Vivaldi - Performed on an Accordion

Posted by Minnesotastan in Music, Video Clips on October 13, 2009 at 11:10 pm


Don’t laugh.  This young man gives a remarkable rendition of the third (”Presto”) movement of the “Summer” concerto from The Four Seasons.

If you enjoy this, be sure to also view the accordion versions of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

YouTube link.

Update 10/14/09 by Alex – the guy is Alexandr Hrustevich, and you can see many more excellent clips on his YouTube profile page.


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15 comments to "Vivaldi - Performed on an Accordion"

  1. Tim Giachetti
    October 14th, 2009 at 1:55 am

    Jule, troll some where else please.

  2. Mario
    October 14th, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Brilliant!

  3. Eigil
    October 14th, 2009 at 6:11 am

    Love it! Come play with us!

    http://www.myspace.com/norgesphilharmoniskeorkester

  4. wit of a twit
    October 14th, 2009 at 8:35 am

    he is very good

  5. Daniel Kim
    October 14th, 2009 at 11:21 am

    I will *never* look at an accordion the same!

  6. PaulVI
    October 14th, 2009 at 11:23 am

    A. The least annoying - most beautiful - accordian performance I have ever witnessed.

    B. Whatever his lessons cost, he got his money's worth. Time to bankroll.

    Great!

  7. Donbert
    October 14th, 2009 at 11:33 am

    That isn't an accordion, it is a concertina. Accordions have a keyboard for the right hand.

  8. moo
    October 14th, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayan_(accordion)

  9. Allen Garvin
    October 14th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    That is not a concertina: it's a chromatic button accordion, and they're quite a challenge to play. There are many types of button accordions, usually with the buttons arranged in diatonic rows. I can honk out a few simple tunes on my horribly out-of-tune one-row (usually brought out at Christmas to play auld lang syne).

    Concertinas differ from accordions in that the melody buttons are on both ends (instead of melody/chord divisions typical of accordions), and the buttons are oriented in the same direction as the bellows. I have a couple types: a 20-button C/G anglo, and a 1921 Chemnitzer Pearl Queen. They're fun instruments!

    Always remember: Accordions don't play Lady of Spain, people do.

  10. Shae
    October 14th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    Weird Al has just been thoroughly humbled.

  11. Artist 2
    October 14th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    The Red Priest would be pleased. (Look him up.)

  12. Christophe
    October 14th, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    how many buttons is there on that chromatic thing???
    wow.

  13. Gregory
    October 15th, 2009 at 4:11 am

    It's russian folk version of classic accordion named button accordion :-)

  14. Ali S.
    October 16th, 2009 at 12:41 am

    Talk about epic. He blew me away!

  15. lansing wedding photographer
    October 16th, 2009 at 1:59 am

    he should learn to cover some Metallica songs :)


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