Alice Sara Ott in concert with the Insula orchestra, Laurence Equilbey conducting. Oct 15, 2016, Philharmonie de Paris.
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@grahamdalbymusic3 жыл бұрын
346 Dislikes?? Is it possible to hear such sublime music in such an inspired performance and give it the thumbs down. I despair sometimes of our spoilt generation. This is outstanding playing and singing and I love the period instruments...fine soloist in Alice Sara Ott. Brava!! xx
@colinnewton72913 жыл бұрын
If you follow classical music on KZfaq I think you will find this is the same group of morons giving the thumbs down to every Classical Piece.
@scholzassociates Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I can't see any count of the dislike-button at all. So, if it really have been 346 then I've to ask: Why aren't there more? This is the most boring performance of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, which I've heard in my entire life. Conductor and Soloist presents the musical spirit of a coma patient to us. The score is full of dynamics, but I can't hear anything of it. Alice Sara Ott should better sell cars, than play Beethoven. And the Orchestra should be renamed from »Insula Orchestra« to Orchestra of the Age of Geriatric Decline. My gosh, this is Beethoven, not the soundtrack of an american B-Movie. The conductor obviously doesn't know the difference between dots and phrasing slures. And where the heck is her energy? That woman with the baton in her hand is a fridge. The musicians should take an example from these performances: i) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oamjgc-EsqfVZGg.html (Maurizio Pollini) ii) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbmWgKtqvpvGmWw.html (Martha Argerich) iii) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqqFdqlnucuZmWg.html (Hélène Grimaud)
@jamesbromley5605 Жыл бұрын
Bravo Rejoinder!!!
@amadeubrigas Жыл бұрын
not everyone loves perfection
@scholzassociates Жыл бұрын
@@amadeubrigas You are totally right. Alice Sara Ott belongs to those people and the conductor, too. But the composer loved perfection, he adored perfection. And why do we know that? Because he wrote it in his own score although he wasn't able to hear anything. As a musician I think it is our duty to give all of our respect to Ludwig van Beethoven and all of our musical ability, not to play the notes, it is our duty to play what is behind the notes. Alice Sara Ott hardly can play what is written in the score. For all people who want to get cavities in their ears that performance is brilliant.
@michaelkelly44403 жыл бұрын
She not only plays the music, she becomes the music . Divine possession.
@janospriol76583 жыл бұрын
Mi vagy te
@edwincrouse564710 ай бұрын
I second that …perfect !
@thays364910 ай бұрын
Just discovered this wonderful performance. Truly stunning. Such joy and brilliance!
@altascott35842 ай бұрын
Absolutely and playing barefoot
@JoJoTheYuMan Жыл бұрын
About as perfect as it can get. So spot on, even most metronome can not be so accurate. Beethoven's ghost is silently listening in the back.
@yolhanson2 жыл бұрын
I've loved this piece since I first heard it as a teenager in about 1984. Other Beethoven works have superseded it in my mind, but it still remains top-10. It's an underrated work, barely featuring in any discussions about Beethoven the choral composer; there, the focus is always on Missa Solemnis, the Ninth and (maybe) Fidelio. In the Chorale Fantasia, he shows his ability with piano, vocal soloists, choir and orchestra. It's a compact, complete work.
@leonardhall6674 Жыл бұрын
undoubtedly one of Beethoven's greatest works....
@user-sh1bc3ez8r7 ай бұрын
Been listening to this epic work since I was a teenager. 65 years old now. this is one of the very best versions I have heard. Great work.
@antonwills-eve1242 жыл бұрын
With the piano added to the choral 'Ode to Joy' I have always preferred this to the finale of Beethoven's ninth. What a tragedy too that here, aged 26, Alice Sara was at her peak only to be told a few months later that she had multiple sclerosis and may only be able to play for five or so more years. We are lucky to have heard her at her best during the last decade.
@leonelonofre30812 жыл бұрын
Ok
@guybourgaud63362 жыл бұрын
She was 28 in November 2016 and she announced her sclerosis 2,5 years later.
@billhaydon8361 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite pieces of music. I absolutely love it. It showcases the genius of Beethoven.
@markranfone63933 ай бұрын
This and symphony no 9. Are absolute masterpieces
@johnpearson75382 ай бұрын
I've listened to many pianists, conductors and choirs performing this work but none surpass the diamond brilliance of this performance. What a wonderful energetic and delightful performance by Alice Ott coupled with the most talented conductor, Laurence Equilbey, orchestra and choir. Superb! Thank you.
@BrianCuthbertson Жыл бұрын
"The Fantasia was first performed at the Akademie of 22 December 1808, a benefit concert which also saw the premieres of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies and the Fourth Piano Concerto as well as a performance of excerpts of the Mass in C major. To conclude this memorable concert program, Beethoven wanted a "brilliant finale" that would unite in a single piece the different musical elements highlighted in the concert night: piano solo, mixed chorus and orchestra. The Fantasia, Op. 80, written shortly before, was thus composed expressly to fulfil this role. Beethoven himself played the piano part and the opening solo offers an example of his improvisational style (at the premiere he did, in fact, improvise this section)"(Wikipedia) Unfortunately the concert descended into an inglorious shambles! Has anyone ever organised a reconstruction of what, as Beethoven envisaged it, would surely constitute the greatest orchestral concert in history? I for one would pay to attend such an event in honour of Beethoven's immortal legacy.
@moltzer Жыл бұрын
The circumstances behind the concert were truly a shame. I guess it would've been better if he rescheduled.
@josephbasha29416 ай бұрын
What a great Pianist Alice Sara Ott the sensitivity aligned to Alice Gracious hand movement and face movement makes this concert one of the best ever attended in my 84 years round the world
@karstensturm41982 жыл бұрын
Alice Sara Ott is just great.
@MalisandreFeline Жыл бұрын
Le génie de Beethoven explose sous les doigts de Alice Sara Ott.L'orchestration de Laurence Equilbey donne la mesure à l'ensemble dans un grand enthousiasme et le tout vous emporte dans un bonheur sans pareil!
@supawels36274 жыл бұрын
Wunderbar, diese Sara Ott. Habe die Fantasie mehrmals mitgesungen und kann diese großartige Darbietung mit ihrer Dynamik ohne die Aufführungskonzentration ergriffen genießen. Diese Geburtsverheißungen der Neunten - unüberhörbar. Wenn man dann mal das Glück hat, ganz allein in den zeitweiligen Aufenthaltsräumen Beethovens in Heiligenstadt auf den knarrenden Dielen umherzuschreiten, umfängt einen sein großer Geist, der oft so verzweifelt und einsam war. Das vermittelt Sara so glaubwürdig! Herrlich!.... und die Dirigentin ebenso !!!
@ponselle27 Жыл бұрын
Beethoven composed this as a simple closure to a concert of masterpieces. He could overreach. To me, this a masterpiece.
@tedsnyder97644 жыл бұрын
What a joy it must be to play music at this level. A stately interplay between orchestra and piano begins at ±8:30, and at 8:44 Alice turns her head and smiles at the other musician in this musical dance. What depth of feeling
@KarlGregg3 жыл бұрын
I just love Alice Sara Ott. She SMILES most of the time, her technique is superb!
@ThePearsch3 жыл бұрын
It's so nice to see 'period' instruments. It's almost like watching Beethoven's concert in person.
@gilbertpangyarihan8014 Жыл бұрын
Höre das zum ersten Mal. Und es ist von Alice Sara Ott. Zertifiziert intergalaktisch! 🌹
@MrGaryCampanella3 жыл бұрын
If I ever need a prompt to smile, this is where I come. What a delight Alice Sara Ott is!
@luizoliveira16634 жыл бұрын
Beatiful Alice, her friendliness, simplicity, talent, and the fantastic energy of Beethoven, in addition to her beatifull bare feet! Wonderfull!
@stephenmessick8654 жыл бұрын
A brilliant performance by Alice Sara Ott and the entire ensemble. And on period instruments to boot!!! Maybe the best I've ever heard.
@cm50713 ай бұрын
A piano with cast iron frame from 1808... wow
@shin-i-chikozima5 ай бұрын
Her performance is off the charts
@Papeeloo13 жыл бұрын
La joie qui se lit sur le visage d'Alice se retrouve dans son interprétation, contrairement à d'autres interprétations qui sonnent plus solennelles. C'est ce qui fait que la musique de Beethoven est si versatile, autant bouleversante que réjouissante.
@markemanuele19294 жыл бұрын
Back in the early 1980s I performed this during the Mostly Mozart Festival with the Riverdale Choral Society In Avery Fischer Hall and in the Philadelphia Academy of Music. To this day I remember the performances. What a spectacular work by Ludwig Van!!!!!! And what a spectacular performance by Alice Sara Ott!!! Brava Alice, Bravi Conductor, Orchestra, and Chorus!!!
@johne60813 жыл бұрын
Ah ... a fellow fan of the Choral Fantasy, which tends to be underrated.
@stevenrborbash87792 жыл бұрын
,,, I'm
@pauloh14292 жыл бұрын
@@stevenrborbash8779I bief that Beethoven wrote this as an experimental precursor for the 9th Symphony. Note the progression of the melody is very similar to that of the Ode
@billhaydon8361 Жыл бұрын
@@johne6081 Absolutely sublime piece of music.
@ronaldchao44694 жыл бұрын
Like Martha Agerich, Alice Sara Ott is so very much immersed in the music that she would whisper, sing or smile to herself every now and then. I bet she enjoys playing as much as us watching and listening to her. Who said classical music must be straight up and buttoned down? Such fun and enjoyable experience!
@yolhanson4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Classical music has such an attitude of seriousness and restraint. It's great to see a performer who can actually enjoy it and allow herself to be seen enjoying it. This player would be equally at home in a jazz ensemble.
@scottishpensioner24474 жыл бұрын
I thought of Martha Agerich too, specially the opening!
@Inbaroush2 жыл бұрын
She looks ecstatic, and I feel the same way listening to her play.
@davidschestenger73503 жыл бұрын
It can’t get better than this, Beethoven is sending love to the world, and each one of the musicians in fact are priests This transcends even music, to get the magic of the spirit Thank you for sharing beauty
@Inbaroush2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said.
@kennethlongmanjr80964 жыл бұрын
Very hard to forget this brilliant work. I listen to it at least once a month.
@pietrogie505 Жыл бұрын
same here....
@bonner922203 жыл бұрын
Well, it's been a long time since tears wet my face, but this performance, of this beautiful work, brought them on again after all these years. I sang this with a major national choir back then. Beethoven's wonderful composition excited me then, but this performance did so no less. Alice Sara is not only a fine artist, but her perennial smile engages with the audience, and helps draw them into the performance. I have sung under many fine international conductors - and one or two duds - but I wish I'd had the chance to do so under the tiny baton of one of the best: Laurence Equilbey. Then, added to those fine artists, we had the equally fine chorus, as well as the magical sound of the orchestra's period instruments. Altogether, a memorable performance that I shall Save here. Thank you, to all concerned, not least to KZfaq, for delivering this into my home.
@michaelsomerville13193 жыл бұрын
Michael Somerville This incredibly talented young lady is completely absorbed by the music. She caresses the piano and is a delight to listen to and watch. It is such a tragedy that she has contracted MS our prayers are with her.
@redthepost3 жыл бұрын
Light warm feathers with occasional gusts from the horns. Charming.
@maurocoimbra96243 жыл бұрын
Let's pray, for sure. It's amazing how fast Meficine is evolving... She really deserves a prompt control -- and then, recovery -- from the perverse MS.
@williamkhider8524 Жыл бұрын
je voudrais ajouter une pensée pour la tres grande chef qu'est Laurence Equilbey. Cette très belle interprétation est, avant tout à elle qu'on le doit. Sa vision gaie , sautillante, c'est son inspiration. Sa vision personnelle de l'oeuvre. Bien sûr tout l'orchestre a adhéré à cette vision. Personnellement, j'aime beaucoup une femme au pupitre. Elles ont, pour moi, une sensibilité que nous avons moins. Avec le temps, en fermant les yeux, je sais qu'une femme dirige tout comme, même déguisée en homme, je sais que c'est une femme qui danse. C'est typique. Laurence a dirigé cette Fantaisie avec sa sensibilité coutumière. A fleur de peau. Il est regretable qu'on la voie si rarement.
@curtcarlson83123 ай бұрын
Great piano playing and also the orchestra -- they were all 100% engaged. Ott is totally musical -- elegant.
@MikeFurl4 жыл бұрын
2020 is such a tough year yet this is so good for the soul.
@chantaldelvaulx153 жыл бұрын
Un jeu d'une finesse incroyable, à la fois en douceur et en force. Ses mains sautent, coulent, dansent, papillonnent, un vrai délice pour les oreilles. Un ange, une fée, une princesse de la musique!
@MaryDeliaLynch Жыл бұрын
Magnifique,sheer joy❤
@daelee10202 жыл бұрын
Beethoven is one of the greatest gift God gave us.
@randowgero95714 жыл бұрын
einfach sensationell, wie dieses Orchester und diese Pianistin dieses Bravourstück des großartigen Meisters interpretieren!
@leslewin79454 жыл бұрын
Where has this been hiding all my life? Just watched/listened for the first time. Magnificent!!
@theharry8014 жыл бұрын
Ugh that piano, such a nostalgic tone
@jfthiesen29473 жыл бұрын
It is the frequenz of 432 Hz what YOU feel and YOUR soul !
@et116112 күн бұрын
It is a sonata for piano, a piano concert, a symphony and a grea choral work, all together. Beethoven's highlight❤
@pascalgonay76842 жыл бұрын
Magnifiques orchestre et chorale. Magnifique Alice Sara Ott. Merci.
@patrickcoatarmanach71852 жыл бұрын
Christoph Kuffner
@lilalola332 жыл бұрын
Großartige Künstlerin und bildschöne Frau !!!!
@markbaldwin2244 жыл бұрын
Philip Baldwin. Absolutely lovely : a freshness, beauty & energy of which Beethoven would be really proud. Thanks to all, especially Alice ! I sang in a school performance in 1956, & it has lived with me ever since.
@scp31783 жыл бұрын
"Großes, das ins Herz gedrungen, blüht dann neu und schön empor, hat ein Geist sich aufgeschwungen, hallt ihm stets ein Geisterchor." (Chor / Chorus)
@Chris-um3se10 ай бұрын
Once as day !! Can't get enough of Beethoven, Sarah and this Orchestra.
@finnjacobsen6844 жыл бұрын
Fabulous music played by a fabulous orchestra. Ott is probably the best piano player in the world. Sound mix is perfect. Video production is also near perfect.
@claudejean-pierre71063 жыл бұрын
The best rendition ever.
@guitarboogieboogie3 жыл бұрын
She makes the piano talk, sing and convey emotions.
@davidbrown87633 жыл бұрын
She is simply brilliant and Beethoven would be so chuffed...
@lieventinel33853 жыл бұрын
Lovely performance, great pianist. And what a sparkling sound this Pleyel produces... very enjoyable. Thank you for uploading
@gadrian404 жыл бұрын
For the first time ever, I see a female conductor on stage, chapeau !
@ultraanaloguerecordings Жыл бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous, timeless music brought to life by Alice Sarah Ott & this amazing orchestra & chorus!! BRAVO!!
@ronaldchao44694 жыл бұрын
Laurence Equilbey is also such a pleasure to watch - in perfect yet seemingly effortless control throughout the whole piece.
@bboucharde3 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is one of the best recorded performances of a Beethoven piece that I have seen in a long time. The camera work is outstanding, by the way. The entire ensemble works beautifully together. I had not heard of the MS diagnosis of this wonderful pianist. That is a crime of Nature.
@davidcole2583 жыл бұрын
If you liked this watch A.S.O. playng Beethoven's 3rd piano concert, wonderful!
@navrozelalkaka84573 жыл бұрын
The ultimate in brilliance, beautiful harmony , perfection, delight and ecstasy. Something to cherish!
@johnlaband7704 жыл бұрын
Great performance. I love the way the pianist is working with the orchestra and chorus.
@georgefelty63573 жыл бұрын
Alice is truly suited to Beethoven and her playing is so full of depth and artistry!
@stanleyszumanski34863 жыл бұрын
I was raised on classical music as an infant and loved it all my life. Never better than this ! Brava to Alice Sara Ott ,Laurence EquilbeyI and chorus and orchestra. I listen now every evening
@bitcoin15834 жыл бұрын
Dans une époque qui cherche du sens...? Mais le sens il est là écoutez braves gens la passion de la raison, la beauté de nos natures et acceptez la! Bravo à Alice et aussi au Philharmonie en osmose parfaite
@peter81mus4 жыл бұрын
Merci pour cette Fantaisie chorale. Bravo à Laurence Equilbey, à la pianiste, aux solistes, aux instrumentistes et à l'ensemble du choeur. Mention spéciale à notre pianiste Alice Sara Ott. Le choeur final contient beaucoup d'accents mozartiens!
@Inbaroush2 жыл бұрын
I feel so blessed and lucky to have been born into a world wherein such beauty exists, and to have been given the senses with which to appreciate it.
@hunska4481 Жыл бұрын
Well said!
@hanaohanada44254 жыл бұрын
元気になられて戻ってこられるまでじっと待ちます。パリ管はいいですね。
@user-hs2gy7fy6g2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance from the pianist, choir, conductor and orchestra... I can keep enjoying this piece of music 100 times easily... 👍
@shin-i-chikozima3 жыл бұрын
Her inspirational and specutacular performance is beyond description ,and full of admiration , acclaim and deep emotion I'm intoxicated with her flawless and fabulous performance in Japan From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵
@dhsadeheerstegeadvies52014 жыл бұрын
Wat is dat genieten, dit samenspel en interactie tussen pianiste, dirigente en orkest en koor. Alleen al om hoe op het gezicht van de pianiste af te lezen is hoe ze er zelf van geniet. Hoop dat ze op korte termijn eens Nederland aandoet !
@wayneday31165 жыл бұрын
Magnificent performance on period instruments! Was like listening to this piece for the first time. Wonderful!
@wertherquartett2 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a performance! What a composition! What a composer!
@miahansford4 жыл бұрын
she is able to make the piano sound like so many different things. brava
@daniloberaldo5704 жыл бұрын
This music makes me very happy! We can learn a lot with that!!
@cis9614 ай бұрын
Meravigliosa Alice Sara ❤❤
@roypeaslee13052 жыл бұрын
This is a beautiful and exhilarating piece of music. I feel it as well as hear it. The choral part gives me goosebumps.
@syalutsa4 жыл бұрын
An absolutely glorious and glowing performance, complete with period winds and beautiful interpretation by pianist, conductor, orchestra and chorus. Wow.
@angelesvaldiviesovarela96424 жыл бұрын
syalutsa coroy
@Chris-um3se Жыл бұрын
Once a day -- keeps you happy Way to go.!!!
@veronika111100 Жыл бұрын
I love Ms. Ott'a that she often expresses that she is having such joy in presenting this composition. I always am pleased when I see Ms Equibey as the conductor.
One of the best Choral Fantasy!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!
@Chris-um3se Жыл бұрын
Inexhaustible beauty.
@Chris-um3se Жыл бұрын
I never tire of this BRILLIANT performance. Thank you !!
@mehrdock7 жыл бұрын
I could hear this song a million times over and over; I will never get bored of it.
@johne60813 жыл бұрын
This is the true test of a musical composition. Does it stand the test of time, and does it bear repeating?
@edwincrouse56473 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@georgiaguardian46962 жыл бұрын
Same here
@michaelsmith6972 жыл бұрын
This is just an amazingly brilliant work that one can never tire of it. Bravo!
@hnsjackson2 жыл бұрын
My favourite piece of music; second the Emperor!
@gregsolovieff67114 жыл бұрын
Oh the joy, the virtuosity of everyone in this performance, what a beautiful sight and sound, and Alice Sara is spectacular!!!! The whole performance moved me to tears!! Bravissimo tutti bravi!!!
@locafrejusSaintAygulf3 жыл бұрын
Yes, indeed me too ... moved to tears several times !
@bernardpoulin5254 Жыл бұрын
Comment ferait-elle pour jouer Wittgenstein -Ravel, pour main gauche ?
@chriskilmer51972 жыл бұрын
Best ever, especially that ending !! Double triple BRAVO-- Sacramento Salutes you.
@michaelkelly4440 Жыл бұрын
No matter how many times I’ve watched this I never and am always enraptured!
@altekameraden62793 жыл бұрын
Ça doit faire certainement des milliers de fois que j’écoute ce chef-d’œuvre, et à chaque fois l’enchantement est toujours à son summum: bravo à l’illustre compositeur qu’a été Beethoven ainsi qu’à tous les exécutants de ses œuvres!
@cfsupporterify4 жыл бұрын
Everybody (Equilbey Ott chorus soloists) and everything (orchestra players) in this interpretation rocks! It is a shame that there is no dvd or blu ray available yet.
@pietrogie5052 жыл бұрын
or an LP....!!!
@polskapianist7 жыл бұрын
she is a great pianist with a great understanding of the music
@piotrholstein-beck51954 жыл бұрын
Yes, she is
@silviaaranalde63603 жыл бұрын
Genial la pianista pero la orquestación magnífica
@trevorjones32735 жыл бұрын
You can hear Beethoven's Ode to Joy wanting to burst out of that melody, a melody and chorus that was a study for the 9th Symphony. A very exciting performance by all.
@alexf73774 жыл бұрын
Indeed, although I always preferred this piece.
@winchellcraig99814 жыл бұрын
I believe it stands alone and is a far better example of Beethoven’s choral abilities… But, then I’m no fan of Schiller! With that, I rest my case…
@raywood11364 жыл бұрын
@@winchellcraig9981 Yes, there is a much nicer English text for this piece: "Joyful, Joyful we adore Thee." Suitable for audiences of all abilities to sing :)
@winchellcraig99814 жыл бұрын
Ray Wood: Niver English it may be, but it’s not Schiller - for which the music was composed…
@frogmouth4 жыл бұрын
It's like the relationship between the bird calls of the Australian magpie and the butcher bird. Both beautiful and like one melody is turned inside out to create the other.
@davidokeefe18983 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Everyone. Truly magnificent! Beethoven's genius is inspiring.
@BlackHermit Жыл бұрын
Strong performance Alice Sara Ott.
@standforchrist11534 жыл бұрын
To be able to play every note and remember every nuance of a piece that's almost 20 minutes long is itself a work of genius. Add to it a flawless performance and you have Alice Sara Ott playing the keys.
@gerhardspingath7813 жыл бұрын
Fantastische Komposition, fantastische Pianistin, fantastisches Zusammenspiel zwischen Pianistin und Orchester - insgesamt fantastisch. Und nicht zum Schluss, auch Chor und Dirigentin.
@keybawd40234 жыл бұрын
They were all so obviously enjoying it that who could not enjoy it with them. I also loved the piano sound and the older instruments - a gorgeous sound.
@malcolmpalmer3 жыл бұрын
I must admit to not having listened to the Choral fantasy before - What I have been missing! And Alice just loves the music - the music loves Alice!
@murigius13 жыл бұрын
Alice Sara Ott is one of a kind in the world of Music, indeed, in the world of Art. What a devoted pianist she is to the music she's playing. She puts her whole self, spirit, and body (as she jumps up and down on that piano seat!) into the music. Bravo!! May she live long and prosper. Too bad whoever recorded this didn't think the audience's applause/appreciation wasn't important... they cut it off way too soon.....
@mikekeyes61024 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic performance in every direction - no praise too great.
@Gate37394 жыл бұрын
Infiniment beau! je suis désolé de ne pas avoir commencé a apprécié Beethoven et ce genre d'art plus tôt dans ma vie!....Merci a Mls Equibey qui donne une performance incroyable en faisant ressortir le meilleur de ces artistes, Mls Sara OTT élouissante comme d'habitude!
@felixheiss4 жыл бұрын
Terrific performance of this magical piece .
@Chris-um3se9 ай бұрын
I keep getting great joy from this piece.
@TheShadoWringer4 жыл бұрын
ありがとうございました。この種の音楽は私の魂にとって非常に落ち着きます。
@danielmariepierre92323 жыл бұрын
quelle fougue, l'amitié entre interprètes, les cors "à la française", le choeur qui a plaisir à chanter... je ne m'en lasse pas = c'est ma version préférée !!!