Lux Aurumque (Eric Whitacre) - Woodwinds Only

[@TheMyrkiriad]

All emotion goes in the eyebrows.

[@thelordoflore6572]

And the music.

[@24lancelot85]

I wonder if they're all related.

[@ferny198]

24 Lancelot 😂😂😂😂

[@hehheheh7163]

i thought it was just me frfr

[@kimtyler1821]

Gorgeous arrangement. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I also noticed an amazing circular breathing technique on flute. Very very difficult to do! Bravo!

[@mcaeln7268]

MATTHEW SANTORO HAS SOOO MUCH TALENT

[@JoshPlotner]

Man if I had his beard my channel would automatically double in size let's be real

[@mcaeln7268]

Josh Plotner RIP me so much truth

[@jem_mb314]

We played this for a winter concert last year and I had the high G in the beginning on oboe and I don’t think I’ve ever worked so hard on such an easy note, I swear!

[@firebrain2991]

Did this one conductorless as part of a concert band in uni... great memories

[@colleencline1006]

Wonderful job. absolutely beautiful. we were going to play this for concert band but ended choosing Seal Lullaby. Both are great pieces.

[@oliveNATT]

I know nothing. Being said, love these... thanks for existing, thanks for your talents.

[@lovermuzak]

Great job and arrangement. I loved that you used alto flute. This is a perfect example of why it needs to be be more prevalent in wind band music

[@HaliPuppeh]

I absolutely ADORE Lux Aurumque. One of my favorite choral pieces. This is simply beautiful. Thank you for this.

[@mitchelljroth]

an underrated arrangement of a 21st century classic. thanks so much for creating this version for woodwinds and the performance!

[@MrZombiemod]

Absolutely beautiful. I'm a part of a High School wind ensemble and we played this. But this absolutely blew me away. Have you ever considered investing in a bassoon? Its a beautiful instrument to be added into any woodwind piece.

[@JoshPlotner]

I agree, but they're so expensive! Unfortunately I've spent pretty much all my money on instruments (haha if that wasn't obvious), and it's hard to justify buying a bassoon at this point in time.

[@MrZombiemod]

Yeah they are. And its very hard to master, even with six years of playing under me I still struggle with some things.

[@mcaeln7268]

Josh Plotner rent one

[@celestebell6199]

Beautiful!!!

[@spectralmelodies5979]

you had me at lux aurumque

[@beamoorefrank5194]

This is fabulous. Thank you so much.

[@kadasiawallace9760]

one of my all time favorites

[@fishellb]

Terrific.

[@SW-wf3gy]

absolutely beautiful!!!

[@pogchamp7983]

Sounds wonderful!

[@cameronthomas2545]

beautiful😢💖💖💖

[@mackenziebrynnrap]

This. Was. INCREDIBLE! I love Eric Whitacre, I love this love, I love this arrangement and you talent and skill and OMG THIS WAS JUST AMAZING!!!

[@juanfer03]

so beautiful...! great sound :)

[@alanmichael01]

Great Videos. Can you make something about your practice routine.I am a saxophonist and I am getting a hard time adding the flute, quena and clarinet to the routine.

[@ethancarns3139]

I've played this in the high school band I am a part of (I play clarinet) and that was gorgeous. Was that circle breathing I spotted at the end during the long note? My part had that note when we played it but there were two of us so we just alternated who breathed so the note continued to be played.

[@cdogdances9193]

I love watching your videos I wish there were more than 5! Please try making more I play bass clarient, clarient, tenor sax, alto sax, and dying to play the oboe! I also have a flute but hav never taken the time to actually learn it. Please make more videos!!!

[@cdogdances9193]

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[@tabeak7939]

I play in a orchestra and we played that It's so wunderful and in an church it heard so beautiful😍😘

[@edgarisaaccelinzcarreno4025]

la calidad de sonido es muy buena, lo encuentro muy relajante

[@juancarlosnarvaez4942]

Love this arrangement, I'd love to play it, any way I can?

[@JoshPlotner]

Juan Carlos Narvaez I offer the full score and parts to my Patreon subscribers! If you just want one score, you can subscribe for just one month. Check it out here: patreon.com/joshplotner/

[@jayyclay9173]

Josh Plotner Are they in PDFs

[@JoshPlotner]

Juan Carlos Narvaez Yes they are!

[@francois.934]

Great video! Stunning.. :) I'd love to see a video about bansuri flutes. I got one when I was in India, but i feel its like rlly hard to play

[@craigmcgorry6857]

This is gorgeous. I love Whitacre's work and have loved this piece for a long time. I'm a high school band director with a tiny Wind Ensemble this year. We are working all remote (not in person) and I wanted to have them learn and record this piece. However, this year I only have 10 students in my ensemble (flutes, clarinets, alto sax, trumpet, trombone, percussion and my main instruments are tenor and soprano saxophone). I was thinking to arrange the piece for this instrumentation and I was looking for inspiration and found your video. Have you published this arrangement or are are you selling it? I'd be curious. It's not my exact instrumentation, but if I were able to buy the .mus file and then just change out parts, that could be worth it.

[@JoshPlotner]

Hi there! I do in fact sell my scores, feel free to send me a message via my site and we can go from there! joshplotnermusic.com/contact

[@cameroncaldwell9604]

Wow. This is gorgeous! I saw your other comments about not having money to spend on other instrument suggestions, but I was curious if you have at least gotten to play some other before. I was thinking specifically about Other types of clarinets since I only see the Bb and bass in your videos. In high school I got the opportunity to play contra-alto and contra-bass clarinets, and a friend of mine got to play the Eb clarinet. It's so cute because it looks almost just like a Bb but much smaller.

[@JoshPlotner]

Yes, I've definitely played many other clarinets! But once you get out of school there's almost no call for them unfortunately. I've been asked to play things like Indian flute far more than Eb, alto, or contrabass!

[@cadenreinhart3779]

I love the blend of sounds throughout this entire performance. Also, I was wondering how you kept the time consistent across the different recordings?

[@maxbowie3254]

I'd love to hear this in your normal, lovely dry recording style without all washed out verb to better hear the nuance of your beautiful playing

[@baileybye4010]

Gorgeous! Forgive my ignorance (I'm a brass player that does not know much about woodwinds), but your use of the wooden flutes (bansuri)? was perfect--really made the arrangement, I think!

[@JoshPlotner]

No ignorance to forgive! You're exactly right; they're bansuris. And thanks for the kind words. I was excited to find an excuse to record them. I'm glad it worked out well!

[@kayliemason5064]

u should do a walking dead theme song one!

[@emilybrownlee4244]

Beautiful! Do you play with a tuner or something to keep the intonation consistent between the instruments? Because it's basically perfect and I find that very impressive. :P

[@clarkaboud5617]

Damn, that's lovely! Going clickless really paid off! What reverb are you using? Sounds especially nice around the beginning, where it's softly tailing out.

[@JoshPlotner]

I used Logic's "Church Balcony" reverb. Thought it seemed appropriate for this kind of music.

[@jemiller226]

How difficult is it to have consistent tempo changes? It seems like that would be maddening for those of us whose middle name is Rubato.

[@JoshPlotner]

I used Eric Whitacre's conductor video to sync everything up perfectly. Definitely a trick I will be using in the future!

[@jemiller226]

***** Oh, right, this was one of the Virtual Choir pieces. I suppose if there was no existing video, it would be easy enough to record yourself conducting it and play to that. Cool thinking.

[@JoshPlotner]

Exactly. I'm hoping to be able to afford a big monitor one of these days that I can just put in front my recording station. Also helps a ton to be able to watch the waveforms as you're recording and trying to line things up.

[@rigil6500]

What kinda flute at 0:26

[@JoshPlotner]

It's called a bansuri

[@haileycasey9202]

this sounds like fate of the gods at first

[@magdalenajarolimova229]

03:03 Let's go and find Nemo!!!

[@joedepoyster8517]

I'm so happy I'm not the only one who has noticed that about this song

[@skadihuntress]

his eyebrows make him look so concerned lol

[@reubend6029]

I spy a bansuri...you should use it more often

[@royclement3622]

Hold me.

[@tristankincaid7237]

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[@Elissasaurus]

I hit dislike because I don't like the song, but you did a fantastic job of putting it together! I like most of your other stuff. Keep going, mate!

[@yaroslavv.728]

Beautiful arrangement and sound. Only one suggestion: can you not look in the camera? At least some of you, the ones who are playing not a lead line. Half of a dozen Josh Plotners staring at me while I'm trying to concentrate on music is kinda creepy.

[@JoshPlotner]

Hmm I'll definitely take that into account. You wouldn't happen to know of any other multitrack videos like this that use other angles would you? I feel like I've only seen these done successfully where every shot is head-on facing the camera.

[@yaroslavv.728]

I've seen other multitrack videos but the instruments were different: guitars, drums, keys. It had multiple perspectives on the instruments, like a cam on the guitar headstock, closeup on the hands etc. I can't recall a particular video though :/

[@JoshPlotner]

Oohh yeah I know what you're talking about. Hmm... I'll definitely think about playing with camera angles for my next video. Thanks for the suggestion!