John Adams "Road Movies" - Augustin Hadelich, Charles Owen (Live)

John Adams - Road Movies for violin and piano
Augustin Hadelich, violin; Charles Owen, piano
Filmed live in concert in Grünwald, Germany, on December 11 2018
Road Movies is all about the joys of driving: the first movement (relaxed groove) is described by Adams as a relaxed drive on a familiar road- with the textures and patterns imitating the feeling of the wheels turning and the car humming along the road.
The second movement is slow and meditative - I think of driving on a hot summer day. The violinist has to tune the G string down to F in this movement, and the whole movement is played in "scordatura", which gives the lower register of the violin a languid sound color.
The last movement is very fast, more like driving on a highway!

[@balthasarb.5282]

12:40 Steve Reich: Piano Phase

[@NadirAgha]

Amazing piece from John Adams and an amazing performance from you. Thank you, Augustin, Charles and the young woman, who turned the pages

[@Lamadesbois]

0:00 *I.* Relaxed groove 5:30 *II.* Meditative 11:43 *III.* 40% swing

[@baibaandersson9454]

Super super quality. Very good ansamble. Interesting ideas.. Super good whitgh in bow hand in first movement. Super together, exactly!!! Very interesting characters.

[@yeetthebeet]

fantastic

[@baibaandersson9454]

Very god attaca in first movement. Very good ansamble. Interesting colour ideas of sound in second movement. Super awesome ansamble. Super Augustin. Super Charles.

[@jlgviolin]

Just started learning this. The counting is devilishly difficult...and this performance is such a great benchmark. Awesome as always!!

[@daniel3231995]

Relistening in an attempt to sleep 💤 hope this clicks with a new generation,one which lacks it

[@evamkaushik5392]

The way I see it, it's not as popular as it used to be. But that's ultimately a good filter. It reaches and is appreciated only by those who appreciate it deeply.

[@samueldemello]

Thank you very much! Brazilian greetings

[@baibaandersson9454]

So mutch joy from Augustin and Charles interpretation. So much rich ideas. So difficult peace so totally together in style. Thank you master's.

[@ericfricke4512]

The violin is the most beautiful instrument! I say this as a pianist and guitarist lol.

[@scherzomazeppa726]

But, on a less smart-ass comment, when I saw you play in Houston after you were finished, post-intermission, you actually snuck in the back of the audience, violin in tow, to watch the rest of the concert by the symphony. I've never seen an artist do that before. Are you seriously that into classical music? What a sincerely humble thing to do--and lucky. With our new conductor (I won't put down the old one who needed to go), new concertmaster Song (who is excellent), and amazing cello section, the HSO IMO rivals the CSO when Solti was there when I was a kid/teen--so they are an orchestra worth watching. But, it was quite unusual to see a soloist stick around and listen as opposed to take off after their part or vanish to rub elbows with the rich donors. Aside from your amazing talent, you have a lot of class! GLTY.

[@Josefowiczfan]

Some soloists do that if they have time. Some also play with the orchestra. Nicolai Znaider played once a Brahms symphony with the orchestra he was playing with as a soloist.

[@jlgviolin]

This must have been his Paganini concerto. Such a fabulous concert.

[@y8rtp78f]

Thank you! I really enjoyed your performance.

[@pierrefontenelle9271]

This is top-notch - i don't think i've heard this piece so well played before!

[@susanneclara1820]

Beautiful!

[@carloalberto1108]

An amazing duo! Compliments ! Top level! Give compliments to Charles

[@shreyashsingh1427]

Awesome

[@mariatelmaoliveirabarros92]

Very very nice após essa epidemia mundial te aguardamos aqui no Brasil

[@2755_Ishycakes]

This seems like such a hard time signature (may not be the right term, idk, I stopped playing music when I was super young -- oops.) Anyway wow

[@evamkaushik5392]

And it is only now you find yourself experiencing classical music fully and appreciating all the nuances.

[@QuintetodecordasAracaju]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@burtmoney395]

Augustin, what are those jackets you wear called?

[@ericfricke4512]

Bond Villain jackets

[@horacelidenbrock3905]

Prince Edward jacket, I believe.

[@baibaandersson9454]

Super cool jackets!!!!!

[@ArjanVanS]

👌‼️👏👏👏👏👏👏‼️👌

[@hadimahdavian9684]

Can u explain about this song ? What do u understand about that ? and what is difference between before you hear that and after

[@TurmoilDot]

You have the best questions! 👍

[@powerofalto]

Dude, it’s not supposed to look that easy. I suppose that when you play the Ligeti concerto like Hadelich does, pieces like this are a breeze...

[@creichling2638]

Lovely performance. Audio is a bit out of sync...

[@jaspernatchez]

Isn't music supposed to GO somewhere?

[@phosphor3617]

Who said this

[@TurmoilDot]

Sometimes it''s healthy to stay and concentrate what you hear and see... But wondering and asking are very good habit too! 👍

[@baibaandersson9454]

It's just sometimes possible picture.. Or maybe just vision or touch or something else..