I played this for my degree recital and I have to say that this was one of my most favorite pieces to perform! For those who are wondering and have not purchased the music yet, the highest note is technically the second C above the staff, however there is an ossia (written as "play if able!" lol) which goes to the second D above the staff, which is how it is performed in this recording. It is very possible! Do not let the music intimidate you. With some practice, the runs (even the ones in the ossia, 21 in a beat!) will come as second nature. Enjoy playing!
I got the sheet music towards the end of 11th grade, and I'm performing it for my 12th grade recital. I'm very fond of this piece too, and I really enjoy the technical challenges as well. I will nail that 21-note beat eventually and all the other ossias eventually!
@@rosemarieperks4468 It’s hard to choose, but I like Curves, Deep Blue, Orange Dawn, and Maya all more. Touching the Ether is a cool piece too - it blew my mind when I heard Ian perform it (and Deep Blue) live and tell the story of the piece.
I heard him play this in person and it took my breath away! Without question one of my favourite composers. I adore playing this piece! When I first started flute, this was exactly the kind of piece I pictured myself playing - absolutely beautiful!
My teacher suggested for me to play this piece for solo and ensemble and i’m so glad I did and now i’m going to state. I absolutely love this piece I didn’t know I had the skills to play this wonderful piece.
Ian Clarke is one of the best things to happen to flute. I heard this, and instantly decided to add this to my senior recital. It really is just a great piece.
I played this yesterday at this event our school went to... I had been working months on this and I DID IT and I just felt so accomplished and all I focused on when performing was the beauty of it. Ian Clarke is truly a master at his work. I want to compose like him someday. Maybe not as a career but it’s definitely on my bucket list. I’m gonna remember when I performed this piece forever.
After listening to this a few times, I have to say this may possibly be to my knowledge, the greatest composition for Flute (and piano) of our time!!! PHENOMENAL!!!!!
nah, it's good but I wouldn't say that it's anywhere near the greatest modern flute piece. it's not even the best Ian Clarke piece, let alone coming anywhere close to some of the marvelous flute concertos that modern composers have been writing the last couple decades.
I'm trying to play this for a high school solo and ensemble, I just realized that I don't have anywhere near the musical knowledge to perform all the musicality that is in this recording. This shows me just how far I have to go, and I am very grateful to see what true mastery of an instrument looks like
Get the sheet music. Play it ugly from beginning to end. Then break it down into chunks, one or two bars at time. Slow the difficult parts down until you are comfortable with each bar. Repeat, repeat, repeat until you own it.
I'm about to play this tomorrow for my recital and I can honestly say it's one of my favorite solos I've played, I'm nervous but also excited because no one at my teachers studio has played it yet
Having passed my grade 8 a few years ago, I can say the recent Ian Clarke pieces are probably too difficult for this grade (Hypnosis and The Mad Hatter), amazing as they sound. I do love this piece I'm doing a recital with it in a few months. To anyone who wants to play this, play Sunstreams first - much easier to master and on the easier end of grade 8.
I Absolutely adore Ian Clarke's works! This one is by far, my favourite though... I'm learning it for my flute lessons, and played it for hours on end without growing tired of it! I'm just having a hard time with the 64th and 32nd note sections, but it'll come with practice ;)
Going back listening to this piece is just simply amazing!! Best part is I'm learning this piece for my jury! My flute teacher approved of it so much that she ordered 2 copies online; one for her and another for me. :D
Just found this piece in my high school music library, listened to it and immediately chose it for uil solo and ensemble. I’m not at the level to play this yet but I hope to get there in the next two months
Несколько лет назад играла это произведение в аранжировке для оркестра. Сама скрипачка, но какие чувства я получала от этого произведения и от игры нашей солистки! Она была великолепна... Вообще, если сравнивать две версии (где аккомпанемент играет фортепиано и где оркестр), обе хороши по-своему. В фортепианной версии какой-то минималистический шарм, а в оркестровой, лично для мен, полное погружение в произведение. Каждый инструмент вносит свою лепту в общую картину и это звучит невероятно полно, глубоко и разнообразно. Верхние ноты аккомпанемента прекрасно исполняли скрипки, а глубоки басовые - виолончели. Но все жето произведение прекрасно, вне зависимости от того, какие инструменты его исполняют. Надеюсь, что спустя ещё какое-то время, я снова вспомню об этом произведении и вернусь, чтобы переслушать.
TheNavyShorts Roll out an insane amount. You can see when I play this that I roll out a ridiculous amount approaching those bars. Then as I go up to the high D, I just blow straight across. Coming down, then roll back in. I couldn't do it all until I rolled out a lot.
@katie holton I felt the same way as I play clarinet too. I would recommend a few pieces that are really lovely to play that (I find at least) are close to this contemporary style, these are; petite piece (debussy), premiere rhapsodie (debussy) and Claribel (eugene bozza).
+Sally Anne Chestnut I forgot I'd ever made this comment, haha. I'm so glad I learned how to play it now, it's one that people like to hear me play... there was a lot of hard work involved though, especially on those top Cs...
@MarbleArts2011 It's essentially a performance exam. You work during your lessons developing a repertoire that you perform in front of a panel. And then the panel gives you all types of feedback.
My teacher gave this piece to me and it's soo beautiful but at the same time so frustrating that, even if I could play it without making mistakes (which I still can't since I still need to practice), I won't be able to play it as beautifully as this flute :'D
@MarbleArts2011 Yeah, the high bit still isn't accurate enough, but it'll come. And yeah, I'm trying to play the optional harder parts. I'm almost able to play them, but again, they just aren't fully there yet :) You?
My god, this piece is just beautiful! Funny how this piece is Grade 8 for other syllabi and it's Grade 9 for the Royal Conservatory Syllabus. Oh well, different strokes I guess. Either way, still such a beautiful piece!
Make sure to breathe!!! Put your heart and soul into it and it'll be an amazing performance! Did it for my grade 8 and I got a distinction because I chose the harder parts! Good luck in your exam!!
god, the pitch bend at the end gets me every time
My God, this song is amazing. This and his "maya" are two of my favorite flute pieces. This is just ... *sigh*
A friend of mine just played both maya and hypnosis at our local solo/ensemble contest
have u seen his "orange dawn"?
I played this for my degree recital and I have to say that this was one of my most favorite pieces to perform! For those who are wondering and have not purchased the music yet, the highest note is technically the second C above the staff, however there is an ossia (written as "play if able!" lol) which goes to the second D above the staff, which is how it is performed in this recording. It is very possible! Do not let the music intimidate you. With some practice, the runs (even the ones in the ossia, 21 in a beat!) will come as second nature. Enjoy playing!
Hi, do you know where can I get the sheet?
@@rosolek94 I think I got mine from JW Pepper
A. P. Online from JustFlutes xxx
I got the sheet music towards the end of 11th grade, and I'm performing it for my 12th grade recital. I'm very fond of this piece too, and I really enjoy the technical challenges as well. I will nail that 21-note beat eventually and all the other ossias eventually!
It’s right up there at the top of best ever written flute music. Phenomenal.
it's good, but I wouldn't say THAT. It's not even the best Ian Clarke piece imo
@@absidyabsidy2727 what is your favourite piece of Ian Clarke?I do like them all but this is my favourite personally.
@@rosemarieperks4468 It’s hard to choose, but I like Curves, Deep Blue, Orange Dawn, and Maya all more. Touching the Ether is a cool piece too - it blew my mind when I heard Ian perform it (and Deep Blue) live and tell the story of the piece.
My sister has been playing this since about age 15 and now she is 20 and I cry every time I listen to her play it still
I heard him play this in person and it took my breath away! Without question one of my favourite composers. I adore playing this piece! When I first started flute, this was exactly the kind of piece I pictured myself playing - absolutely beautiful!
someday I'll play the flute like this
Irene Roga It's been a year! How's your flute journey going?
2 years now!
You can do it !!
Three years now
four years now :)
My teacher suggested for me to play this piece for solo and ensemble and i’m so glad I did and now i’m going to state. I absolutely love this piece I didn’t know I had the skills to play this wonderful piece.
So blessed that Ian has been my principal teacher for 4 years❤️ such a wonderful man❤️
💜👍🎶
I played this for my senior year high school solo and received a superior score, I absolutely love this piece.
Ian Clarke is one of the best things to happen to flute. I heard this, and instantly decided to add this to my senior recital. It really is just a great piece.
when people ask me who i look up to i will gladly tell them THIS MAN RIGHT HERE
Goosebumps. Goosebumps all over the place. Last time that happened i have been listening to Gustav Mahler for the first time.
Years ago.
I played this yesterday at this event our school went to... I had been working months on this and I DID IT and I just felt so accomplished and all I focused on when performing was the beauty of it. Ian Clarke is truly a master at his work. I want to compose like him someday. Maybe not as a career but it’s definitely on my bucket list. I’m gonna remember when I performed this piece forever.
I was fortunate to meet the amazing man who wrote this and he performed it!
Ian Clarke is breathtaking in person!
@@thebarefootflutist ian taught me for 9 years in the 80s/90s x
@@amandajack5547 That's terrific!!! I'm jealous. :-)
@@thebarefootflutist Ian is lovely and very down to earth, so I was lucky and blessed.
@@amandajack5547 That is certainly how he seemed to me in person when I attended a workshop where he was the guest teacher.
Doing this piece for my grade 8 trinity, honestly couldn't be happier playing it. Such a beautiful piece
After listening to this a few times, I have to say this may possibly be to my knowledge, the greatest composition for Flute (and piano) of our time!!! PHENOMENAL!!!!!
nah, it's good but I wouldn't say that it's anywhere near the greatest modern flute piece. it's not even the best Ian Clarke piece, let alone coming anywhere close to some of the marvelous flute concertos that modern composers have been writing the last couple decades.
@@absidyabsidy2727 >:(-----
@@absidyabsidy2727 what do you think is the best?
Oh dear god... I thought this song was good when I first heard it... then I looked at the sheet music. I am in awe.
one of my friends played flute for this as her senior solo at a concert and i fell in love with this piece that night
One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Honestly, this is the oceans caught up in a piece. It's breathtaking.
I'm trying to play this for a high school solo and ensemble, I just realized that I don't have anywhere near the musical knowledge to perform all the musicality that is in this recording. This shows me just how far I have to go, and I am very grateful to see what true mastery of an instrument looks like
YOU CAN DO IT!! I did it for my senior solo. You just have to take the runs slowly and focus on breathing technique!
Yes you've got it in you. Just got to find it and pull it out. A teacher once said to me.
Get the sheet music. Play it ugly from beginning to end. Then break it down into chunks, one or two bars at time. Slow the difficult parts down until you are comfortable with each bar. Repeat, repeat, repeat until you own it.
What a beautifully vibrato
Aide.. English is hard
I just played this piece for my Grade 8! I love it soooo much. Ian Clarke is amazing.
I have no words.
+Katie Holton I'm fangirling too
I'm about to play this tomorrow for my recital and I can honestly say it's one of my favorite solos I've played, I'm nervous but also excited because no one at my teachers studio has played it yet
How was the recital from 2 years ago
How was the recital from 4 years ago?
How was the recital from 5 years ago?
@@AJ-lt2ls it was lovely
Having passed my grade 8 a few years ago, I can say the recent Ian Clarke pieces are probably too difficult for this grade (Hypnosis and The Mad Hatter), amazing as they sound. I do love this piece I'm doing a recital with it in a few months. To anyone who wants to play this, play Sunstreams first - much easier to master and on the easier end of grade 8.
sorry this reply is so late but was sunstreams really a grade 8 piece? i played it last year for my grade 7
That was simply fantastic.
I can play this now because I love it so much and then I remember I don't have a pianist......
Old thread, but there’s a piano accompaniment part on UA-cam search up Hypnosis Ian Clarke Piano Accompaniment
Eleanor Brockett can’t really use a UA-cam accompaniment at a performance or exam
@@katielough5261 true! I guess you can use it to practice though :)
Every time I listen to this it makes me tingle.
I Absolutely adore Ian Clarke's works! This one is by far, my favourite though... I'm learning it for my flute lessons, and played it for hours on end without growing tired of it! I'm just having a hard time with the 64th and 32nd note sections, but it'll come with practice ;)
Going back listening to this piece is just simply amazing!! Best part is I'm learning this piece for my jury! My flute teacher approved of it so much that she ordered 2 copies online; one for her and another for me. :D
Beautiful... just heard a 17 yr old play this live on KUSC ... Beautiful...
i love this!!!!! i got it for Christmas yesterday its so much fun!!! and lots of work and entertainment for the years to come!!!
So beautiful! Sounds like music in China and also a beautiful galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 1 for the Wii
I could listen to this over and over and over (and just did). GORGEOUS composition, and no one plays it like he does.
Frissons, frissons et frissons !!!!! Quelle merveille, merci !!!!!
I’m going to be playing this as a sophomore in high school next year and I’m incredibly proud of myself but terrified at the same time
perfect to clear one's head after a hard day's work and transcend with this accessible music so beautifully performed!
hopefully i can play like this once i graduate high school (kinda posting this comment to keep track for 2 years later) hi future me!!
So cool! Another to add to my collection thanks!
I played this my 9th grade year for solo and ensamble and I still love it
im in 9th and im playing it for my solo and ensemble 😂
Completely amazing! The composition as well as the performance.
Mil likes eu daria se pudesse pra essa música.
Maravilhosa essa música.
so beautiful!
BEUTIFUL and POWERFUL.
Just found this piece in my high school music library, listened to it and immediately chose it for uil solo and ensemble. I’m not at the level to play this yet but I hope to get there in the next two months
This is just so beautiful
Несколько лет назад играла это произведение в аранжировке для оркестра. Сама скрипачка, но какие чувства я получала от этого произведения и от игры нашей солистки! Она была великолепна... Вообще, если сравнивать две версии (где аккомпанемент играет фортепиано и где оркестр), обе хороши по-своему. В фортепианной версии какой-то минималистический шарм, а в оркестровой, лично для мен, полное погружение в произведение. Каждый инструмент вносит свою лепту в общую картину и это звучит невероятно полно, глубоко и разнообразно. Верхние ноты аккомпанемента прекрасно исполняли скрипки, а глубоки басовые - виолончели. Но все жето произведение прекрасно, вне зависимости от того, какие инструменты его исполняют. Надеюсь, что спустя ещё какое-то время, я снова вспомню об этом произведении и вернусь, чтобы переслушать.
Makes me think of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Very beautiful song!
I really need the sheet music to this. Haha I'm dying to play this.
Good luck m8
idk if u still need it 8 years later but i can point you to some places to get it for free lol
@@varyakern3256 can you share them with me?
@@varyakern3256 I NEED
The true magic flute. Take that, Mozart
Amazing!
21 demi-semi quavers in one beat is very very tricky. But the bar with the top C/D in is near impossible for me
I'm having the same problem, I can play every other part of the song except the bar with the 4th octave C :/
TheNavyShorts Roll out an insane amount. You can see when I play this that I roll out a ridiculous amount approaching those bars. Then as I go up to the high D, I just blow straight across. Coming down, then roll back in. I couldn't do it all until I rolled out a lot.
i know this comment is 5 years old but i have the opposite problem. i can hit the C/D no problem, but there's no way im playing the 21 note ossia
Heidi Huang and this is a year old but same! I can hit the D fine but it’s all the runs and the high, quick notes that are such a bother
wonderful!!!!!
I'm preparing this for my jury next semester! I hope I can sound half this good!
:O I'm seriously contemplating whether I should play this for my exam. It sounds so amazing!! And really my style.
m Ian Regnier. if you ever need to know I payed attention to detail of your videos. a million times. love LMH
@MarbleArts2011 A jury is a final exam for an applied music student in music school. She plays a composition for several music teachers.
@katie holton
I felt the same way as I play clarinet too. I would recommend a few pieces that are really lovely to play that (I find at least) are close to this contemporary style, these are; petite piece (debussy), premiere rhapsodie (debussy) and Claribel (eugene bozza).
+Joseph Lucas thank you for these recommendations, I will definitely check them out
I just started learning how to play this on the flute, it's such a beautiful piece.
After a year, how's the piece?
+Sally Anne Chestnut I forgot I'd ever made this comment, haha. I'm so glad I learned how to play it now, it's one that people like to hear me play... there was a lot of hard work involved though, especially on those top Cs...
@@vamp97 Still playing ?
@@paulmercier4086 Yes! ❤️
@@vamp97 Damn cool!
yes
@MarbleArts2011 It's essentially a performance exam. You work during your lessons developing a repertoire that you perform in front of a panel. And then the panel gives you all types of feedback.
No, I have the sheet music - there are 2 options - a simplified version going up to top C, or going up to top D which is the version heard here. :)
How can people NOT like it?
damn i want to play this
Absolutely beautiful. I think I'll take a whack at this.
I’m going to attempt this on my trumpet 😳
Excellence!))👂💝👄
im in 9th and im playing this for my school solo en ensemble
right i can play sun streams by Ian Clarke...... time to master this
D:
My teacher gave this piece to me and it's soo beautiful but at the same time so frustrating that, even if I could play it without making mistakes (which I still can't since I still need to practice), I won't be able to play it as beautifully as this flute :'D
@MarbleArts2011 It's a gorgeous grade 8, I must say.
😍😍😍
@MarbleArts2011 Yeah, the high bit still isn't accurate enough, but it'll come. And yeah, I'm trying to play the optional harder parts. I'm almost able to play them, but again, they just aren't fully there yet :) You?
I’m working on zoom tube right now which is KILLING ME and I really wish this was the Ian Clarke I had chosen instead 😂😅
Does anyone knows where i can buy it for download as PDF sheet?
Rip martina
My god, this piece is just beautiful! Funny how this piece is Grade 8 for other syllabi and it's Grade 9 for the Royal Conservatory Syllabus. Oh well, different strokes I guess. Either way, still such a beautiful piece!
Whoops 22 people accidentally hit the dislike button. (How could you dislike this????)
Guilty Vengance they couldn’t play the Ossias
damn i cant play the ossias but i didnt dislike it 😭
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I so wish that there was something like this for clarinet.
+Katie Holton I FOUND YOU KATIE HAH FLUTES ARE BETTER i'm joking I love youuuu
+Sophie Lawrence LEAVE PLS AND CLARINETS WILL RULE THE EARTH
Trumpets for the win... Am I late?
Noooo clarinets 4 life
How could you clarinet is best
You can try! i think its possible!
Why did "maya" disappear? Is it down due to copyright?
Does anyone know where i can get the sheet music for this piece from? it sounds amazing!
Just out of curiosity, can this be played on a recorder?
How do you do the pitch bend at the end? When I play it, it sounds kinda weird?x
+Lucy Trendell-Carr if you have an open holed flute you slide your finger off the hole while still holding they key down.
Who is the flutist playing this? It sounds beautiful.
I think its Ian Clarke.
I'm a music major from Texas, and it's required to give a senior recital to graduate.
could you tell me pls were i can get these notes? :)
No, it goes up to D but has an optional simplified version that only goes up to C, trust me, I was playing this yesterday :)
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I am 11,im practicing this piece any advise
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I've had a go, it's possible, except you have to take stuff down the octave at times... I'll record a video perhaps!
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doing this for my grade 8, any tips?
Make sure to breathe!!! Put your heart and soul into it and it'll be an amazing performance! Did it for my grade 8 and I got a distinction because I chose the harder parts! Good luck in your exam!!
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