Vivaldi on viola d'amore - Rachel Barton Pine

[airronic]

I saw you playing live at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois a month or so back. It was pretty nice. I really like the sound of the viola d'amore! You should write a sonata on it :)

[cnmaster01]

A beautiful instrument. I should love to write a piece for it, if only to add some variety to the repertoire.

[chawinnieshu]

so cool!

[tyuzynho]

OMG! I do want the lesson on viola d'amore you offered! haha btw bought your book! that's awesome!

[Mah150491]

I love your playing, you look so happy and you are very skilled ^^

[planthi80]

Bravo~!!!

[omoshiroidayo]

i wonder why there are also violins playing many things that are actually supposed to be played by the viola d'amore?

xD i lvoe the kamera. the man standing behind it had no idea what to film cuz he nerver new who played when xD

[omoshiroidayo]

i wonder why there are also violins playing many things that are actually supposed to be played by the viola d'amore?

[FallenShards]

This is gorgeous!!!! I'm thinking of taking up viola d'amore, but between college and working on my voice, I don't know if I'll have time!

[ilcanticodimaddalena]

_______Novembre 2010______

Stiamo cercando un suonatore (una suonatrice) di viola d'amore.

Si sta eseguendo la colonna sonora di un film prodotto in Italia per il mercato americano (composizione originale del maestro Marco Marcuzzi).

Tutti i dettagli sul blog, che potete trovare cercando su google:

"IL CANTICO DI MADDALENA" (siamo i primi della lista che apparirà).

Grazie !.

[magocacana]

amazing,really interested in this instrument

[1616161695]

is the concerto written in scrodatura?

[fugue79]

Fantastic work.  Watched over and over!

[xPaulinhaKawaii]

I really liked this video! Hardly believe it when I realized it was a viola d'amore even!

[TheDauntlessidiot]

How can i get a viola d'amour for not too much money? I've been looking for one for AGES!!!!

[cyberbratsche]

I play the viola myself and I just loved it. Thanks so much!

[drugo1983]

che tette enormi!

[zucchini2007]

It has 14 strings?? It sounds like a viola, violin, and cello all rolled into one!

[Piccobow]

My high regards to you Racheal because even though you are a world class artist you respond to your fans. I thnk you!!

[vissi87]

You are absolutely fantastic!! Lovely sound and lovely instrument. The viola d'amore produces such a beautiful mellow sound. I enjoyed this concerto very much! All the best :)

[paminablue]

That's excellent! What a wonderful video! Thanks Vivaldi and thanks Rachel! God bless you!

[jeddyjeed]

I really hope you post more videos of viola d'amore performances. Such a great instrument!

[arkhatych]

I think Viola D'amor must be without the simpathetic string. It's impossible to hear them as on the Sitar.

[tyuzynho]

Are you nuts?

[arkhatych]

It's my opinion whether you like it or not!

[CminorMaxG]

I'll bet if we all were there we would hear them! :)

[TheMarquelo]

Saludos a Rachel Barton por esta magnifica interpretacion. Realmente maravillosa, vivaldi un genio. Saludos desde España.

[laila8b]

thanks, but i know that (it's written in the info). it's just, i really want to play this piece, but i can't find it! i've been searching on google in long time now, but it's kinda impossible.. :(

[laila8b]

.. or know what the name of this piece is

[simonpastijn]

Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major for viola d'amore

[laila8b]

hi! anybody having the sheets, or know where i can find them? i've been searching on google for a long time, but i can't find it. please answer :)

[arkhatych]

Did you tried to buy them in musical shop?

[baroqueboy]

Wow! The tone on that thing is COOL! It's like a wiry, thin baroque violin on top but almost like a rich cello on the bottom strings. And the reverb caused by the sympathetic strings is awesome! Very nice and expressive playing.

[violaviolino]

I like Your playing very much!!! Are You teaching viole d' amore too?

[RachelBartonPine]

I would love to give someone a lesson on viola d'amore if anyone wanted one! :)

[efrasdominguez]

@RachelBartonPine Hello Mrs. Barton, I'm from Mexico, I'm violist, and I'm studing barroque viola, but I would like so much play viola d'amore too, how do I got lesson with you? Embraces, I really love you play these kind of music!!!!

[TheCrazyLutenist]

@RachelBartonPine even if this certain someone was trained for 'cello & viola da gamba? ;)

[xyaqua]

The viola is under-rated. Rachel plays it admirably. and this is a nice rendition in toto. I think 20% of popular music profit should be funneled int classical instrument construction and performance. Heck the govt is telling us how to do everything else, why not support some of the great true art?

[Habrolissimo]

You play beautifully.  Thanks for posting this.

[violabetch]

im learning this piece on viola and its so beautiful!!!

[Sphirra]

awesome

[DiesMali]

This performance is awesome. :D It's so hard to find people who are able to play with the subtlety required for Baroque music, especially on such a sensitive instrument as the viola d'amore.

Viola d'amore is such a beautiful instrument. I wish I had the money to buy one. Gordon Childs was kind enough to let me play his viola d'amore, and I've wanted one ever since!

[wild4music101]

just wondering out of the blue. why do violins seem to always get the melody and the violas are just like friggin back-ups. it makes things really boring to play :/

[hey3wats6up]

OMG!! finally someone agrees with me. i did my writing project on that. (heehee). i asked my orchestra teacher and she said it was because they are closer to the audience and because they can play the highest notes easily. its discrimination.............

[animeviolalord]

the viola really wasn't used well in orchestras until the mid 1800s. Although Telemann and J.S. Bach wrote the first known viola concertos, the viola really wasn't noticed until Mozart wrote for it.

[Shadowtech666]

the violin is built for it. A viola is built to be 3 times louder than a violin but it lacks pitch stability as it gets high and its disproportionally thicker strings are 'slower' in response making it non ideal for fast, high flying. For certain spots the violas beautiful tone is desired, but the majority of pieces require, and a traditionally use, the violin.

[Shoebappa1]

While your stance is mostly correct, as a viola performance major with 12 years of violin experience, those who play the viola correctly can attain the pitch stability at higher registers. The majority of pieces use violins because many composers don't bother with the alto clef, and quite frankly the viola is 3 times harder to play than a violin is. Excellent video, I've always wanted a viola d'amore :)

[Dansback21]

I had seen this video 10 times, and now just realized that it was Rachel, after seeing another video, I remembered this one!

[jprush]

THe person playing first violin is my friend Martha from IU. We were in the EMI together. She sounds great as well!

[MILKIEONE]

Hello!!

This is beautiful!!! I play violin and am learning the viola. I would like to learn this instrument, too! Is the fingering techniques the same as the violin and viola or different? What are the string letters on the viola d'amore?

[hey3wats6up]

im not sure of the string names but the viola d'amore used to be tuned to the specific song but the standard tuning is now A, d, a, d', f#', a', d''. i play viola and want to learn this instrument too but it is rarely used anymore so good luck.

[killergirls]

Rachel, good!Your viola looks soooo super long and awesome!

[vlhere]

its not a viola!! its VIOLA D'AMOURE.. a baroque instrument with seven strings. cousin of the violi acc to Miss Pine

[kaiseroll420]

she makes the instrument sound gr8, sometimes it can be made to sound like a damp sponge. i also like a more intimate setting acoustically like this video has, you can hear the sympathetic vibrations of the instrument better.

its hard to switch to an instrument with different finger patterns and ms barton pine does this very well.

[OriginalMoonbeam]

I just wanted to add that she is so remarkable that not only is she capable of performing baroque music but amazing heavy metal on violin--what she does with Led Zepplin is hard to describe unless you hear it with your own ears--I love her "Storming the Citadel" CD, a combination of classical and metal, (her "metal" however is all strings, no guitars, drums, drums, or computer generated material) Better than any excuse for rock material other violinists have produced.

[orliczek4]

so passionate...!

[espado33]

Hello

I´m viola d amore player and maker. I want to ask players: What strings are yuo use? Metal or gut strings?

[LordStrings7]

Baroque uses gut. Gut was used up until WWI, actually.

[AbsoluteZ3R0]

For some reason I have a hard time believing that you are a viola d'amore player or maker if you don't even know that viola d'amores use gut strings

[LordStrings7]

Because some people do use metal for modern pieces that use viola d'amore (because there are modern pieces for it, not just Baroque/Classical) and for less finniky tuning.

[TheKiwifiddler]

As early as 1679 there are references to wire playing strings on the viola d'amore. Both gut & metal have been historically used - many actually preferred metal.

[OlafAndvarafors]

You can ask the source?

this is interesting information. )

[OlafAndvarafors]

I am about this -

[kegoga]

Her violia is interesting, it's very tall on the top. Lovely and enchanting music! =]

[kegoga]

Viola.

[375GTB]

Rachel is being backed by Chicago's very own "Ars Antigua"!!

Jerry Fuller, Director

Jesse F. Carroll

[isabellanakahara]

This is so beautiful.  Thank you!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Just gorgeous! LOVE IT!

[gushendar]

Viva Vivaldi! True HARMONICO, his music is always beautiful

[philidor2005]

Who made that viola d'amore? I borrowed one from the Peabody Instrument Collection when I was a student there that looked just like yours, made by some D. C. maker named "Gault," I believe. Anyhow, I love your playing in this video, and will have to check out your recordings! Great tone and tempo!

[Ddizz12345]

I have a little bit of an idea as to how hard it is to stay true to the baroque style of playing unless doing it all the time. When this vid first started playing I thought boring, but I carried on, and I like it and appreciate the effort gone into playing it.

[horn0viola]

Although some of Vivaldi's music is beautiful

[HARMONICO101]

Some! All of it is beautiful!! :)

[horn0viola]

I think some it is a bit boring and not very expressive.

[dfxr808]

I agree. She's overrated.

[maltizov]

bravo

[bobstronge]

VIVALDI!!!

[JERJES58]

wonderfull!!!congratulations from Spain

[violabetch]

no rachelbartonpine the other one that was sitting next to you

[WorldYouthDay]

What is the difference in the use of vibrato when performing such a piece on a period instrument and playing same piece on a modern instrument?

[JERJES58]

if you play a piece from other period with an modern instrument your soul will tell you when is the perfect moment to use the vibrato, and the same occours when you play an instrument that don't use the vibrato, but ...what's the meaning of your question?

[violabetch]

omg does that lady that plays the violin has a wig because when she plays all her hair moves

[RachelBartonPine]

LOL! All of my hair is real.

[violabetch]

i'm sorry i didn't mean you i saying about the woman that sat next to you

[laurenbarton9]

@violabetch

Her hair is beautiful..it moves with her when she plays because "it" (her hair) also feels the music in its soul...duh... ;)

[saltlakecity2002]

Does that Viola d'amore have 8 strings? It's amazing because I play viola in my high school orchestra and that thing is huge!

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

Lovely Rachel !!!... ce n'est que sublime !!! :>

[NecroAsphyxia]

This piece is very beautiful. amazing. im just learning violin and viola. im a flute and piano player at first so its a bit harder when you ahve to deal with strings and bows but im getting it slowly lol. Back to the point, Your playing is really inspiring me to try harder on the violin and viola to maybe be as good as you

[thelightisahead]

Coincidentally, I'm a violin player (of only 19 months though) who wants to play the piano and the flute haha (and the oboe). Maybe anyway. Piano scraes me, the music written for it is so layered and complex. And I find wind instruments not quite expressive enough for my taste, but I love the sound of the flute and oboe. Violin will always come first for me though :) I find it the most expressive of all, because with a bow against the strings you're manipulating the very source of the sound!

[NecroAsphyxia]

lol have to agree that violins are very expressive9which is why im learning.). Ive always had a soft spot though for flutes and pianos. Once you understand the music and everything, piano isnt as difficult as it seems. it just requires being able to do two things at once lol.

[thelightisahead]

lol, that's what scares me! Reading two staves at once, which make the hands do different things, and they're in different clefs! I looked at some grade 4 jazz music for piano recently and was like :O all these chords with accidentals and things, and having more than one voice, so to speak (ie. different fingers) on the staves, adding more layers to it!! Maybe I will play someday though... :S

[Gippesvick]

Try some Widor organ music if you think grade 4 piano is complex!

[thelightisahead]

Hehe, I'd probably faint!

[NecroAsphyxia]

lol trying playing some of Mozart Turkish march. thats hard. Piano is a very hard yet it is simplish once you ge tthe hang of it.

[thelightisahead]

lol, actually I can play a fair bit of his Turkish march (right hand only though, and of course with completely wrong fingers etc. lol)

You know, someone was horrible to me just. He's called 'unusualmusician' and he referred to violins as 'SUPED-UP VIOLS' and so I made a polite disagreement with this statement, and he replied with four long messages, being pretty rude, saying I deserved it and that I needed it. He never name-called, though kept referring to me as a 'pseudo-intellectual'

[thelightisahead]

And it was strangely horrible, it felt like bullying! I hadn't been rude or confrontational at all, and he felt the need to type surely over a thousand words in response to the comment I'd made on his vid. Dunno why I'm saying this, I guess cos it made me feel bad! It makes me glad there are nice people like you on youtube haha. Still, if he's that opinionated and pretentiously arty, his music can't be that good cos he hasn't got a good soul to inject into it! Too many youtube bullies :S

[NecroAsphyxia]

lol i agree with you. plus hes a terrible musician for one major reason. hes short sighted and doesnt see the beauty in all instruments. to be a very god musician you must open your ears to all forms of music. whether it be jazz, salsa, classical, blues, or metal. With that also eans you ahve to open your ears to all instruments. that guy was ignorant. so just leave him be lol. ignore him lol. There are plenty of other people who are more open minded lol.

[NecroAsphyxia]

lol i agree with you. plus hes a terrible musician for one major reason. hes short sighted and doesnt see the beauty in all instruments. to be a very god musician you must open your ears to all forms of music. whether it be jazz, salsa, classical, blues, or metal. With that also eans you ahve to open your ears to all instruments. that guy was ignorant. so just leave him be lol. ignore him lol. There are plenty of other people who are more open minded lol.

[thelightisahead]

Hehe, true true. That's one semi-issue with me; I find classical so deep, complex and enriching that I can find it hard to appreciate other forms - but there is hope yet, perhaps proven by the fact that I least I acknowledge my lack of diversity, unlike some hehe. I used to listen to Muse and Andrew WK (in my early classical days) and enjoyed re-listening to that rock recently, but I still don't 'choose' it other than for the purpose of wanting to feel more diverse and musically accomplished!

[thelightisahead]

Also I have some jazz-type pieces played by Menuhin and Grapelli, but again, I don't usually choose to actually listen to these. As for more authentic jazz and other music, such as world music, I haven't any (yet?) but fortunately I can reassure myself I'm not completely closed-minded because at least I recognise the lack, though that doesn't make me suddenly love other forms and I'm not sure what to do because it does make me a feel a bit narrow minded :S

[NecroAsphyxia]

lol its ok. as long as you acknowledge it and arent so ignorants as to say it just suckks than your good lol. Liek i im not aa big fan of country, blues, or jazz. lol. i really dont listen to it but i acknowledge their existance and their worth lol

[thelightisahead]

Haha, well that's okay then! I'll still gradually try and delve into some other forms though!

[NecroAsphyxia]

This piece is very beautiful. amazing. im just learning violin and viola. im a flute and piano player at first so its a bit harder when you ahve to deal with strings and bows but im getting it slowly lol. Back to the point, Your playing is really inspiring me to try harder on the violin and viola to maybe be as good as you

[Organiste06]

Excellent! I love viola d'amore.

[superdave2112]

Really cool. It's SO BIG! I have enough trouble with four strings. Rachel, since you're busy with this, how 'bout tossing that Guarneri my way?

[Caveman135]

Just got done listening to video. Shivers ran up and down my spine. What causes this?

[Caveman135]

I just got gone listening to this recording. Shivers ran up and down my spine. What causes this?

[mgmike2]

the  one in Tennase ? or chicago ? I saw here at Tennese

[franzman09]

yea, i went to TN.

[mgmike2]

me too

[franzman09]

that's awesome. it was great this summer.

[franzman09]

yea, i saw her at the MOC camp this summer! that viola d'more was awesome!

[mgmike2]

wow I went there too. kool. Mark O'connor Fiddle camp right?

[mgmike2]

I know Rachel, she went to my violin camp. She was an instructor and gave me private tutoring in preparation for concert night

[firebreathone]

It was Handel who introduced this amazing instrument to the public.

Refreshing instrument and I am quite pleased that we can all listen to it through the wonderful medium of Youtube without having to pay a dime

[pcostafloripa]

Great instrument, great sound,great violist.

I would like to know the maker of the viola.

I live in Brazil

[altovocce]

i heard you live(well accompanied)in Sun River,OR...Nothing new:)) As usually, outstanding playing,Bravo!!

[Darkvibration]

What a magnificent instrument.

[UberProdigy]

Ah, Rachel Barton, what a powerhouse player! I had the privilege of hearing her with the Nashville Symphony many, many years ago. In fact, one of her students, named Billy Contreras, went to the same school tutorial as me. Billy would travel once a week from Nashville up to get lessons with her. Now he is a well-known jazz fiddler.

Clearly, RBP's teaching abilities are just as high as her playing abilities!

[Pavesimo]

I only have three words for this performance:

Double-U Oh Double-U!

[ajaxhapsburg]

I've watched this video for months but I just realized that the cellist is my prof. at school...wow

[xXLeafXNinjaXx]

GAH!! jeez where do people get these periods instruments i want one!!

[yipster7rocks]

Wow, I've never heard of this instrument before, but it's certainly beautiful!

[lichtgestaltbeth]

It is grate!! I had not listened the viola d amore and I think the sound is magic.

[zucchini2007]

I love Vivaldi's music...it's so intricate, so refreshing, and the violins mimic little birds in the "Spring" excerpt of his 4 Seasons!

[crazymidgetclown]

i have always said that if Vivaldi bores you, you probably have the artistic sensitivity of a brick wall. The red priest was a genius for his time and still caries a lot a weight. Sorry, someone had to say it.

[horn0viola]

crazymidgetclown, everybody has their opinions. I don't really like Vivaldi either and Baroque music isn't my thing (I prefere Romantic music, especially of Russia) Not liking Vivaldi doesn't mean " you probably have the artistic sensitivity of a brick wall", it just means you don't like him/ thinks he's a bit boaring. Brilliant performance by the way.

[HARMONICO101]

See, I don't like most romantic music and I also find it boring. Especially Russian music. :)

Lol. Perfect opoosites.

[PeriodinstrumentfaN]

I like her being eclectic... she even dares to venture into period performance... :>

[HARMONICO101]

And she's one of the few mainstream performers who has a very good grasp and taste of Baroque performance.

[artabanes]

Very enjoyable this performance.

Please can you find a lutist and post RV540 here

[philomelodia]

Someone has posted rv540. That one and rv 93 have got to be my two favorite vivaldi pieces. I was wondering if anyone would mention it. Ah, yes, let me not end my comment without offering my sincerest of compliments to Ms Pine for a magnificent performance. I love the Viola D'amore. ARiosti's pieces are very nice for solo Viola D'amore, Hope you check them out and record them some day. I'd definitely purchase the cd.

[cremona32]

An admirable performance on an instrument i always considered awkward to play largely,cause of the wide neck width after playing the violin.I would like to say here how much in awe i am of your approach to all music and your ability to communicate to your audience visual images through your music.Oh and i love red heads,im one also,all that fiery passion dwelling within .I can't decide which i love the most,you or the Del Gesu!lol.

[bckm54]

This is a beautiful performance from someone who sounds REALLY talented... Unfortunately, it's Vivaldi, who has nearly always bored me to tears.

[RachelBartonPine]

Well, I have to like Vivaldi - we redheads have to stick together!

[kaliyarivet]

That's so cool that you played the viola d'amore! That's the first time I've ever seen one played. It reminds me of hurdy gurdies and hardangers with all the extra strings and pegs. Thanks for posting this video!

And yes we redheads DO have to stick together.

[HaMoOhAhA]

I'm no redhead, but Vivaldi is still my favorite!

[Houman22]

I really enjoyed watching your performance. How nice and refreshing! I have been following lots of your videos and have come to admire your style, tone, and solid technique. I hope I get to hear you live someday (and perhaps have a few lessons with you :)

[Archvirtue]

wow!!! how many strings does this have? i'm a violist and i've only heard of this instrument once, i thought it was extinct! it actually sounds sooo good! where can i buy one of those?

[bckm54]

The viola d'amore has 14 strings, seven strings on the bridge, and seven sympathetic strings below the bridge. This gives the viola d'amore it's trademark wonderful silvery sound.

[ViolaDamore]

RBP is quite good, if you are interested in some incredible Viola d'amore-ing, then visit thomas Georgi's website violadamore dot com and listen to him play. In his recordings one truly hears the sympathetic strings stand out and resonate

[LadyMoralqua]

I LOVE the viola d'amore!!!

[HaMoOhAhA]

Thanks for this. I've never seen/heard a viola d'amore in action.

[scottbos68]

gotta love vivaldi, man that thing looks big and bulky, wonder if your arm got tired holding it up

[RachelBartonPine]

it's actually lighter than it looks, but I definitely make sure to take plenty of little breaks when practicing on it!

[fuckingoblin]

bellissimo strumento

[jdwalker84]

Absolutely beautiful.

[Celloluv]

There was only one thing for viola d'amore, glad there are slowly coming more. She has a very beautiful intrument and plays it very well. She is doing so many good things for classical music, those are the people one should greatly admire!

[Elsweyr666]

They are lucky to be playing with such an accomplished Musician, Who plays the Harpsichord, Does anyone know?

[fusionfiend]

One gets an idea of the special tonal qualities of this unique instrument in this vid, but I bet hearing it live would be spectacular. As always, RBP's playing is invigorating and brilliant. Bravo!

[GStanton1965]

This is one of the best and most beautifully articulated performances of this concerto I have heard. I'm so thrilled that RBP has taken up the viola d'amore. She is a fabulous violinist who is always surprising us with fresh performances of newly discovered and rarely performed works -- like those in her Scottish album. I'd love to hear her play more works for the viola d'amore!