Seymour Bernstein gives a rare performance of Brahms during the event An Evening with Ethan Hawke at the 52nd New York Film Festival. More info: filmlinc.com/NYFF Subscribe: www.youtube.com... Like: / filmlinc Follow: / filmlinc
I love this guy everything about him is so legendary. I teach myself piano but I wish he was my piano teacher. People like this always have the best stories to tell.
To the comment section: “this man” Seymour Berstein is 90 years old at this performance. He has had a very successful performing and teaching career! Prove to us that you can play it better at 90 years old!!!!!!! Good gracious!
I love Seymour, the much better performance of this piece, gorgeous, brought tears to my eyes, is in the “bonus” track of the DVD of “Seymour: An Introduction”-a well-recorded concert in which he plays several pieces, and his own compositions at the end. Have only ever seen it on the DVD. Not on RU-vid.
What an inspiring human being and musician you are!!! I wish my godson could have a master class with you. He is quite talented. Just 14 years old. Let's Hope we can overcome the Covid crisis soon.
Exactly- how rude people are in the photographic world to take loud flash shots when A performance like this is happening. I’ve seen this happen before in other venues and it’s just astonishing to me this occurs without a thought - especially in the age of digital cameras
This is the first time I been able to listen to Brahms because of all the awful pianists. Seymour gave it Soul!. It is in the Steinway piano company store NYC in front of a Theater group. His first performance after not playing 37 years. Watch his interview about this. Kudos. Beautiful.
Perhaps the bass line needs to be louder at 5:17. We can't quite hear it. In fact, almost all the secondary voices need to be much louder. That way, we can't hear the primary melodies throughout - which was, of course, the master composer's intention.
@@organman52 imagine being so foolish and closed minded LOL. I'm gonna go ahead and say Seymour, a renowned pianist and teacher who knows more than you will ever know, knows what it should sound like better than you :) But you can have your preference, nothing wrong with that.
@@organman52 I think you misunderstood @R B. I think the two of you are having a serious agreement. I too think his criticism of Gould's Brahms is somewhat off the mark While Gould's Brahms is unlike anyone else's, in my opinion, there is great beauty in his playing that Bernstein doesn't hear. Having said that, I think this performance is pretty awful. Too slow, exaggerated rubato, exaggerated dynamics that Brahms didn't ask for, etc.
It is astounding how many people are in awe of this man. If the performance of the Brahms Intermezzo even remotely resembles what the master composer had in mind, then the earth is indeed flat. Not a single note of this 'performance' is acceptable. I could list at least fifty reasons why I think so, but I have already wasted enough of my valuable time writing this comment. This pianist has no clue what this music is about. But lest I forget, no performance would be anything without the performer's 'interpretation,' or, in this particular case, the performer's gross distortion.
Glad you are the only human on the planet that knew Brahms intention, since you know him how about getting him on youtube to recite this correct. If thats not possible a video of you playing it "correct" would be awesome!
I don't get it... Who is this man? Why are we listening to him? Why is HE giving his opinion on-line about GLENN GOULD?! Why are we applauding his performance of what is an ELEMENTARY Brahms intermezzo? - from the score no less! You better have a LEGACY of lauded recordings to your name before you set yourself up like this!
Exactly. But like the 'supporters' of the orange monster who masqueraded as the president for four years, the followers of Mr. Bernstein are delusional.
@@drgaryb13 I certainly can - CHALLENGE my opinion - EDUCATE me as to what's so great about Seymore - but don't make out I'm not perfectly entitled to express my opinion.
He plays the piece so distortedly slow, that is is almost unrecognizable and it makes his self aggrandization from his story saying he played better than Brahms, all too much to bear! LOL.
