Arthur Jussen - Johannes Brahms/ Intermezzo Opus 118 nr2 (live @Bimhuis Amsterdam)
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- Arthur Jussen performs Intermezzo Opus 118 nr.2 composed by Johannes Brahms
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This video was recorded @ Bimhuis Amsterdam for VPRO Vrije Geluiden.
Vrije Geluiden is a music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organisation VPRO.
Definitely the most talented of the Skywalker family.
Don't you mean the Weasley family?
Really talented Luke Skywalker, indeed!
The Force was strong during this performance.
😂😂
The piano he must play
finally, a pianist who actually understands this piece
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which pianist did not understand it? Katchen, Oppitz, Lupu, Gould, Serkin?
Exquisite tenderness in Arthur's interpretation. So young and so much depth of feeling. Impressive.
@@alighieroalighieri404 Gould definitely didn't.
Which means, of course, you do as well. Please enlighten us as to the meaning of the piece and how the pianist communicates that..... (crickets...)
The sound of a breaking heart. Who but Brahms could bring such beauty out of sorrow? And Arthur is sublime.
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I almost passed this video by because of the age of Mr. Jussen. I am delighted I did listen to him play because it is one of the best, if not the best performances I have heard of this piece. I am an old man now and I've always had an opinion that the performer's age is essential to the depth of emotion that Brahms composed. I know have a different opinion. If there are "old souls" in our world, this young man is one. I performed this on my senior recital in college and have listened to many performances over my lifetime. This is in the top 3 if not number 1. I don't know what to say except if you listen and are moved to tears by a performance, you have accomplished greatness in art. I was indeed moved by this, and I look forward to hearing more from him and his talented brother. Thank you for posting!
I very much agree, having heard several interpretations, this one is fitting of a master pianist.
With all due respect, but you're taking this performance way too much as proof of mysticism you seem to believe in.
This performance is good, mostly, because the performer knows how to analyse the score of it and knows how to practice what Brahms wrote down.
There's one really massive flaw in this performance which I really don't understand. 0:47. A key change and a start of a different segment, where previous phrases end. It's played through like it's insignificant. No slight slow-down in between, no articulation. At an intersection of 2 different segments of the piece.
I think this was most likely a slip of mind relating to practicing the piece in segments and the crossover between the 2 being overlooked. Not anything at the detriment of Arthur Jussen, these things happen regularly in live performances but I just see them as evidence that even pros should still have notes in front of them.
@@classicallpvault8251 I totally agree with you on the miss at 0.47 that is a big connection in the overall structure and it was missed. That is a clear indication of youth and will come with more age and maturity. I do disagree with you on having notes in front of you in a performance. There are many performers who would benefit from notes, but there are many to which it is a detriment to performing. I think if you have it memorized you can concentrate on the overall sound and then notes can become a distraction. But it has to be locked in memorization, which many are capable of, and some struggle with. Everyone's talent has strengths and weaknesses, and that's what makes each performance their own. And it is rare to have a perfect performance, and if asked most performers would say there was something they did that could have been better.
Sono d'accordo con te al 100 %.Tutto vero! 👌🤍💯
Love the place. Cars, trucks, trains outhere run silently behind the bay windows, while we step upside and listen this marvel composed 150 years ago in a totally different world. Mystical experience. Great pianist.
I feel the same.
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This piece is just one of the many reasons I love Brahms. And I've never heard a better performance.
Never a better recorded performance, for sure. Here is utter abandon, but kept under the very constraints Brahms composed into his scores. I somehow believe only Clara Schumann, schooled by her father in the same highly disciplined technique we witness here, could have equalled--perhaps did equal on stage or before her husband and Johannes at home--Arthur's offering. Bravo, you two "evil twins." Wherever you are may you ever remain as inseparable as the mythical Greek ones. Mark, in America
Listen to Radu Lupu then.
Glenn Gould's rendition for me is unsurpassed. Although it's a slightly faster tempo, his phrasing is ultimately more nuanced and accomplished. And as always with Gould, his attention to the integrity of the piece's structure is on point. czcams.com/video/7wjqpCh7a4Y/video.html
Radu Lupu’s version proved to me that he is a Seer into the cosmos
Arcadi Volodos' version is also pretty good.
Almost 600,00 listeners have viewed this remarkable performance by Arthur ....only 15 years of age. A decade has passed, and the prodigious talent continues. Arthur Jussen was born to play music which touches the heart and soul. God bless you. And many thanks.
I have listened to many good pianists play this piece but this is a truly, utterly beautiful performance.
So very poignant. In truth, such music, and Love, is timeless. I’m referring to his love for Clara Schumann.
So far I have listened this piece played by Arthur Rubinstein, Wilhelm Kempff, Radu Lupu and Helene Grimaud, but Mr. Jussen's interpretation is more sensitive, serene and full of compassion. This is a marvelous performance.
Snow Li Nope. The one who is sensitive is you. Those pianists you’ve just mentioned are far far away superior ir the interpretation of this piece.
@@MARTIN201199 I agree.. not just because their reputations but how they keep the momentum going.. This one is too lagging..
@@mochdrew3364 but that is the art that this teenager has brought to the piece - a dangerous, exciting path that he has chosen to get to the kernel of truth here. There's a couple of nano-seconds where he could have probably been forceful, more definite but overall his interpretation will stand the test of time just as Radu Lupu's, Kempff et al have done.
I'm a huge fan of Liliya Zilberstein's interpretation as well.
I like it slowly and sensitively like this as well. I have an intense and growing desire to learn this piece, and this young man plays it like I feel it. I will be following his career as he may become a new favorite pianist.
He’s very young here but already shows maturity towards the art of interpretation and the expression is within. Brahms you are magnificent.
This piece makes my soul cry. Just fantastic.
Arthur reaches the soul of the music beautifully.
I have to laugh at the people here who post negative comments. Is it because he is so beautiful, young and brilliant that upsets you?? The world is full of wannabes. Arthur and his brother have achieved more at 21 and 24 that most pianists do in a lifetime. So easy to make stupid and opinionated comments and apparently for some, so difficult to acknowledge the purity and extraordinary gifts these boys have.
you buttmad? they aren't immune to criticism b/c you have a crush on them dude
Roger rtewwr - You trollish, self-important, repressed butthead.
no such thing as gift, it's all work
He's talented, but if you know the score there's a lot more details and dinamics to perform than this kid does, plus a couple very important wrong notes.
@@albertomartin4812 Be jealous in silence
An unforgettable performance of one of the most beautiful compositions ever written for the piano.
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and heard
My teacher taught me this tune because it shows how to master inner voicings and how to bring out bass, harmony and melody through the art and craft of fingers, breathing and emotion.
7 years that i came back to this incredible rendition
His no-nonsense straight ahead and unyielding tempo allows the music to truly sing its melancholy!
You wouldn’t like Pogorelich’s version then! I love both mind, but they are very different!
FANTASTIC, ABSOLUTELY HEAVENLY, CAN LISTEN OVER AND OVER AND OVER FOR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMEN.
for all the smart arse comments on here...I am amazed how much SENSITIVITY that a 16 YEAR BRINGS TO THIS PIECE
This had no mechanical thought, no interpretation attempts, or pretentious intellect.. This is just plain beautiful music that touched my soul and brought me to tears.
I think sometimes we get too invested in analyzing and comparing performers/performances of this beautiful music, and we completely miss the point. The reason Brahms wrote this was to tell us a story, to entertain both the audience and the performer. So what if he didn't follow the notes exactly as Brahms would have? Does that really make this performance any less beautiful? As someone who has less than a fraction of this young man's talent, I'm content to just listen and enjoy.
woah this interpretation is excellent. i particularly loved he controls it during the second section. Almost always, this goes too quickly, gets too loud, becomes out of control. I loved how he keeps it in check. Beautiful and subtle. Up there with the Radu Lupu - and thats a big compliment. Bravo.
He takes over a minute longer than Lupu - I think Arthur has the better tempo.
3:38
A marriage of melodies, tender and passionate... The most sublime thing I have ever heard
Absolutely beautiful rendition! Can't listen often enough.
Of the three thousand something views this video has, at least a thousand of them are mine! I never get tired of watching this talented boy with so much heart and feeling playing this beautiful piece. And 999 of these times he's brought me to tears, simply bravo Arthur ! ❤️❤️
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A wonderful performance. Thanks, Arthur.
I'm so glad I found this piece of music. It's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard! And this is a wonderful performance!
Of all the cool things about this performance, I think the very coolest is his choice of tempo. Next to his performance, all others seem rushed. Arthur really lets you savor!
So much feeling, bravo Arthur!!! The best version of this piece I've heard so far!! 👏👏👏
Just beautiful. So musically played and he captures perfectly the reflective spirit of Brahms.
Pianiste aussi beau que talentueux! C’est toujours un bonheur de l’entendre. Merci d’exister Arthur et Lucas!
I haven't heard this wonderful composition played this beautifully in years! Kudos to you young man!
Mesmerizing! His interpretation of this reflective piece is deeply moving. We are fortunate to have Arthur and his brother in our Universe. This is such a fine solo performance. The video is also engaging, as are most of their video, though this one is more personal. I think it's kind of a trip to hear this beautiful classical piece with modern transportation visible outside the window.
Bravo for Arthur Jussen! Indeed very beautiful interpretation of this wonderful Intermezzo. Could not be better played indeed!👍
Great performance. All voices very clear and deep. The tempo is also well chosen, a little slower than normal, that makes the interpretation very reflective. Love to see Amsterdam in the back moving and raining, while the comfortable red tones and Brahms music is played. Congrats!
One of my favourite Brahms pieces. I love this performance.
Its in Utrecht, just 25 min from Amsterdam but hey Almost the same
Like the title says, it indeed is in Amsterdam. The last seasons of Vrije Geluiden did take place in Utrecht, though.
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@@janis1981 Sorry, , BIMHUIS is 500 meters east of the Central Station of AMSTERDAM.
So beautifully played by this gifted young man! Thank you so much!
Arthur, thank you. The colors are rich, the melodies sing and the shapes are noble.
It's very beautiful.
I love this piece. My favorite has been Van Cliburn's but this young man's interpretation always brings me to tears by its sheer beauty. So incredibly gifted.
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I am truly emotional. ......... the best rendition that I have ever heard. Played with sensitive & true feeling. Arthur Jussen - I know that we will be hearing more from you in the future ! WONDERFUL !
Have to say, and not easily, that I like this more than Gould's rendition. His tone, key-pressure, and phrasing are perfect for the sentiments encountered musically by Brahms.
Arthur has inspired me to try and learn the piece. Absolutely love this performance!
Best performance I’ve heard in my many years and best sound engineering. Bravo 👏
Im learning this now and by far this is my favorite interpretation. In fact, I literally cried the firs time I listened to it, it moved me that much. My opinion, you ain't shit until you move someone to tears with your music. Well done, Arthur!
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Just sit back and let the music, setting, and instrument wash over you in in a wave of pure unalloyed bliss. Keep the inevitable comparisons to yourself. When someone so youthful can show so much emotion and depth, there is no question about his virtuosity. The only question is where to go from here. Music making at its purest.
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Ce jeune pianiste a une telle maturité musicale ! Incroyable! Il est bâti à même l'étoffe des grands! Il comprend le language de la musique en profondeur et il nous amène à l"essence même du génie du compositeur! Cet art de l'Interprétation n'est pas donné à tout le monde!
I love this rendition. Soulful.
This is above all my most favorite piece of solo piano music to play. When i watch the faces of pianists playing this, we all look the same at all the same places, including this young man in a beautiful performance here.
Incredibly beautiful, played with so much feeling and love for the soul of the music. By far this is the most beautiful interpretation that I have ever heard... played by a jong and talented artist!
Breathtaking!!!
It is so beautiful and so wonderfully simple.
I also very much enjoyed Radu Lupu's playing of this.
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These two blessed brothers are so smooth,and excellent musicians.
Breathtaking... You are beautiful to watch as you exhale the music and a dream to listen to! Thank You young man.
Of the more than twenty recordings in my collection of this achingly poignant and sun-dappled late-autumn valedictory thank-you note from Brahms, none surpass this performance. For one so youthful to capture the very essence of late Brahms as Arthur Jussen does is nothing short of astonishing (and brings tears to the eyes of this listener).
Extraordinary; period and full stop. Bravo, Mr. Jussen - and thank you.
To paraphrase a line from a well-known television and cinematic franchise, may you and your brother both stay well, live long and continue to prosper. Each of your musicianship are truly gifts from the gods.
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@@mikhailtrushechkin1642
Very much, indeed; thank you for sharing the link! (And, of course, the Op. 118, No. 5; so much Brahms, so little time...)
@@AJNorth Thank You:)
Now this is the right tempo! Great performance! Thanks a lot!
An exceptional interpretation.....nostalgia and yet modernity at the same time....brava!
I also love to play this intermezzo. I believe you have chosen the perfect tempo, though so many really fine players today play this at quite a clip. I loved your interpretation, especially when you held back between the sections. Keep up the fine work. I hope we get to hear a lot of your playing in the future.
Fantastic interpretation for one so young! He Shows great maturity of expression, impeccable sound!
It is not easy to keep this slower tempo than usual and play perfect sentences musically.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
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Absolutely beautiful interpretation. Excellent voicing and shaping of the phrases. Wonderful job!
Perfect. Many times this beautiful piece is played just too fast. This is perfect.
I agree. I hate it when pianists rush through this piece.
have to look at it in context though
Yeah this piece just feels so much better at this speed
I agree. He plays it with a great deal of sensitivity and expression. He plays like he is in love.
@@NoahJohnson1810 What context? What are you referring to?
The best performance of this piece on CZcams!
Incredible interpretation and performance...so much Divine feeling....another level of the soul of the music
Outstanding performance -- very moving and beautiful!
What moving interpretation of this beautiful piece of music. Even though so young, his interpretation is that of a more mature musician. Fantastic!
What a beautiful sight.. This young angel plays this piece with as much mastery as Wilhelm Kempff did in his historic recordings, and his beauty and sensibility are almost as touching as the music he plays.
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Almost 600,00 listeners to this divine presentation by Arthur, only 15 years of age. How I wish I could put into words how deeply touched I am each time I watch and listen to this remarkable performance. Arthur Jussen was born to play
While I enjoy this interpretation - and there are many wonderful ones - I always come back to the composer and what remarkable gift he has shared with us. Forever a joy.
A touch from heaven, softly and smooth from my spirit to yours.
This is the right tempo what composition demands...
I fall in love with this piece more and more every time I hear it. one day I will play this piece
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I really enjoyed the pace he played this piece, slowly enough to appreciate every note!
Thank you. I can never hear this piece too many times.
Me too !!!!
casi diez años despues descubro esta joya de pianista.... perdon por no haberte descubierto antes... sencillamente maravilloso, una dulzura inigualable, sentimiento y pasion puros,,,, felicitaciones querido Arthur
I know some people say you’re not supposed to play this piece this slowly. But Mr. Jussen is amazing here. And the dynamics!
Lucas and Arthur Jussen enrich our lives.
몇번을 듣는지 모르겠다..! 부드럽고 강약 조절이 잘되는 멋진 연주에 눈물이 나네..최고!
It is a shame that one or two who have commented here fail to "get" this interpretation. I find it wonderfully original and full of subtlety and nuance. Like his brother Lukas, Arthur's playing is that of a much older artist. He has a kind of poetic quality that is reminiscent of Murray Perahia. There is a gentleness here and a sense of repose that are seldom encountered in one so young.
This is the best I've ever heard... so pure and touching!
I agree, Nathan. But at least one comment here must be some juvenile taking the mickey. (What they say about measure 37 bears no relation to anything in the music.) Personally I love this performance. As you say, "full of subtlety and nuance".
Most people pay NO attention to those stupid thumb icons, because kids play around with them just to be adverse. This is a nice rendition of a beautiful song, well played, but the physical affectation could be omitted for me!
I don't know if you're a "player" or not, but in my experience, when one enters a composition completely (as Arthur clearly does her) his "physical affectations" are involuntary -- certainly far from anything conscious.
That's a ridiculous comment, sir. His limited body language is a result of his deep sensibilities towards the music. There is no 'affectation;'.
So much talent, so much promise.
Absolutely beautiful!
And I love to see a very young one to play this track so empathic!
Allready thought that motions this kind are not available for young people at all ....
My soul's gift of peaceful day begins with this wonderful blessing of Brahms, at the hands of a sensitive young man who lifts the music above himself somehow! Wonderful and leads to peaceful prayer - a good way to bless God in our day in Christ! We pray he makes many recordings - with his brother so gifted also - and a gift to his audience such as we are!
What a tremendous artist for one so young !
Great composition, supremely well played by this PIANIST....
Wonderful. A magical performance of a very special piece.
Breathtaking performance, recording and piano.
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played slower than most, usually a drawback for me, but such a sensitive performance that i've listened to this many many times. pure pleasure
I play this piece , as does a friend, who has converted me to this slower tempo. He reminded me of Brahms the contrapuntalist, and the counterpoint is dense here. Slower allows sonorities to, bloom, too. I'm so glad I ran across this video. As throwcats mentions, too, the soft dynamic range is well chosen and manages to be rich. Nice piano and a resonant room adds to it. This might be my favorite 118/2 on youtube. Or anywhere. Now I think I'll practice.
queenoftheuniverse
Oh, and I will be in Amsterdam this june. Is this a music venue?
It is Oct. 2019. In the meantime we have loved you and Lucas more and more. Thank you, you blessed ones.
to think that he was only 16 or 17 years old when he took this on, in this unfamiliar environment, the Bimhuis, where at least the sound technicians are excellent. Incredible and it will be replayed another million times...
The hurdle of how to interpret a piece in the way an artist thought and felt generations ago is unimaginably difficult to fathom. But we are so lucky today as to get to hear beautiful music performed by masters of their craft, and it is so worth all the effort.
Outstanding in every way.
Oh my gosh, the other me I did not get to be. Love this young man and his brothers music and playing of the old master's. All the original creators would be so proud and it's so good to see and hear younger people playing and appreciate the classics.
Thank you God for continuing the songs. Keep playing guys, so inspiring
I love his tempo and interpretation. Excellent!
First heard this genius recording 11 years ago and was blown away. Unbelievable! Still no better interpretation of this Brahms piece. No wonder Arthur's talent has become legend.
superbe! Bravo! Que de poésie! C'est exactement ma façon de jouer cette pièce!
The soul of Brahms toward the Autumn of his life.
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This is Brahms
Wow. So beautiful and full of feeling. Played very softly the whole way through, yet there seems to be such depth and dynamic range, even so. That was amazing, and wonderful, and a total privilege to be able to listen to.
+throwscats Wait til u hear Pogorelich's version....OUT OF SIGHT
Exquisite interpretation. So sensitive. I absolutely love it.
Thank you so much Arthur, I really really enjoyed watching you playing. You play like an Angel and look like one too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
I really don't understand 30 people has made negative feedback to this clip after listening this amazing his performance .
+ApriliaRS250Hoshii They must not be humans
Perhaps don't know good music or musicians? Or video not appealing to them?
I couldn't agree more! I have been learning this song myself and it's not an easy song and to play it with that much feeling is just amazing!
b/c you don't "understand" the piece
Pure poetry. Brahms would have been inmortal, if he had only written this piano piece.
I've been searching for an interpretation like this... Thank you
Very good job. He definitely feels what he plays!!! That's the most important.
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I agree, he plays so Beautifull, that is a balm for the soul
That was beautiful. Splendid job