I love that you reinforce the 45 degree angle! I had a lot of problems with my left hand to the point where I had to play simpler pieces for my college auditions. When I mentioned it in flute studio, my professor said "well of course you are, look at the way you're standing!" I fixed that and never had a problem again.
I love your positivity and how you honor each flutist for their strengths and unique qualities. We do need more of this in the world - your are right! And I love your speeches. I subscribed to your channel - looking forward to watching your other videos.
Hi Tatiana! One flutist who MUST BE mentioned and analyzed in this amazing TOP LIST is certainly PATRICK GALLOIS. Works like the 12 Telemmann's Fantaisies for Solo Flûte Perhaps the most unbearable version of all existent Or her gorgeous version o PIAZZOLLA'S L'Histoire du Tango, Plus his 6 Etudes Tanguistiques for Solo Flute...but you can choose out whatever you like or find from him. He is one of the 2 or 3 flutist who has recorded the PAGANINI 'S 24 Etudes 🤓🙉🙈 I must say I ❤your idea to make this unique exercise of observing and discussing our impressions about the flute and it's subtle technical and expressiv secrets Please KEEP ON TRUCKING 🙏🏼😊 🎉 I 💕 your Style 💯 More Names coming soon 🥳😘
Ian Anderson! It's refreshing to hear your take, as a classically trained musician, on the music that's my native habitat. Songs From The Wood and Aqualung were my first exposure to flute that I noticed that wasn't just buried in an orchestra, or the girl in my elementary school band in the back when I was in the front playing clarinet. Jazz, Funk and Rock are my home habitats, but that being said King Crimson and Yes are two of my favorite bands, Peter Gabriel another. The quality of musicianship in those bands is on level with classical and jazz elements. I'm enjoying learning some classical things on flute, doing daily discipline checking in with various online teachers and following the Trevor Wye Tone book, where I'm still working on the first two pages to get my embouchure in shape from droning the tones, and discipline the harmonics so I can hit the ones I want and not just whatever pops out as in a Blues jam. I value the classical discipline that can hone such fine details. Then I can't abide the limits for more than a song or three, cause I have to just break free and fly. Flute is great for that. I'm enjoying training my ability to play specific melodies like I can on guitar and voice. Flute has been exclusively jam instrument for me for 28 years.
Another fantastic video! All the players are amazing. I particularly liked the way you discussed Ian Anderson's playing vis a vie, the classical vs jazz styles (I play both but mostly jazz). I also enjoyed the discussion of the various handholding techniques. Plus I also move when playing but on difficult, or unfamiliar material I move less. Always a wealth of information. Thank you!
I loved that you did part 2 and I’m so glad that you added some non-classical flutists. If you do a part 3, I would recommend listening to Lorna McGhee (especially her recording of the Vitali Chaconne which is originally for violin), Demarre McGill, Mark Sparks (I love his recording of both the Martinu Sonata and the Martin Ballade), Paula Robison (I love how she plays Mozart), Michel Debost, and Robert Langevin🥰❤️
Ian Anderson lives a few miles from me here in the UK in Wiltshire, he is playing a concert at Salisbury Cathedral this Christmas with Jethro Tull. I really should book a ticket.
Fantastic video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ At about 2:10, you're right. My RUclips guitar teacher always says : "Do what works & forget about what whoever says about the position of your picking hand, same about your fretting hand." That actually applies to anythjng on this stationary & flat Earth. Have a Fantastic day.
Hi, I love your videos! So educational and non dogmatic way of looking at flute playing and teaching! I'd love to hear you speak of the french flute school, with your own perspective, that would be so interesting! Or a video comparing the speficities of different flute schools?
I would love a part 3 with "non classical flute players". James Moody, Bobby Jasper, Frank Wes, Ted Nash, Herbie Mann, Eddie Daniels... Just naming a few jazz players. :)
Joanie Madden, Philippe Barnes, Eimear McGeown, Aisling Agnew for some Irish (and classical for Eimear, baroque for Aisling, and jazz for Philippe) on a classical flute.
Bouriakov is the greatest flutist to ever live, period, no discussion. You are right, 'there is no 'one way' to play the flute'. I am so sick and tired of these so-called 'flute teachers', all freaking out that the flute is not perfectly lined up on the center of the lips. Our faces are all different, our jaws the teeth dont line up the same, our lips are different shaped, our overbites are different, so you have to find the most natural way to position the lip plate. And if a teacher tells you to hold the flute like marching band geek, in a 90 degree angle to the ground, run like hell. Hand and fingers are all different sizes too. So your hand position will look different from somebody who has larger or smaller fingers. The important thing is to find your most relaxed and natural position. Rampal and Denis blow off to the side, but listen to their beautiful sound. So strived to be relaxed, no strain, no tension. Find the best position for YOU, experiment, move the flute around, don't force yourself to copy any one. What works well for Rampal may not work well for you. Let your ears tell you the best tone you can make. Excellent video, thank you for making it.
A part 3 should include Ray Thomas from the Moody Blues. Maybe Night's in White Satin or the flute part of Legend of a Mind. Red Rocks concert or Royal Albert Hall.
Re Andersen's body movement and expression: I've noticed that in many 60s and earlier videos of "classic" orchestral performances, the musicians (with two usual exceptions: the 1st Violin and some featured soloist) are stiff. Stiff, as in, only the body parts necessary to play their instruments are allowed to move. But when I watch any of the very recent annual Lucerne Festival Orchestra performances as conducted by Abbado (and now Chailly), all of the musicians move and sway to their individual performances -- something I can't imagine being _unnecessary_ for the best performance possible. In the case of LFO, I don't believe it has to do with the fact that the musicians, being hand-chosen for the occasion, are composed of famous ensembles, soloists, and principal players from other orchestras. Which brings me back to the "stiffness" of the earlier performances I mentioned. Why!?
I would like to mention Jorge Pardo, one of my favorites .. maybe in the next review?🤞🏽Btw you made me laugh so much on this video 😂 Thanks a lot for your work 🙏🏽
Yes!!!! A real legend and a incredible human. I have had the privilege of hearing him play is Cape Town (not a common thing!) and having a few memorable conversations. What a wise soul!
IF you decide to do another episode I wonder if you have heard of Peter Tietze ( sic? I doubt I have the spelling right). He was the first virtuoso flutist I heard live and perhaps had the most beautiful tone of any flutist I have heard either live, on records or in movies with the possible exception of Galway.
Great video, Tatiana! Wow, the armature of Denis is really weird but, who can complain with the great way this guy plays?...Thanks SO MUCH for giving Ian Anderson the Cudo's. I have always felt that he was so underestimated by a lot of people. Ian is such a great and innovative Flute player. He is such a great talent!...:)
Dave Valentin come to mind among conservatory flute player who expanded into Latin jazz, a real genius, his nickname was "The beast" find out out why. By the way Tatiana you are adorable.
Dear Tatiana, Another brilliant and interesting analysis! Thank you for being the teacher to analyze flutists in-depth to learn from! I have learned so much from your analyzations, you made me a subscriber! Would you by chance consider analyzing Dr. Tadeu Coelho (UNCSA), Mimi Stillman (Dolce Suono Ensemble), or Paula Robison (NEC)? Hoping to see more of your fabulous, insightful videos!
Hi, Tatiana. Thanks for this incredibly interesting vid. I'm still wondering which place of the flute rests his right thumb Bouriakov when playing. Could it be in the mechanism itself? I've tried this, and it badly unbalances the flute (it wants to rotate forward). I'm really intrigued... Anyway, he sounds fantastic from every point of view. To me he's among the greatest. As for Ian Anderson, I play the flute thanks to him, and this is true for many people now in our seventies. He was kind of flute starter for kids in my generation. Now I play just classic, but I recognize he's still a genius
As I’ve gotten older, I think I’ve become less fond of both Moyse and WIBB and not because of their playing but rather because of their modifications to the flute. Moyse’s flute had notorious modifications to offset the G keys even more and WIBB sacrilegiously retuned a bunch of Louis Lots. It’s probably why I enjoy Rampal and Galway so much more as they kept that non-conforming style of keeping it in the form of Lot’s designs. 😅
Not as well known, but would qualify as a badass women playing the flute is Nicole LaRoche. She plays a combo of Native American & Contemprary music ruclips.net/video/DatxLrZACBw/видео.html
Love it ! Fantastic players, examples, and commentary. Still no Patrick Gallois though - boo hoo! 😢 . Surely he should be lauded, praised and idolised if only for the Telemann Fantasia recordings...
I made this comment on the last video: Hubert Laws, whose tone changes completely depending on what he's playing. His versatility is literally not credible. You could, for example, compare the tone of one of his classical pieces to one of his more innovative jazz pieces.
@@TheFlutePractice Fun Fact….Le Pètomane was a renowned flatulist who used to entertain audiences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He had tremendous technique, support, and abdominal control. Yet, he was not just a technician. He was a fartiste and did everything in his power to be accepted among other worthy men and artists. Unfortunately, in the end, he was forced by society to live as an exile, misunderstood, but never forgotten.
Plenty of modern flutists with that "Super Flute" sound that misses so much..and no Julius Baker? Or others such as Paul Fried? Paul sounded better than most of these players when he was still a teenager. And no Julius Baker? Compared to Baker these fine players sound like they're in a scholarship competition. C'mon people.
Wow how unnecessary…I mean that someone wrote a comment like this in the first place. Not everywhere that is English speaking uses words in the same way…doesn’t mean they’re wrong and need correction!
I love that you reinforce the 45 degree angle! I had a lot of problems with my left hand to the point where I had to play simpler pieces for my college auditions. When I mentioned it in flute studio, my professor said "well of course you are, look at the way you're standing!" I fixed that and never had a problem again.
I love your positivity and how you honor each flutist for their strengths and unique qualities. We do need more of this in the world - your are right! And I love your speeches. I subscribed to your channel - looking forward to watching your other videos.
🙏❤️☀️🎶 thank you!
Definitely...you can learn from everybody...all inspiring
Interesting as always! The list just keeps growing!
Hi Tatiana!
One flutist who MUST BE mentioned and analyzed in this amazing TOP LIST is certainly PATRICK GALLOIS.
Works like the 12 Telemmann's Fantaisies for Solo Flûte
Perhaps the most unbearable version of all existent
Or her gorgeous version o PIAZZOLLA'S L'Histoire du Tango,
Plus his 6 Etudes Tanguistiques for Solo Flute...but you can choose out whatever you like or find from him.
He is one of the 2 or 3 flutist who has recorded the PAGANINI 'S 24 Etudes 🤓🙉🙈
I must say I ❤your idea to make this unique exercise of observing and discussing our impressions about the flute and it's subtle technical and expressiv secrets
Please KEEP ON TRUCKING 🙏🏼😊 🎉 I 💕 your Style 💯
More Names coming soon 🥳😘
Ian Anderson! It's refreshing to hear your take, as a classically trained musician, on the music that's my native habitat. Songs From The Wood and Aqualung were my first exposure to flute that I noticed that wasn't just buried in an orchestra, or the girl in my elementary school band in the back when I was in the front playing clarinet. Jazz, Funk and Rock are my home habitats, but that being said King Crimson and Yes are two of my favorite bands, Peter Gabriel another. The quality of musicianship in those bands is on level with classical and jazz elements. I'm enjoying learning some classical things on flute, doing daily discipline checking in with various online teachers and following the Trevor Wye Tone book, where I'm still working on the first two pages to get my embouchure in shape from droning the tones, and discipline the harmonics so I can hit the ones I want and not just whatever pops out as in a Blues jam. I value the classical discipline that can hone such fine details. Then I can't abide the limits for more than a song or three, cause I have to just break free and fly. Flute is great for that. I'm enjoying training my ability to play specific melodies like I can on guitar and voice. Flute has been exclusively jam instrument for me for 28 years.
Tatiana, you bring order to chaos. I love your style. Thanks for the smiles.
YES...not perfectionist.....EXPRESSION shows the inner self,the soul of the flutist.
I am very pleased someone has said this openly 💖🎼🦋
Yes yes yes and yes
Another fantastic video! All the players are amazing. I particularly liked the way you discussed Ian Anderson's playing vis a vie, the classical vs jazz styles (I play both but mostly jazz). I also enjoyed the discussion of the various handholding techniques. Plus I also move when playing but on difficult, or unfamiliar material I move less. Always a wealth of information. Thank you!
I loved that you did part 2 and I’m so glad that you added some non-classical flutists. If you do a part 3, I would recommend listening to Lorna McGhee (especially her recording of the Vitali Chaconne which is originally for violin), Demarre McGill, Mark Sparks (I love his recording of both the Martinu Sonata and the Martin Ballade), Paula Robison (I love how she plays Mozart), Michel Debost, and Robert Langevin🥰❤️
Claudio Barile is better than players you mentioned above.Anyone you know play better Hamburg sonata in G than him in youtube?
Wonderful! I'll look for #1 tomorrow. I could listen to Ian Anderson all night.
Ian Anderson lives a few miles from me here in the UK in Wiltshire, he is playing a concert at Salisbury Cathedral this Christmas with Jethro Tull. I really should book a ticket.
Great video Tatiana! Love the part about Ian Anderson! Made my day 😀
Yay! He is so great!
Fantastic video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
At about 2:10, you're right. My RUclips guitar teacher always says : "Do what works & forget about what whoever says about the position of your picking hand, same about your fretting hand."
That actually applies to anythjng on this stationary & flat Earth. Have a Fantastic day.
Hi, I love your videos! So educational and non dogmatic way of looking at flute playing and teaching! I'd love to hear you speak of the french flute school, with your own perspective, that would be so interesting! Or a video comparing the speficities of different flute schools?
Great stuff, thank you dear Tatiana!
That Fauré..... SOOOOO beautiful. Enchanting as she plays it. 😍
It is something else!!!
I would love a part 3 with "non classical flute players". James Moody, Bobby Jasper, Frank Wes, Ted Nash, Herbie Mann, Eddie Daniels... Just naming a few jazz players. :)
Joanie Madden, Philippe Barnes, Eimear McGeown, Aisling Agnew for some Irish (and classical for Eimear, baroque for Aisling, and jazz for Philippe) on a classical flute.
how about Hubert Laws???
@@brunoleflanchec6164 absolutely! I also forgot Dave Valentin.
There’s also other flutists such as Orlando “Maraca” Valle, Marco Granados, Niurka Gonzalez and Nestor Torres that specialize in Latin Music.
@@kiaraeijo There are many superb Brazillian players too, such as Toninho Carrasqueira ,Hermeto Pascoal and Carlos Malta.
Bouriakov is the greatest flutist to ever live, period, no discussion. You are right, 'there is no 'one way' to play the flute'. I am so sick and tired of these so-called 'flute teachers', all freaking out that the flute is not perfectly lined up on the center of the lips. Our faces are all different, our jaws the teeth dont line up the same, our lips are different shaped, our overbites are different, so you have to find the most natural way to position the lip plate. And if a teacher tells you to hold the flute like marching band geek, in a 90 degree angle to the ground, run like hell. Hand and fingers are all different sizes too. So your hand position will look different from somebody who has larger or smaller fingers. The important thing is to find your most relaxed and natural position. Rampal and Denis blow off to the side, but listen to their beautiful sound. So strived to be relaxed, no strain, no tension. Find the best position for YOU, experiment, move the flute around, don't force yourself to copy any one. What works well for Rampal may not work well for you. Let your ears tell you the best tone you can make. Excellent video, thank you for making it.
A part 3 should include Ray Thomas from the Moody Blues. Maybe Night's in White Satin or the flute part of Legend of a Mind. Red Rocks concert or Royal Albert Hall.
Re Andersen's body movement and expression: I've noticed that in many 60s and earlier videos of "classic" orchestral performances, the musicians (with two usual exceptions: the 1st Violin and some featured soloist) are stiff. Stiff, as in, only the body parts necessary to play their instruments are allowed to move. But when I watch any of the very recent annual Lucerne Festival Orchestra performances as conducted by Abbado (and now Chailly), all of the musicians move and sway to their individual performances -- something I can't imagine being _unnecessary_ for the best performance possible. In the case of LFO, I don't believe it has to do with the fact that the musicians, being hand-chosen for the occasion, are composed of famous ensembles, soloists, and principal players from other orchestras. Which brings me back to the "stiffness" of the earlier performances I mentioned. Why!?
excelent video! I would like to see a reaction on the top flutist Elena Pinderhughes.
Dave valentine is awesome
I enjoyed your videos exploring these masters
I would love to hear your opinion on Laurel Zucker! She's AMAZING!
I've enjoyed these episodes.
I've been listening to quite a bit of Emmanuel Pahud, over the last six to twelve months. ❤️🙂
I would like to mention Jorge Pardo, one of my favorites .. maybe in the next review?🤞🏽Btw you made me laugh so much on this video 😂 Thanks a lot for your work 🙏🏽
Another inspiring, and informative upload. Thanks Tatiana.
Thank you Charlotte! You are great 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Love your video. Just to add one more favorite: Hubert Laws!
Yes!!!! A real legend and a incredible human. I have had the privilege of hearing him play is Cape Town (not a common thing!) and having a few memorable conversations. What a wise soul!
A flute, even a Boehm-flute is NOT a trumpet. But mostly I hear this trumpet sound.
IF you decide to do another episode I wonder if you have heard of Peter Tietze ( sic? I doubt I have the spelling right). He was the first virtuoso flutist I heard live and perhaps had the most beautiful tone of any flutist I have heard either live, on records or in movies with the possible exception of Galway.
I would love a part 3, Emily Beynon and Gary Shocker
Bourakov was taught by William Bennett. Same sort of tone.
If there is a Part 3, check out Herbie Mann.
Great video, Tatiana! Wow, the armature of Denis is really weird but, who can complain with the great way this guy plays?...Thanks SO MUCH for giving Ian Anderson the Cudo's. I have always felt that he was so underestimated by a lot of people. Ian is such a great and innovative Flute player. He is such a great talent!...:)
Dave Valentin come to mind among conservatory flute player who expanded into Latin jazz, a real genius, his nickname was "The beast" find out out why. By the way Tatiana you are adorable.
Dear Tatiana,
Another brilliant and interesting analysis! Thank you for being the teacher to analyze flutists in-depth to learn from! I have learned so much from your analyzations, you made me a subscriber! Would you by chance consider analyzing Dr. Tadeu Coelho (UNCSA), Mimi Stillman (Dolce Suono Ensemble), or Paula Robison (NEC)? Hoping to see more of your fabulous, insightful videos!
Yes! Will add Coelho to the list but Mimi and Paula are on it and will be coming up 👏🏼 glad these videos are so useful!
I think matvey demin is a super underrated player, one of my favorites to listen to
I would like to see some jazz flute players, maybe Denis Deblasio who played with Maynard Ferguson.
Why is there a picture of Julius Baker on the cover but not in the video? 😭
Hi, Tatiana. Thanks for this incredibly interesting vid. I'm still wondering which place of the flute rests his right thumb Bouriakov when playing. Could it be in the mechanism itself? I've tried this, and it badly unbalances the flute (it wants to rotate forward). I'm really intrigued... Anyway, he sounds fantastic from every point of view. To me he's among the greatest. As for Ian Anderson, I play the flute thanks to him, and this is true for many people now in our seventies. He was kind of flute starter for kids in my generation. Now I play just classic, but I recognize he's still a genius
You should do James Moody and Yusef Lateef!
Chech Hubert Lwas out, he mix clssical and jazz music, fantastic flute player. James Galway's pal
This made me feel better about playing off to the side 😭😭
I like your comments. Maybe you can also talk about Emily Beynon. Do you also make tutorials? for free?
I would love to! Hoping to get her in for an interview one day. Yes, loads of tutorials and tips here on my channel for you to learn from! Enjoy
Part 3:
Emily Beynon, Patrick Gallois, Mathieu Dufour, Sebastian Jacot, Adam Walker, Tom Nyfenger.
Ian Anderson, not Ian Andersen.
Ha! Well spotted!
Part 3 with Clara please! I'm gonna keep asking 😜
She was on the list! I think I need to do a "badass women playing the flute"
@@TheFlutePractice I totally agree especially since it’s Women’s History Month
I guess I should’ve commented here. Jean Ferrandis and Hubert Laws would be incredible to analyze.
Agreed!!!! Will hopefully do it soon!
As I’ve gotten older, I think I’ve become less fond of both Moyse and WIBB and not because of their playing but rather because of their modifications to the flute. Moyse’s flute had notorious modifications to offset the G keys even more and WIBB sacrilegiously retuned a bunch of Louis Lots. It’s probably why I enjoy Rampal and Galway so much more as they kept that non-conforming style of keeping it in the form of Lot’s designs. 😅
maxence larrieu, andreas blau, mathieu dufour!
For a part 3, more trad players Matt Molloy and Jean-Michel Veillon?
Part 3 Claudio Barile
I like this serie 👍
🥳👏🏼
More Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson.
Bouriakov on mendelsohn concerto is sooo gooood
Not as well known, but would qualify as a badass women playing the flute is Nicole LaRoche. She plays a combo of Native American & Contemprary music ruclips.net/video/DatxLrZACBw/видео.html
Thanks! I think a badass women in flute playing NEEDS to happen
Love it ! Fantastic players, examples, and commentary. Still no Patrick Gallois though - boo hoo! 😢 . Surely he should be lauded, praised and idolised if only for the Telemann Fantasia recordings...
Bobby Militello!!!!!
I made this comment on the last video: Hubert Laws, whose tone changes completely depending on what he's playing. His versatility is literally not credible. You could, for example, compare the tone of one of his classical pieces to one of his more innovative jazz pieces.
I adore laws! We will be do a jazz flutist video soon and I will be sure to do exactly this. It is a great idea!
Is it “flutist”, “flautist”, or “flatulist”?
Inquiring minds want to know.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the discussion of the century! Oh my word…how many cans of worms should we open 😂🪱🐛🪱
@@TheFlutePractice
Fun Fact….Le Pètomane was a renowned flatulist who used to entertain audiences of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He had tremendous technique, support, and abdominal control. Yet, he was not just a technician. He was a fartiste and did everything in his power to be accepted among other worthy men and artists. Unfortunately, in the end, he was forced by society to live as an exile, misunderstood, but never forgotten.
@@justicegusting2476 yes, there was an exhibit at the Museum of Fart of this fartist. Everyone agreed it stank to High Heaven.
Plenty of modern flutists with that "Super Flute" sound that misses so much..and no Julius Baker? Or others such as Paul Fried? Paul sounded better than most of these players when he was still a teenager. And no Julius Baker? Compared to Baker these fine players sound like they're in a scholarship competition. C'mon people.
It's called pinky or little finger. Only babies have baby fingers.👶
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...It may be a South African thing! Never considered that would be confusing!
@@TheFlutePractice It must also be a French Canadian thing because we call it baby finger too!
Wow how unnecessary…I mean that someone wrote a comment like this in the first place. Not everywhere that is English speaking uses words in the same way…doesn’t mean they’re wrong and need correction!
That’s what made me laugh!! And the wind band revelation. Thanks for being so charming. 🌹