Happy Birthday, by Beethoven? Bach? Mozart? - Nicole Pesce on piano

[@DivaAlmeidaPT]

I never get tired of watching this video. Fantastic interpretation at all levels. She should produce more musical sketches like this, so much fun!

[@rossanamagalhaes7032]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@PhoenixaSol]

Thank you! July 10th is my birthday and this was truly a delightful way to kick 62 in the tail!

[@jazzopera]

This has become my standard birthday card to friends. Brilliant. Excellent pianist with a wonderful sense of humor.

[@oscarotero6097]

I'll do that too!!

[@noeliarodriguez1664]

Lo mismo digo, acabo de buscarlo para enviarle a una amiga

[@shamanthhl]

Why hasn't this blown up already?! She's really good!

[@sophias8382]

0:21 Beethoven- Moonlight Sonata 1:18 Chopin- Military Polonaise (left hand octaves sound like Heroic Polonaise) 1:52 Brahms- Lullaby 2:20 Bach- Toccata and Fugue in D minor

[@artistfun9051]

u frgot mozart

[@trickeyrocks2340]

Thanks man

[@Dancestar1981]

Not Moonlight Sonata previous section was what is know as the pathetique sonata

[@就不更新吹啊]

You should go to the top of the comments

[@dodostrecansky]

4:50 f**king clapping and i did not heared anything

[@easymathwithcoachmike]

Wow. This lady is just awesome. What a talent! ❤️

[@maryserfes]

Love it. She's original, funny and plays beautifully

[@Danny30011980]

Wow, I never knew Happy Birthday could be transferred into so many classical composer's styles. And the speed she plays - amazingly skilled! Brillant!

[@captaindiligence7858]

Never heard of Victor Borge??

[@theresayy]

@@captaindiligence7858 That's what I said, she reminds me so much of Victor Borge. I miss him.

[@G6JPG]

There are many such medleys on KZbin. Though none of them have her "sozzled Mozart" version!

[@JeroenTheBoss]

Victor Borge in 1951 (!) kzbin.info/www/bejne/npzOea1urdZqoqc

[@G6JPG]

@@JeroenTheBoss Thanks for the link: nice to hear his version (though I wonder if it _was_ the earliest: I think the _idea_ has been around for yonks [Goldberg?]). I don't think anyone else does the _very_ drunk Mozart version though!

[@tomstage4906]

How do 1.7K people NOT like this??? Her left hand on the Chopin is amazing! 😲

[@silvana4537]

*È bravissima*

[@tst_09]

I’m listening to this on my 19th birthday. So happy to be blessed by such magnificent musicians!

[@teentour1]

Me too but on my 80th birthday

[@stevekensok5198]

Nicole, your talent is out of this world and you are funny too! What a great performance !!!!!!!!!!!! great presence, humble and SO talented

[@btplank4316]

Hey, I'm just glad there are those who are continuing to entertain the way Borge did. He got us to listen to classical music in a way that made us laugh at his comedic musical creativity, while appreciating his musical talent. His comedic talents led me to an appreciation of classical music that I might never have had without his irreverent treatment of the genre. Nicole Pesce is doing the same for another generation. Bravo!

[@elizabethbowie9753]

I was just thinking the same thing !!

[@Mac99Bravo]

Absolutely stunning performance!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jawsh8227]

I actually wanna learn Beethoven's version of happy birthday. It sounds so nice.

[@G6JPG]

If you poke around KZbin looking at the Happy Birthday variations, I think some of them do either show, or include links to, the sheet music.

[@pardist]

It's the moonlight sonata. You have terzine and the tempo is slow so it's not so hard in fact you can learn the first movement in your second piano year. Or even play it first sight not so hardly.

[@BlossomFlowerGirl]

Thank you thank you, never have I enjoyed listening to “Happy Birthday” as much as this. The lady is a brilliant pianist and if the great masters were alive today, they would doff their hats to her. Happy Birthday will never be the same again!

[@Thompson1425]

That was so much fun, I could watch it a thousand times. Love her sense of humor! Lol...

[@veronicajames1673]

Love it! She really captures the styles of these wonderful composers. One of the most intriguing birthday greetings I've receoved!

[@owanamibiamaalex6069]

This is wonderful, never seen anything like this. Men! She's really good with the piano. This is what I call talented!

[@RobertOrgRobert]

It doesn’t matter what people think of her interpretations she is still a damn good pianist

[@sortathesame8701]

Jealous people with no talent themselves.

[@TBlev215]

Hearing Chopin’s polonaises blows me away every time.

[@aljabirxiju9475]

it does matter if people think she is shit.

[@lopezcardenas4278]

Exelente y de muy buena Actitud❤🙌🎊✋😇

[@tiffanybag1584]

Grazie Nicole ❤

[@wawazhang1514]

GENIUS!!!! ❤️ Please, dont stop playing, I love you. You made them alive again ❤️

[@Cryptonymicus]

The spirit of Victor Borge lives on! Bravo!

[@grandmajoyce2]

Bravo! I sent a close friend a birthday e-card today, but after listening to this,I couldn't resist sending her this video too. It is simply too good not to share : ) Thank so much.

[@namastemoon7442]

I absolutely enjoyed this from start to finish! What a talent and so much fun. I could watch and listen to her play all day. 🥰

[@yolandabates9499]

Nicole that was the most fun happy birthday video! Perfect for those classical music lovers! You could do each one separately as well and it would be incredible! ♥️

[@pamelafeeney8086]

I can't imagine why 55 K did not like this. Great performance of great music with great fun. Bravo!

[@claudinedoubletdoublet8366]

Je remercie mon ami Chris qui ce soir m'a permis d'écouter votre concert, Vous êtes formidable !!!

[@GingerCampbell]

This was sent to me as a birthday present and I really enjoyed it!

[@PeaceMarauder]

I'm currently using it on fb bdays

[@milagrosc.928]

Excellent !!! Congratulations to Nicole Pesce for the different interpretations of Happy Birthday !!! I really had an incredible talent !! And I find the sense of humor fantastic !!! The Luttiers also make musical humor !!! And they are formidable !!!

[@omanasastar6569]

Thank You, dear Nicole, for this great gift of creativity and humor - everyone I send it to is de - lighted. Abundant Blessings to You.

[@robinbradbeer7105]

Loved listening to this on my Birthday!!!!

[@deldridg]

What a glorious virtuosity and feel for the music Nicole has developed. My fav was the first Mozart and would love to hear her perform a Bach fugue version. Many thanks! Cheers from Oz - Dave

[@thepawvoydoghotel9740]

Loved everything about this..put a smile on my face..how talented you are! You version of Bach is beyond amazing! Thank you

[@grannywarrior]

Absolutely loved this, and what a great way to show the different styles of our great composers

[@StephSancia]

This fabulously talented lady brought such warmth into my friend's 63rd birthday today, Much Gratitude xo

[@kathyjenkins2386]

Very clever! I think you are so talented to immerse such a classic with the beautifulmusicians of the past. Your Mozart on a toasted binge was great! Really enjoyed it. Thanks...

[@thomasthune925]

I have a hard time believing all the nonsense in many of the comments so far. This time I want to thank her for her own interpretation of the possible musicality of various composers of the past. Then I commend her for her personal sense of humor. If anyone "doesn't get it" I feel so sorry for you. If you can't have fun along the way, the trip isn't worth the trouble!

[@吳曼瑄]

This is not her improvisation, she stole the entire idea and even the composition from Victor Borge. The only part she added in her own idea was the Bach part but which was nothing like Bach, but more like Liszt. Can anyone be less creative and pocess less grasp of the performance practice of different styles of composers than her? I feel so sorry to see plagiarism like this. This makes me really uncomfortable.

[@tbz8219]

I really do not waste my time reading comments. She's is amazing to play a "joke" like that. I love it.

[@ajseaman3387]

@@吳曼瑄 Makes you uncomfortable? Really? Why is that? Because you think 'There can be only one?" Or does it go deeper than that?

[@CityThatCannotBeCaptured]

I cried. It was magnificent.

[@azearaazymoto461]

I think you are. There is no way of knowing if she actually got the idea from Victor but I doubt she stole the composition, you’re just being a jerk. She plays with the fury of Liszt but not his style, his style is far more distinct. In fact, I find it hysterical how you say she plays with a different style and then proceed to say she lacks creativity. The worst part of all though is the fact that she’s just having fun and the first thought you have is a criticism of her character, her playing, and her actual ability.

[@Ninaki13th]

I love how she just throws an amazing quick playing without even struggling

[@laflamezz1907]

this incredible. What a great mash up :D

[@bravaLiz]

THIS is one of my FAVORITE things on KZbin. I just LOVE it. This woman is MAGNIFICENT. And she probably knows all too well, that had it not been for those "other guys" she wouldn't have performed this. And QUITE successfully.

[@firthm2]

Talented, creative, energetic, humorous. Bravo! Loved the Bach.

[@heikooehme6212]

These interpretations gave me a laughing, absolutely unexpected. Thank you Nicole Pesce.😀

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

Wow, that was definitely not me

[@sevenminaya1390]

+Johann Sebastian Bach you win the internet hahahahha.

[@GeorgeCharlesAllen]

+Johann Sebastian Bach More like a bad transcription of Bach by Liszt.

[@KontauriC07]

+Johann Sebastian Bach oh, welcome Bach! so you're Bach from the dead?

[@adityabodhe3340]

+Johann Sebastian Bach hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@Scensum]

+Johann Sebastian Bach Haha I know! You would've written a fugue.

[@yolbus]

Wow! Es increíble la adaptación que hace, sin duda una virtuosa extraordinaria de la música

[@mimibondoc3794]

She’s simply fantastic! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@thiyenle6619]

OH! She is truly my Idol with her musical, humorous and creative talents. Love her so much.

[@Angel-yl1ck]

Marvelous! How creative and talented.

[@masterkaruna4013]

Loved every minute of it! Brilliant and utterly enjoyable!🥰

[@judithmaryhill4862]

Absolutely LOVED your versions of Happy Birthday. Have share it with all of my Facebook family. Please create more versions for other occasions ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@debmckcallahan]

This has become my favorite birthday present for my music-loving friends! You do a wonderful composition, mixing temps and intensity. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!!!!

[@giovannatomacelli1811]

I received this video for my 89th birthday and I absolutely loved every note of it!!! I hope that I shall receive another one for my 90th....???

[@SBgoode]

Fantastic! I played this medley for my spouse on his BD. Thanks a bunch. He loved it!

[@janalovespaper]

Are you kidding me??? That was incredible!!!

[@kiddtuffy]

I am in love with everything she did. ¡bravissimi!

[@MsWaMaria]

BRAVO. SUPERB !!! Million of Thanks, on my Birthday.

[@therainforest4314]

What's not to love about this brilliantly talented woman? Brava to you, Nicole Pesce, @callron. :)

[@jasongordon5114]

She makes all of them look so easy... especially the Mozart one.

[@yvonnebeck3129]

Just wonderful!! Talented for sure and I enjoyed all the versions of happy birthday played by you. ……………………..

[@Kappeyron]

Completly Charming! Very Nice! I Love It!

[@AK-ljkm]

The best birthday piano music composition I have ever heard. Marvelous!!! Bravo! 👏 Well done.

[@i.m.design]

This woman is a genius! My Mom sent this to me for my birthday today ❤️ volim te mamac

[@lulatissie6664]

The jokes were on point. Piano skills were on point. Job done well. Appreciate the work and the effort.

[@davisatdavis1]

Someone has to make a longer version of the Brahms one. Even though what she played was very short, it was still heart-breaking.

[@eagermite9291]

DRUNK MOZART WON

[@nova2393]

😁

[@axiomist4488]

I could listen to her all day. She can really play, she's incredible !

[@marystephens765]

Not being a musician, as a laywoman, I loved these renditions!!! Fun!

[@user-haigoya]

Only musics 0:21 베토벤 Beethoven ver. 1:18 쇼팽 Chopin ver. 1:50 브람스 Brahms ver. 2:19 바흐 Bach ver. ♡ 3:19 모차르트 Mozart ver. 4:37 모차르트식 묘기 Genius Mozart version

[@unknownchannel3141]

This was actually really beautiful, I wonder if there's a version without all the noise

[@G6JPG]

There are many such variations on KZbin, many done in people's own homes; I like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpvLiIicaZVnlck (If you do find this one without applause, please share a link - but I don't think there will be, because the "sozzled Mozart" trick is done for an audience).

[@marilynrosenthal5713]

She is Brilliant. Victor Borge for today. Love it.

[@luisalbertocarrasconfrutos5094]

Wow she is Amazing. Borges for sure was having fun. Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kayemurley]

Wonderful. A talented pianist, able to add a little fun to her repertoire. Love it!🎉❤

[@zushixilaiyi]

Very nicely done. Victor Borge did it in 1951.

[@brassmom]

Thank God his tradition lives on! :)

[@johnore6297]

Yeah, I was going to mention that, too. He was better.

[@petrmanda]

He was the only original...

[@NickJay]

Was just about to say that, too. And a lot funnier too.

[@NickJay]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npzOea1urdZqoqc

[@mariejagodnik]

This Nicole Pesce and her performance just MADE my birthday today! Thank you so much!

[@booragal]

Simply brilliant. Can we purchase this on iTunes? Well done Nicole.

[@olivenethomas4042]

Wow! This is FABULOUS! My friend Ulla-Bell send this video to me for my birthday! I love it!

[@MrHailstorm00]

I used to think the "reverse-playing the piano" scene in Amadeus was not real... Thank you so much for proving me wrong!

[@iiiIIiiiIiIIIillii]

0:00 베토벤 (월광소나타) 1:17 쇼팽 (폴로네이즈) 1:54 브람스 (lullaby) 2:20 바흐 (토카타와 푸가 D단조) 3:19 모차르트 4:35 모차르트가 연주를 한다면 ( 모짜르트는 아마 술을 많이 마셨을테니..)

[@mariagonzales1937]

Extraordinaria. No me canso de verla

[@sonicspring6448]

Awesome technique, and awesome sense of fun. I'm so impressed.

[@Jondsmusic]

Wow absolutely smoking technique and such humility! Wow!

[@yznalnoing1]

Very talented!!!! Best birthday songs!

[@MALITHA]

Bethoven had the sadest birthday in history

[@Custerd1]

Laufd But she should have had a hundred-measure coda....

[@markbotta8567]

If Beethoven had the saddest birthday, then Bach had the most intense birthday.

[@chrisprivat4341]

You mean Beethoven

[@tillow.9857]

Santi had even worse...

[@flormorarales2872]

Yup

[@brendandaugherty]

She's amazing- but I have to say that piano is the best sounding piano I have ever heard. especially given the quality of the camera recording... Sounds so clear and amazing.

[@AnshulRaman]

***** she is only using the mic to talk into. Mics are not need with Steinways.

[@AnshulRaman]

***** no they aren't. And if you needed a mic for the Steinway, it shouldn't be pointed at the keys; it should be pointed at where the skins is coming from

[@brendandaugherty]

You can literally see the microphone that is pointed towards the strings... on the right edge of the video...

[@grumpypeanuts4530]

I’m not sure whether to think “This is so funny!” or “She plays so beautifully!”

[@silver17s91]

Why not think both :O :D

[@farakhanstephens]

C: All of the above

[@Theleague0fshad0ws]

What a performer! Fabulous set!

[@talanab7785]

: D ! Fabulous , thank you Nicole Pesco ! Made my b-day even better ! And thank you, my friend Osiris, who sent me this video :)))

[@zarrahkat8954]

I am so glad this helped you have a nice birthday.

[@talanab7785]

@@zarrahkat8954 :)))

[@jamesramsden156]

What an amazing and talented performance by an amazing artist and congratulations on a superb and entertaining performance. I am sure all the composers you chose to play would applaud your creation. Congratulations and many thanks for a wonderful piece of entertainment and I am very impressed by your piano-playing expertise. I am sure the grand masters will be applauding your playing as you captured the spirit of their playing so well. Well done and thank you!

[@amandavanderwalt2701]

What talent! Amazing!

[@iliasskordas9201]

well THAT is called humor!

[@darkacademiac]

zenobia zebo Lol ikr

[@adambe1126]

I would love to get hold of the sheet music for these.

[@claudiacoleman1194]

I just LOVE this!! I send it to all my friends on their big day!

[@magalyduarte9965]

Maravillosa interpretación. Gracias.

[@brunagnocchi6558]

Semplicemente BRAVA 👏👏👏

[@b.scorpio5316]

THIS IS AMAZING

[@Schrodinger_]

Play Salieri

[@dianapetri9562]

Now that's a challenge 😉

[@danieldedo]

You made me laugh out loud! Good one!

[@kl24601]

Schrodinger hahahahahahahah

[@lockejawe4050]

Don't forget to fart at the end...

[@amiqai]

*fart*

[@verenicejerez9417]

Fantastic!

[@sandrathomason9453]

Love her on the piano! Lovely♥️

[@phizap]

wow, this is so great, just shared it as a bd gift too :))

[@elainebarnes2772]

WOW! 💖 She's fabulous as well as fabulously funny! I love this!! Thanks for posting; Consider me your newest subscriber❣

[@basssingerericwinston3561]

She is wonderful! Did anyone credit Victor Borge with the idea here? Borge did the happy birthday routine for years.

[@JeroenTheBoss]

This is probably the very first of Victor Borge's performance (1951): kzbin.info/www/bejne/npzOea1urdZqoqc

[@susanest]

Lots of fun! What a talented lady!!!

[@gabrielajaime4467]

Beautiful 💛💚❤️🧡