Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Viola (Sheet Music)

Vn: Itzhak Perlman
Va: Pinchas Zukerman

[@nn-rp9yg]

The real challenge here is finding a violin and a viola that get along well enough to do a duet together

[@ayu3565]

Fr

[@ACFiftyFive]

n n myself and myself as I play both:)

[@krimbeenhim]

Crispy Nuggets r/whooooosh

[@flynnlight4445]

n n very true but it’s originally for violin and cello which sounds significantly better through octave difference

[@elanorallmann]

That is very 2Set of you but it isn't really that hard if they can play the piece and are neither made petty by some kind of silly jokes.

[@asharppreal]

Viola went so insane it switched to treble clef.

[@leela6947]

ツツ ASharpp That's not as uncommon as you might think. It's true that violas tend not to shift as much as violins, but once you get to fourth or fifth it makes a lot more sense to just write in treble.

[@the0n3buc5uc]

still too fucking hard :P

[@nathanwang4047]

Gary Allen what about cellos? We use three clefs, and no one talks about that

[@mrswag535]

69 SUBSCRIBERS WITH NO VIDEOS Can you explain to us why the viola sucks?

[@paytonl3485]

I've done that as a cello player too

[@maestrotheoretically519]

The viola is such a beautiful instrument

[@fredericchopin6445]

agree, screw those viola jokes

[@qalaphyll]

indeed

[@elbolainas4174]

Criminally underrated

[@karen2.]

I have a question, at 1:35, there is a triplet on two notes, how does that work? My notation software can't do that. Please answer

[@skiyyy860]

@@karen2. that's related to fingering and more counting than triplets because (i play viola and violin) the fingerings there so the reader/musician reads it like a triplet for the hand but if come out like a normal 4/4 phrase, I.E it's not really a thing in most music It's also old fashioned by quite a bit

[@ozziewagner979]

In 4:53, the violin is the mouse and the viola is the cat.

[@plantlovaaa3471]

Ozzie Wagner lol

[@sm30405]

Great story, lol.

[@danielchoi4490]

Tom and Jerry!

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovsky9507]

also 2:34

[@tamaraamiryan9184]

Ozzie Wagner Perfect comparison!!

[@Veritylebrun]

The score co-ordinated with the sound makes this really good for students learning to score-read. Thanks for posting.

[@jackhousman6637]

+ViolaVerity That's how I learned to sight-read. A lifetime of listening with score in front of me. BTW, the viola is my favorite instrument. Do you play both violin and viola? (Nice picture. ) Take care.

[@Veritylebrun]

Sight-reading is such an essential skill. I wish it was more appreciated! Yes, I play both 'shoulder strings'. I started on the violin, and then changed to viola 30 years ago, influenced by teachers Elizabeth Turnbull and Richard Crabtree (find him on KZbin), and have loved it ever since. The viola is so versatile. Do you play both too? Thank you for your complementary comment on my picture. It has been said that I look somewhat smug, but I think I can be excused as I have got a viola and a violin on my lap.

[@orangecrush4]

+ViolaVerity Violas 4 life

[@saniaaf2251]

viola, huh? I kinda wanna play it, but where should I start from? (I've already played violin and it seems like my hands are too small for a viola) ._.

[@Veritylebrun]

You don't need giant hands for the viola. You could start with a violin strung as a viola. The C string won't be as good as a larger viola, but maybe a good place to start. There are also manufacturers who make smaller actual violas that are thicker than a violin of the same length. Hope that helps you a bit.

[@GamingPhantomOnSteam]

This is an insanely intimate piece, as in between the violinist, and the violist.

[@D0m1R4]

I will never make jokes about violist anymore

[@omart6995]

Dominik R you better not

[@rosegrimson6361]

Yes thank you we work our butts off

[@omegalul6366]

If you watch their performance of this from over 30 years ago, you can really see how well they have developed their sound and quality. It really is amazing to see the difference.

[@zacharyrobinson8401]

2:53 Beautiful!

[@edlynliang9978]

It is.

[@Kasser_KSR]

Sounds a bit like an accordion

[@maiamacmahon5406]

I get Paganini vibes at certain points in this piece; it's kinda cool

[@sabrinaschantz]

2:53 this is the work of angels!!

[@fearful442]

YESSS BAEEE

[@mathiasdugre]

5:07 insanely beautiful!

[@taskforce58]

Just heard this piece for the first time today at the reopening service of Notre Dame de Paris. Amazing!

[@IlIlIlIlIlIlIlIl-v9h]

was able to play like 25% of that :'( D:

[@isabellapineda4465]

I'm only in 9th grade and I can play the full viola part

[@eduardoniebla3544]

+Filipino Dragons good for you same but in the violin part

[@yeshuali]

+EDUARDO NIEBLA +Choco Cat You guys should meet up and play it together

[@thatsEforEveryone]

@@isabellapineda4465 I'm in 10th and I'm practicing it

[@thatsEforEveryone]

@@yeshuali that would be cool lmao

[@a.u.official]

It remains me of Kreizler's "Praeludium and Allegro", because peace stars in a minor, and ends in major. And it's kind of variations. Peaceful and beautiful! Thanks!!!

[@authenticmusic4815]

Outstanding performance, bringing new life to the repetative, yet aestheticly sweet harmony. At parts one might even confuse this sound with the one of a full string quartet, playing together in a higher register.

[@isabellefournier7036]

Quelle virtuosité cette Passacaille d'Haendel! Je suis impressionnée par la technicité de ce duo violon/alto. Le génie s'exprime ici...

[@aperson5294]

I still remember playing in 2nd violin principal desk in primary school during the school funfair and music interflows competition. We played this but it was arranged for an orchestra instead of a duet. Ah, the memories :)

[@M_SC]

I can’t imagine that at all

[@DanielSanchez-nb1lg]

​@@M_SCjust search for it, it actually works

[@mariak.copello5016]

one of the best pieces i have ever heard, es impresionante

[@marcoscamargo5949]

Mister Krab and the most little violin of the world

[@ozziewagner979]

HAHA I know what episode you're talking about

[@thatsEforEveryone]

Marcos Camargo I need to see that maybe he'll get enough money to chill with cheap

[@Mini1llus10n]

holy crap ur right

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

Mr. Krab (singular)

[@77animejapan]

One of my favorite pieces!

[@jacksonspurling7441]

This piece is held close to my heart

[@OliverG12345]

This is a really exciting piece.

[@適当に生きる-r6g]

A 1:20 B 1:40 C 2:05 D 2:25 E 2:53 F 4:05 G 4:30 H 4:53 I 5:07 J 5:31 K 5:45 L 6:10

[@Veritylebrun]

My two favourite players ever.

[@-Alvin]

2:53 literally perfection with just 2 instruments

[@serafinbaeza71]

Me gusto un montón esta música... cierro los ojos y pienso " Como es que un homínido puede llegar a provocar esto" fascinante... de todos los primates, es el género humano... el mas curiosito e impresionante algo prognata entre todos los primates

[@amarismilano845]

4:30 through 4:40 kills me

[@roronoakendra2396]

My favourite bits are from 2:25-2:45

[@zjschrage]

the double stops at the end tho are annoying

[@VictorSantos-ps9jn]

Hahaha kill meeee

[@everettatkepgroovin]

Do more arm exercises

[@aydenduke2556]

@@zjschrage wym the end is the best

[@sophiakannathasan255]

been listening to this piece non stop. So addictive!

[@mimit3729]

2:25 sounds so much better than the popular piano cover piece that everyone's playing nowadays

[@rachadyasser4692]

The big sad hits me at the andante part

[@BigBrotherMateyka]

Absolutely MAGNIFICENT.

[@AlexRiversMusic]

Beautiful ❤️

[@miloamerson6924]

Just ordered the sheet music. Nothing but excitement

[@Amybozhemoi]

i thought the sheet music was harder, this is GREAT!

[@loicrenier7619]

Belle démonstration de l' expressivité des cordes!

[@coldashell7057]

The clapping went on for so damn long

[@TheExarion]

sry lol

[@deyziel]

the difficult spots for me are (violist, 9th grade) 1:39-1:57 2:42-2:53 4:30-5:31 6:00-6:03 6:10-6:27

[@luismorelos1334]

Those are just the hard parts for everyone. Were you trying to brag? Cause it didnt work

[@tea3175]

@@luismorelos1334 bruh. How are theg bragging? They just stated thats that hard parts for them.

[@luismorelos1334]

@@tea3175 I'm just saying, IF they were trying to brag, it didnt work. I didnt say they definitely bragged.

[@robb_f]

1:39-1:57 are a matter of bow control and shifting with knowledge of your scales. 2:42-2:53 is a bunch of harmonic scales and what not, so thw finger patterns are going to be weird. 4:30-5:31 requires knowledge of scales with agility from the bow and left hand. But the part with all the turns shouldn't be that hard. The treble clef part requires mastery in shifting. 6:00-6:03 is one quick scale. Sight reading it may be a little hard, but with slow practice, it won't be a biggy. 6:10-6:27 is just bow control. The lower and double stops share the top and bottom note, respectively. For example, the music says GE EC EC GE (double stops) wouldn't require anything but bow control, since they share the note E (on D string) and it's just a C Major triad, it's really practice with the finger placement.

[@jdsarfo610]

@@luismorelos1334 i dont think he was tryna brag lol

[@tom-gn9ek]

makes me feel nice that viola has to suffer with violin

[@kungfuviolist7284]

viola always suffers didnt you know

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovsky9507]

@@kungfuviolist7284 agree lol

[@originalstarwalker21]

​@@pyotrilyichtchaikovsky9507 the

[@吳家雄-d8l]

Wonderful to the violin and the viola, it so perfect.

[@ethanferguson4077]

After like a whole year in high school during my free time, I learned the first four sections for violin (obviously the first one took most of the time)

[@TheExarion]

I'm proud of you!

[@mariamrodriguez.2874]

Sublime, hermoso.

[@ElbaLinscott]

This piece is very nice, I must say!

[@llaeio]

I was loading this song on my phone while playing minecraft and it loaded just as I got attacked by 3 mobs in minecraft and there was a dramatic fight scene with this playing in the background

[@abrehouse6860]

One of my favorite pieces

[@IpCrackle]

MAN this is beautiful!

[@RitchieDiamond]

This is lovely!

[@danielfilizolaruiz9691]

*I N T E R E S T I N G* but can it turn a b natural into a b flat

[@ladygrace7585]

This is one sacrilegious piece

[@marianaanastasiei3519]

Youre a man of culture as well I see

[@shadotratorzou4348]

godamn.. 2 set fans everywhere :)

[@kpp28]

The song is already in b flat major smh

[@kpp28]

@The Rich Series oh sorry g major is relative key, parallel key is b flat major.

[@anthonyabbott90]

what a wonderful curiosity fun stuff Handel 'I bow down my head to Handel' Beethoven's praise

[@anthonyabbott90]

so intensely imaginative creative

[@emanuelvaldes7166]

Qué MARAVILLA que es ésto !!!!! .

[@MattorPrizz]

this music piece is amazing :D I could never play this on my violin lol

[@onthecontrary1346]

Me while trying to play this piece: “it was fine in the beginning I swear”

[@Gallahaut]

I love this piece!

[@-peyat]

2:53 players are so good at their double stops that it sounds like a string quartet 4:29 (reminds me of vivaldi's la follia for no reason) also 6:10 is a great finale

[@Ale-pb8es]

Starts at 0:21

[@icyglobe7perez97]

La melodía favorita de don Cangrejo con el violín mas pequeño del mundo xd :v

[@marcoscamargo5949]

xD yo vengo por eso :v xD

[@brisalenkauskas2820]

Icyglobe7 Perez jajaja que ?

[@lfourewe5468]

Lamento contarte que no es esta la que toca don Cangrejo :(

[@misaelcortesaltamirano9311]

La verdadera se llama spongebob soundtrack: woe is me .-.

[@LupercaIia]

lfour ewe si es esta

[@tashiannapatterson2857]

This piece is my soulmate

[@quequesideral3620]

😭😭😭😭 *¡¡¡¡¡Que hermoso!!!!* 😭😭😭😭😭😢

[@luvviesxy11]

Mükemmel 👏🏻👏🏻

[@scrupulousspoon7383]

One of my fav pieces

[@dilawarkhan5270]

0:21

[@mrswag535]

0:23

[@Zoorty_]

0:24

[@PKLevel99]

0:25

[@randiey95]

0:26

[@jameswilson807]

0:27

[@katherinehuang2339]

PICARDY THIRDDDD 🔥

[@alphabetsoup9012]

does anyone have any tips for learning those double stops?

[@TheExarion]

Slow practice and practicing shifting/finger positions is all I got bud. Best of luck learning this!

[@alphabetsoup9012]

TheExarion thank you very much!

[@desmostheproducer]

Sevcik

[@paulkim2455]

Try doing one at a time and combine them and figure which hand position works is what ive been doing

[@birdieaddictedtodumplings]

2:54

[@焼き芋-w1g]

長い間、譜本付きで、この曲を聞きたかったんです。 これはバイオリンですが、ヘンデルのチェンバロ版も有れば、是非聴きたいです。(リクエストしたいと思っていました。) upload して頂き、本当にありがとうございました。 この曲は、ハイフェッツの演奏を、初めて聞いた時から、ずっと気に入ってましたので、どんな譜本か、ずっと関心がありました。

[@TheExarion]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX7bhZ-ha71-Z9k :)

[@焼き芋-w1g]

遅くなりましたが、教えて頂き、ありがとうございました。

[@mariamary75]

Very beautiful

[@delilahandaria6198]

This! Is! So! Pretty!

[@beomgyuily]

Todos hablando del Violin.. Y yo diciendo que la Viola sono aún más bonito :'v

[@Vicexd2070]

No podría hacer nada uno sin el otro en esta pieza, es claramente una conversación constante, no hay que pensar como ellos por separado si no como conjunto

[@withcalax9263]

@@Vicexd2070 Eso es bastante claro, como conjunto son una maravilla, pero igual bastante gente dice más cosas sobre el violín que de la viola.

[@marb_0670]

Así es.

[@katieg.3446]

Pues, el Violín es más popular que la Viola. No es ninguna sorpresa

[@diesirae9223]

Viola gang :D

[@firevulkannn3584]

WHAT STRINGS ARE THE VIOLIN USING IBE ALWAYS WANTED SOFTER SOUNDING STRINGS FOR MINE ONES THAT HAVE A WARM SOUND😍😍

[@PranavViswanathan]

Firevulkannn Evah Pirazzi and Obligato tend to produce a very warm sound

[@thenyesfox8821]

Gut strings or Gut Imitation strings tend to have more warm sounds

[@gaetanfroyen9372]

Perlman always plays on Tomastik Dominants. The modern version of gutstrings en very reliable.

[@estebana.3980]

So from experience as a music major myself it tends to be 5% of the strings and 80% from the bow arm. I would relax your arm but be sure that you’re using your pinky, thumb, and middle as a way to hold and furthermore lighten the effort on your strings. It’s quite hard to get use to but after a few good weeks of practice your tone should improve dramatically!

[@Billy-be5fk]

English: ight ima head out

[@isabelag1218]

Amo esta melodía.

[@sofie.a3849]

Can someone tell me what level music this is? Intermediate or advanced? (It sure as hell isn't begginner)

[@TheExarion]

Sofie Coolness I would say it's pretty advanced. At the very least upper-intermediate. Of course, with enough practice I'm sure you can play it! :)

[@ryanhaynes1825]

+Sofie A. ...advanced.

[@noahmendez121]

+Sofie A. This is probably as hard as it gets. (Physically) The only music thats harder is by Paganini.

[@TheExarion]

Noah Mendez Oh boy... you really need to expand your library of violin music. For example, just look up Brahms's Hungarian Dances for violin.

[@noahmendez121]

+TheExarion Oh, yes. I've played almost all of them; although they're difficult, they're moderately average when you compare them to other works in the Romantic era. For example, the aforementioned: Paganini or some works by Mendelssohn. That being said, they're all 'hard' pieces in their own right. But this passacaglia is definitely not an easy song to play by any means.

[@gensoumusic2145]

this reminds me soo much of Praeludium and Allegro wow

[@ianrosenberg8103]

I just came from playing Praeludium and Allegro on my violin, and I might play this as a duet on viola with my friend. I love this piece so much, and P&A, but I don't see much resembelance

[@gensoumusic2145]

I just feel like similar progressions and phrases at some parts, I think especially by the piano's part. But my mind is also imaginative and wild so I may very well be grasping at straws xD

[@neighborhoodwatch3096]

Yes

[@juanm.596]

I’m in tears rn 😰

[@herbertwells8757]

Well, it would seem that this is a passacaglia more in the sense of a repeated harmonic progression than in a repeated bass line or ground bass. The progression would seem to be i, iv, VII, III, VI, ii0, V7,, i--Gm, Cm, F, Bb, Eb, Adim, D7, Gm. It's unrelieved, unvarying in its parade of variations.

[@desmostheproducer]

you need secondary dominants

[@prototypeinheritance515]

its a quintfall sequenz

[@mrswag535]

This is like a foreign language, can’t wait to learn more music theory

[@hansmemling7605]

@@mrswag535 I can be of help. I Will write his progression into chords for you.

[@hansmemling7605]

@@mrswag535 Cm - Fm- Bb - Eb - Ab- d diminished - G7 Edit: Oops just realised the actual chord sequence is already shown. Sorry!

[@oclictis1]

Beautiful and strange

[@brightonfan7057]

goals.

[@ralfyrules]

bravo!

[@FuriousCharizard05]

two good Mans

[@OpalFur]

i'm already struggling to get through saint-saens introduction and rondo capriccioso, so forget this lol

[@ApplepieFTW]

This is subjectively easier

[@ApplepieFTW]

(if you don't play the last 1.5 minute :D)

[@fabo--]

Uffff esa viola!!!

[@焼き芋-w1g]

どんな譜本か、分からなかったので、とても助かります。upload していただき、ありがとうございました。

[@legolasmirkwood4922]

Wondeful! Bravo!

[@playwithpar]

That picardy third in last Cadanse

[@thedenalski4038]

When the viola sounds good

[@colsov4822]

1:31 best i have herad

[@adrianfernandez894]

does someone have the sheet music were I can print this!!!

[@TheExarion]

The music's available on imslp.org :)

[@adrianfernandez894]

TheExarion thank you!

[@diananazarenko5500]

imslp)

[@julissavelilla]

This is on Piano Tiles! Haha

[@saniaaf2251]

but the piano tiles version is much faster since it does sound like piano

[@VegaJing-zn1cx]

2:42 ❤

[@ФаинаФаина-ф2о]

Спасибо.

[@xaviersanchez5393]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3yrf3aYrb6EjLc

[@isabelarivera1135]

exquisite

[@William3342-t6i]

00:21

[@llaeio]

0:22 2:14 2:24 2:34 4:05 4:29 5:08 5:31

[@alzox1935]

E P I C

[@MrChocolate7777]

is this piece like variations of the same movement? HAHA Just curious !!

[@TheExarion]

Hmm, I'm not sure! Although, I wouldn't be surprised if someone were to see it that way :P

[@MrChocolate7777]

ahaha

[@toastyghosty8087]

To some people it may be, but for some people it is all unique.

[@Angel33Demon666]

Handel's original Passacaglia was a theme and variations based upon the circle of fifths.

[@jeffstu9571]

That’s the definition of a passacaglia-a continuous ground bass with variations in the melodic line-pachelbel’s canon in D is another example

[@omart6995]

I don’t know how to the fast note good but I like this piece

[@evieherriot3447]

Hey Lainey Dunlap With practise we can do this! :D

[@laineydunlap9757]

heh heh....Sure....if you say so. But I think my fingers will die during practise ;P that is awesome.

[@evieherriot3447]

XD mine too.. that's what the rehearsal was for

[@WesleyRegan-ps2gt]

is there any sheet music attached, like can i download it?

[@TheExarion]

You can download it from here: imslp.org/wiki/Passacaglia_for_Violin_and_Viola_(Halvorsen,_Johan)

[@joestockton7016]

Data crushes this...

[@jefersonaraiza7563]

Es idea mía o... Unas partes sonaron como la canción de Raúl diblasio corazón de niño

[@axelytreberg5427]

This is literally Händels 7th harpsichord suite, just for strings.

[@cheeseontoast374]

Axel Ytreberg this is a variation on an original theme by Händel