Hilary Hahn - Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
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- čas přidán 23. 02. 2023
- Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op.19
1. Andantino (0:10)
2. Scherzo: Vivacissimo (9:28)
3. Moderato - Allegro moderato (13:25)
Hilary Hahn, violin
Alain Altinoglu, conductor
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Live - recorded on 2/24/23
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I was actually there in this concert, and it was genuinely one of the best concerts I’ve been in. What you actually can’t hear in CDs is her absolutely insane ability to communicate with the orchestra through body language and looks, therefore this concerto was imo better than on her album Paris. She and the orchestra with more creative rubati. And she played THREE encores! This goes to the top 5 of my experience regarding music
Hey, i was there too! Have you been on Thursdary or Friday?
Yup g minor adagio, e major gigue, and b minor sarabande
Yes I agree! I went to her Sibelius concert and it was crazy her attack so so amazing and her sound is so powerful and clear! It was amazing to hear my favorite violinist play my favorite piece live. I hope to hear her play Prokofiev live too as it’s my second favorite piece!
lucky !!!
Ich war Donnerstag da!
11:42 this, this right here is INSANE, we should be thankful we get to listen to this for free
I know! We’re very lucky we get to see this entire concerto for free on here.
Prokofiev is one of my favorites. Hahn is one of my favorites. This is a phenomenal combination.
She continues to be more expressive by the years, more beautiful too. What a great human being.
I was thinking the same thing. She seems to be playing with more and more emotional depth as time goes on. Extraordinarily beautiful music from a beautiful woman.
@@StephanieM772
That happens when you are a mother of two children. It is the gift that children bring to the soul, more life, more emotions. 💖🇨🇱
16:40 WOW, that’s one of the most beautiful excerpts from this concerto! I love it!
17:51 nothing... just Prokofiev making sure you're practicing your scales
how could someone get this level of perfection!!! For me, she is the number one of all times!!!! just unbelievable....
17:20 always gives me goosebumps... it's so beautiful, Prokofiev really was a great composer
Such a legendary performance! I wish that the camera was on Hilary more though during all those tricky passages 😭
Totally agree. Show the orchestra when it's just the orchestra playing... if it's the soloist playing use the close-medium shot so we can all in be in awe of her bowing and fingerwork!!
so true!!! I feel like they time it and don't show her on purpose idk maybe it's some marketing technique to make people want to come to their concerts
11:41 Hilary said this was one of the hardest excerpts to play in the entire violin repertoire! But she nails it every single time.
The sound that she stepped her foot on the wood floor make it so perfect
The control to play right next to the bridge and not slip even a tiny bit...
Shout out to TwoSet Violin, which is where I heard her say the same thing!
Heavy metal before it even existed!
@@francoiscouturier2405 That honor might have to go to Vivaldi. He did it way before Prokofiev!
5:40 something about her pizzicatos (and the passage in general) radiate such dominance and unbelievable mastery
She must have fingers of steel. Every note is audible😮
The pizz are really really POWERFUL. With THAT volume in the mic, I can imagine she was producing a huge sound in the concert hall!
11:54 That sound quality created by the circling arpeggios + the sul ponticello is so unique, it almost sounds like some middle eastern or medieval woodwind
Analyze if u must I just listen
@@wastrel09 Same here, I'm just stating what I'm hearing ;)
I keep coming back to this recording. Most magical 20min I've witnessed in a concert hall. Especially the last movement I initially didn't like that much was simply INSANLY beautiful live in Frankfurt
Sheer perfection. The best experience I've had of this concerto. Hilary gets into the soul of this concerto and bursts out passionately.
Fantastic performance. Hilary Hahn achieved a unique level of virtuosity. Imho she is trulu the best violinist of the century-maybe of all times.
@Gary Allen Oistrakh better
@@garyallen8824 Everyone has heard of Heifetz and Oistrakh. Doesn't mean they can't prefer other violinists.
Ladies and gentlemen, from her album PARIS, Ms. Hahn amazing us again with another spectacular performance of this marvelous piece... And her dress 👗👏👏👏💕🎻
Hilary - тонкий музыкант, наделенный от природы целым букетом музыкальных талантов. Сложнейший концерт Прокофьева прозвучал, словно эта музыка не доставляет никаких трудностей, ни солистке, ни оркестру. Кстати работа оркестра также безупречна - ни единого слова плохого сказать нельзя. В целом очень серьёзная работа, и, главное, в таком исполнении можно получить удовольствие от этого концерта, что конкретно с ним довольно редко случается. Очень радостно, что впереди у солистки еще очень много времени - будет интересно следить за ее раскрытием как музыканта.
тонко сказано!
Stunning performance. She plays everything well, but something about her interpretation of this concerto is next level.
Cette version est absolument époustouflante, peut être la référence absolue, bravo et merci Hilary pour cette admirable performance !
I admire many things about Hilary, but I admire especially her perseverance at such a high level of performance. She must really love what she does!
Years ago the DSO concert master asked me to help him as an accompanist to prepare this piece. It was my first exposure to it and it blew me away. Been my favorite violin concerto ever since.
Those excerpts where the harp comes in are absolutely beautiful! Wow 😍❤️
Yazzz! New Hilary Hahn video. Thank you 💕😊. Bravo 👏👏🎹🎶🎻🥁❤️🙏
I Mike so much the mastery of Hilary to play Classic music...she is the Best for ever.. ÁNGEL PANTA YARLEQUE...Caracas, Venezuela.
After listening to this performance, I was able to understand the new sounds and the developmental approach that Prokofiev intended.
Hilary Hahn, un contrôle et une maitrise. Phénoménal. Quel courage, quel travail.
Überwältigend und bewundernswert, auch aus Sicht eines Pianisten !
she plays the most difficult music pieces so effortlessly. I love this incredible talent.
It's a lot more hard work from a young age, not just "talent"
@@user-iy1go8tr7ithat is true but then again how confident are you to reach that level at that age if you follow her practice routine to the brim?
11:53 She's crazy in the coolest way.
love love LOVE the tuba's parts from 18:00 - 19:00
This is just so satisfying 🥹🥹
Это было ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО! BRAVISSIMO!
Happy to discover this today. Wow. Thank you.
An extraordinary performance of an all-but-unplayable concerto!
@Gary Allen which orchestras have you performed it with? Love to see it!
incredible. a distinct interpretation - both from Hillary and the orchestra - very percussive in movements 2/3, it works so damn well
Absolutely amazing !!!
It was insane. Went by like an intense glimpse.
Thank you for posting!
this is the most heavenly thing ive ever seen
Thank you for upload.
No problem! There were three encores but I couldn’t record them sadly
@@TacticalStrike lol
@@wuillymay8815oh wrong account lol
She practiced 40 hours a day!
TWOSETTER
@Gary Allen Do you mean ling ling? Cuz wtf is a lang lang
41, I think.
its about How not How much..
@@alimousatabets5751Lang Lang is a world class pianist! He’s one of the greatest pianists ever.
Wow, Thanks Hilary🎻🎻🎻
Brilliant!
I love Hillary also for giving all she has to give us te possibiliry to hear hef playing so beautifull.
Must have cost 20 hours a day 5 years.
ICONIC !!!!
Wow, the entire concerto is only 21 minutes long! This is a relatively short concerto but it’s so GOOD! It’s a thrill to listen to the fast 2nd movement. The third movement is slow and contemplative.
11:54 there is something chilling and kind of amazing about how this sounds. I've never heard a violin make a sound like that in my life. She shreds that thing like it's an electric guitar.
it's because she placed a mute on the D and A strings
@@chloen5260 Oh crap, now that I see it, I can't unsee it...that's really cool! Thanks for pointing that out
@@chloen5260no she didn't. the mute has to be in the bridge for that to work. she's playing a technique called sul ponticello in which she plays with the bow directly on the bridge
@@hyperactiveofficial8096don't listen to him he's wrong, she has her mute on for the section after, but not for the timestamp you showed
@@hyperactiveofficial8096 she is playing DIRECTLY on the bridge. I am a violinist, sul ponticello is a very distinct sound (also you can clearly see its on the bridge. Also the mute has to be directly on the bridge for it to work, not just below it. Even then a mute simply nulls the vibrations which dulls the sound.
best second movement ever !!!
Just watched her in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was wearing the same dress and was just as awesome as ever.
Prokopfiev was from another planet.
@garyallen8824
Happily, Ukraine did not exist when Prokofiev was born; he did not speak Ukrainian; and he was a proud Russian through and through.
I will be attending Ms. Hahn's upcoming performance of this work with the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, NY on January 11th.
Merveilleuse interprétation !
Quel régal que cette interprétation !! Jean
Fabuleux! Transcendant !
I just watched a recording of her performance more than 10 years ago, vs this recording. It's so fascinating to see her style of playing change and mature even more
She could play the fire alarm and it would sound beautiful.
That second movement was a real barn burner! She is a force!
18:24 wow just wow this part of the concerto just makes my hairs stand on the back of my neck
I'm experiencing this for the first time and that section gave me chills! I scanned the comment section looking for someone such as yourself who would highlight it.
Very nice ❤
I love Hilary's older performance of Prokofiev No. 1, but this new one is excellent too! What drives me crazy is the video not being in sync with the audio, that's just torture.
This is such disappointing camera work. While I appreciate how vital and talented the orchestra is, I'm so surprised how often the camera leaves Hilary and pans to the orchestra during some of the most electric moments of the solo part. And half of the time the camera is on her, it's at a suboptimal angle to even see what she's doing. Musically, this was great to listen to though.
Most people that haven't played the violin or don't have a perfect pitch hearing can't imagine how hard it is to be as perfect as Hilary.
bless you for posting this!!!!!
Fantastic performance! It's a shame the camera wasn't on Mrs. Hahn more. I think they may have focused a bit too much on the orchestra, but that's just my opinion. Still one of my favourite live performances of this piece.
No that’s exactly what I thought when I was watching the stream
@@TacticalStrike Okay, glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought that.
was about to comment the same. the orchestra is obviously very important, but on a concerto you want focus on the soloist imo !
Actually the focus of the camera is a bit unusual but you can see it as well as a guide to listen more intensely to the instrumentation. Because if you see an instrument it is easier to hear it as well which is quite useful in a piece like Prokofiev.
@@tttenebre Totally agree!
4:55 - 5:03 LOVE the harp’s ambient up & downs
now that i listen more closely it continues on until 5:29
¡¡¡Dios mío!!!
I swear I’m going to learn it and play it to my sister in the middle of the night
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
einfach wundervoll! keine angst vor shostakowitch!
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❤
I haven't heard her play in person for many years. The last time was a concert for the 80th birthday of the conductor at the Curtiss Institute. She performed the Britten concerto marvelously (of course!). The concert finished with a favorite of mine, Prokofiev 5. I don't remember what the overture was.
You should upload the encore too!
There were three, I wanted to record them but sadly I didn’t get the chance :( g minor adagio, b minor sarabande, and e major gigue
Someone uploaded her g minor adagio encore!
😍
最高。天才。
bagus sekali ! aku suka fiddle..matur suksma
Any twosetters here?
ofc we are everywhere
No, they all are practicing 40 hours a day.
No.
Of course, we are here 😉
Yes! But I was a fan of hers before she appeared in their videos. She’s been playing violin since she was a little girl.
Wow Hilary is on 🔥… sometimes her playing is too legato for me but this strikes an awesome balance….
Given classical music is about performance I'm not sure why people are so intent on overproducing performances like this. I don't want to hear bass notes panning from left to right mid line as if this is some prog rock record. Also, I'd like to observe the natural dynamics of the performers rather than the mix some producer chose when balancing the 50 or so microphones used for this recording. I have a feeling this is quite a lot different than how this actually sounded in the hall in terms of the balance between soloist and orchestra... Old classical records are incomparably better than modern ones when producers had only a 4 or maybe an 8 track recorder and mic'd the room to actually capture a sound representing what people in the hall really heard. It's likely they are dynamically modifying the EQ and or level of Hahn's violin at times during this performance which is as insane as it is inane. It's crazy how I can buy old classical records for about $2 a piece and they're far better than most modern recordings.
Those adamantium strings sounds good.
COO! lost for words. Never heard it before -stunning! Needs many plays to familiarise myself with such complex work. She does that in public - what does she do in private?
i like that suspense sound around 11:3x mark :D
Tár got me here D:
OMZ!!
Ling-Ling!!!!!!!!!!
If you ever feel like you're having a chaotic day, just remember that this exists :}
i get the vibe that the oboe duo are really really good unlikely friends
When and where was this concert may I ask? I am under the impression that Hilary stopped performance for a while.
It was in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, on the 23th of February this year. She stopped performing in 2019 (?) and took a sabbatical year
11:42 that one woman vibing
11:32
Thank you so much for posting the concert but my god, that was so frustrating to watch… What the broadcasting people did on that 3rd movement was just tragic. It was already not good but by the end it seemed as though they were going out of their way to completely omit the soloist. Imagine practicing so hard to play such a devilishly hard piece, absolutely NAILING IT in a live performance only for the camera people to be like “yeah, we thought the half notes the tuba was playing were more interesting than all that crazy stuff you were doing over there”. (Nothing against tuba guy, love tuba guy).
I know my comment is so disproportionate but as someone who knows the monumental technical demands of what she just did, this just made me so angry lol. Imagine a prima ballerina starting the daunting 32 fouettes in Swan Lake’s coda and the camera just starts panning to get the reactions of the corps de ballet, the orchestra, random person #3, etc. missing the whole thing. This is what they did.
I totally agree I wanted to see more of her fingerings. She plays this piece so amazingly
Totally agree. I was hoping for this video because there are just a really old video of her performing Prokofiev. But the scene director was all over the place. It would be great for the orchestra performance, but this is a Violin Concerto, and the camera cuts should focus more on Hillary
Not exactly the same as with ballet, because that's all visual, and music doesn't actually need the visuals to be effective. I was grading chemistry papers while listening and I fully enjoyed what I heard.....I only saw about 1/3 of it. As a clarinetist, I obviously wasn't interested in her fingerings, but then, I wasn't looking at the clarinets' fingerings, either!
@@elisecurran9497 But that's not the point of the comparison... The comparison being made is that much like the pivotal moment that is the 32 fouettes in Swan Lake (in which no camera ever has panned away from a single fouette because, duh), the pivotal moment of the 3rd movement is the development when she's starts flying up and down the fingerboard at an insane speed. At such a similar moment, the cameras just decided to point away from the soloist missing the whole thing, which is bewildering if you have ears or 2 cents of common sense.
This is about the medium and the context. There is a video broadcast, of a live performance, of a violin concerto, with a soloist (who probably sold out the concert btw) and the broadcasting people think the priorities here are everything else but the soloist.
If you're happy to just listen, I'll do you one better. There's a studio quality recording of this concerto with Hilary Hahn by Deutsche Grammophone. I for one will stay perplexed at the complete lack of common sense displayed here, in this video.
@@h.felixflores8375 I am in complete, complete agreement with you. Why film a concerto performance if you're not going to film the soloist? Just broadcast the audio then. People would still love an audio livestream. But they chose to add visuals on top of the audio, and to have the video focus on everyone else but the soloist doesn't make sense. Imagine if they did the same with the audio - some parts you'd hear the violin clearly and other parts the violin was muted, that's what it feels like.
I feel the same regarding World Ballet Day morning class livestreams when the camera spends too much time focusing on the pianist or teacher or random zoomed-in face shots. It's a ballet class, we want to see the dancers' entire bodies.
16:50-17:20
16:58-17:10 is my favorite part
11:58 is just when violinists start to lose their mind
I have a dream, become a violinist...
Cameraman gets an F
Gran violín. Yo q no soporto los agudos... Es precioso. Se nos volviô moco el compositor. Qué de insectos, no? Abrazos
I didn't know Prokofiev wrote a violin concerto and I'm a Classical music musician.
Wrote 2 as well
Strange piece for strange times
9:26
10:59
imagine 2set voilin was in the room screaming ooowwhhhh ❤❤hillarryyyy❤❤❤ did you practise ? 😂