Yo-Yo Ma and Condoleezza Rice perform Schumann's "Fantasiestücke, Op, 73"

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • Yo-Yo Ma and Condoleezza Rice surprised the audience of the 2017 Kennedy Center Arts Summit with a performance of "Fantasiestücke, Op, 73", composed by Robert Schumann.
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  • @davidtauler2705
    @davidtauler2705 3 года назад +38

    Kudos to Condoleezza Rice for finding the time in her busy career to keep her chops up at a level that she can share the stage with renowned dedicated musician like Yo-Yo Ma. Condoleezza Rice’s career in public service is already amazing but to be able to play piano at a high-level on top of that is extraordinary.

  • @lindacreesy3909
    @lindacreesy3909 Год назад +5

    so much respect for her and what she has accomplished

  • @meleeman95
    @meleeman95 Год назад +2

    Condoleezza is amazing in whatever she does. Wow! She was so humble referring to this accompaniment as "not because I was a world class pianist, its just that I happen to be the former Secretary of State".

  • @UncleTravelingMac81
    @UncleTravelingMac81 Год назад +2

    Two magnificently talented people. What a wonderful performance.

  • @emilyedwards2557
    @emilyedwards2557 7 лет назад +22

    Awesome! She is an inspiration

  • @allisonw439
    @allisonw439 6 лет назад +9

    Exceptional.

  • @garriemcneill6021
    @garriemcneill6021 3 года назад +6

    What a fantastic performance!!! You can never achieve perfection just aim for it. I think the hall was a bit dry but what a lovely performance. Imagine performing with one of the best Cellists in the World. 👏🙌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @samanthacat1211
    @samanthacat1211 2 года назад

    Really enjoyed listening this. Great combination for our happiness from our pleasant ears and hearts ♥️

  • @alexfrancisco2924
    @alexfrancisco2924 6 лет назад +6

    Bravo!!!!

  • @bmxman4115
    @bmxman4115 3 месяца назад

    As a clarinet player, this gives me a whole new perspective

  • @JettaJ1
    @JettaJ1 Год назад +1

    Wow good job you two!

  • @sunnytauruss
    @sunnytauruss 7 лет назад +39

    I had no idea that Condleeza Rice was a pianist!!!

    • @feraudyh
      @feraudyh 6 лет назад +1

      Did you know that the president of France is also a pianist?

    • @ullrichherz7053
      @ullrichherz7053 4 года назад +1

      German chancellor Helmut Schmidt was a pianist too.

    • @lindacreesy3909
      @lindacreesy3909 Год назад

      classically trained

  • @yuehchopin
    @yuehchopin 7 лет назад +2

    danke

  • @UltimateC2020
    @UltimateC2020 5 лет назад +12

    I quit performing at my church when they kept micing my cello like this. It makes it so hard to get good sound out.

    • @WaterFlame957
      @WaterFlame957 3 года назад

      🙄🙄🙄 You should be so lucky to even have had a sound to be heard...
      In my church's orchestra, the sound guys only had mics over the brass and woodwind but none to pick up our small string section. It was almost like a joke. 🤔

  • @stepheniansavage
    @stepheniansavage 6 лет назад +48

    I'm no pro recording engineer, but the mic-ing and mixing is horrible. I've never heard a real piano and cello sound like so plasticky and artificial...

    • @Violedegambe
      @Violedegambe 6 лет назад +1

      Totally agree

    • @specialperson335
      @specialperson335 4 года назад +1

      Agreed

    • @bigdoghat3827
      @bigdoghat3827 3 года назад +7

      omg agreed!! WHY is the cello so damn loud? Piano is so vague it sounds like it's being played in the room next door

  • @corneliawehrmann8042
    @corneliawehrmann8042 4 года назад +9

    Technically it's a horrible recording though both of them are perfect performers. But one should not forget Steven Isserlis who has a perfectly thoughtful and romantic access to that piece which I personally prefer by far.

  • @garymclaughin
    @garymclaughin Год назад

    Wow 👌

  • @djwsam575
    @djwsam575 2 года назад

    avec douceur ....
    con doliza...
    de Birmingham alabama au panthéon de zeus
    quel chemin quel kharma....vous etes aussi belle qu intelligente
    me rice
    mais je crois que quelques erreurs dans votre vie vous hante et pertube votre sommeil
    nous en discuterons peut etre un jour dans l au dela avec les saints et les anges pour temoin
    mes amitiés a rebecca .

  • @thegreatelfinko
    @thegreatelfinko Год назад

    This is great but I can barely hear Condoleezza. It sounds like the mic was inside the cello. Too bad nobody checked the mix beforehand. I love to hear the two of them playing again but with the microphone situation a lot better. Thanks

  • @Lion_McLionhead
    @Lion_McLionhead 6 лет назад +17

    She would have been a good president & that's why she could never be one.

  • @1Conquistador
    @1Conquistador 2 года назад +2

    Dang! You go Dr. Condi Rice! Run for president please, nothing but crap candidates out there now!

  • @ellianlev9095
    @ellianlev9095 6 месяцев назад

    Interesting! Glad to see a collaboration between two fine people of different political persuasion! However, as stated in a number of earlier comments, the balance in this recording is horrible and Kennedy Center should have done a better job presenting this performance to the RUclips audience.

  • @SrQueque
    @SrQueque 5 лет назад +7

    Still a better performance than the Iraq War.

    • @343ramana
      @343ramana 4 года назад +3

      Yes.. let's not forget.

  • @bndeyo
    @bndeyo 3 года назад +1

    I like Mr. Ma's take on the piece, but he does sound like he's be a challenge to follow, especially sitting sort-of behind Dr. Rice. They do their best to telegraph intentions, and the ensemble is really rather good. As others have noticed, the recording isn't as good as the performance.

  • @Jupe367
    @Jupe367 2 года назад +1

    I can hardly hear the piano.

  • @suesmith2183
    @suesmith2183 2 года назад +2

    The cello completely drowns out the sound of the piano; Ma is sitting too close to the piano and microphone so the piano part is totally lost. This just never happens with Brahms!

  • @ericajohnson7535
    @ericajohnson7535 3 года назад

    YO-YO MOMMA AND A WAR CRIMINAL on the pianahhhhh. lolllll what a sheetshow

  • @RedTheCellist
    @RedTheCellist 4 года назад +13

    Even with the terrible mic placement and mixing, you have to admit Yo-Yo is all over the place in this performance.

    • @saltag
      @saltag 2 года назад

      Probably didn't care too much and was just having a good (?) time :')

    • @dancelli714
      @dancelli714 2 года назад +1

      She's not a pro, but should have mic-ed her better.

  • @stevenpaulniles
    @stevenpaulniles 6 лет назад +8

    It's as if Ma is reading off Rice's score. And why is the balance so cello-dominant? The lid is even up all the way. He needs to come out of her space, both physically and musically. And she shouldn't be so intimidated by him.

    • @feraudyh
      @feraudyh 6 лет назад +8

      Possibly, but the microphone positions must be taken into account as well.

    • @greatmomentsofopera7170
      @greatmomentsofopera7170 6 лет назад +5

      The microphone placement is absolutely dreadful as is the mixing

    • @specialperson335
      @specialperson335 4 года назад +1

      She is only there to accompany him he is the focus in this piece.

    • @marctwain8273
      @marctwain8273 2 года назад

      Maybe, she is not his heart friend-

  • @Applejuice9694
    @Applejuice9694 11 месяцев назад

    the cello is overpowering the piano

  • @cellokratzer
    @cellokratzer 6 лет назад +12

    bravo! ....and nowadays - anyone in the Trump administration who can at least READ music?

    • @leondaniels1660
      @leondaniels1660 5 лет назад +2

      Surely not anyone in the Trump family

    • @man0sticks
      @man0sticks Год назад

      You are an ignoramus. Ms. Rice never served in the Trump administration. The current president, by contrast, can’t read a teleprompter and shakes hands with empty space.

  • @fiddling_tech2150
    @fiddling_tech2150 4 года назад +5

    Lol this is just terrible

  • @sebastiandangerfield9933
    @sebastiandangerfield9933 4 года назад

    The recorded sound is awful. Never heard Ma sound like this. As for Rice, too many clams. Way too many.

  • @AltaiIQ
    @AltaiIQ 6 лет назад +1

    كوندليزا رايس انتي مال خشابه ليش تخربين موهبتچ بالبيانو

    • @arnaudnganji2536
      @arnaudnganji2536 3 года назад

      I get you, bro... I can just Imagine what you're saying

    • @AltaiIQ
      @AltaiIQ 3 года назад +1

      @@arnaudnganji2536 my english not good
      i lost when i see : get . got . had . have . has
      i dnt know why u use this words ?

  • @petele345
    @petele345 6 лет назад +9

    Nice, but is this what she was playing when her boss started the Iraq invasion?

    • @KenLClar
      @KenLClar 5 лет назад +6

      Dirty trick to inject politics this way. Shame!

    • @343ramana
      @343ramana 4 года назад +3

      @@KenLClar The fact that the pianist is a war criminal, is not political.

    • @ReneeDougan-yu5bm
      @ReneeDougan-yu5bm 4 года назад

      @@343ramana surely you jest you do realize dickey boy ran the show..the bully on the block for haliburton

    • @Upsunday
      @Upsunday 2 года назад +1

      and?

  • @thefunkyphantom1322
    @thefunkyphantom1322 Год назад

    Disjointed and awkward. Like helping a two year old walk up stairs.