1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:07,110 Is that OK? 3 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:09,518 Yes, that's OK. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:37,274 For God's sake. 6 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,878 Do you like to sit here or...? 7 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,198 Turn it that way. ['ll sit on that side. 8 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,190 I can always adjust it later, 9 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,678 but I feel like, I'll sit here. 10 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,312 So facing a bit into the room. But I can turn it. 11 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,594 All right then... 12 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,354 Thank you. Thank you. 13 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,837 Have a good weekend. - You too. 14 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,874 All the best to your boss. - Will do. 15 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,271 How are the neighbors, as a pianist? 16 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:15,951 We'll see. But generally, OK. 17 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,919 So they know what I do, of course. 18 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,479 But you didn't introduce yourself and ask? 19 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,958 Oh yes, I did. I told them what I do, of course. 20 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:29,355 All transparent. 21 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,435 Legally, I think — I might be wrong — 22 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,393 I am considered noise. 23 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,560 Right. Moving on. 24 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,072 Here. - But that's done. Second. 25 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,590 Yes. - Why is this marked? 26 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:20,075 Already recorded. 27 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,512 Right, but how do I know what we...? - I just know. 28 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,558 This should be all right. 29 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,115 Yeah, no. I've added something. 30 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:55,751 Read here. Grace note. 31 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:57,872 There's no grace note. 32 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,397 I'm inventing a grace note here. 33 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,679 Right? - It bothers you? 34 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:06,758 No. Is there another version? 35 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,916 It wouldn't bother me at all. 36 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:14,751 One of those situations where the performer corrects the composer. 37 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:50,398 There's a wholeness about it, a view of the whole thing. 38 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:53,552 It's just wonderful. 39 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:07,870 Yes. - Super. 40 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,038 Now ['ll take a quick break. 41 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:13,749 Come on. There. 42 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:15,554 What do you mean, break? 43 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,038 Andreas? - Yes? 44 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,998 Darling? - I'm here. 45 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,591 Seriously, it's 1 pm. 46 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:26,599 We can eat, we're on schedule. 47 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,598 I don't mean that. - Well? 48 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,156 If we go on like this, we'll be done tonight. 49 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,716 Yes. 50 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,549 So I can fly home tomorrow morning. 51 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:38,630 You see? 52 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,958 Do we need to revise or just listen? 53 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,834 The 31st. - That one needs revision. 54 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:46,156 Yes. 55 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,116 Listen to the Waldstein again then Opus 26 and Opus 2/1. 56 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,471 Then we're done. That's not much. 57 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,120 I don't understand why he hasn't added a sforzato here. 58 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:22,515 Call him and ask. 59 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:56,874 Beautiful. - Very good. 60 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,629 Piano sounds great, right? - Fantastic. 61 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:23,672 Brilliant editing. 62 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,951 The text error is gone. 63 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,471 I love this bass sound. It's... 64 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,394 so manly. 65 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:27,994 Great. 66 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,750 There. - You heard Lang Lang got married? 67 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:32,269 Yes. 68 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,310 Where did that come from? 69 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,353 What made you think of that? 70 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,600 Don't know. Why Lang Lang? I don't know. 71 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:43,229 He's a good pianist too. 72 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:44,795 True. - It's true. 73 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,520 Right. That was my... 74 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:50,237 But, at this ending, you think of Lang Lang's wedding? 75 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,434 What's this say about you? 76 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,838 I heard him play Schubert sonatas in rehearsal. 77 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,119 He is a fantastic pianist. 78 00:14:58,480 --> 00:14:59,993 I thought it was brilliant. 79 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:09,439 Here. That's it. - Beautiful. 80 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:10,915 Ciao, love you. 81 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:12,350 You too. Take care. 82 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,552 IGOR LEVIT BEETHOVEN, COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS 83 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:06,432 Igor sat there just now. - Here? 84 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,111 Yes. - OK, then we'll sit here. 85 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,312 We'll talk about Beethoven... - Gosh. 86 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,830 ...Beethoven, Beethoven, then questions. 87 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,793 Go for it. - Good. OK. 88 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,556 One sentence: Beethoven today. Why? 89 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:27,876 Why not? 90 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,516 But did you have to play all 32 of them? 91 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,315 Couldn't you have left out number 2, or something? 92 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,714 We don't... I mean, seriously, we don't have to do anything. 93 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,880 Right? We have to eat and drink. And sleep. 94 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,311 Inspirations. Who are your inspirations? 95 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,313 Artur Schnabel? - For Beethoven? 96 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,034 For Beethoven, your playing. 97 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,710 Well, I mean, recordings... - Yes, right. 98 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,640 My two favorite recordings of the complete cycle 99 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,354 are Schnabel and Gulda. 100 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,599 I sense that it's a special recording technique, 101 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,157 They sound vivid, sculptural 102 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,558 and the bass sounds huge... - I have a great sound engineer. 103 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,550 So it's the sound engineer? Nothing to do with you? 104 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,833 Well, I trust Andreas completely. 105 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,714 I only have one wish: uncomplicated sound. 106 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:19,597 I'd like a quick, clear, uncomplicated sound. 107 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:20,916 That's all. 108 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,477 I'm not wandering into... 109 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:26,953 into the monitoring room 110 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:30,073 to listen to ten different microphone setups. 111 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,272 He's a professional. I trust him. 112 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,274 We've known each other long enough. He just does it. 113 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,436 A new year has begun, Igor. 114 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,270 Any New Year's resolutions? 115 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,154 Nope. 116 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,199 Anything that should change? 117 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:20,914 Getting through. 118 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:22,839 Getting through. - Yes. 119 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,000 What are your plans? 120 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,033 A lot of performances. 121 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:29,269 You know... 122 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,075 these Beethoven Sonatas and the concerts and... 123 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,476 No idea. 124 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,877 How many concerts, do you know? 125 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:39,674 108. 126 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:41,792 108 concerts! 127 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,238 One every three days. 128 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:46,715 Yes. 129 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:49,674 Yeah, it's just a little... 130 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,838 Has it ever been this much before? 131 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,759 Yes, once. - When was that? 132 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,556 2014 was the first year when I really played a lot. 133 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,639 That was like this too. 134 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,837 And how did you get through it? 135 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,276 Honestly, I don't remember. I... 136 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,151 I was in a different place then. Honestly, I can't remember. 137 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,034 Maybe it was partly the thrill, like... 138 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:21,393 Wow, so many concerts! 139 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:26,233 Absolutely. It was the first year with really a lot... 140 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:29,879 Sorry, I'm a little... 141 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,231 Are you reasonably OK? No. 142 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,356 Did it begin just now or earlier? 143 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,360 Earlier... but now it's bad. 144 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:11,309 Oh, what's going on? 145 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,159 Pressure here? - Yes. 146 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,511 Solar plexus? - Yes, a bit. 147 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,037 Also, I feel so uneasy in a suit, 148 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,835 like I'm in disguise. 149 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,720 Like wearing an old life on my body. 150 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,000 I don't want it any more. 151 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,600 It just isn't my life any more. 152 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,234 I feel 15 years older, 153 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:41,678 and 20 kilos heavier. 154 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,632 Ah fuck, honestly. 155 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:47,680 One more time. 156 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,833 When I travel alone, which I usually do, 157 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,635 you can set your watch by it; this always happens after concerts. Always. 158 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,429 Namely, 159 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:39,789 I play, 160 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,479 and it goes great, 161 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,430 and after the concert, in private, I'm thinking, 162 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,114 what a great night! 163 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,551 But I haven't talked to anyone I trust, 164 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,354 because they weren't there. 165 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,990 Back at the hotel I'm pitched into such fathomless insecurity, 166 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:00,555 I can't describe it. 167 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,349 Because I don't know what I did half an hour ago. 168 00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:06,838 I literally don't remember what the concert was like. 169 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,395 I have this insecurity very often. 170 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,513 Not during the concert, 171 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:14,789 but afterwards. 172 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,480 Can we go from 170 again, please? 173 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:20,830 At your entry. 174 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,032 You're in eighths? 175 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,198 In eighths. - Great. 176 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,199 I think that's the first time I counted this right. 177 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:19,997 Yes great. Very good. 178 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,999 You were through it a little fast. - Where? 179 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,190 So I didn't count it right! - Five eighths. 180 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,119 Measure 173. 181 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,877 Ah, they're not... - Exactly. 182 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,159 They're not triplets. You are playing triplets. 183 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:40,990 OK? 184 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,113 Reading is overrated. Not... 185 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,310 Can we do it again? - Of course! In a moment. 186 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,034 I've always played triplets. 187 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,755 Four after G, please, 188 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:56,159 where the violins have that subito fortissimo, 189 00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:00,355 please, don't make it a sudden accent, 190 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:04,190 but launch immediately, full and beautiful, 191 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:05,959 and it really takes off. 192 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,960 One more time, same place, 170, please. 193 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,119 Those sixteenth notes aren't triplets either, are they? 194 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,790 Exactly. - Right. So I am too fast. 195 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,830 I think the despair one sometimes feels 196 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:23,831 is a fundamental crossroads. 197 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,158 Several times in my life I've had crises 198 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,433 where I've seriously considered... 199 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,029 quitting. - Quitting, yes. 200 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:36,439 But the feeling with me, as I think I've said, I've... 201 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,955 I've literally spent half my life, 202 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,198 with Beethoven and... 203 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,598 everything else came from Beethoven. 204 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,510 I feel like it's occupied a huge space in my life, 205 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,634 and now it's time to say, I... 206 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,870 It'll be good for these sonatas if I don't touch them for maybe two years. 207 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:03,232 But then this huge chunk of life is gone. 208 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:05,074 How do you fill it? 209 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:24,791 The calm before the storm. 210 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,269 All good. 211 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,833 It gets strenuous, right? 212 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,477 It's OK. There's a fairly strenuous bit, then more strenuous, 213 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,195 then it's OK for a while. 214 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,120 Then starting from page 88, a never-ending nightmare. 215 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:18,878 OK? - Yes. 216 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,233 No, again. - Igor, quick suggestion? 217 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,475 Could you maybe play it with a bit less pedal? 218 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:37,389 Or is it intentional? 219 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:39,593 Play it yourself with no pedal! 220 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:43,271 I'd love to play it myself. Just to show you how it's done. 221 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:44,630 Like that? 222 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:47,876 Better. 223 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:52,476 It's just that at the moment it's like a huge bank of fog. 224 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,074 Hard to hear if all the notes are there. 225 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,673 I wasn't quite sure, second system, second bar. 226 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,477 Yes, ['ll start, second system, upbeat to the second bar. 227 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:20,796 Exactly. 228 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:39,630 That was it. 229 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,354 That was it. Now the next. 230 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,952 OK, now ['ll start on the third system. - Yes. 231 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,556 You know, this hand starts really hurting. 232 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,718 What hurts? - The hand. All the stretching. 233 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:53,673 Oh, shit. - OK, moving on? 234 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,873 There are a few scares coming. Three or four. 235 00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:58,634 Three or four. Not so bad. 236 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,833 That is some tough stuff, my friend. - It is. 237 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,631 Was he out of his mind? - No! 238 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,230 Can we... very funny. Can we do page 80? 239 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:34,151 No, but I mean, he's really venting everything, isn't he? 240 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,113 Yes. But it sounds good, right? 241 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:37,550 Yes, it sounds wild. 242 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:38,955 So page 807? 243 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,676 Next three systems are one of the hardest passages for me. 244 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,151 I thought we'd done those. 245 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:47,794 Wait and see. 246 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:05,869 It's so... 247 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:07,835 shit. 248 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:25,835 But it was great. 249 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:27,998 To here, right? - Yes, great. 250 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,397 This sounds a little fudged. 251 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,559 What, this bar? - 106, first bar. 252 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,355 Yes, yes. - Transition from one to two. 253 00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:47,031 This page is the worst of the whole piece for me. 254 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,311 Just this page. No. 255 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,953 This page and 108. These two. 256 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:57,312 Actually, 111 too. And 112. 257 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:00,991 I don't know how to play that. 258 00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,636 Let's get it over with. 259 00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:09,199 I really like you. 260 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:11,952 What do you want me to say? 261 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,472 Unfortunately I can't sit down and play it for you. 262 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,429 OK.. Listen. Let's take two bars at a time. 263 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:06,794 And again. 264 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:25,515 Well done, Igor. 265 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,069 Igor, take a quick break. 266 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,396 Your poor hands. - They're fine. One second. 267 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:48,716 OK. 268 00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,278 Thank you. - That was OK, right? 269 00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,631 That was great. Let's stop for today, 270 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,911 and do some listening tomorrow. 271 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:12,233 Don't mock my belly. 272 00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:14,396 It's good. 273 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:16,116 It'll be good. 274 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,794 It'll be very good. - You think so? 275 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:24,715 All we need now is to patch it together. 276 00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:58,914 Igor, what more do you need? - Nothing. 277 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:02,269 I need to relax. 278 00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:07,437 But look, the stuff you used to wear, you say you won't wear it any more. 279 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:08,949 You used to like it. 280 00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,277 Yes, but it was a protective armor. 281 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:13,194 Against what? 282 00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:16,559 I'm trying to figure that out. 283 00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:18,230 I don't know yet. 284 00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:20,511 I used to think that... 285 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:26,151 I had to dress like in Grande ... Grande Bellezza? What was that movie? 286 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:28,470 Grande what? 287 00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:30,274 Grande Bellezza. - Right. 288 00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:33,359 I know the guys who made the suits for that film. 289 00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:38,759 If you need me... 290 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:42,078 I think you like it. It feels too small to me. 291 00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:44,317 No. I have it in all sizes, and... 292 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:47,035 This is very, very... - Yes, but it's stretch. 293 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,198 It must have that slim fit. 294 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:50,874 Will it loosen? 295 00:51:51,240 --> 00:51:52,958 Sit down and do this. 296 00:51:53,320 --> 00:51:55,231 Look. - Well, that's a different matter. 297 00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,750 "A different matter," he says! 298 00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:01,319 Can I try a larger size? - Please don't. 299 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,433 I started to really enjoy it after I lost weight. 300 00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:06,359 Starting in 2011. 301 00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:09,038 Do you have this heavy black boot? 302 00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:13,197 What made you resolve to lose weight? 303 00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:15,878 I never told you the story? - No. 304 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:18,309 You have it? 305 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:20,354 Great. What? 306 00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:21,676 Great! 307 00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:23,951 I never told you this story? - No. 308 00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:28,314 There was a store in Hanover. I won't name it. 309 00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:33,237 I went in there, August 2009. 310 00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:39,711 And I saw a pair of pants that I thought were really cool, 311 00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:41,400 I really liked them. 312 00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:46,435 So I went in and it was 313 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,189 a store like, you know, this. 314 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:52,713 And the salesman is standing there. 315 00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:54,673 I'll never forget this. 316 00:52:58,600 --> 00:52:59,556 Like this. 317 00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:04,437 So in I go, and there's no "Hello!" No "Welcome!" Just this: 318 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:09,513 "We've got nothing for you." 319 00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:12,838 I'll try this one now. - It's the same story here. 320 00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:16,394 We've got nothing for you. That was his greeting. 321 00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:19,277 And that for me was... 322 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:21,919 That's when I flipped out. 323 00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:24,518 I flipped out completely. 324 00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:29,398 Ran straight into the next fitness studio 325 00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,593 and just said, "Fuck you." 326 00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:36,879 OK, that's fun. 327 00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:39,754 This is hot, isn't it? 328 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:35,594 I was in Granada last week, 329 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:40,511 mostly in my hotel room, watching a lot of movies and documentaries. 330 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,629 And I watched a wonderful documentary about Keith Richards. 331 00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:49,273 The first half of the film he keeps talking about a musician who, 332 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:52,951 shame on me, I'd never heard of. Muddy Waters. 333 00:55:56,240 --> 00:55:59,870 And he keeps talking about Muddy Waters, and I have no idea who this is. 334 00:56:00,240 --> 00:56:01,799 When it's over, I start... 335 00:56:02,160 --> 00:56:05,630 listening to old Muddy Waters recordings, with this... 336 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:11,431 razorblade sound, you know? This... this... 337 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:15,794 Like this. Just like that, in here. 338 00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:19,632 And that really threw me into such turmoil. 339 00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:21,509 Because I thought, 340 00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:25,669 Just once, I'd like to play a note that sounds like that. 341 00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:28,031 I mean it. - Yes, yes. 342 00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:32,189 Because in such moments I think the piano isn't enough for me. 343 00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:35,076 This instrument is not enough. 344 00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,159 Why is it that I just can't... 345 00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:41,430 and then I'm spiraling. - I like that you say 346 00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:43,996 you want to sound like Muddy Waters. - Right! 347 00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:48,149 Or, say, you want to evoke a sadness on the piano 348 00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:50,830 like the voice of Chet Baker. - Exactly! 349 00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:53,636 But it's good that you don't say you want 350 00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:57,834 to make the piano sound like the oboe, because that's impossible. 351 00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,999 A piano will always be a piano. - Right. That's bullshit. 352 00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:04,716 But I heard this and I'm completely... 353 00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:12,439 It makes me like this... 354 00:57:28,560 --> 00:57:29,914 Awesome. 355 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,159 And it just stays there, right? 356 00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:35,955 And on top, only improvisation. 357 00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:45,789 It's almost painful. 358 00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:48,356 And then I went to rehearsal. 359 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,673 And there I am with these 300-year-old Beethoven sonatas. That's how I felt. 360 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:55,469 Just going... 361 00:57:57,320 --> 00:57:59,197 Ehh. What even is it? 362 00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:04,073 In that moment I feel like I'm only saying 10% of what I want to say, 363 00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:07,512 I'm capable of saying. And I despair of the piano. 364 00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:15,991 We have to send you to make-up. 365 00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:17,874 Yes, I need to get changed. 366 00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:20,880 Right. - Could I get a snack, before... 367 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:25,794 I can ask if they have something more substantial. 368 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:27,953 Yeah, that would be great. 369 00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:29,879 Are these washed? 370 00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:32,157 I hope so. - Well, if not... 371 00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:34,352 I'll check. - Great. 372 00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:37,189 Sandwich: vegetarian, vegan, meat? 373 00:58:37,560 --> 00:58:39,676 Vegetarian or vegan, both fine. 374 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:41,395 Igor? - Yes? 375 00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:43,717 This is Mrs. Beyer, she wanted... - Yes! 376 00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:47,951 Great to see you. - Delighted. Good you're already here. 377 00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:50,755 Yes, I just... - Just relax, you'll need to tweet. 378 00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:52,235 Mr. Levit. - Pleasure. 379 00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:53,954 Good to meet you! - You too! 380 00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:55,958 Good evening! - Hello. 381 00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:58,197 What's expected of us tonight? 382 00:58:58,560 --> 00:58:59,994 The constitution. - Excuse me? 383 00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,078 Federal constitution tonight. 384 00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:03,919 The constitution? 385 00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:06,992 So we're having a conversation? 386 00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:09,869 That's a shame. 387 00:59:10,240 --> 00:59:12,993 How about, instead of talking, he plays? 388 00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:17,596 In Mr. Schäuble, we have a politician 389 00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:19,792 with a keen interest in the arts, 390 00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:21,673 especially classical music. 391 00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:26,716 And in Mr. Levit, we have an artist with a keen interest in politics. 392 00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:30,277 We have a Jew here, we have a Christian. 393 00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:34,395 And both, as well as me and probably many of you, 394 00:59:34,760 --> 00:59:37,513 are citizens of this country, 395 00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:40,838 of a state that has committed itself to the constitution. 396 00:59:41,440 --> 00:59:45,195 Mr. Levit, you are marginally a child of socialism, 397 00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:49,793 born in Nizhny Novgorod, then Gorky. - Yes. 398 00:59:50,160 --> 00:59:51,912 On paper, a child of... 399 00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:56,672 born a child of true socialism. I had... 400 00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:01,550 I think I'd just turned three when it ceased to be that. 401 01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:06,517 Just the age when I starting to reach up and tickle the piano keys. 402 01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:11,113 When did your family come to Germany? - December 4th, 1995. 403 01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:13,357 So late? - Dusseldorf Airport. 404 01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:17,315 I remember, like it was yesterday. I remember it all. 405 01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:19,353 I went to school. 406 01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:23,317 I wanted to learn German faster, 407 01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:26,474 and speak German better than all my classmates. 408 01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:29,440 I started by announcing that at home. 409 01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:34,638 I literally fell in love with this language. 410 01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:37,436 Head over heels. 411 01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:42,271 And, I was really just... 412 01:00:42,840 --> 01:00:44,672 aiming for the stars. 413 01:00:46,560 --> 01:00:49,712 But at some point, the first cracks appeared 414 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:52,833 in this perfect world. 415 01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:56,277 Undoubtedly related 416 01:00:56,640 --> 01:00:59,678 to gradually increasing recognition. 417 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:03,229 But also to things happening in this country 418 01:01:03,600 --> 01:01:05,238 that I hadn't known about before. 419 01:01:05,600 --> 01:01:09,150 And the first cracks, if you like... 420 01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:13,879 The first big crack for me came late in 2010, 421 01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:15,913 when someone said to me... 422 01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:18,716 So at dinner, a gentleman 423 01:01:19,080 --> 01:01:22,118 looked deep into my eyes and said this. 424 01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:24,991 I was never to forget that, 425 01:01:25,360 --> 01:01:28,432 although I was living in a country I'd grown up in... 426 01:01:28,800 --> 01:01:31,679 and he was "totally OK with that", unquote... 427 01:01:33,080 --> 01:01:36,675 I belonged to an ethnicity no longer meant to live here. 428 01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:38,716 What? 429 01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:43,153 I belonged to an ethnicity no longer meant to live here. 430 01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:45,238 Who said that? - Well. 431 01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:49,869 And it's irrelevant who said it. It does something to you. 432 01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:51,594 It leaves a wound. 433 01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:55,591 I only later realized how deep. 434 01:01:56,200 --> 01:02:00,114 Mr. Schäuble, what do you say to what Mr. Levit told us? 435 01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:04,360 We do not live in paradise. We live in this world. 436 01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:07,436 And as to what Mr. Levit has said, 437 01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:11,316 of course, his destiny has been a most unusual one, 438 01:02:12,440 --> 01:02:13,669 but... 439 01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:18,997 to some degree, there is no perfect world. 440 01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:24,440 So maybe it was just about you growing up. 441 01:04:40,560 --> 01:04:42,233 Thank you. Yes. Right. 442 01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:48,071 "Happy Birthday," please. In G. 443 01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:17,391 My first conducting gesture ever! 444 01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:20,912 I'll do the third, and we'll do the fifth differently. 445 01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:25,949 That was my first conducting gesture ever and it was really shit. 446 01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:27,390 Not at all! 447 01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:32,352 What do you mean? They stopped 10 seconds before they did. 448 01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:13,516 Should I stop? - No. It's wonderful. 449 01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:01,153 Who else is coming today? - Friends. 450 01:07:01,640 --> 01:07:05,076 Family too? - No, they won't, because of the virus. 451 01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:09,474 Quite right too. Unpleasant. 452 01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:14,838 You need any food or drink? Sure? 453 01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:19,318 What about the tickets? 454 01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:24,233 We're accepting returns. Well, starting tonight we are 455 01:07:24,600 --> 01:07:27,274 because of what's happened in the last three hours. 456 01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:29,839 So the Elbphilharmonie... 457 01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:34,197 has announced that people with acute symtoms 458 01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:36,915 should not attend and granted a refund. 459 01:07:37,280 --> 01:07:39,669 Still a good house? - Yes, sold out. 460 01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:49,672 You know how it feels, right now? 461 01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:51,718 In English I'd say grim. 462 01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:53,150 Dark and sinister. 463 01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:46,997 You know how all this feels? 464 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:50,918 Nothing will be the same after. Nothing. - Right. 465 01:08:51,280 --> 01:08:56,229 It feels like a sea change type of situation. 466 01:08:58,000 --> 01:08:59,991 And afterwards it's different. - Yes. 467 01:09:00,360 --> 01:09:02,158 I feel anxiety. Trepidation. 468 01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:04,158 But I have faith in people. - Yes. 469 01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:07,273 And very appropriate that we're playing Beethoven. 470 01:09:07,720 --> 01:09:08,949 Enjoy. 471 01:09:52,920 --> 01:09:53,955 Thank you! 472 01:09:58,080 --> 01:09:59,229 How wonderful. 473 01:14:48,080 --> 01:14:49,354 Birthday boy! 474 01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:51,513 All the best, my friend. 475 01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:53,394 Congratulations! - Thank you. 476 01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:55,518 Great! So good! - Lovely to see you. 477 01:14:55,960 --> 01:14:57,758 Hey! - I'm dust beneath your feet! 478 01:14:58,120 --> 01:15:00,111 My goodness, that was good! 479 01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:03,878 Hello rabbit! 480 01:15:05,200 --> 01:15:08,158 This was so wonderful, thank you. 481 01:15:10,200 --> 01:15:12,396 We're doing it all wrong, hugging everybody. 482 01:15:12,760 --> 01:15:13,750 I'm not infected. 483 01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:17,112 Today I had Beethoven's 5th canceled for Sunday in Darmstadt. 484 01:15:17,480 --> 01:15:18,629 It begins. 485 01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:21,799 I rang this morning to check if it was on or not. 486 01:15:22,200 --> 01:15:23,873 It's over. From tomorrow, nothing. 487 01:15:24,240 --> 01:15:27,119 The last concert. Tomorrow we're all unemployed. 488 01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:29,552 Yeah, right. - Yes! 489 01:15:55,800 --> 01:15:58,030 Listen, I'm sticking with these pants. 490 01:15:58,480 --> 01:16:00,437 I'm not in the mood to get changed. 491 01:16:02,920 --> 01:16:04,718 No way. - According to the BBC, 492 01:16:05,080 --> 01:16:09,074 the UK has stopped outpatient testing, tracing, and isolation. 493 01:16:09,520 --> 01:16:12,797 The plan is for 95% of corona infections in the next ten weeks. 494 01:16:13,160 --> 01:16:16,357 There are 5,000 intensive care beds. A storm is brewing. 495 01:16:24,240 --> 01:16:26,356 Can we have a few notes? To check? 496 01:16:44,360 --> 01:16:45,919 I'd like to just start. 497 01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:48,477 But can I...? - That's just nonsense. 498 01:16:48,840 --> 01:16:51,593 What's that? You're kidding me! 499 01:16:53,400 --> 01:16:54,754 You're kidding me! 500 01:16:56,480 --> 01:16:59,472 Can I hug you? Can I? - Of course! Of course you can! 501 01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:12,272 You're ready? 502 01:17:13,480 --> 01:17:16,120 Everything and everybody is just falling apart. 503 01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:18,637 I know. We decided to rehearse 504 01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:23,278 and then we were told that our premiere couldn't take place. 505 01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:54,955 I honestly just want to curl up with friends and go home. 506 01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:57,470 That's how I feel. I just want to go home. 507 01:18:59,160 --> 01:19:03,074 In January we talked, you said " have 108 concerts this year." 508 01:19:03,440 --> 01:19:05,829 It'll be 30 less in one fell swoop. 509 01:19:06,760 --> 01:19:09,912 What has been canceled so far? 510 01:19:11,280 --> 01:19:13,556 It's coming bit by bit. Rome is off. 511 01:19:13,920 --> 01:19:15,069 Heidelberg's off. 512 01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:18,509 Finland. 513 01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:22,672 What about Carnegie Hall? 514 01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:25,158 Safe to assume it won't happen. 515 01:19:26,240 --> 01:19:29,949 How long have you ever been in your apartment without interruption? 516 01:19:31,160 --> 01:19:32,309 A week? 517 01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:38,679 So if you imagine being at home four weeks straight? 518 01:19:39,040 --> 01:19:40,519 That won't happen, 519 01:19:41,240 --> 01:19:42,833 but right now, I'd love it. 520 01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:46,275 Is it scary at all? - No. 521 01:19:50,360 --> 01:19:51,350 No. 522 01:19:55,600 --> 01:19:57,750 No, not scary at all. 523 01:20:40,720 --> 01:20:41,994 My friends. 524 01:20:42,520 --> 01:20:46,639 I'm still in Munich. The day was what it was. 525 01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:51,833 My program choice is going to be entirely decided now 526 01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:54,756 by how the days are. 527 01:20:56,840 --> 01:20:58,990 And today feels like a Beethoven day again. 528 01:20:59,360 --> 01:21:02,955 His piano sonata, "Appassionata” in F minor, is... 529 01:21:04,600 --> 01:21:07,991 infinitely more than just a piano piece. 530 01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:10,070 It's basically 531 01:21:10,440 --> 01:21:14,513 the grand drama of a human life, set to music. 532 01:21:16,200 --> 01:21:17,952 A drama of a human life, 533 01:21:19,640 --> 01:21:22,996 that reaches farther into the dark 534 01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:27,274 and ends more apocalyptically than almost any piano piece I know. 535 01:21:27,680 --> 01:21:31,674 Yet midway through, it offers a kind of quiet hope. 536 01:25:04,640 --> 01:25:06,313 Was that OK? 537 01:25:08,040 --> 01:25:10,839 And now straight on to Instagram? - Yes. 538 01:25:11,600 --> 01:25:14,240 OK, let's do the same thing again. 539 01:25:14,600 --> 01:25:16,159 Kiss my ass, you bastard. 540 01:25:16,840 --> 01:25:19,195 I can't do this 60 days in a row. 541 01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:23,516 I've never played the Appassionata twice in succession. Three minutes. 542 01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:45,518 Hello 543 01:26:48,360 --> 01:26:51,273 Salt then pepper? Or pepper then salt? 544 01:26:51,960 --> 01:26:55,237 I'd say salt then pepper. - Right. 545 01:26:57,080 --> 01:26:58,912 How often are you cooking these days? 546 01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:01,920 Three times a day. - No! 547 01:27:02,280 --> 01:27:05,591 Yes. Welcome to my new life. 548 01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:10,359 Crazy stuff. How do you like your new life? 549 01:27:11,800 --> 01:27:13,677 You're recording already? - Yes. 550 01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:20,671 Truth or lie? - Truth, obviously. 551 01:27:21,240 --> 01:27:23,356 I don't. Well, I say I don't like it. 552 01:27:23,720 --> 01:27:26,758 It is what it is. I accept it for what it is. 553 01:27:33,240 --> 01:27:35,516 But it's... 554 01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:43,719 I'm home alone. Need I say more? 555 01:28:17,320 --> 01:28:21,393 I lie awake some nights, thinking we'll never be allowed to perform again. 556 01:28:21,920 --> 01:28:24,355 It's just everything at once, right? 557 01:28:25,640 --> 01:28:28,109 How important are the home concerts for you? 558 01:28:28,480 --> 01:28:30,153 Crucial to life. 559 01:28:31,800 --> 01:28:36,510 Crucial to life. The only unwinding of tension in my day. 560 01:28:41,400 --> 01:28:44,995 So, dear friends, I'm glad you're back. 561 01:28:46,440 --> 01:28:48,716 Another one of these weird days, 562 01:28:49,720 --> 01:28:51,313 drawing to a close. 563 01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:55,470 Everything very confusing. I... 564 01:28:56,640 --> 01:28:58,438 want to play Schubert again today. 565 01:28:58,880 --> 01:29:01,599 There's such a harsh loneliness in this piece. 566 01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:03,834 You'll hear it. 567 01:29:06,720 --> 01:29:08,711 I think it's Monday. 568 01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:11,950 The days are getting weirder and weirder. 569 01:29:14,520 --> 01:29:16,113 People are clapping outside. 570 01:29:16,680 --> 01:29:19,911 I'm playing Shostakovich today. 571 01:29:20,520 --> 01:29:23,433 Then I think a little Beethoven. Just a bit. 572 01:29:23,840 --> 01:29:25,194 There'll be no Beethoven. 573 01:29:25,560 --> 01:29:26,630 No Liszt. 574 01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:28,910 No Wagner. 575 01:29:29,280 --> 01:29:31,669 I'll... play Beethoven again today. 576 01:29:32,160 --> 01:29:34,276 I'll begin with a piece by Franz Liszt. 577 01:29:34,960 --> 01:29:37,520 Until 20 minutes ago, I didn't know what to play. 578 01:29:37,880 --> 01:29:39,393 I'll play Tchaikovsky today. 579 01:29:39,800 --> 01:29:42,440 Today I'd like to play Mozart. 580 01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:44,837 To begin, two pieces by Erik Satie. 581 01:29:45,200 --> 01:29:46,429 Scott Joplin, 3 ragtimes. 582 01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:49,269 Beethoven, Diabelli Variations. Moscow Nights. 583 01:29:49,640 --> 01:29:53,395 Modest Mussorgsky's piano cycle: "Pictures At An Exhibition." 584 01:29:53,960 --> 01:29:56,873 Today I would like to play Gustav Mahler. 585 01:29:57,440 --> 01:30:00,592 "Fantasia contrappuntistica" by Ferruccio Busoni. 586 01:30:01,200 --> 01:30:03,032 So, dear friends. Welcome back. 587 01:30:03,800 --> 01:30:06,758 As you see, nothing is as it was. I've made some changes. 588 01:30:07,200 --> 01:30:09,999 I want to introduce you to Ronald Stevenson, the composer, 589 01:30:10,360 --> 01:30:11,839 with his most important work. 590 01:30:12,480 --> 01:30:15,199 The great, insanely brilliant, 591 01:30:15,760 --> 01:30:20,516 fantastic "Suite 1922" by Paul Hindemith. 592 01:33:01,240 --> 01:33:03,516 Hello sweetheart, how are you? 593 01:33:07,760 --> 01:33:09,671 Good to see you. How are you? All right? 594 01:33:10,040 --> 01:33:11,189 Depressed. 595 01:33:11,640 --> 01:33:12,994 Depressed? 596 01:33:18,040 --> 01:33:19,439 Why are you depressed? 597 01:33:20,080 --> 01:33:22,356 No idea. Because I just, no idea... 598 01:33:23,320 --> 01:33:25,152 Terrible sleep last night. - Really? 599 01:33:25,680 --> 01:33:28,035 You look great. - Yes, I've lost weight. 600 01:33:28,400 --> 01:33:30,789 A lot. - Well, not a lot. Four kilos. 601 01:33:31,160 --> 01:33:33,436 Well, but it shows. It does! 602 01:33:34,160 --> 01:33:37,676 I'm cycling a lot. - On trend. Everyone shaving their hair. 603 01:33:38,880 --> 01:33:42,236 Are you recording with others? - No, everything's canceled now. 604 01:33:42,640 --> 01:33:44,358 All canceled. - Didn't go to Dallas. 605 01:33:44,720 --> 01:33:48,315 I was meant to fly to Dallas. Should have gone to Bordeaux. 606 01:33:48,680 --> 01:33:52,833 Yes. - Tuscany too. All gone. All nothing. 607 01:33:53,560 --> 01:33:55,471 Can we be done by 5.30 pm? 608 01:33:55,840 --> 01:33:57,274 Yes. Do you need a ride home? 609 01:33:57,640 --> 01:33:59,995 You're doing another home concert tonight? 610 01:34:00,800 --> 01:34:02,393 Every night. - What's today? 611 01:34:02,800 --> 01:34:03,835 Goldberg. 612 01:34:04,240 --> 01:34:06,800 The whole thing? - Of course not! Just the theme, 613 01:34:07,160 --> 01:34:11,199 and the first 4 variations, maybe 7. - How long are the recitals? 20 minutes? 614 01:34:11,560 --> 01:34:12,789 What? - You play how long? 615 01:34:13,160 --> 01:34:15,800 From 15 to 90 minutes. - All the Goldberg? 616 01:34:16,160 --> 01:34:18,549 I played the whole of the Stevenson. - Did you? 617 01:34:19,160 --> 01:34:20,878 And the most listeners... 618 01:34:21,240 --> 01:34:22,560 Wait, let me rephrase that. 619 01:34:22,920 --> 01:34:26,914 Can you guess which pieces got the most enthusiastic reactions? 620 01:34:27,600 --> 01:34:29,989 Stevenson and Morton Feldman. - Really? 621 01:34:31,400 --> 01:34:32,879 People are so open, it's great. 622 01:34:33,240 --> 01:34:35,356 But that's terrific! - It's great. 623 01:34:35,840 --> 01:34:38,434 You have 70 or 80,000 followers, right? 624 01:34:38,800 --> 01:34:41,030 81. - 81,0007 625 01:34:41,440 --> 01:34:42,635 So, for every... 626 01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:47,039 I've never had fewer than 20,000 listeners within two days of a concert. 627 01:34:47,400 --> 01:34:48,629 That's crazy. Terrific. 628 01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:51,230 Well, the first time I got 340, but it was... 629 01:34:51,600 --> 01:34:53,318 Well, obviously, it was... 630 01:34:54,360 --> 01:34:57,432 Every night. And it keeps me sane, to be honest. 631 01:34:57,800 --> 01:35:00,713 Sure it does. A musician must play. 632 01:35:10,360 --> 01:35:13,432 I need to listen for a moment. - Tell me, how do you like... 633 01:35:13,800 --> 01:35:16,474 I like this tempo. - The tempo is nice. 634 01:35:20,120 --> 01:35:22,236 Not faster? - Absolutely not. 635 01:35:27,560 --> 01:35:29,073 You think? - Beautiful. 636 01:35:36,840 --> 01:35:39,992 Can you play something brighter, please? - Just a second. 637 01:36:19,960 --> 01:36:24,830 You see the difference, right? With a church: it takes the bass 638 01:36:25,440 --> 01:36:27,351 and swallows it. In a normal church, 639 01:36:28,320 --> 01:36:30,709 the main mics would sound incredibly muffled. 640 01:36:31,080 --> 01:36:32,559 But they sound very bright. 641 01:36:33,280 --> 01:36:34,429 That's that. 642 01:36:49,200 --> 01:36:52,397 I'd like to get a few slow ones done right away. 643 01:36:54,160 --> 01:36:55,480 Then they're in the can. 644 01:36:56,240 --> 01:36:57,514 Yes! 645 01:36:59,840 --> 01:37:01,319 OK? - Yes. 646 01:37:08,760 --> 01:37:09,955 That's good. 647 01:38:19,160 --> 01:38:20,958 Sounds beautiful. - That was good? 648 01:38:21,320 --> 01:38:22,276 Want to listen? 649 01:38:26,440 --> 01:38:29,114 You're a bit faster here, but that's OK. 650 01:38:30,120 --> 01:38:31,394 It builds up. 651 01:38:39,800 --> 01:38:42,474 Yes, that's... - You have that line up there. 652 01:38:50,080 --> 01:38:51,753 This is wonderful. 653 01:38:55,360 --> 01:38:57,317 Great! - This is truly beautiful. 654 01:39:02,960 --> 01:39:04,553 Well done, the subito. 655 01:39:22,920 --> 01:39:25,116 It sounds open, but no reverb. - Not at all. 656 01:39:27,160 --> 01:39:28,992 It is so beautiful! 657 01:39:36,320 --> 01:39:40,712 Listen, the beginning. I just want to make sure it isn't too slow. 658 01:39:41,160 --> 01:39:42,480 Not much faster, though. 659 01:39:44,400 --> 01:39:45,595 It works. 660 01:39:46,880 --> 01:39:48,314 We get through it. 661 01:39:48,960 --> 01:39:52,078 It opens up as it should. It's meant to be a steep arch, 662 01:39:52,440 --> 01:39:54,556 "Let heaven open up!" The volume increases. 663 01:39:54,920 --> 01:39:57,514 Do you know where this is, as well? 664 01:39:57,960 --> 01:39:59,917 I love it... We've got it, right? 665 01:40:00,280 --> 01:40:02,590 Yes, of course. - You know what I really love? 666 01:40:02,960 --> 01:40:03,916 What? 667 01:40:04,280 --> 01:40:06,874 Start of the St. John Passion, very very constrained, 668 01:40:07,240 --> 01:40:10,278 and he sings "Lord... Ruler of all..."? 669 01:40:10,720 --> 01:40:13,155 "Ruler of heaven, hear our inarticulate speech." 670 01:40:13,520 --> 01:40:14,715 And it opens up. 671 01:40:15,080 --> 01:40:17,879 ...the moment he says, "Hear our..." 672 01:40:18,240 --> 01:40:21,198 The score opens like that, then closes up again. 673 01:40:23,720 --> 01:40:26,872 What now? - Pianists greedy for studio time. More! 674 01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:22,229 One long arch... - It's actually quite beautiful. 675 01:41:22,600 --> 01:41:24,079 Wonderful. 676 01:41:30,680 --> 01:41:32,637 A never ending song. 677 01:41:47,640 --> 01:41:49,711 May I say something? - Please do! 678 01:41:50,880 --> 01:41:54,999 I find this opening of the theme almost a bit weak. 679 01:41:55,360 --> 01:41:56,919 Much too weak! Yes. 680 01:41:58,120 --> 01:41:59,349 Now. 681 01:42:00,760 --> 01:42:03,593 That can also take a little time pressure. 682 01:42:04,520 --> 01:42:05,555 Stay high. 683 01:42:09,600 --> 01:42:10,795 Stay on it a bit more. 684 01:42:11,160 --> 01:42:12,958 One second. Let me show you this. 685 01:42:13,320 --> 01:42:16,870 What I mean by there being a line, then suddenly so, and so, 686 01:42:17,280 --> 01:42:20,159 Polyphonic speech. You know where I learned a lot about it? 687 01:42:20,520 --> 01:42:25,117 No. - That famous Baldwin speech of the 60s. 688 01:42:26,720 --> 01:42:27,949 James Baldwin? - Yes. 689 01:42:28,400 --> 01:42:31,597 Polyphonic speech. Inserted phrases. Listen. 690 01:42:36,160 --> 01:42:37,559 The melody. 691 01:42:53,760 --> 01:42:54,795 Listen now. 692 01:43:00,880 --> 01:43:01,870 It's so... 693 01:43:03,120 --> 01:43:04,190 Now! 694 01:43:08,120 --> 01:43:09,235 And now... 695 01:43:11,080 --> 01:43:12,479 Yes. 696 01:43:13,000 --> 01:43:14,354 Polyphonic speech, right? 697 01:43:15,120 --> 01:43:16,633 Did he invent the term? 698 01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:18,752 No, but he speaks like music. 699 01:43:20,120 --> 01:43:21,394 He speaks like music. 700 01:43:28,000 --> 01:43:29,115 Incredible. 701 01:43:41,600 --> 01:43:42,590 And again. 702 01:43:46,920 --> 01:43:47,955 It is music. 703 01:44:40,120 --> 01:44:41,519 Oddly, it was better before. 704 01:44:41,880 --> 01:44:44,474 Yes. It was a bit too fast, right? 705 01:44:44,840 --> 01:44:48,071 No, it's more like something that was there before is lost. 706 01:44:48,440 --> 01:44:51,990 OK, again. - Just let it flow, don't think. 707 01:47:04,400 --> 01:47:06,038 It has everything. 708 01:47:08,760 --> 01:47:11,354 Maybe a little faster, but wonderful. 709 01:47:17,160 --> 01:47:18,719 You can't do better. 710 01:47:22,360 --> 01:47:23,794 Can't be done better. 711 01:48:09,440 --> 01:48:13,320 What has happened to you in these last months? 712 01:48:14,960 --> 01:48:19,238 In these last months, I have lived with maximum artistic independence. 713 01:48:20,280 --> 01:48:21,953 There couldn't have been more. 714 01:48:22,360 --> 01:48:24,397 I owed no one... 715 01:48:24,760 --> 01:48:27,832 I was accountable to no one. No one. 716 01:48:28,200 --> 01:48:31,033 I could have played one home concert, or three. 717 01:48:31,400 --> 01:48:32,959 I played fifty-two. 718 01:48:33,480 --> 01:48:36,359 I could have played at 7 pm, 4 pm, 11 pm, whenever. 719 01:48:36,720 --> 01:48:38,870 Half an hour, 15 minutes, 3 hours. 720 01:48:39,800 --> 01:48:41,950 Maximum independence. 721 01:48:42,760 --> 01:48:45,912 How cool is that? That's what I always dreamed of. 722 01:50:04,920 --> 01:50:07,355 So very, very strange. It's so... 723 01:50:13,800 --> 01:50:15,757 It might come back, 724 01:50:16,360 --> 01:50:19,000 but right now I have no... 725 01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:23,240 I mean zero, zero, zero performance anxiety on stage. 726 01:50:23,600 --> 01:50:24,920 Zero. 727 01:50:26,160 --> 01:50:27,116 Zero. 728 01:50:27,680 --> 01:50:30,479 After these three and a half months. Zero. 729 01:50:33,400 --> 01:50:35,232 It's so, So, so... 730 01:50:35,600 --> 01:50:38,991 It's really wonderful that it's like this now, right? 731 01:50:39,400 --> 01:50:41,198 I can't explain it, it's so... 732 01:50:41,560 --> 01:50:43,517 It has no weight at all. 733 01:50:44,200 --> 01:50:46,350 I mean, sitting on the stage and playing 734 01:50:46,720 --> 01:50:48,791 is as easy as telling a Jewish joke. 735 01:50:50,600 --> 01:50:52,955 Seriously. I'm serious. 736 01:50:54,080 --> 01:50:55,115 So I'm just... 737 01:50:55,840 --> 01:50:57,160 boom. 738 01:50:58,800 --> 01:51:01,792 So free of everything from that whole... 739 01:51:04,040 --> 01:51:08,273 "concert" thing. 740 01:51:10,080 --> 01:51:13,118 The one thing that's really bothering me now compared to before 741 01:51:13,480 --> 01:51:15,073 is that I've dressed up again. 742 01:51:17,040 --> 01:51:18,110 That bothers me. 743 01:51:18,800 --> 01:51:21,189 That you didn't stay in jeans and t-shirt? 744 01:51:21,640 --> 01:51:23,392 Yes. Not that I want to be "cool". 745 01:51:23,760 --> 01:51:25,637 But just because I don't want it. 746 01:51:27,400 --> 01:51:30,597 So this is the last that remains of the old way. 747 01:52:14,600 --> 01:52:15,954 How great is that! 748 01:52:21,480 --> 01:52:22,515 Hi! 749 01:52:24,080 --> 01:52:26,310 You can... - So this has just been felled? 750 01:52:26,680 --> 01:52:29,672 Over there. And that's been felled. 751 01:52:30,040 --> 01:52:31,599 Exactly. That's the route. 752 01:52:37,040 --> 01:52:38,474 -H II-|| Igor. 753 01:52:38,840 --> 01:52:40,638 Hi! Pleased to meet you. 754 01:52:44,320 --> 01:52:45,799 May I please have... 755 01:52:47,280 --> 01:52:48,475 Great. - What? 756 01:52:48,880 --> 01:52:50,200 I need a photo. 757 01:52:50,560 --> 01:52:52,517 What? - I simply must take a photo. 758 01:52:57,920 --> 01:53:01,390 Where is this streamed? Twitter, and...? 759 01:53:01,880 --> 01:53:04,599 The Greenpeace channel. - On the Greenpeace channel. 760 01:53:05,160 --> 01:53:06,150 On Twitter, yes? 761 01:53:06,520 --> 01:53:09,911 There's only one? - Yes: Greenpeace, underscore, de. 762 01:53:13,760 --> 01:53:14,750 Can I say something? 763 01:53:15,120 --> 01:53:17,589 I could cry. 18 months we've been filming this, 764 01:53:17,960 --> 01:53:19,997 and only now do we get the best scene. 765 01:53:23,440 --> 01:53:24,589 OK? - Yes. 766 01:53:24,960 --> 01:53:28,191 May I just say, I'm very glad to be part of this. 767 01:53:28,560 --> 01:53:30,312 And I really mean that. OK. 768 01:53:30,760 --> 01:53:31,909 We're glad too. 769 01:53:32,840 --> 01:53:34,831 If you knew what this means to me! 770 01:53:35,200 --> 01:53:36,315 Right, once more... 771 01:53:42,760 --> 01:53:45,229 OK? - The stream is live. 772 01:53:46,080 --> 01:53:48,310 This is now for the activists in the forest. 773 01:56:53,720 --> 01:56:55,518 Know the joke about the four? 774 01:56:55,880 --> 01:56:58,633 Rabbi Teitelbaum teaching math to a five-year-old? 775 01:56:59,120 --> 01:57:00,269 No. 776 01:57:00,800 --> 01:57:03,918 So after a few months, he says to the five-year-old, 777 01:57:04,280 --> 01:57:06,396 "Tell me, what's two plus two?" 778 01:57:13,040 --> 01:57:14,269 "Seven?" 779 01:57:14,640 --> 01:57:16,551 And he says, "All these months, 780 01:57:16,920 --> 01:57:19,673 how often have I told you? Two plus two is four. 781 01:57:20,640 --> 01:57:22,836 Five, maybe. But seven, no!"