Hilary Hahn - V. Williams "The Lark Ascending"
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- 게시일 2017. 04. 30.
- Hilary Hahn performs The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams at the George Enescu Festival.
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This has always been my favorite piece. I am 71 now and losing my hearing, and can't hear the high notes any more, but I still listen to this, and will until I can no longer hear it at all. It's beauty if beyond description. Ms. Hahn is stupendous.
Keith, such a heartfelt, loving posting. Thank you for sharing your words with us. This beautiful piece will never leave you, as it will always play in your heart & soul. I'm sure Hillary Hahn would be touched to hear this too. Wishing you good health and joy.
keep it in your memory, never forget it
Hi Keith - I'm so sorry about your hearing loss, but this is as beautiful as sound gets and I hope it remains in your memory. She is stupendous!!!
Keith, I love your comment, and pledge to adopt your heartfelt attitude to all of life.
This piece always makes me feel how precious life is
Soon after Hilary began her solo violin career, I heard her give an NPR interview. At that time she had just performed this piece with the St Martins in the Fields. A group of older men politely asked Hilary, "Have you ever seen a lark? A lark ascending?" Her answer was no. So, one day when no rehearsing nor performing was scheduled, they took her to a hillside field and she saw a lark ascending. She said in the interview that that experience influenced her performance. Larks ascend like our birds of prey ascend, only larks nest in meadows, not in trees. Take off is slow and low, flying in circles until an updraft is captured under their wings and then up to the highest hieghts.
Nice!
I shall never the first time I heard the lark sing. I was perhaps six years old and, for some reason, by myself on a road that ran along the ridge of a hill that overlooked our village nestling some distance below and away. It was late spring. The sky was a brilliant blue, completely cloudless and Then I heard this breathtaking bird song. High up, really high up. A bird singing as though it’s heart would burst with joy. I looked, searching the sky, looking for the bird and then I spotted it. The tiniest black spot in the sky, rising and falling in the immensity of the blue sky yet it’s song seemed to fill the whole space. This is one of the moments of greatest happiness that I can remember. One that I experienced 75 years ago.
Martin Green I’m 72 and have never heard a lark, or a nightingale, for that matter. There are no larks in New Orleans, where I grew up, nor in Georgia, where I now live. I keep hoping to get the opportunity to hear one - both of them - but this performance was so evocative of true birdsong that I can probably live without the real thing now. I’d still love to hear it. Thank you for your post.
Thanks for this story. Its just great to read.
And yet Georgia's Johnny Mercer wrote that lovely song 'Skylark'
After 50 years of listening to rock, blues and jazz, at the age of 62 I am being drawn to the classics. It’s like……..hearing music for the first time again. Beautiful stunning delicate piece. Wonderful.
@dhouse live long professional cellist here. happy to advise you anytime about cello and bach
And me as well. Beautiful, intricate, soulful, deeply moving.
After 50 years of listening to classical music, I am being drawn to the popular music of the 1920s and 30s.
@@4Topwood that’s interesting. What in particular?
@@markosborne8784 Louis Armstrong, Artie Shaw, Ruth Etting, Bing Crosby, Earl Hines, Jimmie Rodgers, Bix Beiderbecke. Just learning how to listen to it.
One of the most beautiful tunes ever created by humankind!
Decades ago, as an ICU nurse, I had a terminal, comatose patient who happened to have been a concert violinist.
Over the span of night shifts when she was under my care I witnessed the indignity of edema, the growing forest of IV poles and pumps, the continuous ventilator noises, the steady decline and loss of her humanity despite or because of every measure the Intensivists inflicted on her...
I would speak to her as I went about her care, speaking of her son, of the worthwhile life she had lived, of the beauty she brought to so many, and on occasion reassuring her that it's okay to let go...
One evening I played this ineffably beautiful piece for her, in honor of her...knowing that some aspect of her soul might soar.
The next evening her room was empty. She had passed a few hours after my shift ended.
I have instructed my kin to play this at my funeral. It still brings tears to my eyes and is so beautifully symbolic of the flight of the soul freed from the gravity of the earth.
God bless RVH for bequething this to humanity.
Yes, it is an essentially sacred work. _Very_ few performers bring this out, however, and I don't count Hilary among them.
For an interpretation that is genuinely visionary and transcendent, there is only one place to go ...
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Such a beautiful, soulful comment. Thank you for being such a sensitive and soulful nurse.
And if you are to die, my god, isn't listening to this the way to go out. Beautiful words and that was a wonderful good deed.❤
Beautiful sentiment. Thank you.
Silverback. You are an angel. ❤
As long as there is music like this and people who want to listen to it, there is hope for us.
.. hope yes ..
@AuntFanny, yes - because music like this is delivered from, and to, the soul.
You bet )
Amen.
Nearly 4 years ago I took my son to see Hilary Hahn perform with the Dallas Metropolitan Orchestra for his 21st birthday present. We had eye-level 7th row center seats. Although they didn’t perform this piece, every note from her violin was magical. Every time I glanced at my son or he looked at me, tears covered his face. A night neither of us will ever forget.
If only those in charge of school budgets perceived beauty in music *and realized what a loss it is for children not to experience it.
Now *that* is an unforgettable 21st birthday present! Your son is fortunate to have such a sensitive person as his father. Hilary Hahn is a magician, a genius. A memory to last forever between father and son.
you sound like the kind of father so many young men are sadly lacking in this world, good job man
That's heart , pure and pure
She is ling ling
This piece, not just the solo but the whole orchestra, is heartbreakingly beautiful. How can such beauty possibly exist?
It's called art..
IT GROWS FROM THE UNIQUE BEAUTY AND GENIUS OF EUROPEAN DNA......WHICH IS LIKE NO OTHER DNA THE EARTH HAS KNOWN
Disagree .There are cultures much better DNA . In Fact all living beings have great DNA. The comment is biased. European DNA origins is African DNA and European civilisation built on the shoulders of other , civilisation, Babylon,Soumaria, Akkadian, Eygption, Persian, 😩Greek , Roman and so on . Education make open minds and accept diversity and differences. God bless you and thanks for the emotional comment not scientific.
@@darlingstuff1560 european DNA is different? LOL what..
@@darlingstuff1560😂
Shared this with my five-year-old, her comment, “she is like a dancing rose.” 🌹
I don't know how the supporting musicians aren't teary eyed by the time they have to start playing, it's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.
Tbh, I dont listen to this piece in public bec I would just tear up every single time without reason and that would be embarassing 😂
5:34... “To me, there's nowhere like it and never will be. This is my life - my world.” Hannah Huxwelll
This piece has taken me out of a dark place and will always continue to. It’s extremely refreshing and beautiful all in one. You have to listen to every bit, every note is so accurate. I’m 19 and really really appreciate music like this.
I am an oldtimer Englishman from Shropshire who has lived in the countryside all of my life. The Lark is a birdsong I have listened to in early Spring forever, blessed eh ?
Oh! The orchestra deserves recognition for such an ideal accompaniment.
At 13 minutes it was beautiful
Yes, I get so annoyed when people post stuff and don't credit the orchestra ... and the conductor. It's not all about the soloist!
True. Hawn shines so brightly the orchestras she plays with all too often simply get overlooked. That said, this one really deserves some recognition!!
The orchestra is not just the accompaniment, if Hilary is the Lark the orchestra is the landscape it flies over. This piece is one that is not described as "for violin and orchestra" but is a whole. Yes there are numerous recordings with brilliant soloists but 1st and foremost it "The Lark Ascending"
What is SO refreshing about this artist is that there is not one ounce of pretense in her performance. No affectations of the 'self' imposed in her interpretation. Every movement she makes is pure efficiency in honor of the music. I really appreciate that. She provides a noble example for us all to emulate.
You are SO right! This woman is phenomenal, no matter what she plays (and her repertoire is amazing.)
Wonderful to me, as the sometimes capricious flight of the lark itself is so beautifully interpreted.
notice the conductor appears to be following HER lead???? shes just a conduit for the purity and spirit of the piece. poetry in motion.
Her performance is at times very Brechtian. The Brecht method of acting says the artist should never get emotionally involved when creating a character and let the words, notes in this instance speak for themselves. Art, however, is a mixture of surrender, subjective thought, and controlled emotions. She is close to perfect at that.
Some people are put off by the lack of emotional expression on Hilarys face but I think her performance is more genuine that way. Compare her style for instance with the pianist Lang Lang whose distracting facial contortions make it seem like he is more important than the music.
I often yearn for the halcyon days of my youth, when all was right with the world. This stunning interpretation by Hahn nearly takes me there.
Oh my goodness what a miraculous, transparent performance. Hilary Hahn is such an unprecedented vehicle for the composer's wishes. In a world of ego-driven soloists, she stands alone as a beacon of selflessness. Bless her and her artistry.
You put that so well Best regards and god bless
This is exactly what I feel about her playing: she is transparent and natural, with no "stuff" put onto the music. That transparency can initially almost feel bare when you first hear her play something new, but it grows in power on repeated listening.
Love one another as I have loved you, so love one another. Jesus Christ!!
@philuip Cummins I think it has might have something to do with the fact that it is a very difficult life, being a renowned soloist.
It is excellent no doubt, but for me I think Janie Jansen version tops it ... she plays it slightly slower and captures the atmosphere better. Though her beauty, the setting, the lighting and orchestra might be playing a part also... :).krplus.net/bidio/kpmxgpRznLHNmYo
Now in my 94 year and hearing for the first time Hilary Hahn in Lark Ascending, absolutely superb, bringing such a lovely piece of human feeling for the natural world into our very troubled world!
So sad you spent your entire life without this exceptional piece of music. Glad you finally heard it.
This is the first time I've heard this piece. I found myself holding my breath and closing my eyes. I'm there with the Lark ascending those wind currents. It is so evocative. Beautiful.
I wish I could hear it again, for the first time. Such a wonderful feeling. But still, it's such a special piece that it moves me to tears every time.
When I am broken, a great artist recuses me.
I love you.
On November 9th, 2017, I had to put my dog to sleep. She was very young, but had fatal kidney disease.
When I got home from the vet, I played some music and one of the first pieces was "The Lark Ascending".
Hearing it, all I could think of was my poor dog's soul, rising up to doggie heaven.
Ever since then, this piece has a whole different, and intensely emotional, meaning for me.
Beautiful performance.
srlucado I’m so sorry for your loss
I am so so sorry. I will go through the same soon.
I once dreamt I was dead. It felt different from a dream though.
I was outside my grandmother's house and I was watching my family carrying on with their lives.
I was also trying to understand the mechanics of my new reality.
But I was not alone, my dog was with me.
That dream alone won't make this any easier... but it felt almost real.
My dog is old and she also has kidney desease.
I so understand. My devoted Devon Rex cat came to his final hour in August, his head on my shoulder and purring to the last. I don't think I could have coped with this beautiful music at the time, but I'll be coming back to this again soon.
Thank you for posting your comment🙏
It is an interesting and certainly not random choice, a beautiful piece, indeed, one must say. This performance of The Lark Ascending takes place during the George Enescu Festival in Romania. Enescu has also composed something called The Lark, which is based on a Romanian folk dance. His Lark, however, is on the other end of the human range of emotions Williams' piece is: krplus.net/bidio/kpmIoGGKY5bFZ2U
srlucado
Friend your dog IS in Heaven! The bible says: ‘ALL of Creation is in the birth pangs awaiting for the New Heaven and New Earth.’ Isaiah says of Heaven: ‘The Lion will lie with the lamb, the oxen will graze with the wolf.’ The Psalms say: ‘I am coming to make ALL THINGS NEW.’ Jesus said: ‘Preach the Good News to All of Creation, that the Kingdom of God is at hand.’ The Book of Genesis describes God making animals in a similar manner to how He made human souls: He breathed the life of His Spirit into them. St Francis of Assisi said animals souls go to Heaven: ‘Would God unmake anything that He has made? No. And he does not unmake the animals when they die.’ Many people who have had near death experiences saw their pets in Heaven. The Book of Revelation even describes Jesus coming back on a white stallion horse.
I can't find another song in the world that is more beautiful.
Tears in my eyes. My admiration for those dedicated to classical music, under appreciated by most but absolutely timeless.
It was a day in 2015 around 6:00pm, the orange sun was setting I was walking on a bridge. I had my ear phones on & the radio started playing this...I didn't know what I was listening initially...but the moment the violin came in...I knew I got to have it...breathtaking. The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams, forever I remember it.
You should listen to his Fantasia on Themes by Thomas Tallis... if you've never heard it. And also if you have. Uri, a fellow recorder-player.
Thank you edition Prima Vista. I just heard Fantasia on Themes by Thomas Tallis after your recommendation...not too bad. But the Lark Ascending is still a very special piece compared to many many pieces out there. It is the only piece that can gain acceptance easily without the knowledge of symphony orchestra music. It was right at the " intro " then follow by the subtle surprise solo violin that first pull one's soul into its poem right from the beginning...it is less difficult for anyone to enjoy a simple piece with peace. Then the magic begin at 2:10 (Sir Adrian Boult / New Philhamonia Orchestra / Hugh Bean-violin) timing......here is at 2:35
My god that's beautiful
Ralph Vaughan-Williams, deserving of being one of the best composers in history.
Composing one great piece doesn't immediately make a musician one of the GOATs, imo.
I absolutely agree.💜
@@hanwentian8096 The symphonies, esp 4&5&6, Thomas Tallis fantasia, Dona Nobis Pacem, Job, coupla operas -- all this merely chopped liver for HT. RVW stacks up well in the great composers list....
@@hanwentian8096 RVW composed rather more than one great piece!
@@hanwentian8096
Yes it dies, if it’s great enough; “Lark” is.
I grew up in the Yorkshire country side. While I listen I reflect on those feelings of warm contentment roaming the fields in the summer months, while the sun sets on a beautiful day.
Historically one of the best versions of this fabulous musical piece by Ralph Vaughan Williams that I ever heard. And to top it off Hilary Hahn plays her heart out. What an amazing version of the "Lark Ascending" . Hilary Hahn, you are amazing!!
She is pouring her heart on in this piece. She is not just playing the violin, she is sculpturing it. The piece always puts my mind among rolling hills in the country on a beautiful sunny day. Nowadays I need this feeling more than ever. I yearn to go back to those rolling hills again.
In 2021 we went to the Lake District for the first time, and half way up Blencathra a Skylark ascended. As a bird lover it was something special to me - as is this piece of music.
i don't know how anyone can listen to this and not cry tears of melancholy joy.
Brought me to tears the first time hearing this, waves of emotions, up and down. Stunningly beautiful.
I can't hear it without crying. It reminds me of my childhood in the English countryside; walking through fields and jumping over streams. The skylarks above.
13:48 that cough destroy the moment
As a military man and Harley Davidson rider l love most music, lm 64 and been around done stuff been good and bad choices made, by chance l heard this music.Born in England and playing in the fields and fishing climbing trees and being a boy , mischievous yes going to school knowing l was getting the cane in the morning.Brings back so many memories, l wish l could go back and do it all over my childhood, just like l repeat this beautiful and joyous music, it brings me tears and joy.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard, touched my soul
This rendition of the Lark’s Ascending is truly unequalled. The orchestration is in complete harmony with the sensitivy of Ms Hanns interpretation.
Perhaps one of the most gorgeous pieces ever written for violin and orchestra, Ralph Von William's "The Lark Ascending" transports one. Hats off, Hilary Hahn!
That bow control is mind blowing. How all the notes speak so perfectly and beautifully... Green with envy here.
Yes and yes again!!! What a player.
Katie O Agreed! That's really difficult to do!!!!!
Sim lindamente !!!
Beautiful
Here is a link to the KRplus video about Hahns studio recording of The Lark Ascending where the producer Thomas Frost talks about how pure her pitch is and Sir Colin Davis the conductor of the London Symphony orchestra talks about her bow control and said she is gifted as anyone can be. krplus.net/bidio/dNZ8nKpzaYnYlX4
I am 78 and in younger times a french hornist and lover of classical music, but that fell by the wayside as practicalities of life took precedence. Last Thursday, when returning from a ride around the neighbourhood with my wife Christine as a well distanced break from isolation since March 12th, we heard the first notes on the radio of The Lark Ascending and only two minutes passed before we returned home. But the sounds of pure bliss kept us both in our seats not wishing to miss anything having never heard its like before. Immediately after it ended and we learned the name of the piece and the violinist we search for and found it online.
Hilary Hahn is an imposter!
Like her sister Kira (Terpsichore) who came to Earth from Xanadu, Hilary's real name is Euterpe and comes from Parnassus, the home of the muses. No other explanation can exist for the perfection of her performance of RVWs composition, and no other could match the elegance and lightness of touch to pull the hearts strings. We are both captivated by her and are seeking performances of other works by the only earthbound muse.
Ray: You have found Paradise. You Tube has most of her recordings that I know of, and all of them are sublime.
Ralph Vaughan Williams always brings me to tears. Hahn's performances are always so airy and floating and graceful and thoughtful. It's said that an artist's personality comes out in their performances, and I think that's very true with Hahn.
So blessed to have discovered this artist.
I am not a musician but I am glad i discovered hilary hahn throught twoset violin.Needless to say...I am in LOVE
Same here. And this vid followed on from Eddy's amazing chromatic rendition called Lark Descending (Oct 2017)
Ayyy! Where the twoset team at?! 🤩
I knew of Hahn before Twoset, but I love that they admire her as she well deserves, and that she is able to tolerate them.
There is Ling Ling level, and then there is Hilary Hahn level.
I heard this composition the other day while driving. I caught Hilary Hahn...ascending.... I went online right away to find this. My soul is deeply moved by this piece. I read the history of both the composer and the poet and this knowledge is very enlightening. During a pandemic , Nature , music always provides Peace and Healing. Brilliant performance. I listen to this every day. Thank you.
Yuna Kim,figure skater from Korea skated to this beautiful piece of music so i wanted to hear it full. Hilary is perfect
Please, never delete this.
Never, ever.
four words, so touching! wow..
Just download while you can
Everything Hilary Hahn plays turns to gold. More than once I listen back to this performance. Soloist, orchestra and conductor put on a beautiful Lark Ascending.
This piece has such nostalgia for me, of people gone, sweet moments past, and tears...
This is one of the top five pieces of music that I have ever heard. Perhaps the greatest, I don't know. Simply miraculous.
This performance is impossibly perfect.
One of the masterpieces of modern classic. And the reason why I love the music of Vaughn-Williams more and more.
I cannot believe I have gone this far without this piece.
It's incredibly moving and stunningly beautiful every time
Me too!
She is stunning. Playing by memory as far as I can see. Powerful. Oh so many emotions....the larks would be proud. ❤
this performance is the peace I need during these times when the world is suffering and you can’t do much except pray and hope that the virus ascends this earth forever
no it isnt. its about the lark. remember avian virus.
Maulvi DM Oh shut up! Now is not the time for destroying someone’s perception of this music. Be kind.
@@christinemillership1189 jesus, stop overreacting. it's just a lark.
@Susan Moran yeah, what im trying to say is that can we just appreciate it for what it is? does 'only a bird' not worthy of admiration? before performing this piece, st martins in the fields took Hilary to the countryside so she can observe the lark literally ascending. that's it. of course you can pretend its about something more grandiose, that there are possible semiotics, hidden messages and such, but in the end its about the lark ascending. its that simple. RVW just want you to appreciate the lark as it is. and that is the purest form of art.
Susan Moran thank you for your kind message Susan, it gives me encouragement. I hope you stay safe and well until then too 😊
Reading the other comments has brought tears to my eyes. So often all we see if negativity online. It's wonderful to see a whole comment section opening up with heartfelt stories, reminiscences, and lots of love. Thankyou.
Just a flawless and captivating performance. I love how her dress has the same colors as a lark. I see what you did there, Hilary. :)
I read this and went searching for Larks online and see how she used their "design" for her dress, which she seems to enjoy.
It is a wonderful thing to discover a song and an artist that you will carry in your heart for life. Thank you HH.
Until tonight (November 18, 2021) I had never heard of this song nor of Hilary Hahn. Now I have one word for both - Exquisite.
This is art worth living for. After the death of Alex Navalny this is tonic for a weary soul, tired of man's beasteality and depravity. This is why God bothers with us at all. Sublime rendering of a masterpiece by a masterful Hilary Hahn. Forever grateful I am for the genius sent to accompany us home.
The first time I ever heard this played was today during my son’s school concert. It was magnificently done there and tremendously done here. What a beautiful work of art.
If this doesn't have you in tears by the end,you have no heart or soul. Achingly beautiful.
Have you hear To Zanarkand by Nobuo Uematsu? Gets me every time,
Peter Green I think That is a Bit harsh but it is absolutely beautiful
I am weeping now..
@@SobrietyandSolace This is the classical section dude
@@kirakira_san You can keep your elitism to yourself
This tears me up every single time and especially Hilary's playing.
A wonderfully rapt, technically very accurate performance. There is never any doubt that she, and indeed conductor and orchestra, are fully 'inside' this music. Completely absorbing.
Merci à Radio Classique en cet après-midi automnal d'avoir diffusé cet air merveilleux plein de sons issus du " pays du soleil levant". Ces consonances d'une parfaite harmonie, interprétées avec tant de sensibilité éveillée vous transportent dans un autre monde. C'est divin.
@@marieclaudeducamin107 fall?????. Meaning in English please not Webster's rubbish
Why is it that i never heard this amazingly beautiful music before? Why is it that i never find good classical music on anything labeled something like 'top classical hits'? And yet over the years continually find astonishingly beautiful classical music hidden away from mainstream?
You are absolutely right!
It's not really hidden away, but you do have to keep hunting. So much of our country is taken over by Americana. Our young seem to loathe their own culture which is misguided and ignorant. I am over 70 and currently in isolation. I am ashamed of the younger generation. Embrace your culture, especially music which is international. It is one of the very best in the world. Appreciated internationally. It is not sexist, genderist, racist just ENJOY. The rest of the world seems to appreciate it more than the natives - that should tell you something.
@@Insperato62 Spot on - Great comment (Y)
Insperato62 You are English, I suppose. Lucky you!
I think part of the problem is that anything labelled "best" or "top" anything is trying to appeal to EVERYBODY and therefore doesn't risk anything that might not. Think of them as the elevator music of classical music. The same thing happens with contemporary music too.
This was mesmerizing. I had intended to let this play in the background while I do something else but I couldn't tear my eyes away from her.
I've just finished watching the entire video, too.
The first time l heard this piece, I was in my 20's and driving home from giving an English lesson to an older student. We often talked about classical music and he was incredibly knowledgeable and had made me a copy as a gift. Had to park on the side of the road til it was finished, I was so overwhelmed by how beautiful it was, I was crying too much to drive.
Likewise.
William Ring Jr. nnul
I just love how the conductor stands there , with his hands folded, in awe of the beauty of the music she is making.
Absolutely amazing, I'm in my 70's and have never heard anyone play a violin like her, period!
Mitchhutch29. I too am in my 70's and I thank God I have heard her play at a live performance. If possible in the next year or so, I will see her again.
It's been over twenty-five years since I first saw her perform, and my reaction was pride to come from a species that could produce her. Now she's 40 and I'm feeling so old!
@@PSchearer wattt? NO WAY she's 40!
Granted. But you need to research and listen further.
This performance obtained a respectful silence from the audience between end and applause
Sublime, this moves me to my depths, to love of this Lark Ascending, to the earth, to the nobility that humans can embody. And such an incredible performance by Hilary and the orchestra, who seem truly moved by the piece, one of the most beautiful ever created.
The dislikes are from the people so emotionally moved that they missed the like button.
Hilary Hahn is just amazing... I love her playing and as a person ❤❤
Since I saw her on twoset violin I'm a huge fan xD
@@jbl9008 yeah same
I love the way she "dances" on stage,
a beautiful piece of music played by
a beautiful lady. Her playing is simply breathtaking, heaven sent
I'm sure. A truly magnificent piece
of musicianship ❤️
As a musician she has it all, and she really smashed this out of the park! A truly beautiful rendition.
An incredibly satisfying performance of this work. Hahn digs deep and avoids the melancholic tendencies usually imposed .
I listen to this often. Sometimes it brings me to tears, not from sadness but joy. It is refreshing and enobling (if that is a word). It unites those who make music and those who listen to it in a reverent communion.
I had this wonderful music played at my darling husband funeral, felt his soul rising with the lark. Breath taking music, beautifully performed. Two days after the funeral out walking I heard and watched, a lark rising and singing, oh did I cry, so gloriously moving.
Beautiful just beautiful rendition of VW The Lark Ascending Hilary Hahn gives a superb performance as a 75 year old it brought back happy memories spent on holidays in the English countryside
I love that the conductor stood lost in the music at the last part.
Who is the conductor?
Louis Langree conducting Camerata Salzburg
14:48. yes.
You can see he accepts that he is in the presence of genius .
@@jonathancook9600 Yes, indeed. Very lovely.
So much beautiful music the general public Never get to hear such as this piece
I believe our world would be a better place if people took the Time To Smell the Rose's 🌹🙏
I look at the faces of people in the audience - every single one quietly amazed
I look at the orchestra - you can actually read the music on their expressions, in their body language
I look at Ms. Hilary Hahn, her long neck and her arm movement, and I think it’s incredible that you can see the marks left on her body after years of playing the violin; she’s been doing this for years and years, every since she was a little girl probably, and that actually influenced the way her neck and shoulders developed after being locked in a certain position so often, for so long.
These details, and then the music and actually picturing a lark ascending - that’s magical.
You’re right I hadn’t thought about that but it did occur to me if her hands hurt from the strain of using them in such a way. I have worn out hands from years of work and my hands hurt watching the loveliness of her hands playing this beautiful piece of music.
My violin teacher introduced this to me, I'm so grateful for it. Beautiful piece and wonderful rendition.
I come back and listen to this every couple of months--especially when I feel sad. It lifts my spirits every time. What a joyful piece!
Me too.
Fell in Love today with a lady who feels the music and shares it with us all, Thank you Hilary Hahn for lifting me up when I was down x.
One of the glories of the violin repertoire, played beautifully.
Hilary's performance is full of grace and joy, with measured appreciation of the responsibilities of freedom. She gets the soaring and the top of the ascent so spot on!
I read some of the comments about "Hillary Hahn should smile more often/not look so serious."
I don't know about her, but as a musician who has also been told this before a LOT: I don't play to smile. When I am playing I am focused on the emotion, passion, and story of the song, I am not thinking about whether I'm smiling or not, I am immersed in the music -- as I should be.
If y'all have a problem because she doesn't smile enough for you, watch someone else. But don't criticise her for her expression when she performs.
12:40 imo this is the greatest passage of music ever written or heard. Unstoppable emotion.
I always feel like someone poured a bucket of peace and calmness onto me whenever I hear this part.
Ms. Hahn truly is an artist when it comes to her instrument. You can feel her emotions coming through the sound. Most anyone can learn to "play" an instrument, but not everyone can convey such emotions. I always know when it's her playing. Magnificent.
The admiration and respect the conductor has for Hilary seems boundless, as it should be.
The gentle waves of Hilary's performance come rushing in , enveloping my heart .
It's a blissful moment , greatest pleasures
4:38 those harmonies just hit me right in the feels
Vaughan Williams had that special level of access to our hearts' content, and the ability to do this without cowtowing to schmaltziness or vapid sentimentality, despite what some critics of his might say to the contrary.
This is the most distinctive performance of this piece I've ever listened to. I feel like I've just heard it for the first time.
She plays this glorious piece with great authority and elegance. One could also say the conductor does a superb job with the orchestra.
This performance is so beautiful, by Hilary Hahn, and all of the orchestra. So exquisite and ethereal that you could even imagine that you might be a Lark yourself being lifted up high into the sky by the music.
Hilary, this piece of music is so beautiful, everything about it, just wonderful, and listening to you is such a joy
Many years ago now I was walking a couple of dogs, and we stopped in a field to rest!! Lay back, and a Lark started its climb, circling and singing 'til out of sight. One of the most wonderful experiences in my life.
This piece just breaks my heart every time I hear it
Play this to my husband who has dementia and he says it is beautiful 😍
This is a beautiful piece of music through and through....but when Hilary Hahn plays it, then it is out of this world....you only can bend your knees and say thank you...so i say thank you....
Breathtaking performance! She covers the whole range of dynamics and the keyboard with flawless tone and intonation. This is the perfection we hear in our souls as we practice and try to release it through our instruments.
We are both happy to be able to welcome the New Year of 2020 safety ！
Japan is Reiwa 2 th
May glory , prosperity and wealth be brought to you and your great country .
Someday please come to Tokyo of the luscious and transient spring where all Japanese people are making merry and floating under the cherry blossoms in full bloom .
In autumn , the mountains , forests
,and woods turn red , orange , yellow and brown .
Its luster and splendor will be beyond your imagination .
From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun .
Do you mean fretboard.?The one she uses her left hand on to make the notes?
Hilary's playing in this video is absolute fire
safe to say Queen Hahn knows every centimetre of her bow in intimate detail.
Every millimeter!
Evokes the deepest longing for the light and joy that. C.S.Lewis tried so valiantly to describe in his writings.
Yes! The 30 seconds or so just before 1:00 is so sublimely beautiful that I am almost weeping.
I was thinking about faith/religion as well. (Weeping all over, actually)
Wow, I was thinking of C. S. Lewis and his longing for the transcendent, too. Maybe the composer was trying to capture this as well.
one of my favorite pieces
Truly.
This piece of music always brings tears to my eyes-it makes me think of my children and how much I love them-how mini miss them being little- and how much I miss my parents who both passed in 2016 and how awesome they were - friends that are no longer alive or that lost touch with and the great times we had. It’s sad and beautiful all at once. Stay safe everyone and lots of love to all. I truly hope this moves you all like it does me.
Best I've ever heard this piece performd.
Everything Hilary touches turns to gold.
This is one of the most moving songs I've listened to, to date.
I'm nearly 14 I wish kids/teens had more appreciation for classical music it has such beauty.
I listen to this every morning now.
I love her version of der erlkonig , may be spelt wrong but hey...
Hillary hahn is my fav violinist.
An understandable comment, but nobody really cares that you're 14 lol. We were all there at one point. Nothing special 😂
@@JDeffenb Couldn't have said it better myself 😂. Just appreciate the music, we all have different preferences, no big deal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hey. Bravo for you . Keep exploring!
oh, and you spelled Erlkönig correctly, there's no der
I too wish more people had an appreciation for classical music. More kids of all ages, but I’m impressed that you see the beauty in it at your age. What a beautiful piece. Very moving.
What a melodic piece of music and matchless performance by Hilary With composition by Ralph Vaughan williams.. I am a Neurosurgeon by profession. Nothing can be more pleasureable when i am doing brain surgery of my choice with background Lark ascending Symphony which gives unmatched coordination and harmony to my operating hands and being overwhelmed with ecstasy.
Mortal Man immortal melodies
Hilary is a great violinist of course, but this performance is not "matchless."
On the contrary, Hilary's tone and phrasing falls far short of the luminous and transcendent beauty conjured up by Chloe Chua - an extraordinary young violinist who is on course to be even greater than she.
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That deserved a standing ovation.