It's so unfair that this David Bruce managed to be in this collab for the third time.

"Frustrated Beethoven Energy" "Angry Phillip Glass" "Depraved Student at St Petersburg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practicing the same thing over and over again and then smashing the piano" Ben would definetely win a competition for "most hilarious and still strangley useful playing instructions", if such a thing existed. These are brilliant!

It was a real treat to collaborate with all five of you brilliant musicians (inc. Sequoia)! Thank you for the opportunity 😊🎶

Ben: mine is like a carrot. ....of course ben, of course.

“This really puts the cream in my doughnut” as they say. I am now filled to the brim with new insight, gratitude, and more reasons to wake up in the morning and explore music. Thank you for being my baker of doughnuts DAVID!! And wow I am honored to sit in a video next to freaking GOAT composers yolo for life

can we talk a minute about Ben's score indications? "with a frustrated Beethoven energy"

"My name is no compliments, *thank you* to David Bruce" you had one job

12:15 "Depraved student at St. Petersburg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practicing the same thing over and over again and then smashing the piano" - Ben Levin

9:06 You know you have got some juicy chord, when even June Lee makes a stank face and mumbles "That chord..."

01:44 - David Bennett ("One, Two, Much") 06:31 - No Compliments ("Carnival of the Bruce") 11:04 - Ben Levin ("Ruining a good thing by making it better") 16:27 - June Lee ("3-2-1") 21:43 - David Bruce ("Alternate") Timestamps for the performances!

It's been a truly inspiring experience from the beginning writing process to seeing how it all came together! Thanks David, Sequoia and fellow composers 🤩

June Lee asking “how do I notate this” is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard

"the piece is enjoying itself". What a wonderful observation!

I just want to note how delightfully distracting Sequoia's Pink Floyd pants are. :)

Hey everyone! So great to be here :) :) :)

"David Bruce as a flamingo" is my new mantra.

19:44 Ben's interpretation of June's piece as a metaphor for life hit me hard

Ben's annotations are gold

For David Bennett's piece, that little soft thing that June sang needs to be recorded and released.

David bruce: Talks about June Lee's harmony Ben Levin: Oh wow that form, it reminds me of life as I understand it now!

No Compliments referencing Bec Plexus, Ben Levin's awesomely descriptive notes, rhythmically editing the the reactions to match the pieces, David Bruce being called fancy things (this time Dad and Flamingo)... Such bliss! Would've love some Tanatcrul though, but I'm just being choosy.

Please never stop making 5 composer challenges

This is like Masterchef for professional musicians without the unnecessary dramas and I'm here for it

"Light and Snowy, sustain pedal ad lib throughout" ok "Frustrated Beethoven energy" weird but I get it "Angry Phillip Glass" wat "Depraved Student at St Petersburg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practicing the same thing over and over again and than smashing the piano" well that escalated quickly

I feel like using Sequoia is cheating in an on itself, this guy could just tap the pedals for half an hour and manage to make it sound beautiful

Would love to see a challenge where the brief is to write an atonal composition. Would be very interesting

13:30-13:36 "Hmm" "Oh" "Oh" "Oh" "Yeah" "Oh" "Oh" "Hmm" "Yeah"

Reactions David Bennett 2:52 No Compliments 7:55 Ben Levin 12:24 June Lee 17:50 David Bruce 22:52

"The form is like a carrot" Ben Levin - 2020

David your channel truly embodies what makes KZfaq great.

can we talk about 13:28 and how "stuck" starts syncing everyone with the music for a bit? Damn, even video editing he's a good composer.

Sequoia is AWESOME! I had the chance to work with him in an opera workshop led by my singing teacher. So kind and VERY talented!!

I find it amusing you have David Bennett in this video, as for the longest time I kept confusing both channels' names.

I'm definitely seeing shades of Tigran Hamasyan in June's piece

My favourite thing about these videos is how differently each composer interprets the brief. Loved how restricting this brief was too

At the end of No Compliments piece, the last 5 measures, the right hand is doing the 3 notes she chose (B F# and E) in a chord. I'm not sure if you noticed that, Bruce, but it's still the 3 note section, she's just using it like how an atonal composer might compress a few notes of a 12-tone row into a chord. The way you put the labels on it just as the B, and F# later, makes me think you didn't realize.

Ben’s ability to describe the narrative at work in pieces of music is just uncanny

Loved this. And lol, love how No Compliments and Bec Plexus from the 5 Composers orchestral video both had a similar story for how they named their pieces. 'I told my girlfriend about it and she said...' Just a weird coincidence. ETA: apparently not a coincidence at all, I'm just dumb. LOL

Idea for the next edition: piece for a choir or a vocal ensemble

I was so surprised when she said she had a girlfriend. Isn’t it a rule that composers don’t have girlfriends?

As a brazilian, it makes me remember the One Note samba from Tom Jobim. On the first part, the melody is made in one note, then it goes to all notes on the chorus! Thanks Guys, amazing video

June: This is so joyful I can’t stop smiling 😐

"That nasty green stuff that nobody wants to eat on the end of the carrot" Does this series work without Ben Levin's commentaries?

The second composition sounds like a butterfly out exploring and then coming across another butterfly. There's a pause, as he holds his breath in awe, and then a timid step forward as they begin to interact, it's innocent and cheeky, slowly growing in chemistry until they finally begin fluttering around together blissfully and excitedly. Really beautiful.

I like how Ben Levin's response to June Lee's piece was just straight up Albert Camus

Wow. Everybody really brought their A-game. Outstanding.

I'm shocked at how good this is.

"Angry Philip Glass" is probably my favorite staff text

I’m so happy ❤️❤️❤️ I feel like anytime Ben Levin is part of 5 composers he always creates something different and elegant, then David is always “hold my beer” 😂 very fun and dramatic

Nice David Bennett hes nice

Sequoia *killed it*!!! The right-hand piano line at the end of Bruce's composition (22:35) reminded me a bit of the end of the first movement of Petrushka, if you took the big chords out of it and cut it off :D I wasn't familiar with No Compliments before. Solo piano music is so different from the tracks I found on her website, but her piece (6:31) showed she can totally take advantage of the tools available on an acoustic piano to produce just the effects she wants!

Honestly, I absolutely love these types of videos (of different composers and an Idea). Very well done David! (As I myself am an 'almost composer', (as I am only 12) classical Composer at that) When I always see these videos, I always think, 'how possibly could they compose like this and ever since I started composing my first piece, I always looked at other composers works and try to understand how to compose a good left hand accompaniment (trying to forget the simple Alberti bass) and these videos really support me with this problem. Again, Great job David, keep up the great work!

David Bennett: Tender and emotional, reminds me of some Yiruma pieces. No Compliments: Frantic and fun and bouncy, just like a fair. Ben Levin: I like the syncopated rhythms. Sounds a little futuristic and a little jazzy. June Lee: Thought it was going to stay nice and idyllic but turned super dark and crunchy. David Bruce: The rhythms of video game music with the harmony and texture of jazz.

I swear, if I had only one thing I could watch for the rest of my life, it would be the ‘5 Composers 1 Theme’ series. These are always so brilliant and great for getting excited about exploring all music has to offer.

David Bennett's piece is the only one I would totally listen to on a Sunday afternoon when trying to relax.

David Bennett's piece reminds me of The Snowman. For those that don't live in the UK and have this as part of their childhood, The Snowman was a 1982 animated television film and symphonic poem based on the 1978 book of the same name, written by Raymond Briggs. Something about the music just makes me think of it, like it's the kind of song you'd hear in one of those voiceless films that play on BBC every Christmas, and I love it

This is by far my favourite of your 5C1I vids so far. Overflowing with inventiveness, each. There's no one piece that stands out, they're all 10/10. Would make a good cycle for public performance.

I'm stunned by how these 5 comps sound so different! Beautiful

June's piece is fantastic. That ending is so rich, dark and weary yet hopeful. Love Ben's metaphors on everyone's pieces, he really hits the nail on its head with those. And Sequoia...damn!! Great work David, your channel certainly is one of the best.

This is such an incredible series, and I’ve loved every installment, but I think this is my favorite so far. The creativity that came out of such restriction is captivating and really inspiring

Ben should make a Fiverr account where he just listens to music and records his reactions with his classic poetic descriptions.

THAT PIANIST IS PHENOMENAL THO

every piece I was like "ok this is my favorite" then I went back and was like "okay but this was so good too.." amazing stuff

No Compliments: *exists* Also No Compliments: *gives lots of compliments*

David Bennett is by far my favorite. the only one id listen to again. very elegant and classical sounding

Have you considered something like "five composers, one poem" and doing an art-song or a four-part-chorus?

I love how Ben Levin finds a metaphor in every piece, and explains what it means to him. Beautiful

I heard so much of Debussy's "Golliwog's Cakewalk" in No Compliment's brief. Excellent job by all!!!

As a beginner music producer it feels so good seeing and hearing what those talented composers come up with.. a good source of inspiration also, great vid :)

it seems like June Lee nailed exactly the right things that you had to do with those limitations. Use of interesting rhythms to add more intrigue and tension to the use of one note and lush harmony to recolor it in an interesting way. It seems that he was careful with the texture most of them all because while he uses quite messy chords, nonetheless there remains clarity as much as it seems to be possible. Wonderful!

Perhaps you cheated a bit at the end, David. But that was so worth it. The soft, tender but at the same time frenetic cascade in the right hand was such a great counter to the earlier part of the piece. June Lee's piece was incredibly dense and told a story, but your piece was like a picture of the world. I don't know. I felt the both really deep. Again, all five compositions were excellent. Thanks for this.

Next one should have twoset violin as the performers and the composers can write for violin duo.

I'm glad the david I always confuse with david is finally collabing with david!

david bennet's composition sounds like something hisaishi would compose

I love everything about this video... It made me happy. Thanks everyone!

Holy shit I heard "Sequoia" as I was doing the dishes and I flipped my head around. Glad to know there are more of us in this world

Wow. As with the previous installments, all the composers did a great job. I must say though there is something in David Bennett's piece that is special. It feels like he did the most with the least. I've listened to it multiple times now. On the surface it's so much more sparse and straight forward than the other pieces, but there's something subtle in there that I can't quite put my finger on that just pulls me in emotionally.

Thats what I pay internet for!

The talent on display here blows me away!

david bennet!! i love his videos

David, all your collaborations with other KZfaqrs are awesome: the 5 composer 1 idea video! Thank you!

Damn, these pieces sound so beautiful! Especially the first one has a kind of Nils Frahm touch, reminding me of his Wintermusik album. Great work everyone!

These composers are absolute geniuses. Their music is so surprising and refreshing. I wonder how I got so far without knowing about them...

What amazed me is that when David Bennett finally got to use three notes, he used the third one as a mere ornament. It's like he could have simply kept on making beautiful music with just one or two notes! let's hear the rest...

Loved all five compositions! It was great to see the variation between the different approaches.

i saw June Lee and i clicked immediately

My gosh, the piece by No Compliments left me in awe!

The first one is so beautiful. The others are nice musical experiments, but hardly leave the same feeling.

O YEAH ! Can't wait to see this one ! Such a great line up !

Absolutely Amazing. I'm now motivated to make another piano piece. These challenges are awesome keep them up!

I don't recall hearing this episode before but I clearly liked it because my thumbs up like is there. This time I know I shall remember it. This is a fantastic episode and I like what all five composers did with it. Need I say, Sequoia was amazing. Without their playing I doubt that I could have appreciated any of these five pieces, but the presentation on the keyboard was so clear and powerful that each piece moved me dramatically. Mr Bruce, David, if I may, over the approximately 2 years I've been listening to your programs I have come to appreciate them greatly and to love you for putting them together and presenting them. I played the string bass (badly) for 13 years and the tuba briefly at the end of that period. But I never really learned to truly hear and appreciate music Lenny Bernstein and others have helped me with this but few have come close to teaching me as much as you seem to have. Your discussions on composing and putting things together and how to arrange things and be creative and so on and all of your five composers 1 x episodes have taught me so much. This episode is four times better on the second hearing. I hope that this message in some way indicates how grateful I am to you for your programs and for your sharing of yourself and of your knowledge. Thank you.

The 5 composers series is literally the best thing on youtube

June Lee makes you forget and not realise the limitations completely

That was ridiculously interesting and entertaining. Thanks for posting.

I like how "Depraved student at St Petersberg Conservatory at the end of a montage of him practising the same thing over and over again and then smashing the piano" is a clear musical direction.

these videos are such a treat for a music nerd

June Lee's got an epic gamer mouse :P

I'd love to see Jacob Collier doing one of these challenges. That would be so nice.

That first song... Using so few notes on the melody... Made me wanna cry... Gave me goosebumps. So beautiful. Guess because I'm an emotional person that song grabbed me the most.

I could listen to Ben Levin talk about music all day. He's so poetic about it.