FRANÇAIX Clarinet Concerto, 1st movement | Nicolas BALDEYROU

[@benjaminlitchfield1697]

One of the hardest pieces in the clarinet repertoire played like a walk in the park.

[@chloedile9769]

The person who disliked it is either deaf, jealous, or frustrated because he plays the flute and he realised the clarinet sounds better. 👌

[@cathy_clarinet]

Chloé Dilé There always has to be one crazy

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

You can’t please everyone 😁 but thank you Chloé !

[@Light-br1wl]

@@cathy_clarinet hello, i am clarinetistsewonkim from the instagram comment section :)

[@cathy_clarinet]

Light 👋🏻😊

[@sybil-roxanneclemons1333]

Right on

[@tpark89]

I think Nicolas won the decade of 2019-2029. The Bob Ross of clarinet we've needed for so long.

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Hahaha thank you Tony :-))

[@manfredlipp6410]

Sensationell - aber das ist ja Jedem inzwischen klar - immer ein besonderes Ereignis Nicolas zu sehen und zu hören - er ist "Klarinette", Künstler, Genie - übermenschlich!!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much Manfred !

[@fabriziolillo9878]

This is the most terrific.... now i should go to practice

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Fabrizio ! Practice never ends... 😁

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Fabrizio ! Practice never ends 😁

[@sybil-roxanneclemons1333]

@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 you're right. Never ends.

[@ClarinetMF]

This is insanely awesome. It’s mind bending how he can do all this and still have a sense of humor in these videos all the same

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much Mauricio !

[@lxdgr8]

This is the only piece of music from your videos I’ve watched so far that I’ve never heard before. Nice!

[@Gregq96]

It is criminal that this video doesn't have more views!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Happy if you liked it!

[@markovelikonja5399]

When I was a clarinet student about 35 years ago, I certainly knew of Francaix (mostly for his wind chamber music) but only knew of the clarinet concerto by reputation - nobody seemed to play it, couldn't find a recording, and no KZbin, of course. I assumed it was good because I liked everything I ever heard by Francaix. Now, we're fortunate to have lots of recordings of it available on KZbin (and a few commercial recordings). To me it ranks in the top tier of clarinet concertos, along with Mozart, Nielsen, Copland, and Corigliano, yet I've never even heard about a live performance, much less seen one. All that as a prelude to saying that I love this video. You make a really hard piece sound, if not easy, then at least charming, as Francaix must sound. The arrangement for clarinet octet is great, and the video is delightful. It may be selfish to not be content with this first movement, but are you planning to arrange (and film) the other movements? And are you going to publish the arrangement? I could see it becoming popular in clarinet studios in conservatories around the world.

[@clarinet19107]

Absolutely incredible playing....the hardest and most beautiful clarinet concerto in the history of our repertoire literature - played with such elegance and sublime, impeccable control! Bravissimo!!!

[@JuanMarcello]

This supreme artist, Baldeyrou, achieves as much artistic and articulation results as possible, phrasing, without any neurological or technical stress. I hear and feel that the clarinet seems to be "the easiest instrument in the world". It obviously isn't. Genius, artist, thank you very much!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you for your kind words ! I do my best to make it look easy but that’s lot of work 😅

[@JuanMarcello]

@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 Yes, my dear friend, I know. I think it was Mozart who said: "I work hard to make the result look very spontaneous". I thank you for demonstrating this to the world, Nicolas, in your art. I don't play the clarinet, I play the violin. But it means a lot to me. Thank you!

[@cmcas]

Bassoon player here. Francaix clarinet concerto has been one of my *all time* favorites. First time I played it in the orchestra I knew it by heart. I LOVE IT! It's the epitome of lovely. As much as this is lovely, I'll stick with the orchestra version lol ;D

[@levigr]

Amazing! I don't know what I admire the most... Is it the skills for editing the video? Could it be the well recorded and mixed audio? The fine work of creating such a beautiful arrangement? Or maybe is your amazing performance in every part (not just the soloist, which is by itself excellent)! Thank you very much for sharing your work with all of us through the internet. (I came from Instagram and I also want to share my words in this platform) :D

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much for your kind Words !

[@sybil-roxanneclemons1333]

@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 you Rock

[@billducker7404]

Fabulous. God bless you. You have brought much joy to many people. Bill. UK

[@9ri9ury]

This Performance shows the Perfect mood of Jean-Francaix!!! I love it!!!!

[@leenaalam9319]

The outfits are my favorite things ever. talent and a sense of humor. this is what 2020 needs.

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much Leena 😊🙏✨

[@emmanueljourdan2394]

Extraordinaire. C’est d’une souplesse infinie.

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Mille mercis !

[@jadonator4712]

Absolutely beautiful

[@АндрейРоссинский-к8щ]

Levels of play: Easy-Middle-Hard-Baldeyrou. Thank's for your job a lot.! Fantastic

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much 😄

[@RumiTakei]

最高です。 木が喋ってるみたい🌲🌳🌲🌴 やっぱりクラリネットは最高。 フランセも大好きだよ。🥹

[@jblinear]

The playing is outstanding without a doubt, but I was also fascinated by the video technique!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much ! Video editing is definitely a big part of the work 😄😱

[@arielatom68a56]

This is my favorite 'performance' of this movement, if you can call it that. It's so light and playful. It's so French in all the right ways, just as one would hope for with this piece. Anyone else notice The Bread Man walking past at 0:59 to prepare for conducting duties later on? Other little touches like having the backing parts on a different clarinet so that you always know 'who is who,' I love it. And look how only the soloist has a proper jacket on and how for the recap, we get the same 'funny' bass clarinet faces from the same Nicolas wearing the blue denim jacket... Just found your channel now, wish I had many months sooner!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much!

[@deanstevie]

the amount of effort put into these... chill man

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

This video was a lot of work for sure 😱

[@BlagoJ]

This is a priceless experience that we are getting for free. Thank you! This changes our feelings when we watch and listen! And about the playing: only those who have tried to learn this concerto understand how difficult it is. And you make it sound so easy. So well played! Thank you again for the inspiration you give us!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Happy that you like it, thank you for your kind words!

[@isaiasantoniolirianomadera4390]

Bravo, Bravo Bravísimo. Ese concierto estuvo genial, gracias por el detalle de grabarlo. Me encantó. Lo más divertido fue verte caminar con un pan en el brazo.

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Muchas gracias 🙏✨😊

[@j.tschabrun665]

This is absolutely amazing! 🤩 Not only you played that first movement of the concerto as it is the easiest thing in the world (though every clarinet player knows it’s exactly opposite), you also did an extraordinary transcription for clarinet octet! Congrats for that funny and awesome work! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@saxdemars]

Encore et toujours de la belle clarinette. Superbe arrangement. Merci Nicolas pour tout ce travail !

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Mille mercis, tout le plaisir est pour moi !

[@Anokha-rohan]

Splendid. The musical tune attracts the audience by some sort of magical spell. Nice played.

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thanks so much!

[@Anokha-rohan]

@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 😊

[@Wistou]

Magnifique concerto, et cet arrangement est tout simplement génial. Bravo Nicolas. Par coïncidence, j’ai sous les yeux la partition de ce concerto que m’avait donnée mon regretté professeur André Pons, sur laquelle on peut lire l’annotation de la main de Jean Françaix : « Pour mon ami André Pons, avec toute ma reconnaissance pour le sauvetage de la cadence de ce concerto. Jean Françaix. 20 Juin 1969 ». Je suis sûr que tous les deux seraient enchantés d’entendre cette magnifique interprétation. Amitiés, Christophe.

[@КаиржанКасымов-ч9к]

Nicolas, thank you a lot for promotion of clarinet playing, you promote the interest to our instrument, low bow and salute to you from Kazakhstan

[@jonasomland2336]

Holy guacamole! This is awe-inspiring!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Jonas ! I love the holy guacamole 😂

[@lorraine5130]

Fantabulous playing and loltastic acting! Thank you for all your videos! And a very special thank you for choosing my A clarinet for me at B.C. last April. I love it. And now I need to go practise, I haven't quite reached the required 40 hours today!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much ! And I’m really happy if you enjoy your brand new A clarinet :-)))

[@VicenteAlexim]

Holy sh*t! Combining technical perfection with silly self-awareness. Love it!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Vicente !

[@Ukgejap]

So beautiful, Love this concert, it is very French. So many ideas about the seasons that change with the music, a great idea. For some reason this theme reminds me of the French anthem. The arrangement for the clarinet ensemble is fantastic and many thanks!Bravo Maestro!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much for your kind words ! Definitely a very French music :-)))

[@jazztranscriptionssax]

You playing solo with Buffet Crampon ”Légende” clarinet and another orchestral parts with Buffet ”Prestige”. I noticed that! :D I found my first musical channel with quality music and interesting video editing! I was very pleasantly surprised and I am glad that there are such people as You with such ideas! Congratulations and Good Luck !!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much ! Hope you’ll like the future videos :-)))

[@sybil-roxanneclemons1333]

@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 I am

[@Eric-eg7gg]

Cher Monsieur Baldeyrou, je découvre par l’intermédiaire d’un ami vos vidéos. Quelle magnifique leçon vous nous donnez ! En plus d’une virtuosité et d’une maîtrise de votre instrument (incompréhensible pour le modeste clarinettiste amateur que je suis...) votre musicalité et votre sens de l’humour sont sans égal. Bravo bravo ! Je me réjouis déjà de découvrir d’autres vidéos. Cordialement. Éric L (Suisse)

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Mille mercis Éric ! Ravi que ce contenu vous plaise et bienvenue sur ma chaîne !

[@ektoraskontos3384]

I am studying clarinet and i am in the fourth year of the university. You are a big inspiration for me !! Thank you maestro !!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you and all the best 💪🏻👍🏻

[@giuseppelaruccia7156]

Quando non sai se l'infinita fantasia riesce a superare le grandi qualità tecniche e musicali...Bravissimo Nicolas !

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Grazie mille Giuseppe !

[@marie-lucepayot1123]

Magique, comme la baguette ! 😃👌

[@Cantonesecubanalee]

I needed this . I love seeing fellow clarinettist, getting the shine . It’s well needed . I am so over other woodwinds being praised .... we put in real work . I loved this , honestly was so playful with the backgrounds .

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@allisonrookey7419]

I love this man oh my gosh. Keep doing what you do

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

I’ll try to keep this rhythm, thank you Allison !

[@clANAnett]

This is amazing!!!!! I miss Paris and this gave me very nostalgic lol. Loved this arrangement and everything about this performance, great job! très bon!! 😊🙌🏼

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci beaucoup ! Hope Paris will welcome people from all over the world very soon !

[@radovancavallinzerjal9241]

Absolument Fabuleux Cher Nicolas....Bravissimo...Mes Félicitations plus sincères...un travail immense....Beautiful...you are thé best! Bises et Amitié 👏💪🏆

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci mon ami ! Bravo à toi pour le double concerto !

[@radovancavallinzerjal9241]

Nicolas Baldeyrou , Merci infiniment! Grosses bises et prend soin de toi!💪🏆

[@jefft9729]

Beyond amazing. Words can’t describe this adequately.

[@thierrycollet8956]

Congratulations for your fantastic version of that gorgious concerto. Beyond the music itself, your inetrpretation is about fluidity, originality and virtuosity. Kudo to you! From a meloman who used to spend his life in concert halls before the sanitary crisis...

[@111clarinet]

this is... wow... world best recording of Francaix.. you make me humble

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@anneperret9295]

Waaaaooooouuuuuuuuuhhhhhh ! Perfection dans la Kitschitude, j'aaadoooore ! Du coup je me l'écoute une 2e fois en fermant les yeux pour apprécier le talent principal ! merci, et encore !

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci beaucoup :-)))))

[@YouthfulOne]

Not sure why I’m just now seeing this but WOW! Magnificently played, beautiful scenery, and loved the baguette 🥖 and snowman! Always a pleasure Nicholas!!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Julie, happy that you like it !

[@菊池猛-w7b]

ニコラスバルドリューさんいつも素敵な演奏ありがとうございます🙇

[@billducker7404]

I love your videos Nicholas and this is no exception - and you are such an encouraging person - God bless you and yours - Bill - UK

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much Bill, all the best!

[@Musix4me-Clarinet]

Fantastically inspiring and entertaining. You are blessed with talent and have blessed us as well. Thank you.

[@slovek90]

Amazing! I feel like I’m watching a musical show. I would like to tell this amazing channel to Jacob Collier. He must love it. Hey, Jacob!! Don’t miss it!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Hahahaha thank you ! But I guess Jacob is busy :-))

[@nicperlari]

0 views and 15 likes? Congratulazion Nicolas! 👏👏👏

[@Lucas-pv3ov]

They are blind

[@alonelytuba]

@@Lucas-pv3ov this is the best reply I've ever witnessed

[@juanmalabrador1497]

Increíble Jean Françaix! Increíble adaptación! Increíble ejecución! Increíble sonido! Increible tú! 👏👏👏👏👏😎

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

🙏🙏🙏🙏✨😊

[@angelopolloni]

I started studying the clarinet and music at the age of 67. Music is easy to learn quickly, but not playing, not at all. After a year of studying one thing I know for sure, I have to start over as a child and learn a lot and do it when my hands and brain are closer together. For now that I still live this life and I know I do not have the time to study as much as I would like and that I have a few hours of flight under my belt I can only enjoy listening to you play and see you interpret a complete octet and a song that, yes, remember just the acrobatic flight but not of airplanes, but a little the flight of that famous insect .... wait, yes, yes, the Flight of the Bumblebee.

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Angelo and bravo for starting clarinet ! Your story is a wonderful example for everyone !

[@beamoorefrank5194]

My new practice routine will be 40 hours a day....

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Yeah ! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@grelusradu]

this is so creative!! so much fun!

[@arobezsauget5007]

Bravo Nicolas! Magnifique Françaix, tellement parisien! Enfin une vraie baguette de chef! 🥰

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci Alex ;-))

[@NMusician]

I bow to your playing AND editing skills. Very impressive! Thanks for all your amazing work!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@luiscarloserazog]

Absolutely far beyond this world!!! So fantastic listening you Nicolas!!! Awesome as always

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much 🙏✨😊

[@luisbarros8570]

Muito bom sempre!!! Vida longa ao canal!!! Parabéns Nicolas!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

🙏🙏🙏✨😊

[@maestrotheoretically519]

These dynamics are exquisite and your tone is so smooth and beautiful. Everything flows, and just is... nice. Well done!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

I really appreciate ! Thank you !

[@layzeli3106]

Magnífico!! 😍😍

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

🙏🙏🙏😊

[@최주현-s1t]

Your performance helped me a lot in my practice. Thank you for your good performance in the future!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you for the nice comment, really about that 😊😊😊

[@AltriToni]

J'adore!! 😍 très sympa!! Bravo Nicolas 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci beaucoup !

[@maestrotheoretically519]

Your tone is absolutely stunning!! I'm always excited for your next upload!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@Lucas-pv3ov]

Looks like someone recovered his clones

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Yep, but they still don’t do the laundry

[@gloriaisuarezdebermudez5569]

Me encanta!!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

🙏✨😊

[@clarinetistminwookkim5052]

You are my hero too !!!!!! So good !! How can you play well like this? !!!!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much :-)))

[@nicolasahumada]

Congrats! Great piece! and the arrangement too!!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@jinwookwon9779]

Bravo!!!!Fantastic!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

Incroyable. Merci beaucoup ! 😍

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Mille mercis 🙏😊✨

[@onceclarinetplayer]

What to say about this... Already by itself the clarinet part is very difficult to play and you do it so well and so easily. Moreover you play perfectly also the orchestral parts...you are an alien! Amazing video 👏👏👏

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

😂😂 thank you Santo, lockdown gave me lot of time to practice 😄

[@onceclarinetplayer]

@@nicolasbaldeyrou1 I hear 😂👏👏

[@iralia333]

How???? I am in awe.

[@briangeorge7346]

Thank you so much, I think my wee one is finally inspired, well not so wee starting university next year math and music. At least he perks up when I tell him you have a new video! Actually practicing twice a day wow weeeeeee! Once again tytyty

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Bravo ! Let’s keep the motivation 😊👍🏻💪🏻

[@veroniquebeaufils3610]

Vraiment un grand bravo Mr Baldeyrou

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Mille mercis :-))

[@trev5238]

That was so wonderful. Thank you 🙏

[@msanchoclarinet]

I love this video!! Congratulations and thanks for sharing!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much Marta !

[@ijapachen5377]

太棒了 非常轻松和清晰，特别喜欢冬天下雪那里的制作，还有夜景solo那里太酷了

[@llanuraensis]

Fantastico. Great player'.. s!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci beaucoup !

[@skywalker2260]

carrément génial ! ... bravo .... (excellent l'arrangement)

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci beaucoup :-)))

[@stevebartley8902]

Wonderful.

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Steve !

[@patricksautour5963]

Bravo .... Nicolas....

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci Patrick !

[@lorincvarga5390]

Quelle virtuosité en tout légèreté !

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Mille mercis ! 🙏🏼😊✨

[@orianasantini3216]

sei un mito! eccellente! Stupefacente!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Grazie mille Oriana !

[@catherineberg525]

Trooop excellent!!!! 👏👏👏

[@Florian-rd3eb]

C'est vraiment génial

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Merci beaucoup Florian !

[@hogyndrwg6253]

😂😂😂 this is absolutely delightful!! 😘😘

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@hogyndrwg6253]

Nicolas Baldeyrou my pleasure entirely! 😊

[@Hongwoo14]

just,, speechless....

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@johnfrazier5548]

I’m just speechless!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you John ! 😊🙏✨

[@ВикторКугай-х3ж]

Excellent 👍

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

🙏✨😊

[@volodymyrdobrynchuk6237]

bravo.. very nice:)))

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you !

[@user-in1ev1sp1k]

You play the baguette really well 🥖🥖🥖

[@pasqualezinno5533]

Bravo!!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

🙏😊✨

[@j-nukiclarinetist9201]

thank you. really good performance very impressive!!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you so much !

[@arteromanaromeo3801]

Beatiful video and music, thank you for new idea for my pictures :) 👏🎶

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you very much ! 🙏✨😊

[@islandbikeadventure8232]

This is really amazing!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thanks so much and happy new year !

[@lukamilanovic8541]

Beautiful!

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Luka !

[@Oboe10]

EXCELENTE!!!!saludos desde Buenos Aires!!!😀🍀

[@nicolasbaldeyrou1]

Thank you Cecilia, many greetings from freezing Paris !

[@tyrannictoy6184]

magnifique