Hilary Hahn plays Bach Sonata No.3 C Major, Allegro Assai

[@hi-ur4qd]

I think Hilary is 17 here! Just incredible. This performance is unbelievably good.

[@mahlonrhoades4509]

She is one of the amazing prodigies who achieved greatness at a very young age but has continued to improve to this day. At any point in her career you would say "how can anyone play better than this?". And yet she does - even if she was technically perfect years ago, the density of expression in her playing now is unsurpassed by anything I've ever heard. And still so humble and human. Such an inspiration - she gives me hope for humanity.

[@joanmarinos4828]

The cadence, the phrasing, the pristine tone, the fluidity... That’s another level! Eternal respect!

[@sudharmansitaraman8377]

For all the non string players out there, the most impressive thing is not the speed or even the articulation. It's how it doesn't sound like she makes a single shift or string change. If you listen on Spotify, the rapid alternating notes almost sound like they're played on the same string, in the same position. Today, Hilary is simply a goddess, no questions asked. As far as violinists are concerned, she's up there with Michael Jackson. But watching godling Hilary, who hasn't yet reached her final form, you realize just what a phenomenal talent she is. This is a standard many seasoned soloists today aspire to. It's just disgustingly good. And she's still improving. My adult beginner self could never.

[@the_great_phoenix231]

can we agree that most people here can actually listen to this nonstop for at least 8 hrs?

[@davidgill3356]

Can? Did.

[@petermuller7029]

Asked my tutor how long I would need to learn it and to play like her,"you got to be imortal", ok. so never.

[@Rembrandt96]

Your tutor nailed it 😂

[@petermuller7029]

Yeah... sad but true.. thanks fir for your heart.

[@grammarpolice8009]

@@petermuller7029 Not true at all but it does seam way. I was a Beginner and I practiced two Hours a day for Eight months and I learned it

[@jadenchoi1508]

@@grammarpolice8009 Yes, but to master the piece as good as Hilary is almost impossible^^

[@vibhavperi983]

I took 6 months to get it clean and without mistakes, and a further 3 months to get the crispness of Hilary. I'm not saying I'm better than Hilary, but my recording sounds almost as good (at least to my teacher)

[@straburg7661]

it's just so... clear... so neat... so perfect...

[@hgcoin]

The list of violin gods just got bigger by one.

[@infledermaus]

Goddesses!

[@infledermaus]

Spectacular!

[@ct9934]

I don't know anything about classical music but one thing I am certain of, is that this is the most stunning thing I've ever heard....! Wow it's just pure magic 😍

[@wiltonpt1]

This has not a bad sound. It is very clear. Too CleaR in fact and full of vitality of a young and brilliant soulful interpreter of JSB’s music I think the professor watching just realized he’s in the presence of a violin genius.

[@benedicttambiga7725]

He's not a professor, he's the interviewing Hilary

[@frankstein9982]

The 'professor' is a classical music & jazz journalist called Han Reiziger who died in 2006.

[@loveaddiction8436]

I don't know if anybody noticed this but I just laughed the professor's little head bob at 0:59

[@Constitution1789]

I admire her ability to sustain that energy and phrasing.

[@sinisterfw]

I recognize Dutch tv presenter Han Reiziger who died in 2006. From 1989 to 2001 he had a famous program on television, ‘Reiziger in muziek’ which translates as ‘traveller in music’. A program that showed various types of music.

[@WarrenPostma]

Thank you KZbin algorithm. What a player. What a piece. Stunning.

[@Jabafish]

I am currently practicing this piece and holy shit Hilary is God it self.

[@vibhavperi983]

Are you learning the whole sonata or just this movement?

[@pixpizza1924]

guess we'll never know

[@Jabafish]

@@pixpizza1924 I was learning that particular movement and the adagio too

[@pixpizza1924]

@@Jabafish did you make it?

[@TheRightGuy777]

@@pixpizza1924 guess we'll never know

[@morimori7456]

T^T i have finally found it! you have no idea how much i wanted to hear this again

[@loneranger2710]

So seamless! I keep on hitting the replay button.💘

[@supersonicfan1816]

glad to see youre a fan of yona of the dawn too!

[@drtmuir]

Aaaah, an absolute goddess in her infancy. No, you never will play this piece this brilliantly, but she is on another level, even among virtuosi. That is no reason not to practice the piece, and live with it, and love it, and reach a certain level of fluency in it. Having followed Ms Hahn's career for many years now, I can't imagine she would want her performances to be the reason anyone deprived themselves of the joy of an intimate relationship with great music. The idea is to spread the joy of music.

[@dmitridmitriyevichshostako2548]

This piece is so profound! In heaven I took up the violin and the c major sonata was one of my first targets. It's wonderful! Regards, D. Shostakovich

[@avoshahinian3129]

Elegant , Out of this world . Thank you

[@herbertdr.reichel3544]

...no doubt:Hilary i s "the goddess of the violin..."🎻🎼🎵🎶

[@lorenconley1384]

Absolutely so technically refined and so musical. She is a treasure

[@cupa6285]

My new fav piece

[@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808]

legendary recording

[@robfrancis8830]

Amazing to watch her perform.

[@jeromecavanna4016]

Extraordinaire magnifique puissant. Beau simplement.

[@dmsanct]

im amazed at how many phrases she can do with just like 7cm of bow

[@benedicttambiga6152]

I can't believe TwoSet haven't found this video yet, they made a video and talked about Hilary playing this piece but they didn't show this video. So could you guy's help me Share this video to them😛 they really need to know about this video...

[@vibhavperi983]

They did mention it in their 8 great performances

[@cupa6285]

Yep

[@aparajitaprabhu]

TWO SETTTT

[@4thArmoredVet]

Totally amazing 👏

[@benjamintambiga5197]

jezz, i forgot i wrote this comment, now it already has a hundred likes.

[@elliottg5987]

I haven't played seriously in oh, 15 years. I thought I'd try and pick up this piece again, I came here looking for finger & bow positions but instead of looking for hints I am simply entranced.

[@kendallelizabeth1168]

Do you have the galamian edition? I find his suggested fingerings and bowings helpful

[@nrlnadihah]

This is too beautiful and wholesome..... She's powerful.... Ohmy, it's sounds brilliant. Man....

[@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808]

I've an entrance exam to the conservatory of Brussels, and this is one of the pieces I have to play together with other pieces. 6 in total. I HAVE 8 DAYS!!!!!

[@Rembrandt96]

I wish you all the very best! I hope this performance of Hilary comes to your aid in some way :)

[@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808]

@@Rembrandt96 thank you very very much. I'm 13 years old btw, so this entrance exam is very important for basically *my life*

[@Rembrandt96]

@@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808 That's a lot of pressure at such a young age. Although I might not be able to give you advice on your music, I can certainly tell you that everything will go that much smoother if you can bring yourself to approach this as calmly as possible. I hope it all goes well, and if it isn't too much could you drop back down here and let me know how it goes? Wishing you good luck once again :)

[@rayyoshida7963]

Wow 6 pieces is too much for an entrance exam in my opinion..I hope it was succesful for you anyway

[@Jasper_4444]

How did it go?

[@doandroidsdream1748]

She is truly remarkable

[@joefagan9335]

133 BPM (and faster in some place). That's Alegro Assai (=very fast). Insane virtuosity and clarity.

[@dianal.1279]

Extraordinary! Joy in the music!🌻🌹💖

[@1blairt]

Total immersion. Brilliant

[@b.cherter1380]

Its amazing😍😍😍, Bravo 👏👏👏👏

[@mariog123]

Fabulosa composición y Fabulosa interpretación. 👋👋👋👋👋👋

superb interpretation. Bravo

[@pradyumnanr3680]

It took me a while to realize that Hilary was playing this piece much faster than it was intended to be played

[@ckamal1]

I think the playback is on 1.25x

[@mahlonrhoades4509]

nope. Allegro assai is faster than allegro. It basically translates to "very fast".

[@joelsattler8420]

She's so wonderful!!!!!

[@sh-ev8om]

That's amazing🎶Thanks❗

[@13e11even11]

Anyone disliking this video, is simply bitter due to their mediocrity.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Her performance is the acme of emotion

[@marquisevirginie]

SHE IS BRILLIANT

[@FortunateXpat]

Amazing! ❤

[@joejacks2355]

its as if she's purely programed tp play this by a computer.. this Level of precision is divine sent from heaven. God bless

[@nnykk3286]

그저 빛......갓러리한💕

[@afropress]

BRILLIANT!!!!

[@gabriel1chan]

This is brilliant. Seem Hilary was having her lesson.

[@miguelangelvallory1563]

Great Bach & great Hilary Hahn

[@arnoldronning5471]

How old is Hilary in this performance? Fabulous.

[@13e11even11]

WOW. SIMPLY WOW.

[@jacc88888]

Incredible playing. If that was her teacher in the background I wonder what he said afterwards..... 🤔

[@remember9097]

I imagine something like "Ok, now it's your turn to teach me"

[@WarrenPostma]

Well that was all right then, he said slowly. I feel that you might want to work on more gradually buildiing up in intensity because that was OFF THE HOOK.

[@jacc88888]

@@WarrenPostma 😀Good one!

[@gabriel1chan]

He was speechless for sure.

[@waltercamello8929]

Perfeito 👏

[@muhammetsahin9997]

Just impressive !

[@floralemoine1436]

Do you know how old she was on that video?

[@Rembrandt96]

She was 17 when she recorded her groundbreaking Bach album. Judging from the similarities between her photo on the album cover and this video, I'd be willing to bet it was around the same time. So 16-18 is my guess. Kinda mind blowing isn't it?

[@floralemoine1436]

@@Rembrandt96 she was so young ! :) thanks

[@fernandacardoso3732]

❤

[@MayaRavichandran]

astonishing!

[@justinstrik7125]

I read twinkle twinkle from the book

[@jsv438]

I love listening to Hahn play ANYTHING Bach. I would say she's obviously one of the best in the world. But I have more of a question than a criticism; does anyone else feel that ALL of these world class violinists play these Bach allegros more like prestos? I take almost any "allegro" from Bach, played by these great world class players, play back at .75 speed, and THEN it sounds like an allegro not a presto. Even though Bach prestos are extremely difficult to play on almost any instrument at this level, they do certainly maintain their personality and expression at those speeds, like above 160, 168+, but that's also not truly one click per 4/16ths. Is that even important? And then again baroque composers did not have the usage of the types of metronomes the music community in general decided to adhere to years later. They're just written differently. They're phrased different and have different repeating cannons and cadences. A presto clearly works at those higher speeds. Even at the LOWER accepted speeds of a presto, I can see why they're playing a Bach allegro that way--that seems to work fine. But they're playing these at speeds WAY deep into presto territory and I just wonder about the execution of that altering the possible intended interpretation. I guess I need now to consult more violinists about this. I'd like to see if anyone comments here, and either can set me straight on it or maybe even agree. ~JSV

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Wow :-)

[@wot_hog]

Dayum!!!

[@frederik606]

Bravo mademoiselle.Je ne suis pas violoniste mais cette pièce doit être très difficile à jouer ....

[@Rembrandt96]

C'est très difficile pour nous les mortels, mais elle est une déesse !

[@cigarnationwarriors3981]

Her Bach is incomparable. Everything else is just so-so🎻😎🇺🇸

[@Zoelinx-z8w]

wow

[@nevits14]

Is this a movie?

[@Rembrandt96]

No, it's from a televised interview/talk show. There's a comment below that links to the full length video.

[@feliznavidad7787]

did not know jennifer lawrence has other talents.

[@rainchen7846]

OMG now that you mention it those two do share similarity in terms of appearance.

[@rebpv7537]

It's the fourth mvm...

[@Rembrandt96]

Oh yeah, my bad. Fixed it! Thank you

[@rebpv7537]

@@Rembrandt96 I played it today in an audition that's why I s'aide to myself "hmm there's a little mistake..."😁

[@Rembrandt96]

@@rebpv7537 Woah, how did it go? Et vous êtes français ?

[@rebpv7537]

@@Rembrandt96 Oui je suis française 😉 Not bad but there will always détails to work and improve...

[@rebpv7537]

@@Rembrandt96 We can always do better ! 💪 (but Hilary Hahn will always be better than us in fact😅😂)

[@0_0-c1g]

how old was she??? wish i could play this well U_U

[@Rembrandt96]

Re-pasting my reply to another similar query in the comments: She was 17 when she recorded her groundbreaking Bach album. Judging from the similarities between her photo on the album cover and this video, I'd be willing to bet it was around the same time. So 16-18 is my guess. Kinda mind blowing isn't it?

[@0_0-c1g]

@@Rembrandt96 0_0 WHAT!!!!!

[@Rembrandt96]

@@0_0-c1g A fitting reaction indeed, never ceases to amaze me whenever I'm reminded of this fact. Truly humbling.

[@everettj.3355]

As a violinist of 10 years practice, I can say for sure that this is a brilliant, well thought out, and fun piece to play. Paganini still harder tho. ;)

[@lordlockdown64]

This was very beautiful, I'm trying to learn more about classical music via my jukebox channel, really enjoyable thanks :)

[@marklampo8164]

This inspired PDQ Bach to compose the "Chicken With Its Head Cut Off Sonata!"

[@jgcaesar4]

As a teenager. Wow.

[@banana-xz2nw]

How..do..you..even..do..this..

[@albertomessina8061]

Superlativa

[@jimquim1574]

My music taste is wierd i love rock and classical the 2 dont mix well

[@miajc6606]

They do mix well because both are very complex. 😉

[@jimquim1574]

@@miajc6606 yes

[@RogerioLupoArteCientifica]

I love rock and classical because they just the same thing. BTW prog rock proved that. Listen to Vivaldi's Summer, 3rd movement, and Deep Purple's "Burn". Vivaldi's is a heavy metal and Deep Purple's is a Baroque piece. Vivaldi --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2fdmWCNos6Amac Deep Purple --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2fdmWCNos6Amac

[@jimquim1574]

@@RogerioLupoArteCientifica it just go to the same link

[@Hunter-tx4fs]

Transiberian orchestra

[@BrunoDGames]

bro hillary has practiced for like 500 years i think

[@mtumrefu]

Almost good enough to make Ling Ling take a break from all the practice.

[@Angela.poliquit]

She passed the ling ling training

[@hiyorioh]

I give up

[@alirezapajouhandeh9793]

That phrasing...

[@supawels3627]

Spielt sie das ihrem Vater vor?

[@fromcmk33]

바흐를 즐겨연주함

[@garyschermer5463]

There does exist an ontological level of performance any reasonably intelligent person can identify and label as, "Godlike" deduced from pure intuition. That is a reality. This is a very obvious in the case of this individual.

[@유리진주-w8l]

와 소리 봐 쩐다

[@pteifert]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@davidmdyer838]

A little too speedy for my taste.

[@jessicademeo5488]

I think she took speed😂