@@FreezingGamer1 If you're going to play professionally then this piece should pose no insurmountable problem. it would take lots of practice, but if you're going pro anyways its literally your job
This is university level if your good. I’ve heard more challenging pieces played for rehearsals and juries at a public university. Not sure if I agree for the need of tenor clef for this, at least not so much of it. It makes it look more intimidating than it is. It might keep a lot of players away.
+Anthony Barfield There is nothing to do to change a note in this Anthony The composition is beautiful and the soloist absolutely awesome. A really challenging solo I cannot imagine how many hours of study and practice went into playing this.Until I heard it I said I played Euphonium Not any more . Back to the drawing board. Truly inspiring. Thankyou
@@steveparker9044 tenor clef is actually functionally the same as treble clef just with slightly different accidentals. The top line on tenor clef is a concert Eb same as treble clef which is a F or conert Eb for Bb instruments. You just have to watch want the accidentals are, so if you pretend its treble clef, what looks like an Fb is actually F nat and F nat is F#, Same applies for what looks like a C, concert Bb. It looks like Cb when it actually means concert Bb. So if you pretend its treble clef and transpose the key and watch C's and F's you should be ok, then just learn bass clef for the bass clef parts since its important to be able to read both clefs
I thought Steven Mead was the best Euphonium player I ever heard. I have changed my mind. I don't think I have ever heard anyone play the Euphonium this high with such beautiful tone and timbre. Great job Demondrae Thurman. You make that Miraphone 5050 sing!
Steven's the greatest all-around player. He's very good in everything, but somebody's better in high or low notes, or who has a better tone in some notes. I still think Steven's the best Euphonist in the world because of his versatility. This is what I think. Maybe you disagree or maybe not. Anyway, Demondrae is an incredible Euphonium (and trombone) player and I really like this performance. Great!
I think we should all refrain from “assessing” and go back to listening to what we admire and expect from music as we here it. “Contests” don’t make musicians, and I think most of the good ones will tell you that.
Pretty breathtaking how the euphonium blends into the rest of the ensemble at points. The drop aways of the ensemble which showcase the soloist at particularly technical parts are done just right. It'd be great if this piece becomes part of standard literature. It's a fantastic modern approach to the instrument, and to the ensemble that accompanies it in general. Composers are learning how fantastic the euphonium sounds, and epic pieces like this are coming into being. It's long overdue, and a great time to be alive to hear them.
There are many excellent euphonium players from many countries but I don't think I have heard one better than this. Not only was the playing superb but the solo was as challenging i have seen so far .Thankyou so much for sharing your God given talent with us all. The mystery is that this is my first awareness I have had of this amazing talent.
Im an incoming sophmore in highschool and this piece has just made me come back over and over, especially for some reason 5:52 to the end of the first movement. This piece is absolutely MAGNIFICENT, and i recently got down the first page of this solo. I really hope i can play this first movement either by the end of the school year or before the next school year. Anyways sorry for the long comment, but i ADORE this piece Update: Took way too long away from the piece and I’m currently a freshman in college, but I got back on the grind and learned the whole piece. Working on cleaning it up and auditioning for my schools concerto competition with it. That day can’t come any sooner
VERY cool piece! I don't know the last time a piece for euphonium has gotten stuck in my head after a single listen. It's a real shame that my lips would never forgive me if I played this high for this long. :P
As a Euphist, I definitely appreciate this!!! This will be my 2017 goal. To master this!!! Thank you, Mr. Barfield for composing this Concerto for this wonderful instrument!!
I heard this at the US Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference this year. It's definitely my new favorite Euphonium piece, and Demondrae Thurman plays the heck out of it (as did Pershing's Own!) I'll never forget that performance and this piece. It's so beautiful, thank you for writing it.
i am some years late but my god is this piece breathtaking, i could picture every movement like it was a movie. i love the euphonium greatly and this was a great way to showcase it and the instruments beauty.
Great piece Mr. Barfield, and as always superb playing by Demondrae. I wish I had access to a ensemble that could pull of such an intricate accompaniment but alas I'll continue to play carnival of Venice with my area groups.
Michael Swarz I agree. I think that all orchestras should contain full time euphonium, bass tubas, and contrabass tubas. It would really make the brass fuller.
I love that this is a live performance and it is done so well from not just Thurman, of course he would do really well, but also the band was solid! Very beautiful music making and I hope there is more to come of this!
Amazing music. Brilliant musician. Sophisticated technique. I've followed it, eyes and ears very attentively, until the very last bar and note. Beautiful piece of euphonium music.
This is amazing. As a concerto, it meanders purposefully, recalling Vaughan Williams. There are filmic passages with strong, declarative themes supported by lively, almost restless orchestration. Barfield has a real talent for texture. On a cheesy note, I kept thinking this could be substituted for Williams’ (John) score in Raiders.
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This man is hitting a super F and making it sound like a warm up
Croatian Cowboy the tone man, I’m going to use this area where he does it as a high register practice on trombone
matonizz vibes
@@ealep0314 I don't think matonizz is anywhere close to demondrae, seeing and knowing both in person
But they are both indeed great players, demondrae is just in a league of his own in terms of higher register playing
That's because it is his warm up 👀
I really hope for this piece to become standard repertoire for the Euphonium
ist to difficult for the most
This is so advanced that I don't think even the best percentile of Euphonium players would be able to play all of this.
Michael Kirby this is a LOT more technically demanding than carnival of venice
@@FreezingGamer1 If you're going to play professionally then this piece should pose no insurmountable problem. it would take lots of practice, but if you're going pro anyways its literally your job
This is university level if your good. I’ve heard more challenging pieces played for rehearsals and juries at a public university. Not sure if I agree for the need of tenor clef for this, at least not so much of it. It makes it look more intimidating than it is. It might keep a lot of players away.
Thanks everyone! The score will be available by mid December! We are working on a few edits.
+Anthony Barfield There is nothing to do to change a note in this Anthony The composition is beautiful and the soloist absolutely awesome. A really challenging solo I cannot imagine how many hours of study and practice went into playing this.Until I heard it I said I played Euphonium Not any more . Back to the drawing board. Truly inspiring. Thankyou
Hi there is there a treble clef version of this?
@@steveparker9044 tenor clef is actually functionally the same as treble clef just with slightly different accidentals. The top line on tenor clef is a concert Eb same as treble clef which is a F or conert Eb for Bb instruments. You just have to watch want the accidentals are, so if you pretend its treble clef, what looks like an Fb is actually F nat and F nat is F#, Same applies for what looks like a C, concert Bb. It looks like Cb when it actually means concert Bb. So if you pretend its treble clef and transpose the key and watch C's and F's you should be ok, then just learn bass clef for the bass clef parts since its important to be able to read both clefs
bruh if this were transposed to bass cleff it'd be extremely high
Where can I find the score?
I thought Steven Mead was the best Euphonium player I ever heard. I have changed my mind. I don't think I have ever heard anyone play the Euphonium this high with such beautiful tone and timbre. Great job Demondrae Thurman. You make that Miraphone 5050 sing!
Steven's the greatest all-around player. He's very good in everything, but somebody's better in high or low notes, or who has a better tone in some notes. I still think Steven's the best Euphonist in the world because of his versatility. This is what I think. Maybe you disagree or maybe not.
Anyway, Demondrae is an incredible Euphonium (and trombone) player and I really like this performance. Great!
I think we should all refrain from “assessing” and go back to listening to what we admire and expect from music as we here it. “Contests” don’t make musicians, and I think most of the good ones will tell you that.
Baustin baumet is also pretty damn good
Demondrae is on a different planet to Steve, Steve is one of the most overrated players on the instrument imo
@@ludovicozambonin7663 I would argue that David Childs is the best allround and just best player period so far.
Pretty breathtaking how the euphonium blends into the rest of the ensemble at points. The drop aways of the ensemble which showcase the soloist at particularly technical parts are done just right. It'd be great if this piece becomes part of standard literature. It's a fantastic modern approach to the instrument, and to the ensemble that accompanies it in general. Composers are learning how fantastic the euphonium sounds, and epic pieces like this are coming into being. It's long overdue, and a great time to be alive to hear them.
I want to become even better at playing the euphonium/baritone just so I can play this amazing solo
Also look at the euphonium solo for rule Britannia And on another god he must have the chops of god
dan boss look up bluebells of Scotland. It's an extremely difficult but great song
There is a great recording of it on TH-cam of Joe Alessi.
The key is getting good at a full whole tone, scales, high notes, and being good at fast scales too.
Wyatt Wahlgren yes but joe alessi is a tromboniste ( i play trombone)
Beautiful!
Time to learn tenor clef!
That bass clef lick at around 11:40 is one of the greatest things I've ever heard
TheZeldalink09 truly 😍
This haunts me and I've been back to it several times. Inspired.
There are many excellent euphonium players from many countries but I don't think I have heard one better than this. Not only was the playing superb but the solo was as challenging i have seen so far .Thankyou so much for sharing your God given talent with us all. The mystery is that this is my first awareness I have had of this amazing talent.
but have you ever heard David chills
have you heard David chills
There are even more great euph player with Childs : David Thornton, Glyn Williams, Gary Curtin, Matthew White, Glenn Van Looy,...
Yes he is very good, but that is not the talent speaking. That is hard work, determination, and perseverance speaking.
George Pether Steven Mead
2021 Checking in for another listen. This performance really stood the test of time.
He has chops of steel, man.
Im an incoming sophmore in highschool and this piece has just made me come back over and over, especially for some reason 5:52 to the end of the first movement. This piece is absolutely MAGNIFICENT, and i recently got down the first page of this solo. I really hope i can play this first movement either by the end of the school year or before the next school year. Anyways sorry for the long comment, but i ADORE this piece
Update: Took way too long away from the piece and I’m currently a freshman in college, but I got back on the grind and learned the whole piece. Working on cleaning it up and auditioning for my schools concerto competition with it. That day can’t come any sooner
Good kid
Yeah, I'm sophomore and am trying to convince my band director to play this with the whole band and i
Currently a sophomore in high school trying to play this. It takes a heck of a lot of air just to try and reach it.
sounds awesome! good luck!
This was incredible. I sat down thinking I would watch 5 minutes and I watched the whole thing
VERY cool piece! I don't know the last time a piece for euphonium has gotten stuck in my head after a single listen. It's a real shame that my lips would never forgive me if I played this high for this long. :P
As a Euphist, I definitely appreciate this!!! This will be my 2017 goal. To master this!!! Thank you, Mr. Barfield for composing this Concerto for this wonderful instrument!!
The second movement of this concerto is beautiful, especially the beginning in my opinion; amazing work Barfield!
I heard this at the US Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference this year. It's definitely my new favorite Euphonium piece, and Demondrae Thurman plays the heck out of it (as did Pershing's Own!) I'll never forget that performance and this piece. It's so beautiful, thank you for writing it.
Wonderful piece & beautiful performance. Bravo!
i am some years late but my god is this piece breathtaking, i could picture every movement like it was a movie. i love the euphonium greatly and this was a great way to showcase it and the instruments beauty.
Great piece Mr. Barfield, and as always superb playing by Demondrae. I wish I had access to a ensemble that could pull of such an intricate accompaniment but alas I'll continue to play carnival of Venice with my area groups.
yeah
and I thought Harlequin by Philip Sparke was the hardest Piece I'd ever play.. defenitely going to try this one!
Unbelievable, I cannot fathom how he consistently hits the high notes with such ease and precision. What a talent.
Astonishing! This is probably my favorite work for this beautiful instrument as of right now. I'd give anything to play this with a wind symphony. :)
Too bad euphoniums aren't typically played in symphonies. Even though they definitely should be.
Michael Swarz I agree. I think that all orchestras should contain full time euphonium, bass tubas, and contrabass tubas. It would really make the brass fuller.
Michael Swarz Wind symphony is synonymous with wind ensemble.
Mason Wheeler I believe he is referring to symphony orchestras.
Michael Swarz Im more of a kind of guy that will say that euphoniums should be a solo instrument and thats what it was made to be.
めっちゃいい音してる。。
Hey everyone "Heritage" is available now if interested. Thanks!
www.anthonybarfield.com/
Anthony Barfield It would be awesome if you can make this solo with a piano accompaniment!
Anthony Barfield
Wow! This piece is heavenly! Phenomenal!!!!
The section and licks going into F in the first movement are incredible. Gets me every time.
This is absolutely fantastic. I can't wait for this to become available
This is a fantastic composition! Nice work! :)
Absolutely legendary
Genius composition and genius performance. Bravo to you and the soloist!
I really like this piece! I am throwing a suggestion for playing the building pyramids first movement part, tomorrow!
I love the thematic material of this piece, and of course, you can't find a better euph player than Demondrae. Thanks so much for writing this!
My thought at the end, how.. my lips would be in agony, and that last note! Brilliant, I loved every minute of it.
Hey guy "Heritage" is available now if interested. Thanks!
www.anthonybarfield.com/
7:35 is like the calling. Such a moment of response.
Outstanding! He's a tremendous player.
Most amazing piece I've ever heard.
Beautiful.
Huge sound. incredible.
This is a fantastic piece.
the range on this is incredible, I don't know how it's even possible to hit those top notes, I would love to hear david childs play this.
4:38 through 4:51. Dear heaven. Half of my soul returned. It's exemplary.
beautiful
I don't know why, but I was crying at the beginning. This piece is so emotional..
This is beautiful
This is a great piece, I live it. I play Euphonium, and love being able to read the music with it.
What a beautiful piece and stunning performance!
just awesome, it's the only way i can describe this piece :)
There are moments in this that sound very Ewazen-like, especially in the second movement. I enjoyed it a lot. Demondrae is so good.
Wow! I really hope to play like he does one day!
This guy is amazing!
That was amazing! It was like taking a journey to a distant land.
He went to my high school! And he played a piece with us my freshman year for Alabama Music Educators Association!
I love that this is a live performance and it is done so well from not just Thurman, of course he would do really well, but also the band was solid! Very beautiful music making and I hope there is more to come of this!
Beautiful piece
I tried listening to this while doing schoolwork. I got engrossed in this instead of my work.
BEAST BEAST BEAST
Congratulations to composer and performer. Wonderful stuff bringing euphonium into the mainstream.
soprendente ANTHONY!!!! ... me encanta tu composición. un lenguaje musical muy hermoso y gran cualidad timbrica de la orquesta.
Superb writing & superb performance - bravo!
Fantastic!
That was beautiful. I love the sound of baritone-register instruments. I have never seen euphonium music written on the tenor clef before.
A lot of orchestra transcript is in tenor clef
Amazing music. Brilliant musician. Sophisticated technique. I've followed it, eyes and ears very attentively, until the very last bar and note. Beautiful piece of euphonium music.
amazing composing
AH The haunting rhythm and drive
stumbled upon this. Nice. I love me some low brass. Very nicely done, sir!
高音域めっちゃ音が綺麗…
Wow Fantastic.
Beautiful tone!
12:55 My favourite part. Wonderful.
Awesome concerto! Love it
Lindíssima Peça e executada com excelência! Não canso de ouvir!
😍😍😍😍
Can't wait to try this out on tuba! Amazing
Deomondrae!! What a wonderful piece and a brilliant performance! Hope to somehow do this with you someday!! To Mr. Barfield, BRILLIANT PIECE!!
amazing
Excellent! Very beautiful writing and playing.
Thanks for posting, enjoyed listening to this great new work!
Maravilhoso.
I may be miss interpreting it but I really like your use of drum and bass/ electronic sound qualities and rhythm patterns in the third movement
Complimenti Demondrae Thurman.Grande esecuzione..bel concerto per euphonium
Is it bad that I've listened to this concerto more than ten times? Because it is so amazing!!
This is a beautiful composition. Thanks for your hard work and for posting this.
Excellent work
Fenomenal!!!!!! 👍
Majestuoso!!!
This solo almost makes me want to ditch the trumpet and play euphonium
Clearly you are very wise, euphs rule!
This is amazing. As a concerto, it meanders purposefully, recalling Vaughan Williams. There are filmic passages with strong, declarative themes supported by lively, almost restless orchestration. Barfield has a real talent for texture. On a cheesy note, I kept thinking this could be substituted for Williams’ (John) score in Raiders.
those pauses around 12:40 are so good
Wow, fabulous piece. Is there a piano reduction?
im a JH euphonium player and so far ive learned the first 2 lines on Movement 1
What I would do to be able to play this...
Gorgeous!!!! I wish euphoniums had a place in the orchestra. Even if they had to kick the trombones out.
11:33
Bruh Fr
Wow, amazing piece. As a horn player I wish we had epic modern solo's like this. The only one I can think of is cape horn by Otto Schwarz.
Shit my ass this is fuckin' beautiful.
Thank you Hibike! Euphonium for leading me here.
Please someone add this to soundcloud !
СУПЕРРРР!!!!!!
Such a beautiful piece and euphonium player. And I don’t even know tenor clef to attempt to play this. :(
I'm so late! ;(