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    Original video: • MOZART PIANO CONCERTO ...
    Piece: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major K. 503
    Performed by: Mitsuko Uchida
    Transcribed by: Tony Williams
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  • @GeorgeCollier
    @GeorgeCollier  Рік тому +4311

    i know we take the piss out of classical a bit here but there are some incredible musicians and amazing pieces of music you all ought to check out :) this is Mitsuko Uchida by the way, performing her cadenza of Piano Concerto 25 K. 503

    • @juanf.crespo2639
      @juanf.crespo2639 Рік тому +35

      Mozart, of course

    • @NeoRazor
      @NeoRazor Рік тому +109

      Piano Concerto 25,000. Boy that Mozart sure was prolific.

    • @bgolden0707
      @bgolden0707 Рік тому +11

      tapa tapa tapa.... trilolololo!!! had me rolling! loved your commentary on a beautiful performance.

    • @Concertym
      @Concertym Рік тому +11

      Mozart man, this is so great. That music is so fresh and beautifull. Mozart for eternity. Beethoven concerto 5 is something too...

    • @omarino99
      @omarino99 Рік тому +55

      why’d you “take the piss” out of classical music, I don’t understand

  • @marijnvangeest
    @marijnvangeest Рік тому +3269

    0:14 just imagine this being a real sheet music page with the transcript reading: "very clean damn"
    And the pianist is thinking: "oh, well ok. Let me try..."

    • @c.j.4014
      @c.j.4014 Рік тому +70

      omg I would love to have sheet music like this LOL

    • @cockballsiii6524
      @cockballsiii6524 Рік тому +50

      *tapa tapa tapa tapa tapa tapa*

    • @Triairius
      @Triairius Рік тому +25

      I'm sure we'll see more of it as we get more younger people as composers. It'll bring some great life to their music!

    • @mrping2603
      @mrping2603 Рік тому +17

      "Very fast" well shoot ok let's go

    • @chanhailey7848
      @chanhailey7848 Рік тому +14

      *trillololol*

  • @aumenarys
    @aumenarys Рік тому +6383

    she's now 73yo and still plays everything by heart. she's phenomenal!

    • @triplezgames3882
      @triplezgames3882 Рік тому +124

      73 * 365 * 40h = 1 065 800h of practice...
      crazy 🤯

    • @SillyNolan
      @SillyNolan Рік тому +48

      if she's 73 then she's 121.66666

    • @mystictnediser3854
      @mystictnediser3854 Рік тому +15

      It's like cat age. Music age

    • @mempotato3189
      @mempotato3189 Рік тому +8

      @@triplezgames3882 she didn’t practice from birth though did she

    • @triplezgames3882
      @triplezgames3882 Рік тому +39

      @@mempotato3189 Yeah was a joke... look at the title, 40h a day is pretty unlikely as well

  • @alphonsenyoumssi4893
    @alphonsenyoumssi4893 Рік тому +700

    In a recent interview she said she raised the bar to 50 hours per day … in my opinion it doesn’t get better than that , she’s really dedicated to her art

  • @jamiececilielange5249
    @jamiececilielange5249 Рік тому +272

    I looked her up. Her name is Mitsuko Uchida and she gave her first recital at 14 and is now 74 y/o. I don't know when this video was recorded, but she now has 60 years of experience playing piano. I'm glad to see she hasn't stopped playing. Most videos I see, the musicians are often 15-35 years old.

    • @piotrlara3002
      @piotrlara3002 Рік тому +13

      I would say that is because most of pianists become teachers (proffessors), and dedicate their lives to teaching, especially after 35/40 years old

    • @lomlam58
      @lomlam58 Рік тому +11

      This is very common in classical music, pianists specially keep playing until they're dead or almost. With various qualities of playing but some of them stay amazing until the end.

    • @adrianosz8780
      @adrianosz8780 Рік тому +15

      She's actually only 19 years old. It's because she practices 40 hours a day, so the age number goes faster.

    • @jepz11
      @jepz11 Рік тому +4

      Thank you, Jamie.
      It is her life shining through, how she plays this.

    • @Karen-ul9hd
      @Karen-ul9hd 6 місяців тому +3

      Look up Martha Argerich, still magnificent at 82 or Maria Joao Pires, 79

  • @serbianchromus61
    @serbianchromus61 Рік тому +11700

    she practiced so hard that she rose the boundary of a day being 24 hours to 40 hours, so inspiring

    • @ricomarcelmusic
      @ricomarcelmusic Рік тому +355

      Played right past the time space continuum

    • @bgill7475
      @bgill7475 Рік тому +286

      That's the meme...

    • @jcjeffpfa
      @jcjeffpfa Рік тому +28

      Thats what I was thinking 🤣🤣🤣

    • @alexxdaye-alberson7243
      @alexxdaye-alberson7243 Рік тому +45

      I was just asking the same question!!!!!! Maybe she's figured out time travel through musical quantum physics and we haven't caught up to it yet. LOL! That's my theoretical guess seeing that there are only 24 hours in a day. Either way, she did it! Nobel Prize winning stuff there!

    • @Tracy-mz9bi
      @Tracy-mz9bi Рік тому +220

      Because she is Ling Ling
      And I found the classcial world is so mean. People will judge her performance. People will ask if this piece is hard enough, will she sound nice on more challenging piece 😂

  • @samylemzaoui2298
    @samylemzaoui2298 Рік тому +8140

    she plays every note so clean it doesnt even sound like a piano at parts it's crazy

    • @Stu5727
      @Stu5727 Рік тому +293

      1:32 briefly sounds like a synth or a midi from a video game soundtrack, insanely consistent intonation

    • @ElMage11
      @ElMage11 Рік тому +38

      @@Stu5727 What does this mean? How can piano players have a "voice" or a different sound? how do they influence the sound of the instrument?

    • @samuelwaller4924
      @samuelwaller4924 Рік тому +241

      @@ElMage11 the force when they strike the key, how they strike the key, how you release the key, basically everything can affect the tone, though not much so you usually don't think about it which is why it is so crazy how consistant her tone is lol

    • @chicken_burgers
      @chicken_burgers Рік тому +24

      @@ElMage11 it’s like failing to press your cords on bass drawing it with inconsistent strengths so much can influence the tone

    • @ryanbrown5141
      @ryanbrown5141 Рік тому +2

      Wait thats a she?

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj 6 місяців тому +165

    Mitsuko Uchida is one of the best interpreters of Mozart. Period. She is phenomenal, incredibly controlled and refined, and a true musician of the highest caliber. She has several performances where she conducts from the piano. She's the real deal!

    • @Tennisisreallyfun
      @Tennisisreallyfun 6 місяців тому +9

      Agreed! She really is the best when it comes to Mozart, she and Orli Shaham as well. They just have such a clean, crystalline yet sweet/warm tone! And so elegant! Perfect for Mozart🤩

    • @angelito2144
      @angelito2144 6 місяців тому +4

      She's a legend

    • @TheRealGnolti
      @TheRealGnolti 5 місяців тому +4

      Her Schubert is up there with Brendel's.

    • @user-jj8kg5ef2t
      @user-jj8kg5ef2t 4 місяці тому

      Lili Kraus

    • @ckzf1842
      @ckzf1842 4 місяці тому +1

      Absolutely agree ! ❤❤❤

  • @maddy3852
    @maddy3852 Рік тому +129

    me: practices 4 hours a month
    also me: why can't I play like that ...

  • @dtzku
    @dtzku Рік тому +2477

    She is the one who can legitimately claim to have 30 years of experience at the age of 18!

    • @NotToffie
      @NotToffie Рік тому +27

      big brain meth

    • @NotToffie
      @NotToffie Рік тому +13

      marh

    • @datutturugang666
      @datutturugang666 Рік тому +7

      @@NotToffie mars
      mark
      dark
      warp
      spark
      dork

    • @yourgirleft
      @yourgirleft Рік тому +3

      same as the 40 hours in a day thing so get you i get you

    • @laraerdelyi4299
      @laraerdelyi4299 Рік тому

      @@yourgirleft the 40 h a day is a meme..the title of the video is a joke..but non-musicials dont get it(or even musicials but if you are one you have vetter chances to do so)

  • @sufferhead6943
    @sufferhead6943 Рік тому +4704

    I saw 40 hrs a day and instantly clicked. That sort of dedication deserves to be worshipped.

    • @rj119x
      @rj119x Рік тому +37

      literally just like me frfr

    • @Chorro38
      @Chorro38 Рік тому +19

      Exactly, me too 😂

    • @sufferhead6943
      @sufferhead6943 Рік тому +18

      @@ncjenx9504 Use mere mortals could never ever hope to dream of acheiving her level.

    • @coupdetat2318
      @coupdetat2318 Рік тому +8

      Them little numbers, i dedicate 41 hours a day for breathing? How about that?

    • @zordevo7485
      @zordevo7485 Рік тому +3

      @@ncjenx9504 24 hrs does really feel like 40 hrs on acid lul

  • @gtoyadhatagyab8013
    @gtoyadhatagyab8013 Рік тому +117

    She played so fast in her practice that she sped up time to go faster than earth's rotation to fit 40 hours in a day...

    • @Tore_Lund
      @Tore_Lund Рік тому +2

      Yes this is played too fast according to the notes? Well music tradition is something to cherish. I'm highly impressed.

    • @GourSmith
      @GourSmith Рік тому +2

      Time is subjective. She experiences time differently than us-that’s all.

    • @user-jj8kg5ef2t
      @user-jj8kg5ef2t 4 місяці тому

      Just the opposite.....It is because she does SLOW PRACTICE. very important.... she practice so slowly that time come still, that is why she can practice 40 hours each day, 10 days each week, and 7 weeks each month, and 24 months per year......(Musicians, and budding musicians all know what SLOW PRACTICE means).

  • @PrimalCougar125
    @PrimalCougar125 Рік тому +83

    She practices 40 hours a day, 12 days a week, and 465 weeks a year, so inspiring

    • @randyla6706
      @randyla6706 Рік тому +4

      you're so wrong! A year only has 365 WEEKS.

    • @Rickkeys377
      @Rickkeys377 6 місяців тому

      @@randyla6706r/whooooooooosh

    • @digojez
      @digojez 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@randyla6706I think they meant 465 weeks per month and 365 months per year 🙏😊

    • @marksmith3947
      @marksmith3947 6 місяців тому +2

      She has to take 100 weeks of vacation every year to recuperate. She crams that into the end of December

    • @MARTIN201199
      @MARTIN201199 6 місяців тому +3

      But just the first 30 years of her childhood.

  • @Tony32
    @Tony32 Рік тому +3433

    She practiced 40 hours a day, 8 days a week.
    That's commitment!

  • @aaroni6172
    @aaroni6172 Рік тому +2545

    Her phrasing is so good and her dynamic contrast is so good it sounds like she’s playing an entire orchestra god DAMN

    • @mj11222
      @mj11222 Рік тому +3

      No!! God BLESS!! 🙏

    • @tylerbuck9347
      @tylerbuck9347 Рік тому +3

      @@mj11222 yes

    • @mj11222
      @mj11222 Рік тому

      @@tylerbuck9347 😇🙏

    • @kagitsune
      @kagitsune Рік тому

      Right?? She makes Mozart sound like Lizst, it's incredible! 😍

  • @antonydevadass4856
    @antonydevadass4856 Рік тому +18

    She bent space time itself to squeeze out another 16 hours in a day. Magnificent!

  • @VereBirdIII
    @VereBirdIII 6 місяців тому +14

    That is not an incredibly hard piece where virtuoso passages are concerned but the musicality of Mozart and Ms. Uchida is the virtuosity here. Bravo to the both of them, well done!!

    • @Samuri_Jack_Enjoyer
      @Samuri_Jack_Enjoyer 5 місяців тому +4

      Mozart is dauntingly virtuosic; one wrong note and everyone notices it, unlike Rachmaninoff or Liszt.

    • @chocoflake8027
      @chocoflake8027 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Samuri_Jack_Enjoyer You can notice the wrong note better, because it's kept more simple... Mozart's music is incredible, however Liszt and Rachmaninoff are beyond virtuosic, and it's not how difficult it is to notice a wrong note, it's about the difficulty of the piece itself. The listeners don't matter.

  • @afterimage1993
    @afterimage1993 Рік тому +5471

    that's amazing that she could practice 40 HOURS a DAY!

  • @darrenliang1723
    @darrenliang1723 Рік тому +1379

    as a pianist its not easy to switch up dynamics that flawlessly. its incredible how she does that with so much elegance

    • @antoinedebruit6140
      @antoinedebruit6140 Рік тому +11

      Work very slowly you'll be surprise how easy it helps the body memorise the dynamic changes

    • @sephyy.c5360
      @sephyy.c5360 Рік тому +5

      as a pianist switching up dynamics is incredibly easy what r u talking about

    • @superbowyiming
      @superbowyiming Рік тому +14

      @@sephyy.c5360 Actually what he said is right. At the beginning yeah it's easier but later it's much harder due to how scores written and the piano structure. I'd say at the end it's harder than strings and woodwinds for dynamic control (I feel that when playing piano n saxophone

    • @sephyy.c5360
      @sephyy.c5360 Рік тому +2

      @@superbowyiming as someone who has played piano for upwards of 15 years yes her feel for the music and her transitions are very impressive but changing fluidly between dynamics is not hard if you have any basic talent lmao

    • @DingleberryQuandale
      @DingleberryQuandale Рік тому +1

      Shes practices 40 hours a day, ofc she does that easily

  • @Shaan_Suri
    @Shaan_Suri 6 місяців тому +5

    The way she shapes the larger phrases is just sublime. Such a light, sensitive touch, yet powerful when needed. Mastery 😍

  • @ISEEKSPACE
    @ISEEKSPACE Рік тому +13

    She transcended time and it shows! Beautiful!

  • @wisdomseeker0142
    @wisdomseeker0142 Рік тому +829

    You know what!!! I’m a violinist but even I have to pick my damn jaw off the floor at how she controls the volume of those notes. She plays so fast and aggressive with articulation then she slows and slightly presses the keys with an utmost gentleness and makes individual tones sing. She doesn’t press the keys with the same force. I can’t describe what I’m hearing in accurate detail because this is not my instrument but I hear how she is making the notes come to life. This woman is an artist.

    • @godwinyan5448
      @godwinyan5448 Рік тому +3

      Yes

    • @organboi
      @organboi Рік тому

      What does your being a violinist have to do with anything?

    • @mentsu.3308
      @mentsu.3308 Рік тому +11

      @@organboi brings some musical knowledge onto the table

    • @jameshakai1662
      @jameshakai1662 Рік тому +16

      ​@@organboi Violinists have a much more direct control over their dynamics, as they have a direct connection to the sound producing part of their instrument, whereas pianists connect indirectly through hammers. Control of dynamics is therefore easier on a violin. In other words, if a violinist is impressed with a pianist's control of dynamics, than that pianist's control is implied to be extraordinarily good

    • @an6350
      @an6350 Рік тому +2

      @@jameshakai1662 exactly

  • @jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430
    @jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430 Рік тому +417

    Playing that fast and at such a quiet voice is one of the hardest things in piano and requires masterful finger control. This is amazing

    • @gailhall6283
      @gailhall6283 Рік тому +14

      You almost have to stop breathing for that kind of control. I found myself holding my breath for her at certain places in the music. Brilliant. She's brilliant.

  • @GiladPellaeon
    @GiladPellaeon 6 місяців тому +5

    Uchida is a fantastic pianist, I especially love her interpretation of the Beethoven Concertos, she recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic!

  • @tj_3783
    @tj_3783 Рік тому +7

    I’ve actually been to see mitsuko uchida perform live. It was a truly fenomenal experience

    • @njdawgs1
      @njdawgs1 Рік тому

      I'm sure it was, very thankful to have such talented musicians alive today.
      P.S. it's spelt phenomenal

  • @ok45038
    @ok45038 Рік тому +1071

    Phenomenal playing! I had the pleasure of seeing her perform 6 of Schubert's impromptus recently. Her interpretation was phenomenal, the best I've ever heard of the works, and was so captivating. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire concert!

    • @da96103
      @da96103 Рік тому

      What happened to the other 2?

    • @ok45038
      @ok45038 Рік тому +6

      @@da96103 She didn't play them for some reason, couldn't tell you why. The ones she didn't play were op.90 no2 and no3 (from the first set of four chronologically). I suppose it made the program short enough to not require an interlude, and since you often play the two she left out as a pair, it made sense to cut them? A real shame, as I was learning those two specifically at the time and I would have liked to see a live interpretation of them.

    • @chengliklik
      @chengliklik Рік тому

      Question! At 1:38 bar 51, the right-hand notes were F#-A-D-F#-D-A-F# but she played both Ds with a C and C# respectively.
      Was it a piano score transcription mistake, or she actually played the wrong note? (though I'd doubt the latter)
      Because I have to say, if she actually changed the notes, I'd be impressed, since it sounded so good! I can feel the tension in the arpeggio!

    • @theangrycheeto
      @theangrycheeto Рік тому

      @@ok45038 Do you play any musical instruments yourself?

    • @ok45038
      @ok45038 Рік тому

      @@theangrycheeto I do, I've played the piano (classically trained) for about 7 years now, and I dabble in other instruments - particularly guitar. Piano is my primary instrument though.

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj Рік тому +713

    Mitsuko Uchida is so refined, exquisite, and her Mozart is perfect.

    • @vanjavanja3905
      @vanjavanja3905 Рік тому +1

      REALLY ? UAUAUA !!! AND YOU ARE A GENIUS MAYVBE !

    • @gonzalo4658
      @gonzalo4658 Рік тому +2

      @drz-krak she composed all that,its her cadenza

    • @rafaelkentoyamamoto8600
      @rafaelkentoyamamoto8600 Рік тому

      @drz-krak How silly. The most captivating aspects of a presentation are the feeling, dynamics, pauses and other aspects that no robot can imitate, as it is unique to each interpreter.

    • @gonzalo4658
      @gonzalo4658 Рік тому

      @drz-krak youre right lol, this is all right
      Though we knew that innately. Nothing can take away from her exquisite cadenza based on - wait - MOZART THEMES? Mozart was brilliant and also original, but Mozart and Co was also a personal expression of Haydn. About 80% of the time. So let Uchida’s cadenza be an expression of that musical period.
      At least that’s my theory. “Arthur, not everyone’s bland. You’re bland, Murray”. I think whenever someone forms a cadenza, it’s by nature not 100% “original”, but the brilliancy, ingenuity, and quality is just totally distinct from all that preceded it. Like I said, yes it doesn’t count as “original”, but it does count as original. What she contrived here stems from Mozart’s themes yes, but we can at least respect how far she went to separate from that. The real nail in the hammer, though, is that Mozart was much himself a cog in a capital ‘c’ Classical machine. Her fanciful modulations reflect much more awesome music than merely a representation of an artist. I dare say, even more than merely a representation of that whole period.
      She engineers here a lovelily diverse domain of musical permutations. I said lovelily on purpose, and meant something more like ‘amiably’; adverb to, let’s say, rhetorically intensify the titillation of the tonal tensions?
      Perhaps we’ll excuse my long-winded, multi-pillared theory in the end.
      It’s definitely an open-ended subject. I ultimately return my case back to the care of your very enlightening and very neutral thoughts. +
      We don needa be robotic and robust about Mozart and Bach. Beethoven? Okay, maybe we’ll leave his works perfectly alone. But that’s the thing, because he liked cadenzas, he was on board with the idea, and supplied his own. Bach intended ornaments, and Mozart cadenzas. Impressionist stylists maybe not so much - MAYBE.

  • @gmmgmmg
    @gmmgmmg Рік тому +1

    Need more classical music videos on this amazing channel

  • @thepostapocalyptictrio4762
    @thepostapocalyptictrio4762 6 місяців тому +1

    THE BEST living performer of Schubert and Schoenberg pieces. Genius

  • @UnknownMastery
    @UnknownMastery Рік тому +457

    She trained so hard she managed 40 hours into 1 day

    • @Danny-pd9yb
      @Danny-pd9yb Рік тому +51

      That’s the twoset meme

    • @aprilwright3900
      @aprilwright3900 Рік тому +9

      Same. Maybe like Hermione, maybe the Ministry of Magic authorized a Time-Turner for her

    • @charlieogre4537
      @charlieogre4537 Рік тому +5

      I was hoping someone would point that out.

    • @AdrienneZazulak
      @AdrienneZazulak Рік тому +1

      thank you. I came here looking for this comment!

    • @nataliableu6390
      @nataliableu6390 Рік тому

      @@aprilwright3900 Harry Potter fan here. ✋ I want a Time Turner for Christmas.🎅🎄

  • @Mysterious_Vocalist
    @Mysterious_Vocalist Рік тому +2

    Very clean... The intonations of each note parts are very distinct from each other.
    Impressive 👍😀

  • @matthijsvanwijhe864
    @matthijsvanwijhe864 6 місяців тому

    She's an absolute legend! And what a great cadenza!!

  • @Kosmo_Z
    @Kosmo_Z Рік тому +318

    Glad to see classical music getting some exposure on this channel!

    • @Luca-yg5qx
      @Luca-yg5qx Рік тому +9

      Check out "B Sharp" and "f flat", basically George Collier for Classical.

    • @yunarukami14
      @yunarukami14 Рік тому

      @@Luca-yg5qx Thanks for the recommendation, men.

  • @unspeakablevorn
    @unspeakablevorn Рік тому +75

    "man this sounds like the french national anthem what's going on here"
    Wikipedia: One of the secondary themes of the concerto's first movement is a march that often reminds people of "La Marseillaise".
    Guess I'm not the only one who thinks that. This was composed 6 years earlier, so maybe La Marseillaise should remind people of this...

    • @Madchemist002
      @Madchemist002 Рік тому +5

      I had the same thought when hearing it. "Allons enfants de la patrie!" Just rang in my head each time the theme came up.

    • @albertosousatenor
      @albertosousatenor Рік тому +2

      Thank you for saving me that trip to Wikipedia…

    • @angelito2144
      @angelito2144 Рік тому +2

      We can hear again these same notes with the same rythm pattern in the first act of Don Giovanni, strikingly enough when Leoporello is referring to France ua-cam.com/video/mkjzTtz-lZQ/v-deo.html
      I used to think there was some kind of influence or even sincronicity between Mozart and Rouget de Lisle, but now my theory is that it's just a coincidence. During the classical period there were rules about how to iniciate a melody, how to please the public, what chords were appropiate for the first bars, etc. and the combination dominant->tonic was extremely popular for the first two notes of a phrase. Once you reach the tonic, if you want to keep ascending your options are scale (V-I-II-III-IV-V), arpeggio (V-I-III-V) or, if you want to make something more original but within the tastes of that period, the brand new combination V-I-II-V, which is what both composers chose to do in different places and different years but in the same art period.
      *Notice that the melody V-I-IV-V doesn't sound well, V-I-VII-V is horrible and V-I-VI-V was destined to make history two centuries later in Texas ;D ua-cam.com/video/8sKX3tWaOew/v-deo.html

  • @user-qt5xh9mt7x
    @user-qt5xh9mt7x Рік тому +7

    Been to two of her concerts, incredible pianist

  • @recordclassicalmusic
    @recordclassicalmusic 3 місяці тому

    That sounded amazing!! Thanks for sharing

  • @derekforde7164
    @derekforde7164 Рік тому +118

    Only when I started making piano videos did I realize how hard it is to play a piece near perfect in one take. I can only hope to be half as good as performers like this.

    • @krasw
      @krasw Рік тому +18

      I would be totally happy to be 0.1% as good as this.

    • @ricasa2005
      @ricasa2005 Рік тому +2

      HALF?!

  • @Dancingonthesun
    @Dancingonthesun Рік тому +112

    It's like a butterfly is fluttering around my head, the notes are so gentle and precise. Beautiful.

  • @mimiseton
    @mimiseton 6 місяців тому +2

    Dear Mitsuko, I bet Wolfie is overjoyed with the way you make his music sing! It doesn't get any better than this!

  • @marichristian
    @marichristian 3 місяці тому

    Wonderfully expressive.

  • @Sesamox
    @Sesamox Рік тому +145

    The amazing thing is not how well she plays, but the fact that she went to Mercury or Venus in order to practice 40 hours a day!

    • @menyaa
      @menyaa Рік тому +8

      It's a reference to TwoSet Violin, a youtube channel. Go watch it, they're really funny

    • @lunarwolfcassia9435
      @lunarwolfcassia9435 Рік тому +4

      Its a joke from TwoSetViolin go watch their videos

    • @storagebee1597
      @storagebee1597 Рік тому +5

      It's a comical expression used by some wise men, more formerly known as TwoSet Violin. They are considered and very much are a laughing matter, not in a quite rude way but a ludicrously big way to express whats called funny.
      I recommend you to watch these courteous videos, they are comically funny and I can concur and vouch that these comments are for sure a true and honest specimen.

    • @sillowillo
      @sillowillo Рік тому +3

      What the hell is a twoset violin? She clearly went to Venus to do this

    • @lunarwolfcassia9435
      @lunarwolfcassia9435 Рік тому +2

      @@sillowillo TwoSetViolin is a pretty famous classical music youtube channel and they made this "Practice 40 hours a day" meme/quote.

  • @machine-shopbilly6584
    @machine-shopbilly6584 Рік тому +49

    She's so talented she's able to practice 40 hours in a 24 hour day. I'd like to see you do that

  • @sustainablelife1st
    @sustainablelife1st 6 місяців тому +1

    some of these composers just wrote impossible pieces for self-agandizing vanity purposes. But good on her for showing them!

  • @danield7521
    @danield7521 5 місяців тому

    I've had the chance to see her live last year. It was amazing to say the least!

  • @pianoish
    @pianoish Рік тому +96

    Mitsuko Uchida is an amazing pianist. One of my favorites. I hear a bit of Figaro in that cadenza. Specifically Act 2 finale.

    • @debob513
      @debob513 Рік тому +1

      She got the Sharingan

    • @chazanishe
      @chazanishe Рік тому

      I also heard Zauberflote in the bass. One of Papageno's themes.

    • @big_ju1c391
      @big_ju1c391 Рік тому

      Mangekio

  • @godlikesnake8909
    @godlikesnake8909 Рік тому +20

    Her control on volume is astonishing

  • @wweraw4895
    @wweraw4895 6 місяців тому +1

    Her sound control is simply outstanding

  • @axoid
    @axoid Рік тому +5

    She's so dedicated she broke the spacetime continuum so she could practice more in a day.

  • @Elarace
    @Elarace Рік тому +16

    extremely fast/constant staccato + soft playing+ going through octaves rapidly= a miracle (if your a pianist and you know you know)

  • @pineapplesareyummy6352
    @pineapplesareyummy6352 Рік тому +20

    This is when you have mastered complete control over the sound of every single note.

  • @AlexanderQuinn1
    @AlexanderQuinn1 Рік тому

    This is so stunning. WOW

  • @ericvogler6909
    @ericvogler6909 6 місяців тому +1

    I've loved Mitsuko Uchida's playing for many years. Mozart just hits me differently when it's her playing it.

  • @teddobomb9037
    @teddobomb9037 Рік тому +14

    I feel like the way she moves her head and plays so passionately is how Mozart would have played too

  • @michaelj1237
    @michaelj1237 Рік тому +19

    Thanks so much for reminding us about the beauty of Mozart and Uchida’s performance thereof

  • @lerolerolero37
    @lerolerolero37 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite pianist 💖

  • @LUX_AETERN4E
    @LUX_AETERN4E Рік тому

    that was absolutely stunning

  • @Spitfire720
    @Spitfire720 Рік тому +65

    This looks not too bad if I could find out how not to make my wrists so tense 😂

    • @kempedkemp
      @kempedkemp Рік тому +3

      Hanon Virtuoso Pianist exercises for about an hour a day, will help. A good instructor who knows how to teach these exercises in invaluable! (I had one.) Wrist fluidity is very important and one of the focuses of this pedagogy.

  • @muchtartidakbahagia
    @muchtartidakbahagia Рік тому +46

    I swear jazz and classical musicians are some of the most skilled player in their respective instrument.

  • @chitwoodbryan4HBVS
    @chitwoodbryan4HBVS 7 місяців тому +2

    I discovered Mitsuko uchida’s playing when I was in college. Her playing has always been exemplary to me.

  • @lyolevrich
    @lyolevrich Рік тому

    great Uchida!👏👏👏

  • @PedroLopes-sz3tt
    @PedroLopes-sz3tt Рік тому +5

    @TwoSetGang 40 hours a day, Ling Ling Law at its finest!!

  • @NancyinNYC
    @NancyinNYC Рік тому +47

    There is nobody--absolutely nobody--more musical than Mitsuko Uchida. Seeing her live is a joy, btw.

  • @Iazybutnotreally.6891
    @Iazybutnotreally.6891 Рік тому

    Beautiful piece

  • @mateomaderas5504
    @mateomaderas5504 6 місяців тому +1

    Love Mitsuko Uchida! She is truly one of the the very best.

  • @MrNicks-gn8jc
    @MrNicks-gn8jc Рік тому +68

    Her complete Mozart Sonatas recordings are legendary as the most romantic emotional readings ever recorded !

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful Рік тому

      András Schiff's recordings of the Mozart sonatas are far better

    • @diligenceeke3023
      @diligenceeke3023 Рік тому +2

      @@kevinmaestroful You seem to be in the mood to argue. Hahaha

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful Рік тому

      @@diligenceeke3023 just saying lol

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful Рік тому

      @drz-krak Schiff is still alive 😉

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful Рік тому

      @drz-krak Even Mozart didn't play perfectly, every true artist knows that in terms of ''perfection'' we're never there but always arriving ;)

  • @francobonanni3499
    @francobonanni3499 Рік тому +8

    She Is one of the major pianist in the world. She does not play she works. To play like she does there are hours of study. O love her expression she lives with the music she plays. Great artist. Many years to her health and playing.

  • @FamiliarFaith
    @FamiliarFaith Рік тому

    Beautiful!

  • @zacharyessey5904
    @zacharyessey5904 Рік тому

    That was awe inspiring.

  • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache
    @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache Рік тому +31

    As someone who knows jack shit about classic pieces besides maybe Entry of the Gladiators or smth, this was absolutely beautiful. I love how playful the arpeggios or whatever the zigzagging piano notes are called sound! Thanks for bringing awareness to this performer George!

  • @Alenoir88
    @Alenoir88 Рік тому +14

    The synchronisation with the piano sheet is amazing, quite a good job doing that tracking, thumbs up!

  • @chainsaw745
    @chainsaw745 Рік тому +3

    I feel like it would take a lot to give this woman what she deserves for the raw determination and sacrifice it took to master this piece. Is the fame and legacy enough? I hope so.

  • @audibookrohani619
    @audibookrohani619 Рік тому

    SO CLEAN!!!

  • @minghaoliu430
    @minghaoliu430 Рік тому +4

    It’s so hard to control and she did wonderful at the trill part and she can manage the left hand with a very suitable diminueto was fantastic.

  • @vinilosdetribal2
    @vinilosdetribal2 Рік тому +3

    Love your channel!! Also, your musical tastes are so eerily similar to mine that when I opened your playlist, I thought it was still in mine. It’s almost a copy.

  • @anantwashere
    @anantwashere Рік тому

    Beautiful.

  • @takahashidai6951
    @takahashidai6951 6 місяців тому +2

    Even though this performance is a recording, it conveys to my heart the beauty of a shining star.
    So, if I listen to her performance live, the sound must be unbelievably beautiful.

  • @Ermude10
    @Ermude10 Рік тому +15

    Wow, I practice 30 hours a day and I still can't play that well! I guess I need to increase the number of hours...

  • @sarahf.7750
    @sarahf.7750 Рік тому +9

    This performance gave me chills she's such a legend

  • @shkedovb
    @shkedovb 6 місяців тому

    Such brilliant cadenza

  • @adanaamun7921
    @adanaamun7921 Рік тому +8

    Wow! She almost doubled the 24-hour threshold.

    • @user-dy5rs3po2o
      @user-dy5rs3po2o 5 місяців тому

      How is it possible if the day has only 24 hours? A miracle indeed!

  • @CurlysChilledPiano
    @CurlysChilledPiano Рік тому +6

    Her touch and musicality could make a bag of bones sound beautiful.

  • @pyropianist
    @pyropianist Рік тому +22

    Saw Uchida at the Boston Symphony Orchestra last month playing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto! I can't believe she is nearly 75 years old and still playing from memory! A hair under tempo on the flying octaves, but still one of the best interpreters of golden age classical music, especially those cantabile non legato runs.

  • @TURBOMIKEIFY
    @TURBOMIKEIFY Рік тому +1

    This makes me wanna pick up my E11 right about now. I miss my clarinet, haven't touched in a few years.

  • @mervynmenezes1400
    @mervynmenezes1400 Рік тому

    40 hours in a day! Really awesome! Well done!

  • @koalatheworld
    @koalatheworld Рік тому +3

    I attended Mitsuko Uchida's concert in London several years ago and got an autograph from her. Uchida is such an inspirational woman! If I were to meet her in my teens, I would have been highly motivated to be a professional concert pianist.

  • @andreisupervloguri8058
    @andreisupervloguri8058 Рік тому +3

    One of my favorite concertos!

  • @Winner1270
    @Winner1270 6 місяців тому

    Recognized Mitsuko Uchida from the thumbnail; had to give it a listen. I love all their mozart interpretations.

  • @user-pp1li8pi7g
    @user-pp1li8pi7g Рік тому +4

    Her skill is so fast and perfected to the point where I can't even see her fingers stay in one place... Very Well.

  • @LopsideMakes
    @LopsideMakes Рік тому +6

    I love how the trauma of her sleepless nights comes out on her face.. emotion adds a lot more to music that you’ll ever know.

  • @kyungsik
    @kyungsik Рік тому +11

    Uchida’s Mozart is unparalleled

  • @mikehughes6582
    @mikehughes6582 3 місяці тому

    Outstanding.

  • @aabrightlove
    @aabrightlove Рік тому

    That. Was. GLORIOUS

  • @kiaruna
    @kiaruna Рік тому +9

    One word. She is amazing.

  • @atp1130
    @atp1130 Рік тому +8

    The beauty and power to her playing is life affirming. She both honors the original composer yet outshines them and shows that she, though the conduit for the music, is an artist equal in skill to the greats. Bravo!

  • @johnrichardson7629
    @johnrichardson7629 Рік тому

    Just amazing

  • @Euphonious.
    @Euphonious. Рік тому +2

    I must say I am fascinated by how someone can be so dedicated that they can break the boundaries of science. Amazing indeed.

  • @Calebthecreator
    @Calebthecreator Рік тому +18

    How are you related to Jacob collier?
    How do you transcribe?
    Do you have perfect pitch?
    Where can I suggest videos?
    What music do you listen to?
    Why are some videos not transcribed by you?

  • @kevinmarrett9532
    @kevinmarrett9532 Рік тому +7

    I’d really love to see you do a transcription of a bluegrass guitarist doing a blisteringly fast break in something like Black Eyed Suzie, or Freeborn Man by Tony Rice. Something just insanely fast flatpicking.

  • @Jacedamace
    @Jacedamace Рік тому

    the sheer amount of determination on her face tho

  • @Leeroyxoxo
    @Leeroyxoxo Рік тому

    SO light 🥺