Tarantella Op. 23, Wiliam Henry Squire

[@miditron1478]

This was the last song I learned and performed before I was no longer able to play. I love listening to it even ten years later and remembering the mustle memory attributed to this song. Thank you for posting this so much.

[@isabellaxu9089]

Miditron this is so sweet! if you don’t mind me asking, why are you no longer able to play?

[@marinuki667]

You stopped playing? Why?

[@RachelXu]

Why don't you keep playing? Wish you pick it up soon.

[@elarbch1250]

Why you stopped?

[@garrettcarr8689]

Guys it's a ghost

[@etzsttf]

literally check this account every time i get a new piece (playing this for a concert, wish me luck.)

[@RachelXu]

Sure. Good luck, and you will play well. ❤🤞

[@MUSIC_TIYA]

I’m learning this piece. It’s beautiful.But when I started, I didn’t know how to start thank you so much for sharing this piece with us!!!😊

[@poissonedits]

I remember i played this on viola, it was quite hard so good for you!

[@RachelXu]

Good for you!🤭👍

[@alfswart8301]

Best piece I’ve heard yet Great pianist

[@niunaipaopao]

Cellist

[@ceciliasanchez8315]

Me encanta. La tengo que tocar y no sabia ni como empezar. Muchas gracias.😊

[@nicolesutton9389]

Great job! You did a great job playing! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@RachelXu]

Thank you so much for your encouragement.

[@livelikeapasta]

I like you and your cello 🙂

[@RachelXu]

Thank you! 😊 Are you also a cellist?

[@livelikeapasta]

Yes

[@RachelXu]

Excellent! 🤝@@livelikeapasta

[@livelikeapasta]

Love this bit: 1:31 Very creative! 😊

[@RachelXu]

thank you!

[@kevinl6231]

I really like this tempo. It sounds very melodic. Thanks😃❗️

[@RachelXu]

Thank you. Hope it helps. 🙏❤️

[@thegales6455]

Yes- the tempo and expression are great. Many performances are very fast and feel a bit frantic.

[@Asperibra.]

@@thegales6455That is the point of a tarantella. It is a fast dance where the usually band in Italian folklore matches a frantic and spasmatic tempo of a victim of a bite of a poisonous spider.

[@lunareliclips10]

playing this for school string ensemble audition :0

[@RachelXu]

Excellent! 🤞

[@lunareliclips10]

@@RachelXu Late update: I got lead cellist!!! :D

[@RachelXu]

What a great news! Congratulations!@@lunareliclips10

[@lisagao4039]

Beautiful!

[@titanwudi]

Nice job, I am learning the op. 33 version by popper

[@RachelXu]

Nice!👍

[@Asperibra.]

Different piece not version either way very impressive

[@gracies7316]

Very pretty piece! I love the way you play it! ❤😊

[@RachelXu]

Thank you so very much! 😊❤

[@jingjingzhao5116]

❤ 2:03

[@cryovizard9461]

She still has her spunk. Rock on!

[@Rogerroyo]

Wow❤

[@KilluaDraws]

This sounds so good! I’m currently learning how to play this song. It’s pretty hard!

[@RachelXu]

Excellent！Looking forward to watching your video. ☺❤

[@nikkitatsung5906]

Agreed.

[@nikkitatsung5906]

(To both parts)

[@krishsu1049]

Wonderful!

[@melissaomalia9870]

this sounds way faster than my teacher played it, but beautiful all the same!

[@RachelXu]

Tarantella is always in fast tempo. Glad you liked. Thank you!😄🙏

[@Asperibra.]

Its really a quite slow recording. A proper tempo would be around 3:30 such as nana ou young

[@LG-te4vh]

I have to play this now.... on the double bass.... It's hard, really, really hard. (But I still love it) Thanks for this video, now I know how it should sound.

[@RachelXu]

Yeah, I think it should be even harder on bass. Try your best. You'll get it. Good luck.

[@KimHana-xp6oe]

What speed is it?? Its sounds so good

[@lietufaka]

I have to play this and I don’t think I will Lear it by the end of the year but I like it very much

[@RachelXu]

You can do it! Trust yourself. "by the end of the year", you have plenty of time. Should be no problem. Ask your teacher for extra help when needed.

[@scruffysean3640]

I thought I recognized that pianist! She plays a pretty mean cello, too. Hi Carol, it's Sean, from Saratoga Symphony. :-)

[@RachelXu]

Wow! What a small world. Hi! Sean, good to see you. I'll let Carol know you said hi to her.

[@scruffysean3640]

@@RachelXu Thank you, Rachel, and thank you also for your wonderful playing of the Tarantella. It inspired me to dust off this nugget from my music library and run it myself. :-)

[@RachelXu]

@@scruffysean3640 Sweet! Are you also play the cello? Where do you often play recently

[@scruffysean3640]

@@RachelXu Yes, I play cello. Currently I'm playing with the South Valley Symphony in Gilroy and the Prometheus Symphony Orchestra in Oakland. And I try to play chamber music whenever I have the opportunity (which, sadly, isn't much).

[@RachelXu]

@@scruffysean3640 great! Good for you! Keep in touch.

[@magnocello2019]

Muito bom 👏👏👏👏👏

[@helloitsme4376]

Good job

[@caaron8111]

I am practicing this song for a concert, but do you have any tips?

[@katanime215]

Dont cough or get coughed on

[@mo_7199]

if you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly

[@d0rk906]

I remember playing this at my old primary school 😅

[@Sina-xj7yr]

Which fingering do you use on the first run up to the A harmonic?

[@RachelXu]

Do you mean the first chord on mm 71? My fingering is 1,1,3. Thanks.

[@권수고-b8i]

BROVO🎉

[@artur.nb1]

Bravooo!!!

[@noggin8959]

What cello are you using? Love the sound of it...

[@RachelXu]

I don’t know. I don’t care what brand but I do care the sound.😃

[@emilyhong804]

1:40 my practice spot! ;)

[@RachelXu]

Are you sure it's 1:40?

[@ShanBanMan]

Lol ive been trying to learn this song for a month im on measure 4. Edit: Now on measure 16

[@RachelXu]

Great！Good for you. Go!👍

[@ShanBanMan]

@@RachelXu Thank you! Im 12 years old so its difficult.

[@ShanBanMan]

Also im a cello player

[@RachelXu]

@@ShanBanMan Nice!

[@RachelXu]

@@ShanBanMan It is! Need more practice. 😅😂

[@karsulf9565]

Wow

[@ovencake523]

0:09

[@安卢]

To be honest, I have heard better but great job… 😅

[@RachelXu]

☺Thank you!🙏 Do you play the cello?

[@Borghe2]

i am better than you plrrrr

[@RachelXu]

That's good. Please share your playing. 🤞

[@Borghe2]

@@RachelXu ahahah, I was listening to your performance with a friend of mine because I was used to play this ehen I was younger. Now I'm not playing cello anymore. I think this comme ti is some kind of joke he made me, sorry him for his joke! P. S. U so good!

[@RachelXu]

@@Borghe2 Thank you for your kind words. I understand young people. Sometimes they don’t really mean what they say. Relax, it doesn’t matter. I like to joke too.🤭🤗

[@ed_luca_8825]

666

[@nashmono7086]

Why tho. There was litterly no reason for you to do that. Youer probably 14 and have nothing better to do

[@liwei3891]

@@nashmono7086 it’s a network phrase used to express the admiration of skill

[@matthewstoner8233]

1:10

[@matthewstoner8233]

2:16