Soprano Pretty Yende Sings Debussy's "Clair de lune"

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  • Soprano Pretty Yende and pianist Kamal Khan performs Debussy's "Clair de lune" as part of UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa.
    The performance footage was taken on October 13, 2014 in Weill Recital Hall.
    www.carnegiehall.org/SouthAfrica

КОМЕНТАРІ • 123

  • @cybertomson
    @cybertomson 4 роки тому +138

    The smile on her face captivates automatically, the joy of her doing what she loves. Something that shouldn't be judged or categorized, just enjoyed.

  • @ikoikjji5548
    @ikoikjji5548 9 років тому +906

    Had no clue that claire de lune had words

    • @kimberlyd7
      @kimberlyd7 5 років тому +14

      Hahahahahaahah

    • @SsteinwayS
      @SsteinwayS 5 років тому +129

      It's a different Clair de lune! The one you're probably thinking of is the piano piece also by Debussy! Clair de lune just means moonbeam...there's another different setting by Debussy as well as ones by Fauré, etc.! :D #TheMoreYouKnow

    • @BearAZ
      @BearAZ 4 роки тому +52

      "Clair de lune" is a French poem written by Paul Verlaine in 1869. It is the inspiration for the third and most famous movement of Claude Debussy's 1890 Suite Bergamasque, so in a sense, the piano solo version also had words. Debussy also composed two settings of the poem for voice and piano accompaniment. The poem has also been set to music by Gabriel Fauré and Josef Szulc.

    • @parisjej
      @parisjej 3 роки тому +5

      Wow me either. I was looking up advice on how to sing soprano and this popped up. What a treat! I meditate to this song often. 😻😻😻

    • @bunnybunny4263
      @bunnybunny4263 3 роки тому

      Tiene

  • @Cebo88
    @Cebo88 6 років тому +139

    She is beautiful. That dress, those earrings, that hair, make up flawless. Never mind her soprano. It defies categorisation.

  • @jrkuyena51
    @jrkuyena51 4 роки тому +92

    Awsome! Wow, what a voice! Pretty Yende is an amazing soprano! May God bless her abundately!

  • @zhaotongt1094
    @zhaotongt1094 3 роки тому +46

    Her voice just likes her appearance and her name! Gorgeous!

    • @carnegiehall
      @carnegiehall  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for your comment. We are delighted to know that you enjoyed this performance by Pretty Yende.

  • @christhesoprano
    @christhesoprano Рік тому +3

    I come back to this years later.. it’s so beautiful 🥹

  • @koomoomeng29
    @koomoomeng29 8 років тому +18

    Truly angelic ! God bless.

  • @gianluca3674
    @gianluca3674 2 роки тому +2

    Never heard this before but pleased this great Soprano has introduced this song to me. brava brava brava

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 5 років тому +19

    I am astounded that this her soprano is incomparable . 🍎
    From effulgent Tokyo in profound Japan

    • @emmavink
      @emmavink 4 роки тому +1

      From South Africa :) We are so proud of our jewel of a singer!

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 4 роки тому +1

      @@emmavink
      Thank-you so much to your wonderful and impressed reply !
      She is a incomparable and exquisite artist , soprano singer .
      May glory , prosperity and wealth be brought to your country .
      We Japanese deeply love and respect Great Mandera,who is a late President
      Be on the alert for Coronavirus infection .
      Japan becomes better than before .
      But Tokyo is no good .
      In night amusement area ,
      the Coronavirus infection increases .
      Good luck !

    • @lbell9695
      @lbell9695 2 роки тому +1

      3 years late, but I'm from Australia. G'day :)

    • @shin-i-chikozima
      @shin-i-chikozima 2 роки тому +1

      @@lbell9695
      Thankyou
      I hope you are well
      From
      A corner of Tokyo
      🇯🇵🏯🎎🌅🗾🎉🎊🎍🗻🌊🎀㊗️💮🌸⛩️🎌

  • @yanique6125
    @yanique6125 4 роки тому +5

    Geeeez. I am speechless at how amazing she is

  • @sarahqueener58
    @sarahqueener58 3 роки тому +141

    For clarification-- This is not the same composition as the piano piece named Clair de Lune. While they are both written by Debussy and have the same name they ARE NOT the same piece! Please research before complaining that it sounds different than the piano version.

    • @athtarasterios9695
      @athtarasterios9695 2 роки тому +3

      I think what makes it even more confusing, is that Fauré also wrote a "Clair de Lune" with the exact same lyrics. (I was a bit puzzled before reading your comment, as I was wondering why the music was so different)
      ua-cam.com/video/ODXgZwQjOns/v-deo.html

    • @sarahhowell7042
      @sarahhowell7042 2 роки тому +2

      @@athtarasterios9695 both are renditions of the poem by Paul Verlaine!!

    • @rachaelconaghan7724
      @rachaelconaghan7724 Рік тому

      Do you know if there is a particular serial number to accompany this in order to find the music easier (not just the piano piece)?

    • @Justitia_Nomen
      @Justitia_Nomen День тому

      “Please research before complaining something sounds different even though they have the same name and by the same person-” stop. Just stop

  • @ChiaraDBrown
    @ChiaraDBrown 3 роки тому +3

    Good lord, this is gorgeous!! Thank you!

  • @shemitch
    @shemitch 8 років тому +35

    Who voted down for this!! I'm looking at you, Kathleen Battle! This is divine!!

    • @VCT3333
      @VCT3333 2 роки тому +1

      I was thinking maybe Angela Gheorghiu.

  • @ricardomoreira4613
    @ricardomoreira4613 5 років тому +8

    She sounds like an angel

  • @trailblazingdiva
    @trailblazingdiva 4 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful artistry from both of you!!

  • @estherhopson777Queen
    @estherhopson777Queen 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome Beautiful Voice🥰🥰🥰

  • @lifeofbri8899
    @lifeofbri8899 7 років тому +57

    She really put her own twist on this higher key. It is beautiful. Artistic freedom 💚

  • @furiosangel
    @furiosangel 8 років тому +8

    Beautiful !!❤️

  • @pfthorin4733
    @pfthorin4733 2 роки тому

    It's been kind of a week. This really made me feel better.

  • @АнгелинаБеланович
    @АнгелинаБеланович 8 років тому +6

    So gorgeous!!

  • @Trixiesongzxoxo
    @Trixiesongzxoxo 3 роки тому +2

    Absolutely Magnificent ❤️

  • @AlbaLynxQueen
    @AlbaLynxQueen Рік тому

    She is beautiful and talented ❤

  • @juliecastro444
    @juliecastro444 4 роки тому +1

    Wonderful♥ waiting for her this year in Brazil♥ luv her♥

  • @Angelicantar
    @Angelicantar 5 років тому +6

    Sublime. ¡muy bella!

  • @nontandomaduna4537
    @nontandomaduna4537 Рік тому

    Love her so much

  • @isaballaserrano4991
    @isaballaserrano4991 2 роки тому

    So beautiful 👌🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯

  • @Marcus_W03
    @Marcus_W03 8 місяців тому +1

    She Sings in a really beautiful
    Language

  • @Jonillkim
    @Jonillkim 9 років тому +4

    amazing

  • @ianfellipearruda2366
    @ianfellipearruda2366 3 роки тому +1

    what a perfect voice

  • @britahalder
    @britahalder 4 роки тому +2

    oh my god she is amazing!!

  • @y.s320
    @y.s320 4 роки тому

    Wow!! she was young!
    Beautiful❤️

  • @sandraliu3921
    @sandraliu3921 8 років тому +2

    AMAZING!

  • @kramsdrawde8159
    @kramsdrawde8159 3 роки тому

    First time to hear claire de lune with human voice ... Beautiful nubian princess and voice too !

  • @akiiparks
    @akiiparks 8 років тому +1

    Beautiful!!!

  • @mariposamarshall9773
    @mariposamarshall9773 Рік тому +1

    The pianist is wonderful!! As is Pretty

  • @crunchychats
    @crunchychats 2 роки тому

    an angel

  • @AlvaSudden
    @AlvaSudden 6 років тому +1

    My new favorite.

  • @レモンスパークリング

    この人の歌声に惚れ惚れする

  • @brittanyritenour4695
    @brittanyritenour4695 3 роки тому

    Wow she is amazing!!!

  • @mm1111-xo
    @mm1111-xo 4 роки тому

    Simply breathtaking

    • @carnegiehall
      @carnegiehall  4 роки тому +2

      We appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching.

  • @charlesonikosi4099
    @charlesonikosi4099 2 роки тому

    Categorical BLUE session in progress...Overture of eloquence...MEDICI regalia.wow GODBLESS

  • @joseceasarjeremiahbohos3389
    @joseceasarjeremiahbohos3389 2 роки тому +2

    I thought she'd start singing the moment she opened her mouth. Amazing!

  • @bunnybunny4263
    @bunnybunny4263 3 роки тому

    asombroso

  • @steampunkster2023
    @steampunkster2023 9 місяців тому

    When she starts singing, I just can't change the channel.

  • @Zenobiadream
    @Zenobiadream Рік тому

    Wow!!!!

  • @diezpiedrasnegras1703
    @diezpiedrasnegras1703 4 роки тому

    Divine!

  • @martinoscartrump2539
    @martinoscartrump2539 7 років тому

    GREAT

  • @HectorLopez-mp3lr
    @HectorLopez-mp3lr 9 років тому +10

    ESTA PERLITA MORENA ES EXTRAORDINARIA!!!

  • @cbs2157
    @cbs2157 4 роки тому

    I cried

  • @RobertBrown-yh3dw
    @RobertBrown-yh3dw 3 роки тому +1

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @mistermomo2904
    @mistermomo2904 4 роки тому +1

    That end-clapping was something...

  • @showmethem5ney
    @showmethem5ney 10 місяців тому

    I haven't a clue what she is saying but it sounds very nice.

  • @GothGuy885
    @GothGuy885 Рік тому

    this may make be sound uncultured , but I didn't even realize that the classical piece
    "Clair De Lune" had words, I have heard the instrumental version by Debussy many times and both are as equally beautiful 😀😍
    I imagine that it is just that I am not Familiar with this Opera. so pardon my Naivety' 🥵

  • @amaree9732
    @amaree9732 5 років тому +12

    Haunting beautiful. Few know Debussy named this after his daughter, Clair, who tragically went loony.

    • @ceddrerehau1258
      @ceddrerehau1258 4 роки тому +6

      Wow what a way with words you have 😂

    • @amaree9732
      @amaree9732 4 роки тому +2

      @@ceddrerehau1258 It's nice when people get it.

    • @Mel-xm8ud
      @Mel-xm8ud 2 роки тому +1

      Debussy's daughter was called Emma....

    • @amaree9732
      @amaree9732 2 роки тому

      @@Mel-xm8ud No, I'm talking about the crazy daughter he had to put away... Clair de loon.

    • @Mel-xm8ud
      @Mel-xm8ud 2 роки тому

      @@amaree9732 that never happened hun, clair de lune means moonlight 😂

  • @ridgeglorialukusa3597
    @ridgeglorialukusa3597 3 роки тому +1

    ❤🇬🇧

  • @AncientRylanor69
    @AncientRylanor69 Рік тому +1

    Triumph

  • @peteroh9319
    @peteroh9319 Рік тому +2

    I’m an atheist but her voice almost makes me believe there is a god. Her voice is divine and she is beautiful.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 6 років тому +1

    Hall-marked soprano!Great!

  • @lukasmiller486
    @lukasmiller486 2 роки тому

    Has she sung the whole set?

  • @julietten5614
    @julietten5614 2 роки тому +1

    I tried to repeat the song, my cat left the room.

  • @lilianalicia5758
    @lilianalicia5758 3 роки тому

    Excuse me clair de lune has lyrics no one ever told me ?!?!?!?!

    • @egoreux
      @egoreux 3 роки тому

      It's another piece but they have the same name

  • @MrAriza
    @MrAriza 3 роки тому +2

    Vine por los memes y ahora digo
    Fino señores 👌😎

  • @lukasmiller486
    @lukasmiller486 2 роки тому +3

    Her collar looks like a strawberry pie.

  • @sanieamida3915
    @sanieamida3915 4 роки тому +8

    Find your way
    through the darkness
    at the end of the road
    there's a light always waiting for you
    When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the View from the top then, let it flop let your wings flap and just fly up above

  • @basiclearning6226
    @basiclearning6226 3 роки тому +2

    Who came here after penthouse😂

  • @bintang13t
    @bintang13t 3 роки тому

    am I racist if I'm thought that her hands were handcuffs at the start?

  • @groovunction
    @groovunction 3 роки тому

    sa😄😃😀😃⏲👰🏻

  • @doerimawar7645
    @doerimawar7645 4 роки тому

    Did her not using mic??? Anyone can explain

    • @kimmy6984
      @kimmy6984 4 роки тому

      She probably using clipmic

    • @katelynndiaz8793
      @katelynndiaz8793 3 роки тому

      If you look at the video again you can see 2 small mics near her waist

  • @MadDoctorPenguin
    @MadDoctorPenguin 8 років тому +28

    This is Gabriel Fauré, not Debussy. Both have a "Clair de Lune," but Debussy's is not scored for voice.

    • @falbalablabla5770
      @falbalablabla5770 8 років тому +27

      It is Debussy, from the " Chansons de jeunesse " ! He even wrote an other melody with this text. So yes, Debussy's Clair de lune is also for voice, twice ^^ And this doesn't sound like Fauré at all...

    • @MadDoctorPenguin
      @MadDoctorPenguin 8 років тому +16

      Ah! How embarrassing! I didn't realize that they both put Verlaine's poem to music. Thanks for correcting my erroneous correction!

    • @venezielanaydenova4386
      @venezielanaydenova4386 6 років тому +3

      "Clair de lune" (2e version)
      de "Fêtes galantes" (1er recueil), 1891-1892
      Texte : Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

  • @charlesonikosi4099
    @charlesonikosi4099 2 роки тому

    HSBC.

  • @chelseashamim9148
    @chelseashamim9148 3 роки тому +1

    I think she struggles with the french language.

  •  6 років тому

    GABRİEL FAURE'NIN ESERİ BU..DEBUSSY DEĞİL..DÜZELTİN DERİM.

  • @frankdaykin6268
    @frankdaykin6268 8 років тому +6

    Her legato is insufficiently pursued, she chops the French where it shouldn't be. However, I am NOT a Yende "hater," I saw her give a memorable Zauberflote . . .And the vocal "weight" and type in this song is perfect for her. Wish I could coach her!

  • @sutherlandfan64
    @sutherlandfan64 8 років тому +8

    Clearly she has no clue about French melodies. This is not opera...

    • @Cebo88
      @Cebo88 6 років тому +23

      You are jealous. You can't stand the fact that a Black woman is on top of a white man's game. Don't worry, look around and you'll see of them. Serena does it, Oprah is doing it, etc. Take a chill and deal...

    • @Cebo88
      @Cebo88 6 років тому +13

      You'll see a lot of them. Black, beautiful, graceful and proud.

    • @sarahminner5173
      @sarahminner5173 6 років тому +10

      Debussy composes like this so :)

    • @willowtreebytheriver
      @willowtreebytheriver 5 років тому +3

      Cebo88 he’s right. She is a beautiful singer. She is however chopping off the French in the wrong places.

    • @NoreenHoltzen
      @NoreenHoltzen 3 роки тому +3

      @@Cebo88 You Americans are so terrible at taking criticism, take it easy, why worry about someone pointing out something wrong with the French articulation. It isn’t a lack of respect and actually shows that he cares about the corrections in the music, and might well greatly admire her singing. I find her musicality wonderful, extremely beautiful, but it’s entirely normal to have technical problems and you shouldn’t become like a hedgehog when someone criticizes something and it can be inspiring given for the singer to read. I understand in America it is encouraged to only make compliments, but that is pretty superficial and in a sense it is even less respectful because you’re not trying to help anyone sincerely. Anyway, with love.

  • @Ciesiam
    @Ciesiam 6 років тому

    Beautiful voice but what in the hell is she wearing?