up by the end of the summer. If you would like it sooner though, email me at the email in my channel’s about tab and we can figure something out!
This is beautiful!
There’s literally nothing wrong with it that my ears can hear…😮…you sir, are AMAZING!!
Cheers!
As a string player, incredible to see this done in a saxophone choir! I know just how fun this work is to play, so i'm sure you had a blast. Can't wait to see more work of this type, and especially excited for you to tackle Hammersmith (hopefully!).
The French horn at the end is incredible
Where do you get access to all of these instruments?
My Dad is a band teacher!
is there some way i can get my hands on the score and the separate music sheets? i need my band to play this lol. Great arrangement btw!
Super Lied !
This takes “one man band” to the next level
7:13 III - SONG OF THE BLACKSMITH 7:40 A 7:49 B 8:09 C
4:39 II - SONG WITHOUT WORDS - “I'll Love My Love” 5:52 A
Sick Actually ill!
wonderful🎉
I heard this voice in my dream yesterday, I think it was around seven in the morning. I was looking for exactly which one I heard about when I found you. It was said to have a protective effect. You are doing amazing work. Thank you very much for this beautiful sharing.
Great song! I played that xylophone/bells part back in high school and still play that end portion whenever I bust out my bells. It's such a fun part to play
im playing it for my concert this week it is fun lol... hoping i can keep up cause sometimes i feel like my hands are gonna fall off
Bravissimo!! You totally didn't have to put this in the original key, but you DID and you get all of the brownie points from me for doing so!
As a fellow saxophonist-turned-musical polyglot, these types of videos scratch a very visceral itch in me. I plan to do something similar with another well-known piece of band literature.
I'm trying to figure out which part is which; someone correct me if I'm wrong. I don't have a score with me; I'm basing this off of UMich's performance of the original (1/part) arrangement. Row 1: Bb clarinets 1, 2, 3; solo and Eb clarinets? 2 oboes (part doubled)?; piccolo; flute (part doubled) Row 2: Bb clarinets 1, 2, 3 (parts doubled?); bass clarinet (part added in later editions); 2 bassoons; another 2 flutes (covering Eb part? Oboes?) Row 3: trumpet/cornet 1? (part doubled?); horns 1, 2; bari sax (part added in later editions); tenor sax; alto sax (part doubled) Row 4: cornet 2? (part doubled?); horns 1, 2 (part doubled); trombones 1, 2, 3; euphonium Row 5: cornet 3? (part doubled?); percussion 1, 2, 3; tuba (part doubled?)
Hi Stefan! You’re close - here’s what I have (if memory serves me right): Row 1: Bb Cln 2, Bb Cln 1, solo Bb Cln, Oboe (doubled) piccolo Flute higher div (doubled) Row 2: Bb Cln 2 Bb Cln 3 (doubled), B.Cln, Bsn 2, Bsn 1, Flt lower div (doubled) Row 3: Tpt 1, Cornet 1, horn 2, horn 1, bari sax, tenor sax, alto sax (doubled) Row 4: Tpt 2, Cornet 2, horn 4, horn 3, Tbn 1,2,3, Euph Row 4: Tpt 3, Flugelhorn 2, SD, Cym, BD, Tuba (upper div), Tuba (lower div) I used the Colin matthews edition mostly. I didn’t have an Eb clarinet or Bass sax, but everything else is there. I also used the trumpet/cornet/flugelhorn parts from the original but stretched them over 6 parts instead of 8.
@@samvanderwoude2258 I wasn't aware that there were 2 flute parts- I wonder if maybe one was reworked by Colin Matthews from the Eb part?
I think it was an octave divisi in a couple spots, much like the Tuba part. There are a couple spots where it goes very high (double C in blacksmith), so I assume Colin Matthews was probably making it more accessible to play by adding the lower octave.
Amazing sounds, keep it up! As an aside, while you're working through Holst's pieces, is A Moorside Suite on the table? (Originally written for brass band, but I believe there's a wind band transcription available)
It’s on the list! Might be quite a while before I get to it though.
@@samvanderwoude2258 Heck yeah! Honestly, take all the time you need - with how good the videos you've been putting out are, I don't think anyone wants quantity over quantity Gotta ask, though: you planning to give the Brass Band version a try? 😁
Haha, not sure yet! Either I would do the original brass band version or make another saxophone choir arrangement.
If you give the Brass Band version a shot, I wish you all the best! As much as I love seeing the sax quartets and choirs you've done, I always think Brass Bands could use a bit of extra attention (Heck, I wish you all the best no matter what you pick, but I just really like the sound of the Brass Band version of that piece)
Well, if I can do the original, I usually prefer to do the original. That would definitely push the limits of my brass playing though!
Hey sam ur dad is my music teacher mr vanderwoud. i love ur instrument. UR MUSIC IS SO GOOD. keep up the good work, love u bro
Wonderful Sam! Great arranging for the intermezzo! Have you worked with changing up your reeds and/or mouthpieces to indivualize the voices for the same sax? I can loan you a c-melody if you want to incorporate that! 😊 I used own a c-sop too that had it's own voice. There's a horn in F out there somewhere too. 😅 Nice bass playing as well!
Hadn’t thought about changing my setup within sections, that’s a neat idea! Might make it sound more like an authentic saxophone choir.
@@samvanderwoude2258 Just like when you sing in a lower or higher octave, the same voice but with a different timbre. Some people sound very good harmonizing with themselves (of course, not so for others).
Way to go Sam, good to hear that you have a great summer back home!
Sounds great, Sam! The little one I'm nannying sat through the whole thing with me, spellbound 😊
Nice to know I can reach a younger audience!
I love the tongue pizz rizz
Lol
Sounds pretty good. Just call up some other sax players. They all play out of tune and stuff!
Haven't seen me play yet
YES! Another Holst Suite!!!!
Another post from the one man ensemble master. I love the low notes on that Bass!
tremendous!!
Nice!
Fantastic!
I love that bass sax, in fact I've held that exact bass saxophone before (the u of alberta bass). Someone played it in summer band 2023.
It’s a great instrument!
@@samvanderwoude2258 It was purchased several years ago by the university, along with an entire lineup of Selmer series II saxophones, from sopranino to bass.
Now I want to hear this live! Well done!
@samvanderwoude2258 Is the music for this publicly available? If so, I can send it off to the Sydney Conservatorium Sax Choir and see if this can be made possible
Bravo Sam!
Thanks!
Another phenomenal performance! Each voice is very easy to follow, I really enjoyed your arrangement. Love the new editing approach, as well.
Holst is my fav composer and I'm familiar with most of Holst's more famous works (i.e. Planets and Military Suites). But, I've never heard this one before and I'm delighted that you took the time to perform this and share it with us! I now have one more Holst piece to add to my playlist! Thanks for giving us a detailed history of why and when Holst wrote this, it's always interesting to read about the history/inspiration of a great piece of music!
8:35 IV - FANTASIA on the “Dargason” 8:55 A 9:17 B 9:31 C 10:00 D 10:15 E 10:29 F 10:51 G 11:20 H
I always look forward to a new recorded work by you, Sam. This was delightful.
Thanks so much!
Very cool take on what I assume is originally pizzicato at the end of the first movement!
Yup, the original is pizz!
Such a gentle and interesting sound, it made my neck hair stand up
First!
Man, no Oboe d'Amore solo? What sort of weird arrangement is this? 😆 Joking aside, you've done an exceptional job with this. One of these days, I hope that I can come close to making the amazing sounds on my instruments that you make on yours Thanks, appreciation, and awe from Australia
Cheers! I actually tried to get my hands on a d’Amore for the solo, but it turns out they aren’t very common in my neck of the woods!
Very well done!
A hidden gem on youtube
It's this dubbed over? Sounds familiar.
Nope! It’s a completely original recording.
Maybe he is playing the same notes as another recording.
@@jacobzufelt3433that's a given. I'm referring to the interpretation and audio mastering.
Amazing arrangement! How to get the score?
Sam, congrats on your latest recognition for your composition! My daughter played it in Red Deer recently at the Alberta Prov Honour Band. And again at Heritage Xian. Well done!
Thanks so much!
This is amazing!
Best when done in a chapel... Skyland used the bathroom instead 🤣
Very well done, highly enjoyed it!