Il Cannone: Francesca Dego plays Paganini's Violin

[@edifyguy]

OK, I'm sold. I need this CD. She makes that violin sing like few violinists ever do with any violin. The joy of her lifelong dream coming true, in a way so much grander than she could have ever imagined, seeps through every moment of this interview. I've never heard of this lady before today, but I very much admire her musicianship and joyful spirit. I realize this is basically a commercial, but.....THANK YOU!

[@marcobaldizon7870]

Her art and she, are completely gorgeous

[@begonnne]

Beautiful tone there, Francesca.

[@johnalexander301]

She has her bow super tight!

[@mariamartinengo6071]

Hat a great opportunity to play on such an iconic instrument abd do it justice. Good girl. ♥️

[@thegood9]

That is an ULTRA tight bow.

[@clasbee3401]

That's modern to tighten the bow very much. Sound is getting much worse by this !

[@PollyHowarth-u5y]

Maybe a tight bow bounces better for those bouncy bits of beauty

[@nickcarroll8565]

I thought I kept my bow a little on the tight side but goodness

[@JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we]

Maravilloso Instrumento , su sonido posee un tono de Excelencia .

[@murraykuun6009]

One of my favourite CDs

[@massimolatorre311]

Wonderful

[@JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we]

Un sonido que deslumbra . Maravillosa Violinista .

[@johnfodor6850]

W Ow

[@JuanMartinexplacerez-mw3we]

En dos ocaciones he podido escuchar el Valioso instrumento , primero de manera Magistral por el Excepcional Violinista Leonid Logan y después por la Maravillosa Violinista Francesca Dego.

[@altodmusic]

Bellissima e bravissima ragazza. Niccolò sarebbe fiero di lei. 👍❤😊

[@jonviol]

Ruggiero Ricci found this fiddle very difficult to play saying that it needs a heavier bow to bring out the best in it . It has a short stop and slightly short string length accordingly-may that is the reason it takes a long time to adjust .

[@robotnik77]

Original neck.

[@BalbirSingh-gr2qk]

Nice.

[@jackmundo4043]

she’s a knockout. So pretty.

[@Meanfidler]

Awesome you are

[@cjamonwilliams]

I would have loved to hear Heifetz play on this violin as well...

[@jansnauwaert1785]

I wouldn't. Don't like Heifetz' playing.

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

Imagine David Oistrakh and Menuhin playing that violin. 🎻🎵

[@frankie6954]

​@@jansnauwaert1785I'm interested in why you don't like Heifetz's playing.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

Well, it is personal of course. One can't deny that there is something really "perfect" in the way he plays. I understand fully that he is considered one of the greatest ever. But I don't like him. Because I don't like his tone, his tendency to play every piece very (or overly) fast as if it was a speed competition (let breathe the music!). So, he doesn't "speak" to me.@@frankie6954

[@odilebeltran8462]

J'adore David Garrett...avec son le sien .... ❤

[@fasullodavvero]

Come italiano *DEVO* essere doppiamente orgoglioso,sia per Paganini che per il maestro che costruì il magnifico strumento (Guarneri),inoltre anche se non sò suonare nemmeno il campanello di casa,sono cremonese al 50%,cioè dove sono nati e cresciuti i migliori liutai di sempre,in raltà non ho alcun merito,ma sono comunque orgoglioso,illudendomi di avere lo 0,0002% dello stesso sangue... 😂😂😂

[@antoniocotzia8622]

👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹😘

[@leodelonix155]

The sound of the violin is different from another recent recording by Giulio Plotino. Is that because the string used is different?

[@nickdick2]

The bow used is different, the player is different, the recording apparatus is different… so many variables, beyond the strings, that it is quite normal that it sound different…

[@leodelonix155]

@@nickdick2 Thanks a lot for the explanation! Then it seems to me that the hype for a particular instrument is more of psychological than vocal reasons.

[@nickdick2]

@@leodelonix155 in a certain measure yes, even if a "cartoon box" will never play like a Stradivari, no matter the strings, the bow and all the other parameters… I think that what makes a good instrument is the capability of giving a good sound (or better: a full range of sounds all good in different ways to the ear) and the easy for the player to get these sounds (a change it at will for the sake of the expression… ). At the end a good instrument is flexible and easy while a less good one is more "rigid" and hard to get what you want from it (i. e. sounds always the same)… this is what makes certain instruments "hype" for the great musicians, because they feel that with it they can really express "their own" sound with ease and so forth their musical ideas…

[@leodelonix155]

@@nickdick2 I see. As an audience, one might not experience what a musician would have the previledge to experience, which is critical here.

[@stackedfat]

Nice

[@albi400]

...finalmente, un Paganini "elegante", non d'assalto spaccaviolino!

[@spidaminida]

Why does the bridge look so unusual at 4:22?

[@oicfas4523]

It looks as if it's missing the upper couple of holes. Maybe something is showing through, making them not visible or something

[@ryannguyen17650]

It is the original bridge.

[@robotnik77]

Yes; the bridge looks pretty high. My own was made high off the fingerboard, so I had my luthier, Rena Weisshaar, take a bit off the bridge, because when playing the high register the e-string can either wobble, or slice your finger! It makes finger placement more accurate. It depends on the angle of the fingerboard off the table. I have seen some old fiddles with gradually inclined shims under the fingerboard to give them a higher angle - because the original fingerboard was too flat. It's not attractive, but it's about playing.

[@aleshkaemelyanov]

Ромашковая богиня .. Не жизнь, а чудное, больное тасканье по улицам гадким средь мерзких голов. Живу, отбивая нападки, руганья, опять и опять представляя любовь. И в памяти ты, как аналог богини. Ведь ты у него и меня лишь была! А все миллионы мечтали, как льдины о солнце, что вмиг в высоте воспылав, вдруг их растопило б, заполнив лучами, а после б отправило в путь, в океан, и там бы они все моря повстречали, нашли бы иль русло своё, иль фонтан. Вокруг многолюдно, но так одиноко. Есть женщины, что будто город, страна! А ты - целый мир, что смотрел кареоко в такого обычного, просто меня... И для забытья, от тоски развлекаюсь в затонах борделей, в кабачной гурьбе. Из сна и забвенья с утра поднимаюсь лишь только, чтоб думать опять о тебе. Бреду, как вчера, отрешённо и строго. Так буду вновь завтра плестись тут чужим. Но мне освещает и греет дорогу лишь сердце, горящее чувством былым...

[@Daouda-4]

Great, thank you! Which music do you play at the end please?

[@jamie6293]

Hi Daouda, the piece at the end is called The Red violin caprices by Carlo Boccadoro :)

[@karlwinkler66]

⁠@@jamie6293the Red Violin Caprices are by John Corigliano

[@lutubo07]

😮

[@mishpatim123]

I read somewhere that it was Paganini's last wish that his violin should never be played again after his death. Anyone ??

[@aphremdanha5158]

I heard that too. The violin was aging poorly when someone started writing that the museum was allowing it to fall apart and become ruined, they succumbed to public pressure and eventually started taking care of it and allowed it to be played again. Im sure you can find it online. This was a brief summary.

[@steverice7546]

That’s about the douchiest thing I’ve ever heard.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

No wonder finely made/expensive bows break at the tip often.... look at the tension on that one!!! Good lord...

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

Where is the camber? There's no camber.... just a straight stick. I'm scared haha.

[@rohannr4255]

@@liamnevilleviolist1809 Exactly, I am sweating my self. Jesus.

[@jacemeldrum5052]

I wonder if it is a transitional bow...Paganini often used a nonstandard variety of transitional bow himself.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

@@jacemeldrum5052 It's a modern bow, I looked at the head and the frog. I've been studying bowmaking for two years now and have looked through countless books showing different designs and the time periods when they were used etc. Yes, Paganini liked innovation, definitely (I'm remembering the steel bow as made by Vuillaume!)

[@hobbysatanist6667]

Some people just play like that. Gil Shaham and Viktoria Mullova are other examples of violinists who play with really high bow tension. It doesn't look pretty but you can't really argue with the results they're getting.

[@DrVonChilla]

Paganini's violin. Mozart and Beethoven's pianos. Maybelle Carter's guitar. Dock Boggs' banjo. Paul McCartney's bass. 😃 * gasp *

[@jorgelopez-pr6dr]

It must be thrilling playing Paganini's violin, but I would play Locatelli's Caprices and Biber's Rosary Sonatas.

[@twagdrewer1296]

Beautiful! Isn´t her bow a little straightend too much?

[@TheHappynot]

The history and pedigree of these instruments are what make them worth millions of dollars IMO. 0:38 If I didn't know better I would just think that was a well made Markneukrichen Guarneri copy from the 1920s. The scroll on this violin is also very crudely made. I just don't see this violin being millions of dollars better in quality.

[@therealpalo001]

A lot of the Guarneri violins are crude and with thick plates ,but unique and sound gets better as they get older.

[@PaperGrape]

Not to mention it would be useless unless a top luthier set it up properly after all these years. Nevertheless, a very fine instrument, nice scroll or not.

[@robotnik77]

Legend has it that Guarneri's wife often made the scrolls.

[@IIIRikaIII]

Disappointed, you must add a part on this video and let us listen at the pure sound of the violin.

[@snapfinger1]

Not for fame or money. Just those 5 minutes.

[@GShoeShoe]

Amazing playing but holy cow is that bow tight. What is going on?

[@robotnik77]

It helps for some spiccatti.

[@DONMALAPATA]

Nomientan..!!!! el video es para escuchar HABLAR a Francesca.......... no para escuchar "il cannone".......!!!!

[@cletedavis5849]

No doubts about her abilities as a violinist, but this video is supposed to be about the violin, so please, more violin playing and less talk!

[@francescadego]

You have to listen to the album for the playing :)

[@anonymousr1918]

@@francescadego Ciao Francesca

[@claudioportugalli4352]

Onestamente preferivo il suono DG , più naturale .Questa registrazione Chandos ha un riverbero un pò accentuato. Anche la scelta dei brani. Preferisco opere complete a paezzettini sparsi.

[@nantschev]

4:14: first violin lesson, never put a violin like this

[@andrewvincenti2664]

And the expert speaks and all hail, we shall obey and listen

[@Tzctplus]

Sure, because the *expert* handling the violin doesn't know what hes doing. Get a life.

[@johnalexander301]

I would never lay my violin on the bridge like that. I surprised he did that!

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

In general...yes. It is genuinely lesson no1. when talking to new students about violin care. You know, one wrong step *especially if it's on the ground* or if it's left on the couch and you forget it's there, and the bridge is just going to go right through the front. *Speaking as a professional luthier though* , if it's placed gently on the E-string side then it's not the worst thing in the world to have a violin sitting like that for a short amount of time. The soundpost (if fitted correctly) relies on some pressure from the bridge as made by tightened A and E strings, so if placed on the table that way (which it *is* ) then it's alright. The only problem would be if the bridge shifted, but of course if it's handled carefully and the strings are strung to the performance pitch then the bridge is super likely *not* to move, and it would be checked by the curator and anyone involved in the violin's setup anyway after being lifted off the table. As long as they're not doing this every day, they're fine...

[@westtownmusic804]

unfortuately theres talking the whole time :(

[@olegpanov9954]

right !so unbearable !

[@ElderedAmbrose]

Hard to hear the violin with you talking all the way through.

[@olegpanov9954]

right !unbearable !

[@watching7650]

That's absolutely disgusting! All the useless yak-yak and no chance to just hear the Cannone... Looks like the new generation, in the US at least, cannot appreciate music for itself any longer.

[@robotnik77]

Too bad her comments & her music walk all over each other. It's hard to listen to either.

[@justamusician7846]

My heart hurts when the poor violin gets its strings replaced... Isn't that hard to use plain gut?

[@Zootallures100]

I just can compare it with Robert Johnson's acoustic guitar or the Beano Les Paul...sorry I am a "profano"

[@broccolee4328]

This horse has been ridden by way too many people for too long, think of how the horse would feel. Also, it's 1% violin and 99% the musician, so stop unnecessarily idolizing and fixating on one thing.