This piece still makes me breathless every time I hear it, and I've heard it a lot. There are lots of good recordings, even with Bernstein himself playing it, but only Zimerman ever makes it sound effortless while remaining absolutely accurate. This video shows him arguably even MORE comfortable with the work than he was in 1986 when he performed it with Bernstein conducting (I highly recommend that video, it's here on TH-cam as well).
I am a huge fan of you Zimmerman, you were one of the musicians that persuaded me to pursue music. I was feeling quite stressed about music college auditions, however me and my mum saw you performing this in the International Festival in Edinburgh. I'm so happy you came all the way here to play, I never thought that I would be able to see you before you died. I'm about to enroll in the Royal Academy of Music, thank you for making my dream come true!
‘I never thought that I would be able to see you before you died’ Well... ok, I don’t know what your plan was for seeing Him after His death but I’m glad you went to His concert after all.
@@highway80stories he assumes all classical musicians die quickly. Alicia Delerocha, Paul badura Skoda, Jesse Norman to name a few. Kristian Zimmermann is not that old though. They often times don’t take care of their health and eventually succumb. Bernstein smoked and had heart issues, Herbert von Karajan died of a heart attack.
Your dream won’t come true until you’ve won a major international competition or made your Carnegie Hall debut. But first you have to survive four years of hard undergraduate work and graduate. Then there’s post graduate degree Program. Eg Doctorate degree or masters degree. Van Cliburn competition, Tchaikovsky competition,Chopin international competition,Rene Elizabeth competition,Leeds international competition etc. good luck. You’ll need it.
Don't care much for modern music but I like this piece; just discovered it on the radio last weekend and here I am, listening to it again. Can't say that LB wasn't creative, eh?
I should have defined what I consider to be modern music: anything less than 150 years or so old. Despite my long-held preference, this selection is still amazing!
@@michael.d. OK, I'll modify my earlier criteria to 139 years since Brahms last significant contribution came in 1889. MOST compositions since then are junk.
@@Borzoi86 dude whaaat?? Ravel Prokofiev Debussy Rachmaninoff Shostakovich even Grieg. And so much more. You can prefer other music but calling MOST OF THEIR COMPOSITIONS junk? Ludicrous
In the beginning, the orchestra was unsure of the super-fast direction on The Masque, were unsure on Zimerman' ability to keep up and did not know if they could pull it off all together. After a while, you can see it in their faces that it worked out great.
Extraordinary performance of Zimmerman, who were like his Bernstein son.
I think I just found my new favorite piece of music.
I loved to listen to this when I was in high school.
This piece still makes me breathless every time I hear it, and I've heard it a lot. There are lots of good recordings, even with Bernstein himself playing it, but only Zimerman ever makes it sound effortless while remaining absolutely accurate. This video shows him arguably even MORE comfortable with the work than he was in 1986 when he performed it with Bernstein conducting (I highly recommend that video, it's here on TH-cam as well).
I can not believe that! Zimmerman plays Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety".
I'm really excited because I'm two big fans. Thanks
There's also this famous video of Zimerman playing under Bernstein's direction himself. th-cam.com/video/Q-aU2Se1RHw/w-d-xo.html
@@neil7137 Thank you very much. With all my heart from Japan
I am a huge fan of you Zimmerman, you were one of the musicians that persuaded me to pursue music. I was feeling quite stressed about music college auditions, however me and my mum saw you performing this in the International Festival in Edinburgh. I'm so happy you came all the way here to play, I never thought that I would be able to see you before you died. I'm about to enroll in the Royal Academy of Music, thank you for making my dream come true!
- Edo Hannah - how is it going?! I study piano too :)
‘I never thought that I would be able to see you before you died’
Well... ok, I don’t know what your plan was for seeing Him after His death but I’m glad you went to His concert after all.
Krystian Zimerman is still alive.
@@highway80stories he assumes all classical musicians die quickly. Alicia Delerocha, Paul badura Skoda, Jesse Norman to name a few. Kristian Zimmermann is not that old though. They often times don’t take care of their health and eventually succumb. Bernstein smoked and had heart issues, Herbert von Karajan died of a heart attack.
Your dream won’t come true until you’ve won a major international competition or made your Carnegie Hall debut. But first you have to survive four years of hard undergraduate work and graduate. Then there’s post graduate degree Program. Eg Doctorate degree or masters degree. Van Cliburn competition, Tchaikovsky competition,Chopin international competition,Rene Elizabeth competition,Leeds international competition etc. good luck. You’ll need it.
Look how the orchestra is smiling!
Uau! After I listened for the first minute I wasn't very pleased, but by the end I was smiling and laughing! That's a Very fun piece!!
3:50 Rattle Dancing 😊
Wow.. Bernstein qualcosa di nuovo... Grazie Zimmerman mi sono veramente divertita
Brīnišķīgs Bernsteina skaņdarbs,kuru nezināju.Un ,protams,lieliskais Cimermans! Paldies!Aija
J etais à ce concert, un petit bijou
Whoa. That was like ridding a roller coaster.
Éblouissant comme d'habitude 😌🕊️✨💫
the orchestra smile, very rare
I love the "look" Rattle gives the timpanist here @2:14 ...
Awesome sounds !!!
Wow... That's amazing!
The similarities between Movement III. "Toccare" of John Adam's faboulous Violin Concerto and this movement are breathtaking :-)
Yeah! It's a steal ! Only, the Bernstein work is more musical.
Don't care much for modern music but I like this piece; just discovered it on the radio last weekend and here I am, listening to it again. Can't say that LB wasn't creative, eh?
The piece was written in 1949, hardly modern.
I should have defined what I consider to be modern music: anything less than 150 years or so old. Despite my long-held preference, this selection is still amazing!
Anything less than 150 years old?? I guess that means that half of Brahms’ output is considered “modern” music!
@@michael.d. OK, I'll modify my earlier criteria to 139 years since Brahms last significant contribution came in 1889. MOST compositions since then are junk.
@@Borzoi86 dude whaaat?? Ravel Prokofiev Debussy Rachmaninoff Shostakovich even Grieg. And so much more. You can prefer other music but calling MOST OF THEIR COMPOSITIONS junk? Ludicrous
The celeste player is the daughter of Stockhausen, Majella
4:23 interesting
Anyone else notice the timpanist quietly checking the tuning of his drums at the beginning?
KRYSTIAN - GENIUSZ
0:07 I was at there.
Where are you sitting
In the beginning, the orchestra was unsure of the super-fast direction on The Masque, were unsure on Zimerman' ability to keep up and did not know if they could pull it off all together. After a while, you can see it in their faces that it worked out great.
Anyone who comes for Frank Dupree?
Este estilo no me agrada.
Frag mich wer so einen Müll komponiert hat... Schrecklich
Als Gott den Musikgeschmack verteilt hat warst du auf dem Klo, oder?