Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No.3
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No.3 - World Premiere
Joan Tower
Carnegie Hall Centennial Gala
May 05, 1991
Carnegie Hall - New York, NY
Choir 1 - Members of New York Philharmonic (aka Principal Brass)
Philip Smith, trumpet
George Coble, trumpet
Philip Myers, horn
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Warren Deck, tuba
Choir 2 - Empire Brass
Rolf Smedvig, trumpet
Jeffrey Curnow, trumpet
Eric Ruske, horn
Scott Hartman, trombone
Samuel Pilafian, tuba
Zubin Mehta, conductor
One of my favorite brass recordings on YT.
This is lovely, inspiring, fresh! I'd love to play it.
Fantastic!!!!
Genius level brass playing!
Look at Zubins wonderful technique....
Definitely Joan Tower.
Great surprise to come across this electrifying performance of the NY Phil brass joined by the incomparable Empire brass. Is that Jeff Curnow to the left of Rolf Smedvig(RIP)?
+Erick Matta Yes, it's Jeffrey.
+Erick Matta Saw him playing with the Philly orchestra recently. Powerful stuff!
Wonderful piece! Regarding the comments below that it should be played by an all-female group, I am in sympathy. However, the brass world still suffers from unequal representation. I see nothing wrong with men playing a tribute to remarkable women. But i would suggest that Tine Thing Helseth has put together exceptional ensembles of all-female brass players. Let’s ask HER about organizing such a performance!.
The reason why there is unequal representation in the brass world is because, for some reason, men are generally more interested in brass playing than women. Now, it would be fantastic if more women developed interest in this area and won major jobs. No one is against that. The question is why aren’t women more interested in the brass playing arena?
@@tromboneman4517 I see a lot of females playing euphoniums. Possibly it has more appeal to women than the other horns.
interesting to watch that also exelent musicians have difficulties to hold their instrument in a physiologically favorable manner.
The Frenchhorn is the most difficult to hold, but you can also see that trumpeters pull up their shoulders or have problems to sit on a chair which is too low.
I hope they are still in good health and enjoy their music.
Thank you for providing this piece in such great quality sound. Do you happen to have the Mahler 3 Finale from the same concert?
Is Joan Tower the one who composed this fine work of music? That's what it says, but I am unsure if that is so.
Yup!
Mehta = Maestro
Ok, I'll add to the "woke" comments. Obviously this was done in a different time, but it is a little ironic to have a work titled "Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman" and the entirety of the performing artists/conductor are men. They did not seem opposed to using musicians outside of the ranks of the NYP, so they probably could've sourced 5 female brass players to fill the roll of Empire Brass.
I don't think this clip needs to be cast off to devil's island. It holds its place in history. I don't really care that much myself, but I have watched this clip at least once a year, and it just occurred to me the irony.
My feelings exactly!! The "Boy Brass"
Lack of nice harmony! Experemental music....
Is that Sam Pilafian on tuba? Who is the other tubist?
Mike Liu the other tubist is the Principal Tuba of the NYP at that time, the incomparable Warren Deck!
@@jos6058 It just doesn't get much better than that.
I've seen a few comments about how all 10 performers and the maestro are men, but none about how 6 of those ten men have had multiple allegations of sexual assault (all well known amongst musicians) and at least two have made it as far as trial. I know No. 6 is more common these days, but it would be nice to actually see something for brass ensemble performed with at least one woman or two. Sad.
Does anyone know where sheet music can be found for this piece?
A roll of toilet paper.
P.S. Remove the "Thank" off the web link address.
the order of the orchestra seems pretty backwards to me.. is it common for some orchestras to place such heavy brass in the front
Natori Simmons that’s the point
It is a fanfare and only the brass is playing...
Phil Smith is such a great trumpet player.
But I didn't know there was a "Fanfare for an Uncommon Woman". Not a big fan of it. I'll stick with Fanfare for the Common Man.
So...Fanfare for Caitlyn Jenner?
They couldn't find a women's ensemble to perform this world premiere?
There isn't enough well prepared...
Ugh. Must everything be so contrived?
Totally. There are plenty of more than capable female brass players. It wouldn’t be so noticeable if there was even some feeble nod to gender balance.
Music like this makes female ‘composers’ look pathetic.
This is a thing...?
Not as good as Copland
The ego of mis Tower is greater than her work, try to compare with A. Copeland It's too long a step. By another hand, AC Honors the common man (anonymous worker), and she seems to believe that AC honored the unusual man. If she had wanted to pay homage to a great woman, she could have started with Marie Curie, the Virgin Mary, Joan of Arc, etc., and she would surely have obtained a more acouratied result, since this piece wanders aimlessly.
About what you would expect - a bunch of atonal noise and caterwaul - but well executed by the orchestra.
Why are women always playing catchup to the men? Define your own path and go for it. This "fanfare" is simply awful and not at all inspiring. If it was meant to provide the me-too female version, it failed totally.
Kindof a mess. Fanfare? Only if you stretch the definition. Hearing it once was enough. BTW, someone made the point that it should have been played by an all female ensemble, yes, I agree.
Female ensemble my ass. This is an aimless piece overall in itself and is very difficult to listen to at best. To have this fine group of musicians who are each labeled the best in the world play this piece is a privilege it doesnt even deserve
@@joekeller8936 facts
It seems strange the little girls who are everything sweet should evolve into this chaotic noise. I suppose when you are an unknown, unskilled, unimaginative "Composer" or Wanna-Be, you write stuff like this. Without taking one iota of praise for the performance of the musicians, this attempt to parody the original and incredible fanfare is a dismal flop. I can see much better, much ore appropriate, meaningful and complimentary means of praising women and the uniqueness they represent. Even the most uncommon woman could never be this chaotic, scatterbrained or manic as this noise would suggest. I suppose I will have to duck to avoid the hate male that is coming. But where some mindless fool, who wouldn't know good music if it fell on them, praise this infantile attempt at imagery, I find it boring, meaningless and an offense to women and my sensitivities.
I found it to be an interesting piece hearing it for the first time tonight (10/3/21 ) . I found your comments very harsh indeed , but we are all entitled to an opinion .