Michael Mulcahy plays Leopold Mozart (part 1)

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Concerto for Alto Trombone, in D major by Leopold Mozart
Michael Mulcahy, soloist
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

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@philosophicallyspeaking6463 5 ай бұрын

Nicely done (don't let the American 'way' spoil you). I wish this piece had been around when I was performing. So much of the repertoire, like the Albrectsberger and Wagenseil concertos, are conspicuously second rate compositions, and I was unable to be thankful for the small mercy of their presence when I needed repertoire, so I loathed them every time I played them in recital. Eventually, not being willing to assault another audience with the Creston et al, and having performed the Tomasi and the Bloch (the only musically relevant trombone concertos in the repertoire in my time that an audience 'might' find favor for) more times than I can count, I retired them all and moved to transcriptions of all kinds, and finally felt musically motivated and additive. Then I just retired. I was much happier as a retired orchestral trombonist playing music...musically, instead of orchestrally where volume and inordinate sustain are all that matters, and their constant entertainment disturbs a more...natural lyrical approach and soloistic approach to the trombone and the technique and facility excluded by the pursuit of inordinate tone and volume.

@colbone1 14 жыл бұрын

One of the best musicians in the trombone world to be sure. Always inspiring.

@DezzaManezza154 9 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful tone :)

@felixburghelea Жыл бұрын

what year is this concert from? I assume is in the 90s, when Barnenboim was CSOs music director.

@trmbnkory 12 жыл бұрын

Umm Mulcahy played the 2nd movement first then 3 and 1. He can do whatever the hell he wants.

@MuchSmarterThanYou 12 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, elegant, rock-solid playing. Sounds like it's about one cycle flat, though. I think he shades the notes just a bit flat to achieve a somewhat darker sound. The best performance of this I ever heard was by Branimir Slokar.

@Shdan125 13 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting. Never knew Leo wrote such beautiful music.

@brennannelson2086 10 жыл бұрын

2:18

@thomasnelson2979 3 жыл бұрын

amazingly beautiful playing isn't it?

@evanclifton1786 11 жыл бұрын

He did that because in the original context of the piece, in Leopold Mozart's Grand Serenade, that's the order. They're actually the 6th, 7th, and 8th mvts. But for performance by themselves it can go either way, you can do it in the original order or 2, 3, 1.

@Mulcbone 14 жыл бұрын

Beautiful playing, Mick!

@giovannigallegos4060 10 ай бұрын

What town did he say they found it in? I cant spell it to save my life

@brassheavy 14 жыл бұрын

I wish I could sing like that............

@ever1270 Жыл бұрын

Fantástico,de uruguay.

@AndyHirt 12 жыл бұрын

Trombone in D?? Could this have been written for a tromba da tirarsi?? (the melody is slow-not many quick notes-that's how melodies for the TDT were written). I wonder what the score actually says...

@profesorvictorromano1753 10 ай бұрын

Maybe it was originally written for a sackbutt.

@LuisFredTrombon 14 жыл бұрын

YES!!! It has finally made it, beautiful playing maestro.

@bckm54 8 жыл бұрын

I used to play the baritone trombone, very sparingly (I played many instruments, 12 or 13, and the trombone was down the list, probably #9 or 10), but that doesn't mean I didn't love it. I just wasn't very good at it. One thing I noticed with trombone music is that there aren't many trills (at least, not that I remember). One of the trombone's many good qualities is that is inherently a melodic instrument, meaning it can sing much better than many others. Question to all the trombone virtuosi out there: is the trill just one of the trombone's "occupational hazards"? I think the tone is beautiful, but it should get more time in the sun than this and the Rimski-Korsakov...

@tanjaba 8 жыл бұрын

Late answer: trills are really hard to play. you can't do it with the slide (just image it XD). on some notes you can fake it with the valve but real trills are really, really fast lip slurs. you need to practise this for a long time and it's really difficult to achieve this flexibility

@bckm54 8 жыл бұрын

Anja, thank you for your reply. It's good to know the tradeoffs on a beautiful instrument like any of the trombones. I can easily imagine playing with the trombone parts and pairing them with another instrument, like the French Horn, and telling the hornist he or she has to trill while the trombone is busy carrying the melodic line... :)