Kyung Wha Chung plays Vivaldi Four Seasons 'Summer'

[kpflo123]

I could watch her play all day!

[TheKickerboy99]

love this

[MetalMike87]

It's "Quattro Stagioni - Estate".

Why do they always translate it??? Sincerely, I don't get it ........

[maysuxx]

lol @ her facial expressions

[DKatYT1]

Maybe with a few mistakes, but i like her "little funny" expression and how she plays, it seems that she have fun.

[liubete101]

SWEET!

and i know how to play SUMMER!

but she is still better than me (-.-)

[BadPepsiMan]

7:55 I hear some odd noise. is that a mistake?

[kuvhlubkojibleegxwbo]

yup i heard that too

[liubete101]

thats right! i hear that too! lol...

wow..it took me two times to hear that...

-.-'

[i3ish]

@BadPepsiMan

I think maybe if she wasn't jumping around.............

[9up246]

I love how her legs move when she is playing

[PrimaStephanie]

She has great talent-

I'm proud of that she is a Korean.

Sara Jang either.

[goncanocome]

Wonderfull,beautiful,perfect..­..

[violin1cello710]

i agree. also the 1st chair cellist is really into it hee hee

[Fr3derick]

"You tell yourself that you've mellowed with the years, but I know I haven't." This is what Kyung Wha Chung says on her Brahms violin concerto during her interview with Gramophone Magazine and it is called "Passion without compromise". So, twofinedays, Im surprised Mrs Chung actually said that she does not try to be a "perfectionist" anymore.

[twofinedays]

She said it on an interview with a Korean media in 1997 when she came to Korea to have concerts celebrating her 30th anniversary of international debut. I'm sorry I cannot note down exactly what she said word by word, but basically she meant that it doesn't mean much to obsessively trying to make things 'perfect' and that it's more of going away from true music-making.

[twofinedays]

2 years later, when her second collection of short pieces was released, she commented about 'Beau Soir', which is the only music she recorded for both her first and second collection of short pieces in more than 10 years of time apart, that she dosen't like her first record because it's too stiff. Indeed one can hear how she managed to relaxe her music, as natural as breathing, in her second record of 'Beau Soir'.

[Fr3derick]

Ok, I see. Thank you for such a prompt reply.

[Fr3derick]

IS this performance before or after her recording with St Luke Ensemble?

[twofinedays]

After. This concert took place in 1997, and the recording on EMI label was done in, I believe (because I don't have the CD with me at the moment) in 1999 or early 2000.

[Fr3derick]

So it is before the recording.Ok, thanks.

[adael1305]

Beautiful hands!!!

[sleepyjl]

She's admitted that her technique has deteriorated somewhat over the years, but she more than compensates with her passionate interpretations...

[Fr3derick]

Really? She admitted that? Why did her technique deteriorate and when did it start? So sad, but she's still great though.

[skywicke]

I think that's because she injured some of her fingers. Due to injury, she may not be able to retain her technique.

[twofinedays]

I'm not sure she actually said that her technique has been 'deteriorated'. From what I've read she did mention that she doesn't try to be a perfectionist any more, and about her Brahms concerto recording, she should have done it a bit too earlier. But then she's now 60, and one cannot expect the same power and drive of vigorouse 20's or ripe 30's.

[Fr3derick]

I see. Wow, you know so much about her! Are you her yourself? :D

[twofinedays]

By the way, her finger injury occured only in 2005, and since then she stoped giving public performances up to date. All the videos I uploaded on Youtube were taken before 2005.

[Fr3derick]

She plays it differently from her recording with St. Luke. And why did she play the 9:57 to 10:02 part so fast? She sounded like she was rushing and was struggling to play those quick notes. Wow, but she performed the 3rd mov of Summer with such vigor and passion.

[kwcfan]

There is no struggle there, just fiery hot passion.

[Fr3derick]

Thank you!