Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra - Tibor Serly

[Tudebekkie]

If you want to find the notes, search (google?) for Bela Bartok, concerto for violin and orchestra.

Beautiful! I just listened to this piece at a concert this evening by the Mozart Ensemble from Groningen (Netherlands), never heard this before (at home it's all Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Bach, Beethoven etc.) but i really appreciate this music!

[rmjs777]

Amazing playing!! Beautiful Rhapsody!

[midolec]

Mabye somebody knows, where can I find notes od\f this piece? I would like to play this with orchestra and I can't find notes anyway. This is so good composition.!

Thank You, :)

[midolec]

mabye somebody knows, where can I find notes of this piece? I would lke to play this Rhapsody with orchestra. It's great!

thank You so much!

[midolec]

mabye somebody knows, where can I find notes of this piece? I would lke to play this Rhapsody with orchestra. It's great!

thank You so much!

[denisej242]

wow. and i was able to play in a masterclass with her? O_o she played for us like an hour before the masterclass and it sounded amazing :) i was on the edge of my sit the whole time... and it wasn't even a very "in-your-face" type of piece. it was very calm. but she played extremely well. i would go to her college just to work under her. she's very sweet too and i'm extremely happy i got a chance to at least work w/ her for about 10 minutes.

[genmaximus110]

Wow, that must have been amazing.

[denisej242]

yeah it was... i wish we would've had more time.. and that i would've played a little bit better. i got nervous on stage and started shaking -_- but she looked past it. :)

[denisej242]

@genmaximus110 it was great... and now i'm actually getting ready to audition for the University of Arizona to go work with her :) i'm just waiting to set up an audition with her.

[genmaximus110]

@denisej242 Wow! That is just amazing. I could only imagine her being my teacher.

[anyalun115]

Omg...so wonderful!!! Viola is such amazing instrument and played by her it's just a fairytale...love it! <3

Lol i should spend more time practicing..XDDD

Viola, viola, viola! <3

[newtonewmusic]

This is some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard. Ms. Xiao is simply extraordinary. Why don't we hear more from her?

[genmaximus110]

She's too busy teaching, I guess. But, she has the most beautiful viola sound. I wish she had spent more time recording.

[Julisaac]

Simplismente Bonito...

[JaemaFiel]

Wow! I tried listening to this as background music, but couldn't. It's too amazing. Love the style, the sound... sounds like a violin up high! OMG! :D

Wow, what inspiration...

<3 viola!

[genmaximus110]

Yeah, my biggest complaint about most viola works is the fact that the viola is usually scored so high that it might as well be a violin. Luckily, though, a viola still sounds different than a violin in its upper ranges, but I still prefer the low notes.

[marcparella]

I am happy to see this video/audio on YouTube. I happen to be Ms. Xiao's manager. I can say that I am planning to produce a video of her hopefully to be released this year. She has a new concerto that she wants to promote. Many thanks to genMaximus110 for posting this on YouTube.

[violaviolin1]

Xiao Hong-Mei!!!!!!1

[Stumpie14]

Wow! Gen, you're really lucky to be in touch will someone who plays the viola so well. I have only been playing for a 5 months, and some times I fell a bit discouraged, but most of the time I'm happy that I'm learning somehting like this. I just wish I could play something this nice, on my viola, and not be in the background like I usually am in the orchestra. She sounds and looks wonderful. I wish I had a free vila,tutor. :P Lol. Thanks for the upload

[genmaximus110]

I can't say I'm in touch with her. Too bad, though. I just emailed her a couple of times to see if would be okay to send my CD booklet to her to sign, and of course to praise her. ) Other than that, that's all the contact I've had with her. I still treasure my autograph, though.

[abromait]

One of the best violists alive...she is so underrated...I love her Bartok on her Naxos CD!!!!

[genmaximus110]

I love Hong-Mei Xiao. She is my favorite violist. I think she's still a professor at the University of Arizona College of Fine Arts. Anyway, I was able to email her and she actually responded. I sent her the CD booklet of this CD with SASE and she signed a little note to me. I treasure it dearly!

[ritaviolin]

OMG IT's so impressive! Thanks for sharing.

[genmaximus110]

You're welcome. Thanks for listening.

I've been listening to this CD all week. It contains Hong-Mei Xiao playing this piece and both versions of Béla Bartók's viola concerto: Tibor Serly's original orchestration and Peter Bartók's re-orchestration.

Then, I realized that a lot of people have probably never heard this rhapsody and I figured I just had to upload it.