Pulled up Tchaikovsky on Spotify and shuffled into this one and instantly recognized Yo Yo Ma's playing. Had to come watch the live performance, 100x more awe inspiring than I expected.
The only reason i stuck around, to see him wink. i liked the headbanging that came after that. i couldn't really watch this whole piece though, i felt it was boring until the finale.
the performance that made me want to become a musician. a person can feel *this happy, and make others happy through his it.. everything good about Yo-Yo Ma right here.
From 1990 to 2011. What a jem, I Saw Yo Yo Ma rehearse this with the BSO this morning August 9, 2014, in at Tanglewood at Lenox, MA. Awesome. Live is always better than a recording, and every preformance brings it's own interpretation, but still incredable. Though it is three years later thanks for posting this.
У меня большая потеря: столько лет потеряла .Я и не знала,что есть такой гениальный музыкант.Думала,что один только Ростропович.Этот музыкант просто чудо. Необыкновенно.У меня слезы.
This is the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia (now St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra), Yuri Temirkanov conducting, in the Grand Hall of the Philharmonia. They installed a new organ since that time so the Hall looks a bit differently now.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky dedicated his Variations On A Rococo Theme to Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, a renowned soloist, who gave the first performance of Rococo on November 30, 1877. Wikipedia has a very interesting story revolving around Tchaikovsky's composition and Fitzenhagen's variations (see their biographies), and on the eventual, published 1889 full score. Perhaps Yo Yo Ma's "cheeky wink" suggests something equally as entertaining, on this night in Leningrad at Tchaikovsky's 150th birthday.
fantastico, muy buenoooooooooooooooo bravoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, tiene sello de buen sentimiento y dominio musicallllllllllllllllllllll bravoooooooooooooooooo
étrange ce début....on attend ... l'entrée du violoncelle...toujours très remarqué avec sa cadence finale esqise et pourtant si simple.merci c'est beau rené
Absolutely you sweat. In an orchestra you're shoulder to shoulder, wearing a suit, so unless the space is extremely cold, it's hard not to work up a bit of a sweat. This may not hold for those wearing dresses, of course!
Tbf when this piece was first written it was quite normal for the audience to clap whenever they felt like it. Sort of like what happens in pop and jazz concerts today. Fitzenhagen even mentioned in a letter to Tchaikovsky that he had a standing ovation for the 4th variation (which is now canonically the last) in the premier of this piece.
YO YO MA al realizar sus interpretaciones con esa pasión impresionante y sin leer nada, todo de memoria, hace gala de su increible superioridad sobre cualquiera, tiene el timing preciso, y la fuerza de control equilibrada, exacta, "casi perfecta". Es admirable su dedicación para el dominio del Cello. Alguien sabe el link donde interpreta "El Cellista de Sarajevo"?
St Petersburg Philharmonic (or then, the Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic) on the 150th birthday celebration of Tchaikovsky ruclips.net/video/7qiDSyICy3o/видео.html
![Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations Op. 33 - Santiago Cañón-Valencia [Tchaikovsky Competition Final 2019]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z47ffcycBo8/mqdefault.jpg)
I recorded this on my VCR when I was a teenager and watched it so many times. I love it still to this day. So good.
0:14 Theme
2:47 Variation 1
3:40 Variation 2
4:54 Variation 3
8:33 Variation 4
10:20 Variation 5
14:10 Variation 6
16:57 Variation 7
18:14 Those sparkling eyes, blissful smile, and a wink! 🥰
Pulled up Tchaikovsky on Spotify and shuffled into this one and instantly recognized Yo Yo Ma's playing.
Had to come watch the live performance, 100x more awe inspiring than I expected.
WHO SAW HIM WINK AT 18:15 WHAT A LEGEND
The only reason i stuck around, to see him wink. i liked the headbanging that came after that. i couldn't really watch this whole piece though, i felt it was boring until the finale.
@@MrDizzyvonclutch bruh
@@MrDizzyvonclutch bruh
HE MEANT "WE`VE GOT IT"!
the performance that made me want to become a musician. a person can feel *this happy, and make others happy through his it.. everything good about Yo-Yo Ma right here.
stradgirl; me too.
Mine was Foreigner 4 "Urgent"....the saxophone solo.
Me too.
Ditto
From 1990 to 2011. What a jem, I Saw Yo Yo Ma rehearse this with the BSO this morning August 9, 2014, in at Tanglewood at Lenox, MA. Awesome. Live is always better than a recording, and every preformance brings it's own interpretation, but still incredable. Though it is three years later thanks for posting this.
Fabulous performance! I was deeply touched not only by the music, but also by his facial expression and body language! What a master!
I love how you can feel the elation in the audience at the end. Magnificent performance of, in my opinion, one of the greatest pieces ever written.
What a marvelous rendition of this beautiful Tchaikowsky piece!
У меня большая потеря: столько лет потеряла .Я и не знала,что есть такой гениальный музыкант.Думала,что один только Ростропович.Этот музыкант просто чудо. Необыкновенно.У меня слезы.
Ростропович действительно был великим музыкантом.
Maybe the greatest instrumentalist on any instrument in all history. Every millimeter of that Stradivari’s finger board is his close personal friend.
not a strad its a Montagnana
He has both, I can’t remember if I checked which one this is. It’s from a long time ago. The Strad isn’t his it is on lifetime loan.
Yo-Yo Ma the best living cellist.
After hearing his Bach cello-suite in G, that definitive interpretation, that's when i assumed that 'Ma was the BEST!
YoY0Ma，你的琴技精湛非凡，惊人的演奏，奇特的精彩。旋律充滿悠掦抒情，特别一小段的独奏，音色透明，清晰，極其'优美，太美妙动听。你的一切都那麽的完美，令人仰慕难忘。能欣赏到你出色华丽的演奏，实在是人生最高的享受。ThanK you，l love you Plays。
This is the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia (now St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra), Yuri Temirkanov conducting, in the Grand Hall of the Philharmonia. They installed a new organ since that time so the Hall looks a bit differently now.
The wink at 18:15😂😂
Very Nice Yo Yo Ma ❤️ God bless you
敬愛的马友友大師，你的琴技精湛非凡，惊人的演奏，奇特的精彩。表情优雅，风采骗骗，激情豪近，深感动人。音色透明，清晰包滿，旋律演奏的極其悠揚抒情，让人沉浸在您的太美妙优美的旋律中而治深的陶醉。您的一切都那么的完美，令人难忘。能欣赏到您的出色华丽动人的演奏，是人生最美好享受。您是我最喜愛的大提琴家。謝謝你的演奏。
This is such a lovely piece. A shame we don't hear it more often.
Amazing!!! Thank you so much for uploading this!
Beautiful so wonderful to wake up to.
No words needed...
Pyotr Tchaikovsky dedicated his Variations On A Rococo Theme to Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, a renowned soloist, who gave the first performance of Rococo on November 30, 1877. Wikipedia has a very interesting story revolving around Tchaikovsky's composition and Fitzenhagen's variations (see their biographies), and on the eventual, published 1889 full score. Perhaps Yo Yo Ma's "cheeky wink" suggests something equally as entertaining, on this night in Leningrad at Tchaikovsky's 150th birthday.
A BEAUTIFUL WORK PERFORMED BY A MASTER.
THANKS RUclips
What control by the orchestra! They play so soft at times, that I barely hear them. Great performance!
Are you still alive?
@@Andrew-bs9xk Sure am! I still come back to this recording from time to time lmao
I came here to see Yo Yo Ma's play and fascinated at the flute player, too
YOYO-Maさんの弾くチェロ🎻は他の楽器と会話しています‼️😊💕🎉🎻✨💗何て素晴らしいんでしょう❣️🤗🫶❤️
crispy
to the max yall
Just Superb, really elegant.
fantastico, muy buenoooooooooooooooo bravoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, tiene sello de buen sentimiento y dominio musicallllllllllllllllllllll bravoooooooooooooooooo
étrange ce début....on attend ... l'entrée du violoncelle...toujours très remarqué
avec sa cadence finale esqise et pourtant si simple.merci c'est beau rené
To all of you making remarks about his facial expressions. Why don't you try to play that amazingly with a straight face. Oh right you cant
18:15 he winked at the conductor 😉💕
Excepcional dialogo de musica e interpretes fuera de serie.... Qué BELLEZA lllll
Yo Yo Ma，你的演奏非凡，奇特的精彩。表情优雅生动奔飛。旋律优美动听，一切都那麼完美，真叫人仰慕难忘。能欣赏到你的出色演奏，是人生最高的享受，深深的感激。
Variation 6 is such a beauty, I absouletely love it!
The best! Amazing
How can one resist Yo Yo Ma?
WONDERFUL !!! BRAVO !!!
Does anyone know Shafran's recording of this piece?It's a pity if you don't.... I think that is the ONE.
Me c encanta es fabuloso escuchar esté tipo de música
The best version until today
This piece is phenomenal
the best rococo ever
@JHJennings you can find this on Amazon. It's the "Tchaikovsky Gala"
A true musician sweats.
Not while performing this waste of time, Armchairman! I do hope you know that you don't play guitar in an armchair...unless you're a complete idiot!
lol
MrDizzyvonclutch Why are you a stupid piece of shit
Usually cos of a hot suit and hot lights
Absolutely you sweat. In an orchestra you're shoulder to shoulder, wearing a suit, so unless the space is extremely cold, it's hard not to work up a bit of a sweat. This may not hold for those wearing dresses, of course!
This is a special performance.
What a gem.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
I got to go and practice more more more and more .................................................
el mejor para mi el maestro yoyoma fabulosa ejecucion...
this piece gives me happiness hormone secretion
MAGNIFICO: a Yo Yo Ma le sobra talento. Hasta se dio el lujo de guiñarle un ojo al Director sobre el final (en el 18,15) Un Gran gran Músico.
Amazing
a marvelous epic piece!!!
Yo Yo Ma was one of the Kennedy Center Honors recepients.
c'est ça et c'est bien
merci
rené
most amazing stuff iv ever seen
Looks almost effortless
Alot of recordings out there r great but yoyomas playing is elegant and clear than anyother recordinga
BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO BRAVISSIMO ♥️
@LegionsOfLegends yea, but it's also nice to know who "the rest of the crew" are
Unos artistas preferidos . Siempre especial eschucanlo
how expressive are the bowing movementte
a Chinese guy playing a Russian classic in America... I love art!
Actually, Japanese...
Jared Diaz Yo Yo Ma was born in France to Chinese parents and grew up in the USA
playing in st. petersburg
Thanks!
Great!!!
Now in old age, Yo-yo Ma doesn't open his mouth when playing anymore.
Виолончелист от бога ! БРАВО !
É impressionante como ele não desafina 18:27
Magic!
16:55 Someone just started clapping. What a shame!
I laughed
Cringey
Bastard
@@oldbird4601 ok ok calm down whoever did it made a mistake, that doesn't mean that they're inherently a bad person.
Tbf when this piece was first written it was quite normal for the audience to clap whenever they felt like it. Sort of like what happens in pop and jazz concerts today. Fitzenhagen even mentioned in a letter to Tchaikovsky that he had a standing ovation for the 4th variation (which is now canonically the last) in the premier of this piece.
Bravo YO-YO Ma !
This is great stuff!! :D
Notice his eyebrows at 0:40 onwards.
18:15 another magical winkle
He Is awesome
Nice rendition, Yo-Yo Ma's temperament fits romantic music! Where is the venue? (the word "thème" is masculine in French)
He's the coolest
arigato gozaimasu Yo Yo Ma sensei, I am inspired to work harder at my cello :)
Sublime!
Can someone lend me the tchaikovsky rococo variations ONLY for the cello ?
Que nivel!!!
YO YO MA al realizar sus interpretaciones con esa pasión impresionante y sin leer nada, todo de memoria, hace gala de su increible superioridad sobre cualquiera, tiene el timing preciso, y la fuerza de control equilibrada, exacta, "casi perfecta". Es admirable su dedicación para el dominio del Cello. Alguien sabe el link donde interpreta "El Cellista de Sarajevo"?
Legend!!!
maestro yoyoma
Grand master
where is the bis?!
why is the flute player in a t shirt. lol
It’s a dress
Какой труд титанический
He looks like an instrument himself
16:58 best part
Also, love the wink at 18:15!
Как же хорош Йо Йо Ма!
WHERE'S THE BACH VARIATIONS!?!?
veryyyy niiice :D
Yes very nice indeed i like yo yo ma a lot :D
Es bellísima.
which cello is he playing here?
In which place was the concert?
How can one go wrong with Yo Yo Ma Playing Tchaikovsky? Oh wait you can't...
Does anyone know which hall this was recorded in?
St Petersburg Philharmonic (or then, the Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic) on the 150th birthday celebration of Tchaikovsky ruclips.net/video/7qiDSyICy3o/видео.html
YOYOMA forever