However one minor catch: a player must know his limits, i think if you had taken it 5 click slower, or if the conductor did so, then it would have been a HAIR clearer..
So difficult of a piece, yet it's not even Performer's ARCT level in Canada. It's only a Gr.10 Examination Piece, along with Solo de Concours by Messager.
i love this piece! i played a transcribed-for-band version when i toured europe, and it was a ton of fun! (i played bass trombone) i loved watching the soloist :-)
Yea,this should be called "theme and variation" he's missing the best variations which *cough* are harder to play than the ones he kept in, and there is no introduction. what the hell. If you want to hear this piece played masterfully in its entirety, get Martin Frost's album the pied piper of the opera. He even wrote a better cadenza at the end.
Negative comments are probably coming from those who have never played as soloist with an orchestra. Keep up the hard work. Bravo on your accomplishments at such a young age!
Nah, no way! :) This was written for the clarinet and suits the clarinet's catabile nature PERFECTLY, tonally and technically. I find all the brass versions (particularly euphos) to be a little muddy and usually played too fast to be clear and articulate - and before you say anything, I have heard David Thornton play this piece - it wasn't an amateur low-rate eupho player)
Actually I believe that was just the introduction was from an opera aria. The theme and variations was composed for the clarinet later. I did quite a bit of research on this piece when I was playing it years ago.
okay, to clarify my initial point, the theme and Maggiore were taken from Act I scene 7 of Rossini's La Donna Del Lago (Recitative and Cavatina: Oh quante lacrime finor versai) I presume the variations were written for clarinet. I don't claim to be an authority on the issue as I've never seriously studied this piece and have only played it for fun so you probably would know better than I would, but that certainly sounds like the theme being sung and not the introduction : )
can someone tell me or link me to where I can get this sheet music so I can buy it, I'm confused about the variations... i'm not sure if I'm searching for the right sheet music
Exactly. Playing really, really fast is not a substitute for actually playing the notes. He is a very talented clarinetist, but a little substance in place of the flash might be nice. Tongueing fast is a means, not an end. BTW, the title of this video probably ought to be "G. Rossini: Theme and Most of the Variations" (I guess the triplets in the first variation just weren't fast enough)
can someone tell me or link me to where I can get this sheet music so I can buy it, I'm confused about the variations... i'm not sure if I'm searching for the right sheet music
The edition for clarinet and piano is published by Oxford University Press. Do not confuse this with the "Variations for Clarinet and Small Orchestra" which is a different piece. The above performance leaves out the lengthy Inroduction and omits two of the variations. The whole piece is better than half again as long as this.
what i notice about him though, is that whenever it gets hard... with the arpeggio runs in a couple of places,he gets quieter when at those spots you should be crecendoing a bit..he does it because hes a little insecure about how its going to go and needs to be a little more powerful and confident.
Beaucoup de commentaires, de remarques pertinentes ou non. De nombreux clarinettistes bougent en jouant. La seule gêne que pourrait engendrer le fait de bouger, c'est une colonne d'air qui ne serait pas stabilisée, or ce n'est pas le cas. Enfin, c'est un concert, alors que subsistent de petites erreurs... who cares ? Moi j'aime beaucoup. Et également tes deux autres vidéos. ciaoo ! Tu as quel âge ? How old are you ? Quanti anni hai ?
i entirely agree...Meyer's Nielsen for example was better than fröst, but for ALL the rest he is the best of the bests, sorry. Those who say he has a weird sound are just jealous ; this man has all : sound, musicality, and rhythm. And he is modern and a very sympathic guy.
i think that is horrible.you are good clarinetist,but the speed is not everything.and technique?in this speed..not too good.you can t hear it everybody?
well, i whonder why u called this performing Introduction, Thema and variations, because it's only the thema and variations played. too bad,the introduction is the most sensible and expressive part of this music piece.
On the other hand, i like your play, though if you would like to hear more critics :), u could think of improving your sound when u play at great speed.
About the rithm, i dont think frenchyfrogs lived at rossini's time to argue about the rythm. :) In concert, u do what u like.
i HATED the way he moved while he moved. I will probably get alot of yelling in here because of that, but, as an example, you don't see Martin Fröst or Charles Neidich move like that while they play, and their QUITE famous. It keeps the focus off playing, and on the body which is doing all these ridicolous movements. But on the positive side, very good dynamics, staccato and tonequality and centre. You can reach far.
I"m working on this write now for all-state auditions. he has wonderful tone quality and very good technique. I"m hoping i get up to this quality. I almost have the double c down! i'm excited. but anywayz wonderful job!
BRAVO! Risposta a JacopoToscani: possiedo le registrazioni dei più grandi concertisti mondiali di quest'opera e suono il clarinetto da 40 anni.Mi sembra che il ragazzo abbia le possibilità per eseguire tutte le variazioni, non ti sei chiesto se per caso non abbia dovuto tagliare per il tempo datogli a disposizione, o perchè fosse un bis? Dai dei giudizi a sproposito. Se viene in Italia ne fà fuori parecchi, te per primo.
Toporoboy (who is italian, not spanish :D ) wrote:
BRAVO! My answer to Jacopo Toscani: i own records made from the best performers of this piece, and I have been playing clarinet from 40 years. It seems to me that guy it's able to perform all of Rossini's "Variations", didn't you wonder if he had a matter of time, or if he was performing a "bis"? You're just blundering, judjing that guy this way. If he came in Italy he would be better than a lot of Italian concertists, including you.
Just the last section was not so great, I've seen other players do it that fast with more acccuracy-check out sabine meyer's recording. The piece is a good i'm working on it currentley.
This was an awesome performance. The last movement was too fast to be accurate. The tongued passages were very good. Great to see you getting into the music.
WOW..... Incredible!!!!! But VERY fast....
martapoes 2 months ago
I think there needs to be more work on the intonation of the higher notes, but overall wonderful technicality!
piisyummy 2 months ago
molto bravo! suona quasi bene quanto me:)
disinformaz 6 months ago
i love it!
taanja1806 11 months ago
Impressive :)
LSD2US 1 year ago
heyy frend how are you ???? do you remember me !
xfermanx0707 1 year ago
Bravo! Davvero musicale..
dkmarkdj 1 year ago
GOOD JOB!!!! I loved it all!
One question: Where is the the 1st variation, and the Introduction to make it even more amazing???? (^_^) =) =) =)
CandyceDM 1 year ago
what orquester played with you? thanks
Ramoncico1 1 year ago
what orquest was played with you?
Ramoncico1 1 year ago
absolutely phenomenal!!!!!
humbertsin1994 1 year ago
ill be quite frank:
VERY GOOD!!
However one minor catch: a player must know his limits, i think if you had taken it 5 click slower, or if the conductor did so, then it would have been a HAIR clearer..
but over all...WELL DONE SIR.
anujgoalie 2 years ago
this piece is really awesome to play!!!! great job performing it, and all of your other songs as well! =) You will go far =)
girlwithgliss 2 years ago
Man don't try to cheat! It's not all legato, there's plenty of staccato in the original, otherwise that's too easy!
checco88 2 years ago
WOW. AMAZING!!
SeizureKid13 2 years ago
Where are you come from, ?
lalyshams 2 years ago
plez email the sheetmusic for this piece to me
SAHOOR86 2 years ago
Unbelievable!!!!
So difficult of a piece, yet it's not even Performer's ARCT level in Canada. It's only a Gr.10 Examination Piece, along with Solo de Concours by Messager.
humbertsin1994 2 years ago 7
solo de concours is very easy , this music piece by rossini is very tricky ..
slipknotmetal66666 2 years ago
do u hav solo de concours?
anujgoalie 1 year ago
yes i do :) the one by andre messager
slipknotmetal66666 1 year ago
Han acortado la pieza: no tocan la 3ª variación, la arpegiada que , a mi juicio es una de las mas interesantes.
La interpretación del clarinetista se queda en correcta y técnicamente es muy mejorable, seguramente es un estudiante.
El tempo de la obra es bastante mas lento, chirría escuchar a Rossini con ganas de acabar.
querelle25 2 years ago
please will you marry me?
Gandalfgrayhame 2 years ago
Nice job... I wish my recording was this good... but I was a noob in HS when I recorded it lol
GneatGeek 2 years ago
bed
vipbekunia 2 years ago
i love this piece! i played a transcribed-for-band version when i toured europe, and it was a ton of fun! (i played bass trombone) i loved watching the soloist :-)
ahaili 2 years ago
just fast, but with no support of air, and you have little too soft reeds.
miksostft 3 years ago
He's a student right? Good, but there's much room for improvement
rankfrankrank 3 years ago
He is absoulutely amazing, you are fantastic Nicolai, i enjoy all your videos!!
amgoz1 3 years ago 3
Yea,this should be called "theme and variation" he's missing the best variations which *cough* are harder to play than the ones he kept in, and there is no introduction. what the hell. If you want to hear this piece played masterfully in its entirety, get Martin Frost's album the pied piper of the opera. He even wrote a better cadenza at the end.
MICHaeLDIZZLE 3 years ago
bravo qualche suono troppo piano..
Lui191 3 years ago
Negative comments are probably coming from those who have never played as soloist with an orchestra. Keep up the hard work. Bravo on your accomplishments at such a young age!
tlempner 3 years ago
天哪，结尾的4个音升了八度，而且音准还很不错，真是太厉害了！
too beautiful! the last four notes！
schumacher2004 3 years ago 5
o are you from rusland your name nikolay.
end i am not from rusland but my mother is rusisch \i am from the netherlands !!!!!!!!
lalyshams 3 years ago
i play this song to, but you play not evrything.
:D
but you play beuatifel !!!!
good !!!
lalyshams 3 years ago
well, good job. i apriciate your work. but honestly i prefer this played by a euphonium!! great job. ( srry the bad english i'm from portugal... Ty)
euphoriton 3 years ago
Nah, no way! :) This was written for the clarinet and suits the clarinet's catabile nature PERFECTLY, tonally and technically. I find all the brass versions (particularly euphos) to be a little muddy and usually played too fast to be clear and articulate - and before you say anything, I have heard David Thornton play this piece - it wasn't an amateur low-rate eupho player)
wittlenix 3 years ago
well, this was actually originally written as an opera aria and was later arranged for clarinet.
MICHaeLDIZZLE 2 years ago
Actually I believe that was just the introduction was from an opera aria. The theme and variations was composed for the clarinet later. I did quite a bit of research on this piece when I was playing it years ago.
wittlenix 2 years ago
okay, to clarify my initial point, the theme and Maggiore were taken from Act I scene 7 of Rossini's La Donna Del Lago (Recitative and Cavatina: Oh quante lacrime finor versai) I presume the variations were written for clarinet. I don't claim to be an authority on the issue as I've never seriously studied this piece and have only played it for fun so you probably would know better than I would, but that certainly sounds like the theme being sung and not the introduction : )
MICHaeLDIZZLE 2 years ago
can someone tell me or link me to where I can get this sheet music so I can buy it, I'm confused about the variations... i'm not sure if I'm searching for the right sheet music
RyaZila24 3 years ago
Exactly. Playing really, really fast is not a substitute for actually playing the notes. He is a very talented clarinetist, but a little substance in place of the flash might be nice. Tongueing fast is a means, not an end. BTW, the title of this video probably ought to be "G. Rossini: Theme and Most of the Variations" (I guess the triplets in the first variation just weren't fast enough)
cch2449 3 years ago
can someone tell me or link me to where I can get this sheet music so I can buy it, I'm confused about the variations... i'm not sure if I'm searching for the right sheet music
RyaZila24 3 years ago
The edition for clarinet and piano is published by Oxford University Press. Do not confuse this with the "Variations for Clarinet and Small Orchestra" which is a different piece. The above performance leaves out the lengthy Inroduction and omits two of the variations. The whole piece is better than half again as long as this.
cch2449 3 years ago
what i notice about him though, is that whenever it gets hard... with the arpeggio runs in a couple of places,he gets quieter when at those spots you should be crecendoing a bit..he does it because hes a little insecure about how its going to go and needs to be a little more powerful and confident.
other than that its a good copy of this piece
lilangel4evr114 3 years ago
very beautiful sound and stacatto
I'm a clarinetist too. I have played this peace last Christmas and it's and amazing peace.
You make it like an easy score
congratulations
Juncal
juncalsc 3 years ago
nessuno supera sabine meyer..
none exceeds Sabine Meyer ..
Franclarinet 3 years ago
Beaucoup de commentaires, de remarques pertinentes ou non. De nombreux clarinettistes bougent en jouant. La seule gêne que pourrait engendrer le fait de bouger, c'est une colonne d'air qui ne serait pas stabilisée, or ce n'est pas le cas. Enfin, c'est un concert, alors que subsistent de petites erreurs... who cares ? Moi j'aime beaucoup. Et également tes deux autres vidéos. ciaoo ! Tu as quel âge ? How old are you ? Quanti anni hai ?
arthurmac22 3 years ago
I LOVE YOU'RE TONE I HAVE TO !!! :)
lalyshams 3 years ago
you're play very nice
you are the best and not sabine
lalyshams 3 years ago
If Sabine is the best on this piece .... than Martin Frost is a UFO !
glari 3 years ago
i entirely agree...Meyer's Nielsen for example was better than fröst, but for ALL the rest he is the best of the bests, sorry. Those who say he has a weird sound are just jealous ; this man has all : sound, musicality, and rhythm. And he is modern and a very sympathic guy.
clarinetman1664 3 years ago
Hello yeah! Sabine Meyer is better!!!!
I LOVE YOU VCMCHICK05!
clrntmaestro 4 years ago
anyone catch the mistake?????? huh?!
RHYTHM
vcmchick05 4 years ago
please spell rhythm correctly..... it's rhthym :-)
Sabine Meyer is still the best with this piece
vcmchick05 4 years ago
bon, il manque l'allegretto et les 3 premieres variation, mais superbe lol
mailioue 4 years ago
i think that is horrible.you are good clarinetist,but the speed is not everything.and technique?in this speed..not too good.you can t hear it everybody?
topsouul 4 years ago
well, i whonder why u called this performing Introduction, Thema and variations, because it's only the thema and variations played. too bad,the introduction is the most sensible and expressive part of this music piece.
On the other hand, i like your play, though if you would like to hear more critics :), u could think of improving your sound when u play at great speed.
About the rithm, i dont think frenchyfrogs lived at rossini's time to argue about the rythm. :) In concert, u do what u like.
zogythecaveman 4 years ago
eddermanme godt gået, flot du ramte c'et til sidst.
spiller selv klarinet 1 klarinet i tivoli garden, så dig også på konservatoriet tror jeg, har den 14 feb. eller noget, til noget soire?
klarinettisten 4 years ago 3
Please respect the rythm!! Rossini didn't write this piece to see you make this sort of misakes!
frenchyfrogs 4 years ago
i HATED the way he moved while he moved. I will probably get alot of yelling in here because of that, but, as an example, you don't see Martin Fröst or Charles Neidich move like that while they play, and their QUITE famous. It keeps the focus off playing, and on the body which is doing all these ridicolous movements. But on the positive side, very good dynamics, staccato and tonequality and centre. You can reach far.
Hattiz 4 years ago
Phenomenal...And with such amazing tone. Especially on The final C...You're one amazing clarinetist.
BlissfulPsychosis 4 years ago
very solid technique and double tongueing, the adlib high C is a nice touch. cute too haha
skitzo429 4 years ago
he last note he plays is C, the sharpest note in the clarint,.very difficult!
mafiosax 4 years ago
wow! that was amazing!! What was the last note you played?
horsegirl10221990 4 years ago
dahmmmm. Youre good!!!!!!!
Hold focus på spilleriet med klarinetten, og tro på at du kan lave noget stort!!!!
Der er flere der tror på dig, end du aner!!!
Jeg tror på det!!!!
MVH: Dianapapa...
Godt gået Eghorst.....
jokmok2 4 years ago 3
I"m working on this write now for all-state auditions. he has wonderful tone quality and very good technique. I"m hoping i get up to this quality. I almost have the double c down! i'm excited. but anywayz wonderful job!
bigclarinet0179 4 years ago
Sono d'accordo con TOPOROBY! Per suonare Rossini ci vuole una grande padronanza dello strumento... e non solo... Bravo Nicolai!!
stefanocutilli 4 years ago
Amazing!!!!like Charles Neidich....
TomikJC18 4 years ago
BRAVO! Risposta a JacopoToscani: possiedo le registrazioni dei più grandi concertisti mondiali di quest'opera e suono il clarinetto da 40 anni.Mi sembra che il ragazzo abbia le possibilità per eseguire tutte le variazioni, non ti sei chiesto se per caso non abbia dovuto tagliare per il tempo datogli a disposizione, o perchè fosse un bis? Dai dei giudizi a sproposito. Se viene in Italia ne fà fuori parecchi, te per primo.
TOPOROBY 4 years ago
Hallo Toporoby
I don't speak spanish, so could You please write in english?
:)
Eghorst 4 years ago 4
Toporoboy (who is italian, not spanish :D ) wrote:
BRAVO! My answer to Jacopo Toscani: i own records made from the best performers of this piece, and I have been playing clarinet from 40 years. It seems to me that guy it's able to perform all of Rossini's "Variations", didn't you wonder if he had a matter of time, or if he was performing a "bis"? You're just blundering, judjing that guy this way. If he came in Italy he would be better than a lot of Italian concertists, including you.
Xalexalex 4 years ago
(LOL) => it's italian...
Eddywards 4 years ago
@Eghorst i do, but i know thats not spanish.. maybe italian...heh.
: )
meismedusa 8 months ago
Un bel suono ma mancano duemila ritornelli l'introduzione e alcune variazioni se vieni a farlo in italia ti saltano addosso. Comnque bene dai
JacopoToscani 4 years ago
very nicely played, good tone. I must say, that is sure a high interpretation of the ending :P
bbbbobbbb819 4 years ago
Just the last section was not so great, I've seen other players do it that fast with more acccuracy-check out sabine meyer's recording. The piece is a good i'm working on it currentley.
BloodyPoncho 4 years ago
WTF happened to the introduction part of the INTRODUCTION theme and variations and the arpegio variation
jujufag728 4 years ago
What a nigger
jujufag728 4 years ago
Nigga Please
jujufag728 4 years ago
WTF happened to the introduction part of the INTRODUCTION theme and variations
jujufag728 4 years ago
Wow, that was friggin awesome. I really liked ur articulation and expression(tongued passages were great),
and yes, the last movement was too fast and lacked accuracy. 4 stars.
guyntax 4 years ago
I enjoyed your video, your musical quality and interpretation so different.. But I enjoyed.
virtuosoclarinet 4 years ago
This was an awesome performance. The last movement was too fast to be accurate. The tongued passages were very good. Great to see you getting into the music.
flyingcutie 4 years ago
Maybe he could play better if he gave up the break dancing.
In any case, a poor performance by a student....
oldjarhead 4 years ago