Sarah Chang: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mvt.2

[kanakid2]

I love your smile, Sarah!!! (It's hard for me to smile when I play violin...) Keep up the great playing!!

[napoli320]

E UN BRANO DIVINO !

[theviolin1227]

Most people dont know this, but your need to place your hand flat to the neck of the violin, because if your do it the other way, in time, your will need surgery on the back of your hand and itll beuty difficult to try to play the violin again.

[vertaz47]

@theviolin1227 not flat, but u need to keep ur wrist straight

[michael2010now]

For a proper understanding of what this slow movement is all about, one cannot do better than listen to Oistrakh and, especially, Mischa Elman, with their unadulterated purity and tenderness, marvellously apt phrasing and superb control of tempo and rubato. You younger players, no matter how talented and dextrous, need to stop, listen, and learn from such total masters, and not rush on to try and create big pseudo-emotional sensations and impressions by wobbly souping-up of such great music.

[michael2010now]

This young lady needed to be told very early on by her teachers that vibrato, no matter how tight, when plastered uniformly over every note longer than a crochet, is an affectation of which the discerning listener quickly tires and can even be offended by, as it is usually applied in an attempt to remedy what is fundamentaly unmusicality in performance. Here, the unmusicality is based on lack of understanding of the musical message and a consquential failure of meaningful phrasing. C/f Oistrakh.

[careinn10]

@michael2010now and this is where you're wrong. Does she have anything to cover up? Her phrasing is perfect. Here, she uses her wonderful vibrato merely to add to the feeling of tenderness and cantabile. If she had played this with no vibrato whatsoever, I'm sure what you would hear is a perfectly phrased, musical piece. I do agree that the Oistrakh recording is beautiful, but I think Sarah Chang has more of an emotional investment in this. You can hear it in her playing, and see it on her face.

[Fraulein240]

Minuto 3:11.... uffff

[IsidorusHispalensis]

One does not need to be an expert on the violin.

To know this is an phenomenal performance and experience.

[gonojaja]

This piece of music comes from heaven and relax my soul !

[IbscottEd]

If I were the other violinist I would have just put my violin down in shame...

[maluschneider]

Maravilhosa Sarah !

[Republicrat74]

I recall watching this performance on PBS while sitting in my apartment in Chicago....was blown away by the talent of this very young lady! She's only gotten better with age.

[googlewhackthis]

LOL Andrew Lloyd Webber is a piece of shit. Mendelssohn should rise out of his grave and punch the bastard in the face.

Oh, and while it is nice that everyone's commending the violinist, spare a thought for the composer who wrote such an awesome piece of music.

[1hanamoon]

wonderful i love to play to marybeth

[lwamp5230]

wow! she helps me to feel better about life!!!

[lectrotren]

This sound is the heaven in the earth.

[TheAcecino]

lo mejor

[trappolino1]

clap clap clap clap clap

[Antraeus]

So so beautiful!

[fallenko]

I don't know how to.. love him

[musicy88]

sarah..I really miss her back in the old days. now I get the feeling that she has lost such sincerity in her younger days..

[julienbencze]

the direct transition between the first and the second mvt, with the bassoon sustaining the B and then moving up to C and the orchestra playing in C minor and then finally in C major... The melody of the solo violin...is of undescriptible Beauty.. This musical work is a jewel of classical music. Thank you mister Mendelssohn, your place will always be among the Greatests.

[AndersGraven]

So brilliant technically and one of a dozen violinists. Sounds machine like and monotonous. Like Berlin Phil.

[PowerofTrueInsight]

@AndersGraven You need immediate care from an otolaryngologist! Teasing lol. Now seriously, it may not be your ear but your tongue that's turned machine-like and monotonous.

[AndersGraven]

So technically correct, but it's like listening to machine. Overrated in my opnion.

[5050zulu1]

@AndersGraven I agree with you my friend I would rather listen to Hilary Hahn ( check out .The recording of Bach )

[JPLGaGa123]

@5050zulu1 Your ears need to be checked... Hilary Hahn is very emotionally devoid. Sarah chang is a very technically brilliant and emotionally powerful violinist.

[5050zulu1]

@5050zulu1 your entitled to your opinion in my opinion Sarah Change is a machine and boring . The end

[autexcbaty]

Third movement is where??

[Skaterrocker842]

@autexcbaty Itzak Pearlman played the third one... I would give you the link but youtube doesn't allow

[jam15145]

repeat, repeat, i love it....thank you!!

[cupcakemaniac]

4:50 :) so purttyy

[Polititic]

Apparently 18 Justin Bieber fans watched this video...

[PowerofTrueInsight]

You share with us, @9227541, a telling anecdote. Indeed, in music (as in some other forms of arts) those--not many--recognized as specially talented at a very young age seldom fail to develop into prominent musicians/artists. Why? Primarily because of their born gift coupled with their undying passion for what they naturally love in their hearts. These few include Yuja Wang, Evgeny Kissin, and Sarah Chang here

[Republicrat74]

I recall being blown away upon seeing this performance on PBS, how remarkably well she played. I first fell in love with the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D at the age of 17, upon hearing an old 78 rpm recording by Isaac Stern. This movement in particular became and has remained one of my favorites ever since....gorgeously melodic, almost sensuously meloncholy too!

[Republicrat74]

@Republicrat74 Correction in order....this is his last VC, the one in E Minor, not the one in E he composed at the age of 13 and only recently discovered (circa 1950).

[PowerofTrueInsight]

She sings touchingly through violin, bringing into every note of this Mendelssonhn concerto her refreshing, colorful, daring, vibrant, and creative youth. A favorable comparison with Shlomo Mintz. 

[cassandra5322]

i'd hit myself in the head for not having downloaded this yet. really.

[taylorconscious]

Ok let me ask this question.. who are the 18 people who dislike this??? They must be insane..

[cassandra5322]

@taylorconscious

THEY'RE SPIES.

[misslanvin]

Yes, she is in a rush. Perhaps it is youthful vigor or her teachers teachings. Whatever the case, she is brilliant, gifted and to be totally appreciated as the gift to us that she is.

[aigphoto]

@misslanvin I suspect she would play it differently today. She's commented more than once that she winces sometimes, hearing her teen performances, knowing how differently she would approach the same pieces today.

[milosviolin95]

amazing!

[pieguyfry22]

3:00 I WILL SHOOT THAT PERSON WHO COUGHED

[TempoFurioso]

@pieguyfry22 go ahead... *grin*

[ericakarlen]

@pieguyfry22 In Theatres they should give you Vicks along with the programme... It's like they wait the whole week just to cough in the concert...

[mario91551]

@pieguyfry22 at 3:05 they coughed again.  God damn them.

[JairSweatman]

Gus is correct in his observation that this piece is a bit rushed, but it is not her fault, as the whole second movement is sped up on purpose by the conductor. Yet this only adds to the praise for the Ms. Chang. To play this movement with such detail at a faster pace and not lose too much of the emotion is pure talent.

[gusthelesswise]

Ok, no one bite my head off but I think she rushes way too many phrases. I've just come out of playing this piece and I know everyone's interpretation is going to be different, but I think her phrasing is too rushed. Most of the climactic points should be held longer in my opinion to make it musical, especially with such a calm, beautiful movement. She's without a doubt an entirely professional musician , but call me picky; I think there's something too hasty about it.

[MusicAsMission]

Too bad Andrew Llod Webber totally ripped it off almost note for note and stuck it in Jesus Christ Superstar ("I Don't Know How to Love Him")

[VRNProductions]

@MusicAsMission Yikes, even Webber's only legitimately good musical has stolen stuff in it...sad..

[Arwin14]

Oh, so this is what Andrew Loyld Webber used to make the song I dont know how to love him in the musical JC Superstar?

[dman3334]

i hate stringed instruments.... usually. played amateurly they sound awful

but her playing is so beautiful, so smooth and flowing, it is impossible to dislike

i don't care who you are

[Isaacooper28]

@dman3334

Couldn't agree more, she gets such an amazingly beautiful sound out of the violin.

[tez601]

best version without doubt of this beautifull work

[donizetei2]

Não existe aquela alma que esta fadada a ir para um céu ou para um inferno qualquer. A única alma que existe é aquele sentimento profundo, oriundo do homem ao produzir uma obra tão linda e perfeita quanto a natureza , como é este concerto para violino. Mendelssohn, um ser dotado de uma alma divina. Só uma obra como esta redime um homem da mesquinhez de uma vida....

JACI DONIZETI PIO NOVO(BRASIL/SÃO PAULO-13/04/2010)

[noveltysongs]

0:33 I Don't Know How To Love Him is built upon this part - see wikipedia article on andrew lloyd webber

[HerrWarja]

HAHA! I love how everyone laughts during the short break beetwen the movements! So rude! xD I hate it when they does that!

[masariroa]

(translation below)

Magnífica Sara Chang.

yes, it is deep and romantic, a jewel of my first love time, it was our concert. But without any doubt Beethoven violin concerto for me is the best, forever new. Magnifica Saha Chang.

Even though Beethoven is the best this composition is sweet and beautiful. lol

[SosoLove4ever]

that's what I played last week, but mine was easier (:

[eveningninja]

@wooo341 You must hate a lot of people then. Talented musicians in this world are very common.

[TheNewAlias]

Asians are so impressive at everything.

[greginess7878]

So it is true! Andrew Lloyd Webber ripped off Mendelssohn at :34 to write "I don't know how to love him" from Jesus Christ Superstar. I never realised this until I actually hear it played out. Shame on him!!!!!

[L03X]

@greginess7878 Verry observant!!

[supertrululu1]

how old is she?

[Curatica]

She was about fifteen at the time of this recording in 1995.

[rosa467]

Sara Chang!!! Virtuosa!!!...,Los Alemanes tienen 4 conciertos para violin1) El más grande,más intransigente es el de Beethoven..El de BRAHMS compite con el el en Seriedad.MAX BRICH..El más rico y seductor..Pero el más PROFUNDO,la JOYA del CORAZÖN es el de MENDELSSON!!!!.. Sara Chang!! otra joya!

[TwelfthRoot2]

I don't know what any of this means, but I gave you a 'thumbs up' because you sound really excited and this concerto excites me too haha.  Sarah Chang! otra joya!

[masariroa]

si, es profundo y romántico, una joyita del tiempo de mi primer amor, era "nuestro concierto". Y sin duda alguna para mi lo mejor es el concierto de Beethoven, para violin y orquesta, siempre nuevo.

Magnífica Sara Chang.

[LightningSpeedRacer]

i have no idea wat u said but i know wat u said at the end lol. magnificent sarah chang lol

[francofrr36]

Io sono anziano e non sò suonare nessun strumento ma,Amo tantissimo la musica classica e ogni giorno ascolto dei brani della nostra bravissima Sarah Chang con il suo virtuoso violino. Lei mi incanta e mi fa sognare. Sicuramente il suo carattere e il suo cuore saranno dolci come è dolce tutta la MUSICA che ci fa ascoltare.Amazing Sarah!!!!

[darkwarrior1194]

TIENE QUINCE APENAS!!!!!!?????

no sea tonto mae yo con quince años y no toco ni guitarra

pero vea como toca esa muchacha el violin

[trappolino1]

Non ci sono parole......

[dumbfuck6]

Ohhh my..it´s my sister! I didn´t know....all that time..

[jj6571]

AMAZING!

[geekii910]

wow i just read about sarah chang in a fictional story... but to see this....wow

[9227541]

my dad has been a violin teach, instructor, etc....and i remember sitting next to him long time ago in front of a tv and i didn't know at the time but it was this girl sarah chang when she was 7 or 8 yrs old and i remember my dad saying in a low tone of voice, she is gonna be famous soon....

[McSplat]

@9227541 you're ad must be Captain Obvious because she was already a well known child prodigy at that age

[22sungho]

@9227541 who was your dad ?

[spacesauze]

@22sungho It was me. Why you got problem?

[billywoodall]

@9227541 im going to be famous soon.  :) -Levi

[xXJohnnymac16Xx]

DUDE NO FUCKIN WAY SHE'S HERE. Omg, I've seen this performance at least 20 times, never cared what age she is. But to hear that she's 15, Omg? Amazing!!

[RoyGuthier]

sin palabras, lo que toca esta china!

[4evacbfan]

gd, but just a little 2 much vibrato for me

[MyMemories19]

I don't see why you got a thumbs down. I gave you a thumbs up cuz I respect your opinion. I think people ridicule you for your opinion. Wtf, are we supposed to only say good things about her? In my personal opinion, I like her interpretation in this particular performance.

[MyMemories19]

people shouldn't ridicule you for your opinion***

[Jameselwai]

you are right

[Asdruvil]

celestial, gracias sarah

[BratscheBeast]

Jesus...Is she really just 15 here?!

[violin1cello710]

do some people just talk so they can cuss? i mean, really?

[CarmenPalpiti]

No, she is almost 30.

[amandaclotilde]

*-*

[opairP]

i belive that some pieces was garbage, but her interpretation is so great so much that now i like it.

Creía que algunas piezas eran basura, pero su interpretaciones is grandiosa, tanto así que ahora me gustan.

[ssdiothor]

she is really really good, but i wouldn't go so far to say she is the best though. hard to say who is best anyways, since everybody's got their own favourite :p

[Samhain1031MCR]

where and how might I find all three of these movements (specifically with her and this philharmonic orch) on iTunes?

[nycfemale2008]

pure perfection!

[jompedroso]

sensacional como todas as apresentações da Sarah Chang

[pofosy]

anyway lets just talk about her ability in the violin. I have to tell you she is the BEST VIOLINIST EVER! I saw her live twice.

[sumimimi0]

sivery are you crazy? she is a korean-american. idiot sivery. there parents are from korea not china!!!!!!!!!!! sarah is a korean if she wereborn in korea but since she was born in america, she is considered korean-american although her parents are just permanent residents in america.

[Slayerplsko]

heeey calm down. he was wrong, ok. but that doesn't entitle you for this kind of behaviour.

[asn13oy]

Hate to burst your bubble. She's full Korean.

[animeaff]

'normally' 'ought to' 'calm down' 'grandfather'

[Chri0730]

no she's just 100% Korean born in USA

there's surname 'chang' in Korea

no offense

[poshgosh77]

shut the fuck up you fucking idiot...She is 100% Korean blood, just born and raised in the states...

[sivery70914]

you don't have the "class" to appreaciat "classic" music

[HerrWarja]

@sivery70914 You cant say that only people with "class" can appreciate classical music. Florenec Foster Jenkins liked it so much she sang it, and it wasn't that good. Music in all genres are for everyone.

[replaygeorge]

It doesn't matter what blood she is, music and art know no borders, they are universal, her talent is a gift for all of us regardless of nation.

[MLee1692]

@replaygeorge Agreed. Still, Koreans feel great pride knowing that such a phenomenal musician is "one of their own". If you know what I mean. =)

[McSplat]

shut the fuck you fucking idiot... She is 100% American

[loger0050]

wtf? i cant even say anything to that...

[dodi132]

SO SO beautiful*****

[tomasweiner]

Shlomo Mintz´s version of this concerto is the best.

[BeauJames59]

"I.....don't know how to LOVE him, what to do, how to move him......." (with a few variations)

[Andantonius]

Gorgeous piece.

And I like how everyone waits until their finished, then starts having coughing fits. xD

[transwelsh]

Brings tears to my eyes

[iheartbillywilder]

I wish more people would listen to this than Justin Timberlake. I honestly do.  And I'm a teenager.

[ulltraTEK]

Not alot of people at our age appreciate anything...

[eighthnote49]

i know. i love this so so much. i can go for days and days easy without listening to anything but classical. i wish more people would appreciate this talent more than electronically altered voices and drum tracks, ugh.

[katviolin]

i agree :)

[Azoicum]

let this music be a secret for art lovers

[MrMss4]

Wow, you're so smart and cultured? Just HOW did you get to be so smart? I mean, not being a member of the ignorant, disrespectful teenage youth must have taken so much effort and sacrifice on your part.

[iheartbillywilder]

I can't tell if you're meaning to be nice or if you're meaning to be cruel. If it's the former, thank you, and I'm not sure how I got to be this way. If it's the latter, well, I'm sorry you feel that way.

[IdiotViolinist]

@iheartbillywilder

Yup

My love is for classical musics

and I'm 16

[Doug2World]

Food for the soul. Moves me to tears.

[cuauhtle]

all: sarah cheng, the orchestra, and the video quality are awesome, so i cant get why this video gets 4.5? 5 Star without a second thought!

[faithgiveshope333]

OH MY LORD! She's just unbelievable!

[CarlosBrome]

¿Tú andas implicada en ello?

[chansygirl]

algun dia...

[CarlosBrome]

algún día nó: YA!!

[chansygirl]

:P....en eso andamos....q sea lo mas pronto posible...

[eriesal]

Magnificent. She is as beautiful as Mendelssoh's Violin Concerto.

[liveforlife2494]

She was one of my idols growing up. So talented! I have this concert on VHS. I used to think it was so cute how the conducter and Sarah Chang would always trade little glances. But it's really just for silent communication and pacing.

[ccsclow]

i really l;ove vibrato on the upper and lower register....such power lies there....awesome

[lilgman231]

so beautiful...i love this. perfect!!

[play307]

琴弦撥弄於指間.是那麼容易.演奏的極好.很有天份.特別是19­90年只有10多歲..

[gluvuv]

After this, everyone should hear this:

watch?v=iMhtQAMGkWY&feature=ch­annel_page

[pix042]

Anyone who coughs will be ejected from the auditorium. There was hell to pay at the RAH in London one time when a man's phone rang during a Prom concert!

[lahijalahija]

bellísimo!

[RoSeY847]

omg i just read a book and it had Sarah Chang in it and this is a very nice piece played by her

[JAMIDFF]

se ve extrema diferencia entre la edad de Sarah y de los demás interpretes!, pobre niña, ¿tuvo con quien jugar, además de su violín?

[SuperSpazzer]

yea the interpretations not exactly my favorite but it's not like its a BAD interpretation, its just how she feels for the piece because if she was playing with not her interpretation or an interpretation she doesnt like its not HER

[shanehodd]

hey its cool, I understand what you mean =)

[dhm0325]

ehhh i don't like the interpretation but good playing overall. :)

[Sonbyungseok]

28 year old

[entheosentheos]

14? how old is she now?

[San0suk]

Coño! esa gente dañó ese final ! que desconciderados :@

[NoodlePowa]

That's a cool audience. They hold in their coughs during performance. :)

[TwistingWays]

I like how when she is done they all begin coughing XD

[zucchini2007]

LOL. Yeah, that shows a lot of respect for all of the orchestral musicians and Chang when everyone is completely quiet during their performance. Music is the highest form of art, so it deserves the utmost respect.

[whtjdwo]

it is? lol.

[eighthnote49]

aaamen.

[Personwithface13]

She pushs this orchestra way too much and doesn't savor and enjoy every single note in this movement like it should be. Her shifts cant be quite scary sometimes too.

[trisiti]

I'm with you here, She seems to be missing a lot in this performance.

I'll chalk it up to her being young though.

[ishhlaurence]

ahh so good man HOW THE HEL DOES SHE DO THOSE DOUBLE STOP THINGS AT 3:30 dam i have my exam like in 3 weeks and i'm still quite slow and messy

she looks pretty in that green dress....altho she should lose some weight eheheh

[mr00aznkid]

Yeah it is pretty hard. You have to have good finger dexterity.

[geocruzer80]

Sarah Chang performance of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto is truly exquisite. I enjoy listening to this concerto very much

[GPK91]

Good, but a little on the fast side, and some of her shifts sounded a bit sloppy, but still good