Bach/Kempff Siciliano

Beatrice Berrut plays Bach/Kempff Siciliano as an encore at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
The siciliana or siciliano is a musical style or genre often included as a movement within larger pieces of music starting in the Baroque period. It is in a slow 6/8 or 12/8 time with lilting rhythms, making it somewhat resemble a slow jig or tarantella, and is usually in a minor key. It was used for arias in Baroque operas, and often appears as a movement in instrumental works. Loosely associated with Sicily, the siciliana evokes a pastoral mood, and is often characterized by dotted rhythms that can distinguish it within the broader musical genre of the pastorale.
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[@SteadfastDV]

a few pianists, draw forth tears from old music lover - this is one

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for your very kind lines ! Wishing you all the best, Beatrice

[@LisaRSArt]

Brilliantly performed with such grace and beauty! Brava! 👏👏👏❤️❤️

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you dear Lisa for dropping this nice line! All the best to you, Beatrice

[@richardduffy7926]

This piece is so delicate and tender, almost romantic . It shows that Bach had many sides.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Absolutely, both very intellectual and very emotional. A perfect balance :)

[@klaasjansen8378]

Reminds of a painful farewell. Still it is so beautifull. It always gives me a few tears

[@BeatriceBerrut]

It is indeed very nostalgic music - one never gets tired of it!

[@c.a.savage5689]

Wonderfully played. For me, it has just the right amount of Bach precision, and yet beautifully expressed.

[@andiemusik975]

This piece and the pianist are so beautiful. I like this kind of music.

[@krisjustin3884]

Your performance is helping me to give this piece the interpretation it deserves to bring out the subtle melody and delicate mellow tones so eloquently expressed in this recital. There is so much more to playing the notes with Siciliano! Appreciate this upload!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you! I wish you the best with this amazing piece of music - I am sure you're doing great! Best wishes, Beatrice

[@WarinPartita6]

Such​ a​ mesmerizing rendition​ of​ the​ Bach​ masterpiece​❤😂❤😂❤

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you very much for dropping a line :) Best wishes, Beatrice

[@TopRunnerUkr]

Very touching performance of Bach-Siciliano, probably the best performance of the piece I've met so far.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for your nice words! Best wishes, Beatrice

[@philippedes13]

Bravo Béatrice! Magnifique comme toujours.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Merci beaucoup, très gentil :))

[@richardmasson7680]

Merci pour ces 3 minutes et 56 secondes de magie et d'enchantement!!! C'est pas mal dans une vie, 3 minutes et 56 secondes de féerie!!!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Merci de ce gentil message ! Meilleurs voeux, BB

[@popeysaylor]

Passion, elegance, sensitivity, beauty, poetry, melancholy and the irresistibility of falling in love with the artist and the music.👏⚘️🎹

[@michaelschefold3299]

Breathtaking interpretation! Piano playing from another world.....

[@Yuriy21]

Eternal, truly divine music!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Indeed! Bach crosses the ages !

[@davidkay5154]

I love this piece of music and this interpretation, It has helped me so much in my own stumbling attempts to do it justice. Thank you Beatrice

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Dear David, really glad to read that. I am sure you are doing a great job with it too! Warm wishes, Beatrice

[@didierlaroche4126]

grâce à Bach, à Kempff et à vous, on côtoie la beauté et l'émotion la plus grande ! merci

[@enricoforzoni]

Grazie per questo omaggio reso al grande J.S. Bach. Beatrice Berrut è una pianista di straordinaria sensibilità.

[@og189]

Je vous reecoute et je trouve que vous avez trouvé dans ce morceau en apparence simple une richesse d expressivité exceptionnelle. Merci pour ce moment de grâce.

[@alexheck2508]

Sehr schön!...habe ich kaum vergessen zu atmen...Bravo!❤️❤️❤️

[@detlefeilers5531]

I can hardly wait to see Beatrice live again on 24 March 🌹🙏 Her playing is outstanding 👌

[@icaropinto1334]

Thank you sooo much for this, for this sensitive and beautiful interpretation. Love from Brazil.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thanks for your lovely words! Take care :)

[@user-sw4co7kx5e]

Очень нравится, как она играет, такая лиричность и искренность... эххх 🥲

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it ! Best regards, Beatrice

[@FionaWuBach]

So, so beautiful, thank you for your sensitive, simple, beautiful playing

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thanks a lot for your kind words dear Fiona! With warm wishes, Beatrice

[@detlefeilers5531]

Perfect interpretation... chapeau 🙏🌹

[@chrrev1]

It's really perfect. Thank you, I'll try to get all the fingerings, it's not an easy piece. In fact the more I progress in music the more I tend to think there is no such thing as easy.... .I like everything in this performance and even more so the rhythmical quality. And that forte at the D major, so beautifully done...

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Dear Christian, I do feel the same about simplicity being sometimes the hardest to achieve! I wish you the best on your endeavors and send you many greetings, Beatrice

[@chrrev1]

@@BeatriceBerrut Thank you Beatrice, you're right about simplicity. I still play the first prelude of the 48 and still find things... It's good not to be too dogmatic about how these pieces should be played... Timeless pieces but at the same time times have changed. Or have they?!... Thank you so much.

[@kianasaljooghi7214]

So beautiful❤️

[@detlefeilers5531]

Dear Beatrice, your playing of Bach is outstanding, perfect ... I attendend three concerts of you this year and will certainly continue ... Thank you for your great performances! Herzliche Grüße von Detlef aus Hannover, Deutschland 🥰🌹🙏

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Lieber Detlef, vielen Dank für die netten Nachrichten! Ich spiele nächsten März ein Mozart Konzert in Wernigerode - vielleicht ist es nicht zu weit von Ihrem Zuhause? Bis bald und alles Gute bis dahin, Beatrice

[@detlefeilers5531]

@@BeatriceBerrut Liebe Beatrice, ganz lieben Dank für den Hinweis auf das Konzert in Wernigerode! Der Ort liegt tatsächlich nur rund anderthalb Autostunden von mir entfernt und ich habe das Konzert fest eingeplant (anreisen tue ich aber sicher mit der Bahn 😉). Ich freue mich darauf! Alles Gute bis dahin, Detlef

[@detlefeilers5531]

@@BeatriceBerrut Liebe Beatrice, ganz lieben Dank für den Hinweis 🙏 Selbstverständlich bin ich in Wernigerode dabei, es sind nur etwa anderthalb Autostunden von mir, wobei ich wohl mit dem Zug anreisen werde... ich freue mich darauf 🙏🌹

[@TrazomGV]

Excelllent levelling of dynamics while exposing the voices in poliphonic texture. So plastic is the sound of every part, such a skill can hardly be heard among the majority of leading world pianists. Congratulation, Beatrice, for your musicality and efforts in rehearsing that made us enjoy today in your extraordinary performances!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for these wonderful lines. I'll keep up the good work ;) Best wishes to you !

[@christianubber8062]

Fantastic! Very good tempo.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you ! All the best :) Beatrice

[@blueraj3]

Beautiful!

[@flavio9632]

Una brano straordinario, una esecuzione terribilmente emozionante che fa vibrare il cuore, incantevole! Che grande eleganza, grazie!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you very much for your kind words! With my best wishes, Beatrice

[@zahidkhalidal-rubaye5023]

Amazing dear its very beautiful play

[@bettycamacho7084]

Beautiful, took me to a dreamy gentle place.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you ! This is what music is here for :)) warm wishes, Beatrice

[@rdigabor]

the most beautiful performance I ever heard of this masterpiece ..

[@BeatriceBerrut]

thank you ^^ ! Take care :)

[@rdigabor]

we have to thank your perfection...​ you touch the keys so gentle while keeping the balance between high and deepest emotions inside

[@francopillon5335]

Dear lady.. brautiful... best wishes from Varenna como lake italy

[@ritadecassiagebaramiranda4280]

Lindo♥️♥️

[@erwinschonfeld8975]

Beautiful! Your playing truly relaxed me today! Warm regards, Erwin Schonfeld

[@alexkproduction]

Wonderful rendition

[@jgamez5023]

Wonderful !

[@gloriaandreaibarramendez2402]

Simplemente hermoso!!!!🤗

[@gabrielsiciliano6730]

Magnífico! Gracias

[@ChristianJoannes]

Absolutely gorgeous ! This is the best and most rigorous interpretation on KZbin. Majority of the pianists don't pay attention to the light staccato and miss completely the spirit of the piece. Well done

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you! I thought indeed that being originally written for flute and cembalo, I should try to keep a light staccato; like a faint memory of the original piece.

[@ChristianJoannes]

@@BeatriceBerrut Brillant !

[@eytonshalom]

très très belle; parce que j'aime tellement Kempff, comme si je le connaissais bien que je ne l'ai pas connu, votre You Tube de Bach: Ich ruf zu dir, BWV 639, par m'a fait éclater en larmes de bonheur. vous devez aussi l'aimer, car vous avez la même délicatesse ...merci

[@ndloghokjaran6328]

Samsung Ringtone - Bach Siciliano. My fave ringtone 👍

[@philippeboehler]

Magnifique, très reposant...

[@pclemena]

a magnificent piece played beautifully.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you very much ! :) Beatrice

[@ricardodonati631]

Siempre un placer volver a oír este video. Hermoso recuerdo!!!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thanks ! Nice to read you enjoy the video 😊

[@jjlwaardenburg]

Besides the beautiful voicing, I want to compliment you on the beautiful musical lines you've painted during this performance. I'm practicing a less complex version I stumbled upon at the moment, but I will for sure spend some time on the Kempff transcription in the near future. Thanks for uploading this!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for your kind comment! This piece is indeed a bit more tricky than it seems, as it involves delicate voicing. I am sure you'll do great though :) Best wishes, Beatrice (PS and in case you should be looking for the Kempff transcription, it is on IMSLP ;))

[@krisjustin3884]

Yes, the voicing with Kempff is not so obvious when just playing the notes! It requires some serious interpretation to bring out the melody we hear when it’s played on the flute or cello. Much appreciate this insightful comment.

[@Elartesoyyo]

Every time... I see your performance Beatrice, you bring tears to my eyes... are you an artist? Are you a poem? Perhaps you are a beautiful dream... but yes... at the end you are an amazing reality... Thanks a lot...

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thanks a lot for your sweet words ! Best wishes, Beatrice

[@Elartesoyyo]

@@BeatriceBerrut Thanks a lot for your kind attention. Greetings from somewhere over the rainbow. 🤗🤗🤗❤❤❤

[@aryeophir8699]

BRAVO !!

[@rodluc2001]

so well played... thank'you

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Take care and stay healthy!

[@trd9336]

Wow, that was a very impressive performance, I'm currently working on it and I must say, mastering this piece isn't easy at all, hope I could play it half as good as you did, I'll come back to this video often to ''remember'' how it's meant to be played! Greetings from the hearth of Transylvania, Romania.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for your kind message! I wish you a lot of pleasure learning and practising this piece, and send you my best wishes from Switzerland! Beatrice

[@bobhutton1409]

Magnifique!

[@Phiiphayden]

movingly very beautiful

[@awesomejdebates6428]

The music was absolutely fantastic

[@emfox6280]

you are truly a connoisseur of the arts, titty cam

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you and best wishes !

[@garudel]

so wonderful sensitivity...

[@lenanielsen5903]

🎶so beautiful🎶

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you dear Lena! Stay healthy and best wishes:)

[@polinaIce.]

such a great performance

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you Polina !

[@ebrahimshahmirani3245]

Bravisima... wonderful

[@pianist8963]

You did a great job!🤌

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thanks Andreas 🙏🏻 all the best to you! Beatrice

[@rigaudjean8699]

assurément une très belle version

[@piyomaru6739]

beautiful!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@micheledrouet3713]

Délicate prestation, merci Béatrice Berrut...Les applaudissements arrivent si vite que je ressens comme une agression!! Sublime!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Merci chère Michèle ! Mille bons voeux et restez en bonne santé ! Cordialement

[@micheledrouet3713]

@@BeatriceBerrut C'est sincère et vous aussi, attention au Covid ! Cordialement

[@micheledrouet3713]

@@BeatriceBerrut Merci, de même pour vous! Excellente semaine en bonne santé...

[@kam9535]

A very professional and lovely performance, thanks for sharing it with us, a true source of enjoyment and motivation. I have been inspired to play Bach musics after watching this video, now after three weeks of practice, I am playing Bach’s Siciliano pretty well but miles away from how you are playing, wish you all the best and please keep sharing your fine art and inspire others. God bless you!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for your very kind words! Which transcription of Siciliano are you playing? Kempff's as well? Indeed, the piece is much harder to master than it seems, but I am sure you are doing a great job:)) enjoy playing on and best wishes!

[@kam9535]

Hi Beatrice, thanks for replying back to me, so excited to see your note 🙏 Yes I am playing the original Wilhelm Kempff version. This piece is much harder than it looks at its music sheet, required a delicate dynamics, articulation and controls specifically on left hand. I guessed I watched your version more than 200 times so far hoping to get close to your version, it becomes part of my daily piano practice now 😁 Hope one day after COVID-19 fiasco ends, you can come to Canada and play for our nation, Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 is a very large country as you know, but no matter which city you come in, I guarantee you will see me sitting humbly at the first row 😁😁

[@elenitapianohoy3114]

Do you think the Kempf version is more difficult than others?

[@kam9535]

The simplicity or difficulty of a music piece is a subjective matter depending on player’s experience and his/her skill set to be honest, in my view Kempff’s version is the best piano arrangement of Bach Siciliano piece which originally wrote for Flute, it is not an easy piece to play in general for beginners and even early intermediate levels, it takes time to get a good grasp of melody, articulations, rhythm, right fingering..... practise is the key. Personally I recommend to practise Kempff’s version if you have the skill sets and the patience (even though there are simpler versions out there), however nothing is wrong to start with simpler versions at the beginning and then tackle Kempff’s version if you like. I hope this helped!

[@Liantotjahjoputro]

Beautiful

[@ottominsch2500]

wunderschöne Interpretation, hinreißend - ein großer Dank

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Ich danke Ihnen für Ihre nette Nachricht ! Herzliche Grüße

[@elenitapianohoy3114]

Starting to learn this work and found very difficult to read but with tthe piano videos i kind of find out. Wonderful pianist

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Great, good luck on your endeavours with Bach !

[@jesuscruzaparicio7252]

Sublime...

[@paulocarv4403]

Wonderfully played, gorgeous sound and careful phrasing.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for this wonderful comment, really happy if you enjoyed it :) Best, Beatrice

[@jwschrijverhidma]

Super mooi Beatrice

[@wordsworks7084]

Alles, was ich bisher von Ihnen gehört habe, war ganz hervorragend, ob Mozart, Schubert (Auf den Wassern...) oder was auch immer. Ohne sich subjektiv in den Vordergrund zu spielen, dienen Sie der Musik. Und da merkt man die russ. Schule und ich freue mich, dass Sie auch bei der von mir so geschätzten Brigitte Engerer studiert haben, von der Sie sicher viel profitieren konnten. Anschlag, Ausdruck, Empfindung bilden eine bewundernswerte Einheit. Nebenbei, meine Mutter war Pianistin aus der Seidlhofer-Schule in Wien.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Danke für Ihre nette und spannende Nachricht! Es freut mich sehr, dass Ihnen meine Musik gefällt! Ja, Brigitte Engerer war eine großartige Künstlerin und Frau, die leider viel zu früh gegangen ist… herzliche Grüße, Beatrice

[@Csantos1941]

Perrrrfec!!!

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thanks ;)

[@markbotwin5545]

Gorgeous instrument

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Indeed ! A mature Steinway with a round sound ☺️👍🏻 best wishes ! Beatrice

[@fennyrdp510]

Good touch on the keys and beautiful interpretation! I've been playing this beautiful piece by Bach and look forward to do a video recording soon.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Dear Fenny, nice to read you! I wish you all the best for your video of this gorgeous piece :) Warm wishes, Beatrice

[@fennyrdp510]

@@BeatriceBerrut , thanks! I'm so glad to hear from you....one of the greatest pianists I've ever seen!

[@SilvanaFagone]

Celestiale... :)))

[@Sunicarus]

I was unfamiliar with this piece, it's very beautiful!

[@ingapevzner3002]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHW4oJZjrsRjlZI Try Sicilia by James Galway…

[@aumatellmolascarles]

Bravíssimo 😘 Beatrice .

[@bachisback71]

Che dolcezza infinita.

[@rochefort82]

Quelle splendeur

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Merci beaucoup !

[@hjalmarkumlien3412]

Can't use other words than thank you..... ❤

[@BeatriceBerrut]

😊🙏🏻 best wishes ! Beatrice

[@layaip3393]

I am so surprised and honoured to have got the response from Ms. Berrut. Please forgive my very layman comment as I have never gone to any music class and know nothing of anything about Baroque style in music (especially piano pieces. ) I only go by my basic instinct, ha ha， as an ordinary audience. I see the difference now and would go into digging into the mystery you have hinted to me. But I do enjoy your very many other performances in KZbin, especially when you play with Camille accompanying her strings. I am running short of words to say how well you play.... maybe like this... no one ever plays so cooperatively and harmoniously in such a setting, as pianist , in that I can really enjoy the music , the string and the piano jointly and severally. Sometimes I even just set my mind to filter out the string and try to listen to how you play the piano notes, though I have never touched a piano seriously in my life. Thank so much for your contribution to the music society which brings much more varieties in our enjoyment around the world....

[@BeatriceBerrut]

No need to go to music class to be carried away by music :) thanks for your nice words and take care !

[@LucCournoyer]

De toute beauté!

[@br111112]

Como não se apaixonar?

[@zabo2]

Stupendo

[@jeancourmont2918]

Non , Mozart n'avait pas le monopole de la simplicité dans le génie, cette interprétation cristalline en est une magnifique démonstration, Merci Béatrice

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Merci à vous de ce gentil message ! Cordialement

[@jeancourmont2918]

Le jour où vous programmez une version du Clavier bien tempéré, s'il vous plaît prévenez moi...j'essaye désespérément de trouver une alternative à Glenn Gould mais je n'y arrive pas, j'ai tout essayé, même Keith Jarrett, je me soigne, je vous en prie, de grâce, et avec la vôtre qui me touche si profondément, j'aimerais tant vous entendre dans le Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in B-Flat Minor, BWV 867....

[@treesspruijt8807]

Heel prachtig gespeeld in het juiste tempo.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Bedankt voor je vriendelijke bericht! Beatrice

[@jackjiang6768]

nice play

[@christopheschollaert6360]

Cette pièce est merveilleuse. Céleste, tout ce que vous voulez, c est un trésor.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Je suis bien d'accord avec vous ! Et je trouve que la transcription de Kempff est particulièrement fidèle à son esprit... cordialement, Beatrice

[@christopheschollaert6360]

@@BeatriceBerrut oui c est la transcription d une sonate pour flûte c ca ? Il y a aussi , le second mouvement du 2 ème concerto pour clavier de Bach qui s appelle siciliano, et qui est très très très beau...

[@abelbispodossantos2476]

Linda música. 🇧🇷

[@BeatriceBerrut]

😊 thank you !

[@HLireneLi]

💜

[@laurentcocquebert9193]

De ce morceau je connaissais l'interprétation de Dinu Lipatti de la transcription faite par Busoni. Cette version (et cette interprétation) sont également merveilleuses d'intensité et de sensibilité.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Merci ! Meilleurs vœux ! Beatrice

[@carlosfernandezbasalo7397]

beleza!!!

[@lroa6913]

Uno mas de los pequeños milagros que Bach nos regalo. Pero esta vez lo mando con un angel.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Thank you for your kind lines, and I totally agree : Bach is a gift of God :) with all good wishes, Beatrice

[@Elartesoyyo]

A sublime elgance....

[@moy9022]

❤❤❤

[@BeatriceBerrut]

🙏🏻😊

[@HexPulsion]

C'est un lien direct avec le paradis.

[@Kaylaa23]

Beautifully played! I'm trying to study this piece, but it's not going so well because my hands are too small to reach the tenths in the left hand.

[@BeatriceBerrut]

You could arpeggiate them, I think it would sound as well :) Best wishes, and have a great time with this amazing piece ! Beatrice

[@Kaylaa23]

@@BeatriceBerrut Thank you so much for your kind reply and advice, I'll definitely take it to heart!

[@tengkusulaiman]

Someday I will attend your concert just to say hello. :-)

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Once concerts will be allowed to take place again! That might last a while ^^ best wishes! Beatrice

[@tengkusulaiman]

@@BeatriceBerrut :-)

[@andrearodigari4840]

Piano solo. And Beatrice.

[@og189]

Très belle interprétation ! Très beau son surtout les graves. Est un Bosendorfer ?

[@BeatriceBerrut]

Non c'est un Steinway, mais qui a des couleurs effectivement très chaudes :) cordialement !

[@batecado250400]

ALABADO SEA JESUCRISTO

[@ezzovonachalm9815]

SicilianAAAAAA !