YouTube: the thread for interesting video links

[Chris Newman]

On the old R3 place a kind member began a thread where people could share serendipitious pieces and performances found in places like YouTube, foreign versions of iPlayer (Radio France) etc. I start this one in the hope that others have discoveries.

I do not often hunt for Grieg's piano pot-boiler but whilst looking up random bits of Artur Rubinstein I discovered this revelatory performance and he was 88 years of age then. I heard him, a few years before that, play the Grieg with a Chopin and Beethoven concerto all in one concert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxzpy1b1_BY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CJDZTUnhPA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZlOfpa36I&feature=related

[amateur51]

That was a good thread, wasn't it Chris?

Thanks for reminding us of what a wonderful pianist Artur Rubenstein was.

Here's a younger Rubinstein giving his considerable all in Rachmaninov's Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIu-pR06okM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASR8dgqIU-g&feature=related

And what an ending!

[amateur51]

Another master pianist, Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Schumann Fantasiestucke op 12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCdeBncBu0&feature=related

[Bryn]

Arts Against Cuts at Sotheby's

[amateur51]

Arts Against Cuts at Sotheby's

Nice try but a tad genteel, dontcha think? No work made for Sketchley's, for example

I did enjoy the appearance of Rowley Birkin QC at around 54" to the right of the banner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJVGuxj7AWQ&feature=related

Leastways, I think it was Rowley

[Chris Newman]

Brill, Bryn.

[rubbernecker]

An absolutely electrifying performance from Swiss choir Moltocantabile of Eric Whitacre's When David heard. This lot sing from memory too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zOcXPeSufA

[Suffolkcoastal]

There is a wealth of fascinating material on youtube at present, a few nights ago I watched a video of Martha Graham in the complete original version of Copland's Appalachian Spring, completely wonderful!

[Uncle Monty]

If you have just a couple of minutes, here's a really lovely performance of one of RVW's folk song arrangements. Utterly unpretentious, sounds so easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg_v_FjsAII

(See the What music makes you cry? thread )

[Eudaimonia]

Have you seen this one? Here's a great clip of Maria Joao Pires at an Amsterdam rehearsal, at the moment she realises she's not about to play the Mozart concerto she thought she was-- and then pulling the whole thing out of her memory and playing anyway!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVO26URqC24&feature=player_detailpage

[Osborn]

#10 Wonderful! Such a lovely smile when Chailly starts and such a beautiful player.

[mercia]

#10 - bizarre - how on earth could that happen?

[amateur51]

#10 - bizarre - how on earth could that happen?

Somewhere on youtube there is a film of a masterclass by Pires with some young students and her 'style' is very confrontational and aggressive. I doubt that a man would have got away with it. The two instances tend to suggest to me that, while a great artist and performer, Pires is a tad ... flaky.

I was amazed that Chailly carried on, but I interpreted it as 'time is precious: you are a professional lke me - pull yourself together' ... and it seemed to work

I do realise that my interpretation here might be saying more about me than about Pires or Chailly

[Bryn]

Are you sure that was a rehearsal? A fair few in attendance in the hall if it was.

[mercia]

does Chailly wear his sweat-towel in performance too?