Wow! This is truly amazing. It's tough enough to play this piece live, but to try to recreate it on a terrible cold day, is simply breathtaking. As a professional cellist, I can't imagine trying to play this under the circumstances. And to play to a track? Wow. Stop hating, support the arts and get over yourselves. You try it. With a kazoo!
100 years from now no one will really give a crap if this was a "fake" performance or not it'll be that stupid little side note that your music teacher will tell you about as he talks about the great music pieces of John Williams. What will really be important will be the music itself and the moment it was written for.
Everyone needs to calm down about the pre-recording. It is a beautiful piece, played by people who are simply amazing at the instruments they play, enjoy it, and know that they were still ACTUALLY playing that day so it really doesn't matter and was done for the greater good of the million plus people standing out in the crowd!
Let's cut to the chase and remember the words of this song: 'tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight". This is what these great musicians had in mind by making the best of a situation beyond their control.
Let's cut to the chase and remember the words of this song: 'tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be true, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight". This is what these great musicians had in mind by making the best of a situation beyond their control.
Let's cut to the chase and remember the words of this song: 'tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight". This is what these great musicians had in mind by making the best of a situation beyond their control.
How many times has Williams been sued for plagiarism?
Obama is a fraud who did not write any papers himself. Like Martin Luther King was a total fraud who plagiarized everything he claims to have written.
Who did the COMMUNIST Bolshevik Nazi Jews install on the US Supreme Court? That's right, a Bolshevik Jews who supports and protects plagiarists. Elena Kagan is related to Lazar Kaganovich who mass murdered 70,000 whites in Europe. Bolshevik Nazi Jew thieves are controlling the USA now.
@hippiechickie18 Stradivari. Yo-Yo Ma has a Stradivarius Cello and Perlman has Stradivarius violin. These are some of the most expensive instruments in the world and as such I am surprised they are even exposing them to the outdoors. You may have heard about the rather recent snatching of one: a Stradivarius violin while its keeper was getting coffee(?).
@RedTailedDuck No way... they wouldn't expose their Stradivarius instruments to the cold. I thought they were using some cheap instrument... String instruments will form cracks when exposed to those temperatures.
Cromwell just wants to rant about his idea that everyone realizes is wrong. I dont know what Name the the Pianist and Violinist are using but Anthony McGill's Clarinet whether its a Buffet Crampon or a LeBlanc, is about 5k i would say then another $150+ for the barrel and $250+ for the bell. Unless Ma is playing on his Davydov Stradivarius, He's playing on a 277 year old Domenico Montagnana valued at $2.5M. How that beautiful Cello is still alive we'll never know. superior 1733 crafting i'd say.
First off great name blakebritton1976. Secondly thank you for posting this. Yes it may have been "staged" but it is still a beautiful piece of music. I sing and well I know even the human voice does not perform well under these type of conditions. Can't imagine what it does to these priceless one of a kind instruments.
I think that outdoor gas heaters are probably being used. The musicians wouldn't be asked to play in the cold. Anyone can buy or rent them for outdoor performing or for use on a porch. Do you play in the cold?
@wilsondylanmccartney I prefer that they "faked" this then being out of tune and it sounding horrible. BTW i would like you to show me some solid proof that this was "faked".
This performance still gives me goosebumps. I think it's beautiful that they have the masters playing this arrangement and they each bring their own gifts to the table. This song is joyful and dignified, hopeful and passionate all at the same time. As nickdrummer said, these are the best players of our age and this performance is indeed one for the ages.
@chuckyvee70 one thing that a cnn comentator said while it was going on really stuck to me. He said, "While in other countries the transfer of power is through guns, tanks, and death, in the United States of America it happens with a handshake." I think that what he said couldn't be more true and that's what makes me proud to be an American. Regardless of all the political rubbish that is happening, we have to agree that this is the best place on Earth.
It's my understanding that the tune was written by an American Shaker elder called Joseph Bracket in 1848 and was called "Simple Gifts". Aaron Copeland then incorporated it into his ballet "Appalachian Springs" which popularised it. Words were later added and it became known as "Lord of the Dance" for Michael Flatley. This version by John Williams is a further arrangement.
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It is flabbergasting that such esteemed musicians who charge skyhigh fees for their concerts sell out when the world is watching and play-back. PLAY BACK. And badly. It is a disgrace..
are you a musician by any chance? no you're not. because if you were, then you would know that because of the temperature that day, it would have ben physically impossible to get those intruments in tune. i have heard all of them play live, and let me assure you, they are all of great skill.
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I agree, if you are in 30 F then it's hard as crap to be in tune, trust me, marching band in 8th grade, we had a Christmas parade, most of the valved instruments froze, so we couldn't press our fingers down, trust me IT SUCKED!!!
i left my violin in my car for a week,wait-make that two weeks, took it out to play at class(thank god teacher wasnt there)and,eeeeeehhhhaaaaaaaaaa.bad news took me an hour to tune not really more like 25 minutes.
@iceburry17 What kind of musician are you, leaving your instrument in an automobile for two weeks! You have a lot of nerve commenting on musicianship. I am indeed an amateur, but your comments indicate that you are not a professional.
@hfsaadiq i know im no pro ive been playing for 3 years and i was gone those 2 weeks and i cae back and i was like holy crap i left my violin in the car.so thats it.
@amrascarpathia It makes me soo jealous to read your comment.
Why? Because it sounds fine to me...I don't hear things out of tune and out of whackk it sounds pretty great if you ask me :) I wish I had the talent you musicians have to hear that stuff in such detail the way you do.
@amrascarpathia I am a musician (i play about 8 different instruments) and i know that no matter how cold it was you can always get the instruments in tune, its just harder. Played in New York outside with snow falling on the ground and our band was FINE. there is no excuse for the cold here. The only reason was because of the size of the crowd that is it.
@TogeNoBara I'm sorry bud... i'd get more information about intruments and the effect that temperature has on them... specifically string instruments, woodwinds, and the piano...
LOL the only reason i knew this was prerecorded (before i read some of the comments) was because yo yo ma's eyes were open O: normally when he plays they're closed and he makes this kind of funny face. (:
whether or not it is so-called fake or for-real is not the issue. this piece is simply amazing! i love 'simple gifts' and this arrgmt is stunning... john williams is a band god!
Everyone needs to calm down. I usually just close my eyes when i listen to this kind of music anyways, all that fast hands stuff just gets me all distratcted, or like that guys hair is really puffy, or hey look that asian mans hair go crazy in the air, or the black man has no hair. just enjoy the music.....
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The composition is great, however the performance is staged. They were faking the motions over a recording. It was a made for TV moment. The excuse is that it was too cold, and their instruments would have gone out of tune. I think a country who can put a man on the moon should be able to enable these musicians to have played for real. And these are supposed to be the world's best in their fields. What a tragic loss, of what could have possibly been a great, heoric, American moment. Sacrificed.
CromwellClassical, sure the performance is staged, but you should know that you cannot escape the laws of physics. These are professional players, and they have very expensive professional instruments that are very sensitive to humidity and temperature. I am a musician and I KNOW that this is true. Pitch, tone color, and just quality are sacrificed in cold weather.
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You all accept this easy excuse that there was no possible solution. There are many recorded instances of Eastern European musicians playing in the cold during the time of WWII. The fact is, that there was not enough creativity and ingenuity employed to invent a proper solution. Accepting a fake performance as the only solution is defeatist, and weak of spirit. A bad, real performance is better than a fake one.
a bad performance is not better than a 'fake' one. I would rather hear the musicians playing at their best under ideal circumstances, even pre-recorded and fake played that hearing a performance that is out of tune. There is nothing worse than hearing an out of tune performance. And yes, while performances may have been recorded in eastern europe in cold weather... the instruments were probably played regularly in cold weather and thus seasoned and tuned.
The instruments that are played by YoYo Ma, Itzak Perlman and the clarinet and piano players... are NOT played normally in cold weather. ANY musician would know about the dynamics of temperature on instruments.
And cut it out with your 'defeatist' talk. So the performance was prerecorded, at least it wasn't a Milli Vanilli thing and performed by other artists. The pre-recording was done by the people 'acting' during the inauguration. Get a life and enjoy the moment.
@blakebritton1976 they only prerecorded it so that the instrument did nto have any technical difficultites during the performance. in my opinion though, it still is amazing that they played it with the recording, and it still sounded absolutely amazing
@CromwellClassical a real musician plays for two things:themselves and the audience. I personally get a little sick when I hear out of tune instruments, especially strings. You're making it sound like they are just as bad as Major League Baseball for canceling games for a little drizzle. plus, a money smart string player would be playing on the crappiest instrument possible so as to not ruin their investment (a Stradivarius violin costs about as much as the tumbler from batman begins)
@CromwellClassical also remember, they are musicians. @blakebritton1976 is right. although i believe that they played it live, but they used a recording for the television broadcast. they are very very great esteemed musicians. regardless, they did play this.
@CromwellClassical It's not an excuse, it's a legitimate issue. This would have sounded horrible in the cold weather they had there. I play Clarinet, it's NOT a pretty sound when the reed doesn't warm up because it's too cold. Not to mention the cork shrinking and making the instrument go out of tune. That's just clarinet.... the materials on these instruments expand and contract like your doorways in the heat and cold, the difference is, you're not trying to stay in tune with your door.
This old lady says, I wish I could play such beautiful music. Thank goodness for the Arts and for our new leader of these United States of America. Bless this first family and keep them safe and in your most glorious hands.
Search THE OBAMA DECEPTION on youtube. The globalist agenda is set but we have to stop the New World Order. As far as left or right is concerned, there is no right or left only right or wrong. 911 was an inside job. Wake up and realize the economic collapse was planned. This isn't conspiracy theory, its a matter of control in the hands of a few wealthy people. Know the truth, infowars . com
I agree aarzack. You people know (not to sound racist at all) people chose obama mainly becuase he is the first african american president not becuase of his ideas.
i see where you are coming from, but maybe blacks chose Obama b/c they felt that a fellow African American felt their struggles and identified w/ their aspirations and backgrounds?? Just a thought =)
Go to hell with your conspiracy theories. I'm tired of assholes like you spewing your shit all over the place. If you don't like Obama, then shut the fuck up dumb ass. Fucking annoying ass prick.
That's stupid, it is fundamentally American for us to question our government and the people who manage it.
It would be extremely un-American to just "shut up" if someone questioned our President. It seems to me that you would be the ignorant one for blindly accepting whatever is spoon fed to you by government officials.
Whether its Barack Obama, or George Bush, its never right to just "shut up".
I love the probably purposful diversity in the players. A white man, a black man, a chinese man, and a woman. Goes well with the times of change and tolerance.
They were not playing this live. Thats okay, its not a bad thing. The cold weather would have prevented the instruments from staying in proper tune. Its not that these artists could not manage to "play it for real". It is not like lipsynching. It is just what was required in this situation. It was readily acknowledged during the broadcast.
This video its on live!! they are really playing!! dont you know about Ithzak Perlman and YoYo Ma? they never do playbacks like britney or ashley simpson, they are so much talented and professional people.
ya know, this makes me proud to be a wvu mountaineer, even more so a part of the Pride of West, because we play Simple Gifts for one of our selections during our pre-game show =)
pretty simple(or at least im pretty sure it is.) they recorded it in a studio, so even though they rly are playing here, they have the recorded version overlapping their playing in case of a mistake and for better sound quality.
Please view the video under DMS, he is a 3 year old whom was very inspired and played his piano from home while watching Yo-Yo MA and the other musicians during the inauguration. You can see them on his tv as he is playing his piano - it is sooo cute!
While I was sitting in my Public Policy class and we turned on the inauguration and they said that a person named "Yo-yo Ma" was going to perform a piece I was like "Oh god not a rapper at a presidential inauguration". Man was I wrong, it was beautiful
they soaped the strings of the cello and the violin to be silent
they were concerned about the weather as it was freezing cold and would've effected the instruments. The strings on the violin would've become loose making the sound lower
I believe that it was pre-recorded, because it sounds too perfect to be an outdoor performance, also I was wondering why Yo Yo Ma's cello looked soooo cheapy orange like a chinese instrument. Now it make sense! It is a cheap cello!!
well how was it recorded if it was on live tv. Also the cello he uses might look cheap but it has a good sound. It actually looks like my cello and it has that same sound quality that mine does. It's not about how it looks it's all about how it sounds
Well apparently it was not "Live". mmm not sure your cello would sound the same, sounds is made by the player NOT by the instrument! Anyway type in "perlman obama pre recorded music" in google and you'll read all about it!
The truth is, it was performed live and at the same time the recorded version was playing for the massive crowds in the distance. The musicians were actually playing the instruments live and people in the VIP section were hearing the music live. But for the benefit of the large audience the recorded version was played on the loud speakers.
Joseph Brackett, Shaker elder at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, wrote the song 'Tis the Gift to be Simple in 1848. Over the years, it has been shortened to Simple Gifts.
The song was recorded by Sister Mildred Barker in 1977 on Rounder Records 0078, as noted in my fiddle tune book, "New England Fiddlers Repertoire" (Fiddlecase Books, 3rd Ed. 2008).
Um, no. They taped it because the cold would've destroyed their high-quality instruments, and you can't keep instruments in tune when it's that cold outside.
For the recorded version, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma are undoubtedly playing instruments that are worth tens of thousands of dollars if sold at auction as each of them owns a Stradivarius.
You don't screw around with one of those instruments.
It's actually originally known as "Simple Gifts." It's a Shaker hymn dating back to 1848. The "Lord of the Dance" lyrics were composed for the music in 1963. It's also used in Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring."
this arrangement is amazing. Copeland has always rocked my world and John Williams is so much more than a 'hollywood' composer(not that I don't dig JAWS and the emperor's theme from starwars). He eluded to this piece during a recent NPR interview. The work @ 1:30 ish was amazing. Snagging diads of the progression, and substituting diads. Layering them in seemingly random rhythms. Call and return with the clarinet. The piece is wonderfully short. Its all 'meat'. Every note is critical. Love it!
I heard this live, today. (well, yesterday, by now). I wasn't expecting to at all, and in the cold standing there like a sardine with the worst headache I've ever had in the world, to hear this from out of the blue was just the most incredible thing ever. I can't think of a more deserving person than President Obama
Venezuelan pride!!! It was great to see our Gabriela performing in such an important stage and occasion. All of them did brilliantly, as usual. It was an inspiring day.
wow. this was an amazing performance by all of them. it made my mood change from anxious to excited to peaceful it was beautiful. end of story. yo-yo ma looks like he's having a great time and they all sound amazing :-)
My God. Anthony McGill, sounds like a clarinet angel singing in heaven! His tone is just so clear, and beautiful, and round, and rich, and dark, and....just wonderful!
It sucks that they couldn't stay in tune because of the weather so they had to play pre-recording. Great musicians all around though.
SMWhit3out 1 day ago
it was indeed prerecorded in the studio, which is common knowledge.
pomegranat2000 1 week ago
@AslolAtlol505 did your band do the key poulan or Aaron copland arrangement?
TheEnglishQuail 4 weeks ago
i played this song in my band but it sounde different
AslolAtlol505 1 month ago
It's spelled Aaron Copland.
silbermark 2 months ago
Wow! This is truly amazing. It's tough enough to play this piece live, but to try to recreate it on a terrible cold day, is simply breathtaking. As a professional cellist, I can't imagine trying to play this under the circumstances. And to play to a track? Wow. Stop hating, support the arts and get over yourselves. You try it. With a kazoo!
cellobebe 6 months ago
It's pathetic, they could have just played inside a room through a video stream, problem solved!
mellowcowism 7 months ago
100 years from now no one will really give a crap if this was a "fake" performance or not it'll be that stupid little side note that your music teacher will tell you about as he talks about the great music pieces of John Williams. What will really be important will be the music itself and the moment it was written for.
8097987 7 months ago
Everyone needs to calm down about the pre-recording. It is a beautiful piece, played by people who are simply amazing at the instruments they play, enjoy it, and know that they were still ACTUALLY playing that day so it really doesn't matter and was done for the greater good of the million plus people standing out in the crowd!
dandaman247 7 months ago 3
1:21-1:50 is my fav part
cong98 8 months ago
The one instrument that would have the worst trouble in the cold would be that clarinet. But would be an awful strain on them all.
musikgirl1 9 months ago
it sounds a lot like Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring
WelcomeToZomboCom 10 months ago
@WelcomeToZomboCom probably because Copland's Appalachian also includes variations on the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts"
EclecticMuzik88 10 months ago
staged performance? too cold? bull crap! infact the low temprature is exactly why Yo Yo Ma did not use his usual cello
screech130 10 months ago
A violin and cello are a perfect combination.
xXSparky117Xx 11 months ago
Beautiful
thedrumbum1990 11 months ago
Let's cut to the chase and remember the words of this song: 'tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight". This is what these great musicians had in mind by making the best of a situation beyond their control.
Lightseeker001 1 year ago
Let's cut to the chase and remember the words of this song: 'tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be true, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight". This is what these great musicians had in mind by making the best of a situation beyond their control.
Lightseeker001 1 year ago
Let's cut to the chase and remember the words of this song: 'tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be, and when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'twill be in the valley of love and delight". This is what these great musicians had in mind by making the best of a situation beyond their control.
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How many times has Williams been sued for plagiarism?
Obama is a fraud who did not write any papers himself. Like Martin Luther King was a total fraud who plagiarized everything he claims to have written.
Who did the COMMUNIST Bolshevik Nazi Jews install on the US Supreme Court? That's right, a Bolshevik Jews who supports and protects plagiarists. Elena Kagan is related to Lazar Kaganovich who mass murdered 70,000 whites in Europe. Bolshevik Nazi Jew thieves are controlling the USA now.
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lyvwdwlfh8 1 year ago
@jm113825 ..So this is all pre-recorded? It's not live?
chrissline77 1 year ago
@chrissline77 it was below freezing and they weren't using their good instruments, cold weather can damage and crack instruments.
lhrmeonom 1 year ago
Staged or not, this is a beautiful arrangement.
John Williams is a genius when it comes to adding drama to music. And It must have been beautiful for Yo Yo Ma and Pearlman to work with him again.
ryoohki 1 year ago
I want to know what kind of instruments they're using in the cold though... I think the bows are carbon fiber but I don't know about the instruments
hippiechickie18 1 year ago
@hippiechickie18 Stradivari. Yo-Yo Ma has a Stradivarius Cello and Perlman has Stradivarius violin. These are some of the most expensive instruments in the world and as such I am surprised they are even exposing them to the outdoors. You may have heard about the rather recent snatching of one: a Stradivarius violin while its keeper was getting coffee(?).
RedTailedDuck 1 year ago
@RedTailedDuck No way... they wouldn't expose their Stradivarius instruments to the cold. I thought they were using some cheap instrument... String instruments will form cracks when exposed to those temperatures.
hippiechickie18 1 year ago
Goddamn I love the cello in this piece... it also helps that it's Yoyo Ma playing it...
hippiechickie18 1 year ago
Cromwell just wants to rant about his idea that everyone realizes is wrong. I dont know what Name the the Pianist and Violinist are using but Anthony McGill's Clarinet whether its a Buffet Crampon or a LeBlanc, is about 5k i would say then another $150+ for the barrel and $250+ for the bell. Unless Ma is playing on his Davydov Stradivarius, He's playing on a 277 year old Domenico Montagnana valued at $2.5M. How that beautiful Cello is still alive we'll never know. superior 1733 crafting i'd say.
Perfect5Recurve 1 year ago
First off great name blakebritton1976. Secondly thank you for posting this. Yes it may have been "staged" but it is still a beautiful piece of music. I sing and well I know even the human voice does not perform well under these type of conditions. Can't imagine what it does to these priceless one of a kind instruments.
cbritton1876 1 year ago
I think that outdoor gas heaters are probably being used. The musicians wouldn't be asked to play in the cold. Anyone can buy or rent them for outdoor performing or for use on a porch. Do you play in the cold?
trashyvids 1 year ago
Stop trolling and just listen to the masterpiece...
decuadie 1 year ago
i love them! but someone explain to me how a pianist/violist/ or cellist fake?? i mean arent they playing them????
heyurself 1 year ago
Bow-syncing is not a good idea lol
jeffamarie 1 year ago
Wow, this is so beautiful . . . it's amazing, really.
Cheshire3Dog 1 year ago
Great music for a great day in American history.
Brenda2OOO 1 year ago
0:50
Yo-Yo Ma plays the long A with vibrato on screen, but plays it without vibrato in the recording! Oops!
mistahrhee 1 year ago 2
they all have great tone (at least in the rocording) but the song is completely butchered. Kinda like the whole administration come to think of it.
bellarmine246 1 year ago
A beautiful song A beautiful time I still rejoice.. Have faith
utubehall 1 year ago
why is gibbs just standing there like a goon?
stubert311 1 year ago
This is beautiful by John Williams. It's so embarassing that they faked this performance though.
wilsondylanmccartney 1 year ago
@wilsondylanmccartney I prefer that they "faked" this then being out of tune and it sounding horrible. BTW i would like you to show me some solid proof that this was "faked".
tosmatt14 1 year ago
Whether or not you like Obama, we can all agree that John Williams is the man!
newcombstrohschein 1 year ago
@newcombstrohschein definitely!! John Williams is just genius, I hope that at least is universal ..
lbetweenthebars 1 year ago
Love this arrangement, they did so well for playing in cold weather, bravo.
I wish I could play this well in cold weather.
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OBAMAisHalfCaste 1 year ago
This performance still gives me goosebumps. I think it's beautiful that they have the masters playing this arrangement and they each bring their own gifts to the table. This song is joyful and dignified, hopeful and passionate all at the same time. As nickdrummer said, these are the best players of our age and this performance is indeed one for the ages.
annthebold 1 year ago
Some countries use violence to change governments...we do it with beautiful music and tremendous class
chuckyvee70 1 year ago 2
@chuckyvee70 one thing that a cnn comentator said while it was going on really stuck to me. He said, "While in other countries the transfer of power is through guns, tanks, and death, in the United States of America it happens with a handshake." I think that what he said couldn't be more true and that's what makes me proud to be an American. Regardless of all the political rubbish that is happening, we have to agree that this is the best place on Earth.
amrascarpathia 1 year ago
It's my understanding that the tune was written by an American Shaker elder called Joseph Bracket in 1848 and was called "Simple Gifts". Aaron Copeland then incorporated it into his ballet "Appalachian Springs" which popularised it. Words were later added and it became known as "Lord of the Dance" for Michael Flatley. This version by John Williams is a further arrangement.
Desigovia 1 year ago 9
probably the best performers of our age right there
nickdrummer2004 1 year ago 2
were playing simple gifts in my school band and i remember watching this last year, if only i knew thats was one of the songs they played at the time
JediRobotKira 2 years ago
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It is flabbergasting that such esteemed musicians who charge skyhigh fees for their concerts sell out when the world is watching and play-back. PLAY BACK. And badly. It is a disgrace..
Oekiepoef 2 years ago
It reminds me of the movie WAG THE DOG..
Oekiepoef 2 years ago
are you a musician by any chance? no you're not. because if you were, then you would know that because of the temperature that day, it would have ben physically impossible to get those intruments in tune. i have heard all of them play live, and let me assure you, they are all of great skill.
amrascarpathia 2 years ago 53
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I agree, if you are in 30 F then it's hard as crap to be in tune, trust me, marching band in 8th grade, we had a Christmas parade, most of the valved instruments froze, so we couldn't press our fingers down, trust me IT SUCKED!!!
bnightwing 2 years ago
You're such a dumbass. Get a life Kid.
thedumplinglover 1 year ago
@amrascarpathia HALLELUJAH! Someone else gets it.
jewboy11505 1 year ago
@amrascarpathia
hahahhahahaha
i left my violin in my car for a week,wait-make that two weeks, took it out to play at class(thank god teacher wasnt there)and,eeeeeehhhhaaaaaaaaaa.bad news took me an hour to tune not really more like 25 minutes.
iceburry17 1 year ago
@iceburry17 What kind of musician are you, leaving your instrument in an automobile for two weeks! You have a lot of nerve commenting on musicianship. I am indeed an amateur, but your comments indicate that you are not a professional.
hfsaadiq 1 year ago
@hfsaadiq i know im no pro ive been playing for 3 years and i was gone those 2 weeks and i cae back and i was like holy crap i left my violin in the car.so thats it.
iceburry17 1 year ago
@amrascarpathia It makes me soo jealous to read your comment.
Why? Because it sounds fine to me...I don't hear things out of tune and out of whackk it sounds pretty great if you ask me :) I wish I had the talent you musicians have to hear that stuff in such detail the way you do.
TwoEyeCyclops 1 year ago
@amrascarpathia I am a musician (i play about 8 different instruments) and i know that no matter how cold it was you can always get the instruments in tune, its just harder. Played in New York outside with snow falling on the ground and our band was FINE. there is no excuse for the cold here. The only reason was because of the size of the crowd that is it.
TogeNoBara 7 months ago
@TogeNoBara I'm sorry bud... i'd get more information about intruments and the effect that temperature has on them... specifically string instruments, woodwinds, and the piano...
amrascarpathia 7 months ago
@amrascarpathia Not to mention the cracking that would have ensued on the clarinetist's instrument.
theothercanadian 1 month ago
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Oekiepoef 2 years ago
only GREAT/FANTASTIC/AMAZING part of the entire inauguration!!!!!
bachtocello 2 years ago 3
LOL the only reason i knew this was prerecorded (before i read some of the comments) was because yo yo ma's eyes were open O: normally when he plays they're closed and he makes this kind of funny face. (:
creativelyspacey 2 years ago
yeah. It's why he's so much fun to watch!
kuramasan 2 years ago
whether or not it is so-called fake or for-real is not the issue. this piece is simply amazing! i love 'simple gifts' and this arrgmt is stunning... john williams is a band god!
DAKSafariGirl 2 years ago 2
Robert Gibbs appears to have been Gabriela's page turner.
jrs89 2 years ago
Everyone needs to calm down. I usually just close my eyes when i listen to this kind of music anyways, all that fast hands stuff just gets me all distratcted, or like that guys hair is really puffy, or hey look that asian mans hair go crazy in the air, or the black man has no hair. just enjoy the music.....
MrJohnnyazn 2 years ago 3
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The composition is great, however the performance is staged. They were faking the motions over a recording. It was a made for TV moment. The excuse is that it was too cold, and their instruments would have gone out of tune. I think a country who can put a man on the moon should be able to enable these musicians to have played for real. And these are supposed to be the world's best in their fields. What a tragic loss, of what could have possibly been a great, heoric, American moment. Sacrificed.
CromwellClassical 2 years ago
CromwellClassical, sure the performance is staged, but you should know that you cannot escape the laws of physics. These are professional players, and they have very expensive professional instruments that are very sensitive to humidity and temperature. I am a musician and I KNOW that this is true. Pitch, tone color, and just quality are sacrificed in cold weather.
blakebritton1976 2 years ago 30
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You all accept this easy excuse that there was no possible solution. There are many recorded instances of Eastern European musicians playing in the cold during the time of WWII. The fact is, that there was not enough creativity and ingenuity employed to invent a proper solution. Accepting a fake performance as the only solution is defeatist, and weak of spirit. A bad, real performance is better than a fake one.
CromwellClassical 2 years ago
a bad performance is not better than a 'fake' one. I would rather hear the musicians playing at their best under ideal circumstances, even pre-recorded and fake played that hearing a performance that is out of tune. There is nothing worse than hearing an out of tune performance. And yes, while performances may have been recorded in eastern europe in cold weather... the instruments were probably played regularly in cold weather and thus seasoned and tuned.
blakebritton1976 2 years ago 5
The instruments that are played by YoYo Ma, Itzak Perlman and the clarinet and piano players... are NOT played normally in cold weather. ANY musician would know about the dynamics of temperature on instruments.
And cut it out with your 'defeatist' talk. So the performance was prerecorded, at least it wasn't a Milli Vanilli thing and performed by other artists. The pre-recording was done by the people 'acting' during the inauguration. Get a life and enjoy the moment.
blakebritton1976 2 years ago 15
@blakebritton1976 they only prerecorded it so that the instrument did nto have any technical difficultites during the performance. in my opinion though, it still is amazing that they played it with the recording, and it still sounded absolutely amazing
yankstink113 1 year ago
Your don't make any sense.
JaschaHeifetz1902 2 years ago
@CromwellClassical a real musician plays for two things:themselves and the audience. I personally get a little sick when I hear out of tune instruments, especially strings. You're making it sound like they are just as bad as Major League Baseball for canceling games for a little drizzle. plus, a money smart string player would be playing on the crappiest instrument possible so as to not ruin their investment (a Stradivarius violin costs about as much as the tumbler from batman begins)
borntoplay9993 5 months ago
@CromwellClassical :
Turns out that Obama's entire Presidency is a fake one; just like this performance!
bigrosssmith 4 months ago
@blakebritton1976 Tell em how it is Blake, I'm with you but Some people just don't understand.
Tearani04 1 year ago
@CromwellClassical also remember, they are musicians. @blakebritton1976 is right. although i believe that they played it live, but they used a recording for the television broadcast. they are very very great esteemed musicians. regardless, they did play this.
MahoRoulete 11 months ago
@CromwellClassical U R Wrong!
LordJasonGarfield 9 months ago
@CromwellClassical When Gabriella Montero was practicing, 12 piano keys were stuck because they were too cold.
lhrmeonom 8 months ago
@CromwellClassical It's not an excuse, it's a legitimate issue. This would have sounded horrible in the cold weather they had there. I play Clarinet, it's NOT a pretty sound when the reed doesn't warm up because it's too cold. Not to mention the cork shrinking and making the instrument go out of tune. That's just clarinet.... the materials on these instruments expand and contract like your doorways in the heat and cold, the difference is, you're not trying to stay in tune with your door.
Penguin0315 8 months ago
yo yo ma is the man
jliverstone 2 years ago
omg they play so good i play cello and i performed this for my strings class but i wosent as this good
dreamergirlbaby 2 years ago
This old lady says, I wish I could play such beautiful music. Thank goodness for the Arts and for our new leader of these United States of America. Bless this first family and keep them safe and in your most glorious hands.
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ohkeepa2009 2 years ago
Wow good job, it's tough to play in the cold. The arrangement, I don't care for.
andocrates 2 years ago
Man, I wish I was as good as Anthony McGill. :< Looks like I'll be spending a lot of time in the practice rooms before school this year.
azurefirem 2 years ago
haha join the club
billandben18 2 years ago
Great piece.
Actually, it reminded me a little bit of "The Patriot."
BeautifulMindQ8 2 years ago
Does anyone besides me hear the song, "the Lord of the Dance" in here? I like the song a lot; is it available on Amazon MP3?
MegaGdawg 2 years ago
uhh yeah.. because it's the "SIMPLE GIFTS" part of "Air and Simple Gifts"
insidiousMUSIC 2 years ago
Absolutley Beautiful...
malsi786 2 years ago
I love how yo yo ma is smiling the whole time XD Having Fun With Music :D
I also love john williams music, he is my inspiration to hopefully be able to play and write music like this :)
John Williams Forever
SirHappyFace 2 years ago 2
Yo yo Ma. Sorry, a little national pride here.
YE China!
difanchen1989 2 years ago
I agree aarzack. You people know (not to sound racist at all) people chose obama mainly becuase he is the first african american president not becuase of his ideas.
lawngnomeairlines 2 years ago
Not really.... Only 16% of the population consists of African Americans and even 6/7 of them voted for Obama. Get your facts straight woman
GLXLR 2 years ago
i see where you are coming from, but maybe blacks chose Obama b/c they felt that a fellow African American felt their struggles and identified w/ their aspirations and backgrounds?? Just a thought =)
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ohkeepa2009 2 years ago
Go to hell with your conspiracy theories. I'm tired of assholes like you spewing your shit all over the place. If you don't like Obama, then shut the fuck up dumb ass. Fucking annoying ass prick.
agentbl 2 years ago
That's stupid, it is fundamentally American for us to question our government and the people who manage it.
It would be extremely un-American to just "shut up" if someone questioned our President. It seems to me that you would be the ignorant one for blindly accepting whatever is spoon fed to you by government officials.
Whether its Barack Obama, or George Bush, its never right to just "shut up".
aarzack 2 years ago 3
These comments are off-topic. How can you debate about politics when listening to something amazing like this?
Statosphere62 2 years ago 3
HAHAHAHAHA *ass prick* LOL
xXMooMoo56Xx 2 years ago
I love the probably purposful diversity in the players. A white man, a black man, a chinese man, and a woman. Goes well with the times of change and tolerance.
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TehChocoholic 2 years ago
Yo Yo Ma's Chinese.
VanSensei 2 years ago
hey, in my book that black guy is now the only person in the world allowed to play clarinet
bamcam47 1 year ago
@DireWolf716 Maybe it's just a coincidence? I mean, you really can't find a better cellist than Yo-Yo Ma.
Bleedo23 1 year ago
@DireWolf716 Actually that would be a Jew, a Chinese man, a black man, and a woman. So even more diverse than you thought :)
FuzzyConstant 11 months ago
They were not playing this live. Thats okay, its not a bad thing. The cold weather would have prevented the instruments from staying in proper tune. Its not that these artists could not manage to "play it for real". It is not like lipsynching. It is just what was required in this situation. It was readily acknowledged during the broadcast.
BlackEyedPea8 2 years ago
This video its on live!! they are really playing!! dont you know about Ithzak Perlman and YoYo Ma? they never do playbacks like britney or ashley simpson, they are so much talented and professional people.
valleyshotokan 2 years ago 2
they actually were playing its just they had a recording over it due to weather issues and wind
gage1813 2 years ago
they didnt play it for real if they did play the instruments sound off pitch
TMSSkittle 2 years ago
ya know, this makes me proud to be a wvu mountaineer, even more so a part of the Pride of West, because we play Simple Gifts for one of our selections during our pre-game show =)
ic3man66 2 years ago
obama is a big fan of yo yo
randyonwuakor 2 years ago
The cello is over 200 years old.
BoxxysBouncer 2 years ago
its pre recorded, they WOULD NOT TAKE those instruments into such cold, or be able to play in tune to say the least.....
sharon4773 2 years ago
yes, HOW DARE YOU SCUM AHHHHHHH!!!! for real though what is your problem???
TheBlizzack 2 years ago
so is the Country ; }
lookingfortalent2007 2 years ago
yitzhak is just awesome, hope he will perform more.
alt216 3 years ago
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BlitzXero 3 years ago
if its out of sync thats youtubes fault
BergerKing064 2 years ago
you know nothing about perlman
JaschaHeifetz1902 2 years ago
3:37 all throughout 4:12 made me tear up..it was soooo beautiful!!
here we have random people talking about insturments that are cheap..who the heck cares...try pulling off a performance like this!!!
i dont care if the cello was $1.00, it was the highlight of my year.....there isnt a word in the dictionary to explain my feeling on that day
markee871 3 years ago
:) I feel exactly the same
Butterz8 2 years ago
this song is so good!!
i luv it
LoveWithTidus 3 years ago
"A broken string was not an option" -Yo-Yo Ma-
They brought their cheaper instruments to the inauguration.
The cold temperature would have killed those instruments if they had been playing all out.
MusicallyTalented 3 years ago
ummm.... the song was previously recorded, and those are carbon fiber instruments......
when our orchestra teacher told us, we were all very depressed
fhsrebel 3 years ago
Yes, I know that it was previously recorded. Yo-Yo Ma said that knowing quite well what the cold could do to the instruments.
My orchestra teacher didn't know till her students told her. -_-'
MusicallyTalented 3 years ago
im confused...how could it b previously recorded
gswaggachic 3 years ago
pretty simple(or at least im pretty sure it is.) they recorded it in a studio, so even though they rly are playing here, they have the recorded version overlapping their playing in case of a mistake and for better sound quality.
Hell0oIrony 3 years ago
Please view the video under DMS, he is a 3 year old whom was very inspired and played his piano from home while watching Yo-Yo MA and the other musicians during the inauguration. You can see them on his tv as he is playing his piano - it is sooo cute!
4u2nVMusic 3 years ago
While I was sitting in my Public Policy class and we turned on the inauguration and they said that a person named "Yo-yo Ma" was going to perform a piece I was like "Oh god not a rapper at a presidential inauguration". Man was I wrong, it was beautiful
Korey1989 3 years ago
that's exactly what i thought
Smoker920909 3 years ago
Actually they are playing in a way
it was previously recorded 2 days ago in a studio
chek wikipedia
they are playing but nothing is comiing out
they soaped the strings of the cello and the violin to be silent
they were concerned about the weather as it was freezing cold and would've effected the instruments. The strings on the violin would've become loose making the sound lower
:D:D
sorry but its true
275ryan275 3 years ago 2
Did you seriously ****ing cite wikipedia?
shadowbane22 3 years ago
I believe that it was pre-recorded, because it sounds too perfect to be an outdoor performance, also I was wondering why Yo Yo Ma's cello looked soooo cheapy orange like a chinese instrument. Now it make sense! It is a cheap cello!!
NOalRAZZISMO 3 years ago 2
well how was it recorded if it was on live tv. Also the cello he uses might look cheap but it has a good sound. It actually looks like my cello and it has that same sound quality that mine does. It's not about how it looks it's all about how it sounds
superstupidman2 3 years ago
Well apparently it was not "Live". mmm not sure your cello would sound the same, sounds is made by the player NOT by the instrument! Anyway type in "perlman obama pre recorded music" in google and you'll read all about it!
NOalRAZZISMO 3 years ago
The truth is, it was performed live and at the same time the recorded version was playing for the massive crowds in the distance. The musicians were actually playing the instruments live and people in the VIP section were hearing the music live. But for the benefit of the large audience the recorded version was played on the loud speakers.
alwilliam 3 years ago
listen to the brillance of the music...
singhtumie 3 years ago
Being Fake.
massivetuber 3 years ago
MILLI VANILLI 2009
haltmusic 3 years ago
Joseph Brackett, Shaker elder at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, wrote the song 'Tis the Gift to be Simple in 1848. Over the years, it has been shortened to Simple Gifts.
The song was recorded by Sister Mildred Barker in 1977 on Rounder Records 0078, as noted in my fiddle tune book, "New England Fiddlers Repertoire" (Fiddlecase Books, 3rd Ed. 2008).
celticladda 3 years ago
This piece is just breath taking....do anyone know where I can find this on cd?
kingston62206 3 years ago
Perlman played for kennedy,reagan and bush.he stayed and they went.
farzadvengerov 3 years ago
Haha, it was taped because they were scared the strings on the instruments would snap from the cold.
But very good none the less.
whitezero7 3 years ago
actually, they taped it because the qulity of the instrument weren't good enough for the cold weather outside
PokePanda 3 years ago
Um, no. They taped it because the cold would've destroyed their high-quality instruments, and you can't keep instruments in tune when it's that cold outside.
rwthomps7 3 years ago
Bingo!
For the recorded version, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma are undoubtedly playing instruments that are worth tens of thousands of dollars if sold at auction as each of them owns a Stradivarius.
You don't screw around with one of those instruments.
DaNoid1 3 years ago
it's really cool cause it sounds like a movie soundtrack or something that john williams would conduct :D
DaveMcKerron 3 years ago
A very visualitic piece that describes the work that is needed in his term:courage, understanding, patience, and wisdom. Great piece.
cd312 3 years ago
OMG... they are having so much fun playing that... YO YO MA is just smiling and enjoying himself.
dbassplayer 3 years ago
This is a honor for obama that perlman is playing for him.
farzadvengerov 3 years ago 2
what a treat .
Ephesians1957 3 years ago
1:59
To bow, and to bend, we shan't be ashamed...
AshForte 3 years ago
from about 1:10 to 3:25 its Lord of the Dance... its my moms favorite hymn so i recognized it haha
an amazing performance i love this song!
xixamxgodxx 3 years ago
It's actually originally known as "Simple Gifts." It's a Shaker hymn dating back to 1848. The "Lord of the Dance" lyrics were composed for the music in 1963. It's also used in Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring."
saritajuanita 3 years ago 2
and i also love 3:35
lussiab 3 years ago
i love this video they play so good. I like the part at 1:27
lussiab 3 years ago
and 3:35 and3:12
lussiab 3 years ago
'Tis is really artistic! Go Barack Obama!
SumayahPalmtrees 3 years ago
this arrangement is amazing. Copeland has always rocked my world and John Williams is so much more than a 'hollywood' composer(not that I don't dig JAWS and the emperor's theme from starwars). He eluded to this piece during a recent NPR interview. The work @ 1:30 ish was amazing. Snagging diads of the progression, and substituting diads. Layering them in seemingly random rhythms. Call and return with the clarinet. The piece is wonderfully short. Its all 'meat'. Every note is critical. Love it!
ddavis510 3 years ago
woulda been good with the intro chords... ;)
BowieZ 3 years ago
I heard this live, today. (well, yesterday, by now). I wasn't expecting to at all, and in the cold standing there like a sardine with the worst headache I've ever had in the world, to hear this from out of the blue was just the most incredible thing ever. I can't think of a more deserving person than President Obama
Domnopalus 3 years ago
same for me. this was some nice icing.
rhumbaphone 3 years ago
Venezuelan pride!!! It was great to see our Gabriela performing in such an important stage and occasion. All of them did brilliantly, as usual. It was an inspiring day.
glorymanutd 3 years ago
Gabriela Montero looks gorgeous !!!
agrevle 3 years ago
wow. this was an amazing performance by all of them. it made my mood change from anxious to excited to peaceful it was beautiful. end of story. yo-yo ma looks like he's having a great time and they all sound amazing :-)
tHePuDdLErJuMpERs 3 years ago
Beautiful. This was one of the many wonderful moments today. Four of the most accomplished and gifted musicians of our time.
irishones7 3 years ago
The end was gorgeous.
gymrat709 3 years ago
Love it. Hopefully this will surface. Love me some Copeland! Nice to see it interwoven into a new piece for this occasion.
citygrits 3 years ago
My God. Anthony McGill, sounds like a clarinet angel singing in heaven! His tone is just so clear, and beautiful, and round, and rich, and dark, and....just wonderful!
Evilthings 3 years ago