Cello Journey #27, Kol Nidrei (Part 1)

[dalecampbl8]

very nice

[imnicccole]

sup mr pomorski!!!!

[RA3NM]

Your intonation and timing is spot on but, it's ROMANTIC music - it should be played with great emotion. Pull it around, shape the music with YOUR personality.

As other people have mentioned, you have a tight vibrato. My teacher says that a varied vibrato is very important. Loosen up! Put some passion and emotion into a wide, rubatoed vibrato, it'll make all the difference.

My only other peeve is your usage of the harmonic at 3:06ish. Make that note beautiful with some vibrato and expression!

[RA3NM]

Your intonation and timing is pretty well spot on, the only thing I don't like about that is that it's ROMANTIC music - it should be played with great emotion. Pull it around, shape the music with your own personality.

As other people have mentioned, you have a tight vibrato. My teacher always said that a varied vibrato is of utmost importance. Loosen up! Put some passion and emotion into a wide, rubatoed vibrato, it'll make all the difference.

[EthicalProgress]

Soloist strings? And Tungsten spirocore C& G?

[cellojourney]

@EthicalProgress Yes.

[MyXoxolovexoxo]

this piece is SO harddd but its absolutely sooo gorgeous. good job!

[arbie88]

i love this song



[heitorcello]

Oh my God, this is wonderful!

[domino771]

Love, love, love this piece...I agree with what others have said about the vibrato being a bit too shaky, but it's still so beautiful.

[anyardsroad]

Absolutely beautiful !

[thinker93]

strange bowing in the opening...

[Epmonito]

its called retake

[mluc]

i love the kol nidrei!... I'm not jew but i think that this is one of the most beautiful pieces i've ever heard! You guys play really amazing!... keep going!... Congratulations!.... i play the viola and i'll play this music soon! =)

[CCO600]

What cello are you using?

[ViolaPandaPie11]

wowzers! thats one fine soundin cello^^

this performance was really impressive!

i could see the emotion in him :)

[Heremieter123]

i play this as well =D

i love it!

[mrslimbeck]

The piano was fantastic.

Just to let you know, I am a fan of your cellojourney videos--I love them!

I've even emailed you before.

:)

I think your vibrato could've been a less shakey and more full and slow. It was nice, nicer than it usually sounds on slow pieces, but it still could've been slower and fuller.

A wonderful performance yet again, however!

Bravo! :)

Shellie

[terminatormunky]

I loved it.  Great intonation. Vibrato could be a bit more warm and romantic.

[tm13k]

a bit slower than most interpretations i know

[Epmonito]

WoW

[MadamCadaver]

I love it. This is one of my favorite pieces of music, and I think you played it very well =]

[MerlinTheDraconic]

Hmmm. Cello-praying.

[Epmonito]

thanks, just what I thought

[clicheneveau]

eep im playing this tomorrow!

[soadfan]

very nicely done

[nikitannenkov]

Ive played this piece. its so beautiful

[Cool70sfreak]

It makes sense to split it into the two parts...Kol Nidrei is a LONG song...haha. It's very passionate and full of emotion, and this is a good performance of it. Keep up the good work, from a fellow cellist!

[cellojourney]

They are Spirocore Tungsten.  They work pretty well.

[XrandomXemoXkidX]

I like it.

But theres some a rhythms i learned, form actually singing it in temple, so it sounds kinda weird to me.

but you guys are amazing

[munchitizer]

noooo what happened to the video :'(

[cellojourney]

It doesn't seem to be playing. Maybe it will come back after a while.

[Hewleri]

very nice and beautiful sound

[felipecaldebronx]

Bravo!

[mjwynne01]

It sounds better on Viola!

[mathisaz]

Wow ! Very beautiful ! I'm french, and I doesn't speak English very good, I've writte in french :

C'est splendide, que d'émotion ! Je suis moins même un jeune violoncelliste, j'ai 15 ans et je joue depuis 8 ans et je prépare ce morceau, Kol Nidrei pour une audition. Je suis fan de votre musique, cela fait longtemps que je connais votre site Cello Journey ! Voilà, merci, thanks, pour cette si belle musique, je rêve de jouer un jour aussi bien que vous...

[cellojourney]

Merci beaucoup!

[arbouroque]

Bonjour! Je suis un violoncelliste americain! Jevoudrias parler avec vous! Mon Français n'est pas bon, mais Il faut "try". (Désolé pour l'anglais)

[bookishmuch]

the first note was a bit off, but the performance was awesome! i'm learning this piece, and you make all those runs look easy...

[syren345]

goodness! You are amazing!

...it is my goal to someday play a cello duet with you the "Cello Journey" guy...lol! xD i'm like your biggest fannnnn!

[michelleram27]

You have no idea what that did to me. Very beautiful

[anyardsroad]

A really wonderful rendition. Many congratulations and thanks for posting the video. Do you play the slow movement from Rachmaninov's Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor? Equally beautiful I think !

[cellojourney]

Thanks. I agree. That slow movement is really great.

[k73f]

wow.

amazingyou play with such a feeling and emotion.

this is prob one of the best recordings of this song, you should record a cd. your a wonderful cellist

[stogystop]

awesome.

[romleaharding]

Hi Luke I think maybe you are Du Pre revisted such beautiful emotion

[Jangof3tt]

This is probably one of my favorite pieces on the cello.

[cellojourney]

I like it very much too.

[Jangof3tt]

I am playing this song for the concerto competition at my school :P Thanks for your interpretation. Your fingering really helps!

[Itsumopuppy]

such passion, I should strive to play like that one day.

[OMM06]

Lovely duo - so very pretty.

[mauricio1973]

Beutiful playing Luke. I liked the energy you put into this performance very much. Your tone is very expressive and robust. Good work.

[cellodude1]

Thank you for posting. I have been waiting for this!!

My favorite so far. Maybe Rachmaninov Sonata next?

[oldfatherted]

Thank you for playing this for us.

[mandobongo]

first to comment.

and i absolutely adore this piece.

your playing is beatiful, and flawless. and i love gorgeous piano as well.

[wingscraft]

good job