CHOPIN Etude op.10 N12 "Revolutionary" | Nicolas BALDEYROU
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Dear Friends, as promised today’s video is a Chopin etude, and one of my favorite, the “revolutionary” etude opus 10 N12, the last one of the studies opus 10 dedicated to Franz Liszt 😊
The piece reportedly emerged after Chopin heard of Poland’s failure in its rebellion against Russia. Chopin was unable to participate due to his poor health, and when he heard that the rebellion failed, he cried, “All this has caused me so much pain. Who could have foreseen it!” During this time period, he produced some of his darkest and most passionate works, such as the Scherzo No. 2 and this etude.
Chopin named very few of his own compositions, almost always preferring to refer to them by opus and number. His etudes were no exception. However, due to their passionate, Chopin-esque nature, many of the etudes have nicknames given either by enthusiastic editors or zealous fans. These programmatic titles have been noted where they are present. Again, it is important to note that Chopin himself did not come up with any of these titles, and most likely even disapproved of them.
In the beginning, after a strong chord rings out, the left hand runs relentlessly and the melody is further developed in the right hand. Given the context of the piece, one could liken the opening chord to a gunshot. The ensuing tumultuous left hand and impassioned right hand could then be interpreted as a hero fighting a battle in a war. After a hard struggle, the piece ends quite as chaotically and dramatically as it began, yet in C major, leaving us with a sense of ambiguity - we are not sure if our hero prevailed or perished, but we do know that he fought bravely with both body and spirit.
Arranging this piece for clarinet quintet was of course quite challenging! managing the global rubato, playing the right hand octaves in tune but still keeping the line, direction of the phrase and a correct synchronisation, working on the busy bass clarinet part etc. But thank you all for proposing this study and giving me motivation to practice, I hope you’ll enjoy the result !
As I often get questions about my clarinets (which I don’t own unfortunately) and setups, here are informations :
- 1st clarinet Buffet Légende Green Line (Vandoren BD5, V12 3,5 reed, Vandoren Optimum ligature)
- 2nd clarinet Buffet Légende in boxwood
- 3rd clarinet Buffet Légende prototype in mopani
- Bass clarinet Buffet Tosca 1195R
- Contrabass clarinet Buffet from 1935 (generously lent by the Buffet Museum
I hope you'll like it and don't hesitate to give me ideas 😁
Take care and stay safe! ❤️
This is outrageously cool. You are the clarinet Ling Ling!
Agreed
Totally!
Thanks so much Kathryn !
Ling Ling is the piano Baldeyrou!
You know you nailed a performance when even Chopin comes to listen
Bravo for noticing ! Sharp eye 😄👏🏻
I wanted to like twice: once for the incredible playing, twice for the wonderfull collection of clarinets.
I wish they were mine but no... thank you Joël !
Bwoah, the bass clarinet part🤯🤯🤯
Yes ! Pretty nice to okay ! And good key, D minor is nice
Part of Bass cl. is amazingly!! Like a endless river! 👍👍👍👍👍
Exactly ! Amazing flow, very pleasant to play !
This is so revolutionary! I have never heard an arrangement like this! Also nice hair!
Thanks so much :-)))))
Nicolas, the new hairdress is very cool 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Yan ! 😁
I'm sorry, who puts a dislike to such an ingenious performance? It hurts to look! What a hard job it is to paint the orchestra to record for each voice and make a fantastic installation. Bravo Maestro!
Thanks so much for your support !
ただただ、感動しました。
Maravilhoso! Excelente performance!! Parabéns ! Bravíssimo!!
Muito obrigado Paulo !
Wow Nicolas, a great performance. You're wonderful clarinetist! Congratulations and greetings from Italy ;)
Thanks so much, all the best !
Bravissimo. The true Légende that matters here is the one in flesh and bones, quite a unique model !
You’re too kind, thank you Philippe !
Une adaptation révolutionnaire que Chopin, lui-même, n'eût sans doute pas reniée ! Merci de nous donner à réentendre ces œuvres qui prennent, chaque fois, une nouvelle dimension. On les redécouvre avec tellement de plaisir. Merci encore !
Mille mercis Georges ! Heureux que ce nouvel éclairage vous plaise !!
Comme je l'ai dit sur Facebook, c'est magnifique.
Votre travail est splendide.
Merci pour votre partage et votre passion.
Fidèle à votre habitude, votre travail est précieux et parfait.
Mille mercis pour votre bienveillance semaine après semaine, ça me touche beaucoup!
Wow! Never seen a contrabass clarinet model like that.
Nicolas mentions the contra in another video, it's on loan from the Buffet museum. Ah nvm, it's mentioned in the video notes 🤦♂️
Buffet Compact design from the 1930’s. Supplanted by the Leblanc paperclip. Buffet never really came back to metal or large clarinet after WWII.
its a buffet contra but it looks like a narrow bore linton tbh
Same, it looks like a bari sax heh
@@Tei_022 You are actually more right that you may seem to know. In 1838 Adolf Sax patented what is now the basic bass clarinet layout; he was subsequently working on a contrabass clarinet (he never managed to bring it to market), but while trying to make it louder and more powerful he came out with a conical contrabass clarinet (aka the Baritone Sax which he patented in 1844).
CZcams has had its shortcomings with copyright issues and all that, but it's also been a wonderful platform for classical music/musicians who were becoming a thing of the past. Now individual artists such as Nicolas Baldeyrou can easily broadcast their ideas and performances straight out of their home studios. That's just wonderful!
Thank you very much, I totally agree. We can all record anything and broadcast from our living rooms with a very simple equipment, no need for expensive studios and labels, Times change !
@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 Awesome work by the way! Really enjoyed watching your performance.
BRAVO - BRAVISSIMO!!!!! Great great arrangement, great playing. Thank you.
Thank you Stas !
Effectivement, cela a du être difficile pour caler toutes les voix sur le rubato! Bravo! Superbe, comme d'habitude.
Mille mercis !
@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 Comme autre suggestion de répertoire, avez-vous pensé au quatuor "La jeune fille et la mort" de Schubert? Je suis certain que tout le quatuor sonnerait super bien (surtout le 4è mouvement!), et que le premier mouvement serait un très bon exercice pour varier les longueurs de détaché, les duretés d'attaques... et ce serait l'occasion peut-être de faire la partie d'alto au cor de basset?
Si ça vous plaisait, vous pourriez aussi tenter le quintette à 2 violoncelles de Schubert (considéré par beaucoup comme "l'oeuvre ultime" de musique de chambre): pour le coup, le 2nd mouvement serait un sacré challenge pour la respiration circulaire.
En tout cas, j'adorerais vous écouter en faire une version!
Thank you Nicholas so much for your wonderful playing again I don't know how many of your videos I have watched this week and as I said to you recently you have certainly enrich my life during this coronavirus which I found very difficult being locked in my house for most of the time I see you playing the Tosca Bass clarinet it was fabulous! Earlier this morning I heard you playing Buffet's other bass clarinet which is different I don't think one is better or worse they have different characteristics. I don't think I'll ever be able to get another bass clarinet as I have an old Leon LeBlanc Low C bass clarinet from the 1960s. You should be very proud of all the hard work you've put in to your playing and musicianship Nicholas it is not just a wonderful thing for your personal playing but you give so much joy to other people. Mazel Tov. May God bless you and Yours especially for bringing some joy into the world! - Bill - UK
Madre mía! Increíble. Gracias maestro por empezar un domingo así😎
😊🙏🏼✨
This was a gigantic undertaking 🤩!! Your playing is stunning as always! It’s the best way to wake up on Sunday, when you have a new amazing upload. You’ve managed to transcend the clarinet, once again. Bravo to all the Nicolases 👏👏🎵🎼🎶✨🦙🦙🦙🦙
Thank you dear Cathy ! I do my best for a sweet wake up on Sunday 😁
Magnifique, brillant, ça fait du bien en cette periode si pessimiste.
Bravo, continuez Mr Baldeyrou.
Mille mercis pour vos encouragements !
j'adore comme d'habitude interprété avec virtuosité et sensibilité !!! Merci et bravo Nicolas !!!
Merci beaucoup Marc !
Génial, comme d'habitude !!!
Merci beaucoup ! 😊🙏✨
I really appreciate the use of the contrabass clarinet to extend the base notes, it really sounds like the piano pedal. Great work as always ! 👍
Thanks so much ! The contra definitely gives so much depth ! I hope I’ll own one one day 🤞🏻😊
Excellent as always! And you look nice with the new hair cut!!
Thank you Sarah ☺️
Ok, a crazy idea that has been in my head for a long time: transcribing a movement from Chopin's concerto number 1 or number 2.
WoW that’s really crazy 😁 but I like crazy challenges ! I’ll watch the score to see if it’s possible 🙏
Would definitely purchase that arrangement!
As always, this is absolutely stunning, at the same impressive and beautiful. Bravo!
Thank you so much Laura !
Époustouflant ! Bravo et merci beaucoup !
Mille mercis !
the dislikes are the close minded pianists taht think that Chopin can only be played at the piano... ;)
😂😂😂 maybe !
They are probably pianists that can’t play or doesn’t practise at all. Man this is amazing of course there will be people with jealousy 😀🤞🏻🙌🏻
This is so good! What a depth of sound the ensemble has! Also, nice haircut! Looking good man!
Thanks so much 😁
Mind-blowing playing! Wow - the precision needed to play all the parts. Our conductor ( of a small clarient group) commented it could encourage us to practice more, or just give up! thank you for posting this - wonderful.
As a clarinetist, and son of a pianist [my mother loved playing this etude] I say - amazing, brilliant, both arrangement and performance
The broken chord at 1:32
Oh I truly appreciate, thank you so much !
Bravissimo Maestro! You are a monster!!
Thanks so much Teo !
Stunning! I had wondered how you'd arrange this when I saw the thumbnail, but it works só só well. And that contrabass clarinet is incredible, just love the depth it gives!
Thank you so much, I agree for the contra, definitely essential when arranging Chopin !
My left hand is having PTSD. Well done!
😂😂 thank you James !
Un tel concentré de beauté, de puissance dans l’élégance, ingéniosité de méthode pour arriver à des rubati tellement impeccables, un jeu expressif, et une absence de clin d’oeil humoristique: à ce stade: plus besoin. Bravissimo! Je vois que certains fans passent leurs commandes! Alors, si vous êtes vous aussi amoureux de cette pièce: j’aimerais vous suggérer l’impromptu 66 de Chopin! Peut-être estimerez vous que la pédale est vitale à ce chef d’oeuvre, ou qu’au contraire ce challenge ne vous arrêtera pas? Nous croisons les doigts! Bonne continuation!
Merci beaucoup !!! Je vais étudier cet impromptu avec le score, cela fait longtemps que je ne l’ai pas écouté, merci pour cette proposition !
I'm very much impressed by the Contra Bass Clarinet! 😃 You used it in Paganini's Caprice but it is much more present here keeping the lowest notes. And I noticed that the Bass makes the left hand much more resonant and deep, it sounds better to express Chopin's tumultuous emotion than piano. Bravo for your fantastic work! 🤩🤩🤩
Thank you for your kind words ! The contra is definitely so useful in this music, couldn’t imagine without 😊
@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 This is almost cliché but how about Shostakovich waltz 2? I think the modulation to the major would be warm and gorgeous with your transcription.
Nice cut, great music as always!
Thank you Noah !
Extraordinary musicianship.Chapeaux!!👏👏👏👏👏
Formidable prestation je vous remercie Nicolas
Mille mercis Thierry !
This arrangement is perfect! Impressive! Bravissimo!
This might be anathema to some, but have you ever tried to play your arrangements on saxophones? I am of the firm conviction that a well-trained classical clarinetist can make the saxophones sound incredible.
Thank you Joel !
I let that to the specialists, I feel it’s a really specific work 😊
First of all, nice haircut.
Man you are so talented, God bless you.
😄 thank you Alvaro !
Merveilleux ! Quelle belle partie de clarinette basse 🤩🤩🤩🤩.
Merci beaucoup Jacques ! Enfin une partie de basse un peu roborative :-))
すっげぇ…かっこいい…感動🥺
言わずもがな音の芯がピュアで素敵なんだけど、連符しか吹いてないバスクラも凄い…
Great arrangement, great playing. Thank you. :)
Thanks so much !
Great arrangement! You might say it's...revolutionary.
I'll see myself out
Thanks so much, happy if you like it 😊🙏
Very good!
Thank you Saul !!
I wold love clarinet lessons from you! I started a very long time ago on the Bb clarinet and then started playing loads of other instruments (trumpet, guitar, bass, violin) and left the poor old clarinet. Then a few years ago I got myself a beautiful Eb Albert system clarinet (between 100 and 150 years old) I absolutely love it! Woodwinds rock!! 🥰❤️
Thank you so much! Albert system is great, I have a few at home :-)) all the best!
Cool smile at the end is always fascinating
😄🙏🏼
Amazing videos! Time for me to hit the practice room.
I just discovered your channel. So far, my all time favorite video is the clarinet solo from La Forza Act III. Happy to subscribe!
Happy that you like it ! Thank you so much and welcome on the channel :-))
Amaging!!
it's mega super, braaavo! Firstly, this work is well suited to current events in the world. Secondly, this genius Chopin music is rarely performed on clarinet, but now everyone is convinced that this is the best repertoire for clarinet ensembles and many clarinetists will want to perform it.
Thanks so much again ! I agree, when the pedal is not too important, it fits very well for clarinets 😇
Excellent comme d'habitude. Vous avez du bosser au moins 40h par jours pour en arriver là 😌
Merci beaucoup !!
Amazing bass playing.....
Thank you Alastair 🙏🏼🔥😊
I can’t even play this on the piano, amazingly done :O
Me too... the only one I tried to okay (badly) was opus 10 n12 😅
The best as always 🥰🎶🎼🎵
I truly appreciate, thank you !
You actually did this🤩🤩
Yesss ! That was hard 😅
It's all about the bass 💙 Nimble technique. Nifty arrangement. I just keep listening 🥰
Thank you very much Jen ☺️🙏🏼✨
Wow love the camera angles!
Thanks very much 🙏😊
The bass clarinet part is amazing. Seems like a lot of fun to play.
Absolutely ! Good key and really fun :-))
really cool
Thank you Albert !
Great performance!
Thank you very much Othmar !
wonderful
Thank you Luigi !
Wow. Truly a masterpiece of performance and arrangement. The bass clarinet part 🔥... And your new haircut really complements the image. Bravo, Nicolas!
Thank you Zisl ! The bass is definitely really fun, and in an easy key, D minor is really comfortable this time 😁 thanks for the haircut, we’re expecting a new lockdown... I hope you’re well and stay safe !
@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 sounds like fun, and you sure kill it! Thanks, hanging in here, doing many projects, recording, publishing, lecturing... Grateful for all these opportunities, especially these days. Warmest wishes! :)
Jaw-droppingly marvelous!
Thank you very much Bea :-)))
Super Basso!🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Thank you !
That was quite a Revolutionary arrangement. I loved it. Interested in how much cleaner the bass sounds here than on the piano. This made my day!! Thank you
Thank you Richard ! You’re right, sometimes we loose something without the pedal but here we can hear it in a more precise way !
Wow! I aspire to play like you one day! (Also, would you maybe consider playing (an excerpt of) the Sibelius violin concerto in the future? )
I loooove this piece so much ! I should think about that 🙏🏼
Truly inspiring playing,as always. Greetings from Scotland (with clear blue skies) 😀😀
Thank you Robert ! Then you’re much luckier than us in Paris about the weather 😁
Jeeeeez to do those runs on contra is just insane😭
This contra is amazing to be honest !
1:33 Chopin se manifiesta
Yessss ! You’re the only one that saw it, bravo !!!
Sim, lá no fundo.
Definitely great!
Thank you so much !
Once again, incredibly impressive!
Really a joy to watch and listen.
Thank you so much :-))
Bravo. 👏👏👏🍷
Merci Paul !
Just WOW
Thank you :-)))
Parte del tema principal de esta pieza fue usada en la salsa "Sonido Bestial" de los grandes salseros Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz.
I played the bass clarinet in middle school so it’s always cool to see one used
BRAVO!!! I found your channel a few weeks back. Thank you so much for the joy of your playing (and the hilarious cameos--the surly French guy, Shaun the sheep, all those matadors!)! I will cast my mind back to my music school days and ponder some ideas for arranging. Merci beaucoup (and great haircut!) 😁
Thank you so much Dave !
One of my favorite pieces for piano and so well played, the arrangement is great!
Love from Spain
Thank you so much Marina !
Amazing. Next challenge: Chopin Op. 25 No. 12
I’m also working on it ;-)) but the huge pedal and the very high register is hard to manage, still thinking how I can find a solution 😇
@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 I'm sure you will do great! I'm a very big fan of yours! Greetings from an aspiring clarinet player from Mexico!
Maravilloso!! Gran reto superado! Increíble 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Muchas gracias ! 🙏🏼😊✨
Great playing as always!
Thanks so much !
Amazing, just absolutely gobsmacking!!! Is there any sheet music with this? :)
Grande Doctor House!
😂😂😂🙏🏼✨
I’m obsessed with that contrabass clarinet
Love it too ! 😄
Whew, that Bass Clarinet Part is wicked!
And so fun to play !!
This is cool dude! I really like this arrangement!
Thank you !
Bravoo!!!
Merci Javier !
Génial ! La partie de basse est incroyable ! 😍
Merci Gwénaëlle ! Partie de basse fun et qui tombe bien sous les doigts en ré mineur :-))
Impressive. The Bass Clarinet part is fantastic.
Thank you Paul ! Very fun bass part for sure !
Pfff, que dire... déjà au piano c'est terrible mais là... Les œuvres où l'on peut exprimer une telle virtuosité à la basse sont rares. Comme toujours ça a l'air facile mais pas du tout en fait. Le lien entre la basse et la contrebasse sont tellement bien travaillés que l'on ne l'entends presque pas. Vous respirez quand avec la basse ? Encore bravo et merci pour nous montrer le chemin des possibles quand on travaille beaucoup beaucoup beaucoup...
Merci beaucoup Antoine ! Une grande partie de la partie de basse est en respiration continue, et heureux que vous ayez remarqué ces relais qui m’ont demandé beaucoup de mal 😁
this is amazing!
Thank you José !
Wow! Sounds almost identical to an harmonium!
You’re right !
This is absolutely amazing!!!!
Thank you so much !
Incroyable précision !!! prévoir du public sur l'image de fond.... haha
Merci beaucoup Jean-Claude ! Tellement hâte de retrouver du vrai public !
Gracias
🙏🏼😊🔥
Magnifique!!!👏🏼👏🏼🤤
A revolutionary Chopin has appeared 😂
What will be next...?
Merci Andres ! Next video will be some violin music 😁
Parabéns pelo trabalho Nicolas! Considere tocar algum Choro brasileiro no futuro, como "Tico tico no Fubá" de Zequinha de Abreu. Um salve do Brasil! 👏👏🇧🇷
Thank you so much, I will do it one day for sure, I love the piece !
Jesus! That’s incredible! 🙀🙀🙀🙀 nice hair cut by the way.
Thanks so much !