Bach "Little" Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 - Saxophone Quartet

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

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  • @zebra3stripes
    @zebra3stripes 6 лет назад +381

    Army guys work well as a team, always having each other's Bach.

  • @danjpeg_
    @danjpeg_ 9 лет назад +212

    The Bari Sax sounds amazing...

    • @Frankpizzaa
      @Frankpizzaa 4 года назад +1

      @Earwig Hrothgarsen Bach was indeed a bass!

    • @fjtalleyauthor2242
      @fjtalleyauthor2242 4 года назад +1

      Agree. Mellow and on point!

    • @tomorrowcuber6899
      @tomorrowcuber6899 4 года назад

      A baritone
      sax is the lowest

    • @sha1om
      @sha1om 3 года назад +2

      Nah, there are Bass saxes, Contrabass saxes, and for truly earth moving bass, check out the Tubax...

    • @nonutnovewber
      @nonutnovewber 3 года назад +1

      @@sha1om bass , contrabass , subcontrabass

  • @pentiumradeon
    @pentiumradeon 9 лет назад +141

    Executed with military precision. Beautiful.

  • @ophis2809
    @ophis2809 9 лет назад +335

    This is literally perfect
    There's not a lot videos of this song performed by any instruments besides the organ on RUclips

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад +16

      +Cameron Whitten Thanks!

    • @joeroganofficial5433
      @joeroganofficial5433 6 лет назад +1

      Ever hear it on “Walter Carlos by Request” he plays it on the moog and it’s the best

    • @Cmmf_
      @Cmmf_ 5 лет назад +4

      *Coughs in overly DCI fan way* uh Carolina did the opener of this song and it's really gud.

    • @keananok
      @keananok 2 года назад +2

      Carolina crown has a rendition of this that sounds really good

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 9 лет назад +381

    That is marvelous! I've always associated a saxophone with a sort of brassy, sharp-edged sound. I've never heard them sound so mellow and creamy -- almost like a combination of clarinet and french horn. Wonderful! (And I bet the guys got it in the first take, too!)

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад +66

      Janis Cortese Thanks so much for your kind words. Glad you enjoyed.

    • @joshknightfall
      @joshknightfall 7 лет назад +9

      Check out Paul Desmond. Very smooth sax player

    • @Bank0h
      @Bank0h 5 лет назад +1

      @@joshknightfall His solo in Autumn Leaves is one of my favourites

    • @tylermustardloooser386
      @tylermustardloooser386 5 лет назад +13

      That's because saxophones aren't brass, they're woodwind instruments, despite the obvious brass-like appearance

    • @joshuahuff607
      @joshuahuff607 4 года назад +2

      @Drillkicker Closer in sound to a cello imo

  • @Nemo222m
    @Nemo222m 8 лет назад +108

    As a Bari Sax player, your guys got a keeper there. Absolutely a stunning performance!

    • @minionman95
      @minionman95 4 года назад +3

      [OTD]Sir_Nicholas1259 there are 4 saxophonists in my band 2 altos 1 tenor and 1 bari so if I could find this arrangement it would be fun to learn albeit it has a soprano sax but I could learn.

  • @ArmyFieldBand
    @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад +141

    Our #saxophone section performed today at Greenwood Elementary School in Toledo, one of the first Purple Heart schools in the nation in recognition of their efforts for #veterans. Watch one of the pieces they performed!
    #musiced #educationaloutreach #purpleheart #honorourveterans #toledo #ohio

  • @SuspiciouslyDLicious
    @SuspiciouslyDLicious 8 лет назад +86

    It is SO GOOD to see a military band keep this music alive: classical music is good for the mind and the soul! ...and exquisitely done!

  • @earlarchibaldcampbellofarg2875
    @earlarchibaldcampbellofarg2875 9 лет назад +78

    I have to have this memorized on organ by next month, pray that I am able to make it!

    • @cimmik
      @cimmik 8 лет назад +4

      Did you manage it?

    • @earlarchibaldcampbellofarg2875
      @earlarchibaldcampbellofarg2875 8 лет назад +14

      No, I didn't. :-( But I managed to play just before Christmas. :-)

    • @cimmik
      @cimmik 8 лет назад +10

      Good job anyway.

    • @pordzio
      @pordzio 8 лет назад +3

      +Earl Archibald Campbell of Argyll Are you willing to post your rendition on RUclips?

    • @kevinwatson6406
      @kevinwatson6406 6 лет назад +1

      Earl Archibald Campbell of Argyll did you get it played??

  • @MrRabidKiwi
    @MrRabidKiwi 9 лет назад +370

    WHEN DOES THE FIRST GUY BREATH

    • @mypantsareonfire420
      @mypantsareonfire420 8 лет назад +5

      +Rank Savage He probably hides it

    • @xivgaming3755
      @xivgaming3755 8 лет назад +4

      +Rank Savage 3.03 :D

    • @maxsantillanamusic
      @maxsantillanamusic 8 лет назад +47

      I can speak from experience of playing soprano that it doesn't require a lot of breath, making it easier to play longer, but the phrasing in the piece does leave room for breath

    • @Solar7cc
      @Solar7cc 8 лет назад +21

      That's funny, there is no breathing mwahahahahahahahaha
      I believe the soprano has 1 or 2 breaks in this so he probably hides some breaths very well and mixes in some circular breathing

    • @jcortese3300
      @jcortese3300 7 лет назад +30

      He doesn't. Breathing is for sailors. :-)

  • @malcolmabram2957
    @malcolmabram2957 6 лет назад +64

    I am not overly fond of the Saxophone. But this is so well played that I listened to it again, twice.

  • @adrianab9669
    @adrianab9669 9 лет назад +30

    I absolutely adore this! smashing performance the first players tone and fluidity was gorgeous not to mention his gorgeous trills

  • @sayven
    @sayven 4 года назад +20

    Incredible how the Soprano sounds like a flute sometimes. If anyone has doubts as to why Saxophones should be classified as woodwind I'll refer them to this video.

    • @goodsprings5271
      @goodsprings5271 Год назад +2

      the reed kinda automatically classifies it as a woodwind tho

    • @That.Feeling
      @That.Feeling Год назад

      ​@@goodsprings5271 Flutes don't use reeds, and it's still classified as a woodwind, I think it's kinda just based on what you use to play

    • @goodsprings5271
      @goodsprings5271 Год назад +1

      @@That.Feeling it’s based on the fact that flutes used to be wood

  • @curtisstaples6466
    @curtisstaples6466 6 лет назад +8

    We had a small ensemble play this at my high school, a quintet. It was 1 bari sax, 1 tenor sax, 2 alto saxes, and 1 clarinet. They sounded absolutely amazing! They practiced before going to competition for several months, and all the work they put in seriously showed. Good job army band, it sounded awesome!

  • @brothazoot
    @brothazoot 24 дня назад

    This is a delightful rendition of this piece. Can always rely on an Army musician to do things precise and crisp. So glad Bach's music is still appreciated by younger generations. Thinking how Johann created this for one person to play on one instrument is insane.

  • @AaronStout21339
    @AaronStout21339 9 лет назад +25

    Little Fugue = Best Fugue

  • @brenweavis
    @brenweavis 8 лет назад +35

    I watch this everyday 😅

  • @nurylee1309
    @nurylee1309 5 лет назад +1

    I have never heard saxophones sound this... dark and mellow and round...
    it is a good day today

  • @katrinarose2210
    @katrinarose2210 8 лет назад +38

    cool, my sax quartet is playing this at school. im on alto for this piece. sadly, we dont have a soprano sax :( its just our best alto saxophonist playing in the altissimo range the entire time.

    • @katrinarose2210
      @katrinarose2210 8 лет назад

      +Luke Ortegon what? i said nothing about a tenor...

    • @katrinarose2210
      @katrinarose2210 8 лет назад +3

      ***** although they are in the same key, it would give improper voicing to the music and it wouldn't sound right. It's satb format, meaning we literally need soprano alto tenor and bass/Bari. Since we don't have a soprano at school, we use an alto in its higher register.

    • @katrinarose2210
      @katrinarose2210 8 лет назад +3

      +Shalya Madra no, because the tenor sax is 2 octaves below the soprano. even then, the tenor voice is important, and if we have tenor play soprano, we lose that middle voice. it's easier to have 2 altos and have the first alto play a bit up in the altissimo range than have such a lower sax play the soprano part. thats like asking a tenor vocalist to sing the soprano part, it just can't easily be done

    • @AvGeekW159
      @AvGeekW159 8 лет назад +6

      tenor is only 1 octave below soprano, not 2. was that a typo? bass is 2 octaves below soprano

    • @katrinarose2210
      @katrinarose2210 8 лет назад +4

      +Temmie Shopkeeper yea, you're right, an octave below soprano, my bad

  • @パル-n9e
    @パル-n9e 4 года назад +3

    音が皆さん綺麗‼︎😳

  • @dennishuang7764
    @dennishuang7764 4 года назад +4

    Bari Sax player's tone was amazing!

  • @dedede5586
    @dedede5586 4 года назад +4

    That bari player is amazing

  • @jellymoses2032
    @jellymoses2032 2 года назад +2

    Johann Sebastian Bach would be proud

  • @christianu5076
    @christianu5076 9 лет назад +3

    as a fan of the army and bach's music, I salute you

  • @davidlea430
    @davidlea430 9 лет назад +9

    This is beautiful. As a sax player I am aspiring to be this good and hopefully play this one day

  • @romanking6935
    @romanking6935 9 лет назад +3

    As a 14 year old saxophonist, this stuff is truly inspiring to me. I hope to join the US Army Field Band some day!

  • @nebelung1
    @nebelung1 9 лет назад +4

    Fantastic!
    Bach's music is eternal!

  • @Tocsin-Bang
    @Tocsin-Bang 7 лет назад +2

    Simply amazing control, of breathing, technique, tone, rhythm, in fact everything. Just brilliant musicianship!

  • @botelhense
    @botelhense 7 лет назад +1

    Never get tired of watching, every day

  • @l3p3
    @l3p3 6 лет назад +3

    Literally the first army video I like.

    • @l3p3
      @l3p3 2 года назад

      Still true.

  • @lilygray4959
    @lilygray4959 7 лет назад

    The saxophonist's tone is smooth, rich, and full!

  • @fatherlouiswilliamssugaada5023
    @fatherlouiswilliamssugaada5023 3 года назад +1

    This sounds really sublime and saxophone with soft timbre... really leave me in awe

  • @Tweedlydeedly
    @Tweedlydeedly 7 лет назад +2

    This is easily the best horn arrangement of Little Fugue on RUclips. Awesome performance, in every sense of the word!

  • @Samcatiscool
    @Samcatiscool 6 лет назад +4

    They all have fantastic tone!

  • @juju8334
    @juju8334 7 лет назад

    I love how all of the different colors combine

  • @juleecavazos8882
    @juleecavazos8882 9 лет назад +5

    I play the sax and this just makes me so happy. And it sounds super fricken cool!!

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад +2

      +julee cavazos Awesome! thanks for watching!

  • @evancintron5868
    @evancintron5868 8 лет назад +2

    I'm a jazz major in high school and I don't really like playing or listening to classical music. But this song is really cool and you guys played it so well. Excellent job gentlemen.

  • @brianguidry5246
    @brianguidry5246 7 лет назад +3

    Absolutely amazing! I first heard the Little Fugue performed by the Canadian Brass and you guys blew me away! The final chord is fantastic!

  • @jonaslernout5777
    @jonaslernout5777 5 лет назад +3

    Fuck the jazzy, sharp tone.
    I love this classical sound, its so sweet

  • @bisheshpaudel3338
    @bisheshpaudel3338 7 лет назад

    the sound of the tenor sax doh. mind blowing

  • @grateful_whipzz
    @grateful_whipzz 7 лет назад

    Been a pianist for 7 years. I've was assigned this last Friday for piano and I'm loving it.

  • @peaceharmony4115
    @peaceharmony4115 7 лет назад +1

    A wonderful arrangement, and performance, of one of Bach's gems. Thank you for sharing with us!

  • @JazzBeDamned
    @JazzBeDamned 8 лет назад +3

    Brilliant execution of a wonderful, challenging piece of pure perfection. Well done!

  • @romanroberts4084
    @romanroberts4084 9 лет назад +2

    Everything is just so fluid! I'm a 15 year old saxophonist and I want to join United States Field Army Band

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад

      +Roman Roberts Keep on practicing and you may just win the job someday!

    • @romanroberts4084
      @romanroberts4084 9 лет назад

      +The United States Army Field Band I sure will, and I hope I win it too.

  • @rockydogsdad
    @rockydogsdad 8 лет назад +2

    Image all those man-hour at practice! Truly excellent!

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  8 лет назад +2

      It's a lot of combined practice time for sure. Thank you!

  • @MattH-wg7ou
    @MattH-wg7ou 4 года назад +2

    Fugues are so cool!

  • @shaddai813
    @shaddai813 7 лет назад +1

    SO BEAUTIFUL

  • @cheewizard7009
    @cheewizard7009 5 лет назад +2

    literally my favorite piece to play soprano. this was great!

  • @Flapjack505
    @Flapjack505 2 года назад +1

    WOW The bari sounds incredible, as does everyone else

  • @greenimpencilus6190
    @greenimpencilus6190 5 лет назад +3

    Such a beautiful song, and amazingly finished by our Army Field Band. I love it. Ill be using this Fugue as an auditioning piece. That's how much this has stuck with me and how amazing it sounds. I'm playing Tenor and pre-recording the other 3 pieces. I've gotten the Tenor part down well except for the trills, those are very tricky with G# and D# trills to me.

  • @BlackSeranna
    @BlackSeranna 9 лет назад +3

    Talk about finesse! Amazing!

  • @ShuckleDoesGaming
    @ShuckleDoesGaming 9 лет назад +1

    Playing this with buds for solo and ensemble upcoming. Beautifully played!

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад

      +ShuckleDoesGaming Very cool! Good luck to you

  • @thierrywarot5792
    @thierrywarot5792 8 лет назад +2

    Absolutely wonderful! thanks to you,masters of saxophone !

  • @tonyscalise4462
    @tonyscalise4462 3 года назад +3

    That was fantastic! It's my favorite Fugue and I love your version. Amazing talent!

  • @JoshuaSobel
    @JoshuaSobel 8 лет назад +30

    Nice circular breathing for the bari.

    • @adgp8945
      @adgp8945 8 лет назад +2

      Joshua Sobel the bari part doesn't really require circular breathing

    • @JoshuaSobel
      @JoshuaSobel 8 лет назад +1

      Nick Sopko no, but nonetheless, he did a good job with it.

    • @masonthieu2114
      @masonthieu2114 7 лет назад +2

      Joshua Sobel I think he was circular breathing to better match the phrasing of the organ where obviously organ players don't have to pause to breathe but wind players do.

    • @JoshuaSobel
      @JoshuaSobel 7 лет назад

      Mason T that would make sense

  • @brucerows
    @brucerows 4 года назад +1

    Now THAT'S saxophone playing!

  • @misterjester7021
    @misterjester7021 6 лет назад +1

    Is it just me or the alto sax looks insanely attractive....

  • @amhe4804
    @amhe4804 9 лет назад +23

    You should try playing this tone with a swing stly it's actually really fun.

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад +11

      +Am He Very cool idea! Thanks for sharing!

    • @moltrev5786
      @moltrev5786 7 лет назад +2

      Am He You should check out the Quintessence Saxaphone Quintet they actually did that

  • @marvindesouza8354
    @marvindesouza8354 7 лет назад +1

    God bless our country and our brave soldiers

  • @mike-shericampeau748
    @mike-shericampeau748 7 лет назад

    Simply amazing! Thank you for inspiring my children.

  • @fgbowen
    @fgbowen 6 лет назад +1

    Bravo!! Gentlemen!! Bravo!!

  • @Showbizboy
    @Showbizboy 3 года назад +2

    This really is a classy performance!

  • @MattH-wg7ou
    @MattH-wg7ou 4 года назад

    A fugue so perfectly exemplified!

  • @felipeechavarria7229
    @felipeechavarria7229 2 года назад

    Bach would have fallen out of his chair in amazement!!

  • @davidferrara1105
    @davidferrara1105 5 лет назад

    Wonderful. There are some great musos in the services. A ton!

  • @ick3759
    @ick3759 5 лет назад +1

    What an amazing performance!

  • @osborl12
    @osborl12 9 лет назад +2

    Thanks guys. Keep the sax stuff up!

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  9 лет назад +2

      osborl12 Our pleasure. So glad you enjoyed!

  • @jamesmarquez7139
    @jamesmarquez7139 4 года назад

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @LearnBassWithAri
    @LearnBassWithAri 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for that. Beautifully interpreted!

  • @LuisAndion
    @LuisAndion 8 лет назад +3

    This is amazing!

  • @michaldevetsedm1882
    @michaldevetsedm1882 7 лет назад

    Such a joy to hear this.. Voices of Bach's fugues are supposed to sound very independently, which is sometimes difficult to manage within just two hands. But each voice played by one bloke makes them definitely independent enough!

  • @XEA6L
    @XEA6L 8 лет назад +1

    Oh wow....so much awesome!

  • @devinkristopher
    @devinkristopher 8 лет назад

    Great arrangement and performance by great men

  • @James_Hodgson
    @James_Hodgson 8 лет назад +89

    IT'S NOT A SONG, IT'S A FUGUE.

    • @kaisle8412
      @kaisle8412 7 лет назад +6

      A fugue is absolutely a type of song, at least colloquially.

    • @nihilanthropus
      @nihilanthropus 6 лет назад +10

      Kaisle song requires singing! There's no singing here. You can have f.e a symphony, chorale, cantata, rhapsody, valse, marche, fugue, song, etc, they are all different types of music.

    • @breakerboy365
      @breakerboy365 6 лет назад +6

      boy do I have some news for you: it’s called slang!

    • @voxeI_wave
      @voxeI_wave 6 лет назад +3

      @@nihilanthropus I mean, technically this piece DOES use four "voices."

    • @omnitone
      @omnitone 6 лет назад +5

      K̊n̛̘̙̚e̗̚eˮ
      songs have singing. this doesn't. so it is a piece.

  • @MAXIMEIJ
    @MAXIMEIJ 9 лет назад +1

    Amazing rendition of an amazing piece! Keep 'em coming

  • @daddym362
    @daddym362 9 лет назад +1

    Two thumbs up, you guys are awesome.

  • @bobkurland186
    @bobkurland186 6 лет назад

    Beautiful...I didn't know a sax could sound so nice... After 10 years on an alto clarinet I've condescended to the sax, but now it's not a condescension.

  • @veljabgd2032
    @veljabgd2032 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful!
    Greetings from Serbia

  • @Dracstar
    @Dracstar 8 лет назад

    Truly an amazing quartet. Outstanding job, gentlemen.

  • @historian96
    @historian96 2 года назад

    … profoundly gorgeous
    Thank you so much

  • @BassetHoundTrio
    @BassetHoundTrio 9 лет назад +1

    Lovely playing - thank you!

  • @markbienvenu7864
    @markbienvenu7864 9 лет назад +1

    I love this song

  • @MisterApol
    @MisterApol 6 лет назад +1

    Bravo, Army!

  • @osimaharani8877
    @osimaharani8877 2 года назад +1

    Amazing! How long their breath, and stability. Best sax quartet I ever heard 😍

  • @DavidAKZ
    @DavidAKZ 2 месяца назад

    Magnificent, thank you.

  • @karimmechken3512
    @karimmechken3512 7 лет назад +1

    Amazing
    More amazing

  • @gerryamatomusic
    @gerryamatomusic 2 года назад

    Nice arrangement David! Great seeing you play again.

  • @DrDingsGaster
    @DrDingsGaster 8 лет назад +1

    This is my favourite piece by Bach and you've done it more than enough justice! Keep up the good work!

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  8 лет назад +1

      +SANS The Skelebro Thank you!

    • @DrDingsGaster
      @DrDingsGaster 8 лет назад

      The United States Army Field Band Yo're very welcome!

  • @maximilianoluera6679
    @maximilianoluera6679 7 лет назад

    This is one of the movements in our marching show

  • @ultramegatrion
    @ultramegatrion 7 лет назад

    Hooah!!!!!!...... awesome...great job!!!!

  • @jimyrji
    @jimyrji 3 года назад +1

    Дуже гарно!)

  • @MichaelMontague
    @MichaelMontague 4 года назад

    Played this in College at UGA under Buddy Deans (Student of Sigurd M. Rascher) with a 12 piece Saxophone Ensemble! Enjoyed it!

  • @karleewilson9120
    @karleewilson9120 8 лет назад +2

    Although I do not play saxophone, I love this..

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  8 лет назад

      +Karlee Hope Wilson-Griffin Thanks for watching!

  • @seankerwin5529
    @seankerwin5529 9 лет назад +2

    I am trying to play this song in our Sax Quartet it is such amazing song.

  • @NGEvangeliman
    @NGEvangeliman 8 лет назад +2

    yup. sax is still the best!

    • @ArmyFieldBand
      @ArmyFieldBand  8 лет назад +2

      Our saxophone section definitely agrees!

  • @Savin97
    @Savin97 5 лет назад

    Man, these guys blow.

  • @matthewperkins8923
    @matthewperkins8923 4 года назад +1

    The bari guy is just vibin

  • @BlackJack-di7ym
    @BlackJack-di7ym 7 лет назад

    Everything is perfect and tempo was marvelous. Great work.

  • @sunshinein9546
    @sunshinein9546 8 лет назад +1

    Wonderful!

  • @sourjyabanerjee9310
    @sourjyabanerjee9310 7 лет назад

    That was BEAUTIFULLY done.Greetings and best wishes from India