The Traveling Carnival, Concerto for Vibraphone by Joe Porter
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2016
- This composition won the Global Music Awards Gold Medal Prize for Originality and Creativity.
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This video is a combination of 35 videos to cover all of the parts and multiple camera angles.
Audio Recording Engineer - Nick Goodman
Video Recording by Joe Porter
About the Piece:
Growing up, a traveling carnival would annually come to my home town. I found it fascinating with all of the rides, games and tricks. For some, the event is full of thrills and smiles, and for others it is scary and disappointing. I was also intrigued by the Carnies, I wondered if the life of the Carnie was happy, sad or dark. In this Concerto, I try to capture some of the main elements of the Traveling Carnival.
The vibraphone is a perfect instrument for capturing these elements. The piece begins with the soloist bowing the vibraphone, imitating the mystique of the Carnival. In the second movement, The Sad Clown, the vibraphonist has an expressive part, trying to capture the emotions of the poor Clown. In Movements I and III, Opening Night, and Rides, Games and Trickery, the vibraphonist has virtuosic parts, dazzling the audience and capturing some of the thrills of the rides and tricks of the Carnival.
In writing a concerto for vibraphone, I wanted to utilize some of the musical language of the roots of the vibraphone, in Jazz and later in Latin-Jazz. The Drumset is added to capture the feel of jazz music and to add an exciting layer to the composition. The Traveling Carnival combines elements of Jazz, Latin, Rock and Classical music.
The piece is mainly through-composed with the exception of a solo vamp in Mvt I, where the vibraphonist freely improvises, much like how a jazz combo solos over the head of a tune.
Opening Night pays tribute to one of the most common forms used in jazz, the 12-bar blues, but in the minor mode. The movement has many twists and turns, switching gears from Swing to Samba and mixed metre to Afro-Cuban 12/8, all imitating the variety and excitement of the Opening Night at the Carnival. The vibraphonist starts and ends the piece in the dark key of F minor, imitating the behind scenes of the Carnival, and anticipating the next movement, The Sad Clown.
In the second movement, I felt it necessary to quote the famous Clown Song, "Entrée Des Gladiateurs" by Ernest Wilhelm Julius Fucík. The piece wasn’t originally composed for Carnivals or Circuses, but later it became famous as it was played for the entrance of the clowns. I use it in the The Sad Clown, to help imitate the clown going crazy, hearing the song in his head. Meanwhile, the drumset player resembles the contemplative thoughts of the clown, playing a funeral march-like snare drum part. The Bass Marimbas have a corky bass line part, resembling the outside acting face of the clown, and the Vibraphone and upper Marimbas portray the Clowns emotions.
The third movement begins with the vibraphonist imitating kids running around playfully. As their adventure unfolds, the piece develops with the rides and games they try. The kids are interrupted when they see the circus part of the show. The vibraphonist cadenza resembles a flashy circus act, ending with rapid arpeggios up and down the instrument. The movement develops with many events and twists, leading up to the climactic ending where a customer tries a rigged game but can’t overcome the trickery of the Carnie. The Carnie plays tormenting music to anger the customer. The customer grows with rage and a fight emerges. The piece ends with both happy and disappointed customers and employees.
There are also versions of the piece for:
1) Symphony Orchestra
2) Piano Reduction
Interested in the piece? Email Joe at joeporterpercussion@gmail.com 
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Happy that you enjoyed it! All the best!
Wasn't expecting the surdo. This is so cool. Well deserved medal.
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The bow going through the bars making that noise gave me the good kind of numb
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As a fellow percussionist, this piece is very intricate and amazing to see someone able to play it
As a brazilian, recognizing inspirations in our music was really heartwarming. Such a beautiful composition. I was really picturing a carnival, this was an amazing theater-of-the-mind experience. Thank you for this!
This is so majestic. And magical, as any carnival would be!
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It sounds so good and I really like the bow technique
It's so interesting to read yours thoughts/process in the description!! I've never seen a bow used on a vibraphone before! This piece is amazing :))
Thanks for reading the description, glad you enjoyed the piece!!
My arms are covered in goosebumps and everytime i heard that usage of the bow it sent chills up my spine.
It’s a real shame that people haven’t played this concerto more often. It sounds so nice and I listen to it quite a bit.
Thanks Mason. I think the piece is still unknown to most Percussionists.
Hopefully that will change :)
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Been four years and this man's still hearting comments
i think this piece is one of the best examples that us, percussionists, don't hit things randomly to make a sound (considered noise for some people) but we do actually make music and not noise. This man needs to be saved at any cost
I started seeing your shorts featuring popular sounds, then I saw this, mad respect for you and your work. I love this, especially The Sad Clown.
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Man I never would have thought of using a violin bow on a vibraphone, that’s genius.
Edit: I now know they are bass bows, y’all can stop telling me
Funnily enough, we actually did this in my high school marching band, though I’m still not sure how much of the audience actually heard it.
Those actually aren't violin bows, those are double bass bows! Just fyi
I’m pretty sure those are German bows cause I use them to play and they look like that
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Glad you enjoyed it and gave this kind of music a chance! Cheers
Whoa, F minor! And bowled vibrafone just happen to be perfect for night-time ambiance, I love this kind of performances.
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The vibraphone & the marimba sound great together!
That sound is so cool, interesting & beautiful.
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You are an extremely talented man
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I love this
I remember since i was a kid i used xylophone. During Hightschool i joined drum and beugle corp...
tank you joe
It is a personal goal to play and own a vibraphone. Fantastic video.
This made me feel emotions I didn't know existed. Safe to say you've saved me from art block!
Thank you for this, it's true musical genius.
Wow! It was amazing to watch and listen to this while reading the description you wrote about the piece! It took me through a fun and engaging musical journey and I saw instruments used in ways I had never seen before! I could really feel all of the emotion you put into this piece. So glad I found your channel! I just subscribed! 👍🎶🎶🎶
Absolutely magnificent
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Dear lord! How does one even learn to do all of this and memorize?!?!?!
Takes time and dedication but since it’s also fun and rewarding it comes naturally if you love it!
I would love to see this played on a stage. You would need more people but it would be cool
😀 I have played it multiple times with groups in a performance setting. It was actually originally written for vibraphone + symphony orchestra and then later made a percussion ensemble version. I’ve done with both groups live. Fun times!
Stuff like this is why I love percussion music so much
I have never seen this technique with a bow. This is great!
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You deserve more recognition for this alone. I want to hear more compositions from you now. It would be nice for this to hit 1 million views in the least. We need to help this video reach more people.
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I read the title of this as “Time-Traveling carnival” and it seemed very fitting
As an unrelated note, I really like the full music and progression of the video much more than your ‘many different instruments’ videos. this shows the potential of the vibraphone, the essence of its sound and many ways you can use it to carry emotion… I would love to see similar for all of your instraments!
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This man teaches me that anything can be put together and form good music
Holy shit every second of this is brilliant! Vibraphone is my favorite percussion instrument, and I always love seeing you play it! A whole concerto for it is a dream come true to listen to!
Magnificent!! Which please ears and mind so calm and soothing 👌🏻 very talented man
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Никогда не подумал бы что можно играть с контрабассовыми смычками на вибрафоне.
Bowing the vibraphone makes the sound sooooo relaxing
The feeling of wanting to go near while running away while laughing in tears.
man, now I want to try to play this! I'm not at the same skill level as you, but I'm loving the piece so far!
Sheet music is available at my website 😀
I'm always in awe with how musicians are always able to tell stories through music, using sounds that have no single affiliation as a universal language. I read the story after having listened to the entirety of the concerto and I could recognize each part as what it was supposed to be. This sounds great, even if I'm sadly five years late. Still impressed by the idea of using violin bows on the vibraphone
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when he started using the two mallets in his right hand I got goosebumps
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14:33 best solo ever
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Nice bass drums, too.
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I'm still a very big fan of these songs, the first and second especially
Being able to play like you is probably my ultimate goal
I really like that 3rd movements cadenza
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