Elgar: Cello Concerto - 1st movement (Benjamin Zander - Interpretation Class)
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2015
- For more classes like this one, please visit the Benjamin Zander Center: www.benjaminzander.org/
Daniel Hass, cello; Dina Vainshtein, piano
Interpretations of Music: Lessons for Life
with Benjamin Zander
Dave Jamrog Audio/Video 
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"you don't ask a question on a down bow"
what a brilliantly weird man
Just brilliant I think & more important than that, kind
Do you know anything about string performance? Musicality much?
What??? Do you string bruh
@ The worst.
Down bow is a statement. Up bow is a question.
"Perfection is great, but it's not enough."
I'll never listen to this piece the same again.
Never be the same feeling to hear this music for everyone watched this class. Excellent.
34:00
That’s the part that’s sticking with meeeeee
I love that phrase
The Perfection
"You missed a note. I was very happy when you missed it; you were miserable...Because, perfection is great, but it's not enough"
"You couldn't play a wrong note even if you wanted to"
"Never mind the critics"
Benjamin Zander's ambition and teaching is just amazing! Look at how many people have tear in their eyes.
Count me among those in tears. Benjamin Zandi is a genius and a great human being.
Correction: "Couldn't play it out of tune even if you wanted to"
Excuses for playing wrong note. Respect the composer's work by playing correct note! A wrong note changes the original harmony!!!
@@mtv565 shut the up
The cellist is so good that at the end, the old man is just clowning around.
It's amazing how seemingly perfect he's playing it at first but then seeing just how much he can still improve after wards.
His playing doesn't "improve", as such. His interpretation opens and expands through his exceptional playing as he feels into the music at Zander's invitation, and instead of just playing it he expresses it, the instrument responding to his touch and we are touched by his emotional expression in our emotional centres. Truly heartbreaking open.
And it helps someone explains the piece to us too. Something I think needs to happen at least briefly by the conductor... a little history listen in a dramatic way... then play the piece. Helps set the mood and really connect to it.
@@almagirimai8931 cound not agree more!
@@jmitterii2 agree same with opera
Workshops are so important! I could barely afford lessons as a kid, but i had a school music program and practiced so much my family and neighbors couldnt stand me, but i got so much out of workshops like this when i did get to go because it was like a doctor dissecting and teaching you anatomy amd getting hands experience right there and improving instantly. Thank you teachers and mentors and professors...and competitors!
"Are you going to be a great cellist or are you going to change the world as an artist?"
He's the Bob Ross of music.
I feel like this is the best explanation for Zander. Describes him perfectly
Lukas Kunz And he was my teacher!
His nickname around school was Zany Zander!!
He is the Benjamin Zander of music I think. His name is self explaining to the things he've done and the way he understands them.
exactly
Nah have you seen Lang Lang on the piano?
Sir Benjamin Zander, you've turned me from a person who doesn't mind classical music to a person who absolutely loves it. I deeply admire you for the way you help understand every note and rythm and make a piece that is 'just' beautiful into a piece that gives me a rush of intense emotions coming from my toes and bursting out through my heart. Wonderful, I am so grateful for coming across your masterclasses hear on RUclips. Thankyou
Not a Sir yet but should be . The Queen should be informed of his great work in inspiring young musicians . Prince Charles plays the cello . I must inform him of Benjamin's great work .
His passion is infectious, he's like the bob ross of classical music.
Sally Suike
Benjamin Zander takes the student exactly where they need to be. I just love him. But he has to have the material to work with. In this case the outstanding Elgar cello concerto and a very talented student. To say nothing of a sensitive accompanist. I look for Zander's lessons on You Tube.
@@TheTheode stop saying that!
Look at how his face CHANGED as he was coached. His face was very intense, and uber focused on being correct on every note. As he was being coaached and listening to the stories of musicians, his face lit up, and he became the music. WOW
"(...)Elgar wasn't writing about that, he was saying farewell to life(...)"
Beautiful lesson!! That got me crying...
His choice of words is such classy English. Damn.
And the lives of many young men of all nationalities. Their ghosts live again in this piece.
I never listen or paid attention to this music now I’m like 3 hours of watching this man teaching different students on how to conduct and play the instruments we need more people like Bejamin Zander Thank you Sr.
Thats exactly what happened to me
Agreed
Same here! 😅 I really gotta get back to work though... Whatever! 🥰
When he had him draw emotion out of that first chord for the first time, I was grinning wildly; it was exceptionally emotive. (10:50)
This is probably the best masterclass I've ever watched. Mr Zander was able to pull out so much musicality from the cellist. The build up to the E at 20:59 was incredible:)
I was thinking the same Sibono and I've watched a lot . Of course being British, Benjamin was so in tune with what Elgar was trying to convey, plus the cello was also the instrument he played .
The smile of the lady said it all..👍🏻👍🏻
Sibono Cebanto p
(guest)
Dear Sibono Cebanto, yes, this Masterclass is so interesting.
If you liked this, and understood dear Maestro Zander, then have a look ( I'm on my 3rd go !🎼❤🎼), at a fascinating Masterclass along similar lines, that is, delving into the nuances of the music and expressing them better...Lang-Lang receiving invaluable advice from Maestro Daniel Baremboim, about Beethoven's " Appassionata" Sonata...here on RUclips.
🎼❤🇬🇧😊🇬🇧❤🎼
"You don't ask a question on a down bow."
Although this sounds like complete nonsense, I'm a cellist and it makes perfect sense to me.
Could you attempt to explain it?
@@Maplaplaplapla the part of the bow that is held with your hand is the heaviest part of the bow, so when you play an up bow, starting at the light part of the bow and moving toward the heavy part, the phrase will crescendo naturally, almost like a human voice rising in intensity as it searches for an answer
@@evanmcguire5787 Thanks, very well explained
for us violins too
I'm a violinist and I understand it as well, you draw people in with a question, a down bow pushes away.
19:51: I closed my eyes, listened to this beautiful music and startet to cry.
He is playing with such an intensity that I thought my heart would break.
This part makes me want to learn playing the cello.
I had goosebumps for about 20 minutes
Same here😢
Then get up from your computer and go learn the bloody thing.
:D
Seems you're not alone, it looks like Zander shed a tear or two at that moment as well
I am also crying
the genius of someone is when you only need 38 minutes with Zander to improve your interpretation
'You don't ask a question on a down bow'
Amazing.
This guy is 16 in this video. Incredible musical maturity at such a young age
SlickLikeAtrout I never would have guessed that thank you
at 6:50 he says he wasnt as old as him so I think hes older
Does that look like a 16 year old to you?
@@oldbird4601 if you looked it up there is a video about him posted at the same time as this that says he is sixteen
SlickLikeAtrout Well that doesnt mean that the videos were posted at the same time
If you aren't as excited as this man about music, what are you doing?
f off
"It can be a distraction to be beautiful and to be a great cellist." -- Never have truer words ever been spoken 🤭
"I never interfere with people's cello playing" *proceeds to interfere with his cello playing*
LOVE HIM ANYWAYS
It is astounding to see how much goes into the interpretation of a piece of music beyond just the notes and markings. Without knowing the composer's background, the social context in which he lived and seemingly, the thoughts going through his mind as he wrote, it is not possible to do his work justice. And it takes a herculean interpreter such as Mr. Zander to make sense of this. Bravo to all for this incomparable video.
Anyone watching this is 2021?🙌 Best 38 minutes of my life. I've already watched this video about a year or two ago and I'm still impressed. Elgar's cello concerto is one of my favorites ever since I was younger... and after watching this interpretation my view regarding this piece came to a different form of appreciation. ❤️✨
The cello is such an amazing emotional instrument... I play the piano, but there is no instrument as expressive as the cello.
The voice is much more expressive, but other than that you’re definetly right! strings have so much expression, especially fretless instruments
I think it's a matter of preference and who is playing, but I do tend to agree with you, in terms of stringed instruments. There is an exquisite capacity for sweetness and melancholy in the cello, but I do believe it is matched by the oboe, which of course is a wind instrument. They are not in the same category, but they are in the same class, if you take my meaning.
Hmmmm I love the cello, but...
Saxophones do too.. the only thing we can’t get the players out of the jazz box…
@@garykattnerjr7708 If classical music was written with more saxophone parts there would absolutely be more people playing non-jazz sax. Sadly the saxophone was ousted from the orchestra for political reasons and music was the worse for it.
"What's next for you is your relationship with the audience and telling the story of the music in such a way that they're touched in spite of your great cello playing... Your playing is only a vehicle to the heart, it is not the heart itself."
Absolutely heart-wrenchingly spot on Mr. Zander.
"Give everything you have and watch the ripples."
"Are you going to make a difference in the world as an artist?"
Benjamin Zander is an amazing person!
12:27 when Zander stops Daniel and talks about having a relationship with the silence as well, One thing I was always taught was that the rest is just as important, if not more important, that the notes themselves. The silence can release sorrow, wonder, increase tension, that tiny bit of silence can change the whole feel or mood in a split second.
I'm 22 years old. I listened to this piece some moths ago for the first time in my life, through this video. I cannot explain what happened to me in detail, but I'll simply say I had a revelation, the first one in my life. I'm from Spain, I must admit England and the strereotype of the English society and their people never really was one of my favourites, but I immediately loved Elgar the first time I heard this, and I will never know who he was, as well as I didn't know of him when I heard his voice here. I've been saving money up until now to buy a cello and have been studying theory of music with an experienced friend of mine. I know there is very little chance that at my age I could get anywhere far in the path of music, and yet I also know I have to do it, I need to hear the cello while I'm playing it. Funny thing is my father loves classical music and tried to get me into it since I was a little kid, but I ended up rejecting it and portraying it and its audience as an environment of vanity and aristocracy, when in reality, to me, it's the only thing in the human world to fully express our deepest, lowest, happiest, saddest and craziest instincts and memories. I can only say I am so thanful to you, Hass and Zander, for appearing in my life unknowingly and opening the gates towards my calling. I will forever be thankful. Truly, Bruno Silva.
Have you heard the Jacqueline du Pre recording? Listen to Jackie or Rostropovich, you will immediately fall in love with their work
How’s it going now?
@@opera1dan2 I bought a cello on April for 500 € or 400 £ (more or less, i think), and I started practising from scratch. I have improved quite a lot in just a few months time, as you normally do when you start learning the basics of a complex art or activity, but it's a matter of time until my practice focuses more on detail rather than basic technique, and that's when it'll get increasingly more uphill, no doubt about it. However, I know it in my heart, and I have been feeling it for the past months, that I will never get tired of the deep sound of the cello, it's vibration and it's weight, almost as if it is alive. So that's how I'm going, thanks for asking ;)
@@Mr35diamonds yes, I have listened to them very passionately, and I am a great admirer of both of them. They do inspire me greatly, thanks for recommending them!
@@tarracacatracolia780 thanks for replying and what a lovely story! The cello is one of the closest instruments to our own human voice and resonance so I think that’s why it speaks to us. So much lovely cello music - keep us updated here on your progress!
Benjamin: I never interrupt someone’s playing
Also Benjami: *stops him playing* can I just say one thing
😂😂😂😂
He is such an amazing teacher he gives so much energy to the player becoming apart of the lesson it’s self. I’m loving it ❤️❤️
"Grandmothers are great, because they always know what they like.....Trust the grandmothers...never mind the critics". This guy is full of great quotes. An amazing instructor for a master class.
I’ve watching this video probably 15-20 times over the years. And I always come back for 2 things:
1. The beautiful music
2. The amazing transformation the cellist and song undergo in just 40 minutes
It’s truly an art all it’s own to watch someone go from great and by the books to great and perfectly expressive. Hats off to you both, and hats off to Elgar for writing what I think is the single greatest piece ever written
Absolutely astounding. This is the first time I was really moved by classic music to tears. I will never be able to listen to classic music while doing chores. Too soulful!
I literally came here to put this masterclass as background while I store my groceries, hahaha.
Look at this guy's face. It's like he's feeling pain that Elgar did when he wrote this. Absolutely exquisite performance
Once again, thank you both to Mr. Zander and to all of you who help film and make these videos available to us. It is such a joy to hear and be educated!
This is such a wonderful way to deepen our love, appreciation, and ability to relate to music!
What a contrast between Maestro Zander and, well, you know. Sorry to spoil the magic.
I'm not gonna lie... I can't even read notes, but I keep watching Zander's interpretation classes because it just fascinates me draws me into classical music more and more..
13:38 made me almost tear up plus a wave of goosebumps on the back of my neck. That 8th note followed by the rest that Mr. Zander told the cellist to do made me feel melancholy.
I have no musical talent beyond knowing what I like, and my goodness I like this. Such fantastic passion for the subject, watching someone who clearly knows how to play wonderfully be supported to play better and with such emotion and tenderness... you transported me to the moors where an old English composer with a mustache was waiting to meet me. Thank you Mr. Zander and thank you Daniel and Dina!
Suffolk Blue
Suffolk Blue nobody has musical talent, few have put in the work to become talented. Those that have done the work we see in videos like this one. I encourage you to follow your interest and do the work to become musically talented as Zander or Daniel
SUPERBE ! Merci à Daniel Hass, merveilleux interprète! j'espère vous entendre un jour à Aix-en-Provence!
Merci aussi à Benjamin Zander pour ce moment de vérité, en direct, à Boston.
"La dame Française"
Je suis à Marseille !
Perfection is great but it's not enough! Give everything you have and watch the ripples. Love it. And yes, you did touch a lot of people, thanks for that.
The cellist's face when he goes out of tune the first time vs the last time shows all the difference that Zander can make
Downcast and moody vs look up and smile
I love this man
what are the time stamps for the first and the last time? i dont even know or even noticed
@@ChanSalesIt’s been 2 years so it’s either you found them yourself or don’t care anymore, but I thought I’d provide them anyway in case someone else wants them! He plays out of tune at 17:32 and 32:47 :]
I am a pianist, but this was the most memorable materclass I have ever watched! Really touching!
He made the opening sound like Du Pre, brilliant
Perfect ed sjeeran
DuPre was brilliant.
Yameng Cao yea it want soo like Jacqueline 💝
Absolutely inspired by Du Pre on that beginning. Can't blame him though, Jacqueline's Elgar is heavenly.
13:18 - 13:53 sent chills down my spine.
Rhapsodise every time. The human sounds add to it as well.
I just went back and listened to the first 34 seconds of this video where he played the same passage the first time. The difference is astonishing.
what a passionate man! How he understands music from an ethereal perspective is beyond me, but EVERYTHING he says makes perfect sense!!
I am astounded! I've been watching Zander's expressions of others' music all morning and in my life I have never encountered one so passionate, eloquent and accessible as Benjamin Zander and his teachings. What a genius. What a treasure. I feel like I should be able to write these remarks in poetry to properly express the profound impressions I'm left with after seeing and hearing these performances as interpreted by Benjamin Zander.
I've been playing this concerto for about a year now and I just can't wait to sit down and relearn it after watching this video. Brought tears to my eyes.
Cellist is cute too, thought that was important to note
Such a pleasure to have this teacher available on youtube. This is just awesome. His open mind advices ♡
Daniel's smile at 26:19 is amazing
“Give everybody an A” god bless
🙌🙌🙌✨🌸😂❤️
Amazing. "Perfection is great, but it's not enough." I will never listen to that piece the same way again.
I love the contrast of the delicately played piano versus the intensely played cello.
I Don't play Cello, ( after watching this i'd love to) I just taught myself the guitar some 44 years ago, but i really appreciate what this guy is saying, most people aim for perfection, but what differs from the perfect playing is the person that's adds drama, excitement and actually performs the piece as well as playing it perfectly. Extremely interesting and thoroughly enjoyable watching this. Thankyou for sharing this and great filming/ editing too. greetings from Greece. Rock n Roll x
The best Professonal Teacher and Cellist that i have ever seen ! Thankyou so much for all your give....
Just an amazing Master. So few speak about the humanizing potential between the piece, the player and the audience. This Life Master just nailed it and then suck it from the heart to the heart. So few music teachers are aware of that neither to say capable of encouraging their students to become human bridges. Too much tecniche too much exalence, too little humanity. Well, that's what the world needs, and this is the only mission of artists today. Open your heart open the heart of people! Thank you Master Zander for your love, passion, humanity and wisdom.
I saw this video at least 30 times and each and every time I have tears in my eyes - Ben is the most amazing teacher I have ever seen! Nobody else I've seen is so much alive and passionate about music!
Look how fascinated the people are listening to the play. They are delighted and deep impressed totally.
Thank God for artists like Zanders who can stir us out of our apathy and remind us what it is to feel
You've heard of bass face, get ready for cello face.
VanderBeats
If I could play like that I would be too
Can't decide whether it's closer to an orangutan laughing, a fish gulping for air, or an excited frog during mating season
Jaden No last name ikr; that level of difficulty takes some serious focus...
@@vanderbeats5094 omg 💀💀💀
The breath on that fat bastard could bring any man to tears.
If I had not watched this video, I would have never known the beauty of Elgar's cello concerto.
what i wouldn't have given to have had a music teacher like this man. Benjamin Zander is a beautiful man
Even though I am a violinist I learned so much from listening to this Masterclass. Benjamin Zander helped bring out the best in Daniel Hass as a Cellist. I never tire of watching this video. I learn something new from it every time, and it has really helped me become a better violinist. Thank you Benjamin and Daniel!
That ascending scale is one of the most beautiful in music 💝
33:20 when anyone 'elavates' someone to tears with their art whether the vehicle is music, or the spoken word; they have achieved the ultimate goal. Music exists largely because words cannot always accurately convey the depth of feeling. People like Benjamin Zander are an absolute gift to the arts and the world outside of that, the problem is that people don't truly 'hear' what these rare human beings say.
All I want from life is this kind of amazing passion and insight. Amazing.
Absolutely amazing! Bravo! Music is so much about relationships and it is so often forgotten in this fast world. Thank you so much Mr. Zander and Daniel for touching many lives and going to the very roots of what music is. Very inspiring!
I am so captivated by this moment, I only aspire to learn the cello but I feel I just learned so much more about the ability to appreciate music, Benjamin Zander you're an incredible teacher
This young man's playing reminded me so much of the young Du Pre in her version of this concerto under the baton of Barbirolli. Watching him and listening to him brought tears to my eyes
You say 'SAD~LY', instead of saying 'SAD~ly'. Brilliant. And when he played it like that, it just blew my mind. Wow
Yes, Zander is a great mentor. And yes, there's a fine young cellist in this video. But if I was wearing a hat I'd take it off to the pianist. She is awesome. Brava.
I've been following Daniel's videos for quite some time now and I'm still stunned whenever I re watch the Bach concerto played as a little boy:) It's just marvelous how much music and genuine feeling is in you, Daniel and I'm happy that you found exactly the right person to teach you:) Thank you so much!
I want a full recording of this piece after the class.. anyone?
Priyanka Choudhury anyone what
Du Pre/Barbirolli is the classic. Possibly no performer has owned a concerto like she owns this one. If you choose to get it, be sure to get the iteration with Elgar's Sea Pictures (Janet Baker). Du Pre's recording has been released a number of times so not every disc will have Pictures.
What I'm looking for is a version only with piano, just like this clip. I can find only the sheet music. Folks, does such a recording exist?
@@076657 i meant if anyone had any idea of where i could find one...
@@ianson3 exactly... i wanted this version with the piano as well.. the cello is accentuated by the piano
Oh absolutely.
Wow, Benjamin Zanders is a classic genius. He touches you with his teaching. He transfer skills and techniques in the most warm manner.
I can't help but listening to Dupré's version of this concert with Zander's interpretation...! Lovely! Great stuff!
I didn’t even need to be in the room to be touched by that sigh, that smile, that phrasing, the passion of the teacher and the player... I’m sitting on my bed being a slob but my heart is fluttering like a baby bird and I can’t help but feel glad to be alive.
Benjamin Zander your passion is contagious. Your enthusiasm is beautiful. I've loved the cello and of course Elgar, but now, I see everything from a newer, deeper appreciation.
THE PASSION IN THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING
Maestro, you truly unlocked this piece for me. Bravo.
It is all about your heart and bring the emotions into whatever you play or do. Passion and give everything you have! Love Mr. Zander.
I know Elgar's "countryside" of the Malvern Hills very well. He adored - and knew - every inch of it. If you listen in 'Gerontius' to the wind rushing through the lofty pines, those trees were near the cottage he rented each summer and he wrote their music. A year or so before he died, he said to a friend "If ever after I'm dead you hear someone whistling this tune on the Malvern Hills, don't be alarmed, it'll only be me." So this, for me, is the hidden heart of Elgar, the one he tried to make sure the staid, uptight, Edwardian society never saw. But he couldn't hide his soul when he wrote and this is the result.
Ah, they've just come to that bit!!
I almost missed this and I am glad I found it. Daniel, every time I hear you your playing has improved. You playing Elgar was outstanding. I am glad you are doing so well. You are already giving to the world great music!! Thank you!!
Maestro Zander, your resemblance to Maestro Paul Tortelier is uncanny! Great lesson, I enjoyed watching it immensely. It reawoke fond memories from my childhood. Thank you sir for your passion.
I was in floods of tears during this! How beautiful!!!
The cello playing is so beautiful and touching, and great teaching!
Wow he plays so beautifully. Brought me to tears.
I love this man BEN ZANDER...the epitome of the best teacher one can have!!! JUST BRILLIANT!!!
I can't stop re-watching this one over and over. This is my FAVE Zander class that I've seen so far.
This is so amazing. I can't stop watching these lessons!
A wonderful cellist, and an incredible teacher. Thank you. My tears have never flowed so freely.
So relieved to finally hear someone explain what music making is about. Not about playing well, but playing with passion, play the intention behind the notes. As a choir conductor the best music making has been by relatively simple amateur choirs with sometimes outstanding singers with no musical education at all, capturing whole audiences beyond belief. I always say to my choirs: I don't care if you are flat, are out of tune, miss a note or mispronounce, but be there, sing from your heart, passion, intention. If you get singers who had some education they stifle, tense up and there's often very little music coming from them. Just my experience.
So happy I found this! Couldn't agree more!!!
Thank you so much. To Benjamin Zander for such a wonderful class, to Daniel for that outstanding playing and to the pianist. With only piano, the cello part comes much forward, and with such a cellist it becomes overwealming. Gracias.
A very beautiful interpretation - he totally gets the character of the music immediately. Loved every minute of his playing.
Stunning!!! The difference to playing perfectly and playing from the heart. Wow,
Zander. Great human being.
He is right - music is about communication, communicates what we are not able to say in words.
For this video's sake I've bought a Cello.... pray for me... I will do this for Sir Zander and especially for myself as Zander would've adviced me
Usui Takumi happy with your purchase?
He expresses perfectly how I feel when listening to this piece, and I think that is what's key in how he's teaching this cellist to feel when playing it.
I knew there was a reason I didn't practice - I'm a fricking cello genius.😏 I wonder if his cello teacher Gasper Casado and Zander also have ADHD 🤔. Seriously though I love this guy 'play like a pig' 'give everyone in your life an A - see what a difference it makes'. 'Give everything you've got and see what the ripples are'. 'Perfection is great but it's not enough...what you did today is create relationships. There are people in this room who will never forget you, isn't that great?' What a passionate, funny, knowledgeable, all-round lovely dude.I hope I remain as passionate about music and as energetic in my elderly years as him. Would've loved to have got taught by him. Definately in tears by the end of this. The transformation in that cellist from his very serious focused attitude to his expansive warmth and joy in playing this piece by the end was so touching to see.
One of my fastest passing 30 minutes. So beautiful to watch, learn and feel. Thank you !
His depth of understanding of the music and communication of how to access it here is just incredible...Wow!
Man I was thinking you can't make that piece much better. He put all of life's experiences into this piece. Simply amazing
Wow!! That was amazing!! I didn’t even thing it could get any better and then BAMB!! Once Zander started talking about the chords, the music was talking so much more. Absolutely amazing.
I have listend to this a few times over past years. I still love it and Yes I will never forget Daniel Hass. Beautiful playing and yes I was moved to tears each time I hear it.
I looked for this piece and even without this interpretation class i like this version of all videos the most because it‘s so clear.