Maria João Pires & Julien Libeer play Schubert Fantasy in F minor, op. 103 (live)

Maria João Pires, piano
Julien Libeer, piano
28/01/2014
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts
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[@samye8571]

One of the best of performances of this Schubert Fantasy.

[@LouisEmery]

What an honor it is to play with Pires.

[@marazulization]

In my opinion no other composer express sadness as Shubert does in a way that's impossible not to see the beauty in sadness!! This is an amazing performance!!

[@karennoble1168]

How well put, thank you, you added to my understanding of Schubert and his lovely music. And yes, his sadness is so beautiful, profound.

[@heinrichfollmann9714]

yes you are right!

[@pierrebonnechere7032]

Maybe because people make a confusion between sadness and melancholy. Melancholy is the pleasure to be sad.

[@Scratch_my_back]

Shubert - the light sadness (as Chopin sometimes) ... the dark sadness - the russian composers without doubt

[@larissayegorova4442]

6:46 всё же есть один такой - это Фридерик Шопен!

[@hhjun629]

This is the most impressive and sublime Schubert Fantasy I' ve ever heard.....Fantastic!

[@juliekronson9165]

The best ever

[@RufiSF]

@@juliekronson9165 You may want to listen to the interpretation by the two brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen who I believe were her students...equally sublime!

[@myriamleonard4625]

C est magnifique j ai eu le plaisir d être dans la salle a flagey pour écouter cette superbe interprétation ce fut un moment de bonheur ce sont deux pianistes que j adore tout simplement merveilleuse maria et merveilleux Julien

[@anemone3425]

The chemistry between the master and the disciple is great. best playing.

[@TreyHayden-rn1hn]

This is my favorite version of this piece I’ve ever heard

[@SiegmarDrKeil]

Eine wunderbare Musik! Für mich das klangschönste und ergreifendste Klavierwerk zu vier Händen. Und ebenso wunderbar und ergreifend interpretiert!

[@reeceh78]

Most beautiful thing that happened to me all day was listening to this!

[@karennoble1168]

Me too!!

[@paulgreen1117]

I have not listened to this piece in a while. This performance takes me back to the early seventies when I became acquainted with it via an old vinyl disc. I have it still in my collection squirreled away in my bedroom closet. It always moves me powerfully and the finale makes my flesh tingle from head to toe. It is one of Schubert’s, most profoundly beautiful and spiritual utterances and a zenith of the four hand literature. I hope, one day to hear a live performance! It brings to mind one of my favorite Platonic quotes, “And so we arrive at the result that the pleasure of the intelligent part of the soul is the pleasantest of the three and he of us in whom this is the ruling principle has the pleasantest life.” Though Schubert’s life was outwardly tragic he evidently frequented worlds and realms which are far beyond the masses.

[@Mirik2323]

Nice quote, expresses exactly what I feel

[@fatyfitnessspooortbien-etr2224]

les larmes aux yeux tellement fantastique fabuleux émouvant et sensuel ❤🎼

[@myxkul]

Wonderful interpretation by Maria and Julien of this marvellous Schubert's piece. Thank you so much for posting!

[@kyleclef]

What on earth is with all the dislikes???? This performance is incredible!! Are people jealous Pires is mentoring this guy and not them??? The pure sound they make together is wonderful.

[@annsqwarner7335]

kyleclefcc.

[@luckylicks3497]

It's the hair, stupid. People these days go to see artists play, not to hear them perform.

[@erikabjork87]

Well, I could very well imagine myself as jealous, if I had trained for becoming a consert pianist but not could fulfill my dream. But what about the audience? Why their stiff faces?

[@erikabjork87]

Luckylicks: Or too simple clothing!

[@jvdesuit1]

they're under the spell of this beautiful but very sad composition performed by a great artist so fragile with her junior and both have this quality not to make faces and contortions as so many do today; pure sobriety in the playing and attitude.

[@naiadeforta]

Absolutely love to play this fantasia...and this performance is beyond beauty.... A little bit quicker than I would play it, but it definitely works, especially the fugue! Goose bumps....and that is a very good sign!

[@jayhaar2440]

Totally mesmerizing! Maria is exceptional and breathtaking!

[@sapphire6722]

Schubert always tugs at my heart strings! What a wonderful performance of this beautiful piece of music!

[@karennoble1168]

A wonderful Schubert and great performance. Maria Joao Pires touches me in a special way. I saw her first when younger, playing a Mozart concerto. I knew right away this is someone very special. Thank you for posting and making my day better. Lovely music downloaded from Heavens has a great healing effect on our whole being.

[@juancarloscasado9140]

Yo también la conocí con una grabación de Mozart , el concierto 21 para piano con la Orquesta Gulbenkian, en 1979 aproximadamente, desde entonces es mi referencia al piano de Mozarr, Schubert y Chopin

[@pilardeugartemodrego4944]

Admiro a la gran María Joao Pires, me emociona escucharla. Maravillosa, una Grande entre las Grandes

[@karennoble1168]

Si, es marvillosa, me conmueve en una manera profunda.

[@babsboonzaaier4621]

Maria it is such a pleasure to listen to you and watch you playing! 💞

[@peteromalley8886]

What a beautiful performance of this masterpiece. The first Schubert piano piece that I fell in love with. After 44 years I never tire of it.

[@urherman1]

A beautiful and expressive performance of the great Schubert fantasy. .

[@lillianaramoscollado8020]

The best 20 minutes of my life!

[@juneyang1400]

What a gift! Thank you!

[@otilia1246]

I love Maria Joao Pires! Julien and Maria very good performance! Thanks for posting!

[@karennoble1168]

I love her too. She moves me. I saw her when younger playing brilliantly the Mozart piano concerto no.21, also on YT, from 1985. A very intimate video, all close ups of her and about 6 other musicians.

[@luizsette-olhovivofarofino1736]

Maravilhoso. Wonderful. Plus que parfait. Sehr schön. Extravaganza!

[@Adrian-sn4bz]

Splendid! Ce minunat cinta amindoi. Cita tristete si durere in inima lui Schubert! Frumoasa compozitie muzicala!

[@annalevypiano]

She is Schubert Goddess! No one plays better Schubert than she!

[@jochentreitel7397]

Anna Levy well, Brendel was fantastic during his time.

[@pmmdrt]

Heart-warming performance!

[@esquenin]

Maravilhosa Interpretação. Dupla perfeita.

[@styleexnietz1900]

In unison, they reveal the beauty of this masterwork. It is really hardly achieved. My deep honour to Maria Pires.

[@user-yz9ht5ef8o]

Одно из лучших исполнений великого Шуберта!!!!!!!!!!

[@brianbernstein3826]

who is disliking this? this is an excellent and deep performance

[@zozas1961]

just stupid people....

[@messrtwinky]

Rosario Monteiro That's rather harsh, isn't it? I gave them thumbs up, but...not everyone has to agree...how boring the world would be...

[@elishadavar7533]

Wonderful magicql

[@jaapvandertuuk9307]

@@messrtwinky Sure enough you don't havevto agree but there's a world of difference in liking or disliking it.It means you either don't like Schubert or these wonderful interpreters in which case you don't have any business visiting .By the way:this can hardly cannany better.

[@dannylanglois151]

J'aime bien!!!et Et une beauté cette Maria

[@patriciawilson4744]

Maria's technique is flawless.

[@kpunkt.klaviermusik]

technique doesn't exist :-)

[@MNKorsak]

Her heart and mind lead her hands.

[@oopalioperajita3438]

To die for! Sublime.

[@catherinejones5438]

Thank you, you revealed the drama I'd not heard played into this piece before. I have always loved Schubert's deft melody making. Cathy Jones

[@catherinemorris4310]

It's a wonderful sound, with every balanced note working to enhance the music. Julien's subtle use of the bass provides a warm foundation for the music and he avoids making any metallic or strident sounds during the quieter passages. It's also great to be able to watch performers without being made seasick by excessive, unnecesary, body movement! Just a lovely reading of this piece. Many thanks.

[@evamaier7973]

Well, you should take a look at Jörg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda, two incredible old men, understanding each other out of long practice, playing with earnest devotion to the music, sadly cut short...

[@nancylee8061]

​Musical performances are not contests (though many these days seem to make them one). Every performer/performance has something special to say. It's important to keep our ears, minds, and hearts open.

[@MaxLima1]

I love the audience moving their heads to the music

[@markus7894]

BRAVO!

[@BK-ne4hm]

best performance here!

[@klausknulp]

I love Maria Joao Pires! Julien and Maria made a very exciting job! Bravo!

[@norbertoweigandt5966]

Alphonse Sauer MP

[@norbertoweigandt5966]

Eres mi teléfono para Sauer y dye

[@norbertoweigandt5966]

Buenas Krystka

[@Kobzar3374]

On Schuber's anniversary: bravo! Both thumbs up to the composer and the performers! Keep up the good work, and thank you for sharing this beauty. Warm greetings!

[@clarishwang4375]

Franz Peter *Schubert* : great composer of the early romantic period.

[@2010Anatoli]

ЗАМЕЧАТЕЛЬНОЕ ИСПОЛНЕНИЕ. A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.

[@josepinheiro7006]

a Maria João Pires sempre tranquila e expressiva com a sua senbilidade a tocar as teclas do piano.

[@MScJorgePoveda]

De todas las interpretaciones ue he visto hasta hoy es la mejor,sin alguna duda,no solo por el entusiamo y buena ejecución de dos interpretes tan dispares ,sino por el resultado final: es imposible permanecer fuera de su magia...

[@user-ni4dj2gk7b]

Точно!! Волшебство🙏🏻

[@hongmaile5987]

Wonderful performance, i am sooo happy to enjoy every sound

[@guilleagradeno5350]

Ambos pianistas son brillantes¡¡

[@christinahan2632]

Amazing performance and this is best of the best !

[@lianevonsalzen4129]

wonderful, indeed

[@minsoopianokim7582]

Can I cry with this?? 🥺🥺🥺

[@chrisjehle8393]

Wonderful performances in a gorgeous setting

[@ulissesbreder8930]

Excepcional interpretação da obra prima do grande Schubert! Efusivos parabéns!

[@roberto38766]

Schubert é fascinante!

[@mariadejesusrodrigues2999]

Esta senhora não é só uma brilhante executante, é também um grande ser humano.Deus a abençoe ❤

[@Rosangela161]

Thank you. Heartwarming presentation. Both are masterful. Congratulations

[@marinacaracciolo3161]

Stupenda esecuzione, piena di fantasia, di rigore, di passione! Marina

[@musicfanBRA]

Marvellous interpretation. This piece goes straight to our hearts. Listen with the Jussen brothers too.

[@helenadelosandesful]

Jamais cansarei de assistir esse espetáculo... Performances que transcendem os sentidos e atingem patamares inauditos.... Verdadeiro regalo celestial, divino!!! Maria Joao Pires, um piano que eleva nossos espíritos. Sempre sempre comovente, intensa, delicada, arrojada, poética, única!!! Escutá-la e apreciar sua arte tem renovado meus dias e adornado minha jornada terrena. Beijo afetuoso em vossos coraçãoes, Maria Joao e Julien... Abraço de ursa maior.

[@karennoble1076]

Helena, i fully agree, you expressed my feelings about this great artist!

[@ferdiriordan1]

Sublime -thanks to all.

[@meussieu460]

Je ne m'en lasserai jamais

[@murielchristiaens8062]

Quelle magnifique interprétation!

[@gabrielxing]

Pires plays the melody beautifully, the first three do-do-do should be played differently and she did it right. The most important is that Pires and her student were connected through the whold piece which is actually not an easy one to play.

[@myriamleonard4625]

They are beautiful pianists both of them i was in thé public on that evening Maria joao pires is wonderful personne and so is Julien

[@jamesings]

Many shallow people always thank the performers. I have a lot of respect for Ms. Pires for her superb interpretation of Schubert. However people forget to appreciate the true genius of Franz Schubert. Please study his life and his suffering. Then may be you will begin to understand his god given talent only few humans ever had.

[@karennoble1168]

Why Jamesing you think it is shallow to thank the performers. Without them, his wonderful music would be forgotten.

[@nazarenosciabordi8862]

Siete bravissimi.....grazie della bellezza dell'interpretazione ❤❤❤

[@kilohertzstudio3429]

Very beautiful. A lovely passing of the baton in a way. Supreme delicacy matched with power, but not too blazing as Schubert never deals in absolutes.

[@MA-wm9vr]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ So in love with this piece

[@navrozelalkaka8457]

Incredibly spectacular. Together they made me laugh & cry therapeutically like never been. Indebted am I to the piece(Shubert) and Maria & Julien's masterful interpretation.

[@szilviatoth6123]

Csodálatos zene es fantasztikus előadás. A kedvencem. Köszönöm

[@taiwaincacaoa7266]

這是一首 讓人像是被 強烈親吻而又有詩意的 鋼琴聲音

[@elquixotedelascanarias]

Magnificent composition and rendition.

[@bernardwastiaux1920]

Une très belle interprétation de deux artistes qui se connaissent fort bien. À remarquer le travail exceptionnel du technicien de l'instrument.

[@michelrocker9044]

Du très grand Schubert, et une grande interprétation.

[@Lapacarosa]

Fantasrica interpretacion!! a la altura de una obra sublime!! Gracias!!

[@pianistaandreafigueiredo6906]

Lindíssimo! Um Absurdo dizerem que não gostaram ... aff

[@helgeevju]

A most riveting performance of possibly the greatest work written for piano four hands. At the outset I am reminded of Barbarina's cavatina in Mozart's "Figaro", towards the end there is a pre-echo of "Libera me" in Verdi's Requiem, so the range of this piece is phenomenal! Very pleased that they use only one piano to preserve the central intimacy, less pleased that the camerman suddenly focuses on audience members scratching their chins or ears

[@proditorio1]

+helgeevju That is not the cameraman; is the director (camera(s) director of course) =0)

[@gordonsmith8899]

Wonderful

[@ElisPalmer]

Fantastisch! Danke~☀️

[@marrkushaffner9522]

lovely!

[@clydenewton]

WONDERFUL!

[@gerryr1852]

The maestro will be 70 later this month but, like a fine wine, she improves with age.

[@martinc4251]

Goosebumps

[@vcliburn]

Now...who said that Western Civilization is dead??? Close your eyes and feel the depth, breadth, and humanity of this work! I can't help but feel the spirit of lieder throughout this work...which is the soul of Schubert!

[@hugholiveiro2081]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE.

[@VoltaireMM]

Bravissimo!

[@SalvadorFernandezLUQUE]

BELLISIMO

[@lluisrafalessole-classical5068]

Absolutely wonderfoul music 🎶🎹

[@koi0009]

Pura poesia ! Grazie

[@fernandaagibert1111]

Lindo!!! Magnífico!!!

[@babsboonzaaier4621]

Beautiful!!! 💞 💞

[@malualterthum465]

Two angels

[@zozas1961]

omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love you Mo Jo Po....

[@user-mz1vk4jz5b]

The best!

[@mk5244]

.....Melancholy in any case however no sadness. An expression much to banale for FS and the world he described in his oeuvre. Schubert makes you listen....Such an enormous world of music in such a regrettable short time... Mi piace moltissimo

[@malualterthum465]

Astonishing

[@ilonapato5628]

Csodálatos finomság!

[@fionahuang4249]

So deep expressive

[@arievreugdenhil9465]

Prachtig spel.Dit is echt genieten.

[@luisfilipe1603]

Comme Portugais je ne peux parler. Seulement je vos dit une chose... C'est bien. Merci Madame,nom, Obrigado Senhora pelo previlégio de um dia a ver e escutar no Teatro Nacional da Ópera em Varsóvia 1990 como sempre,comme toujours,as always and forever and ever, ....👏👏 I'm from Lisbon near the Castle...God bless you...

[@MilanzDNV]

Krásne.

[@joostsmit0996]

A warm and heartfelt Schubert of Pire and Libeer! Very touching and those modulations in the work, just great and beautiful. I think a lot of dislikes are for the strange close ups of the audience. For me, that's too much and too closely filmed!

[@linasilva3488]

Perfeito

[@jorgealfredogonzalezgonzalez]

... dos cronos, una sola pasión ...

[@milaporter680]

MONUMENTAL!!!!!!