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Bret Newton - Composer
United States
Registrace 22. 03. 2011
I talk about instruments and composing and wind band. I've written a few symphonies and a few books.
Whaling Songs - Suite for Concert Band
After 2 years, I've finally completed my Whaling Songs Suite. These folk songs convey a wide range of emotions from joy, the longing, to remorse, to just a good old-fashioned sea shanty. I designed this piece to serve as a companion to Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy.
1. Pique la Baleine
2. The Cruel Ship's Captain (woodwinds)
3. Fareweel tae Tarwathie
4. Rolling Down to Old Maui (brass)
5. Soon May the Wellerman Come
Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Alto Oboe (English Horn), Eb Clarinet, 3 Bb Clarinets, Tenor Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, 2 Alto Saxophones (1 = Soprano Sax.), Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon
4 Horns, 3 Bb Cornet (=3 Bb Flügelhorns), 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tenor Tuba, Contrabass Tuba (opt. Bass Tuba).
Timpani, 4 Percussion, Double Bass
1. Pique la Baleine
2. The Cruel Ship's Captain (woodwinds)
3. Fareweel tae Tarwathie
4. Rolling Down to Old Maui (brass)
5. Soon May the Wellerman Come
Grade 5
Instrumentation:
Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Alto Oboe (English Horn), Eb Clarinet, 3 Bb Clarinets, Tenor Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, 2 Alto Saxophones (1 = Soprano Sax.), Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon
4 Horns, 3 Bb Cornet (=3 Bb Flügelhorns), 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tenor Tuba, Contrabass Tuba (opt. Bass Tuba).
Timpani, 4 Percussion, Double Bass
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Video
Meet The Symphony 3 Musicians - Tiffany Johns, G Flügelhorn, G Trumpet, and Soprano Trombone
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This is the first in my series of interviews with some of the wonderful players who have been participating in the virtual recording of my monstrous Symphony 3. Tiffany Johns is a multi-brass player based in Los Angeles and is a wonderful composer and arranger to boot. Check out her stuff! Tiffany's Channel www.youtube.com/@UCvko3sGxewyzT58qJAJkVMA Girls Just Want to Have Fun czcams.com/video/0...
Pique La Baleine
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The next in my suite of Whaling Songs. Pique le Baleine come from France and will be the opener in the completex 6-movement suite.
The City in the Sea - live performance - Manhattan School of Music Sax Choir, Paul Cohen director
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The City in the Sea - live performance - Manhattan School of Music Sax Choir, Paul Cohen director
Mary Had a Little Diplodocus - for Greatbassoon
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I now have two fully functional and padded keys. The whole instrument leaks like hell, but it can kinda play... kinda.
Mozart's Gran Partita - Great Works for Wind Band
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The most important work of Harmoniemusik, Mozart's Gran Partita Ensemble Zefiro 1. czcams.com/video/HFf5W1VjJvQ/video.html&ab_channel=EnsembleZefiro 2. czcams.com/video/3engj-Qk2Wo/video.html&ab_channel=EnsembleZefiro 3. czcams.com/video/x4gXCsdFlbU/video.html&ab_channel=EnsembleZefiro 4. czcams.com/video/-PKRLjAkx70/video.html&ab_channel=EnsembleZefiro 5. czcams.com/video/0AUK_ctGfok/video.htm...
Grainger's Children's March - Great Works for Wind Band
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We finally get to Grainger and his colorful Children's March. University of North Texas, Eugene Corporon conductor czcams.com/video/BFCDAHaEc9g/video.html&ab_channel=NorthTexasWindSymphony-Topic
Hermann's Journey to the Center of the Earth - Great Works for Wind Band
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A movie soundtrack that uses a band? Well, kinda... National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Hermann czcams.com/video/g75xXT6eCcg/video.html&ab_channel=NationalPhilharmonicOrchestra-Topic
Gabrielli's Sonata Pian' e Forte
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We take it waaaay back to the earliest piece of music we can possibly call a work for wind band, Gabrielli's Sonata Pian' e Forte. czcams.com/video/Jx2xgbBkjbg/video.html&ab_channel=dani
Day's Concerto for Wind Ensemble - Great Works for Wind Band
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Day's Concerto for Wind Ensemble - Great Works for Wind Band
Berlioz's Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale - Great Works for Wind Band
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Berlioz's Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale - Great Works for Wind Band
Maslanka's A Child's Garden of Dreams - Great Work for Wind Band
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Maslanka's A Child's Garden of Dreams - Great Work for Wind Band
Holst's Hammersmith - Great Works for Wind Band
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Holst's Hammersmith - Great Works for Wind Band
Fasch's Concerto in D for Three Wind Choirs - Great Works for Wind Band
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Fasch's Concerto in D for Three Wind Choirs - Great Works for Wind Band
Hovhaness' Symphony 4 - Great Works for Wind Band
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Hovhaness' Symphony 4 - Great Works for Wind Band
Gotkovsky's Poème de Feu - Great Works for Wind Band
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Gotkovsky's Poème de Feu - Great Works for Wind Band
Vaughan Williams' Folk Song Suite - Great Works for Wind Band
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Vaughan Williams' Folk Song Suite - Great Works for Wind Band
Great Works for Wind Band - introduction
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Great Works for Wind Band - introduction
What Does the Symphony 3 Project Sound Like?
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What Does the Symphony 3 Project Sound Like?
State of the Symphony Address - January 2023
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State of the Symphony Address - January 2023
What Does the Greatbassoon Sound Like in an Ensemble?
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What Does the Greatbassoon Sound Like in an Ensemble?
I Did Something Stupid to my Bassoon (for science)
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I Did Something Stupid to my Bassoon (for science)
What Does a Choir of Brets Sound Like?
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What Does a Choir of Brets Sound Like?
What mouthpiece can you use on a Conn 12M Baritone Saxophone?
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What mouthpiece can you use on a Conn 12M Baritone Saxophone?
JD Woodwinds Contra-Alto Clarinet (Great Bass Clarinet) Mouthpiece Review
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JD Woodwinds Contra-Alto Clarinet (Great Bass Clarinet) Mouthpiece Review
Fareweel tae Tarwathie - for concert band
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Fareweel tae Tarwathie - for concert band
How adding sarrusophones to Symphony 3 broke Finale
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How adding sarrusophones to Symphony 3 broke Finale
I was scared to do this for 3 years - Symphony 3 announcement
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I was scared to do this for 3 years - Symphony 3 announcement
Yeah!
No you don't have to transpose if you play music written for the instrument. C clarinet does sound good. Eb is kind of icky.
Awesome!!
Brad your deserve my sub
Awesome! Thanks for posting this video.
How about letting us hear it?
I played a straight medal Leblanc on high school....I still never took it home to practice. Had to use a stool. Loved it.
Is there anywhere that we can get the metal treble flutes in America?
sounds like a sarrusophone
What bore size 18 or 19.5 mm for the jared d bass
Finally! Glad to see you again😊
I'm intrigued by the sound, but it also feels like the quartet is quite unbalanced in dynamics (and possibly like the tone colours haven't quite come through properly). Very interested to see how differently that passage of music will sound in the end!
I'm guessing the answer is no, but to your knowledge has the original Baritone Horn part ever been found or produced?
None that I've ever seen.
"I have redesigned the bass joint" certainly makes for a less discouraging update than "I need to redesign the bass joint." I can see why you waited. When you change the design of a joint in such a way that you need to print it again, can you sometimes reuse the keys you made for the previous version that aren't affected by the redesign?
Good work Brent I love your videos and I am commenting on the one that started it all 7 years later and I hope that you can get this project done and keep teaching. I am the only high-school Contra-bassoonist in montana so I get if you feel alone
Very nice argument! I was, however, looking for the hyper-bass flute. It uses what look like garbage-can lids for keys.
Dude this symphony is why I like so many of these more obscure and strange composers. A lot of them are self-taught and ruthlessly driven by their own internal aspirations. Langgaard and Ives are very much in that realm. The raw creativity and the feeling of pure humanity that the more academically-aligned composers of the early 20th century could never dream of. I still believe the only composer to have ever bridged a gap between insane creativity and insane academic knowledge from this time was Stravinsky, but I still love the more amateurish but amazing music that you can tell has a deeply original voice alongside tons of love and passion poured into it.
I want to add something to my previous post. When someone is playing the E-flat Contra Alto clarinet in a High School or community band, that person is usually playing tuba parts. It is frustrating for that player whenever a low concert F1 or E1 is required (and that clarinet can only go down to an F-sharp1). This is one of the reasons why Low C needs to be on clarinets larger than the Basset Clarinet in A. If Low C was on the Contra Alto Clarinet, that instrument would be able to play an E-flat1.
I think that it is a BIG mistake for any manufacturer of the larger clarinets (alto, bass, contra alto, and contrabass) to make them only go down to low e-flat. These instruments all need to go down to low c. I experienced this while playing both the bass clarinet and the contra alto clarinet.
Oh no he killed G’joob
greatest video ever
Epic
What about the basset clarinet (different from a basset horn)?
Legal é possível conseguir o arquivo stl desse instrumento, estou buscando também arquivos para fazer uma flauta doce baixo.
Thanks for this. I knew about that original scoring for the three horns, but never could understand how the sopranino and soprano parts worked together. I have performed the Bolero on soprano, and it was just two saxes that day--another guy on tenor and me on soprano. All the YT videos I've seen so far have the same instrumentation. I'd love to see one where the orchestra has the three--tenor, sopranino and soprano, playing in that order. (Sorta like hoping to see the original scoring of Rhapsody in Blue, which I believe had a full sax section.)
A low "A" sopranino? LOL!!!!!🤣
Conn Selmers "BIGGEST" mistake
I have owned noblet and selmer and prefer my older Leblanc alto clarinet with the tenor sax style neck. It feels much more comfortable to play. I play all clar, sax and flutes so my airstream is pretty strong so I dont need a straightened out neck.
Very interesting! Someone just gave me one of these. It is a Bettoney stamped L2334. How can I find any information on manufacture date?
I was in Chicago in 2006 when I met a street musician playing an Alto clarinet. I said to him that you are the first street musician I have ever met playing an alto clarinet. He said I was the first person he had met who knew it was an alto clarinet. I played bass clarinet in high school.
Thank You!
Love it! Played it for many years!!
I’m a clarinetist and bass clarinetists and alto contrabass clarinetist and I’m the one in my band that is capable of play the bass clarinet to the contrabass alto clarinet. My band to be far is pretty small only got 3 clarinet not counting me so sometimes I struggle to be heard but I manage lol I have good air powerrr
We have a alto but it is in very bad shape but it’s opened holes so if we get it fixed it would be a very very very good instrument
In my university, the marching band activity is commonly associated with the alumni coming back during the school anniversaries. (Probably because I'm in China and few people play football here =_=) Our wind band rehearse for concert performances all year long, and we have extra rehearsals on weekends when we have upcoming outdoor performances (like opening ceremonies, new year ceremonies, anniversary marching band, etc.) At most outdoor occasions we just stand there and do stationary performances. When we really get to march, we only do traditional marching because we don't have time to practice the corps-style marching techniques. We play a few classic marches when marching, stop at important spots, and play a variety of music standing. I personally arranged some pieces for our band, and I hope to write a brand-new one next year. Corps-style marching are rarely seen here in China. The Army Band did some corps-style marching during the early 2010s (they probably abandoned it in favor of concert and traditional marching performances), and corps are sometimes seen in the best middle & high schools in Beijing. Most wind bands here only do concert music (which might be a good thing).
With only 3000 BBb paperclips made, it was an ordeal to track one down. Pricey to purchase. Months to get overhauled and replated. The total price tag is not cheap, but certainly more within reach than an Eppelsheim. It requires finding skilled, experienced people and a whole lot of patience.
Has anyone taken up the task of redesigning the key system? The sound in the upper register would surely make it worth investing the effort in improving the instrument.
thanks for "caravan" restoring a Rudolph Wurlitzer C (low-tone) serial number 4554~ two broken springs and no mouthpiece~ want the Non-resonator pads for the classic muted tonality~ thanks, Jayster, also have a Baritone York, Grand Rapids, Michigan~ was from goodwill has a dent at the mount~ needs some help~ neck is missing~ got the high Eb key anyways~ was 99 bucks~
Hey Bret, do you still have a copy of that pamphlet that you keep referencing? Cheers
I appreciate this discussion and although I use contralto (I don’t even separate the two words as I now see many saying “contralto”), I wouldn’t be opposed to great bass. The one thing I would say is that each family has unique designations to their instrument members whether linguistically accurate or not. For example, the “bass” recorder you used is hypothetically a “basset” recorder in many circles. There are regional and/or time period based variations on terminology as well. It’s possible that you are paving the way for an eventual change to great bass clarinet rather than contra alto (contralto)! I love how much information you provided in this video. I learned a lot!
My teacher use to make me practice transposing C clarinet parts onto my Bb and A. A lot of Mozart C clarinet parts work well on the A clarinet. If the whole concert was for Bb clarinet and just one Mozart overture then he'd play on the Bb.
The full score is finally available for purchase www.bretnewtoncomposer.com/product-page/whaling-songs-suite-for-concert-band-full-score
so cool
As a tuba player it doesn’t bother me that you think Bb tuba isnt in BBb. It bothers me how much you value the idea that all tuba players are wrong and you seem to really be hoping to prove someone wrong here. Just share the facts, no need to act like we are incapable of learning them.
As a recorder player and bassoonist I understand! In college I played bassoon, alto and bass recorders, bass crumhorn, and bass dulcian, all F instruments.
Hold up, you 3D printed that Bassoon!?
I get it now! This video is wildly useful to me! I will be starting properly on my walk now, thanks
But why not just write these parts for contrabassoon? Why would we need an instrument half way when there's already so much overlap in range between contra and regular bassoon?
I love the Alto Clarinet.
6:26 soprano 7:27 sopranino
2:34 I love how they used George III as “all things German” Yes he was King of Hanover, the first in fact, but unlike his father and grandfather, he only spoke English and didn’t even visit Hanover once!