Maravillosa interpretación estoy mas que emocionado escuchando esta hermosa musica y verlos tocar tan bellos instrumentos... ka viola de gamba, suena maravillosa en las manos del maestro y el violoncelo suena magistral y tu querido Didier tienes un don en tus manos tocando el Nyckelarpa, realmente estoy maravillado
I'm 82, I wonder if... Always wanted one but you know that question, is there still time. I mean I started out on violin then took 40+ years off of music and then came back and now I try and play the mandolin, tenor banjo, tenor guitar and a mandocello, mostly the last one, nice deep voice. This man seems like he's well polished on his favorite instrument. I envy him! I wish I had stayed in the seat and practiced, practiced and then one more time.
Absolutely phenomenal. One of my favorite and one of the best pieces of music ever composed, done justice by a wonderful performance. It’s really cool how novel it sounds on the nyckelharpa to me, while sounding like it belonged on the instrument all along. Thank you so much for sharing this.
The size (or more specifically the scale length) of the instrument wouldn’t allow it and it wouldn’t have the same sound either. Any compromises and the sound of the instrument would suffer.
@@PaulHofreiter the string length looks perfectly playable, with and without frets. Just hold on your lap like a picollo cello or small gamba and you can keep the same size of resonance box. I see no reason why a fretted version would sound much/any different from this!
Put a magnetic pickup on it and crank it through Marshall Stack Amp with a Bigsby tailpiece and get some Jimi Hendrix feedback going on. Then the whole world will sit up and say WOW LET'S ROCK.
At first glance, it seems very difficult to learn how to operate it, but it is probably designed according to one rule. However, it is a bit too heavy and may be difficult to play for long periods of time. Thank you for introducing me to this valuable instrument!
a great illustration of how critical is the human tact of a fingertip even whether applying vibrato or not ---- the notes may be precisely played but are dead as slabs of limestone
The supposedly funny clickbait-thumbnail brought me here. But its REAL! Francois is a great virtuoso with an very interesting intrument which is quasi an ingenious combination of a "keyboard" with a violine.
This is the first time I've seen and heard the nyckelharpa and it's an absolute delight to listen to the Chaconne being so magnificently played on it - Bravissimo!
Curioso instrumento pero el sonido al pulsar las teclas estropea el conjunto total. Está claro el porqué de su desaparición con el progreso en los instrumentos musicales aunque imagino que, en directo, este molesto tic-tac se notará menos. Bach suena maravillosamente bien interpretado con el palo de una escoba.
Like others I was intrigued by the picture. A very well played piece by the musician, and overall a nice tone from the instrument, but as a sound engineer I am constantly being distracted by the noise of the mechanics of the keys, a click that reminds me of that produced by the keys of an old bontempi keyboard. I am curious does anyone know if this instrument was developed to be played with other instruments, it sounds as if it would be more suited to folk or chamber music where the clicks would be covered by other instruments, while maintaining the overall sound of this instrument?
Nice, for sure... but, one can see why the nickelharpe didn't survive the test of time (outside of Skandinavía)... The clicking sounds and the cumbersome keys are its downfall. Great idea, but ultimately impractical and doomed to the realm of "folk oddity"... In the same boat as the hurdy-gurdy and Uileann pipes ... Very ingenious invention, beautiful unique sound; "high art", for sure, but kind of a "dud" as far as musical instruments go...
