Gil Shaham - Stravinsky Violin Concerto - 1st Movement

[MrClasicstar]

Asombrosa interpretación muy buena me encanta ^_^

[MuseDuCafe]

Composer and performers, Bravo! Shaham, you are a great musician, and a generous and astute chamber player, watching you work eyeball to eyeball with the other players when it gets down to chamber ensemble size is a lesson for all who think of soloists as 'stars.' Bravissississimo.

[Mustrad]

i am so glad i saw gil shaham live playing this masterpiece of strawinsky =D

i even got an autograph!!

[musoderelict]

did Stravinsky ever feel anything at all?

[MaestroTJS]

@musoderelict He did, but he pretended that he didn't and tried to suppress it.

"Composers combine notes. That is all." Despite him saying that, that would seem to apply to the serialists more than him in my mind, however.

[musoderelict]

@MaestroTJS That is interesting. - And all the more seeing that he later became one himself!

[MuseDuCafe]

@musoderelict Yep: joy; exhuberance; an irrepressible sense of the dance; humor; deep and expressive pathos (were you brave enought to make it through the middle two arias and abandon your preconceptions? They are as wrenchingly beautiful as some Haendel arias.). Yep Just because it seems you have Those Emotions tied to something else (let me guess, great but patently obvious late romantic fare?) Does NOT mean they aren't present in later music - and especially here.

[musoderelict]

@MuseDuCafe H'm. Just one point - I may have preconceptions, but certainly NOT that there is no emotion in 20th century music - Bartok, for instance, I know has intense emotion. Whatever my problem is, it's not that. But thank you for trying though.

[oneofgodsfrozenpeopl]

What's Prokofiev doing playing the bass at 3:51

[jamesdongvideos]

@oneofgodsfrozenpeopl

LOL

[Hamporkcheese]

people should be able to clap after movements!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaestroTJS]

@Hamporkcheese It is kind of a stupid tradition, especially when you have a movement that really gets people's adrenaline pumping.

[Hamporkcheese]

my god.... to have this mans music memorized is amazing.....

[MrAkihiros]

First time to listen to Mr. Shaham and he looks down to earth, confident, pleasant, and a regular guy. He's also very good.

[gabrielthemarine]

5:43 to end. holy shit

[cuddlebuttons]

i love this piece and i love this artist.

[Anathemael]

skip to :23

[minasgekos]

the right man for the right concerto.

[MusicaRicercata]

What a bizarre rendition of Bach's Magnificat.

[peppersax]

Stravinsky and Shostakovitch........need I say more?

[OrpheusJRK]

loooool wrote in 10 mins

[y7u7r7i]

Long live russian music

[awsomedrummer100]

what kind of trumpet was that at :29- :33 i never saw an instrument like that

[Stringy007]

@awsomedrummer100 I've heard that it is a rotary valved trumpet. It is supposedly more common out of the US. Don't quote me on it though.

[dmitrislepovitch]

@awsomedrummer100 It is a regular rotary valve trumpet, a standard for the German and Austrian orchestras.

[clarinetjo]

Mr Shaham is a great violonist and the conductor and the orchestra are good, but in my opinion, the tempo is definitely too slow and "pesante". This music needs more vitality.

[Daveydee7]

I'm pretty sure the autobowing is on purpose (for overtone effect).

[werq34ac]

I didn't really like this at first, I was never really into moderns, but after gaining much more appreciation for stravinsky, I see that this concerto is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

[FaygoAddict]

OH MY GOSH! i LOVE this. :DDDDD

stravinsky is so creative!!

[Korsair777]

good job igor, one of the best violin concertos ive ever heard =]

[pviola314]

yea something original for a change

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Great job by Shaham--thanks for posting, I really enjoyed this

[frostishosti]

yayyyyyyy! I'm so glad this is up! I love this concerto AND Gil Shaham! I wish more people played this thing.

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

i wonder why he always tightens his bow so much?

[Stringy007]

I think it is because of the verticality of his bow strokes. Most of his landings are just uo and down, so he needs more room for his bow to compress. Just a thought...

[AlicanYilmaz1991]

He plays with a lot of pressure ;)

[sijas]

because when you're THAT good, you can do whatever the f you want haha.

[ironmagma]

This starts exactly like one of Bartok's solos.

[cfeAncient]

Tri-tone master Stravinsky.

Gil Shaham plays this very beautifully.

[carlosking007]

this concerto it's very funny i like it¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

haha i know its so humerous

[Krasafftcik]

Обожаю скрипичный концерт Стравинского! ! ! И очень люблю этого замечательного скрипача! ! !

[cardoso282]

Mr. Sharam is one of the greatest names of the violin nowadays. I was in Lexington too and saw how brilliant he is!

[bigern545]

yeah.. i just saw him do this concerto in lexington and he does it brilliantly but im not sure that stravinsky is my style yet.. none the less he is extremely talented..

[dxhaloxc]

i have yet to understand this concerto.

[leibnizsulbaran]

que cuerdas usa gil shaham? gracias

[arreolacarlos92]

USA CUERDAS PARA VIOLIN XD

[leibnizsulbaran]

que buen concierto.el sonido de ese violin es tan suave.

[vlhere]

hey he isnt playing frm memory..

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

so?

[vlhere]

thats always the custom in concertos...the sosloist plays from memory...oh yah I get it, for modern works you can use the sheet music!!

[austinViolaboy]

actually I notice that in europe a lot of the performances have sheet music present for the soloist but doesn't mean they don't have the music memorized, you try performing in front of thousands of people and having the performance also televised all over the world

[JVQ8Y]

he doesn't do a single bowing that Stravinsky indicates, also he has chosen very "safe" fingerings for the hole thing, making it lose its charm...

quite boring in general...

[AquariangyrL15]

well isn't the job of violin playing to make things easy to execute...why would you intentionally make something difficult. Unless the music calls for it, for example, using difficult fingering to express tension in the music, simple is best.

[ThaSchwab]

When Shaham is playing at 2:38, what instrument is doubling the flute? I'm assuming trombone?

[fatrump123]

I saw him play this piece with the BSO the other day...

He was amazing as always...

[MrNoelJMIS]

I got to play in the orchestra for a performance of this. It is SO strange...but charming! Much like Stravinsky's entire body of work I guess...I got hooked on it though. :)

[ellegin88]

how is did he not snap his bow in this concerto

[issavestheworld]

Actually, he did. Right after the performance. It was a $70000 Tourte.....what a loss.

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

OMFGZZZ!

i would cry if i broke my bow especially a tourte :O

[concertolover81291]

... i'm not sure he actually uses a Tourte... though that's besides the point of your slightly condescending comment. you could have nicer.

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

....my condescending comment?

i wasnt being mean.

[nathan87]

damn, after that I just want to run outside and scribble STRAVINSKY WAS A GOD DAMN GENIUS all over the fronts of other peoples houses

[frankborder]

While we're on the subject, I don't view this as one of Gil Shaham's stronger performances (coming from a HUGE fan of his). It just seems a little unrefined compared to his usual output, with respect to intonation and articulation. And his hair isn't looking too good this time. In fact, he's not looking too good. Doesn't seem to be in the best of health when this video was made. Hope he's okay.

And that is the tightest his bow's ever been. It's a miracle he didn't break it.

[frankborder]

probably reading the music because it's so dang hard to count! probably the most rhythmically challenging violin concerto (that gets performed regularly).

[onlyfederer]

i luv shaham , he is incredible

[carloslaran]

wow shaham is reading the music he probably learned it on short notice

[gimaru1]

thanks for posting great stuff on youtube.

shaham needs to have more videos here

[Oxy151268]

Glad you liked it!

Gil Shaham is one of my favourites too!

[seebelious]

thanks for posting this amazing performance.

[adrianavioline]

Great performance!Thank you!Gil Shaham is my favourite!