Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt
May 31st, 2011
Yo-Yo Ma with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago SO in this performance from 1997. This concerto will forever be associated with Jaqueline duPre, but YYM gives a performance that is beyond breathtaking. It is fitting that Barenboim is the conductor; I’m sure he feels this concerto is still in very good hands.
tomboycheerleader1
i am going to play and perfect this peice by my junior year. BEFORE the beginning of my junior year <3333
migrab1960
It is really wonderfull. Well, are you listening anytime this music by Jacquline Du Pre. Did You know, that Yo Yo Ma play on the cello from Jacquline…
usamaki10
@fitzay32
Please, just do yourself a favor and shut up. You have no idea how much the rest of us are laughing at you.
shovingwords
yo-yo ma’s so fat, his cello looks like a violin.
Sillyjake86
You think those are his sex faces/OH faces too?
josephinewu870303
@avaht25 He is still alive hahahaha
blu5959
This is really hard to play on the cello, it goes really high up on the finger board.
blu5959
This piece is REALLY hard to play on the cello it goes really high up on the fingerboard.
XxPaztheSpazxX
holy fuck this is good
Iem2qt
this is exquisite.
Iem2qt
@drac116 very nice.
amandamusic99
@fitzay32 If the Day of Rapture had actually taken place, then I would have prayed with all my might to Jesus that he would take you first.
drac116
A good player can hear the music.
A great player can feel the music.
A master finds himself Living within the music, letting it’s gentle caress wash him away, whether he is alone, or being watched by hundreds of his peers.
grantthegreat22
@avaht25 you are fucking retarded
ltpigeon9302
@fitzay32 it’s not a prejudice i like other music as well. What do you mean by self-centered life……..
avaht25
did yo-yo ma die? im not being mean just wondering
42playerOFfate42
this song cries sophistication. makes me take a step back and evaluate my ownself and my future.
gatorgreat13
Why are you fighting over music? Good luck in changing anybody’s opinion about what they like or don’t…I’m sure there’s something out there for everybody. Oh…and Elgar wrote most of his work about 150 years after the end of the Baroque period (seems that term is being thrown around a lot).
MakeNine32
@musicmama888 maybe after trying for 3 million years
fitzay32
@ltpigeon9302 okay. you should go back to your self centered life and continue to be prejudice
ltpigeon9302
@fitzay32 Oh please you clearly have no taste! The cello is a beautiful instrument as well as interesting. Trust me I play the cello, this man has more talent than i will obtain in a hundred years. So just shut up and go back to your cave troll!
musicmama888
This is what Metallica would have done if they were classical composers.
MattAlisch
@AQS2014 Agreed – that’s got to be part of what makes this version so good.
SuperSecretKatie
I’m in the process of buying a ton of his songs on Itunes right now. I’m not sure if I’m obsessed with Yo-Yo Ma or the cello, but I suppose I’ll find out.
Ckeleganz
how the fuck can anyone not like this? yall motherfucking racists oughtta go back to kindergarden and get your education right