Hilary Hahn plays Ernst' s Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig, Op. 26
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- Hilary Hahn performs Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst's Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig, Op. 26 "Le roi des aulnes". This transcription on Schubert's Der Erlkonig is considered as one of the most difficult violin pieces ever composed and Hilary's performance is sublime!
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I first started playing the violin 10 years ago. Back then, I thought I'd never be able to play this piece. 10 years later, I can now confidently say, I was right
Lmao
This piece is so easy! I learnt it in 5 days since starting the violin. There's just one problem: I'm not very good.
@@Joshua-dc1bs nice! Lets spend 7 years try to play in tune!
@@yeallow910 LoL. I actually only play the piano, and I'm not attempting Erlkönig on that.
@@Joshua-dc1bs oke :)
Hilary: Where's the second violinist?
- he called in sick today
Hilary: Fine. I'll do it my self
its actually supposed to be played by one violin
@@nighthaunter5615 are you joking or? o_o
@@rapid1632 its true. there are two lines that are supposed to be played b one violin only.
@@nighthaunter5615 nono, night man... his comment was a joke man😭
@@rapid1632 ik. just writing for the peeps who didnt know uwu
Ernst didn't have friends so he had to play the whole thing by himself.
Underrated comment 🤣
He didn’t have friends for good reason. No one would want to be friends with a guy who wants to destroy a poor violin, let alone the violinist.
The story is a about a demon trying to kidnap a child so I don't think anyone wants to be friends with him
Shiverin XD Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote the poem. Schubert put the poem to music. Ernst transcribed the original piano score so that it could be played on the violin.
@@sophiemehdizadeh6425 And Goethe hated it XD
This is what happens when your second violin did not turn up for performance.
True. 😂
Haha yeah 😂
I don't have a second violin.
I have a violin that I don't play.
correction: this is when the second violin doesn't turn up, and you're hillary hahn
The cameraman must be in love with Hahn. He did not even show the other violinists.
@@p4trish3r-87 r/woooosh
Hahahahaha omfg. Come ON! 🤦🏼♀️
kryst4lliz3r - thats just you boomer
Wich other violinists? Its only her
Sir Schnee he’s joking about how she can play 2 parts
She makes it look effortless
I think it's probably partially due to the slightly offset audio/video sync.
Luka Puka no, the other version is as impressive
That is the goal of every musician. If you play it well, it sounds and looks easy...... but that's so damn hard
That's called being ling ling
dan No shit, it’s called dedication
I don't think you can fully understand how truly complex this piece is until you see it written on paper and you attempt to play even the first line xD
So very true!!
cant agree with you anymore kk even the very first line of the score is truly challenging for its player.
vianist123 yes i tried to do that . the first line was very wierd and complex
My hand feels like it is going to fall off playing it at HALF this tempo.
vianist123 I can play the first 3 notes ! Haha
I've played violin for over 20 years and can confidently say anyone describing Hahn's playing as mechanical has been ingesting too much of the contemporary 'nutra-sweet' violinistic tendencies many players employ to conceal other shortcomings. She's one of the finest living players, period.
I am not a violinist (though I've dabbled with other instruments). I don't know how anyone could seriously suggest this performance is mechanical. Technically incredible yes, but on top of that, dripping with musicality.
@@davidloveday8473 Being a virtuoso takes a toll on you. It's the price you have to pay to play near perfect.
Hillary is pure, refined and natural. She takes nothing away from the music and gives everything. As you listen to her play, you see the violin and hear your music and you never get distracted by her antics.. because she has no antics to take away from the art, that you are hearing.. she is an artist in the purest form..
She's the Heifetz of our generation!
The nearly flawless techniques and intense concentration are probably why people think that the playing is mecahnnical and emotionless. But that's because they are listening with their eyes and not their ears.
Only Sacrilegious violinist thinks she's no better
Artificial harmonics while still playing normal notes? LH pizz while still bowing? Perfect double octaves? Notes that go farther than a tenth? Non adjacent trills while holding a note? Having 3 voices at a time? All I have to say is... da faq
And to have it committed to memory as well!
Listen to 6 Polyphonic Etudes of Ernst for solo violin (and other works), it is just like him arrangement of "Der Erlkönig", so AMAZING
@@ethanhochberg4290 Memory is the easy part. It's probably harder to be looking at sheet music while playing this anyway.
Flying Pen and Paper what I came to say. I’m shit at piano but learning, and it takes me so long to struggle through measures (I’m a low brass player) that every piece I try to learn ends up being memorized just because of how long I’ve spent on the simplest things
@@Turt3752 As a former piano noob, I found out that doing more exercices and studying music theory helped a lot to learn faster, and it also helps to remember, so it's a double win.
I'm sure Hilary's training helped her a lot to learn this piece relatively fast !
Very well said. Hahn is often criticized for being "too perfect" or "unemotional" which of course just ridiculous. Her passion is in her perfection and dedication to transmitting the heart and mind of the composer to the listener.
Lol this comment is 12 years old
@@Anonymous_037 dam
@@nathanrock9269 dam
Hahn’s repertoire expanded from her early years into romantic concertos where the uninitiated can recognize her warmth and passion. The complexity of Erlkonig may sound “mechanical” to those who don’t know the song, don’t know the story and can’t recognize the voices portrayed. For those who do, she is drop dead amazing. I find her Brahms and Sibelius concertos amazing even when compared to former greats, such as Heifetz and Stern. Her musical intelligence and technique are second to none
imagine if this dude replies
The mad thing is she’s markedly better than this again right now. Truly one of the all time greats...and she can play while hula hooping. #linglingconfirmed
I think having children has made her less self conscious and more outgoing... her recent performances are great!
LING LING BOI
LING LING BOI
Agreed
She's better than Ling Ling
When the rest of your quartet doesn't show up
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Chopin and Annie Leonhart? Damnnnnnn, the two parts of my personality collide
? and now please tell us the truth: where is the second violinist hiding ...
same place as the 3rd one :)
No where she's play 2 parts at once
And flutist ;)
He's hidden inside her violin!
She is it
polyphony on a violin is so surreal
Polyphony on the violin goes back to the days of J.S. Bach and Heinrich Biber.
i already find this piece difficult on piano
@@pimketss Franz liszt's transcription is at least as difficult as this
@@batuozer383 your point being?
pimketss if you can play it Schubert YOU CAN PLAY IT LISZT
What’s amazing is that on top of the technical difficulties associated with this piece, she is able to perfectly express, the musical story. The boy sounds desperate, the father deep and concerned, the Erlkonig sweet and enticing... this is what makes Hilary truly great.
Hi, I have read the poem and I love the performance but I'm unable to clearly understand which character is being played when. Can you please clarify with time stamps? Thanks a lot in advance
@@oneamoebatwoamoeba9930 Hey, it helps to listen to Schubert's original version with voice, it's opera tho which I'm not the biggest fan of so here.
It opens by setting the atmosphere
At 0:20 is the first conversation between the father and son, the son is the squealing highs.
1:20 is the Erlkonig explaining his offerings of games, flowers, and robes.
2:02 "My father, my father, do you not hear what the Erlkonig promises me?..."
At 2:14 it's easy to tell when the voice changes from the son to the father.
2:30 The Erlkonig returns to offer the son his daughters, dancing, etc.
2:49 - 2:58 "My father, my father, and don't you see there
The Elf-king's daughters in the gloomy place?"
3:24 Erlkonig explains his love for the son, and he wishes to take him by force
3:49 "My father, my father, he's touching me now!
The Elf-king has done me harm!"
The rest I'm not sure as I dont speak german, but I assume its the father mourning over his son.
Hilary Hahn should do an updated version of this piece now because I’m sure it would sound even better than this masterpiece
Yes exactly! I would be so excited
@@kxkx8243 I kept rewinding to the part where she played it in the video with twoset. It blew my mind 🤯
Imagine if she did a full version!!!
I Like Birds which video?
@@hookintheshoulder8936 I think it's the Ling Ling workout one
@@hookintheshoulder8936 I think it's the Ling Ling workout one
My favourite part is when it finish and you can press the replay button, and do it all day long.
+Sergio Ariel Díaz Díaz same
Did anyone else come here from TwoSetViolin? Just me??
Me too!! As soon I heard the bit she played, I had to hear more 😭💕
Me three!! 😆 I love this piece and I had to hear more of it too!!
Me fourXD
Yup. That's me.
RezaSan no I did
Amazing how she can pluck and bow at the same time.
+PhantomQueenOne I like how that is what blows your mind lmao
1:30
@@user-xz7zr6us4n "just left hand pizz" she said
Her right hand bows while her left hand plucks.
She also does here eyebrows really well...
What you have to understand about Hahn is that she delivers the composer's work. She steps aside from her ego and lets the music be heard. She does so with an exquisite sound, almost perfect tuning and nothing forced. She does not need anything sensational to prove what she is, and in doing so actually becomes even more sensational. The drama is in the music, not in the narcissism of the player. She must be every composer's dream.
But you have to remember that having one's own interpretation doesn't necessarily mean that someone is narcissistic at all. There are players that like to be very creative with pieces they perform, sometimes or not with the composer in mind- and in doing so they end up creating beautiful interpretations that are interesting to listen to because of the creativity and uniqueness that they bring out. Not all players that have unique interpretations are necessarily doing this in order to be narcissistic, or for their egos, or even to gain more recognition. Rather, each individual has a different perspective of the music before them.
"-I know, I'll compose a pice for four violins -Mr. Schubert, we have only one violinist -Well... make him play the four violins at the same time" That's how it happened haha.
Schubert wrote it for solo voice and piano, but Ernst was the devil that arranged it for solo violin
Roma Move aside Paganini. Ernst is the new Devil of Violin.
@@sophiemehdizadeh6425 Paganini: God save the king
Killerbee47 good point. But Ernst is apparently just as bad, too.
who's here after watching her do it reversed
I did! But, we're you asking if she was doing it reversed from twosetviolin?
Me
Ling ling
OMMMG MEEEE
@@maryammanahil1005 yup
Who's coming here after the recent twoset and like 🤯
meeee!!!!
Meee I didn’t even know that people play this on the violin. I learned about it in music appreciation class and I only listened to the version with a singer and piano!
hey there fellow linglingwannabe ;)
I had watched this even before I knew twoset violin
Irish Wrist Watch shut up, who cares.
I have scoured every source available to me for an Erlkonig performance as good as this, but nothing even touches a candle to Hilary here. It's actually insane how she maintains a steady rhythm, dynamics, and complete control over the melody all while playing these crazy complex chords. I only wish she would record this and release it properly!
Gidon Kremer recorded it some years ago. His performance is the only one on a par with Hilary’s. Many great violinists haven’t even recorded it. I’ve never found a recording by Heifetz.
Why the hell are there 1000 thumbs down?? bunch of ignorant people who have no idea how hard this piece truly is...
There is only 32 in 6/11
Their is only 36 ;)
Omega9914 i think they are JEALOUS.
There are 54 now, but still too many. There''s no accounting for tastes.
60 now, 60 uncultured swine who need to be burnt at the stake
It is impossible! what she did is unbelievable! This piece is difficult in piano, ... In Violin, Wow! Hilary! You are great!
actually its ok in piano
Kino -Imsure1200q If he meant the Liszt transcription, its difficult.
@@Kino-Imsureq Liszt's transcription is hard
Go my wife
@@arlandeetagaytayan4154 haha, what a surprise :P
I can actually hear the conversation, the talking, the rushing, the panic in their voices, the screaming and the griefing. BRAVO
I almost forgot to listen to this today
She's sooo talented..The human brain is such an amazing machine!
Says the human brain
She would have to be on the spectrum to be that gifted.
@@jasonwestwood7092 wtf?
After listening to five different interpretations of this particular piece on spotify, I have to say this is the best one I have ever heard. The other interpretations sounded like violinists playing a difficult piece of music, but the result sounded very mechanic. Hilary makes it sound just like a beautiful piece of music, with the difficulty hidden underneath the music.
omg same I first heard hilary hahn play this and then I wanted to find it on spotify, but her interpretation isn't on there so I just listened to all the others. Her's is in my opinion the best.
It seemed like the piece was not meant for the Violin but when she was playing it she changed the fact that it was not meant for the violin. Music is Freedom. Music is a Journey. She was one with the music. I was minblowned by the fact that she was amazing. Every measure of the piece seemed easy when she played it!
so like i know like this is a month old, but the piece was for an opera or something, Played on the piano, accompanying a voice :). so yeah....stuff
XxanticonformistxX NO. The original song is one of Schubert's Lieder. This, however, is a composition by another composer specifically written for the violin - a set piece based on Schubert's work.
Oh well...8 months later....thanks bruh
@@XxanticonformistxX first of all, "mindblowned."
But yeah, it's in the description of the video. Schubert composed it for piano and voice, but Ernst arranged it for violin.
By the way, you changed your name from "XxanticonformistxX" to Braydon Xirau, which is a pretty drastic change.
By the by the way, I replied 4 whole years later. Take that.
5 years late but is that a Your Lie In April reference?
She is a Jedi for sure
WOW. I studied this piece for a music history exam a couple years back and am only now hearing it on solo violin. Hillary Hahn is simply amazing
I played this song.
Right after the first measure, I failed miserably.
the 2nd measure is very easy.
just an upward scale in the key of g minor starting on g while playing in double stops.
the 3rd 4th and 5th are copies. 6th and 7th is a little harder. 8th is- holy shit
technichy I dunno, man, the second bar has that weird shifty stuff to maintain the G double stop but then hit the D and Eb on the G string. compared to measure #1, it's infinitely harder!
Am I doing something wrong? Because I read this and it doesn't seem very hard at a first look and I'm 16 (of course very slow). Maybe it's because I'm left handed, but I find this not as difficult as Ernst 6th etude, or Paganini "Nel cor più non mi sento". I think it has to be studied a lot to remember what has to do left hand, but if you practice it very slow is not that hard IMHO.
Maybe I'm doing something VEEERY wrong, cause I found it easier than I thought
Jean Valjean it is not as hard as the paganini piece IMO
"Maybe because I'm left-handed" mate being left-handed is not some kind of cheat to be a superior violonist lol
I appreciate how she demonstrates the conversation by moving to one side to ask and then the other side to reply
It sounds like a fucking entire orchestra of violins!😂
Language
thats the whole point
Who else is here from TwoSet to hear what it sounds like
most of us prbly
Me, and addicted since then
How does she keep the flow that's incredible. All the other performances I've seen struggle to keep the same tempo going 👏 bravo
I'm also glad she plays it a little slower than other performances, definitely sounds better
And she was 18 years old back then
she makes one of the physically hardest pieces ever written look so easy.
all music, no show, no theatrics. love it. this remains my favourite interpretation of this insane piece.
would i love to hear an updated version. the comments here saying shes playing it even better these days are killing me!
She’s playing the main melody and the accompaniment all at once. I swear to god, this woman is gold. This piece is typically vocal plus piano accompaniment. She played the whole thing herself . Damn good.
Concert organiser: I'm sorry Hillary. The other members of the string quartet can't fly out to the concert hall because of the covid travel restrictions.
Hillary: I got this. Who needs them.
This piece is crazzzyyyy the first time I listened to it, I thought there were two violins!! I love Hilary❤❤❤
When you want to play a duet, but you don't have friends
More like a quartet don’t you think :)
Try it with violin and bow switched
is she playing this alone ??? wow ... i hear like 2 violins !!!
Yes, double stops create that impression 👌
Hijab WEAKLY I think she was just being sarcastic
Justin justin Oh okay
I also hear more than one violin 😯
@@ccheyenne that's the point, that's what makes this piece so difficult
Jealousy looks for a single flaw. The joy of man hears none.
Well I AM jealous, but still can't hear one😂
I'm jealous bc I cant hear one 😔
“I was trapped, looking through the cage…. Gazing upon an absolute beauty. Surely, this was the voice of God.”
I really appreciate the notes you have added in the video, to make it easier for us music noobs. The piece is inspired by Goethe's poem, here is the text:
Who rides, so late, through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.
He has the boy well in his arm
He holds him safely, he keeps him warm.
"My son, why do you hide your face in fear?"
"Father, do you not see the Elf-king?
The Elf-king with crown and cape?"
"My son, it's a streak of fog."
"You dear child, come, go with me!
(Very) beautiful games I play with you;
Many colorful flowers are on the beach,
My mother has many a golden robe."
"My father, my father, and do you not hear
What the Elf-king quietly promises me?"
"Be calm, stay calm, my child;
Through dry leaves the wind is sighing."
"Do you, fine boy, want to go with me?
My daughters shall wait on you finely;
My daughters lead the nightly dance,
And rock and dance and sing to bring you in."
"My father, my father, and don't you see there
The Elf-king's daughters in the gloomy place?"
"My son, my son, I see it clearly:
There shimmer the old willows so grey."
"I love you, your beautiful form entices me;
And if you're not willing, then I will use force."
"My father, my father, he's touching me now!
The Elf-king has done me harm!"
It horrifies the father; he swiftly rides on,
He holds the moaning child in his arms,
Reaches the farm with great difficulty;
In his arms, the child was dead.
Wow, thanks for posting!
Originally, it is a German poem.
well Goethe was German xD @@lfranz4167
And if you are German chances are around 90% you know the Poem from school.
Jfc kids were taught this in school? No wonder you guys killed all those people. This shit is dark
Hilary Hahn is legend of playing the violin ,this is the best recording i have ever heard of erlkonig.
I come back to this video every once in a while. Just as incredible as the first time, truly the best recording of this piece in my opinion.
Not the best, but the only one. LOL
Violin is not monophonic
For sure
This piece is not monophonic?? But the violin most certainly can play monophonic passages, with ease! I do not understand your comment
@@rorycbruce he meant it can be more than monophonic... But yeah, this comment doesn't have great vlue
@@thaliarice3891 not just the composition, most definitely the artists mastery over the instrument too.
indeed
An explanation of how each of the voices relates to the 3 characters of the poem and when they speak with timestamps:
I wrote this as a response to another comment but thought others would want to see.
It opens by setting the atmosphere
At 0:20 is the first conversation between the father and son, the son is the squealing highs.
1:20 is the Erlkonig explaining his offerings of games, flowers, and robes.
2:02 "My father, my father, do you not hear what the Erlkonig promises me?..."
At 2:14 it's easy to tell when the voice changes from the son to the father.
2:30 The Erlkonig returns to offer the son his daughters, dancing, etc.
2:49 - 3:04 "My father, my father, and don't you see there
The Elf-king's daughters in the gloomy place?"
Father replies at 3:04
3:24 Erlkonig explains his love for the son, and he wishes to take him by force
3:49 "My father, my father, he's touching me now!
The Elf-king has done me harm!"
The rest I'm not sure, but I assume its the father mourning over his son. 4:26 is the last time we hear the son's "voice" but it could be the father squealing I guess. If you're still lost it helps to listen to Schubert's original w voice.
I can't even find a C note on a piano...I can't comprehend how anyone can play this on only one violin.
She is Hillary Hahn, one of the violinists of century and my favorite one 🥰
It you can't find C on the piano, it's just your fault.
It's the note that's on the left side of the set of 2 black keys, there u go, now you know
Arthurマヤ Thank you, that helps. Now, where is it on my trombone and kazoo?
this is hands down the best interpretation of this piece. every note is soo clear and the part with two lines and harmonics you can hear a clear separation. like it amazes me that she does that so well omg
I keep coming back to this recording of der erlkonig all the time it's just the best
I DEEPLY appreciate the insight about the piece!!! I took the liberty upon myself to research the piece further and I can understand the piece sso much better, and THAT'S WHAT MUSIC'S ABOUT!! So thank you SSOO MUCH!!
I see nothing robotic. I see concentration on the important voice/technique of the moment, which is always changing, and ECONOMY. She has a baseline and stays to it.
Whoever says Hilary Hahn’s playing is robotic needs to close their eyes, listens with their ears and has their closed mind open. It’s the exact opposite of robotic.
Thank you Brett and Eddy ❤️
ling ling could do it with right and left hand reversed
jk shes awesome
@@ggPescesgg ling ling? Of course brooo
Ling Ling doesn't need hands to play this piece
@@destroyr-bd9pr Ling Ling doesn't need Violin
Regards from Argentina Ling Ling!
Hilary is so cool. This is my comfort piece when i want to get rid of myself and not be here anymore, something i sometimes watch first before anything else 😢😊💖
ooohhhh she plays it flawlessly!! I literally love her so much. Saying that she is my favorite violinist is a bit of an under statement. If I had to listen to only one violinist for the rest of my life there would be absolutely no hesitation in choosing Hilary Hahn.
Then you must know nothing about anything
I really don't understand where comments about a lack of emotion comes. Hahn is hands down the only living person I've seen who can play this piece with emotion. Everyone else just plays it dry as a desert, presumably because of the piece's complexity.
Плтому что ее эмоции на кончиках пальцев, а не на лице.
Не все это понимают.
Hilary, I always appreciate how much care you take to articulate difficult pieces/passages. The composers' intent or musicality can so easily get lost, but by staying in control you're able to tell a difficult story well.
Much appreciated.
The art of playing hard pieces is making them look playable!
Amazing performance, I can listen to it till morning without getting bored! By the way, it is not fair to say that violin is a monophonic instrument. It is true that violin is not as polyphonic as, say, a classical guitar, however, it is still not monophonic.
i just tried to add it to my watch later then realized it was already on there cause i've watched it so many times lol
Here after TwoSetViolin!!! She is surely from the Order of Ling Ling!!! 😍
Just amazing. I can’t put words.
Hello! I'be come for my harsh dose of reality XD
In all seriousness, one of my favorite things about this is how both the composer and performer not only create something impressive technically, but also create drama by using different timbres associated with the characters and emotional context. I love the harmonics voicing the "Erlkonig" himself!
It has been 15 years since recorded this yet I couldn't find any better version. Hilary Hanh is just too powerful...
The 99 dislikes were from the Viola King's court.
Funny 👍🏼
Thanks so much for not only posting this, but adding the comments -- I really appreciate that.
came from twoset’s video with hillary :)
played so beautifully
all the different characters came out brilliantly and the story is portrayed crystal clear.
Erkling got to the boy afterall
Such an astonishingly difficult piece. I play violin to grade VIII standard but could never play this. To play artificial harmonics with another polyphonic part in normal notes is almost impossible. There are artificial harmonics with the little finger a perfect fifth away too which sound an octave and a fifth higher than the first finger and are extraordinarily difficult to stretch and sound.
People don't understand how astronomically spectacular this is. Just playing this piece at all requires complete mastery of the violin. BUT...BUT she even adds dynamics to her pizz and little subtle things like that which you take for granted, but imagine trying to do those things while frantically playing this monstrosity. The level required to do that is unfathomable. Not only that, her interpretation is excellent. In almost every other performance of this piece, the soloist plays it as if they were trying to a Rockstar or the reincarnation of Paganini, but this piece is based off of an old German fairytale. In that fairytale, The Elf King (Der Erlkonig, an evil spirit) is trying to lure a little boy into his clutches. Whenever you hear Hahn change into a light and playful sound, this is the part of the poem where the Elf King is speaking to the boy. He tries to deceive him into thinking he is friendly by offering him gifts and promising to play with him. Literally every other version the soloist is shredding these parts to show off how fast they can play it, but that is incorrect. THIS is how it is supposed to be played. It's supposed to sound playful and light hearted at those parts.
Who the hell even think about disliking this???
Erlkönig
Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind?
Es ist der Vater mit seinem Kind:
Er hat den Knaben wohl in dem Arm,
Er fasst ihn sicher, er hält ihn warm.
„Mein Sohn, was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?“
„Siehst, Vater, du den Erlkönig nicht?
Den Erlenkönig mit Kron’ und Schweif?“
„Mein Sohn, es ist ein Nebelstreif.“
„Du liebes Kind, komm, geh mit mir!
Gar schöne Spiele spiel’ ich mit dir;
Manch’ bunte Blumen sind an dem Strand,
Meine Mutter hat manch gülden Gewand.“
„Mein Vater, mein Vater, und hörest du nicht,
Was Erlenkönig mir leise verspricht?“
„Sei ruhig, bleibe ruhig, mein Kind:
In dürren Blättern säuselt der Wind.“
„Willst, feiner Knabe, du mit mir gehn?
Meine Töchter sollen dich warten schön;
Meine Töchter führen den nächtlichen Rein
Und wiegen und tanzen und singen dich ein.“
„Mein Vater, mein Vater, und siehst du nicht dort
Erlkönigs Töchter am düstern Ort?“
„Mein Sohn, mein Sohn, ich seh es genau:
Es scheinen die alten Weiden so grau.“
„Ich liebe dich, mich reizt deine schöne Gestalt;
Und bist du nicht willig, so brauch ich Gewalt.“
„Mein Vater, mein Vater, jetzt fasst er mich an!
Erlkönig hat mir ein Leids getan!“
Dem Vater grausets, er reitet geschwind,
Er hält in Armen das ächzende Kind,
Erreicht den Hof mit Mühe und Not:
In seinen Armen das Kind war tot.
By far the best performance of this very difficult work that I've heard. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful job! You maintained the momentum which is awesome! I love how you brought out the melodic lines amidst all of the constant repeated triplets! Also the varied touches and dynamics really captured the essence of each voice. I look forward to hearing more of your videos! Warmest wishes for your continued success, Diane
This is a good duet between Hilary and Ling Ling
Who rides, so late, through night and wind?
It is the father with his child.
He has the boy well in his arm
He holds him safely, he keeps him warm.
My son, why do you hide your face in fear? -
Father, do you not see the Elf-king?
The Elf-king with crown and cape? -
My son, it is a streak of fog. -
"You dear child, come, go with me!
(Very) beautiful games I play with you;
Many colorful flowers are on the beach,
My mother has many a golden robe." -
My father, my father, and do you not hear
What the Elf-king quietly promises me? -
Be calm, stay calm, my child;
Through dry leaves the wind is sighing. -
"Do you, fine boy, want to go with me?
My daughters shall wait on you finely;
My daughters lead the nightly dance,
And rock and dance and sing to bring you in." -
My father, my father, and don't you see there
The Elf-king's daughters in the gloomy place? -
My son, my son, I see it clearly:
There shimmer the old willows so grey. -
"I love you, your beautiful form excites me;
And if you're not willing, then I will use force." -
My father, my father, he's touching me now!
The Elf-king has done me harm! -
It horrifies the father; he swiftly rides on,
He holds the moaning child in his arms,
Reaches the farm with great difficulty;
In his arms, the child was dead.
Elf king? Is this the legit translation?
@@timmsattler3414 yeah.
@@timmsattler3414 erlkonig is elf king, alder king, king of the fairies, etc. etc.
@@icepaw342 Ahh ok thanks
This is incredible musicality in her playing. She captures the slight variants in the repeated bass line as well as the balance between the two lines and the characters.
thanks universe for see this concert on live, Hilary play it !!
Eddy and Brett's senpai.
also difficult to play it on piano even the original lieder version due to continously rapid repeated chord . nice interpretation !
Tremendous endurance required, yes.
Liszt's version...
@TheViolinist1001 yeah. For my senior recital I was singing this piece, so one of the violin performance majors thought it would be interesting to perform it as well and have a little discussion at student lecture day... two days later she showed me the sheet music. Her exact words were "how...how....wait....what?..... can you?... 4 staves?"
Long story short: Hilary Hahn is incredible.
Thank you Hilary for such a wonderful performance ❤
Did anyone noticed that:
0:35
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hermine granger
What is red flash?
@@xuly3129 I really don't know 😅
But what is actually shocking me is, that I just noticed it after like twenty times watching it😆
Humans: that was nice.
Musicians: *crying tears of joy and love as they listen to possibly the most beautiful piece in the world being played by the one and only Hilary Hahn*
Every time I listen to this I am again amazed at the complexity of the piece and at Hillary's skill. It's just truely amazing!
Hilary Hahn, you are perfect! I can hear in this movie the perfect execution of the melodic line. Really well sung! Bravo!
I'd love to see her perform the 24 Paganini Caprices in concert!
Ling Ling: "But what shall you do with yourself during all of that extra time during those double stops?"
Hilary Hahn: "Here, hold my bow case." - j q t -
I've watched this performance on youtube dozens of times and it's always moved me. I didn't know the story behind it, though. Thanks for providing this with annotations.
No one:
Ernst: I'm going to write a piece that no one will ever be able to sight read.
If you need help understanding why this is mental, this piece was, I believe, originally written for piano. And is playing perfectly here. If you put them side by side there is no difference. This is a perfect performance of my favourite piece of music. It's also based on a poem.
It is based on schuberts erkolnig
..Yes i just saw it earlier from twoset, and so did you. if not then congrats anyway for knowing this gem.
It is a divine blessing to live in the same time as one of the greatest of the virtuosi. An Angel speaks the unspeakable with her fiddle and her passion as she confers immortality on all of us, the living and the dead. Thank You, Hilary Hahn!
Great rendition!
Bravo!
Thank you dear Gunter , for sharing.