Saint-Saëns: The Swan (Cello and Piano) - Brooklyn Duo

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  • Опубліковано 28 тра 2015
  • "The Swan" (Le Cygne) from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Performed live on cello and piano by Brooklyn Duo.
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    Patrick performs exclusively on Pirastro cello strings. For more info on Pirastro, visit www.pirastro.com.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 720

  • @mouraze1793
    @mouraze1793 4 роки тому +398

    One of my father's musics. He used to listen with closed eyes. Now, with tears, I miss him.

    • @naomipreston886
      @naomipreston886 3 роки тому +20

      Same here. My father loved cello and had me play it growing up. I'm going to try to play this again, even though l haven't for many years--in his memory....

    • @askahygienist
      @askahygienist 3 роки тому +6

      The only way to listen to this song is with closed eyes :)

    • @pawinsirisaengchaikul6390
      @pawinsirisaengchaikul6390 3 роки тому +2

      He’s still here with you, looking after you but you don’t see him.

    • @sillysong73.
      @sillysong73. 3 роки тому

      @@naomipreston886 I’m so sorry for your loss.

    • @mariaestheraliagazavalia3892
      @mariaestheraliagazavalia3892 3 роки тому

      Absolutamente... se abre inmenso el mundo

  • @10wilgar
    @10wilgar 4 роки тому +288

    I'm 81 yrs. old. One of the greatest pleasures of retiring in 2018 is having time to really enjoy music. Listening to you, many pieces over and over, is magic. You live to make each other shine!

    • @charliemcgarry7185
      @charliemcgarry7185 3 роки тому +9

      I know right, sometimes you just need to chill out, relax and listen to music.

    • @flavioschneider6739
      @flavioschneider6739 Рік тому +1

      Thank you very much, my friend. God bless you.

    • @pierre-gabrieljobin9450
      @pierre-gabrieljobin9450 6 місяців тому +3

      I'm your age and semi-retired. You express perfectly what I feel. Salutations de Montréal.

  • @jasontisdale2695
    @jasontisdale2695 7 місяців тому +19

    My mom used to play this on the piano for me absolutely beautiful RIP momma

  • @arichanna6089
    @arichanna6089 4 роки тому +33

    I play cello for one year and a half.
    Now I started to play piano.
    Am 14 year old. Thank for music

  • @bramsrockhopper3377
    @bramsrockhopper3377 5 років тому +93

    I’ve looked for years for a rendition of the Swan that is technically clear, where I can actually see the hand and finger movements, hear the nuances of the music and picture the music as it’s played... No one before now has done this - they’re either too fast, too active, or you can’t see their hands clearly.
    Thank you so much. This is beautifully played AND enormously helpful to cellists who need to see where they might be making a mistake - or who just want to learn the piece and find it useful to see it played :)
    Wonderful performance.

  • @thealexandersir
    @thealexandersir 7 років тому +80

    The beauty of this piece is overwhelming!

  • @jamesv.damiani9321
    @jamesv.damiani9321 Рік тому +8

    My God....... just beautiful.... thank you

  • @altutaravu3114
    @altutaravu3114 4 роки тому +159

    I'm a french cellist... Of course I played that one thousand times. Often everybody is overexpressing it, playing also it too fast, even the most well knowned players who are trying to let a mark on this so simple score... And the results are too often quite ugly... Here it's just what it should be, good tempo, nothing special, no demonstration, just a swan on a lake! bravo.

    • @bpdarragh
      @bpdarragh 2 роки тому +10

      "Just a swan on a lake". Wonderful observation Altu. A swan does not do flourishes, just does...well. Swan stuff.

    • @TMCNJ
      @TMCNJ 2 роки тому

      My thoughts exactly. Hard to find a cover that hasn’t been over-embellished. I really only like one other version on UA-cam but now this is another 😌

    • @skylark5789
      @skylark5789 Рік тому

      Yes, this is a humble, and perfect, version, and most true to the composer's intentions.
      Ego from performers trying to add their unique spin has often ruined the cadence.

    • @jaredharris1940
      @jaredharris1940 5 місяців тому

      Keyboardist flapping for a liftoff is a particular peeve of mine!

  • @jeancarlossievert1388
    @jeancarlossievert1388 5 років тому +7

    I don’t know why, but my heart bruises every time I listen to this music. God bless Saint-Säens and this wonderful couple of interpreters!

  • @mushroomedanymore633
    @mushroomedanymore633 3 роки тому +5

    Uploads like this make UA-cam exciting. Thank you for the wonderful performance, Saens-Seans was a genius!

  • @beatlesforever7662
    @beatlesforever7662 8 років тому +35

    This was absolutely beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes and I could feel my heart beat slightly faster. That was one of the most heart felt pieces of music I have ever listened to.

  • @charlesfoster141
    @charlesfoster141 5 років тому +12

    Wow! Magnificent, bravo! "The Swan" is one of my all time favorites, especially as a piano & cello duo. It is amazing that a husband and wife duo of musicians can rise to this level of talent and perfection to play this piece so majestically! Ever since Ukrainian ice skater Oksana Serhiyivna Baiul-Farina won the Olympics to this piece in 1994 I have been smitten by the memory of her performance and choreography on the ice accompanied by this exact rendition of "The Swan" on that memorable day! The way Oksana perfectly mimicked a real Swan in her skating routine will never be forgotten by me. And now Brooklyn Duo's performance just adds to the pleasure of that memory. Thank you both for a fantastic experience. May God bless you both!

  • @pigeonxx5558
    @pigeonxx5558 7 років тому +11

    i seriously dont know why this amazing duo doesn't have millions of subscribers by now. such great talents 💖

  • @Mapleleaffarm
    @Mapleleaffarm 4 місяці тому +6

    Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you.

  • @rachelandeen
    @rachelandeen Рік тому +9

    I'm learning this piece for the first time as an intermediate cellist, because my teacher wants to challenge (torture) me. I really appreciate the way you film your videos, with a nice straight-on view of Patrick's cello and his hands. His technique is inspiring, and it's interesting to observe his choices in bowing and fingering. So much to learn from.
    It's also a really beautiful rendition of the piece, just like always.

  • @FLOJo83
    @FLOJo83 Рік тому +11

    Beautiful! Saint-Saens is an amazing composer and is severely underrated

  • @mohammadagussuparman1696
    @mohammadagussuparman1696 4 місяці тому +2

    Piano and cello are my favorite instruments since I was young boy and knew classical musics. I love your plays.

  • @benardhunt5383
    @benardhunt5383 5 років тому +5

    I am learning this by watching your fingers. You are the teacher and as I wipe my eyes I thank you both for your lovely music.
    Bernard

    • @jaxmanyfk
      @jaxmanyfk 5 років тому

      Benard Hunt a lot of music sheets available!

  • @sirphineasluciusambercromb9114
    @sirphineasluciusambercromb9114 4 роки тому +10

    A heavily bearded, mustachioed Frenchman composed this, in 1886, when men were at their most masculine. Yet, the tenderness is certainly more sublime than anything else spiritually in this century.

  • @vajee5
    @vajee5 Рік тому +3

    So melancholy and so beautiful.
    Reminds me of when I watched a ballerina playing a swan, dance to it in the 1960’s on TV.
    With my family who are all passed now.😢

  • @kangamgamlin2075
    @kangamgamlin2075 Рік тому +3

    i know. i feel you and i love it so much. nothing in my exitance of 25 years has made me feel as much as the swan.

  • @pythoxx
    @pythoxx Рік тому +3

    i think this is my most favorite rendition/performance of this piece

  • @naeeanvideos
    @naeeanvideos 7 років тому +182

    ...my idea of couple goals. So beautiful.

  • @paullacey748
    @paullacey748 6 місяців тому +2

    This is my favourite classical piece. Simple Soothing and timeless

  • @gialoctran1308
    @gialoctran1308 8 років тому +4

    Brooklyn Duo plays "The Swan" impeccably! So beautiful! Bravo!

  • @revsolution
    @revsolution 4 роки тому +3

    This,folks, is what the youtube loop function was made for. How beautiful!!

  • @rhettinski
    @rhettinski 7 років тому +3

    I remember hearing this the day after my grandmother passed away. Its now forever going to be her memorial in my mind.

  • @TheAayush17
    @TheAayush17 7 років тому +1

    So delicate and beautiful. The swan in me died watching this.

  • @consuelosantiago1023
    @consuelosantiago1023 Рік тому +6

    So I cry! Both excellent musicians, Perfectly in tune!

  • @jenna4528
    @jenna4528 7 років тому +4

    Just did this one on the flute with a harp and violinist accompanying me! I love this song so much. The cello has always been one of my favorite instruments and this song just reiterated that statment. The emotion erupted. Absolutely perfect. ❤❤

  • @kaia2400
    @kaia2400 4 роки тому +2

    i cant wait to learn this song so beatiful

  • @agmcbride
    @agmcbride Рік тому +2

    Just lovely.

  • @Ben-si4kz
    @Ben-si4kz Рік тому +4

    Wonderful, ...this beautiful rendition moved me to tears. ♡

  • @mrjoeyman
    @mrjoeyman 6 років тому +4

    How incredibly moving. I can't imagine the feeling you two must have had performing this haunting piece together. To play something so moving...being in such harmony with one another must take you to another level of intimacy. To wind your feelings and emotions around one another as you sculpt these beautiful sounds, seemingly out of nothing. What a lovely thing to be able to experience. You are so very fortunate. Sadly It is something that the majority of people will never know. But it is better to have observed such, than never to have been able to experience it at all. Thank you.

  • @GioRoyale
    @GioRoyale 4 роки тому +3

    This is hearth breaking....in the most beautiful way.

  • @alexismartel5414
    @alexismartel5414 8 років тому +328

    I WANT MORE CLASSICAL PIECES PLEAAAASE
    YOU'RE AWSOME
    from france ! :)

  • @janefulton9099
    @janefulton9099 9 років тому +38

    I had to smile when I saw this as I've just started to learn the swan for my grade 7 cello!

    • @HattieHaha
      @HattieHaha 9 років тому

      Jane Fulton Same! I'm gonna do mine at christmas:)

    • @sandersongirl9069
      @sandersongirl9069 8 років тому

      +fantasticharriet Any tips for a pre-grade one cellist? X3

    • @HattieHaha
      @HattieHaha 8 років тому

      Sanderson Girl Try to get private lessons and make sure whenever you play, you hold the cello and bow correctly or they'll mark you down in exams:)

    • @sandersongirl9069
      @sandersongirl9069 8 років тому

      Thank you! This advise will be a great help x3

    • @DrowseeGameplay
      @DrowseeGameplay 8 років тому

      +Jane Fulton Wow.. Small world... Same here, along with Bach's Suite in G (Prelude)

  • @alishademmery3581
    @alishademmery3581 6 місяців тому +2

    The power of music

  • @erexford
    @erexford 8 років тому +3

    This cellist is amazing! Such expressiveness! I love it!

  • @ErnestoGhinaglia
    @ErnestoGhinaglia 6 років тому +2

    I just can't stop playing this over and over and over again.

  • @silviaciobanu5398
    @silviaciobanu5398 5 років тому +2

    I want this at my wedding. Period. It's so beautiful I could cry! You two are amazing!

  • @mrscarolinehoran
    @mrscarolinehoran 8 років тому +444

    I've played piano for 14 years but all I want is to learn cello

    • @lauraev
      @lauraev 7 років тому +3

      I feel you !!!!! And i have been for 14 years too :)

    • @mrscarolinehoran
      @mrscarolinehoran 7 років тому +25

      Laura Ev I actually just got a cello last week and started lessons :) it is a lot harder than it looks though..

    • @lauraev
      @lauraev 7 років тому +1

      I have a friend that plays it and... I will hate the part that the piano never has ! It sounds okey ... Sometimes hahahaha
      Good luck !! In a few months I believe you will play very well.
      (i tried it and... Well, I'm a pianist hahahaha)

    • @megannel2594
      @megannel2594 6 років тому +26

      Emily cello is probably the most beautiful instrument to play I absolutely love my cello :) it is anything but boring !

    • @leysont
      @leysont 6 років тому

      tenrifesea
      Really? Because it looks very hard.
      By the way, how are you doing?

  • @NaRoil-hq4rb
    @NaRoil-hq4rb 2 роки тому +3

    Over the years, I heard many versions of this amazing piece. Most (if not all) of them, have missed the point. I have never been slightly as excited as I should have been, but that was before I discovered you two. I can feel your soul in this piece, and it's like falling in love with music all over again.
    Great job, thanks for this. keep up the good music!

  • @esperanzah1496
    @esperanzah1496 9 років тому +5

    Pretty flowers on the piano ! ♥ This is my favourite classical piece. Thank you SO MUCH for playing this, I can't stop listening to it ! Thank you ♥

  • @harmonicapal
    @harmonicapal 7 років тому +11

    Awesome! This is one of the most beautiful renditions of this sublime, moving and soul stirring piece of music by Camille Saint-Saëns! Brooklyn Duo, you are amazing!

  • @edisdeneu
    @edisdeneu 3 роки тому +3

    The melancoly in this song makes me cry EVERYTIME I watch it! You are AMAZING! Thanks for this! ❤

  • @randymastin9612
    @randymastin9612 8 років тому +5

    beautiful people who play beautiful music. thank you

  • @theresamwatson9207
    @theresamwatson9207 3 роки тому +2

    One of my favorite musicians - beautiful is all I can say.

  • @sacharankin6276
    @sacharankin6276 8 років тому +9

    Your music is the only thing that can calm my anxiety, thank you for this x

  • @sylviawurtz1119
    @sylviawurtz1119 5 місяців тому +2

    Excellent, very musically and i love the end on d -string ❤

  • @EmiliGluhenki
    @EmiliGluhenki 8 років тому +40

    oh my gosh, SO BEAUTIFUL! i play this on the piano

  • @quinnedavis7707
    @quinnedavis7707 3 роки тому +6

    Really good. I play the cello and it is very hard to get that confidence and clarity, but also the delicacy.

  • @melantic1007
    @melantic1007 3 роки тому +4

    Powerful and touching

  • @ouruhuru
    @ouruhuru 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful man. This is what life is about.

  • @mascarponez
    @mascarponez 4 місяці тому +3

    I really wish I had a cellist friend to play this with

  • @sylvaincapron7951
    @sylvaincapron7951 7 років тому +3

    Vous nous emportez avec vous, dans un autre monde, l'espace d'un instant. Bravo et merci from France !

  • @zorrin0252
    @zorrin0252 6 років тому +520

    93 dislikes of people that couldn't see the like button because of the tears in their eyes

  • @nevaehsangel9620
    @nevaehsangel9620 Рік тому +3

    Ughhhh, this was soooo beautiful! 😍 Thank u for this, I'm in love with the way these two play together!

  • @CeriEdSheeranFoster
    @CeriEdSheeranFoster 9 років тому +3

    I subscribe to many different youtubers, but your uploads are the ones I look forward to the most! Loving this classical piece, as I love all of your performances!

  • @kristieroybal4888
    @kristieroybal4888 3 роки тому +8

    I was classically trained in ballet, and I thought every ounce of this music had been wrung out of it for me. Nope. Guess not. It was beautiful and stunning. Like I was hearing it again - for the first time... with tears in my eyes.

  • @jasontisdale2695
    @jasontisdale2695 2 роки тому +1

    My mom used to play this to calm me down. RIP momma I love and miss you every day.

  • @rizaan4786
    @rizaan4786 9 років тому +2

    I've been listening to this non-stop. Absolutely beautiful!

  • @dianamoralestorres8882
    @dianamoralestorres8882 8 років тому +22

    May God bless your hands

  • @brittanyh5785
    @brittanyh5785 8 місяців тому +1

    Such a beautiful song, this made me cry❤

  • @63rdwho
    @63rdwho 8 років тому

    Oh my God, that is so beautiful. I have only discovered you two on UA-cam in the last hour or so, and have been completely enthralled and in tears listening to your beautiful music.

  • @vanemat3254
    @vanemat3254 7 років тому +21

    delicatissimo, elegantissimo

  • @bjquilts29
    @bjquilts29 4 роки тому +1

    One of the most moving and beautiful pieces of music ever! Well done!

  • @becki8843
    @becki8843 7 років тому

    My favourite cover from you guys - i just keep coming back to it every couple of months to hear it again. Superb rendition xx

  • @liliavaldez9213
    @liliavaldez9213 6 років тому +1

    A master piece, beautiful and perfectly executed by the Brooklyn Duo!👌👌👌

  • @R33F3RMONSTER
    @R33F3RMONSTER Рік тому +1

    Brings a tear to my eyes

  • @luismariaikonicoff9555
    @luismariaikonicoff9555 3 роки тому +2

    BRAVO ...!!! BRAVO ...!!!

  • @user-su8zr5mh9k
    @user-su8zr5mh9k 3 роки тому +7

    I'm playing this song now on Cello and I'm so happy!!!!🤗 This cover is very helpful!!!(Sorry for my English, I'm from Greece)😁

  • @agento86
    @agento86 8 років тому +4

    Beautifully played. Bravo!
    I so needed this after such chaotic day at the office today.
    Current disposition: _Things are going to get better. I can feel it._
    Thank you both for this!

  • @jaol1105
    @jaol1105 8 років тому +1

    So far, my favourite version, just lovely!

  • @lulufarrera7772
    @lulufarrera7772 6 років тому +2

    I'M CRYING 😭😭👏 seriously, this is beautiful

  • @osvaldoschilling9129
    @osvaldoschilling9129 3 роки тому +1

    Musical genius happens when one can turn small things of daily life into beautiful music.

  • @camrynnesiba9293
    @camrynnesiba9293 8 років тому +1

    no way!!! this is my favorite movement out of this piece. wonderful job! amazing amazing amazing. you guys have such passion!

  • @HeroOfLegend13
    @HeroOfLegend13 9 років тому +4

    Beautiful! I played this for solo and ensemble and scored a 1! such a pretty piece, my hands will never forget!

  • @lizbus97
    @lizbus97 9 років тому

    Love listening to all the music you both put out and it usually help me concentrate while doing my homework. Its absolutely beautiful

  • @runawaycooki379
    @runawaycooki379 7 років тому +105

    I want this played at my wedding

    • @korean_empire157
      @korean_empire157 6 років тому +1

      Agreed.

    • @drakerealdragos
      @drakerealdragos 5 років тому +5

      Same, I also want it when I pass

    • @merimarangon4548
      @merimarangon4548 5 років тому +5

      Runaway Cooki3 my wife and I chose this awesome piece of music for our wedding last September. Sublime.❤❤❤

    • @Wahatoyas
      @Wahatoyas 2 роки тому

      Hey how was the wedding?

  • @bradmiller7821
    @bradmiller7821 7 років тому

    My favorite strings to play the cello. Nice set up. Thanks you two for sharing your love for music.

  • @inferno0202
    @inferno0202 9 років тому +1

    My favourite cello piece.

  • @PrDrAbbud
    @PrDrAbbud 7 років тому +2

    Saint-Saëns deserved such a mafnificent preformance. This song will be in my dreams. Thank you, Brooklyn Duo and Saint-Sëns. La chef-d'oeuvre de Saint-Saëns , ell méritait cette interprétation magnanime. Cette pièce merveilleuse sera toujours dans mes rêves. Merci, Brooklyn Dui et Saint-Saëns.

  • @Motorhead54
    @Motorhead54 3 роки тому +1

    You guys are simply magnificent!!
    Thank you!!

  • @marinadiamancebo
    @marinadiamancebo 7 років тому +1

    Thank you! Thanks to UA-cam for sharing this. Amazing!!!

  • @marcopilati7464
    @marcopilati7464 8 років тому +1

    Divine Creatures. Thanks from Italy.

  • @spark_6710
    @spark_6710 3 роки тому +1

    One of my most favourite classical piece ! Beautifully done ! 👍💜💜💜🥁🎵🐉🎤🎶💖🎻💞

  • @CorujaBrasilis
    @CorujaBrasilis 3 роки тому +2

    angels playing

  • @wagnerpolveiro7176
    @wagnerpolveiro7176 8 років тому +1

    I love this piece..., and your performance is absolutely amazing. You are perfect and fantastic. Thank you for sharing your great and beautiful talent.

  • @christoast1
    @christoast1 7 років тому +1

    Great performance of this piece! One of the best Ive heard yet.

  • @iceking123kitty
    @iceking123kitty 8 років тому +2

    Very emotion-invoking piece; on the Cello you really bring out the warmth and tenacity required to make this piece sound like I think it should. Awesome!

  • @BOHEMIANMEX
    @BOHEMIANMEX 6 років тому +3

    This touch my heart so deep, too many feelings inside, love it ❤️

  • @chamiseui
    @chamiseui 9 років тому

    i remember this song, brings back a lot of memories. and this is beautiful xx

  • @eduardokolokovski9326
    @eduardokolokovski9326 7 років тому +1

    You are AMAZING!!!!! There's no word to describe how wonderful and peaceful is listening you!! Congratulations!!!

  • @MarkThomasRobson
    @MarkThomasRobson 7 років тому +3

    This is so beautiful. Thanks guys

  • @SuperLpsrox
    @SuperLpsrox 8 років тому

    Love the different shifts in the cello. I love how you used vibrato to make the piece more elegant. Brilliant work!! 🎶

  • @CocoNats1
    @CocoNats1 7 років тому

    Oh my God! How beautiful, awesome, brilliant it is! Thank you!👏🏻💐

  • @henrygrant5562
    @henrygrant5562 Рік тому +2

    stunning. than you so much. absolutely amazing. tears running down my cheeks.

  • @christinab1611
    @christinab1611 4 роки тому +1

    absolutely perfect, just beautiful

  • @hayride5953
    @hayride5953 8 років тому +1

    Lovely. Uncluttered, pure. Great listening.