Barber Violin Concerto, Movement 1: Allegro

[shidonisama]

omfg Brian you are just too amazing. I can't even deal. I wish your bach chaconne was up, that gave me serious violin envy.

[viningsbee]

Brian, what a fantastic job! You play passionately within each note, which is what I listen for when I hear this particular piece. You should be nothing but proud!! The road ahead of you is golden.

[sportsfan1937]

love your violin!

i'm about to work on this for an interlochen audition. did you get nervous before playing this rectial? i always get nervous before, and my shaking always screws me up :( especially when i know i can play so muuuuch better.

[SurreyViolinHero]

You play this very well although it would have sounded ever better with an orchestra accompanying you.

[Xixi2010Z]

Bravo! Brian, as always, I'm very inspired by you. I just start to learn this piece and your performance will give me a lot food for thoughts. Thanks for posting it.

[thelex001]

Very moving. I've loved this piece for 40 years and you've done Barber tremendous justice. The little intonation muffs you noted are inconsequential - you've handled this lovely, lyrical piece in a very mature, emotionally controlled way. Beautiful tone. Just lovely. And Melissa was a stunningly orchestral accompanist - I suppose I'd never have thought this piece could work so well without the plaintive woodwinds, but it works well as a "double sonata." BRAVO.

[iaiameno]

You have a wonderful sound.... and very long arms... you can do whatever you want with that bow.. wow! your still 14??? wow i want to see more of your playing

[ltjlblll]

brian~~~haha

[joe2010ccc]

It's good.

But I don't feel teh passion man, feels as if you are sleeping through some of the parts

[sean4730]

dumb ass. Just because you can't see his face and whether or not he makes facial expressions does not mean he doesn't have passion. He shows it very clearly through body language/vibrato/phrasing/tone etc. (Which by the way is very mature, his tone that is). fantastic job Brian, especially for your age!

[lovemeryllove]

Wonderful

[stevesurgn]

sooooo amazing :) truly jealous of your amazing abilities

[mtava002]

yo man, it's Matt. You sound good as fuck. gratz.

[bananapark14]

oh my goodness! this is so beautiful ~

wonderful wonderful...

[waxenwings89]

Wonderful!

[SaharaSaphire]

It sounds wonderful! I went to Strings camp with you 2 years ago... you probably don't remember me. But you sound great! Love this concerto and your musicality!

[Pr0m0m]

Beautiful!!!! I too love your vibrato How long did it take you to learn this?

[battleblades]

Thanks for your comment. It took me a couple of months-about one and a half to perfect *ahem, which it still wasn't*, and then another month or less to get it musical and polished.

[xcpiggy]

You played this beautifully!!

[battleblades]

Why thank you!  I appreciate it!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Brian, what a lovely and well thought out presentation of one of my favorite pieces! While dynamics are of course always important--a modern piece like this would be flat and colorless without their excellent use; which absolutely brings this to life. Well done my friend!

[battleblades]

Why, thank you, OriginalMoonbeam!! I really appreciate that. A few intonation errors here and there that would have made this performance much much better had they been fixed, but thank you! It's wonderful to know people enjoy this music.

[mbd8662]

the sound...............so goood, we been listening to Barber a lot lately, your fat vibratos give chills..

[battleblades]

Dude i appreciate it. That's a wonderful comment. Thank you for the compliment.

[soundingarch]

Good job! You have a nice accompanist too.

[draghidepker]

hey how did you get your nice bow arm control?

[amoopeji]

brian like always you are truely awesome. i loved the vibrato (sometimes it scared me when you were playing low notes) haha

keep going! (but i know u don't need me telin u this,u r gonna keep rockin anyways lol :D ) cya man

and again WOW that was really awesome.

[draghidepker]

very nice!! how hard is the 3rd movement?

[battleblades]

Thanks for your comment. The third movement is.......uncomfortable. Haha. The one thing one must remember is the hand formation-the intonation relies on the "block" of the hand, so make sure when you shift that it always gets there.  Also, relaxation in the bow arm is a key. Interpretation varies, but I like a more on-the-string stroke up beyond the middle of the bow, kind of Joshua Bell-sh (he was my inspiration for this piece).

[svenzia]

Wonderful music. Keep at it - 5 stars!

[robweese]

5*'s and favorited, and featured also. Take a look at my channel, i think that will speak volumes.

Thank you, I needed to hear this. You will acheive what you are after, once you trancend logic, and allow your heart and soul to do the motions, it will come with time, be patient......

Thank you again, I am inspired to continue...

I will answer your requests, and when I do I will not hold back as I have been, I will try to give you my best work to date.

-RoB-

[battleblades]

Rob, that means a lot. Thanks for featuring it. Hopefully that will help some people be turned on to classical music.

I find that many classical musicians love other kinds of music, but many popular music lovers are ridiculed for liking classical music. It's great to know that there are open minded people. I look forward to your next video!

[carloslaran]

nice vibrato. i would say ur more in the aristocratic style of violin playing. ur vibrato's intense and pretty broad. keep it up!!

[ChocolateLatte]

Yay Brian! - Miranda