she practiced 40 hours a day for this

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  • Download transcriptions at georgecolliermusic.com and check out the Discord!: / discord
    Original video: • MOZART PIANO CONCERTO ...
    Piece: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major K. 503
    Performed by: Mitsuko Uchida
    Transcribed by: Tony Williams
    faq:
    Q: how are you related to jacob collier? / A: i'm not, we just have the same last name
    Q: how do you transcribe? / A: i use musescore for notation and 'Transcribe!' for beat marking, slowing down etc
    Q: do you have perfect pitch? / A: no
    Q: where can i suggest videos? / A: / discord
    Q: what music do you listen to? A: open.spotify.com/playlist/0zP...
    Q: why are some videos not transcribed by you? / A: sometimes other people submit transcriptions, most are commissioned from others who can do a better job than i can. i want to make sure you see the best transcriptions possible!
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  • @GeorgeCollier
    @GeorgeCollier  ปีที่แล้ว +4317

    i know we take the piss out of classical a bit here but there are some incredible musicians and amazing pieces of music you all ought to check out :) this is Mitsuko Uchida by the way, performing her cadenza of Piano Concerto 25 K. 503

    • @juanf.crespo2639
      @juanf.crespo2639 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Mozart, of course

    • @NeoRazor
      @NeoRazor ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Piano Concerto 25,000. Boy that Mozart sure was prolific.

    • @bgolden0707
      @bgolden0707 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      tapa tapa tapa.... trilolololo!!! had me rolling! loved your commentary on a beautiful performance.

    • @Concertym
      @Concertym ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Mozart man, this is so great. That music is so fresh and beautifull. Mozart for eternity. Beethoven concerto 5 is something too...

    • @omarino99
      @omarino99 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      why’d you “take the piss” out of classical music, I don’t understand

  • @serbianchromus61
    @serbianchromus61 ปีที่แล้ว +11710

    she practiced so hard that she rose the boundary of a day being 24 hours to 40 hours, so inspiring

    • @ricomarcelmusic
      @ricomarcelmusic ปีที่แล้ว +355

      Played right past the time space continuum

    • @bgill7475
      @bgill7475 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      That's the meme...

    • @jcjeffpfa
      @jcjeffpfa ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Thats what I was thinking 🤣🤣🤣

    • @alexxdaye-alberson7243
      @alexxdaye-alberson7243 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I was just asking the same question!!!!!! Maybe she's figured out time travel through musical quantum physics and we haven't caught up to it yet. LOL! That's my theoretical guess seeing that there are only 24 hours in a day. Either way, she did it! Nobel Prize winning stuff there!

    • @Tracy-mz9bi
      @Tracy-mz9bi ปีที่แล้ว +222

      Because she is Ling Ling
      And I found the classcial world is so mean. People will judge her performance. People will ask if this piece is hard enough, will she sound nice on more challenging piece 😂

  • @samylemzaoui2298
    @samylemzaoui2298 ปีที่แล้ว +8150

    she plays every note so clean it doesnt even sound like a piano at parts it's crazy

    • @Stu5727
      @Stu5727 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      1:32 briefly sounds like a synth or a midi from a video game soundtrack, insanely consistent intonation

    • @ElMage11
      @ElMage11 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@Stu5727 What does this mean? How can piano players have a "voice" or a different sound? how do they influence the sound of the instrument?

    • @samuelwaller4924
      @samuelwaller4924 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      @@ElMage11 the force when they strike the key, how they strike the key, how you release the key, basically everything can affect the tone, though not much so you usually don't think about it which is why it is so crazy how consistant her tone is lol

    • @chicken_burgers
      @chicken_burgers ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@ElMage11 it’s like failing to press your cords on bass drawing it with inconsistent strengths so much can influence the tone

    • @ryanbrown5141
      @ryanbrown5141 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait thats a she?

  • @alphonsenyoumssi4893
    @alphonsenyoumssi4893 ปีที่แล้ว +709

    In a recent interview she said she raised the bar to 50 hours per day … in my opinion it doesn’t get better than that , she’s really dedicated to her art

    • @venturamolina5514
      @venturamolina5514 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      But isn't there only 24 hours in a day?

    • @higherlunacy
      @higherlunacy ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @ventura molina WOOSH!!

    • @CathyZhang
      @CathyZhang ปีที่แล้ว

      60 hours a day will be her next bar

    • @sean-jsjincorporated8881
      @sean-jsjincorporated8881 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@venturamolina5514 It. Is. A. JOKE.

    • @SamSmith07
      @SamSmith07 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@venturamolina5514 he’s not a real ling ling

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +168

    Mitsuko Uchida is one of the best interpreters of Mozart. Period. She is phenomenal, incredibly controlled and refined, and a true musician of the highest caliber. She has several performances where she conducts from the piano. She's the real deal!

    • @Tennisisreallyfun
      @Tennisisreallyfun 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Agreed! She really is the best when it comes to Mozart, she and Orli Shaham as well. They just have such a clean, crystalline yet sweet/warm tone! And so elegant! Perfect for Mozart🤩

    • @angelito2144
      @angelito2144 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      She's a legend

    • @TheRealGnolti
      @TheRealGnolti 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Her Schubert is up there with Brendel's.

    • @user-jj8kg5ef2t
      @user-jj8kg5ef2t 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lili Kraus

    • @ckzf1842
      @ckzf1842 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely agree ! ❤❤❤

  • @marijnvangeest
    @marijnvangeest ปีที่แล้ว +3277

    0:14 just imagine this being a real sheet music page with the transcript reading: "very clean damn"
    And the pianist is thinking: "oh, well ok. Let me try..."

    • @c.j.4014
      @c.j.4014 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      omg I would love to have sheet music like this LOL

    • @cockballsiii6524
      @cockballsiii6524 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      *tapa tapa tapa tapa tapa tapa*

    • @Triairius
      @Triairius ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I'm sure we'll see more of it as we get more younger people as composers. It'll bring some great life to their music!

    • @mrping2603
      @mrping2603 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      "Very fast" well shoot ok let's go

    • @chanhailey7848
      @chanhailey7848 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      *trillololol*

  • @aumenarys
    @aumenarys ปีที่แล้ว +6386

    she's now 73yo and still plays everything by heart. she's phenomenal!

    • @triplezgames3882
      @triplezgames3882 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      73 * 365 * 40h = 1 065 800h of practice...
      crazy 🤯

    • @SillyNolan
      @SillyNolan ปีที่แล้ว +48

      if she's 73 then she's 121.66666

    • @mystictnediser3854
      @mystictnediser3854 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's like cat age. Music age

    • @mempotato3189
      @mempotato3189 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@triplezgames3882 she didn’t practice from birth though did she

    • @triplezgames3882
      @triplezgames3882 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@mempotato3189 Yeah was a joke... look at the title, 40h a day is pretty unlikely as well

  • @jamiececilielange5249
    @jamiececilielange5249 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    I looked her up. Her name is Mitsuko Uchida and she gave her first recital at 14 and is now 74 y/o. I don't know when this video was recorded, but she now has 60 years of experience playing piano. I'm glad to see she hasn't stopped playing. Most videos I see, the musicians are often 15-35 years old.

    • @piotrlara3002
      @piotrlara3002 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I would say that is because most of pianists become teachers (proffessors), and dedicate their lives to teaching, especially after 35/40 years old

    • @lomlam58
      @lomlam58 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is very common in classical music, pianists specially keep playing until they're dead or almost. With various qualities of playing but some of them stay amazing until the end.

    • @adrianosz8780
      @adrianosz8780 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      She's actually only 19 years old. It's because she practices 40 hours a day, so the age number goes faster.

    • @jepz11
      @jepz11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you, Jamie.
      It is her life shining through, how she plays this.

    • @Karen-ul9hd
      @Karen-ul9hd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Look up Martha Argerich, still magnificent at 82 or Maria Joao Pires, 79

  • @maddy3852
    @maddy3852 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    me: practices 4 hours a month
    also me: why can't I play like that ...

    • @mellonhead9568
      @mellonhead9568 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Me on GarageBand loops: frick imma DJ baby

    • @martamara1979
      @martamara1979 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @m.moonsie
      @m.moonsie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe its time to be a DJ.

    • @user-dy5rs3po2o
      @user-dy5rs3po2o 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      4 hours a month? Who?

    • @mikethebeginner
      @mikethebeginner 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You could double that if you tried really hard.

  • @Tony32
    @Tony32 ปีที่แล้ว +3432

    She practiced 40 hours a day, 8 days a week.
    That's commitment!

    • @sistersshenanigans
      @sistersshenanigans ปีที่แล้ว +19

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @xo_lexie
      @xo_lexie ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I heard she practiced 9 days a week! 🤯

    • @matthiastroitzsch7666
      @matthiastroitzsch7666 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      ...64 weeks a year. Amazing!

    • @anbiyaftab891
      @anbiyaftab891 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      24 months a year

    • @Kopie0830
      @Kopie0830 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wt fuddge hooo hooo haaaa haaa!

  • @sufferhead6943
    @sufferhead6943 ปีที่แล้ว +4701

    I saw 40 hrs a day and instantly clicked. That sort of dedication deserves to be worshipped.

    • @rj119x
      @rj119x ปีที่แล้ว +37

      literally just like me frfr

    • @Chorro38
      @Chorro38 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Exactly, me too 😂

    • @sufferhead6943
      @sufferhead6943 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@ncjenx9504 Use mere mortals could never ever hope to dream of acheiving her level.

    • @coupdetat2318
      @coupdetat2318 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Them little numbers, i dedicate 41 hours a day for breathing? How about that?

    • @zordevo7485
      @zordevo7485 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ncjenx9504 24 hrs does really feel like 40 hrs on acid lul

  • @gtoyadhatagyab8013
    @gtoyadhatagyab8013 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    She played so fast in her practice that she sped up time to go faster than earth's rotation to fit 40 hours in a day...

    • @Tore_Lund
      @Tore_Lund ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes this is played too fast according to the notes? Well music tradition is something to cherish. I'm highly impressed.

    • @GourSmith
      @GourSmith ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Time is subjective. She experiences time differently than us-that’s all.

    • @user-jj8kg5ef2t
      @user-jj8kg5ef2t 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just the opposite.....It is because she does SLOW PRACTICE. very important.... she practice so slowly that time come still, that is why she can practice 40 hours each day, 10 days each week, and 7 weeks each month, and 24 months per year......(Musicians, and budding musicians all know what SLOW PRACTICE means).

  • @PrimalCougar125
    @PrimalCougar125 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    She practices 40 hours a day, 12 days a week, and 465 weeks a year, so inspiring

    • @randyla6706
      @randyla6706 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you're so wrong! A year only has 365 WEEKS.

    • @Rickkeys377
      @Rickkeys377 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@randyla6706r/whooooooooosh

    • @digojez
      @digojez 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@randyla6706I think they meant 465 weeks per month and 365 months per year 🙏😊

    • @marksmith3947
      @marksmith3947 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      She has to take 100 weeks of vacation every year to recuperate. She crams that into the end of December

    • @MARTIN201199
      @MARTIN201199 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      But just the first 30 years of her childhood.

  • @dtzku
    @dtzku ปีที่แล้ว +2480

    She is the one who can legitimately claim to have 30 years of experience at the age of 18!

    • @NotToffie
      @NotToffie ปีที่แล้ว +27

      big brain meth

    • @NotToffie
      @NotToffie ปีที่แล้ว +13

      marh

    • @datutturugang666
      @datutturugang666 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@NotToffie mars
      mark
      dark
      warp
      spark
      dork

    • @yourgirleft
      @yourgirleft ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same as the 40 hours in a day thing so get you i get you

    • @laraerdelyi4299
      @laraerdelyi4299 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yourgirleft the 40 h a day is a meme..the title of the video is a joke..but non-musicials dont get it(or even musicials but if you are one you have vetter chances to do so)

  • @aaroni6172
    @aaroni6172 ปีที่แล้ว +2547

    Her phrasing is so good and her dynamic contrast is so good it sounds like she’s playing an entire orchestra god DAMN

    • @mj11222
      @mj11222 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No!! God BLESS!! 🙏

    • @tylerbuck9347
      @tylerbuck9347 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mj11222 yes

    • @mj11222
      @mj11222 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tylerbuck9347 😇🙏

    • @kagitsune
      @kagitsune ปีที่แล้ว

      Right?? She makes Mozart sound like Lizst, it's incredible! 😍

  • @VereBirdIII
    @VereBirdIII 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    That is not an incredibly hard piece where virtuoso passages are concerned but the musicality of Mozart and Ms. Uchida is the virtuosity here. Bravo to the both of them, well done!!

    • @Samuri_Jack_Enjoyer
      @Samuri_Jack_Enjoyer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Mozart is dauntingly virtuosic; one wrong note and everyone notices it, unlike Rachmaninoff or Liszt.

    • @chocoflake8027
      @chocoflake8027 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Samuri_Jack_Enjoyer You can notice the wrong note better, because it's kept more simple... Mozart's music is incredible, however Liszt and Rachmaninoff are beyond virtuosic, and it's not how difficult it is to notice a wrong note, it's about the difficulty of the piece itself. The listeners don't matter.

  • @antonydevadass4856
    @antonydevadass4856 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    She bent space time itself to squeeze out another 16 hours in a day. Magnificent!

  • @afterimage1993
    @afterimage1993 ปีที่แล้ว +5468

    that's amazing that she could practice 40 HOURS a DAY!

  • @darrenliang1723
    @darrenliang1723 ปีที่แล้ว +1380

    as a pianist its not easy to switch up dynamics that flawlessly. its incredible how she does that with so much elegance

    • @antoinedebruit6140
      @antoinedebruit6140 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Work very slowly you'll be surprise how easy it helps the body memorise the dynamic changes

    • @sephyy.c5360
      @sephyy.c5360 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      as a pianist switching up dynamics is incredibly easy what r u talking about

    • @superbowyiming
      @superbowyiming ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@sephyy.c5360 Actually what he said is right. At the beginning yeah it's easier but later it's much harder due to how scores written and the piano structure. I'd say at the end it's harder than strings and woodwinds for dynamic control (I feel that when playing piano n saxophone

    • @sephyy.c5360
      @sephyy.c5360 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@superbowyiming as someone who has played piano for upwards of 15 years yes her feel for the music and her transitions are very impressive but changing fluidly between dynamics is not hard if you have any basic talent lmao

    • @DingleberryQuandale
      @DingleberryQuandale ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shes practices 40 hours a day, ofc she does that easily

  • @ISEEKSPACE
    @ISEEKSPACE ปีที่แล้ว +14

    She transcended time and it shows! Beautiful!

  • @Shaan_Suri
    @Shaan_Suri 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The way she shapes the larger phrases is just sublime. Such a light, sensitive touch, yet powerful when needed. Mastery 😍

  • @wisdomseeker0142
    @wisdomseeker0142 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    You know what!!! I’m a violinist but even I have to pick my damn jaw off the floor at how she controls the volume of those notes. She plays so fast and aggressive with articulation then she slows and slightly presses the keys with an utmost gentleness and makes individual tones sing. She doesn’t press the keys with the same force. I can’t describe what I’m hearing in accurate detail because this is not my instrument but I hear how she is making the notes come to life. This woman is an artist.

    • @godwinyan5448
      @godwinyan5448 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes

    • @organboi
      @organboi ปีที่แล้ว

      What does your being a violinist have to do with anything?

    • @mentsu.3308
      @mentsu.3308 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@organboi brings some musical knowledge onto the table

    • @jameshakai1662
      @jameshakai1662 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@organboi Violinists have a much more direct control over their dynamics, as they have a direct connection to the sound producing part of their instrument, whereas pianists connect indirectly through hammers. Control of dynamics is therefore easier on a violin. In other words, if a violinist is impressed with a pianist's control of dynamics, than that pianist's control is implied to be extraordinarily good

    • @an6350
      @an6350 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jameshakai1662 exactly

  • @jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430
    @jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430 ปีที่แล้ว +417

    Playing that fast and at such a quiet voice is one of the hardest things in piano and requires masterful finger control. This is amazing

    • @gailhall6283
      @gailhall6283 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You almost have to stop breathing for that kind of control. I found myself holding my breath for her at certain places in the music. Brilliant. She's brilliant.

  • @GiladPellaeon
    @GiladPellaeon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Uchida is a fantastic pianist, I especially love her interpretation of the Beethoven Concertos, she recorded with the Berlin Philharmonic!

  • @recordclassicalmusic
    @recordclassicalmusic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That sounded amazing!! Thanks for sharing

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj ปีที่แล้ว +714

    Mitsuko Uchida is so refined, exquisite, and her Mozart is perfect.

    • @vanjavanja3905
      @vanjavanja3905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      REALLY ? UAUAUA !!! AND YOU ARE A GENIUS MAYVBE !

    • @gonzalo4658
      @gonzalo4658 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @drz-krak she composed all that,its her cadenza

    • @rafaelkentoyamamoto8600
      @rafaelkentoyamamoto8600 ปีที่แล้ว

      @drz-krak How silly. The most captivating aspects of a presentation are the feeling, dynamics, pauses and other aspects that no robot can imitate, as it is unique to each interpreter.

    • @gonzalo4658
      @gonzalo4658 ปีที่แล้ว

      @drz-krak youre right lol, this is all right
      Though we knew that innately. Nothing can take away from her exquisite cadenza based on - wait - MOZART THEMES? Mozart was brilliant and also original, but Mozart and Co was also a personal expression of Haydn. About 80% of the time. So let Uchida’s cadenza be an expression of that musical period.
      At least that’s my theory. “Arthur, not everyone’s bland. You’re bland, Murray”. I think whenever someone forms a cadenza, it’s by nature not 100% “original”, but the brilliancy, ingenuity, and quality is just totally distinct from all that preceded it. Like I said, yes it doesn’t count as “original”, but it does count as original. What she contrived here stems from Mozart’s themes yes, but we can at least respect how far she went to separate from that. The real nail in the hammer, though, is that Mozart was much himself a cog in a capital ‘c’ Classical machine. Her fanciful modulations reflect much more awesome music than merely a representation of an artist. I dare say, even more than merely a representation of that whole period.
      She engineers here a lovelily diverse domain of musical permutations. I said lovelily on purpose, and meant something more like ‘amiably’; adverb to, let’s say, rhetorically intensify the titillation of the tonal tensions?
      Perhaps we’ll excuse my long-winded, multi-pillared theory in the end.
      It’s definitely an open-ended subject. I ultimately return my case back to the care of your very enlightening and very neutral thoughts. +
      We don needa be robotic and robust about Mozart and Bach. Beethoven? Okay, maybe we’ll leave his works perfectly alone. But that’s the thing, because he liked cadenzas, he was on board with the idea, and supplied his own. Bach intended ornaments, and Mozart cadenzas. Impressionist stylists maybe not so much - MAYBE.

  • @ok45038
    @ok45038 ปีที่แล้ว +1071

    Phenomenal playing! I had the pleasure of seeing her perform 6 of Schubert's impromptus recently. Her interpretation was phenomenal, the best I've ever heard of the works, and was so captivating. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire concert!

    • @da96103
      @da96103 ปีที่แล้ว

      What happened to the other 2?

    • @ok45038
      @ok45038 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@da96103 She didn't play them for some reason, couldn't tell you why. The ones she didn't play were op.90 no2 and no3 (from the first set of four chronologically). I suppose it made the program short enough to not require an interlude, and since you often play the two she left out as a pair, it made sense to cut them? A real shame, as I was learning those two specifically at the time and I would have liked to see a live interpretation of them.

    • @chengliklik
      @chengliklik ปีที่แล้ว

      Question! At 1:38 bar 51, the right-hand notes were F#-A-D-F#-D-A-F# but she played both Ds with a C and C# respectively.
      Was it a piano score transcription mistake, or she actually played the wrong note? (though I'd doubt the latter)
      Because I have to say, if she actually changed the notes, I'd be impressed, since it sounded so good! I can feel the tension in the arpeggio!

    • @theangrycheeto
      @theangrycheeto ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ok45038 Do you play any musical instruments yourself?

    • @ok45038
      @ok45038 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theangrycheeto I do, I've played the piano (classically trained) for about 7 years now, and I dabble in other instruments - particularly guitar. Piano is my primary instrument though.

  • @Mysterious_Vocalist
    @Mysterious_Vocalist ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very clean... The intonations of each note parts are very distinct from each other.
    Impressive 👍😀

  • @gmmgmmg
    @gmmgmmg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Need more classical music videos on this amazing channel

  • @UnknownMastery
    @UnknownMastery ปีที่แล้ว +457

    She trained so hard she managed 40 hours into 1 day

    • @Danny-pd9yb
      @Danny-pd9yb ปีที่แล้ว +51

      That’s the twoset meme

    • @aprilwright3900
      @aprilwright3900 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same. Maybe like Hermione, maybe the Ministry of Magic authorized a Time-Turner for her

    • @charlieogre4537
      @charlieogre4537 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was hoping someone would point that out.

    • @AdrienneZazulak
      @AdrienneZazulak ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you. I came here looking for this comment!

    • @nataliableu6390
      @nataliableu6390 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aprilwright3900 Harry Potter fan here. ✋ I want a Time Turner for Christmas.🎅🎄

  • @tj_3783
    @tj_3783 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’ve actually been to see mitsuko uchida perform live. It was a truly fenomenal experience

    • @njdawgs1
      @njdawgs1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sure it was, very thankful to have such talented musicians alive today.
      P.S. it's spelt phenomenal

  • @axoid
    @axoid ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She's so dedicated she broke the spacetime continuum so she could practice more in a day.

  • @Kosmo_Z
    @Kosmo_Z ปีที่แล้ว +319

    Glad to see classical music getting some exposure on this channel!

    • @Luca-yg5qx
      @Luca-yg5qx ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Check out "B Sharp" and "f flat", basically George Collier for Classical.

    • @yunarukami14
      @yunarukami14 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Luca-yg5qx Thanks for the recommendation, men.

  • @derekforde7164
    @derekforde7164 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Only when I started making piano videos did I realize how hard it is to play a piece near perfect in one take. I can only hope to be half as good as performers like this.

    • @krasw
      @krasw ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I would be totally happy to be 0.1% as good as this.

    • @ricasa2005
      @ricasa2005 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HALF?!

  • @mimiseton
    @mimiseton 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dear Mitsuko, I bet Wolfie is overjoyed with the way you make his music sing! It doesn't get any better than this!

  • @sustainablelife1st
    @sustainablelife1st 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    some of these composers just wrote impossible pieces for self-agandizing vanity purposes. But good on her for showing them!

  • @Dancingonthesun
    @Dancingonthesun ปีที่แล้ว +112

    It's like a butterfly is fluttering around my head, the notes are so gentle and precise. Beautiful.

  • @unspeakablevorn
    @unspeakablevorn ปีที่แล้ว +76

    "man this sounds like the french national anthem what's going on here"
    Wikipedia: One of the secondary themes of the concerto's first movement is a march that often reminds people of "La Marseillaise".
    Guess I'm not the only one who thinks that. This was composed 6 years earlier, so maybe La Marseillaise should remind people of this...

    • @Madchemist002
      @Madchemist002 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I had the same thought when hearing it. "Allons enfants de la patrie!" Just rang in my head each time the theme came up.

    • @albertosousatenor
      @albertosousatenor ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you for saving me that trip to Wikipedia…

    • @angelito2144
      @angelito2144 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We can hear again these same notes with the same rythm pattern in the first act of Don Giovanni, strikingly enough when Leoporello is referring to France th-cam.com/video/mkjzTtz-lZQ/w-d-xo.html
      I used to think there was some kind of influence or even sincronicity between Mozart and Rouget de Lisle, but now my theory is that it's just a coincidence. During the classical period there were rules about how to iniciate a melody, how to please the public, what chords were appropiate for the first bars, etc. and the combination dominant->tonic was extremely popular for the first two notes of a phrase. Once you reach the tonic, if you want to keep ascending your options are scale (V-I-II-III-IV-V), arpeggio (V-I-III-V) or, if you want to make something more original but within the tastes of that period, the brand new combination V-I-II-V, which is what both composers chose to do in different places and different years but in the same art period.
      *Notice that the melody V-I-IV-V doesn't sound well, V-I-VII-V is horrible and V-I-VI-V was destined to make history two centuries later in Texas ;D th-cam.com/video/8sKX3tWaOew/w-d-xo.html

  • @matthijsvanwijhe864
    @matthijsvanwijhe864 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She's an absolute legend! And what a great cadenza!!

  • @thepostapocalyptictrio4762
    @thepostapocalyptictrio4762 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THE BEST living performer of Schubert and Schoenberg pieces. Genius

  • @Sesamox
    @Sesamox ปีที่แล้ว +145

    The amazing thing is not how well she plays, but the fact that she went to Mercury or Venus in order to practice 40 hours a day!

    • @menyaa
      @menyaa ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's a reference to TwoSet Violin, a youtube channel. Go watch it, they're really funny

    • @lunarwolfcassia9435
      @lunarwolfcassia9435 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its a joke from TwoSetViolin go watch their videos

    • @storagebee1597
      @storagebee1597 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's a comical expression used by some wise men, more formerly known as TwoSet Violin. They are considered and very much are a laughing matter, not in a quite rude way but a ludicrously big way to express whats called funny.
      I recommend you to watch these courteous videos, they are comically funny and I can concur and vouch that these comments are for sure a true and honest specimen.

    • @sillowillo
      @sillowillo ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What the hell is a twoset violin? She clearly went to Venus to do this

    • @lunarwolfcassia9435
      @lunarwolfcassia9435 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sillowillo TwoSetViolin is a pretty famous classical music youtube channel and they made this "Practice 40 hours a day" meme/quote.

  • @machine-shopbilly6584
    @machine-shopbilly6584 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    She's so talented she's able to practice 40 hours in a 24 hour day. I'd like to see you do that

    • @godwinyan5448
      @godwinyan5448 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok

    • @desil30stm
      @desil30stm ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's a running joke from Twoset violin. Ningning 40h

  • @LUX_AETERN4E
    @LUX_AETERN4E ปีที่แล้ว

    that was absolutely stunning

  • @marichristian
    @marichristian 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wonderfully expressive.

  • @godlikesnake8909
    @godlikesnake8909 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Her control on volume is astonishing

  • @pianoish
    @pianoish ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Mitsuko Uchida is an amazing pianist. One of my favorites. I hear a bit of Figaro in that cadenza. Specifically Act 2 finale.

    • @debob513
      @debob513 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She got the Sharingan

    • @chazanishe
      @chazanishe ปีที่แล้ว

      I also heard Zauberflote in the bass. One of Papageno's themes.

    • @big_ju1c391
      @big_ju1c391 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mangekio

  • @adanaamun7921
    @adanaamun7921 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow! She almost doubled the 24-hour threshold.

    • @user-dy5rs3po2o
      @user-dy5rs3po2o 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How is it possible if the day has only 24 hours? A miracle indeed!

  • @mervynmenezes1400
    @mervynmenezes1400 ปีที่แล้ว

    40 hours in a day! Really awesome! Well done!

  • @Elarace
    @Elarace ปีที่แล้ว +16

    extremely fast/constant staccato + soft playing+ going through octaves rapidly= a miracle (if your a pianist and you know you know)

  • @pineapplesareyummy6352
    @pineapplesareyummy6352 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is when you have mastered complete control over the sound of every single note.

  • @danield7521
    @danield7521 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've had the chance to see her live last year. It was amazing to say the least!

  • @Hyuzuka
    @Hyuzuka 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the trillolololol part is insane, wish she did a video teaching how she presses the keys at that part

  • @michaelj1237
    @michaelj1237 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Thanks so much for reminding us about the beauty of Mozart and Uchida’s performance thereof

  • @PedroLopes-sz3tt
    @PedroLopes-sz3tt ปีที่แล้ว +5

    @TwoSetGang 40 hours a day, Ling Ling Law at its finest!!

  • @צמחישראלמרום
    @צמחישראלמרום 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    when the title says 40 hours when there are only 24 hours a day, you know she practiced a LOT.

  • @lerolerolero37
    @lerolerolero37 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite pianist 💖

  • @muchtartidakbahagia
    @muchtartidakbahagia ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I swear jazz and classical musicians are some of the most skilled player in their respective instrument.

  • @teddobomb9037
    @teddobomb9037 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I feel like the way she moves her head and plays so passionately is how Mozart would have played too

  • @lyolevrich
    @lyolevrich ปีที่แล้ว

    great Uchida!👏👏👏

  • @user-qt5xh9mt7x
    @user-qt5xh9mt7x ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Been to two of her concerts, incredible pianist

  • @Spitfire720
    @Spitfire720 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This looks not too bad if I could find out how not to make my wrists so tense 😂

    • @kempedkemp
      @kempedkemp ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hanon Virtuoso Pianist exercises for about an hour a day, will help. A good instructor who knows how to teach these exercises in invaluable! (I had one.) Wrist fluidity is very important and one of the focuses of this pedagogy.

  • @MrNicks-gn8jc
    @MrNicks-gn8jc ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Her complete Mozart Sonatas recordings are legendary as the most romantic emotional readings ever recorded !

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful ปีที่แล้ว

      András Schiff's recordings of the Mozart sonatas are far better

    • @diligenceeke3023
      @diligenceeke3023 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kevinmaestroful You seem to be in the mood to argue. Hahaha

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful ปีที่แล้ว

      @@diligenceeke3023 just saying lol

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful ปีที่แล้ว

      @drz-krak Schiff is still alive 😉

    • @kevinmaestroful
      @kevinmaestroful ปีที่แล้ว

      @drz-krak Even Mozart didn't play perfectly, every true artist knows that in terms of ''perfection'' we're never there but always arriving ;)

  • @AlexanderQuinn1
    @AlexanderQuinn1 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so stunning. WOW

  • @Iazybutnotreally.6891
    @Iazybutnotreally.6891 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful piece

  • @NancyinNYC
    @NancyinNYC ปีที่แล้ว +47

    There is nobody--absolutely nobody--more musical than Mitsuko Uchida. Seeing her live is a joy, btw.

  • @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache
    @NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache ปีที่แล้ว +31

    As someone who knows jack shit about classic pieces besides maybe Entry of the Gladiators or smth, this was absolutely beautiful. I love how playful the arpeggios or whatever the zigzagging piano notes are called sound! Thanks for bringing awareness to this performer George!

  • @Winner1270
    @Winner1270 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Recognized Mitsuko Uchida from the thumbnail; had to give it a listen. I love all their mozart interpretations.

  • @mateomaderas5504
    @mateomaderas5504 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love Mitsuko Uchida! She is truly one of the the very best.

  • @francobonanni3499
    @francobonanni3499 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    She Is one of the major pianist in the world. She does not play she works. To play like she does there are hours of study. O love her expression she lives with the music she plays. Great artist. Many years to her health and playing.

  • @vinilosdetribal2
    @vinilosdetribal2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your channel!! Also, your musical tastes are so eerily similar to mine that when I opened your playlist, I thought it was still in mine. It’s almost a copy.

  • @zacharyessey5904
    @zacharyessey5904 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was awe inspiring.

  • @ericvogler6909
    @ericvogler6909 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've loved Mitsuko Uchida's playing for many years. Mozart just hits me differently when it's her playing it.

  • @Alenoir88
    @Alenoir88 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The synchronisation with the piano sheet is amazing, quite a good job doing that tracking, thumbs up!

  • @CurlysChilledPiano
    @CurlysChilledPiano ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Her touch and musicality could make a bag of bones sound beautiful.

  • @FamiliarFaith
    @FamiliarFaith ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful!

  • @aabrightlove
    @aabrightlove ปีที่แล้ว

    That. Was. GLORIOUS

  • @kyungsik
    @kyungsik ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Uchida’s Mozart is unparalleled

  • @Ermude10
    @Ermude10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Wow, I practice 30 hours a day and I still can't play that well! I guess I need to increase the number of hours...

  • @audibookrohani619
    @audibookrohani619 ปีที่แล้ว

    SO CLEAN!!!

  • @wweraw4895
    @wweraw4895 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Her sound control is simply outstanding

  • @sarahf.7750
    @sarahf.7750 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This performance gave me chills she's such a legend

  • @minghaoliu430
    @minghaoliu430 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s so hard to control and she did wonderful at the trill part and she can manage the left hand with a very suitable diminueto was fantastic.

  • @adamgreenhaus4691
    @adamgreenhaus4691 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Mitsuko Uchida! Her recordings of the Beethoven Piano Concerti are the gold standard for me.

  • @alanhean6504
    @alanhean6504 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredibly beautiful ❤

  • @LopsideMakes
    @LopsideMakes ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how the trauma of her sleepless nights comes out on her face.. emotion adds a lot more to music that you’ll ever know.

  • @pyropianist
    @pyropianist ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Saw Uchida at the Boston Symphony Orchestra last month playing Beethoven's Emperor Concerto! I can't believe she is nearly 75 years old and still playing from memory! A hair under tempo on the flying octaves, but still one of the best interpreters of golden age classical music, especially those cantabile non legato runs.

  • @user-pp1li8pi7g
    @user-pp1li8pi7g ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Her skill is so fast and perfected to the point where I can't even see her fingers stay in one place... Very Well.

  • @Climb2
    @Climb2 ปีที่แล้ว

    seriously this is so completely perfect its mindblowing

  • @andreisupervloguri8058
    @andreisupervloguri8058 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my favorite concertos!

  • @kiaruna
    @kiaruna ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One word. She is amazing.

  • @chainsaw745
    @chainsaw745 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel like it would take a lot to give this woman what she deserves for the raw determination and sacrifice it took to master this piece. Is the fame and legacy enough? I hope so.

  • @chitwoodbryan4HBVS
    @chitwoodbryan4HBVS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I discovered Mitsuko uchida’s playing when I was in college. Her playing has always been exemplary to me.

  • @JackNg
    @JackNg ปีที่แล้ว +6

    it's LingLing time!!
    (Ling Ling practice 40 hours a day)

  • @m4ssee
    @m4ssee ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So refreshing to see someone play classical music without sheet music. Learn the fricking song before you go on stage, people!

  • @anantwashere
    @anantwashere ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful.

  • @Ardalaepdahy25
    @Ardalaepdahy25 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a great art, niceeee. ☕

  • @koalatheworld
    @koalatheworld ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I attended Mitsuko Uchida's concert in London several years ago and got an autograph from her. Uchida is such an inspirational woman! If I were to meet her in my teens, I would have been highly motivated to be a professional concert pianist.

  • @no-ld3hz
    @no-ld3hz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    LING LING PRACTICE 40 HOUR LING LING DO CLASSICAL

  • @Jacedamace
    @Jacedamace ปีที่แล้ว

    the sheer amount of determination on her face tho

  • @johnrichardson7629
    @johnrichardson7629 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just amazing