arvo pärt: spiegel im spiegel

[hulesynnve2012]

..så sprøt,så smukt..

[chalhane]

This is kind of weird. I don't usually like Part, don't usually respond to his music. But this just cuts through, it just bypasses all my thought processes and unlocks my emotions. I don't seem to get any say in the matter. And it's now become the music I associate most with my ex-gf whom I still love. Bugger.

[ElGuayoteo]

Don't even know what to say to such a beautiful song, i guess those things must be left to the individual. Beautiful song.

[Rouxxars]

Such beauty... Incredible performance.

[behappy452]

this must be about the tenth time i've listened to this piece, and i can't get over how, in its simplicity, it's the most beautiful and moving music i've ever heard.

[tedsler]

For those sad people who disliked this, I truly feel sorry for you.

[AriaSinger1]

You could break down Arvo's tintinnabulism as far you would like to. You could comment on the simplicity of the music. You could say, "classical music sucks". You could go on with your life and forget all about what this music has to say.

I challenge you to do none of those things.

I challenge you to close your eyes and let this simple piece of music flood your soul with peace. Wash away your cares and your pains. Give them up, and let this music fill you. Become whole.

[ezelugaro]

Gracias.

[mmbmbmbmb]

Thank you for this utmost serene rendition ~ of this utmost serene composition :o)

[aydin84000]

Très beau!!! J'aime beaucoup cette interprétation avec le violoncelle

[Infiltrator2K]

This piece really is "Simply Beautiful".

[MrAnawach]

....zZZzzZZzzZZzzZZzzZZzzZZ

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[gxgfree4rhyme]

what a brilliant mind...

[john2000cash]

I hope that when I go to the other side, there will be this music playing in the background, playing gently, as my life slowly goes by...and the steps await me.

[micaelalouise]

Aww this is lovely

[jersey24601]

one of the hardest pieces for a string player to perform! such incredible control is necessary to make it sound effortless.

[BaRToLoMaSi]

its originally cor piano and cello or for piano and violin? tks

[john2000cash]

@BaRToLoMaSi - it was originally written for piano and violin, but the cella makes it sound really wonderful.

[yoginiclare]

Beautiful. xxx

[creativeplanetjanet]

Soooooo beautiful! I'm putting this on my "relaxation" playlist. I love piano and cello together. The thing I like most about this performance though is the feeling.

[twitchster77]

This song just feels so delicate and emotional to me. I love this song.

[RSFRITH]

Had this played at my dear mums funeral, the music seemed so right for the occasion, not maudling or depressing, it was somehow uplifting.

[RSFRITH]

Had this played at my dear mums funeral. the music was just so right for the occasion.

[likeROCKSTAR]

Are you done insulting me, or should I look forward to more comments regarding my English?

[dancelzard]

Just Beautiful... I have tears in my eyes.

Thanks you.

[novisad70]

Thank you what a beautiful performance

[novisad70]

Thank you what a beautiful performance

[BlackmoonDub]

i can't stop listening to this. I want to dance to it. I want to make love to it. the best performance of this i've heard.

[BlackmoonDub]

i can't stop listening to this. I want to dance to it. I want to make love to it. the best performance of this i've heard

[yesoroui]

oh my god!

[novisad70]

love this piece of music,

[ml3bianchi]

Beautifull

[Venable1965]

Beautiful!!!!!

[fnx88]

8 personas no saben lo que es musica

[compmusic81]

Genial... esta música es verdaderamente genial...

[jberlien1]

I have used this piece as the music on Maundy Thursday, when Psalm 22 is slowly read as the altar is being stripped. It speaks so powerfully what words cannot express...

[waldo2358]

Beauty = Simplicity. Simplicity -=Beauty. Simplicity/Beauty = Truth.

Great performance, too. I'm stunned.

[CMITesting]

My girlfriend and I heard this song this morning in bed. Her hair hung down to shut off the world and we spent the duration of the song gazing deep into each others eyes. It was a truly beautiful moment and one I'll forever associate with this song.

[yesoroui]

@CMITesting one of the best comments ever! be happy! all my best wishes to you two

[bbwbryant]

@CMITesting VOM

[cavaleer]

@CMITesting That's the way to enjoy it.

[cavaleer]

@CMITesting That's the way to enjoy it. I had a similar experience with a lady while listening to Alina. Highly recommended if you like this. It's even more profound.

[TheChefinny]

@CMITesting puke-o-gram

[sonofman85]

@CMITesting fuck u

[JusticeConstantine]

Great performance.

-Justice Constantine

[glen1753]

I am glad I took the time to read some of the comments as this piece brings me to tears and it's good to know that it does so to others.

[Ran59Dolph]

I sure wish the cellist had better intonation.

[SuperTitmouse]

i love its simplicity it reminds of drops of rain just before i breakdown and

[simonmagus82]

Can't listen to this in public, cause I'll burst into tears!

[waldo2358]

This shall be played at my funeral. It is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.

[TheChristianJones]

I have never been so moved by a simple major scale.

This piece has changed me. I will never look at music the same way.

[UeyUeyAzteca]

How come I have only just discovered this amazing music? I have been missing out! Beautiful.

[smrndoff]

I heard two girls from St. Martin in the Field orchestra play this right in front of me one afternoon in the crypt of the church where they have practise rooms. They just knocked it out without any introduction or warning while I was drinking a cup of tea. And it was just perfectly in tune and complimentarily blended in amplitude and the timing was 'Goldilocks' too...just right.

[pedrokdlb]

The first time I've heard I cried like the world was going to end. I was watching the movie WIT.

Someday watching HOUSE I´ve heard it again, and once more I´ve cried rivers.

Today it was no different when it was played on "Private Practice".

It´s the most beautiful song I´ve have ever heard.

[harroman42]

That is so wonderful, words almost fail me!!

[BlackVirgo563]

omg playin this on the violin kills ur arm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway great song :)

[rweerakkody4565]

this is the song at the end of the movie "Wit"....very sad

[SillySantaHat]

I heard this on the radio today. Brilliant.

[helpon2]

Õhus heli väbeles. Õrnalt hinge hellitas. Kutsus kaasa kõrgustesse, sügavustesse - ei ole enam saladust, et sinna kord me lõplikult läheme.

[lollmemm]

He made this song: Jeesus ... cow, I never knew 

[shnimmuc]

This piece is fine for the first 40 repititions. Then it become boring. Wake up!

[whistlinkitty]

Listening to this is like being hit in the solar plexus with a pillow.

I prefer it with the cello than the violin, cello is the voice of the heart.

[alois71]

Nice music. It remind me of a piece that I put together once when I was feeling down, but then there is only so many way's to play on piano before you start to sound like someone you have never met. Keep up the good work.

[jennycat616]

beautiful music~~~

讓你回到心裡很深洞裡的音樂～慢慢地休息、慢慢地哭泣、慢慢地找­回自己！

[doyle0915]

This song makes me both depressed and happy. Brings tears to my eyes from its awesomeness.

[alextheman1976]

now im not a musician but i can see this song is so simple yet so perfectly put together and not only is simple and perfectly put together it peaceful and tranquil and has the sound of angels!!

[AlcidesConstante]

This music bring tears to my eyes... if this is an OTT comment, I don't know, I only know that it's true...

[dougaljn]

Don't get me wrong the piece is very nice and all but what's with all the drama?! I mean just look the highest rated comment: "it stops, captures me. Its beauty is sublime, serene, the tears run down my face". Bleargh! Its twatty OTT comments like that that give musicians a bad name...

[GodsAthiest]

@dougaljn I'm not so sure. Music moves people in different ways, and it tends to be elitism between musicians that gives them a bad name along with the dreaded 'artistic temperament'. Without the composer/writer, there is nothing for the musician to play, and most musicians tend to forget that. There is also nothing wrong with being moved by a piece of music to the degree of the top comment. I feel it makes us more human, irrespective of style.

[Anarchemitis]

Wordless awe.

[tarikghi]

This piece breaks my heart. I am reminded of everyone I have ever loved and of everyone I have ever lost. My father. I love you dad.  I miss you.

[achim56nrw]

This music is a ladder to heaven - only wonderful.

[tarikghi]

@achim56nrw

What does that mean. Not sure I understand.

[auerod]

I heard the piano violin version (which I believe is the original instrumentation) on radio and quickly got hooked. I much prefer this piano-cello version because the cello fits better with the serenity of this piece. Just simple triads and string accompaniment really. This is minimalism at its absolute best and one of the most beautiful chamber works I've ever heard!

[FiveCentsPlease]

@auerod This really is an incredibly beautiful piece of music. After hearing it only once and writing down the artist name, I found the CD which contains both the violin and cello versions (three versions in total.) These are found on the Arvo Pärt CD "Alina", which is still available.

[Rheesoman]

ah....makes all the stresses and worries off the day dissapare.

[SuperAlexander1001]

The first time i heard this i cried. It is one of the most sensual peices of minimalism i have ever heard!

[gEEEEEERa]

astounding performance indeed

[5random1]

Complete within itself. Beautiful.

A delight to watch as performed, filmed and recorded here.

[lostinthelandoflies]

After listening to this 13 times.. How could I not fall in love with the next person I meet?

[6ollie66]

We begin, we end. ... Here we end, no matter the beginning!

[Zwolsjohan]

She is great. She plays also Metamorphosis from Philip Glass. Splendid!

[agajm]

Beautyful in its simplicity!

[N9718]

Excellent Music ,Musicians and sound.

Seven Stars

Excellent video.

N.Barros

[JaySmith15]

Bravissimo!!!

[freackjhonny]

simplicity in its biggers expression, i love it, some how i know that contemporary compossers will find their own romanticism.

[gthomasification]

i have enjoyed this piece for quite some time, i think enjoying it in both "Heaven" and "Wit", both a perfect coupling of film and score piece, was fantastic. Check out "Breathe me" by Sia, another haunting piece, more modern, but no less incredible.

[BeeVan19]

"Wit"was an awesome movie. my grandmother hated it, but she's old and dying. That movie made me cry so hard.. incredible. its also shown in Persuasion. the motion picture based on the book. Used marvelously there as well.

[whatevermaybemaybe]

if any composition demonstrates that "less is more", it's this one. This never fails to amaze me. In fact, I think this is one of the most beautiful compositions of Arvo Pärt. I am no musician myself, but I do think this is not very easy to play at all.

[Coolcat233]

@whatevermaybemaybe

The notes are reasonably easy to play on the cello and piano. its just expressing them and the timing that is hard :) i play cello. i really want this piece !!

[whatevermaybemaybe]

That is exactly what I meant.

The simplicity is deceiving. The less (and 'easier' the notes, the harder it is to play right.

[jsolco]

simplicity, sensitivity,melancholy it is my world for composing and playing but.... this piece is too simpel for me. I know, it is a matter of taste, I apologize.

[electikkblues]

This piece of music is unbelievably beautiful and melancholy connecting directly with the soul .

[yourforte]

Beautiful, beautiful piece.

[bizintin]

Holy. Grace filled.

The whisper of the heaving soul in the moonlight on still waters. There is beauty, and therefore, hope amidst all the savagery and despair.

[CantorNeoplatensis]

sjajno! tako mi je zao sto nisam bio na ovom koncertu. verujem da bi to bilo neponovljivo iskustvo.

[ozpianoman]

Lovely performance. Favorited by me. The word is slowly getting around on this one.... Simply Beautiful.

[noggin1964]

@ozpianoman it is indeed a wonderfull example of Arvo's work ................

[srmelomano]

Inefável.

[shamsy10]

c' est la meilleure interpretation ..........la votre

je ne me lasse jamais de vous ecouter.....merci

Lynda

[mhill1100]

ive gone to heaven

[PDEthan]

it's beautiful

[hickehackebreit]

Es ist wie ein plötzliches "zur Ruhe kommen". Unerwartet. Es rührt und es berührt. Es läßt innehalten, läßt Atem holen. Fließend in einem neidenden, spiegelglatten See endent. Welch Gnade für den Künstler, welch Geschenk an uns !

[violetparme]

makes me shiver !after coming across that version and listening to it 20 times in less than 24hours, i bought the music sheet on the internet. can't wait to start studying it . Thank you so much for the inspirationl ( although (i'll never get anywhere close to your rendition... i'll be delighted to become acquainted with this piece, whatever the musical result is)

[MisZing]

Sooooo beautiful!!! I allways have to cry when I hear this piece...You play it magnificent.

[iloneens]

just genial.

[prolovegirl]

Listening to this video clip restores, refreshes, strengthens and heals me.

[brookeJm]

I don't believe I have ever heard anything more beautiful. This is music for your soul.

[retrogood]

I strongly believe it was written first in heaven. Nice of HIM, who gave the copyrights to Arvo.

[rballettom]

I always see a lot of comments on Spiegel im Spiegel videos saying how calm they think this piece of music is. I agree, but I also hear something sad. To me it's a sad kind of beauty, like the moments after tears have stopped flowing.

[drcaman]

"... like the moments after tears have stopped flowing "

How accurate description !!! Thank you.

Best regards,

Branka

[fidget1984]

what a beautiful line.........

[KisMYtag]

epic, a really calming piece of music

[emilygclarinet]

This is the most relaxing piece of music ever.

[Cuoin]

Certainly one of them...

[glassman49]

Your comment proves my point perfectly.

[Jurassicpals]

Sincere apologies, I was very upset last night and " flung " out that response, to be honest I barely remember why I did !

[glassman49]

I am the Koolest of Kats. Apologies accepted.

I once saw on TV a master-class for musicans, There was a young cellist, who had performed a piece in a technically brilliant manner. She was then directed to look straight into the eyes of a 12 yr old child. The difference was astounding. Technically correct? No. Beautiful? Yes.

Music is not always for the musician alone. It is also something to be enjoyed within and given freely.

[glassman49]

Musicians... musicians! There is one lesson that most musicians never learn and can never be taught. Music is not about technicalities. Music can never be perfectly played. It can only be perfectly heard. The foot; the bow; the scrape, these things are not impotant. I hear this piece and it stops me, captures me. Its beauty is sublime, serene, the tears run down my face. Part has written something of exquisite beauty; it is for the musician to attempt - attempt - to pass on his gift.

[Jurassicpals]

It is a pity that in your pursuit of perfection you could not take the time to spell " important" correctly !!!!! I am not taking away from what you feel, but in your incorrect praise you fall far short of the perfection you seek in others.. ah well, judge not let you be also judged..here endith the lesson..

[werenutz]

@glassman49 damn this is serene, agree techno stuff aint the way to HEAR, no need to cry, work hard at your craft, we will hear you.

[tarikghi]

@glassman49

With regard to technicalities, when you have mastered a technique on any instrument you no longer have to concentrate on that aspect. It is only then that a performer is free to completely devote themselves to the heart of a piece like Spiegel Im Spiegel. So, being able to capture the soul of a piece has a great deal to do with technique. With out it the player is helpless.

[Superphilipp]

@glassman49 Uh ... are you saying technique doesn't matter? Because if you are, you are making the point under the wrong video.

[iamalaska]

@Superphilipp I may be wrong, but I'm sure all he is saying that music does not have to be technical to be considered a worthy composition. Technique most definitely placed in this piece.

[iamalaska]

@glassman49 I couldn't have said it better myself!

[sowinskipia]

Mir fehlen vor Mitgefühl die Worte. So etwas SCHÖNES . Die klassische Musik ist so traumhaft. Macht so weiter und wo seid ihr? Wer seid ihr? Kann ich euch kennenlernen?

Kommt doch bitte am 13.06.2009 nach Baden Baden, mein Sohn ist 18 Jahre und spielt im SOLO und DUO Akkordeon so TRAUMHAFT. Vor 6 Jahren war er Deutschlandsieger und vor 3 Jahren Vizes.. Eure Traumhörerin Pia

[WillRoberts2]

Well played, it is beautiful. I like the low tones at 6:47 but I wish I couldn't hear the 'cellist preparing the note at 7:30!

I am a 'cellist but I still prefer this piece on the violin. Fratres is another matter...

[HinataShy00]

I can't stop listening to this, so pretty~

[findingtim]

Will sound great with the harp playing the piano part too I think.

[simmo303]

Good tempo. Fine bowing. Not the best recording, string should have more presence with piano lesser.

[whatthecello42]

I like the violin version where the solo line is up and octave. It gives it more of a heavenly tessitura. If I played it on cello, I would probably play it up and octave.

[seattletaytay]

i love Branka.

[SeanPerrin]

Absolutely fantastic cello playing, but what is going on with the pianist!?! The pedaling here is like some sort of deranged metronome, thudding every bar or two at its own will! The pedal should be held the entire time to allow the notes to ring until they decay naturally. But if one MUST pedal in this piece (I can't imagine why) at least don't let it THUD like that!

[SteppenHerring]

Agree. The 'cello is brilliant - little or no vibrato as it should be. The piano should just be allowed to ring - put a brick on the pedal.

[DanielRoberts1992]

To be honest - I think the Piano pedalling is fine. I can't hear this apparant "thudding"

[SeanPerrin]

It's there, and it's annoying as hell. If you are having trouble hearing it look for the visual cue (her foot rising abruptly) and listen for the exact point where all the wonderful ringing notes you hear are abruptly annihilated.

[varosi85]

The concert was held in a synagogue, which is extremely acoustic. If you were sitting in the audience you would have heard plenty of ringing on the notes...It's hard, if not impossible, to capture that on the recording...

[SeanPerrin]

This doesn't change the fact that the pedal was used... ?

[filishy21]

This is extraordinary...thank you for posting it.

[neicogx]

Of all renderings and the various editions I have heard .... this one is the one. Thank you.

[kellerwolves]

beautiful

[MRORiverside]

such a beautiful piece of music

[lewismoss92]

i played this for gcse and got a a* beautiful piece

[stevtomato]

Hey, thanks for leaving a comment on my channel :D

I like this! Nicely played as usual. This definitely needs more hits =P

Oh and I'll put this on my channel too!

[wbrogen]

lepo :)