Blaydon Races - Steven Mead euphonium soloist, Sun Life Band

[@raymondwang3110]

He looked so different back then!

[@jansblaasmuziek8327]

Just beautiful!!

[@marksnschwartz7190]

This is very early Steven Mead and already he was in a class by himself. His tone is so sublime and his technique is - well - Steven Mead. Bravo, Maestro!

[@stevemead1]

Just a young 21 year old ;)

[@largejannerkernow5359]

.......and a star was born.

[@derrickburry1788]

Great playing. Great sound. On a great instrument, the Boosey Sovereign.

[@mrwizzardknight]

Awesome! 😃👍 I wish I could get the sheet music again and have a go of playing it with my euphonium

[@lalruatsanga2806]

I lu a la kawlh lo ni maw 😇, i young ve hle mai, Beautiful

[@johnp5351]

god i used to play this as an 18 y old lol probably not to his standard but I did play it in public and Horowitz concerto . ive never touched the instrument for 40 y god knows why but life gets in the way

[@mrwizzardknight]

I used to have the sheet music to this and I wish I could get it back

[@ricardosenatuba]

beautiful

[@Garyrobert1969]

Steven Mead Champion of Great Britain with hair!

[@00soramimisann00]

こんなに髪がふさふさのミードさんを見たのは初めてだ

[@crostofor]

Cool stuff 🎶📯

[@dmssilva6423]

Muiiiiiitoooo bonitooo..... prefeito

[@joamon559]

Who’s the bloke with the hair?

[@kentpiano2600]

Quite nice

[@musicopaez]

Great sound,but I think that the name of the song is "Blaydon races"

[@dwerden]

Typo! I'll fix it. Thanks for catching that!

[@musicopaez]

@@dwerden don't worry Master

[@bassoprimo]

The TV presenter had it wrong too, it's not a folk song, it was written and first performed in 1862 by Music Hall singer George "Geordie" Ridley at Balmbras Music Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne. Still widely known and sung in the North East of England.

[@mrwizzardknight]

Well, I’ve got the sheet music back and it’s harder than it looks! 😱 Well, just for me it is! :/ My teacher used to make me play it with my trombone many years ago and darn right my muscle memory just isn’t as good with the euphonium! :/

[@jt.entertains444]

That is Steven Mead in the video, but not the audio...off much📯

[@dwerden]

It IS Steven. Believe it or not, the original version from which this was made was MUCH worse. I had to separate the audio and video and then do my best to sync them up. (That can be especially tough when mics are not right next to the player.)

[@jt.entertains444]

Why would an original version of a professional recorded video be off sync?...

[@mikep7814]

@@jt.entertains444 so many of those old brass band recordings from the t.v are. Such a mystery.

[@pascalchevalier7582]

On reconnait bien le style de jeu même s’il a évolué avec le temps.

[@bassoprimo]

​@@mikep7814 I wonder, had the original UK PAL video signal been converted to US format NTSC before being later digitised for KZbin? The frame rate is different so it might account for the problem.