I agree: more "nerdy pure music content"! Maybe it's just because of my age, but I'd like to see them do ANOTHER video on the Mendelssohn, but this time using exclusively "OG" violinists. Lots of great young(er) violinists around today for sure, but we owe a lot of respect to "the old-timers".

Yesss!! I got sooo happy seeing this fully nerdy passionate upload and I din't even realise I had a smile on my face the entire time while watching. Classical music and its intricacies are just so damn fascinating and they always manage to explain it in such a wonderful way!! I just lovee how contagious their enthusiasm as well!! Truly loved this episode🥺(But sucks that Janine's had to be cute, ugh damn copyright)

@@zenonorth1193 So true! They've done a video discussing how violin techniques and interpretations change over time and they address quite a few OG violinists there, but I do hope they could do one for Mendelssohn too!

@@londongael414 Thanks! 🥰

@@juniper1059 Gotta go and listen to Janine's recording after watching this video one more time lol And contagious is such a good word here!

Did not pay attention until you pointed it out ! Fine detail indeed !

LOVED that comment

So wholesome

He is so supportive and tries to keep Brett from getting nervous. But also, I think they are genuinely big fans of each other's music.

ikr! that was very genuine and sweet

That's a true bro, right there.

I aspire to be like him

@Mrbeast scams[proof on channel] better vids my ass. Hope you bots all extinct out one day

@@creamcheeseandpirates you can do it, if you practice

@@nonosquare1066 40hrs a day 👌

Unfortunately, because the orchestra will probably be practising separately they’ll have their own concert master, but I hope I’m wrong.

As an “organ aficionado”, his organ sonatas are also marvelous, himself being a skilled organist. My favorite by far is Sonata no.3 in A major, with the first movement based on the chorale “Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir”, following the (North) German organ tradition.

brett sounds exactly like the recordings hahahha

@@silentlilacspoetry Yeah it's insane! Him doing Anne-Sophie Mutter's opening with the crazy vibrato was uncanny. Same as him explaining and demonstrating Augustin's interpretations starting around 11:49. Editor-san helps display ut really nicely too.

Yes, they explained it very neatly:)) Mendelssohns "Fingal's Cave" brought me back to classical music. It was back in 2013 or sth I was driving a car and Fingal's Cave starts playing and I was like woahh*.* Hopefully they said the title at the end xd

Mendelssohn has a special place in my heart and I feel like he’s underrated even by Classical musicians. I especially have a soft spot for both Elijah and his Songs Without Words.

I also appreciate this kind of video, I hope they make more of them! Even if I heard a piece before, it's more enjoyable when I am able to get insight of it. I really enjoyed the demostrations and comentary

No one cares

@@idktbh2318 someone’s salty

Don't worry about the number of comments, in real life you can have as much opinions as you want, so why shouldn't youtube be the same? Btw, I personally love all your comments

@@gracemendez9232 Thank you so much for saying that! I really appreciated it!

Well would you Adam & Eve it, I emailed a link to TwoSet's last vid to a musician I know to show him that 'this pair of comedians' as he calls them have finally made it. Told him about Mendy, their 4Mil subs, Brett's dream and the Strads. He is very talented himself but is not making it out there the way others seem to be: Lionel Yu (formerly Musical Basics) & Hauser spring to mind... I thought he'd be happy for them as anyone would applaud the success of another. This is what he replied: "I'm not pleased at all. Less than a hundred years ago composers like Puccini and Rachmaninoff had the same success, or even more, but they didn't need to be buffoons to achieve that, moreover, they wrote real music, which made them immortal!" Your opening comment becomes pertinent here... Oh, so they haven't achieved anything cos it's already written for them.... I despair. As to the skill level required to play such a piece, not a mention. And with an attitude like that, he'll not succeed....

So that’s what happened, I was really confused (also a bit said because Janine’s Mendelssohn is my favorite) because the title said top 5 and there were 5 violinists, Janine being one of them, on the thumbnail, yet only 4 of them were featured on the video

Yeah, being on Twoset is great advertising. I have learned about so many great soloists from this channel that I'd never heard of before.

@@sla7889 The video itself said they had to remove the review because it was copyright claimed. She was the 2nd violinist they reviewed right after Ray. They put in the image to explain why it was cut.

Janine Jansen is one of the best current soloists and she performs with the best and most prestigious orchestras in the world. But somehow I feel like her recording label severely lags behind. I mean look at her recording discography, it’s really not as impressive as her concert career. What bugs me is that only ONE of her albums has been released on vinyl - and it’s “the four seasons” 😪.

or maybe she could just come on to their show

And we will love it anyway because you two guys have made us become a big musical family and made it clear it's not the single notes that count but the musicality. If that makes sense.

YES i noticed how beautiful it sounded too

Mutter plays (and dresses) like an opera singer too, which makes her playing a bit too luxurious for my taste. I saw her perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony and her style just wasn't quite right for the Beethoven in my opinion. I think it better fits the Mendelssohn, actually.

It is almost impossible to hear the differences between the good Stradivaris, but you certainly hear the difference between the violinists. I like Mutter's style, it is no nonsense but somehow still emotional. Very German if you like... Of the five here, Mutter and Hadelich are my favourites. Hadelich plays a violin that once was played by Henryk Szeryng, a violin god who seems to be almost forgotten.

@@altoclef6688 Szeryng isn't forgotten at all...

I think that was the Lord Dunraven Stradivari, which is the one she usually uses.

That recording of her is out of this world. The 3rd movement ended in a fucking explosion of emotions. I can only imagine how unbelievably incredible it must’ve been sitting in that audience. I can hear and feel the amazement of everyone at the end too, because I’ve never a seen a crowd that clapped longer and harder in a classical concert before.

Her Mendelssohn is exactly what got me into classical music. I think it was the first classical piece I willingly listened to by myself

Same

Need to listen to this one then.... A pity that repeated viewings don't count on YT... wish they did.... and certainly not from the same laptop or phone...

@@wakingtheworld they do if you go away and come back, like go watch another video in between, even if only for a minute or so.

Exactly why he's my favourite. Not gonna say he's the best, because this is music, not sport, but I adore his interpretations and thoughtful playing

Hadelich and Janine Jansen are my favourite violinists!

@@dehanbadenhorst1398 Sure you’ve heard it, but his recent Barber is another great example! (Second mvt especially!)

@@dougdumbrill7234I’m in love with his humoresque❤ just completely changed how I view that piece

@@3spressoShot Maybe he introduces just a thought of nostalgic melancholy that I hadn’t heard in the piece (Humoresque) before. That’s Hadelich; always something special and individual. You have, of course, heard his Barber!!!

agreed!

Of everything 😍

Oh, all of them are excellent, but I think I’ll go for Anne-Sophie Mutter or Augustine Hadelich. Hopefully some of those 5 violinists will comment on Brett’s performance….That would be INTERESTING.

Brett would agree

@@eriknystrom5839 yeah, like Ray did a review of Eddy's Sibelius. Maybe he can do it for Brett's Mendelssohn, too.

That is brilliant!!! That is true LOVE

@@marjamerryflower I'm getting more confident after a few practice sessions, and now we are playing (easy) duets together!

Showing off that PRACTICE :)

She was awesome. No doubt about it. There's everyone else and then there's Chloe. Game, set and match.

If you can admire her quickly, you can admire her slowly.

Could the internet cope though? As it is I'll have to set my alarm for 3am... or just stay up all night though don't want to be half-asleep watching it....

Amen!

Ofc he will! We have faith in him 😄 Good luck Brett and eddy 😃

hmm but who? 😉

@@posieandrosie my balls

@@posieandrosie one of the top 6 then!

Eddy said that among Ray's playing, he likes Mendelssohn the best, not that for Mendelssohn he likes Ray's playing the most tho

Ray's interpretation is also my favourite! I am currently learning this violin concerto, so I almost watched every video on KZfaq to pick my favourites. And I can't wait for Brett's interpretation!!

How can I pick between Ray and Hilary? And once I see Brett's it will be how can I pick between Ray, Hilary, and Brett?

ngl i like Ray's mendelssohn better since its on beat while hilary hahns first movement is just so different + Ray's playing is more natural and relaxing to listen to and Ray's playing will probably place 1st in competitions while hilary's wont cuz its rlly off beat and out there

I had the chance to hear Ray's mendy live last year and I can totally agree, it's even more refined than back then. Even my boyfriend, who is not into classical music, was stunned and amazed!

Unfortunately he is so underrated. Augustin Hadelich is my favorite

I love Hadelich, too! He is a real scientist in his playing!

Hadelich's caprices are amazing, feel musical rather than the shredding they are supposed to be.

I'd prefer for him to hold it together if he's with a real orchestra and not Eddy's "orchestra" sub

Me tooo😁

SAMEEE😻

I love Brett's version! Ray's is pretty muscular. I love Hilary's! All are great!

Im sorry but that's simply not how professional orchestra works when accompanying a soloist. The SSO concert master is Igor Yuzefovich and concert master DONT change because the whole orchestra will look at the concert master as they will spend many hundred hours practicing together, building rapport, leading the orchestra, editing the part and the orchestra will get very used to the CM style, having a CM that haven't been practing with the orchestra for at least a year will greatly cripple the orchestra's leadership structure and by proxy, its sense if musicality. Love your eagerness though, just not possible.

I do hope Eddy could be concertmaster too, but that’s like impossible?… Concertmaster somehow needs to lead the orchestra. Maybe Eddy is not the best choice since he has no experience working in SSO

Hmm... guest appearances perhaps then? I mean, they did do that at Hilary's concert. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@@S_Crystal9217 they said they will play bach double

@@kpp28 I see! I'm just being too naive I guess lol Thanks for the info!

You are very, VERY lucky to attend this concert. I hope you and all the other members of the audience will have the time of your life! Us fans from the other side of the world will be with you through the livestream. 😊

Did you manage to get the tickets?

@@summerwong136 no lol

@@summerwong136 I managed to get a ticket for myself

@@summerwong136 Sorry I just saw this. I’m really sad to say I didn’t end up getting them because they sold out in a minute and I was in school:( I will be looking for a bigger concert venue next time since the Victoria hall only offers 500 seats.

I was listening to different Bach doubles and more obscure Mendy performances! Wish I could fly out to Singapore, too. I will look at ticket prices tomorrow. They'll probably scare me off from even looking at flights.

So nice! I just heard last week that he was here in Finland in May! But of course he will come again... In the 26. of August his newest cd will come to stores..

I saw Augustin last year in New Jersey. He played like an angel 😭

astral projection? or maybe just listen with earphones while at school? there was one livestream I didn't get to catch but it was still quite exciting watching the recording, honestly

I saw Ehnes in Toronto this summer! Didn't realize how underrated he was until I saw him live... Hope I'm lucky enough to see Vengerov and Hadelich too!

I was able to recognize Hilary's Mendelssohn on the radio, thanks to TwoSet!