WQXR Café Concert: James Ehnes plays Bach: Partita No. 3, Preludio and Gigue

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @viniciuspessoa3872
    @viniciuspessoa3872 9 лет назад +45

    his chaconne interpretation is flawless, honest playing and no tricks. That´s what I call maturity in music

    • @No-pm4ss
      @No-pm4ss 5 лет назад +5

      vinicius pessoa What sort of tricks would that be?

    • @TheBLars
      @TheBLars 4 года назад +1

      I would say it’s robotic execution. He is insanely talented. I love hearing someone who puts the pieces history, p

    • @armandinc3051
      @armandinc3051 4 года назад

      @@TheBLars :P

    • @armandinc3051
      @armandinc3051 4 года назад

      +vinicius Pessoa LOL

    • @irisce2799
      @irisce2799 Год назад +2

      @@No-pm4ss No idea. People like to use that phrase a lot. I think it's getting at how some violinists add in strange gimmicks and changes to dynamics, tempo, and other markings to mask the sound of a passage because they can't play it well. If they were forced to play it robotically, they wouldn't be able to because their sound would just fall apart. They rely on the stuff they add in to get them through the passage and it's obvious. Ehnes plays it very simply, exactly as it's writing, not trying to hide anything because his technique is good enough, so I suppose that's what the honest part means. To be completely honest, I find this interpretation a bit boring. Too monotone. Though he has played it wonderfully before. Just not here for me.

  • @musicindisguise
    @musicindisguise 11 лет назад +13

    love how he doesn't play it fast like most other violinists do. I enjoy listenning to this, one of my fave renditions :)

  • @jeffandrewmusic
    @jeffandrewmusic 12 лет назад +14

    Saw him a couple weeks ago in Ottawa, playing two pieces by Saint-Saens and two of the Paganini Caprices. It was mezmerizing. He has incredible tone, and it was the first time I've heard the 24th Caprice played live. He nailed it...even got some surprised "holy shit" applause from the crowd after the left-hand pizzicato section.

  • @cornel999
    @cornel999 11 лет назад +30

    very smooth. it takes a great fiddle player to sound good in a dry room with a close mike, playing Bach.

  • @chiyeh
    @chiyeh 3 года назад +2

    Wonderful musician but also true gentlemen. Down-to-earth and so approachable.

  • @JohanJohnJohnson
    @JohanJohnJohnson 2 года назад +3

    Cleanest live performance ever!

  • @ViolinfanaticOriginal
    @ViolinfanaticOriginal 9 лет назад +62

    Very comparable technically and musically to Hilary Hahn's interpretation. She is a bit faster, but speed doesn't make the music more or less beautiful. This is a sound and beautiful rendition. Thank you, James Ehnes.

    • @유지훈-t4z
      @유지훈-t4z 5 лет назад +3

      Violinfanatic dont compare it

    • @sergiodamian2147
      @sergiodamian2147 5 лет назад

      No comparation!!

    • @tonyoB
      @tonyoB 4 года назад +3

      100% agree. I love this tempo and the character it creates. My personal preference for this piece is infact a touch slower, but again, just a matter of preference 🤗

    • @nishvaze2666
      @nishvaze2666 Год назад

      Ehnes is usually a bit faster than Hilary in violin playing , you can compare the presto from Bach’s 1st violin sonata , which implies that he slowed himself down to give this amazing interpretation

  • @therusosky1
    @therusosky1 9 лет назад +10

    Incredible bow technic!! Bravo, this is real Bach...

  • @MargaD3100
    @MargaD3100 10 лет назад +4

    Simply EXCELLENT!!! It's amazing the perfect pitch, brightness and fair power of sound, incredible technique of both hands, and above all, the perfect interpretation of J.S.Bach´s music! Thank you Mr.Ehnes, with you is born a new way of playing this beautiful instrument!!!
    Greatings from Argentina!!!

  • @wilhelmhaygen4671
    @wilhelmhaygen4671 12 лет назад +4

    Wonderful, you play really cool James Ehnes...! stunning technique and gorgeous interpretation!
    The sound of your violin is also wonderful ;)

  • @johnrickert5572
    @johnrickert5572 5 лет назад +3

    I like the way he carries the rhythmic line (esp. around the 1 min. mark). In many recordings I've heard, it seems to go out of control for a while before being called back. At the same time, he does not make it sound forced or robotic, but quite natural. Certainly one of the finest performances I've heard -- thanks!

  • @dr.zaiuscientifico8713
    @dr.zaiuscientifico8713 Месяц назад

    Great artist ❤

  • @alexfrederick-percussion1171
    @alexfrederick-percussion1171 10 лет назад +2

    Beautiful. The tempo is great … better than most violinists who just blaze through it (look at ME!) Really letting Bach shine through here. Thank you!

  • @joedevenroe
    @joedevenroe 11 лет назад +6

    Extraordinary-simply extraordinary.

  • @ausmeiergerhard9709
    @ausmeiergerhard9709 5 лет назад +2

    JSBach and the seeds
    of his German greatness are such a blessing to humans and angels alike.

  • @1cleandude
    @1cleandude 6 лет назад +5

    Brilliant James; superb!!!

  • @bloubear2557
    @bloubear2557 5 лет назад +3

    The dynamics is so satisfying

  • @iaf1810
    @iaf1810 2 года назад

    ❤️❤️🎻🎻 great composer great violinist ❤️❤️ beautiful playing

  • @bbbartolo
    @bbbartolo 12 лет назад +3

    wow. I have the Heifetz LP set and Perlman's, but I agree about the "fat" sound here. Just wonderful, and what a great introduction to a violinist I never heard of before. The torch is passed!

  • @rafthegoat
    @rafthegoat 3 года назад +3

    It's difficult to explain to a non-violinist how incredibly impressive the chords at 3:54 really are.

    • @TheAsianTree
      @TheAsianTree 3 года назад

      Do you mean musically, then absolutely it’s an incredible cadence to a piece that has been under a nonstop flow. But technically, the chords are incredibly easy to play.

    • @Tempusverum
      @Tempusverum 3 года назад

      @@TheAsianTree
      ^nuh uh, nuh uh. 🎻

  • @pierrelouispetit9170
    @pierrelouispetit9170 12 лет назад +1

    Magnifique et enlevé, comme d'habitude ! Bravo Monsieur Ehnes
    Pierre PETIT

  • @jibes7318
    @jibes7318 6 лет назад +3

    I love the decrescendos and crescendos!!!! You really made those known ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏽

  • @Berlinchesmusic
    @Berlinchesmusic 3 года назад +1

    Gigue: 4:08

  • @sergiodamian2147
    @sergiodamian2147 5 лет назад +1

    Amazing!!!

  • @ingemarcrl
    @ingemarcrl 8 лет назад +2

    bravo!!! y el violin suena espectacular !!!

  • @netpanzeiros5496
    @netpanzeiros5496 5 лет назад +1

    Em 20 anos que atuo em orquestras, essa foi a melhor interpretação já feita até hoje. Excelente performance.

  • @cageynerd
    @cageynerd 4 года назад +1

    Genius...

  • @kaugrego
    @kaugrego 8 лет назад +1

    Incredible!

  • @bourooshka
    @bourooshka 11 лет назад +1

    Wonderful!

  • @Monica-rv7go
    @Monica-rv7go 4 года назад +2

    4:50 Nice vibrato!

  • @guppymaster5784
    @guppymaster5784 2 года назад

    ×1,25... perfection!

  • @MrDeastwood
    @MrDeastwood 6 лет назад +2

    wow , the thumb of the left hand !

  • @RizwanJaganiViolist
    @RizwanJaganiViolist 7 лет назад +3

    I just heard him play the chaconne live and time had stopped. His understanding for what the music is trying to say is superlative.

  • @jamesrockford2626
    @jamesrockford2626 6 лет назад +1

    great

  • @SachinShukla
    @SachinShukla 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you for not attacking and trying to beat this piece with a stick at twice the speed of light.

  • @ilyahassanzad8858
    @ilyahassanzad8858 5 лет назад

    Love that

  • @kroert2259
    @kroert2259 7 лет назад +26

    His playing always reminds me of Hilary Hahn

    • @にちはHYPERSPACE
      @にちはHYPERSPACE 7 лет назад

      ikr??

    • @にちはHYPERSPACE
      @にちはHYPERSPACE 7 лет назад +2

      The differences are only very subtle, and if you were someone who didn't know a thing about either of them, ehnes could actually pass as hahn and vice versa...
      ruclips.net/video/cBNTDlI1-nQ/видео.html

  • @stefansack2726
    @stefansack2726 3 года назад +1

    Göttlich

  • @bh8680
    @bh8680 4 года назад +2

    Great technique and almost exhausting to play at that pace for so long, yet he does it with ease - all from memory. He could make a $89 violin sound good. He’s obviously practiced a lot and his control of the instrument is impressive. Notice how his left hand thumb glides along the finger board so easily because he has an unshakable Kung fu grip supporting the weight of the instrument between his chin and collar bone. Very talented player.

  • @violinhunter2
    @violinhunter2 5 лет назад +3

    Why is the "c" sharp on the "g" string booming?

  • @ritvayt
    @ritvayt 10 лет назад +5

    The very first few notes just starts like Ysaye's Obsession :D awesome :D and I found lost's of parts similar to that piece in this music, I think Ysaye must make his piece out of this one. :D

    • @frobinson7574
      @frobinson7574 9 лет назад +2

      +Tamás Ritvay That's why Ysaye named his piece 'Obsession'...he was obsessed with Bach like most classical musicians

    • @ritvayt
      @ritvayt 9 лет назад

      Frank Robinson Thank you! I didn't know it when I was writing this comment, after that I got more familiar to the topic. :) They both are great music! :)

    • @aaronkim3856
      @aaronkim3856 7 лет назад +3

      Ysaye actually wrote the first movement of his Sonata no.2 to mock his colleague who was struggling to play the Prelude in E major.

  • @SarumChoirmaster
    @SarumChoirmaster 5 лет назад

    WOW!!!

  • @LinhNguyen-di5bz
    @LinhNguyen-di5bz 5 лет назад +1

    Gigue 4:08

  • @j12torts
    @j12torts 8 лет назад +10

    what violin is that? strad? sounds so wholesome

    • @lordwilton176
      @lordwilton176 8 лет назад +4

      strad marsick

    • @LolkeDijkstra
      @LolkeDijkstra 8 лет назад +5

      actually many well built (also modern) violins sound awseome if and when played by great violinists!

    • @andrewcrossley2448
      @andrewcrossley2448 8 лет назад +12

      1715 ex-Marsick Stradivarius loaned by Mr Fulton. All you need is about 10 million dollars and a supreme technique to make it sing. The dead acoustic doesn't show the violin off very well. Look up his live CBC recording of the Chaconne from Partita #2 on RUclips to see why it's one of the top violins worthy of James' phenomenal talent. Marriage made in heaven :)

    • @MothsMusicBox
      @MothsMusicBox 4 года назад

      The violin isn't what makes the musician it's all about techniques and just how you play. If you can play the instrument well it's going to sound like any other

    • @ritvayt
      @ritvayt 4 года назад

      I do disagree with that sentance that violin is not important. I happened to play several instruments both modern and old masterpieces and always found that modern instruments (does not matter how great these sound) limited the playing possibilities. The ease with these old instruments can be played with cannot be found in any modern instrument. That is why they worth so much, the delicacy of the tone and the rare of its origin.

  • @cddc2539
    @cddc2539 8 лет назад +2

    canción del introducción del video Porfavor

  • @ReadeSnair
    @ReadeSnair 11 лет назад +2

    that'd be the 1715 Ex Marsick Stradivarius

  • @stradchen3109
    @stradchen3109 12 лет назад

    very nice sound,what the violin made by

  • @MrStrangeSensation
    @MrStrangeSensation 11 лет назад +2

    It's a small recital, he just played excerpts from the piece. You don't HAVE TO play all the movements.

  • @cddc2539
    @cddc2539 8 лет назад +1

    piece of the intro please (yep, dat english, sorry)

  • @antonioavio
    @antonioavio 12 лет назад +1

    You played very balanced..

  • @cddc2539
    @cddc2539 7 лет назад +1

    alguno sabe como se llama la cancion del intro?

    • @supremok
      @supremok 7 лет назад

      c c esa canción se llama lachen verlent de essa pekka salonen... La pieza dura como 10 minutos y no es para todos los gustos... Jennifer koh tiene una interpretación completa de la pieza...

  • @scheepalicious
    @scheepalicious 12 лет назад +2

    What a lovely, FAT sound!

  • @PlaizFN
    @PlaizFN 7 лет назад +2

    Nice intro LOL xD

  • @Padybu
    @Padybu 6 лет назад +1

    I disagree that speed doesn't make the music more or less beautiful, this piece is best at a faster tempo imo. Gidon Kremer's is still my favorite

  • @candylawally141
    @candylawally141 9 лет назад

    Ehnes' version is a bit slow but its still a beautiful version。

  • @cmd_violin9690
    @cmd_violin9690 5 лет назад +1

    Breath breath xd

  • @pope0331
    @pope0331 10 лет назад +1

    Very nice. It would remind me of Bachs performances at the Cafe Zimmerman where his "non Lutheran" music would have the proper exposure to non sectarian patrons.

  • @theojunming
    @theojunming 10 лет назад +1

    lack abit of smoothness but nice anyway

  • @senseofwonder4734
    @senseofwonder4734 4 года назад +1

    Awesome video, bUt the intro music for the series is AWFUL!!!

  • @田々-s1j
    @田々-s1j 3 года назад

    Actually he is GOD,not a human being.

  • @BusterWiegand
    @BusterWiegand 2 месяца назад

    Harris Thomas White Melissa Harris Cynthia

  • @muslit
    @muslit 10 лет назад +11

    "fat sound", "tempo is great", "great interpretation" - i'm still bored

    • @stop-motionproductions912
      @stop-motionproductions912 10 лет назад +28

      Then you are not that intelligent, good sir.

    • @freerider3434
      @freerider3434 7 лет назад +5

      Or maybe we don't have to insult the person commenting and rather point to the possibility that in fact Bachs music itself might not match this persons taste

    • @にちはHYPERSPACE
      @にちはHYPERSPACE 7 лет назад +6

      Freerider But.... it's _Bach_

  • @winrx
    @winrx 8 лет назад +6

    Every note in place such a boring player.......

    • @にちはHYPERSPACE
      @にちはHYPERSPACE 7 лет назад +5

      Ok then maybe you'll be satisfied if someone from my mediocre high school orchestra plays it.

    • @benjones7731
      @benjones7731 6 лет назад

      winrx I’d like to see u even try this. U prob don’t even play violin