8 Most Epic Classical Music Performances Everyone Should Watch

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S N A P C H A T: Brettybang | Eddy.Chen

[britishidiots]

The other day I asked my mum if she’s heard of Leonidas Kavakos (cause she’s Greek) and she just replied “what do you mean have I heard of him? I know him, he’s good friends with your godfather” WTF MUM YOU REALLY NEVER THOUGHT TO TELL ME ALL THESE YEARS

[pineapple]

The difference between how they listened was hilarious
Eddy: *Listens intentely, looking impressed most the time*
Brett: *depression in 3..2..1*

[razordu]

Twoset's completely genuine enthusiasm about classical music is absolutely contagious and has done more to popularize the genre than probably any other force this century.

They joke about being mediocre musicians, but that's not their role. They're hype men for a beautiful art that has fought relevance for years, and in that vein they are masters - virtuosos of presenting classical music to a public that has otherwise ignored it.

[iplayforfunsowhat]

no one ever appreciates who puts the subtitles in, round of applause

[sneakyrifle]

I feel like Kavakos is the only violinist that would make “If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly” true

[soutimukhopadhyay]

Alternate title:
*Twoset destroying their self esteem for 18 minutes straight*

[KuroKisakiCovers]

The second one with Hilary sounds like she is playing a duet with herself and is like anwering with the violin.
Like two violins talking to each other. It's amazing♥

[amiliekwon]

When I heard Hilary Hahn playing, I thought it was very easy, but after watching Brett and Eddy try and explaining I learned how hard it is. Mad respect ✊

[DueIistGio]

normal people: this music is nice
Twoset: *headbang to classical*

[cryptid]

Me (an uncultured person) watches a performance: Yea that sounded good
Me watching the same performance after watching two-set: OH WOW THAT BLEW MY MIND AWAY!

[dolphinreacts]

Kavakos is playing at around 15 notes per second for the paganini caprice 5, and the notes were accurate, AND it is a LOT more difficult than flight of the bumblebee

[katiarhoul]

"I can't do it" says Brett while doing it

[tboorer]

I’ve seen Vengarov booed and hissed at by a Greek audience when he walked on stage to replace an artist who went sick. It was at the Acropolis and he was only 18 yrs old. He walked on to a full concert hall of angry Greeks. Then he began to play quickly turned to gasps. When the concerto ended you could hear a pin drop before the place erupted in cheers. He played encores for an hour after the concerto. It was the most amazing concert and spectacle I’ve ever seen!

[AshishXiangyiKumar]

Two things I really liked about this video:

1. The focus on interpretive stuff, rather than virtuosity.
2. The inclusion of one not-particularly-well-known performance (the Nadien).

Should absolutely do more of these -- I feel like they make us all better listeners!

[LamaMarpa]

It's amazing how Kavakos' performance could somehow be compared to all the "fastest violinist" mockery which TwoSet exposed - and yet his case is so fundamentally different! Impeccable musicality, playing all the notes etc. It's a masterpiece performance.

[notmyrealname]

One of my favourite things in life is watching performances like this with another violinist and you both first drop your jaws then start laughing at the same time because it’s just so unbelievable. My mum has advanced dementia and it’s my favourite thing to do with her. She is/was a professional violinist and can remember/sing along with every note even though she can’t remember much else. Her response to music is as/even more intense than it ever was

[michaelwright]

I just stumbled upon this channel, two days into New Zealand's Grand National Stay At Home for the coronavirus. Two intelligent, generous, funny violin geeks. I feel better already.

[tympani]

Ben Lee: S A C R I LE GI OU S BOI
Kavakos: can actually play fifteen notes a second and you can hear every note if you slow it down to .75 or .5

[moveabledo]

How refreshing, a channel that doesn't simply look at fast and flashy but is equally impressed by soft phrasing...exactly the aspect of musicianship that NOT get the public's love.

[miraclemax]

impressed by the fact that you *_instantly_* calculated Hilary Hahn's age at the time of her performance of the Bach Violin Sonata No.3 when seeing the year of the video . . . Hilary Hahn fanboy level 10 achieved