Violin Masterclass: Bach G minor Sonata [Silberger / Kurganov]

[@MurphyMusicAcademy]

Great to see you uploading masterclasses again!

[@DanielKurganov]

getting back into it! lots of things in the works... best wishes!

[@hamwhacker]

When you played Bach together so beautifully at 6:19 it got me thinking that this piece would sound even better arranged or developed for TWO violins. ❤

[@priceviolinacademy]

Incredible depth of ideas as always Daniel. I know a lot of planning goes into these videos but it’s remarkable to me that you two can speak so freely and seemingly Improvisation-ally for so long about the topic and stay organized. I teach this sonata a lot and definitely can get stuck into one idea of interpretation. This opened up a lot of new avenues to explore. Thanks and keep it up. 👍

[@peterbaxter8151]

I’m so glad to see you back Daniel.

[@DanielKurganov]

thank you!

[@esthermarcus5135]

This is the most beautiful masterclass i ever saw !! There IS really a lot to learn from it, not for just showing up, like others seem to do..!!! So many thanks for it !!!!

[@darlenerivest148]

This is brilliant! Thank you for showing us how to look beyond performance practice to create beautiful music. I really enjoy the exchange of musical ideas between two great artists. Thank you!!

[@seantaro3346]

Violin play as a filigree approach... this is so smart. Thank you

[@eclectichandsproductions]

Daniel, I've been following your channel over the last few years. As a fellow violinist, I've learned so much from your masterclass series and it has worked wonders for my playing! I'm playing the Fugue this Sunday for a church gig and the timing of this masterclass couldn't be better. By incorporating your approach will certainly help me for the gig. Cheers!

[@DanielKurganov]

@@eclectichandsproductions wonderful to hear this!

[@gabriel1chan]

Wonderful, I have never seen heard so much detail just starting from the first chord. Thank you.

[@Monster-ig9do]

so many great info. thank you so much for all the work you are doing. you are the reason i picked up the violin again!

[@DanielKurganov]

So wonderful to hear that! I have many things coming to youtube and other corners soon, so please stay in touch!

[@aMaudPowellFan]

I love the format, the abundance of ideas, the reasoning and the beautiful playing. I wish you had included the Presto.

[@DanielKurganov]

Thank you!! We felt the Presto was maybe too straightforward compared to the other movements. Also ran out of time :))

[@aMaudPowellFan]

@@DanielKurganov 😦I was afraid of this straightforward reason. A few words on the stroke, the meter / phrasing and the tempo would have been very welcome to me.

[@DanielKurganov]

@@aMaudPowellFan yes, there are certainly some important topics to discuss !!

[@aMaudPowellFan]

I felt intimidated to study it when I heard what Shumske Sato did with it. Anyway, I‘ll put it on your bucket list as a Patreon video, then.

[@DanielKurganov]

@@aMaudPowellFan I think what Julia Glenn presented in our stream is excellent. Aside from drilling into some tangential mechanical work like velocity, detache quality, etc, I’d say she covered everything I would and then some :)

[@Skinny_Karlos]

That was great. One thing that really occurred to me after a little while is just how great Andrew Ryan's violins are. Your violin, Daniel, sounded just as good as Eric's violin, at least to me. I know that so much has to do with the player's ability, but the instrument, obviously, cannot be discounted or no one would want a Guarneri del Gesu or a Stradivari would they? Thank you, Daniel, for another great hour of class violin playing and teaching.

[@EricSilberger]

Thanks for the feedback! We're in a renaissance of violin making today and Andrew Ryan is definitely one of the best out there. I also have acquired a violin by him which I have loaned out. A very fine maker!

[@Ciaccona255]

If this video was from Tonebase Violin it would have been the best one so far! Great video guys bravo!

[@DanielKurganov]

Thanks so much! More coming soon:)

[@dvides89]

I gonna be revisiting this video alooooot of times: it’s so many interesting ideas in very short snippets of time. Thank you for uploading to both!!!

[@DanielKurganov]

So glad you like it! If you have time I’d love to know timestamps for your favorite bits that you find helpful. I can’t trust my own sense for these things anymore, but I do want to create more chapter markers for people. Thanks!!

[@Personne-w6y]

2 harmony whith 2 violons even différents bits i thing it s makes a beatiful sound !!!!

[@SemyonKrylov]

Спасибо огромное!

[@aeverton62]

This is so good, thank you. More please.

[@cweeks5211]

Just fantastic. Thank you.

[@finemasterviolins]

Wonderful masterclass

[@Personne-w6y]

So peaceful man!!!!!!!

[@amandacollecutt2491]

Yeah, nice video. And a really nice piece

[@brianasselta9237]

For me being played with a modern bow and 440 tuning Szeryngs recording for me is my favorite.

[@arfanhanba6161]

Super!

[@aeverton62]

also, like the depth you give the opening chords i want for the whole sonata. take four hours-- worth it

[@Violamaster1996]

Anything on the Presto movement?

[@ghlscitel6714]

How about playing all strings simultaneously by using the round Bach-bow?

[@EricSilberger]

We'll be talking about that in an upcoming video and Tossy Spivakovsky!

[@ghlscitel6714]

@@EricSilberger Go ahead. I'd love to learn more.

[@EricSilberger]

Actually in this video we touch on it at 9:40 although not in great detail. I love listening to the Chaconne that Tossy Spivakovsky recorded available on KZbin. There is also a short conversation somewhere where he discusses the bow and the performance. Definitely very enlightening to listen to as well as the organ performances of the violin partitas and sonatas.

[@leonardobastos1945]

Is there any particular edition you'd recommend? Thanks.

[@DanielKurganov]

I would highly recommend 2 editions: Barenreiter Urtext, because it attempt to show you what Bach wrote and nothing more. There is also some excellent research at the beginning. That and it’s beautifully printed and a joy to use. Henryk Szeryng edition of Bach is wonderful because it has his unique markings. Many of them are, let’s say, idiosyncratic to his style, but it’s a great way to get into his mind a bit, and he has some very clever fingering solutions for many passages. Also find Anner Bylsma’s book on the Sonatas and Partitas. You can find it on libgen.is Finally, make sure to look at the original manuscript (available on IMSLP). It’s really beautiful and gives some insights into the music. Best of luck!

[@alessandrovaccari782]

Hi. Isn’t the free decision time for time the right contemporary approach to the “a solo” reportoire at least? A form of fresh rebellion to rigid storicism and probably the real mood of the ancient epoch.

[@DanielKurganov]

@@alessandrovaccari782 I guess it depends on what you mean by Free Decision. Free to - ? Free from - ? There are plenty of free & fresh takes that sound bad and are quickly forgotten. So it seems to me that freedom itself is necessary, but not sufficient.

[@alessandrovaccari782]

@@DanielKurganov Hi Daniel. I’m a jazz improvisor. I must know very well that my work consists in improvising with dexterity with no doubt like a sheet reading. On the contrary I’m heavy convinced of the fact that the great classical performer must create new situations every time he or she performs Sibelius… (aehm 🤣), being fresh exactly like an improvising musician. But in conclusion, for both, you must know the part by heart, having your chops and licks under your fingers the more you acquire them (Philippe Hirshhorn told to pupil Janine Jansen: “try more stylistic approaches you can, then decide”), risk every time something new, but your architecture must be stable during the performance, because you maturated a definitive, general, idea at home in hours of hard work. Ciao

[@anatavares7707]

Põem legendas em português BR, please ❤

[@SarumChoirmaster]

Bach was primarily an organist - a keyboardist. Think of the harpsichord and a rolled chord. Yes he played the violin and viola but he was mainly a keyboard player. Think of gut strings - roll each note.