Hello, all! Welcome to my RU-vid channel. Here, you'll find a lot of my music. This includes music I've composed and arranged, as well as music I've played. I hope you like what you hear! - Drew
How beautiful! I heard this gorgeous melody played by an orchestra many times. This is my first hearing on flugelhorn. Bravo. You really make it sing. Thank you, and best regards.
Thank you. I won't pretend I get these all done in one single take. It helps sitting at home in my comfortable chair and being able to play it as many times as I need to.
Did you arrange the piano part as well?! If so, I am beyond blown away. Your playing is exquisite. And the piano accompaniment is so unique. Reminiscent of a pair of lovely dancers. So nice!
@@tazpoochie, here is a little teaser: it's Gershwin's "Three Preludes" (originally for piano solo). We have not mixed it all yet, but I LOVED recording it. It was so much fun. I hope you will enjoy it as well!
Drew its just beautiful the way you play. Very true everyone needs someone to watch over them and I have had my dear wife for 53 years now. How lucky am I.
@@davidthomson7815, thank you. As on most of my videos, I’m using a John Packer. It is a fairly inexpensive instrument, and not the top of their line. It plays surprisingly nice, although some notes are a little less resonant-which requires some extra effort and attention.
@@glennmorimoto6604, you are welcome, and thank you for saying. I am happy with how the two voices start in a kind of back-and-forth, and end up playing the last bit right together. This was unplanned, but a happy success, I think.
I just loved this. His tone is amazing. The two parts blended together so perfectly. Marvelous! I have played trumpet for 50 years. And I would love to be able to play flugelhorn like this!
@@danbartlett1294, I am happy you enjoyed the piece. Funny that the two parts were recorded over a year apart. I just added the second part a couple weeks ago.
Powerful piece, Drew. Nice very respectful, and moving. No problem that you didn't get it done for Memorial Day. It will fit well in any patriotic holiday. Oh, and thanks for quoting John 15:1! BUT, it should say John 15:13, is the correct reference. These are the words of none other than the One who died willingly for the rebel, the needy, the lost sin-stained person.
Hey Drew what is the origin of this piece, or the back story? I like the voices in each brass instrument that echo each other. It is like a memory that fades in and out. Thanks for Sharing!
I do not know the reference. And as yet, there are no program notes. He references 1746, I think, in the song. I believe, as a Scotsman, that has some particular significance to the composer.
I don't normally like instrumentals of opera arias, but this one is so well suited to the trumpet. The nobility of the melody really comes through here in music by one of history's finest composers.
I hesitate to write this. Fantastic rendition, however if you want to make it more impressive (following the vocal style), then after holding the high concert slur to the concert A before playing the final A. This is what we do when we sing this piece. Anyway just a thought
Glad to hear it. Good luck with the performance. It's tough for the orchestra. It's really tough for the brass band. For the brass ensemble, it's next-level.
This was filmed two years ago, but if I remember, it was because the video got fouled up and so I had to re-record--essentially "lip sync" to my audio. I must have bumped the slide in mistakenly and somehow not noticed it. That said, I had the slide way in anyway because of the key. Lots of open E's and high G#s, both of which cause me to work pretty hard lifting the pitch. Easier to adjust the tuning slide high and then lip other notes down, if that makes sense.
