Kyung Wha Chung plays Bartok violin sonata No.2 (2nd Mov)

Kyung-Wha Chung plays the second movement of Bartok's violin sonata No.2, demostrating her characteristic interpretation. Itamar Golan at the piano. Filmed in 1997.

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• Kyung
• Wha
• Chung
• Bartok
• violin

[Nancarrower]

Great performance by both of them! But two questions:

1) How about putting the whole movement on (and the first too)? If there's a size limit you can find a not-too-intrusive break in the movement.

2) In this day and age of looming energy crisis, can we really justify NOT attaching little turbines to the pianist's hair?

[twofinedays]

Not a question but a comment;

"How about thanking for the effort of getting this hard-to-find video, convert it to a computer file and put it on Youtube so that people can enjoy, before you make a complaint about the 1 mit cut I chose to make to fit into the time limit of Youtube?"

[ashburnhouse]

@twofinedays Whoa, lady.

[twofinedays]

@ashburnhouse woteva you mean by that

[Galiah13]

To groslucas:You are right, indeed!

To everybody: In april in our Library will take start a great international conference. I hope I^ll speak about that sonata.But in that video the beginning of the 2d part is missing!

[twofinedays]

I could not put on the whole movement because of the time limit of Youtube (less than 11 mit)

[qwertzuiop07]

I am really sorry to hear that..

As a Hungarian I think that NOBODY EVER could express the feeling of a people on such a way that Bartok did. I know it's not so kind to say, but I think that nobody's music has such a lot meaning as Bartok's and it doesn't matter for me, how many say, worthless, I'll be loving him forever!!!

[violinmusicfan]

could take months or years. I first heard the bartok violin concerto 2 years ago. I have only started to enjoy it recently. The trick is not to force yourself to listen to it but to listen to it kindly and with an open mind.

[shobarsch]

Who the hell is talking in the background?

[twcal]

Amazing performance!..... If one is having problems understanding Bartok, this period of his life is probably not the easiest to listen to. Try Piano Concerto #3, String Quartet 5 or 6, Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste or Concerto for Orchestra......

[p1nkfizz]

I love her dress and facial expressions!

[p1nkfizz]

@Fr3derick I don't appreciate this for any sort of tune that is has. I appreciate if for the wild emotions it brings up inside me. It really throws you around.

[TubeFreakification]

Truly a beautiful performance. Classical music is a language of its own. No need for words to convey a message to the audience.

[BenQdamnit]

@Fr3derick Yes I felt similar when I first heard any of Bartok's music but then I heard Nina Simone in an interview say "an artist's job is to reflect the times". This twisted chaos reflects it very well for me.

[StefanAnderson]

why doesn't he get his hair to turn the pages for him?

[Bagas]

NIce sound effects