2nd movement from Violin concerto by Alma Deutscher (9): Romanza 

Blessed to live at the same time as Alma. Being able to actually watch this is truly special.

Back again. This thing is just perfect. Every time I listen to it, it just astonishes me. This concerto truly belongs alongside the greats (Mendelssohn's V.C., Haydn's Cello Concerti, Dvorak's Cello concerto, Beethoven's Spring and Kreuzer Sonatas, relevant works from Wienowsky's & Saint-Saens, etc.). Written at age 8-9 - - almost unfathomable.

Besides the wonderful originality and beauty in melody which this young girl created, the orchestra texture is very well done with excellent insight. It is remarkable.

This is too impressive. Not only she can play the violin as a professional but that she wrote the whole thing. I mean, I am so happy her parents made the effort to allow her raise her gift. The girl is fascinating but her parents are definitely incredible.

She's not a little Mozart, but a little Alma, and will achieve great things

In one of her videos Alma asks the question, "Why may we not have melody in classical music?" Alma's melodies are so gripping, so brilliantly infectious, you just have to keep playing them over and over again. This child is so brilliant that she while working alone will lead classical music back from a desert of atonal horror, to a wonderful feast of melody and expression of delight, childhood innocence and thus into the sunshine of REAL music.

I waited for a composer,pianist and violonist like Alma all my life...and here she is...you are my hope,Alma,you compose tonal music,and you are a genious. Thank you,you will save classical music.

To think this was composed by a normal girl. What is normal? Skipping outdoors in the garden, climbing trees, making up stories, thinking of princesses and beautiful dresses, playing with her little sister in the tree house. This happy, normal young girl has an uncanny grasp of harmony and orchestration. She knows each section of the orchestra and knows how to twrite for each group as an ensemble, and then put the whole business together to make beautiful music. In this she is not just your normal everyday girl but an artist with a profound gift. And then she gives this gift to us normal ordinary people. Wonderful!

As I listen for the umpteenth time, I am beginning to discover scraps of the harmonies and melodies of Cinderella in this piece - like a prescient echo. I'm also starting to hear her particular voice - and yes, it is the voice of Beauty. Thank you, Alma.

I hope Alma understands that the important people are those that want to listen to her music, not those who want to criticize it. There will be plenty of high-brow pseudo experts in some media who will not be happy with a young person doing classical composition, and will certainly criticize, they cant help themselves, they don't feel they can be respected as experts unless they can find something to criticize,. ALWAYS compose and play according to your own thoughts and desire - never try to make critics happy, it is impossible, they don't want to be happy.

To my ear this Part Two is one of the most beautiful concerto pieces ever written. So I want to thank Alma, her family and friends and the Oviedo Filarmonia for allowing us all to hear this gem.

Alma ... you brought hope into my life, hope that there are still beautiful souls among young people, you are wise beyond your years. And so talented!

This is just an elaboration on a previous comment: Over the past year or so I find myself coming back to this piece over and over again despite having hundreds of others to choose from. I began to wonder about this and came to the conclusion that she has been able to capture the joys of childhood innocence in a musical form. I think I am attracted to it and enjoy it so much because I am about as far separated from childhood as you are likely get in a lifetime. I thank her for the pleasure it brings. Not many people can do that for strangers. I hope she is richly rewarded for it in a long and happy life. Always keep that wonderful smile in all your performances.

The marrying of woodwind and strings (in this piece) is so seamless; it lifts it above and beyond all of one's expectations. Simply sublime.

For a 9 year old to play this well . Is astonishing for a 9 year old to have composed this well I don't have words . Amazing is to small and all the other words do not pay homage To this wonderful young girl . I have said this before Alma will be spoken of in the same way we speak of the great composer's of the past.

This wonderful little girl brings tears of joy to your eyes, Such a talent and understanding.

If dear Alma were never to compose another piece (perish the thought) then this 2nd movement 'Romanza' would certainly guarantee her musical legacy; I just love it.

She is as beautiful a person as he music is beautiful. I hope she never changes and stays the gentle and lovely person she is.

Here we have a genius with a heart. I wish the armies of the world would lay down their weapons and rediscover this kind of power. Love and respect from Canada.

I have spent many enjoyable hours listening to talented youngsters from around the world (here on RU-vid); yet none have the ability to move me in the same way as dear Alma.

This sent me up and above the clouds. What an amazing piece of music. Euphoria.

That was absolutely gorgeous. The concerto that Schubert never wrote - it took another two hundred years for this little beauty to come along and write it - and perform it. The storm clouds that gather briefly at 5.56 are never allowed to do us any harm, by 6.13 at Alma's magic touch we are back among the sweetness and light.

There must be a name for that strange feeling you get when you hear a piece that is so new that you are confused as the melody of all music has been ingrained in us all ,well at least in my case as I am sixty, and here is something so new that your brain is trying to absorb it, stupendous

I think this is still my favorite performance of hers, I have seen her 3 times, and watched almost endless videos, this one wins.

WHAT IS ALSO INCREDIBLE, IS THE FACT THAT ALMA HAS ALSO SCORED THE MUSIC FOR THE WHOLE ORCHESTRA, NO WORDS DO JUSTICE TO THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

Way beyond genius .!! The maturity and the really very touching romantic style is more than amazing . She is like an old soul of a composer reincarnated from Salzberg or Vienna . Am so glad she composes what she does ,,,it is just beautiful .

At sixty, I now believe in miracles.

Even Mozart wasn't writing this mature at age 9. Absolutely amazing piece -- 3rd mvmt also. I would love to hear the 1st mvmt.

This second movement is beautiful, just have to keep listening, then dreaming.

I think of all her performances thus far, this is the most unbelievable in the sense that she composed and performed at this level at this age. It's so extreme that I'd never ever show someone this as a first time Deutscher piece because they'd just not believe it. What do you do when things like 'unbelievable' are not hyperbole? So exquisite and subtle and generous, this piece. I love it and can't wait to hear the full thing.

It’s not just the melodic beauty of this music, its extraordinary sophistication and the sensitivity and artistry of Alma’s performance, but the overall authenticity of this brilliant young musician that is so special - at a time when falsehood and superficiality have permeated so many aspects of our lives.

Beautiful, so beautiful...

I love the Violin/Bassoon interplay.

2:40 I can hear star of hope

Oh my God, I am in tears. That is absolutely beautiful. I would so love to hear you play live one day.

Une telle maturité musicale est presque impossible à cet âge. C'est incroyable, mais tellement vrai.

This piece is sublime. It is the most beautiful 21st century work yet written for violin and orchestra. Is the sheet music available? We are begging for a solo violin part and piano reduction so that students and artists everywhere can learn and perform it. This should be standard repertoire alongside Massenet's Meditation from Thais, the slow movement to the Wieniawski Violin concerto in D, Rachmaninoff Vocalise, the slow movement to the Tchaikovsky violin concerto, the slow movement to the Mendelssohn violin concerto, etc...

Absolute the best I have ever heard and the Orchestra was wonderful how they individually supported her and made this flow of pure beauty ~ OneLove ~ JBB

And the world has hopes :) I'm glad I'm living to see a great composer :)

I have a question. How is it that music can be so beautiful?

Outstanding performance. Alma is wise beyond her years. Her musical genius shines through right to the heart.

One word ~ Heavenly!! (I wept ... happy tears! So very moving to one's soul!) Thank you Alma, my day is superbly blessed now. :)

Peaceful and pure, very beautiful. Thank you, Alma for writing this beautiful music!

Harmonizing with herself on the violin is a skill that professional adults do. For her to have mastered that skill so early is remarkable.

Alma, this is all so beautiful and powerful and emotional. After seeing the work done on the Dance of the Mermaids, putting commentary of the composer with the music, how I wish they would do the same to this powerful music. Then we would see, in our imagination, what you saw as you composed. How did you ever write this for an entire orchestra in months, let alone many years? Even bravo! is inadequate. Watching you grow by each video as you developed, by leaps and bounds, leaves me in tears of joy! Magnifico! I, and thousands of others watch you over and over and love you more and more!

I had no idea this would be so good. Having read about Alma Deutcher in today's Daily Telegraph here in the UK I thought she would be good but not this good. This is amazing and I write as a pretty talented musician who also composed and played as a child and as a mother 3 of whose children have music scholarships. We all pale into insignificance in the face of this genius. The harmonies are amazing. The music is beautiful. I am crying. I am crying on the day after those over age 40 in the UK have voted to leave the European Union (whilst those younger voted to stay) which will damage so many of the hopes of the young for co-operation and peace.

I know she is often compared to Mozart because of her age, but the writing is far more akin to early 20th century styles, and I hear Elgar more than Mozart! Beautiful performance, beautiful composition, bravo!

What a great gift to see and hear this. Just incredible. Extraordinary.

How could anyone not like this! I came to this after watching her being interviewed on "60 Minutes" and find her music as wonderful as she is a person. Wow...and she's an accomplished performer of two instruments as well! Also possibly a vocal talent! /:-)

incredible talent in every sense!!

The program for her sold-out premiere at Carnegie Hall in December, 2019 is available online. Her Concertos, Cinderella excerpts, and a new waltz are included.

Both strong and meltingly lovely! And what an amazing sound to come from a 1/2 size violin... Altogether impressive and delightful; thank you so much for what you give the world of music-lovers, Alma.

This is so beautiful.

Childhood innocence in the form of music from the mind of what is obviously a child genius.

That was wonderful, Alma. Thank you ever so much for sharing this with us.

Beautiful, like a breath of fresh air.

Cette enfant a le don extraordinaire j'en suis convaincue d'un grand compositeur comme Mozart et autres !À tirer les larmes !Toutes ses oeuvres sont magnifiques !!opéra ,concerto et autres.....!!!Bravo petite merveille !!!Tu sais nous émouvoir !!!❤🎶🌞

She makes me want to start composing my own music

Wonderful and beautiful Young Lady in Sweet Violin, lovely Alma.

very good , i'm a brazilian composer and i'm happy for your's compositions :D Amazing.

Astonishing

Fantástico Alma !!!

You are amazing!!!! :)

Am I in the Twilight Zone? Unspeakably amazing.

Beautiful! you are a special angel.

I want a high sound-quality recording of this piece. Brilliant music by one of the last great classical composers. Please play this at BBC proms!

how can any civilised being give four thumbs down to this work of artistic beauty...particularly knowing it is composed by such a young girl

I just realized that this movement of this piece has already been liked on my Pandora ever since its Pandora debut!!

Mozart found his heir in Mendelssohn. Now, more than a century and a half after his passing, has Mendelssohn found his, in the young Alma Deutscher. I look forward to all that the wonder that this young lady will give to the world!

Beautiful.

Once again it is the slow movement that is my favorite---the Adagio of her piano concerto is a similar gem.There are so many things she does right in this piece that we take for granted, things that so many contemporary composers fail at. Is the sheet music (violin and piano version) available for this wonderful piece?

I hear in Alma's second movement here (violin concerto) sounds of Cinderella's Song of Hope, having just listened to that on this playlist. Also the waltz following is familiar from Cinderella I think.

Patrick CasementI think this is just wonderful, so much so that I could not understand how there could have been TWO thumbs down. I went to see those comments but discovered that my curiosity had simply registered a THIRD thumbs down! If I could I would want to correct that immediately. Alma is a treasure.

That was amazing!! I love your playing and compositions!!

unglaublich schön!

Charismatic great,great beautiful talent and gift for us,TYSM dear Alma ♥♫♪♥

Incredible young lady!

I have to commend the Evening Standard on one of the best Alma interviews! This is a snippet of interest: "I’ve been making lots of corrections to the concerto because I haven’t played it since I was nine [when she composed it]. Now I see it with different eyes because I’m much older and more experienced.” Well - she played the 3rd movement this last summer at Henley (but we have no recording of it apart from short cuts) - and in Japan with a string orchestra - of which no recording is available publicly. There is no other recording available publicly of this version so its wonderful news that "Next Tuesday Alma will perform at the Royal Festival Hall with bass-baritone singer Bryn Terfel and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, playing two movements of her violin concerto and singing Christmas carols". I fear though we still won't get a RU-vid version of this ?revised version. Of course the "two movements" might just be the first movement (of which there is a snippet on RU-vid), plus another. Vamos a ver.

Alma is redefining the term 'neo-classical" (in the broad sense to take in the romanticism of the nineteenth century) for music. She makes full use of all resources in the orchestra and within herself and seems to have absorbed over a century of music to inspire her compositions. I can hardly wait to hear the first movement coming in Tokyo in October.

Merveilleux, cela fait rêver de vous écouter. Je vous souhaite une bonne continuation dans la musique.

Brava!

Until we get a full recording of the Violin Concerto I have built myself an ersatz Deutscher concerto by making the Mozart #8 piano concerto the first movement (after all Alma plays it and wrote the cadenza) and then adding this Romanza and the final movement. I often listen in the car and in this movement I find the pizzicato base line very compelling. One pattern often has them play just the first three beats of the four beat bar. She varies the pattern a little though - listen to the first few bars. At other times in the movement she uses the cellos, and the violins for pizzicato accompaniments.

this is not a comparison, but since i do not find a word / adjective to describe this little wonder girl, i can only say this wonder is our "mozart". this 2nd movement is already a developed beautiful piece.

Beautiful! Bravo Alma

its such a peaceful theme! I love it alma, truly I do! You are as good as any other writer I can think of.

The hand movements are real!

Emocionante e esplêndido!

Beautiful!

Thats wonderful harmonies, Alma

Ogni volta che ascolto questa musica il mio cuore si apre al mondo fantastica Alma hai donato gioia e amore per me.

This is amazing!!

I don't found the words: amazing, extraordinary, grandiose, unique! well done!

Brilliant. Hoped for more interesting compositions.

My Goodness, a child doing such as this.

I feel like I’m traveling through space with her slower pieces. It is exciting and unknown, yet peaceful and slightly melancholy but not too much.

amazing piece at such a tender age.I wonder what compositions she will give us in the future.I would like to see what she could do with a symphony

This masterpiece is too wondrous for me to listen

oh my dear gosh! my favorite!!! Alma mia!!!

algo maravilloso, para todos nosotros.

Who was the Prize Banana who declared that children under 10 years of age cannot concentrate for more than a few minutes on one task!! This is definitely a "Terminological Inexactitude" Well! Isn't it?!!.