I played this Gluck's melody in front of Heifetz. At his home studio top of Beverly Hills. No other student but me that day. Heifetz listened sitting on chair in front of me. After I finished he just sat there quietly as if thinking something. I felt his approval of my playing. At the end of my 4th year studying with him Heifetz invited me alone to his dinner at his house. There were him and Claire Hodgkins assistant teacher at the table. After dinner he showed 2 violins on the grand piano and told me to pick one violin as a gift for me. I was astonished and happy. He did what he could help me a korean student . I didn't have a decent violin.
@@wombat5628 I started with Heifetz from 1973 spring and for 4 years. There was a Japanese student Takashi Shimiju briefly. Total 7 students from other countries and U.S. And couple auditors. After me there were 2 others koreans and one Chinese girl.Xando Xia. Xando later became a member of Chicago Symphony.
@@user-op6vy3gg2b Thank you so much! I would be interested to hear anything you could share about JH, anecdotes, the teacher, violinist, the man, even just the dinner you had with him 😊... I am a huge fan. I wish you the very best! 🌺 🎻
@@wombat5628 If you haven't seen yet, there is a book published by Amadeus Press. Name of the book is Heifetz - As I knew him. Written by Ayke Agus, the Heifetz class pianist. You can read many interesting things about him.
@@user-op6vy3gg2b Thank you. I have that book, as well as the other books about JH. I also wonder what have become many of his lesser known students. Have most of them gone on to play in an orchestra, teach? did any leave the profession for a complete career? They must all have been exceedingly talented to have been his students.
Счастливые те, кто слушал Хейфица (в знак высокого почитания ГЕНИЯ по-русски с именем отчество, а не по-американски по-свойски) вживую. Такое впечатление останется, как благодать, на всю жизнь!!! Спасибо каналу и автору что мы, через полвека со дня его смерти, можем слушать его БОЖЕСТВЕННУЮ ИГРУ! У нас сохранились почти 70 летней давности, ещё не долгоиграющие пластинки. Студентами собирали их, не будучи музыкантами. На всю жизнь запомнила 1йКонцерт Чайковского в исполнении Э. ГИЛЕЛЬСА вживую в Харькове в 1963г в ДК ХЭМЗ и Когана старшего в Ташкенте. И др гениев! И это было доступно, буквально за 3, 5, 6 н можно было слушать музыкантов мирового уровня!!
When I was eleven or twelve and we were living in Los Angeles, I refused to go (as my parents wanted) to a summer camp, just so that I could be in L.A. to see and hear Heifetz live. They were annoyed. But it was worth it!
This is Heifetz at his absolute best. All the stunning beauty and perfection and none of the eccentricity that he sometimes showed in classical (as opposed to late Romantic) music. One of the most perfect performances i have ever heard (and seen! look at that ;perfect bow arm and very intense but perfectly calibrated vibrato. His Beethoven Concerto with Munch would be another.
I used to watch this video with the teacher who taught me everything I know. I was his student for 8 years and formed a really close teacher-student connection. He used to tell me where to look at Heifetz's arms and especially which effects used with different contact points of the bow on the string. He died in march.. and this video will always make me remember those beautiful days that are just so important to me.
Heifetz plays with such feeling in almost all of his recordings but sometimes people think that's not true just because it's fast. Heifetz plays fast and with great feeling at the same time.
Звук необыкновенной красоты.Если бы его можно было сравнить, то это жемчужная раковина в ней непревзойденной красоты жемчужина .Она сияет матовым лучезарным светом, играет мягкими оттенками золотисто- розового цвета.Гениально! Браво! 👋👋👋👋👋🌿✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌹✨🌿✨🌍🕊️🌍🕊️🌍🕊️✨🌟
So hauntingly sad -- After hearing this, I went my whole day in a state somewhere beyond everything that happens on the outside. The world needs more of this to heal from all its pains and sorrows
He included this at times in rare recitals during the 60's before ending public performances. Heifetz understood the importance of what happens between the notes and phrases this in a way no one can quite match. He captivated live audiences this way. Heard this live when I was a yound man 40 years ago and it still has an incredible appeal hearing it in this recording
Absolutely amazing. Happy Birthday Mr Heifetz today on the 2nd February 🎈. Thank goodness the sound of Mr Heifetz lives on in Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker. If only the great one was alive now, he would truly be astounded at the uncanny resemblance and likeness.of his brilliance.
Old fashion and sound just bring me emotional. I got goose bumps when i listen heifetz play , and he js the only one i can listen from the begin until the last second without losing concentration. Nowdays the great violinist competitors they play perfectly , but it miss the true feeling and inspiration of music .
It's always impressive to watch him reach the tip, make a bowing adjustment, then produce a sound as clear as the rest of the notes on the fuller bowstroke with less then 2 inches of bow. I wish I could do that..
Jascha Heifetz has always been and likely always will be my favorite violinist of all time. Other violinists may be faster, even more accurate, more dramatic... but his playing is just so heavenly! His notes are hauntingly alive. And this composition by Gluck is like a perfect prayer. It's just a wonderful video all around. Thank you for uploading it, Sam Lee!
Everything about this bestows immortality to the beholder. (Immersion in these rare classic performances is the only way I can kill the pain of the gruesome news: Should never have waited on abject horror to begin.) Thank you for this channel.
Heifetz is wonderful here. Notice that he did not learn "reeling & writhing" in music classes the way many violinists have done. Gluck was an innovative genius! This is just one of his many awesomely great melodies.
This is increadibel phantastic! Thank you Jascha Heifetz for this gift to the mankind. I answer you skimask777, no theire are no words to explain something so beautiful!
-- C'est un air qui sonne comme une longue plainte, une douleur, une mélodie qui sonnerait, peut-être mais déjà, l'hallali. Heifetz jouait avec son cœur, et son violon était son âme. Un enregistrement précieux, une interprétation qui me touche. --
Yes, I completely agree! it was one of those "oh, thats how its supposed to be done!" moments. I think it's partly inspired by Auer's teachings as well, now that I skimmed through some parts of his book on violin playing. JH's bow hold is probably more suitable for that particular effect...fascinating!
That bow hold is natural for his hand formation. Auer didn't teach him that -- it was a natural gift. Even as a child he only ever held it that way - it gives superb power. But in later years of playing high on the lower strings led to shoulder impingement issues and ultimately tore the rotator cuff.
Sheer bliss to listen to both Rachmaninov and Heifetz playing this piece in turn on their respective instruments. Many thanks for posting. Best wishes.
@nice guy, Dear Simon Young Kim, It's beyond me how you could sell the violin that Heifetz gave you as a gift. I would have treasured that violin for ever. It was a wonderful gesture by Heifetz.
SO BEAUTIFUL! If you also practiced and performed for 66,000 QUALITY hours by the age of 37 (when this video was taken), and also emphasizing the growth of your musicality and the subtler things in art, not just technique, maybe.... The sheer number of tones and colors, and above all the searing emotion! @ 2:35, SEAMLESS! Did that bow actually change direction ?? William Primrose said, "He has a panache, an elan, that makes the simplest sonata tremendously exciting. He can break your heart."
