Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 - Janine Jansen - International Chamber Music Festival HD

[@kaitlinvisser3738]

I was at this concert. Flew all the way to the Netherlands to watch it😂 I sat in this hall the whole time and just cried

[@allenr10000]

I completely understand; I have the same reaction watching it on you tube. I suggest that you take a look at her Schubert Octet.

[@kaitlinvisser3738]

@@allenr10000 Will do! Thank you

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I can understand your reaction. This music is from heaven.

[@jojomj]

you weren't the coughing one, I hope?

[@kaitlinvisser3738]

@@jojomj oh no definitely not😂😂

[@rogercuster3731]

Wow, the joy of this music is palpable because these musicians not only conquer the technical aspects but add in their heart with a smile. Very moving.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

We have often heard that it takes a lifetime to be able to play with the right insight, maturity, or whatever you call it. How about this? A group of young people play as they had lived a long life? No, we have to change our thinking about this. And accept that young people have the same insight in what it is to be a human beeing, the same deep feeling for life. And sometimes they play better than the older. Thank you, Janine, you have done a great job!

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Excellent comment.

[@pierrefontenelle9271]

I'm getting a slight "Ok, Boomer vibe" from your comment... but I totally agree! ;)

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@pierrefontenelle9271 Yes I agree :-) But Im to old for a boomer, they start 1946, and Im born 1945 :-))

[@lisablai]

These folks are incredibly talented, skilled, well-educated and experienced. This gives them the tools to be expressive where some others might be inhibited by lack of talent, education, technical skill and experience. In past years, excellent teaching and opportunities were more limited, reached fewer people, hence fewer musicians could reach this level. So what might have been true in the past is not true now.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@lisablai In past years... teaching more limitid...reached fewer...I dont understand what you talk about. What country are you from? From my horisont, Sweden, it seems that music education goes quite well.

[@edwardchen9619]

the passion EVERY PLAYER has in playing the piece makes me sweat

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Sweating about something is a true mark of engagement. Congratulations! (PS I am the same.)

[@frankystrings]

It's a fun piece to play. a jovial 16 year old wrote it so it's very reflective if such

[@MrMalvolio29]

This is the best performance of Mendelssohn’s incomparable Octet I’ve ever heard! Janine is a mad genius!

[@milverineh3267]

Mendelssohn at the age of 16 composed this enduring masterpiece and this is pure genius.

[@Ian24s]

I didn't know he was so young. The opening theme is ages old

[@marikabasagoitia6828]

I have watched this hundreds of times and will never get tired of it

[@allaternova]

00:00 Allegro moderato ma con fuoco 14:15 Andante 21:06 Scherzo:Allegro leggierissimo 25:42 Presto

[@Rosangela161]

Thank you. Good job.

[@elisanetlaser8051]

Merci de m'aider, par ce découpage, à m'initier à la musique classique.

[@user-rq4dn7qp7n]

thx

[@sebastian9445]

0:14 lmaoo the 2nd violin’s face 😂😂

[@kryrins]

@@sebastian9445 that's called sinking in music...

[@Shayne-l6z]

Janine is having so much fun. And I'm here for it.

[@curtisgrindahl446]

When watching Janine play with major orchestras you get the sense she is really particularly suited for this kind of music, which is so collaborative. She is eternally connecting with members of the orchestra as she tackles a major concerto. Here she is doing it with this group of fine young musicians. She is not only an outstanding violinist but also an inspiration to younger performers. This is gorgeous music and a wonderful performance.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

What a great comment! I agree completely.

[@pauldeck4500]

I'll bet performing with Jansen was quite a learning experience for those youngsters, skilled and talented though they may be.

[@lepolder]

@@pauldeck4500 Totall agreed

[@steps222]

This is thrilling. I've loved this piece since hearing it as a child (repeatedly) on 78rpm records in the 1940's, with Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky, et al. It always moves me. Curtisgrindahl's comment nails an aspect of Janine Jansen's playing I've long loved, myself, and have commented on several times: her love of collaboration, including with orchestra members when she's playing a concerto. It's almost as if communication is in her DNA. She grew up playing chamber music with her family, and that spirit of intimate cooperation has informed everything she does. What a privilege and learning experience it must have been for the people who joined her in this performance! She's a musician who feels deeply and understands the value of subtility and nuance as well as passion. Maybe best of all, it is so clear that she loves the music she plays. I could name very few musicians since Dinu Lipatti who convey so much love. How can a sentient being not be moved by such greatness, from the teenaged Mendelssohn, the mature Jansen, and her colleagues, here?

[@siegfried-sw]

I have listened to this work for more than 15 years and still stunned by the performance. I admire Mendelssohn so much!

[@bronxboy47]

The opening theme is unforgettable once heard. I don't care how long it's been since I last heard it performed, the minute the octet is mentioned, I immediately hear the opening theme in my head.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Written when he was only 16!!! This has to be one of the most amazing and challenging octets ever written. Was this the writing of a genius? Matter of opinion. But played with gusto here. Fabulous way of spending 33 minutes of your life.

[@fmiyaramusic2462]

This work is more mature and personal than most ot the works Mozart wrote at the same age. Indeed the fugatos from the Finale are truly masterly. If Mozart is a genius (and he is!) Mndelssohn is not less!

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

@@fmiyaramusic2462 A very interesting comment. I wonder what Mr Mozart would have thought of it. My understanding is that he was rather critical of others :-)

[@fmiyaramusic2462]

@@DavidA-ps1qr What would WAM have thought of my comment or of Mendelssohn's octet? I'm sure he would have agreed with both :). He was critical of mediocre musicians but deeply admired good music and good musicians, such s the cases of the brothers Franz Josef and Johann Michael Haydn (the latter a great unfairly underrated composer, some of whose works were taken as a model by Mozart himself).

[@lessismore4470]

Vision, imagination, sensibility - to me, a work of genius. How come a 16-years-old boy wrote this? I have no idea. But, God damn it, he did.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

@@lessismore4470 Brilliant comment Raymond. Please listen to his Concerto for Two Pianos written by him and his sister when he was 14! Just as jaw-dropping. (That's the one on E major).

[@james.hutchinson]

From the moment I discovered this piece nearly two years ago, not a week goes by where I don't listen to this piece. It's just unbelievably amazing

[@lucileopale3415]

12:11 = The classical version of "you're doing amazing sweetie"

[@petertee2144]

Yeah really amazing,I love it a lot ❤️👍😁

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Every time I listen to this I immediately think: "this is not possible". To play with such a high grade of perfection. As a perfect unit. And still they do, these young musicians, they are playing on a level I never heard before. Perhaps I´m overenthusiastic, but no again, I dont think I am exaggerating. I just think that what I hear is the music I am listening to. And what I am listening to this time is this music from these phenomenal young musicians. I´ve never heard it played better.

[@RandalBedingfield-c8f]

Felix is at it again! I really began to admire him at age nine to 10 in Spain where we were stationed at a SAC base. My father was a colonel in the US Air Force. I began piano lessons there at age eight with Vladimir Vuletin-a semi-retired concert pianist. I remember the maid we had there was extremely put-out with me because she complained that I had been listening to the same record all day long. OVER and OVER!! - she almost screamed in Spanish to my mother innocently returning home from shopping in Madrid. It was the Octet in E-flat Op. 20. I still can listen to it over and over...yes ! It's delicious. I especially love the scherzo!

[@stephenmessick865]

Janine gathers a group of youngsters and they all play like angels. Thrilling!!!

[@JoniJoschansberg-wf6uw]

❤ A stage full of wildly waving bows and bodies!!! 🎉😂❤😮😅 SUPERB, AND SUPER PERFORMANCE, BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD. ❤

[@staffanolofsson8201]

When I see these eight talented musicians I wonder how it come that this world has gone so wrong in many ways? Is wonderful music not enough to stop human evilness? Apperently not. But I think that this music will comfort us with its positive energy, so we will not go down in a deep depression. Hopefully!

[@marieclairedelacour]

❤️

[@edwardmontoya50]

It is solely classical music that reassures me that humanity isn't entirely doomed. I don't follow any of the 3 main religions but when I consider the miracle of classical (especially when you know how hard it is to get a decent sound out of these instruments without years of training) I almost believe in the main gods of humanity. We are spioled by having such music on demand at our fingertips. Seeing classical music live is an experience like no other.

[@TimothyCHenderson]

You might argue that people had the same sentiments when this was composed in 1825.

[@leitfie3579]

What can you say? It really does not get any better than this. The performance is almost as miraculous as the music itself ......... it is immensely involving and tremendously moving. I've watched it several times and only seems to get better .....

[@nowkentapplegate5315]

Just clicked for a glance can't stop listening. What a perfornace!

[@voiceswithin2012]

That Third movement makes you think Mendelssohn was born to write music for fairies. Nobody did Presto like him! So joyful and delicate

[@415coloredmylife9]

14:04 These chords are literally perfect... All together with such a full sound and astonishing intonation🤯

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I am overwhelmed. This must be one of the best ensembles there is, what a fantastic playing they are mighty. And I keep listening...

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Now I am sure. This is a blessing from Mendelsson himself. He gives it to us so we will not forget beauty in our lives.

[@jorgesanmartin8737]

Wonder music, wonder performance....ligth, ligth and more light!!!!

[@Timpaaa2]

People so young playing absolutely phenomenal... stunning performance!

[@thethikboy]

Mendelssohn was 16 when he wrote this.

[@karent2883]

I never comment on videos but this performance was so amazing I couldn’t hold back. Just exquisite!

[@catherinejones9396]

Janine Jansen inspires in this ensemble and their response brings out the brilliance and joy in this delightful Mendelssohn octet. Thank you all

[@petertee2144]

I love this song also and is one of my favorite 🥰🥰am happy you love it also 👍😍

[@christophernunn943]

What a stunning performance in everyway!! and so interesting to see these young musicians clearly giving it their all with such passion and vigour, Bravo!!!

[@MarianneMichiels]

Fantastisch van Janine dat ze de zeer getalenteerde wereldtop bij de jeugd opzoekt en zo iets unieks creëert!

[@petertee2144]

Yes is something very unique I must say,I love the song and it’s one of my favorite 😍🥰

[@magdalenaportmann2431]

The musicians clearly enjoy playing this! It is so uplifting to see that. The whole performance is breathtaking!

[@petertee2144]

I love this song a lot and it’s one of my favorite🥰,am glad you like it also😊

[@dallinhunter7385]

played this in high school, great piece

[@pastraga]

Prachtvoll, ohne Worte!

[@sayedattia113]

Really, This piece is one of the best classical works for ever. 😊

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Strange! I never get tired listening to this. Every time I listen is like the first time.

[@TheUserPo]

Couldn't find out who the impostors were, unfortunately...

[@f.p.2010]

wtf what

[@mariakim19931]

@@f.p.2010 it's a reference to a TwoSetViolin video

[@wakingtheworld]

Me here too after watching their vid... Needed to hear it without imposters. Lol

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Sorry, I couldn´t catch you. It seems as the two sets are only hear for their own sake.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

here, not hear, in my earlier comment. Sorry, Im only a human beeing. But Im here for the music!

[@mascha2549]

If you're craving energy just listen to this.

[@stephenhosmer9444]

What a great string octet played by some first-rate musicians----a real pleasure for me, who didn't know it, but who has long loved Mendelssohn's violin concerto. J.Jansen plays with such love and passion--a delight to watch and hear!

[@user-rq4dn7qp7n]

25:43 INSANE cello

[@seinan6820]

Janine’s shimmery sound goes so well together with the less shimmery, but equally captivating sound of the other musicians...Absolutely the BEST performance of the mendelssohn octet!!

[@mikecabral1579]

Janine Jansen brings an intensity when she plays anything. With Chamber music she brings everyone to a higher level of performance. This is a weekly listen for me. I get excited every time I watch listen to this.

[@Jake-jy5pq]

10:33 is one of my favorite moments in all of music! amazing performance.

[@marieclairedelacour]

My favorite chamber work ❤️

[@petertee2144]

Yeah is also my favorite I love ❤️ so much ,listening to it makes me feel cool.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Even if I know this was written by a 16 year old genious, I myself will never get to old for listening to this. I consider it to be one of the best chamber music pieces ever written. Luckily I came across it in older days, otherwise I perhaps would be someone that thinks this was good in your youth, but then has grown away from it and now has other favourites. Not so for me. I still think that the genius of young people is the best we have, and this one has a special place in my heart.

[@마라톤맨-x7n]

1. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco 00:03 2. Andante 14:13 3. Scherzo : Allegro leggierissimo 21:04 4. Presto 25:41

[@thephantomeagle2]

The most amazing thing, to me , isn't just her amazing playing. She's easily in the top 5 violinists in the world. What blows me away is this. She's also conducting. To be able to conduct while playing a violin is. nothing short of phenomenal.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Agreed. As brilliantly as Janine Jansen plays on her own, she is even more brilliant when playing as part of an ensemble. She really *listens* and works with the other players.

[@randallbanks1589]

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 She sure does. It's so amazing that, as a conductor, she has to listen to every note of every instrument, all the while playing as well as she does. My mother played violin in various orchestras around the world for most of her adult life. Therefore I've been to countless concerts. Any player in an orchestra generally can't listen to the other players since they've got to concentrate on their own playing. In fact, my mother always said she couldn't hear anything else but other violins and loud instruments like trumpets and timpani when she's not playing. It's often hard enough to hear your own playing with other violins around you. If you watch metal bands in studio they generally wear headphones. same for others that record music. This is done so they can't hear other instruments. So the fact that she's conducting a small group is even more amazing.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Excellent comment.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Why dont you make your own comments, instead of commenting us commentors? It seems to me that you have the right "insight" in this music, for example; "As brilliantly as Janine Jansen plays on her own, she is even more brilliant when playing as part of an ensemble. She really listens and works with the other players." And I agree. Please, let us hear some more.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

@@staffanolofsson8201 Most people have already said what I said in my own comments.

[@joselopes2293]

Mendelssohn is one of the outstanding figures of the Romantic period. This octet op. 20, probably represents the mature phase of this musician.The music is superb and sublime.Janice Jansen’s interpretation is amazing. The rest of the strings with her form a set that interprets this masterpiece as the one I consider the best so far heard by me. Bravissimo.

[@mauriciootazo209]

Actually, he wrote it when he was 16, that`s the miracle!

[@문서형-pf]

@@mauriciootazo209 ja, ich denke auch! Und das musik ist sehr schön!

[@anthonyaveray1324]

I’m gobsmacked!! What passion and precision. I thank god I love music and thank god for Mendelssohn

[@chuckgviolin3538]

The most perfect piece of chamber music ever composed

[@RaymondDoerr]

I have never ever seen a performance of Mendlessohn’s music like this before. Mendelssohn would be very proud.

[@davidmcmurray9933]

I love how many string players just love to play with Janine. She always welcomes each good player.

[@sedawin]

23:16 Dolby Surround Sound😃🎶 in the 19th century!!

[@markus1323]

Wie kann man nur so positive Musik schreiben ?? WUNDERBAR!!!

[@ricardbeltranbernabe3936]

Mendelssohn's music is wonderful!

[@nickwright6034]

This is an outstanding performance of a beautiful Romantic chamber work. Thank you.

[@geronimodaloia6143]

third and fourth violinist like each other, I've got 0 prove but also 0 doubts

[@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk]

You gossip! Anyway, it seems you're right crescendo-music.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DSC_2063-1024x684.jpg

[@geronimodaloia6143]

@@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk Hhahah I knew ;)

[@BigWally]

This is without question, in my mind, the finest film of a chamber music concert I have ever seen. Above all the musicians are superb. The photography is spectacular, and the audio is wonderful. Of course, Mendelssohn's Octet is one of the most beautiful pieces of chamber music ever written, and this from a16 y.o.! It brings joy to my heart every time I watch it.

[@jamiemiles9945]

Can I just say how insanely together the last two chords of the first mvt are. Mind blown

[@rungsrithienwongpetch6476]

What a joyful music for the Utretch international music festival .

[@BryanHo]

I'm getting chills listening to this. Phenomenal.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Some people getting chills, some people sweating. In the end it means the same. We are overwhelmed.

[@Fernando-hh7vf]

Extraordinaire!!!

[@maud3126]

Who is here after the video from twoset where they play among us?😊

[@kreeshaiyer530]

Was legit searching for this comment lol

[@tsvv2963]

Hewo

[@khinthan2923]

lol

[@thebettafish3239]

You caught me

[@foxjacket]

I came here just to find this comment from a fellow linglingwannabe :D

[@dfccmd]

Allegro moderato ma con fuoco - Andante 14:10 - Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo 21:05 - Presto 25:42

[@jayrodgers2530]

They look joyful. It must indeed be a joyous experience to make such beautiful art.

[@vivette8944]

They really move to the music.Nowadays musicians aren’t afraid of showing emotion, which is good to see.🐭

[@marcoajerez]

Extraordinary music and performance.

[@petertee2144]

I love the song a lot and it my favorite 🥰😍Am glad you like it also

[@rogerberryman6467]

Such a beautiful leitmotif in the opening movement.

[@elgar104]

If that's ever been played better.....I want to hear it. Fabulous piece... and one that needs a star 1st violin. Wow. Just.... wow .

[@johannesbrahmsfan9228]

Spirited crew playing this spirited gem by Mendelssohn! Thanks and bravo!!

[@aaronjorgefridman5662]

A la belleza de este octeto de Mendelsohn hay que agregarle una brillante interpretación. Jansen hasta parece divertirse mientras toca. Un disfrute total

[@donchandler3671]

Mendelssohn composed this when he was 16. Love it.

[@frankbernotimm3031]

Great. Mendelssohn was 16 years old, composing this? The eight musicians showed, how amazing music making is - together!

[@rupertsnell1035]

Janice I love you. Thankyou for everything!

[@petertee2144]

Yeah is indeed to say thank you,I love the song a lot and it makes me calm my nerves 😍👍😁

[@pauldeck4500]

9:10 the young fourth violinist had a 10-second exposed passage and the senior first violist gave her an approving smile.

[@SethNoorzad]

From Wikipedia: Conrad Wilson summarizes much of its reception ever since: "Its youthful verve, brilliance and perfection make it one of the miracles of nineteenth-century music."

[@markwestmore42]

This performance is by far the most... rousing, exciting... this is the greatest performance of the piece I have ever seen. breathtaking! Thank you!❤😊

[@yashsah7238]

BEAUTIFUL.

[@damianopavan2118]

So much joy in seeing young musicians having fun playing classical music...great👏👏👏

[@nickyork8901]

Two of the best viola players in the world!!

[@joellepodwysocki9558]

BRAVO … BRAVO… C'était MAGNIFIQUE.

[@petertee2144]

I love this song a lot and is my favorite Am so happy you love it also 😁👍🥰

[@basilisvasileiou434]

Υπεροχοι.Αρμονια,τεμπο,ηχοχρωμα,ολα πανεμορφα .!!!!!❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@jonnie303]

What a performance!

[@AdrianGonzalez-so5gz]

Spellbound! This performance is full of passion and sheer electricity. Bravi tutti!!! 👏

[@wric01]

Janine working hard to inspire the young.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Not so hard, at all. These are the best of young musicians, and they already play better than almost everyone. So Janines subject is to do this to come together, as an unit. As you can hear, she succeeds.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Excuse me, but why is it that this "Panda Digital Love" is on top: "Janine working hard to inspire the young"? It is not so that I always want to be at the top, I just wonder how these brain-diminshed words can be the best of all, better than ours, trying to explain our love for this octet by Mendelsohn? Give me a proper answer. (The only reason I can think of is that it is one of Janines children?)

[@adamjones7701]

Staffan Olofsson Because it was probably the first comment to be liked by the KZbin channel, I don’t see what the problem is

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@adamjones7701 No problems at all, I only think that the comments are not exactly in a historical order. I know it isnt so. But I accept the Panda.

[@ungabungalunga1002]

@@kh7632 she has a daughter and I don't understand why people are getting butthurt over a comment being liked,the guy is just appreciating her playing with others dont know what's wrong with people these days

[@albertoprivitera5443]

Is a real pleasure to listen to you !

[@janetroy5489]

So happy to hear this. I've heard the young players at Greenwood Chamber Music Camp play this in several summers; I also heard the Mendelsohn Quartet play it with the Brentano. What a joy it is to be a musician on such occasions, and a listener.

[@yglofmi]

This is really fantastic. The work and the musicians.

[@nathanielalms1504]

Absolutely breathtaking. What a legendary ensemble.

[@HelenaWilliams8696]

Mendelssohn's '0ctet' ensemble gives a delightful cosmic spark sound of symmetry and beauty. Violinist J. J. conducts the ensemble while playing. The young string players give a triumphant performance.

[@petertee2144]

Yes you’re right a triumphant performance that held cool the mind and soul🥰is my favorite song and am glad you love it also 😁😁👍

[@annindigo8870]

I love Janine.

[@cmcull987]

Kudos! Such a beautiful piece.

[@stee1ydeac0n]

Wow! That performance was awesome! Rarely have I heard an ensemble actually play the Presto finale faster than the Scherzo! Wonderful stuff!!!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

After a lot of listening to this it seems I have heard it before. And yes, among my CD:s I find it, never played in 20 years, Octet E-flat. This is what I like about KZbin. It brings music to life. And also Janine Jensen brings music to life. With her young ensemble in this Mendelsson she proves that one has not to be old to play great music.

[@GermanGreetings]

Beautiful you all are !

[@timothycolvin261]

I Simply Love Her expressive way of performing her interpretation and Great Talented Musician. Very Rare! ❤️🎵🎶 And this is from a fellow Musician as Well. All Brass instruments.

[@cmcull987]

Wow, such a musician as Jenine Jansen as a participant and leader. Pardon if I mispelled her name. To me, this is one of the best Classical music pieces, ever.

[@alexjg1892]

This will remain legacy

[@gloriawong5884]

I love this interpretasion

[@petertee2144]

You’re very correct because is nice🥰😍👍😁