Ian Clarke - Deep Blue (2012)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- 🎙 Recorded on 8th February 2021 in my room in London, UK, during lockdown.
Ian Clarke is a British flutist, composer and teacher. He has established himself as one of the UK's most innovative flutists with a particular interest in contemporary works and techniques. "Deep Blue" is one of the many of his pieces adored by audiences across the globe.
As professor Ian Clarke's flute student, I had the honour to have worked on it with the composer himself which was an invaluable experience.
Making a recording of this piece was particularly personal to me, as this is the kind of music very close to my heart. Its title and the graphics I chose can give basis for one's perception of the music but I believe there is still much space for personal interpretation.
🎀 Credits:
Piano backing track by Ian Clarke with kind permission
[ www.ianclarke.net ]
Graphics with kind permission
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TH-cam keeps recomending me this video every day, and i still watch it every single time. This piece is just amazing.
I'm glad you enjoy it! The piece is one of my favourites too
Godlike 💙
I’ve come back to this recording many times and I’m just blown away by the pure beauty of it.
My brother several years ago played this piece for a competition during the pinnacle of his career. And a few years after that he took his own life.
Ultimately, what I’m trying to say is thank you for bringing such a powerful piece to life!
Thank you for sharing your story. I can only imagine what this piece means to you. I am sure that when Ian hears about it, he will be moved 🤍 I feel truly honoured that you have chosen my recording. Thank you.
i was searching for many different performances of this piece and your video grabbed my attention right away because the image was just what i imagined when i first heard the piece...i kept listening to the end and read the video comment and voila! the composer himself as the pianist and his own flute student! no wonder it captured the essence so well..i love your performance, really matches the title of the piece!
Thank you so much!! Professor Ian Clarke is inspiring in so many ways; I feel truly blessed to be able to learn from him. Thank you for listening; I really appreciate it!🌻
Гениальное произведение! Гениально исполненное!!! Благодарю за наслаждение!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you very much! All the credit goes to the brilliant composer (and my teacher) 🫶🏻
Bravo)))) original sound. I am flying in the deep blue👌
Thank you! It's such an amazing piece
Amazjng piece that i played with my teacher high notes are so nice and the dynamic of the piece really brings out the feeling being like undsrwater.❤❤❤
Aw thank you so much 🫶🏻
This was beautiful it almost made me fall asleep 😭❤️
Haha thank you! 💛
That's surely the best interpretation of this piece. Simply amazing!
Wow, thank you! 🥹 I'm glad you like it!
Voilà une bien belle interprétation de Deep blue, très personnelle..... dans une détente extraordinaire... vraiment très inspirant! Merci!
La musique de Ian Clarke est magique, moi aussi je suis fan...!😁
Merci beaucoup!! ✨✨
Such a great recording!! I love this piece and your interpretation
Thank you so much 🥺💛
Absolutely fabulous playing! In measure 154, beat 3 is a printed B4. I noticed on the recording that you're playing a G3 there. Is the B4 a misprint?
It's actually my mistake! Well-spotted 😅
Listening to this with trained ears, the pitch bends throughout this recording make it sound like a soprano sax (straight one) sample played on a keyboard! I could be wrong, but it’s definitely not a flute, none of the flute overtones. Please enlighten me! 🥹
Hello, thank you for your comment!
This is definitely me playing the flute in the recording :) However, I understand that many people aren't used to hearing the flute's tone like it is in this piece. Deep Blue uses a few contemporary techniques which make it sound different to when played just classically.
1️⃣ One of those techniques is extended/alternative fingerings: they can transform the tone by resonating different overtones to the extent that it sounds like an ethnic flute.
Ian Clarke's pieces are particularly well-known for using alternative fingerings in very imaginative and clever ways.
2️⃣ Another important technique used in Deep Blue is called "pitch bending", which is achieved through either fingers sliding over the open-hole keys, or controlled changes of the embouchure. This is how the glissandi between some notes are produced.
📚 Robert Dick talks about the two mentioned techniques (as well as many others) in his exercise book "Tone Development Through Extended Techniques for Flute", which I whole-heartedly recommend of course!
Hope that's helpful! ✨
I love this Piece im a young flutist and ill be playing it soon
Think you for this masterpiece ❤🎶
Amazing ❄️🌟💎🌟❄️
Thank you so much! ✨
Such a great recording, thank you for sharing! I am currently playing it as well and would like to know if you have any tips in sustaining the long b in measure 157?
Hello, I'm sorry to have taken so long to reply! That's a tough one! Listening to the recording two years later, I wish I could re-record that note now and play it better actually 😅 Personally, I think the secret to sustaining it all the way through is playing it very quietly, as then, the embouchure hole between the lips is so small that the air stream is thin, and one is using very little air to produce the sound (little, but "fast" air, of course). If played in real piano, sustaining the note for longer is achievable way more easily. B4 is an "uncomfortable" note on its own, especially if to be played piano, and as Ian told me when working on the piece, it requires advanced technique. What you can hear in the recording was the best I could do at the time, and even though it's far from perfect, what mattered to Ian the most in the end was me going for it and not being afraid of trying. From a two-years-later perspective, I also think that it's what really matters the most not just with that B4, but in the general process of perfecting one's skills. So, remember to go for it and to not be afraid of splitting the note in the practice room! It's gonna get better with time. Hope that helps somehow:)
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wow very sincere and encouraging reply! i recently purchased sheetmusic of this piece (i knew i would buy it someday since the first day i heard your recording here😊)
and today i opened the sheetmusic and started sightreading... goodness the difficulty. (i am just an intermediate hobby flutist) yeah i jumped into the unknown😂😂
still i think i will get some fun out of trying the piece! 😊❤
your reply to this flutist is also precious to me😆👍
Thank you for sharing! I bet you will sound amazing. Hope you have fun learning it!! 💪🏻❣️
This can be great for Super Mario Galaxy!
Never thought of that 🤣 Absolutely!
J'ai la partition! il me reste plus qu'à m'y mettre. 😅
4, 5 ans de travail en perspective 😂
Bonne chance! I hope learning the piece is as rewarding for you as it was for me 💙 I bet it will be amazing
This piece is just soo beautiful, I wanted to play it for a long time but unfortunately my flute doesn’t have open hole keys, only closed ones. Is it still possible to play it properly?
I mean it's possible but it might not sound the same...if you can find the music for free it'd be much appreciated
I would say that most of the glissandi are absolutely doable without open keyholes; you can use your embouchure instead! There are techniques such as twisting the flute in/out, moving your jaw up/down or back/forward + of course, blowing slower/faster air. In the description of the piece Ian says that every player can work out whether they prefer using the suggested open keyhole finger glissandi or one of the above, or a mix. Personally, I used both :)
Good luck! I hope you enjoy the piece as much as I did 🩵
@@Phone_savorI would personally recommend getting the official published score. It currently costs only £11,95, includes the composer's description of the used techniques and the piece, and is nicely written out. It's definitely worth it!
Here's the link to shops around the world (from Ian Clarke's official website):
ianclarke.net/shops-links/
It's very important to support the work of the composers we love! 🩵