Mackey: This Cruel Moon

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John Mackey

John Mackey

Күн бұрын

"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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@shiraisasu
@shiraisasu 5 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!
@DreamlessSleepwalker
@DreamlessSleepwalker 5 жыл бұрын
piece*
@clemenshenning5525
@clemenshenning5525 5 жыл бұрын
@@DreamlessSleepwalker gonna cry over that, rather than over the piece/song itself?
@donnadolson8089
@donnadolson8089 2 жыл бұрын
M
@AdventuresInMyaLand
@AdventuresInMyaLand 5 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
@abbie657
@abbie657 2 жыл бұрын
"you will never be as good as John Mackey"
@yekcvke9213
@yekcvke9213 7 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.
@georgesikorski9891
@georgesikorski9891 7 жыл бұрын
Yekcvke 9 I... That's... Reflective... Damn...
@takinoborudesu
@takinoborudesu 6 жыл бұрын
someone has synesthesia
@shiraisasu
@shiraisasu 5 жыл бұрын
lol it’s actually about Calypso
@chantolove
@chantolove 4 жыл бұрын
Get a publisher
@acoasting8200
@acoasting8200 2 жыл бұрын
What a take
@junejuly5967
@junejuly5967 6 жыл бұрын
The course of true love never did run smooth.
@WoefulCrowd
@WoefulCrowd 6 жыл бұрын
My high school band played the second ever performance of this piece. It was both an honor and a pleasure.
@WoefulCrowd
@WoefulCrowd 6 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.
@chantolove
@chantolove 4 жыл бұрын
Someone else in the comments went to your school I think :0
@jessicameza1100
@jessicameza1100 6 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!!!
@yotuba9493
@yotuba9493 3 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
@sarahgalassini5188
@sarahgalassini5188 5 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
@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!
@bradfordwebster3181
@bradfordwebster3181 7 жыл бұрын
This piece of music brings so many different emotions out of me. Beautiful.
@Aisluin
@Aisluin 2 жыл бұрын
Some friends of mine played this in their first concert post-lockdown, and I've loved it ever since.
@advaitramesh164
@advaitramesh164 4 жыл бұрын
I had no idea dissonance could be so beautiful, especially dissonance that is frowned upon.
@Liz-cc6gt
@Liz-cc6gt 2 жыл бұрын
dissonance can be so so so beautiful
@carterw70
@carterw70 7 жыл бұрын
I played this piece before. It is such a beautiful piece.
@StevenBidleman
@StevenBidleman 8 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.
@UCCJGUY
@UCCJGUY 4 жыл бұрын
This euphonium and horn part is the truth! I hope I get to play this someday!
@chrissygoxcrazy2900
@chrissygoxcrazy2900 Жыл бұрын
ITS SO GOOD
@datmangotho9618
@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
@KevinDay
@KevinDay 7 жыл бұрын
There's a storm right now and it thundered right around 4:30. It was awesome.
@KevinDay
@KevinDay 7 жыл бұрын
Aaaand then again at 6:20... louder... less awesome, more surprising.
@jamesdaniel104
@jamesdaniel104 5 жыл бұрын
@@KevinDay Mackey is just....that...GOOD!
@chantolove
@chantolove 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I’m so jealous. 4:53 would have been the perfect thunder hit time though
@elynnmassey
@elynnmassey 5 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
@vardaanshah7167
@vardaanshah7167 7 жыл бұрын
Lol this starts on the same note as October
@joelsaucedo5607
@joelsaucedo5607 6 жыл бұрын
i love how this song feels so sustained, yet so precise
@littlepigeon6268
@littlepigeon6268 6 жыл бұрын
playing this for my spring concert, first clarinet I love everything
@jemstipher
@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.
@sylveonlover9297
@sylveonlover9297 3 жыл бұрын
My marching band is playing this for our Second movement in our show next year!
@shiprx
@shiprx 8 ай бұрын
what school?
@evethetimewizard6502
@evethetimewizard6502 3 жыл бұрын
Perfectly captures how something as beautiful and joyful as love can somehow tear you apart in your solitude
@jaustiinn
@jaustiinn 5 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best pieces of music ever written honestly. :' )
@johnpcomposer
@johnpcomposer 2 жыл бұрын
Warm and beautiful music tinged with such deep sadness.
@gabrielecallisto
@gabrielecallisto 4 жыл бұрын
Oboist here. This is true art. Thank you, Mr. Mackey.
@ashleyjohnson61
@ashleyjohnson61 6 жыл бұрын
This song gives me all kinds of emotions. It’s so beautiful. 3:00 is where it gets me
@martincamacho2244
@martincamacho2244 3 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.
@alyssai9493
@alyssai9493 5 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.
@dihydrogenmonoxide5994
@dihydrogenmonoxide5994 11 ай бұрын
The devastating release at 5:03 after building for so long… ughhh it hurts so good
@mtr062685
@mtr062685 6 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!
@abriellisk3685
@abriellisk3685 6 жыл бұрын
I just played this for an honor band concert. It was truly moving and beautiful. Just listening to it makes me cry.
@skwoodilydoo4057
@skwoodilydoo4057 6 жыл бұрын
this is one of my favorite pieces of all time
@advaitramesh164
@advaitramesh164 4 жыл бұрын
I almost cried toward the end. Well done.
@majjspiritualbodycarearoma6508
@majjspiritualbodycarearoma6508 6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful piece .one of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard in my life
@quentinm.williams9
@quentinm.williams9 6 жыл бұрын
This song is so beautiful omg 😍♥️🌙 I recently played it for my fall band concert on second Clarinet 😍
@Gusrikh1
@Gusrikh1 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful….
@davekayla1200
@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
@tonyrosales8742
@tonyrosales8742 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your great music Mackey.
@a.nobodys.nobody
@a.nobodys.nobody Жыл бұрын
Wow, I feel completely alone but sharing a deep connection w the human condition and creative spirit.
@bumblebeef952
@bumblebeef952 Жыл бұрын
Gosh, I could sit and cry to this piece all day. So hauntingly beautiful.
@asaudio
@asaudio 4 жыл бұрын
And the night before my grad. Here I am, to reminisce.
@寿司中毒
@寿司中毒 7 жыл бұрын
I can see the cruel moon.
@paytonkempton555
@paytonkempton555 Жыл бұрын
This is truly beautiful. I would love to conduct this with my future ensembles one day.
@booperhero8982
@booperhero8982 6 жыл бұрын
My honor band at band camp was the first band to perform this piece in our state.
@andymartin8162
@andymartin8162 5 жыл бұрын
I have a new favorite. His name is John Mackey.
@Swuidward_
@Swuidward_ 7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@nightcorestar5977
@nightcorestar5977 2 жыл бұрын
4:20-5:10 always gives me chills
@savvygurule1781
@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 😭)
@georgehillstrom3006
@georgehillstrom3006 10 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!!
@KeithOtisEdwards
@KeithOtisEdwards 2 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.
@deanhaynes3136
@deanhaynes3136 6 жыл бұрын
This was a chop killer at honor band
@nigelroy1769
@nigelroy1769 6 жыл бұрын
Truly Beautiful!
@martincamacho2244
@martincamacho2244 3 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.🤧🤧
@haveibutifo
@haveibutifo 2 жыл бұрын
I love this piece!
@perezgarridomusic
@perezgarridomusic 7 жыл бұрын
What a nice piece of music!
@ryancnvr
@ryancnvr 5 жыл бұрын
Quite a ravishing and extraordinary piece.
@RFKtoenail
@RFKtoenail 3 жыл бұрын
Have to learn this song in a week for all state band
@Jaymac720
@Jaymac720 4 жыл бұрын
I’m playing this in the LSU symphonic band in a few days
@geevanh4200
@geevanh4200 2 жыл бұрын
HBD! ♥ Daniela Magálová (Daniela Alexandra Magal) ( 31. srpna 1966♥ SEMPER FIDELIS #QUA PATET ORBIS #JE MAINTAN DRAI ! ♫♪ great ♫♪♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @/bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding! Compliments! #SEMPER FI #QPO #JMD🎵🎼🎼🎶🎵🥁🎺👌👌🙏🎺
@jakecampbell5757
@jakecampbell5757 5 ай бұрын
An honorable discharge of moonlit breeze as cool as camphor on chafed lips..
@ManuelHernandez-ed3be
@ManuelHernandez-ed3be 4 жыл бұрын
Perfect
@shawnpeterson1825
@shawnpeterson1825 3 жыл бұрын
University of Wyoming symphonic band will be playing this tomorrow 3/22/21
@ashleycarol5
@ashleycarol5 6 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..
@coloraturaElise
@coloraturaElise 2 ай бұрын
I hope you learned how to control your sound better so you could enjoy it.
@naveho7292
@naveho7292 5 жыл бұрын
this sounds sort of like Movement 2 of Wine Dark Sea
@luce.3560
@luce.3560 4 жыл бұрын
bruh
@eboone
@eboone 5 ай бұрын
read description
@alexmalkovich6750
@alexmalkovich6750 6 жыл бұрын
Is someone crying around the 5:10 mark in the recording?
@andrewbowman2547
@andrewbowman2547 5 жыл бұрын
Im crying around 4:50
@chantolove
@chantolove 4 жыл бұрын
It’s me
@artlift3576
@artlift3576 5 жыл бұрын
thank you
@vebz_6872
@vebz_6872 3 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
@chantolove
@chantolove 3 жыл бұрын
Which SCP? :0
@vebz_6872
@vebz_6872 3 жыл бұрын
@@chantolove it's a valentines day themed tale about When Day Breaks. It's called This Cruel Moon, just like the song
@cgillespie35
@cgillespie35 7 ай бұрын
Playing this for mpa 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
@cosmalad
@cosmalad 7 жыл бұрын
If this reminds anybody of Majora's Mask please say so
@peteroselador6132
@peteroselador6132 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@queerspaghetti6479
@queerspaghetti6479 5 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_gruber
@tuba_gruber 4 жыл бұрын
Anybody else notice the main motif is john cena?
@chantolove
@chantolove 4 жыл бұрын
DEAR GOD I CAN’T UNHEAR IT WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT
@eboone
@eboone 5 ай бұрын
how to unhear
@goldenlost1761
@goldenlost1761 Жыл бұрын
Gonna be fun
@spookiedukey
@spookiedukey 3 жыл бұрын
Can we talk about how the marimba part just exista
@benjaminfrancis7850
@benjaminfrancis7850 7 ай бұрын
Is this from wine-dark sea?
@JohnMackey
@JohnMackey 7 ай бұрын
Yes! It's a shorter, easier adaptation of the middle movement of Wine-Dark Sea.
@SketchartStudios1015
@SketchartStudios1015 5 жыл бұрын
The dark moon and its light.
@strawbarely6367
@strawbarely6367 5 жыл бұрын
5:03 5:06 😤👏🏻👏🏻
@hudsoncampos5976
@hudsoncampos5976 3 жыл бұрын
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@harlow83105
@harlow83105 2 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_default5895
@a_default5895 2 жыл бұрын
Horn part is not boring it is actually very well thought out for horn in this piece
@justwhy9427
@justwhy9427 2 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.
@tylerkashow8858
@tylerkashow8858 7 жыл бұрын
This is literally the same as the 2nd movement of Wine Dark Sea
@JohnMackey
@JohnMackey 7 жыл бұрын
(click "show more" above and see that yes, that's exactly what it is)
@tylerkashow8858
@tylerkashow8858 7 жыл бұрын
John Mackey ah I see. Got it. Wine Dark Sea is the most beautiful piece that I have ever played or heard
@sambitious
@sambitious 7 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.
@HyyahDemacia
@HyyahDemacia 6 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.
@williamjohnston2312
@williamjohnston2312 4 жыл бұрын
Playing 2nd Clarinet at festival - wish me luck
@holysmoke8439
@holysmoke8439 2 жыл бұрын
Darn I thought u were the singer for Omen
@jfman0006
@jfman0006 6 жыл бұрын
Couchmen 2018
@holic8309
@holic8309 4 жыл бұрын
美しい、残酷なほどに。
@willlob1087
@willlob1087 6 жыл бұрын
Which band was it that was gonna perform this at Midwest?
@karinajohanna3317
@karinajohanna3317 6 жыл бұрын
will lob Wylie High School Wind Symphony
@alyssar7477
@alyssar7477 5 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.
@karlkitty456
@karlkitty456 6 жыл бұрын
The trumpets at 4:30 give me chills every time
@harlow83105
@harlow83105 2 жыл бұрын
jesus christ that release...4:48
@Inuosuwarii
@Inuosuwarii 4 жыл бұрын
Is there a clarinet solo?
@lemonlimekebab5064
@lemonlimekebab5064 4 жыл бұрын
did you not see the first measure? lmao
@Inuosuwarii
@Inuosuwarii 4 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
@zaynemaddox2508
@zaynemaddox2508 4 жыл бұрын
To be fair the clarinet was not hard to hear
@literallyhankhill
@literallyhankhill 5 жыл бұрын
4:49 Climax
@jmabry62
@jmabry62 7 жыл бұрын
second
@jmabry62
@jmabry62 7 жыл бұрын
Also I love your work
@SketchartStudios1015
@SketchartStudios1015 6 жыл бұрын
This should be renamed to a funeral for a king.
@anastasiat4433
@anastasiat4433 6 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 :)
@Gabriel_-pm5vi
@Gabriel_-pm5vi 6 жыл бұрын
3 dislikes?? Damn feminists!
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