Rhapsody for Baritone Saxophone and Wind Orchestra by Mark Watters

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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2014
  • Premier performance of the version for Wind Orchestra featuring the composer as soloist. For information on how to purchase this piece, please go to www.jotform.com/markwatters/rh....
    To hear more music by Mark Watters, go to www.markwatters.com.
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  • @fuhq6731
    @fuhq6731 6 років тому +134

    As a bari, this is my religion.

  • @raywoodmiller8725
    @raywoodmiller8725 8 років тому +188

    This soloist has complete control over his instrument. And it's also surprising how he's able to play those runs with such clarity

    • @ericshenderovich6023
      @ericshenderovich6023 3 роки тому +12

      The soloist is the composer, and he truly appreciates the beauty of the instrument

    • @imauz1127
      @imauz1127 Рік тому +5

      not to mention the altissimo

    • @imauz1127
      @imauz1127 Рік тому +2

      @@ericshenderovich6023 bro i respect that so much

  • @harrisonjcollins
    @harrisonjcollins 7 років тому +71

    This is gorgeous! It's rare to hear really great solo works like this for low reeds. As a bassoonist myself, I appreciate some of the soli moments I hear in there. (:

  • @j.r.1210
    @j.r.1210 2 роки тому +13

    Thie piece is crazy good. Tuneful, exciting writing for the soloist plus terrific orchestration. The composer, in addition to being an outstanding baritone saxophonist, knows how to make a symphonic band sound rich and powerful. This is a highly listenable work that's fun without being banal or simplistic. Very well done!

  • @Lcaceres74
    @Lcaceres74 5 років тому +20

    I had the pleasure of playing this tune and I absolutely Loved it! Thank you Mark for composing this piece and for allowing me to play it in front of you!!

    • @sammywestenberger9303
      @sammywestenberger9303 4 роки тому +1

      You’re Welcome

    • @imauz1127
      @imauz1127 Рік тому

      are there multiple movements to it? i know sometimes its not clearly indicated

  • @LewisJonesSax
    @LewisJonesSax 9 років тому +159

    Probably the best piece out there for classical bari. Thanks so much for writing it! :D

    • @sammywestenberger9303
      @sammywestenberger9303 4 роки тому +2

      Don’t Mention It

    • @matthewkarazincir2281
      @matthewkarazincir2281 4 роки тому +4

      Sammy Westenberger hmmm... you didn’t write it

    • @xaviermarican4557
      @xaviermarican4557 3 роки тому +4

      I wish we had the bari for so much longer! I can only imagine what Mozart or Bach could’ve pulled out of this thing. The bari lacking repertoire is a tragedy

    • @ice-iu3vv
      @ice-iu3vv 2 роки тому

      @@xaviermarican4557 some of the bach cello suites are performed on bari sax. several flute partitas as well as oboe and flute sonatas sound great with soprano sax.

    • @xaviermarican4557
      @xaviermarican4557 2 роки тому

      @@ice-iu3vv trust me, I know! I got my start playing the cello suites on bari and I’m playing a flute partita on soprano right now.

  • @KyleMcStravick
    @KyleMcStravick 5 років тому +19

    So impressed by the pianissimo at 6:29 :0

  • @supadopemex9245
    @supadopemex9245 3 роки тому +5

    Unbelievable performance. I was 1st chair in all state band in high school in GA and videos like this didn’t exist 10 years ago. Absolutely loved it. And for those altissimo g’s a’s and that one high b, absolutely ridiculous lol.

  • @thurstonlee4427
    @thurstonlee4427 5 років тому +19

    Mark Watters truly is amazing!!! I'm hoping to play this next year (senior year of high school) so my school librarian contacted him. Wouldn't you know, Watters gives us a photocopy of the full score FOR FREE. So kind. And such a beautiful piece and solo too. Thank you, Mr. Watters. Hopefully my school will be able to purchase this so you can have a momentous impact on my senior year!

    • @sammywestenberger9303
      @sammywestenberger9303 4 роки тому +1

      You’re Welcome

    • @imauz1127
      @imauz1127 10 місяців тому

      wow, really? could you send me the bari part if we exchanged emails?

  • @aless792004
    @aless792004 9 років тому +14

    This music is extremely hard to play. Very nice! Amazing!!!

  • @noahfletcher5169
    @noahfletcher5169 7 років тому +36

    This is amazing, and amazingly difficult... I play bari sax in my high school marching band and jazz band, and all lack of technique and skill aside, I can guarantee my old instrument can't bring its keys up fast enough for those runs. What an incredible piece of musical literature, though

    • @insaneevillogan
      @insaneevillogan 2 роки тому +1

      God I feel like I’m in exactly this situation, working my ass off this summer to get my own nice personal bari.

  • @HaliPuppeh
    @HaliPuppeh Рік тому +1

    Wow what a tour de force! Who knew the bari sax could be that agile?

  • @zangsax
    @zangsax Рік тому +1

    I’ve listened to this so many times any never fail to be knocked out by the writing and performance. What a joy!
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  • @sranpopovic9413
    @sranpopovic9413 4 роки тому +4

    One of the best pieces I have ever heard in my life.Magnum opus in the field of classical music for saxophone.Congrats and thanks to the Mr.Watters.

  • @Nicesurfer1956
    @Nicesurfer1956 7 років тому +8

    Excellent! very performing artist: Bravo !

  • @albaalba8366
    @albaalba8366 4 роки тому +3

    I love this so much and want to try and play it my senior year

  • @gabrielleh4458
    @gabrielleh4458 5 років тому +1

    I’m in love with this

  • @victormorosco4757
    @victormorosco4757 Рік тому

    I was impressed with this piece and your performance years ago in LA and I still am. Great piece and great performance! Bravo!!

  • @barrymelton614
    @barrymelton614 7 років тому +2

    Fantastic work!

  • @nolanmaisey
    @nolanmaisey 7 років тому +2

    Section C sends shivers up my spine.

  • @raywoodmiller8725
    @raywoodmiller8725 8 років тому +42

    The most amazing Bari song I've ever heard. I appreciate the amount of skill this song takes. I wish I could play this song though. The highest note I can hit on my Bari is high G. So unfortunately I won't be able to play it until I have a decent Bari that can hit high notes well. Every other Bari I've ever played on could do high notes so beautifully. Russian Sailors' Dance was my 8th grade solo and I got a superior in it. But this, if I could play this, that would show I am a good player and I work for my spot

    • @philipalberts8624
      @philipalberts8624 8 років тому +1

      Hey I did the Russia dance as well, cool to see someone else play it.

    • @raywoodmiller8725
      @raywoodmiller8725 8 років тому +1

      Awesome. Most people I see who try to play it for a solo and ensemble performance usually have critical errors. My judge had nothing bad to say. He said I played it perfectly. And he was one of the toughest judges

    • @raywoodmiller8725
      @raywoodmiller8725 8 років тому +1

      Also since I did my past post, I have left just to learn the altissimos and the cadenza perfectly

    • @philipalberts8624
      @philipalberts8624 8 років тому +5

      Cool, I really want to learn the altisissimo notes but my Bari is school owned and not the best at high notes.

    • @raywoodmiller8725
      @raywoodmiller8725 8 років тому +1

      Same... Hoping my senior year my parents will buy me a Bari. One that I get to try out on. That would be the day then I could play it through college

  • @joanrocarovira7382
    @joanrocarovira7382 7 років тому +2

    fantàstic !!!!

  • @frankherrgott
    @frankherrgott 10 місяців тому

    Bravo Mark. Very smart composition. Inspiring as i have to cimpose for a baryton ensemble next month 🙏

  • @edgarabrahamsax
    @edgarabrahamsax 4 роки тому +1

    Bravo!!!

  • @Grovonator
    @Grovonator 9 місяців тому

    classical bari, the oxymoron of classical saxophone

  • @franciscofigueroa4078
    @franciscofigueroa4078 5 років тому +1

    I’m going to try to get a copy
    of this

  • @JS-gn9rs
    @JS-gn9rs 7 років тому +2

    Mulliganesque baritone sound. Nice. Great piece.

  • @DatingwithDanny
    @DatingwithDanny Рік тому

    I am a composer and I would love to buy and study this score. It's an absolutely incredible composition. And what a virtuoso! Awesome 😎💯.

  • @collinthomas7901
    @collinthomas7901 5 років тому +7

    This would work really well as a marching band song honestly

  • @mooseydeucy
    @mooseydeucy 7 років тому +1

    Wow.

  • @qwertysudbury3608
    @qwertysudbury3608 7 років тому

    makes me want to cry. I don't have Bari sax so I haven't got to play it for a long time.

  • @KKIcons
    @KKIcons 6 років тому +3

    I'd sure like to see Stephen Malinowski do an animated score for this performance.

  • @thegreatestst-onkomatsujyoko
    @thegreatestst-onkomatsujyoko 3 роки тому +1

    Wao➰😃➰ wanderfull!!
    凄い‼️ ➰♪Halleruya♪➰

  • @thurstonlee4427
    @thurstonlee4427 5 років тому +1

    As a baritone saxophonist and an oboist, I love this piece, especially that little back-and-forth section between bari and oboe lol. I'm gonna be doing a ("simplified") version of this next year--senior year--with my school's band and I'm so excited to have this feature! Go bari sax!
    Also, I can't decide if this piece reminds me more of the Legend of Zelda or Mario Galaxy lol

    • @thurstonlee4427
      @thurstonlee4427 5 років тому +1

      @Matthew Benedict Removing or changing up some of the quicker notes and rhythms in the accompanying parts, mostly. Also changing the instrumentation (adding saxes!) so our poor french hornist doesn't have to wail on high B's or whatever

    • @dremix9837
      @dremix9837 4 роки тому +1

      @@thurstonlee4427 when you finish to complete the sheet, can you send us?

    • @thurstonlee4427
      @thurstonlee4427 4 роки тому +1

      @@dremix9837 I'll see what I can do! I'll probably also post a video of my band performing it

  • @regisrex2
    @regisrex2 3 роки тому

    Magistral !
    Faudra m'expliquer pour les suraigus...

  • @EvangelinaArndt
    @EvangelinaArndt Рік тому

    I want to learn this so bad

  • @Princess-ft9lz
    @Princess-ft9lz Рік тому

    Does anyone know where I can get an original published copy of this

  • @christianledezma7531
    @christianledezma7531 2 роки тому +1

    asked lesson teacher if we could work on this. he laughed

  • @whatspopping34
    @whatspopping34 8 років тому +11

    This is my goal for my senior year in high school.

    • @alexmarkley3749
      @alexmarkley3749 8 років тому

      +Ilikebeinme 2411 Do you have that range?

    • @whatspopping34
      @whatspopping34 8 років тому

      +Alex Markley i do not lol

    • @raywoodmiller8725
      @raywoodmiller8725 8 років тому +2

      3 more notes and I will have the range. And that's on a Jupiter Bari. Imagine with a better one

    • @benren10
      @benren10 8 років тому

      Same! But I actually have had the range since freshman year

    • @raywoodmiller8725
      @raywoodmiller8725 8 років тому

      What Bari brand and mouthpiece you have?

  • @imauz1127
    @imauz1127 Рік тому

    goddam this shit is beautiful

  • @MrVentilatore
    @MrVentilatore 8 років тому

    Beautiful piece, i'd like to buy a pdf version, would it be possible?

  • @johnlindstrom9994
    @johnlindstrom9994 7 років тому

    Shades of "Creation du Monde!" by Milhaud.

  • @evelois123a
    @evelois123a 6 років тому

    This is ace!

  • @omarmariscal5066
    @omarmariscal5066 7 років тому +1

    I will never be able to play this song no matter how hard I try

  • @imauz1127
    @imauz1127 Рік тому

    PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE ARE SEPARATE MOVEMENTS

  • @lukemccartney8191
    @lukemccartney8191 4 роки тому +1

    12:02👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿🔥🔥🔥

  • @seshpad2483
    @seshpad2483 7 років тому +6

    i love 12:01 its so energetic and fun

  • @user-yu4xs2fx8v
    @user-yu4xs2fx8v 7 років тому

    Who is the soloist of this song?

  • @Zenkai251
    @Zenkai251 9 років тому

    Which version (piano, concert band, or orchestra) is the original version?

    • @SadieCakes09
      @SadieCakes09 7 років тому +1

      What orchestra originally premiered this piece, and is there a recording?

    • @xasma
      @xasma 6 років тому

      Mark Watters Music is it possible to get a pdf of some sort of just the bari part as shown here? I’m doing a concerto competition and if I win I get to buy the whole arrangement for orchestra and play it.

  • @cedricquinn7331
    @cedricquinn7331 8 років тому +1

    Thats awesome u should make bassoon song too

  • @rduchinsky
    @rduchinsky 6 років тому +2

    I wonder what mouthpiece and reeds this player uses.

    • @zkatt3238
      @zkatt3238 5 років тому

      Well it's not a jazz setup, I can tell you that.

  • @Baribrotzer
    @Baribrotzer 6 років тому +1

    As a composition, it reminds me of Leonard Bernstein. Not at all bad. And while it might never be considered a Major Work, it'll get many performances at college band concerts and senior recitals.

  • @MLGKontrol
    @MLGKontrol 9 років тому +21

    not in a million years

    • @Matthew-ll3fp
      @Matthew-ll3fp 5 років тому

      Give me ten years of pure practice on this song

  • @Wolfieloveslink
    @Wolfieloveslink 6 років тому +8

    omg this sounds Disney worthy

    • @silveryote1
      @silveryote1 2 роки тому +1

      He did do a few things for Disney actually ^^ as well as other animated films: including All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, The Pebble and the Penguin, Tom Sawyer, Doug's 1st Movie, Babes In Toyland (1997), and tv cartoons like Bonkers and Goof Troop. He also composed music for the Olympic Ceremonies of Atlanta 1996 and Salt Lake City 2002

  • @JosephStJules
    @JosephStJules 7 років тому +2

    Who is the bari soloist performing in this recording?

    • @ivyn3429
      @ivyn3429 7 років тому +4

      The composer, Mark Watters

    • @LowReedExpert1
      @LowReedExpert1 7 років тому +19

      "Mark, this is too complex, you couldn't find someone good enough to play it"
      Mark:"Hold my beer"

    • @Frygonz
      @Frygonz 7 років тому +4

      This piece is like college freshman/sophomore level material.

    • @benren10
      @benren10 6 років тому

      Joseph Fry idk I’ve been jamming it pretty well and I’m a junior in high school

    • @kalebfrees3080
      @kalebfrees3080 5 років тому

      TheGreat_Benzoni same here, pretty hard to play a little tho but it is really fun

  • @RiotFighterFilms
    @RiotFighterFilms 6 років тому

    This is so going in my senior recital my last year in college

  • @brianthomsen9934
    @brianthomsen9934 2 роки тому

    Is this for real…..!!!

  • @MatkatMusic
    @MatkatMusic 8 років тому +1

    This is awesome! I bet it would translate really well for Alto Sax(8va) or for Cello(sounding in the same octave as the bari)

    • @benren10
      @benren10 8 років тому +10

      No! This is one of the only Bari concert solos that sound good!

    • @benren10
      @benren10 8 років тому +1

      +Dark_Magic_11 lol

    • @nathanmccuistion7857
      @nathanmccuistion7857 7 років тому +11

      Matkat Music tru, let classical bari have like one cool thing all to itself. plus have fun playing low A's on alto

    • @joeflores1045
      @joeflores1045 7 років тому +1

      Nathan McCuistion yes this is great for bari. in case you would like to play it with alto should be a selmer mark vi alto sax with low A key

  • @braxtonmcmullen-adair2410
    @braxtonmcmullen-adair2410 5 років тому +1

    Soloist could have been better but great piece!

    • @gsshatan1
      @gsshatan1 11 місяців тому

      The soloist is Mark Watters, the composer of the piece.😮