Just to add to other comments below.....there are NO tubas in this recording. As far as I can see two trumpets, a Wagner Horn, (the bent over bell) and fantastically TEN cimbassi! never seen so many in one place, what a marvelous sound.
TheTElleyvision I find it amusing the attempt to put brass in families on account of the bores and flares and other characteristics. Does it sound like a tuba or a bass trombone? In the end, all these instruments are variations on trumpets or post horns. (Sarcasm: thickly veiled yet palpable).
Patrick Loiseleur This was a surprise to almost everyone, including the players - organized a week or two prior. Not sure if the Colburn School recorded it for posterity or not.
How is the low range playing-wise on the cimbasso? I'm looking into buying one but I'm not sure if I should get this or a new bass bone. My money range is the low/mid range because I'm a tubist.
That's a good question! Valve Trombone in the shape of a trombone (but with valves, with the same bell size bore and taper as a trombone. Bass trumpet is in the shape of a trumpet with the taper of a trumpet bell, slightly smaller bore, but...bigger than a trumpet. Valve trombone is pitched in Bb and reads concert pitch (usually), whereas bass trumpet reads treble clef, but transposes down a Major 9th, oddly enough is also pitched in Bb. I'd be willing to bet there may even be different keys of bass trumpets available, some with 3 or 4 valves, rotary or piston. Valve trombones are usually pistons. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
modern cimbasso is basically a contrabass trombone with valves. the name comes from abbreviation corno im basso or c.im basso was handwritten in the score and probably how it caught the name, or so I've heard.
might be a cimbasso case...or someone overwhelmed by the power of that many weapons of destruction lol sorry again for the shaky camera. We should have a virtual recording done coronavirus-style. What do you say, guys (and girls?)
The cimbasso is pitched at "F", five half steps lower than a Bflat trombone (tenor or bass, they are the same). It is almost always used with a tuba mouthpiece.
Camera operator sucks... That said, I like the music. Hate the damn popping sound. Sit still please. Learn how to fade, move the camera, then reopen the view. This was my second experience with this brass instrument tonight. I played the concert tuba in junior high school and never heard of this instrument until tonight. The theme from "Game of Thrones," was my first listen... I am now 58 years old. I have missed out on this. I hope to search out some live brass performances in the future; providing they include this beautiful piece of brass! Thank you.
Well, sorry about the camera work. Not my fault, and grateful the gentlemen who filmed it shared the file with me. This concert was a flashmob of sorts, even before flashmobs were a thing, in that we only planned it a day or two in advance and was part of a brass bash. The video recording was definitely an afterthought, but I'm glad someone got it on tape. I'm on stage. The sound was unforgettable for me. One of my most favorite musical moments.
Boy, I guess I'm getting picky in my old age. Either it's the conductor or it's the conductor, so I guess it's the conductor... Wrong Tempo, dude. Bad interpretation too. More RUBATO, please. More LEGATO too. And a Slightly longer gap at the end of each passage. Think Undercurrents/Undertow. Maybe a small sailboat far out on a choppy lake on a windy day trying to sail upwind to get home before dark. And it's Getting Dark. Instead it sounds like 10 fat guys in Too Small military uniforms trying to remember how to march. They go 10 steps, then stop. Scratch their butt. Turn around and March 10 steps back. Over and Over and Over. And Over. I mean: maybe you like that sort of thing.
