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A String Quartet from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music playing Beethoven’s Harp, 1st mvt.
13 March 2007 @ Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Concert Hall.
Xu Jueyi, 1st violin
Qiang Xiaoxiao, 2nd violin
Zhou Yi, viola
Ekachai Maskulrat, cello
Duration : 0:8:9
They are in school. …
They are in school….jeez
wonderful players, …
wonderful players, great 2nd violinst!!!!!
Ensemble, …
Ensemble, intonation, sound, insight – this quartet has everything. Bravo!!!
Why do you say he …
Why do you say he wanted faster tempos? What’s the evidence? I’m not challenging you, just wondering.
Thank you for …
Thank you for posting this video of a wonderful performance!!
i completely …
i completely disagree. Listen to the amadeus for example: they play exactly this fast. Plus, beethoven on the score says: allegro, nothing more. So, let them decide their idea of allegro.
incredibly well …
incredibly well played, and as a member of a quartet i’ll say, you understand what playing in a quartet means.
Congratulations from italy
Very good! …
Very good! Congratulations from Barcelona.
Too simple ( …
Too simple (musically). Opening chords (after the Largo) are too short and seemed “clipped”. Technically it is amazing, but it is missing something musically.
personally I don’t …
personally I don’t mind that you didn’t take the repeat.
On the subject of …
On the subject of the repeat, I have also done some research, and, while I could not find anything on the repeat in this piece, I know that many repeats after 1800 or so were added by editors. Also, keep in mind that audiences at this time rarely heard a piece more than once, while modern audiences have often heard a single piece dozens of times. So, regardless of stylistic correctness, leaving out the repeat seems like a logical decision.
Wow, great …
Wow, great performance! I appreciate the fast tempo, as I think that is what Beethoven was looking for. Although this piece was written before the invention of the metronome, and thus does not have a tempo marking indicated, one can clearly see from Beethoven’s other works that he wanted faster tempos than the tempos at which modern performers often perform his pieces.
hello. this is so …
hello. this is so beautiful. i’d love to play so well. amazing teamwork and i love the last note where you all do the same motion.
Forgive me one …
Forgive me one other thing…to clarify…I mentioned Baroque because I feel repeats in that era were more formalities. Through the classical era and on towards the Romantics, I just feel the repeats are less mechanical
…or should I have …
…or should I have said ‘ear’
In any event, very nice work and I rated you a 5 star.
I know its nitpicky …
Repeats will always be a point of controversy. Certainly in the Baroque, and especially with Baroque dance suites, the repeats seemed more a requirement of the form rather than making a statement about the meaning of the music. With Beethoven, and this is just a personal feeling, I feel there is sometimes more to the repeat than meets the eye.
I know its nitpicky
That 1st violinist …
That 1st violinist nailed her bit near the end.
I apologize for the …
Thank you for your comment!
I apologize for the absent of the repetition. But it was our intention to do non repeat as I have done some research about publishing music in the classical period. It was very subjective, in many cases, whether the repeat signs were written by the composer or the publisher…
You can find articles and researches about it on internet.
Very good. My only …
Very good. My only beef is that Beethoven asked for a repeat of the exposition but its not here…if the master wants a repeat, it should be done.