Yes, this was a joke to amuse a master class. Do you think his accompanist, much less students would be cackling like this to his face if it wasn't intentional?
Yes he knows that, what he means is that you must be a master to play that king of bad so easily and actually go on with the piece. He is serious about the shit he hears every day and is tired of correcting. As well as he is serious about playing outstanding music. You can see his expression on masterclass when a "wrong" sound is coming of the violin, anything out of order. Even by his own master class, he has the same exact expressions when HE makes mistakes too (must look hard to actually hear). This was his 5 minutes expressing that and humouring his students in the process. The "gods fiddler" was a perfectionist with a bad appetite for anything that doesn't sounds just spot on. Whatch his performances and look for changes in expression. Then pause and hear that part again, you will find that something isn't JUST right.AND HE KNOWS IT,you can see he does!! And what wouldn't he give to go back in time and correct it. That is both the reason he was so good, and why he was named the gods fiddler. And the little footage we have from him is a view to behold and listen to, even with the mediocre audio of the time.
@@mrsblue9509 _ Is it your idea that he was making fun of a particular student? I don't think so. if he was, I doubt if anyone knew who it was. So maybe you are the one who lacks humor.
"Heifetz gets unconfident while shredding for laughing students" -- not at all! It is a satire on how many beginning students sound in this concerto. What is amazing that he is able to sound so hysterically bad - it is actually very hard to do on purpose! Brilliant satire.
ViolinClass That's what I figured. Lots of those mistakes sounded like they were done purposefully... That would be incredibly difficult to do because you're doing everything you were taught not to do. He must have an excellent sense of humor to play tricks like this.
3:39 Making the chromatic crawl out of tune - he nailed it. But the octave itself, the relationship between the fingers is pretty much perfect. Mr. Heifetz feigned defects well, but was never capable of playing truly out of tune. You can't conceal perfection.
Context: "Here's an imitation of an audition I had to hear. It's an exaggeration, but not too much....not too much.." The last few words are what we hear in this video.
One of my favorite things about violin is that"the better I get the worse I can sound" because I understand better how to kill the sound. I'm sure lots of other violinists would agree with me
My grandpa studied under him for a year in his master class. He said this is an example of how funny Heifetz was, not Heifetz screwing up. He was just about flawless till he died.
Pointing out the errors he probably heard all day from his students. It's a good way to teach, with laughter and examples. For such a perfectionist, at the end of a teaching session he probably had to play a piece beautifully just to restore his equilibrium.
The title and subtitle is misleading. This is obviously a caricature, he laughs before starting. The violist William Primrose, who played with him, tells that Heifetz used to play jokes like this to amuse his friends (and students, like in this case). He is great even in his acting as a "great soloist"!
This is purely a joke performance. Probably to highlight bad playing? He's probably heard it all, but this was hilarious! His interpretation of a "butchered" performance.
Miss Orange Hi, I think David Garrett is a great violinist, he's one of the best in my opinion. Could you explain or show me a video or recording where he plays sloppy and slides wrong?
Jesse Ji Why do you think I'm not chilled? It's the first time I've heard someone saying Garrett is a mediocre violinist, so I asked why. Apparently no reason.
thank you very much! It's so incredible to see and hear this master of all times play like a debutant! With a big humor, what an incredible man he was!
The greatest of them all deliberately playing badly for the benefit of these students, who just love it. He does this so impassively that it makes this all the more funnier and proves he had a wonderful sense of humor.
it is amusing that his bow technique is still just amazing and he makes no attempt to correct the bad intonation over longer notes (which anybody who is actually "trying" to play the piece in the first place would*)
Peter Rabitt heavenly music from my fav classic composer. seriously. and notice I am an amateur violinist, not a pianist. unffortunatelly those pieces are out of my league. way too hard. Anyway, I love to listen to them.
i love the nose wipe at 3:58. classic. the only problem with this is that he's using too much bow. an actual student nervous enough and untalented enough to play like this would be using 4 inches in the middle of the bow. still, probably the funniest thing i've ever seen. you have to be an experienced violinist to get it.
Unbelievable: you REALLY think that he was insecure??? Do you know what HUMOR is???? This is a very well known way for musicians to joke... Please change your title!
You have NO idea how hard it is for someone like him to play like this. He is playing the imperfections of puts-playing with the same perfection he played everything else.
@rarecellos He probably never heard such an audition. Heifetz was well-known for doing such parodies, prefacing them with "This is something I had to listen to." He would then stand there deadpan and produce the most annoyingly scratchy music, typical of the sounds that a beginning student would make.
You're not getting it. He was hamming it up. He was in total control of EVERYTHING. Sets a good and light mood for the students to be in when things get serious.
The *best* part is watching Heifetz try not to laugh. He almost lost it a few times there, but I'm thinking that was part of the act. I've been looking for this video for a long time, out of curiosity. Thanks for posting it!
Always the straight face on Heifetz, even when being a master comedian! I was surprised he could force himself to do that noise for over 5 minutes to the delight of his students.
His humor is all the more affecting because he can be so funny and never once smile, himself. Also the imitation is so-o-o much the polar opposite of his own playing, that you cannot help but laugh.
Paul Harris In an interview, Heifetz was asked why he never smiled on stage. His answer was something like this: "There are two reasons for a violinist to smile on stage. One, he is playing brilliantly and completely satisfied with his playing, which I never am. Two, he is playing so poorly, he is thinking about how nice it will be when it is all over, which also never happens with me". The people I have met who knew him said he was warm, witty, and a gentleman.
Heifetz did this to imitate a bad student playing.
yeah i remember his previous dialogue before the video started. What a clickbaiter.
It shows you how buttoned-down Heiftetz was, though. He played that entire thing without cracking a smile.
Valeria Emciuc I think so too
That makes more sense
Kavin Pari This video is a joke, the uploader rightfully assumes we can figure out the actual context.
this is probably the most difficult performance of his life
Actually this is a joke !!
fans ihsahn, the original commenter knew it was a joke. He meant it was difficult for Heifetz to play so badly in all factors.
Oh !!
Thanks !!
M MT
Have you seen Jack Benny plays Bach with Stern?
@@fansihsahn7973 He is a youtuber and a great violin teacher on uTube
I can't believe that I can play like Heifetz!!! 😀😀😀😂
I can't. The guy sometimes loses the spirit of this performance and then it is very hard to duplicate.
Me toooooo boo hoo
🤣
This is what happen if you play like heifetz, you mean?
Heifetz was imitating bad playing, he said he was gonna exaggerate his imitation but not too much
Sound easy, but very difficult to get tone like this. He even maintained his poker face to play the joke.
Yes, this was a joke to amuse a master class. Do you think his accompanist, much less students would be cackling like this to his face if it wasn't intentional?
Ikr, the title was uncalled for too.
the title was just click bait lol
Phillip Rodgers
alexander markov says : the most scary 2 min of his life was when he was playing for heifetz😃
This proves that Heifetz was as serious about clowning on the violin as he was about making great music on it. And just as effective too!
Fake
Íñigo Aramburu Arnaiz what is?
Yes he knows that, what he means is that you must be a master to play that king of bad so easily and actually go on with the piece. He is serious about the shit he hears every day and is tired of correcting. As well as he is serious about playing outstanding music. You can see his expression on masterclass when a "wrong" sound is coming of the violin, anything out of order. Even by his own master class, he has the same exact expressions when HE makes mistakes too (must look hard to actually hear). This was his 5 minutes expressing that and humouring his students in the process. The "gods fiddler" was a perfectionist with a bad appetite for anything that doesn't sounds just spot on. Whatch his performances and look for changes in expression. Then pause and hear that part again, you will find that something isn't JUST right.AND HE KNOWS IT,you can see he does!! And what wouldn't he give to go back in time and correct it. That is both the reason he was so good, and why he was named the gods fiddler. And the little footage we have from him is a view to behold and listen to, even with the mediocre audio of the time.
How refreshing to discover that Heifetz had a sense of humor. Expert deadpan face throughout!!!
Sense of humor laughing at the student? I would say lack of humor.
@@mrsblue9509 _ Is it your idea that he was making fun of a particular student? I don't think so. if he was, I doubt if anyone knew who it was. So maybe you are the one who lacks humor.
@@monelleny no, what I am is a teacher and I would never use this methods. And probably you are right, this is the sense of humor I try to avoid.
@@mrsblue9509 - I appreciate that his spoof is unkind, Mrs. Blue. If the student were identified, I would be horrified.
@@mrsblue9509who cares? Heifetz is god.
"Heifetz gets unconfident while shredding for laughing students" -- not at all! It is a satire on how many beginning students sound in this concerto. What is amazing that he is able to sound so hysterically bad - it is actually very hard to do on purpose! Brilliant satire.
this is probably a bit late , but which concerto is it please? I can't even recognize lol
@@ipadm3nfr It is Vieuxtemps No. 4, the first movement :)
@@ViolinClassUSA thanks ! the Vieuxtemps concerto are problably the only I didn't listen too lol
And maybe it would be possible that the title was also a joke? Of course Heifetz would never play like that without it being on purpose...
ViolinClass That's what I figured. Lots of those mistakes sounded like they were done purposefully... That would be incredibly difficult to do because you're doing everything you were taught not to do. He must have an excellent sense of humor to play tricks like this.
What i love/hate about this instrument is that it takes an incredible amount of skill to play like he is jokingly.
One kid is crying in his locker room during this, thinking: am i really that bad?
Damn heifetz would be a savage teacher. With that stern look lol
Thats me on a good day...
I don get it, wy so funny?
cheeldrin, you never have a good day
Chinese characters at beginning!
Karthik Yegnesh Yeah, that is like you, people always laugh at you when you do that in orchestra
haha
thats literally me right now learning this piece. hahaha
3:39 Making the chromatic crawl out of tune - he nailed it. But the octave itself, the relationship between the fingers is pretty much perfect. Mr. Heifetz feigned defects well, but was never capable of playing truly out of tune. You can't conceal perfection.
Context: "Here's an imitation of an audition I had to hear. It's an exaggeration, but not too much....not too much.." The last few words are what we hear in this video.
he was making fun of one student who play like that in one masterclass.. he is traying to do it in the most acurrate way posible like the student
Heifetz did not take students who played like that.
@@stephaniehuynh5610 What's your source for this?
Where did you get that information?
This man can even make jokes with that piece of wood
it's called a violin
really
+Manuel Dengis
of course! Don't you know what a violin is?
a million dollar piece of wood
Amazingracer21 I think if he’s seen Heifetz then he probably knows what a violin is and was just being sarcastic.
Even in pretending to play badly, Heifetz is utterly brilliant.
even his worst is 5 times better than my best what a legend lol
He's playing Vieuxtemps concert no4 - 1st movement
He is imitating a student he heard.
I'm convinced that Heifetz does not have the ability to be nervous
One of my favorite things about violin is that"the better I get the worse I can sound" because I understand better how to kill the sound. I'm sure lots of other violinists would agree with me
My grandpa studied under him for a year in his master class. He said this is an example of how funny Heifetz was, not Heifetz screwing up. He was just about flawless till he died.
I like Heifetz because of his personality ;)
Finally I've "met" someone saying this, too! ❤️
Pointing out the errors he probably heard all day from his students. It's a good way to teach, with laughter and examples. For such a perfectionist, at the end of a teaching session he probably had to play a piece beautifully just to restore his equilibrium.
The title and subtitle is misleading. This is obviously a caricature, he laughs before starting. The violist William Primrose, who played with him, tells that Heifetz used to play jokes like this to amuse his friends (and students, like in this case). He is great even in his acting as a "great soloist"!
5:13 "This was a joke". Chill guys.
This is purely a joke performance. Probably to highlight bad playing? He's probably heard it all, but this was hilarious! His interpretation of a "butchered" performance.
You have to be profoundly great to play that badly. Hysterical. Thanks for the post.
Heifetz obviously has to make an effort to sound that bad. Those horrible slides remind me of David Garrett.
Miss Orange I know right.
Miss Orange
Hi, I think David Garrett is a great violinist, he's one of the best in my opinion. Could you explain or show me a video or recording where he plays sloppy and slides wrong?
+Alex Martin chill
Jesse Ji Why do you think I'm not chilled?
It's the first time I've heard someone saying Garrett is a mediocre violinist, so I asked why. Apparently no reason.
Miss Orange David Garrett is favorite of some people
he has his kind of playing violin
A master of deadpan delivery too.
3:57 The closet Heifetz got to a smile his whole life
*Heifetz auditioning for 2set violin* (non colorized)
Guys he foretold the coming of David Garett
lol
Amen bro!!!
Wdym is a decent violinist. And he holds the record for the fastest violinist in the world
@@NahMate Nah, he's a clown and the record is irrelevant
@@OttoKuus irrelevant my ass hole.
No way Heifetz is nervous...just joking around with his students!!
Now that guy had a sense of humour!
I have the whole tape......he was showing the students what he hears sometimes from "bad" ones.......Its hilarious. This is what NOT to do !
Is there any chance you kindly upload this video? It would be fascinating to see...
Heifetz impersonates Jack Benny. And very well, I might add.
His serious face while during this comedy is hilarious 😆
Jack Benny was in this class, no wonder why he was so good at playing bad!
Enjoy this, people! This is the ONLY time you will ever see Jascha Heifetz playing badly!! What a treat! :)
He is not nervous, he is using humour to make a point... And entertain his students....
thank you very much! It's so incredible to see and hear this master of all times play like a debutant! With a big humor, what an incredible man he was!
The greatest of them all deliberately playing badly for the benefit of these students, who just love it. He does this so impassively that it makes this all the more funnier and proves he had a wonderful sense of humor.
Ya know...this is one of my fav concertos...and idk if I can listen to it the same😂
literally same😂😂😂😂
If you watch the full clip, he says something like "This is what I hear when people audition. Don't do this." before he plays.
hilarious! Like that photo of Einstein sticking out his tongue for all humanity
And when i said i could play like Heifetz, no one believed me...
it is amusing that his bow technique is still just amazing and he makes no attempt to correct the bad intonation over longer notes (which anybody who is actually "trying" to play the piece in the first place would*)
if u play violin u understand how spot on this is
this is obviously him trying to make a joke , and doing a good job at that.
i see, he was making a musical joke
Peter Rabitt it must be wonderful to play a scherzo by chopin.
Peter Rabitt heavenly music from my fav classic composer. seriously. and notice I am an amateur violinist, not a pianist.
unffortunatelly those pieces are out of my league. way too hard. Anyway, I love to listen to them.
it's part of his teaching! He shows all that can be done wrong! Great posting!
diane dutreux EXACTLY!
i love the nose wipe at 3:58. classic. the only problem with this is that he's using too much bow. an actual student nervous enough and untalented enough to play like this would be using 4 inches in the middle of the bow. still, probably the funniest thing i've ever seen. you have to be an experienced violinist to get it.
I disagree. I think that poor students tend to use a full bow, except not quite to the frog, due to a lack of bow control.
Dan Cornelius l
Love, love that poker face...extraordinary man and artist - and such modesty and a great sense of humour!!!
the master had such a wikid sense of humour…..this made me really laugh…….just been watching a master class where he makes jokes….
What a gracious send off. I love it!
it is my first time i saw his smile and make me smile, i like him very much now.
I love Heifetz whatever he did.
NOT nervous here, NO way is he "unconfident," He is the best, an entertainer at heart, with the soul of a pure musician.
Even so he did this on purpose, still much better than mine!! -_-
Unbelievable: you REALLY think that he was insecure??? Do you know what HUMOR is???? This is a very well known way for musicians to joke... Please change your title!
The title is a joke..... my god people think for a second.
r/wooosh
But some people are stupid so we must think that someone is the dumb
Viola masterclass by heifetz
The only true master of the reverse trill
He still plays better than 90% of musicians like that.
The man has a great sense of humour under the gruff exterior.
You have NO idea how hard it is for someone like him to play like this. He is playing the imperfections of puts-playing with the same perfection he played everything else.
2:02 This is what happens to your vibrato on violin when you play both violin and viola can confirm.
The title is so misleading -.-"
@rarecellos He probably never heard such an audition. Heifetz was well-known for doing such parodies, prefacing them with "This is something I had to listen to." He would then stand there deadpan and produce the most annoyingly scratchy music, typical of the sounds that a beginning student would make.
He should have made a whole album like that.
Inconfident is not even a word.
What's amazing here is that he's able to execute mostly any technical fault a student can have.
You laugh you lose for the pianist
now this is the heifetz I know and love
He was always the best on the violin!
An absolute genius in every way--even in this video! I have never seen a violinist make a parody like this! Love it!
Wonderful..just really funny!
*I can't believe that I can play like Heifets*
I'm actually really impressed. I'd image it'd be a technical challenge for a master violinist to even play that poorly.
He is doing it on purpose to let students know how important details are.
You're not getting it. He was hamming it up. He was in total control of EVERYTHING. Sets a good and light mood for the students to be in when things get serious.
I love how he makes a serious face even when sounding like trash
I think he must have been showing them how Jack Benny played lol...
the chinese character in the beginning is "is a bit over acting but not too much"
Heifetz only was mimicking a bad student.
A time for fun. I love it. The man has a sense of humor.
the shaky bow adds spice
Ingeniously done. An encyclopedic performance of how not to play and what not to do.
Even when he fools around it sounds better then most. Hahaha. What a master.
The *best* part is watching Heifetz try not to laugh. He almost lost it a few times there, but I'm thinking that was part of the act. I've been looking for this video for a long time, out of curiosity. Thanks for posting it!
Always the straight face on Heifetz, even when being a master comedian! I was surprised he could force himself to do that noise for over 5 minutes to the delight of his students.
omg this is comedy genius. before Leslie Nielsen in Airplane.... we had deadpan Heifetz :D
There are videos of this with him explaining that he was demonstrating an audition he had just heard. "... an exaggeration, but" not by much.
This was a joke. He was imitating a bad violinist who auditioned for the class.
His humor is all the more affecting because he can be so funny and never once
smile, himself. Also the imitation is so-o-o much the polar opposite of his own playing, that you cannot help but laugh.
Paul Harris In an interview, Heifetz was asked why he never smiled on stage. His answer was something like this: "There are two reasons for a violinist to smile on stage. One, he is playing brilliantly and completely satisfied with his playing, which I never am. Two, he is playing so poorly, he is thinking about how nice it will be when it is all over, which also never happens with me". The people I have met who knew him said he was warm, witty, and a gentleman.
It's an imitation of an audition he heard
Funny this is actually the piece I'm working on now and this is how I feel playing it lol
And what is the piece please?
Madeleine Lachapelle Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 4
i love how he keeps a serious face throughout this whole thing! :)
Too funny...The reaction of the pianist.....OMG.
Them octaves were in tune. Fml. #Goals
Immaculate genius of humour in musical portent...
He still better than anyone. Still has his Heifetz Sound!🥀
when heifetz playing bad on purpose sounds better than you