Barber Violin Concerto, Movement 1: Allegro

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Brian Hong, age 14, performs the first movement of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto at Ithaca College on 7/14/08.

Accompanied by Melissa Zindel

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[Pr0m0m]

Beautiful!!!! I too love your vibrato How long did it take you to learn this?

[battleblades]

Thanks for your comment. It took me a couple of months-about one and a half to perfect *ahem, which it still wasn't*, and then another month or less to get it musical and polished.

[xcpiggy]

You played this beautifully!!

[battleblades]

Why thank you! I appreciate it!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Brian, what a lovely and well thought out presentation of one of my favorite pieces! While dynamics are of course always important--a modern piece like this would be flat and colorless without their excellent use; which absolutely brings this to life. Well done my friend!

[battleblades]

Why, thank you, OriginalMoonbeam!! I really appreciate that. A few intonation errors here and there that would have made this performance much much better had they been fixed, but thank you! It's wonderful to know people enjoy this music.

[shidonisama]

omfg Brian you are just too amazing. I can't even deal. I wish your bach chaconne was up, that gave me serious violin envy.

[viningsbee]

Brian, what a fantastic job! You play passionately within each note, which is what I listen for when I hear this particular piece. You should be nothing but proud!! The road ahead of you is golden.

[sportsfan1937]

love your violin!

i'm about to work on this for an interlochen audition. did you get nervous before playing this rectial? i always get nervous before, and my shaking always screws me up :( especially when i know i can play so muuuuch better.

[SurreyViolinHero]

You play this very well although it would have sounded ever better with an orchestra accompanying you.

[Xixi2010Z]

Bravo! Brian, as always, I'm very inspired by you. I just start to learn this piece and your performance will give me a lot food for thoughts. Thanks for posting it.

[thelex001]

Very moving. I've loved this piece for 40 years and you've done Barber tremendous justice. The little intonation muffs you noted are inconsequential - you've handled this lovely, lyrical piece in a very mature, emotionally controlled way. Beautiful tone. Just lovely. And Melissa was a stunningly orchestral accompanist - I suppose I'd never have thought this piece could work so well without the plaintive woodwinds, but it works well as a "double sonata." BRAVO.

[iaiameno]

You have a wonderful sound.... and very long arms... you can do whatever you want with that bow.. wow! your still 14??? wow i want to see more of your playing

[ltjlblll]

brian~~~haha

[sean4730]

dumb ass. Just because you can't see his face and whether or not he makes facial expressions does not mean he doesn't have passion. He shows it very clearly through body language/vibrato/phrasing/tone etc. (Which by the way is very mature, his tone that is). fantastic job Brian, especially for your age!

[joe2010ccc]

It's good.

But I don't feel teh passion man, feels as if you are sleeping through some of the parts