When I was a little boy - around 8 or 9 years old, I listened to my violin teacher playing this piece and thought to myself: “ I will not die until I could learn how to play this piece”...thank god I did...life is beautiful...
Yes, when I was 12 starting to learn how to play violin, my teacher show thais to me in the first class, I thought to myself I would definitely master this piece. Sadly when I was 14, I move to a new city with my parents and I lost chance to learn violin. Although I joined an orchestra team in university, but Thais is too hard for me to play. Until now, the most difficult piece I can play is the spring of Xinjiang.
I had the same thought!! But my parents couldn't afford lessons. I just started to play a year ago at age 52. It's a hellish struggle but worth every ounce of pain. I recommend it to everybody middle age who has doubts trying it. Yes, It's so so so incredibly hard, but it really is fascinating... not at all what I thought. A much deeper experience
my mom is 93years old.I look at her face and know her end is near.I listen to this wonderful music and long for the time that will never come back, I always had her,she always cared for me and now it is me who has to look for her and her old,sad eyes tell me so many this that need no words.Nothing will ever be the same when se passes away and I cant face that moment. dont know what I would do to see her smile again. T'estimo Mama.
No pathos, just pure romanticism. Played with restraint and yet so emotional, without the slightest hint of gimmickry. This is a man of outstanding taste. Vengerov is truly a great artist!
Mi dispiace , ma lei non ha capito niente del testo . Qui nonc’e’ romanticismo ma Spirito , ‼️e pathos Amore infinito per Gesù Cristo fino alla morte . La musica sublime fa capire bene tutto questo , legga il testo dell’ opera di Massenet e può capire bene questo pezzo in cui Thais muore per il vero e unico Amore che e Gesù Cristo ✝️🙏❤️
My Dad used to play this piece on his violin - He used to look so sad when playing it - I was so young then to realise what was going through his mind then - I miss him - Love you Dad
This was the last piece I ever learned on the violin before my tendinitis got too severe to continue. Even now, 10 years later, I still get emotional when thinking about it. I lost one of the greatest things in my life at the time, while trying to accomplish one of the most beautiful things I had ever heard. But that being said, I think it was because of losing my ability to play, specifically this piece by Massenet, that I grew to love music so much more. It's almost as if the beauty of a piece was only truly visible once I physically experienced how unattainable it was and how impossible it was for me to imitate. This song is proof that music transcends every mode of communication and human action. Meditation juxtaposes love, suffering, pain, joy, sadness, and peace into one, comprehensible message. We are spoiled to have the opportunity to hear something like this.
Oh, how I could relate to your beautifully composed sentiments regarding the strengthened intensity to love music so much more due to losing your ability to play, specifically something this beautiful. The arthritis that insidiously devoured my finger joints over the years, discouraging me each time I sat down at my beautifully restored Steinway waiting to be played brought me to the sad reality that I, personally, could no longer perform with the fluency and swiftness as I had been able to only a short ten years prior. I would even stay away from my instrument for months, almost grieving my loss, until just recently, after 5 decades of relentless practice and performance, I have accepted this. My love for music, has been intensified as never before, and in particular, listening to Massenet, knowing it, of course was written for violin, and having attempted playing it on piano (always falling short of the intense lyrical melody as on violin), I, too, and have a connection far greater than ever before with music's soulful capture of all our humanly emotions. I am enjoying like never before; it's also wonderful to have RU-vid at our beck and call so we may soothe and be grateful for the glorious sounds of music.
Augustine Glazov that sounds quite sad to me, is there any chance you could recover the ability? i found this music after listening to an interview with jerzy gregorek by tim ferris, i can recomend that. also check out wim hof and his method to becoming healthier. also check out bulletproof and see if you cant find some help there. i wish you luck, and hope you get to play such music again!
Augustine Glazov man, so sorry to hear. At least you got to pay this gorgeous piece. Have you ever looked into a hyperbow ? String less electronic violin?
@Augustine now you are officially human, no? now, as i am learning that i will pass on many years sooner than normal (cancer), of course i want to just enjoy myself- try new things..blah blah...it always goes back to music; playing a stringed instrument in my hands, so close to my face...or the piano- ah, to play chopin ...or to sing...as much as i cannot live without music, life kept these lofty goals from me...no different now, as one can or cannot (imo)..it must be so heartbreaking to be able to- actually be able to learn and play- and to grow into less ability...i am sorry, dear one. nothing is as important, far-reaching and everlasting as music...the universal language..so, have you found a new direction to channel your talents??? please- inspire me!!!!!
Maxime Vengerov once came to visit us in my old music school, in Montreal. He was so nice, humble, just a normal person who you'd never guess is such a brilliant musician that happens to play pieces like this one, magially, in front of an audience like this one. I absolutely love him.
This magnificent piece is to be played at my funeral. It depics a life begun in peace and tranquility; middle life us convoluted with chaos, pain, disappointment, then, at the ending, life becomes more peaceful and tranquil, as I pray it shall end. Most beautiful piece of music ever written to me.
When my brother passed away in Jamaica in 1975 going through things he left was CD of this melody and I have played it ever since and have enjoyed immensely
This is music for the soul, so if your soul is buried deep within the madness and chaos of the human animal, it might not touch you. However if it does touch you, then know for sure that these vibrations have a healing property so listen as many times as you can. Peace!
This is the best violinist in the world. I doubt there has been or ever will be anyone to rival this God-given man. I saw him in Manchester, playing with the BBC Philharmonic .... just exquisite...
Buon pomeriggio del 15 luglio 2022 ore 15:30... Sto ascoltando ora, per la prima volta, questo pezzo trovato per caso, ma niente succede per caso! Conoscevo il titolo, perché, la nonna di una mia amica, suonava il Violino🎻e tutte le sere le suonava questa dolce melodia, come fosse una Ninna Nanna. Penso, e credo fermamente, che La Musica🎶sia un Linguaggio Universale di Amore💗 e di Pace☮ dà serenità al Cuore❤ e all'Anima🤍 feriti dalle brutture di questo Mondo🌍! C'è in corso una guerra, iniziata il 24 febbraio 2022 dalla Russia, chissà se e quando finirà!🥺 E da tre anni circa, siamo stati colpiti da un Virus, in continua mutazione, siamo ancora "sotto la lente"🔎perché questa Pandemia, non è ancora finita.🥺😭😭 Speriamo che finisca tutto presto! Nel frattempo, ascoltiamo questa musica, che entra fin nel profondo del nostro essere, fino a versare lacrime di gioia e commozione, per tanta bellezza! Il Violino 🎼🎻 sembra che pianga!😢 È, da sempre il mio strumento preferito, avrei tanto voluto imparare a suonarlo, ma la vita ha deciso diversamente, questo rimarrà un mio sogno, per la prossima vita! Intanto ascolto con piacere i Grandi Maestri Musicisti e anche la musica del "passato", che porta con sé, ricordi felici e ricordi dolorosi...questa è la Vita 🤷🏻♀️
YES!!!...In a million years I would have never counted on a violinist being on my ipod with Elmore James, Muddy waters, Hendrix and SRV but it is. Makes my eyes water.
“I have departed from this planet and I have left behind my poor earthly ones with their occupations which are as many as they are useless; at last I am living in the scintillating splendor of the stars, each of which used to seem to me as large as millions of suns.” ~ Jules Massenet ~
To play music to the fullest of your capability and be rewarded in a beauty that is unearthly is to have seen the tiniest glimpse of what God is truly like.
이제서야 이 곡이 제 가슴으로 스며듭니다 자갈밭 같았던 마음으로 들었을 땐 그저 클래식이란 영역의 음악이였고 그 음이 그음처럼 지루했던,, 한 음 한 음에 실려오는 감동을 설명할 수 없는 눈시울과 함께 듭습니다 고급스런 신의 에너지를 먹는 느낌으로 이제야 나만의 스트레스 해소법을 찾았어요 큰 선물을 받은 듯 행복합니다
Whenever I feel broken and face the abyss of existance, this moment, this particular moment he created embraces me with loving arms and life feels less useless. At least we lived, we were here to listen to him playing the sound of the stars. And all our sadness, void, short moment of time fades into comfort. Like the tears dropping out of my eyes wide open.
@@GeorgeWolff36 Don't like his personality in person or his violin playing. You don't need to shake rattle and roll to play violin you know and BTW, why are you spending your time on me on this beautiful holiday! Happy Fourth my musical friend!
That is one magnificent instrument and beautiful music like this is enhanced by the superb skill of the Violinist. He really made it actually sing to me. I was in tears at the ending. SUPERB.
Why has it taken so long for me to understand beautiful music I listened to the music of the sixties now its time to appreciate the next stage of my life Linda
Jules Massenet plays this divine composition with such intense sensitivity, he is totally absorbed in both his instrument and the music. In other words, they are 'at one with the other'. Completely transporting. And most enjoyable.
I cannot find the right words to praise this amazing musical piece and the performance of the orchestra and the soloist. It gives me the goose bumps. Magnificent.
I am a classical pianist. I played this endlessly as a teenager. Couldn't stop, sooo beautiful!! I think this is the best version! The violinist's face is so wonderfully expressive!!! ♥️
Magistral interpretació del rus Maxim Vengerov d´una obra genial per la seva bellesa, nostàgia i sensibilitat... Molt bona tarda a totes i tots.... Una abraçada !!
fijn nog eens Vengerov te horen. spijtig dat zijn carrière zo abrupt afgebroken werd, hij had zeker veel kunnen bereiken bij het publiek. ik vind hem klasse.
La pieza es la MEDITACIÓN DE THAIS. De JULES MASSENET (1842-1912) Aquí MAKSIM VENGÉROV , violinista nacido en Siberia en 1974, interpreta dicha bellísima pieza. (Thaïs es una ópera compuesta por Jules Massenet, sobre un libreto del francés Louis Gallet basado en la novela Thais de Anatole France)
This piece is the perfect listen as you wake up to a sunny spring morning. with coffee and a beautiful view. Your emotions are clear kind and connects me to that greater place than ourselves.
I've heard all of the renditions of this beautiful song on RU-vid, and I think this is the best. I'm not a musician or a composer or a teacher, just an aficionado of inspiring music. This would seem to be the way Massenet envisioned the piece. Bravo!
Indeed a piece of music for the soul: a music one can live in,live for and die for,but won't let one for till one is really soaked in it --the real intrinsic meaning of 'MEDITATION'
This is something sublime, magical, extraordinary. I know that you know that God blessed Massenet before of blessing you, Mr. Vengerov. And I am blessed listening to you too now… Oh my Gosh! Congratulations !!: What a gift! You make me happy. This is a treasure, a jewel for everyone. I have opened your gift today! You are playing the promise to get our world something better. No barriers for good feelings ... inner feelings on the depth of our hearts. That is a prayer for everyone being a better human. Congratulations for your lesson of love trough music. I love your finest musical-natural architecture with such a great building by Massenet. I would like to live in a little apartment in such condominium. All at the right balance playing it at the right tempo, calm and accuracy. Thanks to the natural way of your performance... very balanced, very inspiring ... it is been a magical place for music, human beings and emotions. God bless the orchestra and its conductor endlessly. Thank you so much.
Many years ago I saw a film with a very young Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard (unfortunately cannot remember the title, even though I have seen it more than once or twice), Leslie Howard played the part of the violinist, and Ingrid Bergman his protegee he always signed off the radio show with this most beautiful piece. So many thanks to YOU TUBE where I can listen to this music at anytime. Doreen
I was getting ready to leave the house and looked this up first (after hearing it on my mp3 playlist)... had to stop and simply watch twice whilst doing some meditation of my own. Not much will get to me today after this.
The attention to the fine parts of the violin melody is attentive. There are elements of clear coloration and elements of monotone. Every time you listen to it you will get drunk of delight. Draw a variety of emotions beyond traditional music. Unlike a straightforward world, some complexity is the greatest beauty point.
