Gumboots by David Bruce - score follow 

The first part is one of the most beautiful pieces of contemporary classical music ever

A real triumph. I’ve been in a serialist/atonal echo chamber at University, what a tonic this is. Thank you David.

The first staves for Part 2 Dance have been my ringtone since 4 years ago!

I never thought that I needed a piece about gumboots. But now after hearing it, I wonder why I wouldn’t want a piece about gumboots

Since nobody else is saying this, I just have to point out the absolutely masterful playing on the bass clarinet here. Getting into the sixth octave C is hard enough but Julian Bliss goes all the way up to F#6 without sounding too thin. To be honest I didn't think that register was useful for anything but gimmicks and showing off. The vibrato makes it even more impressive because up there each note is already so treacherous that even slight errors in lip pressure or placement will yield the wrong pitch. This man is a serious contender for the best clarinet player in the world. Edit: I should mention that an F#6 on the soprano clarinet is not that difficult but he's essentially playing an octave higher than that.

Really amazing, has honestly left me speechless! I love it!

this is phenomenal. I've known about David bruce through the RU-vid channel for a long time, but have always been put off by this title, and haven't listened to to until now because of that. what a mistake, this is absolutely amazing :)

Just... Oh my God This is beautiful. Thank you so much!!

Utterly mindblowing.

This is a brilliant piece. Your music has inspired me to write a new composition. Thank you so much for sharing, David!

This makes my clarinetist heart sing, cheers mate!

Reminds me of a mixture of Irish plus oriental music. Very touching and subtle.

It is not often I say this, but this is really a great composition! Congratulation!

Really wonderful Music.. I love all the movements I heard it twice so far .. you motivated me to compose something❤

What fantastic music you write Bruce 👏👏

Love this piece and it's so great to be able to see the score.

Truly great David! Those dances were something else!

Thank you so much for putting this out there

Love the dances, especially the 22122 vs 333 vs 222222222 groove!

Excellent idea this new channel! And still I love this piece!

the beginning melody has got a strong Irish trad flavour to it

The glissando on the clarinet at the beginning of dance 3 must be a nod to Gershwin’s rhapsody in blue

Debussy travels to Asia with a blues band? Back in the clouds! Staying.

Wow.

💐💐💐

This is great! David, do you happen to know how much rehearsel time went into this?

Wow

Thanks! I have been thinking about asking you for the score to study for a long time but I was afraid you wouldn't want to share it. 🙂

I've been a longtime fan of your main channel but always loved most the videos where you explained your compositions and then let us hear the whole thing. So yeah, loving this new channel of yours and this piece is incredible. Have you written much for bassoon? Please tell me yes, and if the answer is no I want to figure out a way to get a commissioning group going. 100% not kidding, this needs to be a thing. You have my email already from a contrabassoon submission I sent you.

David how do you get the strings to shimmer like that‽

It sounds vaguely Asian to me. Is it based on pentatonic themes?

Thank you so much for putting this out there