PRESENCE Vasks

[@hlim431]

Best living composer yes absolutely agree... the beauty of the Andante Cantabile is simply remarkable, causing me to sob quietly at 4am. This insanely difficult concerto deserves to become a standard up there with Dvorak & Shostakovich. OMG what else is in the mind of Peteris Vasks, genius extraordinaire... I've played the Andante Cantabile 100 times and it still hasn't worn off yet

[@bob90th]

The kind of video where you watch until the end and then go to the beginning and watch it again, and then maybe again. Beautiful piece, stunning performance.

[@RichardT9]

It's not inaccurate to say that I love the presence and musicality of Sol Gabetta! Her every glance and movement are furtherance of the piece! After watching so many of her You Tube performances, I realize that I have suppressed my OWN breathing until she opens her eyes and takes a deep breath at the end of the performance! Bless this unique gift to the world!

[@christinewatters7859]

Oh mercy me; how bone-chillingly beautiful! Dirk Hoeketra-me too!

[@marie-armelle458]

elle est vraiment une musicienne extraordinaire .cette pièce porte bien son nom .quelle Présence.la fi est émouvante et sublime

[@gustavoantonioalvaradoavel7277]

Peteris Vasks. Genio musical.

[@bertrandjacques6744]

Amazing performance by Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta for whom Peteris Vasks wrote this concerto.... Regards from France

[@stephenhall3515]

Gabetta is noted as a soloist who is most at ease playing alongside with other soloist standard musicians so Vasks was on a high risk project when he composed this phenomenal concerto for such a reticent artist. The soloist is even more exposed at the beginning and end than Elgar risked with Harrison and the percussive bars on open strings must be tortuous, then we see the sun side of Sol when the (albeit spare) orchestra joins in. As if that wasn't enough Vasks asked her to sing a part of a Latvian folk tune as well but I guess that he and the great 'cellist agreed that it naturally flowed from the flow of the music. What is curious is that the tune could pass for an Iberian one. Standing away from the unique performance we have here with the composer seeming like a grandfather, does this second concerto stand up as music likely to enter the repertoire? I think YES because it is just so musical to anyone with ears despite some of the dissonance Vasks looks back to here from his earlier years. In this century we should be used to dissonance -- just as Vivaldi expected his audiences to be (especially in the 'cello concerti). Vasks also makes the work seem more like concerto grosso in parts unlike his 1st 'cello concerto. No 2 is harder work all round but more 'of humans' in nature than a lot of his pieces which are more removed from human beings all sharing a time and place together. It is packed with human physicality and frailty within the context of the drum beats of time and the universe and I fancy that we hear those beats at the opening of this astonishing work.

[@buenasnuevas8769]

The presence of GOD Today for me is like, the succession of second, and increased fifths. Like perfect triads.

[@paulk8072]

This is what a modern masterpiece sounds like.

[@SilenceofSilence]

About Pēteris Vasks: www.lmic.lv/en/composers/peteris-vasks-293#work

[@martinwerner1330]

Truth and beauty in cello playing! One of the greatest cellists ever, one of the greatest cellos ever. I'll be silent now...

[@paulk8072]

and what a composition!?

[@gustavoantonioalvaradoavel7277]

El sueño de Euterpe hecho carne y espíritu. Belleza, gracia y talento. Extraordinaria. Gracias Sol.

[@baibaandersson9454]

Great personality Sol Gabetta. Great cellist. Thank God so much for this video. For this passion and timing is everything. Super talented and togetherness.

[@cellosong]

This cellist and composer created something very special indeed. I started listening and was absorbed in attention through the entire experience. The performance was magnificent. The composition gives me hope for the future of classical music. It is sublime. Please keep writing for cello!

[@benmeitzen4184]

How is this not more famous! It's so dramatic, melodic, and emotional.

[@wwinkelmans]

THAT IS THE ONE MILLION QUESTION! It is partly because most of the human beings are awfully conservative; they aren't prepared and/or don't have the courage, the energy or will to open their mind toward new paths in life, and of course also partly because the leading forces in our societies mostly just follow these so-called majorities! It is however a majority of the quantity not of the quality in and for life!!! + The idea that "culture" is for the happy few is widespread ... who''s fault is that!? Culture and Arts at school ...!? Who is finding this most important? Don't blame the "artists" for that!

[@jbhann]

@@wwinkelmans….tell me you’re a jew without telling me you’re a jew.

[@SpudWil]

Hell's teeth, what a huge piece, played with blistering intensity by Sol Gabetta. With the camera fixed almost wholly on her, you can get a real sense of the physicality of the playing, a sort of struggle perfectly apt for the long narrative of the music. Heard it yesterday for the first time and was completely bowled over, thank you BBC Radio 3!

[@richardgarrett2792]

The balding bearded man she pulls into the front during the ovation is Varks I believe. We can only hope for more such works. The vocal bit was quite surprising, even knowing it was coming.

[@christianantonio9505]

Jakie was criticized for her intense physicality. Du Pre

[@richardgarrett2792]

@@christianantonio9505 some people are too picky.

[@christianantonio9505]

They say Barenbaum was evil cuz he left Jackie's side after her early diagnosis of MS. Idk what to think anymore

[@christianantonio9505]

@@richardgarrett2792 hey thanks for the comment. It gets lonely on the Internet

[@user-ju1ei2br1r]

Шедевральное произведение! Любимый композитор! Великолепное исполнение!

[@davidp.4177]

There are some passages, mostly the slow lyrical ones that remind Barber's Adagio for strings. So beautiful. Sol is phenomenal.

[@fiscaldepegadinha4575]

0:40 I Adagio (Cadenza I) 4:58 Andante cantabile 10:34 II Allegro marcato 24:14 III Adagio

[@railwayhouseshopkalkbay9414]

Thanks so much for posting Great moments, sound breaking....lovely combination, Vasks Gabetta

[@vectoranderson3641]

I love this conducter he almost conduct all the pieces of vasks

[@AndreasBossi]

Questa registrazione Live è meravigliosa. Grande l'orchestra Sinfonietta di Riga e il direttore Normunds Sne ma è sbalorditiva Sol Gabetta con un interpretazione densa di intensità, trasporto, tecnica e così intima da sembrare scaturire dal suo più profondo. Grandissima interprete.

[@matjazmazi8405]

Sol - la bella furiosa ... ;-)

[@baibaandersson9454]

She is just super quality and intensity. She Is just very professional and all together music. Very god pasion and construction. Rigä SINFONIETTA play super sensitive and intensity. Beautiful. Very high level condacter Märis Šnē. Bravissimo Rīga Latvian chamber orchestra.

[@chiefkev]

Exquisite! What artistry! Blessed to have found this!

[@WoodymC]

Three minutes of applause EXTREMELY well earned -- both by the artists AND the composer.

[@estelafilmaker]

Thanks a lot for sharing this video!!!!

[@dirkhoekstra727]

First time I am hearing this music. In fact Peteris Vask is very new to me. This piece is just absolutely amazing! And she plays it with incredible sensitivity and feeling. And I was like "WTF" when she started singing!!!

[@doommilanese73]

Dirk Hoekstra sol gabetta

[@raymondtogtman1047]

You were like?

[@davehshs651]

@@raymondtogtman1047 All-purpose expression for lazy English speakers.

[@raymondtogtman1047]

Sol Gabetta sings the same mournful melody at the end of Vasks' piece named Klatbutne.

[@maryvallettakeith6146]

@@raymondtogtman1047 Klatbutne means 'Presence' in Latvian. It is the same piece.

[@joseantoniofranciscoruiz4563]

Excelente Obra!!! orquesta y dirección muy buenas. Y vos Sol, sos maravillosa lográs los que pocos pueden; que es traspasar la pantalla. Tu interpretación va mucho mas que lo técnico llegás al espíritu del oyente. Gracias mil gracias!!! Un abrazo Argento.

[@matjazmazi8405]

I'm crying ... Thnx.

[@raymondtogtman1047]

Great composer, great performer

[@paulk8072]

The album notes say something else but to me the first movement sounds like ancient Latvia, second movement the two world wars and the final movement the occupation with the vocal part symbolising the "singing revolution" and subsequent independence.

[@zaroffhound]

Flight of the Anxious Bow Makers...

[@plumjam]

This is tremendous.

[@baibaandersson9454]

Bravo bravissimo Maestro Normunds Šnē. So sensitive and intensity and just like paintig a big pictures. Super profesional.

[@hmr638]

What a wonderful performance of a very powerful composition. I am in awe.

[@user-os7wp2ov2b]

БЕСПОДОБНО!!!

[@johncary289]

I started listening because I admire the cellist, but concerned that I would find this contemporary composition uninteresting. Quite to the contrary, I was drawn in right away and am now on my second round. Clearly challenging, it is played masterfully and lovingly with great emotion. Surely unusual, but refreshing and wonderful from beginning to end.

[@ulrike-klaus453]

Einfach toll dass diese Leistung der Solistin das Ohr für zeitgenössische Musik geöffnet hat. Viel Glück und Freude bei den weiteren Überraschungen.

[@jespermaintz8993]

Holy shit, I have listened to the CD almost daily for two years - I had no clue, there was a live-recording right here. What a treat - best living composer, and Sol Gabetta is truly a master of her craft, and an impressive force.

[@jingfuan3784]

Same with me. Seeing is better than listening😀

[@hlim431]

Best living composer yes absolutely agree... the Andante Cantabile is simply remarkable, causing to sob quietly at 4am. This concerto deserves to become a standard up there with Dvorak

[@DEGUERRICO1959]

Que hermosura. Gracias por la composicion y la interpretaciòn. Evidentemente no esta todo hecho y nos sorprenden este tipo de expresiones. Sol Gabeta, una genia total!. Cada vez la valoro mas. Gracias. saludos de argentina.

[@jorgekratsman3576]

Maravillosa Sol Gabetta! Que obra bella y profunda!!

[@winctrl4295]

Concerto No. 2 for Cello and String Orchestra. "Klatbutne / Presence" Perfecto!!!

[@jocelynemiloradovic2767]

Wahou ! Quelle oeuvre ! Et quelle interprétation !!! Magnifique !!!

[@lightthrutrees]

I am in New York and we are celebrating the New Year 2021 very queitly, myself and one friend. We recently came upon your work, and we were watching this piece at the stroke of midnight as one of the solos were being performed. Waht a wonderful way to welcome a new year. Thank you.

[@Paul49Giloi]

Extraordinarily beautiful. Sol Gabetta is amazing. And what musical genius resides in the mind of Peteris Vasks.

[@benjamincuevaseninde]

-- Une pure merveille. --

[@luacatala3325]

que maravilla! Sol es un sol y la obra el cielo.

[@javiervivanco919]

Powerfull work!

[@felixbargfeld6854]

[@normanliew]

Thank you for posting this video. I have been searching for it. 24:13

[@danilo7784]

Hermosísimo , yo lo descubrí gracias a usted, la sigo admirando.

[@sedatakkas8427]

Amazing....

[@Ferenz111]

devine music Divine sound divine performance

[@philbates7975]

This is the most remarkable, exciting, and beautiful pieces of music I have heard in a LONG time. Absolutely wonderful performances and composition.

[@vive564]

Sol Gabetta joue si bien que chaque fois que je l'entends je me demande si ce n'est pas en rêve ! :)

[@elisabethraphael6902]

une fabuleuse découverte !

[@SuzanneNessim]

superbt I am crying of happiness

[@christianbrodiez5287]

Oeuvre bouleversante interprétée par une violoncelliste géniale superbement accompagnée

[@erikgardetemps9708]

"Bouleversante" voilà le mot que je ne trouvais pas lors que j'étais tellement bouleversé🤤

[@abqcleve]

And she accompanies herself SINGING, after playing challenging music for 1/2 hour!! Amazing!! But, I guess this sort of aces out Zuill Bailey playing it???

[@Xaviere1000]

The opening is exquisite

[@reilf]

Magistral !

[@coma1470]

Bravooooo~!!!

[@Camerateralea]

Comme la Vie est belle...

[@sedatakkas8427]

Magnificent!

[@claudiavetranofonseca4398]

Hermosa obra

[@davehshs651]

The wonderful cellist is Sol Gabetta. (Who is the conductor, and what orchestra is this?)

[@jephgalland7324]

Normunds Sne, he is Latvian like Peteris Vasks :)

[@jephgalland7324]

Orchestra is the Riga Sinfonietta, Latvian as well.

[@sedatakkas8427]

What a beautiful...

[@richardwebster6528]

Wow!

[@algo3766]

Envoûtant !

[@luisagoi3708]

Meravigliosa musica

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Pocos instrumentistas del elevado nivel de Sol , que tengan un repertorio de obras tan extenso como el que ella posee, lo que indica que además de todas sus virtudes es un estudiosa permanente

[@MeghdadShahhosseinimusic]

Very beautiful and excellent

[@robindale9352]

Peteris, how did you write this without fainting, Sol, how did you play it? It brings me to my knees.....

[@conradandersen5152]

*so* berührend!! :'( :-)

[@voxluminosa-ensemblevocal2887]

Sublime ! A great composer from Lettonia like Arvo Pärt. A breath taking interpretation.

[@paulk8072]

Vasks is Latvian and Part is Estonian - but Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania are like brothers, we share similar history. You can hear it in the music.

[@claudiodevoto]

Vasks and Part what a great contemporary Baltic composers...!

[@terramarsean6672]

Conductor: Normunds Sne Ensemble: Sinfonietta Riga??

[@robindale9352]

Can anyone tell me who the performers are. They are all brilliant.

[@buenasnuevas8769]

when GOD says to us: I love you, in a thousand and one ways. On every scale, string, or sound, you softly push yourself passionately. The inexplicable sound of his presence.

[@willemvoorneveld9214]

Gods do not exist. This piece is proof of the fact that we do not need any God to get impressed with humans as they/we are.

[@rubensmatuck6955]

Muito bom excelente compositr e interprete

[@roman.strazanec]

0:44 I. Cadenza - Andante cantabile 10:34 II. Allegro moderato 24:13 III. Adagio

[@user-lg3tg9ig9k]

いいですね　美しい

[@smilecome1]

好听，我要把这个曲子带给中国的观众 ：）

[@baibaandersson9454]

Who is condacter? Witch orchestra?

[@jespermaintz8993]

After 2 years of listening passionately to this Latvian Composer, I finally went ahead and created a Facebook page, just to get the 'knowledge' out there. Check it out here. facebook.com/groups/1187430318395835

[@hlim431]

Thank you for doing this...

[@aarmancc]

If I could make a thousand "likes". I want to "like" every time I listen to this, but only one "like" is possible.

[@malcolmhaynes2886]

Wonderful

[@christianantonio9505]

I'm a male cellist. We're jealous of Sol and Rosanna Butterfield and Jacqueline Du Pre - they get to wear 👗!!!

[@mauriciosuchecki1113]

genia

[@aarmancc]

Tas gandrīz ir neiespējami

[@raymondtogtman1047]

I wonder if Sol Gabetta is Latvian.

[@yowzephyr]

She is Argentinian with French and Russian ancestry. Perhaps she was Latvian in a previous life.

[@yowzephyr]

0:46 is a good place to start....."Presence" is Vasks' cello concerto #2. He composed it for Sol Gabetta...At 36:14 Sol begins singing....At 39:01 Vasks appears on stage.

[@user-fz5li2tf1s]

Ульяна Андреевна

[@vvvladut]

0:33

[@sellogu]

7:08 7:50

[@ariamelaveliz2262]

הקצב

[@wacawabramowicz4066]

Gabetta niezrównana a reszta......

[@erikgardetemps9708]

Pas normale... tout le monde attend la première note et Sol se met toute tranquille à tuer les mouches 0:40