Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman: Halvorsen Passacaglia

Itzhak Perlman, violin
Pinchas Zukerman, viola
Performing Johan Halvorsen's Passacaglia Duo for Violin and Viola

[@charmcello]

These guys make a violin and a viola fill up a concert hall as if they were a whole orchestra. What talent!

[@pt192]

Is it just me, or is their synchronization at 6:04 heart stopping.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

Yeah it is truly wonderful... you know they have played for years when that is the level of musicianship. They're telling the Passacaglia "story" together as if *one* narrator :)

[@felixchan-wp9tc]

very bold and loud indeed!

[@JMS1089]

4:08 sounds incredibly pleasant, listening with headphones. Especially the viola.

[@ragnaroz97]

Am I the only one to think that Zukermann is sounding like a beautiful cello? Anyway, excellent performance! They are truly the greatest of greatest!

[@Bratschector]

I think more like a beatiful viola than like a beatufil cello but anyway very good performance

[@EraLily]

Lmfaoooo who is zuckermann?? 😂😂

[@franciscomachado7921]

@@EraLily ur joking right? ahah

[@jurgengiesler754]

Zukerman is a true genius on the viola. It is always touching how he plays the viola

[@ramaisinhoroto]

@@franciscomachado7921 i think she's just picking on the extra "N" written there

[@0DiegoPeralta0]

o melhor dueto da historia dessa peça, concerteza esse mesmo acabou virando história...

[@user-wn5wr1sd5x]

I am convinced that it is by far the best of perlman's performances.

[@ayasagiv8295]

Also Zuckerman’s in my opinion

[@erikericksen9693]

Goose bumps. I love the smirks coming from the orchestra behind them..the orchestra was really impressed and they know. It was also wonderful to see Itzhak's expressions near the beginning and the end...he is really enjoying himself and is so at ease with this material. Probably Perlman and Zukerman both near the apex of their careers, just wow.

[@myhoneybee]

The perfect harmony we very much long for but is so hard to find in real world.. Beautiful! 💕💕

[@phoeberose3430]

love this so much! My favourite composition of all time and even better with the greatest players in history!

[@307trinity]

This is one of my favorite pieces to listen to, as well as to play, and this particular performance is the best ever! I think I have it on about 5 different VHS tapes, from when it was first aired on TV :-) Truly goes down in history!

[@opera144]

This one of the best songs in the world i never thougt of such a splended viola i almost cant belive it same with this song

[@xiongfeiwei2988]

i almost cried. so beatiful

[@funkacelloik]

I'm not even sure how it's possible to "dislike" this song. It's truly amazing to watch both of them play it. They make it look SO easy and effortless. And by having played this piece myself before, I know first hand that it is NOT easy!

[@lmfviolet78]

at 3:10 and 5:20 it sounds like an entire orchestra. They are the most flawless players ever! When you're that good it looks so effortless, but yet the sound coming out is so passionate and inspiring...

[@wildqpid]

Whoever disliked this video can not be thinking clearly...souch a beautiful sound. Emotions transferred in to art so beautifully.

[@londonFILMharmonic]

That's the Stradivari Tuscan 1690, an absolutely stunning instrument.

[@imrekalman9714]

A hegedű nem játszik önmagától!

[@cello0522]

What a wonderful performance! Absolute classic! It's a beutiful world we live in. Thank you!

[@shawkobezhu]

A++++++++ played precisely and musically!!!! will watch again!!

[@user-pl3xk6pe1f]

I love them together Magnificent!!

[@pyroticmaniac]

i can't stop listening to this! it's purely divine. oh how i love perlman :)

[@b.terenceharwick3222]

Incredibly beautiful!

[@Mjbaguilar]

One of my favorite songs from all time!!

[@akroatis]

Fantastic performance. There's a touching pathos in Perlman's playing.

[@barbaraweselakfranch1387]

Amazing 🌹. Maestro Ithzak Perlman and E Zukerman... Maestro Ithzak Perlman is together my favorite violinist 🎻 ♥️

[@zacharyewald3446]

Don't worry man, i couldn't play it until my 19th year playing. keep at it, you'll get there. It'll be a wonderful achievement when you do.

[@rjmahabir]

no one plays the passacaglia like these two.... just flawless every single time i see them do this... from 1983 all the way to now

[@violinplayingdog]

His Sound is beautiful!!!!!! Magnificent technique!

[@ForArchenland]

It's very entertaining to listen to - Itzhak Perlman and Pinkas Zukerman are great!

[@manuelfohr6898]

Best Halvorsen Ever

[@caesarmaria-anitahelensant2135]

This is a masterpiece. Thank you so much

[@Ivanhoe2]

A privilege to listen to such virtuosity. Many thanks for posting.

[@Phyoomz]

This is my favorite interpretation, love the soft improvs

[@akroatis]

"a style that has the power to evoke feelings". Fancy words are worth looking up!

[@user-fo1fm7hu9c]

This piece is super beautiful,thanks handel!!

[@ForArchenland]

If only we could thumbs up more than once...

[@fionashow007]

Love viola!!!

[@pt192]

Two legendary masters

[@AlexRiversMusic]

Amazing!!!

[@JosephHassid]

amazing,brilliant,wonderful

[@rapter9800]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@salomonhelperin4837]

Great art. WOW!

[@tooootooootoototoooo]

Great one I´m just trying to play it with my viola teacher at the moment it´s just great and has such a full, loud and just great viola sound, aaaaaaaaaaahhhh;D Just a great piece, played brilliantly by the two guys Perlman and Zukerman, who are really "playing" with this great piece of music! Very much thanks for uploading this video!!!

[@gatfatf]

I didn't realize there was a false ending until I listened to this recording, my violin buddy and I just barreled through. This really set me straight.

[@Christinecedar]

Beautiful

[@nirvananirvan55]

loved it, absolutely astonishing

[@punchaloo]

decided to play this song for fun. So Beautiful! They play it so well.

[@aidanbrumsickle]

Great performance. I love the recording of this from the Israeli orchestra 60th anniversary gala concert. This piece is a lot of fun, I'm working on the viola part right now. It's a great way to work on staccato and finger work in general.

[@MusicStringPlayer]

My Favorite music piece heaver: P The best duo Performas heaver!!!

[@CcCharlesW]

i hope i can get tickets to zukermans concert this saturday!! so lucky that hes in my city conducting!

[@hflvx]

A melancholy piece, yet so touching.

[@JonahGui]

1:52-2:03 Relaxed, confident, emotionless face, but emotional playing...annnnnd...page turn. so good. just so good.

[@makaitung1]

A treasure to be found in KZbin!

[@MrRafaelamadeumilani]

MUSIC IS SO BEAUTIFULL BECAUSE IS THE CONEXION WITH NATURE´S ENERGY!

[@victorgustavo4366]

Thx Johan Halvorsen, great work

[@corriedebeer799]

He only did the adaptation.

[@slimbullet96]

Perlman and Zimmerman both blew me when I heard their passacaglias, and I really can't decide which I like better, without hearing perlman play it with a cello and Zimmerman playing it with a viola :)

[@efetopcu7123]

amazing

[@Sortudinho]

Love the contrast right at the end at 6:05. So little, but so pleasing to hear

[@carolinabrava8363]

Невероятно! Maestras! ❤❤

[@KyotoMelody]

Back here after 15 years! ❤

[@spacialzeropoint]

This is amazing :)

[@waltz333]

Dude! Wow! My friend and I should learn this piece

[@earsense]

speechless.

[@pabloXXVI]

Que hermoso!!!!!

[@2ndintelligentWorld]

amazing!

[@ms2cu225]

Luck luck luck luck....what beautiful luck to have found this piece today.

[@qweasd123456543]

Harmony is very well played!

[@lokoverde88]

Maravilloso....

[@fionashow007]

they are all geniuses!!!! wish i could play the viola as well as Zukerman does...

[@ptola]

wonderful...

[@marcelo-ze6ng]

Love to hear drums at 5:38 you realize their mastery when you hear Zukerman’s fourth finger as it’s own percussion

[@jtkchen]

my goodness... perhaps the best ever

[@rhiannalingle7509]

Immaculate!

[@TeddyAsch]

Que manera de tocar son unicos

[@hflvx]

@MrCelloman5 Thanks so much. I think I found it. It was played at the Huberman Festival in 1983.

[@marokmagdalenamagdalena4178]

bravooooo!

[@urss24]

Bela performace!!!

[@musiccritic10]

what? this is the best violinist in the whole world, no lie.

[@chinonhl333]

This is fucking REAL MUSIC..!!!

[@jelmer1234567]

yes he was:) it's brilliant

[@2ndintelligentWorld]

coming back after 11 years :D

[@pppsssssssss]

i agree too!

[@Ovod89]

Ой, как классно)

[@carolinabrava8363]

Классно, да! 😊

[@shaynamabee]

mad skillz.

[@Viiolinist2323]

It is called ricochet, in which you bounce the bow across the string in one direction, therefore making a spicatto sound. It is used in Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Bazzini's La Ronde de Lutin

[@devaraja42]

The Julliard School? Perlman teaches there on Saturdays. I'm currently in Zukerman's old high school! Which is across the street.

[@richardwebb2348]

Zuckerman - long time advocate for the performance of baroque music on period instruments

[@eri6219]

Just came here after watching their performance of the same piece in 2017 and 1997.

[@user-ix1oq2kj7r]

Then you should see the one in 1978

[@inbaroffer280]

the same

[@massimilianoitalia9444]

Capolavoro per tutta l'umanità

[@chelsearule789]

this is brilliant! alexander markov and his dad also play this piece

[@bb1111116]

This Passacaglia is an arrangement of Handel's Harpsichord Suite in G minor, HWV 432.

[@jonkathon]

NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THIS PIECE!!!!!!!

[@kwakos22]

me too!

[@hflvx]

I want to buy the DVD of this! Could someone please please tell me where I can get it??????? Thank you so so so so much!

[@musiccritic10]

well said

[@scooterk23]

@Flaminggential when you are playing on an open string, you con vibrate the note one octave above and it will sound like you're vibrating the open string.

[@raymondgrc]

i never new that

[@cclementi6]

download it

[@MrCelloman5]

@hflvx not sure, but I know that it was part of a string of performances held in Jeruselum during a music festival of some kind. Hope that helps!

[@1AdrianR]

@MrJYTK du pre refers to Jacquelin du Pre arguably the greatest cellist of the 20th century and recorded what is considered the definitive version of the Elgar Cello Concerto. Unfortunately she had multiple sclerosis and died at an early age.

[@duvidl58]

Does anyone know when and where this was? Must have been an encore after playing Mozart Sinfonia Concertante.