Augustin Hadelich - Dvořák: Humoresque No. 7 in G-Flat Major (Arr. Kreisler for Violin & Piano)

[@kumiring]

Hello, I'm a housewife living in Korea. I started playing the violin over 40 years old and I'm learning vibrato now. Your vibrato is very soft and beautiful compared to other performers. I think the sound of your vibrato connecting gracefully is so beautiful. I will look forward to your performance in Korea in the future.

[@byoungchulyou5695]

Korea yay

[@SleepyCapybara1357]

Oooooooh! I'm Korean too. I hope that he performs in Korea as well.

[@richardsvarghese7157]

His life experience added in the music makes more beautiful ❤vibrato is like a delight in the entire song

[@janereyes-os3dw]

You should watch the movie Humoresque and then you will understand why he played it in such a manner. Alcohol and emotions will express themselves beautifully. The people from those times were true geniuses. Everything from this era is watered down.

[@chrislegit3198]

It’s played very nicely. Not how Heifetz would have wanted it played though.. Great Job!

[@localvoid6753]

The sound of the violin is incredible

[@DavidDavid-cc7bk]

The sound of hadelich is incredible

[@anindyabasak1010]

It's not the violin... it's the man behind the violin..

[@localvoid6753]

@@anindyabasak1010 both

[@adelcorona7393]

@@localvoid6753 Yes both

[@lorenzomagnanimi7001]

3:22 pure talent and years of sacrifice and passion

[@pluutoop]

Yesss

[@saragrant3667]

The most beautiful version of Humoresque. I have no idea WHY always another versions were trying to hurry up through this so fantastic piece of music which is just like an piece of someone's heart... I do love it and from now I'll only play it this way! How mature is the way Augustín is playing, whatever he touches!❤🌹👏😘

[@bradenglettkd8zm69]

Let me clear that up for you: If they hurried through it, probably means they first heard this song while watching some of the old Bugs Bunny cartoons.

[@LoisFox131]

So, I saw him play at Woolsey hall last week. As he started to play, I turned to my husband and said, “He’s playing a strat!” The sound coming from this instrument and the nurturing of the notes from the Maestro, captivating!

[@porkyfedwell]

@@LoisFox131 Cool, I didn't know he could play electric guitar! Oh wait, you meant a Strad, not a Strat, didn't you? 😀

[@vojtechhoracek7704]

The cadence of the violin in the beginning is supposed to mimic the rhythm of a train in motion and the wheels bumping over the gaps in the tracks, so that's probably why many versions are a fair bit faster.

[@joa8593]

They're quick because it's a Humoresque. These pieces are usually at a moderately quick tempo with a humorous, but affective mood. Hadelich's tempo is on the more relaxed side. Also, the train story above is told for many of Dvorak's pieces written or sketched while he was in America, but it's not a solid connection AFAIK (often, the American quartet's last movement is said to mimic a train too). Humoresque is famous, however, for a song about not flushing poop onto the tracks at stations and that connection is certain.

[@atreyu12341234]

I had to play this piece at a wedding for two hours straight (the groom's request) and after that time I always had some disgust for humoresque but after listening to this version I've found again the beauty of it... Thank you! I know it's subjective but it's the best version I've listened so far! Great interpretation like always maestro!!!

[@Wandering.Studios.]

I agree! This is the best interpretation I've heard so far. I could listen to this for 2 hours straight! (haha)

[@zacharymiller3118]

Who does that? I can't imagine anyone wanting to hear this for two hours (I love the piece)...

[@kumo-kun1831]

That’s traumatising... 2 hours straight of humoresque... I’m sure I will request different romantic pieces if I have a marriage

[@HydroCookie]

he didint play it he took it from a youtuber that plays music. moron

[@atreyu12341234]

@@HydroCookie you know nothing John snow!!! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@SleepyCapybara1357]

At 1:45, it just gives me the chills. It is so full of passion and love for music, it makes me so inspired to play it. Even after I had to play this for a festival, award ceremony, and provincials.

[@mrbluebird1213]

i never thought this could be this beautiful. i was playing this as a beginners piece, but this is something else, it makes your soul wander in a peaceful part in this chaotic world

[@gideoncheung8731]

No way those double stops were for beginners lol😭😭😭

[@zebracado9401]

​@@gideoncheung8731I am guessing the original comment was referencing the Suzuki version, which is much simpler than this! 😅

[@ZENAOHM]

i have just found this today on my S21 ultra, felt in love immediately, i searched immediately, i listened and immersed in it , and i was sent back like at 15th century, this piece was able to dissintegrate the walls that separate me from my past life, i felt more alive and young now❤❤

[@dozeofaudio]

I keep coming back to this version without knowing why. Then I started to play more attention to the way he played, and the fingering is actually insane. If you look closely, he never uses his pinky (the finger weakest for vibrato) except once at 1:55. In the slurs, he never switches strings, but would rather play positions much higher on the fingerboard so that it's more smooth.

[@ysr3452]

This isn’t all that uncommon. The G is lovely to play on in my opinion, in Hefner positions, especially if you have a deep G

[@xxxx-iu4kd]

It’s late August at night, and the crickets are chirping outside. I’m in tears listening to this, sitting and contentedly experiencing this interpretation.

[@tabascocat5102]

This piece has such IDENTITY

[@gideoncheung8731]

I don’t really know why, but me, having lunch at 3pm right now and happening to click into this video, and just as the soft whispers of the violin sounds, I want to cry😭😭😭 As always, the song of a violin cannot be matched by anything. I played for almost ten years and gave up because I was a child busy with exams and scales were boring and difficult, but the violin, when played well, is still most heavenly.

[@bvivian273-ql7bk]

1:47 Why this part makes me so happy and nostalgic at the same time?

[@KxNaX]

same

[@felipejacob4242]

This songs reminds me of a scene in Thomas Mann’s Dr Faustus. Towards the end of the book the main characters go on a road trip to the mountains and there is a fiddle player on a tavern. One of the characters, a renowned concert violinist, picks ups the guy’s instrument and performs this Humoresque to everyone’s awe. It is the last happy moment they share together before WW2 breaks out and all hell breaks loose. Hearing it always makes my heart pang.

[@harleysayer8928]

The most captivating Humoresque I've ever heard ❤

[@Im_Super]

Violin plays a wonderful sound, Dvorak plays it sooo beautiful, best violin player

[@naomivanwyk]

This is a great violinist playing a great song! I thought my violin teacher was the best violinist in the world. After hearing this I take that back.🎻🎻🎻

[@Im_Super]

My favorite is when you play double string at one time and when it gets louder, thank you for this video :)

[@chiiko7090]

Mr. Augustin's interpretation is fantastic as always ♥️

[@lookbacktime9422]

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[@klarakatarinakartini1398]

Hear it after In The Soop Wooga Squad. Very beautiful 🎻🎼

[@leonardwaga]

01:02 WOW. JUST WOW. IT ALMOST FREAKIN SOUNDS LIKE THE VIOLIN IS SINGING, THE EMOTIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IS PERFECT!

[@grouchoharpo1091]

こんな上質なユモレスクを聴いたことがなかった。

[@danielcocirla5199]

Wow, I don't even know what to comment, I can't put into words what I'm feeling right now. The music is beyond what we can describe, thank you for posting the video.

[@shanejensen3497]

This song has had a special place in my heart since watching a show called "The touch of the Master's hand". I really love this version, it is truly beautiful. I wish I could up vote it more than once.

[@Gabacarin]

This touches the heart 🥲. Thank you! 🙌🏻 the world is blessed to have you to make violin sing the way it always wanted to.

[@fanyu3196]

This is my favorite one out of all of them and I loved the part he play two strings at the same time

[@calebchristensenviolin]

THAT. WAS. INCREDIBLE.

[@wrsdes]

Its so unbelievable. No words can explain the lingering piece played.

[@elenaceza]

Augustin you make my fly! God what a sound what a glissando how nice you fraze its just pure bliss than you

[@deepeningknowledge3226]

I watched this may be more than 100 times. Still, it is so smoothing and to watch the fingering on the violin. Just simply loved it. Thanks a lot for the video.

[@mesachen]

best version ever

[@bornenit309]

Heard this on the radio, had to find it and add it to my playlist. Amazing.

[@axelstansfield1156]

I quit literally can’t listen to this without crying, I’m performing this song and have been listening to this to help practice and prepare and I got to say I’ve never given so many tears to achieve something.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

I was so SHOCKED to learn this tune was actually highbrow classical music. When I was a boy, there was an old beggar near the town's church and he used to play this tune on his battered old fiddle.

[@Cyrilmc222004]

Thank you so much Augustin, I really really enjoyed watching you playing this with such sublime and incredible sensitivity and passion. What an absolute pleasure it is to listen to the music 🎼 you create. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags

[@prof.catastrophe6977]

Thank you. This is the best version. Great skill and emotion of the song is so well interpreted. 10/10

[@MaxwellUnterreiner-gi4zv]

By far my favorite violinist.

[@OntheCOVER]

01:46 서울 LG 꿈을 향해 달려가자 서울 LG 꿈을 향해 승리하리라~

[@maggieyu312]

This is probably the best one I have ever heard in my life ☺️

[@Taras0605]

Bravo, Maestro!❤❤❤

[@neeturathor1072]

Just so beautiful and peacefull...

[@최서현-r1z]

Your playing touches my heart.

[@samuelwacogne4050]

C’est magnifique ! Merci beaucoup

[@christinebordes9991]

It’s so beautiful! Thank you.

[@raymondhummel5211]

Simply put, suburb! Like heavenly notes entering my ears!

[@drrobertling1393]

Lovely melody.. bittersweet yet warm and tempestuous..

[@ΕλένηΙσμυρλή]

Wonderful touch of heart...

[@erikamendelsohn5559]

Definitely the best interpretation and performance. Lovevit!

[@zeropoint4151]

Bravo! Bravo!

[@J3llykatt]

The shifts make it sound really beautiful, this is my solo

[@sterlingayu]

What a mastery to a true perfection ❤

[@Thatdepressionlife730]

This great violinist performed this the other night, I haven't heard it until then to the best of my knowledge.

[@carolinwaraola2177]

was searching for humoresque cover but damn so grateful found this cover. woww what a blessed

[@helenavondrakenstein4969]

Reminds me of my dear sweet mother of many years ago now.....sweet and kind

[@Надежда-е1с8й]

, Amazing!Wunderbar!!! Thanks you, Augustin!!!🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@soniahachemi4025]

Love Dvorak ♥️ thank you Sir Hadelich & Sir Owen for this amazing time. Bravo Warner Classics 💐

[@jasonorchids]

Exquisite playing!

[@DonovanXu-Pang]

❤just amazing!

[@drijr1231]

Sr hadelich colocou alma nessa obra

[@Steinbrennerheit]

Straordinario.. è la pura fusione.

[@arturogonzalez6019]

Fue esta pieza la que me enganchó con la música clásica. tengo más de ochentqa años y sigo siendo fan de los clásicos.

[@franc8517]

precioso.preciosisimo. Lo amé hace más de...mil años

[@lidiagomezdelacruz7647]

Bellísima melodía. Hermosa! Mi parte favorita 1:45 Quisiera tocar el violín así. Maravilloso. Se la puse a escuchar a mi padre en el hospital antes de que falleciera.

[@Generalissimo_David-B]

Wonderful.

[@dearcip]

Soooooooo love it😻

[@yo.nxdgkmm]

Hola Agustín me encanta como tocas como sientes la música eres mi idolo y tus conciertos me encantan

[@LeFleur80]

This was my middle school violin solo ❤❤ i couldnt remember the the name im so glad i was able to find it again

[@A.g.v.1.s.t]

i love u Augustin Hadelich

[@djazer1613]

cette musique parle au coeur tres emouvante

[@ignatiusekoutomo8806]

Reminds me so much when I was young around 20s... I was used to enjoy this music before to bed... I am now 60. Greetings for everyone here from Jakarta, Indonesia

[@RobLandes]

Man, I need a lesson from you

[@AtlasMillerViolin]

I think every violinist would benefit from a lesson with Augustin! Also shameless self plug but I think I'm one of the sickest self taught violinists currently alive, pls feel free to check me out B)

[@no.4281]

OH MY GOD I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS!!!

[@Yohamilton]

ay. Nothing better than seeing a great artist admiring another great artist.

[@UsamaKhan-gd8mm]

00:46 my favourite part

[@풉-r9c]

I would die for this sound ….

[@saikatbond2009]

Hauntingly beautiful!!!

[@sarkarpianist5540]

Are you Bengali?

[@saikatbond2009]

@@sarkarpianist5540 Yes I am. You too, aren't you?

[@sarkarpianist5540]

@@saikatbond2009 yes. It's very hard to find Bengalis who appreciate western classical.

[@saikatbond2009]

@@sarkarpianist5540 I guess it is. I am being trained in Violin performance, hence I absolutely love and appreciate western classical. I think many people in general also appreciate classical, especially the popular scores of Mozart, Bach, and the legends. They just don't know about the history.

[@sarkarpianist5540]

@@saikatbond2009 can you play Paganini and Ysaye?

[@fanyu3196]

He is soooooooo relaxed😌😴

[@karlzako9726]

Er ist ein inGENIEur der Geige 🎻 Danke ✌️ es ist Musik 🎶 für die Seele ❤

[@ubkwerhe5469]

good violinist plays EVERYTHING beautifully...

[@asmusr]

The best version I have heard.

[@MozartFan-rn9ez]

Mischa Elman did it best I think.

[@patriciadudoux3065]

What a delight! I was transported! Thank You!

[@grifufu1306]

This is one of the rare classical music that I can enjoy and love so much

[@discobikerAndRosie]

An old Maude rerun "Phillip's Birthday Party", has a kid play a few bars of Humoresque, which is how i first heard the song. I suddenly realized it's the same tune that plays on my granddaughter's toy piano! Porcelain ballerinas twirl on top of her grand piano as it plays. 😊 This is lovely.

[@nicholasturton9267]

Violin beautifully played but also to be acknowledged is the accompanying pianist

[@veronicaroberts4296]

I lost count of how many times I've listened to this piece. It's just so beautiful and uplifting... a little sassy too. Never hurts. ha ha

[@genovevaojedametododactila1728]

Soy una enamorada de tu música, Agustín. Llegas a lo más profundo de mi corazón 🥲

[@danielsimon8754]

Why only this of his 8 humoresques is played is baffling. All of his humoresques are a delight. G. Flat Major is rare key. I believe it is the same key as F. Sharp Major. Another rare key but a beautiful sound. Korngold, Mahler and Rontgen used this unique key in their symphonies. I am intrigued by the 2 key signatures. There must be a subtle difference between the 2

[@hansdekorver7365]

Profile photo for Christopher Smith Christopher Smith composer, arranger, and teacher of jazz theory, composition and arrangingAuthor has 6.3K answers and 12.2M answer views7y Related Are there any slight differences between the G-flat major and the F-sharp major? Brass and winds might favour G flat over F sharp, because their brains and fingers coordinate better in flat keys. There is little actual technical difference, however, and the audience won’t hear a difference. Strings, though, will use a cramped half-position for G flat, while F sharp will more likely use their more common full positions, and the intonation and general happiness of the section will be better. This is an actual thing, and you ignore it at your peril. In an orchestra setting, I have actually put the winds in G flat and the strings in F sharp for this reason. It takes a bit of fiddling to get Finale (my notation software) to do it differently, but I can do it.

[@danielsimon8754]

@@hansdekorver7365 Interesting article. Thanks for posting. I play the piano but constantly struggle to play a piece in E. Major. E. Flat is easier and notice a lot of orchestral music serious and light are played in E. Flat Major.

[@MrAndrimoro]

Fantastico!

[@c2s36]

How a beautifully ❤️❤️ you play, Mr. Hadelich! I am a retired person who recently started to take violin lesson. I am learning this song right now. I appreciate so much for your musical skill!!

[@bc6429]

I love this song

[@lovelyui.]

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO GOOD

[@omidjavidanfar5875]

so relaxing

[@maggieyu312]

I have a question about this music for some reason I watch it heard it for the first time it sound happy 😊 then when keep repeating it suddenly sound kinda sad which made my mom almost cry 😢 don’t you think 💭??

[@fanyu3196]

This is just so touching 👍

[@mariepierrelebars9325]

ma version favorite ! Sensible et magnifiee ! Bravo !

[@tylermoore8218]

As you explained at your Tiny Desk Concert, Dvorák, indeed made a piece for the new world, but this piece beautifully captures the nostalgia and bittersweet longing for the way things used to be in the old world. Melancholic, yet hopeful, as if the ending reassures us that everything will be okay!

[@rosariomolina4782]

Bellísima melodía. Me encanta🎉❤

[@Jonathan_Kositsin]

What a sounddddd, WHAAAAT A SOUUUUNNDDD!!!

[@Kuzunoha-]

1:45 sounds sooooo much like To Zanarkand from Uematsu. Whoa.

[@elenko7969]

Beautiful!!!❤

[@nenggellengg4599]

Beautiful