My father played in one the great symphony orchestras during the Heifetz era. He heard most of the great soloists of that time period. . To him, there was no one like Heifetz. He was in a class by himself.
@Greenriver592 Жыл бұрын
Thank God he lived in an age of recorded music. His music should give us hope in mankind. We sure need it now.
@danielle_r.k4 жыл бұрын
When someone like Perlman sees himself as a "mortal" in comparison to Heifetz and I, a grade 4 noob, am watching this interview and realizing I'm not even at mortal level.
@ethandetienne32794 жыл бұрын
Danielle Khairallah lol me too but I’m level 3
@nicholashill93024 жыл бұрын
At least you're watching the video. I've had a violin for 30 years and only now understanding the greats and moderns. You're ahead of the game at grade 4 😊
@danielle_r.k4 жыл бұрын
@@nicholashill9302 Haha I'nm slightly obsessed with the violin :P
@SinanAkkoyun3 жыл бұрын
xD not even mortal
@danielle_r.k3 жыл бұрын
@@nicholashill9302 I'm grade 5 now XD
@brainwasher987610 жыл бұрын
I like how he's having this interview and just randomly whips out his violin and owns it.
@wilfriedmarkusbretscher61517 жыл бұрын
Andrew Wang ....we all agree by now, Mr. IP is able to play any piece of the repertoire..... His bow control (which is the key to the ultimate treasures of any string instrument....) soars in the exosphere, metaphorically spoken.... However, one question, in my perception, remains unanswered: Why, in specific moments (eg Beeth. conc., cadenza etc.) is his INTONATION so "non-chalant" or "approximatif" at the peak of high-speed passages? Mr IP knows the abswer........
@Anfxyz4 жыл бұрын
He doesn't randomly whip out his violin - there's a wipe! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipe_(transition)
@unclejuniorsoprano13 жыл бұрын
Itzhak Perlman always regarded Heifetz the way Pavarotti thought of Caruso. I wouldn't say that Pavarotti was 2nd to any other Italian tenor, even Caruso, but there is not doubt in my mind that Heifetz was the greatest violinist of all time. You may like the style of another violinist more, but when it comes to intonation, tempo, technical brilliance & nuances that come with portameno, vibrato, & phrasing he was truly unique. Perlman indeed knows what he's talking about.
@unclejuniorsoprano11 жыл бұрын
100% correct about Heifetz.
@barbaraweselakfranch13873 жыл бұрын
I like Ithzak Perlman so much!
@barbaraweselakfranch13873 жыл бұрын
Thank You.... thys Is True...i like very much ITZHAK PERLMAN 🎻❤️
@brynjarhoff-lr6hw Жыл бұрын
It is very important what Perlman talks about in this video. He tell us more about Heifetz,this is great from a man of his high standard. No other violinist can or have done this…
@wombat56285 жыл бұрын
Aside from being the all time greatest violinist, Jascha Heifetz was one of the very few (maybe two) with true class.
My English is not good, but your voice is very beautiful. Thank you for Your talent and Your video. THANK YOU Maestro Ithzak Perlman ♥️
@Ivanhoe211 жыл бұрын
A gracious tribute from a great artist.
@eddyagosto85153 жыл бұрын
Heifetz is one of the best violinists, and Perlman too, each one in their own way and style and time. I do admire both, the violin does have that mysticism that moves people spirit.
@clevelanddacosta430010 жыл бұрын
I find it difficult to choose between Heifetz and Perlman. They both succeed in wafting me to a higher plane of ecstasy.
@u.v.s.55837 жыл бұрын
Two GREAT SHREDDERS!
@PreservationEnthusiast5 жыл бұрын
@@u.v.s.5583 I prefer Lindsey Stirling. She composes and dances too.
@tiborvisi74384 жыл бұрын
Heifetz was a cocky, self absorbed person so definitely Perlman for me.
@margaridajordao83484 жыл бұрын
heiftz, oistrakh and perlman was the best
@deenibeeniable4 жыл бұрын
@SavageArfad Oh jesus christ. Another one.
@65attila13 жыл бұрын
Stunning discussion about Heifetz.
@williamgregory1848 Жыл бұрын
Fritz Kreisler, another violin virtuoso of the twentieth century, said after hearing Heifetz's debut at Carnegie Hall, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees."
@kcherrytree113 жыл бұрын
A 78 recording of I Dream Of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair was the first time I ever heard Heifetz. I could not believe how he sounded exactly like a fine light tenor, just without the lyrics. Thank you for this interview.
@frederickwise5238 Жыл бұрын
I keep finding more and more verifications for why I fell in love with Heifetz the first time I heard him in1953. For my birthday I received a copy of Sarasate's Zapateado. I still have that 45, tho it no longer sounds very dood. I began adding his LP vinyls in 54 when I got my first HiFi. Itzhak Perlman has replaced him. God's Violinist was my favorite. Miss his touch as much as I miss being able to hear the last octave and a half of the 88 keys. RIP Jascha
@marie9307311 жыл бұрын
Este homem é simplismente fantástico, mágico.
@nicholasschroeder36783 жыл бұрын
When I think of Heifetz and Perlman, I think of Pavarotti and Domingo. Pavarotti had the most amazing instrument, but Domingo made the roles live.
@망히-z9z4 жыл бұрын
"I practiced like a Devil " ㅡJ. Heifetz
@gershonperry59526 жыл бұрын
My neighbor from Hakalir Street. My mom picked him up when he fell on the stairs of Hakalir School.
@Grufian112 жыл бұрын
Years ago, I was playing a show with the great drummer, Louie Bellson. He told the band with great pride that he had an X-ray of his arm taken by an orthopedic surgeon and the surgeon told him that the X-ray looked exactly like the one that was taken of Jascha Heifetz's arm.
@Thataussiebattler6 жыл бұрын
I love pearlman...dam great player...but with hiefetz i love how he bought the beuty out of structure on such a fine level.
@tuttifrutti2229 Жыл бұрын
Even today most elites violonist will slow down some passages. Heifezt was a metronome and played everything full speed
@RSW195011 жыл бұрын
Heifetz played like a machine? Use your ears and open your soul...he will never be surpassed on a musical level.
@lauramolnar80395 жыл бұрын
@Cold German Beer Why, if I may ask? Personally, I really admire his musicality...
@JMS10894 жыл бұрын
@SavageArfad what rubbish claim. You and all the other critics seem to forget, it takes great sensitivity to play like Heifetz.
@23Fredairic12 жыл бұрын
Thx Itzhak for posting Vids like that. Gives us motivation to practice and play! Keep goin! Fred
@SashaSteveBlair11 жыл бұрын
Just perfect :)
@taskbarenhancer33864 жыл бұрын
in whole his life, Perlman had 5 minutes meeting with Heifetz.
@pphedup2 жыл бұрын
Wrong. He took at least one master class from him.
@frankie6954 Жыл бұрын
Perlman did visit Heifetz many times in his home in Los Angeles. They were friends.
@duhhh8612 жыл бұрын
i have watched this video a few times but till now i still have not caught much of what was being said...just can't help but listen to the glorious music played in the background.
@egonsky13 жыл бұрын
Jep...just perfect...
@sneddley13 жыл бұрын
I know how you feel-there was a performance by Perlman at the Hollywood Bowl with Zubin Mehta conducting that was broadcast in the late 70's that I would love to have a chance to see again. Included were the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso and Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy.
@sneddley13 жыл бұрын
@sharlesin Thanks for telling me about that. This video is taken from "Behind the Music, A Video companion to Itzhak Perlman's Personal Picks". It also came with a cd of the pieces he talks about (and as described, personally selected). The Mendelssohn last movement from the Ed Sullivan Show is included on this video. Was that also on the PBS program? I'll have to do a bit more research...
@luisaraujo76709 жыл бұрын
Hi folks, does anyone know what is the music which sounds in background, specially the part begining at 1:01 - it looks like a piece for violin and piano? Who's the composer? Very beautiful piece. Thanks in advance!
@JolluliHome9 жыл бұрын
Luis Araujo it ain't necessarily so - George Gershwin
@wombat56285 жыл бұрын
It's "Jeannie with the light brown hair", by Foster. You can find Heifetz playing the full piece on youtube. It's the BEST!!!
@sharlesin13 жыл бұрын
Do you have the complete PBS program,of which this is a part? I remember seeing it many years ago. Yes, it`s amazing that when you listen to the Heifetz arrangements of Foster or Gershwin,you can hear all the lyrics.
@LRodriguesdoCanto13 жыл бұрын
Oh, Mr Perlman, don't be a fool, you're not a mortal.
@sneddley12 жыл бұрын
@absloko there are two Heifetz arrangements of songs, the first "It Ain't Necessarily So" composed by George Gershwin and after about one minute in as Mr. Perlman says "I Dream of Jeannie" which was written by Stephen Foster.
@ihateuutube12 жыл бұрын
same thing happened to me at a heifetz concert 25 years ago, except heifetz was gracious enough to let me play for him. after hearing me, he smashed his violin in little pieces and vowed never to play again for in my sound he had "heard the true voice of god". i was like, "aww, shucks, heifie", all embarrassed.
@williameason57954 жыл бұрын
Yeah. You are. Lying. ! Don't believe. It. !
@johnrobinsoniii40285 ай бұрын
I think…that story was exaggerated.
@raoultak4 жыл бұрын
Dear Mr. Perlman, technically he may have been so good, but you are just as good with more musical value (for me).
@aasserelzoghby67814 жыл бұрын
To be honest heifetz was for some reason playing pieces faster than the written Tempo He is very technically advanced and very musical Itzhak is very close in technicality and he is very very very musical Both are legendary
@sharlesin13 жыл бұрын
I didn`t watch the program from the beginning, and unfortunately couldn`t record it. Over the years I had hoped to see it again,or maybe purchase a tape or DVD.
@sneddley13 жыл бұрын
@sharlesin Must admit, I am not familiar with the PBS program you mentioned. Please tell me a little more about it if you can.
@gsm24243 жыл бұрын
For me, the best was Szerying, but I do love heifetz's playing!
@Heavymetalthunda311 жыл бұрын
@MrLandale I'm not the only one? YES!
@sharlesin13 жыл бұрын
It lasted about 30 min,about 15 years ago. Perlman talked about Violinists who composed for the violin, Sarasate, Wieniawski, Kreisler etc. He demonstrated how they wrote in ways that played to their strengths on the violin. Because of his large hands,he showed how he had difficulty with some movements of the left hand. My VCR wasn`t working at the time,and I couldn`t record it.
@JazzLoverKhurram4 жыл бұрын
I do that double stops thing alot..as an electric jazz blues rock guitarist it's kind of instinctual to harmonize a melody in that way. In fact in many ways I play the violin as if it were a little guitar.😄 Paganini who was also a guitarist, often looks on approvingly and helps me with transcription of arrangements of guitar pieces like Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody for the violin. The great jazz guitar virtuoso Joe Pass whom I had the privilege of seeing perform 3x at Ronnie Scott's in Soho in the 80's was the absolute master of this chord melody style. *kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqPckoCdZtmsjqM* Blues & rock guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck always used double stops for dramatic effect aswell as percussive triple stops (powerchords). *kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5KQYmdve9OGhJY* *🎼It ain't necessarily so* *It ain't necessarily so* *The things that you're liable* *To read in the Bible* *It ain't necessarily so🎻🎶*
@drod2551 Жыл бұрын
Funny that he says.... mortals 😂.... OMG...
@TheWholeVein9 жыл бұрын
What does he mean at 0:25 "Heifitz is the father of modern violin playing." ?
@deepdark7957 жыл бұрын
*Heifetz. Before Heifetz, it wasn't expected to play a piece fully in tune, for example. Heifetz single-handedly raised the bar for everybody else.
@deepdark7954 жыл бұрын
SavageArfad I’m not saying there weren’t.
@paganviodio13 жыл бұрын
well....i might say heifetz produced notes most of the time....amazing technall abilities, but one was fascinated of this "technicall brilliance"... there are many pieces a "mortal" perlman, a francescatti, a kogan plays nicer, and yet not technically worser.... ..and hence i might say, some there and there, kogan and francescatti, were technically even better than heifetz.
@sneddley13 жыл бұрын
@kcherrytree1 You are welcome! My first impressions of certain recordings have stayed with me also.
@themetalgod2112 жыл бұрын
i don't know ,for me milstein was the man!!!He played like a mother into his 80's.
@longeyeballs85734 жыл бұрын
I agree! Milstein all the way!
@pauliethemushroomman5 жыл бұрын
I can understand Dominant A, D, G, but Dominant E?!!
@dannyboy22673 жыл бұрын
Were you possibly responding to someone?
@pphedup2 жыл бұрын
Can't hear him talk, & no CC's. Too bad.
@sneddley9 ай бұрын
I’m sorry about that. The original video tape didn’t have cc as far as I can recall and I didn’t think about that.
@WTHFX11 жыл бұрын
He was sitting.
@kingofcobwebs12 жыл бұрын
Did . . . did he just say Heifetz played "I Dream of Genie"?
@tobiolopainto4 жыл бұрын
Jeannie Not Genie!
@nancyswindler74143 жыл бұрын
'Us mortals' You're not mortal, though.
@망히-z9z4 жыл бұрын
After hearing Heifetz others sounds boring and dull. "In every violinists ear there is Heifetz" - Issac Stern
@망히-z9z4 жыл бұрын
@Violin Accordion I listened some of his playing and it's incredible. Thank you.
@망히-z9z4 жыл бұрын
@Violin Accordion Thank you for introducing him. Such a talent and integrity and musicianship.
@raoultak4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Perlman doesn't realize that he has better taste and musicality than Heifetz himself.
@jerryshapiro3402 Жыл бұрын
Yes , he and Issac Stern really impress me on how to play the violin musically.
@raphaelb86715 жыл бұрын
Très belle voix de basse assez peu en accord avec l'instrument ... paradoxe
@junlinyi489211 жыл бұрын
Perlman is not like this. He either has a reason, or you are not telling the truth.
@andrewpeck507011 жыл бұрын
maybe that's cause he is holding his crutches
@L3R0YJ3NK1NZZZ11 жыл бұрын
I sense a bias against violinists not from Europe?
@lukashf84407 жыл бұрын
heifetz was from Lithuania
@SpaghettiToaster6 жыл бұрын
which is in Europe
@PreservationEnthusiast5 жыл бұрын
@@SpaghettiToaster I prefer Lindsey Stirling from the US. She composes and dances too.
@MrLandale11 жыл бұрын
Heifetz played like a machine, his violin playing has never appealed to me. I find much more feelings in Itzhak Perlman's interpretations and I really like his phrasing and timbre.
@yvettekraft23717 жыл бұрын
The Rheumatic Musician If you can't find the amazing phrasing in Heifetz's interpretations, perhaps you should look harder.
@OttoKuus5 жыл бұрын
open your ears
@gabrielyu8812 жыл бұрын
maybe, maybe not.
@farber27 жыл бұрын
fucking hack, just kidding, saw him in Kalamazoo mi, 1996, quite amazing.
@JerryDverne11 жыл бұрын
@TheSwean why does itzhak perlman have to endure listening to another person playing the piece, and he was probably sick of listening to it, i mean he has already played a million times (i stopped playing violin myself because i was sick of playing the same piece over and over). so give itzhak a break,
@yvettekraft23717 жыл бұрын
dan peter I'm sorry that you quit over something that can be so easily mended. Try rephrasing every section of the piece and trying different techniques on all the passages. I know practicing can really feel like a drag many times but breathing new life into a piece is one of the most fun things to do! The reason he listens to others playing the same pieces is, well, to see their interpretations, to pick and choose what he likes and might implement for himself, or simply be a spectator to what the player chooses to do with the concert.
@OttoKuus5 жыл бұрын
you clearly know nothing about it.
@violatione5 жыл бұрын
Heifetz was phenomenal. But Perlman is the better player.
@hsuhorn5 жыл бұрын
violatione nuh uh
@jerryshapiro34023 жыл бұрын
No
@frankie6954 Жыл бұрын
Why do you state that Perlman is the better player?
@Jimwiz4810 жыл бұрын
Heifitz was a gentleman? In those now famous masterclass videos he is so discourteous to a prospective student who auditions for him and parodies his playing. Somewhere in the world was a person who was ready to jump off a bridge the way Heifitz made fun of him. This was totally unnecessary, especially for such a great player as he was. Give me Milstein or Kayler or Szeryng as great players who knew how to be gentlemen and still perform at the highest levels ever heard.
@Jimwiz4810 жыл бұрын
Rich Smit I'm sorry, but when I was growing up being a gentleman outside of someone of noble birth, the meaning also had a much accepted standard definition - "a man who treats other people in a proper and polite way". He wasn't being direct, he was just unkind. I don't know where you get the idea of ' he speaks with are in control of their emotions' is somehow an attribute of a gentleman. You have your idea and I have mine; so be it.
@jonathancaramin9 жыл бұрын
Actually, that famous video in which he claims to parody an audition was just a joke by him, he admitted that to one of his students later.