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  • Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
  • 71-Year-Old Liam Draws In A Big Crowd Playing Chopin's 'Opus 9 Number 1. During lockdown, Liam converted a trailer to house a piano that he can play anywhere!
    Two of the world's most respected performers, Lang Lang and Mika, secretly watch on as passionate amateurs play the public pianos at train stations.
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Комментарии • 141

  • @themusicman-ij7op
    @themusicman-ij7op 17 дней назад +42

    Great music ! I am 92 and still play my Yamaha each day and once a month for all the residents in my old age home 🎵🎶🎹🎼🎵🪗🎹🎹🎹

  • @kuraudoirene
    @kuraudoirene 13 дней назад +8

    You can feel that this gentleman plays from his soul. Utterly beautiful and extremely moving performance.

  • @22RosesGrow
    @22RosesGrow 29 дней назад +36

    "Music played with heart transcends... " perfect way to describe musicians who can do this, they are in a league of their own.

    • @mick947
      @mick947 18 дней назад

      Agree. You can feel the emotion just in the first few notes.

  • @jeankroeber2481
    @jeankroeber2481 29 дней назад +25

    Thank you so much, Liam...that was so beautiful. I could just keep watching you, listening to you on this summer evening. And I think your house on wheels for your piano is superb. You play piano so well, and have engineering skills as well. Blessings and Bonne Chance!

  • @HappiestFirstMan
    @HappiestFirstMan Месяц назад +24

    his explanation of 'jael' was incredibly insightful. well played as well

    • @szymonskrabanek5327
      @szymonskrabanek5327 18 дней назад +1

      "żal" was the word. Indeed it has a somewhat broader meaning and can encompass "sorrow", "sadness", "longing", "grief", "yearning", "remorse", etc.. AFAIK Chopin did miss Poland and this nocturne sounds like many evenings spent in a familiar, yet unfamiliar country, and being homesick.

  • @worshipwhilewewait
    @worshipwhilewewait 15 дней назад +8

    Music is meant to touch the Heart...and it does like nothing else. But when the Composer puts to pen what They're feeling and it transmits thru the Player - that's MAGIC. Liam - what a SPIRIT!!! BRILLIANT!!!

  • @barbaraprice2550
    @barbaraprice2550 Месяц назад +12

    It is so great to have a portable piano that you can bring with you anywhere and spread the beautiful music. Music is good for being and bring people together.😍

  • @sheffkev
    @sheffkev Месяц назад +13

    Beautiful piece and the sentiments explained so well by Liam, I'm a big fan of Chopin and this was a heartfelt rendition and brought tears to my eyes......thank you Liam 👏👏👏❤

  • @Chatosvideos
    @Chatosvideos 29 дней назад +11

    Melodious Sound! You have to feel when he plays his music. Captivated!

  • @wb9293
    @wb9293 26 дней назад +8

    Vielen Dank, Liam, dass du dein Talent mit uns allen teilst. Ein wunderbares Beispiel dafür, dass in jedem von uns Kreativität steckt.

  • @Camille-li5xn
    @Camille-li5xn 9 дней назад +4

    What a moving performance Liam. Played from the heart. I think Chopin would have approved.
    Thank you so much. Oh yeah great piano hut!

  • @tonymoroc
    @tonymoroc 26 дней назад +7

    What a truly lovely guy. absolutely loved watching this.

  • @kwekuhaizel2999
    @kwekuhaizel2999 19 дней назад +7

    The piano is a great friend. Not an easy friend but a great friend!!

    • @Ddax-td7qy
      @Ddax-td7qy 14 дней назад

      The magic of the piano is that it is pre-tuned. Pitch is irrelevant. I had my attention drawn to this because I became acquainted with violinists. Nuff said.

  • @nikinewton7917
    @nikinewton7917 13 дней назад +4

    It's beautiful played, very emotional. I loved Chopin, studied and played a lot in exams. His compositions are not easy. This man plays it intens emotional. Beautiful.......

    • @cldavis33
      @cldavis33 7 дней назад

      It's a funny thing you say about not easy. I am learning Chopin's Nocturne in c minor posthumus. It looks so very easy and this music is anything but easy. I find the beauty of the voicings and melodies emotionally distracting as I lose my mind in them sometimes. It is very demanding to play.

  • @hannan3487
    @hannan3487 12 дней назад +3

    people who listen to music smile! Thank you!

  • @user-hm2kk9to2u
    @user-hm2kk9to2u 26 дней назад +15

    What emotion! What simplicity...what an experience!

  • @joans2002
    @joans2002 25 дней назад +7

    I would love to hear this and other complete pieces by Liam with no commentary or interruptions by anyone. If anyone knows of them, please post the link. Thank you.

  • @Tool-Meister
    @Tool-Meister 17 дней назад +2

    I’m 75 and still play drums for rock n roll and modern country music. The last gig I played I was at least 35 years older than the rest of the band. Do a RUclips search, ‘The Soothsayers’. That was me 60 years ago…

  • @Sucre64
    @Sucre64 15 дней назад +3

    Well as we mature things can get a bit harder so I looked at it been a compliment.
    Brought a tear to my eye.
    Sounds lovely not that I am a pianist or a good speller, but you know what I mean.❤😊

  • @nunocelestinoteixeira312
    @nunocelestinoteixeira312 День назад

    Love it. Loved a great 71 year old Liam!

  • @BneiAnusim
    @BneiAnusim 20 дней назад +3

    I've been listening to Chopin for 2 days straight on Apple Music. It's my fav. composer and Claude Debussy! Most of these musicians starved to death and became famous after. Being a musician is THE most novel profession. Most of them have to do something else to survive and it's tougher when you have a family to feed.

  • @marcd1981
    @marcd1981 6 дней назад

    Thank you for the video. This was a very beautifully played piece, I enjoyed it very much.

  • @patriciaadams-rl4iz
    @patriciaadams-rl4iz 14 дней назад

    This was a beautiful thing that happened. He was unique to bring this piano to wherever he needs too.

  • @margaretflack2091
    @margaretflack2091 28 дней назад +2

    So good, wonderful that he takes his piano with him , live hopin

  • @hippophile
    @hippophile 19 дней назад +2

    He plays beautifully; Nur das Reine im Herzen kann eine gute Suppe machen = Only the pure in the heart can make a good soup. ― Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • @Bethi4WFH
    @Bethi4WFH 25 дней назад +17

    Really could do without the commentary whilst he is playing........frankly, quite intrusive. Should be done afterwards.

  • @dannybourne_
    @dannybourne_ Месяц назад +7

    *Żal indeed means sorrow* It can be "beautiful sorrow" depending on context.

  • @danielkristianson208
    @danielkristianson208 22 дня назад +1

    Beautiful musicality .... thank you 😊😢😊

  • @MoonCrabber
    @MoonCrabber 27 дней назад +3

    I’ve had my piano for 65 years.

  • @NEVAB4
    @NEVAB4 22 дня назад +1

    Beautiful, I want more

  • @TheLtData
    @TheLtData 26 дней назад +4

    His playing reminds me of Brigitte Engerer; she also played these pieces with a kind of calm consideration, sort of thinking and feeling it note by note instead of overseeing the piece as a whole. I love that style.

    • @RobertMayes-ux2rd
      @RobertMayes-ux2rd 26 дней назад +1

      It does!

    • @chriscambe
      @chriscambe 23 дня назад

      comparing a great pianist to an unskilled amateur….

    • @witsukyai1685
      @witsukyai1685 18 дней назад

      Yeah… that’s a bit too far sorry

    • @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool
      @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool 17 дней назад

      @@chriscambe unskilled is incredibly harsh. Come on...that piece is not an easy nocturne to play. You're making him sound like he hasn't got a clue how to play.
      Agree that that comparison to Brigitte Engerer is farfetched but you're being brutal for the sake of trolling.

  • @TheFreddyEduard
    @TheFreddyEduard 29 дней назад

    The Best Of Piano Music (calssic & romantic) by Lang Lang & Emily Bear
    ruclips.net/video/tPNo_oIQKhw/видео.html

  • @lynnjames2738
    @lynnjames2738 18 дней назад +1

    Simply beautiful

  • @tinenefs
    @tinenefs 22 дня назад +1

    Beautiful and emotional 😢

  • @daveusher1463
    @daveusher1463 26 дней назад +1

    A moving piece.
    Beautiful.

  • @grimmmunro2279
    @grimmmunro2279 29 дней назад +2

    Beautiful!❤😊

  • @RobertShaw-fl3os
    @RobertShaw-fl3os 18 дней назад +1

    WOW !! WOW !! BELLISIMO 🎉

  • @irithakim1
    @irithakim1 8 дней назад

    Beautiful.... Thanks🎉

  • @shoshannafachima1306
    @shoshannafachima1306 26 дней назад +1

    This is beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

  • @tilaman3
    @tilaman3 26 дней назад +1

    Bravo!!! Belsissimo!!!!❤❤

  • @eduardocoisasdeumtaxista7137
    @eduardocoisasdeumtaxista7137 20 дней назад +1

    Divino ❤❤❤

  • @Rasmus_Schweden
    @Rasmus_Schweden Месяц назад +5

    Er lebt die Musik, ausgezeichnet gespielt. Meine Hochachtung. Erasmus aus Schweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

  • @johnbogle59
    @johnbogle59 17 дней назад

    Brilliant . So light .

  • @annskinner8467
    @annskinner8467 12 дней назад

    The coolest bit of D.I.Y. I ever did see 👍❤️❤️❤️👍

  • @birgittavanblitterswijk6998
    @birgittavanblitterswijk6998 17 дней назад

    I love him! What an amazing man.

  • @tomhighsmith
    @tomhighsmith 16 дней назад

    Someone who understands Chopin.

  • @owlperchedsilo3745
    @owlperchedsilo3745 9 дней назад

    Chopin is my favorite. i can play this Nocturn on classical guitar.

  • @sdorr
    @sdorr 11 дней назад

    Lovely! Brilliant!

  • @YYC403NOYP
    @YYC403NOYP 18 дней назад +1

    Oh my, I love that neighborhood of red brick houses ❤

  • @Ddax-td7qy
    @Ddax-td7qy 14 дней назад +1

    Absolutely gripping! Some years ago, one of the great violinists (sorry!) set up in a New York subway. I will never forget the busy mom who dragged her little girl along who GOT it! So sad! My measure for all piano is Glenn Gould, who may be the spiritual opposite of "romantic" Chopin. But if "Goldberg Variations" comes on some broadcast somewhere, no matter background noise or circumstances, I will sit up and listen: that's Glenn Gould!

    • @hjusn
      @hjusn 12 дней назад

      I believe it was Joshua Bell and I do remember that video. The narrator mentioned how many people rushed by and didn’t know that people were paying hundreds of dollars that night to hear him in concert.

    • @Ddax-td7qy
      @Ddax-td7qy 11 дней назад +1

      @@hjusn Yes! Joshua Bell! Thanks! It seemed so clear to me that that one little girl had the instinct to be captivated, and Mom just dragged her away. I was a bit of a musical child-star singer (long story), and one time I was next to a juke box in a pizza place and this little girl came up and started singing HARMONIES. I spoke to her parents along the lines of, that's really special. They looked at me like I was a freak. No interest.p.s. Worst scenario: they made fun of her for not singing the tune!

  • @user-rh8kk7rz5s
    @user-rh8kk7rz5s 6 дней назад

    와우,,,,,,,!!!
    당신의 연주를
    처음 한번 들었는데,
    인간의 욕심이 버려진 상태에서
    연주하는 편안한 당신의 마음이 느껴집니다,,,, ^^ 💕
    " 참~, 듣기 좋네요 "

  • @gunterselbach8064
    @gunterselbach8064 11 дней назад +1

    BRAVO LIAM ! RESPEKT für dein alter und dein KÖNNEN! ..... und so klingen meine 'welthits auf der mundharmonika': klicke meinen button, 14 videos. ÜBRIGENS, ich bin 83.

  • @ageosouza5224
    @ageosouza5224 4 дня назад

    Really Nice 👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷

  • @TheFreddyEduard
    @TheFreddyEduard Месяц назад +2

    Music of the highest level with Quincy Jones and pianist / composer Emily Bear
    Video title:
    Hollywood Bowl - QUINCY JONES & EMILY BEAR with Gloria Estefan, Patti Austin, Seidah Gerrit Nikki Yanofsky

    • @TheFreddyEduard
      @TheFreddyEduard Месяц назад

      ruclips.net/video/pnTGDvnCKu0/видео.html

  • @agustandany5652
    @agustandany5652 11 дней назад

    I cried for no reason watching this video. So poignant !

  • @evarsingersongwriter6228
    @evarsingersongwriter6228 25 дней назад +3

    Just cause ya old , dont mean you’ve grown mold 😜

  • @user-vn9nb6pj6m
    @user-vn9nb6pj6m 14 дней назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @katdiesler345
    @katdiesler345 14 дней назад +2

    He has played Chopin for more than sixty years. Can you explain why he should stop at seventy?

  • @kiettran7911
    @kiettran7911 День назад

    👍🧡🧡

  • @kiiza2886
    @kiiza2886 29 дней назад +1

    what train station is that. I would like to go there and play some tunes on that piano

    • @cmartin_ok
      @cmartin_ok 24 дня назад

      Using search functions from the roads on the exit signs, it appears to be Leeds (Yorkshire, England)

  • @michaelhatch1994
    @michaelhatch1994 27 дней назад +58

    What has being 71 years old got to do with playing the piano.

    • @hetmanjz
      @hetmanjz 25 дней назад +4

      Odd comment. Would you say the same thing about Colette Maze?

    • @michaelhatch1994
      @michaelhatch1994 25 дней назад +9

      @@hetmanjz Depends, what was important? That she was a woman? That she was a pianist, that she was 109. Either way to headline an article that someone was 71 is plain stupid, unless of course you think 71 is really really old!

    • @ukdavepianoman
      @ukdavepianoman 25 дней назад +5

      I agree. His age is really irrelevant here. 71 is not old for playing the piano. Maybe someone in their 90s would be more noteworthy.

    • @danielgloverpiano7693
      @danielgloverpiano7693 23 дня назад +8

      @@michaelhatch1994I would say being 71 means we‘re more likely to hear good mature playing, rather than hearing someone who is 7! I would always rather hear the older person.

    • @bjb0808
      @bjb0808 22 дня назад +3

      I wouldn’t freak out. It was merely a fact. I was attracted to the “71-year-old Liam draws in…” because I figured I was in for a treat.

  • @jean1938
    @jean1938 14 дней назад +1

    When I listen music, I LISTEN !
    Why do you talk while he is playing ?

  • @ajgssa
    @ajgssa День назад

    Actually he looks more like 85 😂

  • @joelpecker5819
    @joelpecker5819 16 дней назад

    No disrespect to this talented man as he absolutely moved that crowd with his playing but he looks like a character that actor Paul Giamatti could play in real life.

    • @Camille-li5xn
      @Camille-li5xn 9 дней назад

      What does the man's looks have to do with his outstanding performance? How absurd!

  • @AdamBreslow
    @AdamBreslow 6 дней назад

    We live in a culture now we’re being older is like the scarlet letter, when my dad was in his 80’s he could out walk the majority of people half his age so clearly age is nothing but a number

  • @user-hn6my2sp6z
    @user-hn6my2sp6z 23 дня назад +1

    He as being comes across that is what artists real ones can thats why so many people listen Lang lang you are technically phantastic but ffrom this guy you could learn a bit I want to help you don t be angry pkease bit more ofyour heart you are a spiritual being that has not is abody

  • @staylopictures
    @staylopictures 26 дней назад +6

    How bout you shut up and let us listen. The empty chatter is only a distraction.

  • @royunderhill5179
    @royunderhill5179 18 дней назад +4

    How stupid and annoying to lay talk over the pianist's fine performance. An insult to musician, music and audience. The assumption seems to be that audiences can't possibly be expected to concentrate on one thing -- the music -- for even a few minutes. Wonderful playing and I just wish I could have heard it all without those distractions.

  • @lafondawilliams
    @lafondawilliams День назад

    piano around the world basically did this same thing, he quit doing it before covid

  • @militaryandemergencyservic3286
    @militaryandemergencyservic3286 5 дней назад

    Great! Have a listen to the 22 Chopin pastiches I composed (there are also 25 Schubert ones on my channel in the playlist section): ruclips.net/p/PLYUhuuvIrJm0dcmhr8KtklL50fUpxuzKB

  • @TheFreddyEduard
    @TheFreddyEduard 29 дней назад

    Search for
    Lang Lang Emily Bear

  • @silencedogood7297
    @silencedogood7297 21 день назад +6

    Lang Lang is the worst person to critique anyone. This is not "old fashioned... free...". What nonsense ! This is an old man playing well. Not Carnegie Hall but good. Lang Lang plays everything to loud and too fast and creates garbage- not music

    • @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool
      @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool 17 дней назад

      Have you heard his Goldberg Variations?

    • @PiefacePete46
      @PiefacePete46 9 дней назад

      I just wish he would let us listen.

    • @kitsuneneko2567
      @kitsuneneko2567 7 дней назад +1

      I'm looking forward to seeing your concerts, where I'm sure you'll do it exactly right.

    • @PiefacePete46
      @PiefacePete46 7 дней назад

      As a musical "DumDum", the one thing I took away from our school music class was the teacher hammering home that "Nobody can say a piece of music is bad... you are only entitled to say 'I like it', or 'I don't like it'."

    • @kitsuneneko2567
      @kitsuneneko2567 7 дней назад

      @@PiefacePete46 there are elements of music that can be objectively "bad". A world famous concert pianist isn't going to have any of them.

  • @vayasaberlo8
    @vayasaberlo8 8 часов назад

    Why yammer away over the music?

  • @Marcboy7822
    @Marcboy7822 15 дней назад +1

    Rubinstein use to play near to 100 years old... Same Horowitz.... And many others ... I don't see the point here....

  • @maurapoeta
    @maurapoeta 8 дней назад

    Why the both don't stop talking???

  • @UncleBenPackWatch
    @UncleBenPackWatch 14 дней назад

    Really needs to work on those chromatic runs in the A section to get them clean

  • @e.h.5849
    @e.h.5849 16 дней назад +1

    What the hell is the asian guy talking about?? ...''finally there is a classical piece that has a heart'' ??? WTF man, that is a profound misunderstanding of a great many classical pieces. Just because you don't understand something if it's not explicit, it doesn't automatically mean something has no heart..

    • @teijaflink2226
      @teijaflink2226 12 дней назад

      Has she completely forgotten that he listened to little Lucy play parts of this same piece, that had as much sensitivity and heart, if not more but that's my opinion though.

  • @chriscambe
    @chriscambe 17 дней назад

    Brigitte was a friend. I attended his classes at the Paris Conservatory for a long time. I'm sorry but this pianist is not good, the comparison is ridiculous. Lang lang is not honest in his comment, he is just putting on a show for the general public as usual.

  • @PP-wp2bx
    @PP-wp2bx 19 дней назад

    Lil too fast….

  • @AnonYmous-ry2jn
    @AnonYmous-ry2jn 13 дней назад +1

    Among the worst clickbait ever. The picture of Lang Lang apparently in shock makes you think this will be some kind of new genius-virtuoso discovery, and it’s just a regular amateur pianist.

    • @PiefacePete46
      @PiefacePete46 9 дней назад

      You can put down his technical ability if you must; I am not qualified to debate that aspect of the video, but I cannot fault his emotional commitment and immersion in his performance. I believe his music is central to his life, and he loves it.
      Also, I am a passionate critic of Clickbait... I see nothing in the title or thumbnail of this video that implies anything other than what I watched.

  • @beecolor
    @beecolor 23 дня назад +2

    I'm the only one who can hear that he's playing really badly ?😂

    • @norisky9987
      @norisky9987 22 дня назад

      nobody wants to be mean 😅

    • @user-qm1xk9xk2w
      @user-qm1xk9xk2w 21 день назад +2

      not necessarily, only the irregular rhythmic part

    • @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool
      @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool 17 дней назад +1

      He wasn't that bad. Can we see a version with you playing it perfectly?

    • @beecolor
      @beecolor 17 дней назад +1

      @@AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool It's always the same reaction clichés. 1/ yes, you can criticise without knowing how to play (it's called having an ear) 2/ yes, I can play this work perfectly 3/ no, I don't have any videos to show. You have to stop being hypocritical (or else you're deaf).

    • @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool
      @AllThisOverASliceOfGabagool 17 дней назад

      @@beecolor Yes I know what having an ear is, I'm not thick! When people take the time to shit on others from a great height then they deserve to be called out!
      Where is the hypocrisy? I'm not shitting on an amateur pianist who was on a show designed for people who are not of a professional skill but have passion for the instrument!
      I just don't see the need for your ego. It isn't bullying per se, but you're making yourself feel better by shitting on somebody else.
      You claim to play the piece perfectly. Cool. Most pianists with humility would never claim to master a piece as there is always more to learn, yet you can play it to perfection. If you mean note perfect, then fair enough. If you mean anything else, you're full of shit!

  • @MrTrapper28
    @MrTrapper28 19 дней назад

    Claudia, a terrible presenter who is paid far too much by the bbc. She got lucky, very lucky!

  • @eleezemckenna6787
    @eleezemckenna6787 22 дня назад +4

    I love his playing far more than I ever could for Lang Lang - Lang Lang is far too dramatic and swooning all over the place which is so very distracting from the music. Liam is a very fine pianist and I would love to hear more.