"This Cruel Moon" by John Mackey performed by the University of Texas Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Junkin adapted from "Immortal thread, so weak," from "Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band" for more info: ostimusic.com/T...
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@shiraisasu5 жыл бұрын
I’m so lucky I got to be there to hear him explain this song! It’s really about The Odyssey of Homer, when Calypso got sent down to live her immortal life forever alone. This song is about a deep, overwhelming loneliness. For eternity. Think about that when you listen to this song, I guarantee you will tear up!
@DreamlessSleepwalker5 жыл бұрын
piece*
@clemenshenning55255 жыл бұрын
@@DreamlessSleepwalker gonna cry over that, rather than over the piece/song itself?
@donnadolson80893 жыл бұрын
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@AdventuresInMyaLand5 жыл бұрын
The beginning part makes me cry every time the euphonium part is so beautiful I’m so glad I get to play that
@yekcvke92137 жыл бұрын
John Mackey, I just have such an adoration for your pieces of musical literature. You understand, so clearly how to weave together the musical properties of multiple instruments at staggered intervals, to the point in which it feels like you're whisked away into a pitch black sky, only for the darkness to be illuminated by thousands of millions of stars. And amongst those small, dim lights, is nothing more than a disproportionately ginormous mass; the moon. Such a beautiful lunar disc that becomes illuminated by the rising sun behind the earth, it's glorious rays shimmering past; causing the moon to burst into a vibrant pigment of white. However, as it does so, the Earth begins to shake as the ocean responds with abstract and vicious waves. They tear at the land, shredding any nearby rock formation with ease. And as the moon settles itself into a full bloom, the water begins to calm. Peace restores to the land as the sky is now illuminated calmly by that settling ball and it's smaller, yet ever so present allies. But even such a beautiful view cannot undo what its destruction has already caused. This cruel moon, however so beautiful, is only just one instrument of varying destruction and creation. It has no cognitive thoughts, no sentience. Just the ability to change however the universe wished it to change. Such beauty comes with a cost; a cost the world must bear.
@georgesikorski98917 жыл бұрын
Yekcvke 9 I... That's... Reflective... Damn...
@takinoborudesu6 жыл бұрын
someone has synesthesia
@shiraisasu5 жыл бұрын
lol it’s actually about Calypso
@chantolove4 жыл бұрын
Get a publisher
@acoasting82002 жыл бұрын
What a take
@abbie6572 жыл бұрын
"you will never be as good as John Mackey"
@jessicameza11006 жыл бұрын
I love this piece so much. As a clarinet player in a wind ensemble, I love playing this piece. Your music gives me goosebumps!! Thank you for your amazing work!!!
@sarahgalassini51885 жыл бұрын
I love this piece. I love how Mackey rendered Wine Dark Sea into playable pieces lol, but it’s so beautiful. When he watched our live stream of us performing WDS live, he cried. It’s always been such a touching piece for me. I love your work John!!
@ciaradom171 Жыл бұрын
Why hasn't he yet been asked to be a composer on some large scale movie project? His music would elevate any movie!
@yotuba94933 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of everyone I've ever lost to time. It's so painful to listen but it feels like this song is the only thing that understands me
@bradfordwebster31817 жыл бұрын
This piece of music brings so many different emotions out of me. Beautiful.
@WoefulCrowd6 жыл бұрын
My high school band played the second ever performance of this piece. It was both an honor and a pleasure.
@WoefulCrowd6 жыл бұрын
I don't remember the date, but it was last year at Brennan High School. Our director told us that John Mackey wanted us to premiere it because the recording hadn't been released yet. I don't know how true that is but it's what he told us.
@chantolove4 жыл бұрын
Someone else in the comments went to your school I think :0
@Aisluin2 жыл бұрын
Some friends of mine played this in their first concert post-lockdown, and I've loved it ever since.
@junejuly59676 жыл бұрын
The course of true love never did run smooth.
@advaitramesh1644 жыл бұрын
I had no idea dissonance could be so beautiful, especially dissonance that is frowned upon.
@Liz-cc6gt2 жыл бұрын
dissonance can be so so so beautiful
@carterw707 жыл бұрын
I played this piece before. It is such a beautiful piece.
@UCCJGUY4 жыл бұрын
This euphonium and horn part is the truth! I hope I get to play this someday!
@chrissygoxcrazy2900 Жыл бұрын
ITS SO GOOD
@StevenBidleman8 ай бұрын
I'm am very grateful to have been able to have recently worked on this amazing piece with John Mackey and I love it.
@elynnmassey5 жыл бұрын
my band sophomore year got to be one of the first bands to play this piece so our name is on the score and this piece means more and more to me every time I listen
@KevinDay7 жыл бұрын
There's a storm right now and it thundered right around 4:30. It was awesome.
@KevinDay7 жыл бұрын
Aaaand then again at 6:20... louder... less awesome, more surprising.
@jamesdaniel1045 жыл бұрын
@@KevinDay Mackey is just....that...GOOD!
@chantolove4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I’m so jealous. 4:53 would have been the perfect thunder hit time though
@datmangotho9618 Жыл бұрын
we’re playing this for my high school wind ensemble, it’s SO tranquil and peaceful and gorgeous I’m so glad we’re playing it
@joelsaucedo56076 жыл бұрын
i love how this song feels so sustained, yet so precise
@littlepigeon62686 жыл бұрын
playing this for my spring concert, first clarinet I love everything
@vardaanshah71677 жыл бұрын
Lol this starts on the same note as October
@ashleyjohnson616 жыл бұрын
This song gives me all kinds of emotions. It’s so beautiful. 3:00 is where it gets me
@jaustiinn5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best pieces of music ever written honestly. :' )
@jemstipher Жыл бұрын
My college's symphonic band played this earlier tonight and I had to go listen to it again. Thank you so much for posting this score/video and for creating it in the first place.
@gabrielecallisto4 жыл бұрын
Oboist here. This is true art. Thank you, Mr. Mackey.
@sylveonlover92973 жыл бұрын
My marching band is playing this for our Second movement in our show next year!
@shiprx8 ай бұрын
what school?
@martincamacho22443 жыл бұрын
Played this piece once as Bass Clarinet 1st chair 2020 but covid killed our UIL. Never got the chance to perform this beautiful piece.
@johnpcomposer2 жыл бұрын
Warm and beautiful music tinged with such deep sadness.
@evethetimewizard65023 жыл бұрын
Perfectly captures how something as beautiful and joyful as love can somehow tear you apart in your solitude
@skwoodilydoo40576 жыл бұрын
this is one of my favorite pieces of all time
@advaitramesh1644 жыл бұрын
I almost cried toward the end. Well done.
@mtr0626856 жыл бұрын
This piece has really grown on me. There are moments where it reminds me of the Mass from La Fiesta Mexicana. Job well done Mr. Mackey!
@dihydrogenmonoxide599411 ай бұрын
The devastating release at 5:03 after building for so long… ughhh it hurts so good
@abriellisk36856 жыл бұрын
I just played this for an honor band concert. It was truly moving and beautiful. Just listening to it makes me cry.
@majjspiritualbodycarearoma65086 жыл бұрын
Beautiful piece .one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard in my life
@quentinm.williams96 жыл бұрын
This song is so beautiful omg 😍♥️🌙 I recently played it for my fall band concert on second Clarinet 😍
@Gusrikh12 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful….
@tonyrosales87427 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your great music Mackey.
@寿司中毒7 жыл бұрын
I can see the cruel moon.
@bumblebeef952 Жыл бұрын
Gosh, I could sit and cry to this piece all day. So hauntingly beautiful.
@Swuidward_7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@asaudio4 жыл бұрын
And the night before my grad. Here I am, to reminisce.
@davekayla1200 Жыл бұрын
I love this piece sm. we played it in the wind ensemble my freshman year, but I wasn't selected so I got to listen to my band play it during a festival and it sounded so pretty. the emotion u feel when listening to it is astonishing. I get chills every time
@nightcorestar59772 жыл бұрын
4:20-5:10 always gives me chills
@booperhero89826 жыл бұрын
My honor band at band camp was the first band to perform this piece in our state.
@andymartin81625 жыл бұрын
I have a new favorite. His name is John Mackey.
@nigelroy17696 жыл бұрын
Truly Beautiful!
@paytonkempton555 Жыл бұрын
This is truly beautiful. I would love to conduct this with my future ensembles one day.
@perezgarridomusic7 жыл бұрын
What a nice piece of music!
@haveibutifo2 жыл бұрын
I love this piece!
@savvygurule1781 Жыл бұрын
I love listening to this song but I truly miss being able to sit in the middle of it. - High school clarinet player (who had one of the beautiful clarinet solos 😭)
@deanhaynes31366 жыл бұрын
This was a chop killer at honor band
@georgehillstrom300610 ай бұрын
can we talk about that alto sax solo at 2:56 and all the way until 3:28 was just pure beauty! It literally gave me many tears rolling down my face. I really wanna do this piece right now but i don't think my director would because the band im currently in is called concert band and its sheet music level is based on grade 3-3.5 level music but if i audition for my high school wind symphony i badly wanna do this piece, because this piece has been my favorite of yours, but i think this is my #1 favorite piece by you. #2 and 3 are lightning field and until the scars. i've done lightning field for my 9th grade which was fun as heck!!! anways john mackey you're amazing because your music got me into loving band!!
@martincamacho22443 жыл бұрын
Also respect to all Bass Clarinet player's who had to play the last 14 measures i believe holding out 1 note with just one breath and decrescendo while keeping the note steady.🤧🤧
@KeithOtisEdwards2 жыл бұрын
I keep a list of living composers whose work I admire, because I think that acoustic music should not be limited to music of the past. John Mackey’s position on this list changes depending on how much I enjoy a piece of his. After hearing this, Mackey is back up at number 3.
@RFKtoenail3 жыл бұрын
Have to learn this song in a week for all state band
@ryancnvr5 жыл бұрын
Quite a ravishing and extraordinary piece.
@Jaymac7204 жыл бұрын
I’m playing this in the LSU symphonic band in a few days
@alexmalkovich67506 жыл бұрын
Is someone crying around the 5:10 mark in the recording?
@andrewbowman25475 жыл бұрын
Im crying around 4:50
@chantolove4 жыл бұрын
It’s me
@ManuelHernandez-ed3be4 жыл бұрын
Perfect
@geevanh42002 жыл бұрын
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@benjaminfrancis78507 ай бұрын
Is this from wine-dark sea?
@JohnMackey7 ай бұрын
Yes! It's a shorter, easier adaptation of the middle movement of Wine-Dark Sea.
@jakecampbell57575 ай бұрын
An honorable discharge of moonlit breeze as cool as camphor on chafed lips..
@artlift35765 жыл бұрын
thank you
@vebz_68723 жыл бұрын
Who would've thought of all things an scp tale would lead me here. The song and the story give off a similiar vibe, not gonna lie
@chantolove3 жыл бұрын
Which SCP? :0
@vebz_68723 жыл бұрын
@@chantolove it's a valentines day themed tale about When Day Breaks. It's called This Cruel Moon, just like the song
@cgillespie357 ай бұрын
Playing this for mpa 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
@shawnpeterson18253 жыл бұрын
University of Wyoming symphonic band will be playing this tomorrow 3/22/21
@goldenlost1761 Жыл бұрын
Gonna be fun
@ashleycarol56 жыл бұрын
my school is preforming this (i’m third clarinet) and my band director is probably gonna cut me out of the song cause were too loud but this is absolutely beautiful and i️ don’t want to miss preforming it..
@coloraturaElise2 ай бұрын
I hope you learned how to control your sound better so you could enjoy it.
@cosmalad7 жыл бұрын
If this reminds anybody of Majora's Mask please say so
@peteroselador61326 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@queerspaghetti64795 жыл бұрын
I know this comment is from a year ago so sorry for the notification, but that's actually really neat if you hear a connection, as a few of Majora's Mask's songs are made to capture the grief and sorrow of Termina. It's "Cruel" that you have to experience everyone's misfortune over and over again. This song is about the grief and sorrow Calypso has to face, so that's pretty neat to hear connections of what "grief and sorrow" sound like.
@tuba_gruber4 жыл бұрын
Anybody else notice the main motif is john cena?
@chantolove4 жыл бұрын
DEAR GOD I CAN’T UNHEAR IT WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
@eboone5 ай бұрын
how to unhear
@strawbarely63675 жыл бұрын
5:03 5:06 😤👏🏻👏🏻
@SketchartStudios10155 жыл бұрын
The dark moon and its light.
@spookiedukey3 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about how the marimba part just exista
@hudsoncampos59763 жыл бұрын
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@jfman00066 жыл бұрын
Couchmen 2018
@holic83094 жыл бұрын
美しい、残酷なほどに。
@tylerkashow88587 жыл бұрын
This is literally the same as the 2nd movement of Wine Dark Sea
@JohnMackey7 жыл бұрын
(click "show more" above and see that yes, that's exactly what it is)
@tylerkashow88587 жыл бұрын
John Mackey ah I see. Got it. Wine Dark Sea is the most beautiful piece that I have ever played or heard
@sambitious7 жыл бұрын
John Mackey - This piece is exactly what I've been waiting for 🙏🏽🙏🏽. Immortal Thread, so Weak, along with the slower lyrical section of Aurora Awakes got me through some rough times. My gonna refer this piece to my high school teacher and hopefully we can play it. Lol my life would be complete. Edit: It’s three months later and I didn’t even ask my director if we could play this; we’re playing this at our next concert. My life is complete. Someone kill me now.
@HyyahDemacia6 жыл бұрын
Tyler Kashow It's an adaptation with some notable differences that do nothing to detract from the beauty of this music. There are some things I miss from the symphony, but for a Symphonic band setting this is absolutely wonderful.
@naveho72925 жыл бұрын
this sounds sort of like Movement 2 of Wine Dark Sea
@luce.35604 жыл бұрын
bruh
@eboone5 ай бұрын
read description
@willlob10876 жыл бұрын
Which band was it that was gonna perform this at Midwest?
@karinajohanna33176 жыл бұрын
will lob Wylie High School Wind Symphony
@harlow831052 жыл бұрын
for some reason my sister (a horn player) hated this song, and I don't know why. this may possibly be my favorite piece my Mackey, but them I'm also a flute player lol and the flute part has some ridiculously beautiful parts. idk. horn players, is your part boring? lol
@a_default58952 жыл бұрын
Horn part is not boring it is actually very well thought out for horn in this piece
@justwhy94272 жыл бұрын
Horn player here, kinda boring but we do get to do that signature horn blare(TM) during the climax which is pretty fun.
@holysmoke84392 жыл бұрын
Darn I thought u were the singer for Omen
@williamjohnston23124 жыл бұрын
Playing 2nd Clarinet at festival - wish me luck
@karlkitty4566 жыл бұрын
The trumpets at 4:30 give me chills every time
@harlow831052 жыл бұрын
jesus christ that release...4:48
@Inuosuwarii4 жыл бұрын
Is there a clarinet solo?
@lemonlimekebab50644 жыл бұрын
did you not see the first measure? lmao
@Inuosuwarii4 жыл бұрын
PencilLead I can’t see when the font is like -20 on my phone, but yes now that I pulled up the score on my lap top I can see it
@zaynemaddox25084 жыл бұрын
To be fair the clarinet was not hard to hear
@literallyhankhill5 жыл бұрын
4:49 Climax
@jmabry627 жыл бұрын
second
@jmabry627 жыл бұрын
Also I love your work
@SketchartStudios10156 жыл бұрын
This should be renamed to a funeral for a king.
@anastasiat44336 жыл бұрын
diontre boyce in my opinion that does not fit with what the piece is telling its about a tragic cursed love not death of someone who ruled just saying :)
@alyssai94935 жыл бұрын
I've this piece for an all region band and for a music camp and it is by far my favorite piece that I've ever played.
@a.nobodys.nobody Жыл бұрын
Wow, I feel completely alone but sharing a deep connection w the human condition and creative spirit.
@alyssar74775 жыл бұрын
Idk y this is in my recommended but we are playing this song at my school and I need to learn and memorize it cause our concert is in 2and a half weeks and I know like barely any of it so yeah. I play marimba 1.