Poulenc flute sonata, mvt. 2

[teemacomatsholaiseli]

Wonderful seeing my teacher of my masterclass 1999 playing on of my favorite pieces. May he play for ever one. Tee Mac Omatshola ISELI (MFR)

[MaggieTheFisher]

Happy birthday JPR. We miss you. R.I.P.

[dirtyboy1111]

My son is playing this for his Trinity grade 7 exam. This video has lifted his music to another level. Absolutely fantastic!!!!!

[KOCHKA1000]

wonderful moment, thanks for that video

[c15art]

Great video , it´s great to see Rampal and Poulenc !!!

[arthurramsbottom]

Ugh! I have to play this for my grade 7 exam! Grr, sounds great though! some hard trills and pitches though :( :)

[caramelwaferline]

Do you know when /where this concert was? its incredible

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[caramelwaferline]

Do you know when /where this concert was? its incredible

[ShonaM6920]

I can play this piece!

[Suzanne901]

Rexicano?? Suz here, where have you been?

[mAmadeus53]

What a thrill to hear the master himself playing his own wonderful composition. And Rampal's tone and musicality is impeccable. Thank you for posting.

[annakornishina]

Очень интересно услышать трактовку этого произведения автором. Любопытно, что Пуленк, будучи членом знаменитой "шестёрки" (по сути, собрания СОВРЕМЕННЫХ композиторов), тем не менее, писал очень ясно и проникновенно. Эта мелодия проникает в душу, подобно схожей по содержанию, но иной по воплощению, знаменитой теме адажиетто из пятой симфонии Малера. Та же нежность, та же лёгкая "вечерняя" меланхолия. Тот же свет чистоты и искренности.

[Rexicano]

I don't like his vibrato here.

[DaniloMith]

@Rexicano And you are...?

[Rexicano]

@DaniloMith

I'm the guy who runs out of the room when you get on stage.

I like to protect my ears.

[DVDKC]

Rampal is the best flutist ever, my teacher had him as teacher...

[chopzart]

OMG it's actually POULENC! =O

[TheSugarmanA]

You dont happen to know when this was recorded do you? It would be a great help if anyone did.

Thank you.

[Rexicano]

@TheSugarmanA

Most likely 1957 or 1958.

I bet they only played this part as the rest was not fully finished or rehearsed yet,

and also makes me think it was still a new piece then...

wiki says written in 1957.

[nellieou]

I LOVE this video! Thank you for posting! I just love seeing the composer playing his own piece along with the soloist he wrote it for!!! Fabulous!

[LeanMcHungry]

A precious jewel,thank you kindly.

[mariocarnival]

Who plays the piano? Veron Lacroix?

[erinpuff]

@mariocarnival That's Poulenc playing piano.

[RenskePuk]

So beautifull... I'm also playing this right now... But damn, i thought i did quit a 'okay' job.. But this is sick, it sounds so clear en full of silence. I think i'm just gonna practice this a lót more ;-)

Hmm, i wish poulenc had done the other movements in concert too!

Stunning!

[starsupinthesky]

I'm playing this at the moment... It's deceptively hard, especially if you want to keep up the tuning and create that "stillness" that the piece calls for. The really quick G-Bb-G thing in the second idea is SO hard to do fast and clearly at the same time!

[mlp983]

One of the nicest movements written for flute.

Uno de los movimientos más bellos escritos para flauta.

[estherhly109]

:) <3 POULENC <3 RAMPAL!!

[PassionateJourney]

I have always loved this movement...so expressive!

[gutlover33uk]

wonderful performance, accompanied by the composer himself! Love the resonance in the lower register however I would have preferred some of the higher notes 2 b held longer.....just personal preference

[TheXFactor2107]

@jazzersi how can you tell him he needs to play it slower when the COMPOSER is right there, playing the piano with him!

[nellieou]

@jazzersi - Do you have ANY CLUE that this was written for Rampal HIMSELF? He can play it however he likes. LOL.

[ByronAdams3955]

The page turner is the French music critic Bernard Gavoty.

[davepipe]

Thank God that Rampal chose to play the flute rather than become a physician, and thank God that Poulenc wrote gorgeous music. I performed this with Lynn McClaren at Goucher College in Maryland in 1975. Was that Georges Pretre turning pages?

[RampagingSpaceMarine]

hmm, I wouldn't be as thankful to Rampal. In the 1st movement there is a part which Poulenc had made differently(and in a better way, and easier(!)), but Rampal hammered his balls to change it to what is now the official part. Still good, but more difficult to play and what Poulenc had written was better

[licoricestic]

aw a lady wiped a tear @ 3:48

[Bujorock]

Wow, mon mouvement favoris de cette sonate! Jouée en plus par ceux qui l'ont créé!

[Iwannabubbletube]

Holy cow, is that flute bright!

[ziziva]

the best- i love poulenc- and i love piano together with flute

[Ear4Beauty]

Is there an orchestrated Sonata for flute by Poulenc? I was looking for that.

[licoricestic]

i forget the name of who orchestrated it for flute and orchestra, it wasn't Poulenc though

[ackamack101]

lennox berkeley

[Rexicano]

@Ear4Beauty

Galway has a recording where it was orchestrated. Around 1980.

One of the few Galway performances I can stand to listen to.

[13legorabbit]

it isn't quite the same as it is now but it is still just as incredible

[amyf101]

Yeah, I'm playing this for my grade 7 ABRSM exam :) it's such a cool piece

[3blindmice95]

@amyf101 Same!! Good luck in your exam :)

[Suzanne901]

I played this with a flute student about five years ago (me accompanist) for an ABRSM exam. and she was a beautiful natural flautist, it was a joy, another joy to watch the masters at work

[zycos01]

magnifique, ce fut mon maitre ainsi qu Alain Marion, il sera tjrs dans mon coeur

[Paleologos]

Yup, a thrill; total magic to see one my all-time fave pieces of music played by the composer and the bloke he composed it for!

Thanks so much.

I'd never seen Poulenc 'live' before ! He makes a good job of playing his own music (which is something of a relief). It did seem a bit fast, but what a pure sound.

[PIPZZZ02]

A major thrill.

Thanks for posting.

[rebflute]

Exquisite..

[musicfanBRA]

Thanks very much to erinpuff for this gem, with Poulenc himself at the piano. Any chance of posting the other 2 movements?

[nickysaxpiccolo]

yea i would love to hear that:)

[williams9204]

Is this a grade 7 piece?

[Emu132]

Does anybody have any tips on how to get the G to top B back to middle B with good tone? I'm playing this piece atm, and finding it difficult to get to the B so quickly! Thankyou anyone with any tips (: This piece is beautiful, wonderful tone, love it (:

[ILikePwnage]

Before you work on it, do the E.J. 7 (Taffanel & Gaubert) and de la sonorite (B-B flat, B-A, B-A flat, etc., in case you don't know what that is) from top B to middle B and back up. When you are working on it, blow hard through the fingerings, keep your throat open and your upper lip back slightly (a general rule for the upper register, and the opposite for the lower) and really sit on the G. Make sure your tongue is out of the way and that you're not pushing your head joint into your face.

[Emu132]

Thankyou!! That really helped! (: x

[fltwwq]

@Emu132

You're probably putting thumb late in reaching the high B.

[XxxkenzaxxX]

At 0:12 and then again at 0:42, it goes into the same kind of chord progression as the beginning of Poulenc's O Magnum Mysterium.. very pretty..

[AouretVolkenVisage]

This is most intriguing. I've just realized that some structure and motive is very similar and at times, almost striking similar with Michel Legrands music for Les parapluies de Cherbourg (1964)

[pikapuff123]

I don't care for this flautist very much. A beautiful peice, none the less.

[txsphere]

You don't care for Rampal? Wow. Who are you listening to then?

[minimoomoo100]

I love this piece. I am playing it on me flute at the moment. Such a lovely peice to put expression into :D:D:D:D

[NDARM]

es lo mas preciso que escuche es un grosso rampal

[gingermorning]

my heart melts, everytime i hear this

[MakePeaceAndLove]

i have played it myself and know that you are exhausted afterwards.. so .. beautifully played and well done. still makes me shiver:)

[tubebopper09]

Rampal has not been given enough credit for his greatness.

[variablyposy]

bloody hell. i wish i could play it like that for my A level recital!!!

[royalponciana]

Thanks a million for sharing this with all of us.

[gingermorning]

this makes me cry too good

[musicdivinemusic]

Rampal is perfect, and man, Poulenc himself playing the piano... this video is a treasure.

[tommasoflute]

è insentibile!!!!!!!!

[mogly62]

sparati incompetente!

[mogly62]

puoi dire ke nn ti piace, ke nn è il tuo stile, ke preferisci altro....ma da qui a dire ke è "insentibile" ce ne passa !!! e anke tanto!!!!!! preferisco passare x maleducato, ma dire ke rampal è "insentibile" E' INSENTIBILE!!!

[ranuzzipio]

il suono più bello DEL MONDO!!!!

[DOAer]

Jean-Pierre Rampal wins.

[danz262]

amazing...i'm learning this just now! does anyone know the story behind this piece of music? i think it would help me play it if i knew :)

[mooboocoo123]

A man was in love w/ a beutiful countess (although he was very poor) and He Sorrowed counless nights thinking about her, finally he told her of his feelings and she was happy but soon teased the man and left him in uteer despair

[suzettegm]

So sad...

[Rexicano]

What a treasure to have this video. This is easily the best Modern Classical Flute music from the 20th Century.

I believe it was written for Rampal so he has the right to play it any tempo he wants; but I do like it slower and more drawn out.

About 25 Years ago Galway played it so well on an LP with orchestra but his vibrato is so awful these days he's unlistenable.

Hubert Laws did a nice recording of it a few years ago with some other French pieces with piano.

[suzettegm]

I fully agree with you, you spare me the effort to comment :))

[powellpicc1985]

Where on EARTH did you get this video??? WOW. :-)

[1971000000]

Awesome. Weird hearing it so fast but I wouldn't want to argue with these guys.

[therapybyradio]

beautiful!

[greenwpz]

This video is rather epic. The composer of the sonata as well as the greatest flutist of our age. Amazing.

[sgsmozart]

I first heard Rampal in 1976 in San Francisco. I then heard him once every three or four years until 1996. His tone continued to decline over the years from his extensive playing. He is ,however, great here.

[musicdivinemusic]

Hi, could you explain why Rampal's tone declined with extensive playing? Something to do with his mouth, or just old age? Thank you, and it's amazing to see a video with Poulenc himself at the piano.

[Rexicano]

I saw him in a small room in Berkeley around 1981. His tone was better than on any recording. Only Angela Koregelos sounded as good as Rampal in class.

He made a record near that time of Japanese folk songs with Harp (Laskine). Tone is awesome—record is well produced—easy to hear him against the solo harp. His other Japanese is not good. (on CD now)

Galway copied the Japanese idea but a lot of his is overdone.

Musicians can get worn out from "extensive" whatever on the road.

[freakyretriever]

woow there really is a maj difference in tone lol

i mean hey it is a gold flute, n he is lyk amazing so guesson tat must contribute..

its more clear n has a ting sound to it...

i luv it!!!

[Painislife28]

poulenc's tempos are much faster than flute players usually interpret it

i love to hear a composer play their own music

[flutefury]

Rampal was the greatest there is no other like him today !

[flutenora]

This is a great example of artistry and love!!

[maggiedell]

wow

thankyou so much i love it!

[fgpx78]

Rampal è uno dei migliori flautisti di sempre...purtroppo anche in questo pezzo in certi passaggi l'intonazione lascia a desiderare...

[mozartfl92]

va beh ma è la miglior interpretazione mai fatta a parer mio....poi è quella che conta,non ha senso fare tutto perfetto come intonazione ma poi non trasmettere niente...preferisco un goccio di stonature ma più emozione!!!!

[fgpx78]

Era solo una critica oggettiva: adoro anche Gazzelloni, e pure lui in quanto a intonazione... ;)

[cflute91]

I love this video so much...Rampal is simply amazing...

[mozartfl92]

grandioso finalmente si sente questa sonata suonata non smelaniosa!!!!!non romantica!!!!grande Rampal!!!!!!

[PowellFlutes]

This is a fantastic video - thanks for adding it to you Youtube!

[flutetime]

great amazing beautiful the best of the best!

thanks for posting!

[hellome423]

NO WAY!!! do you have any other movement?

[erinpuff]

No, sorry; they only did the second movement in that concert.

[mariocarnival]

@hellome423 In which year?

[jfboie]

GÉNIAL

[musicdivinemusic]

This sonata is sublime. And to hear not only Rampal but Poulenc himself at the piano - what a treat!

[Davideboe]

Perchè nessuno commenta i video di rampall?? vabbè vorrà dire che lo faccio io... è stato un grande!! questo basta :))