Sir András Schiff | exquisite humor

[@trevorguy63]

Lovely compilation. On another occasion at a concert at Wigmore Hall, he announced that he would be performing the Hammerklavier and said to the audience "I hope you don't mind" 😂 He then proceeded to say something along the lines of- when I was younger I could play the notes of the sonata but couldn't really understand it. Today, it is the other way around 😂

[@musikalischesopfer]

Thank you very much! Yes! It was from the recital dedicated to the memory of Bernard Haitink. In a future compilation I will certainly add it👍🏻

[@2009grifin1]

Maestro, The world is a much better place having been graced with your talent.

[@SandWolf_]

Oh these are absolutely precious! I love his musicality best but his humour is second to none. His remarks are often very witty and show his great wisdom. Thanks for this :)

[@musikalischesopfer]

You are very welcome, couldn’t agree more! :) Thank you for sharing precious videos of Maestro Schiff!

[@sheilanovitz8578]

Thank you! Am so glad someone has put all these wonderful moments together. There is another time in a masterclass with Anna Han, playing Schumann’s 1st sonata: He tells her at one stage, “Go crazy.” A few mad bars later, “When I say go crazy, yes, but don’t go crazy.”

[@musikalischesopfer]

You are absolutely right! Truly hilarious indeed!

[@hoyen315]

I was lucky enough to be in his recital in Beijing in October 2019. We were so excited and kept clapping and he did like 5 encores. In the end, his last encore was simple, short, and sweet - Silent Night 😂 what a treasure

[@musikalischesopfer]

What a wonderful concert it must have been!🎶

[@rustcohle1794]

Now that’s my kind of humor 😝

[@charleslyall5857]

Brilliant.

[@sirleviatandoom]

me siento afortunado en saber que Sir András Schiff es uno de los concertistas de piano mas grandes de la historia, pero es un triunfo pírrico ya que también me entristece profundamente que solo pocos lo sepan y puedan entender el por que de esta afirmación.

[@jakesmith3724]

This is outstanding

[@musikalischesopfer]

Thanks a lot🎶

[@jakesmith3724]

@@musikalischesopfer I am so looking forward to the next compilation!!! hahaha

[@enriquemontesdeoca1413]

Wonderful sense of humor! By the way, if you have the full interview with Arie Vardi about Hungarian Style I would beg you to upload it. You would indeed be the only person in the world who possesses it (it was deleted). Thank you for your channel! :)

[@musikalischesopfer]

Thank you for kind words! Unfortunately I just have this (funny) fragment, I really hope to see it back on YT too!

[@kropchik]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYKlimaApsuKqck

[@bohuscsaba6381]

On again: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2Lbd5x4p8iGn9k

[@Tokyolaser777]

Nice video! Hope his rendition of the Goldberg from Prom will be available again🤞🏻

[@musikalischesopfer]

www.bilibili.com/video/BV15X4y1N7DY?t=5.4 you can watch it here ✌🏻

[@Tokyolaser777]

@@musikalischesopfer no way how have you managed to find it??? thank you very much hope you have a very blessed day!!

[@musikalischesopfer]

@@Tokyolaser777 I got to thank @Sand Wolf for the link!

[@fiandrhi]

I wanted him to go on and explain what the hell that trill is in D. 960, because I've wondered all my life.

[@musikalischesopfer]

It really is one of the strangest moments in music literature! I personally came to two different conclusions, in the first one; Schubert simply embellished the cadence in the soprano (bflat going to f) with a “trilled” appoggiatura in the bass line, in a sort of “falso bordone” style. In the second one; he wanted to add a kind of humours element by imitating the top voice going down a major 2nd, compared to the lower voice going down a minor 2nd.. three and a half octaves below! creating this funny dialogue between these two voices so far a part😄🎶

[@fiandrhi]

@@musikalischesopfer very interesting you hear this as humorous. You may be right. I've always gone to the (maybe too obvious) explanation that the trill is intended as a portend of death. That is, the sudden disquieting thought that it will all soon be over interrupting a youthful, blithe, and optimistic melody.

[@musikalischesopfer]

@@fiandrhi oh yes, absolutely! It could be something coming directly from the netherworld, as such as a “memento mori”

[@fiandrhi]

@@musikalischesopfer as I'm sure you know, Schubert was very aware of his impending death when he wrote that sonata.

[@musikalischesopfer]

@@fiandrhi oh yes yes for sure he was.. nothing but the consciousness of death could have inspired the second movement of this sonata and, most certainly, the f sharp minor andante from the previous sonata

[@bartvanhoeck]

2:02 What the hell is that ? 😂

[@洋鸽哥]

One can say it must be some kind of mechanical failure..

[@bartvanhoeck]

@@洋鸽哥 您说得对😃

[@georgesotiriou7051]

He is talking about the trill.

[@SpontaneityJD]

0:54 😂❤

[@sarahdavis9770]

❤️

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

Are these all from Wigmore Hall? 😂

[@pietrorossi1291]

What happens at 2:18?

[@musikalischesopfer]

It was taken from a lecture-recital. Maestro is pointing out how ambiguous is this trill in Schubert last sonata. Here you can find the full concert at Wigmore Hall: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJq9pmt3ibmkmZo

[@pietrorossi1291]

Thank you!

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

​@@musikalischesopferit's so much funnier out of context. Looks like any other Wigmore Hall concert

[@HermanIngram]

Where was the humorous part?

[@gamingham9868]

Do you really need an explanation?

[@jakesmith3724]

Where is your sense of humour?