Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Janine Jansen 4-4

[flossie5432]

A very impressive performance of this by someone so young.Lovely interpretation and style.It's so difficult and everyone has their favourite performer-all i know is ,if it brings tears to my eyes, they've done it right.This did!

[FILIGREE1]

She is the most expressive violonist I have ever heard. Listen to her Brahms concerto. It's incomparable!

[isolaluci]

Fantastica.....

[jason101other]

Love her playing and her personality. So sweet and adorable.

[julienbencze]

Am I the only one to notice the strong similarities between the way Mendelssohn composed for violin and strings in general and the way Tchaïkowsky would do it later (nutcr.,swane lake, violin c. or symphonies) for the same instruments? For exemple in this concerto the similarities strike me each time I hear it: the contrasts between the orchestra playing simple descending scales pizzicato and the solo violin playing difficult and accentuated legato melody, for exemple in the first movement. ..

[classicalop125best]

@julienbencze completely agree

[julienbencze]

...Or in the final as well, here the second theme is completly "tchaïkowskyian"-style with the theme played by an independant cello line, lyrical and legato, starting at 0:04, supported by double basse playing staccato only the fundamental notes, and the euphoric violin melody on the top! I just love it!! I've not seen so far any article or commentary pointing out the general similarities between M. and T.'s string composition. Am I the only one?

[stringisking]

2:13-2:20, she wants it faster but her the man can't give it to her fast enough ;P

[lolturtle13]

I once thought I could do HW and listen to classical music. I was wrong. xD I just sit there and listen and get very little done when I try unless I completely ignore the music.

[kwiatak12]

wow!!! what a great performance!!!

[krystianji]

Janine Jansen is a superior artist and very nice person.

Btw, is that actor Bill Nighy in the audience (bottom-right corner in the picture) at 3:50 or just someone looking like him ?

[technocrash09]

@krystianji I guess it could be. Alot of famous people usually attend these things (usually the only ones that can affordit!)

peace

[PC900]

Brilliant!!! Thank you so much for posting the clips.

[technocrash09]

purple pop-ups suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuuuuuuuuuuck

[warren1122report]

Bravo !

Thank you, Janine !

[OrianaDiazL]

@CannotChooseUsername I wish I had grown up with a musical family, too!

[OrianaDiazL]

Oh My God!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAAT!!!!!

[travonprince]

She is just fantastic. Wat a wonderful rendition of Mendelssohn Violin Concerto!

[technocrash09]

@travonprince ............And what a wonderful example of a beautiful, gracious, humble and talented human being!

[CuciucGriga]

one of the best performance i have seen! very impressed!

[louiseduvee]

thank you for posting this great performance!

[JUANCHOBIG]

janine jansen is so great,thanks for the post Retardico

[Cronopioslover274]

Aplausos para esta excelente violinista!

[romkidd]

The hottest violinist I've ever seen.

[3cplantin]

You haven't seen the statuesque Anna Sophie Mutter with her designer gowns?

[romkidd]

I have seen Mutter playing Beethoven's violin concerto with the BPO, conducted by Seiji Ozawa, on YouTube, but unfortunately the videos are no longer available....

[mattz2000]

@romkidd Don't get me wrong she is pretty but the reason why is because a lot of the music community are old (no offense) well most of the known people are and because of that new people especially as young as her is uncommon. Which is another reason why she is so FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!

[Willhelmfriedemann]

Ich gratuliere !

Eine außergewöhnlich gute Aufführung von Orchester und Solistin(!) -

dieses wohl großartigsten Violinkonzertes überhaupt.

Der unvergessen Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy läßt gleichermaßen begeister grüßen.

Felix Mertens

Düsseldorf

[Meoli55]

My god, the subtitles are soooooo anoying, like is everyone totally dumb, are all the vewer's knuckles on the floor? Read about the Bongas of svalbardin umberto eco's essays and you will undertand.

[youarestupidbecause]

Anyone could play that good if they spent 7 days a week practising, for 15 years, and had natural talent, the best teachers in the world, and the guts, courage and determination to be a soloist....

(In case you're wondering, I'm saying she's very special :-)

[SirWWW]

Just awesome!

[drurylane5]

2:10 <3

[agentepiterson]

INSANE.

[omega770]

This and Gil Shaham's performance on Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy never gets old. Mendelssohn being a genius is an understatement >8 D

[peanutbabe83]

This is a wonderful by Janine Jansen. It is perhaps true that women violinists probably tend to play stronger vibrato. I like her energy here here, she has some mannerismswhich reminds me of Joseph Szigeti.

[metalheadlass]

that's how mendelssohnn should be played...with passion and commitment

[chobogamer]

my favourite musican and by far the most beautiful <3

[conductor26]

stadium concert is usually somewhat sloppy

[guldklimp]

This is one of the best performence i've ever herd! Amazig, I got gooze-bumb plenty times

[damianputa]

somebody knows the name of the song??

if somebody know please send to my channel =D

or if you have the sheet music better!

Thanks!

[Orchadorkcello]

*shoots self*

Please read the video description or at least the title. It's the finale to Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E Minor.

[musicdivinemusic]

You know what, this makes me happy to be alive.

[cellomikel29]

wow that was a reaaallly fun mendelssohn to watch!!!!!

[jomoses07]

violinMAZING!!!!

[Locdawgbizkit]

wow. She's incredible.

[Lapez13]

I got her autograph for my 13th birthday.  She is spectacular!!!

[guldklimp]

You're so lucky!

[shaprhap12]

I got chills at the end, I'm not kidding. She is the most amazing violinist in the entire world!

[fiddlervirtuoso]

now that was beautiful, fun, energetic...love it!

[crbrico]

s p e a k s sorry

[crbrico]

STOP the sensless discussion. ART SPEEKS FOR ITSELF

[violashizzle]

What happened to the days when musicians relied on the beauty and warmth of their playing to attract audiences not their dresses and weird choreographed movements that destroy the sound? p.s. someone shoot Norrington before he does anymore damage to the great musical masterworks!

[JUAKPROD]

ooo julian rachlin

[photonXspark]

It's wierd watching her play. She's very...ardent. Good. But fierce.

[shloomper]

beautiful!! i havent heard such masterly playing since heifetz! the climax at the end was played just the way i liked it

[loreley9]

I've heard many performances of this concerto, even another one by Janine and I think this is the best one. She may not be as accurate as Hilary Hahn, but she's much more expressive. She really feels what she's playing though maybe she is not elegant enough..It's really difficult to find soloists (even people!) who are truely passionate and elegant at the same time

[orjus]

The second movement was torn to pieces with that dreadful vibrato and over the top passion .The outer

movements simply superb If she would only let the slow

movement take care of itself and use that great bow arm to control the colouring it would have been an

unforgetable performance .She overplays .She could be

without rival but for that vibrato business .

[Korobushka]

No classical Violinist ever fakes playing. You can't really compare violinists together. Its like comparing apples and oranges, everyone has their own distinctive sound. I personally think she played that much better than Hahn. Hahn has no passion when she plays, she is pure technical. Jansen has soul and technical abilities

[deborakamstra]

Oh I agree with you!!! Each time when I look Hilary Hahn playing, I see the image of that guy on robocop movie.

I've never seen anyone playing so without passion like Janine.

[deborakamstra]

oopps.. the last setence went wrong :P

repeating in the correct way:

I've never seen anyone playing so, without emotion like Hilary Hahn.

my mistake I am sorry!

Janine Jansen rules!!!

[fiddlinmatt]

hah, I can't seem to read everything at once and you already corrected.

[fiddlinmatt]

you mean with as much passion as Janine?

[ishtar1126]

She has spunk and empathy for the concerto and that's what counts.

[traineemusician]

She's fantastic. People who can't even play the concerto as well as he should refrain from making negative comments.

[icyflamezz]

Uhm... this was on the BBC Proms. It was not faked. Anyway, I think she's great. I'd personally play the 2nd movement a bit slower. But, in Mendelssohn's time it would probably have been played a bit faster. Her best movement is the 3rd though.

[fiddlinmatt]

3rd movement!!!!!!!!!! totally!

[gawgul]

Thumbs up.

[FoggyRoad81]

OK but what on earth is distinctive here, maybe there's more to see in the first and second movements. She seems like a fake, not as good Hilary Han to me.

[Violinfanatic]

I don't know, I don't think you can fake that sound and her arm is moving with the music so she can't be faking.

[ludwig05051]

SHE'S GOD

[Violinfanatic]

Nobody's God, but the MASTER of the violin had to be one of the people of the past, todays violin's aren't that great.

[ludwig05051]

I know, but we have to say that she's one of the most perfect violinist in the world!

[ludwig05051]

We know, but we must say she's one of the best violinist in the world

[Violinfanatic]

She is most definitely great, but the best...well we could debate about that forever.

[FoggyRoad81]

isnt she supposed to be good?

[Violinfanatic]

She is good.

[angelia81]

THANK YOU!! My words exactly.