Devil's Trill Sonata (G Tartini/ed. Kreisler) - Kerson Leong

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  • Live performance in Reims on July 4, 2017 as part of Flâneries Musicales de Reims
    Kerson Leong, violin
    Christia Hudziy, piano
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Komentáře • 135

  • @lucasmarques6897
    @lucasmarques6897 Před 3 lety +162

    If i ever go to hell, im gonna ask the devil to play his version so I can finally appreciate what Tartini once did.

    • @bloodydiablo666
      @bloodydiablo666 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Hell yeah

    • @unworthy1582
      @unworthy1582 Před 10 měsíci +2

      You’ll go to hell if you don’t repent of your sin and follow Jesus. Luke 13:3

    • @bloodydiablo666
      @bloodydiablo666 Před 10 měsíci +12

      @@unworthy1582 love how christians push their beliefs onto others

    • @unworthy1582
      @unworthy1582 Před 10 měsíci +14

      @@bloodydiablo666 He brought hell up first. This one is free game

    • @agustinsida8877
      @agustinsida8877 Před 8 měsíci

      He'll probably just tell you to fuck off.

  • @pathetiquefirewood9528
    @pathetiquefirewood9528 Před 3 lety +76

    It felt like a ploy, getting serenaded at first and without realizing falling into his hands. It slowly comes to you around 9:20 and then it hits you at like 10:20-ish Towards the last third or so I truly felt powerless and like I couldn't move. That I was being taunted by the devil, and then slowly getting closer and closer to the deliverance of death.....it was amazing wow

  • @edanuryanikoglu1861
    @edanuryanikoglu1861 Před 5 lety +86

    You touched my heart with your smooth clear playing. Adorable performance of a beautiful piece.

  • @akrishnaa
    @akrishnaa Před 6 lety +35

    Prodigiously talented and gifted ... We music lovers are truly blessed to have this young genius in our midst!

  • @penpow
    @penpow Před 2 lety +12

    You are easily the best violinist in the 21st century. Unbelievable sound.

  • @mhv1279
    @mhv1279 Před 2 lety +7

    Enfin un violoniste qui ne met pas en avant la performance technique (pourtant bien là, et d'une finesse d'exécution... !) mais l'émotion et la dramaturgie de cette sonate si belle... Merci à Kerson Leong et à Christia Hudsiy, pour cet accord parfait...

  • @mrmatt24
    @mrmatt24 Před rokem +5

    One of the best and most interesting violinists I've come across. I'm surprised it took so long for CZcams to recommend him to me.

  • @TYChou-wq3su
    @TYChou-wq3su Před 4 lety +16

    You are my favorite violinist for sure

  • @ProdigousKal.El.
    @ProdigousKal.El. Před 5 měsíci +2

    The beginning sounds like his lament about his fall from heaven down to earth before he suddenly remembered he was being challenged /tested on his skill at 4:03, I wish I could have heard the real version

  • @aeimcinternetional
    @aeimcinternetional Před 4 lety +16

    The most musically sensitive and impressive playing of this piece that I've heard. (I've never heard it played with a greater infusion of not only beauty as far as tone-quality but also quantity of interesting and perfectly tasteful musical ingredients.)

  • @janvanrooyen8916
    @janvanrooyen8916 Před 3 lety +10

    Perhaps the most sensitive musicality and beauty yet are revealed in this rendition of the fiendishingly difficult Devil's Trill Sonata. I stopped breathing in the cadenza. Bravo, bravissimo, bravissimo Mr Leong, and THANK YOU, thank you sooo much.

  • @lilianwriterMemoirs
    @lilianwriterMemoirs Před 5 lety +8

    Gripping, uplifting, mesmerizing, perfect, impeccable, gratifying, masterful. Wonderful. Thank you, Kerson Leong and Christia Hudziy.
    Lilian Duval, U.S.

  • @wbpound
    @wbpound Před 3 lety +13

    I just discovered this entrancing Tartini piece a few months ago, and I gotta say, this is the best rendition of it I have heard thus far. Both musicians here play with such intense precision and sensitivity. I can't help but wonder if they might be concerned about the possibility of a hellish smiting by the fallen one, should either player have an accidental misstep. This sonata truly astounds me. Well done. Bravo.

  • @masonjar49
    @masonjar49 Před 5 lety +74

    0:06 How did you do that retake? Did you even lift the bow? What?

    • @DevilViolinist
      @DevilViolinist Před 4 lety +19

      It's awesome isn't it?! :O Many hours of practice and a tiny dash of good luck when playing live on stage. Maybe he heard a slight brush of the bow, but we didn't! So clean and lightning quick....

    • @Violedegambe
      @Violedegambe Před 4 lety +8

      @@DevilViolinist Ray Chen does the same thing, he explains it on his Instagram page

    • @benjaminlarrieu1050
      @benjaminlarrieu1050 Před 4 lety +19

      If you’re wondering, you can achieve that by very little bow weight, very fast bow speed, and lots of practice to not make it sound during the quick retake. 😄😄 im still working on that myself

    • @wannabecat369
      @wannabecat369 Před 3 měsíci

      A violin bow has a given weight. The production of continuous and clean tone upon a violin is dependent on several factors. The pressure the bow exerts upon the strings, the speed at which the bow is drawn, and the angle of the bow in relation to the string (along the 2D plane of the string -- we are not talking about tilting the bow here) all are important factors in tone production. While bow-angle is a complicated subject, suffice it to say here that a straight bow (+ - 10 degrees) is necessary to produce a clean tone. On top of this, the other two factors are thusly related: if the downwards pressure is p and the speed is s, we may describe a rough equation of p=s. This equation applies only within certain limits--an extremely fast bow under great pressure will fail to produce an even tone, while an extremely slow bow with extremely light pressure will produce no sound whatsoever. (Curiously, if we can say that the first equation works in moderate circumstances, while nothing works with extreme variables, we can also say one more thing: in the case that the strength of one variable is "very strong" or "very weak", this equation applies: p=-s. So, if you draw VERY fast (but not extremely fast), you should play with light pressure to produce the ideal tone; while if you play with VERY strong pressure (though not extremely strong), you should draw slowly. For the latter case (which is rarely discussed in the technical literature), one should tilt the bow towards oneself and play VERY CLOSE TO THE BRIDGE in order to produce a good tone.) However, all violinists might agree that those two scenarios are preferable to the other two options of extremes: extremely slow with extremely high pressure (pure coughing and grating) and extremely fast with no pressure (no sound). It is by the virtue of the equations p=s and p=-s (applied in their respective domains), with the help of tilting the bow a bit more this way or that way, that any volume of tone may be produced on the violin for a period of about seven seconds per bow-length. This, if you will, is the great secret of tone-production--how great technicians seem to will any quantity and quality of sound out of their ethereal wand of a bow.
      While the production of tone thus relies upon the equation p=s, if you want to do a soundless retake without lifting the bow, we can try to purposefully fail the equation so that we do not produce tone. Since using an extremely slow bow with high pressure (p>s) produces noise, the preferable option is to use high speed with no pressure (p

  • @carolaserafini
    @carolaserafini Před 4 lety +5

    He's one of the best violinists ever

  • @yankeedoodle3237
    @yankeedoodle3237 Před 6 lety +18

    Best interpretation I ever heard! I love it!

  • @serafin1719
    @serafin1719 Před 2 lety +4

    You are probably my favorite violinist of today’s world. Impeccable technique with very carefully worked out interpretations. Talent paired with a lot of dedication and hard work.
    I would love to see you playing chamber music with Jonathan Roozeman!! A pianist equally superb I have not found yet..

  • @ShauntProductions
    @ShauntProductions Před 5 lety +7

    You make it look so easy man!!! Phenomenally executed, as if the devil himself played it as a child blindfolded. In awe. Bravo!!!

  • @arcadedomination8006
    @arcadedomination8006 Před 6 lety +39

    Damn! You're seriously talented. A great performance of one of my favorite pieces of music!

  • @nathandestaart
    @nathandestaart Před 4 lety +10

    I've discovered this piece recently, and I've been looking around CZcams. I love your interpretation so so so much. It feels like you didn't just played it mechanically, but put your soul into it. Beautiful!

  • @Obecox
    @Obecox Před 2 lety +5

    This is one of the hardest pieces to play but you my friend did an outstanding job. Better than most I’ve seen on youtube.

  • @liamnevilleviolist1809
    @liamnevilleviolist1809 Před rokem +3

    Amaziningly amazing. That is all Kers! :)

  • @Kheltonheadley
    @Kheltonheadley Před 3 lety +4

    Your playing is incredible, I had to rewatch the retake in the first few seconds several times.

    • @soniastraley9066
      @soniastraley9066 Před rokem

      I had to rewatch the first few seconds several times before I even saw the retake of the bow. That was smooth!

  • @enriquevite8457
    @enriquevite8457 Před 5 lety +4

    Bravo Maestro!!!
    His bow technique is awesome!
    Greetings from Mexico!

  • @jeanparke9373
    @jeanparke9373 Před 5 lety +6

    My favourite version!!!! Bravo Kerson.

  • @liamnevilleviolist1809
    @liamnevilleviolist1809 Před 2 měsíci

    1:10 - Kerson "squeaked" with the bow, yet his violin, bow, set-up *and his playing* is so good that he produced an actually lovely overtone that fit in perfectly with the piece! Just noticed that upon listening to this for the 10000th time :)

  • @embracehardship
    @embracehardship Před 4 lety +9

    You're honestly an inspiration, im glad i found your channel

  • @jassielovando5857
    @jassielovando5857 Před 3 lety +6

    From 15:00, the trill was more notable, like stronger? But quite awesome, really

  • @candela__
    @candela__ Před 6 měsíci

    Excuse me. HOW ON EARTH? How- who can do this with an instrument??? Holy-
    I have to keep replaying to mildly finish processing what my eyes just saw and my ears just heard.
    Just... Breathtaking.

  • @CaballeroDeLos5A
    @CaballeroDeLos5A Před 3 lety +1

    I have just discovered this video. Wonderful performance. Completely unique. Bravo. Thank you very much.

  • @fernandowanderley8269
    @fernandowanderley8269 Před 4 lety +9

    Fastest trill ever heard in the human history...?

  • @bermot-tema
    @bermot-tema Před 3 lety +4

    Perfecto, una de mis obras favoritas!
    Hermosa interpretación.
    Saludos.

  • @dorasimunic1726
    @dorasimunic1726 Před 5 lety +4

    So beautiful!!!! ❤️

  • @cecilia7259
    @cecilia7259 Před 3 lety +2

    Notas clarisimas y bien rapidito donde deberia ser. Hermosa interpretaciOn, que me encantO tremEndamente! Gracias por tu mUsica. Es muy linda.

  • @JesusGarcia-dr6tg
    @JesusGarcia-dr6tg Před 2 lety +2

    So talented!! very amazing!!

  • @bananasuite
    @bananasuite Před 6 lety +6

    Beautiful!

  • @HuyHoang-bw8lz
    @HuyHoang-bw8lz Před 6 lety +14

    Hahaha i know you through a video on instagram of u playing a french baroque piece for 2 violins, now i found you on youtube playing my all time favorite piece. Great job man! I'm a guitarist but my dream is being able to play this piece one day, whether they say it's too late to learn the violin or not :D

  • @VSNarasimhan
    @VSNarasimhan Před 5 lety +3

    Wow!!!!! No words to express my feelings! Great playing!!!!!

  • @spookytreez3402
    @spookytreez3402 Před rokem +1

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @danny_chestnut253
    @danny_chestnut253 Před 6 lety +4

    So in tune!!!

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz Před 6 lety +4

    Wow, he's amazing!

  • @intovertedintrovert8923
    @intovertedintrovert8923 Před 2 lety +2

    this is such an emotional piece and you played it perfectly. I love the phrasing and your interpretation of the piece.

  • @jairalexanderbazobanda7767

    Hermosa melodia , siempre la escucho pero la manera de como vuelas con ella te hace sentir como si estuvieras fuera de este mundo.
    Quiza la que toco el diablo hasta la vida te quitaba .

  • @elenanavascues524
    @elenanavascues524 Před 4 lety +2

    Bravoooo!!
    I haven't words 👏❣👏

  • @nemascope2001
    @nemascope2001 Před 5 lety +4

    Oh man.... You re a God...

  • @MrRafaelgeraets
    @MrRafaelgeraets Před rokem +1

    Bravo! Great performance! Thank you

  • @keerthilanka9039
    @keerthilanka9039 Před 3 lety +1

    this one is my favorite interpretation

  • @reestman
    @reestman Před 2 lety +1

    An extremely nice recording, many thnx for posting!

  • @wangxiaotong1213
    @wangxiaotong1213 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi, Kerson , I've been following you for a long time. You're the best violinist in recent years. We are in New York and we have owned our music conservatory, hope can invite you to come!

  • @frankletourneau1614
    @frankletourneau1614 Před rokem

    Stunning, thank you Kerson and please come back to Halifax.

  • @justusforviolin2719
    @justusforviolin2719 Před 3 lety +1

    Wonderful performance, Kerson! Thank you so much for posting this. Btw, really interesting insights you shared with us and Nathan Cole a couple weeks ago!

  • @dm5374
    @dm5374 Před 5 lety +2

    Excellent performance, excellent video too. Bravissimi!

  • @lourdesgloriajuarez6361
    @lourdesgloriajuarez6361 Před 6 lety +4

    extraordinario y emotivamente tierno, casi espiritual !

  • @yasminstewart1548
    @yasminstewart1548 Před 2 lety +1

    Прекрасно играет 😍💯

  • @davidcaselli8410
    @davidcaselli8410 Před 2 lety

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
    Bravissimo
    Piaciuto moltissimo

  • @esmeulonsouzadeoliveira3636

    Esmeulon - Linda Performance. Gostei.
    .

  • @marcosPRATA918
    @marcosPRATA918 Před 4 lety +1

    Esse talento é uma boa surpresa no mundo da interpretação!

  • @ViriatoIH
    @ViriatoIH Před 2 lety +3

    Honestly I don't play the violin but this sonata makes me want to at least learn this one song

    • @isauwy
      @isauwy Před rokem

      Good luck, post it in 20 years? 😂

  • @user-nk4qz2bs9i
    @user-nk4qz2bs9i Před 2 lety +1

    Really good execution

  • @InnaYurievna
    @InnaYurievna Před rokem +1

    Браво!

  • @anne-mariedubois5316
    @anne-mariedubois5316 Před 6 lety +4

    Bravo !

  • @elalquimistamettal1594
    @elalquimistamettal1594 Před 6 lety +3

    Hermoso

  • @ignantxxxninja
    @ignantxxxninja Před 6 lety +11

    How does he do it without reading any music sheet? This is incredible

    • @substancep21
      @substancep21 Před 6 lety +31

      Cant you see the horn headed figure standing next to him, Humming in his ear :)

    • @george2211484
      @george2211484 Před 5 lety +21

      He played it more than 10000 times until he was able to perform it this way. We violin players most often don't use sheets in solo concerts to focus on feelings and performance details. We close our eyes and we feel music the right way. memorizing is not a big deal since not your brain who remembers, but your fingers. We never think about it actually fingers move by themselves.
      By the way thank you KersonLeong great performance... :)

    • @ciri151
      @ciri151 Před 4 lety +9

      I don't get why classical musicians/listeners are amazed by memorizing a piece. If you look at classic rock for example. Guitarists memorize a 2 hour concert while being drunk and drugged up...
      There's seriously nothing special about it.

    • @JameSongMaker
      @JameSongMaker Před 2 lety

      @@villesarkilahti4975 there are many genres as complicated as classical, including some rock sub-genres. The chord progressions in many core classical pieces are actually quite simple, as well.

  • @keerthilanka9039
    @keerthilanka9039 Před 3 lety

    the accompanist is wonderful!

  • @rosernabona9364
    @rosernabona9364 Před rokem +1

    Vasjititilna. Chudiesna

  • @El_Boots
    @El_Boots Před 5 lety +5

    bravo ! keep it up u just eared a subscriber 👍

  • @keerthilanka9039
    @keerthilanka9039 Před 3 lety

    absolutely fantastic

  • @plzineedtogowayrn6353
    @plzineedtogowayrn6353 Před 6 lety +4

    Perfect

  • @rosernabona9364
    @rosernabona9364 Před rokem +1

    Excel.lent Kerson Leong amb Devil,s Trill amb la Sonata de Tartini and Kreisler

  • @InnaYurievna
    @InnaYurievna Před rokem

    Керсон, вы сыграли во славу Бога Живого и Господа нашего Спасителя Иисуса Христа, потому, что во истину всё прекрасное от Него, Им и к Нему, поэтому успехов вам и вашему концертмейстеру Кристине Дюваль!

  • @Hlaholyk
    @Hlaholyk Před 4 lety +5

    How is it even possible to trill like that?

    • @toffifeewolf2069
      @toffifeewolf2069 Před 2 lety +1

      From the ellbow and from your main finger joint and with much practice

  • @savageg2002
    @savageg2002 Před rokem

    Incredible trill

  • @andrewma3491
    @andrewma3491 Před 2 lety

    This guy is good!

  • @andrewma3491
    @andrewma3491 Před 2 lety

    Ferocious virtuosity is what they say is required to play this

  • @AaronJ180
    @AaronJ180 Před 2 lety +1

    Pianist looked really impressed by the Violinist at the end lol.

  • @yasminstewart1548
    @yasminstewart1548 Před 2 lety

    💔💔💔 моё сердце плачет

  • @Hamid-cm2pt
    @Hamid-cm2pt Před 2 lety

    Wow💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

  • @Drachenschnauze
    @Drachenschnauze Před 3 lety +3

    4:00

  • @HowardH
    @HowardH Před 3 lety

    Those trills...

  • @user-sm1kj5id3o
    @user-sm1kj5id3o Před rokem

    You king 🤴 very good 👍 👏

  • @Estambar2
    @Estambar2 Před 4 lety +1

    M A R A V I L L O S O !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @andrewma3491
    @andrewma3491 Před 2 lety

    And I KNEW that there was piano in this!! LMFAO 😀 hahaha

  • @lisa_9845
    @lisa_9845 Před 5 lety +7

    I though they said this song was impossible to play

    • @El_Boots
      @El_Boots Před 5 lety +10

      because the guy that made it ( tartini ) could not play it exactly how the devil played it in his dream ..so ppl just do it how tartini did it

    • @Dmichoacan
      @Dmichoacan Před 4 lety +2

      *piece

    • @jordigutierrez4161
      @jordigutierrez4161 Před 4 lety +2

      Nah tartini didn't actually write down what the devil played in his dream but he wrote what he could remember, it's more of a tribute to what the devil played for him

  • @georgiepentch
    @georgiepentch Před 3 lety

    13:53 Unreal

  • @johnchenmusic3706
    @johnchenmusic3706 Před 3 lety +1

    I got the 1k like!!

  • @irinavassvetlova
    @irinavassvetlova Před 2 lety

    Замечательно!!!
    Excellent!!!

  • @williamnalley7380
    @williamnalley7380 Před 9 měsíci

    I'd guess that when Mephistopheles played the piece for Tartini, it sounded MUCH like this..

  • @Caleb-ee2nt
    @Caleb-ee2nt Před rokem +4

    There's something very erratic, impulsive and almost psychotic about this interpretation. It's like he is possessed. The real devil's trill

  • @timothymcclure196
    @timothymcclure196 Před rokem

    This guy is brilliant, but even he sweats during the devil's trill at ~10:00. The flames of hell get closer.😅🥵

  • @muslit
    @muslit Před 4 lety

    Advertisements For Myself by Norman Mailer. Now everyone is doing it.

  • @brambismoko1987
    @brambismoko1987 Před 4 měsíci

    08:20

  • @carlosenrique2271
    @carlosenrique2271 Před rokem

    🌜🙂

  • @gobears5497
    @gobears5497 Před 5 lety +14

    I'm sort of scared to attempt to learn this because of how the composer had inspiration to write it, being a christian it's disheartening. LOL

  • @Obecox
    @Obecox Před 2 lety

    I think he was a little possessed there at the end lol

  • @moisesst4191
    @moisesst4191 Před rokem +2

    Ao menos o diabo tem bom gosto.

  • @xxx0892
    @xxx0892 Před 7 měsíci

    czcams.com/video/sGLS1y7Y6ns/video.html

  • @olegvorkunov5400
    @olegvorkunov5400 Před 4 lety

    Good but skipped a few notes at 16:00

  • @brownievp3853
    @brownievp3853 Před 5 lety

    What happened between 1:10 to 1:13, 2:12 to 2:14... at 4:04 I stopped watching.

    • @pippikrumeluss5167
      @pippikrumeluss5167 Před 2 lety +1

      How incredibly sad for you. You missed something very beautiful.

  • @andrewma3491
    @andrewma3491 Před 2 lety

    I wonder what attracts Asians so much to this piece?? LMFAO 😀 hahaha

    • @isauwy
      @isauwy Před rokem +1

      It’s extremely hard

    • @othmanmajid6380
      @othmanmajid6380 Před 3 měsíci

      Keep wondering, you'll be happy enough😂...enjoy😊

  • @aidanlim193
    @aidanlim193 Před 5 lety

    Suuuuuks

    • @El_Boots
      @El_Boots Před 5 lety +14

      but u swallow 😂

    • @yoshi_drinks_tea
      @yoshi_drinks_tea Před 4 lety +4

      Cartel Jr. Legend

    • @Ipbulldog
      @Ipbulldog Před 3 lety +5

      Shame on you! This is the most technically difficult and best performed I’ve heard.