Bravo, John! Brilliant performance! Also, the orchestra sounds really good! Must be the first (as well as the last?) performance where John Williams plays with John Williams! This piece is so WONDERFUL! Virtuosity? Check! Beautiful melodies and harmonies? Check! Expressive, noble, moving sentiments? Check! Dramatic moments? Check! What more can we ask for? I cannot, for the life of me, why this amazing piece is so woefully neglected... Well, YOU kept it alive! Thank you!
@@minacciosa Hi John. As part of my Saint-Saëns year, I listened to every piece I could find by him. I became acquainted with his first two violin concertos. Both are very beautiful and impressive. They can’t compare with the masterful 3rd, but do deserve more attention. I also was impressed with his demanding 2nd Cello Concerto. The violin sonatas are also great pieces. I wish he had written one for piano. We have no large scale solo works for piano. I did record his 18 Etudes in my studio, and that was a worthwhile year long project. I wish my room were bigger as the sound is too dry and cramped.
@@minacciosa here is a playlist with the complete S-S Etudes. The last six are for left hand alone. I recorded those the most recently: ua-cam.com/play/PLiWOSyW1nKgbzv44eIr4dxnSO-DpjkJQb.html
I hadn't heard this one before, John. It sure is a doozy! Such virtuosity and spirit! Bravo!
Thank you! Weren't you there? I believe you were in the orchestra. Of course, there were so many concerts...
A wonderful, moving performance. Thanks so much for the upload.
Lovely music beautifully performed! I was familiar with the often performed Bruch Violin Concerto, but not this one.
Bravo, John! Brilliant performance! Also, the orchestra sounds really good! Must be the first (as well as the last?) performance where John Williams plays with John Williams! This piece is so WONDERFUL! Virtuosity? Check! Beautiful melodies and harmonies? Check! Expressive, noble, moving sentiments? Check! Dramatic moments? Check! What more can we ask for? I cannot, for the life of me, why this amazing piece is so woefully neglected... Well, YOU kept it alive! Thank you!
Superb work and fantastic performance! Congratulations and Bravo!
Thanks, Val!!!
Beautiful playing my friend! BRAVO!
A beautiful and brilliant performance. So nice to hear the less often heard sibling of the G minor Concerto! Bravo!
Thanks, Dan. I believe this to be a superior work to the first Concerto. The third is alto excellent.
@@minacciosa Hi John. As part of my Saint-Saëns year, I listened to every piece I could find by him. I became acquainted with his first two violin concertos. Both are very beautiful and impressive. They can’t compare with the masterful 3rd, but do deserve more attention. I also was impressed with his demanding 2nd Cello Concerto. The violin sonatas are also great pieces. I wish he had written one for piano. We have no large scale solo works for piano. I did record his 18 Etudes in my studio, and that was a worthwhile year long project. I wish my room were bigger as the sound is too dry and cramped.
@@danielgloverpiano7693 I’d love to hear those etudes. I know they are fiercely difficult.
@@minacciosa here is a playlist with the complete S-S Etudes. The last six are for left hand alone. I recorded those the most recently:
ua-cam.com/play/PLiWOSyW1nKgbzv44eIr4dxnSO-DpjkJQb.html
@@danielgloverpiano7693 Excellent; looking forward to hearing them!
Bravo John! that was an amazing performance! best wishes for the year to come!
Thanks, Nadine! Wishing you the best as well! Hope I'll see you sometime.
Thank you for posting this sublime performance, John! Great job from both of you!
Thank you! It's such a great piece!