Kyung Wha Chung plays Brahms's Scherzo

Kyung Wha Chung plays 'Scherzo' by Brahms as an encore at the concert celebrating her own 30th anniversary of international debut,in 1997. Itamar Golan is at the piano.

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• Kyung
• Wha
• Chung
• Brahms
• violin
• Golan

[vlhere]

can someone tell me what violin she performs on???? i checked out in wikipedia and it says her parents sold their house in Korea to het her a Stadivarius....but i saw some youtube guys sayaing that she plays on a Guarneri Del Gesu>...

[twofinedays]

It is Guarneri Del Gesu she's playing in this clip. She has had 3 violins through her career; first was Stradivarius Harrison in late 60's to early 70's, then acquired Guarneri Kubelik (once owned by Jan Kubelik), and finally Del Gesu in mid 80's. She's still known to own two Guarneris.

[koushirou]

Excellent! Full of energy and passion, but I am afraid that this isn't a good example of the interpretations. I can't imagine that if students play like this...

[twofinedays]

Of course, a student shall not play like this. Callas said to her studnets in her master classes "don't move around or make gestures yet before you're really sure about music and feel the true emotions and stuations it brings". But an artist of 30 year-long career behind her, knowing what she's doing, can have this much of expression and freedom.

[JargarForte]

I was an 8 year old -thirtyfive years- ago when Mrs. Chung made me cry with her impressive Brahms concerto in the Netherlands

An unforgettable 3th movement!

After the concert in which she wore a blue dress I wanted to hug her which I did.

Thanks you so much Mrs. Chung for being such a wonderfull and friendly person!

I am a violinist myself now and I found out that inspiration is a rare thing to be very thankfull about!

You inspired me for years with that Brahms!

[JargarForte]

I was an 8 year old -thirtyfive years- ago when Mrs. Chung made me cry with her impressive Brahms concerto in the Netherlands

An unforgettable 3th movement!

After the concert in which she wore a blue dress I wanted to hug her which I did.

Thanks you so much Mrs. Chung for being such a wonderfull and friendly person!

I am a violinist myself now and I found out that inspiration is a rare thing to be very thankfull about!

You inspired me for years with that Brahms!

[Halteau]

@Andyflavoured "... should be about 5:30 and bla bla bla..." Mouhahahaaaa! Really?!?? Pffff! Mouhahahaaaa!

[Tompelicious]

Why is it that in duos like this, everybody's just writing comments about the violinist and not the pianist? The piano is often 60 % of every violinsonata and nevertheless the violinist gets all the credit. As a pianist, I think it's unfair:).

[MrAndyflavoured]

@twofinedays - @koushirou - similar advice to that given to stage actors in training: be still! However, as you rightly say, Mrs Chung has the technique to enable her to disregard the rulebook. This is a highly effective performance of a fine piece, though not my favourite, possibly because it is an encore. A little too staccato, and played a trifle too quickly. Ideally the scherzo should be about 5:30 or thereabouts to achieve optimum effect.

[swanningaround]

@koushirou In agreeing with twofinedays, Chung's movements are completely natural. Itink that students are told not to put in body movements for effect or showing off. This is certainly not the case here.

[Stevemc90]

Never thought I'd take a contemporary violinist's interpretation over Oistrakh's, but the drama created in this performance is staggering.

[gannusya34]

приглушить бы ещё пианиста-многовато его...

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@themusicdr OK. Maybe she was relaxing a bit in an encore - like artists do in a "jam session". Still, as a non professional, I find her performance here faultless. The expert eyes of some of you may have noticed something. These shortcomings have obviously passed me by. I love the whole thing.

[themusicdr]

@SugarTomAppleRoger this is not a critisicm of kyung wha chung merely her partic rendition here is not up to her own exacting standards

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@DualThunder O well. Can't please everyone. :)

[DualThunder]

@SugarTomAppleRoger psh. Get real.