Concert Fantasia on Rigoletto - Clarinet Concerto

Staff Sgt. Brian Eldridge performs Luigi Bassi's Concert Fantasia on Motives from Verdi's Opera Rigoletto
Arranged by L.P. Laurendeau and edited by Mark Rogers.
Copyright (c) Southern Music Company
Courtesy of Mark Rogers
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[@bri13wvu1]

Hi everyone, I believe this was one of the dress rehearsals before our concert tour. As you can hear, I needed to stand closer to the microphone, and we quickly got the balance figured out. Our conductors tend to let the band play, even on thickly scored accompaniments like this one, knowing that the soloists are reinforced by the mic. Mics are necessary for us because of the wide variety of venues we play in...it's impossible to plan ahead for a completely different acoustic environment each day. I've been burned in the past having a mic too close to the clarinet, and sounding overly bright, buzzy, etc--but that was with people who didn't know their stuff--our sound guys are great. You can see from some of the side views how far my instrument was from the microphone--I needed to be more like 12 inches away. Obviously, dynamic contrast, musical ideas, don't come across very well here, but it is a live performance so hopefully there's still some value to having it on youtube!

[@SolsGarage]

+Brian E Would you mind telling me what reed you were using, if you remember?

[@MichaelAlexander1967]

You did a fantastic job. Thanks for explaining the microphone situation.

[@robertramos645]

Brian E sound great to me.

[@manondumouchel5298]

Super, a great pieces felicitation to musician clarinetist, beautiful

[@MichaelAlexander1967]

I've always enjoyed listening to military musicians, so to hear a complete clarinet solo is really a big treat! The soloist are usually so disciplined & talented. I wish the microphone were a little louder, but other than that, this performance is absolutely wonderful!

[@sergiocamilo9687]

I liked. The music was very well performed. Congratulations to the soloist, the conductor and all the members of the band.

[@chaunceyroach2278]

very fine playing

[@franzjosefbackes6774]

Einfach nur virtuos gespielt! Bravissimo!

[@Lamont1994]

Clarinet choir that he is apart of came to USC-Columbia a few weeks ago and gave a phenomenal performance!

[@sousafan100]

a fine performance of this work - thanks brian and usafb

[@sergiocamilo9687]

Yo toco clarinete y vi que la música fue muy bien ejecutada. Enhorabuena al solista, al maestro ya todos los integrantes de la banda.

[@thierrywarot5792]

excellente prestation, toutes mes félicitations!

[@roguenetwork27]

I really don't see much issues with this, I think it's a very well played piece!

[@ArmyFieldBand]

Glad you liked it!

[@JuanPerez18]

sad to see so many people giving trouble to the clarinet player, you were great man. I am also practicing this piece for a solo contest and I only hope I can get it as clean as you did.

[@0fficialPyroIceDude]

Juan Perez lol same but my solo is for all state auditions and I'm gonna attempt to play this

[@0fficialPyroIceDude]

Juan Perez lol same but my solo is for all state auditions and I'm gonna attempt to play this

[@betomonstruoaguilar2525]

Con la tonadita del final, le dieron en la madre a la interpretacion del maestro del clarinete.

[@clariguinho]

Bravissimo!!!!

[@beltonaru]

Nice performance:) It will be helpfull if the US Army Band make a video about clarinet playing ,like the videos about saxophone and other instruments...and maybe about conducting . Keep up the work,You are inspiring musicians for all of us

[@Clarinet69]

It's disappointing how miserable everyone looks to be there even though they all have one of the best jobs you could have in this world.

[@Mulitmusician92]

Great playing! Can u tell me where I can get the sheet for Wind Orchestra? that would be great!

[@claudiopane9775]

eccellente

[@gjhtyphoon]

where is third tema?

[@giulianoardis9184]

Giuliano Ardis I can see and imagine Maestro Verdi smile and pleased with you

[@ylk6582]

the soloist gets overwhelmed so much by the band though..the soloist had great american clarinet tone, but overall the band lacks a passion,it should be more expressive than plain army march style..

[@janmusil4537]

American clarinet tone?

[@paullyakhovski5138]

Why does the soloist play lower in pitch than orchestra?))))

[@Amadea27]

????? Lower in pitch??? Naaah, they are all 444 hz.

[@francescobertolini6377]

complimenti a tutti sopratutto al solista si puo avere la parte

[@florinneculai2552]

For me, they a are great, but the clarinet player lack the expresive part of this piece, and also had some leaks ( in the technical passages)

[@bmxman4115]

This band definitely has an American accent..

[@pacodeluica2]

完全聽不到clarinet solo!!!!

[@tannerjordan2010]

either he needs to the microphone closer or...just to play louder. I've heard players who weren't "soldiers" play with much more gusto...just saying..

[@fernie51296]

T. Jordan I attribute it to his setup. You can tell he uses a way too closed mouthpiece for this stuff. Fine for concert band but not soloing.

[@anthonyflanders1347]

There are plenty of soloists that use closed setups. I would attribute this to a recording problem

[@stefanosepe3780]

This isn't music... please go to see alessandro carbonare our fabrizio meloni.