Schubert is not only sublime but joyous, frightening, lively, sad, soulful, optimistic, pessimistic and so on, he really captures the human condition and nature within it like no other musician.
Maestro Schiff’s prodigious learning and knowledge, both the technical & historical aspects, about music is astounding. In the many videos shown here in You Tube, Schiff enlightens, entertains and educates. Music lovers are indeed lucky to be living in this era where such videos are available to all & sundry! Thank you!🙏
I’ve found this same breadth of knowledge in the mind of every one of the great concert artists I admire. I don’t know how such accomplished, brilliant people could spend their lives learning and playing the incomparable music of many composers without wanting to get into their minds.
I do the same. Sometimes it makes me cry. I really discovered Schubert in Vienna, vising his museums, going to the Zentralfriedhof and Währing. Impossible to forget. I felt transported to another time. Hope to return there next year.
@@guillote75 Indeed, this film is an emotional balm, with Schiff further enhancing the beauty of Schubert's music with his sensitivity and love. I also visited Vienna in December 2018 on a pilgrimage and was fortunate to visit all the Schubert sites you mention, in total peace. It was strange to see the orignal tombs of Beethoven and Schubert behind that wall in the former Währinger Ortsfriedhof. Did you visit Schubertkirche, which is only a five minute walk from his birthplace? (Check online for times when it is open). Also the old Sankt Marxer Friedhof is worth visiting, where Mozart is buried. Best wishes.
Here is the list of all the pieces used in this documentary, for those who are interested: 00:00 Piano Sonata in F# minor, D.571 03:27 Moment Musical No.3 in F minor, D.780 06:04 Symphony No.3 in D major, D.200, 2nd movement 07:29 Piano Sonata in A major, D.664, 1st movement 08:45 Piano Sonata in A major, D.959, 4th movement 09:02 Piano Sonata in D major, D.850, 4th movement 09:19 Piano Sonata in G major, D.894, 3rd movement 09:48 Wander Fantasy in C major, D.760, 2nd movement 11:00 Die Forelle, D.550 12:01 Das Wandern (from Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795) 15:14 Impromptu No.3 in Gb major, D.899 18:04 Piano Sonata in A major, D.664, 3rd movement 20:09 Wander Fantasy in C major, D.760, 4th movement 23:41 Fantasy in F minor, D.940, 1st movement 25:11 Rondo in D major, D.608 26:56 Piano Sonata in B major, D.575, 1st movement 30:00 Mass in Eb major, D.950, Kyrie 32:59 Piano Sonata in A major, D.959, 2nd movement 37:24 Der Doppelgänger (from Schwanengesang, D.957) 40:39 Piano Sonata in Bb major, D.960, 2nd movement 46:29 Über allen Gipfeln (Wandrers Nachtlied II), D.768
This is simply to be marvelled at. Andras Schiff is quiet, gentle and so filled with knowledge and understanding that one is overcome with awe. His musicianship at the piano is also unsurpassed.
I guess this was made in the 80s. It feels like the sort of film that wouldn't get made now. Very few visual gimmicks, no gushing precis at the start about the "journey" we're about to go on. Just someone who has a deep knowledge and love of his subject sharing it with us. It is amazing how the way Schiff speaks and the way he plays are the same. Every word is carefully considered and the silences as important as the sounds. A rare artist indeed. Thank you kis martus for sharing.
Richard Whitehouse : I believe András Schiff recorded this in 1997. Just for your interest & information. I agree with you that it is exceptional for these times - but then, Sir András is exceptional. As you say, a rare artist indeed.
A beautiful, beautiful essay on Schubert's music and life. Watched it for the second time. I'll certainly watch it again. Schiff is the perfect guide to Schubert. He is wonderful.
What a wonderful find on the composer's 224th birthday, thanks to a remarkable entry on Schubert in Wikipedia, and to hear an equally remarkable artist, Andras Schiff, talk with passion and intellect of one of THE great creators of humankind. Happy Birthday Franz Schubert!
All of the András Schiff documentaries are a must watch. He's so knowledgeable and has obviously studied these composer's in great depth. Also as a pianist he is absolutely amazing and has unrivalled talent. I particularly enjoyed the Chopin one, they're all worth watching though. Thank you for uploading.
Thank you for sharing this. András Schiff is just about the best person to expound upon the genius of Schubert, and it's great also to see and hear Peter Schreier.
Very moving and pure musical experience through Mr. Schiff's playing; also a touching and deeply personal connection with Schubert that makes his account of Schubert's life ring truer than all others. With gratitude--
Yes I thought that. And with his sensitivity and seemingly innate insights into Schubert's soul, almost like a reincarnation. Or perhaps Schubert has chosen Andras to live on within him and tell the story of his life that he was never able himself to tell.
Andras Schiff’s piano technique is MIRACULOUS: He plays ferociously difficult pieces as if they were as easy as 1,23.. And he plays them with a fantastic interpretation . I feel like giving up playing the piano altogether...
I see guitar players today who can play what only a few decades ago appear impossible fingerings however not everyone can play everything as though it is under their fingers. I imagine the applies to every instrument including the piano. I doubt that there is anyone who can fully master every fortee in that regard. The trick is to as much as possible to remain inspired. Never feel like giving up but remain positive. The joy should be there to want to play. Music should be full of joy as much as possible. I have seen people actually give up for life because they got lost at sea.
Never, ever, give up. The fact that you can open a piano and play something - anything - is the admiration of many, many people who never had the opportunity, inclination, or any degree of musicality.
Dear Master Schiff, thank you for these precious comments about Schubert. I am sometimes a little ashamed to recognize that Schubert music makes me cry when I listen to it or try to play it. Schubert touches me to the deepest in my heart because it tells me so much about sadness, despair, fear, terror even. I try to connect to these sentiments when I learn play Schubert pieces.
This film was made by Mischa Scorer originally for the BBC. There is another film by the same director with Andras Schiff on Chopin which seems to be available on TH-cam.
A true virtuoso with such humility, so much feeling on his interpretation. Here is the perfection in every regard. Liked very much. Could say much more, but I'm sure others have said it. It's truly amazing what TH-cam has to offer in some ways. Thank you for sharing +kis martus
I too return to this film often. Schubert sang, no continues to sing the song of life. He needs interpreters and andras schiff, a worthy interpreter has created a perfect gift
What a wonderful, soul searching documentary to watch and understand Schubert's pianistic genius explained by Maestro Andras Schiff, on the occasion of Schubert's 193 death anniversary today. Thanks Maestro Schiff for the great insight in Schubert's music and personality.
Warmhearted thanks for this "simple" Schubert. I felt his "storytelling" ability even in his Ave Maria. I thought, he noticed a maid in the yard, who was putting clothes to the line. The wind emphasized different part of her body. Schubert natural human desire had to be calm down. He turned to the Heaven of this era in his music.
Maestro Schiff shows great affinity to the gentle genius that Schubert was, and comes up with a trouvaille that I'll remember and cherish till the end of my days (alongside the music of these great three: Bach-the Father, Mozart-the Son, and Schubert-the Holy Spirit. And I am a Unitarian! And let's acknowledge the makers of the movie, as well. Cleverly edited, well-chosen locales, and possibly, a director with musical background! Instructive, and definitely memorable. Őszintén gratulálok, és köszönöm szépen!
I do not mean to be disrespectful in any way. I am a great fan of Andras Schiff! But,as I watch and listen to him, I see the simple,calm stillness of a koala. His hair. The shape of his face, nose… His soft but steady gaze with eyes that never seem to blink.
Wirklich ein wundervoller Zugang zu Schuberts Werk und Charakter, den hier Andras Schiff uns gibt. Man glaubt fast die Înkarnation von ihm vor uns zu sehen
"Vienna the city of music. They love music. They are honoring their composers, erecting monuments to them when they are dead." - Andras Schiff. Unfortunately he's correct.
Thank you Andras, for your gently-spoken, wise commentary along the foreshortened stream of Schubert's life. I would single out where Schiff puts into words the feelings conveyed in the last piano sonata, 2nd movt. 41:45- 43:45 "et incarnatus est". 46:25 "finita la comedia".
Beauty and melancholy 🫶Schubert’s beautiful music speaks volumes of the beauty of nature and the trials and tribulations of humanity. Deeply profound,yet magically meaningful 🫶 .
A sympathetic, illuminating film showing proper respect to one of the greatest composer who ever lived. My Beethoven collection is enormous, and I have studied him with love and devotion for decades. However...My favorite solo instrumental piece? Schubert's last Piano Sonata, D960. My favorite song? Gretchen's Spinning Wheel. My favorite symphony? Schubert's Unfinished. You are right, we don't know that much detail of his personal life. But Schubert's music is another matter. He is truly a lyric poet of composition, and nobody before or after has matched him in that still unique quality he holds in the highest degree. There is a time for everything. The overwhelming power of Mozart's Requiem may not be Schubert's usual voice. My favorite cake is one I make myself: a three-layer white cake (no egg yolks), filled with a lemon custard I cook with those leftover egg yolks on the stove top, and frosted with my own rich dark chocolate buttercream frosting.That does NOT mean there are not times I want a cup of tea, plain biscuits, a good book and a quiet room.
No one plays the last three Schubert piano sonatas better than Mr. Serkin, although Sir Schiff comes close, though in a slightly different style. Of course, Mr. Serkin and Sir Schiff played an d studied together in Marlboro years ago. They are both giants! lang Lieb Mr. Serkin and Sir Andras! They keep Schuberts works alive for future generations.
I had the pleasure of driving Sir András when he played a concert of the final sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. A daring concept by a great artist!
It's so uncanny, the likeness of appearance of Schiff and Schubert. The filmmakers clearly capitalize on this as they cut from closeups of Schiff to portraits of Schubert. If only Schiff were wearing a pair of 19th century spectacles the deal would be sealed.
It is the poem by Heinrich Heine, who was in vain deeply in love to one of his cousins. You have to enter Indian spirituality to understand that indeed an emotional outburst can take an independent form, identical to its original ( that is why it is called the lookalike or the mental double) and visible only in a night mare disposition, mostly harmless to the original. The song is the most wonderful interpretation of the situation when the original person becomes aware of this independent identical being. I permittier differ about the qualification of Bach, Mozart and Schubert. Our culture has its historical roots dominated by a most dark occult force. We live all in a dark cellar with doors almost closed, closed to hinder the sight of our brilliant Divine Mahashakti or Mother of God. Whether we know it or not SHE takes care of our constant coming and going. Very few are chosen to receive a secret key, the key to enter HER world of music by the later years. The hidden key is the intuition to enter the wold of music, copy what is heard there and bring it in notes to us. So a composer is similar to the radio which only transmits the music to us. And what is the purpose of all music ? It is the present from the Divine to us for experiencing ecstasy, an inner happiness which no word can describe. In this way I can understand that Schubert‘s music is loved worldwide also by those who do not know the German language. When I worked in Kabul I once listened when driven from the office to our home to a song by Nayyara Noor and did not understand one word of this tragic song Kabhi Hum Khoobsurat, but my heart did. and I was in tears. My thanks to Sir Andras Schiff, who lets us enjoy the ecstasy of music.
I am not really worthy to have ears to marvel at Shubert's beauty from afar. I have learned so much music theory over my yrs but these masters are so far away beyond me that I find it almost impossible to imagine their wonder and brilliance. What is it their genius that separates them from me a mere mortal....? Who is alive today that is at all comparable in any meaningful sense..? In many of the other wonderful arts there are people around possessing these gifts except music.
Schubert's mother (Elizabeth) had 15 children, but 10 of them died under the age of 5 years. Schubert was the 13th child born to his mother. They were a family of 4 boys and 1 girl. Schubert's mother died when he was 15 years old. Schubert's father remarried; and his second wife Anna had 5 children, one of whom died, so that Schubert had 2 step-brothers and 2 step-sisters. Out of a total of 20 children born in Schubert's family 11 died in childhood. Severe poverty was common. Unwanted new-borns washed through the sewerage system into the Danube River. Death was a 'constant companion' for the great majority. Following the French Revolution, Austrian Vienna was a repressive police state -- Schubert was arrested one frightening evening. Schubert stated that he believed that the State should support him -- all he could do was compose music.
D Nickaroo Life was much more precarious in those days. No antibiotics, no medicine worth mentioning. Unsanitary conditions prevailed. Illness and death were all around.
I admire this man so much! (actually both Schiff and Schubert) Does someone know from which Sonata the part starting at ~ 7:35 is? Which Op.? I love it amongst other pieces
@@mariusvandewall2831 thanks, I have heard it plenty of times but never quite paid attention to where it is from, I might consider learning it. Thanks :)
It is Schubert's last Piano Sonata D.960. In the First Movt , the trill is known as the most 'mysterious' trill in music. The structure of the First Movement is built around that trill. To my mind, if Schubert played a trill like that, then the music would plunge into the depths of emotion -- he says more by refusing to go there.
22:55 Happy is the man who finds a true friend in his life. 28:45 The tragic ending of Schubert's life... He did not have close friends (even the Schubertiades seem to be not very close to him (?))...
To my mind, Beethoven had a more tragic life than Schubert -- condemned to loneliness by his deafness. Beethoven wrote little music for many years after 1812, when he expended much time and energy in the struggle over his nephew Karl. (His loneliness appears to have been a motivating factor). Schubert was blessed with many friends, and evenings spent in a Cafe, tavern, or Schubertiad. One wonders whether the Mercurial "medicines" may have hastened Schubert's death (syphilis usually goes into a 'latent phase' -- but Schubert was unwell from soon after his diagnosis). (No wonder people turned to homeopathy!)
pretty good...............the association you get that Schubert is inviting you to a walk in the park, pointing to the swans , the statues etc , that was spot on to me. I also note that he plays with flat fingers like Horowitz. well he could do worse......He also comes across as a modest person, but don't fool yourself, he gets a bit arrogant sometimes at his Masterclass videos.
This music moves my heart. I feel ecstacy despite its sadness which is there. And then the melodies want me to sing them. Who in me expresses this want to sing this or that melody constantly? In the German language this widely happening phenomenon is called „Ohrwurm“ earworm. In me this earworm has got its nobility and asks only for melodies given us by the great copiers from the Divine world of music as Schubert, Mozart ( Pamina‘s g Moll Arie ) chaconne by Bach and songs from his Quotlibet. The Doppelgänger is based on the text from Heinrich Heine, who discloses one of the mysteries which happen when one experiences a trauma. His strong love to his nieces was not answered and he suffered. This suffering made itself independent and Heinrich Heine experienced this independent emotion as his Doppelgänger. I do not know whether today‘s psychology has discovered this Doppelgänger already. I partly disagree to the text of the last song (coming from Dichterfürst Goethe ). When we pass what is happening . No answer to this question from any of the great personalities living in the west. When we pass we certainly have a period of rest in heaven but this rest will end and thereafter we manage to find new parents and incarnate. This fact has not been published in the Bible I and II, what a pity. In India any schoolgirl/boy knows it.
Shubert is also a master of movement: his music is demanding for the virtuoso like pianist due the "litle crowded" element. You cannot hide behind a big sounding: you have to sing, and in many cases, there is also a sort of lied poliphony that makes me think that he really prizes Bach more than Beethoven. However, his poliphonic character is much less that of theme and counter theme that sujests a scholastic Disputatio or a Gothic Cathedral as in Bach.
I have to say that I agree 100% when Schiff said Beethoven was the Father, Mozart was the Son, and Schubert the Holy Spirit, but in another sense, Bach is the Holy Trinity Incarnate! I also find his music so beautiful p, so pristine in motive and execution, but sometimes unbearably poignant, especially his Lieder, especially sung by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau who is my “John the Baptist,” since we got all ecclesiastical! (I don’t know who the singer was in this documentary, and I don’t want to know because his singing was terrible….how do such musical geniuses have such a poor ear for singers??). I very much enjoyed watching this, and will certainly return to it again.
He is also one of my very favourites! He has a directness and beauty to his tone that perfectly matches Schubert. Sir András and Herr Schreier are a Schubertian (and musical) match made in heaven.
The opening music is from Schubert's unfinished piano sonata in f sharp minor. 3:30 is one of his moments musicaux 18:04 is the 3rd movement of his A major sonata (D664) 23:50 is the Fantasie in F minor for 4 hands
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Schubert is not only sublime but joyous, frightening, lively, sad, soulful, optimistic, pessimistic and so on, he really captures the human condition and nature within it like no other musician.
Very well said!
Maestro Schiff’s prodigious learning and knowledge, both the technical & historical aspects, about music is astounding. In the many videos shown here in You Tube, Schiff enlightens, entertains and educates. Music lovers are indeed lucky to be living in this era where such videos are available to all & sundry! Thank you!🙏
I’ve found this same breadth of knowledge in the mind of every one of the great concert artists I admire. I don’t know how such accomplished, brilliant people could spend their lives learning and playing the incomparable music of many composers without wanting to get into their minds.
I love this film so much and watch it regularly.
I do the same. Sometimes it makes me cry. I really discovered Schubert in Vienna, vising his museums, going to the Zentralfriedhof and Währing. Impossible to forget. I felt transported to another time. Hope to return there next year.
@@guillote75 Indeed, this film is an emotional balm, with Schiff further enhancing the beauty of Schubert's music with his sensitivity and love. I also visited Vienna in December 2018 on a pilgrimage and was fortunate to visit all the Schubert sites you mention, in total peace. It was strange to see the orignal tombs of Beethoven and Schubert behind that wall in the former Währinger Ortsfriedhof. Did you visit Schubertkirche, which is only a five minute walk from his birthplace? (Check online for times when it is open). Also the old Sankt Marxer Friedhof is worth visiting, where Mozart is buried. Best wishes.
Me too! Coming back to it over and over again
This is a pearl. András Schiff is a genius.
Here is the list of all the pieces used in this documentary, for those who are interested:
00:00 Piano Sonata in F# minor, D.571
03:27 Moment Musical No.3 in F minor, D.780
06:04 Symphony No.3 in D major, D.200, 2nd movement
07:29 Piano Sonata in A major, D.664, 1st movement
08:45 Piano Sonata in A major, D.959, 4th movement
09:02 Piano Sonata in D major, D.850, 4th movement
09:19 Piano Sonata in G major, D.894, 3rd movement
09:48 Wander Fantasy in C major, D.760, 2nd movement
11:00 Die Forelle, D.550
12:01 Das Wandern (from Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795)
15:14 Impromptu No.3 in Gb major, D.899
18:04 Piano Sonata in A major, D.664, 3rd movement
20:09 Wander Fantasy in C major, D.760, 4th movement
23:41 Fantasy in F minor, D.940, 1st movement
25:11 Rondo in D major, D.608
26:56 Piano Sonata in B major, D.575, 1st movement
30:00 Mass in Eb major, D.950, Kyrie
32:59 Piano Sonata in A major, D.959, 2nd movement
37:24 Der Doppelgänger (from Schwanengesang, D.957)
40:39 Piano Sonata in Bb major, D.960, 2nd movement
46:29 Über allen Gipfeln (Wandrers Nachtlied II), D.768
Wow!
Thank you!!!
Very helpful of you, thank you.
Many thanks for this
Thank you very much!
This is simply to be marvelled at. Andras Schiff is quiet, gentle and so filled with knowledge and understanding that one is overcome with awe. His musicianship at the piano is also unsurpassed.
The Magic of Schubert and Sir Schiff. After many decades it resonates powerfully. Even more so in the pandemic times
I guess this was made in the 80s. It feels like the sort of film that wouldn't get made now. Very few visual gimmicks, no gushing precis at the start about the "journey" we're about to go on. Just someone who has a deep knowledge and love of his subject sharing it with us.
It is amazing how the way Schiff speaks and the way he plays are the same. Every word is carefully considered and the silences as important as the sounds. A rare artist indeed.
Thank you kis martus for sharing.
Richard Whitehouse : I believe András Schiff recorded this in 1997. Just for your interest & information. I agree with you that it is exceptional for these times - but then, Sir András is exceptional. As you say, a rare artist indeed.
The film was actually shot in Vienna in 1996.
Good comment.
it was broadcast in the UK for the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth in 1997
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A beautiful, beautiful essay on Schubert's music and life.
Watched it for the second time. I'll certainly watch it again.
Schiff is the perfect guide to Schubert. He is wonderful.
Truly enlightening presentation by Maestro Schiff of the greatest composer (to me) in music ever. Hail to eternal and effervescent Schubert ~~
Simply marvellous. I love this view on Schubert and share it : big love and admiration...thank you Andras !
What a wonderful find on the composer's 224th birthday, thanks to a remarkable entry on Schubert in Wikipedia, and to hear an equally remarkable artist, Andras Schiff, talk with passion and intellect of one of THE great creators of humankind.
Happy Birthday Franz Schubert!
Thank you Mr Schiff! Your simpleness, humility and intellectual grasp are enlightening!
All of the András Schiff documentaries are a must watch. He's so knowledgeable and has obviously studied these composer's in great depth. Also as a pianist he is absolutely amazing and has unrivalled talent. I particularly enjoyed the Chopin one, they're all worth watching though. Thank you for uploading.
Thank you for sharing this. András Schiff is just about the best person to expound upon the genius of Schubert, and it's great also to see and hear Peter Schreier.
Very moving and pure musical experience through Mr. Schiff's playing; also a touching and deeply personal connection with Schubert that makes his account of Schubert's life ring truer than all others. With gratitude--
Very much enjoyed watching/listening. Schiff András not only relates spiritually to Schubert, but at times, he also looks like him.
Yes I thought that. And with his sensitivity and seemingly innate insights into Schubert's soul, almost like a reincarnation. Or perhaps Schubert has chosen Andras to live on within him and tell the story of his life that he was never able himself to tell.
Nice to hear him talk about the piano.You don't often get that insight.
Andras Schiff’s piano technique is MIRACULOUS: He plays ferociously difficult pieces as if they were as easy as 1,23..
And he plays them with a fantastic interpretation .
I feel like giving up playing the piano altogether...
Oh my word, me too... Its so demoralising.. But hey, comparison kills creativity
I see guitar players today who can play what only a few decades ago appear impossible fingerings however not everyone can play everything as though it is under their fingers. I imagine the applies to every instrument including the piano. I doubt that there is anyone who can fully master every fortee in that regard. The trick is to as much as possible to remain inspired. Never feel like giving up but remain positive. The joy should be there to want to play. Music should be full of joy as much as possible. I have seen people actually give up for life because they got lost at sea.
Never, ever, give up.
The fact that you can open a piano and play something - anything - is the admiration of many, many people who never had the opportunity, inclination, or any degree of musicality.
I just adore Schiff`s clarity, simpleness, classicism
Dear Master Schiff, thank you for these precious comments about Schubert.
I am sometimes a little ashamed to recognize that Schubert music makes me cry when I listen to it or try to play it.
Schubert touches me to the deepest in my heart because it tells me so much about sadness, despair, fear, terror even.
I try to connect to these sentiments when I learn play Schubert pieces.
Don't be ashamed. You are not alone in these feelings. Schubert is speaking to you.
This film was made by Mischa Scorer originally for the BBC. There is another film by the same director with Andras Schiff on Chopin which seems to be available on TH-cam.
A true virtuoso with such humility, so much feeling on his interpretation. Here is the perfection in every regard. Liked very much. Could say much more, but I'm sure others have said it. It's truly amazing what TH-cam has to offer in some ways. Thank you for sharing +kis martus
I too return to this film often. Schubert sang, no continues to sing the song of life. He needs interpreters and andras schiff, a worthy interpreter has created a perfect gift
A humble gratitude to you andras. Thank you.
A warm thank you for this upload. I will watch it , enjoy it and learn from it many times.
What a wonderful, soul searching documentary to watch and understand Schubert's pianistic genius explained by Maestro Andras Schiff, on the occasion of Schubert's 193 death anniversary today.
Thanks Maestro Schiff for the great insight in Schubert's music and personality.
So touching! Let us love Schubert!
This film is such a huge support to me for insight of playing Schubert.So appreciate it.
Same.
beautiful music, a feeling of deep connection with the composer ... so inspiring!
thank you
Warmhearted thanks for this "simple" Schubert. I felt his "storytelling" ability even in his Ave Maria. I thought, he noticed a maid in the yard, who was putting clothes to the line. The wind emphasized different part of her body. Schubert natural human desire had to be calm down. He turned to the Heaven of this era in his music.
Maestro Schiff shows great affinity to the gentle genius that Schubert was, and comes up with a trouvaille that I'll remember and cherish till the end of my days (alongside the music of these great three: Bach-the Father, Mozart-the Son, and Schubert-the Holy Spirit. And I am a Unitarian! And let's acknowledge the makers of the movie, as well. Cleverly edited, well-chosen locales, and possibly, a director with musical background! Instructive, and definitely memorable. Őszintén gratulálok, és köszönöm szépen!
Gyönyörű ez a film. Ajánlom mindenkinek, aki szereti Schubert zenéjét.
absolutely wonderful.
I do not mean to be disrespectful in any way.
I am a great fan of Andras Schiff!
But,as I watch and listen to him, I see the simple,calm stillness of a koala.
His hair.
The shape of his face, nose…
His soft but steady gaze with eyes that never seem to blink.
Thanks, this film is so interesting 😊 I like films about composers
V. informative - to the head and the heart.
Gyönyörű film, köszönjük önnek művész úr. Nagyon meghato, szivszoringato történet hasonló Chopenhez.
ce documentaire est une merveille
I thank You very much Sir Schiff !
So enjpyed this video about Schubert's life and music. What an amazing man he was. Thankyou more than I can say.
I love Schubert. R.I.P.
Browsing versions of the Andantino from the 20th piano sonata, I came across this. I always love finding pianist-composer love affairs. Thanks a lot.
Thank you, AS. Schubert is one of our finest.
Wirklich ein wundervoller Zugang zu Schuberts Werk und Charakter, den hier Andras Schiff uns gibt.
Man glaubt fast die Înkarnation von ihm vor uns zu sehen
My teacher Mr. Schiff. Finally will get to see him live in LA. 🙏🏽
"Vienna the city of music. They love music. They are honoring their composers, erecting monuments to them when they are dead." - Andras Schiff. Unfortunately he's correct.
Why "unfortunately"?
Most of those composers suffered greatly while alive and now are being exploited
Friends, dont miss the Arpeggione Sonata with Schiff. Genius.
Thank you Andras, for your gently-spoken, wise commentary along the foreshortened stream of Schubert's life. I would single out where Schiff puts into words the feelings conveyed in the last piano sonata, 2nd movt.
41:45- 43:45 "et incarnatus est". 46:25 "finita la comedia".
🎼🎹🇦🇹🇭🇺🇩🇪🇯🇵 懐かしい。ウィーンの街並みや近郊の森、図書室の静謐な雰囲気とシューベルトの自筆譜、ベーゼンドルファーの音色。
１９９５年から足掛け１５年、研究所があるドイツの本拠地と毎月往復しながら、私がほとんどその中だけで生きてきた場所。
その前後約１０年ずつを足せば、私のこれまでの人生の大半が、そこを中心に回ってきたことになる。
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ずいぶん狭い世界だと思っていたけれど、そしてそれ以外の世界を知らなすぎるのは危険なように思っていたけれど、結局は、最も美しい世界だったのではないかしら？
その外の世界を知りたがった私は、楽園の世界に疑いを抱いたイブ、生まれた星を飛び出した「星の王子さま」のようなものだったのではないかしら？
それとも、楽園を追われた人間が、信仰を得て天国に戻るように、或いは様々な星を巡った挙句に、「星の王子さま」が生まれ故郷の星に戻っていくように、私も一回り大きく成長して、そこに戻っていくことができるのだろうか？
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ウィーンを離れて９年が過ぎた。
その間に恩師は亡くなったけれど、クリスマス休暇中に亡くなる僅か３週間ほど前まで、恩師が私だけに熱く語ってくれていた夢がある。
私が生きているうちに、それを形にして世に遺していくことができるのだろうか？
少なくとも、私がいなくなっても、後を継げる人がいるようにしておくことはできるのだろうか？
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ベーゼンドルファーとシュタインウェイの音色の違いは、ウィーン方言と標準ドイツ語の響きの違いだというシフの見解は鋭い。
ベーゼンドルファーの音色は温かく、gemütlich なウィーンの空気を漂わせている。
弾いていると、その空気に自分が包まれていくような……。
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シューベルトの音楽の微妙なニュアンスは、自筆譜を見なければ分からないというのも本当だ。
伝統邦楽とは異なり、西洋音楽の記譜法は、音楽の細かなニュアンスを規定しているというのは、半分本当で、半分嘘だ。
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それは、言葉に対する文字のようなもの。
読む人の感情の籠め方で、全く意味が違ってしまう。
学校教師だったシューベルトの筆跡は習字の手本のように美しい。
五線譜も同様に美しい。だがそれは、文字以上に、細かなニュアンスを余すところなく伝えている。
シューベルトの自筆譜を毎日、来る日も来る日も、何年も朝から晩まで眺めていたあの至福の時は、私にとっても、やはりかけがえのない時間だったのだ。
Beauty and melancholy 🫶Schubert’s beautiful music speaks volumes of the beauty of nature and the trials and tribulations of humanity.
Deeply profound,yet magically meaningful 🫶
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Thank you, wonderful. A gem. Xxx
Schubert is the ultimate tragic romantic composer. He touches the heart like no other does.
A sympathetic, illuminating film showing proper respect to one of the greatest composer who ever lived. My Beethoven collection is enormous, and I have studied him with love and devotion for decades. However...My favorite solo instrumental piece? Schubert's last Piano Sonata, D960. My favorite song? Gretchen's Spinning Wheel. My favorite symphony? Schubert's Unfinished. You are right, we don't know that much detail of his personal life. But Schubert's music is another matter. He is truly a lyric poet of composition, and nobody before or after has matched him in that still unique quality he holds in the highest degree. There is a time for everything. The overwhelming power of Mozart's Requiem may not be Schubert's usual voice. My favorite cake is one I make myself: a three-layer white cake (no egg yolks), filled with a lemon custard I cook with those leftover egg yolks on the stove top, and frosted with my own rich dark chocolate buttercream frosting.That does NOT mean there are not times I want a cup of tea, plain biscuits, a good book and a quiet room.
Franz - one of life’s great artists ‘of the Path’.
No one plays the last three Schubert piano sonatas better than Mr. Serkin, although Sir Schiff comes close, though in a slightly different style. Of course, Mr. Serkin and Sir Schiff played an d studied together in Marlboro years ago. They are both giants! lang Lieb Mr. Serkin and Sir Andras! They keep Schuberts works alive for future generations.
I had the pleasure of driving Sir András when he played a concert of the final sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. A daring concept by a great artist!
Thank you Mr. Schiff.
Thank you for this, whoever you are.
It's so uncanny, the likeness of appearance of Schiff and Schubert. The filmmakers clearly capitalize on this as they cut from closeups of Schiff to portraits of Schubert. If only Schiff were wearing a pair of 19th century spectacles the deal would be sealed.
alyoshaproductions I was thinking the same thing!
I love the way andras shiff plays with his eyebrows
It is the poem by Heinrich Heine, who was in vain deeply in love to one of his cousins. You have to enter Indian spirituality to understand that indeed an emotional outburst can take an independent form, identical to its original ( that is why it is called the lookalike or the mental double) and visible only in a night mare disposition, mostly harmless to the original. The song is the most wonderful interpretation of the situation when the original person becomes aware of this independent identical being.
I permittier differ about the qualification of Bach, Mozart and Schubert. Our culture has its historical roots dominated by a most dark occult force. We live all in a dark cellar with doors almost closed, closed to hinder the sight of our brilliant Divine Mahashakti or Mother of God. Whether we know it or not SHE takes care of our constant coming and going. Very few are chosen to receive a secret key, the key to enter HER world of music by the later years. The hidden key is the intuition to enter the wold of music, copy what is heard there and bring it in notes to us. So a composer is similar to the radio which only transmits the music to us.
And what is the purpose of all music ? It is the present from the Divine to us for experiencing ecstasy, an inner happiness which no word can describe. In this way I can understand that Schubert‘s music is loved worldwide also by those who do not know the German language. When I worked in Kabul I once listened when driven from the office to our home to a song by Nayyara Noor and did not understand one word of this tragic song Kabhi Hum Khoobsurat, but my heart did. and I was in tears.
My thanks to Sir Andras Schiff, who lets us enjoy the ecstasy of music.
Ja, das ist es einfach! Durchdringend, bizarr und ergreifend für jede Zelle.
Maravilloso!!!!
Great video. Thanks for the upload!
Merveilleux, Merci infiniment !
Danke!
thanks a lot for sharing
26:21 wow, that’s cute.
I am not really worthy to have ears to marvel at Shubert's beauty from afar. I have learned so much music theory over my yrs but these masters are so far away beyond me that I find it almost impossible to imagine their wonder and brilliance. What is it their genius that separates them from me a mere mortal....? Who is alive today that is at all comparable in any meaningful sense..? In many of the other wonderful arts there are people around possessing these gifts except music.
I agree with you 😊😃
András gyönyörü. ..köszönöm
Moving and intelligent.
este documental tiene todas mis canciones favoritas de schubert
sabes cual es el nombre de la primera pieza del video?
@@brunoescoto9630 th-cam.com/video/lCNoN7_tTFI/w-d-xo.html
que hermoso estuvo !! >o
Schubert's mother (Elizabeth) had 15 children, but 10 of them died under the age of 5 years. Schubert was the 13th child born to his mother. They were a family of 4 boys and 1 girl. Schubert's mother died when he was 15 years old.
Schubert's father remarried; and his second wife Anna had 5 children, one of whom died, so that Schubert had 2 step-brothers and 2 step-sisters.
Out of a total of 20 children born in Schubert's family 11 died in childhood.
Severe poverty was common. Unwanted new-borns washed through the sewerage system into the Danube River.
Death was a 'constant companion' for the great majority.
Following the French Revolution, Austrian Vienna was a repressive police state -- Schubert was arrested one frightening evening. Schubert stated that he believed that the State should support him -- all he could do was compose music.
D Nickaroo Life was much more precarious in those days. No antibiotics, no medicine worth mentioning. Unsanitary conditions prevailed. Illness and death were all around.
Excelent!!!
Bellissimo, grazie!
Der Doppelgänger (from Schwanengesang, D.957) - a song for the ages
Adore that Bösendorfer. The champagne and caviar of pianos.
The composer and performer are nice, too.
Who better to do a documentary about Shubert than the wonderful Schiff 😁
Хоровая музыка Шуберта просто потрясает! Брамс - отсюда! Спасибо дирижерам и хорам и ...А.Шиффу!!!
I admire this man so much! (actually both Schiff and Schubert)
Does someone know from which Sonata the part starting at ~ 7:35 is? Which Op.?
I love it amongst other pieces
Op. 120 D 664
I admire this man so much! (actually both Schiff and Schubert)
Does someone know from which Sonata the part starting at ~ 40:30 is?
Second movement of the D960 Sonata in B Flat Major
Thank you!
@@mariusvandewall2831 thanks, I have heard it plenty of times but never quite paid attention to where it is from, I might consider learning it. Thanks :)
It is Schubert's last Piano Sonata D.960. In the First Movt , the trill is known as the most 'mysterious' trill in music. The structure of the First Movement is built around that trill. To my mind, if Schubert played a trill like that, then the music would plunge into the depths of emotion -- he says more by refusing to go there.
@@dnickaroo3574 Wow, profound!
22:55 Happy is the man who finds a true friend in his life.
28:45 The tragic ending of Schubert's life... He did not have close friends (even the Schubertiades seem to be not very close to him (?))...
He had several close friends and was very close to his brother, Ferdinand.
To my mind, Beethoven had a more tragic life than Schubert -- condemned to loneliness by his deafness. Beethoven wrote little music for many years after 1812, when he expended much time and energy in the struggle over his nephew Karl. (His loneliness appears to have been a motivating factor). Schubert was blessed with many friends, and evenings spent in a Cafe, tavern, or Schubertiad.
One wonders whether the Mercurial "medicines" may have hastened Schubert's death (syphilis usually goes into a 'latent phase' -- but Schubert was unwell from soon after his diagnosis). (No wonder people turned to homeopathy!)
pretty good...............the association you get that Schubert is inviting you to a walk in the park, pointing to the swans , the statues etc , that was spot on to me. I also note that he plays with flat fingers like Horowitz. well he could do worse......He also comes across as a modest person, but don't fool yourself, he gets a bit arrogant sometimes at his Masterclass videos.
In the midst of tsunami of trite and trash on TH-cam, one occasionally chances across such gem as this.
This music moves my heart. I feel ecstacy despite its sadness which is there. And then the melodies want me to sing them. Who in me expresses this want to sing this or that melody constantly? In the German language this widely happening phenomenon is called „Ohrwurm“ earworm. In me this earworm has got its nobility and asks only for melodies given us by the great copiers from the Divine world of music as Schubert, Mozart ( Pamina‘s g Moll Arie ) chaconne by Bach and songs from his Quotlibet.
The Doppelgänger is based on the text from Heinrich Heine, who discloses one of the mysteries which happen when one experiences a trauma. His strong love to his nieces was not answered and he suffered. This suffering made itself independent and Heinrich Heine experienced this independent emotion as his Doppelgänger. I do not know whether today‘s psychology has discovered this Doppelgänger already.
I partly disagree to the text of the last song (coming from Dichterfürst Goethe ). When we pass what is happening . No answer to this question from any of the great personalities living in the west. When we pass we certainly have a period of rest in heaven but this rest will end and thereafter we manage to find new parents and incarnate. This fact has not been published in the Bible I and II, what a pity. In India any schoolgirl/boy knows it.
Shubert is also a master of movement: his music is demanding for the virtuoso like pianist due the "litle crowded" element. You cannot hide behind a big sounding: you have to sing, and in many cases, there is also a sort of lied poliphony that makes me think that he really prizes Bach more than Beethoven. However, his poliphonic character is much less that of theme and counter theme that sujests a scholastic Disputatio or a Gothic Cathedral as in Bach.
As is 18.57. The water motif in Schubert’s music.
16.52 is sheer genius.
25:30 haha it's cute 😃😍
Belíssimo.
Love the shade he throws at Wagner @37:10
I have to say that I agree 100% when Schiff said Beethoven was the Father, Mozart was the Son, and Schubert the Holy Spirit, but in another sense, Bach is the Holy Trinity Incarnate! I also find his music so beautiful p, so pristine in motive and execution, but sometimes unbearably poignant, especially his Lieder, especially sung by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau who is my “John the Baptist,” since we got all ecclesiastical! (I don’t know who the singer was in this documentary, and I don’t want to know because his singing was terrible….how do such musical geniuses have such a poor ear for singers??). I very much enjoyed watching this, and will certainly return to it again.
What piano music does Andras Schiff play at the very beginning of this video ?
+NormanicusDiabolicus "Der Wanderer" by Schubert, based on the poem "Des Fremdlings Abendlied"
NormanicusDiabolicus it’s Piano Sonata No 8 D 571 in F sharp minor. It’s one of two sonata fragments.
Sweet!
Picture on 6.55 is Czerny.
19:57-20:04
"You want machos.
Schubert was not a macho."
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Not even close
Does anyone know who the tenor is? Gorgeous sound!
I found him. Peter Schreier.
He is also one of my very favourites! He has a directness and beauty to his tone that perfectly matches Schubert. Sir András and Herr Schreier are a Schubertian (and musical) match made in heaven.
does anybody knows whats the piano piece of the very beining?
I'm also interested on the name of the pieces played ! around 3'30" ; 18'30" ; 23'50" ... wonderful documentary
The opening music is from Schubert's unfinished piano sonata in f sharp minor.
3:30 is one of his moments musicaux
18:04 is the 3rd movement of his A major sonata (D664)
23:50 is the Fantasie in F minor for 4 hands
kovvvas
thank you so much :-) !
30:03 Kyrie of Mass No 6, E-Flat Major D 950
has the play list for this been published? in particular the first piece?
Does anyone know what song he is playing at 15:23?
what's the song in the beginning of this video? It was so touch...
Roger Yeh piano sonata f sharp minor d 571