Hilary Hahn plays Spohr - Violin concerto № 8 in A minor op. 47 (part 1)
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Louis Spohr - Concerto for violin and orchestra № 8 in A minor op. 47
Hilary Hahn (violin)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eiji Oue
2006
Hilary Hahn is imo the greatest violinist of today. Totally clear, brilliant, original in her style.
Spohr, a forgotten composer...and Hilary wonderful as usual.
exquisite! well done Hilary. I had the good fortune of meeting Ruggiero Ricci in 1999 in Malaysia where he was performing. We had three meals together and upon being asked the great maestro mentioned Hilary and Joshus Bell as the stars in the violin world. I was born in the then Malaya and had heard Campoli, Max Rostal and also Ricci in the 50's in Kuala Lumpur. I am a very ordinary fiddler.......now living in Melb where there's lots of great music.
I hope for a revival of Spohr, such a beautiful "concerto cantabile" should be in the standard repertoire!
I agree! Once it belonged to the half dozen of the most played concerti alongside with those of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Viotti 22. Then came many "new" concertos as those by Brahms, Tschaikowski, Bruch, Saint-Saens, Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski, later Sibelius and even later the great Russiian concertos and meanwhile the wonderful masterpieces like this Spohr concerto and the Viotti # 22 fell into oblivion. Maybe because the normal music customer just has enough with 5-10 great works, basta. But You're absolutely right, this one should be played much more often.
The Heifetz rendition is undoubtedly the best.
Louis Spohr,ganz groß zu seiner Zeit und musikalisch auch heute (Doppelquartette!!)
Es gibt viel zu entdecken!
In a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera (19C) there is a line written by Gilbert in a patter song - listing "Bach and Beethoven with Spohr interwoven" indicating that he was well known and popular composer in UK in the later 19C, when music was either heard in a concert hall, or played at home.
This always brings healing to veins of my blood
c'est magnifique.
So, so ......sweet this masterpiece of art is for what words are really not enough to express my feelings
violon très clair et précis. Très belle version d'un concerto peu joué. Sonorité chaleureuse.
hilary’s phrasing is just…wow. she’s a genius
I was just listening to Paganini's 1st concerto. There are very similar themes in the two concertos.
Bravissima 👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹😘
Bravo brilliance music concerto
Wonderful piece of music in a stupendous rendition by Hilary Hahn. Interestingly, this work was standard repertory 100 years ago. In his book "Violin Playing as I Teach It," the great Leopold Auer praises all the violin works of Spohr, particularly the Violin Concerto Nr. 8 (the so-called "Vocal Scene") calling it "...unquestionably his (Spohr's) finest work - one every real violinist should study..."
No ONE can reach how JASCHA HEIFETZ did play THIS CONCERTO No. 8 ,
" in manner of a singing - scene " , HE played IT un-for-got-tib-le, realy !🎻****
@@jfthiesen2947 I know the Heifetz version very well, yet in a way I prefer Hahn's more pure and classical version. Fortunately there are so many wonderful players and you can find your own favorites.
It was especially well known and often played while there were few other concertos to rival it (Beethoven, Viotti, Mendelssohn). Once the concertos by Tschaikowski, Bruch, Brahms and later Sibelius and others appeared, it got more difficult for pieces like Spohr's wonderful Concerto No.8 and the Viotti 22nd to maintain their places.
Now I understand why Spohr's clarinet concerto are so difficult, it's probably because the composer wrote for the clarinet just as he wrote for the violin. :-)
Hilary is definitely violin 🎻 Goddess!!
Wonderfully played :-)
Such a beautiful romantic piece.
Certified Intergalactic! Distinct Hahn Sound!
Such sweet intensity - in the Heifetz mould, I think.
What CD is this from?
1:44 here you go
DAS ISAT SEHR SCHÖNE MUSIK
Il faut quand même dire que sans H. Hahn ce concerto serait beaucoup moins séduisant !
Solo minuto 1:56 ua-cam.com/video/zIJ6FEjFob4/v-deo.html
It is quite surprising to me that this great violinist decided to add such inferior music to her repertoire.
what do you mean by "inferior music"
@@pixpizza1924 That which is contrived by an imitator of the master compoers. Spohr tried to imitate Mozart. The result: music that is full of cliches, completely lacking in spontaneity, constructed out of formulas and devoid of profundity. It is entirely predictable. In other words, it is a dressed up harmony exercise.
@@organman52His music is not a copy of Mozart. This piece in particular sounds nothing like Mozart. Spohr’s music is ‘transitional’ to our ears today, more in the style of Weber and German music of the time, like early Beethoven, which was very popular. Of course the composers of Spohr’s time, including Beethoven, were aware of the influence of recent masters such as Mozart, Haydn, and CPE Bach and thus used many of their structures as inspiration.
@@kaikobird What you are probably not aware of is the fact that the magnificent music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven has miraculous thematic connections within and between movements. Many of them are 'hidden' until they are discovered. Spohr's 'music' has no such thematic connections. As I indicated previously, his 'music' is nothing more than clichés, devices and silly gestures. It is a dressed up harmony exercise. If you do not hear that, then there is nothing that anyone can say to you to set you in a better direction. I would add, Spohr's 'music' is totally predictable and it never has any beautiful moments. It just plods along, the same way its 'composer' contrived it. Mozart, for example, sounds self-generated and predestined. Spohr could hardly achieve that. I would add that copycat 'composers' never sound like themselves. They always resemble someone else. Can we say that about Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven? Hardly. I am currently working on Beethoven's op. 56 for a performance next spring. Every single measure has Beethoven's signature on it. Can we say that about Spohr?
@@organman52 Not all music by Mozart and Haydn have themes that connect between the movements in a concerto. Actually, that is very rare in their time period, so I’m not sure where you got that idea. And if your opinion of Spohr was more commonly felt, then you wouldn’t be in disagreement with performers such as Hilary and many other professional musicians who have chosen to present his music in such an honorable and sophisticated way. Clearly she does not think this piece is a harmonic exercise because she doesn’t interpret it like one. Heifetz and many other violinists also performed and recorded this piece, and there are several other pieces by Spohr that are in the standard chamber music and solo repertoire, like his music for harp. I encourage you to open your mind and perhaps you would be able to find the joy, charm, and sophistication in the music you choose to dismiss now. Cheers!