Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia (Perlman/Zukerman)

Itzhak Perlman (violin) and Pinchas Zukerman (viola) performing at the 60th anniversary gala of the Israel Philharmonic in 1997. The dialogue at the beginning about the violin being a toy is priceless! Go Pinky! Obviously, this duo owns this piece, bar none. It's also one of the few pieces, along with Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, that have the viola on an absolutely equal playing field as the violin. A rare treasure indeed!!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• handel
• halvorsen
• perlman
• zukerman
• israel
• passacaglia
• viola
• violin

[rebeccalo1016]

A violin is easy to play, but a viola is something special. Whats a violin? Its nothing!----Pinchas Zukerman

hahahaha i love him

[CSSJackal]

these two are like brothers

[TheJstaten1]

@Bobman4671 yep!

[divyarandom99]

@rebeccalo1016 look now, you have 100 likes!

[balist0]

Fucking shitcunt this is goooooooood!

[Bobman4671]

Zukerman plays violin too though right?

[davin302]

The viola is pushing me to orgasm!!!

[thuyviola]

so are we entering? Pinchas: dont forget your feet ... lol

[VioLAPlaYer239]

@malxk lucky!!

[VioLAPlaYer239]

One of the best pieces ever written.

Viola for the win ♥

[achantus1]

Jewish, European, Black! I don't get It. This is just wonderful music! Can't you consentrate on that? I'm Norwegian (like Halvorsen), but my grandgrandfather was born in Halle (like Händel). This music ( like all music) is for all people and all times.