Paul Creston - Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 19 (1939) [Score-Video]

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Paul Creston - Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 19 (1939)
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@highintrial 2 жыл бұрын

We pianists call this the “Creston Sonata for Piano with Alto Sax accompaniment”.

@Obuchnyichelovechek Жыл бұрын

Hahaha true 😂

@dustins382 Жыл бұрын

Lmao so true. I'm a sax player but I performed this with a pianist in college and she was great and still made little mistakes. This is a HARD piece.

@nicolas_pianist Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@Erinnmnn Жыл бұрын

I'm playing this with a client this weekend. Pianists of the world give me strength.

@megkovalik7561 Жыл бұрын

100% fair. When I did my BMus on classical saxophone pretty much all the accompanists would veto it (especially the 3rd mvt!).

@Cozyjoe_ 4 жыл бұрын

This still slaps 81 years later

@TheJMaserati 4 жыл бұрын

This piece really kicked off my high school saxophone career. I picked this piece up in 8th grade after googling “hardest saxophone piece” and it took me a full two years to learn it at the level I was at. Sophomore year I took it to S&E and killed it!! I’d tackle pieces like this throughout high school, but it’s all thanks to this piece I’m at the level I’m at. It’s definitely one of the few things I’m very proud of in my life.

@ozarisb Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure you’ll see my comment but i’m starting this piece as an 8th grader. I’m also preparing for S&E! Any tips?

@ozarisb Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure you’ll see my comment but i’m starting this piece as an 8th grader. I’m also preparing for S&E! Any tips?

@ozarisb Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure you’ll see my comment but i’m starting this piece as an 8th grader. I’m also preparing for S&E! Any tips?

@hannahherrmann4921 Жыл бұрын

@@ozarisb i know i’m not the original commenter, but major props to you for looking into this piece as an eighth grader. i’m a sophomore and thinking about playing it this spring. good luck!

@penelope707 Жыл бұрын

hey, i find it really cool you started learning this song in 8th grade, but the most impressive and inspiring part is that you continued and didn't give up for a whole two years! congratulations on an amazing preformance 😄

@dustins382 Жыл бұрын

I performed this my senior year of college and practiced so hard for the line at 11:50, the downward chromatic line, and I still didn't make it as smooth as this guy. At the end my teacher congratulated me for a job well done and my response was to only say "I missed this particular line"... She told me to stop it and accept the compliment that I played well. It struck me hard and I felt humbled. She was right, we are our own worst critics and it's good to accept a compliment with grace.

@kidding6712 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve listened to this so many times, I’ve grown attached to the creston. It’s just so moving.

@hunteradams8258 3 жыл бұрын

Assistant

@JayBrown-xs9ps 3 жыл бұрын

The sax is Eugene Rousseau and the pianist is Jaromir Klepac, from Rousseau's album "Rousseau: Saxophone Masterpieces". You're welcome👍.

@SWAGGBOYONLY 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@dustins382 Жыл бұрын

Oh no wonder the sax playing is so pristine, it's Rousseau

@pwoody1958 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, they both kick some serious ass, but my hat is off to the pianist especially -- this is a notoriously thorny piece to play.

@user-wd1xc9lr5n 5 жыл бұрын

II 4:49 III 9:25

@shaynelewis1587 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@jonathanji2550 3 жыл бұрын

5:32 for the sax part on the second movement

@clarkomarko2730 3 жыл бұрын

8:05

@83gregorycharlene 3 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone, anyone else doing this beautiful piece at the moment during quarentine? I'm trying to get it ready and will add it to my other videos when it's finished. This video has been such a great help. Thank you

@jjsully678 Жыл бұрын

7:19-7:40 always gets me so emotional ugh😭 it’s so gorgeous

@divp.2646 Жыл бұрын

The beauty of the saxophone

@wonderlasting 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa, that is an amazing piano accompaniment.

@rangernick1872 3 жыл бұрын

By far my favorite recording of this. I really hope to play this my junior year of college. I am currently working on the Muczynski Sonata.

@gabrielbustos2706 5 жыл бұрын

can’t get the third movement out of my head...

@mariarose8216 4 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Bustos i can’t get it out of my saxophone either

@e.hutchence-composer8203 4 жыл бұрын

It's one of those melodies, like Saint-Saens 2nd Piano Concerto or Beethoven's 6th Symphony or Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. Gotta love em

@leandroospina1916 4 жыл бұрын

Maria Micciche lmao

@ianjamison7872 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah!

@SnowDrop35 11 ай бұрын

Currently in my super ego phase and learning this

@colinmceown2346 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely, delicate and sensitive playing. :)

@alio2269 6 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm a dumb ass i thought the sax line was in key of Eb got freaked out by that low G

@elijahrodriguez4744 4 жыл бұрын

Ali O bro same

@kisoki2 3 жыл бұрын

Same dude he was playing the lowest notes possible and yet he sounded like he was just playing A and ı was like whaaat than ı saw the g and ı was like ooooooh lmao

@jacobbass6226 5 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait doing this solo next year.

@alikechiche9947 Жыл бұрын

First time hearing this, this is so beautiful.

@ethanbuchwald2548 6 жыл бұрын

I wish I had the balls to take this on.

@mayamattock6166 5 жыл бұрын

Ethan Buchwald me too but I’m stilll doing it😭

@laurensalinas5362 5 жыл бұрын

Migishi Kurokuru samee, hoping go to state for solo and ensemble

@kidding6712 5 жыл бұрын

Lauren Salinas I made it this year!!

@le_jaivan 5 жыл бұрын

You mean for the piano, right?

@deadfashion2796 5 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to learn this for NYSSMA, 4 days before, kill me please😅😐😭

@zayapianist741 11 ай бұрын

Wait... I seriously need 48 hours in a day to practice this. I'm not sure if I can be ready before November 😢 pray for me guys 🥲

@katieraemusic 8 ай бұрын

No FOR REALS

@zayapianist741 Ай бұрын

PS: kinda did it, but it’s still hard 😂😂

@lounaszr 5 жыл бұрын

je le présente mon examen de fin de troisième cycle de saxophone en mai 2019, merci cela m' aide................

@user-vy5no3hm4c 2 жыл бұрын

同級生の友だち(中3)がこれ演奏しててマジですごかった。音色も、動く度に光るサックスも、全部がとにかくきれいで涙でそうだった、、、

@jamesgutierrez5587 3 жыл бұрын

For those wondering this is the piano score for Paul Creston Sonata for Piano and Alto Saxophone.

@PRohFullscoremusic 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!!

@ChopinClassics Жыл бұрын

5:14 is so heartachingly beautiful

@latidokodaly 5 жыл бұрын

4:49 ❤

@annabethsheridan5540 3 жыл бұрын

Yesss

@givnnv Жыл бұрын

10:46, that run is so beautiful

@matekgratek 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful 😍

@nutfw3209 3 жыл бұрын

I got to play this song for my solo this year i like it

@jubessa8063 4 жыл бұрын

I am playing this and I love it :P✨

@cdog-bl1ul 3 жыл бұрын

I was supposed to do this for all state in my sophomore year of highschool and I mean I didn’t practice enough but this piece is hard

@user-uw3xl2ob6v 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@always_awake146 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing music

@melvinayala7418 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me wish I could go back to middle school and learn saxophone just to be able to play this by my senior year of high school

@ScottKnitter 3 жыл бұрын

As I listen to this, I imagine walking serenely into solo & ensemble festival, nailing this, and serenely walking out with my medal.

@user-kp9of7re9q 3 жыл бұрын

You can learn again !

@Ashley.M-Music Жыл бұрын

I know I’m late to respond, but it’s never to late to learn something

@davidbevanwoodwind4075 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@marvinlin5907 4 жыл бұрын

9:24 for reference, movement 3

@sajateacher 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, really nice piece. I’d like to do a transcription to guitar of the piano part, although it would probably be incredibly difficult to play.

@markpfa Жыл бұрын

I would also think balance would be a HUGE issue

@mikeg2924 2 жыл бұрын

I love this perf. but it doesn't seem to match up from the dynamics markings from the score at all??

@collinscottfilmscoring Жыл бұрын

Im assuming the saxophone music is in concert pitch rn cause there no way we playing low gs like that

@hannahherrmann4921 Жыл бұрын

it’s concert pitch (probably for the pianists sake) lol

@squirrel3310 4 жыл бұрын

Sportif à l'alto et au piano !

@RaquelSantos-hj1mq 5 жыл бұрын

I love this piece so much. I'm a pianist but don't know any saxophonists. I know an amazing clarinetist. Does anyone know if this would transfer well to the clarinet?

@stefano6531 5 жыл бұрын

Rachelle S. Well it can be transferred because of its concert like written state so all of the saxophone notes are an octave lower. So that means the F# is the highest note in here. It can be transferred but it is written specifically for saxophone. Might as well write a new one

@RaquelSantos-hj1mq 5 жыл бұрын

@@stefano6531 I just love it so much. If it's in the range and the capability of the clarinet, I would do it. I know there are several different types of clarinets. I would never dream of transposing the piano part. But I could easily transpose the clarinet. I'd just put it in notation software at concert pitch and then raise or lower.

@Matt-rq7qh 5 жыл бұрын

Rachelle S. I don’t think this piece goes down to low Bb (on saxophone). I know bass clarinets have the low Db key (which is Bb on sax), idk about regular clarinets. Higher range isn’t an issue. As long as there are no Bb’s, this should be transposable.

@leonAzul42 4 жыл бұрын

This should translate nicely to the clarinet at the same pitch - no need to transpose the piano part. It would be interesting to hear it interpreted with a subtle vibrato. The soprano clarinet originally included a Bb/Eb key like the current alto and bass for much the same reason: not for the extended range but for the improved intonation of the B/E.

@jacobbass6226 4 жыл бұрын

What. No this is not correct. This is not written an octave lower. It’s concert pitch. For the saxophones note you bring it up a major sixth. For clarinet you bring it up a major second. This piece would work well on clarinet and would be technically difficult, but the range is really manageable for clarinet. It only goes to their c above the staff.

@cadet8376 3 жыл бұрын

POV: you're here for an honor band audition recording

@sophialipker2187 2 жыл бұрын

Man I want to play this one so bad

@Bensama07 6 ай бұрын

God the second movement hits so hard

@user-zb2xp3yi2z 3 жыл бұрын

0:08 0:20 A 0:30 1:08 1:18 1:30 1:37 1:41 1:56 A 2:07 2:22 3:13 3:30 3:55 4:08 (4:25, 4:31) 7:18 9:25(n.g) (9:41 9:53)

@kidding6712 5 жыл бұрын

So state solo and ensemble is this month. I’m playing the first movement, anything I should work on? (Specifically)

@shaynelewis1587 5 жыл бұрын

Play the whole piece, the first movement doesnt make much sense without the rest. I'll have to look back at my notes for specific measures, but i'd focus highly on the first page...sets up the whole movement. Make sure your tempo is within your actual ramge of playing (tone on point, articulation on point etc.) Get those things down way under tempo then speed it up. Tl:dr Practice.

@kidding6712 5 жыл бұрын

Shayne Lewis bruh I already got a superior I’m finishing the final touches

@ecstrema 5 жыл бұрын

Do you know the original tempo written were later revised by Creston himself, so the first movement went from 126 (which is still what is indicated on most scores) to 120, the second from 66 to 56, and the third from 160 to 144. This means: don't play too fast. Hope it's not too late and good luck!

@kidding6712 5 жыл бұрын

Marche Remi dang I didn’t know this. I played at state and got an excellent because it was my 2nd time playing with my pianist

@Mediocre_Music 5 жыл бұрын

Marche Remi Dang 56?? I was comfortable at 70 let alone 56! I’d run out of breath after the first measure 😂

@adelaideschmidt7126 4 жыл бұрын

0:02- 1:00 8:07-9:16 9:25-

@gregmilka7452 Жыл бұрын

Who are the performers on this recording?

@kevinngo9138 3 жыл бұрын

Creston concerto coming soon?

@ethanweisman3577 5 жыл бұрын

Who's playing

@andyk6767 4 жыл бұрын

Eugene Rousseau

@johnwasani8338 4 жыл бұрын

You can learn a great deal from bis rhytm treaty

@mariarose8216 4 жыл бұрын

5:32

@shishbish9489 4 жыл бұрын

8:10 How do you play the Low G that’s written

@bencurry3111 4 жыл бұрын

Shane Saltus It's in concert pitch on that score. On Alto, that would actually be E without octave key (last line on the staff)

@user-ur4jz6cf4y 3 жыл бұрын

伴奏クソむずだけど楽しかったやつ

@iterumkuo8391 2 жыл бұрын

II 4:49 5:32 III 9:25

@user-oc3tt3bc1x 5 жыл бұрын

9:25

@TheBTAV 5 жыл бұрын

임유내 b

@yllenlipuma8999 4 жыл бұрын

May I ask you if you get reclamations for these videos? I have a KZfaq channel and I get reclamations everytime I create a video where I play even 20seconds of music! Even with the permission of the musicians! So I wonder if you have the same problem! Best regards and thank you very much for this video!

@elenamashkovskaya4675 2 жыл бұрын

Браво! А кто исполняет это произведение?

@nikitakorolkov886 2 жыл бұрын

Eugene Roussau

@elenamashkovskaya4675 2 жыл бұрын

Спасибо! Уже нашла)

@Classic336 6 жыл бұрын

Καλώς μας ξανάρθες!

@shaynelewis1587 5 жыл бұрын

Who is performing?

@KingsRodriguez 5 жыл бұрын

I think its Arno Borkamp

@andyk6767 5 жыл бұрын

It's Eugene Rousseau, from his album Saxophone Masterpieces tracks 1-3. Would be nice if the guy that ran this channel attributed the actual artist, but I'm guessing he doesn't have copyright permission.

@klop4228 5 жыл бұрын

0:17 he plays a C-natural instead of that second C## :P

@AlbertPerez-jw1ry 4 жыл бұрын

No, he just dropped his jaw a bit to much

@jacobbass6226 4 жыл бұрын

It’s neither. That’s a typo.it should be a c natural or a natural written pitch.

@user-fd1yl5fw3j 5 жыл бұрын

4:48

@emanuelbarcelone 3 жыл бұрын

Alguien podría decime quiénes son los intérpretes?

@JayBrown-xs9ps 3 жыл бұрын

El saxofonista es Eugene Rousseau y la pianista es Jaromir Klepac. Nadie lo había averiguado hasta ahora, osea espero que esto resuelva sus problemas.👍

@erin9726 5 жыл бұрын

The alto sax part is written an octave lower?

@jacobbass6226 5 жыл бұрын

Erin Faldon it’s in concert pitch so the a above the staff is the highest F#.

@colereed7411 4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobbass6226 why

@jacobbass6226 4 жыл бұрын

Cole Reed many reasons. It’s standard solo writing for the Sax. It helps to keep the ungodly high notes within the staves. If you get good you can even read concert pitch.

@jacobbass6226 4 жыл бұрын

Cole Reed it’s also meant for the piano players if they need to help the Sax part.

@colereed7411 4 жыл бұрын

@@jacobbass6226 I can't transpose worth shit I've been playing alto for 6 years and I'm confused on how someone learns to do this. it overwrites what you already know and seem like if you do it to much it would ruin your normal sight reading

@yllenlipuma8999 4 жыл бұрын

Very good! Who are the players?

@justinmarks1711 4 жыл бұрын

Eugene Rousseau is on AS. Unsure of the pianist.

@lflagr 9 ай бұрын

I'm accompanying this for this first time in a few weeks. For all the difficulty pianists seem to attribute to this sonata, it seems pretty fake-able lol and not too bad

@bambino100011 2 жыл бұрын

Who is the saxophonist on this? Just curious.

@Carplays 2 жыл бұрын

This is E. Rousseau playing, not sure about the pianist

@decimde-pa9456 6 ай бұрын

2:46 how it's possible for sax alto , the low note ?

@Cashimat 3 ай бұрын

This is the piano score, sometimes in Piano Scores the Alto Sax part is transposed from its original Eflat key to Concert Pitch or C. However not all piano scores do this. The lowest note on that time stamp for the alto is actually only a C# below the staff for Alto Sax Notation. Rather than an E below the staff which is seen here.

@ichika3968 3 жыл бұрын

1:27

@branndon4381 6 жыл бұрын

Who is the soloist?

@dallassax 6 жыл бұрын

Brann Don I believe it’s is Eugene Rousseau

@niinaranta3014 5 жыл бұрын

it's a sonata for saxophone and piano, there is no soloist

@benatchison2371 5 жыл бұрын

@@niinaranta3014 The piano isn't the main instrument in this piece though. In a concerto, there is a soloist even though there is an entire orchestra behind them. E.g. Mozart clarinet concerto: the soloist is a clarinet, which is backed by the orchestra. The saxophone is the soloist in this piece.

@okyhernandez9385 5 жыл бұрын

Royal Goodness Bitch, are you fucking stupid? In music, a solo (from the Italian: solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ, a continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble.

@PokeMinerNate 5 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry I think you guys misunderstood his question(except dallassax)

@kethanraman944 3 жыл бұрын

0:04

@brainwashalpha5495 Жыл бұрын

9:24 III

@yin8079 Жыл бұрын

theres a transposed score for sax on imslp

@GNGianopoulos Жыл бұрын

Not in the US.

@amiens3708 Жыл бұрын

I 0:04 II 4:49 III 9:25

@AaronLington1 4 жыл бұрын

Who is the saxophonist?

@andyk6767 4 жыл бұрын

Eugene Rousseau

@AaronLington1 4 жыл бұрын

@@andyk6767 thank you

@kethanraman944 3 жыл бұрын

8:06

@hazelshi656 3 жыл бұрын

0:29

@user-hy7uu3fd6r 2 жыл бұрын

4:51 9:25

@brentwhorton7777 5 жыл бұрын

Low A?

@landontaylor6072 5 жыл бұрын

Just Kaleb oof

@keepinitsaxy4273 5 жыл бұрын

Just Kaleb concert pitch

@dylancook5830 4 жыл бұрын

Bro I saw an f below the staff

@jacksmith9031 5 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@Eorzat 3 жыл бұрын

2:01 lmfao ok dude. Not so subtle reference lol

@willcoffey2913 2 жыл бұрын

0:05 (sorry, using this for myself with a metronome just ignore this comment)

@cam-mg1ki 8 ай бұрын

lol that's so funny

@loshok20 4 ай бұрын

9:25 3 часть

@diegosatori5718 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds jazzy or is just me?

@robertmorales8432 4 жыл бұрын

Listen to this recording of it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z52dm71p16_aYo0.html

@Eorzat 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of people tend to get "jazzy" feels from anything that features an alto sax which is just instrumental bias.

@diegosatori5718 3 жыл бұрын

@@Eorzat dont forget harmony

@Eorzat 3 жыл бұрын

Diego Satori I didn’t forget harmony. People put WAY too much emphasis on harmony. Like anything that has a maj7 chord and some extended harmony gets labeled as “jazzy” which is ridiculous and completely discredits a lot of what Jazz actually is. Also, this was composed/released in 1939. Practically every composer was using harmony like this if not more radical during this time not to mention that this kind of harmony predates Jazz to begin with.

@ianjamison7872 3 жыл бұрын

I would say the first two measures, with their chromatic motion dominant seven chords, would not be out of place, harmonically, in a Duke Ellington composition.

@hugosanchez2708 5 жыл бұрын

Is he londaix

@justinmarks1711 4 жыл бұрын

Eugene Rousseau

@joshscores3360 4 жыл бұрын

Can't get past the fact that there's no time signature for the sax >:(

@bambino100011 4 жыл бұрын

Most of it is in 4/4 time.

@notwhite4133 4 жыл бұрын

Playing this for tenth grade masterclass. Oop

@EmanSax03 4 жыл бұрын

bro goodluck big dawg

@ssldjdjdhehbdbdbdb Жыл бұрын

Wait but you can't play that low on alto????

@jaylenruff6976 Жыл бұрын

It’s written in concert pitch

@ssldjdjdhehbdbdbdb Жыл бұрын

@@jaylenruff6976 oh okay sick thanks

@tristanmoreno2346 4 жыл бұрын

Poor piano player

@marvinlin5907 4 жыл бұрын

Start of part 2, 8:08

@Yukkuri_fishing 3 жыл бұрын

クラリネットで耳コピできないかなーとか考えてたあの当時の俺を殴りたい

@kethanraman944 3 жыл бұрын

:04

@EagleScout2019 4 жыл бұрын

I'm playing movement one this year. But how tf is a saxophone gonna play low g. You can tell this isn't a bari playing and an alto isn't playing low g or low a man.

@lucasmariotti5160 4 жыл бұрын

The part shown on screen is the piano part so it is in concert pitch. The saxophone part for this is written a fourth above that

@dinglewadflimsdale6024 4 жыл бұрын

Lucas Mariotti 6th above or 3rd below not a fourth lololol but u got the idea :p

@cadet8376 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but this is impossible

@tristanyokom1542 3 жыл бұрын

No it isn't, though it is ridiculously hard for the pianist. The sax part on this is written in concert pitch