Ravel - Bolero (from violas)

[@zralokvemigraci]

When I was about 14 and knew nothing about inequality in the music world, I remember my friend violinist telling me that the guy she liked switched form violin to viola and left me in that blind admiration thinking that he got "that bigger and better violin" and how damn lucky he was.

[@dreamsd1103]

Well, to be fair, the double bass section shares the pain with us.

[@TigerFucker]

Thiiiis is the piece that has the most boring part Ever written for a bass You play a C and than a G And than a C and than another G On and on for pages Why does every other instrument Get something better to do? If it's not a melody At least there is enough variety To keep them awake Oh but than I thank my lucky stars When I think How much worse it would be To play the drum

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

@@TigerFucker Tuba:

[@BillAlpert]

Finally a piece where you can relax, enjoy and take it all in without worrying about torrents of notes. Bolero is brilliant.

[@ttsfish1372]

With damaged fingers 😭

[@bassbonebobf]

This is awesome beyond belief. The best part about being a bass trombone player is that I don't have to play anything in the piece at all until 11:34 in this video! Kudos to you, my alto-clef reading friends.

[@starmars2923]

Just sit back, relax, and imagine the room burning

[@shammaifishman833]

Such a funny idea. I must say, as a violist, I often enjoy playing the inner voice and listening to the melody around me.

[@elanorallmann]

You are very patient, I sometimes feel like I'm about to explode when I have to play the viola as I also play the violin in other orchestras. 😂😂😂

[@enriquesanchez2001]

Federico - i cannot help but love your face as you show us your emotions and confirm the joy of LIFE! ♥♥♥ Thank you for this video - your energy reminds me of the beautiful happiness of being young and alive. ♥♥♥

[@tuberjsb]

Yep. It's really hypnotic playing that part - to the point of hypnotizing yourself into a semi-alert state. Of course the music is hypnotizing to look at too so if you don't look around, watch the soloists, wink at, make eyes at, players, conductors, etc. you will go INTO A DEEP SLEEP so watch out.

[@MossyBallerina]

As a violist who played this with my college orchestra last year, I am both laughing and crying a little at this. I did genuinely enjoy it towards the end, once things pick up, but those first 7 and a half minutes (at least) are quite the bore...

[@hecerinc]

He looks like he's having a blast

[@Errr717]

This was certainly a different perspective. Loved the end when the two flashed thumbs up. 😀

[@melibodes]

Wish I could do so many other videos from this perspective!

[@lilmcchick4968]

At the end, he was going hardcore. I was scared he was gonna break a string lol

[@jacob9673]

inner anger is a wonderous thing.. and something violists have plenty of.

[@kally91wph]

ahahah! poor violas, you deserve more attention! :D

[@lindy7985]

Awesome, and it's super great to see and hear music from one instrument's point of view. I'll bet if Ravel had his favorite music notation of choice, then with some cut and paste he would have written all this in under an hour.

[@playingcabby]

you guys look so happy :) please record other orchestras !

[@classicalcat]

HAHA this is the best thing ever

[@kanjiguy106]

What's also the best thing ever are your covers. ;) -from a fellow violinist/violist

[@sillypig80]

I wub you

[@felipefreitas7014]

Just look who I found here! My favorite violist! xD

[@LucyGossip]

By about 9 minutes in he's getting passionately into that pizzicato.

[@TranAnhTUmkt]

Voilà, they say. it'll be fun, they say Ha ha, indeed, it was fun watching you guys. I always pay attentions to those with 'less important' (as it might appears so) in the orchestra though :) keep it up!

[@plainandjaded]

This made my day.

[@morganaboeschenstein7355]

This is awesome 💜 please make more videos like this!

[@timmyashe7067]

That voila player is a rock star! Good Work!

[@Katerina_zacharova]

Cha cha cha! That's so true....we have "very important" part in this piece! :D

[@rscottadams]

You did it wrong. :-) To save our backs the last time I played it, we did about half the piece with out instruments in guitar position.

[@josiesequins4962]

I haven't belly laughed like this in a long time. 11:40 onwards is gold medal intensity.

[@farhadpoupel]

That's a great video,I hear a part that usually can be heard with difficulty,good for learning orchestration,here can I find any video like this?thanks

[@JavierSalazarLoyola]

My bet is that he had a violist girlfriend who broke up with him and wrote this (and the Pavana's viola part) out of spite

[@Mr-Prasguerman]

Ravel era gay

[@JavierSalazarLoyola]

@@Mr-Prasguerman boyfriend, then 🤔

[@Mr-Prasguerman]

@@JavierSalazarLoyola acho que ele tocava o tarol

[@melibodes]

Thanks everyone for the comments!! Any suggestion for what I should record next?

[@marekklucka4407]

Well... If you play cello I'd like to see Pachelbel :D

[@martinaforni6281]

Grande Fede!!! io proverei col Te Deum di Charpentier..mai suonati tanti SOL in vita mia!!!le trombe pure..ma loro hanno anche il DO! :D

[@dorianwetzel4754]

Schwanensee

[@bronzenrule]

Federico Bresciani Let It Go... JK xD

[@kgskaug]

How about an example where the violas really do have a major piece of the action? A Brahms symphony for example? I wish there were many more "-cam" videos around, regardless of the instrument it is fun to be able to dive into a well known piece and close up on one voice like this.

[@theBOSSDDD]

Subtitle: "Yay, I'm having fuuuuuun."

[@Mezzotenor]

From the 19th century? Not quite... it was premiered in 1928. Still this was fun to watch, so thanks!

[@Scarppegios]

Violists never complain. Best day evah.

[@judyb7487]

I love minute 9 when you look like you want to toss that viola into the air, and your back is hurting and you haven't been able to play the 20 measures of the melody yet. It gets better at minute 11! Brave! I just played it this afternoon.

[@TenderRage]

You are adorable and remind me of my sister's ex husband who is also a Sardinian! Beautiful orchestra! Please give my extra bravi to the Eb clarinetist in particular (that's one of my instruments). I may show you to my middle school students.... hand position...relaxed and into the music! ;-)

[@gracefoster4861]

Beautiful! Sore fingers?

[@xsilentdream]

Those expressions XD

[@jorgerivas1424]

I'll stick with the cello. I loved playing in a symphony orchestra and once upon a time teaching a youth orchestra. It can be fun! This video was really cool!

[@mariodaniel6278]

Extraordinario

[@DanFlashes99]

I enjoyed this but I have to point out it was premiered in 1928, as in, the 20th century. ;)

[@Katerina_zacharova]

An I like this moment when Your bow suddenly magically dissapears:))) only violists could do that:)))

[@doctorfuse007]

I can't stop watching the hippie bass player at the back.

[@popitoto]

Well,you are highly in demand for chamber music,don't forget that!

[@lrm9298]

I honestly really enjoyed watching this 😂

[@zenzombie72]

I found this captivating.

[@robcat2075]

Great hair!

[@lilmatty33059]

the basses never get the principal theme either. but there aren't many pieces where we do.

[@c.syde65]

If I had to pick between the viola or the violin, I would pick the viola any day. But then I've always had a strange taste for underdogs.

[@MarkHatlestad]

8:36 Where did his bow go? It just disappeared...

[@alb.1911]

Un peccato che il telefono non sopporta la dinamica del pieno orchestrale... Complimenti!

[@ValerieClapham]

Brilliant!

[@NeomiNemeth]

@TwoSet Violin: Violist observed in its natural element 😄

[@julfeng]

I hope you get paid by the note.

[@elfagottist]

Were you just pretending to pluck at the beginning? I play bassoon and if we're getting covered up by trombones or something, we tend to just act like we're playing :P

[@artemiosandoval2032]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that does this. 😂

[@nimeshsingh4943]

Lol I do that with the melody lines as well but it's ok because the overachiever flute section makes up (I played first clarinet)

[@CTablairam]

Federico, bravissimo!!!!! :D

[@LuisSierra147]

Viola section during Ravel's Boléro: "Please, Kill Me... Kill Me NOW!"

[@OzgurNevres]

20th century. Great video, btw.

[@maxtremere]

This is madnessss!!! D:

[@StephenPBrownConductor]

Fabulous. And such passion. But there's one other part that is more monotonous than this one. Any guesses which instrument plays it?

[@kgskaug]

Double bass?

[@StephenPBrownConductor]

kgskaug Well, the basses do have a bit of variety and even some rests. Try again.

[@CalebFaith]

Stephen P Brown snare!

[@StephenPBrownConductor]

C.R.Faith Music Yup! That'll be it! 2 snare drummers, in fact, and I've played both parts. One plays the same 2 bars for 15 minutes, the other rests for 10 minutes and then joins in with the same rhythm! Powerful, meaty, exciting, thrilling, but easily boring if you get tired of it. The passion the viola players show in this video is exactly what is needed every time!

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

Tuba, double bass, snare drum..

[@gabimb9066]

Where is this guy nowadays? I think i’m in love with him.

[@gogobeastdude]

are all violists on a national watch list, probably wouldn't be a bad idea!

[@jee6351]

Answer: His bow would be on his lap during long pizzicato sections. Proof that Violists are rock stars. Funny how she moved the camera/smartphone to read the music and then he moves it back.

[@zralokvemigraci]

Awesome! You're great. We want to have you at home! You rock! We need to meet.

[@THyperon]

Handsome guy

[@melibodes]

:)

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

Ahaha Federico non ti conosco ma grazie per il video! Se ti puó interessare lo hanno condiviso sulla pagina facebook di Orchestration Online. Per favore metti altri video simili, sono divertenti e utili per compositori e orchestratori! Saluti da Seattle

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

Cute! He has time on his hands.

[@ViTO4DTR]

it is a piece of the 20th century :)

[@anaperla1570]

Wowwwww!!!! Aplausosssssss!!!

[@iubanne]

Bresciani.........sei un folle......

[@joyceoxfeld8396]

Takes any violist or second violinist to 'get' this one.

[@gennadiyaptekarev5999]

Чудесно !

[@prinstanadamusic]

i just dying laugh! loooolllll....!! u such a wacky guy! hahhahahahaa

[@patrickgomes2213]

I love this, and yes, I've made a viola jokes (who hasn't?) but these strumming bits are there for very important reasons. Without them, the music would be so lifeless. Ride of the Valkyries has an incredible tune, but without the strings doing their thing, it would be so bombastic and unmemorable. The same thing with Bolero, the music would be so dull and boring. A lot of classical music is like that. Without a foundation, everything falls apart. Okay, back to making viola jokes.

[@JayDragonarcProductions]

So, this is where Timothee Chalamet has been hiding away since Oscars season.

[@PaoloSalasan]

It's 20th century not 19th. Loved the video :)

[@soulystrings5483]

Ah violas... the things we put up with. Bet your finger is all calluses!

[@Sterkejon]

I like the part where he plays the viola

[@anabelwatson]

posso sposarti?

[@VaVn57]

Died laughing....been there many times :) NEXT UP: TROIKA FROM LT. KIJE

[@maijacalcagno]

846 violist + 1 violist mom (me) liked the video. :)

[@GreenDNK]

I like it=)

[@yulissa2925]

Wow

[@MartinHatchuel]

Forgive me, but you'd HAVE to find some way to amuse yourself while rehearsing probably the most pedestrian and boring piece in the entire canon. Good for these two for achieving that.

[@劉家齊-r9j]

Viola concerto?

[@IvanIvanov-vy8oj]

hahahaah i love the last mins ahhaa!

[@THyperon]

Now I want to see this with the Celesta player...

[@melibodes]

Babahah! How do you even know there is celesta in that piece??

[@THyperon]

@@melibodes lol I conducted Bolero with our pupil's orchestra when I was in music school many many moons ago... I'm playing organ (exam) and cello (just for fun). Greets from Munich, I like all your videos, very well played!

[@doctorfuse007]

THEY'RE NOT DOING THE THREE-SIXTEENTHS-TO-A-BOW-RICOCHET! They are playing it SEPARATE BOWS!!! The HORROR!!!

[@justfanofmyself]

ow yeah

[@queentantrumofficial]

Haha I enjoyed that :D

[@virtuosovich]

coool :D

[@florencelehoux]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂❤❣🎵🎶

[@JerlynJang]

The face😂😂😂😂

[@amandakippen9208]

The 7 stages of grief.

[@ThatoneguyShortz]

Imagine being a trombone and a viola in bolero

[@ThatoneguyShortz]

Definitely couldn't be me

[@ScrucyFam]

Ahahah, wonderful :D

[@HermannSchreiner]

Love it... haahahah!!!!

Except violas... and cellos. :'(

[@EstelNoquelle]

I'll never play that, coz I just die

[@ジミンテヒョン]

11:20

[@TienLe-so5mt]

I play the viola

[@LeRoiJojo]

God I HATE this piece.

[@bad_manbot]

and... nobody ever wondered why.

[@Pat_pianooo]

Hehehe! Good patience practice! =P