Mari Samuelsen – Max Richter: November (Live from the Forbidden City, Beijing / 2018)

Mari Samuelsen is one of today’s most imaginative and eloquent violinists, known for her inventive approach to programming and presentation. As part of Deutsche Grammophon's 120th anniversary celebrations held at Beijing’s Forbidden City, Samuelsen took the solo lead in Max Richter’s “November”, accompanied by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Long Yu.

Max Richter’s “November” is Samuelsen’s first single on Deutsche Grammophon. Her debut album was recorded with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and conductor Jonathan Stockhammer and will be released in early summer 2019.

Mari Samuelsen – Max Richter: November (Live from the Forbidden City, Beijing / 2018)

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[seagull]

I cant understand how the entire orchestra and audience arent bawling their eyes out in tears? It gets me EVERY TIME.

[anitagammans]

I have waited YEARS to see this piece performed live. Literal chills.

[AhmedZia]

I watched a lot of TV Shows but The Leftovers is unforgettable

[hivera]

this song feels like a compilation of your life and memories from birth til your last moments.

[fernandosaint]

I cry twice in a decade… today it was one of those

[SwanNero]

This whole piece is one big climax, have you noticed? It's relentless. It engages all of your physical senses and your emotions, takes you over completely and then disapears from you, first suddenly, than impression starts slowly leaving your mind and body, like an ebb.
Magical.

[SwanNero]

After 1 year of practice, today at 2.18 a.m., I finally managed to perfect my performance to match Ms Samuelsen's.
I feel pretty damn proud.
And, boy, does my right arm hurt.

[TeriyakiTofu]

Imagine being this good at something..

[asdespain]

She deserved a standing ovation for this

[SwanNero]

This piece is composed in such way that the solo violoinist barely has the time to play all the notes and stay in sync with the orchestra. With that said, Ms Samuelsen did a masterful, magnificent job. Kudos to everybody, Max Richter especially. "November" births a whirlwind of emotions in me, and when that happens, I LITERALLY start losing my breath. A masterpiece.

Addendum: Ever since I've heard this piece for the first time, I've been utterly enchanted by it, and have obssessively listened to this version and the album version, comparing every note, every crescendo, the solo and the orchestra performance and how well synchronized they are, noticing the differences and obssesing about them, and finally concluding that this rendition is superior to the abum version in every possible way. Since that day, I basically wake up and go to sleep with this gem. And months and months after I've heard this out-wordly beautiful piece, I keep coming back to it. It never fails to fill me with awe and stir every fibre of my being, over and over again. And I have yet to experience it the same way twice. This, this is magnificence of the Universe put into notes.
Addendum 2:
Five years later, I'm still here when my soul needs comfort. This piece takes me to another universe every time, without fail.

[andersonluisdecarvalho]

3 seasons of The Leftovers, watched twice, hours of listening to Max Richter thinking maybe, one day, November would be played live. The cycle is now complete.
Or maybe watch the series again...

[MC-lgyb]

I watch this performance every day, usually multiple times!

[Namynechan]

This is the most powerful thing on earth, I swear.

[mariannetrn]

This violinist is the best I have heard, her version of Vilvaldi's four seasons is the best ever. She is incredible and she lives each of her interpretations with accuracy and emotion, i'm transported.

[laspalmasnj]

I was listening to this for the first time today while I was working. Not really paying attention.
Until BAM! out of nowhere, my whole body started getting chills and my eyes began to cry. One of only a handful of times this has ever happened to me in my entire 40 years of life. Amazing!
I need to see this woman live.

[pxlxrpf]

She makes it looks so easy when it is so hard.

[bertibanane]

Samuelson und Richter... mehr braucht es nicht für Schüttelfrost, Gänsehaut, Erstaunen, Erstarrung, Rührung, Demut, Dankbarkeit... großartig, hervorragend, 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼✨❤️✨

[АндрейМихайлов-жх]

Счастливые те люди, кто увидел и услышал это исполнение вживую. Это потрясающе!

[minacarroll]

Music transcends our differences. Music is what makes us human .this is one of the most sublime works of art i have ever heard.

[restaurantanima]

Disziplin. Demut. Handwerk. Unfassbares Können. Ein Meisterwerk!❤