The New Trombone Collective performs Arthur Pryor's Blue Bells of Scotland (Jörgen van Rijen, soloist) during the International Trombone Festival 2005, held at Loyola University New Orleans.
That "drum dude" is Pierre Volders, the principal trombone of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. gotten from the other new trombone collective blue bells video
Personally I thought it was a brilliant performance... both in music and showmanship. I was thoroughly entertained by both the gimmick and the trombonist. Wish some of you guys in the comments below would stop nitpicking at everything and appreciate the performance for what it is. Play to your audience... not everyone will know how Blue Bells is 'supposed' to sound [which is only relative to each INDIVIDUAL's interpretation anyways] but everyone can enjoy a little humor here and there.
@jeffseed108 It's Pierre Volders, member of the New Trombone Collective, principal at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and I think one of Jörgens best friends...
This was quite funny. Who care's if it wasn't the cleanest performance. Whatever happened to playing to entertain people. I'm working on the Blue Bells of Scotland and it isn't easy. So stop complaining about a flub here and there. This was a fun piece, not serious. Awesome job guys!
I agree with flambogularity121, Variation 1 is being played pretty fast, and it is only written at allegro, which is exactly what flambogularity said, thusLY he may seem wrong to an ignorant fool. He's probably only playing 10 or 15 bpm faster than allegro though.
(3) Watch this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-42EWs9Y9ULc.html - though I admire Joe and his playing a lot, it is not perfect playing either and - compared to Jorgen - even less musical.. (4) Let's not forget: It's all about the show! So they drummer fits in perfectly. (btw. it's the principal trb of Rotterdam Phil)
"not hard to play"? anything is "easy" to play if you're physically able and receive good instruction. However, all instruments a difficult to play WELL.
I've seen the score to the trombone solo, and damn, I can't believe that he makes it all look THAT easy. It's not human to play that that easily. Mad props to van Rijen!!!
it's VERY musical (define "musical") and you seem to be going through the "if I criticize everything, then I will be considered an authority" phase. Where is it written in stone that there is no artistic interpretation or discretion involved? You are not required to "like" it and your comments would be a tad more seemly if you were to loosen the preconceived restraints on your mind and probably your own performance flexibility.
It's actually quite easy to find out that the so called percussion player is Pierre Volders, solo trombonist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the New Trombone Collective which is the ensemble in this thing.
lol it's a standard. not some ridiculous virtuoso sonata. lol so it's required for you, but we do it for fun anyways? Yes. lol wannabe? right. lol so now euphonium players are inferior somehow?
Blue Bells isn't that hard, kid. It's obviously supposed to be funny. Being able to play Blue Bells like a virtuoso isn't that hard to achieve with enough practice and a goal.
Obviously the point of this performance is bone players love Blue Bells, but it's effing impossible to play clean live, thus the silly percussionist to lighten things up a bit.
you are obviously a lurker here and don't have a clue about music in general & trombone in particular! your silly remark makes me laugh and not worthy of further comment from any serious musician who has actually played this piece
Yea, if you're in 8th grade. I mean, obviously this isn't something you can pick up, read over, and play that fast, but it's a day's worth of practice for any high-schooler. At least, it should be. And of course all instruments are difficult to play well. That's what sets instrumentalists apart from band kids in the first place. A player has mastered what makes that instrument hard and should find simple lip-workouts like this minimally challenging.
all jokes aside, it is supposed to sound good, which the sharpness of a few voices throws off, including the soloist. Which, honestly does not sound very good at all.
Beautiful playing!!! I know the drummer was sposed to be funny but it got annoying after awhile. They shoulda had him do that couple times then fall back....
Freshman in college. Music education major with euphonium concentration. played on trombone two years ago. not that hard to play well. just practice with a goal
That was by far the most enjoyable version of Blue Bells of Scotland but I with the crowd didn't cheer so much for the drummer. It just shows that no matter how good people are at trombone, they're STILL human. Most of his mistakes can be blamed solely on running out of air. This was a damn good performance, though. I've played this solo many times and I'm going to attempt to hit the triple high b flat for a recital I have coming up. Great stuff. PS I love the pea-shooter
Fun times! I played an arrangement for Brass Choir while I was at the University of Denver. Trombonists consider it sacrilage, but honestly you can't go wrong with two tubas playing the octave displacement at the end.
Fun times! I played an arrangement for Brass Choir while I was at the University of Denver. Trombonists consider it sacrilage, but honestly you can't go wrong with two tubas playing the octave displacement at the end.
no such thing as perfection, constant improvement is the goal throughout playing career.. work on interpretation by listening to many different performers
Funny drummer but he obviously knows music well...and he gave even more credence to the skill of the rest of them. The skill of the soloist is astounding.
My personal list of the world's best trombonists alive now (classical, order by age): Joseph Alessi, Christian Lindberg, Alain Trudel, Jorgen van Rijen Of course these are the players I know (pardon the ignorance if I've missed out anyone I don't know). Among the above, I thought Mr Trudel is the most under-rated. Also, he has since focused more on conducting. Oh, and I thought Mr Trudel is remarkably versatile. He plays from the alto trombone repetoire (baroque), all the way to modern jazz.
