Max Bruch - Concerto for Clarinet & Viola, Op. 88 (1911)

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  • @josequins9099
    @josequins9099 5 років тому +183

    And here we discover just how perfect the clarinet and viola sound together. Amazing

    •  4 роки тому +10

      Indeed, The clarinet blends/compliments very well with string instruments, after all, That's ett they reolacr the string section in bands and wind orchestras

    • @SuperHyperExtra
      @SuperHyperExtra 4 роки тому +10

      The Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498, is a piano trio for clarinet, viola and piano in E-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Composed in 1786, 125 years before this work by Bruch.

    • @johnpirie4804
      @johnpirie4804 3 роки тому +5

      Also the eight pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, written for Bruch's clarinettist son

    • @urmorph
      @urmorph 3 роки тому +2

      @@johnpirie4804 More than one chamber work is written for x, y, and clarinet 'or viola." Nice to see a composer who is not too parsimonious to include both.

    • @johnpirie4804
      @johnpirie4804 3 роки тому +2

      @@SuperHyperExtra Know it well and have played it

  • @Inzpis
    @Inzpis Місяць тому +4

    Just whoa! Fun fact, the first time that this piece of art was released on an album was back in 1975 performed by Mr. Rudolf Irmisch. The album was never issued to the public though. Richard Gilbert, who ran the Grenadilla Records, got the tapes from an eastern European source and pressed about 1000 copies. He sent a few advance copies to subscribers, reviewers and libraries, but then he couldn't clear the copyright permissions and had to destroy the entire run. There might be somewhere less than an about 100 copies in existence. So glad and grateful that this is here right now so a larger group of people can experience this masterpiece without the need to pay a crazy amount of money for it. Thank you so much for this!

  • @tstsullivan
    @tstsullivan 4 роки тому +30

    I'm beginning to think Max Bruch is the 19th century Gustav Holst, in the sense that he is too well known for just one work, when there are so many other masterpieces that deserve to be equally popular.

  • @JDeffenb
    @JDeffenb 5 років тому +245

    Viola is closest to the human tonal range in the orchestra and the clarinet is as well in the winds. No wonder they compliment and flow together so well!

    • @maxgamesst1
      @maxgamesst1 5 років тому +2

      I believe the bassoon is the closest to the human voice in the winds

    • @francissadleir9805
      @francissadleir9805 4 роки тому +14

      @@maxgamesst1 depends which voice you're talking about

    • @maxgamesst1
      @maxgamesst1 4 роки тому +7

      @@francissadleir9805 well the bassoon covers even the lowest bass, and most of the soprano, so I stand by my claim. No other standard wind instrument covers the bass voice

    • @wojciechj.m.uminski2154
      @wojciechj.m.uminski2154 4 роки тому +6

      @@maxgamesst1 In orchestra flute is appropriate to coloratura soprano voice, oboe - lyric soprano, clarinet - dramatic soprano and mezzo soprano and bassoon - alto voice. Chorn - contratenor voice, trumpet - tenor, trombone - baritone and tube - bass voice. Cello is like orchestral metronome. It is appoint tempo with is piece playing by orchestra. Double bass is base in orchestra like f.e. foundation for building/s. 1st Violins plays main melody and 2nd violins and violas plays another melodies compare to 1st violins. Percussion instruments helps in f.e. culminate moments like plates or tam-tam. They colorised sounds of backgrounds. Charp or piano or celesta too. ...and thats it. This is an orchestra.

    • @maxgamesst1
      @maxgamesst1 4 роки тому +6

      @@wojciechj.m.uminski2154 buddy I'm a music major in college, I've taken an orchestration class. "That's it" is kinda an understatement

  • @danielroisman
    @danielroisman 2 місяці тому +3

    Incredibly beautiful and harmonious music, a wonderful combination of clarinet and viola, some passages resonate deeply with the soul. A completely underrated piece.

  • @dirkhoekstra727
    @dirkhoekstra727 6 років тому +109

    The way this piece is composed is mind boggling mastery....the interaction between viola and clarinet is like a ballet love dance.

    • @CSRookie
      @CSRookie 3 роки тому +1

      Similar to the Brahms trio.... the interplay between clarinet, cello, and piano is outstanding especially in the slow movement

  • @mukilsundaravadivel633
    @mukilsundaravadivel633 4 роки тому +67

    1st movement - 0:06
    2nd movement - 6:57
    3rd movement - 12:46

  • @marcosPRATA918
    @marcosPRATA918 4 роки тому +17

    The soloists, clarinet and viola in full dialogue, like two lovers going over their lives!

  • @RedZed1974
    @RedZed1974 7 років тому +158

    How charming. I had no idea viola and clarinet complimented each other's sounds so well when they're out front together. Huh...

    • @WoodburyWrestling
      @WoodburyWrestling 7 років тому +19

      Yeah they play in the same range

    • @sactownviolist2668
      @sactownviolist2668 7 років тому +11

      This is the only concerto I know of for the two instruments, but there's a lot of chamber music for the trio of clarinet, viola, and piano. Mozart and Brahms wrote trios for that combination, and there's also Bruch's Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano.

    • @Lexicop2
      @Lexicop2 7 років тому +8

      They also complement each other.

    • @mking776
      @mking776 6 років тому +3

      Mozart may have been the 1st to do that in his Trio, K.498, though the colours of the orchestra add so much to the Bruch.

    • @alexc302
      @alexc302 6 років тому +1

      Hi all, there is also a concerto for clarinet & violin:
      ua-cam.com/video/l_sbk_sOfWc/v-deo.html

  • @bibi53962
    @bibi53962 6 років тому +44

    This is so nice. I am currently studying this with a violist (me playing clarinet). We'll perform it with piano accompagnement.

  • @CSRookie
    @CSRookie 3 роки тому +19

    Sheet music that is turning a yellowish color is a beautiful thing

    • @jmbechtel
      @jmbechtel 19 днів тому

      Right? I love the score videos with images of the original handwritten manuscripts - so intimate! ❤

  • @Charlotte-zi1fd
    @Charlotte-zi1fd 5 років тому +42

    I'm a viola player and I'm having a war with the clarinets.
    This will show 'em

  • @marcsabbah5275
    @marcsabbah5275 6 років тому +68

    Fantastic music and well played. I recently recorded this with the Belgian National Orchestra. So much fun to play.

    • @marzenek
      @marzenek 3 роки тому +5

      And You played fantastic!

    • @iaf4454
      @iaf4454 7 місяців тому

      ❤❤❤❤

  • @DavidA-ps1qr
    @DavidA-ps1qr 4 роки тому +10

    The conversations between the soloists are absolutely sublime throughout. Seriously wonderful writing. It's a joy to listen to such artistry and so beautifully performed on this recording.

  • @vishnuhalikere2151
    @vishnuhalikere2151 4 роки тому +16

    3:19 One of the most beautiful phrases I've ever heard

  • @pianissimist
    @pianissimist 4 роки тому +11

    So nice to hear this with clarinet rather than violin, the usual substitute. Bruch, as usual, crafted the piece wonderfully.

  • @keatonbyrd3498
    @keatonbyrd3498 8 років тому +47

    This is fabulous. I've never really exposed myself to the lesser-known artists of the Romantic period, but this is proof that I should.

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 7 років тому +6

      True, Bruch's major works, at least, are often performed. That said, I never heard of this concerto before....BRAVI!

  • @sleort42
    @sleort42 3 роки тому +4

    Je peux écouter a ce concerto encore et encore.

  • @KauanRocha17
    @KauanRocha17 7 місяців тому +1

    My favorite instruments together, sounds beautiful and harmonious ❤.

  • @othmanhassanmajid8192
    @othmanhassanmajid8192 2 роки тому +4

    Beautiful music beautifully played. Bruch, as are the soloists and accompanying orchestra and Conductor, was a master of his trade.

  • @terezacristinameirafaria6733
    @terezacristinameirafaria6733 Рік тому +2

    Notável! Magnífico! Como é maravilhoso apreciar tamanha riqueza, que faz com que minha alma sinta-se em plena paz e meu coração agradece por sentir e viver este momento de pura harmonia! Obrigada ao canal por me proporcionar este momento de pura magia! 🌟👑💎🏆👏🎶😘❤️💐

  • @leszekgrabowski6501
    @leszekgrabowski6501 3 роки тому +3

    Little known, wonderfull piece. Thanks

  • @ronchevalier2926
    @ronchevalier2926 5 років тому +13

    wow. real music. I am a clarinetist and this was amazing to attempt to read alone with the music.... Goal to to play this piece.

  • @mccpesh
    @mccpesh 7 років тому +21

    Thanks so much for posting this. I was completely unaware of this piece.

  • @paulheffron4836
    @paulheffron4836 4 роки тому +3

    More thanks again to You Tube for bringing me a rare and beautiful work I would probably have missed. Thanks also to Bartje Bartmans for posting it.

  • @erikericksen9693
    @erikericksen9693 Рік тому +4

    The maturity of Brahms orchestration and blending of solo voices is incredible. Wonderful rendition as well. Carefully listening to this reveals new subtleties each time I listen. Don't just listen to this one as background music...really listen and you will be given a gift.

    • @jitsukerr
      @jitsukerr 10 місяців тому +1

      I think you mean Bruch, not Brahms.

  • @robr9170
    @robr9170 Рік тому +2

    This is beautiful first time hearing it, I absolute love Bruch’s 8 pieces for clarinet viola and piano aswell

  • @JuergFehr
    @JuergFehr 5 років тому +6

    This is so beautiful and the playing very sensitive.

  • @Andre-gh8bx
    @Andre-gh8bx 4 роки тому +3

    00:00 1. Andante con moto
    06:56 2. Allegro moderato
    12:44 3. Allegro molto

  • @thierrywarot5792
    @thierrywarot5792 Рік тому +2

    😊 un chef-d'œuvre

  • @SOBIESKI_freedom
    @SOBIESKI_freedom 8 років тому +16

    Wow! What a marvelous work! Thanks for sharing it. 😊

  • @ajamouckova602
    @ajamouckova602 3 роки тому +3

    Love this. Such a beautiful piece.

  • @jiristary8849
    @jiristary8849 Рік тому +2

    I love you, it's really hard to find something for viola and clarinet and this is amazing, finaly a can play something with my sister

  • @fxgarneau9366
    @fxgarneau9366 8 років тому +12

    Beautiful, thank you for sharing.

  • @hoihoover929
    @hoihoover929 3 роки тому +2

    After hearing all the bad news from the world, This is very peaceful and happy music to listen to.

  • @marcosmallmann5282
    @marcosmallmann5282 4 роки тому +5

    Excelente execução! Belíssimos timbres!

  • @bailleux8976
    @bailleux8976 7 років тому +4

    Magnifique ! merci.. Odile Bailleux

  • @musicamasmusica
    @musicamasmusica 4 роки тому +4

    i love this !! a discovery! thanks!

  • @jackohara3082
    @jackohara3082 8 років тому +8

    just great...

  • @feruzakhaydarova919
    @feruzakhaydarova919 6 років тому +6

    Beautuful music!

  • @savelieffarnaud3170
    @savelieffarnaud3170 4 роки тому +5

    this discovery stabbed my heart in a second.

  • @mirrors1
    @mirrors1 2 роки тому +1

    Assolutamente delizioso. Una perizia compositiva nascosta da una capacità melodica sorgiva

  • @zinam5795
    @zinam5795 2 роки тому

    "Little J.Brahms" ...In my childhood 1 time herd this piece, now find 2 one...Thanks the Radio broadcast in both Bravo audio & performance!

  • @rubisrosa
    @rubisrosa 5 років тому +6

    Sublime !

  • @CE-hl4ke
    @CE-hl4ke Місяць тому +2

    Is 1:07 based on a Scandinavian folk tune? It sounds sort of like "Ack Värmeland Du Skön".

  • @АлександрЯрков-ш2з
    @АлександрЯрков-ш2з 4 роки тому +2

    Bravo brilliance concert

  • @liveatlife
    @liveatlife 2 роки тому

    I am so glad I found this with score. I can't wait to perform this with my orchestra in the summer!!

  • @oscarverdie6003
    @oscarverdie6003 3 роки тому +1

    Hermosa música!! Muchas gracias.

  • @rubisrosa
    @rubisrosa 5 років тому +3

    Quelle beauté !

  • @msotil
    @msotil 6 років тому +9

    After the introduction, the main theme (from bars 17 to 28 or from 1:07 to 1:56) of the 1st movement, is more than just a paraphrase of Edvard Grieg's Solveig's Song from the Peer Gynt suite. Peer Gynt was composed in 1875 (and premiered the next year alongside Henrik Ibsen's play) and this beautiful double concerto was composed in 1911.
    ua-cam.com/video/R8AD75_sNJM/v-deo.html

    • @emmaaxelson7821
      @emmaaxelson7821 4 роки тому

      I'm not sure I'm hearing it, can you point me to a specific place in the Grieg to listen?

    • @CE-hl4ke
      @CE-hl4ke Місяць тому

      It also sounds related to the folksong "Ack Värmeland Du Sköna"

  • @lensamowitz3307
    @lensamowitz3307 6 років тому +4

    Lovely.

  • @DavidA-ps1qr
    @DavidA-ps1qr 7 років тому +10

    This has to be a unique combination of soloists. Please enlighten me if other concertos were written. But as usual, this largely forgotten composer delivers yet again. Max Bruch was undoubtedly a genius, and it's very sad that most of his music lies in neglect.

    • @sactownviolist2668
      @sactownviolist2668 7 років тому +5

      I don't know of other concerti, but don't forget pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano. Mozart's Kegelstatt trio, Brahms's Clarinet Trio, and Bruch's own Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano come to mind.

    • @bibi53962
      @bibi53962 6 років тому +2

      @@sactownviolist2668 Brahms clarinet trio was originally for clarinet, cello and piano. But don't forget 'Marchenerzahlungen ' by Schumann. This is also a wonderful piece.

    • @jitsukerr
      @jitsukerr 10 місяців тому

      There's also Brahms's two songs Op.91, written for piano, viola and soprano, but which is often performed and recorded substituting the viola for a clarinet. One could perform it with the clarinet taking the soprano line.

    • @DavidA-ps1qr
      @DavidA-ps1qr 10 місяців тому

      @@jitsukerr Thank you. I've learnt something today.

  • @catherinevaldez8810
    @catherinevaldez8810 5 років тому +6

    Wanna know something my older brother plays the viola in college (he played orchestra is sixth grade btw) and I had just entered middle school and I’m in band and play the clarinet

  •  4 роки тому +7

    The theme in the 1st movement is very similar to the Swedish folksong "Ack Värmeland du sköna"

    • @sleort42
      @sleort42 3 роки тому +2

      Det er rigtigt Erik !

  • @hudsonweber3820
    @hudsonweber3820 4 роки тому +4

    the third movement was so good

  • @danielrodrigues7738
    @danielrodrigues7738 5 років тому +3

    Que lindo, algumas obras são realmente indescritíveis.

  • @alexc302
    @alexc302 6 років тому +2

    Right in the feels.

  • @cohan3664
    @cohan3664 7 років тому +4

    bravo!!!

  • @kikkerl
    @kikkerl 4 роки тому +4

    What a beautiful concert. A pitty because it is so rare played...

  • @c.g.marseille4510
    @c.g.marseille4510 6 років тому +2

    héél erg mooi ! very, very nice !

  • @laurai.5670
    @laurai.5670 6 років тому +6

    I am in love with this concerto... What a shame it's not a Bb clarinet... I'm a clarinetist and tried to study the viola but it was too tricky... Anyway one of my dreams is to play this one day with a fellow viola player :) (along with Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances)

    • @Trenton.D
      @Trenton.D 5 років тому

      Laura I. Why a shame? Who wants to play with 5+ sharps when they don’t have to (i.e. using A clarinet).

    • @sohaahmadi2573
      @sohaahmadi2573 5 років тому

      I’m a violinist but have played viola and/or the viola part in numerous occasions. I’m happy to pick it up again and play it together 😜😜

    • @scottberringer8067
      @scottberringer8067 Рік тому

      I love the darker richer sound of the A clarinet

  • @SarumChoirmaster
    @SarumChoirmaster 3 роки тому

    BEAUTIFUL!

  • @vishnuhalikere2151
    @vishnuhalikere2151 6 років тому +4

    Omg what a melody at 3:18

  • @yuehchopin
    @yuehchopin 4 роки тому +2

    danke

  • @rickyzhang2529
    @rickyzhang2529 8 років тому +10

    Max beach is greatly under rated.he should be one of the giant .

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 4 роки тому +1

      Is this a hybrid of Max Bruch and Amy Beach? Both are under rated, great composers.

    • @sasssssa6565
      @sasssssa6565 3 роки тому +1

      @@nickyork8901 😂😂

  • @TheALFRED1966
    @TheALFRED1966 3 роки тому +1

    Bello.

  • @redpiper1204
    @redpiper1204 6 років тому +2

    I knew that beginning sounded familiar! It sounds like Vesti la Giubba

  • @gabrieljanzen4871
    @gabrieljanzen4871 4 роки тому +10

    bruch moment

  • @raffitorossian6994
    @raffitorossian6994 8 місяців тому

    This music of Bruch was something extraordinarily beautiful music piece, There was an excellent iimagination of the composer to give color and taste to the music. I will continue to listen to Bruch, may be he can be one of my favorites like Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Scarlatti. By the way, the two soloists were superb as well. Thanks for uploading.

  • @aaronjorgefridman5662
    @aaronjorgefridman5662 4 місяці тому +1

    Hermoso concierto muy poco difundido.

  • @kylegordonmusic
    @kylegordonmusic 3 роки тому +5

    Anyone else hearing a lot of Schindler’s List and Star Wars Prequels being influenced by this piece?

    • @damienpatton1680
      @damienpatton1680 2 місяці тому

      Definitely reminded of the Schindler's List theme

  • @Hathazitamas
    @Hathazitamas 11 місяців тому +2

  • @bckm54
    @bckm54 8 років тому +13

    it's truly unfortunate that this work also has the scrolling sheet music posted. I REALLY enjoy listening to it while reading or studying, and with the sheet music, I can't read or study anything but the sheet music while listening to the music. There MUST be a conspiracy theory I can make here... :)

    • @barbavassilis
      @barbavassilis 8 років тому +3

      wtf are you talking about bro?

    • @MJQuadmegistus
      @MJQuadmegistus 8 років тому +2

      bckm54 I feel it. As much as I want to study for Form and Analysis, I'm too busy analyzing the music on the screen for this piece. I'm currently learning Bruch Romanze for Viola so this popped up in my Playlist. I have a friend that is a great clarinetist, definitely will bring this piece up to him.

    • @ZahidHossain01
      @ZahidHossain01 7 років тому +3

      lol, this music is just too good

    • @jytte47
      @jytte47 7 років тому +1

      yes close your eyes :o)

    • @ApplepieFTW
      @ApplepieFTW 6 років тому +3

      bckm54 just..... don't look at the screen.......

  • @kofiLjunggren
    @kofiLjunggren 2 роки тому +1

    Allegro molto gives Mendelssohn vibes!

  • @markleneker9923
    @markleneker9923 2 роки тому +1

    Is he deliberately quoting Beethoven's 5th with the horns in the 3rd movement or is it just a case of a common phrasing?

  • @王睿慈-e9k
    @王睿慈-e9k 4 роки тому

    I 0:00
    II 6:56
    III 12:42

  • @wllm4785
    @wllm4785 5 років тому +4

    It's a lovely little piece but consider: The Rite of Spring premiered fewer than 2 years after this piece's first performance!

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans  5 років тому +13

      The idea that there is some kind of progression in music history might very well be an illusion.

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 4 роки тому

      How patronising the comment by Paul Bunyan is. It's by no means a little piece, and in its own way, very original (not least on the choice of instruments). Stravinsky's own neoclassical period, which was very extended, is one piece of evidence to back up the point that Bartje makes.

    • @tiborvisi7438
      @tiborvisi7438 4 роки тому +1

      The most important is musical quality (that this piece definitely has) rather than style or in many cases, pretentiousness

    • @Quotenwagnerianer
      @Quotenwagnerianer 3 роки тому

      Bruch was already outdated when he landed his only real hit: The 1st Violinconcerto.
      He refused to go further than Mendelssohn did in harmony 20 years before him.
      Not to say that his music isn't nicely crafted, it is just outdone by his contemporaries. Just consider: His last work, the Octett for Strings was written in the same year as Bartok wrote "The miraculous Mandarin".
      They sound like they are 100 years apart.

  • @emisins
    @emisins 7 років тому +6

    someone to transpose this to Bflat for me :)

    • @bibi53962
      @bibi53962 6 років тому +6

      please it really should be played on A clarinet. It sounds so much nicer then!

    • @luishoutet4954
      @luishoutet4954 5 років тому

      Need it too

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 4 роки тому

      Get the violist to transpose her part, and then play it as written on a B flat clarinet!

  • @aaronjorgefridman5662
    @aaronjorgefridman5662 4 місяці тому +1

    La viola, con su sonido menos vibrante que el violín es más afín a la voz humana. Parecido ocurre con el clarinete. Ambos combinan muy bien

  • @jowesterman4035
    @jowesterman4035 4 роки тому +1

    Maybe trite but I have named my dachshund Bruch

  • @iimqrobert598
    @iimqrobert598 5 років тому

    Anyone wanna play this together!! I call viola!

  • @RodrigoFernandez-td9uk
    @RodrigoFernandez-td9uk 4 роки тому

    That piano sounds really weird ...

  • @2906nico
    @2906nico 4 роки тому

    It's attractive, certainly, but a bit soggy - and unmemorable. I'm afraid I can't escape the feeling that Bruch really is a one hit wonder.

  • @terry1311
    @terry1311 4 роки тому

    Why, Max? When you were such a great composer, why steal from Grieg? I know composers of all genres of music at all times has done this, but it's still disappointing, and this one is very blatant.

    • @nickyork8901
      @nickyork8901 4 роки тому +5

      who cares, it is a gorgeous and very original piece. Show me anyone else who chose this combination, let alone brought off to such good effect. I love Grieg, by the way, especially his violin sonata in G.

    • @sleort42
      @sleort42 3 роки тому

      You should be proud Terje

  • @Santalucesguy
    @Santalucesguy 2 роки тому

    Lousy clarinet