I was a violinist, and this piece is absolutely the most fun to play. The bow movements are aggressive and you can get some frustration out. It is also a bit difficult in the beginning where the brass goes hard and you are supposed to play quietly and move the bow slowly with no vibrato. It is absolutely my favorite.
I have listened to this suite 5+ times live by different orchestras. This is a piece that has everything and I never get tired of. Every time I could see all the musicians on stage very engaged in it and enjoying playing their parts, I can tell from their facial expressions
In the 80's I was a teenager and mostly listened to new wave and rock. Dad only listened to classical music. He asked me to use my stereo to record his records on to cassette tapes. This was one of the pieces. I fell in love with it and started to really enjoy classical music. This will always be one of my faves.
Prokofiev was a genius at musically interpreting classics. Shakespeare hit the ball out of the park with his play in verse, ROMEO AND JULIET, and then Prokofiev re-interpreted the play as a ballet with music nobody else could dream of!
I know that they're not really comparable because they are different types of music in many different ways, but I feel Tchaikovsky also did a very good job with the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. That famous beautiful violin section solo never gets old.
When I first ever heard this song, I was about 5 years old and I would walk slowly with big stomps which related to the music. I don't remember doing this. But a childs imagination really amazes me.
Come on guys, it's actually fantastic that someone who calls pieces songs has a piece of classical music as his favourite music. OP, you have great taste for music.
When i was in the fifth grade in the early 50s my parents bought us a record of the narration of the Siege of Troy. The section here from about 1:20 was a major part of our enjoyment of the record, and it was called The Love for Three Oranges, which Prokofiev wrote in 1921. He apparently used it again in 1935 when he wrote Romeo and Juliette. I prefer calling it The Love for Three Oranges.
Stunning, mesmorising, enchanting, haunting, dramatic, serene, encapsulating and so so beautiful. Dramatic art in its purest form. A breathtaking rendition that invades all the senses and moves the soul. Bravo!
Wow your description is Superb. Although there are other renditions 1. Solo.piano 2. Solo harp 3. Ballet troop 4. The Full orchestra (here) totally lives up to your verbal description. Thx.
@@vjncenzx5964 really? liking your own comment...also maybe watch right behind the speaker on the right at 2:16 notice the slide movement and then trombones rising, that bass trombone on the far right entered b4 the other 2 trombones so either way my comment stands the guy likes the sound of the DUH..DUH
One of the piano accompanists at Dance Theatre of Harlem would open class with this for plies. NOTHING, could warm up the legs and get the heart pumping on a cold January morning than Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets! By the end, I felt regal and in power!!!
Simply stunning. The integration of the chords, the layering, the main theme, how it is supported by the different sections. You are fooled into an almost Greig-like calmness... relax and enjoy.. then the oboe bringng the theme back to the strings then percussion, amazing
I would love to listen to this live or sit in the middle of the orchestra and play myself (I play the flute). Highly tempted to teach myself that flute solo
This spirit-stirring melody is beyond description , and unfathomable. This wonderful performance the great performers play is leads me into Shakespeare's moving world.
The orchestration of this amazing masterpiece is incredible. Thank you all. I tend to look at the faces of these amazing musicians and wonder if I have seen them before :) In a supermarket, on a train...
I was privileged to be in Moscow and see/hear Spivakov Orchestra perform this several years back. He intro'd this with "If you don't mind, we are going to let percussion off the leash just a bit" and holy shizzles was he NOT exaggerating!
My wife and I have tickets to see R&J with City Ballet of San Diego next month, the third time over the past 20 years. She has taken ballet lessons for exercise and enjoyment as long as I have known her, and I am a music lover and amateur pianist.
Can't see that it would work well with fantasy fiction, would feel somewhat out of place. This is most definitely more for grounded fiction surrounding infighting, maybe that's just cuz it's where I'm used to hearing it but I dunno, maybe?
Personally, the base trombone is the best, and I'm a normal trombonist, but hope to be the base trombonist. The base trombone is the loudest of them all.
Actually the Tuba is the loudest due to the resonance it provides to the entire ensemble but the bass trombone really amplifies the tuba sound and gives it that characteristic growl. Bass trombone and tuba always go perfectly together.
@@CreativeCreaturefx the double bass has more resonance, but it’s not louder, the bass trombone could easily drown out everyone in the orchestra, the tuba isn’t nowhere near as loud as the bass trombone:
@@AOSMAKAKMS yes, the double bass gives the orchestra that full mature sound. I love Danny Elman's use of the brass instruments particularly the tuba and trombones in accompaniment with the bass drum.
I have also heard this piece referred to as the “Dance of the Knights”. Is there a distinction between the two or are they the same? If the same why multiple names?
I was a violinist, and this piece is absolutely the most fun to play. The bow movements are aggressive and you can get some frustration out. It is also a bit difficult in the beginning where the brass goes hard and you are supposed to play quietly and move the bow slowly with no vibrato. It is absolutely my favorite.
I 100% agree! This was one of my favorites to play growing up! 🔥🎻🎶❤️
It is also really hard to play especially when Ur in grade 5 xd. I played this when I was grade 5 in my school orchestra
I have listened to this suite 5+ times live by different orchestras. This is a piece that has everything and I never get tired of. Every time I could see all the musicians on stage very engaged in it and enjoying playing their parts, I can tell from their facial expressions
It's really fun on piano too, the notes are all over the place
In the 80's I was a teenager and mostly listened to new wave and rock. Dad only listened to classical music. He asked me to use my stereo to record his records on to cassette tapes. This was one of the pieces. I fell in love with it and started to really enjoy classical music. This will always be one of my faves.
Oh yeah, one of mine too.
The bass trombone is a beast. Best rendition I've heard of this piece.
That is Randy Hawes! He’s absolutely incredible! (I know I’m two years late, but it’s okay ahaha)
Don't forget the tuba. We are an octave under the bass trom. Huge
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The base trombone makes the ripples in the coffee as the T-rex approaches
Indeed
Thoughts, emotions, passion without words. I defy anyone who thinks classical music is boring to listen to the masters.
Prokofiev was a genius at musically interpreting classics. Shakespeare hit the ball out of the park with his play in verse, ROMEO AND JULIET, and then Prokofiev re-interpreted the play as a ballet with music nobody else could dream of!
❤
I know that they're not really comparable because they are different types of music in many different ways, but I feel Tchaikovsky also did a very good job with the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. That famous beautiful violin section solo never gets old.
I wish I could’ve seen this live 😭
When I first ever heard this song, I was about 5 years old and I would walk slowly with big stomps which related to the music. I don't remember doing this. But a childs imagination really amazes me.
I love the tempo this conductor chose! Much more menacing than the faster tempos I’ve heard. Captures the toxicity of the feuding families.
Oh, most definitely.
The tempo is challenging and the rhythm is harshly tight. That's the thing! Great rendition!
Wow, you are very right about the tempo flows beautifully throughout. 😱🥰🥹
My favorite piece of all time!!
This is my favourite song, it gives me chills every time.
Yess
Not a song really, it's a piece
@@apotezatorautentycznosci6760
Spot on
Come on guys, it's actually fantastic that someone who calls pieces songs has a piece of classical music as his favourite music. OP, you have great taste for music.
Same, took me forever to find it only knowing it by ear without knowing the name grrr
This orchestra sounds incredible. My jaw is in my lap. Tutti bravi! Even the sax solo is premier quality!
When i was in the fifth grade in the early 50s my parents bought us a record of the narration of the Siege of Troy. The section here from about 1:20 was a major part of our enjoyment of the record, and it was called The Love for Three Oranges, which Prokofiev wrote in 1921. He apparently used it again in 1935 when he wrote Romeo and Juliette. I prefer calling it The Love for Three Oranges.
Stunning, mesmorising, enchanting, haunting, dramatic, serene, encapsulating and so so beautiful. Dramatic art in its purest form. A breathtaking rendition that invades all the senses and moves the soul. Bravo!
Exactly that
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Wow your description is Superb. Although there are other renditions 1. Solo.piano 2. Solo harp 3. Ballet troop 4.
The Full orchestra (here) totally lives up to your verbal description. Thx.
i love how everything is so tense, and suddenly very soft, and turns into fortissimo.
lol the trombonist at 2:14 smiles when the bass trombone enters
It is Not a bass trombone that
@@vjncenzx5964 really? liking your own comment...also maybe watch right behind the speaker on the right at 2:16 notice the slide movement and then trombones rising, that bass trombone on the far right entered b4 the other 2 trombones so either way my comment stands the guy likes the sound of the DUH..DUH
@@jg14gerhard_barI am not English
@@jg14gerhard_bar I Am Italian so to talk to me you have to use the translator as I am using it
@@vjncenzx5964 use English to Italian.....
I’m a bass clarinetist and this song was great to hear while sitting in the back not playing
One of the piano accompanists at Dance Theatre of Harlem would open class with this for plies. NOTHING, could warm up the legs and get the heart pumping on a cold January morning than Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets! By the end, I felt regal and in power!!!
Amazing 🤩
Simply stunning. The integration of the chords, the layering, the main theme, how it is supported by the different sections. You are fooled into an almost Greig-like calmness... relax and enjoy.. then the oboe bringng the theme back to the strings then percussion, amazing
I was a cellist and I remember this piece being very enjoyable to play.
Something so satisfying about watching those violins
I would love to listen to this live or sit in the middle of the orchestra and play myself (I play the flute). Highly tempted to teach myself that flute solo
do it
Go for it.
Go for it.
Go for it.
Played this for my spring concert! Amazing
Bravo za trombone! Fantastičan orkestar, bravo za sve!
This spirit-stirring melody is beyond description , and unfathomable.
This wonderful performance the great performers play is leads me into Shakespeare's moving world.
this song gave me goosebumps
Magnificent, Bass Trombone.
The way they came out of the quiet section was so nice
Terrific sound, well enunciated throughout. The dramatic tension is maintained as beftting the warring families. Thank you all concerned.
I wonder how I missed it being 53... Nice to open up my mind.
Basstrombone nice
The orchestration of this amazing masterpiece is incredible. Thank you all. I tend to look at the faces of these amazing musicians and wonder if I have seen them before :) In a supermarket, on a train...
First chair violin is very beautiful and great violinist.
Absolutely incredible rendition of this amazing masterpiece 👍 Tam.
Magnificent ...
Bass trombone has entered the chat. 🤯
The descant clarinet was amazing and the harp emit an amazing sound
Bellísima interpretación.
Masterpiece by great Prokofiev
Genius piece of music. Beautifully played.
Amazing quality of recording. Sharp and clear. And tremendous performances all around!
Está música me causa muitos arrepios 😅
1:19
Yess
thanks, I needed that time stamp
TYSM
I was privileged to be in Moscow and see/hear Spivakov Orchestra perform this several years back. He intro'd this with "If you don't mind, we are going to let percussion off the leash just a bit" and holy shizzles was he NOT exaggerating!
MARVELOUS SOUND!!!
Starting at 2:48 the most fantastic piece of music ever written. Well done Ukraine.
Its no wonder, as today many talented artists still live there...
what has... Ukraine... got to do with this?
@@JarvFrankA Prokofiev was from Ukraine, his work reflects this
@@JarvFrankA bro guy hears someone say ukraine and flips
…. i dont think Profokiev would have liked being called Ukranian. Keep the 21st century where it should be
My God, how wonderful this excerpt is! I keep listening on loop. Wonderful interpretation!
My wife and I have tickets to see R&J with City Ballet of San Diego next month, the third time over the past 20 years. She has taken ballet lessons for exercise and enjoyment as long as I have known her, and I am a music lover and amateur pianist.
I'd fucking love to see this live!!
Oh fuck yeah, me too.
Masterfully captures the ebbs and flows of a toxic relationship
Musical perfection.
Everyone bangs on but the opening minute of this has always been the best.
Felice Navidad
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Nice timing b🎉🎉lend .Muito.b
Grace
One of my favorites!
just really enjoyable🙂🙂🙂
Brilliant piece of music!
just amazing
thanks for this great theme, i love it
It’s nice to see something good come out of Detroit for a change.
Brilliant performance.
Amazing!!!! LOVE THE BONES!!!
Please help this piece is haunting me along with anything related to Romeo and Juliet 😂
i love the break in the middle..the soft part...the layers then the tubuler bells Mmmm
Exquisite, bravo!
Randy Hawes, bass trombone. He's driving the whole orchestra.
The tuba was pretty good also 😊
This song demands a candle lit room with a stiff drink, cigar with scowl on your face.
Concur!
Oh wow this was fantastic
1:20 if there's a greater sound , I've yet to hear it. Superb.
I call it "Elephant Music"
Director was this year at Chopin Competition and did a great job
Брависсимо!
outstanding
This piece is almost psychologically disturbing, it rings in the halls of the mind, down to the soul!
And there i have my next samples👍
2:39 the trumpets literally sound like an organ🤯 my favorite piece of music out there, I play it in 2 days
2:37 i love this trumpet here
My school is playing part of this for our 5th part to our marching show
Great! 😍😍 my favorite!
At 1:20 the first pedal E is a monster!
So, that's where John Williams got his inspiration from for the Imperial March in Star Wars...
It's a bit of this and a bit of Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War. Also worth a listen.
@@tryphenasparks Yeah, I know it. Wonderful piece of music
Ochen' Prekrasno!!
Hell's bells, I bet he took the afternoon off when he came up with this belter.
Couldn't sleep. The theme held me awake. Majestic.
Hermoso
I feel like there is an unfortunate snake that is infatuated with me when I hear this song?
Adoroooooo❤❤❤❤
This would have been a good song in revenge of the sith tbh when Anakin was killing all the smol bois in the temple
SMOL BOIS 😂😂
omg❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
They should have used it in Lord of the rings movies. So atmospheric , perfect for fighting the Orcs.
Can't see that it would work well with fantasy fiction, would feel somewhat out of place. This is most definitely more for grounded fiction surrounding infighting, maybe that's just cuz it's where I'm used to hearing it but I dunno, maybe?
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Used as the theme to the 1979 film " Caligula."
Well, well, well!!!
Personally, the base trombone is the best, and I'm a normal trombonist, but hope to be the base trombonist. The base trombone is the loudest of them all.
Actually the Tuba is the loudest due to the resonance it provides to the entire ensemble but the bass trombone really amplifies the tuba sound and gives it that characteristic growl. Bass trombone and tuba always go perfectly together.
@@CreativeCreaturefx the double bass has more resonance, but it’s not louder, the bass trombone could easily drown out everyone in the orchestra, the tuba isn’t nowhere near as loud as the bass trombone:
@@AOSMAKAKMS yes, the double bass gives the orchestra that full mature sound. I love Danny Elman's use of the brass instruments particularly the tuba and trombones in accompaniment with the bass drum.
"ah ma questo è sala"
Cit. per i pochi Ballas 💿
Excellent performance. Really gives one a feeling of doom. 😯
I have also heard this piece referred to as the “Dance of the Knights”. Is there a distinction between the two or are they the same? If the same why multiple names?
This was the opening credits theme to Caligula
Like you, I know this song for all the wrong reasons. Caligula has such a great 'plot' lol.
what did you like best?
@@MasterofRandomness87 seeing Helen Mirin in the Roman bath...
1:23 3:52
2:23-30 Star Wars: Imperial March
2:04 and 2:29 were so clean and nasty at the same time.
What's the name of the conductor
To those wondering where all the tension and power in the piece comes from, look at the composer and violinists hands