Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 at the Closing Concert of the Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition 2017 in BOZAR, Brussels. Santiago Cañón - Valencia: Cello Muhai Tang: Conductor Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
Sir Edward Elgar would say: how fine!! A Colombian cellist playing my cello concerto with such a perfection!!! Congratulations to my "paisano" Cañón Valencia... Very proud of him!!!
I decided to listen to this performance again today as I was wishing I could have heard Santiago playing this live several times in Germany last week and this week in Wales. What an incredible artist! He has it all and for me there is no greater cellist anywhere in the world right now.
Fantastic performance, Santiago. Supremely elegant, clean and restrained but not lacking feeling. So much better than the big box of sobs on a pin interpretations (not going to mention names) that are far too prevalent these days, I hear music, not self-indulgence and ego Bravo.
21:53 I love these last notes...perfect tempo and perfect character... this episode, in my opinion, set a high standard in the performance of this piece...
Beautiful performance. What a future this young man has with all this talent. This piece is new to me and I'm in awe of it, especially knowing a bit of the story of its creation at the end of World War I... certainly a painful moment with so much death and destruction... as though humans had gone insane. In other words, not that different from right now!
Wonderful. As other people have said, not a mushy self-indulgent rendering of this very special piece, but a strong and sensitive interpretation. Bravo! (Was it just me, or could his chair be heard creaking during the quieter moments? Especially during the 1st movement... 🤔😳)
He has quite a different style and technique, I wouldn't really compare him to any other string instrument player. He is literally setting up his own standard of technical mastery.
Very good comment and I will add that Hilary is the Santiago of Violin...the other way around. very interesting way of aproach the instrument...no comments at all only good things...amazingly talented and committed musician responsible and dedicated to search always for improvement
a little wd40 on that chair might help - or as my father says "just put some olive oil" - or maybe the stage technician could check the chair beforehand? my goodness - blocking that creaking out whilst playing = difficult!!!!!! Anyway Santiago nails it as usual
