Ysaye's Prelude from Sonata #2 - Rachel Barton Pine

Rachel Barton Pine introduces and performs the Prelude from Sonata No. 2 "Obsession" by Eugene Ysaye, May 4, 2007.

By the way, I'm using a baroque bow because I just performed a concert of solo Bach and I forgot to grab my modern bow for the encore!

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[Lokan3]

Fascinating! You really bring this music to life. My son's violin teacher suggested he listen to you playing solo Bach but I found this first. Now I will see if I can buy some recordings online.

[RachelBartonPine]

@Lokan3 Thanks! You can buy all my albums right on my website

[rybakostis]

You're making some fun of serious music.

[RachelBartonPine]

No, the comedy was Ysaye's intention, he was a very melodramatic performer at times.

[lastrafe]

What amazing musicality on this complex piece!! I like your interpretation better than Vengerov's :) Have you ever taken the very fast part slower? If so which do you prefer from a listener's perspective?

[RachelBartonPine]

Ysaye's sonatas are like Bach's - there's so much freedom to make your performance individual - I interpret this movement a little differently every time I play it!

[zucchini2007]

Rachel is such a beautiful, red-headed woman!! When she played "Happy Birthday" for the NMSO's 75th anniversary, I was very impressed by how well she could play such intricate melodies on her violin! She's awesome!

[vlhere]

i like teh fact that she talks too much...some performers just enter and play without having any establishment of with them....

[tjsr21]

@RachelBartonPine @rybakostis

I don't think making fun is quite the right way of putting it... It's by no means a comedy work - the second movement and fourth movement titles (melancholy and the furies) rather put paid to that for one, but that isn't to say that there aren't elements of humour in it. Both levels can happily coexist at once and there's nothing wrong with highlighting that. I'm preparing the sonata myself at the moment - thanks for some new ideas. :)

[OrianaDiazL]

BRAVOOO!!! BRAVISSIMA!!!

[dropsoffaith]

baroque bow?

[NiteDogTeamBS]

Bravo! Thank you for the video.

[Leopardsand]

What was Ysaye imitating at around 2:52?

[celloWiz10]

I really love all of your playing. It's always very high quality...just fabulous...and I love your sense of humor!

[DrWillwerth]

That's a very interesting anecdote about Ysaye poking fun at Thibaud, and you pull it off beautifully in your performance. Would you mind sharing your source for the anecdote?

[sabbagha18]

It depends. They're shorter, so you get less mileage out of each bowstroke, but if you're playing in the Baroque style it makes the bow "style" come a lot more naturally.