YO-YO MA

[Stoltzfus]

I wish they would make a DvD of the the project...the "Simply Baroque" CD is amazing! I'd love to be able to visually see the pieces performed.

[busterbone]

I think they wear rubber sole shoes so the static electricity doesn't become an issue

[Lockdown5020]

what is the song in the beginning?

[lazylaj]

@Lockdown5020 Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring-Bach

[DiVeronica]

someone please tell me what piece at 1:25

[MusicForTheSoul221]

@DiVeronica

I do not know the piece that is played. But might I suggest, that you but the CD " Yo - Yo - Ma. Vivaldi's Cello. Tom Koopman." I am quite positive that the songs that are played in this video are on that CD.

[makuletboy]

Whats that piece at 2:47???

[blackkoizumi]

Concerto in D major for cello and orchestra G. 478 Allegro - boccherini

[cellocraze]

his cello is pwitty...

[whiteona]

The beggining:

fantastical.

[LSOviolinist]

His instrument is actually his Stradavari. He sent it away to be changed back to its original baroque set up for this performance

[poodin11]

thats actually his own stradavari he even says it some one else owns it & they let him use it for as long as he would like

[Penguines]

Yo-Yo playing a baroque cello. Now I've heard it all.

[exavian1]

The baroque cello is also called the Viola de Gamba.

[redhotchiliangel]

thats right

[Saidice]

I thought the Viola de Gamba was a completely different instrument?

[Morpheus1910]

The Gamba IS a different instrument. For one thing, they normally have 6 strings rather than 4 and the fingerboard is fretted...whereas, the 'cello's is not. The Viola da Gamba also predates the 'cello.

[makuletboy]

Baroque instruments are tuned a half-step down below 440 i believe.

[vlhere]

oooo that explains it.....I had Elizabeth Wallwisch's Vivaldi concerto in A minor...whenever i tried to play along her tunning was a semitone lower.......thanks for the information!!!!

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

415ish i think, but some tuners dont go that low so you have to get a special one :|

[TheTradge]

i use a korg tuner (the little blue one) and it can go down to 415Hz

[treysiklist]

This song is hard on the bass because it starts on an offbeat and you have to feel the rythem to really play the song.

[iWyke2]

WOW he has a baroque bow and cello!!

[Zerokyriu77]

Ese chelo barroco suena genial

[michelliitapp]

they arent together because its baroque music duhh!!

[junly7]

JESUS BLEIBET MEINE FREUDE <3

[LyndseyReeves]

yo-yo was great, but the violins in were NOT together and out of tune

[laxplaysu91]

they violins sound out of tune because they are baroque violins

[Alexjr1543]

Yeah, I think all baroque instruments are tuned one semitone below the pitch of the original instrument.

[Alexjr1543]

By "original", I mean "modern".

[firebreathone]

Ton Koopman is amongst the best interpreters of baroque music. I think yo yo ma has been especially priviliged to play with koopman

[Philimusical]

Its also a priviliged for koopman for yo yo ma to play for them

[makuletboy]

They made a recording of some of Vivaldi's greatest concertos. Its very good.

[thomsonng]

what are the names of the songs on 01:25 and 02:45?

Thanks.

[danibobanny]

You know, everybody knows "jesu, joy of man's desiring," because we've all heard it a bajillion times. When Mr. Ma plays it, it becomes its own new, beautiful creation. I love the way he altered his (priceless) cello to get the exact sound he was looking for. Totally love this guy. Thanks for posting this video.

[anhvuti981]

its not his cello, if its the Stradivarius, its a collector's cello which he bought after Jacqueline du pre's death in her will though she allowed yo-yo ma to use it, still it sounds so beautiful

[tromba25]

well, it is HIS Davidov Stradivarius now because Du Pré handed it down to him...and it is still beautiful in what he's done to the gorgeous instrument

[arrowxhead3p]

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