Frédéric Chopin - Variations on a Theme by Rossini

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  • Опубліковано 30 січ 2012
  • A rare and magnificent opportunity to hear and see original nineteenth century instruments. A Louis Lot Flute, number 435, made in France in 1859, Chopin's own piano, a Pleyel No.13819 (from the Cobbe Collection of keyboard instruments) in Hatchlands Park, Surrey, a National Trust property.

    Elizabeth Walker's fine example of an early Louis Lot Flute, number 435, made in France in 1859 is wooden, conically bored with silver ringed keys and a Dorus G#. The pitch is 'old' a = 443. (Louis Lot wrote in a letter dated 1876, that he could supply a flute in normal tuning, A= 435, and old, A= 440-450). We now know that a Mr Nauwelaers, flautist at the Lyon Theatre Orchestra, originally owned this flute.
    Richard Shaw was incredibly excited to be given access to play and record the Chopin and Schubert using Chopin's own piano, a Pleyel No.13819, part of the Cobbe Collection of keyboard instruments at Hatchlands Park in Surrey, a National Trust property. We are most grateful to The Cobbe Collection Trust for this very special opportunity. The Music Room has a fine acoustic and was built on to the Eighteenth Century house c. 1903
    Richard and Elizabeth would like to record a full length video or CD using these finely matched historical and rare instruments. If you think you could help sponsor this project, or for any further information, please contact liz@lizwalker.co.uk
    Sound engineer -- John Hadden
    Film production - First Creative Ltd

КОМЕНТАРІ • 73

  • @tuttilynn3791
    @tuttilynn3791 8 років тому +13

    I wish people would stop being so negative. Yes, it's an early composition by Chopin, yes, it most likely was written as a practice piece for the young composer. I would love to have the opportunity to play this flute. What a treat to be able to hear it. Elizabeth Walker plays beautifully, is not static at all for I see great expression as well as hear beautiful expression. One should not jump around or move a great deal while performing. Just watch James Galway. Beautifully played!!!!!!

  • @JoshJNYC
    @JoshJNYC 9 років тому +39

    I cannot believe how incredible this flute sounds...what a treasure! (And at modern pitch!) This is just stunning...brava, Elizabeth!

  • @itistheflute5873
    @itistheflute5873 8 років тому +18

    Excellent playing Elizabeth Walker! What a wonderful tone; what timbre; what effortless elegance, flexibility and sensitivity. Played with ease and suppleness!

  • @MrLeungctm
    @MrLeungctm 10 років тому +11

    that flute sounds so unique !!!!!!

  • @fruitsmoothie45
    @fruitsmoothie45 11 років тому +12

    oh man, and I thought I was playing this song well...

  • @jayster.k.wiseguy
    @jayster.k.wiseguy 8 років тому +6

    I'm on the floor gasping for air...~

  • @edflaspoehler7214
    @edflaspoehler7214 9 років тому +10

    A very nice flute, well played - apparently from memory. This is a standard piece of flute repertoire.

  • @Onbehaard
    @Onbehaard 7 років тому +3

    I enjoyed this a great deal. Not played this for years so I'm going to dig my copy out and have another go.
    Richard Shaw is a fantastic and a supportive accompanist.

  • @katehunt8029
    @katehunt8029 3 роки тому +2

    This is one of my all-time favourite videos! So beautiful. I never get tired of listening to it.

  • @erinchoi2460
    @erinchoi2460 3 роки тому +4

    Wow! This is beautiful! I really love the pure sound of the flute~

  • @serginhoflauta
    @serginhoflauta 11 років тому +2

    Beautiful. Without words...

  • @krugos1978
    @krugos1978 8 років тому +3

    This was very beautiful, thanks for sharing!

  • @ShinyaKOIDE
    @ShinyaKOIDE 7 років тому +4

    Extremely amazing!

  • @allanolivier9589
    @allanolivier9589 Місяць тому

    I loved the tone of this playing and the expression. Galway still plays this work the best.

  • @barbaraliningerross7034
    @barbaraliningerross7034 2 роки тому +1

    What beautiful, excellent music and both flute and piano playing!! A real joy to hear! Thank you so much for providing the opportunity!!

  • @bethanyatwell9343
    @bethanyatwell9343 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful!

  • @TheDjspritz1
    @TheDjspritz1 8 років тому +4

    fantastic sound

  • @moonpagan
    @moonpagan 8 років тому +4

    Absolutely beautiful! :-)

  • @Silviaschiaff-
    @Silviaschiaff- 12 років тому +2

    Wonderful performance!!!!!

  • @Fuzzyflute
    @Fuzzyflute 6 років тому +9

    Absoluitely beautifull and I wish that more flutists would return to wood?

  • @FARthePianist
    @FARthePianist 11 років тому +2

    Beautifull!

  • @polyphonicgherkins
    @polyphonicgherkins 3 роки тому +2

    It sound incredible!

  • @jackreddick
    @jackreddick 11 років тому +2

    amazing

  • @michelroussanne906
    @michelroussanne906 8 років тому +2

    Merci !

  • @juniper5438
    @juniper5438 2 роки тому

    Stunning 👏🏻!

  • @favbudz7498
    @favbudz7498 2 роки тому

    Excellent! I love it!

  • @Jenifer.flute20
    @Jenifer.flute20 2 роки тому +1

    Such a sweet beautiful sound ❤️

  • @GustavoFelix7890
    @GustavoFelix7890 8 років тому +2

    Elizabeth, you are the best! :)

  • @parkp9714
    @parkp9714 6 років тому

    맑고 아름다운 소리~ thank you~

  • @davidklein5007
    @davidklein5007 3 роки тому

    That flute sounds incredible!

  • @user-ow9yo4hj7q
    @user-ow9yo4hj7q 7 років тому +1

    Браво!!!

  • @user-zs2uw3vr9m
    @user-zs2uw3vr9m 10 місяців тому

    素晴らしいフルートの音色♥❤🎉🎉ありがとうございます♥🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @peterbaxter2913
    @peterbaxter2913 7 років тому +2

    Ah - the acoustically perfect Dorus G# key. Nobody seems to have incorporated it into a modern flute.

  • @Andrewtafelklavier
    @Andrewtafelklavier 9 років тому +2

    very nice, I would say for a modern Boehm flautist the late 19C ring -key flute is the easiest conical flute to play to try to get into the earlier sound - world. These variations in Emajor/minor C1830 would have written for a simple system flute, with at least 4 keys.

  • @gosiadegass
    @gosiadegass 5 років тому

    Przepięknie! Szopen - talent nad talenty! 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

  • @magicmonkichi
    @magicmonkichi 4 роки тому +1

    ...ok...I'm done...I give up....that was just too good!

  • @reneblom2160
    @reneblom2160 9 років тому +21

    Obviously this is an early musical piece by Frédéric Chopin, composed at the age of 14 - two years before he entered the Academy of Music in Warsaw. Most likely this piece was originally written for domestic use, possibly with his father playing the flute part and his mother playing the very easy (and quite simple) piano part. Personally, I don't believe that Chopin's variations on a theme by Rossini were ever intended for the salons or concert halls. ;-)
    But - nevertheless - I really enjoyed listening to this beautiful performance by Elizabeth Walker and Richard Shaw. :-)

  • @ZbygniewNajmrodzki
    @ZbygniewNajmrodzki 4 роки тому

    *genialnie*

  • @MovimientoGT
    @MovimientoGT 10 років тому +2

    :D lindo

  • @pedrovela1231
    @pedrovela1231 3 місяці тому

    Felicidades

  • @user-hb7nv7uw9w
    @user-hb7nv7uw9w 9 років тому

    진짜대박.

  • @user-ix4qq1ut2l
    @user-ix4qq1ut2l 6 років тому

    good

  • @Lisnageeragh
    @Lisnageeragh 11 років тому +1

    Lovely old nstrument so well played. Has anyone heard this music played on Radcliff model??

  • @PierreVeniot
    @PierreVeniot 11 років тому +2

    Perfect interpretation, is this flute a G# closed or open?...

  • @rustydog1236
    @rustydog1236 7 років тому

    is that the Dorus open g#? I've heard of it but never seen it. it certainly looks. I can't tell how it works.

    • @Lizfestive
      @Lizfestive 6 років тому

      Yes! This flute Louis Lot flute has a Dorus Gsharp...well spotted!

  • @user-yo5jw3tk4r
    @user-yo5jw3tk4r 10 місяців тому

    1:13

  • @jeremybalda6611
    @jeremybalda6611 2 роки тому

    0:38
    0:55
    1:14
    2:15

  • @amelialu9875
    @amelialu9875 3 роки тому

    Anyone noticed that the strange thing happened at 1:37

  • @kkh8261
    @kkh8261 Рік тому

    로시니 주제에 의한 플룻변주곡 마장조

  • @SG-oc3kw
    @SG-oc3kw 9 років тому +2

    She's so static, staring at the same spot too o_O

    • @toddsterben6647
      @toddsterben6647 6 років тому +2

      but I'll bet she sounds better than you

    • @acyutanandadas1326
      @acyutanandadas1326 6 років тому

      Am I the only one who got your joke. M oliver should critique musician with the sound turned off

  • @karensimmons4186
    @karensimmons4186 3 роки тому

    Mozart wrote this when he was 14 y/o.

  • @Frederer59
    @Frederer59 3 роки тому

    The only way to play this genre of music today is in an off-the-cuff, even caricature manner. The performance is excellent but ya can't take this music seriously.

  • @o0omethvero0o
    @o0omethvero0o 9 років тому +4

    she's so static

    • @toddsterben6647
      @toddsterben6647 6 років тому +1

      but I'll bet she sounds better than you

    • @InfinityGamingYT1
      @InfinityGamingYT1 6 років тому

      I wish she'd stop giving me death stares through the screen, however.

  • @xavieraragau9992
    @xavieraragau9992 3 роки тому

    Fake?

  • @glenndabreo3581
    @glenndabreo3581 9 років тому +2

    Unremarkable piece. A third year composition student could have written these. Perhaps Federic should stuck to the keyboard....

    • @milton3204
      @milton3204 9 років тому +6

      That's what e did, no? Being something he wrote during his youth, you wouldn't be able to compose anything close to it if you were to try it now :P

    • @SG-oc3kw
      @SG-oc3kw 9 років тому +8

      Perhaps people enjoy this piece, so your opinion is irrelevant:-D

    • @wilbur1960
      @wilbur1960 8 років тому +2

      Pretty good for a kid's composition, and fairly obvious that the piano part was not composed as a bravado part, but rather to sit behind the flute variations.
      I take this as an exercise in the classic Italian variation form.
      ----and pretty darn good for a kid..
      Five years later and he would get really dark and stay there.

    • @InfinityGamingYT1
      @InfinityGamingYT1 6 років тому

      That's why this wasn't composed during his studies, only before them...

    • @Youloush
      @Youloush 5 років тому +1

      @Marquis De Sade it was, when he was 14, based on Rossini's La Cenerentola (Non più mesta ...)