Interview with MICHALA PETRI! | Team Recorder: The Pro Files

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
  • In this episode of 'The Pro Files' Team Recorder, I met with the one and only Michala Petri! She has been a recorder legend since the 1960s, pioneering many works for the instrument. Here we chatted about everything from her career, preparing for a concert, performance tips and nerves, technique tips and articulation to advice for budding young recorder players!
    /// INSTRUMENTS
    Michala plays: an Eagle alto recorder in 442 by Adriana Breukink
    a Von Huene alto in 442
    I play: a Von Huene alto in 442 (borrowed from Michala)
    //// LINKS
    Michala's website:
    www.michalapetri.com/
    Performing Vivaldi Concerto in C Minor:
    • Antonio Vivaldi: Recor...
    Performing 'Dreams' with Lars Hannibal:
    • Michala Petri & Lars H...
    My video on 'Recorder and orchestra':
    • The Recorder and Orche...
    //// MY DEBUT ALBUM
    'Constellations' is out!! It can be ordered on (signed) CD or digital download here: team-recorder.myshopify.com/
    /////
    THE TEAM RECORDER WEBSHOP!
    Buy all your TR-related goodies here!
    team-recorder.myshopify.com/
    //////
    SUPPORT TEAM RECORDER ON PATREON
    A small monthly donation to Team Recorder will help this channel to grow, and you get great rewards too!
    / teamrecorder
    /////
    Don't forget to check out my other videos, and SUBSCRIBE! Turn notifications on by clicking the 'bell' icon, then you never miss a thing. A new video will be posted every week!
    ------
    Website: www.sarahjeffery.com
    Twitter/Instagram @sockmyshoe
    Wanna send me stuff? My PO box:
    Sarah Jeffery
    Keurenplein 41
    Box C350
    1069CD Amsterdam
    The Netherlands
    Go #teamrecorder
  • Hudba

Komentáře • 239

  • @marksingleton4474
    @marksingleton4474 Před 5 lety +51

    Oh wow. Very relaxed interview. It was almost as if they were talking around coffee table. Wish it had been longer. Thanks michala and sarah.

  • @enzoma7253
    @enzoma7253 Před 5 lety +72

    Such a graceful lady! And what a wonderful end to the interview with the duet!

    • @NYCBG
      @NYCBG Před 4 lety +5

      Beautiful! Beautiful lady! I am so happy that the audiences around the world can see and hear her art.
      P.S. And yes, I LOVE her Danish accent!

  • @bakingmatters1
    @bakingmatters1 Před 5 lety +46

    Wow! the Queen of Recorder playing with her Heir Apparent, great interview ,thank you.

    • @acyutanandadas1326
      @acyutanandadas1326 Před 4 lety +5

      john royce Did Michala pass it to Sarah's daughter by holding baby's hand. Isn't there a painting like that on a ceiling somewhere?

  • @barell007
    @barell007 Před 5 lety +52

    Oh my Goodness what a Wonderful and Beautiful Lady of extraordinary talent , beauty and grace. What a fantastic interview and exquisite recorder Duet ! Thank you so much for this episode and can`t wait to hear more from your recorder playing friends.

  • @marcelofrmo
    @marcelofrmo Před rokem +3

    Sarah, I have to congratulate you for this interview. She is such a legend. I'm coming from the flute world and I remember the first time I heard her: it was a performance of Le Basque with James Galway. She was unforgetable. Such a joy to see you both in the same video!

  • @christophertsiliacos8958
    @christophertsiliacos8958 Před 5 lety +28

    👋 Petri, who began playing the recorder at the age of three, is noted for her virtuosity and versatility across a wide range of styles, from the baroque repertoire of the height of the instrument's popularity to contemporary works written particularly for her. She has premiered dozens of works, by composers Malcolm Arnold, Gordon Jacob and Richard Harvey, as well as Daniel Börtz, Erik Haumann, Hans Kunstovny, Erling Bjerno, Thomas Koppel, Ove Benzen, Vagn Holmboe, Piers Hellawell, Gary Kulesha, Asger Lund Christiansen, Egil Harder, Michael Berkeley, Butch Lacy, Miklos Maros, Ezra Laderman, Jens Bjerre, Henning Christiansen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Axel Borup Jørgensen, and Gunnar Berg.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • @orirune3079
    @orirune3079 Před 5 lety +11

    Her playing has such a magical quality to it. It's like it just flows from her effortlessly. That instrument she has is beautiful, too.

  • @massmanute
    @massmanute Před 2 lety +4

    I bought a CD of Michala's performance back in 1985 or so, and it really opened my eyes to what the recorder was capable of in the hands of a master.

    • @toddmurphy523
      @toddmurphy523 Před rokem

      There was a CD that Michala did with her family members that showcases the virtuosity that is possible (impossible...🙂) on recorder. That became my introduction to this trailblazer showing recorder as a serious instrument.

  • @loredanavalenzano-slough6314

    Michala, the Myth! What an amazing artist! Absolutely, The One and Only!

  • @johnroberts262
    @johnroberts262 Před 5 lety +14

    Two lovely ladies who are doing great things for the recorder world.

  • @autumnhomer9786
    @autumnhomer9786 Před 5 lety +23

    OMG! You got to interview Michala Petri. 😳😍😍🌹🌹💐❤️

  • @TheGenflute
    @TheGenflute Před 5 lety +7

    😍

  • @josequins9099
    @josequins9099 Před 4 lety +4

    OMG how she reimagined Bachs cello suite prelude was just fantastic. So melodic. Perfect for recorder.

  • @hectoraguilar770
    @hectoraguilar770 Před 3 lety +5

    Michala Petri is the greatest recorder player! I love her playing!

  • @acyutanandadas1326
    @acyutanandadas1326 Před 4 lety +4

    ''Feeling the shape of the room'' Pure gold!!!

  • @alicewyan
    @alicewyan Před 5 lety +24

    Wow :D now I can't wait for her Cello Suites recomposed! :D such an inspiring interview!

    • @fcopaja
      @fcopaja Před 5 lety +1

      For me that was the most important moment of the video, wish we had more info.

    • @theowoo
      @theowoo Před 4 lety +2

      No.1 is here if you're not aware!! michalapetrimusic.com/sheetmusic/suite-1-g-major-bwv-1013-for-alto-recorder-solo/

    • @alicewyan
      @alicewyan Před 4 lety

      @@theowoo thank you!!

  • @sofiyah9552
    @sofiyah9552 Před 5 lety +9

    Amazing to see you both play together

  • @emmanuelfabian8317
    @emmanuelfabian8317 Před 5 lety +9

    🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 la leyenda viviente !! Michala Petri ! Mi flautista favorita

  • @Oaktreealley
    @Oaktreealley Před 3 lety +6

    I love this so much. Watching it again in 2020.
    I was watching one of her wonderful performances posted on her CZcams channel (I forget which one) and someone, being a rude & snarky know-it-all has commented something to the affect that her performance was terrible and soulless, and she replied to them with “I agree.”
    Perhaps she meant it in accordance with how she judges herself, but I hated to see such a comment although her reply made me love her more. She seems like such a graceful & down to earth person, genuinely happy that so many ppl are playing the recorder following in her footsteps, so to speak.

  • @roseandcross3557
    @roseandcross3557 Před 5 lety +16

    Both Sarah and Michala are my idols!

  • @flutechannel
    @flutechannel Před 5 lety +4

    Great to hear more about this fabulous player! Thanks for this!

  • @JonathanOvnat
    @JonathanOvnat Před 3 lety +4

    At the age of 18 when I discovered Michala through Keith Jarrett, I listened only to their recordings and nothing else for a full year.

  • @jjf6257
    @jjf6257 Před 5 lety +12

    Wow! Michala Petri was the first recorder player I knew. The interview was interesting but playing together was awesome! Thank you, that sounds so great!

  • @mkshffr4936
    @mkshffr4936 Před 3 lety +3

    Her recording of the Telemann Recorder Bassoon concerto is one of my my favorite albums.

  • @anthonymccarthy4164
    @anthonymccarthy4164 Před 4 lety +2

    One of the best interviews with a famous musician I've ever heard.

  • @FridayFrida
    @FridayFrida Před 3 lety +2

    I have picked up my recorder after 30 years, I played when I was a child. This makes me so inspired to keep practicing. Thank you!

  • @caiogflopes
    @caiogflopes Před 3 lety +2

    Michala was an idol as I grew up. And she seems shut a gentle person! Loved the interview :)

  • @TheBrokenConsort
    @TheBrokenConsort Před 4 lety +5

    Perfekt. Dies ist ein ein ausgezeichnetes Interview! Wonderful interview, very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @argonwheatbelly637
    @argonwheatbelly637 Před 5 lety +4

    That duet was brilliant! Thank you so much!!!

  • @fenjaregel4030
    @fenjaregel4030 Před 5 lety +33

    Oh that lovely Danish accent 😂 greetings from Denmark 👋

    • @Wrongald
      @Wrongald Před 5 lety +2

      I didn't think she had much of an accent at all. She certainly didn't sound like she had a mouth full of porridge... :)

    • @fenjaregel4030
      @fenjaregel4030 Před 5 lety +8

      @@Wrongald She has a very typical Danish accent for people around her age (younger people tend to have a less strong accent). I'm not saying she isn't speaking English just fine, but I know what a Danish accent sounds like, I do have one myself after all 😉 and btw, I find it charming when a person's accent reveals their native language 😊

    • @Wrongald
      @Wrongald Před 5 lety +1

      I stand corrected. I listened to it again, and this time I heard it. I was just being silly anyway (I live in Sweden)...

    • @fenjaregel4030
      @fenjaregel4030 Před 5 lety

      @@Wrongald For detection of a Danish accent just listen to how she says "is" and "has". Danes over the age of 40 like saying it kind of like "iðs" and "haðs" 😂

    • @sophelet
      @sophelet Před 5 lety

      It is very distinctive! I was reminded of my relatives. My father's parents were from Jutland in the area around Randers, and my father and aunt learned Danish first, then English and French (and then Swedish in the case of my aunt, and Spanish in the case of my dad; they also both studied Latin). Having skill and ability to communicate in more than one language is just amazing and essential, and we also have the language (both written and communicated and heard) of music.

  • @stephanieellison7834
    @stephanieellison7834 Před 4 lety +1

    When I listen to Michala recount her history, I simply feel a bright, warm, satisfying light or sense. She has done what she was set to do.

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 Před 5 lety +2

    OMG she is a legend!!!!!! Her Vivaldi 443 was a massive, massive classical music memory for me as a kid!!! She is just such a goddess -- the two of you together in one video is just perfect!!

    • @thpeti
      @thpeti Před 3 lety

      See my video as a teenager. I could not play it as fast as Michala, and it wasn't absolutely error free... Her influence made me learning that piece. VHS nostalgia from 1999... czcams.com/video/96KVOWbmbwE/video.html

  • @andyrose7953
    @andyrose7953 Před 5 lety

    Wonderful interview - thank you both so much! I also can't wait to hear her re-imagining of the Bach cello suites!

  • @Buddhamaniac
    @Buddhamaniac Před 5 lety +1

    Hearing Michala for the first time started my interest in Baroque music and recorder in particular. She is wonderful.

  • @anitashaw3391
    @anitashaw3391 Před 2 lety +1

    Loved her performance with Victor Borge back when. That's when I found out the recorder isn't just for kids first instrument. And of course, he did his best to crack her up . . . Great show!

  • @MILOFAR
    @MILOFAR Před 3 lety

    Amazing amount of knowledge compressed in this video. I really enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks a lot Sarah!

  • @grayhambo6747
    @grayhambo6747 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for this insightful interview. What a talented person Michala is. Very committed and inspirational.

  • @michaelnancyamsden7410

    This is wonderful music! Michaela has been a favorite for years. Thank you.

  • @tinyrainbowgirl
    @tinyrainbowgirl Před 5 lety +2

    Wow, what an astonishing lady! Thank you Sarah, for such a wonderful video :) I love your channel! x

  • @gustavod.casetta1175
    @gustavod.casetta1175 Před 5 lety

    Wooowww!! Congratulations, Sarah!! And thanks always for your generosity

  • @fepatton
    @fepatton Před 5 lety +3

    I regret that I have but one like to give to this video! Wonder, wonderful, wonderful. Michala Petri has been a favorite of mine for SO long. Thank you so much for sharing this! And now I can finally pronounce her first name correctly. :D

  • @metebalci
    @metebalci Před 4 lety +1

    I am so happy to see this video interview. Her Albinoni 8 Concertos CD was the first recorder specific recording I purchased more than 20 years ago, which I listened to so many times. She is definitely one of the reasons I like recorders very much.

  • @sophelet
    @sophelet Před 5 lety +1

    this was wonderful!!! Ms Petri is amazing, and I'm so glad you played the Telemann.

  • @barrysmith7710
    @barrysmith7710 Před 2 lety +1

    Beautiful, thank you so much. It's not the notes, it's what's inside them, as Michaela so patently demonstrates

  • @peterlustig8021
    @peterlustig8021 Před 5 lety

    You two are awesome
    Just lovely
    Thank you for this

  • @michaelpdawson
    @michaelpdawson Před 5 lety +1

    Wonderful! When I first got a CD player one of the very first CDs I bought was Michala playing the Telemann Suite in A Minor. Looking forward to the Bach reimagining...I just recently heard the Kim Kashkashian version played on viola. The duet was delightful! Thank you so much.

  • @nekokna
    @nekokna Před 5 lety

    So awesome! TTuTT thank you for making this interview!

  • @ziune8
    @ziune8 Před 5 lety +5

    Uuuoooouuu! Legend this vídeo, plis!

  • @toddmurphy523
    @toddmurphy523 Před rokem

    The Duet at the end was so brilliant. You will treasure this interview for all times.

  • @anepictree
    @anepictree Před 4 lety

    Wonderful, thanks both

  • @7ennifer
    @7ennifer Před rokem

    The duet at the end was brilliant! Wonderful interview! I loved that Michaela held your child's hand for a while, almost as an afterthought.

  • @ArcticLekar
    @ArcticLekar Před 5 lety

    Wow it’s amazing! Adore them both.

  • @keithstarkey5584
    @keithstarkey5584 Před 5 lety

    So cool! Thank you very much!

  • @TaVolkova
    @TaVolkova Před 10 měsíci

    Great interview, such a beautiful music, very nice, thank you! :) ❤

  • @miropopradi
    @miropopradi Před rokem

    Shee is so blessed and humble, very exeptional person!

  • @ArcadioJacobino
    @ArcadioJacobino Před rokem

    This interview finally got me signing in to CZcams and subscribing... Michala Petri ignited my love of the recorder when I joined a music library in 1986 and found her smiling back at me on a record sleeve. And here you both are chucking petrol on the flames. Trying not to blub and failing....

  • @idraote
    @idraote Před 5 lety

    I loved this video. Ms Petri seems a lovely woman with so much experience and wisdom and the little duet at the end was quite nice.

  • @TherealShabbadang
    @TherealShabbadang Před rokem

    Very interesting interview and utterly enjoyable listening to your playing together!

  • @dandavis1953
    @dandavis1953 Před 3 lety

    Fantastic! Loved the duet.

  • @kopiohui864
    @kopiohui864 Před 5 lety

    Thank you two!^^

  • @gatozarin
    @gatozarin Před 3 lety

    I'm sooo excited for that recorder version of the cello suites!!!

  • @brucemainland5894
    @brucemainland5894 Před 4 lety

    I had the privilege to meet Michala Petri about 30 yours ago. She was then and is still a massive influence on my amateur playing. Her music inspires in so many ways.

  • @faridrahmeh8479
    @faridrahmeh8479 Před 5 lety +3

    THANK YOU!!!!!

  • @genuineyou
    @genuineyou Před 5 lety +26

    I was curious how Michala ended up a recorder player when it was not common at the time and her parents were violin/piano players. I'm always curious what makes people choose the recorder, but it would be particularly interesting in her case!

    • @resofactor
      @resofactor Před 5 lety +3

      I chose to get into Recorder because of two things...
      The Sound
      The Price Point
      Other woodwinds such as Oboe, Bassoon, Flute, Saxophone, or Clarinet are much higher price points for entry.

    • @genuineyou
      @genuineyou Před 5 lety +5

      @@resofactor I doubt price point was a factor for Michala Petri if she was commissioning works at the age of 6! ;-)

    • @itsmeGeorgina
      @itsmeGeorgina Před 5 lety +7

      She said in a documentary that her father gave her the recorder to keep her attention off their house piano, and her mother did the fingering at first -- the reason she continued to play recorder and favour it as instrument... she says it was the simplicity that was intriguing, what a piece of wood can do

    • @acyutanandadas1326
      @acyutanandadas1326 Před 4 lety +2

      @@resofactor There are hundreds of stories like yours My father made me put down the recorder for ''a real flute''

    • @Tore_Lund
      @Tore_Lund Před 4 lety +2

      Her mother was a pianist and when Micala was two her mother got her a recorder, so she would not hammer away on the piano!

  • @ankavoskuilen1725
    @ankavoskuilen1725 Před 5 lety +1

    This is so cool! This interview. I play the recorder as well and am about the same age as Michaela Petri and I have some of her records. I never heard an interview with her. I like your CZcams's Sarah! And I like the recorder. It is a great instrument.

  • @anastasia_six
    @anastasia_six Před 5 lety

    Wonderful interview!

  • @MisterDavidBell
    @MisterDavidBell Před 5 lety +3

    What a great Interview... the duet at the end was so cute too

  • @toddmurphy523
    @toddmurphy523 Před rokem

    Your baby will enjoy seeing this interview once an adult. To be able to hold the hand and fingers of this world famous recorder virtuoso, will be a welcomed historic event they shared with their mother.

    • @Team_Recorder
      @Team_Recorder  Před rokem +1

      I hope so 😌 It’s a very special memory 🌸❤️

  • @deannesherriff3247
    @deannesherriff3247 Před 5 lety

    That was really interesting. Thank you. 🧡

  • @TheSteelpony
    @TheSteelpony Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you so much for doing this interview! I grew up listening to Michala's music and she's probably the one who infected me with the recorder bug. Bravo!

    • @thpeti
      @thpeti Před 3 lety

      Me too. When I was a child, got some audio cassettes with her Vivaldi performances. I remember, that during an english lesson in school, I wrote down the RV441 concerto to the back of my music workbook, rewinding the tape bar to bar when the language teacher lost his attention... Sheet music wasn't available only by borrowing from the library and photocopying it, but as a child I had no access to the Budapest Music Library... So that was how I got scores. Official music instructional scores were available, but for the recorder, there was 3 books mostly with traditional hungarian folk songs. Baroque recorder was an absolutely new instrument in Hungary in the early 90's...

  • @rubendarkgothic
    @rubendarkgothic Před 5 lety

    bellísmo, video; felicidades por este tipo de videos. Saludos desde tláhuac méjico.

  • @miguellasmarfilho_fpv9524

    Wowww, amazing!

  • @LeenaLittleElf
    @LeenaLittleElf Před 5 lety +8

    Lovely ladies :)

  • @st7342
    @st7342 Před 11 měsíci

    I like her idea about playing the Bach Cello Suites! Looking forward to hearing it!

  • @philchazwill
    @philchazwill Před 5 lety

    Wonderful !!

  • @Lalanath
    @Lalanath Před rokem

    Brilliant! So enjoyed this interview and duet at the end. I am dying to hear the Bach Cello Suites re-imagined.

  • @cayr7745
    @cayr7745 Před 5 lety

    What a privilege to be able to watch amazing skill and beauty. Thank you!

  • @sebastianbuciu6619
    @sebastianbuciu6619 Před 5 lety

    Wow this was a treat thank you!

  • @darkest0night
    @darkest0night Před 5 lety +1

    OMG! I love this video!

  • @TheLoisblake
    @TheLoisblake Před 5 lety

    Wonderful interview. 😊

  • @danietclakos332
    @danietclakos332 Před 5 lety

    Very good idea this Michala interview, this live sound very strong . Clakos your friend on youtube

  • @m14butch
    @m14butch Před 4 měsíci

    MICHALA PETRI is the best ! love her skills....

  • @gardeniainbloom812
    @gardeniainbloom812 Před 5 lety

    What a lovely treat. The Bach re-imagining was so fresh. Would love to hear it.

  • @perikinchiortiz4845
    @perikinchiortiz4845 Před rokem +2

    En internet hay muchos momentos epicos , este es uno de ellos.

  • @franktheawaken7169
    @franktheawaken7169 Před 3 lety

    This lady Michala... Wow, what a wisdom! What a lesson did she gave me! I am a saxophone player but these advices are for all instrument players!
    I also play seldomly recorder (In fact Sarah I found you first when looking for the Titanic recorder :-) and subscribed to your channel: great teacher you are!)

  • @PaulDeCamp
    @PaulDeCamp Před 4 lety

    I'm a recent follower who feels like a person who came late to the party, but here goes. Since I discovered your channel, renewing my 56 year-old love for the recorder, I have since found the dear Michala (Maurice Steger as well). I am glad for the interview.
    As a parting word I wish to commend her idea of switching the octaves on the low notes of Bach's cello suite. I myself found use for this transcribing a Mozart clarinet concerto movement for the recorder with clarinets having a much bigger range.

  • @yujirohanda4268
    @yujirohanda4268 Před rokem +1

    When I was a primary school pupil in Japan, recorder is a compulsory subject in our music education. All pupils used basic instruments made of plastic and practiced various music. Of course, we learned only basics. After grew up and became a high school student, I encountered the music of France Bruecken and becase a fun of recorder baroque music. I admire your sound and performance.

  • @gabrielvieira9832
    @gabrielvieira9832 Před 5 lety +4

    LEGEND!

  • @MsBettyRubble
    @MsBettyRubble Před 5 lety

    Wow, my two favorite musicians in one spot. She is so lovely.

  • @oc2phish07
    @oc2phish07 Před 5 lety

    Michala, you are still an amazing musician, an amazing person and a joy to watch. I have admired you since the first video I saw of you with the wonderful Victor Borge. Long may you continue to entertain us all.

  • @ajan64
    @ajan64 Před 3 lety

    Excellent !

  • @gblan
    @gblan Před 3 lety

    What a treat. Not too many musicians get to hang out with someone of Michala's status.

  • @rphuntarchive1
    @rphuntarchive1 Před 4 lety

    Wow! Very cool!

  • @Marianofrv
    @Marianofrv Před 4 lety

    Love you both.

  • @jacquesmorabito8256
    @jacquesmorabito8256 Před 5 lety

    Sarah, tu es vraiment la meilleure ! Félicitations

  • @mattfangrecorderstudio8325

    I love this❤

  • @saralowe5306
    @saralowe5306 Před 2 lety

    Omg I want to learn to play that on my recorder, I'm sure it's kicking about somewhere I learnt frozen last year during lockdown but I was never any good reading music, knowing the notes is OK but I struggle so bad with rhythm. You've inspired me to go back to basics and start again, study harder and practice better :)
    I don't think 41 is too late to improve and rekindle an old joy.

  • @lauramingo2027
    @lauramingo2027 Před 5 lety +1

    What a LEGEND!!! Idol

  • @corncobhorse
    @corncobhorse Před 5 lety

    Thanks for playing for us, Sarah and Michala! What a treat

    • @ToastGoddess
      @ToastGoddess Před 4 lety

      Love the future recorder player guest star...

  • @kempro
    @kempro Před 2 lety

    Authentic legend Michala Petri. Unforgettable