Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No.1-1, Yo-Yo Ma

[fischerfamilyvideos]

@1219GreenChristine so true

[NewWBATC]

It's amazing... I can barely play it at a steady tempo and he can fluctuate all he likes. Damn...

[HyunAZN]

<3

[Allie993]

This is such an amazing piece, extremely challenging yet so rewarding to play.

[carissaseetwen]

This is so beautiful.

[carissaseetwen]

This is so beautiful.

[CarrieDeathreaper]

It's so fast 0.o So fun to play though.

[dereexo]

Right now there are 38, 966 views. I'm pretty sure i contributed to at least 200 of them; I love this piece!

[crazycelloful]

I'm 15 and all I listen to is classical music.

Get at me.

[jigglypugz]

@crazycelloful which genre? classical, baroque, romantic, contemporary??? whos your favorite composer? do you prefer slow musical pieces with rubato or fast very temporate pieces??? you are being very vague sir. ;)... btw im 14.

[crazycelloful]

@jigglypugz Classical and romantic. The speed would depend on the composer. I enjoy Beethoven's fury in his faster piano sonatas, but I also love the slow enchanting feel of Rachmaninoff... Contemporary music seems very random... Maybe I just cant comprehend the musicality of it.

[sibeliusviolinc]

@jigglypugz i listen to mostly romantic tchaickovsky, dvorak etc. i dont mind the tempo, and btw im 13 i think i win :D lol

[jigglypugz]

@sibeliusviolinc goodsire it seems u hve engaged me.

my winning factor:

chuck norris.

[Mecinimi]

@sibeliusviolinc It certainly isn't a competition.... I and hundreds of thousands of others started listening to classical music before I could read, being young and into classical isn't a unique thing. ;-)

(That isn't to say that you SHOULDN'T be into classical music, though)

[Divyamp47]

Music is a way to speak. This is how he chooses to speak. You might not like his accent, but it doesn't mean that you can't appreciate the message :)

[1219GreenChristine]

I'm working on this piece right now.  2:21- 2:37: brutal!

[reedfe]

@1219GreenChristine SAME!!!!

[lkleina]

@1219GreenChristine, I agree. I played this piece some 15 years ago for my diploma, of course, not nearly as good as Yo-Yo Ma. 2:21- 2:37 was a craziness. Good luck with it! ;-)

[swizzle2012]

I don't agree with those people who tell others to not write anything negative. While nobody should write anything obscene or that is simply bashing Yo-Yo, these videos can stimulate great conversation about musical interpretation. Listen, enjoy, and critique if you want. :)

[pfuleong]

even fools are entitled to their comments. Yo Yo Ma is one of the greatest musicians of our time. All those negative comments are laughable and just show how many fools we have out there.

[arabafenice91]

It's amazing... thank u Yo-Yo Ma <3

[bachtocello]

if you are going to write comments that are negative towards this piece, then just don't. These pieces of music are online to be enjoyed. If you like another interpretation better than go and post on that video about how much you love it. Please just save everybody else from having to deal with these comments and leave them to enjoy the video if they'd like to.

[emilywilliams420]

i really love this piece. a lot.

[ARIandINBI]

What happend to saint saens concerto?!?!?!

Mstislav rostropovich play the concerto the best!!!! what happend to the video?!?!?!

[ARIandINBI]

What happend to saint saens concerto?!?!?!

Mstislav rostropovich play the concerto the best!!!! what happend to the video?!?!?!

[47viviane]

@4K88 : you're absolutely right about the "too this or that thingy! This is how he hears and feels it PLUS the conductor seems to agree (or vice versa ha-ha) because none is exactly chasing the other ... of course everybody's entitled to disagree and change channel - but that doesn't make Yo-Yo Ma "wrong"

[JorPove]

Es dificil de entender que algunos sean incapaces de entender que los musicos interpretes no son robots: interpretan la musica escrita en el pentagrama a su manera, a su velocidad,dentro de sus parametros.

Y estos detalles son los que disinguen a un interprete de otro. No son maquinas de lectura e interpretacion. Son seres humanos . Y los que hoy critican y son estudiantes,mañana tendran sus propios parametros. Esa es la musica. Lo otro (?) no lo es.

[cellist08]

although i love yo-yo ma, i also think he plays this one a tad too fast.

[onlymeexd]

que onda esa es de Du pre ¿? .Saludoss

[mangiatette]

Si lees el título del video te responderás solo.

[onlymeexd]

es similar al de Du pre .por la orquesta

[EVANgenesisX]

It's really beautiful. You people should be appreciating this more than criticizing it. Yo Yo Ma is a great artist and creates his own interpretation of the piece. If you have complaints, learn the song yourself and play it the way you like it. Otherwise, just enjoy it.

[shokumasterify]

@EVANgenesisX I AM playing the piece... and I AM pissed. Due to my inadequacy XD

[speedfung]

@EVANgenesisX Totally agree

[xxxxx123456789xxxxx1]

actually most people play it slower than this, and besides, its my target for speed. besides the orchestra is fast enough and they play in a large group (strings and woodwinds and timpani), so i wouldn't complain if i were u

can u play the artificial harmonics in 1-3? my cello's strongs arent good enough to produce the right tone but i can do it

[natvilchis]

I played it last year, and I love it!!

[iCellist]

haha, im playing this concerto right now..

[KingOFtheBUTT]

same here :O

[natvilchis]

awesome!

[immafatpig]

calm down people. its his own interpretation .

[samuelkim0814]

kind of slow

[bpfastfeet25]

haha slow right. i think he ruins it by going too fast

[samuelkim0814]

No you should listen to the other ones...they are really faster than this

[samuelkim0814]

awesome

[DTGeek155]

I'm learning to play this concerto right now!

[moneysheep1]

me too :P

[waimaron]

uschhh q gran sonido fantastico

[Jeckler2008]

I have always loved this song...yo-yo ma by far rocks this song above any other cellist in my opinion

[Supervolcano117]

he plays it way too slow though. this song is supposed to be fast in my opinion

[CrystalliteX]

@Supervolcano117

Ummm..if you'd try to play one part really fast, then you wouldn't make it (I'm playing this piece).

Yes I know there are other people who play it faster, but they want it to be fast.

It's their opinion.

[fulanit068]

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!