"Bethena: A Concert Waltz" by Scott Joplin (arr. Perlman for violin and piano)

[@Lemonyo20]

This is a free online performance that's truly something special. Once you watch it, you'll probably keep coming back if you enjoy live Bethena performances. This video never gets old and always feels fresh.

[@johne7345]

I am a big fan of the Joplin blockbuster compositions, but Solace and Bethena are very special and cherished.

[@bome1362]

The pianist is mini Scott Joplin

[@richardpages4934]

yes xD

[@luomodellestelle]

its true

[@TeresMajor96]

Lmaooo

[@jeffreyreyureta6312]

Of all the "Bethena" versions this is my most favorite video. The emotions are legit!

[@PJGRAND]

This and Joshua Rifkin 1972 version are the Best and I want to add that Scott Joplin is one of the most underated composers ever !!!

[@16Lizards]

@@PJGRAND I also like Eric Rogers. A simple Spinette played right.

[@arturolpc3593]

@@PJGRAND Yes Joshua Rifkin is the best

[@travis_redfern6771]

The violin really accentuates the emotion of the song.

[@tmarkhightower3301]

This is so beautiful. I play Bethena on the piano and now I have to get this arrangement and find a violinist to play it with.

[@danielklara]

Read online today about the theatre thingy of the supposed meeting of Joplin and Irving Berlin, and this lovely waltz was mentioned. So off to to KZbin, and find this painfully beautiful music. music seldom drives me to tears, but this did. So beautiful and bitter-sweet - I am waltzing around in the kitchen dreaming of better things, and the music being so bitter-sweet, I realise those better things will never come. But still I waltz.. Love to the artists on the clip and THANK YOU!!!!

[@WellTempered1]

Good for you to know that Joplin didn't write silly ragtime, he wrote masterful ragtime. And although this is an ensemble arrangement, it is Joplin's own composition. Several performances of the original score are available on KZbin, if you haven't listened to them already.

[@antippas]

I think this may be th emost beautiful piece of music ever written. It has a kind of allure that puts it on a par with famous tunes like the Mozart Ave Verum Corpus of Gluck's Dance of th eBlessed Spirits. I am so proud that Joplin was an American

[@DejaView]

Scott Joplin was so much more talented than anyone in his day ever realized. Sad that it's only in hindsight that we truly begin to appreciate!

[@jcf20010]

@@DejaView That's true for a lot of masters.

[@hulohai]

The pianist is a champ.

[@elvisway1]

The best of Scott Joplin. A great performance!

[@AA-of4kl]

Lovely performance caeli & friend on piano,..very beautiful lady 🎶🌻🥰

[@squid0g]

the pianist smiling is beautiful.

[@elvisway1]

Truly a moving version of this beautiful waltz.

[@leonidgoncharov1787]

Excellent duet. Wonderful violin, charming piano.

[@josephdoesmore8922]

I loved the Woman and The man Fantastic!!! A Great piece by Scott Joplin.

[@ragtimerye]

I really like the combination of violin and piano! One of Joplin's best songs...which is saying A LOT...awesome job!

[@kenneth7826]

BRAVO....wonderful performances by these two young people......

[@kgm1961]

scott joplin the king of ragtime

[@KirkKiyosadaTome]

This is simply amazing.

[@NuestraCocinasp]

bravo, bravissimo!! incredible! a thousand of bravos from Argentina! come both of you to play here!

[@quinoacat]

I love the Echo and Response in the intro (I play Blues so I take notice of good Echo and Response). I find it interesting that this is one of only 6 waltzes composed by Scott Joplin out of his 50 compositions. His waltzes are a real journey to listen to. This one was composed in 1905 which was the era in which guys like Charlie Patton ushered in the birth of Blues music. Ragtime and Blues have some obvious ties of influence in both style and evolution.

[@Mortimer50145]

It is a tribute to the skilful playing and the use of a violin (always a very emotional instrument) as well as a piano for the melody that the section from 3:40 was almost painful to listen to - not because of a lack of skill (!) but because it is so very poignant and heatbreaking to hear the utter dejection and hopelessness that Joplin must have been feeling after the death of his wife only 10 weeks after their wedding. Bravo!

[@woutbakker7319]

Tears, goose-pimples,... bliss

[@historiador2695]

Beautiful!!!!

[@alexandrepicot7003]

C'est tellement beau que ce duo m'inspire, ça m'en fait des frissons dans le dos, je pense en faire un écrit, voir un livre, votre gloire 😃🤯🤧🙌👋👋

[@elvisway1]

That was fantastic! Love it!

[@darrencook1801]

elvisway1 g

[@TeresMajor96]

I need an hour version of this so bad

[@arturolpc3593]

Wonderful arrangement!

[@WamBamThankyouMam86]

truly a beautiful rendition. i've just recently started learning to play this piece

[@wendersonferminopereira2971]

Magnífico, ficou fantástica sua interpretação acompanhado do piano, parabéns.

[@mromneyobama]

This performance has wow written all over it. Congrats to both as well as your teachers/coaches.

[@ssteel8401]

Beautiful !! This piece really touches me as I had acquired the sheet music of it and loved playing it before I had to stop playing the violin. Your playing is outstanding esp your bow arm. Thank you for posting this .

[@SmartStart24]

Aw! Makes me want to cry, you two were so lovely on this song. I've never heard it on the violin before, it brings a new feeling to it! :D Beautiful!

[@pablodesimone9470]

Maravilloso chicos. Me enamoré de esta pieza musical, he buscado el arreglo pero no he podido dar con el. Trataré de hacerlo de la partitura de piano. Muchas gracias

[@howlhakuashitaka7616]

this one is lovelyyy I love Bethena and this version is just on point and beautiful

[@Julian9ehp]

I like this rendition because it isn't concerned with adding little flourishes and details. The violin is one voice, the piano another, and they interact.

[@VaudevilleJoe1925]

Wonderful & lovely ~ performances!

[@elvisway1]

Great job both of you! I have many favorites of Joplin. This is my very favorite. And the best version of it!

[@stenodiva777]

Very beautiful!!!!

[@ReynaldoGonzalesJr]

What a country violin! I love this song :)

[@にしだこうき-h3j]

ベセーナ素晴らしい曲だ！数少ない４分の３拍子で癒される。

[@sakurahinata23]

well done!! this is my favorite version of the song. ^^

[@anzdf]

Maravilloso, una ejecucion muy hermosa y un arreglo muy bueno. Gracias.

[@MozartFez]

Very nice. Thank you for posting this.

[@ibe8pud]

Excellent!!!! Wunderfull!!!! your fan

[@cebukid70]

Great job! This sounded very nice together. :-)

[@811birch]

This is fantasic!!! You 2 are the best!

[@quinoacat]

Thank You for posting this riveting performance. 5/5 Stars *****/*****

[@theamozingo2250]

Absolute perfection!

[@Pedrg93]

simply breathtaking

[@LoLoGtFLo]

Amazing

[@Dylonely_9274]

Wonderful.

[@ragtimest]

Truly beautiful.

[@siniyok3416]

very good, very sentimental

[@marconataren1163]

beautiful !😍WOW !!!❤💘

[@chocotiger]

amazing performance, major props to both of you

[@Jordier0xs0x]

Stunning.

[@CheeseDudInTheOven]

I wonder if this is what joplin had in mind for how this piece should be played

[@geologydotcom]

Very nice! Well done. Thank you!

[@themushybrain686]

That was really good

[@frigoh]

Beautifull !!

[@Aashaw32]

Gosh this makes me want to start practicing violin again. I haven't played in forever and she plays so well, makes me feel bad :( haha I love this song :D Nice arrangement

[@mercantilist0]

The river raisin ragtime revue has a piano- cello version. Two classical pianist canadian sisters have a dual piano version.

[@sirlordaeron1]

Beautiful...

[@woutbakker7319]

Very nice to hear that from you, chocotiger.

[@汁々美汁]

素晴らしい。

[@alejosierra3471]

I love this version. You even have Scott Joplin playing the piano. Amazing

[@sodafloat]

beautiful

[@cirooo7]

Dominic Renfroe youre a master. Theres only to describe what i felt when you finished the song, proud! Wish u the best buddy,and miss, you didnt even had to play that well, only standing right there for this 6 minutes would be enough to get thousand of claps after the song hehe CREDITS for the legend Scott Joplin

[@willyfernandez2013]

Ese tipo de inocencia interpretativa noes facil de conseguir

[@meitaibb]

great!

[@ViviFadinha]

Essa música me faz querer chorar

[@secretowl3561]

Nice cover :)

[@kevinzhou3]

I find it amazing how whenever people say a song is good, that's their opinion, but whenever somebody says a song isn't absolutely perfect, all of a sudden they're elitists forcing their opinion on everybody else. At least he had a good point. Constructive criticism is the only way things improve, simply saying good things is useless. That said, I think the song was great- I also thought it was a bit fast, but the violin was just great.

[@tmarkhightower3301]

Anybody here know where one can get the violin and piano music of this arrangement?

[@dudleydelany8186]

Who's that precious, beautiful little baby?

[@purearab772]

12 years ago

[@RWBHere]

Scott Joplin wrote this really sad waltz to commemorate the recent death of his new wife, Freddie (née Freddie Alexander) who called herself Bethena. She died in September 1904, aged 20, and Joplin had the waltz published in early 1905. Joplin died from the long-term effects of syphilis, 12 years later, 1st April 2017.

[@thomascody2330]

I wish he had been around until 2017 lol. He would have written so much more beautiful music.

[@Beatles5]

Is the pianist blind? Impressing to play piano

[@yergaderga]

Wow.

[@pianomasterbrandon1]

Pretty good

[@Chaia17]

how do you choose your music?

[@luomodellestelle]

bravo

[@moonrags]

they say - if you cant say anything nice - dont say anything at all - but then you will always have a couch critic who feels compelled to set us plebs straight and show that this is in fact not beautiful because its not perfect according to the world of vranuse - perhaps vranuse you could audio or video a preview of your perfection for us to see and critic! - I for one do not care if its 90 120 - 130 - its BEAUTIFUL and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@MrLedt]

Is pianist Scott Joplin ?

[@virginagobetz4756]

No Scott Joplin died about 100 years earlier.

[@santfrias]

Where I can find the music sheet? Could you please upload it? Thanks!

[@savannahscott90]

For anyone who needs encouragement: Romans 8:18 “The pain you’ve been feeling can’t compare to the joy that is coming!” John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” Whatever is going on right now, have faith, your situation will get better. :) Jesus bless anyone reading this and happy new year!!🥰✨💖

[@RicAbapo]

@alicelizard wow!

[@lisagarden]

Do sell this on cd?

[@PeopleCanFly23]

Is the guy playing piano blind?

[@Sashabooboo]

That is so poignant to me. He's blind and can't see her and in 1906, he was essentially blind because he wasn't allowed....could not...look at her. I think this is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen or heard. I've played this song....5,000 times over the past 40 years. I learned it as a 10 year old black kids growing up in what was essentially a segregated area. Not by law, but by custom and finance. So to see them playing together is just a gift to me and is inspirational.

[@laslord]

My guess is yes, based on how his head doesn't move much. He plays the song very well, good job!

[@16Lizards]

It did seem that he was blind and by his facial expressions, too. Your analogy is as inspirational as the program! I love his music and this is one of my favorites, along with Solace, Harmony Club Waltz and many others.

[@santfrias]

Is the guy playing piano Scott Joplin?

[@PJGRAND]

+Milango Milango Who knows but Scott Joplin died April 1st 1917 and published Bethena in 1905 Amazing that Truely Great Music Never Ages !!!

[@mariafeprijoles5087]

Search "Bethena Ignatius" thats the remaster version of it....comment down if you see it

[@punkerbluhd]

can you pls give me the notes for the violin pls i cant find it nowhere

[@RicAbapo]

what recital is this?

[@josmex21]

El pianista se parece a Scott Joplin. The pianist looks like Scott joplin.

[@ragtimest]

@alicelizard Wow!

[@paullewis9490]

Bethena is one of the hardest song to play, bar none. To be honest, I've heard this song play poorly more than I've ever heard it played well. Joplin wrote the perfect song. Either you 'get' Bethena, or you don't. There is no in-between. What makes Bethena so hard to do correctly is that apart from getting the syncopation right, there is a cadence that the song has written inherently into it. You can easily get one right, and the other one wrong, without even being aware you've failed. If you assume that syncopation and cadence are synonymous, you've already failed. How hard can one song be to play? Go listen to Richard Zimmerman play Bethena, then you'll know. Zimmerman 'gets' Bethena. It's not just the song, it's the nuance. Nuance, soul, call it what you like. The difference is so subtle, it's hard to detect. But once you see it, it's inescapable. It is the very soul of striving to succeed. Strive on.

[@blue9351]

💜

[@illini97]

extremely beautiful! i would have preferred if played a bit slower but that's my opinion. AMAZING!

[@espltdm155]

benjamin button!