Sarah, I have to congratulate you for this interview. She is such a legend. I'm coming from the flute world and I remember the first time I heard her: it was a performance of Le Basque with James Galway. She was unforgetable. Such a joy to see you both in the same video!
👋 Petri, who began playing the recorder at the age of three, is noted for her virtuosity and versatility across a wide range of styles, from the baroque repertoire of the height of the instrument's popularity to contemporary works written particularly for her. She has premiered dozens of works, by composers Malcolm Arnold, Gordon Jacob and Richard Harvey, as well as Daniel Börtz, Erik Haumann, Hans Kunstovny, Erling Bjerno, Thomas Koppel, Ove Benzen, Vagn Holmboe, Piers Hellawell, Gary Kulesha, Asger Lund Christiansen, Egil Harder, Michael Berkeley, Butch Lacy, Miklos Maros, Ezra Laderman, Jens Bjerre, Henning Christiansen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Axel Borup Jørgensen, and Gunnar Berg. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oh my Goodness what a Wonderful and Beautiful Lady of extraordinary talent , beauty and grace. What a fantastic interview and exquisite recorder Duet ! Thank you so much for this episode and can`t wait to hear more from your recorder playing friends.
There was a CD that Michala did with her family members that showcases the virtuosity that is possible (impossible...🙂) on recorder. That became my introduction to this trailblazer showing recorder as a serious instrument.
I love this so much. Watching it again in 2020. I was watching one of her wonderful performances posted on her RU-vid channel (I forget which one) and someone, being a rude & snarky know-it-all has commented something to the affect that her performance was terrible and soulless, and she replied to them with “I agree.” Perhaps she meant it in accordance with how she judges herself, but I hated to see such a comment although her reply made me love her more. She seems like such a graceful & down to earth person, genuinely happy that so many ppl are playing the recorder following in her footsteps, so to speak.
Wow! Michala Petri was the first recorder player I knew. The interview was interesting but playing together was awesome! Thank you, that sounds so great!
I regret that I have but one like to give to this video! Wonder, wonderful, wonderful. Michala Petri has been a favorite of mine for SO long. Thank you so much for sharing this! And now I can finally pronounce her first name correctly. :D
OMG she is a legend!!!!!! Her Vivaldi 443 was a massive, massive classical music memory for me as a kid!!! She is just such a goddess -- the two of you together in one video is just perfect!!
See my video as a teenager. I could not play it as fast as Michala, and it wasn't absolutely error free... Her influence made me learning that piece. VHS nostalgia from 1999... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-96KVOWbmbwE.html
This interview finally got me signing in to RU-vid and subscribing... Michala Petri ignited my love of the recorder when I joined a music library in 1986 and found her smiling back at me on a record sleeve. And here you both are chucking petrol on the flames. Trying not to blub and failing....
@@Wrongald She has a very typical Danish accent for people around her age (younger people tend to have a less strong accent). I'm not saying she isn't speaking English just fine, but I know what a Danish accent sounds like, I do have one myself after all 😉 and btw, I find it charming when a person's accent reveals their native language 😊
@@Wrongald For detection of a Danish accent just listen to how she says "is" and "has". Danes over the age of 40 like saying it kind of like "iðs" and "haðs" 😂
It is very distinctive! I was reminded of my relatives. My father's parents were from Jutland in the area around Randers, and my father and aunt learned Danish first, then English and French (and then Swedish in the case of my aunt, and Spanish in the case of my dad; they also both studied Latin). Having skill and ability to communicate in more than one language is just amazing and essential, and we also have the language (both written and communicated and heard) of music.
Loved her performance with Victor Borge back when. That's when I found out the recorder isn't just for kids first instrument. And of course, he did his best to crack her up . . . Great show!
I am so happy to see this video interview. Her Albinoni 8 Concertos CD was the first recorder specific recording I purchased more than 20 years ago, which I listened to so many times. She is definitely one of the reasons I like recorders very much.
When I was a primary school pupil in Japan, recorder is a compulsory subject in our music education. All pupils used basic instruments made of plastic and practiced various music. Of course, we learned only basics. After grew up and became a high school student, I encountered the music of France Bruecken and becase a fun of recorder baroque music. I admire your sound and performance.
I had the privilege to meet Michala Petri about 30 yours ago. She was then and is still a massive influence on my amateur playing. Her music inspires in so many ways.
I was curious how Michala ended up a recorder player when it was not common at the time and her parents were violin/piano players. I'm always curious what makes people choose the recorder, but it would be particularly interesting in her case!
I chose to get into Recorder because of two things... The Sound The Price Point Other woodwinds such as Oboe, Bassoon, Flute, Saxophone, or Clarinet are much higher price points for entry.
She said in a documentary that her father gave her the recorder to keep her attention off their house piano, and her mother did the fingering at first -- the reason she continued to play recorder and favour it as instrument... she says it was the simplicity that was intriguing, what a piece of wood can do
Your baby will enjoy seeing this interview once an adult. To be able to hold the hand and fingers of this world famous recorder virtuoso, will be a welcomed historic event they shared with their mother.
Thank you so much for doing this interview! I grew up listening to Michala's music and she's probably the one who infected me with the recorder bug. Bravo!
Me too. When I was a child, got some audio cassettes with her Vivaldi performances. I remember, that during an english lesson in school, I wrote down the RV441 concerto to the back of my music workbook, rewinding the tape bar to bar when the language teacher lost his attention... Sheet music wasn't available only by borrowing from the library and photocopying it, but as a child I had no access to the Budapest Music Library... So that was how I got scores. Official music instructional scores were available, but for the recorder, there was 3 books mostly with traditional hungarian folk songs. Baroque recorder was an absolutely new instrument in Hungary in the early 90's...
Wonderful! When I first got a CD player one of the very first CDs I bought was Michala playing the Telemann Suite in A Minor. Looking forward to the Bach reimagining...I just recently heard the Kim Kashkashian version played on viola. The duet was delightful! Thank you so much.
It's just wonderful to listen to Mikala during this interview. What few recognize is that Mikala has a profound spiritual connection that radiates in her music. I listened to a Swedish interview on Sveriges Radio, P2 several months ago and Mikala sounded wonderful in Danish. I think Mikala is quite conservative in her comments about herself. Simply said, Mikala is a genius in her communicating her genius. I really like the the colorful jacket and necklace she's wearing as well.
Wonderful grandma energy! Jokes aside I love Michaela. Even people say she plays mechanically, she is the recorder player who I enjoy listening to the most.
Michala, you are still an amazing musician, an amazing person and a joy to watch. I have admired you since the first video I saw of you with the wonderful Victor Borge. Long may you continue to entertain us all.
This is so cool! This interview. I play the recorder as well and am about the same age as Michaela Petri and I have some of her records. I never heard an interview with her. I like your RU-vid's Sarah! And I like the recorder. It is a great instrument.
I'm a recent follower who feels like a person who came late to the party, but here goes. Since I discovered your channel, renewing my 56 year-old love for the recorder, I have since found the dear Michala (Maurice Steger as well). I am glad for the interview. As a parting word I wish to commend her idea of switching the octaves on the low notes of Bach's cello suite. I myself found use for this transcribing a Mozart clarinet concerto movement for the recorder with clarinets having a much bigger range.
I absolutely loved this. Thank you Sarah and Michala! One small nit in your description, though. That's not an Eagle that Michala played the examples on (bring on that Bach "re-imagining" - it sounds wonderful). The Eagle has a huge bore and a low E operated by the left hand little finger and a metal labium. It is very different. The instrument she was playing I am pretty sure is a Mollenhauer Modern Alto (probably in grenadilla) with the low E foot.
I know she plays an Eagle alto, but I couldn't see that it looked like that in the video Eagle alto is on my wishlist -- 9 months waiting time, bargain price € 2.300
I just tried an E3 (Eagle made by Keung) but sent it back. Lovely strong and loud first octave but above there...well, let’s just say the two of us didn’t get along well. I have a Mollenhauer Modern and a satinwood Elody (which really is a Modern in an odd shape and with the pickup of course), and they both suit me much better even if they don’t have the raw power of the E3. Maybe the Eagles made by Kunath will be different.... The instrument that Michala and Sarah are holding in the picture above is clearly a Mollenhauer Modern alto.
This lady Michala... Wow, what a wisdom! What a lesson did she gave me! I am a saxophone player but these advices are for all instrument players! I also play seldomly recorder (In fact Sarah I found you first when looking for the Titanic recorder :-) and subscribed to your channel: great teacher you are!)
Hi Sarah - great video - just watching it again as there's so much information contained within it. However, I notice that you have stated that the instruments played are Von Heune altos and an Eagle alto. The recorder Michela plays at around 3:30 - 4 minutes looks like a Mollenhauer modern with E-foot extension rather than an Eagle which is a much wider bored instrument . Again, at the end when she is talking about the Bach Cello solos it looks like the same Mollenhauer modern. Hate to be that person who points out such things - and totally prepared to be wrong - but pretty sure this isn't an Eagle. Anyway, thanks for all your enthusiastic work on behalf of the recorder - I wait patiently for your weekly uploads and am never disappointed!!
Omg I want to learn to play that on my recorder, I'm sure it's kicking about somewhere I learnt frozen last year during lockdown but I was never any good reading music, knowing the notes is OK but I struggle so bad with rhythm. You've inspired me to go back to basics and start again, study harder and practice better :) I don't think 41 is too late to improve and rekindle an old joy.
First I apologize about my really bad english, so I hope makes mayself understand. Im a recorder player and the first recorrer player i Knew was miss Petri. I fall in love in the moment i hear her beutiful and clear sound, and i make her a reference forma my own way to play. In the time i Knew many other recorder players, Antonini, Marc, Laurin, Bellugi and the great Franz Brugen , however, my love for Michala will be always clear. I envy you, but un the good way, i follow you in you tube, and i am deligh with you. Your charisma, great knowlege , sympaty and your very high quality as recorder . We are so few good recorder players in México, my land, but we are working hard for make great things. Im positive And persons like you inspire us. Thank you and congratulations.
