Aria con Variazioni [ G.F.Handel / R.B. Fitzgerald ]

[@junkyman2]

solid sound, very musical, great technique & lip slurs, dynamics on point, just plain beautiful, pound for pound, one of the best recordings on youtube regardless of the few blurps. A++ in my book, wish i could do it half as good as you Mr. Okamoto.

[@HeroicTombolo]

Props to the pianist! I'm working on this and it's the most demanding accompaniment I've done in quite some time.

[@continuousbrass2608]

Nice cornet sound, soft and warm with gentle attacks!

[@jfracine2000]

This quality of sound with a cornet is outstanding and inspiring.

[@imveryrich13]

I love how you play with so much passion. It's truly evident through your playing. Truly inspirational!

[@rossyoung1951]

Lovely playing, great embouchure and dynamics.

[@Masami-Diet]

高校生の時、この曲よく練習しました。大人になっても楽器を離れても指が覚えてます。

[@pucknanimal]

Played this (friend was the trumpet player; I was the accompanist) over 24 years ago for Douglas College Recital. The last Variation scared the living bejeepers out of me because of the speed. Hell...that pretty much convinced me that I had a future elsewhere other than music. Hello...wildlife photography.

[@A_Wood_Hunt]

I'm trying to accompany this and I'm with you. Holy - moly I'm going to have to miss notes and slow it down or get two accompaniests. This was fabulous! My hats off to both of you.

[@pralaysangma8019]

To play this piece on cornet, hats off to you. Bravo.

[@TomsTenorHorn]

Superb sound production and technique!! Excellent performance Mister Okamoto.

[@AmbiKami]

Perfect... I would like to be Able to play like this on my exams at music school...

[@philipboug]

God bless you Mr Okamoto for bringing beautiful music such as this to ordinary folk such as myself. 😊

[@lenzotrumpet]

Wonderful playing .

[@CornetBlues]

Very controlled playing Sir 👏 👏 bravo 🎶🎺🎶🎺

[@ぷりぷりっけつ]

優しくて気持ちいいです！

[@dkelzenb]

Lovely performance!

[@chrishamilton4999]

captivating - bought a tear to my eyes.

[@Potter5416]

Best etude I have heard! Well done sir

[@C.Zebra99]

That 2nd variation is a killer on the lungs with such little space to properly breathe. You didn't even seem phased by it which was awesome!

[@pchantreau]

Congrats Mr Okamoto! Pretty and so finely balanced all the way through, a real pleasure.

[@kevinAuguillard]

smooth sounding cornet.

[@jadenfez4995]

I have to play this for my freshman year and it's really intimidating me, hopefully I can pull through and perfect this piece

[@shwifty2038]

JadenFez did it sound good?

[@user-rn1lb8sx2c]

JadenFez I’m a freshman rn and I have to learn variation 2 and 5 in 3 hours. I have my solo contest tomorrow

[@mturrentine-]

i’m a seventh grader and learned it in two weeks- square up

[@彩花-o7l]

初見ですぐにチャンネル登録しました！ 音色とっっても美しくて本当に憧れます。この曲大好きなので目標にして頑張ります(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

[@scottkuehn5752]

Fantastic job on a rather tricky piece!

[@tdeecy]

Beautifully done!

[@karenjones1972]

I just love this!! Obviously, 14 people don't know what they are listening to. Your joy of playing shines through!!

[@OldsoulKilljoy]

+karenjones1972 15

[@karenjones1972]

+bandgeek electric , Aw, another in the last six months! What are people thinking thumbing this guy down? He is totally awesome!

[@OldsoulKilljoy]

Agreed. I love this guy and love this song

[@蒼乃ソラ-f3i]

素晴らしいです！！

[@scales251]

Of course there were a couple missed notes, but in the grand scheme of things, it's kind of irrelevant compared to the beautiful tone, slurs, and understanding of the vibe of the piece. Awesome :)

[@SOBIESKI_freedom]

Lovely! Well done.

[@新井香澄-f8d]

岡本先生の演奏本当に好き！

[@remitremblay7437]

Excellent. Très belle interprétation de cette pièce très difficile à jouer mais facilement rendu par cet homme. Comment se permettre de mettre un pouce vers le bas ? À quel endroit pourrait-on vous entendre vous ?

[@JohannesBrahms94]

Very Nice Tone, i love it

[@ferox965]

Did this one for the Ontario drum corps association individuals championship solo bugle in 1995. Won. Hands down one of the hardest pieces I've ever done.

[@jugglingmuse]

I played a version of this piece at a band competition in high school...blew the judge away. It has been my favorite piece since!

[@simonstorey9186]

How wonderful.

[@Trumpophone7]

Currently watching to see what my competition is playing in the national trumpet competition

[@Pinsel486]

love it!

[@MrMark28]

This is my jury piece for next week, I hope I do good on it I really like this song :)

[@trumpet790]

岡本先生！ご無沙汰しております。 今度発表会でこの曲を吹くことになり毎日練習しております！ 無謀な挑戦ですが頑張ります！😆

[@levispringer8053]

How do you get such a quick vibrato? I’ve been trying to get the quick vibrato sound, but I’ve been struggling a lot.

[@mikegluv]

Awesome!!!

[@suzutoccata]

its sounds very sweet!

[@PedroDedoenlaMano]

would vibrato really be appropriate for the time of the piece?

[@rileyvelasquez9163]

O'HALLORAN yes

[@MyElune]

God damn it I gotta perform this piece and now I don't think I can do it

[@claytonjuhl4174]

na bruh you had it im sure, played this piece in 8th grade and managed a superior, just need to practice every day 2 times a day like i did? lol

[@daronfeuckg8533]

magnifique!

[@정호김-b7j]

Cornet sound good!!!

[@metaphor5533]

bravo x 10

[@aaronromano4636]

Nice patience throughout with phrasing and overall good tone. Intonation on some of the low notes could be slightly improved. Very nice to watch! Playing this for my senior in high school solo and e ensemble contest. Truly a beautiful peace with the residing 7ths!

[@ronrobbins2737]

Beautiful rendition, maestro ! In general, how is playing the cornet different than trumpet or flugelhorn? I've never tried a cornet but am thinking about it !

[@-5249]

Fugel Horn is muuuuchhhh different than both. Cornet is very similar to trumpet and is practically the same sounds

[@konstantinstukov]

super))))

[@MauveEclipse]

Nice

[@dr.butters8767]

I'd give him a Superior.

[@WoodDuck14]

fun!

[@suzutoccata]

I`m cornet`s player

[@shaunledingham2117]

Sheet music?

[@-boss5335]

この曲の名前なんて言うんですか？

[@常に眠たい人-g4k]

ヘンデル作曲の“調子の良い鍛冶屋”です。もとは確かチェンバロだったと思います。フィリップ・アントルモンさんの演奏もすごくいいので聞いてみてください。余計な情報すみません。あと、6ヶ月前のコメントに返信すみません。

[@-boss5335]

@@常に眠たい人-g4k いえいえ！ありがとうございます！

[@sawomirmanikowski6742]

Pięknie

[@continuousbrass2608]

English translation 'beautiful' -;)

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

Seriously 44 have no clue

[@kneegrewed]

hax embouchure

[@sharavanduvvuri2569]

Beautiful however in the last measure of var. 5 u slurred it when it should have been tounged

[@evanmeares1412]

missed the high B at end

[@bullymaguire941]

Thanks for pointing that out you schmuck.

[@owenohara623]

Terrible! He butchers this piece! His contralto is abysmal,his fortissimo id alone in to that of Quasimodo! Amateur hour.

[@probablecause4]

Well played I disliked this for one reason only, it was performed wayyyyyy tooooooooo slow. The opening movement should be played at 120 bps. And closing movement is Allegro motto and it was not. Well done though except for a few minor mistakes and a lack luster ending.

[@bk12345uk]

Unfortunately I disagree with you there. This is how Handel intended to write this and how many variations have been performed. I myself prefer to play at this tempo.

[@petergeorge3376]

Yes but I have just played this myself and decided to take it at 108 because of in variation 2 where he missed most notes.

[@paulbeyer3060]

half note=120 means quarter note =60

[@dkelzenb]

Whew, where to start. These are VARIATIONS, not movements. You say the "opening movement should be played at 120 bps." Perhaps an editor added a metronome mark, but this is a keyboard work, not a trumpet/piano work, which was transcribed. Handel did not indicate tempos, much less metronome markings. (There was no metronome in Handel's time.) His tempos are not "wrong." It's a personal choice, and your assertion that something "should be played" at a certain tempo is your opinion.

[@dkelzenb]

I'm afraid not. Half note = 120 means quarter note = 240.