Sir András Schiff | exquisite humor

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  • čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
  • 00:00 - “Reminds me to much of Czerny” Juilliard Masterclass, 16 October 2017
    00:08 - “What a pity you didn’t play a Steinway” Haydn Festival at Wigmore Hall, 5 March 2022
    00:38 - “A Steinway doesn’t do that!”
    01:07 - “Kodály way of solfège” from “Intermezzo” with Arie Vardi, talking about Béla Bartók
    02:03 - “What the hell is that?” Schubert, lecture-recital at Wigmore Hall, 26 November 2021
    02:22 - Poor Haydn gets interrupted (again) by phone ringtone
    03:02 - “Have you played on Beethoven’s piano? No. Well, I have!” in conversation with Stuart Isacoff, New York, 2012
    03:22 - Indiscriminate pedaling on Bach!
    :)

Komentáře • 47

  • @trevorguy63
    @trevorguy63 Před 2 lety +107

    Lovely compilation. On another occasion at a concert at Wigmore Hall, he announced that he would be performing the Hammerklavier and said to the audience "I hope you don't mind" 😂 He then proceeded to say something along the lines of- when I was younger I could play the notes of the sonata but couldn't really understand it. Today, it is the other way around 😂

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +10

      Thank you very much! Yes! It was from the recital dedicated to the memory of Bernard Haitink. In a future compilation I will certainly add it👍🏻

  • @2009grifin1
    @2009grifin1 Před 2 lety +19

    Maestro, The world is a much better place having been graced with your talent.

  • @SandWolf_
    @SandWolf_ Před 2 lety +43

    Oh these are absolutely precious! I love his musicality best but his humour is second to none. His remarks are often very witty and show his great wisdom. Thanks for this :)

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +6

      You are very welcome, couldn’t agree more! :) Thank you for sharing precious videos of Maestro Schiff!

  • @sheilanovitz8578
    @sheilanovitz8578 Před 2 lety +27

    Thank you! Am so glad someone has put all these wonderful moments together. There is another time in a masterclass with Anna Han, playing Schumann’s 1st sonata: He tells her at one stage, “Go crazy.” A few mad bars later, “When I say go crazy, yes, but don’t go crazy.”

  • @rustcohle1794
    @rustcohle1794 Před 2 lety +18

    Now that’s my kind of humor 😝

  • @hoyen315
    @hoyen315 Před 2 lety +18

    I was lucky enough to be in his recital in Beijing in October 2019. We were so excited and kept clapping and he did like 5 encores. In the end, his last encore was simple, short, and sweet - Silent Night 😂 what a treasure

  • @sirleviatandoom
    @sirleviatandoom Před rokem +2

    me siento afortunado en saber que Sir András Schiff es uno de los concertistas de piano mas grandes de la historia, pero es un triunfo pírrico ya que también me entristece profundamente que solo pocos lo sepan y puedan entender el por que de esta afirmación.

  • @charleslyall5857
    @charleslyall5857 Před rokem +2

    Brilliant.

  • @jakesmith3724
    @jakesmith3724 Před 2 lety +3

    This is outstanding

  • @enriquemontesdeoca1413
    @enriquemontesdeoca1413 Před 2 lety +6

    Wonderful sense of humor! By the way, if you have the full interview with Arie Vardi about Hungarian Style I would beg you to upload it. You would indeed be the only person in the world who possesses it (it was deleted). Thank you for your channel! :)

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety

      Thank you for kind words! Unfortunately I just have this (funny) fragment, I really hope to see it back on YT too!

    • @kropchik
      @kropchik Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/WQBY3JqfWsg/video.html

    • @bohuscsaba6381
      @bohuscsaba6381 Před 2 lety

      On again: czcams.com/video/51xFiBrcSiw/video.html

  • @bartvanhoeck
    @bartvanhoeck Před 2 lety +12

    2:02 What the hell is that ? 😂

  • @Tokyolaser777
    @Tokyolaser777 Před 2 lety +2

    Nice video! Hope his rendition of the Goldberg from Prom will be available again🤞🏻

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +3

      www.bilibili.com/video/BV15X4y1N7DY?t=5.4
      you can watch it here ✌🏻

    • @Tokyolaser777
      @Tokyolaser777 Před 2 lety +1

      @@musikalischesopfer no way how have you managed to find it??? thank you very much hope you have a very blessed day!!

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +2

      @@Tokyolaser777 I got to thank @Sand Wolf for the link!

  • @fiandrhi
    @fiandrhi Před 2 lety +5

    I wanted him to go on and explain what the hell that trill is in D. 960, because I've wondered all my life.

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +2

      It really is one of the strangest moments in music literature! I personally came to two different conclusions, in the first one; Schubert simply embellished the cadence in the soprano (bflat going to f) with a “trilled” appoggiatura in the bass line, in a sort of “falso bordone” style. In the second one; he wanted to add a kind of humours element by imitating the top voice going down a major 2nd, compared to the lower voice going down a minor 2nd.. three and a half octaves below! creating this funny dialogue between these two voices so far a part😄🎶

    • @fiandrhi
      @fiandrhi Před 2 lety +3

      @@musikalischesopfer very interesting you hear this as humorous. You may be right. I've always gone to the (maybe too obvious) explanation that the trill is intended as a portend of death. That is, the sudden disquieting thought that it will all soon be over interrupting a youthful, blithe, and optimistic melody.

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +1

      @@fiandrhi oh yes, absolutely! It could be something coming directly from the netherworld, as such as a “memento mori”

    • @fiandrhi
      @fiandrhi Před 2 lety +3

      @@musikalischesopfer as I'm sure you know, Schubert was very aware of his impending death when he wrote that sonata.

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +1

      @@fiandrhi oh yes yes for sure he was.. nothing but the consciousness of death could have inspired the second movement of this sonata and, most certainly, the f sharp minor andante from the previous sonata

  • @sarahdavis9770
    @sarahdavis9770 Před 2 lety +1

    ❤️

  • @SpontaneityJD
    @SpontaneityJD Před 2 měsíci

    0:54 😂❤

  • @pietrorossi1291
    @pietrorossi1291 Před 2 lety +1

    What happens at 2:18?

    • @musikalischesopfer
      @musikalischesopfer  Před 2 lety +5

      It was taken from a lecture-recital. Maestro is pointing out how ambiguous is this trill in Schubert last sonata. Here you can find the full concert at Wigmore Hall: czcams.com/video/ViZu8ATTqc8/video.html

    • @pietrorossi1291
      @pietrorossi1291 Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you!

  • @laputa6464
    @laputa6464 Před 11 měsíci

    It's difficult to find humour drier than his.

  • @HermanIngram
    @HermanIngram Před 2 lety +10

    Where was the humorous part?