Undercurrents by Robert Buckley

MusicWorks - Grade 5
Undercurrents provides an electrifying, virtuosic showcase for the whole ensemble – featuring a series of solos, duets and trios, as well as highlighting the various chamber sections within the band. The music was inspired by watching schools of fish and flocks of birds perpetually moving with the ocean currents and air currents. Every once in a while a single solo shape will appear – or two or three – they dance apart for a moment and then are drawn back into the ensemble. Commissioned by the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy, Victoria, BC, this is a powerful tour-de-force from beginning to end.
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[calebjackson]

Robert Buckley really doesn't care if his low brass dies or not (or literally any other section)

[mitchbrady]

Love this piece! My Kindergarten band is playing this at their spring concert!

[PuIkrabek]

Never in my years of living did I think that I would rather just listen to music instead of seeing it as well. Well done Robert, I am going to blow my brains out.

[adynromero]

Robert Buckley found out about 16th notes and time signatures and wanted to show us how many time he could use them 🤸‍♂️🚆

[tastyteddy]

As you can see Robert Buckley is known for his pieces being friendly to beginners

[obinnanwakwue]

What in the anyone who has to play this

[FaraFellow]

As a ninth grader I've gotten the honour of playing, albeit not performing, this amazing piece with my school's senior band. I rehearsed with them shortly after the music festival where they performed and won gold with this piece. For a string bass player like me, this piece is extremely repetitive (we get no solos and only ever play the chorus bit), but it was still exhilarating to play it with such skilled musicians (and give myself a sprained wrist from the position switches)

[cjjenkins]

AND A brass choir feature too? This guy is on another level

[RussellEvans]

119 time signature changes... I am impressed. Correct me if I'm wrong. Lol

[tanderson]

6:00 luv the bass instruments owning the secondary theme

[fortepiano]

Imagine Mackey's Undertow, but scored by Ticheli and revised by Hazo.

[i.apilado]

the main lead is clarinet, its so beautiful

[jacobfeagin]

This song is called undercurrents... also called im mad at the brass section

[RussellEvans]

i need a song with complicated meters and confusion..

say no more fam... i got you.

undercurrents

[Forotosh]

How does someone even come up with something this complicated?

[quantumjoss]

sounds funky fresh! Ya i like it. My band probably cant play it though.

[derrickjeromeweaverjr.]

I love the parts in songs where only woodwinds play together

[azndrumsticks]

Jesus Christ, so many solos everywhere

[iangreer]

When I was a junior in high school, I thought this was insane and was afraid of playing this at All State. Now, I have played Maslanka’s Child’s Garden of Dreams and can safely say this is nothing compared to the things I’ve seen here.

[guidovanhaalen]

great ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ ♫♪ ♫♪great sound! ♫♪♫♪ ☺ ♥ ♫♪☺♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding