Herman Beeftink - "Fireflies" (Piccolo and Piano)

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"Fireflies" for piccolo and piano by Herman Beeftink
Piccolo performed by Erica Peel
Piano performed by Herman Beeftink
Elite Source Music - BMI

[@abbyf3940]

lmao I was trying to find fireflies by owl city but this is better

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

abby franceschina Aw thank you, that’s funny!

[@florencecoggon]

abby franceschina yoU wOuLd nOt bELieVe yoUr eYes

[@angeltodd]

I thought the same thing but I want to play this now 😍

[@wisdomschild7304]

Cap

[@K_J_Coleman_Composer]

As a flute player, I am incredibly grateful for a composer dedicated to expanding flute repertoire. You are also a huge inspiration to me as a composer

[@rahelnadasi]

I never heard this perfect piccolo playing! Everybody who says that the sound of piccolo is ugly and bad I would show this to them. Yea, it's ear-rapeing sometimes, but dang, thats beautiful!

[@myroadnottaken]

the composition is pure magic.. and Ericas piccolo is the wand that welds it. Brilliant! makes me wish I was back in college and had a pianist that I could play this with.

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

D. Clark Thank you so much!

[@Cavirex]

My wife just posted this on Facebook, so I checked it out. She has great taste in music, that's for sure.

[@GeoWhiz287]

Oh that is gorgeous -- and moving. I don't think I've heard a composition before by someone who really understands the piccolo this much.

[@nperegri]

Oh my God this is gorgeous. The piccolo playing sounds like a song bird and those high notes are soul-piercing. Props to the player, props to the composer.

[@lucyjones1145]

Every time I see your videos pop up on my recommended I always think “there’s no way he can keep making such angelic music. There’s just no way” but here you are once again. You really are incredible. And the crazy thing is that the music always reminds me so much of its title. Wonderful!❤️👏🏻

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Lucy Jones That is so sweet, thank you so much!

[@Krisha991]

What a beautiful piece of music! Oh my God! ❤

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Thank you, glad you like it!😊

[@alicensetothink]

I accidentally stumbled on this and "Birds" not even searching for classical or arranged music, and omg i'm blown away! As a flautist, i'm a now a huge fan!!!!!! Has a very fantastical element and so wonderfully arranged, it really evokes just like the Planets.

[@libnnyann]

We have the same story haha. I got recommended "Birds" and decided to check the rest!

[@ethanporter4760]

I love the sound of all this, but as a picc player it's easier to read ledger lines than an octava

[@alchi7533]

Callum Hold Technically it is a note flute can play, I’m not sure if pic could play it (and who’d wanna play it). Typically it’s not seen in songs and it’s more college level

[@jayw8726]

Where were you all my life Mr. Herman? 🤩 Wow!

[@lovA6718]

Your compositions made me regain motivation to practice again, it reminded me why I love to play the flute and why I love music. Thank you!

[@Ian-zm8xi]

I'm currently working on Spring and Storm, and I am definitely going to have to add this to my list of things to play. Your music is unlike any other music I've heard, and it is so much fun to play. Thank you for the amazing music!

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Ian N That’s so nice, I really appreciate that, and thank you for playing my music!

[@BenjaminKallestein]

Being from Europe, I have to say it's very refreshing with a more conventional approach to harmony and structure. I Digg it!

[@user-pz4um9hi1j]

Let me guess, you are from the impro scene in Amsterdam

[@BenjaminKallestein]

@@user-pz4um9hi1j Haha, no, the composistion scene in Scandinavia, but the similarities are striking.

[@geraldmorain3166]

The twilight of a bass drum echos for a final setting

[@user-ml9mx3ce4o]

OMG... I just listened your music that you composed and uploaded. all of your work is beautiful very much , and I was crying to hear this today ... I can't speak english well, so I don't know that my comment is correct. 😂 thanks to your amazing music 🥺🥺🥺 I love them 😭 Thanks very much to make those terrific masterpiece...!!!!!!🥰🥰

[@qwaysadilla]

I just got the sheet music, I cant wait to perform this! This is so beautiful, piccolo solos as beautiful as this are hard to come by!!! All of your music is amazing, I can't wait for more!

[@masonlyon]

anything you write is amazing. every single piece is fantastic.

[@RocheRose682]

Merveilleux la musique et le vibrato de la flûte Merci

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

message soul to soul Thank you! Merci!

[@Galaxycat4011]

Needed a piccolo solo for solo and ensemble and my lord, this didn't disappoint! Just bought the part, I'm super excited to play it this year! Thank you for making amazing music :)

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Thank you so much!

[@ashlynnmoler2003]

This is one of my favorite pieces from your collection. I love piccolo a lot and many don’t understand how beautiful it is. Thanks for sharing!

[@matthiasviennot9468]

Wonderful Piccolo playing 😍

[@geraldmorain3166]

Helping me to read music thank you.

[@chipotlei]

Wow! I love it! I found this in my recommendations and I decided to watch it. I don’t regret it. Really nice work.

[@julesfourmaux4262]

Just beautiful

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

GLX Misyju Thank you!

[@alexandrajoly7980]

omg thank u i love listening to your song

[@Adeline9418]

I was looking for introvert music and your channel came up. It's beautiful. I subscribed!!!!

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Adeline Nicholas Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!

[@Adeline9418]

@@HermanBeeftinkComposer I am starting a container garden on my balcony. Today I'll be planting basil and oregano seeds. Which of your compositions would be suitable while I'm planting?

[@classycompositions932]

This combination works well together, the piccolo can contrast and stand its own with the piano. Always nice to find a fellow classical composer who makes pleasant sounding music BTW, feels a bit like spotting a unicorn.

[@magarciabarrales9911]

Me encanta, esta muy genial esta música, es excelente :D

[@serginhoflauta]

Wow, very beautiful. Bravo!

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Thank you so much!

[@TheDementory7]

I discovered your music less than a month ago, this one resonates the most with me. I love the melody and the undercurrent melancholia it emanates.

[@battlealpaca8426]

I wish I had the talent to compose like you do, this is beautiful stuff!

[@MusicfromMarrs]

Bravo to both Erica and to Herman Beeftink!

[@JessedeVries]

Superb.

[@lexxxrussell]

Beautiful as always!!

[@luislopez-zk3os]

Increible y genial!!😊

[@sofiaclancy7710]

Beautiful song

[@usertyfoon]

Very beautiful!

[@itallo.raphael]

This is so fantastic ♡♡♡

[@user-jb6yb2ub9s]

so beautiful! keep up the great music!

[@joejackson9058]

Beautiful!

[@rodneymills6477]

To the composer - Amazing. Of course D minor is the perfect key. I was thinking it didn't sound very hard - then the end came. This is a very cool contest/recital piece. Beautiful use of the piccolo's voice, which few people know how to use. You really made use of the "wood register." To the piccolo player - Wow. Incredible control. I'm amazed at the diminuendo on the high D. The intonations throughout. Very good playing. I wanna get this piece.

[@gamingmusicmishaps]

I love this

[@francescoparisi820]

Love it, I hear some Morricone.... would love to hear different things like that, accompanied by the whistle...

[@melindaoa8668]

Great piece!😊❤️

[@TheXinver]

Wonderful music. I love the piccolo.

[@gloriamoutou7641]

Thanks ....so amazing👍👍

[@thesymphonicsquirrel]

Wow the piano and piccolo go so well together here! So beautiful Herman Beeftink! I need to start using some piccolos in my music!

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Thank you so much!

[@thesymphonicsquirrel]

You're welcome, Herman! I really enjoy your music, it's fresh and very classical!

[@fabianaelia8797]

Hermoso!!

[@javiere.samaniego1953]

Que belleza toda su música maestro.

[@K8theKind]

You don’t even advertise that your music is available for purchase on itunes. I found it purely out of hopeful searching. Multiple versions. Bless you.💜💕 I love Fireflies. It’s tremendously beautiful.

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

You are so kind, thank you so much!

[@K8theKind]

@@HermanBeeftinkComposer Thank you, you’ve enriched the experience of rekindling my relationship with my flute and piccolo. I can’t thank you enough.

[@fesalalahdl4467]

Very cool

[@itsme-uk5ki]

i’m performing this piece at solo and ensemble at creekside hs in fl on 2/5/22 😌 Update: I got a superior on it, took it to state at Ponte Vedra HS in March and also received a superior on it! :)

[@anushn3954]

Woww.Bravo

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Anush N Thank you!

[@geraldmorain3166]

I may have learned to read music at 66

[@edmarsouzadeoliveira1042]

❤❤❤👏👏🤩

[@geraldmorain3166]

Recordings allow me to hear and ponder

[@user-pf8fe7jl3r]

Dear Herman,I want play for beginnirs,dont difficult.I am waiting your new play.thanks

[@Pickle-lo365]

I was thinking I could play this, but then I saw the fourth octave d on piccolo, like, I can barely do that on flute. (5:00)

[@geraldmorain3166]

I the listener always wins

[@pabloguajardo7790]

What piccolo are you using?

[@Bach_is_staring_at_you]

4:14

[@furughkarimi1438]

Thanks, Dear Herman for e such Lovely Music that you wrote for Piccolo. I would like to play with Flute. Can I have the Music note? Thanks 🌺🌺🌺

[@user-rw5hk3qp5z]

日本人です。 この楽譜買えるなら買いたい。しかし、お金の表示が外国なので買えない、、、

[@gavinpollock365]

hello! this is absolutely incredible. is there a way to just get the piano accompaniment for it? thank you! 😁😁

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Thank you so much, glad you like it! Here’s the link: hermanbeeftink.com/collections/play-along-audio-mp3/products/fireflies-play-along-for-piccolo-flute-and-piano-no-piccolo-hbeeftink-audio-download

[@geraldmorain3166]

If ougt the music stays the same I be warned if not I be blessed

[@brendalilley1903]

Xcellent 😎🤡👍

[@Chiquinho2008sax]

Muito bom!!!! Congrats!

[@matthiasviennot9468]

I wonder about the bar 246 : is it possible to play the highest D with a Piccolo ?

[@matthiasviennot9468]

@@mercedes8482 thanks for the reponse can you please tell me what fongering do you use ( on Piccolo.) ( so without the usual key on the feet of the C flute)

[@celestechevrier]

As a piccolo player, I’d say no, the instrument is not built for higher notes than C. But I could be wrong ! I have this sheet and it’s not written with the octave thing

[@nathanrichardson7376]

Although they are beautiful, I feel like most compositions on this channel all sound the same, or rather, have an identical style

[@cadencegriffin5416]

Yea, I agree.

[@brooklynnotfromny7895]

Nathan Richardson considering they are written by the same person, it does make sense. Most composers typically have a certain style that you are able to hear in their pieces.

[@nathanrichardson7376]

@@brooklynnotfromny7895 I guess Mozart is a really good example of that. His style is the exact same in all 5 violin concertos, for example.

[@nathanrichardson7376]

@@RocheRose682 I'm a composer

[@Adeline9418]

You obviously are not musical because no two of his songs are even remotely similar.

[@lexxxrussell]

Beautiful as always!!

[@HermanBeeftinkComposer]

Lexyyy Thank you so much!