My clarinet teacher, Principal Clarinetist in the Toronto Symphony, (Avraham Galper), for 30 years plus, always felt he was the greatest musician that lived...no doubt had the honour to play with him as soloist.
Never has a violinist elected to lead an orchestra while playing a multi-tempo 19th century work. Why Heifetz insisted on doing so (for the first time in his life), is a complete mystery, and he embarrassed himself as a result. The orchestra is in desperate need of someone to just beat time in a work that was likely unfamiliar to them.
By that point Heifetz was beginning to fall out with pretty much everyone actually. He didn't like conductors forcing their ideas on his. Apparently he only agreed to do this if there was no conductor. While his abilities as a violinist and musician remained supreme, mentally he was beginning to get very moody, cranky, even depressed. The last 2 decades of his life were a slow, very torturous decline. Only music and the efforts of the few who dared to stay and put up with him helped him. After this concert he declared he had played enough concertizing for a lifetime and only gave recitals for a couple of years more. It's all in Ayke Agus's book. Jim Hoyl the man was a very tortured soul, while Jascha Heifetz was the world's supreme violinist.
Heifetz should have hired a conductor for this - that might have fixed the sloppy ending at 12:39 (among other things) - in the televised video, one can see him gesturing to the concertmaster afterward as if to say "well, so much for all that rehearsing."
@@SylviaXTan Heifetz had become a very difficult man by this point. He fell out with everyone who didn't do it his way and only agreed to do this without a conductor. And wasn't too happy and never did another recital with an orchestra again...
Ja'i toujours aime son interpretation de la symphonie ecosaise!!Dommage que vous n'avez que des extraits...Son disparition de la scene Parisienne etait due a des mauvaises critiques Francaises sur ses concerts..c'est bien cela?
Only when he had a violin in his hand. All other times.... sheesh, Ayke Agus' book was not warts and all, it was all warts. So let's just admire the divine playing and be grateful to hear such artistry.
This rehearsal should be for the only one television appearance of Mr. Heifetz in 1970 with the French National Orchestra in Paris for American broadcast. There is another live video of this event on RU-vid. Just search by Heifetz Scottish Fantasy.
At the beginning was Kreisler's Präludium and Allegro.. Then it went to the first.. Second and other movements from The Scottish Fantasy from Max Bruch.. And in between was excerps of the LOVE of the Three Oranges.. from Prokovief. If I missed anything sorry.. Oh yes.. the Girl with the Red blond (Flaxen) hair.. A traditional irish-american Melody.. But i forgot the composer...oh yes I forgot G. Gerschwin 's IT AINT NECESSAIRILY SO from Porgy and Bess.. This rendition was arranged by Heifetz
I knew it! yeah! I'm sorry I didn't get it, because by my poor hearing English. I guess he is talking about mysterious rhythm which is concerned with tempo through to the end. I would feel music is dominated over tempo. If someone stumble at tempo which is to change in every passages, music should be another touch. Heifetz sensibility touch is so fantastic and mysterious always. (sorry strange English)soon be 91yrs.JapaneseI'm the one of his fans since I947.
Сказано, - что толку человеку приобрести весь мир, а душе своей повредить (Евангелие). Его тело сожгли. Блаженная Матрёна московская, слепенькая, - кого сожгли, те не наследуют Царствия Небесного. Это лишь некая дань моде и вере, что из праха БОГ создал человека. Но в книге пророка Иезекииля, БОГ воссоздавал людей из костей, а не из праха.