So, maybe I dare to say, or not, the timpanist is my father, Roland Kohloff. He never cared whether there was a camera on him or not, performing for one person or a million. He just loved to play music. Student of Saul Goodman's, my uncle. Musicians who play from and with heart make expressions with their faces and their bodies, conductors included. All I hear when I listen to this it the beauty of each individual's musicianship collectively playing together in this beautiful moment. Most of these musicians as my father, are no longer on this earth, but they leave a legacy through their performance and with their families who love them. For me, this is simply watching my papa play with his heart and his soul and I get to watch this and remember him forever. I Love This.
My daughter will be playing this in two weeks with the Akron Youth Symphony. I hope that her timpani performance has half the musicianship of your father's. His legacy is appreciated by all of the young musicians coming up.
I know lots of parents who are proud of their children, but it is just fantastic to hear such genuine respect expressed for one's father. And yes, his heart and soul do show in this video. What a great legacy! A soul like his does not die. He will be resurrected to bless us again.
For every anonymous guy who gets up in the morning to face another day, support his family, raise his kids and do his duty...there are millions and millions of them. God bless them.
...YES! The very point of the composition!!! During World War II, Not every "hero" was on the battlefield. Many were "home" making the free world run,doing the "mundane" tasks that made the whole thing "tick". Without the "Common Man" (or Women) doing their part..Even "just" by supplying coffee at a diner outside a defense plant, The whole of it would have failed without them! This is true in "peacetime" too. Think about THAT when someone says your job is "unimportant"!
Yes, I had to come here because I was listening to another recording of this that was an absolute atrocity compared to this. It sounded like a good high school band and not a world class symphony orchestra. Kudos NY Philharmonic!
The crescendo on the last note gets a little wobbly, but hey, chops get tired and the rest is awesome. The low brass is as perfect as I can possibly imagine. I can't tell if the horns have no energy or are poorly miked.
Ok, I guess the others are covering for him, particularly tuba, and you don't notice the gaps needed for the breaths. No doubt he's a world class player, and a very talented musician. I'm just questioning the breathing after every note, and I have to ask myself, if the volume necessitates this level of air, you maybe playing too loud. I've been ripped to shreds in musical ensembles for not playing with correct phrasing. Breathing after every note to me seems crazy, and un-musical. Music is all about phrasing, and creating nice flowing passages. I can't really see how that's possible if you have to take in a massive lung full of air, just to spend on every single note. Yeah it's loud, that's about all you can say.
Andrew Fielden It looks like he's playing a contrabass trombone. Those things require huge breaths and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with his phrasing. If he didn't understand that aspect of orchestral playing, he wouldn't be playing such a specialist instrument in an orchestra and if the conductor had an issue with his phrasing he would have mentioned it in rehearsal.
in this day of covid 19, the nurses, doctors, mailmen, grocery workers, warehouse workers, bus drivers, train personnel all deserve to hear this dedication
i have performed on that stage, i tell you the sound you can put out in there is just impeccable. and the ring that the performer hears just goes on for days! i want to go re perform it again so badly!
I first heard this song when it was the theme song of the TV series "The Defenders" starring E. G. Marshall back in the 60's. Loved it ever since. Back before the talking heads took over halftime at the college football games, I heard this from a marching band. Absolutely stunning. I think it was a California university, perhaps UCLA.
As a young man at 32, I did an "all or nothing" move from Indiana to California in search of adventure and a better life. When I crossed the California state line, I pulled my car over and blared this song from the CD player.
Don Harwood was playing on a Bach 10 1/2 inch with F and C Crook at that time right before advent of the Axial Flow. It was something Ed Anderson at Cleveland was trying.
As a professional trombone player I can add a few things: It's not a CONTRA. This is a specially modified regular bass trombone. Mr. Harwood appears to be sporting a bit of trombone tech which was custom made for him. The performance is like we often expect from the New York Philharmonic - FANTASTIC. These guys get paid the big bucks because they deliver. This is mostly due to the individuals and their phenomenal dedication and work. The group just kicks derriere. From Mr. Levine on down these people all just put forth a superb performance and there is no other way to really describe it. Oh. Let's thank Aaron Copland, for composing a fantastic fanfare!
There was a time when American composers thought the trumpet was an unworthy version of the Cornet, fit only to play the easy brass parts, and take a backseat to the mellifluous cornet solo. They felt that the narrower, harsher sound of the trumpet rendered it unworthy of solos, unable to achieve the emotional range of the cornet. But Copland's work would not be possible without trumpets.
The trumpet shows its potential in the works of the (aptly named) James Horner. His works, like Star Trek Deep Space Nine always have trumpets. In fact, all his stuff uses the horns to thrill the heart.
@Il Bugiardo dell'Umbria Who even says pleb anymore? Get with the 21st century boomer. And anyway. I care about heavy metal, pop and indie. This shit isnt music, hell even hip hop's better than this bullshit.
Each and every time I hear this gorgeous piece I can’t help but cry a little bit. All the instruments played together just shoots chills down my spine. It seriously gives you strength and hope listening to fanfare.
Always and ever my favourite rendition of this amazing and inspiring work - almost the epitome of the true ideals of the land of Copland's birth. And who best to play it best - the New York Phil under the fabulous James Levine for sure! Bravissimo!
We have come to know Aaron Copland‘s piece of music in the seventies with the interpretation of E.L.P. This version became one of the greatest hits of this awesome english band. A big thankyou for uploading this video.
Was with the American Wind Symphony in 1981 Caribbean tour. Played this piece every concert while the barge opened up. Brought back some terrific memories from my youth. A brass player's dream come true!
It says something about the amazing transcription skills of Keith Emerson, when the the view count of the ELP version of this fanfare gets four times that of the most popular orchestral version. And by the way, the composer Aaron Copeland LOVED the Emerson Lake and Palmer version.
I played the Tuba for 12 years in my early life. This performance is so good. It fills my soul with such beauty and pride to have been in the brass section....
Busqué esta melodía toda mi vida. Era un recuerdo de mi infancia. La logré identificar gracias a Shazam en mi cumpleaños pasado. Fue un gran regalo de la vida.
When I was attending the University of Houston and working full time this fanfare came on KLEF at 6AM each morning to begin the day. My day went from 6AM to midnight everyday and this gave me inspiration to meet the day and succeed. Thank You Mr. Copeland.
Man is capable of doing anything!!! It's the choices of what man does, that effect the entire world.... Man can eradicate diseases and msn can eradicate whole society's .... Create masterpieces of art and horrible weapons... Explore the unknown but also limit the freedom of thought.... Man is a flawed being but it has the greatest of potential.... Hopefully man can survive itself to enjoy the rewards!!!
What really gets me is what this piece truly means. It is an ode to everyone, the power of a single human. We can all be the "common man" in this piece; it is for us, as an ode to all of our struggles, day to day, all that we do, whether it goes recognised or not. It is a piece, for us. For mankind.
After all these years this piece still put the hairs on the back of my neck, upright. I first heard this on recording by Leonard B. and the New York Philharmonic. Simple, elegant and stunning!
Esto es un himno al platena Tierra, y si está melodía lo conocí por la película de Lucha Libre "Listos para luchar" y la verdad al escuchar la versión completa es lo mejor Saludos desde Playa Del Carmen, Quintana Roo, MÉXICO 🇲🇽🇲🇽
Aaron Copland so exquisitely captured the essence of 1940's America and all its patriotism in this piece that when I showed one of my buddies this song without him knowing what it was called or who it was by he remarked "this sounds like a song from one of those World War II movies or something." He hit the hammer on the nail because of Copland's genius.
To begin, Copland was in triple jeopardy because he was gay, Jewish, and a communist sympathizer (communist tendencies were often seen as symptoms of being gay or Jewish). After the 1949 joint Soviet-American Peace Conference held in New York (which many people viewed as a communist event), both private and government agencies began to investigate his past, and he was summoned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, famously led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Many of his communist affiliations were discovered, and they went so far as to cancel the performance of his work 'Lincoln Portrait' at the 1953 inauguration of Eisenhower. Copland believed in writing music that was accessible and realist, exactly the same musical qualities supported by the Soviet Union (read: Socialist Realism). In America, however, the CIA supported the development of experimental/serial twelve-tone works (see Schoenberg, Boulez, Babbitt, Stockhausen). Following his appearance at the House Committee, Copland completely changed his style from this accessible style (now seen as Soviet in the American eye), to an twelve-tone idiom that was more 'American' (see his Piano Quartet). The ultimate point is that while Copland really did intent to write music for Americans, the patriotism of the 1940s (a feeling which people often project on to the music of Copland), is the very same thing that betrayed him. If you want to read more I know some good articles on the subject.
Cody Wright: Thanks 4 your post! We, our Nation, the once Great USA, is going down the sewer. Why? The KJV Bible sez "My people perish 4 lack of knowledge." Knowledge of what? Our God. Plz Pray 4 our Nation.
