Martin Fröst encores at classicLive

[leeyihlun19940520]

how the hell does he do that at 1:34

[Clarinet4Life1]

@leeyihlun19940520 Chomatic from middle c while flick the top two trill keys on the side.

[mlibew]

you are the best in the world Martin bravoooooooooooooooooooo verry nice so so so beautiful

[MrChristopher1812]

Space effects awesome!

[TheKlarinettist]

i taught him to improv like that . . . jk, this is really very very very very good!

[threetypesofspam]

There is no doubt that he is fantastic, but this is the same Cadenza that he uses for the Malcolm Arnold clarinet concerto No.2.

This improvisation doesnt work the same when it is not in context.

[pproe]

Less notes more poetry

[92elrtv2]

does anyone have a transcription of this?

[yuripole0000]

i meant 1:50 - 2:03

[yuripole0000]

yes!! finished learning 1:20-2:03 yay :))

[rilasciando1]

Nature Boy!

[eclair9]

Absolutely phenomenal. It just can't be said enough! I'm exhausted just watching him. Utterly amazing!!!

[eclair9]

Absolutely astonishing!! BRAVO!!!!  BRAVO!!! BRAVO!!!!

[biggeorgemulti]

PERFEKCIONIST!!!!!!!!!!

[bekiof]

Hören, sehen - unglaublich! Das haut mich schlichtweg um!

[clarinet01rc1]

great!!!!

[JesusTMD]

It isn't physically possible to improvise like that first encore. That has to be a piece he has written. If you listen to his piece Ala Humana you will notice many similarities. Maybe it was rehearsed.....

[coolma41]

@JesusTMD I'll be honest, if you practice enough and really know your way around the clarinet, it's quite possibly to be able to improv like that. Artie Shaw was a master at improv and could do just about anything he wanted.

[quoogat]

That's what happens when a guy just loves not only "practicing," but in really figuring out how to drive that machine - the many noises it can make - and how they might be used expressively. Really beautiful.

[shunnehling]

This man has become one with his clarinet.

[SavetheStarving]

Thats what it sounds like when u have an orgasm on a clarinet

[dasteufelhund]

He just opened a can of whop ass on this orchestra...

[shmalimo]

the second improvisation is based on Nature Boy. He outlines the head of the tune with some damn great ornamentation- great job!

[xatzidakis]

amazing....

[vicenttoba]

eres el mejor martin lo mas grande de un clarinetista.

solo quero saver como consigues esos efectos raros ascendentes que hazes avezes y ya esta jeje

gracias saludos

[GGefter1]

BRAVISSIMO!

[MrMrVene]

Congratulations Martin.....You are a very great musician!!!

[jnier]

5:15, lady in the back, lol

[jnier]

wow...

im speechless

[knightfranken]

I always get extra excited when I see what looks like to be tosca sounding so good. I wonder what he's think about Gao barrels & bells.

[ale13243]

... INCREDIBLE!

[NiniClarineta]

The perfection of the multiphonics on the beginning is just AMAZING!!!!!

[xatzidakis]

He is a jazzman!!!!!:D

4:00

[trisnjok]

1:34 gives me the chills...

[trisnjok]

all i have to say... OMG... and i dont use this often...

[zmerz]

there is sounds Rite of spring)))

[TrabalRipoll]

Wow!!! What´s that??? Incredible!!!! Fuaaaa...he arrives at D7 without efforts....amongst others....excellent.

[rankfrankrank]

wow, the clarinetist sitting in the orchestra must have lost all his self esteem.

[josecabron20]

he´s the just the best

[RosaPudelProductions]

i was at one of his auditions with my music class. douptless, he is great - but i was so ashamed that i had to force me not to laugh about his moves x))))

[dkmarkdj]

I have just to say this..

OH MY GOD

You are the best..

[skurefille]

Not to believe! What a musician!!! Just discovered that his second encore is an improvisation of "Nature boy". GREAT! Also recommend listening to Radka Tonef or Nat King Cole singing the same.

[SweetMusic223]

His clarinet sounds like the flute! He is so good!

[unfamouspianist]

best clarinetist ever!!

[ray611518]

nice

[darrencjc]

Thats a Buffet Tosca

[sushidudeiscool]

for sure

[NineCathe]

So great!

[franciscocio]

Just watch the other musicians faces!

[yuripole0000]

@franciscocio

\didnt mean that sorry

[stefanocutilli]

Semplicemente strepitoso!!!

[sabuska144]

Świetny:)

[narekklarnet]

Killing performance!!!!!!

Super!!!!!!!!!!

[Skrufkick]

He makes me proud to be from sweden!

I've met him as well and had a masterclass, how cool is that!?

[Santalucesguy]

I'm jealus............ For the master class of course, not the swedish part. jaja just kidding

[ManlioGiordano]

Truly a great clarinetist - to needlessly reiterate a now very familiar observation. I remember many of all those late evenings during the early 90:s when we were practicing in adjacent rooms at the (Stockholm) conservatory, where his brother also studied; actually, some odd chromatic runs - part of some contemporary piece - that he practiced "almost eternally" on his clarinet are still engraved in my acoustic memory... Memories can be so vivid and precise, sometimes; spooky!

[deadlysaxmachine]

this is kick ass clarinetist i think he is the best around.fuckin great

[MisaheartsLight]

He's pretty much my hero now...

[misi1979]

Excellent performance!His is a performer of the clarinet and a great interpret!Bravo Maestro!

[romanovsk2]

Great,Great

[simkocij]

Martin Fröst and Mate Bekavac - at the moment the best two clarinet players in the world!

[Clarinetmarmalade]

Mamma mia! il dio del clarinetto! E pensare che non lo avevo mai neanche sentito nominare.

[montone62]

MARTIN FROST: THE GREATEST!

[xCougarsx09x]

is this an actual peice or his he just messing around for show?

[nix2727]

clarinet god

[MICHaeLDIZZLE]

how does he play that chord in the beginning? is he actually playing the chord on his own or is there another instrument there? If he is playing on his own does anyone have any tips on playing harmony on clarinet, I've seen people do it on Sax....

[cunibertg]

he is doing multiphonics

[ladylaurel18]

@MICHaeLDIZZLE He is playing it on his own. Only two ways of doing that that I know of - singing and playing at the same time, or multiphonics, where you do things like play thumb F and almost overblow into high C, but not quite, so you are doing both at the same time.

[xcracer2]

I am amazed each time I watch him. His playing is so effortless, and well nearly perfect.

[dristigedan]

He really is breathtaking. If you ever have the chance, go to a concert with him. It really is very different from seeing him on youtube.

[clarinethotty]

i totally want to see him live

[clarinethotty]

Martin Frost is my HERO. HE IS FREAKING AMAZING! BREATH TAKING

[Uniduckdavid]

holyshitfuck!!!!!

[hiomioman]

The best thing is that he is Swedish :D and so am I.

[new2804]

this is supreme!!

[loserfacemagee]

er ist der beste Clarinet Spieler, den ich Herde auf youtube habe

[clairannette]

Gotta love Frost!! He's definitely my favourite Clarinetist. Not sure who labeled this to be an "improvisation", though... it's really just the cadenza from the Arnold Concerto No. 2, with some random bits excerpted from the Aho cadenza at the beginning and near the end. After 1:00 he practically plays the Arnold cadenza top to bottom uninterrupted while railing through pauses. The recording featuring this cadenza was released at least 10 years ago.

[Velenore]

AH!!! It´s very hard to play!

[madraven07]

Is this guy a god or is he a god?

[xcracer2]

You mean,

Is this guy god or is he god?

(no offense)

[gab1279]

Incredible player! Those improvs are something else. His Kalevi Aho concerto recording is breathtaking too!

[walkingworship]

Amazing!!!! No words!

[Kurumiau]

wow!

[javiclarinet]

Sin palabras.....impresionante!!!!­!!!

[SassyBelle]

Multiphonics aren't too hard to do, once you get the trick of it. (I remember first learning them out of Rehfeldt's "New Direction for Clarinet", but there are lots of resources out there.) Good LORD it's the way he does them in conjunction with everything else, though!! INCREDIBLE!

[epsu8]

Fabulous! Are multiphonics hard to do with clarinet?

[jasontiller]

Amazing! His absolute mastery of the instrument, used so beautifully in the service of the music, his freedom and creativity, his inspiration from so many genres... Wow! And, how often are you going to hear such a free-wheeling improvisation on "Nature Boy!"