(Rare!) Heifetz gets nervous and shreds!

Heifetz gets unconfident while shredding for laughing students!

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• Jascha Heifetz
• violin
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• shreds
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• music
• nervous
• classical
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• Jascha
• Orchestra

[ObscureAuteur]

Just gave it thumbs down for the title and text, and editing out the important lead-in when he explains to the class what he is about to do.

[jonifoni]

@ObscureAuteur

If you watched the whole thing you'd know this was meant to be a joke. Glad you enjoy the humor.

[ObscureAuteur]

@jonifoni I did not need to "watch the whole thing" because I had seen the entire master class film before. It is the way you uploaded it edited at the front and labeled it to suggest that Heifetz was actually suffering from real performance problems that is objectionable. It is a disservice to those who do not know much about classical music, the violin, and Heifetz who will see this video the way you have presented it. There is at least one other upload that includes the intro.

[jonifoni]

@ObscureAuteur

Seems like you have a little disconnect with the youtube culture. 99% of the "shred" videos of famous musicians on youtube are jokes: anyone who watches these types of videos generally have the expectation that its a joke.

[dogtransport]

People always say Heifetz was the best but looking at this video, I don't understand how anyone could say that. I understand that standards were different back then but, man, his technique is terrible.

[jonifoni]

@dogtransport Its a joke...

[vokuheila]

lol heifetz can't figure out how to play octaves out of tune

[jthameschoir08]

Gosh people seemed so Innocent back then. Where has it all gone?

[ObscureAuteur]

@milstein91 My objection is to "Heifetz gets nervous" If Heifetz ever got nervous in his life he never let it show, particularly when performing. The title should convey that Heifetz is impersonating someone who was nervous or had no business being at the audition in the first place. This version, unlike another at Youtube, deliberately cuts out the lead in when this is all explained, clearly the poster really want us to think Heifetz would collapse in this way.

[milstein91]

@jthameschoir08 u can t be innocent this days otherwise u ll get fucked

[milstein91]

@ObscureAuteur stop using fancy words to sound intelligent the guy is just joking

[MrHellowassup]

@dogtransport ur a dumbass

[goldie0800]

The one who posted this video is being very dishonest and wrong in taking the filming out of context, chopping it up to suit his purpose and foolishly discrediting the famous Heifetz who is performing here as a musical joke. I strongly suggest the poster, jonifoni, do the right thing and correct the error they have wrongly inserted in the heading. Shame on you for disrespecting the genius talent of Heifetz! I have done a "thumbs down" due to the heading.

[srutarshighosh]

oh god he was joking..@the one who uploaded-u r a moron

[ViolistMourlam]

this sounds just like most of my performances... :P

[PUCCINIMUSICK]

only a remarkable idiot (or, even worse, a person with no sense of humor)could think this was FOR REAL. Heifetz was imitating somebody and I could even possibly think whom he wanted to play...

[aroukalyne]

il faut beaucoup plus de talent pour faire ce que le Maître fait ici ...Connaissant son violon, comme il le connaissait ... QUE POUR JOUER TRES BIEN ET TRES JUSTE  ;;; Ce q'il fît

toute sa vie Ce fût un merveilleux interprête !!

[tlcooper93]

Heifetz is not very good at joking.