Vladimir Horowitz performance (excerpts) and President Reagan's remarks on October 5, 1986

[@rmiddlehouse]

“What should we do once the piano guy starts playing?” “I don’t know.. turn the sound off?”

[@stefanufer608]

“Honey, I told you to do it only if I didn’t get any applause!” - brilliant

[@handavid6421]

proves the verbal skills that made him president

[@rudolfgolez3241]

The Great Communicator

[@stefanufer608]

@@rudolfgolez3241 None better since

[@rudolfgolez3241]

@@stefanufer608 when asked how he got his communication skills, he said in reply, that he's not the great communicator, it's that he communicated great things. A most self-effacing President

[@stefanufer608]

@@rudolfgolez3241 Oh yes, he could laugh at himself - I think that’s why he was popular here in England

[@papagen00]

0:54 Schumann: Träumerei 3:27 Moszkowski/Horowitz: Étincelles 7:19 Reagan's speech 9:33 Nancy's chair accident

[@HermanIngram]

Wanda, “She (Nancy) brought down the house.”

[@jonescrusher1]

I like the way he shakes his own wife's hand after the performance.

[@USER-jo7yz]

Jewish to the bone!

[@DJStefandeJong]

The joy on Horowitz face after completing performaning the second piece in this compilation is just wonderful to see, he was a very genuine man, a thing you can continue to see in the rest of the video.

[@user-xxxxxn]

at then it was all about artistry nowadays it is about ego and show and fake

[@DJStefandeJong]

Would not say it is all about fake but the way conservatories work now versus then is very different and accounts for the lackluster, uninspired interpretations that focus on showmanship rather than tone. In a nutshell: I've been to conservatories and masterclasses and seen how they work, for instance a young pianist was playing through Vallee d'Obermann and he was doing a good job with his interpretation, it sounded nice and fluid. The teacher did not agree and started hammering on his interpretation and made him follow the teachers interpretation fully which sounded stiff and uninspired just notes, no feeling. All the while teaching the kid all these silly things like gyrating, looking up to the heavens and all that stuff. This was the point I decided conservatory wasn't for me. Maybe I will never get to the technical level of their playing due to that but at least I enjoy my playing which I would not had I applied.

[@user-xxxxxn]

@@DJStefandeJong you can't learn the technicall level on the conservatory or by a teacher. you have to teach it yourself by practising, studying, practising 5 hours a day. that's the only way. and conservatory nowadays. is just a sick institute.

[@DJStefandeJong]

@@user-xxxxxnwell a good teacher most certainly helps you remove impediments but yes through self study I'm now able to play a lot of pieces from sheet. To play them perfectly I would need to study like you say but I enjoy just playing through them well enough so I'm gucci on that but if I'd want to perform them I'd have to take it up more seriously indeed

[@dysonsphere2394]

I appreciate how this frames President Reagan's reaction to Nancy falling. You can see him mutter "what" as he loses his composure, and quietly exclaim "no!" when he realizes what might happened. Major respect to the woman in the red dress closest to him (who I assume to be Wanda Horowitz). She stands and to Reagan and I believe she says "You have to stop", which I assume to restrain a kneejerk reaction to help his wife, since the secret service has everything under control. And once she's back up, she says "You see, they help her". Having the guts to stand up to the President and reassure him like that and treat him like you would treat anybody else in that situation is respectable, especially when done in front of a crowd and cameras with limited English. Plus, you don't often see politicians, let alone Presidents, caught completely off guard and witness their genuine reactions to something they couldn't have foreseen (Bush's reaction to 9/11 in that classroom. comes to mind). Quite the long comment over something so minor, but it's exactly minor things like that I love geeking out over.

[@markahmadieh7003]

I guess this is the equivalent to Trump pardoning Lil Wayne.. how we've fallen.

[@martinstremlow2997]

Agreed 100 %

[@jlizamavera]

I love this video. I till remember when I watched in 1986 and such great sense of humor of Nancy and Ronald Reagan. Greetings from Chile.

[@ruthhellkamp926]

Notice....he plays very softly....today's musicians think they have blast out our ears to be considered "great"..when actually an audience can be moved more deeply with a soft performance........this is hard to learn......bu it works.

[@ldece295]

I have a feeling because it's a relatively recent recording and of "better" quality we hear it in a different way we're used to. In most of his recordings when he plays loudly the mic can't keep up and it's just noise so it gives off a very different feeling

[@codaalive5076]

They couldn't find sound technician that would choke the sound more than this one. Otherwise great playing from Mr. Horowitz, as always.

[@andreaguarino8207]

Stupid words. Let the music speak

[@andream.464]

“She brought down the house for the third time” 😂😂😂 Wanda Toscanini-Horowitz could be funny for sure!

[@tony84.]

9:32, scary moment there, but President Reagan again hit it out the ballpark.

[@manassrivastava1048]

What happened there?

[@tony84.]

@@manassrivastava1048 Nancy Reagan fell off her chair, off the platform, and onto the floor. She was okay thank goodness, and lucky she wasn't seriously hurt.

[@manassrivastava1048]

@@tony84. ohh!! Thanks for sharing

[@rebsreb2803]

Горовиц , вы всегда будете сиять над вселенной !

[@cynthiagonzalez658]

Meh. Audio is bad. Sounds like a tin can. Doesn't do justice to artist.

[@tobiasgotting2402]

What a president ! Even if I didn't like him during his presidency, Ronald Reagan was undoubtfully able to say the right words at the right moment. Respectful, cheerful and always with this great sense of humour. I don't dare to imagine what the actual presidents remarks on a renowned pianist coming to the White House would be like.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Ruined America. All industry started to be sent to foreign countries

[@bigjoetube]

Wanda Toscaninni has the personality of her father

[@maruohamamaru6839]

ありえね〜🤣 1986年のホロヴィッツ氏はソ連に行き、ヨーロッパにも行き、日本でリベンジも果たし、凄い年だったね。 カーター大統領の時も当時テレビで視聴した時はぶったまげた思い出があります。 ショパンのソナタを弾く映像なんて滅多に視られるものじゃない。 今はそんな風には視えないが、当時はホロヴィッツ氏の左手の動きが大きく弧を描いて腕が見えなくなるくらいに視えた記憶が残ってますね。 凄いピアニストだよ。

[@andream.464]

Wow there was a time when republican presidents could appreciate art and speak decently!

[@HermanIngram]

Obama was a lousy speaker.

[@xzzx4664]

no wonder most artists today are left leaning. There is no diversity(of though), in America, in what regards to the arts.

[@pablobear4241]

@@HermanIngram I hate obama, but to say he wasn’t a good orator is a really bad take.

[@HermanIngram]

@@pablobear4241 Anyone can read off a teleprompter into a microphone. A real orator speaks well off the cuff.

[@musical_lolu4811]

Politics has nothing to do with it. Different times, different peoples.

[@gunce57]

I love youtube, and all treasures like this one that it entails. Granted, the camera is sometimes out of focus, people even fall off the stage, and it all feels a bit improvised. But that is what makes these types of videos so precious. They are informal, and show real and unedited records of real events and unique meetings. Records of times that have passed. And records of ordinary and special days in the life of grand historic figures. I choose records such as these over dry and professional recordings any day of the week. Videos like these shows records of real LIFE!

[@davidsalazar2466]

6:45 how Wanda shakes her husbands hand as if she just met him lol these two are too precious.

[@juliotancredi7468]

They should have provided arm chairs for the three people.

[@mark-j-adderley]

Can anyone imagine the present Dear Leader of the so-called “Free World”, inviting someone, anyone, of this stature to the White House, hmm ? Kim Kardashian, are you kidding me ?

[@suzyflorida1193]

We have a cretin as our president. He doesn't even read a book every now and then.

[@jv-ep2tc]

Ms Kardashian paid a visit to the white house for a very important purpose. perhaps you could become better informed on the matter before you insult her again.

[@mark-j-adderley]

j v I wasn’t insulting Ms Kardashian, my dear, I was insulting the oaf.

[@weavethehawk]

Or understanding to what he was witnessing.

[@musical_lolu4811]

@@mark-j-adderley yeah, any excuse to insult Trump. Typical derangement behavior. You still think there's anyone of Horowitz's stature left in the increasingly immature USA to invite?

[@n.e.s5864]

07:24 What great humor. 09:34 And what an almost great tragedy. And 10:21 great humor again.

[@gijsschubert7901]

At 6:45, Vladimir's wife Wanda Toscanini is shaking his hand as if they met for the first time 😂😅

[@manoranjanjena632]

I love you Muna

[@rosemariemann1719]

The second piece here is the charming" Etincelles, Opus 36, number 6", by Moskovski. 🎹🇬🇧🌹☺️🎹💕🌹🇬🇧🎹

[@mikern2001]

Both pieces were some of his encore favorites.

[@codyherd4764]

Wow what a musician such great talent. Feel bad for Nancy for falling off the stage.

[@mohammadmosaffa1608]

Reagan was an absolute aristocrat.

[@fabriziop8044]

Reagan a great president !

[@wwang6667]

赞美

[@ulysus]

CLASS !

[@xy-mw9nx]

How do you fall off a chair

[@peterbrenton410]

Looks like one of the legs was very close to the edge of the stage.,so she must've moved back a fraction to cause it to happen

[@AL-pu7ux]

What has happened to our society? Such a shame where we are in 2020.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Started YEARS ago.......Nixon through now

[@HermanIngram]

@@christopherczajasager9030 It started with Kennedy’s stolen election.

[@petermerelis]

I find it almost unbearable to watch for this reason

[@fryderykchopin1381]

What has he played?

[@fryderykchopin1381]

@@fellipegalacho1874 thank you very much!

[@fryderykchopin1381]

@@Louis-bl8di he is a Master in playing my pieces

[@davidmintzer3743]

Wow--classical musicians actually use to perform at the White House!

[@yoshi_drinks_tea]

David Mintzer Yeah, I don’t know why it changed.

[@davidmintzer3743]

@@yoshi_drinks_tea Phillistines.

[@HermanIngram]

It changed when Obama inhabited the White House. His hatred for European culture was palpable.

[@morralkan]

@@HermanIngram And which classical artists has dump brought in to perform there? reactionary much??

[@HermanIngram]

morralkan There was an opera singer at the RNC last Thursday.

[@jpmahoney56]

Where have these people of class gone? To there graves you may say, but, to us who knew them our memories and gratitude lives on. We were lucky and blessed.. Thank you President Reagan RIP

[@PK-re3lu]

Nice comment. I think there are many 'people of class' out there trying to share their genius with the world. We don't hear from them because the world is controlled by corporate mercenaries who know nothing of art :(

[@vaultboy1488]

9:33 first lady felt down

[@travelhawk7895]

I am not sure which is more brilliant, Horowitz piano playing or President Reagan’s remark afterward. Wow

[@HermanIngram]

Society has declined severely since then.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

Both!

[@stelun56]

A president with charm and wit, so unlike the more contemporary ones.

[@HermanIngram]

Yes. Obama was an idiot.

[@morralkan]

@@HermanIngram ... and dump is an oafish moron with absolutely no culture whatsoever. Who else but him would have a former stripper as First Lady?

[@christopherczajasager9030]

His only positive asset..charm..disarming.

[@HermanIngram]

@@morralkan Trump has more culture than Obama, Bush and Clinton did. Obama is a man of mediocre intelligence. Beyoncé and Jay Z are his cup of tea. Great music goes way over his empty head.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

@@HermanIngram more vulgarity, rudeness, and dishonesty..your immoral former president DT

[@Philo-Vids]

Horowitz and Reagan Era! The finest time in USA! They both embody the best of this great nation.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

RONNY always good at reading a analysis script.2nd rate Hollywood " actor"

[@HermanIngram]

He was better at reading a script than Obama the affirmative action moron.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

No moron......a very intelligent and very immoral CIA appointee who continued the destruction of the Constitution, Libya, Egypt, and saved the Banksters

[@HermanIngram]

@@christopherczajasager9030 Still better than Obama, you imbecile.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

@@HermanIngram typical immature attitude of you and the 71 million dumb children in older bodiex

[@ConfuzedFx]

@@HermanIngram I bet my tyrant is worse than your tyrant! ha! got you!