PDQ Bach Sonata for Viola 4 Hands and Harpsichord, S. 440

[@meh8982]

Definitely the best 4-hands viola piece I've heard.

[@wingflanagan]

Love it. P.D.Q. Bach performances often have a strong visual component which you miss in an audio-only recording.

[@ProfFeinman]

I love torture chamber music.

[@5610winston]

Of course, in the sixties there were the small rock bands, and judging from the way the smoke smelled, we could reasonably call it chamber pot music.

[@baroquejen]

My friend and I did this for state music contest one year in hs...the judge appreciated the break.

[@robertshrewsbury4241]

I heard PDQ Bach when a kid and never forgot, occasionally find new pieces. My mom taught Suzuki Violin, played from 5 years old and played in orchestras until just a few years ago, Viola.A.

[@propman3523]

Absolutely brilliant; how clever and original. So under appreciated. This is how we make classical music accessible to the neophyte. Yes, violin for 4 hands! OMG!

[@SuzyBriseno]

A bit painful, but hilarious. I love musical jokes, especially PDQ's.

[@soilsurvivor]

Hillariously brilliant!

[@garykuovideos]

Props to the straight man!

[@anisometropie]

This is brilliantly acted and played. I’ll happily subscribe to thee !

[@PoulosEsq]

How is this different from a normal viola section?

[@RolandHutchinson]

Vibrato!

[@robert-skibelo]

Wonderful.

[@Russgershon]

What violists have been waiting for!

[@declamatory]

I like the movement titles.

[@vincem3748]

That's P.D.Q. Bach for ya, lol

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

Absolutely terrible! I loved it!

[@specodhec341]

I was looking for something for viola and piano 4-hands I found this ._.

[@kjamespeace]

Hell that's nothing: I was looking for something for washing-machine and piano 4-feet And I didn't find anything.

[@DreamlessSleepwalker]

Wait, why would you look for that?

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

Because the laundry nook was only 4 feet wide.

[@ianpierce7065]

I love satire on classical music

[@mijadv]

Genius!

[@JoshuaSobel]

The audience should know not to clap in between movements. And the laughing hinders the enjoyment of this beautiful music. This is why I dislike live recordings, and only listen to dead ones.

[@StuartSimon]

And you obviously DON’T listen to P. D. Q. Bach. Supposedly the last of J. S. Bach’s children, he is actually the brain-child of American composer Peter Schickele. The point of P. D. Q. Bach’s compositions is that they are supposed to be bad. Indeed, all recordings of P. D. Q. Bach’s music are live. Why? Because stage antics, laughter, and applause between movements are always par for the course.

[@JoshuaSobel]

@@StuartSimon *Sigh* I knew *somebody* wasn't going to get it

[@tuba4789]

I recognize Wheeler Hall, Krannert Fine Arts Building, University of Evansville, IN

[@amusicment4829]

Heehee awesome

[@c.annaobrien9339]

OH MY GOLLY!!

[@katievonolendorp5894]

If Bach would come to today in a time machine he would be shocked to hear all this machine-made modern music that mostly doesn't seem to have any soul and He would be so sad to see just a few people of thousand able to play an instrument. But he would be proud of the some they can and he would be glad to see young people have to much fun and joy with the classical style. And he would be faszinated by our music halls today, wouldn't he? I have been to the new "Elphi", the "Elbphilharmonie" in Hamburg/ Germany, the home of Händel, Telemann, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Brahms, Carl Philip Emanuel Bach and some others, mostly organists and composers like the Praetorius dynasty, Lübeck and Scheidemann. Oh, he would love this awesone architecture and sound. And after seeing and hearing this perfection in every way and all over the world he would enjoy having fun with PDQ! He was a teacher so he was used to worse sounds coming out of violas than this! 😉😄😇 Alicia, I like your channel and subscribed! Best wishes for you and good fun always! 🎻💝👏👏👏👏👏

[@Xtheo2]

It looks crowded. Is that why they used a viola instead of a violin?

[@QuartetDude]

Because viola gets no respect anyway...

[@dfgjhdj]

clearly, p.d.q. wrote this when he found himself in a situation with too many musicians and too few instruments.

[@RolandHutchinson]

@@dfgjhdj Or perhaps when he found himself with twice too many viola players (one is already too many, you see) and no musicians at all.

[@drdca8263]

@@dfgjhdjoh, I thought he just met a viola player who had 4 arms

[@DreamlessSleepwalker]

"Allah Breve" Allah Akbar

[@Tetsugakusha75]

😍😍😍

[@nightjaronthegate]

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[@johns7734]

This is only four hands, but played VERY well!

[@oldfogeymusic4248]

Wow…I have to admit, viola played four-hands sounds just as awful as with the normal two. 😝

[@beth7467]

Viola's such a lovely instrument. This PDQ Bach piece is lots of fun, though.

[@RolandHutchinson]

TWICE as awful, actually! (Trust me, I'm a violist.)

[@lxathu]

@@RolandHutchinson Good for you. I'd always wanted to be one but I could achieve violence only. More dirty but not too bad, as for the sounds, though.

[@WhittierLesley-c6t]

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[@improgeneration8185]

Too bad they make fools and do not play that more seriously. It really deserves it

[@miki890098]

I'm sorry, but that's kind of the point 😅 if you see other P D Q Bach performances you will notice it's reoccurring

[@improgeneration8185]

@@miki890098 My point is : playing seriously something funny makes it even funnier

@@improgeneration8185 I definitely agree!

[@miki890098]

@@improgeneration8185 it depends... If a piece is written as a joke (musically) then it will be funny, if a piece is written as a comedic sketch, then it should be played as such