So, maybe I dare to say, or not, the timpanist is my father, Roland Kohloff. He never cared whether there was a camera on him or not, performing for one person or a million. He just loved to play music. Student of Saul Goodman's, my uncle. Musicians who play from and with heart make expressions with their faces and their bodies, conductors included. All I hear when I listen to this it the beauty of each individual's musicianship collectively playing together in this beautiful moment. Most of these musicians as my father, are no longer on this earth, but they leave a legacy through their performance and with their families who love them. For me, this is simply watching my papa play with his heart and his soul and I get to watch this and remember him forever. I Love This.
My daughter will be playing this in two weeks with the Akron Youth Symphony. I hope that her timpani performance has half the musicianship of your father's. His legacy is appreciated by all of the young musicians coming up.
I know lots of parents who are proud of their children, but it is just fantastic to hear such genuine respect expressed for one's father. And yes, his heart and soul do show in this video. What a great legacy! A soul like his does not die. He will be resurrected to bless us again.
For every anonymous guy who gets up in the morning to face another day, support his family, raise his kids and do his duty...there are millions and millions of them. God bless them.
...YES! The very point of the composition!!! During World War II, Not every "hero" was on the battlefield. Many were "home" making the free world run,doing the "mundane" tasks that made the whole thing "tick". Without the "Common Man" (or Women) doing their part..Even "just" by supplying coffee at a diner outside a defense plant, The whole of it would have failed without them! This is true in "peacetime" too. Think about THAT when someone says your job is "unimportant"!
Yes, I had to come here because I was listening to another recording of this that was an absolute atrocity compared to this. It sounded like a good high school band and not a world class symphony orchestra. Kudos NY Philharmonic!
The crescendo on the last note gets a little wobbly, but hey, chops get tired and the rest is awesome. The low brass is as perfect as I can possibly imagine. I can't tell if the horns have no energy or are poorly miked.
Ok, I guess the others are covering for him, particularly tuba, and you don't notice the gaps needed for the breaths. No doubt he's a world class player, and a very talented musician. I'm just questioning the breathing after every note, and I have to ask myself, if the volume necessitates this level of air, you maybe playing too loud. I've been ripped to shreds in musical ensembles for not playing with correct phrasing. Breathing after every note to me seems crazy, and un-musical. Music is all about phrasing, and creating nice flowing passages. I can't really see how that's possible if you have to take in a massive lung full of air, just to spend on every single note. Yeah it's loud, that's about all you can say.
Andrew Fielden It looks like he's playing a contrabass trombone. Those things require huge breaths and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with his phrasing. If he didn't understand that aspect of orchestral playing, he wouldn't be playing such a specialist instrument in an orchestra and if the conductor had an issue with his phrasing he would have mentioned it in rehearsal.
in this day of covid 19, the nurses, doctors, mailmen, grocery workers, warehouse workers, bus drivers, train personnel all deserve to hear this dedication
i have performed on that stage, i tell you the sound you can put out in there is just impeccable. and the ring that the performer hears just goes on for days! i want to go re perform it again so badly!
Don Harwood was playing on a Bach 10 1/2 inch with F and C Crook at that time right before advent of the Axial Flow. It was something Ed Anderson at Cleveland was trying.
I first heard this song when it was the theme song of the TV series "The Defenders" starring E. G. Marshall back in the 60's. Loved it ever since. Back before the talking heads took over halftime at the college football games, I heard this from a marching band. Absolutely stunning. I think it was a California university, perhaps UCLA.
As a young man at 32, I did an "all or nothing" move from Indiana to California in search of adventure and a better life. When I crossed the California state line, I pulled my car over and blared this song from the CD player.
There was a time when American composers thought the trumpet was an unworthy version of the Cornet, fit only to play the easy brass parts, and take a backseat to the mellifluous cornet solo. They felt that the narrower, harsher sound of the trumpet rendered it unworthy of solos, unable to achieve the emotional range of the cornet. But Copland's work would not be possible without trumpets.
The trumpet shows its potential in the works of the (aptly named) James Horner. His works, like Star Trek Deep Space Nine always have trumpets. In fact, all his stuff uses the horns to thrill the heart.
As a professional trombone player I can add a few things: It's not a CONTRA. This is a specially modified regular bass trombone. Mr. Harwood appears to be sporting a bit of trombone tech which was custom made for him. The performance is like we often expect from the New York Philharmonic - FANTASTIC. These guys get paid the big bucks because they deliver. This is mostly due to the individuals and their phenomenal dedication and work. The group just kicks derriere. From Mr. Levine on down these people all just put forth a superb performance and there is no other way to really describe it. Oh. Let's thank Aaron Copland, for composing a fantastic fanfare!
We have come to know Aaron Copland‘s piece of music in the seventies with the interpretation of E.L.P. This version became one of the greatest hits of this awesome english band. A big thankyou for uploading this video.
Was with the American Wind Symphony in 1981 Caribbean tour. Played this piece every concert while the barge opened up. Brought back some terrific memories from my youth. A brass player's dream come true!
It says something about the amazing transcription skills of Keith Emerson, when the the view count of the ELP version of this fanfare gets four times that of the most popular orchestral version. And by the way, the composer Aaron Copeland LOVED the Emerson Lake and Palmer version.
@Il Bugiardo dell'Umbria Who even says pleb anymore? Get with the 21st century boomer. And anyway. I care about heavy metal, pop and indie. This shit isnt music, hell even hip hop's better than this bullshit.
Each and every time I hear this gorgeous piece I can’t help but cry a little bit. All the instruments played together just shoots chills down my spine. It seriously gives you strength and hope listening to fanfare.
I played the Tuba for 12 years in my early life. This performance is so good. It fills my soul with such beauty and pride to have been in the brass section....
When I was attending the University of Houston and working full time this fanfare came on KLEF at 6AM each morning to begin the day. My day went from 6AM to midnight everyday and this gave me inspiration to meet the day and succeed. Thank You Mr. Copeland.
Busqué esta melodía toda mi vida. Era un recuerdo de mi infancia. La logré identificar gracias a Shazam en mi cumpleaños pasado. Fue un gran regalo de la vida.
I had the good fortune to hear this played by a local group in the Episcopal Church on Wilshire Blvd, in West L.A., around 1985 or so. The group was only a bit smaller than this NY Phil, but the players were quite a bit younger. And those trumpeters appeared to be playing as LOUDLY as possible! In the acoustically "live" area (marble floor and marble walls), it was so loud it hurt! Still, loving this music and knowing it was a rare opportunity for me, I braved it out. How great! How wonderful! I left with my ears ringing, but happy.
Esto es un himno al platena Tierra, y si está melodía lo conocí por la película de Lucha Libre "Listos para luchar" y la verdad al escuchar la versión completa es lo mejor Saludos desde Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, MÉXICO 🇲🇽🇲🇽
After all these years this piece still put the hairs on the back of my neck, upright. I first heard this on recording by Leonard B. and the New York Philharmonic. Simple, elegant and stunning!
What really gets me is what this piece truly means. It is an ode to everyone, the power of a single human. We can all be the "common man" in this piece; it is for us, as an ode to all of our struggles, day to day, all that we do, whether it goes recognised or not. It is a piece, for us. For mankind.
I was driving home for thanksgiving vacation.I was all alone and they started playing this on npr and I have always liked this musical piece but when I found out that it was written after Copland heard Henry Wallace's Century of the Common man speech it I love it
Simply great music Excellent and appropriately titled Fanfare for the Common Man Salaams to all the Artists and the conductor James Levine Thanks God bless the team of musicians Kasturi G
The trumpet player furthest left, Carmine Fornarotto....talk about relaxed. He taught me for four years and tried to get that relaxed approach to latch on to my playing. I miss him ! He's so often overlooked when we discuss great trumpet players. He could do it all...
I was in NYC for the first anniversary of September 11. In the field behind the Metropolitan Museum there was a remembrance of that day, people were picnicking, Meryl Streep spoke, and an orchestra played, may have been the Phil, Fanfare for the Common Man. I bawled. For all the lost, their families, the people I had seen at the WTC that day as the names were read ... it was overwhelming. I think of that day every time I hear this played. The folks murdered that day were common men, women and children. It was a lifechanging experience to be in NYC that day
I believe you should always give credit to the composer--in this case, Aaron Copland. No matter how brilliantly these musicians perform the piece, there would be no piece to perform without the genius of Copland.
Complete EPIC low brass!!!! The amount of air needed to produce that quality and volume of sound is incredible!! This is without question my favorite version of this piece.
Man is capable of doing anything!!! It's the choices of what man does, that effect the entire world.... Man can eradicate diseases and msn can eradicate whole society's .... Create masterpieces of art and horrible weapons... Explore the unknown but also limit the freedom of thought.... Man is a flawed being but it has the greatest of potential.... Hopefully man can survive itself to enjoy the rewards!!!
Always and ever my favourite rendition of this amazing and inspiring work - almost the epitome of the true ideals of the land of Copland's birth. And who best to play it best - the New York Phil under the fabulous James Levine for sure! Bravissimo!
This piece is much harder than it sounds.... I've played timpani and conducted this work several times and Copeland knew what he was doing. It's a short piece but nerve-wracking because one mistake on a high trumpet note or one late percussion entry just ruins the whole thing. This performance is one of the best.
Don Harwood is definitely playing his C crook although I am surprised. I thought he left that behind in the late 80's. I studied with him when he was first experimenting with it. Imagine this rig with Axial Flow, and a 10 1/2 screw rim bell - looked like F-1 Rocket from Saturn V (dates me) but make no mistake, he could still play with excellent precision big horn or no and an absolutely huge sound. I used the C crook as well for a year. It definitely adds weight to horn so you can blow into horn and get more density in sound. It was answer to getting an open C for Brahms 1 and B's for Bartok before the invention of the Axial Flow but it took away the "slide polarity" of putting the B and C in more "tunable" positions in the middle positions of the slide. It was privilege to be there with him. He saved my life and gave the great opportunity to play this same piece with Leonard Bernstein at Juilliard. Good, good man...
Aaron Copland so exquisitely captured the essence of 1940's America and all its patriotism in this piece that when I showed one of my buddies this song without him knowing what it was called or who it was by he remarked "this sounds like a song from one of those World War II movies or something." He hit the hammer on the nail because of Copland's genius.
To begin, Copland was in triple jeopardy because he was gay, Jewish, and a communist sympathizer (communist tendencies were often seen as symptoms of being gay or Jewish). After the 1949 joint Soviet-American Peace Conference held in New York (which many people viewed as a communist event), both private and government agencies began to investigate his past, and he was summoned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, famously led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Many of his communist affiliations were discovered, and they went so far as to cancel the performance of his work 'Lincoln Portrait' at the 1953 inauguration of Eisenhower. Copland believed in writing music that was accessible and realist, exactly the same musical qualities supported by the Soviet Union (read: Socialist Realism). In America, however, the CIA supported the development of experimental/serial twelve-tone works (see Schoenberg, Boulez, Babbitt, Stockhausen). Following his appearance at the House Committee, Copland completely changed his style from this accessible style (now seen as Soviet in the American eye), to an twelve-tone idiom that was more 'American' (see his Piano Quartet). The ultimate point is that while Copland really did intent to write music for Americans, the patriotism of the 1940s (a feeling which people often project on to the music of Copland), is the very same thing that betrayed him. If you want to read more I know some good articles on the subject.
Cody Wright: Thanks 4 your post! We, our Nation, the once Great USA, is going down the sewer. Why? The KJV Bible sez "My people perish 4 lack of knowledge." Knowledge of what? Our God. Plz Pray 4 our Nation.
This is definitely the best version of this song I have heard. The tempo is much more rubato and I like it more. They also accent every note but they don't play it marcott (or too short)
So, maybe I dare to say, or not, the timpanist is my father, Roland Kohloff. He never cared whether there was a camera on him or not, performing for one person or a million. He just loved to play music. Student of Saul Goodman's, my uncle. Musicians who play from and with heart make expressions with their faces and their bodies, conductors included. All I hear when I listen to this it the beauty of each individual's musicianship collectively playing together in this beautiful moment. Most of these musicians as my father, are no longer on this earth, but they leave a legacy through their performance and with their families who love them. For me, this is simply watching my papa play with his heart and his soul and I get to watch this and remember him forever. I Love This.
My daughter will be playing this in two weeks with the Akron Youth Symphony. I hope that her timpani performance has half the musicianship of your father's. His legacy is appreciated by all of the young musicians coming up.
Awesome
I know lots of parents who are proud of their children, but it is just fantastic to hear such genuine respect expressed for one's father. And yes, his heart and soul do show in this video. What a great legacy!
A soul like his does not die. He will be resurrected to bless us again.
JamiGra Your posting warms my heart.
Your words do justice to the music; they both touch my heart.
For every anonymous guy who gets up in the morning to face another day, support his family, raise his kids and do his duty...there are millions and millions of them. God bless them.
...YES! The very point of the composition!!! During World War II, Not every "hero" was on the battlefield. Many were "home" making the free world run,doing the "mundane" tasks that made the whole thing "tick". Without the "Common Man" (or Women) doing their part..Even "just" by supplying coffee at a diner outside a defense plant, The whole of it would have failed without them! This is true in "peacetime" too. Think about THAT when someone says your job is "unimportant"!
yes
Thank you
For every anonymous guy and girl in the world, you are all worthy!
Thank you👍🏻❤️
The trumpets are absolutely phenomenal. Their command of pitch is incredible.
The attack of the notes are absolutely perfect
Yes, I had to come here because I was listening to another recording of this that was an absolute atrocity compared to this. It sounded like a good high school band and not a world class symphony orchestra. Kudos NY Philharmonic!
Also, I would love to hear the Chicago Symphony brass playing this with Herseth in there.
+TheRichNewnes +1!
The crescendo on the last note gets a little wobbly, but hey, chops get tired and the rest is awesome. The low brass is as perfect as I can possibly imagine. I can't tell if the horns have no energy or are poorly miked.
3 trombone is taking in every particle of oxygen in the entire universe
MrLiamTheLlama this comment made me cry😂😂
yeah, I mean what happened to phrasing? If you're playing soo loud that you have to breathe after every single note, that cannot be right.
Ok, I guess the others are covering for him, particularly tuba, and you don't notice the gaps needed for the breaths. No doubt he's a world class player, and a very talented musician. I'm just questioning the breathing after every note, and I have to ask myself, if the volume necessitates this level of air, you maybe playing too loud.
I've been ripped to shreds in musical ensembles for not playing with correct phrasing. Breathing after every note to me seems crazy, and un-musical. Music is all about phrasing, and creating nice flowing passages. I can't really see how that's possible if you have to take in a massive lung full of air, just to spend on every single note. Yeah it's loud, that's about all you can say.
Hey, look. It's that guy. He's here, and knows it all. Thanks for showing up, we can all go home now.
Andrew Fielden It looks like he's playing a contrabass trombone. Those things require huge breaths and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with his phrasing. If he didn't understand that aspect of orchestral playing, he wouldn't be playing such a specialist instrument in an orchestra and if the conductor had an issue with his phrasing he would have mentioned it in rehearsal.
This is one of the most heroic pieces of music ever written.
this is one of the best recordings of anything ever
I believe that this interpretation is technically speaking "freaking awesome"!
Too slow... Amazing playing though....
in this day of covid 19, the nurses, doctors, mailmen, grocery workers, warehouse workers, bus drivers, train personnel all deserve to hear this dedication
They should play this every night at seven instead of just clapping
oh shut up. it's all a scam. wake up.
yeah all other that also keep the economy get shit on...shut the fuck up with that stupid bullshit
i have performed on that stage, i tell you the sound you can put out in there is just impeccable. and the ring that the performer hears just goes on for days! i want to go re perform it again so badly!
I'm so pleased for you. It must be great to be you.
@@spitfireale60 Were you being an ass or just jealous?
James Slick I would say a jealous ass
I've had the privilege of conducting it, and it's one of the most memorable moments of my life. Unleashing that power is fantastic
This always brings tears to my eyes.
I thought it was pretty good.
ME TOO...
I'm right there with you ...
When I was coming up, this country still respected the "common" man.
The timpanist here is the great Roland Kholoff, possibly the best of the Saul Goodman students.
he really was the star of this
Trombones: Alessi on a straight Tenor, 2nd on an F-attachment horn, 3 playing the bazooka....
Don Harwood was playing on a Bach 10 1/2 inch with F and C Crook at that time right before advent of the Axial Flow. It was something Ed Anderson at Cleveland was trying.
Tony Wolcott and the only tuba playing the missile launcher!
@@stonejws So this would've been the early 90's?
I have literally been searching for this song for years. Nobody could ever identify it for me. I can rest easy now :)
I first heard this song when it was the theme song of the TV series "The Defenders" starring E. G. Marshall back in the 60's. Loved it ever since. Back before the talking heads took over halftime at the college football games, I heard this from a marching band. Absolutely stunning. I think it was a California university, perhaps UCLA.
We used SIRI to get here.... 😃
As a young man at 32, I did an "all or nothing" move from Indiana to California in search of adventure and a better life. When I crossed the California state line, I pulled my car over and blared this song from the CD player.
There was a time when American composers thought the trumpet was an unworthy version of the Cornet, fit only to play the easy brass parts, and take a backseat to the mellifluous cornet solo. They felt that the narrower, harsher sound of the trumpet rendered it unworthy of solos, unable to achieve the emotional range of the cornet.
But Copland's work would not be possible without trumpets.
And then November 6th, 1949 happened.
The trumpet is my favorite.
Coronets all the way baby!
Trumpets were thought to be good for fanfare, which this is.
The trumpet shows its potential in the works of the (aptly named) James Horner. His works, like Star Trek Deep Space Nine always have trumpets. In fact, all his stuff uses the horns to thrill the heart.
Watching this had me holding my breath, my face inches from the screen. The absolute perfection of the trumpets, trombones, percussion is incredible!
chill out
never chill
And horns...
compositions like this reaffirm my soul that music is a true art form
It's so beautiful! It makes me cry!
As a professional trombone player I can add a few things: It's not a CONTRA. This is a specially modified regular bass trombone. Mr. Harwood appears to be sporting a bit of trombone tech which was custom made for him. The performance is like we often expect from the New York Philharmonic - FANTASTIC. These guys get paid the big bucks because they deliver. This is mostly due to the individuals and their phenomenal dedication and work. The group just kicks derriere. From Mr. Levine on down these people all just put forth a superb performance and there is no other way to really describe it. Oh. Let's thank Aaron Copland, for composing a fantastic fanfare!
Now I'm interested what exact modification it is. It is clear the valve section has longer tubing than usual, but I can't tell what it is exactly
@@wiebemartens1030 Often players want to try and increase the open feel of their valve sections. Perhaps that may be what is going on here
they might have played even better if he hadn't sexually assaulted them.
@@wiebemartens1030 I'm led to believe that it is a Bb/F/C bass.
Bb1/F1/C1/ (around A0 I think)
A masterpiece that will never die. If this doesn't manage to get the hairs on your body standing up, nothing will💯👍🏻
この曲はめちゃ大変なのに余裕のff、完璧な音程。いったいどうなってんだ？生で聞いてみたい！
I want this to play every time I enter a room.
Are you sure? Every time? Like opening the bathroom door, grocery store?
But would you then be a common man ? 😄
Hearing this stirred my soul and sent shivers up my spine
This particular recording of Fanfare may be the greatest version anyone could listen to.
Um, no
Personally, I think the tempo is a bit too slow.
No Emerson lake and palmer
One would be hard pressed to find a better bass trombone/tuba combination for this piece than Don Harwood and Warren Deck.
Charlie and Gene :p
both blowing the cheeks out but sounding insane
Impressive Brass in general
Sadly, he doesn't play anymore. But he is the best teacher I've ever had. He teaches at the Lamont School of Music
Jason Donnelly yeah! And that tuba sounds so in tune @ 2:42
I love the low brass in this!
That tuba sound is amazing!
@@GeneTrujillo That's warren deck, he was a monster.
@@westonharby165 Thanks! He's a beast!
Somehow I've forgotten how beautiful Copland's work is. Chills and tears
It just doesn't get any better than this. One of the best renditions I have ever heard.
We have come to know Aaron Copland‘s piece of music in the seventies with the interpretation of E.L.P. This version became one of the greatest hits of this awesome english band.
A big thankyou for uploading this video.
Hey, Cap. On your left.
When I saw that scene the first thing I thought it was Superman because Superman's theme was based in this piece of music.
The enormous tuba at 2:43. Holy mother of God.
+John Averin Aslakhanov Hernia insurance,anyone?
They're hollow.
Rebel Tuba yeah......and......?? they still weigh quite a bit,even if hollow.
32 pounds. No, that's not that heavy.
Rebel Tuba g-bye,you're annoying.
beauty that brings tears of joy and hope even knowing what is going on all over the world. thanks
Was with the American Wind Symphony in 1981 Caribbean tour. Played this piece every concert while the barge opened up. Brought back some terrific memories from my youth. A brass player's dream come true!
Fanfare for the common man is my all time favorite, makes me think back to so many memories and of all the soldiers who fought for the country...
Every country... together. 🥲
That timpanist is so exacting in his playing! He is an absolute joy to watch !!!!
So true!
This music is so great that it can be played by NYPO and ELP and both versions are perfect yet so different.
It says something about the amazing transcription skills of Keith Emerson, when the the view count of the ELP version of this fanfare gets four times that of the most popular orchestral version. And by the way, the composer Aaron Copeland LOVED the Emerson Lake and Palmer version.
The intensity and enthusiasm of the timpani player. . .wow. It's contagious through the screen.
*****
Yes that is Roland...
2:30 We Will, We Will ROCK YOU!!! This is where Freddie Mercury got his inspiration!
The song is written by brian may
This makes me want to put my foot onto a large rock and stare into the distance while holding a sword.
Cameranoia hahaha same
It makes me want to dig my grave and jump into it. Its SO boring, but I have to analyse it for Music. My life is so sad
Maaria Hussain same I can’t stand this 🤣
@Il Bugiardo dell'Umbria Who even says pleb anymore? Get with the 21st century boomer. And anyway. I care about heavy metal, pop and indie. This shit isnt music, hell even hip hop's better than this bullshit.
@@maariahussain4414 OK doomer
Each and every time I hear this gorgeous piece I can’t help but cry a little bit. All the instruments played together just shoots chills down my spine. It seriously gives you strength and hope listening to fanfare.
Que nostalgia las intros de Gativideo
In my opinion, this is the single greatest piece of music ever written...
Ever heard of despacito?
He was my great great uncle. Thank you.
I played the Tuba for 12 years in my early life. This performance is so good. It fills my soul with such beauty and pride to have been in the brass section....
Best pacing and expression of this work; the conductor was the heart beat of this amazing moment.
Sensacional! A versão original é tão boa quanto a adaptação do Emerson, Lake & Palmer, e vice-versa!
BEAUTIFUL. NO ANOTHER WORD
When I was attending the University of Houston and working full time this fanfare came on KLEF at 6AM each morning to begin the day.
My day went from 6AM to midnight everyday and this gave me inspiration to meet the day and succeed. Thank You Mr. Copeland.
I keep coming back to this in 2020.
Busqué esta melodía toda mi vida. Era un recuerdo de mi infancia. La logré identificar gracias a Shazam en mi cumpleaños pasado. Fue un gran regalo de la vida.
Gativideo.. lo mas
A piece of music. How do you become overwhelmed by a piece of music? This is it for me! Stuart Copeland, THANK YOU, Sir!
not Stuart Aaron
Stuart Copeland was the drummer for the Police.
Ever Since James Levine left the NY MET.... it has never been the same. LOVE HIM!
This is one of the most majestic pieces of music ever written. Copland is an absolute genius.
Anyone else get chills when the low brass takes the melody?
And here he is, the record breaking, history making 16 times, the champion of the woooooorlllld,,, Phil the powwweeeeerr tayyyyloooooorrrr
😂😂😂
I had the good fortune to hear this played by a local group in the Episcopal Church on Wilshire Blvd, in West L.A., around 1985 or so. The group was only a bit smaller than this NY Phil, but the players were quite a bit younger. And those trumpeters appeared to be playing as LOUDLY as possible! In the acoustically "live" area (marble floor and marble walls), it was so loud it hurt! Still, loving this music and knowing it was a rare opportunity for me, I braved it out. How great! How wonderful! I left with my ears ringing, but happy.
Bravissimi,un' esecuzione perfetta.
Esto es un himno al platena Tierra, y si está melodía lo conocí por la película de Lucha Libre "Listos para luchar" y la verdad al escuchar la versión completa es lo mejor Saludos desde Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, MÉXICO 🇲🇽🇲🇽
2:30
WE WILL
WE WILL
ROCK YOU!!!
HAHA!
Lol
Ha ha, yes, so it is. Very good.
After all these years this piece still put the hairs on the back of my neck, upright. I first heard this on recording by Leonard B. and the New York Philharmonic. Simple, elegant and stunning!
Just Beautiful and an Honor for the Common Man...!!!
What really gets me is what this piece truly means. It is an ode to everyone, the power of a single human. We can all be the "common man" in this piece; it is for us, as an ode to all of our struggles, day to day, all that we do, whether it goes recognised or not. It is a piece, for us. For mankind.
Probably the best short peace of music ever written. Anyone who isn't moved to tears doesn't have a soul.
I was driving home for thanksgiving vacation.I was all alone and they started playing this on npr and I have always liked this musical piece but when I found out that it was written after Copland heard Henry Wallace's Century of the Common man speech it I love it
That percussionist displayed some awesome passion
I love the sound of the French horns, but the whole band was amazing. Great work!
Best version ever, best trombone sound ever.
Simply great music
Excellent and appropriately titled Fanfare for the Common Man
Salaams to all the Artists and the conductor James Levine
Thanks
God bless the team of musicians
Kasturi G
The trumpet player furthest left, Carmine Fornarotto....talk about relaxed. He taught me for four years and tried to get that relaxed approach to latch on to my playing. I miss him !
He's so often overlooked when we discuss great trumpet players. He could do it all...
God speed Glenn, God speed.
Rest in piece John Glenn, May you be remembered by many 12/8/16
What does that have to do with this music?
Those trombones can blow some serious air!
I was in NYC for the first anniversary of September 11. In the field behind the Metropolitan Museum there was a remembrance of that day, people were picnicking, Meryl Streep spoke, and an orchestra played, may have been the Phil, Fanfare for the Common Man. I bawled. For all the lost, their families, the people I had seen at the WTC that day as the names were read ... it was overwhelming. I think of that day every time I hear this played. The folks murdered that day were common men, women and children. It was a lifechanging experience to be in NYC that day
Carolina Crown did a rendition of this in 2012. It was beautiful.
Inspiring an anthem of love to the men and women of this life who share a common humanity.
Those instruments are in such great tune.
The seeming simplicity of this piece belies it's incredible power and durability. It seems to grow ever greater as the years go by.
What a powerful and worthy piece to, for once, honor the common man, and the best in him.
I believe you should always give credit to the composer--in this case, Aaron Copland. No matter how brilliantly these musicians perform the piece, there would be no piece to perform without the genius of Copland.
But with no musicians you wouldn't hear it therefore defeating the purpose of writing it
To be fair, the first piece of text on screen says "Fanfare - Copland composer" - but it's in Japanese.
1:05 Call of Duty World at War Flashbacks. A very beautiful peice indeed.
Complete EPIC low brass!!!! The amount of air needed to produce that quality and volume of sound is incredible!! This is without question my favorite version of this piece.
Every time I hear that tune, I recollect Keith Emerson. RIP
It astounds that humans can be so violent but also create music so unbelievably beautiful.
Agreed. My humble opinion: that opposing symmetry is the price we pay for meaning to be possible.
That’s called the duality of man. It’s been observed for a lot longer than you and I have been around.
Man is capable of doing anything!!! It's the choices of what man does, that effect the entire world.... Man can eradicate diseases and msn can eradicate whole society's .... Create masterpieces of art and horrible weapons... Explore the unknown but also limit the freedom of thought.... Man is a flawed being but it has the greatest of potential.... Hopefully man can survive itself to enjoy the rewards!!!
not humans, a singularity of uncommon souls.humans can´t do this
Ikr its rly cool and beautiful
2:00 = most beautifully epic trombone glory time ever
Always and ever my favourite rendition of this amazing and inspiring work - almost the epitome of the true ideals of the land of Copland's birth. And who best to play it best - the New York Phil under the fabulous James Levine for sure! Bravissimo!
Very moving & emotional. Thank you .
Conductor is Steve Brule in the flesh.
It's James Levine. Can't you see?!
belcanto bruh, its a joke. he looks like the character Steve brule.
at home in THE islands
Jack Dutt, the conductor is James Levine...
For your health
Hermosa sobrecogedora música en honor a todos nosotros: hombres, mujeres y niños de todos los lugares y condiciones.
I totally forgot how beautiful Carnegie Hall is until seeing this video. One of my favourite venues to perform at.
This piece will can make anyone who feels like they can't do it stand tall gather their strength. Really emotional piece of music.
So well played, bravo!
This piece is much harder than it sounds.... I've played timpani and conducted this work several times and Copeland knew what he was doing. It's a short piece but nerve-wracking because one mistake on a high trumpet note or one late percussion entry just ruins the whole thing. This performance is one of the best.
Don Harwood is definitely playing his C crook although I am surprised. I thought he left that behind in the late 80's. I studied with him when he was first experimenting with it. Imagine this rig with Axial Flow, and a 10 1/2 screw rim bell - looked like F-1 Rocket from Saturn V (dates me) but make no mistake, he could still play with excellent precision big horn or no and an absolutely huge sound.
I used the C crook as well for a year. It definitely adds weight to horn so you can blow into horn and get more density in sound. It was answer to getting an open C for Brahms 1 and B's for Bartok before the invention of the Axial Flow but it took away the "slide polarity" of putting the B and C in more "tunable" positions in the middle positions of the slide.
It was privilege to be there with him. He saved my life and gave the great opportunity to play this same piece with Leonard Bernstein at Juilliard. Good, good man...
This is a magnificent challenge to any tympanist. And in this rendition, that gentleman wins going away! - Oma Gretty
Aaron Copland so exquisitely captured the essence of 1940's America and all its patriotism in this piece that when I showed one of my buddies this song without him knowing what it was called or who it was by he remarked "this sounds like a song from one of those World War II movies or something." He hit the hammer on the nail because of Copland's genius.
+Brick tator Copland was persecuted by 'patriots' not long after this work was written.
Why? I did not know that.
To begin, Copland was in triple jeopardy because he was gay, Jewish, and a communist sympathizer (communist tendencies were often seen as symptoms of being gay or Jewish). After the 1949 joint Soviet-American Peace Conference held in New York (which many people viewed as a communist event), both private and government agencies began to investigate his past, and he was summoned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, famously led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Many of his communist affiliations were discovered, and they went so far as to cancel the performance of his work 'Lincoln Portrait' at the 1953 inauguration of Eisenhower. Copland believed in writing music that was accessible and realist, exactly the same musical qualities supported by the Soviet Union (read: Socialist Realism). In America, however, the CIA supported the development of experimental/serial twelve-tone works (see Schoenberg, Boulez, Babbitt, Stockhausen). Following his appearance at the House Committee, Copland completely changed his style from this accessible style (now seen as Soviet in the American eye), to an twelve-tone idiom that was more 'American' (see his Piano Quartet). The ultimate point is that while Copland really did intent to write music for Americans, the patriotism of the 1940s (a feeling which people often project on to the music of Copland), is the very same thing that betrayed him.
If you want to read more I know some good articles on the subject.
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The Greatest Generation.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s version is masterful as well.
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Wasn't this played on " Wide World of Sports " "Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat " This is getting me ready for the Super Bowl ! Love It !
Love Copeland's music. "Fanfare" is one of my favourites.
This is definitely the best version of this song I have heard. The tempo is much more rubato and I like it more. They also accent every note but they don't play it marcott (or too short)
The Phil Entrance Musik😍😄😄
Immer wieder ein Gänsehaut Moment 😍
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Pretty music. Makes me cry.