Her violin-playing is as beautiful as she is. I play the violin as a hobby, so I admire her for her great intonation, her great phrasing, tempo, and interpretation. I think she's one of the greatest violinists of modern times.
To me, Sarah's first movement interpretation as well as her second movement is one of the best! The emotional journey that she takes us on is very captivating. She's up their with Heifetz, Neveu, and Ferras in my opinion!
so glad to finally see this video on here since this seems to be her most performed in concert piece these days. i saw her play sibelius last summer in hawaii. in this video she seems to have lost alot of weight. she looks smashing, and i love that dress. she's really got a great fiddle(1717 guarneri). it's got a deep growl in the bass and a big bright punch in the high positions.....very distinctive.
Her sibelius is soo powerful and emotional. I can't get enough of it! I saw her perform this in hawaii as well (i took her out to dinner!), but that interpretation was much different. I've seen her perform this on 3 separate occasions and they're all different from one another! Oh, and yes, her 1717 del gesu is an amazing instrument which completely fits sarah's playing styles and personality!
I personally met Rachel Barton Pine about 6 months ago after one of her performances on our college campus, and she told me that her violin is also a Guarneri del Gesu. I think those sorts of 18th-century violins can be EXTREMELY expensive, up to $250,000. I don't even have ONE-TENTH of that money, so there's no way that I can possibly afford to buy such a high-quality violin like that. But thanks for letting me know :-) Hopefully, I can become half the violinist Sarah Chang is one day!
In the New Year of 1904, a young man in Ainola, Finland has just finished writing a violin concerto. Some say, that he wrote it as a testimony to his failed ambition to become a violin virtuoso, pouring into it every known technical difficulty and then some. Today, it is considered as one of the most intense and difficult violin concerto ever written. Its first premier in Helsinki was a disaster which forced the young man to make plenty of revisions. Subsequently, after a successful Berlin concerto the following year, it has become one of the most recorded violin concertos. The name of the author is Jean Sibelius. In the winter of 1993, a young woman from the other side of the world, traveled to Ainola, Finland and visited the house of Sibelius. She needed to know and understand how this magnificent violin concerto came into being from the land of the midnight sun. Winter in Finland is dark and harsh. It can kill. But, the young lady chose this season, because she knew Sibelius used the winter landscape as a material for his music. The day she visited, Ainola was drenched with snow so deep, that even Lake Tuusula disappeared from view. She stepped into the house and was shown the window that Sibelius chose to keep open to break the winter silence. As she looked out the window in this cold, freezing day, she could make out the outline of the frozen lake and suddenly she felt the intense, brooding melancholy that is synonymous with Sibelius’ name. Now, she finally understood why the maestro described his concerto as “confessions of faith”, and that it was compressed to the point of ultimate silence. “Never write an unnecessary note,” he proclaimed. “Every note must live.” Since then, she made sure each note pouring out of her violin is alive! The young lady looking out of the Sibelius window was 13 years old. Her name is Sarah Chang.
sara voce e fenomenal assisti voce aqui no brasil na sala são paulo voce ouviu o meu professor djavan tocando bhams sou seu fã de carteirinha voce toca mais que muitos atualmente para mim voce e a melhor do mundo com respeio voce e muuuuiiiiiiiito linda que deus ilumine mais e mais seu caminho de seu fã kleberson de souza gonçalves
the conductor is jaap van zweden. besides coductor hes a highly respected violin virtuoso and even studied with dorothy delay who was chang's teacher as well.
Just to let you know, Zweden (the conductor) won concertmaster of Concertgebouw when he was 18 and stayed their for 16 years. He definitely ain't no fool.
@johannsebastienbach Sarah did say that the 3rd Movement is like Sibelius threw every violin technique known to man for that movement! (i.e arpeggios trills)
I don't know the date of this, but she seems to have changed her sound. Less "fruity", a slightly narrower vibrato and much less forced. I like it. Not that she was anything less than stella before but this is more mature, less show bizz and deeper. Fantastic bowing and articulation.
@littlejim638 Ok so the purpose of conductor shines BEFORE the actual concert. During practice conductor plays his or her role by telling everybody how the music should sound. (soft/harder/faster/slower/etc) So that being said what you hear in concert is a creation of the conductor. If you pay attention closely certain concerto conducted by different conductor, they sound slightly different even though they r using the same notes. So yea that's why the conductor is teh king. scary huh
I disagree, VM played Bruch's Scottish Fantasy with the LPO way back in 1996, which is one of the hardest violin concertos ever written. And she did record Vivaldi's Original 4 Seasons way back in 1998. At 13, she was one of the youngest violinists to have recorded the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven violin concertos. Just look at her discography and you'll see that she's actually a classically-trained violinist.
Somehow I think sibelius and dvorak have something in common, they both extensively used their coutries' folk music as materials or their larger work and as a result thei rmusic has a very strong 'folk' feel
Read more about what subject? I'm a conductor and a violinist. Just my intuitive take. I love Sarah...she's my favorite violinist, so don't think I'm trying to criticize. So..grow up and get a life.
This is the most serious I have ever seen her. What happened to the smiles..the playful reparte' with the conductor??? But magnificent as always. I think she was somehow unhappy with herself in the final movement. Seems she was under some kind stress this day.
Well, the violin requires so much patience and perseverance to master. If you really want to be good like Chang, you have to practice hard for several years.
See my channel for the same performance complete in a single video, and in better quality. There's even direct links to the beginnings of each movement in the description. Sorry for the plug, but it's the same thing just improved so...
i also love how aggressive and solid she is, however, sometimes her aggrissive style creates a sound that is borderline of being scratchy. in this case it's not so bad. overall, she plays this very well with a unique style that is distictive. i could hear it on the raidio, and i'll know it's her.
I like Sarah Chang about 5X better than Hilary Hahn. Chang's playing is so much more emotive, and I think Chang's technique is better. But my favorite violinist is Vanessa Mae. She is actually a classically-trained violinist, and I'm very impressed with her rendition of Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy that she played with the London Philharmonic. The Scottish Fantasy is my favorite violin concerto, it is one of the most beautiful and hardest pieces ever composed for the violin and orchestra.
I am very jealous! How did you come to take this angel out to dinner. Please let me know the secret and I will charter a plane to her door. You are one lucky b. I would give my life's savings for just one look in to her beautiful eyes.
you see all those players looking at the notes while they r playing and looking at notes to be ready while they r not playing? You see Sarah Chang's eyes are closed the whole time? So.... What is the purpose of the conductor?
she can't smile just because you want her to smile,those are naturally face expresions,that express the way how she feels ans i find her more completed than never as an artist 'sibelius its espressivo' not allegro, read about the subject if you are going to comment.
Who is the conductor? He looks like he is trying to cast a spell rather than lead an orchestra. If I had him for a conductor I would just want to punch him in the face for making me go crazy lol
That is true, however, I still feel that she's not a great violinist. She switched over to do her "pop" violin type of songs. And although those are great for what they are, she's not technically up to the level of great violinists like Heifetz, Perlman, or Hahn; and in this case, Sarah Chang. But that's just my opinion on Vanessa Mae.
NONONO!! This is all wrong. This is not a typical Sibelius Finnish music performance. I have big problems to imagine the beautiful Finnish nature and landscapes. Thats the whole idea behind music.
you're a counducter and a violinist woww you're so gifted but at what level??? how do you manage to do both things,because i'm a violinist and i have to study at least 5 hours at day,and i don't have time to study in other things too.it's so hard to be good in one thing and you're telling me you can do both,??? sincerly i think you're not good in none of them,...you're not professional at all and that's why i won't pay attention to your comments.
Her violin-playing is as beautiful as she is. I play the violin as a hobby, so I admire her for her great intonation, her great phrasing, tempo, and interpretation. I think she's one of the greatest violinists of modern times.
Very very very good! The best performance I've heard by Sarah Chang yet! Such passion!
I watched Sarah Chang performing the Sibelius concerto live 2 days ago and it was AMAZING!!!
To me, Sarah's first movement interpretation as well as her second movement is one of the best! The emotional journey that she takes us on is very captivating. She's up their with Heifetz, Neveu, and Ferras in my opinion!
Sarah, you are the best ever. I like the Sibelius by you best of all - you cannot improve on perfection.
so glad to finally see this video on here since this seems to be her most performed in concert piece these days. i saw her play sibelius last summer in hawaii. in this video she seems to have lost alot of weight. she looks smashing, and i love that dress. she's really got a great fiddle(1717 guarneri). it's got a deep growl in the bass and a big bright punch in the high positions.....very distinctive.
The best Violinist of the wolrd for me..
Beautiful!!!!!
Awesome performance of the Sibelius VC. I was there at the concert in the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and I liked the dress too.
She's perfect and has a great sound. I'm so anxious to listen her in Rio in November.
Her sibelius is soo powerful and emotional. I can't get enough of it! I saw her perform this in hawaii as well (i took her out to dinner!), but that interpretation was much different.
I've seen her perform this on 3 separate occasions and they're all different from one another!
Oh, and yes, her 1717 del gesu is an amazing instrument which completely fits sarah's playing styles and personality!
sarah chang is gorgeous.. and so is her playing :)
great playing! and her gown just is just FABULOUS!
listening to mendelssohn and sibelius just encourages me to play violin even more ;)
6:37 - 6:54 is amazing. Love how the solo violin part echos the low cello melody before.
Absolutely Beautiful!!!!
yo soy trombonista pero esta mujer es LA TÉCNICA hecha CARNE. Braviiiiiiisimooooooo
I personally met Rachel Barton Pine about 6 months ago after one of her performances on our college campus, and she told me that her violin is also a Guarneri del Gesu. I think those sorts of 18th-century violins can be EXTREMELY expensive, up to $250,000. I don't even have ONE-TENTH of that money, so there's no way that I can possibly afford to buy such a high-quality violin like that. But thanks for letting me know :-)
Hopefully, I can become half the violinist Sarah Chang is one day!
wow her hands are moving like a spider on a web dancing across the strings like an angelic dancer
wow.. she's my favourite violinist..
In the New Year of 1904, a young man in Ainola, Finland has just finished writing a violin concerto. Some say, that he wrote it as a testimony to his failed ambition to become a violin virtuoso, pouring into it every known technical difficulty and then some.
Today, it is considered as one of the most intense and difficult violin concerto ever written. Its first premier in Helsinki was a disaster which forced the young man to make plenty of revisions. Subsequently, after a successful Berlin concerto the following year, it has become one of the most recorded violin concertos. The name of the author is Jean Sibelius.
In the winter of 1993, a young woman from the other side of the world, traveled to Ainola, Finland and visited the house of Sibelius. She needed to know and understand how this magnificent violin concerto came into being from the land of the midnight sun.
Winter in Finland is dark and harsh. It can kill. But, the young lady chose this season, because she knew Sibelius used the winter landscape as a material for his music. The day she visited, Ainola was drenched with snow so deep, that even Lake Tuusula disappeared from view. She stepped into the house and was shown the window that Sibelius chose to keep open to break the winter silence. As she looked out the window in this cold, freezing day, she could make out the outline of the frozen lake and suddenly she felt the intense, brooding melancholy that is synonymous with Sibelius’ name. Now, she finally understood why the maestro described his concerto as “confessions of faith”, and that it was compressed to the point of ultimate silence. “Never write an unnecessary note,” he proclaimed. “Every note must live.”
Since then, she made sure each note pouring out of her violin is alive! The young lady looking out of the Sibelius window was 13 years old. Her name is Sarah Chang.
BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I ♥ Sarah Chang
sara voce e fenomenal assisti voce aqui no brasil na sala são paulo voce ouviu o meu professor djavan tocando bhams sou seu fã de carteirinha voce toca mais que muitos atualmente para mim voce e a melhor do mundo com respeio voce e muuuuiiiiiiiito linda que deus ilumine mais e mais seu caminho de seu fã kleberson de souza gonçalves
wow i really like this thanks for posting(:
I adore her dresses
Angle! !!
the conductor is jaap van zweden. besides coductor hes a highly respected violin virtuoso and even studied with dorothy delay who was chang's teacher as well.
ahh i'd have to say she is queen of the meditation from thais!!! :):)
Just to let you know, Zweden (the conductor) won concertmaster of Concertgebouw when he was 18 and stayed their for 16 years. He definitely ain't no fool.
Ohh, Sarah Chang. (:
Stands alone. Unlikely to be surpassed.
pleased to get your reply to my 2 year old comment - If only because I hadn't realised I'd got 30+ 'likes' !!
I know that this conductor is not "just an old hag". In fact this conductor has been a concert master (violin leader) for a long time
this is by far the hardest violin concerto eva, beethoven's violin concerto is like novice play then not to mention mozart's just like little exercise
@40junno thank you!
omg how elegant is her gress it matches with her completely! she is hot hehe
@johannsebastienbach Sarah did say that the 3rd Movement is like Sibelius threw every violin technique known to man for that movement! (i.e arpeggios trills)
YES! The climax. However, I like Hiliary Hahn's play for the 5:15 - 5:45 portion
I don't know the date of this, but she seems to have changed her sound. Less "fruity", a slightly narrower vibrato and much less forced. I like it. Not that she was anything less than stella before but this is more mature, less show bizz and deeper. Fantastic bowing and articulation.
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
@iamachickenwing Most welcome! You (she) deserve(s) it.
She plays hot! She looks HOT!
@littlejim638 Ok so the purpose of conductor shines BEFORE the actual concert. During practice conductor plays his or her role by telling everybody how the music should sound. (soft/harder/faster/slower/etc)
So that being said what you hear in concert is a creation of the conductor. If you pay attention closely certain concerto conducted by different conductor, they sound slightly different even though they r using the same notes.
So yea that's why the conductor is teh king. scary huh
@DesiFuyuko I can relate.
I disagree, VM played Bruch's Scottish Fantasy with the LPO way back in 1996, which is one of the hardest violin concertos ever written. And she did record Vivaldi's Original 4 Seasons way back in 1998. At 13, she was one of the youngest violinists to have recorded the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven violin concertos.
Just look at her discography and you'll see that she's actually a classically-trained violinist.
Somehow I think sibelius and dvorak have something in common, they both extensively used their coutries' folk music as materials or their larger work and as a result thei rmusic has a very strong 'folk' feel
Read more about what subject? I'm a conductor and a violinist. Just my intuitive take. I love Sarah...she's my favorite violinist, so don't think I'm trying to criticize. So..grow up and get a life.
I love the way Chang's violin resonates...it has such a pure, clean, vibrant sound to it. Does anyone know what model her violin is? Thanks.
Sarah Chang's play is more fun to watch than Hiliary Hahn's.
This is the most serious I have ever seen her. What happened to the smiles..the playful reparte' with the conductor??? But magnificent as always. I think she was somehow unhappy with herself in the final movement. Seems she was under some kind stress this day.
6:53 - 7:12 favourite part
Well, the violin requires so much patience and perseverance to master. If you really want to be good like Chang, you have to practice hard for several years.
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ONE MILLION USD??? OMG :-O :-O :-O
See my channel for the same performance complete in a single video, and in better quality. There's even direct links to the beginnings of each movement in the description. Sorry for the plug, but it's the same thing just improved so...
i also love how aggressive and solid she is, however, sometimes her aggrissive style creates a sound that is borderline of being scratchy. in this case it's not so bad. overall, she plays this very well with a unique style that is distictive. i could hear it on the raidio, and i'll know it's her.
Sarah Chang is one beautiful, sexy violinist.
I like Sarah Chang about 5X better than Hilary Hahn. Chang's playing is so much more emotive, and I think Chang's technique is better.
But my favorite violinist is Vanessa Mae. She is actually a classically-trained violinist, and I'm very impressed with her rendition of Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy that she played with the London Philharmonic. The Scottish Fantasy is my favorite violin concerto, it is one of the most beautiful and hardest pieces ever composed for the violin and orchestra.
Dear Sir: I am very sorry that I might have offended you for some reason. I wish you the best in your professional direction. God bless.
It's a Guarneri del Gesu from the 18th century. If you like the violin, you should get a del Gesu model.
No! she's been concertizing since the age of 8! she was probably a millionaire by the age of 14!
Which comment are you referring to? I've written several comments in the past few weeks.
The only problem was at 3:43, it wasn't a clean note. But i dono. The rest was amazingly amazing :D
I am very jealous! How did you come to take this angel out to dinner. Please let me know the secret and I will charter a plane to her door. You are one lucky b. I would give my life's savings for just one look in to her beautiful eyes.
@theblackcomp111 to tune the orchestra
@prettysingah LOL me too
what's the full name of this concerto?
I was just thinking that. At about 5 30, that one chord seems just a bit too high.
you see all those players looking at the notes while they r playing and looking at notes to be ready while they r not playing? You see Sarah Chang's eyes are closed the whole time?
So.... What is the purpose of the conductor?
how old is she in this video?
None of the conductors I have do. Some aren't great but they're easier to follow.
So What do you mean exactly by saying "just making it clear that the conductor does not deserve her"
lol @ 00:40 you can totally see the guy staring her down...
and were she got her money from?
Are her parens so rich?
Wow~she is thinner now~
hilary hahn is the best on this concerto...!!!no one can bet her in this era...
christian ferras = still the king
@littlejim638 hahahaha bad moment to be caught on camera
@1qaz6yhn5tgb hahah oh shit i just said something stupid, i meant a launcher. haha
@40junno No. She look fine. But she plays beautifully.
OMG WTF are those 2:53 - 2:57 looks like hand grenade launchers hahaha
she can't smile just because you want her to smile,those are naturally face expresions,that express the way how she feels ans i find her more completed than never as an artist 'sibelius its espressivo' not allegro, read about the subject if you are going to comment.
wonder if she's insured to walk down 30 stairs in high heels carrying a guarneri
Beautiful rendition...but no Christian Ferras.
@40junno She plays hot?? LOL! XD
yes, the difference is that sarah chang is actualy talented. lol
its so weird.. the 3rd movement is god awful. but this is so moving. the orchestra sounds incredible and the section between 5:00-6:54.. moving
That viola player better work it out. Sarah Chang, you made mistakes, but it's okay....because you're fierce.
Who is the conductor? He looks like he is trying to cast a spell rather than lead an orchestra. If I had him for a conductor I would just want to punch him in the face for making me go crazy lol
5:28 there are some gross notes there. dunno how you can 5star this with them. 4 stars for sure, but 5, im sorry
she's getting thinner hey?
@badassgt Duh, she's a woman. lol XD
That is true, however, I still feel that she's not a great violinist. She switched over to do her "pop" violin type of songs. And although those are great for what they are, she's not technically up to the level of great violinists like Heifetz, Perlman, or Hahn; and in this case, Sarah Chang. But that's just my opinion on Vanessa Mae.
NONONO!!
This is all wrong.
This is not a typical Sibelius Finnish music performance.
I have big problems to imagine the beautiful Finnish nature and landscapes.
Thats the whole idea behind music.
Haha. What an inaccurate statement, shaden94.
that's your opinion. i disagree
no me agrada
you're a counducter and a violinist woww you're so gifted but at what level??? how do you manage to do both things,because i'm a violinist and i have to study at least 5 hours at day,and i don't have time to study in other things too.it's so hard to be good in one thing and you're telling me you can do both,??? sincerly i think you're not good in none of them,...you're not professional at all and that's why i won't pay attention to your comments.
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