Henri Casadesus: Concerto C Minor for Viola and Orchestra in the Style of J. Chr. Bach Sang-Jin Kim - viola Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin Mateusz Molęda - conductor 17.03.2014, Seoul Arts Center, Concert Hall
I remember when I was in college we played this at our concert. I realized that in some ways, viola is harder than violin. It's harder to find a good tone and keeping it that way when playing in higher positions.
Yes exactly, viola is more difficult to get good tone than either cello or violin, and when it is getting good tone, it sounds better than either cello or violin.... And here, this gentleman is good, but he a bit of sizzle going on the top A string... Hmmmm❤😢
@@MisterBarr I've played all of the usual bowed string instruments (barely any Bass but that doesn't prevent me from being able to rank the difficulty) and Bass is easily the hardest, with Viola being a little bit easier. Cello is easier than Viola by a fair bit, then Violin is by far the easiest. The best instruments would be Viola/Cello (I can't decide between the two, they're both so good!) with Bass being almost as good as them and then Violin being the worst (not BAD, just not as good. It's still better than most non-keyboard instruments)
Absolutely right. I played violin, but I couldn’t stand the E string. Eek -the Viola is much harder than the violin for me, but it’s worth it every painful minute. Our concert master said the viola would not interest him implying. It was too easy for his great skill. Ha.
I play violin and viola and I find violin much easier to play compared to viola. Tone is harder to achieve on viola but also when played well it sounds better.
I don’t care about the fact that this piece is not by JC Bach, I simply just love this piece! Henri Casadesus did a great job recreating and presenting the old style to the people of 20th century! While added more repertoires for the viola! He SHOULD NOT be called a fraudster of the classical music world, he is a gifted composer and a virtuoso!
@@thefisherking78 yes it was fraud. The casadesus brothers published it as a newly found bach piece but it turns out they wrote it. Its great work and still an important part of viola repertoire just overshadowed by a pretty big lie in the music world. It goes to show, however, how people will call something a masterpiece if it has an important name attached to it like Jackson Pollock and others who the CIA funded during the cold war.
@@miguelmarquez4192 This is not a scam. Many 20th-century composers who wrote in a classical or romantic style had to use other people's names to avoid being bullied by music critics. And only after their composition became widely known, the musical community became aware of their authorship.
Simply the best rendition I've ever heard! I love how especially in the third movement the soloist doesn't stick to the same tempo but takes slow and fast parts!
8 лет назад
+Harpistry Thank you very much, I think I can speak for all of us: we are delighted you like our performance!
+Mateusz Molęda From where did you borrow the score?
8 лет назад
+Rose Alon The score came from an edition which I am not remembering more. The orchestra's librarian was taking care of all this matters, but thank you anyways for asking!
Cuando yo era niño el primer y segundo movimiento era un objetivo lejano, hoy es una meta posible y tu interpretación es una referencia importante para mi.
I’m former violinist switched to viola. I fell in love in this instrument when I’ve heard Hoffmeister’s viola concerto. And then I’ve recognised how many beautiful compositions were written for viola, including this one. Viola one love❤️🎻
There are 6 beautiful viola pieces by Sitt for viola and piano available for free on IMSLP. I am an amateur violist who just finished the Sitt pieces and am now working on this.
Estou começando a tocar essa música! É muito especial (e difícil). Tenho 13 anos e faço música na extensão da UFRGS. Continue este caminho porque deixa mtas pessoas felizes
How'd it go??? have you played it yet? I'm thinking about mastering the first movement for next year's S&E; I know the notes and rhythms and can play it at a passable level but I make mistakes and it's very unrefined expression-wise.
@@peelysl Omg. How was your audition experience like? I want to audition to a symphony orchestra, but I'm not familiar with what challenges I'd have to expect. You must be so talented at such a young age. I'm 21 and I can't be play fast on my instrument or ever auditioned somewhere.
@@Apple-ld3yc I love the Telemann concerto! it's so energetic and flowy, the first movement is so pretty. I also love the fourth movement, something about the eighth notes is encapsulating.
There are three kinds of comments here. The ones that type in foreign languages. The ones that Are totally clueless what's happening but congratulate it anyway And the ones who are experts and give their proffessional opinion on the piece
I direct a small chamber orchestra and would like to play this. Does anyone know where we could get hold of the version for strings only? The music hire company only have the full orchestral version, and deny all knowledge of a version for viola plus strings. Thank you!
It was a short-lived fashion to write music "in style of " and then put that composers name on the piece. Henri Casadesus did exactly that. Which later has resulted in many thinking his music is fake, and doesn't deserve to be played or even mentioned. (At least among musicians I have met). But if we look beyond the name Casadesus put on his work, and think of it as a work of Casadesus I think they are worth a little attention. So I am glad to find this on RU-vid. Maybe the taboo will go away!
