Franz Liszt - La Campanella - Sylvain Blassel, harp

[@sneakydrag4075]

I've never thought that someone will play this hard piece on harp and he almost covered all the piano parts. I'm truly speechless.

[@szymanowski7]

IKR??!?!? Amazing

[@jimbuxton2187]

I think the lighter tension of a historical harp helps but he is beyond amazing anyway!

[@mei2685]

Brain: Let's play La campanella, it's great! Ears: Yeah, it sounds great! Eyes: It looks great in sheets! Hands: ????

[@alinaqvi7832]

No hands: ahh la Campanella it feels so good

[@braz28]

No feet also haha

[@RadenWA]

Did I see him playing *with the pinky* What an absolute mad lad, true rebel

[@RadenWA]

@@angel9310 The piece was composed for piano, so I reckon there'd be part that requires a 5 fingers reach I think.

[@白白竹鼠可否也挑戰無]

@@angel9310 playing harp not use pinky, yes, but not suitable for liszt and paganini pieces

[@xuly3129]

RadenWA He practice 40 hours per daj...

[@victoriagromniak]

he's a true *pianist*

[@apayne9737]

Its sacraligious but it sounds so good and tbf it's a hard peice

[@rafaelandresagulo4747]

Somebody give this guy a round of applause. I mean, he played a really hard, and maybe the harpist piece in the world! His music was so gracefull, it plucked my strings. NOBODY can make a liszt of how good this guy is.

[@szymanowski7]

Yasss!!! I thought no one would ever play this piece on harp!

[@PreciousElegance]

Haha punny!! And yes, it plucked my strings too ...

[@MunworthCrowell]

this piece lends itself to the timbre of the harp really well

[@ayhamshaheed7740]

yep. The aspect of the bell (which is part of what la campanella means) really comes out in the harp version due to how tinny the high pitched part of it is (in this context im using 'tinny' as a good thing)

[@namankhilrani8845]

The violin too... The violin version has things in it that I never knew were in La Campanella

[@xxathenacraftsxx]

Bro what the hell?! This piece is crazy hard on piano already and he nailed it on a frickin harp?! If that's not talent (and practice) I don't know what is! Incredible!

[@leoli1589]

The music is improvised and made simpler. But regardless it is still impressive.

[@xiaowu9137]

Wow...Playing this on harp seems even more insane than playing it on piano...what can I say, Paganini and List is genius, so do you.

[@pizzastock111]

*Liszt

[@EggMCMUFFIN-e4l]

You can play this with some stick and stones and it’ll still sound good

[@Harposphere]

Hi, you can buy this arrangement on the site of "Le Magasin de la Harpe" or Harposphère" Sincerly

[@NDiaz-et6hc]

Merci beaucoup! C'est vraiment trop beau...et la virtuosité de M. Blassel est éblouissante

[@emulsy]

Non mais là... magnifique au piano, génialissime à la harpe...!!!

[@yuelinwu9556]

This changed my believe of what harp can do

[@alisacs_f.l1312]

X2

[@alf2633]

I am absolute mind blown. That was incredibly impressive and just delightful to listen to. I would pay good money to experience this in person. Wow!

[@Murcielag0scuro]

1:35 Personal favourite part.

[@KyaraNB]

Jaw dropping beautiful! Absolutely amazing!

[@DawnDavis-lz3rj]

So beautiful, Josh!!! Thanks for posting all of your pieces.. they are wonderful!!

[@BorisCr]

Merveilleux!

[@sidneyharp]

Absolutely incredible! I'm completely inspired.

[@beachdm5272]

Splendid！！ ラ・カンパネラはピアノ演奏しか聴いたことがなかった。 ハープで匠の演奏は素晴らしいですね！！

[@vladof_putler]

La Campanella had listened Violin 🎻performances for ages.

[@Cardstacker]

I'm thoroughly impressed with this and the Mazeppa I just watched beforehand. Given the difficulty of these pieces, I didn't expect you could pull it off, but you got a whole lot more out of the harp than I ever would have imagined. Well Done!!!!

[@eenayeah]

Absolutely crazy. Incredible.

[@donkongo5272]

Incredible!!!! Holy guacamole, fantastic work!!!

[@sers3286]

Невероятно...😃 Лист на арфе. И так здорово, прям не верится.. Браво!!!)

[@白白竹鼠可否也挑戰無]

i love him

[@davidjones500]

Gorgeous. Great work, Mr. Blassel!

[@fromflora9329]

Wow. Breathtaking. I have never thought that La Campanella can be played on the harp.

[@edwardlai]

So underrated!!!!! It’s really impressive!

[@machteldkerkmeesterharpist4224]

Amazing! That pedalwork is almost impossible! Impressed!!

[@AdrianaSanchez-Brasil]

Magnificent! Grateful for sharing

[@benedictrichard3446]

how long does it takes to master this pieces on harp

[@bernardok]

1 Millennium.

[@jadenhan6354]

40 hours per day

[@julianashitindi5421]

YUEN KA SHING 4C-25 watch twoset violin😂

[@prabhatsaini3883]

Forever

[@ayhamshaheed7740]

well it takes a decade or so on the piano and, from my experience playing both, similarly long on the violin (though the violin version is probably more difficult than the piano. The same cannot be said for the 1838 piano version, which is probably on par in terms of difficulty with the violin version)

[@normanspurgeon5324]

Great-very inspiring.

[@dmysterygirl3388]

the eargasm for my fav part!!! ughhhh 😍😍😍😍😍😍 4:50

[@alisacs_f.l1312]

YES

[@RamiroEnriquez]

Maravilloso!!!!! No tengo palabras.

[@purpur77]

This is absolutely wonderful!

[@abdo-yj2ox]

Great And professional,Thank You 💖

[@matthewkendrick8280]

Can someone explain to me those little rotating discs at the top of the strings? I don’t know anything about harps.

[@saskiashoshanacohen1507]

Saskia Cohen Tanugi : Merveilleux harpiste, le chagrin s'efface...

[@Itzabhboo]

1:35 rocking sign

[@dhavalgupta1687]

Respect man ❤👒🙏 this is real hardwork and talent !!!

[@qingyerenping5371]

太厉害了！！ 老师太厉害了，竖琴版的好好听

[@adamdavis1497]

How many thousands of hours? Truly masterful

[@kibourne]

I would love to know why you chose to play with the fifth finger (pinky) in the piece as this isn't a typical technique used? Beautiful playing. This is one of my favorite pieces for the piano for sentimental reasons, and now it is one of my favorites on the harp. I could listen to your playing for hours. Congratulations on a stunning performance!

[@llim3602]

Kimberly Bourne At first I thought it would be to cover the wide intervals that this piece is known for, but then I realized that he used his pinky at the beginning of the piece! Perhaps, personal preference and the tone production... So many complicated techniques was used and the smoothness of the timbre and tone... unbelievable.

[@MrS-in8pp]

Often times it looks like you are using your little finger, but really it just moves with your fourth finger. The little finger is too weak to play the harp and there is no reason to use your fifth finger as your fourth finger can reach further. Hope I dont sound agressive haha!

[@miguelgonzalezkong7443]

I am sorry but he is playing with the little finger, see the video from the minute 1:30... I do not know the reasons but he did.

[@yihezhu7917]

I think it was because of the huge interval (2 octaves). Jumping with 4th finger might me too irreliable or not his preference or you could lose the musical tension/line, I dont know. My harp teacher actually told me that playing with the pinky was not unusual before the design of the current modern harp

[@enriquebarbanera]

Wow, impressive! So magic, superb and elegant!

[@warmaximus]

Que hermosa melodía, en tantos instrumentos suena hermoso y profundo

[@wunderkammer-music]

It seemed impossible, but you can tell he's an optimist by the fact that he managed to tune the harp.

[@carcar7497]

Thank you so much!

[@jethromackenzie]

this guys really good! well played my friend

[@blaccfeather5803]

after hearing the harp in "Moses Sumneys - quarrel" Ive become obsessed in eargasms those notes bring

[@theodoreroosevelt9105]

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

[@Muhammad-uu3nu]

Very nice performance 👍👍👍

[@ryanliu1994]

This is insane!!

[@shanshanwang1271]

太喜欢了

[@ivaniori3241]

0:46 will no one mention that devilish shadow figure on the background?

[@attilakovacs5803]

Paganini

[@布娃娃-s8c]

音色好美❤

[@lisaflores3218]

Amazing! The musicality and the atmospheric feeling was just underrated and fantastic. By the way does anyone know where I can get the harp arrangement sheets?

[@tziporahenig809]

I am looking for the music as well. If you find it, please let me know! The link in the description doesn't work.

[@ACID_MENTE]

4:43 best part

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo brilliance

[@marianpalko2531]

Hi, do you think it is tougher to play this on the harp or on the piano? Lovely performance.

[@eristonjuan]

piano, I think, because the octaves are much more apart from eachother than it is on harp. So on harp you can hardly move your hands on that piece as with piano your hands would be jumping like crazy 'cus you just can't reach the notes.

[@eristonjuan]

although you do have to pull the strings with your bare hands on harp, wich I think it's harder than pressing the keys of a piano.

[@adriaserrano1167]

Harp 100%. Keep in mind, each time you find a # or bemol it's a foot movement in harp. Besides, doing trino in harp is significantly more difficult on harp than piano.

[@drtsang125]

Juan Rocha have you even tried single hand trio on a harp? How do u find it when comparing doing it on piano?

[@johnmanno2052]

M Blassel is my favorite harpist ever, I like him better than Grandjany, and I've only heard bits and pieces of Renie, though from what I've heard, I prefer M Blassel's playing. I've played harp all my life, and this man is my personal hero.

[@teodoratoth7722]

Wow!!!!! 😱😱😱❤️💗❤️

[@rosalierose850]

excellent technic

[@bry9025]

it sounds great, but is it out of tune? ive played around with tuning, and it seems that your harp is tuned down... does the harp not have enough strings for the high D#? does it have to be transposed down? is it just out of tune?

[@saatsesara]

It's in a different key (I guess it is "easier" to play). But still, a harp is hardly ever perfectly tuned, there's always a rebellious string :)

[@bry9025]

@@saatsesara Oh, thanks for the clarification :)

[@attilakovacs5803]

A = 415 Hz

[@attilakovacs5803]

Baroque tuning, maybe.

[@carcar7497]

Does anyone know if sheet music for harp exists, and if so where I can find it

[@alisacs_f.l1312]

No words. :o

[@KindaKokenry]

Beutifulllll

[@snowcloud8]

Anyone else think the thumbnail looks like a shadow demon???

[@rosiewang5920]

He used his pinkies?

[@ramimehyar481]

CRAZY

[@hoangdang6142]

It's sad that my self-esteem dropped to 0 after seeing this even though I play the piano

[@levansaginashviliskidney8726]

Now let's play mazeppa at full speed

[@franzliszt171]

The tune is 1 semitone lowered

[@attilakovacs5803]

A = 415 Hz

[@attilakovacs5803]

Beroque tuning, maybe.

[@zacharyallen5663]

HOW??!!!??

[@ruramikael]

Wow!

[@mustafaocal215]

The harpiest of harps!

[@lilskittleemy91]

Its awesome you are playing liszt on harp but harp has its own liszt-parish alvars

[@markprimegaming6803]

Gives an Italian vibe

[@mememanfresh]

because it is

[@attilakovacs5803]

Paganini

[@sirfermainclancharlie1018]

It's very hard to play the peice on the piano. Probably a lot harder on the harp.

[@mjgroot]

5 dislikes? How?

[@hereb4theend]

Here's a story how a harp is born: (man walks into guitar shop) Hello sir how many strings would you like on your guitar? ALL OF THEM! 😭 The end

[@Rosie-gd2mn]

how who when what

[@avazbekraymaliev6152]

Unbelievable

[@nikbakhtmehran3327]

* LE GASPS * *HE’S PLAYING WITH DA PINKY!* *am i missing something? Are we supposed to play with the pinky? Is my 5 years of experience of playing harp all a lie? Have i been playing wrong this whole time?*

[@caze3190]

Normaly we don't, but i suppose that 4 wasn't enought

[@attilakovacs5803]

Who cares about fingering?

[@白白竹鼠可否也挑戰無]

playing harp not use pinky, yes, but not suitable for liszt and paganini pieces

[@Alwpiano]

Sounds one semi tone lower.

[@mememanfresh]

not enough notes

[@lejayarielle3877]

🌈🌈🎆🎇

[@misbahhamid3522]

indah

[@fallout.adriana]

este tipo si que no la pone.

[@kullanici12111]

omg

[@YoctocosmosLEstablishment]

Rendu pas trop mal mais pas fait pour harpe ou alors sur harpe chromatique

[@nikbakhtmehran3327]

I don’t know why i even commented this 5 months ago. It was kinda rude

[@mn3702]

I've been playing the harp for ten years and I've never seen someone use their pinky before. Maybe it was needed for the piece (I'd have to see the sheet music to know) or maybe this guy just found out one day that playing with his pinky worked for him. You're right - he is very talented. This is a virtuoso piece for piano and he pulled this of on a harp. I really wish I could play like that...

[@nomikamizu8796]

2020?

[@nomikamizu8796]

Oh my hello

[@liberaazzurra]

Wow!