You and Eric Sammut are making marimba my new favorite instrument. After watching this performance, I started looking at more of the great performances on KZread and I simply had no idea how large a repertoire of really wonderful modern compositions for marimba there is. I'm excited to start exploring this whole new world - thanks for the introduction!

Thank you all for your beautiful comments. I appreciate that very much!

I have stopped playing marimba for about 3 years now because of work. I quit before I fully mastered that piece. You just gave me the will to play again. Thank you for this beautiful moment :)

@santangelopercussion

8 жыл бұрын

I feel honored. Thank you for that comment! I wish you a good "restart". Thank you very much.

Wonderful, wonderful performance. Beautifully played and beautifully shot. The grain in the wood seen from above - incredible music coming through this beautiful organic medium. To me, this is what it's all about! Thank you so much!

I'd just like to say that ever since I have found your rendition of Cameleon, I have been completely obsessed with the piece and your playing. I believe this was not played better by anyone else I have ever seen, and you are my favorite marimba player.

Beautiful photography! And of course, beautiful performance.

This is awesome.Really beautiful,technical,musical,dynamics,lines, thanks for sharing this !!

Nice flow on the marimba! Especially in 2:45! Such looseness and free...! Excellent job! :)

Great job at making this look so seamless and relaxed, it's like you're not even trying at all. Amazing musicality and artistry.

@santangelopercussion

8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Keizer I am happy to read what is for me important to perform. Thanks for your observation. Thanks for your words..

Sammut is a wonderful composer but I don't think I've seen anything by him done that passionately before. I felt the music. And THAT is music.

@santangelopercussion

5 жыл бұрын

Dear Brian, thank you very much for your comment.

Truly one of the most beautiful marimba performances I've seen to date! You moved so elegantly and the sound was so rich and full. The piece itself was magnificently scored and kept me engaged throughout, both melodically and rhythmically. I particularly appreciated your facial expressions because they added to the overall feel of the piece. Truly outstanding, and it makes me want to work even harder to be the best percussionist I can be. Thank you.

@santangelopercussion

9 жыл бұрын

Luke Moyta - thank you for your words. Best wishes for your plans!

Eccezionale! Come sempre!!! :) Splendida esecuzione!

Great Pacing and sensitivity!

Ohh this makes me want to play again so bad. Havent had the opportunity since leaving highschool. Never got to finish learning this piece. Some day maybe. This sounded gorgeous, very well controlled

Absolutely!

gorgeous! Can't wait to get my new Bergerault Marimba...hope to meet you some day...all the best

this is so good, i mean great...staging sound performance, excellent, thank you

thx for that wonderful playing + video + sound

@santangelopercussion

9 жыл бұрын

moreausylvain I have seen your projects. Great work! and thanks for your comment. About the video - i agree -Mr. Aljosha Hofmann did a great job. About the possibility of making a good sound - i have to thank also Bergerault.

I think you did an amazing job I'm playing this piece for my UIL competition and I use this video to critique my sound and etc so thanks so much for posting this

@santangelopercussion

8 жыл бұрын

+yumon king - it is an important feedback for me. I believe this is how people should use the web - to inspire and to be inspired and to apreciate art and the ones who do it. Thank you.

Amazing phrasing! Very nice job. I am learning this piece at the moment. Take care

Fantastic!

incredible!

1:57 That was amazing sounding

Really enjoy your playing

Wow! Bravissima! Sangue non mente....A presto! :)

Bravissima Francesca!! un abbraccio!

Bravissima!

Bravissima Francesca!

@santangelopercussion

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Giovanni.

Beautiful playing!

@santangelopercussion

5 жыл бұрын

Dear David, thank you very much! My best wishes to you!

very nice triple laterals!

Thank you very much for this very kind comment!

The Mallets I used were the Eric Sammut Series "ES 16"

@rylie0812

3 жыл бұрын

No ES12 in bass mallet?

@santangelopercussion

3 жыл бұрын

@@rylie0812 Hi, no, that was a set of ES 16. But now I´d play it with heavier mallets, because it is less work for me. I drop the mallets more. If you have any questions about it, feel free to email me and I would get into more detail.

Anyone else feel like clapping after watching that?

If replaced keiko stick I would like to ask what kind of hardness of the stick for

triple lat swag

What mallets and in what order are you using?

Great! which mallet do you use in the piece?

@santangelopercussion

7 жыл бұрын

Juana Castro Thanks. I took the Eric Sammut "ES 16" from mostlymarimba to record the video.

this is like all four rotations combined into one. it's gorgeous, but god, sammut has a style and he sticks with it, huh

what is that mallet ?

How long did it take you to learn this?

You oughta change the search tags to "Chameleon" instead of the "e" with the accent.