I still have the 78rpm record of this which someone gave me when I was a little kid. Couldn't get enough of it. It turned me on to Balkan dance music as well as classical, strongly influencing the direction of my life. Amazing to actually see him perform this complex work, and so close to his passing.
I only just found this video. Truly, it is a wonderful musical piece for harmonica, and I wept to watch it. Clearly, the harmonica he's playing has the stainless steel body that my partner, Douglas Tate, created especially for him. Doug also played this number flawlessly in a recording, and I heard it many times since, even in our home basement as he practiced. To find this video is priceless! Many thanks for the upload!
I was lucky enough to see Larry at the Civic in Darlington a few years ago and he was spectacular but at the very end of the show he dropped his favorite harmonica on the floor and it shattered, he was gutted !
If you are a chromatic harmonica player and you want to know what you should be aiming to achieve - watch this video. This is God in action. C'est Magnifique!
Thank you for posting this memorable video on Larry Adler's performance with the symphony in Tokyo in 1997. I am amazed that he, at the age of 83, two years before his death, still could perform this difficult piece so wonderfully. Every harmonica players should view this and add it to your favorite list. Anthony Lau (Canada)
Thanks for uploading this great artist and his performance. I still have an old LP which I play on occasions. Strangely - I never thought of looking for him on RUclips :-(. Just fell on this viedo by accident! He is one of the best ... dare I say ... THE best!!! What a joy -
Thank you for your comment. Larry Adler was an outstanding soloist and your friend Douglas Tate was also a magnificent soloist and a brilliant engineer. I had the pleasure of knowing him personally, and have been talking and playing with him a little, in a world championship. Reminds me very well, having had my hands on his harmonica silver, which had the precious curiosity of having a large ruby embedded on the button. May rest in peace.
Sacré bonhomme. Un amoureux de la musique assurément. On entend que c’est un autodidacte. Il n’est pas « propre » comme un Reilly ou un Chmell. Moi, j’adore
Merci mon ami, nous essayons d'être le plus large possible, en présentant depuis les plus humbles aux plus consacrés. Tous les joueurs de l'harmonica sont dignes de mon respect et de mon admiration. Sur mon blog "janela aberta - blog de harmonica" (fenêtre ouverte riskas513.blogspot.pt/), tout le monde y va.
nunca vi um brasileira fazer uma execução desse gênero, a europa é mesmo superiora. Meus respeitos e alta admiração ao Mister Larry Adler, ele é o máximo. Vou rezar para ver se alcanço ao menos uma parte do fluido deste magnífico gaitista.
un om incult ca tine is bate joc de un mare compozitor cum a fost enescu. vezi ca , ai faultat notele. dute si cumparati scaun cu rotile bosorgule mancame-ai pula . te asteapta moartea acasa bosorogule. sa-ti iau morti in pula francez imputit. moarte la toti francezi
Stop all harp shows, everywhere - this is insane - I have reserved space at the top for Adler, based on live show c. 1976, and that Audio Fidelity album. Glad I did - because no one comes close to this technique and passion - Larry was an intellectual and it shows
+andrew gillis I saw Larry Adler in person in 1980's with the San Antonio Symphony. What a great show. I got to meet him & he was a true gentleman in every sense of the word! I will always treasure my autographed program from that show, as well as the memory. Happy Harpin' :)
I wonder how many harmonica reeds he went through practising and playing in concerts. What I saw in this performance I would say a lot. Poor reeds and slider
It is said, that Hohner made the harmonicas for Larry Adler, following the precise instructions of what he intended (thicker and longer reed, for him to "pull through".) True? False ? Only by having access to one of the harmonicas played by him, or getting information from those who prepared and tuned them in. Any information more?
@@HermenegildoMendes oh I see... So mean since its been worked on there is no way to know exactly what he has here right? Whatever he is playing here is perfect
I disagree: The Lord didn't create only one LA; only one, very talented LA took the time and effort to teach himself how to play like that. There are lots of very musical people in the world -- most of them just never do what it takes to become great musicians like Adler or other greats. It's really that simple, in my opinion. God is great, but the human spirit is supreme!
Hay una enorme diferencia entre "tocar la armónica afinadamente" a *interpretar música con armónica*. En esto Larry Adler es un maestro como muy pocos. Este tema es tremendamente complicado y su protagonismo frente a la orquesta es notable.
I am sweating just looking at him giving his all breath to sing that harmonica. Breathtaking also for the listener.
Thank you for sharing this magnificent performance. May it be forever available! It must be! Please!
Makes me happy. That this exists.
I need this every day.
I still have the 78rpm record of this which someone gave me when I was a little kid. Couldn't get enough of it. It turned me on to Balkan dance music as well as classical, strongly influencing the direction of my life. Amazing to actually see him perform this complex work, and so close to his passing.
I only just found this video. Truly, it is a wonderful musical piece for harmonica, and I wept to watch it. Clearly, the harmonica he's playing has the stainless steel body that my partner, Douglas Tate, created especially for him. Doug also played this number flawlessly in a recording, and I heard it many times since, even in our home basement as he practiced. To find this video is priceless! Many thanks for the upload!
Good version.
Larry Adler defined top level harmonica there was no one like him before or since he is a superb musician.
Le maitre a l oeuvre Merci
As a Romanian familiar with The Romanian Rhapsody I can say that this is a truly unique and genial interpretation. Great artist at play!
It goes beyond my imagination that this can really be done.
I have never heard such mastery before. I think he killed that harmonica! Unreal!
I was lucky enough to see Larry at the Civic in Darlington a few years ago and he was spectacular but at the very end of the show he dropped his favorite harmonica on the floor and it shattered, he was gutted !
If you are a chromatic harmonica player and you want to know what you should be aiming to achieve - watch this video. This is God in action. C'est Magnifique!
I have always regretted never being able to go to one of his concerts. Unbelievable skill with such a relatively simple instrument.
That is the most difficult music instrument that there is. Chromatic Harmonica, look it up.
Thank you for posting this memorable video on Larry Adler's performance with the symphony in Tokyo in 1997. I am amazed that he, at the age of 83, two years before his death, still could perform this difficult piece so wonderfully. Every harmonica players should view this and add it to your favorite list.
Anthony Lau (Canada)
Thank you so much for uploading this gem of a performance Harmonicando!
Thanks for uploading this great artist and his performance. I still have an old LP which I play on occasions. Strangely - I never thought of looking for him on RUclips :-(. Just fell on this viedo by accident! He is one of the best ... dare I say ... THE best!!! What a joy -
Fantastique interprétation.Je suis soufflé.Bravo et merci pour ce beau moment.(From Belgium).
Thank you ,Harmonicando
for this amazing video!
Mr. Larry Adler, el mejor solista del mundo.
Thank you for your comment. Larry Adler was an outstanding soloist and your friend Douglas Tate was also a magnificent soloist and a brilliant engineer. I had the pleasure of knowing him personally, and have been talking and playing with him a little, in a world championship. Reminds me very well, having had my hands on his harmonica silver, which had the precious curiosity of having a large ruby embedded on the button. May rest in peace.
God in action
wonderful ,a genius at work ;a lot to look up top,thanks to your intuepitatation,many will follow.
Very great and unforgetable HARMONICIST
LARRY ADLER!
From BraSil,
Marcelo Batista
Come vedere nascere il sole, come assistere ad una magnificenza della natura...l'arte ai suoi massimi livelli!
Grazie grazie grazie
Sacré bonhomme. Un amoureux de la musique assurément. On entend que c’est un autodidacte. Il n’est pas « propre » comme un Reilly ou un Chmell. Moi, j’adore
Mind blowing!
Votre chaîne est très intéressante car vous avez vraiment sélectionné les meilleurs. Merci à vous
Merci mon ami, nous essayons d'être le plus large possible, en présentant depuis les plus humbles aux plus consacrés. Tous les joueurs de l'harmonica sont dignes de mon respect et de mon admiration. Sur mon blog "janela aberta - blog de harmonica" (fenêtre ouverte riskas513.blogspot.pt/), tout le monde y va.
@Harmonicando
watched on mute, no sound, this blew my mind again - the techniques on visual display at 5:00 are mad
Amazing!
FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!1
absolutely astonishing !!! thank u very much for posting this wonder :)
Colosal.A stiut si ce muzica sa aleaga.Minunat!
I am very glad to give this pleasure to all who like LA, like me. Thank you for commenting
Un très grand Maître ! pour moi le plus grand !
nunca vi um brasileira fazer uma execução desse gênero, a europa é mesmo superiora. Meus respeitos e alta admiração ao Mister Larry Adler, ele é o máximo. Vou rezar para ver se alcanço ao menos uma parte do fluido deste magnífico gaitista.
Gaitista é a palavra en espanhol para "Harmonicista" :D ?
Larry Adler, um monstro da harmônica.
Adler lives forever!
Bravo Maestro..!
That's insane, unreal, can't be true...
素晴らしいです！
muzica romaneasca suna extraordinar cantata in orice limba din lume
+ovidiu susu dap
艺术家确实不应该死，，，
用他本人的形容~“口琴”已成为拉里·阿德勒身体的延伸
，或者说成为他身体中的某一个器官，好比嗓子一样 。刚好口琴唯一可以吹奏“吸”音的吹奏乐器，那么用“灵魂的呼吸”来形容他的演奏也很恰当，还有人形容拉里·阿德勒是一个“口琴怪兽”也对。
你甚至可以形容他是人类学意义上的稀有品种，
听过他早年演奏的爵士乐和他不可思议的演奏技巧和身体语言，你会惊叹一个事实:年青时代的他和年老时期他好像不是同一个人。
如果拉里·阿德勒没有那么怪，英格丽·鲍曼有可能嫁给他。
Merci Danielle
What harmonica did he use? A Honer in C?
Did anyone ever her him play the blues?
Larry Adler was a fantastic soloist with an impressive technique, but you as a brilliant soloist that you is, know that better than I, Greetings
un om incult ca tine is bate joc de un mare compozitor cum a fost enescu. vezi ca , ai faultat notele. dute si cumparati scaun cu rotile bosorgule mancame-ai pula . te asteapta moartea acasa bosorogule. sa-ti iau morti in pula francez imputit. moarte la toti francezi
Cred că-i geniu!
Great !
Thanks for comment
Genius.
Oh Lord Why did you create only one Larry Adler. You could have created at least half a dozen of him.
brawo Larry!!!
Bendita madre quien parió a este genio!!!
AMAZEBALLS!!!
Stop all harp shows, everywhere - this is insane - I have reserved space at the top for Adler, based on live show c. 1976, and that Audio Fidelity album. Glad I did - because no one comes close to this technique and passion - Larry was an intellectual and it shows
+andrew gillis I saw Larry Adler in person in 1980's with the San Antonio Symphony. What a great show. I got to meet him & he was a true gentleman in every sense of the word! I will always treasure my autographed program from that show, as well as the memory. Happy Harpin' :)
Wow!!!
That is insane
He is so fast
HOW CAN ANYONE DISLIKE THIS VIDEO?! They must be crazy!!
I wonder how many harmonica reeds he went through practising and playing in concerts. What I saw in this performance I would say a lot. Poor reeds and slider
Now that's a rather interesting take on Enescu's work. :)
wow! 83 yrs. old!
Superb
Époustouflant
Thats not a 270!!! What harmonica is he playing here?! Its not the silver concerto correct?
It is said, that Hohner made the harmonicas for Larry Adler, following the precise instructions of what he intended (thicker and longer reed, for him to "pull through".) True? False ? Only by having access to one of the harmonicas played by him, or getting information from those who prepared and tuned them in. Any information more?
@@HermenegildoMendes oh I see... So mean since its been worked on there is no way to know exactly what he has here right? Whatever he is playing here is perfect
WOW! :)
It is a difficult and time consuming task, but if you've done once, you get going again. Best wishes
@freereeder Nice to hear from you
One word :
Finesse
I disagree: The Lord didn't create only one LA; only one, very talented LA took the time and effort to teach himself how to play like that. There are lots of very musical people in the world -- most of them just never do what it takes to become great musicians like Adler or other greats. It's really that simple, in my opinion. God is great, but the human spirit is supreme!
@MarceloBatista1 L.A. foi o grande mestre para quase todos nós. A sua técnica e interpretações eram notáveis.
Excelent
@generalgibberish Thank you my friend, for your comment and your interesting story
Excelent...!
George Constantinescu jLa
@Gommblotz Thanks for comment and interesting story
That would trivialize the genius!
@manuelmoyacastro Thanks so much for your kind comment.
Génial.
Fucking terrific!
@moinetgaby Merci, en mémoire du maître
He was gutted? But why? Just because he dropped his harmonica?
Well, now I understand, thanks for the tip
It was his Favorite one given to him by George Gershwin
Performance
@ThaVyRuZ thanks for your comment
Thanks for comment
卓越的琴技, 大师!
I wish to know which scale chromonica is he playing !
C major
大师级的演奏！
Bu musiqi aletinin adin yazdan zehmed olmasa biln varsa
Ce locomotiva trage trenul intre Constanta si Mangalia,,?
@drUmriel Thanks a lot for your comment
Malcom Gladwell brought me here
Sa i dea dumnezeu sanatate omului ce canta,de ciprian porubescu,
George Enescu...!
この人、名人だ。
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Hay una enorme diferencia entre "tocar la armónica afinadamente" a *interpretar música con armónica*. En esto Larry Adler es un maestro como muy pocos. Este tema es tremendamente complicado y su protagonismo frente a la orquesta es notable.
Ringraziamenti per il vostro gentile commento
Interesanta interpretarea, insa am impresia ca acea muzicuta ii rapeste din grandoarea originala a piesei lui Enescu.
Este doar o armonică, chiar dacă este jucată de un virtuoz
voir Trio Marnhy television en Italie
Bonjour Jean, je crois que nous nous avons rencontré au Casino Estoril (1964). J'étais le chordiste du Trio Harmonia. Tu te souviens de ça?
Mais comment pouvons nous le voir?
Prouesse
Türkçe yorum
!8
@drUmriel Thanks for your comment