F.Kreisler - Sicilienne & Rigaudon (Itzhak Perlman)

[@vrdesk]

I love that in the Rigaudon, Perlman doesn't bother to shift at all. He just extends his fourth finger a ridiculous amount and manages to have perfect intonation. That's a true master violinist.

[@ottokarvonschnallenburg2572]

2:06😁

[@mazingaz1004]

12:31 Friday night

[@mazingaz1004]

Yes Perlman is amazing ❤

[@listenercryptid]

and he does all this with his eyes closed girl i can't even play with my eyes open i'm gonna cry

[@madisonjung7695]

I love this piece! I just cant play as good as him. He also went more faster than I expected which left me shocked😅 This is amazing

[@musickids2]

how does he make it look so easy to play it with perfect intonation at that speed

[@charity4613]

He makes it look easy

[@flfciachan2248]

Yes

[@boba9455]

Ikr

[@mariabae1569]

Maybe it is

[@mariabae1569]

Sherlock

[@zarninewman1735]

This song is actually extremely hard. I’ve played it and I can only get the rigoudon to about 75% of his speed. Don’t say it’s easy.

[@andrearamos9879]

I play violin and it's just amazing how calm his right hand is. I've struggled with this ever since I've started.

[@veganmocha]

Andrea Ramos right? only just recently have i been able to relax my right hand, and sometimes i still stiffen up on accident

[@belindasequeira-xh7lt]

Me too my right hand is so hard to get it properly on the bow

[@eduhyuuga]

Many people play sicilienne and rigaudon, but the thing is how they play it. I doubt many violinists can play it like Perlman, even playing jingle bells you can notice how good is a violinist. The thing that matters is the quality not the amount. When im studying, many times i play songs i studied 7 years ago just to see the difference and how i developed in all that time.

[@janemarriott5646]

Same!

[@rybakostis]

Well, that's the thing, Perlman probably can play twinkle-twinkle in such a way that it would be awesome.

[@zsatelier7139]

I was following along in my music when I first listened to this and it was the most jarring page turn of my life

[@salbammm]

How the heck does he make it look so effortless?! This version is so amazing......

[@steelebird]

OMG Perlman- stop killing my self esteem! *cries in a corner*

[@getdatpeppah6083]

Me: Plays at 100 on metronome wondering if its fast enuf *checks utube NOPE

[@Aurora-cc4vi]

same

[@CottonCandyTheWW2Geek]

Gee it is a 16th century dance that is supposed to be slow.

[@Hello-ge5sw]

oof lmao

[@Hello-ge5sw]

Wow, this comment has exactly 99 likes!

[@karinkaviolin]

@@Hello-ge5sw now, 111😀

[@iducationcenter9263]

1:51 you see that purple glow on the board, that's itzhak perlman's awesomeness

[@hellokittygirls5783]

Cool, i didn't notice 😅😂

[@bubbles-h3arts]

Reflects how much practice and how much time it took to compose and play this song

[@jiyus_her]

It makes me to practice

[@barbaraweselakfranch1387]

Is so wonderful Maestro Izaak Perlman! ♥️🎻🎶♥️

[@sujinchung8600]

I really like Itzhak's sound and how he closed his eyes when he played. Great job!

[@noahstier]

Same!

[@hamsterlove45]

how he manages to shift with perfect intonation WITH HIS EYES CLOSED is waaaaaaaaaaay beyond me

[@magginiklas2277]

if you know your instrument like your body you feel where you have to be with the fingers...you don't need eyes...just soul, heart and practicing! ;)

[@rustkarl]

I can shift without my eyes, not as good as he can obviously

[@SeverusSnape70]

We violinists never need to look at our fingers. It's unuseful because the fingerboard doesn't have marks on. We use the kinaesthetic memory.

[@cw2010]

i don't look at my fingers almost at all because I get distracted

[@Eric-rc2vg]

The more amazing part is that he can match his bow perfectly with his fingers

[@BorislavVeselinov]

I can already imagine the influx of twosetters coming to check the original piece.

[@Hello-ge5sw]

Yepp

[@janemarriott5646]

yasssssssss

[@InfiniteMomentStudio]

i just "finished" learning this piece and i can't understand how he can play it that fast and controled? oh wait... he's Itzhak Perlman!

[@gracepotato1365]

dang it’s been a decade since this comment, how’s life?

[@urboiray2127]

Now 11 years

[@jaohub5990]

"He´s Itzhak Perlman" is a good answer.

[@JessicaBostwick]

Same.

[@paul-helie_music]

same too 😅

[@andiem789]

it makes me too jealous to hear him play this! i'm standing at my stand for an hour every day looking at this piece like "how the heck do i play that???" and he has it memorized!

[@barbaraweselakfranch1387]

I love Maestro ITZHAK PERLMAN,Hy is so amazing,my favorite violinist! BRAVO Maestro 🎻❤️🌹

[@Rephrat]

Itzik for ever. god bless you. One of the best things which came out of Israel !!!!

[@xinmindu4763]

Look at that expression and the way his fingers plays so effortlesly amazing😮 I bet 1-3%of people can play like him❤

[@bubbles-h3arts]

*Cough* uh alrighty i better get to work 😢

[@boba9455]

😱 One emoji to desribe his SKILLZZZZ!!

[@Comedyandmusic_07546]

Oh damn... I'm speechless 😢

[@bubbles-h3arts]

But hr a violin girl

[@bubbles-h3arts]

Ur*

[@bubbles-h3arts]

And dont give up!

[@bubbles-h3arts]

Bc its rlly hard even for me after skipping 2 grades

[@Comedyandmusic_07546]

@@bubbles-h3arts Thanks 😊 I'm actually about to master that song!

[@delledumont4168]

wonderful and beautiful

[@mixailaggelos2004]

Indeed !! He plays so effortless and that makes me even more excited..

[@加藤宏紀-c1h]

ホントに素晴らしい

[@nylonhk2]

so nice and in tune and articulated

[@lanarv]

LONG LIVE !!! ITZHAK PEARL-MAN !!! So MOVED and..THANKFUL every time I watch him..:-) LOVE HIM !!!

[@noowgnak]

I play this song on violin too. I will play this song at my elementary school as a morning concert. It is a wonderful violin performance! I love Itzhak Perlman player!

[@sterribi]

I HAVE TO PLAY THIS ARE YOU KIDDING ME *BREATHE* *BREATHE* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH XD

[@pickleviolin2696]

Ashley Music I can play this u know XD

[@sterribi]

if you can play it this fast you are officially my music senpai. XD

[@NicholasTheWicked]

Ashley Music BOI! I'm playing this for my districts solos and ensembles competition... and I want to cry.

[@amlamusic]

me toooooo my teacher just gave it to me today!

[@edn2448]

It's not that hard

[@Nelly-ql3ps]

He Plays so Good 😊

[@2legit2hit]

I love his facial expression at the end when he looks up at the camera as if to say, "Yes, I know; I'm amazing."

[@lisagrosman9660]

Lol

[@joelssantos3033]

Parabéns cara toca muito... Lindo de si ver e ouvir....amo o toque do som violino.

[@oranbrie]

O.O it sounds so different when it's so fast

[@chantinbye]

Excellent playing. Just what I need.

[@annzbanana37]

how am i ever going to do this song justice after he played it like this...

[@haehong5791]

VERY AMAZING! 🎉❤

[@fivebyfivewhat]

Bloody hell wish I could play Rigaudon that fast!! :O

[@justinbieberswife789]

i played the Sicilieene and am currently working on the Rigaudon which is extremely hard and he obviously practiced a lot. this takes talent but im 14 and working on it and ive only been playing for 5 years soooo. yup. its good.

[@Hello-ge5sw]

I've been playing for a little less 3 years and when I got the sheet, I freaked out...

[@gordonwu6828]

@@Hello-ge5sw it’s not that hard

[@gordonwu6828]

@@Hello-ge5sw but he just makes it seems toooo easy

[@Hello-ge5sw]

@@gordonwu6828 This piece is actually very difficult. Look for yourself.

[@Hello-ge5sw]

@@gordonwu6828 Also, the reason you see more professionals playing this is because this is a piece at an advanced level, for this piece is quite difficult.

[@AllThingsMustPass701]

I live in NJ too...I'm playing that piece, but not trying out for the regionals this year...not good enough. Perlman is amazing, butt listening to this depresses me...I could never go that fast in a million years!

[@glitch319]

dang...im supposed to play this for an audition in a few weeks and my teacher neglected to tell how fast the rigaudon part was...

[@II-hk8ir]

welp since this comment is 11 years old, I assume the audition is over. How’d you do?

[@사용자-b2b]

Hows it now lol 🤣

[@jeremybrown9281]

How’d the audition go lol

[@mazingaz1004]

Yeah it has been like 13 years now, how did the audition go

[@Jacob-f2s]

⁠w]

[@FanHolic0]

amazing

[@chefdevergue]

I got to watch you play this today at Musicfest (my daughter was also in your class), and I thought you did a very nice job. Good bow control! I enjoyed your performance. You should be very pleased! I play violin too (almost 40 years now) --- I wish my bow technique had been like yours when I was your age!

[@yvettekraft2371]

I'm playing it right now for musicfest, and I had trouble getting there that fast... He makes it look so easy! (envy envy) :)

[@Anu01]

And he plays his eyes closed! Very nice, thanks for this. :)

[@zerrotsap]

Tibor Varga and Itzhak Perlman are the greatest violinist which I have heard this piece´s version.

[@NestorAudinotviolins]

oh gosh!! That pianist (Janet Guggenheim) is really marvelous! How on earth does she stay with him through all of his tempo changes???!!!

[@atddd]

wow, so good

[@hyperesh]

I've been doing violin for 8 years and am just at this level thanks to a great teacher and 45 mins practice a day. Violin is a hard instrument.

[@jenniferlorentzen6790]

Good job! My sons both started pre-womb as well.

[@elleinda6278]

😂

[@yvettekraft2371]

Beautiful. Watched it a million times for inspiration, and it came!

[@weinaxu286]

Wow!Very GOOD!!!

[@sfc4013]

You are so good!!

[@norisv]

Love his performance!!!

[@luckyangel199]

wow. his fingers during the rigaudon are like bumblebees!

[@Szten]

Simply unreal

[@jenniferlorentzen6790]

He shifts multiple times throughout the Rigaudon. He just does it so effortlessly that you can't tell unless your watching his hand very closely.

[@trackgirl2016]

Oh. My. Gosh. I could NEVER play it that fast!!!! grr so jealous!

[@empoleon9999]

Itzhak Perlman is amazing... This is Sicilienne and Rigaudon at it's finest.

[@shuochen9480]

yassssssssssssss slayyyyyy !!!!! from my student no fr its rlly good

[@mtan123456789]

He is legend!!!

[@zivkostojanovic4629]

PERFECT

[@Kuroshi69]

seems like a lot of people commenting here really need to practice and/or get into their music... the man has clearly mastered the piece and has learned to fully enjoy it. stop complaining and strive for the same thing.

[@jamesmcgonagle9285]

It is great

[@Anu01]

He seems to have a lot of passion when he plays.. but still it looks like so easy for him. As I once said, like "a little bit this and that and voila".

[@metallica4ever2424]

Granted, he is able to do this because of his incredible talent and skill, but the size of his hands do play a significant factor aka they don't have to break "out of frame" as much, to reach second position, etc. What i'm trying to say is that it's all CONNECTED! When you compliment his intonation during extensions, you are also indirectly and perhaps unawarely highlighting how the size of his hands make this effortless for him.

[@rudruguable]

Maravilloso¡!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@angusthegreat]

.... he made it look so plain yet so amazing.

[@darkgarb555]

I love how he just plays with simplicity

[@ViolinStreaker1327]

why thank you that's very nice to say. You just made my day.

[@iheartdolphins12]

@ItzhakRoxMySox, you have summed up my life.

[@tvdude9209]

FAAACK that was GOOD!!! OH Man!!!! This is... JUST UNBELIEVEABLE!!!

[@LouiseTheHappyCloud]

learning to play this on violin :) maybe one day i'll sound like that..

[@metallica4ever2424]

Did it ever occur to you that Perlman extends because it's easy for him? Perhaps easier or more convienient than shifting? because it requires smaller movements than shifting therefore it is more efficient. The initial comment was complimenting how his intonation remained perfect in the midst of all the extensions. Now if you know how extensions work, they contort the hand out of it's "natural" frame, and many people find it difficult to play in tune this way, especially at high speeds

[@calebhu6383]

he enjoying playing it a lot :)

[@karlmonkeyc]

i love his smiling. because half the ppl i know who play violin dont smile.

[@metallica4ever2424]

And let's not generalize about "large hands" either, because you have many variables including finger thickness, width of palm, length of fingers, difference between length of fingers, (especially the difference between the pinky and the middle finger). Each of these have advantages and disadvantages in certain contexts. We haven't even discussed minute variations in the size and contour of different fiddles and/or fingerboards. ALL of these, have an affect on extensions, etc, etc, etc

[@lisagrosman9660]

Has anyone noticed that 99% of these comments are from over a decade ago?!?!

[@jamesyen7212]

wait.....

[@marianikishkova5599]

I agree 😂

[@tominishioka3065]

no

[@yanchunzhong9892]

Yes

[@Hello-ge5sw]

Yeshh

[@seanhjuhl]

I played that piece at my recitel, and Itzak seems to use a lot more dynamics than me... Well as they say, get to Carnegie hall by PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!! :P p.s Im 12

[@elleinda6278]

Well your 20 now :D

[@alexandre4535]

Hell, he is too damn good. I'm so envious and admirative at the same time *.* I wish I could play it half as well.

[@DeterminatiotheBlood]

I must play that for my violin test!!!

[@ayanonakamura2120]

He's soooo good! i wish i can play this song like this. i'm practicing it but its REALLY hard!!!!

[@ViolinStreaker1327]

He is amazing! Im only 11 and learning this piece its because in rigaudon you have to very fast and make a nice sound. I played violin only for 3 years so.....

[@BaRToLoMaSi]

2nd position: - Sitt book II and III :] [these books actually works from 1st to 5th position]

[@JoannaJohnsonScottishFiddler]

@vrdesk He does shift but he also has big hands!

[@Superbrandonw99]

I have to learn how to play this for an audition for an honors concert orchestra, and after listening to it, I don't think there is any possible way for me to play this, the Rigaudon part at least. We have to play all of Sicilienne and play to the repeat of Rigaudon.

[@brynnmccullough9088]

For PMEA honors orchestra? And the second piece is the one that kills me! I can't play it past 100 beats per minute let alone however fast this is

[@Superbrandonw99]

YES! Finally someone who understands it, my mom especially doesn't understand that I just can't play it, it's physically impossible for me, and yea it is for PMEA honors orchestra.

[@brynnmccullough9088]

It's physically impossible. I'm aiming for 120 and that's the "slow" side for allegro! Haha I'm gonna bomb this audition... (Not in a good way)

[@Superbrandonw99]

Yea so am i, you from Shaler?

[@brynnmccullough9088]

Yeah. There are like 6 of us auditioning.

[@cookiebrothers7404]

how fast does he play dis thing!? i slowed it down to 0.5 and it still playes faster that me!!!!!! *BREATH*

[@Kat-wm4zq]

How does he play so fast...? I thought I already played pretty fast, but this man-

[@lepestokhaitana]

Bravo!!!

[@Violins1345]

For the first five years of my playing violin I was in book one. So you're probably fine wherever you are. People learn at different paces. Give yourself a break!

[@paula01ize]

HE IS FANTASTIC!!! :D I'm learning this piece, but he is the best!!! W O W :)

[@sebastianleczky]

Perfect!!!!

[@violistaluis]

woow..

[@SS-vz9cg]

Omg

[@newspapers798]

WakatanChannel is very cute❗

[@pyroticmaniac]

don't lift your bow in between notes on the sicilienne (the rhythm you hear at beginning especially) and rigaudon, keep every 16th note EVENLY SPACED. there are other things but these are a couple things i hear often and have done myself

[@oliviagonzales8572]

Wow that is just so amazing. I wish I could do that

[@vantemuse31]

omg.....awesome!

[@張克任-n7z]

I LOVE VlOLIN.

[@judygao6396]

It sounds so clean….. 🤯