Happy Birthday Violin Variations -- Rachel Barton Pine

[@AndySaenz]

She played this piece for the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra's 75th anniversary a few years ago. I was totally impressed by her dazzling virtuosity...she plays the most difficult passages so effortlessly and so flawlessly. She has such a crystal-clear technique, she's absolutely fantastic!! I hope I can play the violin as well as her in the very near future. I love how she injects humor into this piece! Most classical violinists are too serious about their repertoire, but she has fun!

[@BryanHo]

I'm sure Paganini is looking down and smiling.

[@didiguengue]

Bryan Ho o.. mirando para arriba (or... looking up)

[@khoa2315]

Joaquin Rendano dude...🗿🗿🗿

[@maciejstencel9602]

That is true

[@victorrutledge257]

I was thinking Mozart, with his Twinkle Twinkle variations.

[@meadowlarkascending]

To the people who feel the laughter is disrespectful -- it's not; it's merely an affectionate acknowledgement of all the witty violinistic in-jokes she's incorporated into the piece. A brilliant bit of musical parody and tribute to some great form violinist/composers!

[@hoangdinhquan]

can anybody show this to twoset, i need to see their reaction tho

[@josephotoshi]

omg yes!!

[@geoffreywashiali3300]

No

[@brestoner2776]

YESSSS!!!!

[@Jeeyo12345]

violin is not just an instrument. it's a way of life.

[@miaisprcticin_0711]

Today is my birthday, someone send me this without knowing that i love violin so much !! Thank you P/s: any Twosetter here lol :))

[@sisidiam1096]

Hello fellow twosetter! lol I just sent it to my violinist friend for his birthday. 😊😊

[@brestoner2776]

i'm a ling ling wannabe!!!!

[@dsotog777]

A great violinist and an extraordinary human being. I was able to hear it live at the National Theater of Costa Rica. And as a bonus, she played this melody. Una gran violinista y una extraordinaria ser humano. Tuve la oportunidad de escucharla en vivo en el Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica. Y como extra, tocó esta melodía.

[@justwarren]

This is a virtuoso violinist "playing" and having fun. Wonderful! It's a perfect example of music being funny, interesting, thoughtful, creative and wonderful to listen to. Bravo!

[@thelightisahead]

That passage with the left-hand pizz whilst bowing the higher strings is awe-inspiring!

[@AndySaenz]

1,000 of these views must be mine! I always post this video on Facebook when it's someone's birthday. And I come here many times just to be in awe of her glorious VIRTUOSITY. She's a female Paganini in the 21st century!

[@jordanwartell-composer]

Didn't know that was physically possible. 4:55

[@sneddypie]

its definitely possible

[@o.j.4401]

I think there are not many violinists in the world playing as amazing and virtuoso as Rachel Barton Pine does! This whole Channel is an incredible violin-show, thank you for that!!! 😀

[@mathieufrancoismoutou3747]

Try Heifetz some time.. .

[@richtrophicherbs6463]

Heifetz has been dead for a while!

[@adamsyed5535]

Paganini himself would have been proud!!!

[@AndySaenz]

I'm telling you...she's the female version of Paganini in the 21st century! Almost like he was reincarnated.

[@rviolinfiddle55]

The Vamos REALLY shows. You can tell true excellence of a violinist by their double-stops.

[@thelightisahead]

Oh to have this virtuosity, this power and control... and there certainly seems to be a link between being a prodigy and having compositional imagination! The gift of great all-round musicianship, mental and physical. Bravo!

[@julianmorales6738]

She is amazing, yesterday I played in the orchestra and she played Mendelssohn violin concerto, was an amazing experience heard her music and play with her. Thanks for came to Valdosta.

[@brucedukovcom]

What a great performance and such a well written piece. It goes to show how much Paganini, Wieniawski & Ernst have influenced us all! Pretty cool how we could both come up with something so similar yet so different!!! Bravo, from Bruce Dukov

[@TheIcyHawk]

My very lovely music teacher sent me this today, feeling grateful for having such a brilliant musical inspiration in my life 🎻🥳

[@jacobcannon1728]

Just turned 18 5 minutes ago, watched this right as the clock hit 12. Thank you for this!! You are amazing!!

[@RachelBartonPine]

Cool! Happy Birthday!

[@michaelrush7088]

Rachel, people really like your music, Keep it up!

[@Pavlovafowl]

Magnificent! Not only does Rachel Barton Pine play the violin devilishly well but she also has an impish sense of humour in making it look so easy.

[@ElizabethProvencio]

My mind is completely and utterly BLOWN. That was magnificent.

[@joshuaroth318]

My Best friend's Birthday is this week. She would love this.

[@CSFviolinist]

She literally took Nel Cor Piu by Paganini, Ernst variations, and slammed it together with Happy Birthday. LOVE IT! I wanna see Kogan play it though haha

[@An-sf9gn]

What an inspiration to find this version, it deserves millions views

[@wanchiz]

if someone plays this for me on my birthday I'm following him/her for life.

[@abbyleighton.studio]

I heard this live at MWROC last year... it made me cry so much! Absolutely beautiful.

[@Anna-pl3kl]

I'm so excited because i get to see her perform and give me a lecture about violin for a school orchestra and I'm one out of 12 that gets to see her!!!

[@LatchezarDimitrov]

So much talent in one person...Beautiful !

[@MrChirpsky]

I am very impressed. Thank you Rachel -you are truly one-of-a-kind!

[@karenquynhgiaohoang2374]

This video clip is truly exceptional and has left me speechless. It is absolutely phenomenal! ❤️❤️

[@arnoudroth]

This is PURE fun! amazing! A new gem to my collection of birthday songs on YT

[@La_Musicienne]

THIS IS SOOOO WICKED!!!!! LoL i never imagined Happy birthday can be played in a 1001 ways!!! you're amazing Rachel!!! :D

[@VieraBilikova]

BRAVISSIMA !!! Esecuzione straordinaria !!!!!!!!!!!!! Viera

[@TonicMike]

Brilliant playing and a great sense of humor!

[@Ferraud24]

Absolutely wonderful to hear a violinist capale of composing a highly difficult work in the style of a grand máster and executing it with command and naturality. This performance with fine bowing, good intonation, and a round sound in the Latín style, sets her apart from many other players, including more famous ones, in a higher echelon. Thank you. FERNANDO RAUDALES NAVARRA.

[@paint1487]

incredible!!!!!! pizzicato and playing at the same time is unbelievable...

[@DerDammerung]

I could listen to her for hours!! Amazed by anyone who has the self discipline to master such a difficult instrument.

[@Flamey445]

Most Talented Violinist of all time.

[@thelightisahead]

Insanely good speed at the end! How is she not considered the best in the world?? hehe. Pretty too

[@SamiSpade]

Happy Birthday Dawn! I knew that this was the perfect birthday song for you. Love you.

[@mimpromptu]

Hi Rachel, I'm going to post this via Facebook on the Eve of Mr Itzhak Perlman's Birthday - What a Wonderful Interpretation!!!!*******

[@EtherealUKMusic]

This just blew me away!!!

[@arpolwest1]

After 30 years I restarted to play the violin again to induce my grandson into music! And it can be fun at all levels even for professionals! Andrew Rieu is making a big point about the funny side in Music!

[@SIRMYRON321]

Arpol West LoL

[@sibiryachkaNSK]

Best Happy Birthday I've ever heard! She is amazing!!! I wish she would make sheet music of this :)

[@emilyvelarde384]

Super cool!! Amazing notes to my EARS THX

[@Lapez13]

I think that just made my life...! It's my birthday today, too!!!

[@jantmorvr]

Absolutely AMAZING!!!

[@AJAL9574]

can someone explain why there is 48 dislikes .,.....she is amazing !

[@Pavlovafowl]

In general, when a video does well and gets to a certain amount of views and likes, it attracts people who for want of a better epithet are 'professional dislikers'. It happens to everyone on KZbin, in the main the dislike button is a pointless waste of space but it also foments malice. If you don't like something or can't be bothered, then you don't press the like button, simple. The really sad part of KZbin culture too is that if you include in the title 'fail' or 'disaster' you will get twice the views. I'm sure someone has written a thesis on this somewhere and its reflection upon modern culture and its love affair with schadenfreude. Furthermore this video showcases a brilliant piece of artistry and a musical talent many of us could only ever dream about possessing and because of that, people will dislike it. All the very best from Normandie, Pavlovafowl aka Sue

[@jacobtapianieto9655]

AJ AL Pure envy

[@Selcuk.Aytimur]

this is sent to me on my birthday 5th of December, and I loved it!. Is is un magnificient.

[@janethutchison9279]

Thank you Eloisa! Great way to start my birthday morning!

[@ktkprincess]

Love this!!!

[@xaav]

Nice and amazing.I just imagine old Masters in the past could play so their own new compositions or arrangements for the delight of the audience

[@SIRMYRON321]

xavier winandy hmmmm yes i agree...

[@ivicks2]

JUST WOW!!! phantasmagoric!!!

[@ginarosario6936]

She is amazing!!!!

[@MadFiddler23]

Wow! What an amazing display of technique and style! Your composition is set out perfectly and you use a great range of styles. It seems to me that it is like a mixture of Paganini, Brahms and Dvorak. Probably many more. Thanks Rachel, I really admire you. hope to see more of your compositions:)

[@compmeist]

Impressive. Pine is definitely a great violinist, and I hope this arrangement will be remembered in the future.

[@SIRMYRON321]

compmeist yes great violinist

[@ChuckNYC71]

Rachel, you are absolutely magnificent.. I can't get enough of this. BRAVA!

[@EugeneDepart]

Bravissima, Rachel! You're wonderful!

[@sebastiensavard]

I'm wordless. Magnifique!!!!! Bravo!!!!!

[@gustavyeung]

Great to know that the music will be publicly available. I am eagerly looking forward to it!

[@jon_co]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@timnoonan9023]

It takes alot to impress me.you are very talented.thankyou for giving my love great music.

[@stradivari87]

FANTASTIC!!!!

[@khainglinthaw1]

i love ur left fingers and right hand so much,.

[@mejanegilbert]

Amazing!

[@khristinnn]

I sent this video to my sister, is her birthday :D Thank you!!! incredible

[@Sophia-vx8gj]

I’m seeing this for the first time, and all I can think of (besides her being an amazing violin player)...is what the heck kind of haters would dislike this video? I’d like to see them try playing this 😒

[@matthewcheever5719]

Superb, Rachel. Tomorrow is my son's birthday and you will provide the music. Mac: BJSO

[@BeautyFrangipani]

Whoa.... great concert with all the challenges :-) Thank you for posting this on youtube! Oh BTW, and this song also for my friend Sophie, she is faraway in the other continent of this earth! Hope you enjoy your day and have a great b'day ever Sophie! Blessings on your birthday... Love and hug, your brown Asian friend :-)

[@SIRMYRON321]

BeautyFrangipani yes a piece of violin worth of dedicating to a friend

[@jtrstrings]

That was stunning! It's my birthday today, and a friend sent me this link via Facebook. WOW!! Thanks very much!! Creative genius with technique galore! Janice Violin teacher

[@MarioRuizMusica]

Hermoso! Besos desde Argentina!

[@hemachhetridocumentary9429]

Amazing richel... I am learning violin right now and you are so much of an inspiration

[@vedanshvedansh844]

You are an asset on uTube. Truly. I subscribed.

[@dontdothat619]

I love it and my birthday is 8 days from now so thank you and its absolutely beautiful

[@musicallytalented2]

wow...just wow! i need to learn this!

[@difu9712]

Genial! Ich glaube, ich sollte mehr üben...

[@BethHarrelson]

Brava! Wonderful, perfect to share for a violinists birthday. Thank you.

[@robviolin1]

Wow , BRAVO!!!

[@blazingscorcher]

A Happy Birthday fit for the Queen Of England. Fantastic work!!

[@SIRMYRON321]

blazingscorcher hmmm..

[@TheGiverProd]

So fire 🔥🔥🔥 so extra, but so fire. Those 10ths were on point.

[@deiocellista]

shery ,you is amazing.... voce é maravilhosa...

[@frankcisyarmi]

Increiblemente hermoso alegre virtuoso genial Rachel Burton Pine!!!!!!

[@aryam83]

OMG!!! Awesome!!

[@thecast91]

mamma mia!!un mostro! complimenti! era da tempo ke cercavo una versione delle variazioni del buon compleano ;););) grazie!!

[@PAGANlNl]

Awesome! I love crazy variations on the simplest of tunes that make people smile. Quite reminiscent of Vieuxtemps Yankee Doodle Variations.

[@AndySaenz]

Someone needs to play this for Rachel's birthday!

[@Titus21]

awesome performance!!! i love the way she play violin

[@goldviolinist1]

I cant wait till i can buy this either :D

[@UlimorUdamenta]

Bravo Rachel!!!

[@SIRMYRON321]

UlimorUdamenta bravo

[@klaraschneider6555]

You are amazing! Thank you!

[@naborlz]

Terrific!!!!

[@paulsmith3966]

BRAVO !!!

[@Tragus026]

I was so excited when i saw you in El paso TX last year. i have your CD in my car and listen to it constantly and my orchestra loves it too =) thanks for the great music you play :D

[@SergioItagiba]

Congrats, it's wonderful! Brazilian best regards!

[@Pomidorisgogo]

Awesome! :)

[@DrLuu1972]

This violin must know all Paganini's Caprices in order to improvise like this ! ha ha ha I will play this video clip on my next birthday !!! Great work !

[@Wacky_Wonders]

One of my friends took me to watch you in concert today at the Morrison Centre in Boise. You were totally awesome! Keep up the wonderful work!

[@SIRMYRON321]

Wacky Wonders: The Matt & Ali Show yes amazing talent

[@musicalmonkee]

that left hand pizz was amazing. one day i hope to have those skills :)

[@Baz6711]

Superb!

[@ReillySage]

she is in my dad's friend's band!