BIBER PASSACAGLIA - Elicia Silverstein, violinist

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  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1706)
    Passacaglia for solo violin (1676)
    Elicia Silverstein, baroque violin
    Recorded live on 20 June, 2014 at First Church in Cambridge, MA USA
    www.eliciasilverstein.com
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Komentáře • 470

  • @goeasylittledoves
    @goeasylittledoves Před 7 měsíci +14

    Used this rendition in my wedding after falling in love with it during my music history class in conservatory. I remain in awe.

  • @ntumelelongobese2951
    @ntumelelongobese2951 Před 5 měsíci +6

    one of the most beautiful things I've seen and heard

  • @gustavobasulto6759
    @gustavobasulto6759 Před 6 lety +173

    Long live Baroque music and those who can still transmit it to us 👐🏻

    • @user-st8xv6wq6b
      @user-st8xv6wq6b Před 2 lety +4

      Замечательный комментарий! Благодарю вас! Вот именно ,хорошо что есть ещё эти люди которые сохраняют музыкальную культуру для потомков

  • @gkrabbekrabbe
    @gkrabbekrabbe Před rokem +10

    My heart literally dropped out! I randomly heard this on radio, immediately found it on CZcams, totally obsessing. This is The World of emotion. Thank you Ms Silverstein for pure magic

  • @thomasholte9213
    @thomasholte9213 Před rokem +23

    Ms. Silverstein is a gift. Her performance is so heartfelt and inspiring, she gives true meaning to what is beautiful.

  • @robst247
    @robst247 Před 11 měsíci +27

    Not only beautifully, sensitively and movingly played but also superbly filmed in black and white, which gives appropriate gravitas to Biber's work.

  • @lawcch
    @lawcch Před 6 měsíci +9

    Brilliant performance using Baroque violin and tuned to 415 Hz. This video was very beautifully made and represented a very evocative and poetic music by Heinrich Biber during Baroque.

    • @user-zl8yp2hc1v
      @user-zl8yp2hc1v Před 20 dny

      Beautiful 415 herrtz) even not acceptable by many ❤

  • @slip9090
    @slip9090 Před 3 lety +14

    Absolutely beautiful. Humanity across time.

  • @ronwalker4849
    @ronwalker4849 Před 5 lety +19

    WHAT A FABULOUS SOUND FOR ONE VIOLIN. A BEAUTIFULLY MADE RECORDING.

  • @RudolfKooijman
    @RudolfKooijman Před 8 lety +201

    Wow! Never thought I'd be a Biber fan:)

  • @anamariatrujilloescobar652
    @anamariatrujilloescobar652 Před 7 lety +73

    It is the best version I have seen of this wonderful piece. You look like an angel playing it too

    • @KinkyLettuce
      @KinkyLettuce Před 2 lety

      czcams.com/video/ikgyLh7Dfkk/video.html
      try this?

  • @yasinkocaduz1807
    @yasinkocaduz1807 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I'm listening to this since 9 years every week. Madame Silverstein's interpretation inspires me. I wrote my first book thanks to her, whenever I felt blocked I gave 10 mins of break. Now I'm writing my second book and nothing has changed, oh let's put also love pain :)

  • @herculesraphaelolimpio3569

    Best performance of this master piece … Solemnly calls heaven to earth !

  • @escobarito3
    @escobarito3 Před 9 měsíci +4

    I keep coming back to this performance for several years now. Thank You!❤

  • @predrag-peterilich900
    @predrag-peterilich900 Před 3 lety +34

    Elicia's consummate charm and elegance, her artistic expressiveness and dexterity, the visual effects, the recorded sound...! This video is a jewel!

  • @samanlashkari1702
    @samanlashkari1702 Před rokem +11

    I must have come back to this dozens of times by now, and it gets me every time. A truly heavenly performance. Thank you.

  • @burkhardkorn9189
    @burkhardkorn9189 Před 6 lety +12

    Me too, this performance brought me to tears

  • @axiomist1076
    @axiomist1076 Před 6 lety +5

    Aaaahhhh, Biber! A most beautiful piece, played by an angel.

  • @elisabethschulz1503
    @elisabethschulz1503 Před rokem +8

    She is playing with LOVE!👌

    • @jamesgibson2179
      @jamesgibson2179 Před rokem +2

      She is inspired by Divine Love.

    • @migueltoro7611
      @migueltoro7611 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Tengo que escuchar 🎧 muchas beses para de leytar el sonido del violín excelente 🎻🎼🌎♥️

    • @craigeverhart4755
      @craigeverhart4755 Před 4 měsíci

      @@jamesgibson2179 I’ll go ahead and let her say what inspires her.

  • @nujauh445
    @nujauh445 Před 8 lety +52

    If ever a statement of defense for art was needed, I would think of this. If ever a redemptive quality of humanity was required, I''d point to same. This makes me recall everything that is beautiful, wondrous and worthwhile in the world. This is WHY! Thank you!

    • @DanielHeikalo
      @DanielHeikalo Před 5 lety +3

      Yes!

    • @erroll9621
      @erroll9621 Před 5 lety +4

      That's a wonderful feature of ciaccone and passacaglias that I often feel, too-somehow they bring to mind, as you say, all the beauty, wonder and worth of the world.

  • @russpalmeri
    @russpalmeri Před rokem +5

    My music teacher gave me an assignment to listen to Baroque music this week to improve my playing of such pieces. What a wonderful model!

  • @gerrydechaves6916
    @gerrydechaves6916 Před 4 lety +47

    I particularly like this piece and this specific interpretation. Read some of the comments and not everyone is on board but I think the artist is just about as close to perfection as one can get but never achieved, of course. I come here to listen to this from time to time usually when I feel the need for a suave pickup. This performance surely does that. Thanks Elicia.

    • @robertschober930
      @robertschober930 Před 4 lety +9

      I think Biber's music should be considered the equal or superior to that of Bach. Biber wrote to the emotions while Bach composed for the intellect, and I like especially this piece and Silverstein's interpretation of it. Her technique is outstanding and doesn't quicken the tempo allowing then piece's emotions full play. Bravo!

    • @James-nr9gm
      @James-nr9gm Před 3 lety +7

      @@robertschober930 This is a beautiful piece and a beautiful interpretation. 💯% respect for the composer and performer. Zero shade coming!
      Bach's sonatas and partitas for unaccompanied violin are IMHO similarly emotional compositions. Not to "set the record straight" - he's just got more range than his funky musical labyrinths and fugue puzzles. Definitely check them out if you enjoy this piece! You won't be disappointed.

  • @rafaelpazminoboza
    @rafaelpazminoboza Před 7 lety +13

    Elicia Silverstein is just wonderful, what a perfect job she did!

  • @l.d.barneske8qbi5
    @l.d.barneske8qbi5 Před 5 lety +17

    Wow I just got introduced to a new world. The acoustics inside that cathedral is awesome.

    • @damienpatton1680
      @damienpatton1680 Před 4 lety +3

      The wind outside is like an accompanying instrument at 6:50

  • @penyenli3795
    @penyenli3795 Před 8 lety +54

    She plays like water flows...just beautiful.

    • @raulrivasrodriguez8974
      @raulrivasrodriguez8974 Před 8 lety +6

      Penyen Li, it is impossible to describe her way of playing better. I totally agree with you.

  • @lesbsocal9107
    @lesbsocal9107 Před 6 lety +11

    So haunting, the persistence of that note on the D-string punctuating the melody. So well done by the composer and performer.

  • @saidmekerri4910
    @saidmekerri4910 Před 6 lety +5

    Die musik macht mir das leben süsse , dank für Alle! Saïd aus die Heimat Algerien

  • @jameshood1928
    @jameshood1928 Před 3 lety +8

    First I've heard this piece of music or her artistry. Sustained elegance enhanced by outstanding acoustics. Very impressive.

  • @sherrymccauley7712
    @sherrymccauley7712 Před 8 lety +41

    The most beautiful rendition of this piece I've ever heard; thank you, thank you! Ethereal beauty of sound captured in a glimpse of time ever flowing.

  • @sophiesuzuki4222
    @sophiesuzuki4222 Před 8 lety +18

    Thank you for this most beautiful recording. Heavenly.

  • @jackarcher7495
    @jackarcher7495 Před 5 lety +11

    Beautifully played, beautifully recorded, beautifully filmed. I've only recently discovered Biber. Absolutely wonderful. Life-altering. Thank you for posting.

  • @VladislavGomulka
    @VladislavGomulka Před 6 lety +13

    Elicia Silverstein appears as a Goddess of Music. She is in love with music, with life, with all that makes from us human beings. S P L E N D I D !

  • @johngillen275
    @johngillen275 Před rokem +9

    When the manuscript of Biber's Mystery Sonatas was being laid out, an engraving was placed at the beginning of each sonata. The one for the Passacaglia depicts a guardian angel leading a child by the hand. That same engraving appears in this video at 0:08

    • @v.mousikos1762
      @v.mousikos1762 Před 8 měsíci

      Using the term ''Sonatas'' is not very accurate. I know that the great majority of musicians do this. But Biber didn't use this term for these 16 pieces. He didn't leave us any title. And some of these works start with a "Sonata" then, dances follow. How can a Mystery can be called "Sonata" if it starts with an introductional "Sonata" ?

  • @lesb_socal
    @lesb_socal Před 5 lety +5

    The ambience of the hall contributes nicely to the hauntong nature of the piece.

  • @Scriabinfan593
    @Scriabinfan593 Před 4 lety +10

    The baroque period in my opinion has given us the most simple but yet most beautiful music ever created, my heart sings whenever I listen to Bach, Haydn, Bieber, Couperin ❤️😍

    • @Brunetto46
      @Brunetto46 Před 4 lety +1

      Haydn is classical period 1750-1810

    • @lucadeieso4815
      @lucadeieso4815 Před rokem +3

      Simple music no ahah 🤪 but for sure the most beautiful

    • @paulchamorrocastro
      @paulchamorrocastro Před rokem

      @@Brunetto46 Jejeje... Seguramente quiso decir Händel 👍🏻

    • @mariapiazza-od8ib
      @mariapiazza-od8ib Před 10 měsíci

      How could you miss Vivaldi ? Bach certainly disagrees 😢😢

  • @reneemakesthings
    @reneemakesthings Před 3 lety +15

    This video is the first recording I ever came across of the Passacaglia and it has spoiled me for all other renditions.
    I started learning to play it myself a couple of years ago, and during my research, I listened to as many recordings as I could find.
    I keep coming back for Ms Silverstein's incredible range of expression and emotion.
    Your playing is truly beautiful.

    • @elpelucagarcia2
      @elpelucagarcia2 Před 2 lety +1

      Hello! Not related to the video (though I also adore this version of the Passacaglia), but would you mind telling me what media is your profile picture from? Thanks!

    • @reneemakesthings
      @reneemakesthings Před 2 lety +1

      @@elpelucagarcia2 , it is the character "Piroko" from the WebComic MegaTokyo

  • @mikediesel5250
    @mikediesel5250 Před 4 lety +4

    I can't help but fall in love every time i hear this. It breaks my heart at the same time. Too beautiful. Timeless. Speechless....

  • @johnschroeter9743
    @johnschroeter9743 Před 5 lety +4

    She plays it so beautifully it brings tears to my eyes.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima Před 3 lety +7

    I just am intoxicated with her unsurpassed performance .
    From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇲🇰

  • @sezioneaurea8597
    @sezioneaurea8597 Před 3 lety +5

    Che meraviglia, complimenti!

  • @user-vk6ry2sk3b
    @user-vk6ry2sk3b Před rokem +6

    Спасибо Вам, Elicia, Вы довели меня до слёз! Дух захватывает.

  • @marpatiris
    @marpatiris Před 8 lety +91

    Obviously 17 people are completely deaf or absolutely tasteless... This work is a masterpiece written from a not very well-known (but still magnificent) composer and performed by a passionate violinist... Thank you, senior Biber... And again thank you SO much, Mrs Silverstein... For you have both offered us a piece of musical perfection!!!

    • @ehsannakad4746
      @ehsannakad4746 Před 8 lety +2

      i agree with all.. the 17 persons are deaf and tasteless, and i thank Mrs Silverstein for her magic playing this treasure piece of music of the master BIBER..i love it ..

    • @willygarcia2144
      @willygarcia2144 Před 8 lety +3

      I can understand someone who enjoy another kind of musics, but come on! how could someone dislike this masterpiece very well done by an excellent musician like her? At least I don't find any mistakes.

    • @pisnell
      @pisnell Před 8 lety +1

      To each his own...

    • @ribeca100
      @ribeca100 Před 7 lety +5

      I think that Biber is one of the greatest composers of the generation before Bach

    • @musickeepsalive7752
      @musickeepsalive7752 Před 7 lety +5

      I'm 16 and I love classical music. That's why I got my classical music channel

  • @Neophema
    @Neophema Před 6 lety +5

    So beautifully played. The howling wind just adds to the haunting feeling.

  • @thedigitalharpsichordist1541

    Divine music, excellent acoustics, masterful interpretation: what more could one ask for?

  • @mikekeyes6102
    @mikekeyes6102 Před 5 lety +18

    Excellent performance. The Baroque violin is so much more expressive, to my mind, than its modern counterpart.

    • @mikekeyes6102
      @mikekeyes6102 Před 3 lety +2

      @@bejeweled978 I know; my comment was somewhat ambiguous

    • @0rganopleno
      @0rganopleno Před 3 lety

      @@bejeweled978 The description says it is. What makes you think it isn't?

    • @0rganopleno
      @0rganopleno Před 3 lety +1

      @@bejeweled978 The bow is definitely a baroque bow, as you can see from looking at the tip, and she is holding it in the baroque style way. The violin has no shoulder or chin rest, ergo it's a baroque violin (whatever that may mean since basically every violin is a baroque violin, but using a chin and shoulder rest means you're not playing it in a baroque style way). As for the description, wouldn't your kind of reasoning make more (or any) sense if it specifically said: "Elicia Silverstein, baroque violin (but playing on a modern instrument in this video)"?

  • @seuradu8065
    @seuradu8065 Před 3 lety +5

    Puur kunst ! Bedankt Elicia Silvestein !

  • @ginaveda1782
    @ginaveda1782 Před 5 lety +4

    Such purity and grace!

  • @johngeiger3455
    @johngeiger3455 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The music of the angels ... Will listen to this peformance many, many times. Thank You for Posting!

  • @Gaul1748
    @Gaul1748 Před 5 lety +7

    This is beautifully rendered by this lovely violinist. In growing up I never had the privilege of hearing this great composer. There is great romanticism and an "other worldly" quality to his work. Beauty is manifested in and portrayed by beauty.

  • @olejoe2288
    @olejoe2288 Před 7 lety +14

    This is why I like the violin.

  • @jamorains
    @jamorains Před 7 lety +8

    My first time hearing this composer. Tis a Beautiful piece, really. A perfect little travel through the sound-world of the instrument.

  • @domh8963
    @domh8963 Před 6 lety +4

    Une exquise sensibilité qui nous fait voyager dans les contrées du temps de notre vie...

  • @Justbase
    @Justbase Před 6 lety +4

    Hauntingly beautiful. Sad, melancholic, yet harmoniously positive.

  • @JeanClaudeWelche
    @JeanClaudeWelche Před 6 lety +6

    So beautiful...

  • @trevorhughes7208
    @trevorhughes7208 Před 6 lety +4

    Blew me away...achingly beautiful.

  • @grantimus1
    @grantimus1 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Liked this video years ago and wasn't able to find it! I heard someone else play this and remembered Elicia's was so much more powerful!! Searched for a while until I finally found this! Now i can show my kids what real music sounds like. Best performance of this song!

  • @user-kc9jx5qt6x
    @user-kc9jx5qt6x Před 3 lety +6

    Dear Alicia! Your play is marvellous! I have learned this sonata too with not a little help from my friend but a big one. You with your play helped to do it.!

  • @giannisilvestri1796
    @giannisilvestri1796 Před 8 lety +5

    Musica ed esecuzione che toccano l'anima!

  • @jimmagwojo2718
    @jimmagwojo2718 Před 3 lety +4

    Transcendent a very beautiful rendition. thank you

  • @aillitt
    @aillitt Před 4 lety +2

    Such beautiful posture, so light, free and soft yet full of presence, cannot but result in music of the same qualities. Filmed excellently with superb lighting.

  • @Rauschmann
    @Rauschmann Před 6 lety +8

    WOW! WOW! WOW!!!! IM IN LOVE!

  • @stewartmcowan2552
    @stewartmcowan2552 Před 2 lety +2

    Utterly glorious performance. Exquisite.

  • @CeciliaBlancaCasusolMoffat

    DIVINE, BRAVO.THANK YOU!
    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @Currabell
    @Currabell Před 2 lety +3

    My goodness. This is the equal of Bach. Sublime.

  • @immetonkes
    @immetonkes Před 9 lety +6

    i love this performance

  • @marjadavidoff467
    @marjadavidoff467 Před 9 lety +9

    Grace, beauty, heaven. Each note inspired and alive. It would be a joy to hear ( and to see!) your performance of the Mystery Sonatas complete.

  • @lesberkley3821
    @lesberkley3821 Před rokem +3

    Very popular performer here in Cleveland. She and Lina Tur Bonet play Biber wonderfully.

  • @revrichardclark7480
    @revrichardclark7480 Před 4 lety +2

    Utterly wonderful despite the background traffic noise. The baroque period produced so much variety and creativity and Elicia Silverstein is wonderfully crisp and expressive

    • @Neophema
      @Neophema Před 4 lety +1

      Oh, so it's traffic? It sounds like wind to me, especially at 6:55-7:05. I'll continue to hear it as wind, because it really adds to the beauty of the music to me. :D

  • @jclmat
    @jclmat Před 7 lety +26

    La Beauté de la Musique, de son Interprète et de son instrument magnifiquement joué.
    Grandeur du dépouillement, sur quatre cordes.
    En un superbe enregistrement.

    • @mariaelenaocampo9513
      @mariaelenaocampo9513 Před 5 lety +3

      Una melodía de solo cuatro notas que descienden, una reflexión calma que retorna mil veces, variada, adornada, repetida hasta exigir una resolución... Perfecta intérprete, sobria y delicada.

  • @jacekm22
    @jacekm22 Před 4 lety +2

    It is amazing how contemporary this baroque brilliant composition sounds .....

  • @edithrafat3217
    @edithrafat3217 Před 7 lety +6

    Of sublime beauty!

  • @nickwyatt3243
    @nickwyatt3243 Před 4 lety +2

    Once upon a time I listened to this going north in a really noisy car; it still struck me as important. Now, here alone and in the quiet it sounds absolutely vital. And she plays beautifully.

    • @nickwyatt3243
      @nickwyatt3243 Před 4 lety +4

      Actually, I have to admit that there's another reason for revisiting this piece. My uncle passed away in late January and i was invited to select music for his service. I selected this and Alvinu Malkeinu for the exit. It seemed perfect.

  • @Laurencemardon
    @Laurencemardon Před 7 lety +8

    What an incredibly lyrical performance of this wonderful piece ... personal without being idiosyncratic. Many thanks for your art.

  • @kristinhaubrich5601
    @kristinhaubrich5601 Před 3 lety +3

    Wow! I was a violin hater until now. This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL PERFECTION! I've been converted!!

  • @NYAUNT
    @NYAUNT Před 7 lety +3

    Elicia...listening to you perform this piece was pure joy. What an incredible piece of music. Your talent brings so much rich emotion to all who listen. Miss you !!! oxoxo

  • @HaliPuppeh
    @HaliPuppeh Před 2 lety +2

    So beautiful and sensitively played!

  • @clairefeigelman9095
    @clairefeigelman9095 Před 7 lety +8

    Exquisitely beautiful and Breathtakingly gorgeous!
    Thank you so much for sharing this magnificent piece, Elicia!

  • @leszekblack9138
    @leszekblack9138 Před 7 lety +2

    Beautiful name, beautiful music!

  • @2mattosbr
    @2mattosbr Před 7 lety +9

    speechless...just wonderful!

  • @JoseVazquez-mq5js
    @JoseVazquez-mq5js Před 3 lety +3

    An absolute delight! Fabulous playing! Breathtaking, poetic!

  • @burkhardkorn9189
    @burkhardkorn9189 Před 7 lety +2

    Wunderbare Aufnahme. Danke.

  • @arcobow97
    @arcobow97 Před 8 lety +3

    What an incredible work. It's amazing how a piece of music can develop and progress from a simple, 4-note bassline.

  • @rsullivan6738
    @rsullivan6738 Před 4 lety +2

    Beautiful, she is truly gifted

  • @jairochaves8916
    @jairochaves8916 Před 3 lety +9

    Um bálsamo para a alma!!!!

  • @lauraradwell7805
    @lauraradwell7805 Před 2 lety +1

    So beautiful, lithe, harmonious, spellbinding, both the music and the musician. This is one of my favorite pieces and I’ve never seen it played with so much feeling. Thank you.

  • @AnatolySmolyansky
    @AnatolySmolyansky Před 4 lety +5

    This is total harmony - visual and sonic.
    Elicia looks amazing in this long black dress.
    i am going to draw her in black pencil.

  • @IanHob29
    @IanHob29 Před 9 lety +9

    Just perfect. What an incredibly beautiful and masterful performance. Brava!

  • @F1lip3JF
    @F1lip3JF Před 7 lety +14

    Man. This is just... this is just... I dont know. I just know that it's something meant to be feeled.

  • @jasonyu4380
    @jasonyu4380 Před měsícem

    she captured every little detail, it is truly amazing.

  • @Phil99470
    @Phil99470 Před 4 lety +3

    Great lighting adds to ethereal performance. Wonderful.

  • @CxS_Nico
    @CxS_Nico Před rokem +1

    Truly mesmerizing

  • @seejaybee
    @seejaybee Před 9 lety +1

    Very fine performance, the best of the Biber passacaglia to be found, and such an excellent venue.

  • @diegodesanctis5946
    @diegodesanctis5946 Před rokem +2

    Una delle più belle e intense interpretazioni della Passacaglia di Biber

  • @kristibrown6310
    @kristibrown6310 Před 10 lety +5

    Absolutely splendid!

  • @guitar1977man
    @guitar1977man Před 8 lety +5

    Just magnificent and beautiful!

  • @steveturpin4242
    @steveturpin4242 Před 5 lety +5

    Magnificent! Thank you.

  • @liegesaboya8265
    @liegesaboya8265 Před 8 lety +9

    um delirio , puro encantamento !! Elicia , voce toca divinamente --- ! me leva perdidamente às terras do sagrado ; thanks , gracias !!!!

  • @robbymarcoen2266
    @robbymarcoen2266 Před 8 lety +7

    Wonderful !!! Never heard of it before , great piece !!!! Fantastic played by you Elicia !!!

  • @rebekahmoskowitz2637
    @rebekahmoskowitz2637 Před 4 lety +6

    Happy 375th Birthday, Heinrich Ignaz Franz!!!

  • @FriederZimmermann
    @FriederZimmermann Před 6 lety +3

    This is marvelous & pure beauty. Thank you!