Max Bruch - Concerto for Clarinet & Viola, Op. 88 (1911)

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  • Max Bruch (6 January 1838 - 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, teacher, and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.
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    Double Concerto in E minor, Op.88 (1911)
    Dedication: Max Felix Bruch
    1. Andante con moto (0:00)
    2. Allegro moderato (6:57)
    3. Allegro molto (12:46)
    Ludmila Peterkova, clarinet & Alexander Besa, viola
    The Prague Philharmonia conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek
    The Concerto for Clarinet, Viola, and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88 was composed in 1911 for his son, Max Felix Bruch, and received its first performance in 1912, with Willy Hess (viola) and the composer's son Max Felix Bruch (clarinet) as the soloists.
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Komentáře • 156

  • @JDeffenb
    @JDeffenb Před 5 lety +239

    Viola is closest to the human tonal range in the orchestra and the clarinet is as well in the winds. No wonder they compliment and flow together so well!

    • @maxgamesst1
      @maxgamesst1 Před 4 lety +2

      I believe the bassoon is the closest to the human voice in the winds

    • @francissadleir9805
      @francissadleir9805 Před 4 lety +14

      @@maxgamesst1 depends which voice you're talking about

    • @maxgamesst1
      @maxgamesst1 Před 4 lety +7

      @@francissadleir9805 well the bassoon covers even the lowest bass, and most of the soprano, so I stand by my claim. No other standard wind instrument covers the bass voice

    • @wojciechj.m.uminski2154
      @wojciechj.m.uminski2154 Před 4 lety +6

      @@maxgamesst1 In orchestra flute is appropriate to coloratura soprano voice, oboe - lyric soprano, clarinet - dramatic soprano and mezzo soprano and bassoon - alto voice. Chorn - contratenor voice, trumpet - tenor, trombone - baritone and tube - bass voice. Cello is like orchestral metronome. It is appoint tempo with is piece playing by orchestra. Double bass is base in orchestra like f.e. foundation for building/s. 1st Violins plays main melody and 2nd violins and violas plays another melodies compare to 1st violins. Percussion instruments helps in f.e. culminate moments like plates or tam-tam. They colorised sounds of backgrounds. Charp or piano or celesta too. ...and thats it. This is an orchestra.

    • @maxgamesst1
      @maxgamesst1 Před 4 lety +6

      @@wojciechj.m.uminski2154 buddy I'm a music major in college, I've taken an orchestration class. "That's it" is kinda an understatement

  • @josequins9099
    @josequins9099 Před 4 lety +176

    And here we discover just how perfect the clarinet and viola sound together. Amazing

    •  Před 4 lety +9

      Indeed, The clarinet blends/compliments very well with string instruments, after all, That's ett they reolacr the string section in bands and wind orchestras

    • @SuperHyperExtra
      @SuperHyperExtra Před 3 lety +8

      The Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498, is a piano trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Composed in 1786, 125 years before this work by Bruch.

    • @johnpirie4804
      @johnpirie4804 Před 3 lety +3

      Also the eight pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, written for Bruch's clarinettist son

    • @urmorph
      @urmorph Před 2 lety +1

      @@johnpirie4804 More than one chamber work is written for x, y, and clarinet 'or viola." Nice to see a composer who is not too parsimonious to include both.

    • @johnpirie4804
      @johnpirie4804 Před 2 lety +1

      @@SuperHyperExtra Know it well and have played it

  • @tstsullivan
    @tstsullivan Před 4 lety +25

    I'm beginning to think Max Bruch is the 19th century Gustav Holst, in the sense that he is too well known for just one work, when there are so many other masterpieces that deserve to be equally popular.

  • @CSRookie
    @CSRookie Před 3 lety +17

    Sheet music that is turning a yellowish color is a beautiful thing

  • @dirkhoekstra727
    @dirkhoekstra727 Před 6 lety +104

    The way this piece is composed is mind boggling mastery....the interaction between viola and clarinet is like a ballet love dance.

    • @CSRookie
      @CSRookie Před 3 lety +1

      Similar to the Brahms trio.... the interplay between clarinet, cello, and piano is outstanding especially in the slow movement

  • @marcosPRATA918
    @marcosPRATA918 Před 3 lety +16

    The soloists, clarinet and viola in full dialogue, like two lovers going over their lives!

  • @RedZed1974
    @RedZed1974 Před 7 lety +156

    How charming. I had no idea viola and clarinet complimented each other's sounds so well when they're out front together. Huh...

    • @WoodburyWrestling
      @WoodburyWrestling Před 7 lety +19

      Yeah they play in the same range

    • @sactownviolist2668
      @sactownviolist2668 Před 6 lety +11

      This is the only concerto I know of for the two instruments, but there's a lot of chamber music for the trio of clarinet, viola, and piano. Mozart and Brahms wrote trios for that combination, and there's also Bruch's Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano.

    • @Lexicop2
      @Lexicop2 Před 6 lety +8

      They also complement each other.

    • @mking776
      @mking776 Před 6 lety +3

      Mozart may have been the 1st to do that in his Trio, K.498, though the colours of the orchestra add so much to the Bruch.

    • @alexc302
      @alexc302 Před 5 lety +1

      Hi all, there is also a concerto for clarinet & violin:
      czcams.com/video/l_sbk_sOfWc/video.html

  • @mukilsundaravadivel633
    @mukilsundaravadivel633 Před 4 lety +67

    1st movement - 0:06
    2nd movement - 6:57
    3rd movement - 12:46

  • @vishnuhalikere2151
    @vishnuhalikere2151 Před 4 lety +15

    3:19 One of the most beautiful phrases I've ever heard

  • @bibi53962
    @bibi53962 Před 5 lety +44

    This is so nice. I am currently studying this with a violist (me playing clarinet). We'll perform it with piano accompagnement.

  • @Charlotte-zi1fd
    @Charlotte-zi1fd Před 4 lety +42

    I'm a viola player and I'm having a war with the clarinets.
    This will show 'em

  • @marcsabbah5275
    @marcsabbah5275 Před 6 lety +65

    Fantastic music and well played. I recently recorded this with the Belgian National Orchestra. So much fun to play.

    • @marzenek
      @marzenek Před 3 lety +5

      And You played fantastic!

    • @iaf4454
      @iaf4454 Před 3 měsíci

      ❤❤❤❤

  • @keatonbyrd3498
    @keatonbyrd3498 Před 7 lety +47

    This is fabulous. I've never really exposed myself to the lesser-known artists of the Romantic period, but this is proof that I should.

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 Před 6 lety +6

      True, Bruch's major works, at least, are often performed. That said, I never heard of this concerto before....BRAVI!

  • @DavidA-ps1qr
    @DavidA-ps1qr Před 3 lety +10

    The conversations between the soloists are absolutely sublime throughout. Seriously wonderful writing. It's a joy to listen to such artistry and so beautifully performed on this recording.

  • @pianissimist
    @pianissimist Před 4 lety +11

    So nice to hear this with clarinet rather than violin, the usual substitute. Bruch, as usual, crafted the piece wonderfully.

  • @leszekgrabowski6501
    @leszekgrabowski6501 Před 3 lety +4

    Little known, wonderfull piece. Thanks

  • @sleort42
    @sleort42 Před 3 lety +3

    Je peux écouter a ce concerto encore et encore.

  • @othmanhassanmajid8192
    @othmanhassanmajid8192 Před rokem +3

    Beautiful music beautifully played. Bruch, as are the soloists and accompanying orchestra and Conductor, was a master of his trade.

  • @ronchevalier2926
    @ronchevalier2926 Před 5 lety +13

    wow. real music. I am a clarinetist and this was amazing to attempt to read alone with the music.... Goal to to play this piece.

  • @jiristary8849
    @jiristary8849 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I love you, it's really hard to find something for viola and clarinet and this is amazing, finaly a can play something with my sister

  • @savelieffarnaud3170
    @savelieffarnaud3170 Před 4 lety +5

    this discovery stabbed my heart in a second.

  • @JuergFehr
    @JuergFehr Před 4 lety +6

    This is so beautiful and the playing very sensitive.

  • @jackohara3082
    @jackohara3082 Před 7 lety +8

    just great...

  • @feruzakhaydarova919
    @feruzakhaydarova919 Před 6 lety +6

    Beautuful music!

  • @mccpesh
    @mccpesh Před 7 lety +21

    Thanks so much for posting this. I was completely unaware of this piece.

  • @paulheffron4836
    @paulheffron4836 Před 3 lety +3

    More thanks again to You Tube for bringing me a rare and beautiful work I would probably have missed. Thanks also to Bartje Bartmans for posting it.

  • @ajamouckova602
    @ajamouckova602 Před 3 lety +3

    Love this. Such a beautiful piece.

  • @KauanRocha17
    @KauanRocha17 Před 3 měsíci

    My favorite instruments together, sounds beautiful and harmonious ❤.

  • @hudsonweber3820
    @hudsonweber3820 Před 4 lety +4

    the third movement was so good

  • @fxgarneau9366
    @fxgarneau9366 Před 8 lety +12

    Beautiful, thank you for sharing.

  • @hoihoover929
    @hoihoover929 Před 3 lety +2

    After hearing all the bad news from the world, This is very peaceful and happy music to listen to.

  • @SOBIESKI_freedom
    @SOBIESKI_freedom Před 8 lety +16

    Wow! What a marvelous work! Thanks for sharing it. 😊

  • @rubisrosa
    @rubisrosa Před 5 lety +6

    Sublime !

  • @musicamasmusica
    @musicamasmusica Před 4 lety +4

    i love this !! a discovery! thanks!

  • @marcosmallmann5282
    @marcosmallmann5282 Před 3 lety +5

    Excelente execução! Belíssimos timbres!

  • @terezacristinameirafaria6733

    Notável! Magnífico! Como é maravilhoso apreciar tamanha riqueza, que faz com que minha alma sinta-se em plena paz e meu coração agradece por sentir e viver este momento de pura harmonia! Obrigada ao canal por me proporcionar este momento de pura magia! 🌟👑💎🏆👏🎶😘❤️💐

  • @lensamowitz3307
    @lensamowitz3307 Před 6 lety +4

    Lovely.

  • @bailleux8976
    @bailleux8976 Před 7 lety +4

    Magnifique ! merci.. Odile Bailleux

  • @robr9170
    @robr9170 Před rokem +1

    This is beautiful first time hearing it, I absolute love Bruch’s 8 pieces for clarinet viola and piano aswell

  • @rubisrosa
    @rubisrosa Před 4 lety +3

    Quelle beauté !

  • @alexc302
    @alexc302 Před 5 lety +2

    Right in the feels.

  • @mirrors1
    @mirrors1 Před rokem +1

    Assolutamente delizioso. Una perizia compositiva nascosta da una capacità melodica sorgiva

  • @user-ru8vy1uz7c
    @user-ru8vy1uz7c Před 4 lety +2

    Bravo brilliance concert

  • @thierrywarot5792
    @thierrywarot5792 Před 10 měsíci +1

    😊 un chef-d'œuvre

  •  Před 4 lety +7

    The theme in the 1st movement is very similar to the Swedish folksong "Ack Värmeland du sköna"

    • @sleort42
      @sleort42 Před 3 lety +2

      Det er rigtigt Erik !

  • @erikericksen9693
    @erikericksen9693 Před rokem +3

    The maturity of Brahms orchestration and blending of solo voices is incredible. Wonderful rendition as well. Carefully listening to this reveals new subtleties each time I listen. Don't just listen to this one as background music...really listen and you will be given a gift.

    • @jitsukerr
      @jitsukerr Před 6 měsíci +1

      I think you mean Bruch, not Brahms.

  • @liveatlife
    @liveatlife Před 2 lety

    I am so glad I found this with score. I can't wait to perform this with my orchestra in the summer!!

  • @vishnuhalikere2151
    @vishnuhalikere2151 Před 6 lety +4

    Omg what a melody at 3:18

  • @oscarverdie6003
    @oscarverdie6003 Před 3 lety +1

    Hermosa música!! Muchas gracias.

  • @DavidA-ps1qr
    @DavidA-ps1qr Před 7 lety +10

    This has to be a unique combination of soloists. Please enlighten me if other concertos were written. But as usual, this largely forgotten composer delivers yet again. Max Bruch was undoubtedly a genius, and it's very sad that most of his music lies in neglect.

    • @sactownviolist2668
      @sactownviolist2668 Před 6 lety +5

      I don't know of other concerti, but don't forget pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano. Mozart's Kegelstatt trio, Brahms's Clarinet Trio, and Bruch's own Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano come to mind.

    • @bibi53962
      @bibi53962 Před 5 lety +2

      @@sactownviolist2668 Brahms clarinet trio was originally for clarinet, cello and piano. But don't forget 'Marchenerzahlungen ' by Schumann. This is also a wonderful piece.

    • @jitsukerr
      @jitsukerr Před 6 měsíci

      There's also Brahms's two songs Op.91, written for piano, viola and soprano, but which is often performed and recorded substituting the viola for a clarinet. One could perform it with the clarinet taking the soprano line.

    • @DavidA-ps1qr
      @DavidA-ps1qr Před 6 měsíci

      @@jitsukerr Thank you. I've learnt something today.

  • @SarumChoirmaster
    @SarumChoirmaster Před 2 lety

    BEAUTIFUL!

  • @msotil
    @msotil Před 5 lety +9

    After the introduction, the main theme (from bars 17 to 28 or from 1:07 to 1:56) of the 1st movement, is more than just a paraphrase of Edvard Grieg's Solveig's Song from the Peer Gynt suite. Peer Gynt was composed in 1875 (and premiered the next year alongside Henrik Ibsen's play) and this beautiful double concerto was composed in 1911.
    czcams.com/video/R8AD75_sNJM/video.html

    • @emmaaxelson7821
      @emmaaxelson7821 Před 4 lety

      I'm not sure I'm hearing it, can you point me to a specific place in the Grieg to listen?

  • @danielrodrigues7738
    @danielrodrigues7738 Před 4 lety +3

    Que lindo, algumas obras são realmente indescritíveis.

  • @cohan3664
    @cohan3664 Před 6 lety +4

    bravo!!!

  • @zinam5795
    @zinam5795 Před 2 lety

    "Little J.Brahms" ...In my childhood 1 time herd this piece, now find 2 one...Thanks the Radio broadcast in both Bravo audio & performance!

  • @laurai.5670
    @laurai.5670 Před 5 lety +6

    I am in love with this concerto... What a shame it's not a Bb clarinet... I'm a clarinetist and tried to study the viola but it was too tricky... Anyway one of my dreams is to play this one day with a fellow viola player :) (along with Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances)

    • @Trenton.D
      @Trenton.D Před 5 lety

      Laura I. Why a shame? Who wants to play with 5+ sharps when they don’t have to (i.e. using A clarinet).

    • @sohaahmadi2573
      @sohaahmadi2573 Před 4 lety

      I’m a violinist but have played viola and/or the viola part in numerous occasions. I’m happy to pick it up again and play it together 😜😜

    • @scottberringer8067
      @scottberringer8067 Před rokem

      I love the darker richer sound of the A clarinet

  • @kikkerl
    @kikkerl Před 4 lety +4

    What a beautiful concert. A pitty because it is so rare played...

  • @yuehchopin
    @yuehchopin Před 4 lety +2

    danke

  • @c.g.marseille4510
    @c.g.marseille4510 Před 6 lety +2

    héél erg mooi ! very, very nice !

  • @catherinevaldez8810
    @catherinevaldez8810 Před 4 lety +6

    Wanna know something my older brother plays the viola in college (he played orchestra is sixth grade btw) and I had just entered middle school and I’m in band and play the clarinet

  • @Andre-gh8bx
    @Andre-gh8bx Před 3 lety +2

    00:00 1. Andante con moto
    06:56 2. Allegro moderato
    12:44 3. Allegro molto

  • @TheALFRED1966
    @TheALFRED1966 Před 2 lety +1

    Bello.

  • @gabrieljanzen4871
    @gabrieljanzen4871 Před 4 lety +10

    bruch moment

  • @redpiper1204
    @redpiper1204 Před 6 lety +2

    I knew that beginning sounded familiar! It sounds like Vesti la Giubba

  • @kylegordonmusic
    @kylegordonmusic Před 3 lety +4

    Anyone else hearing a lot of Schindler’s List and Star Wars Prequels being influenced by this piece?

  • @aaronjorgefridman5662
    @aaronjorgefridman5662 Před 20 dny

    Hermoso concierto muy poco difundido.

  • @bckm54
    @bckm54 Před 7 lety +13

    it's truly unfortunate that this work also has the scrolling sheet music posted. I REALLY enjoy listening to it while reading or studying, and with the sheet music, I can't read or study anything but the sheet music while listening to the music. There MUST be a conspiracy theory I can make here... :)

    • @barbavassilis
      @barbavassilis Před 7 lety +3

      wtf are you talking about bro?

    • @mikemike92034
      @mikemike92034 Před 7 lety +2

      bckm54 I feel it. As much as I want to study for Form and Analysis, I'm too busy analyzing the music on the screen for this piece. I'm currently learning Bruch Romanze for Viola so this popped up in my Playlist. I have a friend that is a great clarinetist, definitely will bring this piece up to him.

    • @ZahidHossain01
      @ZahidHossain01 Před 7 lety +3

      lol, this music is just too good

    • @jytte47
      @jytte47 Před 6 lety +1

      yes close your eyes :o)

    • @ApplepieFTW
      @ApplepieFTW Před 6 lety +3

      bckm54 just..... don't look at the screen.......

  • @wllm4785
    @wllm4785 Před 5 lety +4

    It's a lovely little piece but consider: The Rite of Spring premiered fewer than 2 years after this piece's first performance!

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans  Před 5 lety +13

      The idea that there is some kind of progression in music history might very well be an illusion.

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 Před 4 lety

      How patronising the comment by Paul Bunyan is. It's by no means a little piece, and in its own way, very original (not least on the choice of instruments). Stravinsky's own neoclassical period, which was very extended, is one piece of evidence to back up the point that Bartje makes.

    • @tiborvisi7438
      @tiborvisi7438 Před 3 lety +1

      The most important is musical quality (that this piece definitely has) rather than style or in many cases, pretentiousness

    • @Quotenwagnerianer
      @Quotenwagnerianer Před 3 lety

      Bruch was already outdated when he landed his only real hit: The 1st Violinconcerto.
      He refused to go further than Mendelssohn did in harmony 20 years before him.
      Not to say that his music isn't nicely crafted, it is just outdone by his contemporaries. Just consider: His last work, the Octett for Strings was written in the same year as Bartok wrote "The miraculous Mandarin".
      They sound like they are 100 years apart.

  • @rickyzhang2529
    @rickyzhang2529 Před 7 lety +10

    Max beach is greatly under rated.he should be one of the giant .

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 Před 4 lety +1

      Is this a hybrid of Max Bruch and Amy Beach? Both are under rated, great composers.

    • @sasssssa6565
      @sasssssa6565 Před 3 lety +1

      @@nickyork8901 😂😂

  • @kofiLjunggren
    @kofiLjunggren Před rokem +1

    Allegro molto gives Mendelssohn vibes!

  • @Hathazitamas
    @Hathazitamas Před 7 měsíci +1

  • @emisins
    @emisins Před 6 lety +6

    someone to transpose this to Bflat for me :)

    • @bibi53962
      @bibi53962 Před 5 lety +6

      please it really should be played on A clarinet. It sounds so much nicer then!

    • @luishoutet4954
      @luishoutet4954 Před 4 lety

      Need it too

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 Před 4 lety

      Get the violist to transpose her part, and then play it as written on a B flat clarinet!

  • @markleneker9923
    @markleneker9923 Před rokem +1

    Is he deliberately quoting Beethoven's 5th with the horns in the 3rd movement or is it just a case of a common phrasing?

  • @user-iy7rg6og3j
    @user-iy7rg6og3j Před 3 lety

    I 0:00
    II 6:56
    III 12:42

  • @raffitorossian6994
    @raffitorossian6994 Před 4 měsíci

    This music of Bruch was something extraordinarily beautiful music piece, There was an excellent iimagination of the composer to give color and taste to the music. I will continue to listen to Bruch, may be he can be one of my favorites like Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Scarlatti. By the way, the two soloists were superb as well. Thanks for uploading.

  • @jowesterman4035
    @jowesterman4035 Před 3 lety +1

    Maybe trite but I have named my dachshund Bruch

  • @aaronjorgefridman5662
    @aaronjorgefridman5662 Před 20 dny

    La viola, con su sonido menos vibrante que el violín es más afín a la voz humana. Parecido ocurre con el clarinete. Ambos combinan muy bien

  • @iimqrobert598
    @iimqrobert598 Před 5 lety

    Anyone wanna play this together!! I call viola!

  • @RodrigoFernandez-td9uk

    That piano sounds really weird ...

  • @2906nico
    @2906nico Před 4 lety

    It's attractive, certainly, but a bit soggy - and unmemorable. I'm afraid I can't escape the feeling that Bruch really is a one hit wonder.

  • @terry1311
    @terry1311 Před 4 lety

    Why, Max? When you were such a great composer, why steal from Grieg? I know composers of all genres of music at all times has done this, but it's still disappointing, and this one is very blatant.

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 Před 4 lety +5

      who cares, it is a gorgeous and very original piece. Show me anyone else who chose this combination, let alone brought off to such good effect. I love Grieg, by the way, especially his violin sonata in G.

    • @sleort42
      @sleort42 Před 3 lety

      You should be proud Terje

  • @Santalucesguy
    @Santalucesguy Před rokem

    Lousy clarinet