New York 25-27th May Joe Alessi plays the Chic Corea Trombone concerto

[Vegasbound]

Full details here

https://www.lastrowmusic.com/event/core ... lharmonic/

[Doug Elliott]

Oooo, I'd love to hear that. I may have to plan a trip.

[Posaunus]

If I were only not almost 3,000 miles away ...

[Doug Elliott]

I got my tickets for Thursday night.

[harrisonreed]

Be curious to hear that you think of it. I heard it last year at Suntory Hall, with Joe playing the solo.

[BigBadandBass]

I got mine for Saturday, excited to hear it

[RustBeltBass]

Be curious to hear that you think of it. I heard it last year at Suntory Hall, with Joe playing the solo.

Best hall I ever performed in, beyond incredible!!

[Doug Elliott]

Joe has seriously projecting sound, pretty much every note was crystal clear from my seat on the 2nd tier. He and the orchestra sounded awesome!
It's a very interesting piece with a lot of variety, but nothing too outlandish technically. According to the program notes some sections are improvised, but I suspect he had worked out what he was going to play - it was all very clean and nothing sounded obviously improvised.
One part of it, I think the 3rd movement called Hysteria (about the pandemic), had some wild angular lines and lots of interplay between the solo and sections of the orchestra. It was a very moderate tempo and I sort of wished it was faster to create more "Hysteria."
The last movement, Joe's Tango, is more rhythmically complex and gets into some higher and faster playing with some high F#'s and I think I heard one G. It ends on a high F#!
Overall an excellent addition to the repertoire.

[harrisonreed]

I was blown away by Joe's playing when I heard it, but the actual composition wasn't my cup of tea. It had some really cool moments but just didn't feel as coherent as a piece as, say, the Bourgeois concerto.

Joe sounds like $4 million dollars (inflation adjusted) on his new Shires and Laskey combo.

[JeffBone44]

I didn’t see this thread until now. I was there last Saturday, the 27th. Joe sounded amazing as always. I’m looking forward to the studio recording release with the UNLV Wind Symphony. I believe it’s slated for November.

The first piece on the program, Barber’s Symphony in One Movement, was something that I have never heard before. It’s now one of my favorite pieces. I found a great recording on my Tidal app, the Baltimore Symphony conducted by David Zinman, and I’ve been listening to it nearly every day now.

[CalgaryTbone]

I just noticed online that Joe is playing it again this summer (in Vail, CO) w/the NYP again, in case any folks in the west want to get a chance to hear it live. I'm kind of tempted to go myself.

JS

[fsgazda]

The first piece on the program, Barber’s Symphony in One Movement, was something that I have never heard before. It’s now one of my favorite pieces. I found a great recording on my Tidal app, the Baltimore Symphony conducted by David Zinman, and I’ve been listening to it nearly every day now.

Great piece, great recording. Detroit also has a great recording of Barber #1 with Jarvi.

[BGuttman]

Interesting video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYk9gTbF9o

And another:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVCbtWzrDF4

[Vegasbound]

Joe is performing this again 2-4th November with the Nashville Symph.


PROGRAM
Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture
Chick Corea: Trombone Concerto | Live Recording
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite

[JeffBone44]

The first piece on the program, Barber’s Symphony in One Movement, was something that I have never heard before. It’s now one of my favorite pieces. I found a great recording on my Tidal app, the Baltimore Symphony conducted by David Zinman, and I’ve been listening to it nearly every day now.

Great piece, great recording. Detroit also has a great recording of Barber #1 with Jarvi.

Thanks for mentioning the Detroit/Jarvi recording. I found it and listened to it.

[JKBone85]

I'm very excited to hear it in it's entirety, and in all iterations, and I really can't wait to hear some other players tackle this piece. This seems like something Marshall would crush.

[Monkhouse]

Was this a premier performance? Is there a video I could watch? I have loved Chick Corea forever.

[Monkhouse]

Is there a video I could watch? I have loved Chick Corea forever.

[harrisonreed]

Was this a premier performance? Is there a video I could watch? I have loved Chick Corea forever.

Nah. It's been played in Japan, and I think premiered in Brazil.

[BGuttman]

Is there a video I could watch? I have loved Chick Corea forever.

The two videos I linked above have short sections of the concerto played by Alessi.

If you are a New York Philharmonic subscriber I believe there is on-line access to previous concerts.