Percy Grainger - Molly on the Shore (1907/1920)

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  • Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger (July 8, 1882 - February 20, 1961)
    Orchestra: North Texas Wind Symphony conducted by Eugene Migliaro Corporon
    Scores I engrave: github.com/CMa...
    Program I develop for this channel: github.com/edw...

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  • @DanielSabzghabaei
    @DanielSabzghabaei 7 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Wonderful! Great energy flow and texture shifts. Grainger's ear for the band is unique.

  • @BC465
    @BC465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I LOVE the timbre of the oboe and clarinet at 3:28.

    • @jackaguirre8576
      @jackaguirre8576 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too! It's an under-rated combination.

    • @Libra_Strings
      @Libra_Strings 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m a viola player and I too can appreciate this

    • @bmajorscale
      @bmajorscale 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      or the timbre of the soprano sax and trumpet at 1:11 😻

    • @BC465
      @BC465 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@bmajorscale
      Yesss that timbre is really good too; it's got a nostalgic feeling

  • @DonaldMill
    @DonaldMill 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Percy is my favorite! I was a Band instructor for 30 yrs., played many of Grainger’s Works
    as contest pieces. They challenged the Kids,
    But they grew to love too!

  • @kyle-silver
    @kyle-silver 8 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    I absolutely love grainger. I don't know if a condensed score of Lincolnshire Posy is even feasible, but it would be something else if it were

    • @the_number_e
      @the_number_e 8 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      The condensed score of Lincolnshire Posy was actually the only available version for a long time, before Fennell made a full score.

    • @kyle-silver
      @kyle-silver 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Number e
      I completely forgot about that! Must have been an absolute nightmare to read :P

    • @TFreckle
      @TFreckle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@kyle-silver Especially because of all the discrepancies betwixt parts and score. Fennell made a good attempt at cleaning that up.

    • @michaeledwards1172
      @michaeledwards1172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think there is now a TH-cam video of "A Lincolnshire Posy" which shows the condensed score as the music plays.

  • @allwinds3786
    @allwinds3786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of my favorite memories will be playing this on solo cornet in a local semi pro band with my 18 year old son on third horn sitting in front of me a just nailing the solo at #59

  • @MrMayAllDay
    @MrMayAllDay 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    P. A. G. ❤
    Most overlooked genius. Responsible for much more than just wind arranging.

  • @Borderlands2lova
    @Borderlands2lova 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This piece literally scares the shit out of me. Those dynamics I’m crying.

  • @crystelthewolf
    @crystelthewolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Playing a version of this in orchestra with a bunch of string instruments instead of woodwinds, and its actually super fun to play once you figure out all the run-on 8th note parts

    • @WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms
      @WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish I knew what this meant.

    • @mabelmartin9774
      @mabelmartin9774 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m playing it on the violin now in an orchestra and I have to agree 😭😂 it’s so hard but fun!

  • @a.j.501st
    @a.j.501st 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    We did this for high school concert band. We didn’t have a bassoonist so I learned it in a few months and did the part for that. I’m largely a tenor saxophonist.

    • @shritan0
      @shritan0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i’m a freshman bass clarinet and i’m playing this in wind ensemble

    • @a.j.501st
      @a.j.501st 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shritan0 oh, have fun with that😂

    • @shritan0
      @shritan0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@a.j.501st haha thank you i love this piece

    • @a.j.501st
      @a.j.501st 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shritan0 it’s definitely one of my favorites to be sure. But I will always have a soft spot for Holst’s Moorside March. Well, the whole suite, really.

  • @Libra_Strings
    @Libra_Strings 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I had to find this because it was in my head for 4 days straight! I played this is 7th grade orchestra on viola. I still think about it daily

    • @user-mx6yh6kh7p
      @user-mx6yh6kh7p 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm also a violist! I had played this in my 8th grade lol

  • @mikedavis8314
    @mikedavis8314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Grainger could've simply written the triplets as mordents---I sense he was seeking that 'biting' effect on those notes. But he apparently wanted to ensure that the players were uniform in executing an upper mordent, as opposed to a lower one. Writing the specific notes to be played eliminated any uncertainty. I love music composition.

    • @douwemusic
      @douwemusic หลายเดือนก่อน

      If he had wanted the mordent "bite" written out, he'd have used 2 16ths and an 8th (or simply a footnote or ossia), no? Mordents are never "spread out" over a note as a triplet, pretty sure he wrote triplets because he wanted triplets

  • @davemillet4160
    @davemillet4160 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing piece of music. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to play this!😮

    • @jaydenmiller4170
      @jaydenmiller4170 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      STRESSFUL 😭😭😭

  • @mckernan603
    @mckernan603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Wow magical. I’ve played these on piano but his full band versions are really modern and brilliant

  • @AndreyRubtsovRU
    @AndreyRubtsovRU 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "3rd & 4th clarinets added".
    That's passion for details!

  • @jonnysetzler5859
    @jonnysetzler5859 7 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    So I’m playing first clarinet on this, and after a read through I’m pretty certain Grainger has some kind of grudge against woodwinds bc this is not fun to play lmao

    • @EnderGamerX7
      @EnderGamerX7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Jonny Setzler he loved them just a little too much, actually

    • @yourneighborlytrashbirb9525
      @yourneighborlytrashbirb9525 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      please take back your love Grainger

    • @natekite7532
      @natekite7532 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      What? The opening solo on this is so much fun to play!!!!

    • @InimicalWit
      @InimicalWit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My first instrument was Clarinet, but I was on French Horn when this crossed my music stand. This piece got me to pull my clarinet out again. Loved it

    • @coloraturaElise
      @coloraturaElise 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Not fun?? It's totally fun, probably one of the most fun clarinet band pieces, ESPECIALLY if you're a first clarinet player....right?

  • @graeme011
    @graeme011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is my favourite version of "Molly on the Shore"!

  • @ThePumpkin506
    @ThePumpkin506 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This has one of my favorite endings to any piece.

    • @JCandelaria_YT
      @JCandelaria_YT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ThePumpkin506 I know right I am so happy to have this as a concert piece this year

  • @bearsrider
    @bearsrider 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Triplets often sound like double sixteenth + eighth... Regardless of that, performance is brilliant

    • @christopherleitz5617
      @christopherleitz5617 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Grainger built his songs off of drunk Irish pub singers so screwing up the cadence is probably by design.

    • @dannyfinlayson1974
      @dannyfinlayson1974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      target the down beats

    • @sgabriel
      @sgabriel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed. It's a common problem with this piece.

    • @fredswardankweedman1052
      @fredswardankweedman1052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's what 'triplets' are usually played as in Irish reels, it would sound quite wrong to play them strict

    • @ahuddleofpenguins4842
      @ahuddleofpenguins4842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s the way this piece is always done. Not really a mistake or problem imo

  • @atzoova
    @atzoova 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I got to play this around the beginning of the decade and since I was first trumpet, I for the solo part. I was so excited to play it, but never ended up getting to because of COVID

  • @alger3041
    @alger3041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Would love to see a conductor's score like this for "Lads of Womphray," one of my favorite Grainger pieces.

  • @Kestrel66
    @Kestrel66 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Certified hood classic

  • @_alicia__
    @_alicia__ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just played this at the Staller Center yesterday, such a beautiful piece :)

  • @gracerolewicz
    @gracerolewicz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i'm a freshman in wind ensemble, the highest band, clarinet, and i have to play this...

    • @BoaBenny
      @BoaBenny ปีที่แล้ว +3

      huge W wish i was you

    • @bruh60297
      @bruh60297 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      cap

  • @hallechen4260
    @hallechen4260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm so excited, me and my friends are playing this for our middle school extra band club(Idk how to explain it)

    • @ArturKorotin
      @ArturKorotin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember being unable to sight read this at an orchestra competition😁😅
      It's nice to finally hear what it's supposed to sound like. 👍

    • @albieh2563
      @albieh2563 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ....my friends and I are playing this....

  • @williamdrake9864
    @williamdrake9864 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I played this back in high school. I still have ptsd from it 😂😂😂

  • @korhonenmikko
    @korhonenmikko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Or as I like to call it, 'MDMA on the Beach'

  • @emiliohernandez7214
    @emiliohernandez7214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Playing the 1st Cornet part (Not the solo, there is a difference) as a freshman way back when was one of the biggest thrills of my High school honor band years

  • @erboch7124
    @erboch7124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How tf is the Contrabass Sarrusophone part cued by Bari Sax? I swear baris do not get enough love in these type pieces

    • @wildravez9963
      @wildravez9963 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well bari doesnt exactly have an important use in the instrumentation that grainger uses. For example, there is already a bass sax, (usually) bass clarinet, bassoon, and other low reeds that can already cover the bari voice.

  • @ethanmitchell9642
    @ethanmitchell9642 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    How lovely! It is nice to hear something for (mainly) wind instruments, I am composing a piece for some brass, woodwind and percussion in a few months' time and have never really heard anything. Could you maybe if possible recommend anything else to listen to??

    • @Cmaj7
      @Cmaj7  8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Lincolnshire Posy, also by Grainger, is the best wind piece I know.

    • @ethanmitchell9642
      @ethanmitchell9642 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah ok. Thank you :)

    • @scunnygal
      @scunnygal 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Children's March by Grainger is wonderful, also! Or Gaelforce (can't remember the composer, sorry!); there is a version for all brass (that may be the original?), but also one for wind band too - and features a lovely flugelhorn solo in the middle :)

    • @susanokroglic2257
      @susanokroglic2257 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Incantation and Dance, Overture to Candide, Lincolnshire Posy

  • @michaelryanarmstrong
    @michaelryanarmstrong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I like the B double flat in measure 192 👍🏽

    • @yc691
      @yc691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hahah my favourite thing about this recording

  • @osutuba
    @osutuba 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played this when I was in the Oklahoma State Wind Ensemble. Still one of my favorite works by Grainger!

  • @planetice
    @planetice 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The clarinet player messed up on this recording 4 bars from the end. Still an incredible performance, but quite funny that I knew it was coming.....

    • @lizardpeoplepoetry
      @lizardpeoplepoetry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that's got to be like a difficult fingering or something because i feel like it always sounds iffy no matter who's playing it

    • @ma100292
      @ma100292 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      lizardpeoplepoetry Not a difficult interval at all. The issue you hear is the rapid movement from Ab to Bb to Ab which are all horrible throat tones on a Bb clarinet to begin with. The best sounding fingering for Bb to eliminate the "iffy" sound is impossible to alternate to from ANY pitch at a quick tempo. This piece will almost always sound iffy in the clarinet tight there.

    • @60darklord
      @60darklord 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ThatGuyInTheChinatwn I originally thought it sounded like a mess up but now that you mention is def sounds like a trill fingering. Really out of tune but still the correct pitch

    • @kennershunag6895
      @kennershunag6895 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I personally use the trill fingering which sounds fine, but I think the player in this recording missed the second key so it played a B instead of a C

    • @ahuddleofpenguins4842
      @ahuddleofpenguins4842 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      planetice my guess is that the player usually plays that Bb (ct. Ab) with some right hand down, since it’s very sharp but they are otherwise in tune. but seeing as they need to use the trill key to get to the C (ct. Bb) above, their right hand couldn’t correct the pitch. and its to quick to play regular C (ct. Bb). All around very difficult and I think the player managed it very well.

  • @somecomposingfudsa
    @somecomposingfudsa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:54 I thought that playing the A natural in that triplet thing instead of the B-flat was intentional for the longest time; it seems like a Grainger thing to do

    • @anonymoususer9616
      @anonymoususer9616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I went to the comments to see if anybody pointed this out! Listened to this piece for the first time and thought, “Wow, that note does not sound right...”

    • @xikarik7941
      @xikarik7941 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It honestly sounds better with that a natural I heard I was like yeah that’s a great way to end this cluster fuck

  • @dallassax
    @dallassax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Contrabass sarrusophone cue at 43. What that instrument in the original band scoring?

    • @RyanEntnerMusic
      @RyanEntnerMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, although now it’s a rarity

  • @thedragonumiko6142
    @thedragonumiko6142 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had to play this my sophomore year of highschool. I had just switched instruments about half a year ago. i can still play certain segments. it haunts my nightmares, but it goes so hard. at least it was tenor sax and not clarinet

  • @brayrussell3863
    @brayrussell3863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One of the most difficult flute parts I've ever had to play; I don't know if Grainger was a flute player but by the looks of the part he certainly didn't like them

  • @hilenitaati8831
    @hilenitaati8831 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so wonderful

  • @ivank.357
    @ivank.357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    charming music

  • @mchenrymaney262
    @mchenrymaney262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What mad villain puts the clarinet part in bass clef

    • @musik350
      @musik350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      every good composer

    • @mchenrymaney262
      @mchenrymaney262 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      RDVMusic no

    • @Αλέξανδρος-τ2λ
      @Αλέξανδρος-τ2λ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the actual part probably ain’t in bass clef. it’s only for the convenience of the director/conductor

  • @charlesdavis7087
    @charlesdavis7087 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simply marvelous !!! American... as Charles Ives, Charles Griffes, Steven Foster, G. Gershwin, A. Copland and Agnes De Mille playing together. "Molly on the Shore," indeed. Thank you all for sharing. CVD

    • @izhaanahmed3038
      @izhaanahmed3038 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Grainger composed this piece 2 years after he gained his American citizenship, so I'm with you.

    • @DavidA-ps1qr
      @DavidA-ps1qr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@izhaanahmed3038 But it's funny how Grainger's music sounds absolutely nothing like any of the composers mentioned above. Why make these comparisons. Grainger is Grainger, Ives is Ives etc etc ad nausem.

  • @andigomez1993
    @andigomez1993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We played this in Orchestra back when I was in H.S, and I thought it was fast, but this is 3x’s faster. Also, I thought it was about getting High by the beach... which turns out is another song by Lana Del Rey...

  • @mountelbert4214
    @mountelbert4214 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was literally my brain during the recent AP physics exam

  • @rawysocki
    @rawysocki ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is the "Steel Marimba" the vibes?

  • @pukalo
    @pukalo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The alto clarinet part is pretty tough in this piece.

  • @beggsluke
    @beggsluke 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this was the hardest piece i ever had to play on bassoon

  • @carwashslayer4235
    @carwashslayer4235 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:40 this has a very fun feeling but Idk whats up

  • @amandaseery9225
    @amandaseery9225 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro was 13 when he wrote this John

  • @Yarny-bw1nk
    @Yarny-bw1nk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:10 I'm playing the Solo Cornet part and this scares me

  • @MusicalMolly
    @MusicalMolly 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a really cool piece. And it has my name in it lol

  • @Lukesieve
    @Lukesieve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    More like Molly On the Score

  • @ethanhopper2467
    @ethanhopper2467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    gradually louden lots

  • @krane.kk8827
    @krane.kk8827 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love

  • @lowheadvarney158
    @lowheadvarney158 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you know where i can get an audio recording of this song?

    • @smijification
      @smijification 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amazon Music

  • @Bigjuggs64
    @Bigjuggs64 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there an uncompressed version ?

    • @Cmaj7
      @Cmaj7  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is, but it' not on imslp.

    • @Bigjuggs64
      @Bigjuggs64 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Cmaj7 (Thank you for your reply) Then where is it ?

    • @Cmaj7
      @Cmaj7  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bigjuggs64 You can buy it e.g. here www.jwpepper.com/Molly-on-the-Shore/2403392.item#/

    • @Bigjuggs64
      @Bigjuggs64 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Cmaj7 Thank you so much !

  • @WilliamTWJ
    @WilliamTWJ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Molly on the shore? More like a human in a typhoon!

  • @dylanh8602
    @dylanh8602 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:40

  • @gabrielfaure9091
    @gabrielfaure9091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Better at 1.25x

  • @JackSparrow-ez6bp
    @JackSparrow-ez6bp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2018

  • @noahsoloski
    @noahsoloski ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of shepherds hey

  • @joshmurray9969
    @joshmurray9969 ปีที่แล้ว

    Machu pichu shitted on this

  • @dylanh8602
    @dylanh8602 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:32

  • @SaltedGuacamolly
    @SaltedGuacamolly 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They transposed if for strings and I have to play it in highschool please help
    But my name isssss Molly so that’s a plus and a bad thing (when ur name gets called out 50 times in a piece because it’s ur name it’s gets very annoying)

  • @jsaavedr1
    @jsaavedr1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My 5th grade beginning band class played this already. It's super easy, piece of cake. Lol

    • @londondubplates
      @londondubplates ปีที่แล้ว

      fkn lol 😂

    • @albieh2563
      @albieh2563 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Somebody is full of soup.

  • @majapechanach5982
    @majapechanach5982 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    lmao who plays eb clarinet?? those high fs tho

  • @NeedNoSleep
    @NeedNoSleep 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Number 600 on likes -_-

  • @benbroverman5150
    @benbroverman5150 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is it just me or is this piece annoying as hell. Repetitive and non convincing

    • @donnix6931
      @donnix6931 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Ben Broverman Are you serious?? Grainger is brilliant , the piece is an Irish reel in which the main theme does repeat yes, but it's classic grainger how he moves that melody among the different voices in a wind band, He had such an ear for transposing English/Irish folk tunes and dances for symphonic band. Non convincing......I'm very convinced.

    • @benbroverman5150
      @benbroverman5150 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don nix I don't doubt his orchestration skills. He clearly writes very well for band. But as for the music itself..to each is their own I suppose. I'm not questioning his musicality..just not a huge fan of his style.

    • @donnix6931
      @donnix6931 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ben Broverman I respect your opinion and I understand a lot his works have a certain sound which is not everyone's cup of tea, that's why we love music, we can enjoy and listen to anything and nothing has to be liked by all.

    • @jackhayes1551
      @jackhayes1551 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I see this piece similar (in some ways) to Grainger's pieces with the underlying accompaniment rhythm. The first piece that comes to mind is Shepherd's Hey. I also see it in Holst's Mars.

    • @LydsTherinNotamon
      @LydsTherinNotamon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh yes, but Bolero is a masterpiece?

  • @johnwilkins-704
    @johnwilkins-704 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:00

  • @Chu-ob4kz
    @Chu-ob4kz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:21

  • @Minty_iced_tea
    @Minty_iced_tea 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:17

  • @johnwilkins-704
    @johnwilkins-704 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:10