Locatelli, Pietro A. Violin Concerto op3 no.12

[@Mercer1012]

I love how you put his portrait at the end, with its smug little smile, he's saying "Yeah son, I wrote that."

[@ioannouandreas4]

La Tempesta i think that what he is saying too with an extra word at the end.. enjoy..

[@violinhunter2]

Before Paganini, there was Locatelli - a very enigmatic and mysterious violinist about whom little is known. He was also a book seller in Amsterdam. A genius for sure.

[@vladimirsteinberg9819]

And Mozart was buried in popper's grave.........

[@zanderbuhler]

@@vladimirsteinberg9819 *pauper* ;)

[@ruperttmls7985]

@@vladimirsteinberg9819 Like Vivaldi

[@carlosivan1332]

The cadenza is INSANE

[@Matt_Kole]

Which

[@aksuli1]

For example the 1st cadenza gives me the reason not to play this concerto...

[@georgetate6055]

Yes, it is insane! Be sure to listen to Chloe Chua play the 1st mvt, too

[@VincentGiza-Composer]

Allegro...................................00:00 Largo-Presto-Adagio............05:03 Allegro...................................07:45

[@pablodesarasate499]

thanks

[@Beeie]

17:04 Finally found a piece that goes past C8.

[@aidanf8632]

I LAUGHED

[@joshscores3360]

Scriabin Sonata 6 goes up to D near the end as well

[@theextractionsd5419]

That high note is part of the cadenza. So, I don't consider it part of the piece. A cadenza is an improvised ornamental passage played by the soloist. I heard a soloist played this piece and they played a different cadenza without that high note.

[@Beeie]

I noticed but wasn't too sure about it, thank you for the info. But at least someone played such thing.

[@theextractionsd5419]

@@Beeie Your welcome.

[@thomasneuber2740]

This concerto is insane! What a great composition!

[@luisaagudelo7782]

2:15 "oh this is beautiful, I can totally learn this" 2:25 "how 'bout no"😞

[@malgorzatakwasny836]

luisa agudelo i so agree

[@TheShadowPerson.]

luisa agudelo 😞

[@kenji8]

luisa agudelo ha I

[@cadenstine7108]

If you think about it it’s not that hard it just looks hard and sounds hard the player is just crossing strings a bunch of times

[@Sophie-vu7ki]

You need to have 3 violins and six hands to play that part

[@Moucheron1990]

That's some insane notation.

[@benaiah93]

God I love this freaking concerto.

[@joshuagerthoffer2321]

It's very beautiful

[@arcobow97]

I think the composer knew Paganini would be born at some point, so he wrote this.

[@illupodimare]

Possible, and someway intriguing. Right.

[@hamedmahdavi5785]

Do you believe in reincarnation?

[@aaronkim3856]

Covellechi Actually, it's the other way around. Paganini's 24 Caprices were actually inspired by Locatelli's 25 Caprices...

[@peakpower13]

no

[@adriribau]

Hamed Mahdavi it’s right, paganini admired a lot Locatelli and he was inspired by him

[@angelosmanganiotis4433]

This is like an endless Kreisler étude

[@nelsoncheng4638]

Angelo's. You mean Kreutzer? Kreisler didn't write etudes.

[@violaisreallycool]

It does, but it also sounds completely awesome. Like a Paganini Vivaldi mix.

[@gatunix_]

@@nelsoncheng4638 Kreutzer W etudes

[@goosedoctor5836]

I don't understand what happened in that cadenza, but I liked it.

[@Ploutvonozec]

I do not know why I always like faster versions of every piece I encounter. This one is perfect. The longer I tried to find another performance on YT, the worse ones I found.

[@kwimbra]

17:26 - Locatelli's "Play that, motherfucker!" Face.

[@joshuagerthoffer2321]

😂

[@marcolucca6241]

In the first page: harmonic labirinth. "It's easy to enter but difficult to exit!"

[@Eric-ue1bv]

Following the score with my eyes during that last cadenza... o_O

[@diegovelasco3133]

14:30 it sounds like thunderstruck by ac/dc

[@JessicaPilotGirl]

+Diego Velasco No, thunderstruck is the one that sounds like this.

[@nicksm7980]

@@JessicaPilotGirl, actually AC/DC wrote Thunderstruck in 1590's.

[@vivaseussonhos]

Nick Sm haha

[@reubinthomas]

All AC/DC songs sounds like something else. Not just thunderstruck.

[@jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713]

@@reubinthomas what do you mean, plagiarism? Whatever may be I almost worship them although I am an aficionado of western classical music since 1979!

[@DualThunder]

what a fine recording. i love the sound of the violinist's instrument!

[@falco830]

I fucking love how the orchestra ends the piece all chill as fuck!

[@sean..L]

I love drawing weird things while listening to fast classical music. It’s life-giving!

[@robertbrawley5048]

You draw I read the comments

[@lea-ko7uv1ou7w]

Interesting and surprising idea :):) !! How does this piece help you to draw ? What do you draw :):)? And do you do others things while listening to classical music ??

[@poutanasgios4319]

Honestly same

[@violinpraxis]

After listening to this, I believe Tartini's Devil's Trill should be renamed as Angelic Baby's trill or cherub's cute Trill

[@bruh7130]

@Shostacovid-19 Kreisler's variations on a theme by Corelli maybe?

[@bruh7130]

@Shostacovid-19 doesn't rlly sound baroque but it was the only "baroque" showpiece" I could think of lol

[@UlimorUdamenta]

@@bruh7130 How about Il Grosso Mogul by Vivaldi? The Cadenza is booomb kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHXHeaaBat6SfNE

[@lucienr7931]

don't try this at home.

[@vladimirsteinberg9819]

xAn excellent advise, thank U!!!

[@rickdeckard1075]

just scales and arpeggios, not a huge deal once memorized.

[@jimmydeng453]

13:30

[@Retard620]

Rick Deckard Your full of shit!!

[@programming4179]

@@rickdeckard1075 13:29

[@umarth]

13:28 Baroque Heavy Metal

[@umarth]

I've always thought that baroque music was the "heavy metal" of those days... think about it: long wigs, a great deal of improvisation, crazy virtuosistic playing... probably fans... That was the way they "rolled"...

[@DoubleMusician]

AC DC Thunder!)))

[@yaboibobby7776]

Or 16:30, that also sounds pretty cool

[@robertbrawley5048]

For sure

[@alessandrolittera4733]

Il più bel brano per violino della storia

[@xaviersega]

I saw and heard Satu Vänskä of the ACO play this live today on a 1728/29 Stradivarius. At Hamer Hall in Melbourne Australia. It was pretty incredibly magical.

[@digitalpatrick]

that last note is either hilarious, or so damn cute. I heart this performance. :]

[@BohemianBaroque]

From start to finish a standing ovation performance. Kantorow plays a Stradivarius attributed violin, the "ex-Leopold-Auer" dated 1699.

[@knickbooks6648]

Extraordinary, bordering on supernatural. Beautiful....

[@MegaCirse]

Une musique hors du temps ! Ces musiciens fusionnent une poésie évocatrice et rêveuse et nous nous trouvons là, face à une architecture de la musique du monde ! C'est beau comme la rencontre fortuite d'une cuillère à dessert couverte de chocolat, et d'un honorable livre sentimental sur le rebord d'un guichet de gare fermé temporairement pour travaux.

[@polomokipo6000]

PIETRO ANTONIO LOCATELLI {BERGAME 1695-1764 AMSTERDAM} VIOLIN CONCERTO OP. 3 N°12. Une merveille le violon, orchestre grandiose bravo. LOCATELLI fut élève de CORELLI, était un virtuose du violon. Après avoir exercé son talent dans plusieurs pays européens, il s'établit à Amsterdam des 1729 et y fonde une écoles pour instruments à cordes. Son oeuvre la plus importante est L' ARTE DEL VIOLINO OPUS 3 {1733} et 12 CONCERTOS GROSSOS OPUS 7. Merci pour ce chef-d'oeuvre, au violon sublime.

[@preciousse1]

pourquoi tu balances le même commentaire partout ? C'est grotesque

[@m-og9fq]

Pagnini avant Paganini

[@jayakumarkaarikuzhy4713]

Maestro Locatelli's Labyrinth is indeed a labyrinth- "One way in ,the same way out"(Macenna's Gold) . But once you are in , you will be spellbound by the "mad" composition and will not think about the exit. This composition is a big challenge to any virtuoso violinist and our "protagonist" has come out in flying colours. Excellent recital. Thanks.

[@ssw4m]

this was the first recording I heard of this piece, it's awesome that's for sure

[@k8.o464]

Trying to play some parts of this as a warmup or etude would be quite interesting

[@allisonyuh7369]

Tries to follow along with eyes. Gives up halfway THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!

[@donesixfour]

the cadenza is an etude... the faster and more accutare, the more skill you gain. versatility is the key

[@BenjaminCarpenter]

That is WILD!

[@evanhurley5045]

Locatelli died 18 years before Paganini was born

[@jabezteng9872]

the real question is, do you believe in reincarnation ?

[@ddm6812]

@@jabezteng9872 that would explain Paganini virtuosity, because then he would have had an 18 year head start.

[@pocoloco1200]

Danny R.Z Bruh can you calm down?! It was joke! They obviously know Paganini practices a lot and we’re just saying a joke so calm down! Also why would you take offense to a joke haha.

[@TheOneAndOnlyZeno]

@@pocoloco1200 Joke or not there is truth to what Danny says, Paganini was treated with disgust and disrespect during his life by religious do-gooders for the rumours of selling his soul to the devil, which in turn led to a very long delay in him getting a proper burial...

[@azureNotsure]

TheOneAndOnlyZeno yeah, though if he was alive today, do you think he’d be treated much better? Probably will turn into some sort of a meme in the classical community

[@DanielSantos-ct6vr]

Magnífico.

[@Alexmalism]

2:09 I wonder why Locatelli have written an unplayable chord there, it might be a possible indication that this piece was meant to be played with scordatura? While the overall music doesnt indicate so...

[@prototypeinheritance515]

where is the impossible chord. i only see thirds

[@jeroendijkmans4760]

All these chords are playable in theory, using some flagiolettes, with really flexible and big fingers end extraordinary technical skills tho

[@joshscores3360]

No, A and C sharp are both lower than D, and are thus only playable on the G string. So yeah.

[@composerdavidgiannivaldez367]

It's possible that for this Locatelli could've wanted the violinists D string to be tuned down, but he never wrote that soooo

[@sidosoft]

Or this is a shorthand notation (like elsewhere in this piece) for an arpeggio.

[@elebuddy2]

Wow this is actually a hilarious piece, way ahead of its time!

[@HermanoPOJ]

How can someone disklike this amazing performance?

[@XaeroQ3]

This concerto sounds very cool!

[@TheAbnerCoutinho]

Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) with Orchestre d'Auvergne.

[@infledermaus]

Oh, this is delightful! Thanks for sharing!

[@athena.m.carson]

I seem to have a Locatelli obsession. Excellent capriccio!!! How does one produce such tone playing that part?

[@elisabethsteltzlen]

Une partition de "Fou"..... Un Violon phénoménal...... Hallucinant !!!!

[@feanorian21maglor38]

Love the Baroque period.

[@aramkhachaturian8043]

Ya, I can imagine rocking to this

[@IvyLimOhimesama]

Who’s here after watching Chloe Chua performed this in SG?

[@manfred4766]

Paganinis caprice op. 1 / 1 wurde inspiriert von locatellis 15. caprice. beide in E- Dur. Locatelli muß über sehr große spannweite der linken hand verfügt haben. es gibt stellen bei nr. 15, 21 und 24, die eigentlich unspielbar sind. hat er auch schon mit scordatura gespielt ? das harmonische labyrinth ist die nr. 23, wobei es in der ausgabe von ricordi eine leichtere fassung ( A ) und eine schwere ( B ) gibt.

[@madairesmusicaclasica8080]

La inspiración no conoce fronteras. El subconsciente opera a todo nivel de profundidad en el acto creativo. Una melodía para música clasica puede basarse en un silbo de organillero oído y memorizado en la infancia.

[@karma5596]

1:35 Bach's chaconne motif

[@mihaipredescu]

The most difficult polyphonic concerto that existed on Planet Earth!! Especially when played at this tempo. Not sure was this fast played in that era. There are some parts where violin wouldn't even sound if it were much slower... because some voices could be fitted right due to some finger crossing one over the other and still maintain the constant pressure of the right hand. God!

[@felixgotz2235]

If baroque violins realy had a shorter fingerboard gow did they play does 8va passages?

[@mihaipredescu]

I'm in total AWE... !!!!! :-o is a bit too fast for that period.. but is BRILLIANT and sharply CLEAR sound and precise intonation

[@kwimbra]

I want to watch a live performance of this.

[@jackburgess8579]

At the age of 15, Chloe Chua learned the work in a month last year and then performed it immaculately at the end of a one hour concert, after having performed Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the first part. She repeated the entire concert the following night! You can watch a video of her performance, absolutely incredible as it is, on SSOLounge. A video, "Locatelli in a month," that contains extracts from the performance, has just been posted on YT. An audio-only CD of the entire concert was released yesterday.

[@harryandruschak2843]

Enjoyed this Sunday evening, before going to bed.

[@tropicalstrings]

When you even think of you playing it and come at 10'' it gets worse. Amazing violinist. Are you shure its only 1violin? It has at many aspects of modern sequens or minimal music. Even some gypsy aspects in it. At 17:05 I never heard such a note.

[@pielover33751]

I think that is a D8 and Sarah Chang Paganini No. 1 goes up to E8 at 15:19-15:20 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHfdnZRvhL6crc0

[@salmon_8072]

i would like to ask this composer many questions. like the passage around 5:25- *why?*

[@AurumFlavius]

3:50 Arvo Part cerainly borrowed this for Fratres

[@RobertMalachowski]

Hey, nice last name!

[@AurumFlavius]

@@RobertMalachowski oh yeah)

[@marcosPRATA918]

Labirinto é o destaque, sem dúvidas um condensa um método avançado na execução do violino ( e tudo antes de Paganini).

[@Petroschristidis]

who is the soloist? Sounds like Carmignola . Fantastic ! P.S Some people here say that this is "not so hard..." i don't think they know what they are talking about

[@violinhunter2]

It is not Elizabeth Wallfisch but I wish I knew who the soloist is. Maybe Steven Staryk? Perhaps it is Carmignola, as you've said. :-)

[@hershey1902]

Just compared it to the recording on Spotify, definitely Jean-Jacques Kantorow.

[@calebhu6383]

The thing about Locatelli is that his pieces are written with very basic fingering in mind. No twists, no real complex stuff. I've played through most of his Caprices and while they are easy to read due to the repetition and lack of accidentals, they are not nearly as easy to play in tune. This is because while the fingering is basic, it's written for Locatelli's fingers in mind, which must've been Rachmaninov length because there are some stretches that are simply impossible for the average hand. So to people with Paganini's fingers and flexibility, Locatelli shouldn't be particularly difficult. But for the rest of us with normal hands, Locatelli remains an enormous struggle.

[@amarismilano845]

who the *HECK* says that this isn’t hard??

[@MichaelCCB]

I cant believe that the composer's date is 1695-1764

[@moltzer]

happy birthday locatelli

[@Dogaradodia]

Certifié intergalactique! Prodigieux!

[@othmanmajid6380]

Paganini studied Locatellis Caprices and those of Rovelli❤😊

[@leandrofalconitangari]

OMG, just realized that the opening of the violin solo could perfectly fit in a blues improvisation!!! 😂

[@andygossard4293]

Well I don't know if this greatness or what not, but looks like would be a blast to play.

[@nrazz9985]

The end picture should have had the thug life glasses animated in, because this guy is a complete boss.

[@yeah381]

Like Vivaldi on steroids. Poor bloody violinist! This seems like an absolute nightmare, even if it does sound very nice.

[@BBL.Soldier]

Vivaldi has a child, names him Locatelli. Baby Locatelli then fathers Paganini.

[@RecordareDomineA415]

Another great comment, but I would say it's more about personal taste

[@slateflash]

i like how the last movement has almost no rests

[@munciyekahir1043]

16:30 best part but fucccccccccc

[@carlosjavierguzman1509]

Qué endemoniada belleza!!!

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

3:09 ...I don't quuiitte know what key it's in anymore with all the quarter-tones going on haha

[@Wandelbart]

When it's a tonal composition the quarter tones refer to the same key as the half tones.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

@@Wandelbart Um well no that's not the point I'm making sorry... the violinist is supposed to be playing the same high octave D pedals and for some reason the intonation changes on them every time. Not always by a quarter-tone either, it's just dodgy intonation, the high D's aren't consistent. This piece is incredibly hard though and I'm happy I'm not a violinist who has to play these bird-song style pieces. I wouldn't dare make a transcription for viola. It wouldn't make any sense. Any violinist who makes a recording of this piece in full though is better than the rest of us ;P

[@Wandelbart]

​@@liamnevilleviolist1809 O, okay, gotcha. It's amazing what Locatelli wrote and was able to play.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

@@Wandelbart Thanks :) Yes I've been looking up a lot of Locatelli scores recently and can't believe how "rock music" style his writing is.... it's like Paganini, but many years before. Perhaps Paganini used a lot of Locatelli ideas and called them his own. There is surely more research out there in libraries about it. Have a good day !

[@illupodimare]

Wrong, abut a post. Paganini died in 1840. We are listening a composer (died in 1764) more than a Century composing before. This is Italy.

[@chrislawson7983]

Awesome thanks 👍😊.

[@pedrocmpns]

Sublime...🇧🇷

[@emiliocervi9991]

Un brano bellissimo che non conoscevo !!!

[@wingsmangaming9717]

sounds abit like the fire bird concerto by bethoven too

[@陳敬智-s2f]

2:08 ~ 2:09 Locatelli wanted a violinist to play a double stop with both notes on the g string?!He was a violinist himself ! I want to laugh when I heard those notes being played separately

[@arkady0177]

I'm starting to think, that the violin is supposed to be tuned somehow differently in this concert, it seems really too hard for g-d'-a'-e"

[@ddm6812]

he kamacazied the heck out of this peace.

[@zanderbuhler]

Agreed. Some form of scordatura is probably being used. The double stops in the third cadenza at 13:30 eventually become to wide to play in one hand frame and I don't think shifting or stretching for those some of thirds is possible at this tempo.

[@lucia_netri]

Baroque never disappoints

[@TheShadowPerson.]

With the crazy solo violin dominant7 chords in the beginning, sounds like baroque blues lol.

[@gabeatorres1051]

On the thumbnail, I thought those X’s were double sharps

[@Federgeistchen-cg2nr]

Lol, at the end when the picture of Locatelli is shown, his expression is like “Not very impressed” However, this was an insanely impressive recording. Wow

[@admins.7984]

Like a student of the 4th volume of Suzuki I can say that this is the weirdest sheet I had ever seen...

[@akuikage]

There was some sick shredding there

[@lololyoo5091]

Continues the question why are all the violin concertos in D

[@misterbg1]

I seriously need to know who the Violinist is... I cannot find even one recording that matches this outstanding performance...

[@misterbg1]

found it! Jean-Jacques Kantorow

[@liomatsu1931]

you should listen to ACO’s performance with Satü Vanska as the soloist

[@nickyork8901]

It's like 18th century Jimi Hendrix. Did he play the violin with his teeth?

[@Combinebobnt]

ahead of his time

[@stripedman201]

Omg... movement 3 was so fast.... But the last note on the solo violin was so freaking impressive.

[@rebshannonling]

I heard Chloe Chua playing this today. The notes aren't made for humans... 😂 Yes, she nailed it.

[@ΠέτροςΜαρινατος]

Excellentt o😮erformance.gongratulatuons.

[@hmongghoststoriesinthedark]

why isn't this composer in top ten composer list in google?!!!

[@raulalvan3283]

increiblemente bello , bien dificil tocar esta pieza y es del tiempo de vivaldi

[@koskamen]

Whats the name of crazy person who played this?

[@lilamjazeefa9466]

Okay so... the time between 3:14 and 4:32... am I the only one who immediately hears Indian sounds? I can't explain it.

[@delyar]

tempo sounds great to me

[@vaxvaa5252]

ok what is it at 3:05

[@RecordareDomineA415]

As Carmelo mentioned: Perhaps to draws attention in the baroque, the ego of those composers made them compete to see who was more technical and more lucid and athletic with the violin.

[@maxreger100]

Do you always use shorthand HenriVieuxtemps? Locatelli I surmise? Thanks for all your wonderful uploads.