Hilary Hahn Plays Der Erlkoenig

Who is Erns?:) Did you hear about Goethe?

@thoyo grazias

i found from the annotation on another video, the voices are the erlkonig, the father, the narrator, and the son

One of my favourite versions! Sounds like if she would be singing the Schubert Lied. I know she knows the Erns poem by heart, that's why it doesn't sound like just a technical performance, she makes us almost forget how f..ing difficult it is. This is Art above technic!

@Melusineviolon yeah, the score: it's ALL triplets!!! holy frick!

It came across to me as a stiff or 'wooden' performance (sorry to say: I usually love Hilary).

actually This "Grand Caprice" is one of the most difficult violin pieces because the player must play 4 "voices" with a monophonic insturment. Pretty Impressive

what you mean 4 voices Snuffelufagus ?!?

When you refer to "voices" on an instrument, they are the different pitches you can play at once. For instance, a trumpet, clarinet, flute, etc. can only produce a 1 voiced sound. The violin can sound as if 4 voices are playing. In this song, there are 4 melody/harmony lines playing at the same time. So the Hahn is expressing 4 voices at once.

thanks for your prompt reply and explainatiion. :)
However i believe the strings are arrarnged in an arc so really on two strings ie a double stop can be played, and other chordal attempt is really swept 123 or 1234 but not a sustainable or simultaneous 4 note play.
this alternating between a double and a low not could be said to constitute two lines and three voices but i cant see 4 being possible