The Flight of the Bumble Bee - Flute, James Galway

Rimsky Korsakov - The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Played by James Galway on the flute
Pianist-Phillip Moll
James Galway's recital in Belfast, Waterfront Hall

[@ElGordo2497]

I just put my flute back in it's case and cried myself to sleep.

[@ellencho5645]

LOL SAME!!!

[@kealeefaith]

👏👏 well spoken

[@ElGordo2497]

I'm happy for you.

[@torixo4196]

Same

[@Trouble1528]

same ;-;

[@symphoniacus]

When you have to play at a concert at 7.00pm and your train departs at 7.05pm

[@amayasanders8402]

Numerus hhahahahaa

[@dinkdik]

holy shit im dying

[@sepiamixes2964]

Numerus 😂😂

[@savannahh8661]

Bahahaha

[@kenidy0424]

hahahahaha ha

[@madison8336]

My older brother used to say that flute is the easiest instrument, then he tried and couldn't even make a sound or hold it correctly.

[@artistnoodle]

🆇🅳

[@jordanhowell3587]

Madi Dingels my band teacher said it flute was the hardest for him to learn

[@Kandro]

imo percussion is easiest you hit a drum with a stick

[@youtuberjoe4729]

Mystic, that's not even challenging at all. One could easily play any notes. Considering i am a beginner, that is easy.

[@youtuberjoe4729]

And good tone as well (for me).

[@spenspen3]

probably just his warm- up

[@SuperCichlids]

Spencer Vandigriff that’s funny! Great comment!

[@ce762]

Realistically yeah it probably is.

[@leyanayefremenkov]

😂😂

[@apoorvam5385]

Ling ling could do this with one finger

[@SB-oo4lc]

@@leyanayefremenkov 😍🌹☺️😘😫😀😀😋🔓🔓⚫🙂🙂😀😰😱

[@Elei01010]

« I am a flute player, not a flautist. I don't have a flaut and I've never flauted. » (James Galway)

[@jesuscraftcraft7413]

Ub Un nos e v. Vjmda e 33z WWF wfw FA qqwcq1r

[@philevans6395]

What about fluter then lol

[@nylekash6213]

What if a gay brass instrument were to call you flautistic

[@mariela6235]

Kyle Nash haha you trumpetato

[@paulmartin3682]

Oboe you don’t!!

[@anagator3051]

one day I will conquer this piece SO HELP ME JESUS I WILL

[@anagator3051]

Thank you. It's my goal

[@danielrinnunga9054]

I wish you the best of Luck!(If I am too late than sorry :( you can do it!)

[@jesuschrist2616]

Ana Gator ok

[@MaoRatto]

So a child Molestor "Muhammad"

[@richresident4377]

Ana Gator Lots of Coffee...

[@foreverfaeriejoy]

throws flute away....

[@zoieeeeeee.]

Just keep practicing you will get it eventually :)

[@larwa4014]

WOW *MAKES BIG EYES* *frows flute away* *DIES*

[@pshwow]

foreverfaeriejoy I'll take your flute ;) one person's trash is another's treasure😂

[@tubstnk]

foreverfaeriejoy *saves flute* HOLD UP, THIS THANG IS EXPENSIVE

[@cleantoast3]

foreverfaeriejoy This isnt bad... the video that's recommended after this which is a 9 year old kid playing it is.

[@manuelrocha9404]

Ive been playing flute for five years now and im playing this song in an audition in two days... Wish me luck...

[@manuelrocha9404]

Well actualy. I was very nervous but i got 17.5 in 20... Wich is nice : )

[@vincebln2]

+Manuel Rocha nice! :)

[@jordanmarie123]

Cool! I've been playing the flute for almost three years and I'm teaching myself this song. It's not really going well. Lol I'm thirteen years old.

[@nebuloustooth2107]

+Manuel Rocha That's amazing that you played that's awesome. I've been playing the flute for 7 years now and I have never played a song like that. That seems really hard. lol do you get private lesson just wondering if not or either way that's amazing that you can play that song. I just looked that song up and it looks hard lol. I have never played something like that and I need to play harder songs lol. But I just like to say that is amazing that you did that great job😎

[@emmawilding886]

HOLY SHIT?! HOW GOOD ARE YOU! ive been playing 6 years. im taking my grade 8 next year and this piece is my dream. admittedly i haven't hardcore studied it but it is hard to play up to speed.

[@Freeze-DriedWater]

My mother got to meet this man. She got a picture with him and, even though I wasn't born, I'm still envious to this day.

[@TeddyIsFluffyVlr]

Freeze-Dried Water my flute teacher is close friends with one of his piano players. So he got to talk to him and meet him... I'm jealous. So jealous

[@Freeze-DriedWater]

TeddyIsFluffy dying rn

[@ailsaburnett9754]

I’ve met him a couple times... he’s quite the character

[@carolynwang8338]

My flute teacher has a picture with him! :0

[@kimberlyfusselman8189]

I got to meet him also! I have my picture out right now actually. I cried, not gonna lie.

[@guii5041]

I want to hear someone play this in staccato

[@saturn-pu1oj]

Frake Vestroyer Frake they’re tongue and stomach is gonna die

[@carlyc6167]

Hahahahaha

[@naiyapatton4903]

Frake I’m thinking that would be almost impossible. Not enough time...but I guess you could slow it down.

[@morrkats]

Frake that would be evil

[@kindakeewee5492]

You also want to watch the world burn and probably felt bad for thanos when he died

[@all-that-glitters9367]

I play flute and i legit wanna cry. Like i don't even think practicing this everyday for 5 hours would get me to this level

[@MGJ182]

All-that-glitters 93 well, i think it would work I: good luck fellow flutist owo

[@steverbratt]

All-that-glitters 93 This is why he’s a Sir!!

[@nahbro2411]

+steverbratt lool

[@GrantJolanta]

+steverbratt WORD.

[@hithere1827]

+All-that-glitters 93 me too XD :'(

[@normaj8843]

The whole time i could basically hear my band director yelling "HIKE YOUR FLUTES UP FLUTIES!"

[@snakebox410]

Norma J my band director doesn't yell at us. He does yell at the saxophones, though, because they can't wrap their heads around the idea of an F

[@andrewlaverghetta715]

That's kind of annoying when people get so onto flute players about that. It's not really significant. It's not really natural to hold your right arm up that high, and there's no harm in tipping the head a little to the side. Pretty much everybody that I played with in college held the flute down a fair bit.

[@vomitdev]

i always hold my flute down it makes it much more comfortable like when i started 4 years ago i always held it up and my arms would get tired but now it’s way better like

[@cuka2cool_748]

Norma J I heard the same shit as soon as I seen his flute. 3 o clock!!

[@flipflopzthreeonethree1873]

God especially marching band lol

[@hourtohournotetonote7956]

I remember my band teacher told me she would give me an 100 average in band in middle school (For my full three years) if I learned this over the winter break. So I did. And I was DAMN PROUD.

[@angelguanzon9451]

HOW

[@deathisntaskeleton8634]

Ok its official, you win middle school band. When ok was in band we ended up getting a new teacher my second year so I didn't even get to learn enharmonics or kniw that flutes had head corks

[@deathisntaskeleton8634]

Thank god my music theory teacher is teaching the basics so I get to actually learn them the proper way

[@ytzytz2]

Great job you must have really worked hard!

[@syd9850]

😂 I don’t see how band is hard to get a good grade in. I’ve had a 100 average for all three years no problem. Because it wasn’t about how good you were. It was about doing your best so pretty much it was about practicing, playing during rehearsals, and attending concerts.

[@jessicamaclean8706]

Actually his flute angle is a natural flute angle. It's bad for your shoulders and back to hold it up completely parallel to the ground, and you get a tighter sound. If you hold it in a more relaxed position, your sound will sound more relaxed and your body won't be as tense. Marching band always makes people think that the flute has to be parallel to the ground, and in marching band it does, but for anything else it shouldn't be. It's like stopping notes with your tongue, good for marching band, but bad technique :)

[@sapphiresky5824]

Jessica MacLean yes i get yelled at in marching band so much because i never have my flute parallel

[@syd9850]

Your shoulders only hurt in the beginning of holding the flute parallel. You get used to it. And the whole tilting thing was more based on the problem of the flute tilting, but not your head too, which is a bad embouchure. And it’s also because it’s easier to move around on the field when your head isn’t sideways.

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

Angle smangle. Differrent flute players play different angles. There is no right angel for a flute player. That's an urban legend.

[@isupportyou9929]

Totally agree. Parallel to the ground make the right shoulder tense which is not ideal.

[@-crescent422-4]

wELL SHOOT, MY MUSIC TEACHER TAUGHT US TO ALWAYS STOP NOTES WITH OUR TONGUE.. what’s the right way

[@mymble3367]

I was amazed by this and showed my friend, who's a saxophone player and she was like "omg that's so easy" and I just... I cri

[@karwai1875]

Then ask your friend to play and upload on youtube. We the flute lovers will see how easy this piece is

[@mymble3367]

I think that's a good idea, actually... XD

[@mymble3367]

Yeah, she played the alto last year and this year she's playing the tener sax.

[@loshenesatkunabalan5461]

Bread, the easiest is recorder or clarinet, the notes for both are: BAGFED and the musical notes are: EGBDF or FACE for the spaces ITS SO EASY

[@JerielVazquez]

This song for saxophones is really easy.

[@felixd1002]

This song is the bee's knees.

[@dannychacon6592]

Haha sooo Original, Perfect time for that! its just like ... ( POW RIGHT IN THE KISSER! ) lol

[@davidlemper3843]

hehe i get it

[@nathanhol42001]

bA dUm TsSs

[@bharatsachdeva6683]

that would bee one of my least favorite puns

[@susboi9172]

I can't even do my chromatic scale, let alone this Hats off to this performance.

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

I've seen Mr Galway a few times and attended some of his master classes. He told me I had a beautiful sound. (Blush) He's not only one of the all time greatest flutist, he's also a very warmhearted and kind person. He's also very funny. 😊❤

[@etheldingleberry8075]

Did you play his skin flute?

[@SonatinaVirtuoso]

And THAT, ladies, gentlemen, and variations thereof, is how you do THAT. Makes me proud to be a flautist.

[@kawaiigurl3]

I play the flute. When I saw this, I got down on my hands and knees and worshiped this guy. Amen.

[@Cubes001]

I love his facial expressions through this, he's like "Holy crap I can't believe I'm playing this fast"

[@koiceramicstudio9515]

He is a replicant. He doesn´t need to breathe....

[@albertobertani4822]

Nuria Alvarez I've seen he breathing just at min 0:51...

[@corbeaudejugement]

Probs used to it. According to composers, flutes don’t need to breathe anyway

[@syd9850]

He did breathe. At least once.

[@ethanadamo9696]

He probably uses a technique called circular breathing

[@deniseleos3828]

What a drastic flight the bumblebee took Sir Galway!

[@DanielProctor775]

Never seen a more beautiful flute or a better flute player.

[@johnnylai674]

I put this at x2 speed and almost died by how fast it went

[@4GU5GA6]

Jonathan Lai same

[@jhkshot]

he seems so relaxed even with a hectic piece like this. i don't know why anyone would criticize his posture.

[@thecodedmastergeodash8807]

They just want something to criticize lol If you somehow reply to this...

[@zachj.5849]

I cant breathe!

[@ErinGallagher7011]

I am so grateful to say I have the honor to have played with Sir James Galaway more then once in Michigan. Memories that will last forever!

[@mammon3264]

You can tell he's been practicing for 40 hour a day playing it slowly first then playing it quickly because he can

[@name.5892]

Ikr it’s so sacreligious

[@greenhusky78]

I'm a flute player and I love this man! I love it how he doesn't take a breath that often and to believe that playing a flute takes way more air then a tuba,trombone,etc. Because the air escapes everywhere I love it!

[@paulhyde4960]

that flute is made of real gold..

[@jaydeswope5089]

No, that is a golden flute. Sir. Galway has many of them, along with many platinum flutes as well.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

The best flautist the world has ever seen and a very difficult piece. I've been playing for over 25 years bad am finding this piece very tricky. You are my absolute Hero James. Many thanks.

[@corbeaudejugement]

Sunny Days he is not a flautist. He does not play the flaut and has never flauted.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

@@corbeaudejugement In the UK the term flautist is a valid word to describe one who plays the flute. James would back me up being from neighbouring Ireland. It’s not a term used in the USA and I agree it’s not technically a logical word as one doesn’t play the flaut. Flute player or flutist perhaps would have in hindsight been a better international choice. I will certainly bear that in mind for the future. Many thanks.

[@pandalover1234567896]

I love how my band teacher tells me to keep my Flute straight and pointed out, but James Galway keeps his downward 😂

[@Kandro]

It should be slightly downward.

[@namjunie]

pandalover1234567896 Marching band is not pointed downwards like concert band. In concert band you have it slightly downwards but not straight like you explained.

[@edwardtruong9741]

pandalover1234567896 He keeps it pointed slightly downward because that is his most relaxed playing position: your sound can change just because the angle of your flute

[@tsunami9544]

It depends on what kind of thing you are doing. In marching band, it’s all about straight lines, you keep your posture straight, as well as keeping your flute parallel to the ground. In concert band, you should have a slight dip in your flute, but not too much. If you point your flute down too far, your posture will suffer. It’s the same with classical flute!

[@mariajesushernandezacuna]

Omg Sir James Galway is sooooo my type I would love to hear him for two seconds and then be like oh my god isn't he amazing😍😍😍😩😩

[@brennawade8531]

As a flautist the amount of respect I have for this man is insane.

[@crazyzippyfumblefish]

OH MY GOD BEST IN THE WORLD!!! Who ever played piano like that!??!

[@hithere1827]

+Joshua B. HOLY CRAP THAT PIANO PLAYER SO AMAZING THE TONE THE SPEED THE FUCKING SEXY PLAYER

[@cecejar4214]

Mad respect for the flute player, but the dude in the back jamming on the piano was a KING

[@numba1animespazz]

why is there no "Love this music" button? I guess I'll just have to make do with the repeat button. Sir James Galway is amazing!!!

[@clairenunavut]

oh my i never ceased to be impressed by Sir Galway!

[@littlemissie7978]

OMG!! A Gold Flute!! WOOOOOW!! Never seen a Gold one before!! That perforance was amazing too!! WOOOOW!! "BRAAAAVOO BRAAAVOOO!!" It apears obvious he's a complete professional and has been playing for years probaly. I have my own flute. Wish I was that good. Hopelly one day I will be. :)

[@3218851]

Don't worry he is just the world's best flute player

[@tiarnan76]

I reckon he just watched a youtube video on the way to the concert and just by chance they plucked him from the crowd and asked him to play. Not bad for his first go - no wonder he got a round of applause.

[@tiarnan76]

Guilherme brazao (pssst...guess what...I wasn't talking to you...duhhhhhhhhhh)

[@JuanFraucaasd]

No matter how many years I practice I will not even get closer to him. He's wonderfull.

[@kaiseroda]

you are the best of the world james!!! the best!!!!!!!!!!

[@ImBerrieSweet]

you can barely tell when he takes a breath.. thats so amzing!

[@snottyxraygirl]

This is the most difficult piece of music I can think of to play... An awesome talent...

[@silvertrumpet101]

That is soooo amazing! and the best part is he makes it look COMPLETELY effortless!

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

James Galway is undoubtedly the best flute player in the world! I play the flute and I can sit in awe of his playing!

[@johnstoudt7476]

absoulely breadthtaking performance.i hear it over and over again.

[@anaarslan2878]

His lung capacity must be over 9000!

[@bwadehra]

Might be circle breathing but that's really hard on a flute but he seems pretty capable of crazy things so I won't be too surprised if he is able to

[@corbeaudejugement]

Vind circle breathing isn’t too hard on a flute.

[@nicholasliu5788]

Also, it's only a minute. He only needs to circular breathe once to be fine. Alternatively, it's not exactly impossible to hold your breath for a minute; I've done it before on saxophone and if I could, I'm sure he can.

[@Dvishnu61]

Air resistance on saxophone is much greater than flute. That would make playing longer phrases without a breath on flute more difficult and problematic unless the stream of air was slowed considerably. There's enough space to take a conventional breath in some spots. Still very difficult though. James Galway is a master.

[@Son_Caspian]

Yas dragon flute z

[@katherinechristie7592]

Life goals

[@liptontbag1591]

I am a 13 year old male flutist, I've been playing for 3 yrs and I LOVE James Galway!!!! Even though I'm a jazz player, I still love classical.

[@Moradiim]

The flute god, right here! I am a male flute too, that much similarity to this god is enough for me!

[@ericayma2728]

I tried doing this. Note how the main word there was "try."

[@ericayma2728]

Ameilia Belia: I said "try" since the root word of "tried" is "try." Since "tried" is merely a conjugation, that's why I said "try." English is my favorite subject, sorry. 0_0

[@ericayma2728]

It's ok. ***** I guess I get a bit carried away sometimes. :)

[@fuhleez1955]

My brother said it sounded easy. He couldn't even play a note when he tried it on my flute.

[@artm4050]

lol

[@kevinhan1349]

Trust me it’s NOT easy.

[@huffytun2340]

HAHAHAHAH

[@GenevieveMathews-bu4ve]

James Galway is just a phenomenal flute player. Going to one of his performances a few months ago was such a treat. I’ve seen many great flute players, but this man takes the whole cake. Till this day I’ve never seen someone with faster fingers than James Galway, just everything about his technique, tone, everything is on point. One of my biggest dreams as a flute player is to meet home someday, and possibly play a piece together. Which may not happen, but it’s always been a dream of mine.

[@bumblveee]

the angle he held his flute at made me burst into tears ✋

[@squigglyMC]

ummmm question? when did he breath?

[@corbeaudejugement]

You just need a real small embouchure and a real big gulp of air. He did breathe somewhere in the middle

[@NAwww92747]

At 00:51 he did

[@charlieubitmyfinger8731]

I believe he used a technique called circular breathing, which is where you take breaths in through your nose and direct the air out through the flute :)

[@vaaaaaaliiii]

Between 0:10 and 0:11 you can see his shoulders going up, a sign for breathing, also when he playeed those notes where you have to roll in your throat, after them, there are small breaks where you can breathe, too, what he did. Also around 0:51 and everyone you can see his shoulders going up he probably breathes, too. But I have to admit, it's amazing, how good he can play and hold his breath.

[@melanysansoterra2936]

My Dad: hey u should learn to play this Me: Um.... How bout not😟

[@itsguidry8125]

James is a god, ive been wanting to meet him forever

[@randomguy1601]

look at the perfection of notes!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@granturismopojat1222]

That was very amazing

[@marcusantonius4121]

What the noodles he's brilliant!!!!in fact outstanding!no stunning!!!!!

[@claricem5156]

Dr Draconian w h a t t h e n o o d l e s

[@raffaellaguidi28]

wow just wow. and he can even memorize that! amazing!

[@mekenziepeshoff7457]

This man. Is my flute idol.

[@Zukari_]

I can’t be the only person who noticed the little bumblebee pins on his cuffs

[@user-vd5mb6wh2d]

すごい 凄すぎます‼︎‼︎

[@DelightfulSouvenirs]

Wow. The talent!!! Beyond me. So beautiful.

[@suntyjd748]

I think I'm going to give up the flute now I I just don't know how to do that that was just wow. I know I'm not making any sense but no words can describe the perfection that I just heard.

[@maggiegordon2721]

I have been playing for 8 years and I can't do this (yet) xD

[@elena-manuelapetcu6747]

I've been playing for five years and I don't wanna try this piece EVER!

[@mackenzie.l-b8528]

Maggie Gordon 9 years s tarting from when I was 8 and I still can't play this

[@pcmasternate]

I've played the flute since 6th grade. Im a freshman now and can play this with ease. Just practice (no not 5 hours a day)

[@Son_Caspian]

@@pcmasternate no 40 hours a day YOU MUST DO THE LING LING WORKOUT

[@emmap3376]

Its crazy fast and the fingerings are ridiculous but what I'm amazed by is how he fits in breathing into that craziness!!

[@kathythureen6502]

love this piece of music.

[@tansysmith5902]

he is flawless!!!! that was so good!

[@jessedotson644]

"Hey guys, watch me shred!"

[@user-mt5dk6dg8b]

Okay, I'll be there with you.

[@jazminsunshine1548]

My band teacher told us we had to find an interesting video of the instrument we play. I think I found one. P.s if u are in mr.woodfords band, it's mine move on

[@lindamanas6735]

I always thought for an Irish man to be appointed lead flute of the Berlin Phil really was something. Shows how phenomenal he is!

[@jacksonyang1778]

The fact that people still listen to this now…

[@J44yla]

;_; maybe in 50 years i'll be this good but for now i will just stick with trying to learn e flat scale ........

[@jason89761]

sameeee ):

[@Kandro]

e flats not too hard just make the a into a flat

[@snakebox410]

If you though Eflat was hard, wait till you try Dflat. It's not hard for me now, but dang

[@mackenzie.l-b8528]

8 years of playing the flute and I still can't play this DX

[@blockman3508]

Flute has got to be my favourite woodwind, 100%

[@sunshineternal]

Sir James Galway truly is a master at flute. I can only dream to be that good. :D

[@mx9762]

GOALS

[@sezin7985]

I wanna die right now.

[@nimob4110]

I've played the flute since 6th grade and I haven't played songs not quite like this yet, but I want to learn this song DEFINITELY.

[@shutupsprinkles]

Sir James is AMAZING.

[@Vivinsane]

And I though playing the great locomotive chase was advanced on my flute 😂 but I forgot about this song until my brother was watching little Einsteins and this song came up and I looked it up and I'm like woahhhh 😬😂

[@emetophilic]

SAME

[@huntartist2981]

kenia arellano I played the great locomotive chase too

[@laon303]

haha.... *tosses case*

[@Smood47]

Best in the world. Best of all time perhaps.

[@annamillenaar]

I love it so much!

[@beansheeran7322]

Me: *listens* Me: *gives up and cries* Me: *dies in Spanish*

[@Retroscoop]

The Yngwie Malmsteen of the flute... Or a bumblebee on XTC ?

[@-M0LE]

I’m stoned this is the first time I heard flute music that instantly went through my soul it felt amazing and I’m loving this a whole part of the work I some how missed all these years wow It is like they are telling a story through communication but not wi tv words merely sounds and it’s just a whole different very positive thing I’m in love with this - it also seems to be good for anxiety wow

[@hydrogenbomber3267]

so beautiful!

[@animalxpresspeng7162]

I play the flute, and like, REALLY! My only reason to watch this is cuz I wanted to see how fast the fingers needed to go, and I was like completely SHELL-SHOCKED I AM LIKE NEVER EVER GONNA LEARN TO PLAY THIS- too freaking fast!

[@rosaelizabeth1938]

You should look up Emma Remini's playing of this, I think that would be a more appropriate speed XD

[@animalxpresspeng7162]

Derp

[@ACastillo2020]

AnimalXpress Peng Having your fingers close to the pads helps a lot in speed and also knowing your scales in every shape way or form.

[@sarahgouw4925]

Dangggggg... His mouth must hurt. Mine hurt after playing the C major scale and i'm a grade SIX in Flute

[@Kandro]

c major scale and your mouth hurt? grade six must be easy

[@C0nverseLif3]

Wolf_Core It. might just be your embouchure. I had to learn to relax my lips in higher octaves that I was overachieving for; otherwise, my mouth would be exhausted after 30 minutes. Most of it is just from getting tight in the lips. I had the problem, and even on piccolo. It shouldn't hurt or something must be wrong 😂

[@zoemurray5954]

Grade six? nah.

[@Lin-26]

Wolf_Core I'm in 8th and the just thought me how to play the 3rd octave XD

[@Kandro]

Music _101 ok

[@fluteloverforever]

I love his golden flute color!!!

[@jfalldine]

Classic Galway! Brilliant!!

[@mushezibitu5399]

thats going to take a while to master.........crap.....

[@allencarlson4711]

I was 69 when I started theflute. Four years I was in a concert band. Got lost many times on the music sheets, but slowly caught on. Got some instructions, and mostly on my own

[@allencarlson4711]

Now I am 86 and still play privately. Too far to drive to band practice now. Enjoy the challenge of playing new stuff. Instructors prefer younger students.

[@stephaniemalcolm9312]

I play the flute. This is my new goal for my playing.

[@bryancooker4539]

How are you doing today my name is Bryan

[@emilia123zz]

Thank you. Most people wrote horrible replys back to what sometimes you write (not just in this video) it's nice to know there are still nice people on youtube.