Hilary Hahn - Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor

Hilary Hahn, violin - Berliner Philarmoniker
Mariss Jansons, Conductor
Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor
Recorded live at the Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 26 November 2000

[@lottaart7848]

I listened to the cadenza and 4th mvmt while eating. It was the most dark and russian lunch ive had

[@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808]

Lol, is that also going to happen with my music?

[@mikono2022]

now do the same thing but listening to the 1st mvt

[@lottaart7848]

@@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808 yeah it has

[@wanyuhuang8802]

Fun experience

[@davidegaramella2873]

Shostakovich's music can reach the deepest spots of your mind and can express like no other the most hidden and painful emotions a human being can feel. Sometimes when I feel really bad, his music is the only one that makes me feel better, especially if played so well as Hilary Hahn does.

[@davidegaramella2873]

@@fiercedragon0610 sure, i personally love the piano quintet, both piano trios, both piano concertos, this violin concerto, string quartets no. 8,9,15, the cello sonata and the cello concerto no. 1. The jazz album if you want something less serious and elaborated is pretty good with the famous waltz no. 2. I don't like very much Shostakovich's symphonies, i think that he doesn't express fully himself in those

[@ChollieD]

Me, too! Music of dark emotions is terrific when I'm feeling them. Helps get them expressed.

[@spasskyfan5389]

so *well as

[@joanschansberg677]

@@davidegaramella2873 nice

[@julianholman7379]

@@davidegaramella2873 think you might love the concerto for piano and Trumpet

[@theforeverpuddle8754]

She's so ridiculously good.

[@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808]

At 20 years old she absolutely nailed this concerto

[@ILikeBirds]

Ikr 🤯

[@ksbenjaminpowel]

Hello fellow comrade.

[@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858]

_no, she didn't. People just love to believe in someone powerful... Check your ears if you have them. I have problems with her weak interpretation. Lack of true artistry. Just going thru the motions. Playing w/o soul. Majorally in my opinion._

[@dctrbrass]

Music depends on years of hard work and study, not "I've been playing for x # of years." If you've been playing for 40 years with minimal effort and study you're not going to be a very good player.

[@alvearalvear8133]

Ella está tocando con una técnica impecable, tu comentario es realmente atrevido​@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858

[@aramkhachaturian8043]

Her clarity is what makes her sound so unique.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Obertöne (I don‘t know the English word) because of perfect intonation Nice to meet you here Sir 😂 I like your music. Especially Spartacus

[@sergejvasiljevitsjrachmani2808]

Hello friend

[@archelynwolf]

@SunriseSerpent *Germanic

[@keananok]

@@mathildewesendonck7225 would be Overtone

[@gabrieleherr348]

It's so clear, it's almost piercing

[@bassoonmom8914]

I've played this with many different violinists. The last movement is wickedly hard to keep together. So much so that it's almost nice to hear that Berlin had a little trouble with it, too. Hilary is my favorite violinist. I had the good fortune to be in an orchestra when she was soloist at the age of 13! We knew that she was going to be great then. There is almost nothing better in the world than hearing her play Bach.

[@YThome7]

You are a happy man, you are.

[@christianvennemann9008]

You're so lucky!

[@alexisforbes1808]

what was she playing with the orchestra?

[@davidkuder4356]

He wrote it for David Oistrach. She takes it, Further. Transcendin... She speaks to the Strings, & The violin Answers

[@Twallrion]

Oh damn, you're so lucky.. she's amazing, and I'm sure you are also!

[@nacl4299]

The rest of the orchestra is totally underrated by the comments. Someone applaud Shostakovich's use of pizzicato and woodwind during the scherzo!

[@meredithbeatty4157]

Exactly!!! I used to play clarinet professionally and Shostakovich is notoriously hard sometimes. Reminds me of the scherzo from symphony number 10. Amazing work here. At times it seemed she was rushing a little but it could possibly be the woodwinds dragging a tad.

[@nedcrouch3202]

clap clap

[@nedcrouch3202]

now shut up and go away. I want to listen to Hillary.

[@nacl4299]

@@nedcrouch3202 thank you.

[@chrisk8187]

She was quite a bit younger in this performance. I'm a retired having had a successful clarinet studio for 34yrs. My best student played the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto from memory when auditioning for a position in the U. of Minnesota music department as an incoming freshman. She beat out all the clarinets including the performance majors except one of the grad students, who she said she played than. She was "jobbing" in the union and playing gigs with the pros around town.

[@AcaciaDragoon]

This was recorded on the day I was born and that makes me very happy.

[@Vivi-se6jd]

ValiantNucleus me as well:)

[@hajnihety17]

Omg I just realised that I wasnt even born then

[@pidge3193]

Damn, I was born like almost 6 years later...

[@snifex]

Damn, I was only 10 months during this

[@caityule]

@@pidge3193 if this was recorded in 2000 then i’m the same 😂

[@listenmusic9811]

Shostakovich is a MASTER at counterpoint. So beautiful...

[@4pixel]

Listen Music and Bach?

[@listenmusic9811]

Dude, are you joking? Bach is GOD.

[@adamdonahue2079]

Greetings.

[@yumyumwhatzohai]

@@4pixel meh

[@taskbarenhancer3386]

@Listen Music show me one example.

[@MOORES777]

00:40 I. Nocturne: Moderato 13:29 II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo 19:36 III. Passacaglia: Andante 28:58 Cadenza 34:07 IV. Burlesca: Allegro con brio

[@benjaminford4360]

Dick Moores , И так все знают!!!

[@moritzio4.034]

13:29!!!!

[@keonsagara7313]

bless your heart for posting the time stamps

[@SkyBlackDark]

The final part is my favorite (!!!)

[@fmotpwalsh109]

For those of us who like to have this kind of info, thank you for the time stamps and tempo markings.

[@seanmarron9844]

My love for Shostakovich has now exponentially increased.

[@robertoesquivel4447]

Same

[@janvanoort7516]

Dmitri Shostakovich was by far the most badass and tragic composer of the XXth century. I know for I asked God, who was just back from listening to a 4-hand improvisation/jam session between JS Bach and Shosta. "The Russian won", God said with dreamy eyes.

[@constanzaaltamirano9269]

Who doesn't love Shostakovich

[@davidkuder4356]

Mega Dittos. Marris Jansons brings it out, All the MoreohhSo. She speaks to the strings, and de Violin "answers..."

[@fmotpwalsh109]

@@constanzaaltamirano9269 A lot of people who enjoy classical music, unfortunately. Personally, Dmitri's one of my top 5!

[@jeffreyleistyna5505]

I just noticed that 140 viewers disapproved of this extraordinary performance! Humans are very strange indeed . God gave to the world Hillary Hahn!! Bravo and thank you!!!

[@dmitrishostakovich9064]

I am very proud of this piece! The good old days man!

[@andreiloas]

Come on, Dmitri! Write another one!

[@mariedagoult1]

@@andreiloas He did write a second concerto for the violin...

[@paavni8642]

Hey man, I noticed some parts in the second movement remind me of your first cello concerto.....did u do that on purpose?

[@zatch9362]

@@paavni8642 he used a similar motif across many of his works, "d-s-c-h"; representing, of course, d(mitri) sch(ostakowitch)

[@MiloMcCarthyMusic]

@@zatch9362 huh?

[@cageynerd]

She's the FINAL BOSS of violin playing.

[@Jabafish]

Lol I would never in my life win.

[@aldeayeah]

The last tempo change in the Burlesque is clearly the desperation final attack

[@lkh0120]

nope

[@wanyuhuang8802]

Ling Ling in reality, period.

[@RAREpicture]

In art, we say "Artist", not "boss". Have a great day.

[@davidsteinberg7098]

Incredible. The third movement of this concerto is beyond words. Beautiful performance.

[@mariedagoult1]

Everyone is obsessed with the Scherzo, but the last movement is as good imo. I get so many goosebumps at the cadenza, Everytime...

[@barbie2791]

Following the Passacaglia - I absolutely melt with what Shosty does with the tritone (in the cadenza) as well. .

[@vindharmarajan9320]

BREATHTAKING. HILARY PLAYS IT AS IF IT WAS COMPOSED FOR HER BY DEAR Shostakovich . THANK YOU maestro and the superb orchestra. Gratefully

[@stephenmessick865]

Having terminal cancer you would think that I would get depressed, but since Hilary is never more than a few clicks away it is never a problem. God bless you Hilary Hahn.

[@harler5590]

good luck out there buddy. I'm glad music brings you so much joy during this time ❤

[@robarnold6998]

My first foray into Classical Music and I stumble across, arguably, the finest violinist of a generation??? I cannot stop watching her performances. Simply amazing!

[@Valygarx]

She certainly is. You have a wonderful world to discover my friend!

[@willemeret2398]

Valygarx yes I have just started as well and man oh man there’s a lot of great stuff! Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin are great, but those Russian (Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff) new how to compose and have to be my fav so far!! A wonderful never ending well of great music!

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Wow, you have a very good ear and taste for a beginner- listener!! Great choice to come to Hilarys recordings!!

[@robarnold6998]

Mathilde Wesendonck thank you! Her playing is captivating!

[@bpetersson5024]

check out all her Bach recordings, and the solo sonatas in particular. She did a concert doing the Bach violin concertos 1-2 with a period instrument orchestra which is really great, too...

[@samuelfeinberg-conductorco6367]

I've performed this piece and wow, the difficulty of the 2nd movement makes you LOVE how Shostakovich writes not just for strings but the whole orchestra. Truly such an amazing piece!

[@cindyhj]

I was only 19 days old during this recording! 20 year old Hilary is amazing--even more so now ♡

[@Terry1950Men]

I used to think she shows so little emotion but then I decided to close my eyes - it's all in the playing. Favorite violinist by far. This rendition is a masterpiece.

[@ealston0826]

totally agree. you listen to her playing with your eyes closed and is a different experience, she is fire!

[@zacharieaviles9801]

Always have my eyes closed at a concert, the music is always better when you void yourself of all other senses.

[@theingabo212]

She plays with so much passion. Sounds so dark and good.

[@munciyekahir1043]

This is why she never did competitions. Because there's no competition when it's her.

[@JeanDeLaCroix_]

Ahmet Yılmaz well technically she's 30 miles above everyone else (maybe kavakos ? Or Midori ?)

[@gerardnoest1831]

You most have been very tired for a start. Never mind, could have happened to anyone, except of course for advertising your little inconvenience. Sandman.

[@listenmusic9811]

You should go to the doctor for your condition! That is dangerous!

[@gerardnoest1831]

Somebody wrote " I nearly fell asleep during the 3rd movement" and my comment was meant to be a reaction to that remark. Wires crossed I'm afraid, all my fault. Hilary Hahn is the best violinist I have heard in the past twenty years, and I will be travelling hundreds of miles to Berlin to hear her play next May. Sorry for upsetting you so badly. Sandman?

[@foxmulder8955]

the 3rd movement definitely lacks a lot of passion, drama, torment, character, tension, fire whatever you call it. The overall performance is still at the highest level

[@soulinthemachine7182]

How beautiful to find this amongst the digital detritus. 😍

[@gabrieleherr348]

Sometimes I just like to listen to this on my bed and imagine all the thing Shostakovich was trying to tell the audience with this first concerto. There's so much going on in every movement, one of my favorite concertos if not my favorite.

[@duwir5959]

both were on their peak, Jansons hat such an great musiscanship, his beat technic is superb and his musicality also. Hilary Hahns intonation is great.

[@mobo8373]

My favorite classical piece of all time. It truly tells a story so vivid to me.

[@hazel-rah4997]

Hilary Hahn's play actually doesn't need any comment, i hope this doesn't count as one :)

[@vishnuhalikere2151]

Love how she plays the passacaglia 🎻💙

[@bennettmarkel7724]

The sad, big heart of Shostakovich is here. Naturally, because she is a natural, Hillary Hahn captures the spirit of the music. Her gown is an inspiration of dress design. Mariss Jansons and the Berlin Orchestra make for an exciting and memorable performance.

[@charlesdelair61]

Shostakovich and Solzhenitsyn...the Soviet Union had the best music and literature, and the worst government of the 20th century.

[@sak_1017]

@@charlesdelair61 lets say one of the worst because in my opinion North Korea has the worst currently

[@archelynwolf]

@@sak_1017 It's currently the 21st century

[@mag-wp6yt]

First movement alone is a masterpiece.

[@adina.deborah]

I absolutely love Hilary Hahn's interpretation of this piece. She is amazing!

[@dctrbrass]

So expressive too. :)

[@vKarl71]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! This performance is completely mesmerizing. Hahn is great as always. (She seems to have been appropriately happy with the performance). And the orchestral playing and conception are wonderful. The interplay btween soloist & orchestra is like chamber music. I came upon this performance by accident and am just riveted. And what a great piece! It also always blows my mind that anyone can memorize a piece like this. I know that many do (the wonderful Chiara String Quartet has memorized all the Brahms and Bartok quartets - and plays them from memory in concert!) but it always impresses me. As for Hahn vs. Oistrakh...what's the point? There's room to love all the great musicians we are so fortunate to be able to hear on recording and in person. I love Oistrakh but how could that detract from this performance? For me there is a sense of *rightness* to the playing of both of them (which I also find in the Budapest Quartet) that makes for a very very musical experience. Thank you!

[@riccardoscarone1388]

Even if I'm answering 4 years later, I just wanted to say that these are the well thought kind of comments I like to see. Gives a free and elaborated opinion without attacking others' points of view and gives chances to notice something that other may have not noticed during the listening of the piece (as for the balancing and communication within soloist and orchestra/conductor). Also your comments about the quartets, at least in my case, makes me want to look for new music, so a very useful comment also! Thank you for it.

[@SatanAteMySocks]

O - my - GAWD. I just listened to the Scherzo and I feel like I'm about to burst. So much goodness. Gosh. I have to take a cold shower now.

[@MalisandreFeline]

Shostakovich n'étant pas ma tasse de thé, cette violoniste arrive à me le faire apprécier ! Magnifique Hilary Hahn ! !

[@kimmyviolinmedina0406]

After all the people who played this, Hilary Hahn has the best interpretation in this piece in my opinion. :)

[@robertknapp7612]

I think it’s her great purity of tone that sets her apart.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Wow the deep notes and the double stops in the cadenza give me chills . Hilary is outstanding, but I also love this Vuillaume violin. (although Hilary could probably make an 100 $ Amazon fiddle sound magic)

[@davidjared3402]

So, so beautiful in many ways. I marvel at the breadth of emotions Shostakovich is able to express through his music. What a gift to those seeking heart stimulation from it!

[@jinxtux4114]

What a great piece of music... This harmony, amazing orchestra, conductor and breathtaking soloist. This might be the most beautiful violin concertos ever written.

[@Rene99999]

the fact that her and so many other orchestral musicians like her can play these massive pieces from memory is so amazing to me. I feel like my life path is beginning to diverge from music a little as I have to focus on my career, so I don't know if I'll ever get to be the orchestral flute player I've always dreamed of. Watching these amazing people do it makes me happy enough though. Hilary Hahn might actually be a robot btw she's inhumanly good.

[@ohhiphio]

Hilary Hahn aside, this is the best orchestral performance I've ever heard of this concerto. Jansons is amazing.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

ohhiphio agree

[@jingren]

Jansons was amazing AND underrated.

[@clauss2563]

Jansons is fine but Mravinsky is unsurpassed.

[@YThome7]

In moments of despair I copy/paste this link and listen and enjoy, listen and enjoy and wait, wait longing for the finale - crazy celebration of joy, reckless youthfulness and a triumph of life!

[@asffapoisj]

Her colors, the way she fills phrases, her refinement. Great performance.

[@dctrbrass]

My goodness; this is fantastic.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

This is an outstanding piece of music. Shostakovich's portrayal of dread, oppression, death, and triumph are supreme in Russian music history. The Scherzo and Passacaglia are highlights for me. Great work from Ms. Hahn as usual.

[@YThome7]

The greatest violin concerto, may be of all times. And Hilary Hahn interpretation is convincing and orchestra, conduction is deep too.

[@wanyuhuang8802]

Which I never gonna touch in my life

[@rohansgalaxy9465]

10/10 interpretation. Pure joy to listen to

[@luizamsalgado]

Divine Hahn (wow Great Hahn!!!), and Larsson and legendary Berlin P.O. !!!! Wonderful combination !

[@zaureseitova6977]

Поразительно! Как здорово играет Хилари ! Такая хрупкая, а сколько мощи! Это настоящая симфония для скрипки и оркестра! Дирижер и оркестр на высоте! Получила невероятный взрыв эмоций и энергии!

[@newgeorge]

mindblowing playing. Intonation: perfect!

[@evanwise7131]

I love this performance. I’ve watched it many times and just watched with my 2 month old daughter. She listened intently. I wish Hilary would play the Berg violin concerto. Her Sibelius is also wonderful.

[@nicholasemerson3155]

What a stunning performance. OMG!

[@johannschneider6372]

My beloved, dear friend Mariss did a great job here as well. A few month before he died we talked about this violin concerto. Hard thing to see ...

[@retf054ewte3]

playing this music at this age, is a real challenge.

[@eunminwootang]

Omg. Why does this make me so emotional. It's so good

[@MrFilipefagote]

My goodness, how it’s possible to play that perfect? Everything just wonderful

[@detectivehome3318]

RIP Maestro

[@michaelwosslert9524]

What a absoutely stunning performance. Long live Hilary and Dimitri.

[@camerongairns188]

I've just witnessed perfection.

[@YThome7]

Epic concerto, all human emotions in quick sequence, and as waves coming again and again and yet never the same. Intense internal dialog with one's consciousness and also an appeal, a question addressed to listeners, to people around great composer, Shostakovitch. He was not an observer, he was in the mid of it: creating and destroying, and creating again, negation of a negation is affirmation.

[@varmibirinsan]

Shostakovich- Genius

[@YThome7]

@@varmibirinsan I agree. But lately I read very interesting and very different opinions of also very famous Soviet composers, and they respectfully disagree. I love Shostakovich however I'm also very curious about opinions of those who disagree.

[@MegaCirse]

Like the first light of dawn, this music opens your eyes to new promises and to all the wonders of nature. Evocative of powers beyond observation, these pieces pull the strings of the heart, attract nostalgia and awaken the loves, the skinned lives and torpor of the sleeping watchmen

[@Pashenzio]

"Hilary Kahn is one of the best violin masters of our time. Her play is the standard of interpretation, the range of her repertoire is limitless. From sonatas and partitas by Bach to violin concerts by Shostakovitch, her performance is always impeccable, technically and artistically. The brilliant virtuosity of her performance is always combined with the original interpretation, at the highest level of performance mastery. Hilary Khan is an artist, among great violinists, since Paganini. Хилари Хан является одним из лучших скрипичных мастеров современности . Ее игра является эталоном интерпретации , диапазон ее репертуара безграничен . От сонат и партит Баха до концертов Шостаковича , ее исполнение всегда безупречно , технически и художественно . Блестящая виртуозность ее исполнения всегда сочетается с оригинальной трактовкой , на высочайшем уровне исполнительского мастерства . Хилари Хан художник , масштаба великих скрипачей , со времен Паганини" .

[@sneddypie]

"hilary kahn"

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Hahn‘s performance speaks to the soul, solemnly, gently, and sorrowfully

[@daniellinhnguyen4528]

Those high notes and bow strikes at 16:20, wonderful

[@user-iq3ku1wn2k]

Никогда раньше не слышал. И вот... Обалденно!!! Девушка играет как, кто ещё так может? Оркестр на высоте. И запись великолепная, слушать одно удовольствие. В общей сложности - музыкальный шедевр!

[@ILikeBirds]

She makes it look so effortless

[@jbrkonthescene]

Out of many performances I've seen, in person or online, I prefer the layering and balance of this one the most as I've actually heard individuals sections before, while hearing her with ease. This also is the cleanest interpretation I've listened too as well. EDIT: With that being said, I will not say this is my all around favorite interpretation, but my god it's spotless and that ranks as the top amongst the great ones because with this concerto it takes tremendous skill and even that doesn't do hahn justice here ... her interpretation is spotless.

[@WaterFlame957]

I've loved Hillary since her work in The Village. 💖💖💖💖

[@gerardbegni2806]

This version is absolutely perfect all along all the movements of this delicate concerto, including the cadenza, of course. What could I add else? This is a reference version.

[@martienbrands8224]

comparing is always a tricky thing, our judgements reflect often more our taste than anything else. and my taste senses a lot of delicacy in Hilary Hahn's play, which can be seen as introverted. but it creates a lot of intimacy, too. just drift off on the tones... and Janine Jansen's play is full of expressed passion, more extrovert and joyful. actually, I find them very well complementary to each other; thanks to their diverse geniuses we can enjoy very different aspects of the same compositions....

[@gabebabe1]

What a musician and she hula hoops with 2setviolin.

[@agneskvarnstrom9918]

I truly love this comment

[@christianvennemann9008]

That's what I love about her. She could easily allow her immense talent to get to her head (honestly, it would be hard to blame her for it, due to how great she is), but she doesn't. She's incredibly humble and down to earth, and she seems like an all-around great person.

[@YThome7]

No words, just splendid! Life is great!

[@albeharal]

Incredible!!! How can someone play such a difficult (impossible) piece, with such an ease and to be able to sing in such a way (when singing is needed) and then be able to run those devilish passages with such an ease! Only Hilary! Bravo and thanks to Fabio for bringing this concerto to us.

[@JeanDeLaCroix_]

Alberto Behar some rumors say she's a japanese robot. But I think she might be an alien sent here to hypnotise us

[@sasha42196]

Wow, I can only describe my state as "in a trance" during that cadenza.

[@thebettafish3239]

Me too

[@anim8torfiddler871]

Sometimes it strikes me I need to thank KZbin for supporting this vast repository of human culture. Fiddler and musician who sins in many ways, I’ve Peeked at and enjoyed videos of cute puppies and Elephants painting portraits, God knows. But since a brain injury 18 months back, I had put fiddling out of my mind for a time, knowing the commitment it will take to get back the skills that took five decades to encompass. The music of this young woman has charmed and inspired me enough to come back and face the long road, pick up the fiddle again and show the ungovernable fingers who’s in charge. Playing Shostakovich 5th with several different orchestras over the years has given me the happy opportunity to learn both the second AND first fiddle parts of that symphony, and savor the harmonies and lines of the rest of the orchestra. Now Ms. Hahn makes me eager to understand this work I’d never encountered. How can I thank her enough?

[@saico011ying]

thankyou, i have been searching for the full clip of hahn's for so long!

[@user-iq3ku1wn2k]

Обалденно! Настоящий Шостакович! Настоящая музыка!

[@kylemeyer3920]

23:25 - 24:15 makes me forget to breathe. Every damned time.

[@IvanGreindl]

Qui donc ne serait pas *bluffé* par l'incroyable virtuosité de cette jeune femme ? Elle se balade dans les portées, sur des tempi supra-humains et reste imperturbable... Quel talent, quel flegme -- et quel *immense* travail -- à 21 ans ! (Même en étant très attentif, je n'ai pas perçu une faute de justesse. Longue vie à cette brillante artiste !)

[@thopham7976]

Wonderful performance for a colossal violin concerto.

[@alvaropuga7048]

Excelente apresentação. Esta violinista é especial.

[@valeriysakov1410]

БРАВО Хилари Хан!

[@Ludwigvb1]

The best recording of this concerto.

[@the_bottomfragger]

Omer Hertz I'll just assume that you haven't Oistrakh

[@JeanDeLaCroix_]

BottomFragger that's not really comparable, the vision is completely different.

[@clauss2563]

Oistrakh/Mravinsky

[@paulescudero9973]

Hilary Hahn is a gifted violinist that provides that quintessential inspiration to us mere mortals. This performance is another fine example of her mastership of the instrument and the knowledge of the composition. She is also a physically beautiful woman. A kiss from her lips would send currents and oscillations to your soul.

[@MrMjp58]

I stumbled upon a broadcast of this piece in the car today, [halfway through] so couldn't check who wrote it. Being unfamiliar with the piece, I thought it must be either Prokofiev, Shostakovich or Bartok, as it was so brilliant in all departments. By the end, when they announced what it was, I was emotionally drained. This kind of music seems to have been written with such depth and profundity, it's hard to describe it's effects on the psyche. People who are capable of composing and performing work of this quality seem other-worldly to me.

[@joanschansberg3540]

That little smile while she plays it's too enamoring!

[@robertoraccagni3126]

Stupendo concerto ! Grande musica e interpreti fantastici ! Hilary super !!!

[@nickyork8901]

The solo violin entrance at 6:00 is particularly beautiful.

[@OIP_1]

absolutely stunning.

[@LouisDefaux]

I thank you for your marvellous upload.

[@nedcrouch3202]

My sister has a masters in performance from Oberlin. she saw a video of Hillary just warming up at age 16, and said, "My God, I didn't know you could do that with a violin!"

[@rogeliogamboa7644]

love this music - beuatiful

[@russellbrickey7698]

Hahn is absolutely amazing. A real genius.

[@syrinx33]

00:40 I. Nocturne: Moderato 13:29 II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo 19:36 III. Passacaglia: Andante 28:58 Cadenza

[@violainetuuu5984]

Her playing is clearer than my mind and brighter than my future lol, I wish I have just 10% her talent (and persistency)

[@pauliberg3492]

absolutely wonderful...

[@ytcarol]

Wow. Wonder if those other violinists are thinking, what if I'd practiced more... This is brilliant!

[@christianbrodiez5287]

Interprétation absolument palpitante de ce concerto suppliant et désespéré de Shostakovich

[@ziggystardust1751]

Incredibly Beautiful!