Han Kim plays Three pieces for solo clarinet by I.Stravinsky

[Fadiesoff]

Don't worry rickqg86, you are allowed not to agree with me, it is useless to be so aggressive. I maintain that this clarinetist does not play Stravinsky with the correct style, and I assure you that I speak about what I know very well. Please, don't forget that the respect is the fundamental principle of the exchange. Real musicians know that.

[Saritinch27]

@mrcctq you're clearly not a musician. some musicians move because they FEEL the music

[DarkZekeX]

@mrcctq why all youtuberrs talk like dumb, stop dumbing....

[msclarinet89]

Very beautiful playing for your age and flawless technique. Try to keep a consistent flow of air, especially through legato passages; I'm perceiving a doppler effect-like sound. In this recording, low notes seem to spread a little at a loud dynamic, along with pitch going a little too far south. Wonderful interpretation. Keep up the good work!

[Fadiesoff]

Not good but not so bad for this age. We cannot play Stravinsky like this, with as much rubato. This young boy must learn the correct style !!!

[rickqg86]

@Fadiesoff dude you obviously know nothing about this piece. you should really reconsider your posts so that you don't make yourself look like an idiot again.

[emeagle99]

@blakcharazard213 its a grade IV

[blakcharazard213]

What grade is this solo, just curious?

[JazzyPick]

I've been playing clarinet since the 7th grade. I am16 now, and I play level 6 music. I'm also working on this piece for an audition. Bravo, Han!!!

[zKa0sz]

did my grade 7 clarinet at the age of 13 and Im not even Korean or Chink! So suck me dry suckas!!!!!!!!!!

[regaldrifter]

@zKa0sz no body cares.

[m5a5t5i5l5d5a]

@zKa0sz well im 17 and doing my LTCL and the bit at the end of the 2nd movement is hard for me!

[RhapsodyinStu]

I am sad.  I am two years older than him and can't DREAM of playing this piece. Then again, I never got private teaching lessons like this freaking kid!

[izabel1395]

@RhapsodyinStu OMG same. i am 15 and doing Grade 6 stuff. what about u?

[RhapsodyinStu]

@izabel1395 Yeah Grade 6 is about my level - I'm still ironing out the problems in my Mozart Concerto.

[greenM98]

@RhapsodyinStu Mozart concerto is by far harder than this! the only tricky bit is the legato in the 2nd piece

[clarinet5000]

@greenM98 this piece is much harder for me than the mozart is. The long phrases in regular meter comes easily to me but I find a piece like this is usually harder to make sense of musically.

[Denomoses]

@greenM98 That a joke? I've played both and the mozart is WAY easier. Mozart concerto is like grade 6/7 (By Australian standards) the three pieces is grade 7/8. The only thing thats hard about mozart is that its a longish piece otherwise the rythms are all extremely simple and the articulation is as difficult as you want to make it.

[magicvw]

Wow. 

[xHuntedGunzPCGx]

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[RhapsodyinStu]

@xHuntedGunzPCGx Well the thing I don't like is that it sounds like a jazzy sort of piece, while the rest of the piece sounds similar to the Rite of Spring. It almost seems disconnected from the rest of the piece. It nonetheless is a great composition though.

[theophilusc]

Absolutely wonderful

[dkmarkdj]

Bravissimo!!

[NASCIAR83]

Parabens!!! Garoto...

[decimaquinta69]

Bravo******

[klarinetta]

Is the 2nd piece supposed to end forte ?

[Tech502]

No it's not, but it's whatever, he's 13

[123212321]

@klarinetta It is: "subito meno Forte"

[bene951]

That was great playing! Your technique is very strong! I found the first movement to be a little bland. It felt very musically stagnant. The expression needs to be subtle, but it actually needs to be there, too. "Expressive fingers" is the term that I'd coin for here. Also, in the 2nd, make sure all the notes in the opening run can be heard. Then in the 3rd, watch out with that breath you took at the "sombrer subito." You kind of lost your momentum and all sense of the hemiola going on there!

[musicianintheshadows]

@bene951 The entire piece is supposed to be bland. The only part that's different is the last line, which is supposed to be forte and faster. My teacher's teacher studied this piece with Stravinsky, so he's an expert. His teacher asked Stravinsky what the point of this piece was and he said there wasn't one. It's music for the sake of music, it's supposed to remind you of outer space or something.

[Saritinch27]

@musicianintheshadows that's good to know lol =)

[karen1165]

bravo

[joethemusician]

You have really been improving so much! Congratulations!!!

[StephenChin1]

Do you, John?

[joethemusician]

then i want to see

[piupiupiu111]

bravo you are very well in beijing

i was seen you

[xfatcatx1991]

You are very talented in such a young age! Nice nice! Very expressive! Nice Clarinet too! I wan to be as good as you! I love Clarinet! I am not talented but for the love of clarinet i believe by 20yrs time i can be as good as you... LOL!

[blummy24x7]

Michael's performance of this is really good and right on stylistically - I won a Competition Judged by one of the heads of the Curtis Institute (a Clarinetist) with this work as one of the pieces.

[oldjarhead]

We might ask what was the competion? Who was the head of Curtis who judged it?

Just wonderin' Blummy.

[oldjarhead]

Your handlers need to cool off and let you grow up a little! These pieces are beyond your understanding and ablility at this point in time.

[dodddd29383]

very well executed. I find no problem with your body movements this time. All was excellent!!!

I find your interpretations similar to Karl Leister's interpretation. Were you influenced??

[klarinetta]

The second piece was a bit too fast and lacked Con Elegance feeling but the other two movements very great.

[HIkeda126]

That wasn't too fast...

[chocotastic]

It is Stravinsky though.. I'm thinking that Stravinsky would have welcomed the unconventional take on the second movement.

[goofymidget82]

Eek, Stravinsky is pretty ridiculous. I'm 17, and I played this a few months ago. You played it way better than I ever have! ;)

[brodiger]

wow your way better at Clarinet then my Brothers Friend good Job