I was at this concert. Flew all the way to the Netherlands to watch it😂 I sat in this hall the whole time and just cried

@allenr10000

3 жыл бұрын

I completely understand; I have the same reaction watching it on you tube. I suggest that you take a look at her Schubert Octet.

@kaitlinvisser3738

3 жыл бұрын

@@allenr10000 Will do! Thank you

@staffanolofsson8201

2 жыл бұрын

I can understand your reaction. This music is from heaven.

@jojomj

2 жыл бұрын

you weren't the coughing one, I hope?

@kaitlinvisser3738

2 жыл бұрын

@@jojomj oh no definitely not😂😂

00:00 Allegro moderato ma con fuoco 14:15 Andante 21:06 Scherzo:Allegro leggierissimo 25:42 Presto

When watching Janine play with major orchestras you get the sense she is really particularly suited for this kind of music, which is so collaborative. She is eternally connecting with members of the orchestra as she tackles a major concerto. Here she is doing it with this group of fine young musicians. She is not only an outstanding violinist but also an inspiration to younger performers. This is gorgeous music and a wonderful performance.

@staffanolofsson8201

2 жыл бұрын

What a great comment! I agree completely.

@pauldeck4500

Жыл бұрын

I'll bet performing with Jansen was quite a learning experience for those youngsters, skilled and talented though they may be.

@lepolder

Жыл бұрын

@@pauldeck4500 Totall agreed

Mendelssohn at the age of 16 composed this enduring masterpiece and this is pure genius.

@Ian24s

7 ай бұрын

I didn't know he was so young. The opening theme is ages old

the passion EVERY PLAYER has in playing the piece makes me sweat

@staffanolofsson8201

2 жыл бұрын

Sweating about something is a true mark of engagement. Congratulations! (PS I am the same.)

@frankystrings

2 жыл бұрын

It's a fun piece to play. a jovial 16 year old wrote it so it's very reflective if such

The opening theme is unforgettable once heard. I don't care how long it's been since I last heard it performed, the minute the octet is mentioned, I immediately hear the opening theme in my head.

We have often heard that it takes a lifetime to be able to play with the right insight, maturity, or whatever you call it. How about this? A group of young people play as they had lived a long life? No, we have to change our thinking about this. And accept that young people have the same insight in what it is to be a human beeing, the same deep feeling for life. And sometimes they play better than the older. Thank you, Janine, you have done a great job!

@Musicienne-DAB1995

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent comment.

@pierrefontenelle9271

4 жыл бұрын

I'm getting a slight "Ok, Boomer vibe" from your comment... but I totally agree! ;)

@staffanolofsson8201

4 жыл бұрын

@@pierrefontenelle9271 Yes I agree :-) But Im to old for a boomer, they start 1946, and Im born 1945 :-))

@lisablai

4 жыл бұрын

These folks are incredibly talented, skilled, well-educated and experienced. This gives them the tools to be expressive where some others might be inhibited by lack of talent, education, technical skill and experience. In past years, excellent teaching and opportunities were more limited, reached fewer people, hence fewer musicians could reach this level. So what might have been true in the past is not true now.

@staffanolofsson8201

4 жыл бұрын

@@lisablai In past years... teaching more limitid...reached fewer...I dont understand what you talk about. What country are you from? From my horisont, Sweden, it seems that music education goes quite well.

From the moment I discovered this piece nearly two years ago, not a week goes by where I don't listen to this piece. It's just unbelievably amazing

As a life long Metal fan, who discovered Classical Music a few years ago, I must say: Headbanging good! No Headbanging GREAT!!!!!!!!

@name-ng7mk

2 жыл бұрын

i find this so wrong for some reason 😂

This is the best performance of Mendelssohn’s incomparable Octet I’ve ever heard! Janine is a mad genius!

I’m gobsmacked!! What passion and precision. I thank god I love music and thank god for Mendelssohn

Wow, the joy of this music is palpable because these musicians not only conquer the technical aspects but add in their heart with a smile. Very moving.

Every time I listen to this I immediately think: "this is not possible". To play with such a high grade of perfection. As a perfect unit. And still they do, these young musicians, they are playing on a level I never heard before. Perhaps I´m overenthusiastic, but no again, I dont think I am exaggerating. I just think that what I hear is the music I am listening to. And what I am listening to this time is this music from these phenomenal young musicians. I´ve never heard it played better.

❤ A stage full of wildly waving bows and bodies!!! 🎉😂❤😮😅 SUPERB, AND SUPER PERFORMANCE, BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD. ❤

Entusiasmante! ❤

Written when he was only 16!!! This has to be one of the most amazing and challenging octets ever written. Was this the writing of a genius? Matter of opinion. But played with gusto here. Fabulous way of spending 33 minutes of your life.

@fmiyaramusic2462

4 жыл бұрын

This work is more mature and personal than most ot the works Mozart wrote at the same age. Indeed the fugatos from the Finale are truly masterly. If Mozart is a genius (and he is!) Mndelssohn is not less!

@DavidA-ps1qr

4 жыл бұрын

@@fmiyaramusic2462 A very interesting comment. I wonder what Mr Mozart would have thought of it. My understanding is that he was rather critical of others :-)

@fmiyaramusic2462

4 жыл бұрын

@@DavidA-ps1qr What would WAM have thought of my comment or of Mendelssohn's octet? I'm sure he would have agreed with both :). He was critical of mediocre musicians but deeply admired good music and good musicians, such s the cases of the brothers Franz Josef and Johann Michael Haydn (the latter a great unfairly underrated composer, some of whose works were taken as a model by Mozart himself).

@lessismore4470

4 жыл бұрын

Vision, imagination, sensibility - to me, a work of genius. How come a 16-years-old boy wrote this? I have no idea. But, God damn it, he did.

@DavidA-ps1qr

4 жыл бұрын

@@lessismore4470 Brilliant comment Raymond. Please listen to his Concerto for Two Pianos written by him and his sister when he was 14! Just as jaw-dropping. (That's the one on E major).

12:11 = The classical version of "you're doing amazing sweetie"

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah really amazing,I love it a lot ❤️👍😁

When I see these eight talented musicians I wonder how it come that this world has gone so wrong in many ways? Is wonderful music not enough to stop human evilness? Apperently not. But I think that this music will comfort us with its positive energy, so we will not go down in a deep depression. Hopefully!

@marieclairedelacour

2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@edwardmontoya50

2 жыл бұрын

It is solely classical music that reassures me that humanity isn't entirely doomed. I don't follow any of the 3 main religions but when I consider the miracle of classical (especially when you know how hard it is to get a decent sound out of these instruments without years of training) I almost believe in the main gods of humanity. We are spioled by having such music on demand at our fingertips. Seeing classical music live is an experience like no other.

@TimothyCHenderson

Жыл бұрын

You might argue that people had the same sentiments when this was composed in 1825.

Janine gathers a group of youngsters and they all play like angels. Thrilling!!!

Who is here after the video from twoset where they play among us?😊

@kreeshaiyer530

3 жыл бұрын

Was legit searching for this comment lol

@tsvv2963

3 жыл бұрын

Hewo

@khinthan2923

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@thebettafish3239

3 жыл бұрын

You caught me

@foxjacket

3 жыл бұрын

I came here just to find this comment from a fellow linglingwannabe :D

Janine is having so much fun. And I'm here for it.

That Third movement makes you think Mendelssohn was born to write music for fairies. Nobody did Presto like him! So joyful and delicate

Wonder music, wonder performance....ligth, ligth and more light!!!!

What can you say? It really does not get any better than this. The performance is almost as miraculous as the music itself ......... it is immensely involving and tremendously moving. I've watched it several times and only seems to get better .....

25:43 INSANE cello

This is thrilling. I've loved this piece since hearing it as a child (repeatedly) on 78rpm records in the 1940's, with Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky, et al. It always moves me. Curtisgrindahl's comment nails an aspect of Janine Jansen's playing I've long loved, myself, and have commented on several times: her love of collaboration, including with orchestra members when she's playing a concerto. It's almost as if communication is in her DNA. She grew up playing chamber music with her family, and that spirit of intimate cooperation has informed everything she does. What a privilege and learning experience it must have been for the people who joined her in this performance! She's a musician who feels deeply and understands the value of subtility and nuance as well as passion. Maybe best of all, it is so clear that she loves the music she plays. I could name very few musicians since Dinu Lipatti who convey so much love. How can a sentient being not be moved by such greatness, from the teenaged Mendelssohn, the mature Jansen, and her colleagues, here?

What a stunning performance in everyway!! and so interesting to see these young musicians clearly giving it their all with such passion and vigour, Bravo!!!

played this in high school, great piece

Janine Jansen inspires in this ensemble and their response brings out the brilliance and joy in this delightful Mendelssohn octet. Thank you all

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

I love this song also and is one of my favorite 🥰🥰am happy you love it also 👍😍

Really, This piece is one of the best classical works for ever. 😊

I have listened to this work for more than 15 years and still stunned by the performance. I admire Mendelssohn so much!

I never comment on videos but this performance was so amazing I couldn’t hold back. Just exquisite!

14:04 These chords are literally perfect... All together with such a full sound and astonishing intonation🤯

What a great string octet played by some first-rate musicians----a real pleasure for me, who didn't know it, but who has long loved Mendelssohn's violin concerto. J.Jansen plays with such love and passion--a delight to watch and hear!

Prachtvoll, ohne Worte!

10:33 is one of my favorite moments in all of music! amazing performance.

Strange! I never get tired listening to this. Every time I listen is like the first time.

I am overwhelmed. This must be one of the best ensembles there is, what a fantastic playing they are mighty. And I keep listening...

@staffanolofsson8201

4 жыл бұрын

Now I am sure. This is a blessing from Mendelsson himself. He gives it to us so we will not forget beauty in our lives.

If you're craving energy just listen to this.

People so young playing absolutely phenomenal... stunning performance!

@thethikboy

4 жыл бұрын

Mendelssohn was 16 when he wrote this.

Janine Jansen brings an intensity when she plays anything. With Chamber music she brings everyone to a higher level of performance. This is a weekly listen for me. I get excited every time I watch listen to this.

The musicians clearly enjoy playing this! It is so uplifting to see that. The whole performance is breathtaking!

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

I love this song a lot and it’s one of my favorite🥰,am glad you like it also😊

Mendelssohn is one of the outstanding figures of the Romantic period. This octet op. 20, probably represents the mature phase of this musician.The music is superb and sublime.Janice Jansen’s interpretation is amazing. The rest of the strings with her form a set that interprets this masterpiece as the one I consider the best so far heard by me. Bravissimo.

@mauriciootazo209

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, he wrote it when he was 16, that`s the miracle!

@user-vx2nt4zt6f

2 жыл бұрын

@@mauriciootazo209 ja, ich denke auch! Und das musik ist sehr schön!

My favorite chamber work ❤️

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah is also my favorite I love ❤️ so much ,listening to it makes me feel cool.

Wie kann man nur so positive Musik schreiben ?? WUNDERBAR!!!

The most perfect piece of chamber music ever composed

Janine’s shimmery sound goes so well together with the less shimmery, but equally captivating sound of the other musicians...Absolutely the BEST performance of the mendelssohn octet!!

Mendelssohn's music is wonderful!

Extraordinaire!!!

Kudos! Such a beautiful piece.

Mendelssohn composed this when he was 16. Love it.

I love how many string players just love to play with Janine. She always welcomes each good player.

This is without question, in my mind, the finest film of a chamber music concert I have ever seen. Above all the musicians are superb. The photography is spectacular, and the audio is wonderful. Of course, Mendelssohn's Octet is one of the most beautiful pieces of chamber music ever written, and this from a16 y.o.! It brings joy to my heart every time I watch it.

Such a beautiful leitmotif in the opening movement.

The most amazing thing, to me , isn't just her amazing playing. She's easily in the top 5 violinists in the world. What blows me away is this. She's also conducting. To be able to conduct while playing a violin is. nothing short of phenomenal.

@Musicienne-DAB1995

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. As brilliantly as Janine Jansen plays on her own, she is even more brilliant when playing as part of an ensemble. She really *listens* and works with the other players.

@randallbanks1589

4 жыл бұрын

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 She sure does. It's so amazing that, as a conductor, she has to listen to every note of every instrument, all the while playing as well as she does. My mother played violin in various orchestras around the world for most of her adult life. Therefore I've been to countless concerts. Any player in an orchestra generally can't listen to the other players since they've got to concentrate on their own playing. In fact, my mother always said she couldn't hear anything else but other violins and loud instruments like trumpets and timpani when she's not playing. It's often hard enough to hear your own playing with other violins around you. If you watch metal bands in studio they generally wear headphones. same for others that record music. This is done so they can't hear other instruments. So the fact that she's conducting a small group is even more amazing.

@staffanolofsson8201

4 жыл бұрын

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Excellent comment.

@staffanolofsson8201

4 жыл бұрын

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 Why dont you make your own comments, instead of commenting us commentors? It seems to me that you have the right "insight" in this music, for example; "As brilliantly as Janine Jansen plays on her own, she is even more brilliant when playing as part of an ensemble. She really listens and works with the other players." And I agree. Please, let us hear some more.

@Musicienne-DAB1995

4 жыл бұрын

@@staffanolofsson8201 Most people have already said what I said in my own comments.

I have never ever seen a performance of Mendlessohn’s music like this before. Mendelssohn would be very proud.

So much joy in seeing young musicians having fun playing classical music...great👏👏👏

This is an outstanding performance of a beautiful Romantic chamber work. Thank you.

BRAVO … BRAVO… C'était MAGNIFIQUE.

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

I love this song a lot and is my favorite Am so happy you love it also 😁👍🥰

Even if I know this was written by a 16 year old genious, I myself will never get to old for listening to this. I consider it to be one of the best chamber music pieces ever written. Luckily I came across it in older days, otherwise I perhaps would be someone that thinks this was good in your youth, but then has grown away from it and now has other favourites. Not so for me. I still think that the genius of young people is the best we have, and this one has a special place in my heart.

Can I just say how insanely together the last two chords of the first mvt are. Mind blown

They really move to the music.Nowadays musicians aren’t afraid of showing emotion, which is good to see.🐭

Υπεροχοι.Αρμονια,τεμπο,ηχοχρωμα,ολα πανεμορφα .!!!!!❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

Beautifully played!! Thanks for sharing!

Excellent, thanks for the performance.

Fantastisch van Janine dat ze de zeer getalenteerde wereldtop bij de jeugd opzoekt en zo iets unieks creëert!

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

Yes is something very unique I must say,I love the song and it’s one of my favorite 😍🥰

third and fourth violinist like each other, I've got 0 prove but also 0 doubts

@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk

3 жыл бұрын

You gossip! Anyway, it seems you're right crescendo-music.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DSC_2063-1024x684.jpg

@geronimodaloia6143

3 жыл бұрын

@@RodrigoFernandez-td9uk Hhahah I knew ;)

Marvellous performance!

I'm getting chills listening to this. Phenomenal.

@staffanolofsson8201

2 жыл бұрын

Some people getting chills, some people sweating. In the end it means the same. We are overwhelmed.

Couldn't find out who the impostors were, unfortunately...

@f.p.2010

2 жыл бұрын

wtf what

@mariakim19931

2 жыл бұрын

@@f.p.2010 it's a reference to a TwoSetViolin video

@wakingtheworld

2 жыл бұрын

Me here too after watching their vid... Needed to hear it without imposters. Lol

@staffanolofsson8201

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I couldn´t catch you. It seems as the two sets are only hear for their own sake.

@staffanolofsson8201

2 жыл бұрын

here, not hear, in my earlier comment. Sorry, Im only a human beeing. But Im here for the music!

Absolutely breathtaking. What a legendary ensemble.

Two of the best viola players in the world!!

Is a real pleasure to listen to you !

BEAUTIFUL.

Spirited crew playing this spirited gem by Mendelssohn! Thanks and bravo!!

Wonderful music played wonderfully! A hugely impressive live performance by such gifted instrumentalists.

So vibrant and beautiful!

They look joyful. It must indeed be a joyous experience to make such beautiful art.

This was a superb performance, one of my favorites!

This is really fantastic. The work and the musicians.

Stunning performance. Absolutely stunning.

definitely a great piece for accompanying morning work!

Spellbound! This performance is full of passion and sheer electricity. Bravi tutti!!! 👏

From Wikipedia: Conrad Wilson summarizes much of its reception ever since: "Its youthful verve, brilliance and perfection make it one of the miracles of nineteenth-century music."

This performance is by far the most... rousing, exciting... this is the greatest performance of the piece I have ever seen. breathtaking! Thank you!❤😊

Simply outstanding. I'm going to listen to this a few more times! The best part is seeing how Janine Jansen looks like she's having a great time playing, and creating such wonderful music

So happy to hear this. I've heard the young players at Greenwood Chamber Music Camp play this in several summers; I also heard the Mendelsohn Quartet play it with the Brentano. What a joy it is to be a musician on such occasions, and a listener.

23:16 Dolby Surround Sound😃🎶 in the 19th century!!

Riotously fantastic playing!

I could look at her all day for a long time! That’s a beautiful group of young people; even the one with the silver sides! Bravo precious Loves!😘🙏🏻

Wonderful music, one ofmy favourites. Supern performance! Thank you

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

This song is one of my favorite song 😍🥰 and am glad you love it also😁👍

TwoSetters really be raiding the comments lmao

Stunning performance

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing

I Simply Love Her expressive way of performing her interpretation and Great Talented Musician. Very Rare! ❤️🎵🎶 And this is from a fellow Musician as Well. All Brass instruments.

Extraordinary music and performance.

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

I love the song a lot and it my favorite 🥰😍Am glad you like it also

Wonderful!

Janice I love you. Thankyou for everything!

@petertee2144

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah is indeed to say thank you,I love the song a lot and it makes me calm my nerves 😍👍😁

Sublime! Parabéns!

Wonderful.