Ensemble Connect Performs David Bruce's "Gumboots"

[@nicholaspowers7554]

The first "movement" before the variations is so ridiculously beautiful. I've never heard a bass clarinet used like that before. The harmonizations are insanely perfect. Thank you so much David Bruce.

[@citrusblast4372]

that first mvt always has me coming back, its so good

[@jackminto7062]

This is David Bruce's legacy, and quite frankly, i would be very proud if any of my pieces got received anywhere near this well.

[@PentameronSV]

*0:03** - Part I* *Part II: Dances 1-5* *_12:02_**_ - Dance No.1_* *_14:14_**_ - Dance No.2_* *_15:59_**_ - Dance No.3_* *_18:15_**_ - Dance No.4_* *_21:33_**_ - Dance No.5_* [24:17 - Applause]

[@ooflespoofle3691]

I like how you timestamped the applause :D

[@PentameronSV]

@@ooflespoofle3691 I don't know why, but timestamping the audience's reactions is fun to me.

[@cesteres]

I thank you later

[@MaltonPsmith]

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[@DavidA-ps1qr]

An inspired choice of instrumentation. The "woody"sound of the bass clarinet infuses perfectly with the sound resonating from the string instruments. Yet it continues to work throughout due to the nature of the writing. A piece worthy of its recognition if ever I heard one.

[@ConnorReilly35]

I saw this song (and the dances) performed on 9/11/11 at a chamber music festival. It was fantastic! The crowd literally applauded for three minutes straight, the performers just exited and reentered the stage every 45 seconds making awkward bows and laughing.

[@sveinungnygaard1505]

Thanks for the ad right at the end of the super emotional, quiet, gorgeous first part. That did not scare me at all

[@tbonis-composition8901]

5:10 that F#! An amazing idea from David Bruce and amazing playing, maybe one day I will have such good musical ideas for my own works. If only.

[@pablov1973]

Wonderfull work by an amazing composer, I knew David for his channel but never one of his pieces complete.

[@wyattcarlyle2500]

i was having a rough day and this made me smile🖤

[@owenmcgee8496]

good writer for clarinets; a clarinettist said to me about ten years ago that there's not many of those about anymore

[@fernie51296]

Owen McGee this is very true. As a clarinetist, I can tell you the clarinet is unusually uneven for a romantic era instrument. You really have to understand the character of the different registers.

[@FarallonQuintet]

An incredible piece and so well performed! Bravo!

[@michaelmoon622]

Her tone on bass clarinet is haunting

[@VictoriaAlexaFisher]

A phenomenal piece beautifully played!! Amazing

[@jan240]

Die Klangfarben der Streicher mit den Klarinetten sind wie Licht.

[@markmastro5583]

Gorgeous! Truly. I can see Werner Herzog using this piece for one of his incredible little film journeys.

[@PentameronSV]

The beginning reminds me of Rite of Spring for some reason.

[@cesteres]

Well yes

[@fatherjack3088]

Exactly what I thought, too.

[@patthewoodboy]

haunting and beautiful

[@evanrogers5667]

Incredible composer and outstanding performance - probably my new favourite piece!

[@Tylervrooman]

Hey David! Every moment deserved and applause.

[@bubbles9816]

I love The Juilliard School !! 4 of its graduates play in my orchestra and they are some of the most amazing musicians ive ever met ... thank you.

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[@NicholasWhite]

Absolutely stunning! Bravo to the composer and performers!

[@LisztyLiszt]

Music is only understood when one goes away singing it and only loved when one falls asleep with it in one's head, and finds it still there on waking up the next morning. Arnold Schoenberg When I'm finished singing this piece I will listen to another. There's a few of his other works online. I'll get around to them all eventually but any suggestions as to which to listen to next? It's rare to see performers enjoy playing contemporary classical music let alone the audience cheering at the end. Usually it's polite if reserved applause, in anticipation of the Beethoven symphony they paid to hear. This has given me a lot to think about, particularly in the context of David's "The Unbearable Irrelevance of Contemporary Music" video. Thank you.

[@minerscale]

"Music is only understood when one goes away singing it and only loved when one falls asleep with it in one's head, and finds it still there on waking up the next morning." Funny, this is yet to happen to me with serialist period Schoenberg.

[@yanas9871]

I love his "Consolation of the Rain" so much

[@pepebenitezortiz.clarinet]

Bravísimo to all team, incredible performance!!!! Thank you to Mr.Bruce for this amazing and inspirational piece!!!! And thank you to Carnegie Hall for sharing it!!!

[@josemota1259]

Absolutely Fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

[@richardjchandler]

A fabulous piece by David Bruce, magnificently performed!

[@tobiasactually]

It's deliberately minimalist, but great and beautiful.

[@hossamyafa1]

great performance! I love it....

[@owenmcgee8496]

the introduction is making me think that bass clarinets should be used in Irish music instead of chanters for harmony

[@barbaraartson4100]

I heard this awesome piece played by DeCoda at a Tertulia Chamber music event, and will listen now, and again and again. Thrilling!

[@RobErt-vf8xm]

Nice notes and vibrations of air. Very pleasing and interesting. Hints of trad Irish in the beginning...

[@stefanalexanderlungu1503]

The bass clarinet almost sounds like a bass flute in the first movement

[@grantveebeejay535]

This is a really interesting work balanced between both the movements with great variety of tempi tonality and texture. My favourite element was the plangent expressive quality of the high range of the bass clarinet combined with strings. Beautiful! Also how great is it the example he is teaching compositional insight and producing relevant new works like this. Some of the clever younger ones have yet to impress with moving original pieces like David Bruce. Bravo

[@carnegiehall]

We're delighted to know that you enjoyed this performance of David Bruce's "Gumboots."

[@MarkSHogan]

A thing of great beauty.

[@SeanOsborn]

That was awesome! Bravo!

[@cedricpicard297]

Man, that final dance is a challenge

[@albuch520]

crazy masterpiece

[@iLikeTheUDK]

David Bruce's recent video on his KZbin channel sent me here

[@SongbirdAlom]

Bravo, Mr. Bruce!

[@jpdemers44]

magnifique

[@abrahamvalente5326]

Suena genial :)

[@humbertorodriguez2187]

hermoso

[@Ana_crusis]

There's a big Irish feel to this part also a bit Japanese

[@albertooliva2565]

yes

[@tdtrecordsmusic]

Marvelous

[@annakimborahpa]

Although using totally different instrumentation, the static tonal atmosphere and supple rhythm of Gumboot's slow first movement reminds me a bit of Nico's Marble Index LP, "Ari's Song" in particular, which was produced and arranged by John Cale of the Velvet Underground. Perhaps Nico wore rubber high-top shoes.

[@hipsabad]

i loved the first part of this and i'm a huge fan of Cale's arrangements. Marble Index is nothing short of amazing, Evening of Light's as formidable as Mahler 6th's hammer blow, Ari's Song is crushing----i don't hear the connection but i'm glad you do

[@juanpablogonzalez5549]

This is how an latinamerican composer would compose music. Finaly music is being imported from América to Europe

[@diegobuitragocamargo.7525]

Exactly!

[@owenmcgee8496]

variety, 16:00 sounds like Klezmer music

[@tbonenfant]

Wonderful piece and performance! But who are these performers? I don't believe I've seen/heard this clarinetist before, but I have a feeling I'll want to hear more from her.

[@lottaart7848]

Her name is Sarah Beaty

[@amnongravenmur9024]

Quite powerful

[@carnegiehall]

Thank you for visiting our channel and listening.

[@MissTEO1]

Does anyone the name of the bass clarinetist? She is fantastic

[@lottaart7848]

Sarah Beaty

[@hudsoncampos2201]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@cesteres]

Bass clarinet quintet?

[@gunnargrautnes4451]

For some reason, the opening always makes me think of Wind in the Willows.

[@PentameronSV]

Really? It reminds me of Rite of Spring.

[@SuryanIsaac]

@@PentameronSV Me too

[@oceancheung6139]

Can’t people just stop coughing😡😡🤬

[@lottaart7848]

it's just a bodily function

[@scariinterioarelemnmasivde7883]

e rare frate

[@interstellish]

I played for a long time as a clarinetist and bass clarinetist when I had to do reed 2 stuff in musical pits, and or sometimes in orchestra gigs, or whatnot. I cannot express how shitty bass clarinets are in terms of engineering, and how hard they are to play well, especially at pianissimo volumes. They're every reed player's worst nightmare. The whole affair is just, like, a bad idea for an instrument. It fights you every step of the way if even the smallest part of it is wonky. This bass clarinetist is simply staggering in her command of the instrument. It doesn't get any better, and Bruce's idea to use one for this piece is about as clever as instrumentation gets.

[@eamflutes]

What are the names of the performers?

[@brownie3454]

Ulysses Roman Michelle Ophelia Marta

[@Tylervrooman]

The silence between movements has to stop...

[@michaelrosenzweig3234]

Strange the social power of cheap music...

[@wolly-wiev]

I don't get it! Why is everyone so crazy about this piece?

[@lottaart7848]

@@wolly-wiev because it has great emotional power and is written very well. You don't have to agree with this tho. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Even the greatest of people get hate.

[@lithostheory]

I don't like it.

[@brownie3454]

I don't like u

[@wolly-wiev]

Me neither. I wonder why everyone in this comment section seems to love this piece so much. It is just all over the place with no clear direction. Also the the musicans have a terrible intonation which makes it really hard to listen to.

[@loganretamoza7134]

everyone is entitled to their opinion

[@lottaart7848]

@@wolly-wiev David Bruce, as stated in his videos, writes more for effect then to write some meoldy that you know exactly what to expect (in my opinion when you know what to expect, it makes music boring ). He wants to be able to write without being constrained to a specific form. And also the intonation is just the players, just go listen to someone else, like the Carducci quartet with Julian Bliss. but as someone else said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

[@SimonSimon-rn3tm]

Rubbish of the first order.

[@lottaart7848]

can i hear some of your music then?

[@hipsabad]

in the second Dances part i find myself wondering how a sax would sound here...