I was sitting in the front row and he threw the broken string towards the audience like a rockstar at the end of the concerto 😂 , but a string doesn't travel that far through the air so I was lucky it landed right on my lap. I was hoping the whole thing was filmed, but yea I felt just like you that it's not that appropriate to film in this setting.
@@b03tz haha yes definitely took it with me! It's a nice memory of something that occurs very rarely, because normally if a string breaks the violin just gets passed through the orchestra, but this time he finished the concerto with a broken string. To be honest, I didn't even see it happen because I was paying attention to the cellos. Would have loved to see how he managed to deal with the scenario on video, but I think that everyone started filming after it already happened unfortunately. But anyhow, thanks a lot for uploading :)
Ray is a textbook example of what you gotta have to stand out and become famous: 1. Be excellent and what you do 2. Be good looking 3. Be charming If you are just 1 without two and three you will only have moderate success.
@@Thingsyourollup It is what is is. I don't make the rules of society. But it is not a requirement, if you have the other two. However if you lack one of the other two, it is.
What can I say about a person who is a rare gem as a musician and person, just thank you for having the opportunity to hear and see you through the videos, I'm from Brazil and I'm 77 years old and you're a fan.😊
his own videos tend to be a fairly americanized accent, but when he's in olaf's videos his aussie comes out strong, altho i think this here on stage is even stronger than with olaf. i guess multitasking a string replacement on stage brought out his most native dialect of english lol
Ray has a trick to attract public to concert: start a story, do not go till the end so people has to buy another ticket to know the conclusion. It costs him a string.
@@nancyjfs I wouldn't call Mandarin a dialect, more a language or even a family of language which includes a lot of different dialects. Ray speaks Taiwanese Mandarin, since that's the country he's from.
@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Many scientists who study linguistics still debate about difference of dialect and language. So there is no sense to argue about it
@@tselkovyy I didn't post my previous comment to argue, just sharing my thoughts. Calling something that is spoken by more than 1 billion people a dialect seems very weird to me, but it may be because the term "dialect" isn't used in my native language the same way it is in English.
@@b03tz then tell us the rest of the story! Ahah joking 😂 it was amazing that you recorded all this already, and see how Ray managed so well and was so calm during the whole string changing..I am a musician myself and I would be terrified if I had to change a string in front of so many people 😂
Long story short: the "jolly swagman" jumps into a body of water known as a "billabong" here in Australia in order to hide from anyone after him but ends up drowning. The legend is that his ghost can be heard singing "come a Waltzing Matilda with me".
Somebody else posted: "Long story short: the "jolly swagman" jumps into a body of water known as a "billabong" here in Australia in order to hide from anyone after him but ends up drowning. The legend is that his ghost can be heard singing "come a Waltzing Matilda with me".
I was sitting in the front row and he threw the broken string towards the audience like a rockstar at the end of the concerto 😂 , but a string doesn't travel that far through the air so I was lucky it landed right on my lap. I was hoping the whole thing was filmed, but yea I felt just like you that it's not that appropriate to film in this setting.
Oooh really was that you?! You took it with you? That's amazing...I would've loved a token like that haha!
@@b03tz haha yes definitely took it with me! It's a nice memory of something that occurs very rarely, because normally if a string breaks the violin just gets passed through the orchestra, but this time he finished the concerto with a broken string. To be honest, I didn't even see it happen because I was paying attention to the cellos. Would have loved to see how he managed to deal with the scenario on video, but I think that everyone started filming after it already happened unfortunately. But anyhow, thanks a lot for uploading :)
@@benjtheo414haha yea true! Very nice memory of the moment!! Enjoy it, hopefully somebody captured it haha!
Thanks for filming and loading this. It rarely happens.
I think that would be a wonderful vid to post to someone's web site somewhere!
Even when something happened, Ray didn't lose his smile. Love this guy.
Same!
Ray’s composure is just out of this world.
He's such a phenomenal showman for this.
So much so that I want to hear the rest of the story now 😭
It seems like Ray really loves breaking his E strings on Tchaikovsky specifically
Ray is a textbook example of what you gotta have to stand out and become famous:
1. Be excellent and what you do
2. Be good looking
3. Be charming
If you are just 1 without two and three you will only have moderate success.
2set?
Pretty conceited to make #2 a requirement.
@@Thingsyourollup It is what is is. I don't make the rules of society.
But it is not a requirement, if you have the other two.
However if you lack one of the other two, it is.
What can I say about a person who is a rare gem as a musician and person, just thank you for having the opportunity to hear and see you through the videos, I'm from Brazil and I'm 77 years old and you're a fan.😊
I'm pretty sure Tchaikovsky never expected a cadenza here...
You didn't let him finish the story!
Yea sorry! It doesn’t feel appropriate for me to record that long in a setting like this haha 😅
@@b03tz I appreciate that as a concert-goer. : )
I don’t know why but this is my first time noticing his Aussie accent 😂
his own videos tend to be a fairly americanized accent, but when he's in olaf's videos his aussie comes out strong, altho i think this here on stage is even stronger than with olaf. i guess multitasking a string replacement on stage brought out his most native dialect of english lol
He attended music school here and lives in Philly so he only reverts to it over there.
Ray has a trick to attract public to concert: start a story, do not go till the end so people has to buy another ticket to know the conclusion. It costs him a string.
holy his australian accent is strong in this vid
Haha right?! I never really noticed this online on any of his vlog-type vids!
@@b03tz Ray's accent changes with his location. He speaks 3 languages: American English, Australian English and a Chinese dialect (Mandarin?)
@@nancyjfs I wouldn't call Mandarin a dialect, more a language or even a family of language which includes a lot of different dialects.
Ray speaks Taiwanese Mandarin, since that's the country he's from.
@@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Many scientists who study linguistics still debate about difference of dialect and language. So there is no sense to argue about it
@@tselkovyy I didn't post my previous comment to argue, just sharing my thoughts. Calling something that is spoken by more than 1 billion people a dialect seems very weird to me, but it may be because the term "dialect" isn't used in my native language the same way it is in English.
The proven he can do multitasking
kinda like the multitasking of controlling his left and right hand independently of each other?
He's really cool ❤
how did he tune it without playing?
I wanted to listen the end of the story :(
Yea sorry! It doesn’t feel appropriate for me to record that long in a setting like this haha 😅
@@b03tz then tell us the rest of the story! Ahah joking 😂 it was amazing that you recorded all this already, and see how Ray managed so well and was so calm during the whole string changing..I am a musician myself and I would be terrified if I had to change a string in front of so many people 😂
Long story short: the "jolly swagman" jumps into a body of water known as a "billabong" here in Australia in order to hide from anyone after him but ends up drowning. The legend is that his ghost can be heard singing "come a Waltzing Matilda with me".
The video ends before the end of the story: the guy is chased by the owner on horse back and...........?
Somebody else posted:
"Long story short: the "jolly swagman" jumps into a body of water known as a "billabong" here in Australia in order to hide from anyone after him but ends up drowning. The legend is that his ghost can be heard singing "come a Waltzing Matilda with me".
Hi PN !!Be great if you could add to this video his playing of Waltzing Matilda !!
I only filmed about a minute of it, I just uploaded it. Enjoy!
again ?
Why was he replacing his E in front of the audience?
Because it snapped right at the end of his performance and he still had to play a few pieces :)
Where was the place?
I filmed this in Eindhoven, The Netherlands!
@@b03tz Oh, okay. Thanks.
Was it Muziekgebouw Frits Philips?
@@ej9k no it is called Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
@@b03tz thanks.
Tjaikovski?
inner soul is frustrated ..must be terrible youth in australia ! poor guy ..
Despite being a pro, he must have been at least a bit nervous, maybe that's the reason why his Aussie accent came out this strong
i was there too! haha