When Steven Spielberg showed legendary composer John Williams an early cut of Schindler's List (1993), Williams said to Spielberg, "You need a better composer than I am for this film." Spielberg responded, "I know. But they're all dead." What a great way to compliment another great man.
@@mmmssbb23 morricone was never better than john williams. he never quite had williams' gift for complex orchestrations that rose and fell many disparate melodies that found each other to form a beautiful whole. they both were geniuses at leitmotifs, but i'm confident in saying the brilliance of empire strikes back; the pure musical joy of jurassic park was never in maestro morricone.
Long ago, i wanted to watch the movie with my girlfriend. She didn't want to but didn't really explain why. So i insisted cause it's hands down my favorite movie and i really wanted her to see it with me. She finally accepted, but after a moment, she started crying. I instantly stopped TV and felt so bad and guilty. It was a deep deep pain that i couldn't really understand, i had never seen her like that. Then she explained me why it moved her so much : all her family but her grand mother was killed in Auschwitz. After that, she showed me their names on a memorial in Paris, then started crying again in front of it. This pain is like written in her DNA. The next day we went to her grand mother's house, a small old and skinny woman : i had never been that impressed by anyone in my entire life. From that moment, i had nothing but respect and admiration for this woman.
Every descendant of the Holocaust feels this on some level. Its a scar every single one of us feels through the generations. Its one thing to be moved by the Holocaust. Its another to know that this atrocity was aimed at your own people, but to know that your very family were victims is something else entirely. Many of us who descend from Shoah survivors feel residual pain because of this. I believe I can speak for many like me when I say we feel a sense of responsibility to make the most of the gift of life, in honor of our ancestors who were never given the same opportunity. For us, the Holocaust is a fact of life. We grew up knowing what 'concentration camp' was before our friends heard about it in schools. As the rest of our peers gasp in horror, we simply sigh in remembrance. For some, it is a proud thing to be related to a survivor. It means that our very existence serves as a reminder that the monsters who tried to erase all of us failed. For others, it is a quiet pain that they choose to keep to themselves as the knowledge of what their family went through is something that, for one reason or another, they find too painful to think about. This is likely why she couldn't bear to watch and broke down so badly. She feels the pain
My dad was with 82nd in WWII. His troop liberated one of the death camps, Wobbelin. His fellow soldier, brother in arms, was Brooklyn Jewish, one generation removed from Europe. I wept hysterically when I first heard this piece and everytime since. I was born long after the war and my father never spoke to anyone but his fellow soldiers about the war. I only learned years after my father died when I spoke to one of his fellow troopers that “liberated” this camp with him. I now understand why I react so strongly. We carry the genes of memory and trauma in our core.
PRECISELY !!!! AND I =82= YEARS OLD GRANDMA RESPECT YOU FOR. YOUR WONDERFUL = EMOTIONAL REACTION !!!!! SAME. . PAINFUL MEMORIES I AND ALL ARMENIANS. HAVE. BECAUSE OF TURKS = WHO. KILLED. 1 AND HAFE. . MILLION. PEOPLE. !!!!! .
My father was one of the first troop's into Belsen concentration camp in WW2 and this music reminds me of the one and only time he ever spoke about it, and I could see the sadness of what he had seen in his eyes, my dad passed away in 1999 and this music reminds me of him and what he had been through, it's a beautiful piece of music.
I watched a show that featured a WWII veteran talking to young people about his experience in liberating one of the camps. You could tell it affected him deeply.
Itzhak Perlman playing this has a quality and sound that no other violinist can match. The Stratovarius is part of it, but Perlman's touch makes it something special. Bless you sir!
An instrument is but a tool, and in the hands of an exceptional player it becomes an extension of them. Any violinist could play a stratovarius, but it won't make them a better player. It's all in how you use it
I could not keep my eyes from Mr. Perlman's face during this... very emotionally. This is certainly one of Williams best scores.. and Spielbergs best films. Strange, how Spielberg could do two so different movies in the same year (1993) - Schindler's List and Jurassic park
30 years now I am listening to this composition every now and then. And every time I cry like a baby. But, every single time. So much pain, suffering, injustice and pride entangled. Eternal masterpiece! 🙌
Just learned Perlman is Jewish himself which means that he gets especially emotional when he is asked to play this piece. It's no wonder his performance makes everyone cry.
Of course. This piece is brilliant, even by Williams' standards. Even if he had not composed anything else THIS piece would be enough to set him apart, but ON TOP of all that Perlman's expression of it is unique and very, very special. It has soul.
His parents, both jewish, immigrated from Poland to present day Israel in the mid-1930s. I think this is close to Itzhaks heart, because if they would have waited a couple of years with the move who knows what would have happened. He had probably a lot of family that died.
Itzhak Perlman must be one of the greatest violinists af all time. This piece is so beautifully translated, so delicately played, and sends shivers down the spine. Have just watched the film made of his life and he is truly magic.
I went to see Auschwitz in Poland years ago during the month of January. It was overcast, cold and dismal the entire time. They showed the movie during the bus trip we took from Germany. I had seen it in theaters when it came out but after my trip, I watch it each year, in January, to remember. God bless the Jews.
To me, It’s remarkable how this piece is very emotional, touching, dark but has this second level and beneath the sadness, it gives has the undertone of hope. Like there’s hope. Light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Those who perished, didn’t do so in vain. It’s an absolute masterpiece.
it's as if Itzhak's violin cries for all their souls. Every time I hear this piece it brings tears to my eyes. Hopefully we will never forget them and what they went through!
This must be one of John Williams' most expressive and emotional pieces which transcends the movie it was written for. Actually, I'll stand corrected. It IS his most emotional and expressive pieces which lives totally removed from its movie. Music that is so beautiful and at the same time so full of hurt, pain and suffering. But then....that's exactly what John Williams wanted us to hear, feel and perceive.
I had the pleasure of seeing Itzhak Perlman live, and when he played this, there were many of us in tears. My father liberated Bergen-Belson. He very rarely spoke of Man's inhumanity to Man.
"It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was playing his life. The whole of his life was gliding on the strings--his last hopes, his charred past, his extinguished future. He played as he would never play again..." -Elie Wiesel
Omg I read this book 2 years ago in my 10th-grade class, and this scene made me cry while in class, and now it made me cry again while listening to this beautiful piece, thank you for remaining me such touching scene I had forgotten.
Oh gosh, the music starts and my tears start rolling, what masterpiece. I am german, was born way after WW2 but still feel the guilt. Let's fight that this may never happen again.
I am American and I have a letter of my great grandfather from WW2 to my grandfather that makes me weep everytime since I know it was difficult for everyone during the war and the raw emotion during the letter that is never seen in my family is surprising. Let's hope our world never comes to another point like that.
You're maybe German but you are not a Nazi. Nazisme was an ideology not a race. I feel ashamed when Ik walk thru the Dutch exhibition in one of the baraks in Auschwitz. People flagging and welcoming the Nazi occupiers coming into Amsterdam. It was a disgrace to mankind and we may never forget what hate towards the other can do. It destroys. Always!
John Williams composed the music for both Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in the same year. You could not get two films further apart from each other.
@@mikhailchelpon260 If I remember right, Spielberg made Jurassic Park first because there was no way he could make it after Schindler's List with how heavy the film is. There's another story where Robin Williams would call every week and talk with Spielberg so he could get through filming.
The violin weeps for the millions who perished during this horrendous period in world history. This is such a haunting and magnificent composition, so beautiful.
My maternal grandmother’s family was active in the italian resistance, her mother and some of her brothers were arrested and kept in inhumane conditions, two cousins were even less lucky as they were sent to Mauthausen and never come back. Sadly it looks like we’re ready to repeat the same mistakes.
And the concentration camp inmates today as well. China, North Korea, Russia, Turkey, Iran. Let’s not just look to the past. Those survivors will want us to look to the future as well.
You can really tell when a musician is pouring their heart into their performance when they make all those different faces. Truly a labor of passion from Itzhak Perlman
Let this music remind you of a truth that is sadly still being attacked by cold hearts and small minds everywhere: *The Holocaust happened. It was real.*
@@jonahs92 My brother, whatever taught Abraham and Moses Peace be upon them was from God, the same god who revealed his messages to Mohamed peace be upon him. Moses came to confirm what Abraham taught and complet it, so did Jesus after Moses and so did Mohamed after Jesus. Therefore, you cannot say it has nothing to do with the Coran since many messages are identical since the source is the same.
@@osmanechslos5752 Yes, but it was from the Talmud first and foremost, so the Talmud gets the credit in this case if we are talking about where the quote was from. All religions teach nearly identical values anyways
I saw him perform this last night in cincy, truly no other violinist will ever be able to perform this like him, and seeing it live was an incomparable experience.
I don't think anyone else could have captured the suffering, heartache, love, loss and bravery of the victims of the Holocaust more beautifully than John Williams captured in this score. Written by the angels through him...genius!
I met in 2016. surviving a medical nurse from WWII in Zagreb honorable Nada Višnjik! Medical nurse in retirement honorable Nada Višnjik,heroina of medicine!
This is especially moving when you consider how polio has affected his entire life. Post-polio syndrome is like having the disease all over again. Gustavo Dudamel is a violinist himself, which is why is emotion his so clear. Lovely performance and so respectful to the master.
Possibly "THE" most moving piece of music ever. John Williams is a true Master. Itzhak Perlman is the only one that can allow others to feel this. Flawless.
Got the violin masterclass ad before this. I was never one who was deeply impressed or moved by music but I actually stuck through listening to Itzhak Perlman play. This man is spectacular, truly!
Couldn't get off my eyes on his facial expression, this is definitely the first video that I cannot sorely focus on the playing. He is delivering so much emotions and words not only through violin. Made me cry!
To Everyone who participated in this, especially Itzhack Perlman: You're my inspiration and my motivation. You keep me going even when I feel like I should quit. Because, whenever I listen to this song, I suddenly realize how beautiful the violin is. And then I can play again. I owe my love for violin greatly to you. Thank you. ~a violinist Edit: It's cool how a 3 minute and 31 second video can change your whole life...
I completely agree with you, everytime I feel like violin will take over me and I won't be able to, then comes this video and I reset all my feelings and move on
Such a tear-jerker of a piece! It could not have been interpreted more beautifully. Perlman delivers a moving, rendition of an already stunning musical piece. Just gorgeou!
Lord Jesus, on behalf of all Our brothers and sisters, May we never, ever forget Who they are, and What They deserve and Demand from Us: "Never, Ever, Forget 😢!" Protect the Innocents, and Give them what They deserve from Us: Love and Respect! Faithfully Yours, The Rev. Derrill B. Manley, Ph. D
Absolutely sensational the way he subtly interprets the music on the violin. Best orchestral performance I have ever seen. Perlman really is crying for his ancestors here, and you can hear it in his performance.
I have not watched the movie and did not know the background of the piece, the first time I heard Mr. Perlman's played, it wet my eyes immediately. The piece was played elegantly sad, deep and full of expressions. I guess no one can play better than Mr. Perlman.
Forgetting the impecable execution by Itzhak Perlman for just a second, a piece of music comes along just now and again that says everything about our emptiness and our sadness without having to speak a single word. This is one of them. John Williams is among the few able to write such a miracle of music.
I am a fidgeter and usually cannot be still during musicals , but this man shut me up and made me cry! Oh my goodness! I ned to listen to more quality music. Amazing!
Every time I hear this, I can't help but think of the final scene of Schindler's List when Oskar has to leave his factory and his workers. The way he breaks down after receiving the ring and some of the workers give him a group hug, it makes me want to be part of that. I want to be part of that group hug.
I just can't imagine taking away this music piece on the dramatic scenes of "Schindler's List" particularly before Oskar escaped and the true survivors offering respect and gratitude on his grave...perhaps the entire movie will suffer. Steven Spielberg, John Williams, and Itzhak Perlman were all geniuses.
John Williams would be immensely proud! Itzhak Perlman- A passionate violinist with beautiful sound! Me- how is he so good? This definitely tells a story about war, sadness, even more sadness, and death 😢❤
Wenn ich Izthak Perlman spielen höre, und ich halte Ihn für den größten Geiger unserer Zeit, dann glaube ich auch daran, das die Menscheit noch nich ganz verloren ist. Danke Maestro.
When Spielberg asked John Williams to write the score for Schindler’s List he showed him an early cut of the movie. Williams stood up and walked out of the screening room. He came back in a few minutes later crying and said “you need someone better than me to write music for this.” And Spielberg said “I know, but everyone better than you is dead.”
John Williams is a gift to mankind. His music touches the very essence of such in depth emotion. In working with survivors of the Holocaust, there’s an unspoken language between them......they speak only to each other of an experience that we can never understand....and this piece and Mr. Williams playing gives that language words when words aren’t sufficient to express the tragedy of the Holocaust.
They show it to every freshman class at my high school and they’ll let other students in if they get excused from their classes and wish to watch the movie. It’s so beautifully tragic, but then at the end, a girl sitting next to me said “So he was Jewish the entire time!” And it took all of my will not to slap her.
@@firstnamelastname6016 Yeah a lot of people in my class had some misunderstandings about the main story so our teacher had to pause to specific moments to explain what was happening. Some students still didn't understand the part where the actors and THE REAL SURVIVORS went to the real Oskar Schindler's grave, and when Liam Neeson dropped two roses on the grave. I guess they will understand later how that film is a masterpiece. Or at least I hope for them to.
Absolutely breath takeing...this music so reminds me of how frail and fragile life really can be...everytime i hear it it reminds me of the love i lost when my wife passed and a few years latter my youngest son.Love with all youre heart...dance like no one is watching and live like its youre last day on earth for with all the evil that is out there we jsut never know.outstanding music thankyou for the memories.
I will never forget sitting in the movie theater. It was a matinee performance and there was barely anybody in the theater and the end titles to Superman were playing over the credits and the horn parts John Williams wrote gave me goosebumps. Especially when the brass hit those chords that create tension which is a trademark of his. That's my 2nd favorite JW composition, but hands down my #1 favorite is the theme from Schindler's List with Itzhak Peralman on violin. That is a true masterpiece. 😢🎻❤️
Absolutely beautiful music and a moving performance by Itshak Perlman. You can see how this music moves him, and it is as if he is muttering words while playing. Impressive.
I played this piece for a competition. My teacher asked me to watch Schindler’s List to be able to completely “feel” what this piece expresses. It took me three weeks to get through. I have never been able to play without tears streaming down my face. Hearing the violin cry for all of the innocent lives taken and affected by such horror hits me with so many emotions. Is this piece beautiful? Yes, but to me the one word I would use is sorrow. I won my competition and went on to continue to play my beloved violin. No piece of music has ever affected me the way this one does. Seeing one of my idols play this has those tears streaming down my face again. So much emotion in one beautiful piece. ❤
@@salaha.b2438it has everything to do with Israel. Four of my friends were murdered on October 7th. Never again is now, and this time jews are defending themselves.
@@salaha.b2438Au contraire. It has everything to do with Israel. What’s with “isrhell?” Aw, you’re trying to get the word hell into the name-of the country? You just be so proud that you shared something that someone so stupid, that isn’t of your creation. What are you, in sixth grade?
When mister Itzhak Perlman plays this Theme.........after all these years it still tears me apart when listening him perform this masterpiece by John Williams. He adds so much more to the music than just the sound my ears are hearing. Thank you from my heart.
У этой композиции очень много исполнителей, но только в исполнении Ицхака Пермана, она приобрела такой глубокий тембр. Браво Маэстро! Браво Джон Уильямс! И конечно, брависсимо Стивен Спилберг!
I’m here for Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is a masterpiece and the pain the shreds my heart is indescribable. Only God knows... and I’m only fourteen, 80 years after the Holocaust. If I’m so broken, how do earlier generations cope? What do you do with such pain? It’s heard and felt in every note
A score by John Williams that cries for all humanity & a people. As a combat Vietnam Vet my question is, how many millions have died because of a few? In combat there was no race or religion, only brothers.
This melody is very emotional, haunting and beautiful. When you want a piece of music to create a beautiful portrait and theme for a story you get John Williams. Schindler’s List is one example of creative synchronicity and genius between a composer and a movie director.
No se demasiado de música clásica, ni se quien era al autor, ni el interprete la verdad…lo que sí se es que a la que suena la primera nota empiezan a brotar las lágrimas sin remedio. Que canción tan bella, triste, melancólica y a la vez esperanzadora ❤
Ogni volta che ascolto questo brano mi si spacca il cuore e le lacrime scendono e non posso fare a meno di ricordare il viso di mio padre che alla domanda" papà come vivevate nei campi di prigionia in Germania" abbassava lo sguardo e non mi rispondeva ma nei suoi occhi leggevo un'infinita e profonda tristezza.....quanto dolore.......mai più, mai più facciamo in modo che gli uomini imparino davvero da questi tragici errori ............
Itzhak is truly a gift to classical music, and specifically the violin. His kind and gentle soul is projected through his playing. I saw him in person, and he’s absolutely wonderful❤❤❤.
Ein unglaublich wichtiges und perfekt geschriebenes Musikstück für einen ebenso wichtigen Film, um die Trauer und den Schmerz rüberzubringen, den mein Land vor so langer Zeit verursacht hat.
this made me cry, as soon as it started it just overwhelmed me. I had forgotten how incredibly beautiful and sad this is and what an amazing performance
When Steven Spielberg showed legendary composer John Williams an early cut of Schindler's List (1993), Williams said to Spielberg, "You need a better composer than I am for this film." Spielberg responded, "I know. But they're all dead."
What a great way to compliment another great man.
Ennio moricane was alive when he filmed Schindler's list
@@mmmssbb23 As good? Totally. Better? Debatable. He lost some of his spunk as he got older.
What a graceful thing to say!
@@mmmssbb23 morricone was never better than john williams. he never quite had williams' gift for complex orchestrations that rose and fell many disparate melodies that found each other to form a beautiful whole. they both were geniuses at leitmotifs, but i'm confident in saying the brilliance of empire strikes back; the pure musical joy of jurassic park was never in maestro morricone.
@@oldfrend What about Howard Shore? Michael Kamen?
Long ago, i wanted to watch the movie with my girlfriend. She didn't want to but didn't really explain why. So i insisted cause it's hands down my favorite movie and i really wanted her to see it with me. She finally accepted, but after a moment, she started crying. I instantly stopped TV and felt so bad and guilty. It was a deep deep pain that i couldn't really understand, i had never seen her like that. Then she explained me why it moved her so much : all her family but her grand mother was killed in Auschwitz. After that, she showed me their names on a memorial in Paris, then started crying again in front of it. This pain is like written in her DNA. The next day we went to her grand mother's house, a small old and skinny woman : i had never been that impressed by anyone in my entire life. From that moment, i had nothing but respect and admiration for this woman.
Mano, como ela não te falou isso antes
Every descendant of the Holocaust feels this on some level. Its a scar every single one of us feels through the generations.
Its one thing to be moved by the Holocaust. Its another to know that this atrocity was aimed at your own people, but to know that your very family were victims is something else entirely. Many of us who descend from Shoah survivors feel residual pain because of this.
I believe I can speak for many like me when I say we feel a sense of responsibility to make the most of the gift of life, in honor of our ancestors who were never given the same opportunity.
For us, the Holocaust is a fact of life. We grew up knowing what 'concentration camp' was before our friends heard about it in schools. As the rest of our peers gasp in horror, we simply sigh in remembrance.
For some, it is a proud thing to be related to a survivor. It means that our very existence serves as a reminder that the monsters who tried to erase all of us failed.
For others, it is a quiet pain that they choose to keep to themselves as the knowledge of what their family went through is something that, for one reason or another, they find too painful to think about.
This is likely why she couldn't bear to watch and broke down so badly.
She feels the pain
My dad was with 82nd in WWII. His troop liberated one of the death camps, Wobbelin. His fellow soldier, brother in arms, was Brooklyn Jewish, one generation removed from Europe. I wept hysterically when I first heard this piece and everytime since. I was born long after the war and my father never spoke to anyone but his fellow soldiers about the war. I only learned years after my father died when I spoke to one of his fellow troopers that “liberated” this camp with him. I now understand why I react so strongly. We carry the genes of memory and trauma in our core.
@@janisgage9441, interessant. Wöbbelin liegt im Bundesland Mecklenburg.
PRECISELY !!!! AND I =82= YEARS OLD GRANDMA RESPECT YOU FOR. YOUR WONDERFUL = EMOTIONAL REACTION !!!!! SAME. . PAINFUL MEMORIES I AND ALL ARMENIANS. HAVE. BECAUSE OF TURKS = WHO. KILLED. 1 AND HAFE. . MILLION. PEOPLE. !!!!! .
Nobody plays this piece like Itzhak. He lives and breathes through every note.
Yes! His soul is in each note! Nobody comes close!
At the same time he plays it with Soil, a stradivarius renowned for its powerful notes.He is the owner
best violinist around right now, Andre Reiu is second
itzhak stern.
@@AlonsoRules Andre Reiu is second best? You are clearly uneducated
My father was one of the first troop's into Belsen concentration camp in WW2 and this music reminds me of the one and only time he ever spoke about it, and I could see the sadness of what he had seen in his eyes, my dad passed away in 1999 and this music reminds me of him and what he had been through, it's a beautiful piece of music.
❤️
Thank you for sharing this memory.
We in Europe are your dad very grateful for the freedom he and his fellow buddies provided us🙏 Thank you
I watched a show that featured a WWII veteran talking to young people about his experience in liberating one of the camps. You could tell it affected him deeply.
@@zxy78267 link?
Itzhak Perlman playing this has a quality and sound that no other violinist can match. The Stratovarius is part of it, but Perlman's touch makes it something special. Bless you sir!
An instrument is but a tool, and in the hands of an exceptional player it becomes an extension of them. Any violinist could play a stratovarius, but it won't make them a better player. It's all in how you use it
It’s Stradivarius!
A good performance, but many others can match the quality and sound. How would you even know, if you didnt hear all violinists on the planet?
It’s like he is the violin. There’s no separation. It’s a window to his soul
It's a Stradicaster
This has got to be one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music ever written.
@Nicholas Moore 👋
No thank you. I'm a married woman and I don't have friendships with men. Thank you for the compliment however. Have a safe and happy New Year.
Agreed x
I have listened to this on repeat for hours before
When the violin cries, and your heart weeps along with it...
That is so well said, you put into words just how it is. Xx
I could not keep my eyes from Mr. Perlman's face during this... very emotionally. This is certainly one of Williams best scores.. and Spielbergs best films. Strange, how Spielberg could do two so different movies in the same year (1993) - Schindler's List and Jurassic park
Never heard a violin cry like that before.
Then.........what?
I can’t even 😭😭😭😭 not today😭😭😭😭
30 years now I am listening to this composition every now and then. And every time I cry like a baby. But, every single time. So much pain, suffering, injustice and pride entangled.
Eternal masterpiece!
🙌
It tears your heart out as a memorial to the 6 million.
This is the most beautiful theme ever. I keep wiping tears. It really touches my heart.
Impossible not to cry!!!!!
He makes the violin sound so warm! Absolutely amazing!
Petlman is amazing right？❤❤🎉🎉😊😊
Just learned Perlman is Jewish himself which means that he gets especially emotional when he is asked to play this piece. It's no wonder his performance makes everyone cry.
Of course. This piece is brilliant, even by Williams' standards. Even if he had not composed anything else THIS piece would be enough to set him apart, but ON TOP of all that Perlman's expression of it is unique and very, very special. It has soul.
His parents are survivors.
His parents, both jewish, immigrated from Poland to present day Israel in the mid-1930s. I think this is close to Itzhaks heart, because if they would have waited a couple of years with the move who knows what would have happened. He had probably a lot of family that died.
sadly, almost every Jew alive today has had some relative who was murdered in the Holocaust
thank you for appreciating my Jewish people
Itzhak Perlman must be one of the greatest violinists af all time. This piece is so beautifully translated, so delicately played, and sends shivers down the spine. Have just watched the film made of his life and he is truly magic.
he is...
Yeah he is probably in the top 3
Whats the film?
@@Jeez208 Schindler's List
@@Jeez208 don’t watch it unless you’re ready to cry
I still tear up when I hear this piece... It is like the violin is crying... Perlman is brilliant...
same
I went to see Auschwitz in Poland years ago during the month of January. It was overcast, cold and dismal the entire time. They showed the movie during the bus trip we took from Germany. I had seen it in theaters when it came out but after my trip, I watch it each year, in January, to remember. God bless the Jews.
You want to bless cussing whining cheapskates? 🙃
You want to bless cussing, whining cheapskates who make a joke out of everything? Oh wait 🙃
It's propaganda
Yesterday a victims but today victimizers !!
Music does not come any better than this. What a musician. What a composer. What a conductor. Complete perfection.
Conductor is Gustavo Dudamel, I’m a big fan, by his 30s he was considered one of the best conductors in history.
This is good but Beatles She Loves You is better than this.
To me, It’s remarkable how this piece is very emotional, touching, dark but has this second level and beneath the sadness, it gives has the undertone of hope. Like there’s hope. Light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Those who perished, didn’t do so in vain. It’s an absolute masterpiece.
Hope is a fair word for it. I always came away feeling that the undertone was resiliency
No lo podría definir mejor
A new hope.
Sadly I don’t think people will understand I hope I don’t but the UK 🇬🇧 are now woke I’m not flying the flag
> Those who perished, didn’t do so in vain.
What do you mean?
it's as if Itzhak's violin cries for all their souls. Every time I hear this piece it brings tears to my eyes. Hopefully we will never forget them and what they went through!
Amen
We won't because we can't. If we do, we are not human.
you just gave this song a whole new meaning for me, thank you from two years later
This must be one of John Williams' most expressive and emotional pieces which transcends the movie it was written for. Actually, I'll stand corrected. It IS his most emotional and expressive pieces which lives totally removed from its movie. Music that is so beautiful and at the same time so full of hurt, pain and suffering. But then....that's exactly what John Williams wanted us to hear, feel and perceive.
Very well put Mr. Michalak - very, very well put. Outstanding, as a matter of fact, in my book.
Williams won his fifth Oscar for the music for this film. Perlman played the violin in the original soundtrack.
Expressed beautifully Marek.
Yes 💯 %
Hymn to the fallen as well
I had the pleasure of seeing Itzhak Perlman live, and when he played this, there were many of us in tears. My father liberated Bergen-Belson. He very rarely spoke of Man's inhumanity to Man.
Your father was an amazing man; he saw such horror, lest we forget and never again
Itzhak Perimans Stradivarius doesn't play a tune here. It cries for all the victims of the Holocaust. A stunning performance.
i never knew that a violin could cry real human tears. wow!
it can't
and yet it does in this video, for those of us whose ears are properly attuned
@@mosescordovero8163 it doesnt cry real human tears r u jacked in the head?
frankList is jacked in the head
@@mosescordovero8163 no u
"It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was playing his life. The whole of his life was gliding on the strings--his last hopes, his charred past, his extinguished future. He played as he would never play again..."
-Elie Wiesel
Night
Omg I read this book 2 years ago in my 10th-grade class, and this scene made me cry while in class, and now it made me cry again while listening to this beautiful piece, thank you for remaining me such touching scene I had forgotten.
@@Ywtwer33334 Please, share the title of the book. Thank you.
R. Ernie it’s called The night by Elie Wiesel
@@Ywtwer33334 Thank you. I'll get the book. Here is one for you - "Eyewitness Auschwitz" by Filip Muller.
Oh gosh, the music starts and my tears start rolling, what masterpiece. I am german, was born way after WW2 but still feel the guilt. Let's fight that this may never happen again.
I am American and I have a letter of my great grandfather from WW2 to my grandfather that makes me weep everytime since I know it was difficult for everyone during the war and the raw emotion during the letter that is never seen in my family is surprising. Let's hope our world never comes to another point like that.
You're maybe German but you are not a Nazi. Nazisme was an ideology not a race. I feel ashamed when Ik walk thru the Dutch exhibition in one of the baraks in Auschwitz. People flagging and welcoming the Nazi occupiers coming into Amsterdam. It was a disgrace to mankind and we may never forget what hate towards the other can do. It destroys. Always!
If one believes the Bible one understands it will happen again...But YHWH will not allow Israel to perish...Shalom..
no need to feel guilty, Not all German are Nazis. You are you, your action what defines you as an individual. have a great day
The guilt is not yours. It belongs only to those that perpetrated those dreadful acts.
John Williams composed the music for both Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in the same year. You could not get two films further apart from each other.
The Jurassic Park theme was one of the greatest movie songs ever recorded!
Both epic. Enough said.
@@mikhailchelpon260 If I remember right, Spielberg made Jurassic Park first because there was no way he could make it after Schindler's List with how heavy the film is. There's another story where Robin Williams would call every week and talk with Spielberg so he could get through filming.
This is still probably the most beautiful song I've ever heard. Heart wrenching, but absolutely beautiful.
Try not to cry... with the violin on hands of the world's best violinist.
Besides Heifetz.........
@@jubielhalasz295 besides Paganini ;)
@@aureliebeckers2626 That's so obvious it's assumed. 👍
@@jubielhalasz295 I think she meant best violinist alive but that's questionable
I couldnt help it
The violin weeps for the millions who perished during this horrendous period in world history. This is such a haunting and magnificent composition, so beautiful.
OMG 😲 this is the best definition of music touch my soul..
:(
I cry every time I hear it. It expresses such pain and untold suffering.
My maternal grandmother’s family was active in the italian resistance, her mother and some of her brothers were arrested and kept in inhumane conditions, two cousins were even less lucky as they were sent to Mauthausen and never come back. Sadly it looks like we’re ready to repeat the same mistakes.
And the concentration camp inmates today as well. China, North Korea, Russia, Turkey, Iran. Let’s not just look to the past. Those survivors will want us to look to the future as well.
I had the honor and pleasure of hearing Mr. Perlman play and it was a gift. His performance here is breathtaking,
I did too, once, and I cried through the whole performance. I knew that my violin and I could never be as good.
I've seen him play thrice. I've been truly blessed. I'll never forget it.
@@herbsuperb6034 That just makes me pea green with envy. How blessed you are.
@@anniesamuel4787 I was amazed how he gave the violin a beautiful voice.
You can really tell when a musician is pouring their heart into their performance when they make all those different faces. Truly a labor of passion from Itzhak Perlman
Let this music remind you of a truth that is sadly still being attacked by cold hearts and small minds everywhere: *The Holocaust happened. It was real.*
The millions of soul of the holocaust victims seems to speak or cry through this music.and pearlman give voice to this million souls
6 millions
@@АлександрСайчук-й5д I looked away when I saw this number
@CreatorOwned they'll never get their respective reparations of what happened
@CreatorOwned Your reparation is those who died liberating you. If they don't matter, then what is your reparation to them?
Yes, they are memorialized here with this music, somehow, if any song could do it, this would be the concerto to do it.
I defy anyone not to be moved by this hauntingly beautiful piece of music. Always remember the millions & don't forget to light your candle.
When words are inadequate.....
How are you doing today my name is Bryan cooker
The greatest sorrow the world has ever known - encapsulated in just over 3 minutes. No words needed.
I am a 44 old man, but this music make me emotional every time.
Not so many who could bring out the true emotional of this piece. He is one of who can bring out the violin’s tears.
Yes ,I agee
I can hear it now
Moves me to tears every time. It’s truly remarkable how music can often say what words cannot.
this is an underrated comment even if it's a cliche
Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire
I could've gotten more...... 🥺🥺🥺😥😥😥.....
I don't know where you got this quote from, maybe it was in the movie, but this was from the Coran :)
@@osmanechslos5752 No, this quote is from the Talmud (a Jewish religious book). It has nothing to do with the Quran.
@@jonahs92 My brother, whatever taught Abraham and Moses Peace be upon them was from God, the same god who revealed his messages to Mohamed peace be upon him. Moses came to confirm what Abraham taught and complet it, so did Jesus after Moses and so did Mohamed after Jesus. Therefore, you cannot say it has nothing to do with the Coran since many messages are identical since the source is the same.
@@osmanechslos5752 Yes, but it was from the Talmud first and foremost, so the Talmud gets the credit in this case if we are talking about where the quote was from. All religions teach nearly identical values anyways
No one can play this piece like Itzhak Pearlman. Hauntingly beautiful !
I saw him perform this last night in cincy, truly no other violinist will ever be able to perform this like him, and seeing it live was an incomparable experience.
I don't think anyone else could have captured the suffering, heartache, love, loss and bravery of the victims of the Holocaust more beautifully than John Williams captured in this score. Written by the angels through him...genius!
I've never heard a piece of music that is able to translate the suffering and pain endured in the WW2 so beautifully.
My Great grandfathers a Veterans from WWII both side my father and mother...Salute❤❤❤
I met in 2016. surviving a medical nurse from WWII in Zagreb honorable Nada Višnjik!
Medical nurse in retirement honorable Nada Višnjik,heroina of medicine!
I always cry when I hear Izhak Perlman plays it😢❤❤❤
This is especially moving when you consider how polio has affected his entire life. Post-polio syndrome is like having the disease all over again. Gustavo Dudamel is a violinist himself, which is why is emotion his so clear. Lovely performance and so respectful to the master.
You can feel it don’t you?? The violin cries.. this piece always makes me cry
Itzhak's playing just pierces my heart with every sweet, lucid note he plays. I am convinced this is what you hear when you walk into heaven.
the melody, the performer, the orchestra, ... can't get any better than that. It's just perfect.
From Tehran, Stockholm, and Hamburg with love.
Possibly "THE" most moving piece of music ever. John Williams is a true Master. Itzhak Perlman is the only one that can allow others to feel this. Flawless.
Невероятное исполнение Исцхака,ощущение ,что это поет само сердце.Я слушала много раз ,но опять возвращаюсь к этому исполнению.Браво,маэстро
Got the violin masterclass ad before this. I was never one who was deeply impressed or moved by music but I actually stuck through listening to Itzhak Perlman play. This man is spectacular, truly!
Couldn't get off my eyes on his facial expression, this is definitely the first video that I cannot sorely focus on the playing. He is delivering so much emotions and words not only through violin. Made me cry!
To Everyone who participated in this, especially Itzhack Perlman:
You're my inspiration and my motivation. You keep me going even when I feel like I should quit. Because, whenever I listen to this song, I suddenly realize how beautiful the violin is. And then I can play again.
I owe my love for violin greatly to you. Thank you.
~a violinist
Edit: It's cool how a 3 minute and 31 second video can change your whole life...
I completely agree with you, everytime I feel like violin will take over me and I won't be able to, then comes this video and I reset all my feelings and move on
Such a tear-jerker of a piece! It could not have been interpreted more beautifully. Perlman delivers a moving, rendition of an already stunning musical piece. Just gorgeou!
Every single time I hear this song, I hear the souls of millions crying out to remember. I pray we NEVER forget!
Lord Jesus, on behalf of all Our brothers and sisters, May we never, ever forget Who they are, and What
They deserve and Demand from
Us: "Never, Ever, Forget 😢!"
Protect the Innocents, and Give them what They deserve from Us: Love and Respect!
Faithfully Yours,
The Rev. Derrill B. Manley, Ph. D
Well tears can do two things to you.
1. Make you stronger.
2. Heal your heart.
And clear youre Soul 🥺
Thanks for sharing this with us. Hauntingly beautiful in the hands of Perlman and Dudamel. In fact, breath-taking.
You're Breathtaking!
Absolutely sensational the way he subtly interprets the music on the violin. Best orchestral performance I have ever seen. Perlman really is crying for his ancestors here, and you can hear it in his performance.
I have not watched the movie and did not know the background of the piece, the first time I heard Mr. Perlman's played, it wet my eyes immediately. The piece was played elegantly sad, deep and full of expressions. I guess no one can play better than Mr. Perlman.
Please do watch the movie. It honors the music.
I can not just get over from this music.
Such a beautiful, pieces, sadness. So touching.
Forgetting the impecable execution by Itzhak Perlman for just a second, a piece of music comes along just now and again that says everything about our emptiness and our sadness without having to speak a single word. This is one of them. John Williams is among the few able to write such a miracle of music.
I cry everytime I hear you play this. The agony and pain is so vivid.
I am a fidgeter and usually cannot be still during musicals , but this man shut me up and made me cry! Oh my goodness! I ned to listen to more quality music. Amazing!
Every time I hear this, I can't help but think of the final scene of Schindler's List when Oskar has to leave his factory and his workers. The way he breaks down after receiving the ring and some of the workers give him a group hug, it makes me want to be part of that. I want to be part of that group hug.
I, for one, "feel" what you've written, Lucy. Thank you.
Both Mr. Perlman and Mr. Dudamel were at brink of crying during this masterpiece. So powerful!
I just can't imagine taking away this music piece on the dramatic scenes of "Schindler's List" particularly before Oskar escaped and the true survivors offering respect and gratitude on his grave...perhaps the entire movie will suffer. Steven Spielberg, John Williams, and Itzhak Perlman were all geniuses.
John Williams would be immensely proud!
Itzhak Perlman- A passionate violinist with beautiful sound!
Me- how is he so good?
This definitely tells a story about war, sadness, even more sadness, and death 😢❤
One of the most emotionally moving pieces of music ever, its hard not to cry when you hear this
Wenn ich Izthak Perlman spielen höre, und ich halte Ihn für den größten Geiger unserer Zeit, dann glaube ich auch daran, das die Menscheit noch nich ganz verloren ist. Danke Maestro.
Lord how does that man make a violin sound like that.. it’s crying for them.
When Spielberg asked John Williams to write the score for Schindler’s List he showed him an early cut of the movie. Williams stood up and walked out of the screening room. He came back in a few minutes later crying and said “you need someone better than me to write music for this.” And Spielberg said “I know, but everyone better than you is dead.”
John Williams is a gift to mankind. His music touches the very essence of such in depth emotion. In working with survivors of the Holocaust, there’s an unspoken language between them......they speak only to each other of an experience that we can never understand....and this piece and Mr. Williams playing gives that language words when words aren’t sufficient to express the tragedy of the Holocaust.
This was performed by Itzhak Perlman, not John Williams. Williams wrote it, but this certainly isn't him playing....
@@jubielhalasz295 pretty sure they know that?
@@ashleyshoemyer1216 Maybe, didn't know for sure.
My teacher showed us the film in my classroom, I'm 15 and I appreciated that he trusted us enough to understand the deep thoughts behind the story.
I wish it were made mandatory.Your teacher sounds awesome.Mine showed us the Matrix.
Watch " Pianist'" ...second favorite after SL
They show it to every freshman class at my high school and they’ll let other students in if they get excused from their classes and wish to watch the movie.
It’s so beautifully tragic, but then at the end, a girl sitting next to me said “So he was Jewish the entire time!” And it took all of my will not to slap her.
@@firstnamelastname6016 Yeah a lot of people in my class had some misunderstandings about the main story so our teacher had to pause to specific moments to explain what was happening. Some students still didn't understand the part where the actors and THE REAL SURVIVORS went to the real Oskar Schindler's grave, and when Liam Neeson dropped two roses on the grave. I guess they will understand later how that film is a masterpiece. Or at least I hope for them to.
What’s the name of the film? Thanks in advance 🙏🏾
@@pulmino4488 what’s the name of the film?
Absolutely breath takeing...this music so reminds me of how frail and fragile life really can be...everytime i hear it it reminds me of the love i lost when my wife passed and a few years latter my youngest son.Love with all youre heart...dance like no one is watching and live like its youre last day on earth for with all the evil that is out there we jsut never know.outstanding music thankyou for the memories.
I will never forget sitting in the movie theater. It was a matinee performance and there was barely anybody in the theater and the end titles to Superman were playing over the credits and the horn parts John Williams wrote gave me goosebumps. Especially when the brass hit those chords that create tension which is a trademark of his. That's my 2nd favorite JW composition, but hands down my #1 favorite is the theme from Schindler's List with Itzhak Peralman on violin. That is a true masterpiece. 😢🎻❤️
This particular music, gets me crying every single time, it has to be the most emotional piece ever produced, wonderful!! Australia 🇦🇺
Absolutely beautiful music and a moving performance by Itshak Perlman. You can see how this music moves him, and it is as if he is muttering words while playing. Impressive.
I played this piece for a competition. My teacher asked me to watch Schindler’s List to be able to completely “feel” what this piece expresses. It took me three weeks to get through. I have never been able to play without tears streaming down my face. Hearing the violin cry for all of the innocent lives taken and affected by such horror hits me with so many emotions. Is this piece beautiful? Yes, but to me the one word I would use is sorrow. I won my competition and went on to continue to play my beloved violin. No piece of music has ever affected me the way this one does. Seeing one of my idols play this has those tears streaming down my face again. So much emotion in one beautiful piece. ❤
Because you felt the pain, the sorrow deep down in your heart; and then when you performed, the feeling came out with the melody naturally.
This will forever be one of my favorite pieces because it so easy to hear what heart sounds like when it is breaking.
After Oct 7, 2023, I’ve listened to this no less than 20 times….
I have been putting it on loop... over and over. Often all night.
It has nothing to do with isrhell😅😅
So much pain in this ,,,but there's an underlying tone of strength and resiliency....❤
@@salaha.b2438it has everything to do with Israel. Four of my friends were murdered on October 7th. Never again is now, and this time jews are defending themselves.
@@salaha.b2438Au contraire. It has everything to do with Israel.
What’s with “isrhell?”
Aw, you’re trying to get the word hell into the name-of the country?
You just be so proud that you shared something that someone so stupid, that isn’t of your creation.
What are you, in sixth grade?
When mister Itzhak Perlman plays this Theme.........after all these years it still tears me apart when listening him perform this masterpiece by John Williams. He adds so much more to the music than just the sound my ears are hearing. Thank you from my heart.
The world is melancholic now but there is a light shining just ahead. Beautiful 😢
This is incredibly beautiful. Perlman plays with such feeling - amazing performance!!
I defy anyone to listen to this without tears coming to your eyes. It gets me very time.
Me too 😢
In memory of tens of thousands of people who were murdered in Gaza genocide. May they receive justice in this world if not in the hereafter 🙏🏼
У этой композиции очень много исполнителей, но только в исполнении Ицхака Пермана, она приобрела такой глубокий тембр. Браво Маэстро! Браво Джон Уильямс! И конечно, брависсимо Стивен Спилберг!
I’m here for Holocaust Remembrance Day. This is a masterpiece and the pain the shreds my heart is indescribable. Only God knows... and I’m only fourteen, 80 years after the Holocaust. If I’m so broken, how do earlier generations cope? What do you do with such pain? It’s heard and felt in every note
I've heard a number of high class performers play this piece but in my humble opinion, no one can compare with Perlman. He has made this his own.
Absolutely. Where he attacks, is soft, lets notes bloom and uses vibrato is perfect.
A score by John Williams that cries for all humanity & a people. As a combat Vietnam Vet my question is, how many millions have died because of a few? In combat there was no race or religion, only brothers.
This melody is very emotional, haunting and beautiful. When you want a piece of music to create a beautiful portrait and theme for a story you get John Williams. Schindler’s List is one example of creative synchronicity and genius between a composer and a movie director.
No se demasiado de música clásica, ni se quien era al autor, ni el interprete la verdad…lo que sí se es que a la que suena la primera nota empiezan a brotar las lágrimas sin remedio. Que canción tan bella, triste, melancólica y a la vez esperanzadora ❤
Ogni volta che ascolto questo brano mi si spacca il cuore e le lacrime scendono e non posso fare a meno di ricordare il viso di mio padre che alla domanda" papà come vivevate nei campi di prigionia in Germania" abbassava lo sguardo e non mi rispondeva ma nei suoi occhi leggevo un'infinita e profonda tristezza.....quanto dolore.......mai più, mai più facciamo in modo che gli uomini imparino davvero da questi tragici errori ............
Cry everytime I hear this... the violin really cuts deep into my heart.
Same here! He always leaves one with beautiful emotions☺️
If I may ask, is this your favorite song ?
Itzhak is truly a gift to classical music, and specifically the violin. His kind and gentle soul is projected through his playing. I saw him in person, and he’s absolutely wonderful❤❤❤.
Every time I think of the final scene accompanied with this musical masterpiece, my blood runs cold. Epical.
If only everyone had the ability to bring such beauty and feeling to the world.
There are no words that I know of that express emotion as this music does.
No words can ever describe this painful time better and more emotional than Itzhak Perlman's performance of this masterpiece by John Williams!
So sad, so true😥
Ein unglaublich wichtiges und perfekt geschriebenes Musikstück für einen ebenso wichtigen Film, um die Trauer und den Schmerz rüberzubringen, den mein Land vor so langer Zeit verursacht hat.
this made me cry, as soon as it started it just overwhelmed me. I had forgotten how incredibly beautiful and sad this is and what an amazing performance