The only reason i stuck around, to see him wink. i liked the headbanging that came after that. i couldn't really watch this whole piece though, i felt it was boring until the finale.
the performance that made me want to become a musician. a person can feel *this happy, and make others happy through his it.. everything good about Yo-Yo Ma right here.
From 1990 to 2011. What a jem, I Saw Yo Yo Ma rehearse this with the BSO this morning August 9, 2014, in at Tanglewood at Lenox, MA. Awesome. Live is always better than a recording, and every preformance brings it's own interpretation, but still incredable. Though it is three years later thanks for posting this.
This is the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonia (now St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra), Yuri Temirkanov conducting, in the Grand Hall of the Philharmonia. They installed a new organ since that time so the Hall looks a bit differently now.
У меня большая потеря: столько лет потеряла .Я и не знала,что есть такой гениальный музыкант.Думала,что один только Ростропович.Этот музыкант просто чудо. Необыкновенно.У меня слезы.
Absolutely you sweat. In an orchestra you're shoulder to shoulder, wearing a suit, so unless the space is extremely cold, it's hard not to work up a bit of a sweat. This may not hold for those wearing dresses, of course!
Pyotr Tchaikovsky dedicated his Variations On A Rococo Theme to Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, a renowned soloist, who gave the first performance of Rococo on November 30, 1877. Wikipedia has a very interesting story revolving around Tchaikovsky's composition and Fitzenhagen's variations (see their biographies), and on the eventual, published 1889 full score. Perhaps Yo Yo Ma's "cheeky wink" suggests something equally as entertaining, on this night in Leningrad at Tchaikovsky's 150th birthday.
fantastico, muy buenoooooooooooooooo bravoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, tiene sello de buen sentimiento y dominio musicallllllllllllllllllllll bravoooooooooooooooooo
étrange ce début....on attend ... l'entrée du violoncelle...toujours très remarqué avec sa cadence finale esqise et pourtant si simple.merci c'est beau rené
Tbf when this piece was first written it was quite normal for the audience to clap whenever they felt like it. Sort of like what happens in pop and jazz concerts today. Fitzenhagen even mentioned in a letter to Tchaikovsky that he had a standing ovation for the 4th variation (which is now canonically the last) in the premier of this piece.
YO YO MA al realizar sus interpretaciones con esa pasión impresionante y sin leer nada, todo de memoria, hace gala de su increible superioridad sobre cualquiera, tiene el timing preciso, y la fuerza de control equilibrada, exacta, "casi perfecta". Es admirable su dedicación para el dominio del Cello. Alguien sabe el link donde interpreta "El Cellista de Sarajevo"?
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