Young Hilary Hahn played perfectly. Older Hilary Hahn is starting to become a legend.

My late father used to hum parts of the 3rd movement, and I never knew what it was. I only found out by accident after he died - now I have found the finest way to conjure up memories of him. Thanks to all the players here - but Hilary Hahn - I see you in a new light.

Hilary Hahn's greatest talent is the ability to give every note and detail of a piece its due. She never overlooks anything for the sake of passion or drama. And, yet, she never wants for that drama either, because as she plays a piece so straight the piece's own drama shines that much brighter.

I love how sparingly the full force of the orchestra is used in this piece, it adds so much drama when they come crashing in like a breaking wave.

This is so impressive already, but playing while hulahooping is her ultimate form.

My dad is playing in that orchestra

Arguably the greatest, most noble and lyrical violin concerto (and in g minor too) performed by today's most thoughtful, emotional and articulate violin soloist. Fortunate to have found this on KZfaq. Bravo!

Somethings not right here ? This has had 2.6 million views and I've watched it 2.7 million times ? Seriously though - this is absolute perfection from start to finish.

If you can imagine growing up with your mother playing this piece in the living room, you can imagine my childhood. And she continued playing till she couldn't play to the highest level, when she was 96. Now when I hear the violin, it's liking hearing my mother in the room, singing to me through the violin music she so masterfully played. It brings me joy, and tears to my eyes, and an a heavy heart knowing I shall never see her again.

I have been waiting for Hilary since I am 6 yrs old.I enjoyed Heifetz, Menuhin & Kreisler .I am now 84 & well worth the wait.

I coudn't find this anywhere in the comment section so I had to make one for myself so her goes... I. Vorspiel. Allegro Moderato 00:32 II. Adagio 09:14 III. Finale. Allegro energico 17:31

Outstanding performance from Hilary Hahn, truly the Violin Goddess. Not to mention the orchestra losing their sh*t on 6:19. Always gives me Goosebumps!

Doctor: you have 26 mins left to live Me: *watches Hilary Hahn slay this concerto for 25 mins and 15 sec* *spends my last 45 secs crying because of how beautifully mesmerizing it was*

Her articulation and bowing is almost like a mathematical perfection.

I love Hahn’s intensity and laser focus….and her sound, and musicality, and the way she makes old concerti seem new again.

6:55 A grey-haired gentleman from the audience was really enjoying the best moments in the concerto and nodding and smiling at Hilary. What a lovely capture from the camera.❤

First movement: 0:32 Second movement: 9:14 Third movement: 17:31

You can tell also how the conductor is responding with enthusiasm to her playing. How he absolutely enjoys playing with her.

The small details like that vibrato on 2:24 and the rasp on 2:37 just makes it for me the best 1st movement of this piece I've ever heard

Vorspiel. Allegro moderato 0:44 - the opening 2:00 - powerful & steady part (Main subjekt) 2:32 - intensifying part 2:51 - strong ending of phrase 3:20 - relaxing part 3:55 - bright part 4:19 - most beautiful part 5:14 - chaotic and frustrating part 5:38 - new and interesting part 6:02 - most epic part 6:55 - cool orchestral part 7:36 - last solo of the first movement II. Adagio 9:14 - beautiful start 11:03 - build up for ⬇⬇⬇ 11:42 - proud & stately part 12:27 - warm & thick part 13:37 - sweet & lovely part 14:15 - escalating part 15:13 - similar to 11:42 16:29 - ending part III. Finale. Allegro energico 17:31 - the start 17:55 - powerful solo start 18:24 - escalating part 19:15 - wavy & flowy part 19:30 - most beautiful part 20:06 - buzzing part 20:25 - wholesome part 21:37 - main theme return 22:03 - most beautiful part 2 22:36 - similar to 20:25 but brighter 23:14 - cheerful part 24:02 - the beginning of the end 24:30 - the triumphant ending Feel free to comment if you want me to do this on a different performance :)

3:38 good job camera man this is amazing

I love how at 2:00 she gives a nod to the violas like "Wow! You came in on time!"

Ein wunderschönes Konzert und meisterhaft wie Hillary spielt!! Schade dass sie nicht oft in Deutschland geschweige in Europa spielen kann!!

Rarely do you see a violinist become one with their violin, stunning, beautiful performance

I need too see her live at least once before I turn into soil.

6:17...pure gold. All of it, really.

Max Bruch's violin concert is one of the most beautiful melodies.

Estrada deserves a lot of credit for this remarkable performance also.

I hate listening to these while i do hw. I end up so amazed i watch instead of listen

Incredible fire, tone, projection, stage presence, Intonation, interpretation, bow and finger technique, She is the world's best and shall go down in history as being just that. Her repertoire is profound and vast. I saw her last April in San Francisco and she is just stunning!

Only when you learn to play this piece can you truly appreciate every bit of Hilary Hahn’s recording of this. No words. This was absolutely spectacular.

watching the orchestra members and soloist smiling at each other during and at the end on mutual admiration and respect is so uplifting

She's loving it because the orchestra is matching her pace so perfectly! One of the best performances of all time!

Although Hahn has always played with unparalleled technique, I’ve always heard a criticism of hers being a lack of emotion. To them I point to this recording. Truly a shockingly wonderful performance.

I couldn’t sleep, thinking about this piece. It’s weird, I was so relieved that I could leave the violin behind when I entered college. It was such a painful aspect of my life for so long, yet I’m only realizing how rewarding it was after I’ve put it down for good. Thinking about all the time I spent trying to perfect this piece and hating myself over it hurts but also makes me smile. Music was really all I had. And it’s still so beautiful, enough to keep me up. Now I’m here listening to it in full for the first time in years. It’s 2 am.

Soy un hombre de ochenta años. A los 19 escuché este concierto por primera vez y me fascinó. La nostalgia me hace escucharlo con mayor agrado. Bravo.

I had the good fortune of meeting Ruggiero Ricci and his wife Julia in 1999 when he was performing in Malaysia. We had 3 meals together and upon being asked he replied that Hilary Hahn was among the best of her generation. I had a vinyl of his rendition of this concerto and he graciously autographed for me. I thanked him profusely. i dedicated a poem for him. Me, a fiddler, not a true violinist--domiciled in Melbourne. First heard Bruch's Number 1 in 1960 as an arts undergrad at University of Malaya--60 years ago! Best wishes to all music lovers! We need music in this perilous time. Isn't Hilary marvellous?

She has gotten jaw dropping good at this point.

One of the greatest violinists, thank you Hilary.

부르흐의 음악을 자신의 개성을 겯들여서 정말 잘 표현한 분인 것 같네요. 지휘자와의 합도 잘 보시고 오케스트라 전체가 하나가 되어서 움직이는 것이 정말 인상 깊었습니다. 보면 볼수록 가슴이 웅장해지는 영상이네요.

6:55 that is one of the most powerful but glorious things I have ever heard in my life, it's like it goes around your soul , just.. WOW!!

The third movement is just amazing

One of the best concertos ever written, performed by one of the bests violinists ever. A perfect match.

when the first time i listened to this concerto, i never realized how short it was, i didn't even notice the stops between movements.

I’ve performed this song, playing clarinet, and heard many recordings and this is the first time I’ve heard the ascending crescendo at 21:07 as distinct triplets. With other performers It sounded like chop - chop - chop - chop. The Hillary Hahn effect is real.

Yes, the pinnacle Bruch--like climbing a mountain and finding it's not the fireworks but the amazing shades of completely nuanced and natural colourings, the sheer mastery of her vision of the whole that makes you utterly convinced that this is how it was meant to sound.

So tender and fiery at the same time! I love this performance by Hilary Hahn the conductor and the orchestra! Every time I listen to it I get me chills. Bravo!!!

One of my dear beloved uncles was a violinist! He always played Bruch when I was a little girl. Never forgotten and loved this performance. Greetings from Santiago, Chile !

It goes without saying that Hahn did brilliantly, but the orchestra is wonderful too! Amazing expression. Great collaboration!

She is so perfect and it seems to be so simple when you see her playing. I don't have words to descript her

Max Bruch's concerto is part of my life for the last 70 years. I love it.

Brilliant performance by Hilary Hahn and the orchestra which was so in accord with her interpretation.

22:08 You can see a dance between two happy people who are completely in the music, leading an incredible orchestra through one of the greatest concertos of all time

She is definitely out of this world, but the conductor and the orchestra contribute to this exceptional performance. I can feel the exitement!

You can see how she feels the music as if it speaks to her. She smiles, rolls her eyes, frowns, smirks and more and if you switched off you audio you could still follow the emotion of the piece just through these expressions.

The way she plays the violin is a miracle.

Wasn't a real fan of hers, until I heard this performance. So much more life in her playing than I remember. Perhaps I need to re-listen to her other performances.

I was in this concert, it was wonderful

This has to be one of the best ever performances of this incredible concerto. Whoever thinks Hilary Hahn is technically brilliant but plays without emotion - watch this and eat your heart out! I was in bits for most of and I've heard many recordings, ever since I was a child and my father, who was a violinist, would play early recordings and flood our house with its awesome power to stir the soul. Astonishing performance by all here.

einfach wahnsinn. sie spielt fantastisch. kann nicht aufhören es anzuhören 😍

19:51 You can see Hilary smiling. 19:55 you can see her dancing

I love Hillary Hahn! There is something very special in her playing. I played 4th horn in that concerto in 1959. Carolla Glen was the soloist. I have loved that concerto ever sense and Hahn makes it sing as never before.

The youtube channels that don't put ads in during a concerto... You da real MVP!

I just finished watching her Dvorak performance from April 2021 and when I came onto this, I genuinely was suprised to see the audience! 😂

What a *phenomenon!* And she is happening right now, in our generation! Bravo, *Hilary Hahn!*

演奏も圧巻だが、弾き終わった後の指揮者やオケに対する立ち振る舞いも素敵ですね。

This performance actually gets better each time I listen to it.

This is my No. 1 Violin Concerto. Simply amazing.

The great ones make it look so easy, and that's what's always impressed me about Hilary Hahn. She rips through those incredibly difficult fingerings looking like she's barely trying.

GENIUS at work! Hahn will go down in history as one of the greatest violinists who ever lived. She is phenomenal, truly sublime.

I love the way she pulls you into the performance. This isn't just about listening and watching, somehow she allows me to 'feel' what she is playing. A wonderful performer, totally enganging and absolutely mesmerising. And, of course, supported by a first class orchestra and conductor! 💜

Absolutely glorious performance and to God be the glory.

Orozco-Estrada extracts the best of the orchestra without ever stressing. Ms. Hahn radiating energy!

Some pieces get boring when you hear them too often. Some pieces you need to hear many times to get them. But some pieces you just want to hear over and over again.

This is my definitive performance. Amazing that she played with such intensity, timbre, rubato, vibrato...everything is right. This piece not only touch my heart, but also my soul.

Wow. wow! I want to be able to play this when I'm 40 years old. I'll keep ya updated 🙂

Perfect technique Perfect sound Full of emotion She is the best

I've been listening to that concerto for over forty years, but watching that performance was like hearing it for the first time. An astonishing interpretation! bravo and encore! 💐💐💐

Watching this magnificent performance while doing my crochet, but I had to stop and look and listen...... so this performance gives me goose bumps... it is so sublime and perfect that I’m in heaven: the orchestra, the conductor and her . She so angelical to play such awesome concerto. Thanks to life, Bruch for composing such an amazing piece of music, and God for giving me the opportunity to find this awesome composition in KZfaq.

So mellow and energetic at the same time. Love from Japan!!!

To some, perfection is a flaw, or something false. But this is real. How is it possible to produce such a beautiful, musical, shimmering sound without fuss and without thrashing around? Well look at her hands. Especially her left hand. A simple, unflustered, perfect position on nearly every note. Everything is balanced, inch perfect, with amazingly efficient movements. No drama, no scratching, no over-playing, no ugly sounds. Just pure unadulterated direct musicality delivered with disarming simplicity that hides years and years of fantastic training and musical intelligence. Just watching and listening to her is worth a hundred lessons.

Current Hilary is already a legend and so well deserved. Beyond magnificent. Brava. Flawless. We are watching the personification of human excellence and it is beautiful to watch and listen to. I am lucky to be alive to hear her play.

Himmlische Hilary Hahn, Belle, Sublime,...💥💫

I love Hilary's performance of this piece but I really love the conductor more than others I have seen- he is so passionate.

I love her vibrato, it's so musically flawless but still soothing to the soul.....

The POWER and beauty of that orchestral return around 6:20 after Hahn's performance gets you so focused on her magnificent, sumptuous virtuosity. My favorite moment in a performance full of favorite moments. This is definitely the best recording/video of this Bruch concerto that I've heard. Hahn's execution throughout is (as always for her) masterful and inspiring, don't get me wrong; but the orchestra is equally on-point here and that's what makes this the gold standard performance.

Just unbelievable. She is so good! Effortless, powerful, beautiful playing. Perfection. A true powerhouse and master of the instrument. You’re great Hilary!

I love this concerto! It is always an incredible joy to perform it... Well done Hillary! 🎻🎉🎶

A word for the conductor and the orchestra, both are magnificent here. As for Hilary Hahn, what to say ? she is amazing, as ever. Not only a great violonist, but a wonderful musician. Her pleasure to -- literally -- play with the orchestra is visible and our pleasure comes also from this marvelous alchemy. Thanks for posting this treasure.

Always amazing how modest those classical musicians are despite the level of difficulty classical music is. Meanwhile a singer with a 4 chords song will jump on the stage being like I'm the star.

That's intense! One of the violin concertos I never get tired of listening. If my life has a soundtrack, this would be it.

Exceptional performance by this lady. A virtuoso in her own right. A pleasure to watch and listen to her perform. The supporting orchestra is superb too.

Put this on to fall asleep, end up hyperfocused and even more awake searching for more brilliant violin playing.

Hahn's playing is just astonishing.. incredibly accurate, AND incredibly moving. And my compliments to the entire Frankfurt Radio Symphony. This orchestra is world class!

Just wow!!! This performance is outstanding! No words! 😮

Yet another assured, moving, nay, STUNNING performance from Queen Hilary. We are so blest, not to say privelidged to hear this young genius!

She is excellent , she does not play, she enjoys and lives it. She conducts the orchestra with her head as well !!

Excellent performance of what is one of my favorites violin concerto

I love her dress in addition to her beautiful performance.

My favorite violin concerto, performed by my favorite violinist. This is a seriously incredible performance!