Rhapsody for Euphonium by James Curnow

Performed by Randil Jeffreys, euphonium, and Heloise Clifford, piano

[@nicklaskent3289]

Euphoniums truly make the most beautiful sound in any band... I love playing mine :D

[@darthshitto2524]

Nicklas Kent French horn

[@mikemusikable]

Nicklas Kent much air - Little sound

[@davidsteve6025]

Same

[@erineetjulie8953]

Me too

[@portug_]

same

[@IGNSanity]

I have 14 days to learn this piece for a freshman year placement audition. 14 days. What the heck. Also this piece is fire.

[@nickshafer8162]

Well how did you do?!?!

[@g-whittington]

How did it go?

[@IGNSanity]

@@g-whittington got into the school, but declined the offer cause i wanted to play tennis instead.

[@zelxyrelxy8796]

How is a college level piece also considered a level 4 nyssma solo lol. I have 2 days to learn this and am thinking of not even trying

[@IGNSanity]

@@zelxyrelxy8796 idk man just do as well as you can ig

[@andiekaleigh3163]

i’m playing this tonight at my spring wind ensemble as a senior in highschool, super nervous! i absolutely love this recording the tone is insane

[@devilsauce8509]

Holy crap that is amazing. I absolutely love the Euphonium especially on dynamic and graceful songs such as Rhapsody. It is an amazing song and played by an amazing player. I absolutely love this piece and I envy him and want to become that good.

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

This works well with the Tuba aswell!

[@ibuprofen-noodles]

I'm only in my first year of learning to play the euphonium, but one day I hope to be able to play this piece as well. So inspiring!!

[@CarlosRamirez-ly7pd]

Have you?

[@ねぎたま-n7u]

この動画で勉強してこれ吹いて金賞取れました(*´ω`*)

[@TheGlobglogabgalab]

I am in the 4th year of Euphonium and I have to learn this piece for a competition final. And I watch this video every single day

[@torosax]

This is one of my all-time favorite instrumental solos! You have such a beautiful tone! Thank you for posting this!

[@bodazaphfa]

Amazing piece. I knew Mr. Curnow many many years ago when I was with the Salvation Army. One of his daughters was a childhood sweetheart of mine. Such a great time.

[@georgicarolus5674]

Playing for my freshmen year! So exited

[@gigaorion3425]

This is honestly the best recording of this on KZbin. Thanks for sharing, this helped me with my college auditions so much!

[@717chris1able]

I like how you played it with the piano, I could hear you much better than I can with the whole band accompaniments. You sound great!

[@andilemngomezulu7504]

Beautiful sound❤️ I played this for my final exam in highschool... It was such a lovely piece to play

[@erica9443]

this is absolutely gorgeous!!

[@brysonriley6113]

Thanks for posting this!made it to state solo and ensamble with this piece, and i listened to this to get the idea of what it was supposed to sound like.thank you!

[@veraosmantseva8178]

Wonderful velvety sound and my son would really like to play it. Thank you for sharing the recording.

[@fireywitch1980]

You have just wonderful tone! I love it. I hope that one of these days I can play my euphonium this well

[@taidriscoll1580]

I was just really getting into playing well and then covid hit before my first whole year off it was over and I didn’t play for three years so I’m starting over with a bunch of people way ahead of me. Hopefully I can play like this before senior year

[@星丸岡]

めっちゃ上手いですね！

[@carleyEUPH]

Absolutely breathtaking! Could listen to you play this piece for hours!

[@CoCo-nf7nt]

素敵すぎて涙出ます、、

[@Nachos.1]

A very Beautiful piece Im learning this for High School Solo contest because my director said i needed a step down from the one I used to score a 1 at state last year.

[@txsumusicman4162]

Great job! Just purchased this piece today. Looking forward to playing it

[@jasonmccoy3073]

Beautiful tone.

[@massmanute]

I am working on this for my jury piece for my euphonium lessons this semester. It is actually beyond my capabilities, and I only have a short time to prepare, but I'm going to give it the "college try" as they say. This recording will help a lot. I noticed a few slight changes compared to the sheet music I have. It sounded like in a few places it was taken down to a lower note for one or two notes, and instead of holding the last note over there measures there was a breath and then re-hitting the same not. Am I hearing this right? Or possibly my sheet music has a few errors.

[@Theophanes300]

Darren, the piece is written in C.

[@なっちゃん-s9l]

この曲吹いて、金賞代表もらった！！！

[@mmm-fk2lm]

mina 22 突然すみません この曲の最高音は何ですか？

[@TakumaHonjo]

。 。 楽譜上はAです！でももし、最後の全音符を上げるならHiHか、HiDですかね〜

[@Mikurin-ih3qm]

なっちゃん 23 難しかったですか？

[@千葉和郎-d1w]

おめでとうございます！

[@ラズベリー-j6r]

本所拓真 さん 本物ですか、、？

[@Italian22222]

Holy crap this dude is talented!! 🤩

[@lcctrombone]

Very nice sound! Thanks for posting

[@千葉和郎-d1w]

私もこれ吹きます！ソロコンで オーディション頑張ります

[@Theophanes300]

Thanks for the kind words! Unfortunately, I do not want to break copyright laws by sending the accompaniment to your email. You can purchase it fairly inexpensively on sites such as JustForBrass.

[@realcolorblind]

good job bro! keep it up!

[@realcolorblind]

:)

[@popsering7196]

Playing this as my first horn solo (Ive been playing for only 3 weeks)

[@gregbray37]

Great jpb. I am playing it this semester for my college jury piece.

[@sethfoster440]

Wow! Really inspiring

[@patrickking3409]

Beautiful playing.

[@andypandy123ish]

No problem. My sister has to play this at her audition, and this is the only recording she'll listen to because she loves it. :)

[@franbroughton6854]

Beautiful!!

[@AydenLara-t4o]

I'm doing this for state and i have to memorize this whole song off memory hopefully i got it lol

[@Theophanes300]

Have fun working on the piece. It is one of my favorites.

[@andypandy123ish]

Wow! This is gorgeous! My sister is using this as inspiration for her NYBB audition this year. :)

[@pabloalonso740]

Where I can found the music sheet for the euphonium in C???

[@Theophanes300]

Thank you very much!

[@まりも-c4o]

2:07から好き

[@piggeldy_]

Thats really great !

[@TheListerbo]

Nice recording, very helpful to listen to

[@プロマイドクリスチャン]

先輩と顧問に怒られながら必死に練習した思い出が… ソロ曲の中でいちばんすき

[@connieflunker6195]

So where did you end up going to grad school? Where are you playing now? Thank you so much for posting this! It’s helping my daughter prepare for solo and ensemble!

[@Theophanes300]

Thanks!

[@yutthasakp]

Great sound ^^

[@Theophanes300]

Thanks! In this video, I am playing the Besson Prestige 2052 with the new SM3X mouthpiece.

[@ethan2bart]

That's what I was thinking, I currently use the SM4U and may just have to give that one a try!

[@Theophanes300]

Thanks! It wasn't a recital or anything special. I needed to make some videos for potential graduate school auditions. This was actually the first and only take of this piece.

[@noelgarcia831]

Any special advice for playing this piece? I'll be (hopefully) auditioning for the UT school of music with this piece. Any help would be great, I love this!

[@ihqlolwtfomg]

Awesome. This song is now my homework and I have a lot of pressure... :-D

[@Icegolem4]

I played this in 8th grade and liked it

[@gabriella7802]

This helped a lot

[@diegojunia5619]

Alguien me podria ayudar con las partes de piano de esta magnifica obra?

[@stawberryphotobutspanish]

Oi thats my private lesson teacher mr jefferys

[@stawberryphotobutspanish]

Letts gooo mr jeffjeff

[@tomwood8912]

Playing this for my grade 7 exam next week

[@ああ-x2i2p]

(I’m Japanese) I’m happy to lessen your music.Where did you buy this musical score?

[@darrenmaschino2785]

Im thinking about buying this peice do you know what key its in?

[@Theophanes300]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@msom1]

so very hyped to learn this in 6 days for my college apps :|

[@simoneium]

Felt that

[@ethan2bart]

I love the tone! What mouthpiece are you using if you don't mind me asking?

[@LowReedExpert1]

I hate to ask because I'm sure many people do, but any advice on playing valved low brass? I play through high/low woodwinds and high brass. But outside of a marching field(HBCU style) I have very litlle low brass experience and am having a tough time getting a great sound out of my baritone(I need to sound good before i start on a euph, in my opinion)

[@seangriffin5967]

Not sure why you think you need to get a good sound out of your baritone first. The two instruments don't sound too similar, and I definitely sound a million times better on the euph than the baritone just because the baritone doesn't have as pleasant of a sound. However, one thing I will say is use lots and lots of air. Lots of air creates a good tone.

[@LowReedExpert1]

Sean Griffin I may not have worded that correctly, I mean i already own my baritone and i'd rather figure it out well enough before getting another. And i guess it seems like any other instrument with air being key. As a side note i wouldn't the baritone isn't as pleasant, just a bit of a different timbre

[@seangriffin5967]

LowReedExpert1 Ah ok. And I didn't really mean it's unpleasant, I just personally prefer the euphonium sound to the baritone a lot more.

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

@@seangriffin5967 exactly, and he might prefer the baritone sound over the euph so he might think it’s more pleasant maybe lol

[@leonardoflta]

it's written in C, but it's playing in D?

[@Janababash]

2:13

[@adrianabecerra2078]

Can this be played with any tempo?

[@joshuamcniven]

This is incredible. Is this for a college recital? I'm currently trying to find music for auditions going into my senior year of high school. Absolutely beautiful, man,

[@sahilmistry5883]

im playing this for my 8th grade solo contest

[@1515-o6k]

今度先輩が、ソロコンでやるー！

[@まるちみさいる]

15 15 私もー！！

[@hikari5717]

私も今年のソロコンでふこうとおもいます！

[@applebite57_37]

1:24

[@applebite57_37]

2:12

[@frxgprince9701]

Does anyone have this in treble clef?

[@phillipstone4383]

If you wanna email me the piece I'll write it out in treble clef for you.

[@christianash4748]

Phillip Stone u have it in bass clef?

[@phillipstone4383]

CHRISTIAN ASH No I dont but I was saying if anybody does i'll transpose it

[@reganpalmer2743]

JWPepper has it for 21$ (Solo plus shipping, shipping cost may differ I don't know) that's piano, treble and bass

[@petrlikd]

Im have in TC if you want?!

[@dontknow1684]

What is this piece called

[@waspsandwich6548]

It's in the title? It's literally just called Rhapsody for euphonium

[@TheListerbo]

I love this recording though I think its a BIT slow in places.

[@SolUploadz]

Isn't the point of it to be slow in places and fast in places?

[@biggusmickus1707]

Its written in F

[@GRAZIE2002]

You're right

[@ClmbnLoco19]

Is he double tonguing the sixteenth notes

[@Theophanes300]

Everything was single.

[@ClmbnLoco19]

any suggestions on playing them? cause im having trouble playing it consistently? single or double, i got the fingers down

[@Theophanes300]

Alejandro Escobar It is best to be sure you are using a very consistent air stream throughout all of the faster notes. The articulation will take care of the style at this tempo, but there will be no sound without a properly supported column of air. Best of luck!

[@MrFlashyDiablo]

Hi, I am playing this for my first solo and ensembles. I mostly have everything down, but I wanted to know what did you do exactly to learn this piece. I have trouble with the sixteenth notes and hitting that high "A" and "G" on command. Please reply back if you can.

[@Theophanes300]

For the sixteenth notes, focus on moving the air through the entirety of the line. The notes will be "short" because of the articulation, but do not let the air slow down. For playing the upper notes, practice singing and hearing the intervals in order to get your mind more comfortable with the notes. This will help with staying calm with your air and embouchure when approaching them. It is also helpful to practice playing the upper notes isolated. This will help you to build muscle memory for those notes. Best of luck!

[@bclk1136]

5:04 4:52

[@julianhowes759]

Noice

[@whoitsam.9208]

I want dubstep of this...

[@SolUploadz]

Lmao

[@Misoramentabetai]

音間違えてませんか？

[@Ryoma-nk8bs]

県大会金賞取りました！

[@千葉和郎-d1w]

0426 Ryoma 遅いけどw おめでとう！

[@あいうえおかきくけこ-e8u]

もっと遅いけどおめでとう

[@夜桜-l2b]

もっともっと遅いけどおめでとう

[@mokkori960]

更に遅いけどおめでとう

[@hectorsnorklefink3614]

ok

[@Theophanes300]

Thanks! It wasn't a recital or anything special. I needed to make some videos for potential graduate school auditions. This was actually the first and only take of this piece.

[@Theophanes300]

Thanks!

[@Theophanes300]

Thanks!