Chaminade: Concertino for Flute - Hayley Miller (flute), Benjamin Zander (conductor)

Hayley Miller (flute), Benjamin Zander (conductor)
Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra

Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
February 1, 2015

[kated]

Of course there are going to be times an entire orchestra is louder than a single flute. Her dynamics are just right, she crushes this all there she is performing as a soloist with an orchestra while most of the you tube critics here are what...sitting behind the finger positions are just exceptional. I love how she accomplishes these very difficult passages with minimal movement, she does not give into the “showy” fingering a lot of flautists employ. She gets the job done in the most efficient manner possible. I think she has a great career ahead of her. A great performance, and as a flutist I really enjoyed it.

[greyjay]

A wonderful performance. Her notes flowed like liquid gold. One can forget how much hard work and dedication, lie behind this level of skill. The long hours of practice ...

[Carlito_El_Gooner]

Don't know why but this piece brings me to tears. Such beautiful melody.

[johnnypooncy]

This video went up 30k views after audition season lol

[jennasimmons]

My flute teacher assigned this to me as a "summer project" so that sums up my summer😬

[daverossflutist]

This is an example of excellent ensemble playing. Ms Miller's ability to shape phrases and blend with the orchestra when the music requires it) is refreshing, something that many soloists cannot bring themselves to do. Her intonation is impeccable, and she has more than enough presence to project her sound all the way to the back of the hall without being bombastic. Brava!

[patrick]

This must be the youth orchestra, they all look like kids. And they play excellently well. Kudos to the flute player. Such a difficult piece and marvellously played. Masterfully directed by the master Ben Zander. Superb!

[bevhills]

omg her tone is amazing! Vibrato on point as well! I wish I had her technical ability and tone when I was "youth". 100/10 amazing performance! she makes it seem so effortlessly and to hit those high notes as smooth and angelic as she did is flat out amazing! I hope she continued in the music world!

[xxthe_rainxx]

Then theres me... a metalhead guitarist. I'm going into music as my major... as (drumroll please) a classical flutist. I've been playing for nine years and any time I start to think about it I cant help but laugh. I dress and look like metal.. and people ask what I play and I'm just there like 😐 classical flute. Beautiful piece. Just wanted to share that to those in the comments while yall enjoy her beautiful playing. Just wow.

[musicalprostitute]

Did y’all really expect her to not get “drowned out” by AN ENTIRE FRICKING ORCHESTRA BEHIND ONE FLAUTIST? It’s a whole orchestra and one flute. I believe that was intended by the composer.

[briananderson]

Such a joy to see this kind of jubilation among those who love the flute and orchestra. Watching this makes me hopeful about the future. This kind of piece is highly nuanced, concentrated, and exhausting to play. (There's almost nowhere for the flute to hide!) Major Kudos to the soloist.

[sophiagarnica]

And remember that she doesn't have any sheet music in front of her. I-

[ThomasMulliganFlute]

Love this performance. Great flair and the tempo is spot on!

[HuguesTalbot]

Extremely well done, beautiful, precise, very musical.

[IFRSKIES]

So beautiful. Bravo Hayley Miller. Bravo! Even with the power of a full orchestra behind you, you still soared.

[jessiewang]

If you listen close enough, you can hear at 0:24 you can hear that when the conductor says "crashed the wedding" there is a literal crash in the background.

[mialeesmith]

OMG she is so good. I have to play this solo for All district band next year...

[hallie]

Get yourself a person that looks at you the way the oboe player looks at her when she walks on

[ahabsbane]

What a performance! Special props to the rest of the band for making it epic!

[rihannamartinez]

I’ve never idolized someone like her I’ve been playing flute for a while now and I’ve always been first chair but some day I wanna be just like this amazing woman right here