Of course there’s an insufferable, fascy/far right worm in the comments throwing insults at light hearted banter... Dude, you seem to take BPS and JBP seriously, so uh, I wouldn’t be commenting on the credulity or intelligence of others! 😂
oh the thumb joke... that's why we love this channel. the artists don't just explain their instrument, they also carry their own personalities throughout the narration! keep it coming!
Beautiful. As a youngster I had the mad delusion to want to become a jazz saxophonist. So they started me on a clarinet, of course. . . . Decades later, when reality had set in and my lack of musical ability was confirmed, I met the late Randy Paul of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He had a collection of these antique/ancient reed instruments and would drag them down from the wall of his office to play them from time to time. Randy was a wonderful teacher and a good and reasonable friend. I miss him. I miss the sound of his playing clarinets from the long ago times when music was human. . . . Thank you so much for this video and presentation.
What a beautiful sound and beautiful clarinet! I absolutely adore it! Having played a modern clarinet years ago, I would much rather have preferred to play on one of these clarinets, especially the second one, I love the sound!
Oh now I finally understand why it sounds so thoroughly sublime when played ideally on this very warm, resonant, gentle, lilting instrument! Many many thanks!
What a pleasure! I just discovered this video - I had the pleasure and privilege to study for three years with Tony - 30 years ago in Italy. What a wonderful teacher and human being!
I love how he starts the video with playing. Too many instrument demonstration videos don't get to the playing until several minutes into the video, if at all.
Why would anybody make a video about a musical instrument without playing it?? I don’t believe it, actually! And on this channel, the level of musical proficiency is off the chart, so the musicians can make videos about their instruments any bloody way they want to! If they choose to talk first, too bad! Change the channel, as anyone would who didn’t like what they were seeing!
Customer: " This is Mozart's clarinet. " Pawn stars :" How much do you want for it?" Customer:" $ 100,000" Pawn Stars:" I can give you 20 bucks. Look, I need to clean it up and I have no idea how long itll take me to sell"
@@georgelumsden4484Rick:" I've heard of Mozart, but I have a guy that knows all about these. These are faked all the time. Can I call him? Customer:" Sure, I'd be interested in that." Expert:" Oh wow, this is nice, it looks period correct, although it does have a few scratches on it and it looks like someone replaced this tiny screw. It is Mozarts, but I'd give it a 7 out of 10. I'd say its worth $ 200,000 retail." Rick:" I know he said it's worth $ 200,000, but the most I can go is $ 30.00 and I'm taking all the risk here"
@@weirdshibainu Rick: the only thing that worried me was actually ripping him off. How does one do it? Hmm? How does one rip a man off? Its one thing to...dream about it, very different...when you have to do it...with your own hands
Lovely to see Tony Pay in great form as entertaining as ever. Many happy memories of playing piano for your masterclasses in Sermoneta in the 80’s. Best wishes from Milan! James
I once was a professional clarinetist (student of Jack Brymer in the 1970s) and had the immense pleasure of hearing and meeting Antony Pay when he played in Buenos Aires (in the 1980s). I have a few records where he plays and, in my opinion, he is the very best player EVER for pre-1830 music played on the so-called "baroque" clarinet. Compliments again, Maestro Pay!
Good question. It really is a basic thing all players should know. There were a lot of fundamental things they never taught me in elementary school about the clarinet.
They should’ve taught everyone how the pull in pull out technique works I figured it out myself but some kids don’t know how to fix their instruments when they’re out of tune lol
dainjo Your elementary General Science lessons should have told you. Trombones do it...All the violin family does it..Guitars, oboes, all valved brass...harps do it. They all change pitch by varying the length of that bit which generates the sound. Pianos do it by having varied lengths AND varied tensions...That's why a grand piano or a harp has such an artistic shape. It's not to look elegant but to accommodate varied string lengths!
My primary school teacher didn’t even teach me there was another set of set on the lift side of a clarinet thank god for my secondary school he saved me
Antony's version of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto has been my go-to since he recorded it with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music in 1986. I would absolutely love to have a dinner date with Mr. Pay, I think it would absolutely fascinating!
I am flabbergasted that Mozart's clarinetist played THE Concerto with THAT clarinet. The way you explained the addition of keys to create the sequence of notes on the original clarinet is so amazing. (the 'A" and "B" keys) Thoroughly enjoyed this video!
British expat here. For many years, decades even, I have listened and enjoyed Anthony Pay's musicianship with the greatest delight. This short lecture has enhanced my enjoyment of his performances. Thank you to the OAE. Brilliant.
I first heard Mr. Pay on the radio a couple of decades ago playing Weber's two clarinet concertos on a five-key clarinet. This is the first time I've ever seen him talk. Not only is he a virtuoso player, he is a wonderful teacher!
Grazie per coinvolgerci con le sonorità degli strumenti che venivano suonati ai tempi d'oro !!! Quelli di Bach, Mozart, Beethoven !!! E poi grazie per le descrizioni sulla evoluzione di questi strumenti fino ai nostri giorni. Probabilmente già i grandi musicisti che ho ricordato, e non solo loro, avevano nel loro cuore suoni e timbri sublimi neanche raggiunti dalla nostra tecnica attuale !!! La Musica non ha confini !!!
I played the Clarinet about 25 years ago. My child is now playing it. I've been a woodturner for several years now and have always thought it would be neat to make a traditional Clarinet. It's cool to see one being played before attempting to make one.
This is EPIC!!! A whole new side of RUclips i hadn't found before. LOVE this guy: he's funny, fluent and clear in speech, knows his topic REALLY well, and can play wondrously!!! Bravo: thank you so much for this.
Mozart's 23rd Piano Concerto in A is the first classical piece I ever got on vinyl, around 70 years ago. It is my earliest acquaintance with classical music, and to this day its melodies strike me with bittersweet nostalgia.
Check out the guy who calls his videos earspasm. He specializes in the bass clarinet, and even plays John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" solo on it, which I doubt any classical clarinetist could do.
The only encounter I had in my life with clarinet and clarinet's players was many years ago, when I accomp. a (modern) clarinet on my piano, while my dog was howling because he couldn't stand its sound. However, this wonderful upload (with its manner of slight humorous submission) wiped out all those memories, and I started admiring its sound and become interested in its place, musical meaning and influence within the compositions of Mozart, as well as other composers of that era. And for that - many many thanks!
As a mediocre guitar player, I'm starting to appreciate a genius simplicity of a guitar mechanics more and more after watching these series, thank you.
Played Bb and Bass in school and in the Catholic Schools All City Band. Haven't touched one in 20 years, though videos like these really make me miss it.
Thank you Mr. Pay. Always thought it was worth trying to find the clarinet concerto played on a basset clarinet, a delicious instrument that Mozart knew how to exploit.
It's not really just flexing -- for that to be the case, the concerto should sound just as satisfying without the range - but to me, the concerto loses something without it - and you can't help but feel that Mozart conceived the concerto with the full range in mind.
This is the first time stumbling across this video and absolutely loved it .. the brilliant theory, his great skills and of course the Basset Clarinet. I am looking into progressing what I know and The Basset Clarinet is perfect for me. It has such an incredible octave range and a beautiful deep tone sound that resonates well.. and I could see myself enjoy playing that type of instrument for an extremely long time..perhaps someday I will own one. (If only I could afford one I'd have it shipped straight to my home immediately and overnight shipping..lol). In the meantime, I play a simple aged bamboo flute. Sounds great..purchased from some fair for 25 bucks with the similar deep tones but more basic with just the 6 holes.
You are talented, wise, and delightful. I like your teaching style. I'm learning keyboard, mandolin, and eventually recorder, for an album I'm making. I grew up with classical music and it's a real influence on my sound. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
In 1996 purchased a 14th century Crumhorn from an antique furniture boutique in Valle Crucis, North Carolina (RR parked and their owners shopping - my BMW may as well have been a VW beside them). Among Renaissance clothing closets and other collectables was this Tenor Crumhorn, almost cast to the side as an oddity. A few years later a museum curator told me that this beautifully preserved specimen was the precursor to such instruments as the clarinet.
It is possible that the crumhorn is ancestral in some way to the clarinet family of instruments. Crumhorns are capped double-reed instruments, so in that respect are more like oboes (or bagpipe chanters) than clarinets. However, the bore on both the crumhorn and the clarinet is cylindrical, and this has a significant effect on the sound produced. The more immediate ancestor of the clarinet is something called a _chalumeau_ , which is like a recorder in which the head-joint's beak has been replaced by a single reed; often the mouthpiece is also rotated 180 degrees so the reed is played "upside down"! Here's an example of what chalumeaux sound and look like: ruclips.net/video/rrP5RM3YqSs/видео.html&t=177 Another great video on the history of the clarinet that goes into more detail is: ruclips.net/video/1J1bv959Has/видео.html
I wanted to add -- have you ever played your crumhorn? Maybe I'm crazy, but I just love the sound of this thing! ruclips.net/video/S29mWRTLTHI/видео.html
@@andreafalconiero9089 Definitely love to play it. The reed was missing as purchased (to be expected), however a couple were obtained from a replica instrument maker. Almost a tenor sax sound. Of course they are not really a solo instrument like an oboe, crumhorns mostly for use in consort.
Hello Tony - Great to know that you are still playing the clarinet. Fond memories of playing the principal horn in the NYOGB on the Russian tour in 1961 when you played the Mozart clarinet concerto in Berlin, Moscow, Keiv, Lenningrad, Helsinki and Stockholm. Cheers and Merry Christmas to you and yours. Francis
...and Canterbury Cathedral, and Hamburg... I can't any longer link my hands behind my back and then transfer them over my head without letting go (as you taught me), though:-)
Hi Tony I can't do that trick any longer as well. .. 40 lbs heavier, 55 years older and not as flexible. I would need to extend my fingers by at least 9 inches like Mozarts clarinet to turn my right elbow inside my left arm :) On the positive side I still have my Alex 103 which I played in the NYO. Francis Bradley bought it for me from Patrick Strevens for 100 pounds in 1960. What a great investment that was. :)
Your instrument does indeed sound wonderful. Nice to get to hear it. My first and chosen instrument was the common alto clarinet. I did, years later, during high school, learn to play all versions of the clarinet. We had a wonderful clarinet quintet. It was so much fun to hear the full range of this family of woodwinds.
4:58 "right the way down to the bottom of the instrument." I wouldn't expect anything less! But seriously, though, thanks for lots of fascinating info, especially that picture of Stadler's basset clarinet.
I noticed the modern clarinet tip, but knowing how stable the instrument holders are, I concluded that an assistant was moving the mouthpiece quickly off camera. Very informative, enjoyable video for a non-musician, by the way; well done. i also note that the actor moved similarly off camera very quickly at the end.
That's a good point; because even though the chalemeau is seen as having died out in the baroque era it actually had a Viennese revival in the 1770s, with several composers writing for it including Hoffmeister, Gluck, and even Cannabich, who featured clarinets and chalemeau in the same work. There is a chance that Mozart would have at least known about the Chalumeau due to its sudden burst of popularity in his youth.
What wonderful timbres from that beautiful instrument! Goodness. To think, how innovative it was. Lovely, lovely music, bringing the best out of people. 🤗🎶❤️
This man could tell me absolutely anything and I'd believe him.
Oh blimey, you've done it now . . . he'll be head-hunted by Boris!
(sorry : )
@MrAbletospeak Shock value? Nah, you're right . . . we're adrift with Boris Pugwash : )
I'm not surprised a commie is a credulous idiot
Please don't
Of course there’s an insufferable, fascy/far right worm in the comments throwing insults at light hearted banter... Dude, you seem to take BPS and JBP seriously, so uh, I wouldn’t be commenting on the credulity or intelligence of others! 😂
3:11 he gnomed all of us
You have been.... GNOMEDD
I fuccing lost it dude😂
OMG IM DYING
HOOOOO
Just gave you your thousandth like 🤙🏼
6:41 that clarinet flying away was so fast it activated my "catch the instrument" reflex lol
Glad I wasn't the only one, my heart skipped a beat!
@@cartervanhine1969 As a trumpet player, I was waiting for the clatter!
It yeeted itself! 🤯
Lmao it ran away
my heart rate skyrocketed and i don't even play clarinet.
oh the thumb joke... that's why we love this channel. the artists don't just explain their instrument, they also carry their own personalities throughout the narration! keep it coming!
And you all though Santa just delivered toys. Clearly he's also a wicked clarinet player, too.
Thought*
*For some reason it was tough to read this*
Santa is a Londoner?
dude that's a player clarinet. it uses rolls
Chris Ibarra edit
I liked this video for it's "thumb people" joke.
thumbs up for just that joke
What's that??
@@violetgir1: Thumb technique: thumb people have it, thumb people don't.
I physically groaned.
savage
6:41 My heart dropped as I thought his clarinet fell over.
Beautiful. As a youngster I had the mad delusion to want to become a jazz saxophonist. So they started me on a clarinet, of course.
. . . Decades later, when reality had set in and my lack of musical ability was confirmed, I met the late Randy Paul of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He had a collection of these antique/ancient reed instruments and would drag them down from the wall of his office to play them from time to time. Randy was a wonderful teacher and a good and reasonable friend. I miss him. I miss the sound of his playing clarinets from the long ago times when music was human.
. . . Thank you so much for this video and presentation.
I admire, and envy this man for his skill, enthusiasm, and dedication.
“Thumb people have them, thumb people don’t” 😂😂😂😂
Hahahaha guys i have an idea, let's quote an obviously funny line from the video, put a bunch of 😂 emojis, and get 20000000 likes
Delilah Niide q
You wouldn’t think he was a mean guy, but...
At thumb time maybe you'll grow up ! Thumb wood say I'm being nasty..
I was all thumbs growing up so I switched to bassoon. Who knew there was an option to stay with clarinet.
6:41 that scared me
I thought the instrument had fallen over. Nearly dropped my tea on the keyboard
Gave me a mini heart attack
Seriously how did they do that??
Totally made my heart jump.
AwwwMannn how did I not notice this, it literally had a swoosh sound..
What a beautiful sound and beautiful clarinet! I absolutely adore it! Having played a modern clarinet years ago, I would much rather have preferred to play on one of these clarinets, especially the second one, I love the sound!
Anthony Pay`s rendition of Mozart`s Clarinet Concerto is one of the most treasured recordings in my musical library.
Mozart writing music: I’ll take a flute a horn and a bassoon
Random person: and an oboe too right?
Mozart: no, 2 LöNG RêCøRDęRS
Who wants a duck when you can have instrument
@@windmillwilly heheyyyy, fuck you☻
B Powell No one wants a weirdo who spends all their time with their reeds
Ouch.
Mozart hated flutes
had to replay 3:10-3:12 quite a few times, just for giggles
kungfuasgaeilge hooooo
*ooo*
You’ve been gnomed
@@str3123 OMG! GNOMED
I like 5:13 too.
This is wonderful! Please make some more videos with Anthony. His enthusiasm and his playing is great. Bravo!
Me: It’s a bigass recorder
Him: It’s basically a bigass recorder
Kudos on the really good thumb joke!
Ah im late
well, true, sort of, its a big ass recorder you can articulate...yea.
Or u old enough to be cursing
@@Myth-w6j What? Oh shit I said recorder, slap my mouth.
@@judygambel2801 And?
Oh now I finally understand why it sounds so thoroughly sublime when played ideally on this very warm, resonant, gentle, lilting instrument! Many many thanks!
Why did you steal Mozart's clarinet⁉️ give it back❗❗🎶
PP gently
hmmm
no
😂
Mozart is dead, he won't need it anymore
"Thumb people have them thumb people don't"
I died...!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a pleasure! I just discovered this video - I had the pleasure and privilege to study for three years with Tony - 30 years ago in Italy. What a wonderful teacher and human being!
I love how he starts the video with playing. Too many instrument demonstration videos don't get to the playing until several minutes into the video, if at all.
Why would anybody make a video about a musical instrument without playing it?? I don’t believe it, actually! And on this channel, the level of musical proficiency is off the chart, so the musicians can make videos about their instruments any bloody way they want to! If they choose to talk first, too bad! Change the channel, as anyone would who didn’t like what they were seeing!
Customer: " This is Mozart's clarinet. "
Pawn stars :" How much do you want for it?"
Customer:" $ 100,000"
Pawn Stars:" I can give you 20 bucks. Look, I need to clean it up and I have no idea how long itll take me to sell"
"I need a profit margin you know"
You know what just hold on im going to call my guy
@@georgelumsden4484Rick:" I've heard of Mozart, but I have a guy that knows all about these. These are faked all the time. Can I call him?
Customer:" Sure, I'd be interested in that."
Expert:" Oh wow, this is nice, it looks period correct, although it does have a few scratches on it and it looks like someone replaced this tiny screw. It is Mozarts, but I'd give it a 7 out of 10. I'd say its worth $ 200,000 retail."
Rick:" I know he said it's worth $ 200,000, but the most I can go is $ 30.00 and I'm taking all the risk here"
@@weirdshibainu Rick: the only thing that worried me was actually ripping him off. How does one do it? Hmm? How does one rip a man off? Its one thing to...dream about it, very different...when you have to do it...with your own hands
@@georgelumsden4484 That's such an excellent reference.
Lovely to see Tony Pay in great form as entertaining as ever. Many happy memories of playing piano for your masterclasses in Sermoneta in the 80’s. Best wishes from Milan! James
This guy is adorable. I'll bet he's a beloved and kick-ass teacher.
I once was a professional clarinetist (student of Jack Brymer in the 1970s) and had the immense pleasure of hearing and meeting Antony Pay when he played in Buenos Aires (in the 1980s). I have a few records where he plays and, in my opinion, he is the very best player EVER for pre-1830 music played on the so-called "baroque" clarinet. Compliments again, Maestro Pay!
“When we put our fingers down we’re simply changing the length of the tube”....‼️Why didn’t anyone tell me this in elementary school‼️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Good question. It really is a basic thing all players should know. There were a lot of fundamental things they never taught me in elementary school about the clarinet.
They should’ve taught everyone how the pull in pull out technique works I figured it out myself but some kids don’t know how to fix their instruments when they’re out of tune lol
You probably weren't ready for it.
dainjo
Your elementary General Science lessons should have told you.
Trombones do it...All the violin family does it..Guitars, oboes, all valved brass...harps do it.
They all change pitch by varying the length of that bit which generates the sound.
Pianos do it by having varied lengths AND varied tensions...That's why a grand piano or a harp has such
an artistic shape.
It's not to look elegant but to accommodate varied string lengths!
My primary school teacher didn’t even teach me there was another set of set on the lift side of a clarinet thank god for my secondary school he saved me
Pay's recording of the Mozart concerto on basset clarinet (with the Academy of Ancient Music) is superb.
6:41 my heart dropped. I thought it had fallen!
Antony's version of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto has been my go-to since he recorded it with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music in 1986. I would absolutely love to have a dinner date with Mr. Pay, I think it would absolutely fascinating!
Antony Pay! Best clarinetist around. Listen to his recording of K. 581.
I am flabbergasted that Mozart's clarinetist played THE Concerto with THAT clarinet. The way you explained the addition of keys to create the sequence of notes on the original clarinet is so amazing. (the 'A" and "B" keys) Thoroughly enjoyed this video!
This well resonated with me!
British expat here. For many years, decades even, I have listened and enjoyed Anthony Pay's musicianship with the greatest delight. This short lecture has enhanced my enjoyment of his performances. Thank you to the OAE. Brilliant.
Imagine what Mozart might have composed for the modern clarinet!
Also, "bulbous bell."
number 1 reason we need time machines
Knowing him, it'd be something super inappropriate
@@candicehoneycutt4318 if you liked the magic flute, you're gonna *LOVE* the disco stick!
Nah, you'd never get him off the synths . . ."Hey Wolfie, come & plug your cans into this one man!" : )
It is the cor anglais , not the clarinet, which has a " bulbous bell ".
You can tell this man loves his instrument and to teach. What a gentle soul.
Brilliant. Beautiful instruments and a great teacher. More from Tony - it's a 'Thumbs' up from me. 👍
The recorder brings back memories! We were introduced to them in elementary school in NJ!
I'm a simple girl, I see a clarinet, I click
Some Brazilian clarinet: ruclips.net/video/hCYRnNYl5UI/видео.html
I first heard Mr. Pay on the radio a couple of decades ago playing Weber's two clarinet concertos on a five-key clarinet. This is the first time I've ever seen him talk. Not only is he a virtuoso player, he is a wonderful teacher!
*6:39*
"The clarinet has heard enough. He was not needed there, so he left, hurt to its core."
Grazie per coinvolgerci con le sonorità degli strumenti che venivano suonati ai tempi d'oro !!!
Quelli di Bach, Mozart, Beethoven !!!
E poi grazie per le descrizioni sulla evoluzione di questi strumenti fino ai nostri giorni.
Probabilmente già i grandi musicisti che ho ricordato, e non solo loro, avevano nel loro cuore suoni e timbri sublimi neanche raggiunti dalla nostra tecnica attuale !!!
La Musica non ha confini !!!
In his correspondence, Stadler makes clear his enthusiasm for Rovner ligatures.
If every teacher I had in school taught me like this man, I would be a genius today. His explanations are so... peaceful and elucidating.
Now play Mozart’s the Magic Flute
In A Minor
I played the Clarinet about 25 years ago. My child is now playing it. I've been a woodturner for several years now and have always thought it would be neat to make a traditional Clarinet. It's cool to see one being played before attempting to make one.
5:12 DAD JOKE ALERT hahahaha it's great
OMG, I simply love this man.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Lol
I loved that part. XD
One of the best I've heard. It works on two levels ways, as a play on words and literally - as in "thumb people" (people who are good at thumb work)
Stop it get some help
This is EPIC!!! A whole new side of RUclips i hadn't found before. LOVE this guy: he's funny, fluent and clear in speech, knows his topic REALLY well, and can play wondrously!!! Bravo: thank you so much for this.
8:23 when you are having the time of your life at a ye olde party
8:31 when you rip ass at said party and everyone notices.
The way he leaned over made it funnier
Mozart's 23rd Piano Concerto in A is the first classical piece I ever got on vinyl, around 70 years ago. It is my earliest acquaintance with classical music, and to this day its melodies strike me with bittersweet nostalgia.
Lovely series of videos. Would love to see one for the bass clarinet.
Check out the guy who calls his videos earspasm. He specializes in the bass clarinet, and even plays John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" solo on it, which I doubt any classical clarinetist could do.
The only encounter I had in my life with clarinet and clarinet's players was many years ago, when I accomp. a (modern) clarinet on my piano, while my dog was howling because he couldn't stand its sound. However, this wonderful upload (with its manner of slight humorous submission) wiped out all those memories, and I started admiring its sound and become interested in its place, musical meaning and influence within the compositions of Mozart, as well as other composers of that era. And for that - many many thanks!
As a former clarinet player, this guy is my hero.
As a mediocre guitar player, I'm starting to appreciate a genius simplicity of a guitar mechanics more and more after watching these series, thank you.
Cool vid
Any clarinet peeps?
I play contrabass.
the fat controller laughed that’s really cool
Played Bb and Bass in school and in the Catholic Schools All City Band. Haven't touched one in 20 years, though videos like these really make me miss it.
Me
In my senior year of high school, been playing Bb clarinet for seven years 💕💕💕 I play alto saxophone, cornet, recorder, and ukulele as well
Thank you Mr. Pay. Always thought it was worth trying to find the clarinet concerto played on a basset clarinet, a delicious instrument that Mozart knew how to exploit.
Thought that you dropped the modern clarinet. Was so worried
My heart dropped for a second when the editors swept away the modern clarinet @6:42. I thought it had fallen. LOL!
the end of the concerto is just mozart flexing that there's a low (written) c on the clarinet now
It's not really just flexing -- for that to be the case, the concerto should sound just as satisfying without the range - but to me, the concerto loses something without it - and you can't help but feel that Mozart conceived the concerto with the full range in mind.
@@schubertuk some thing you are talking about is mood!!
Santa is really, really good at the clarinet. Excellent work! What a joyous dude.
I didn't know that Pamela Poulin discovered that sketch!! She goes to my church and has always been an advocate for my interest in music!
This is delightful. I could watch this gentleman all day long.
6:41 LMAO THEY YEETED THAT CLARINET
Took it*
More like yoinked
Fuck I thought he kicked it over cause he thought it was too modern 🤣🤣
my heart skip a beat when the normal clarinet slide away...
And all this time I thought that a basset clarinet was the one with really long ears. Mr. Pay is great!
Share the gift - pay it forward - this is precious. What a wonderful introduction to the clarinet. Thank you Anthony.
This is the first time stumbling across this video and absolutely loved it .. the brilliant theory, his great skills and of course the Basset Clarinet. I am looking into progressing what I know and The Basset Clarinet is perfect for me. It has such an incredible octave range and a beautiful deep tone sound that resonates well.. and I could see myself enjoy playing that type of instrument for an extremely long time..perhaps someday I will own one. (If only I could afford one I'd have it shipped straight to my home immediately and overnight shipping..lol). In the meantime, I play a simple aged bamboo flute. Sounds great..purchased from some fair for 25 bucks with the similar deep tones but more basic with just the 6 holes.
Thank you so much for preserving the sound and the style of the original instrumentation.
You are talented, wise, and delightful. I like your teaching style. I'm learning keyboard, mandolin, and eventually recorder, for an album I'm making. I grew up with classical music and it's a real influence on my sound. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
In 1996 purchased a 14th century Crumhorn from an antique furniture boutique in Valle Crucis, North Carolina (RR parked and their owners shopping - my BMW may as well have been a VW beside them). Among Renaissance clothing closets and other collectables was this Tenor Crumhorn, almost cast to the side as an oddity. A few years later a museum curator told me that this beautifully preserved specimen was the precursor to such instruments as the clarinet.
It is possible that the crumhorn is ancestral in some way to the clarinet family of instruments.
Crumhorns are capped double-reed instruments, so in that respect are more like oboes (or bagpipe chanters) than clarinets. However, the bore on both the crumhorn and the clarinet is cylindrical, and this has a significant effect on the sound produced.
The more immediate ancestor of the clarinet is something called a _chalumeau_ , which is like a recorder in which the head-joint's beak has been replaced by a single reed; often the mouthpiece is also rotated 180 degrees so the reed is played "upside down"! Here's an example of what chalumeaux sound and look like:
ruclips.net/video/rrP5RM3YqSs/видео.html&t=177
Another great video on the history of the clarinet that goes into more detail is: ruclips.net/video/1J1bv959Has/видео.html
I wanted to add -- have you ever played your crumhorn? Maybe I'm crazy, but I just love the sound of this thing! ruclips.net/video/S29mWRTLTHI/видео.html
@@andreafalconiero9089 Definitely love to play it. The reed was missing as purchased (to be expected), however a couple were obtained from a replica instrument maker. Almost a tenor sax sound. Of course they are not really a solo instrument like an oboe, crumhorns mostly for use in consort.
This guy is brilliant. Never mind the editors who can't key out his hair properly or the CREW COUGHING while he is speaking.
This gentleman is not only a mean clarinettist but a real entertainer. And the grandfatherly air about him doesn't hurt.
Hello Tony - Great to know that you are still playing the clarinet. Fond memories of playing the principal horn in the NYOGB on the Russian tour in 1961 when you played the Mozart clarinet concerto in Berlin, Moscow, Keiv, Lenningrad, Helsinki and Stockholm. Cheers and Merry Christmas to you and yours. Francis
...and Canterbury Cathedral, and Hamburg... I can't any longer link my hands behind my back and then transfer them over my head without letting go (as you taught me), though:-)
Hi Tony I can't do that trick any longer as well. .. 40 lbs heavier, 55 years older and not as flexible. I would need to extend my fingers by at least 9 inches like Mozarts clarinet to turn my right elbow inside my left arm :) On the positive side I still have my Alex 103 which I played in the NYO. Francis Bradley bought it for me from Patrick Strevens for 100 pounds in 1960. What a great investment that was. :)
@@francispau3106 I am an unrelated third party, sorry for thumbing my nose in but I love this
Your instrument does indeed sound wonderful. Nice to get to hear it. My first and chosen instrument was the common alto clarinet. I did, years later, during high school, learn to play all versions of the clarinet. We had a wonderful clarinet quintet. It was so much fun to hear the full range of this family of woodwinds.
06:41 - my heart attack. As a clarinetist myself I thought your modern clarinet just fell down.
A real pleasure to watch this great player and history clarinetist.
4:58 "right the way down to the bottom of the instrument." I wouldn't expect anything less!
But seriously, though, thanks for lots of fascinating info, especially that picture of Stadler's basset clarinet.
I noticed the modern clarinet tip, but knowing how stable the instrument holders are, I concluded that an assistant was moving the mouthpiece quickly off camera. Very informative, enjoyable video for a non-musician, by the way; well done. i also note that the actor moved similarly off camera very quickly at the end.
Wow. Mozart didn’t have to deal with all those alternate fingerings...
your recording of mozart clarint concerto with hogwood is the best recording ever i herd
What a charming fellow
Love learning about the history of musical instruments
Such a great teacher.
I can't not imagine him narrating a story, that voice is catchy I don't know how to say you just feel that you won't get tired of it never
I absolutely love this channel. Third video I've encountered from you guys randomly, can't wait to find more :)
I have just been introduced to this channel by the youtube algorithm and i love it, thank you
5:13 very funny!!
That has a beautiful tone. I don't usually like clarinet. Can't help but love this one.
him: thumb people have them thumb people don't
me: dies in clarinet
Such a smooth sound that the switching noises are just charming
Am i the only one, who jumped in horror, because i thought his mordern clarinet fell over? 6:41
I was so confused for a solid 20 minutes haha
I didn't notice until you mentioned it.
ich bin it was a clarinet being possessed lol
I saw it and laughed loud. hahaha
ich bin I was a bit surprised when I saw his other clarinet move at 6:41.
I have some LPs of Antony and he is indeed a brilliant clarinetist and this video is a delight, thank you.
6:39 THE CLARINET JUST LEFT WHAT
Off camera helper...
I love the sound, and the speaker, too! 👍👍
Excellent video! It's a pity though that the chalumeau, the link between the recorder and clarinet, was neither mentioned nor shown.
I thought the very same thing.
That's a good point; because even though the chalemeau is seen as having died out in the baroque era it actually had a Viennese revival in the 1770s, with several composers writing for it including Hoffmeister, Gluck, and even Cannabich, who featured clarinets and chalemeau in the same work. There is a chance that Mozart would have at least known about the Chalumeau due to its sudden burst of popularity in his youth.
The bottom register of the modern clarinet is often referred to as the " chalemeau register ".
Okay, wow. I have never seen this man before but after just watching this one video I know that I adore him!
This is really interesting, as a clarinet player.
What wonderful timbres from that beautiful instrument! Goodness. To think, how innovative it was. Lovely, lovely music, bringing the best out of people. 🤗🎶❤️
I prefer Mozart's clarinet to the modern clarinet.
@Eric James It does have a very unique Mozart-style sound to it.
Has a great woody tone to it.
Recently discovered this channel. One of my new favourites! Keep up the good work, you lovely people!