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you should include the context. including a choir was a no go. being celebrated more then feudals lords, was a death sentence. the difference between beethoven and other composers like mozart was that beethoven not accepted borders. he pushed them in every single piece. thats the whole difference that makes beethoven a genius. he had a vision he wanted to push
This is an urban rumor and not true. It's kind of an annoying one too, since it implies that every interpretation of a piece will vary in length depending on the way the conductor interprets the tempo.
the whole thing is a transcendental experience but the 1st movement really is unmatched intensity to be fair. it's the struggle of the first movement of the fifth on emotional roid rage
and yet he missed the importance of that piece. it was a collaberation of german writers in contact with beethoven and at the same time beethoven destroying norms.symp9 is a masterpiece because of all the context that meaned certain death.
@@klauskinski5969Dude; come in off the ledge; it's a first-time listen. Do you have all facts and context available when you listen to something for first time?
Beethovan got a lot of criticism when they found out the 9th symphony would be introducing a choir. It was the first time of its time to introduced choir in a musical symphony. Little did they know, this would be one of the most iconic pieces ever exist to this day. Great reaction!
Hearing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the first time and yet somehow recognizing that we’ve always known the Ode to Joy melody is somehow, mysteriously, an experience almost all of us share, and which we all experience only once. I’m happy to have witnessed you recognizing the Ode to Joy, too.
I listened to it when I was so young I don't think I ever had heard it before. I was very taken aback by the sudden introduction of choral singers. I think I actually disliked it at first because I was so unfamiliar. I had been listening to all the symphonies in order and singing was very unexpected.
Can you imagine that most people of the world will never listen to this? And many of them have access to it, but they just will not? You are a privileged on your journey through life.
Imagine this, first of all, writing the score for this incredible work of art, the long hours of writing each note for each instrument and voice, the pace, harmonies, counter-harmonies, etc, putting on paper what is in Beethoven's mind. Now also imagine this. As he was composing this he was going deaf, some suggest because of beatings he faced from a very abusive and drunk father. And further imagine this, Beethoven never heard it performed. By the time it was first performed he was completely deaf, and heard nothing, even though it is reported he conducted that performance. When it was finished, he could not even hear the unprecedented applause from the audience, exhausted and with his back to the crowd. One of the musicians had to go and turn him around to see the reception for his masterwork of true genius (no apologies to Kanye West).
Beethoven lost his deafness gradually due to a disease he contracted while he was away from Vienna. He recovered from this disease but his hearing deteriorated over the years. I'm pretty sure that it was due to a bite of an insect or something? Anyways, it doesn't matter because I don't know the specifics.
He was there for the performance and went up on stage for part of it, but didn't conduct it. Still, writing this when he was all but completely deaf, is mind-blowing.
Also for context, this is a very special orchestra that Baremboim put together to celebrate the unity of people around music, this West-Eastern orchestra combines musicians from Israel and Palestina, among many other nations.
In Japan this symphony is sang by almost everyone. I got the chance to sing this (as a German) with 500 Japanese in the Kyoto concert hall. I felt how much this music is "worldmusic"! I enjoy that the younger generation is understanding this ...YT is a good way to connect through music.
Man, seeing this channel go from a few classical reactions for some well known iconic pieces to what it is now has been such an awesome journey. Truly love everything you’re doing with this channel!
@@GIDIREACTSA small excerpt of the lyrics of the singers All people become brothers, Where your gentle wing rests. Who made the big hit to be a friend's friend.... ...All people become brothers, Where your gentle wing rests. Be embraced, millions. This kiss for the whole world! Brothers! over the starry sky Must a dear father live... (The choir sing:at full volume) All men, all men, all men become brothers.!!! This kiss for the whole world.!!!) Greetings from Berlin
@@johannsobieski1780 Ode to Joy Symphony No. 9, is one of the greatest artistic creations in the history of mankind, it is beyond genius, it is genius, passion and trust. It is an honor to know that this Anthem can act as a guide for the young new Europe, also for the message it carries, but it is also a gift for humanity. Greetings from Sardinia
I'd love to see your reaction to Martha Argerich playing Prokofiev piano concerto no.3 in 2001 at the Proms in London. Also her Chopin sonata no.3 , recorded live in an empty concert Hall in 2021(I think she was about 80 at the time. In fact, we should go to a concert together..😂
In the forth movement, Beethoven quotes parts of the first three movements but every time the cellos and contrabasses are interrupting, saying „we don’t wanna listen to this again“. Only when the other instruments starting to play the popular forth theme „Ode to joy“ the cellos and contrabasses are agreeing with the tune and all instruments are playing together joyfully but then the intro theme appears again. All instruments are fighting again, then the bass starts singing „Oh Freunde nicht diese Töne! Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen, und freudevollere.“ which can be translated with „O friends, no more of these sounds! Let us sing more cheerful songs, More songs full of joy!.“ Then all people are singing Schillers poem „An die Freude“, „Ode to joy“.
Thanks to Beethoven we have our modernise music today 😊 l was only about 12 yrs old when l first heard him. Im now 67yrs old STILL love him ❤❤ thank you for appreciating such beautiful music ❤❤
Beethoven's a master at edging, seemingly building towards a finish, then slowing down, and that several times, before finally ending in this great crescendo
Regardless of your background, regardless of your heritage, regardless of your social standing, regardless of your nationality or faith or language or economic status, there are some pieces of music that speak directly to the experience of being human, directly to the soul. This is one of them.
I have heard this piece countless times since my older brother fell in love with it when I was about 5, which was 1958 or so. As an adult, I was privileged to sing with the Loa Angeles Master Chorale and performed it many times with the LA Phil with world-class conductors. I still have the choral alto part memorized. I cannot ever get tired of this piece. Not ever. Goosebumps and near tears every time. Thank you for reloading this.
Ive just discovered classical music. I knew it was there but i was more into R & B etc. But i got into classical music to study and its been amazing !!! I especially love Beethoven , and I empathize with him and his upbringing and the challenges he went through .
1:27:45 told me you understand music. There are a number of moments like that in this piece, but that one was setup with your attention to be either noticed or unnoticed. Glad you actually listened to the entire version; it's the greatest piece of music ever written IMO.
My favorite recording of this piece was conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Bernstein modified the Ode to Joy to replace "Freude", meaning "joy", with "Freiheit", meaning "freedom" in celebration of the historical moment. An incredibly powerful performance. It was also one of Bernstein's final performances before he died. If you like this piece, I highly recommend checking it out just by searching "Ode to Freedom"
Beethoven's 9th is, in my opinion, the greatest piece of music ever composed by anyone ever. It never ceases to amaze me how moving it is to hear it live, which sadly isn't that often.
I do wonder if that is why the bass and soprano parts are so horribly high, he couldn't hear them singing flat.... admittedly concert pitch was a little lower when this was written.
Whenever I listen to this sublime music, including watching this video, tears of joy run from my eyes, and I am uplifted to another level. I am sad for people who don't "get" classical music, but don't recognise the scores to their favourite films are essentially classical music.
Daniel Barenboim is not only a master conductor, but one of the world's best pianists. You should watch his live recordings of any of the Beethoven piano sonatas. You will be mesmerized, guaranteed.
Keep in mind...The Ninth was the first example of a major composer scoring vocal parts in a symphony. It shocked the entire community. Also, when this was composed and performed, Beethoven was stone deaf.
One of the reasons it's considered the end of "classical" music and the beginning of the "romantic" era. The departure was so radical that it created a new paradigm for music.
So did you magically erase Peter von Winter's choral 'Battle Symphony' from history? I applaud your amazing time-erasing superpowers! In the real timeline, von Winter's symphony preceded Beethoven by about 10 years, but in your magical fantasy, it never existed. Congratulations on altering reality itself! Not only that, you have gone back in time and transformed Beethoven into STONE deaf! Wow! Good job on that, as well! In reality, Beethoven suffered severe hearing loss, but was never stone/absolute deaf. But since your made-up lies are reality, we now have to acknowledge your ignorant false garbage as truth. Thank you for altering reality itself by making up nonsense! We all really appreciate your lies!
Dude! Go see this performed! It’s magnificent and transcendent! This year I started on my bucket list and saw this & Beethoven’s 5th symphonies, Beethoven’s Piano concerto No. 3, and Mozart’s Magic Flute 💖. This one always brings me to tears-I’ll def see it again.
I first heard this about 50 years ago. I've heard it more times than I can count. I wish there was a way we could hear great music as if hearing it for the first time, over and over again - without having a memory problem, that is. I think that's why I like reaction videos - watching someone hear things for the first time comes about as close to re-living that experience as can get, without having prior head injury. It's so great. Reaction videos like this can also serve to introduce others to the world's great music, which has been slowing fading from the public view and hearing.
Thanks for reacting to this, and for sharing your reaction! I am lucky enough to have sung this, and even when I'm just watching I feel the urge to rise to my feet with the chorus at the discordant blare in the final movement.
This is a masterpiece played by masters... beautiful! Somehow intensely personal, yet universal. Thanks for playing the whole symphony - glad we shared goosebumps!
Gidi, I almost never comment on YT, but just want to say what a joy it is to see you discovering this music. You'll know by now that there are many videos of this piece by various orchestras under various conductors. They are all different, for many reasons. For example this is Barenboim's orchestra, he put it together some years ago, and the remarkable thing is that it comprises equally Jewish and Palestinian musicians. His point being to prove that if they can play together, there is no essential reason why they cannot live together. But they are still a mostly young group and are still not entirely tight musically. Listen to others you'll soon see what I mean. For example, the inaugural concert at the new Elbphilharmonie was a performance of the ninth but with the glorious Bryn Terfel singing the base role that Rene Pape takes here. It's not the greatest performance ever (whatever that means) but it is an important one because it launches a fabulous new music facility and Bryn milked it for all it was worth. My current favourite is a performance by the Oslo Philharmonic under (the very young conductor) Klaus Mäkelä. What makes it a standout is that the final movement with its setting of Schiller's poetry (what we call the Ode to Joy) doesn't always sound that joyful. But I have never seen an orchestra having so much fun, or the chorus and soloists producing such an utterly joyous rendering as this. It is here: ruclips.net/video/QkQapdgAa7o/видео.html And the Elbphilharmonie concert (final movement only) is here: ruclips.net/video/t3_YzOyn4Qw/видео.html Happy exploring. I liked your closing comments as well. I am a Brit living in Germany. Incidentally, your Italian pronunciations are not as bad as you fear.
also: lyrics: schiller, music: beethoven beethoven was in steady contact with schiller, one of the greatest writers of his time. i suggest ppl read stuff of him.
@@GIDIREACTS context is important. 1. being nearly deaf 2. writing a piece that goes against all norms at this time as most of his pieces (he literally created a own genre) 3. getting more ovations then royal family
@@orb3796 I believe that the Ode To Joy melody was similar to the basic melody of a German drinking song. I think I remember hearing that he first thought of writing a piece based on that theme when he was younger, before he completely lost his hearing. Btw - Did you know that, after supposedly completely going deaf, he told a friend that, on rare occasions, he could still hear birds chirping when he went outdoors to take a walk in the woods, which is something that he often enjoyed doing. Now, I don’t know if that was his imagination or not but it is interesting. I’m not sure how deafness affects people.
I've seen a few different reaction videos to Beethoven's 9th, but this is the first where I've seen a reaction to the entire symphony instead of just the 4th movement. The whole world LOVES the 4th movement, and that includes me, but the 3rd movement is, to me incredibly special and beautiful. Thanks for doing the whole thing!
Every time I hear this incredibly uplifting, musical masterpiece, I am in awe of Beethoven's sheer genius.. I think that anyone who claims to be unmoved by this triumphant anthem, is either lying, or has a serious hole, in their soul..!! What I still find difficult to comprehend, is his skill in mastering the intricacies of combing such a diverse range of musical instruments and voices into such a distinctive, unforgettable masterpiece, whilst completely deaf. He could only have heard the entire combination in his imagination, but to then be able to translate them into reality, takes what I am sure is, a particularly rare form of genius. Remember this immortal anthem, was composed in the late eighteen thirties, using only a quill pen and parchment, probably by candle light also.. How many of today's modern composures can claim such..? I also get emotional when I recall that, apparently at the first public performance of this triumphant piece at Vienna in 1843, Beethoven stood facing the orchestra with his back to the audience, watching hawk-like as the musicians enacted his notes. As the final crescendo ended Beethoven did not move. He was simply completely deaf, so could not hear the tumultuous applause and only became aware of the audience's rapturous acclaim, when the conductor gently turned the maestro around, to witness the astounding reaction to his latest work..!!
The tune you recognized in the last movement was written for the poem "An die Freude (Ode to Joy)" by Friedrich Schiller. It was adopted as the anthem of the Council of Europe and then by the European Union. It is also used as the tune for the Christian hymn "Joyful, Joyful, we Adore Thee" Wikipedia says: "The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as a masterpiece of Western classical music and one of the supreme achievements in the entire history of music. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it stands as one of the most frequently performed symphonies in the world."
For me this piece is a divine revelation, that Beethoven could have never written down if he had not been completely deaf, because due to his deafness, he was able to listen deep inside his mind and listen to this divine music. I will never get tired to listen to this wonderful piece.
Thank you for this. I was sitting at home, at 06:00 in the morning, feeling ill and sorry for myself, when I spotted your commentary on this symphony. By the time it was finished I was feeling so much happier, not just because of the music - which I love - but even more so for your reaction. You showed just the emotion that it's all about - JOY! Schiller's 'Ode To Joy', set to music by a composer who, in his work, captures what it is to be human better than any other. Thanks again and I've now subscribed and am looking forward to accompanying you in your voyage of discovery in the world of classical music.
Première fois que je vois une de tes vidéos, tu as l'air d'un enfant qui pour la première fois de sa vie vois un papillon, oui Beethoven est merveilleux et je te souhaite beaucoup d'autres découvertes
Your smile learning it was Beethoven you were reacting to was priceless. I'm eclectic with my musical taste, from Beethoven, to Ella, to Slayer, to Wu Tang Clan, this for me is the penultimate song.
The titles of each movement in this instance basically are not names like a title of a book or chapter rather they are a indication or better a direction and guide on how the piece should be played, the tempo otherwise known as the speed and the overall feeling and mood, and it isn't only mentioned at the start of a movement rather these are mentioned within the movement multiple times guiding the direction that the movement takes and changing how the movement proceeds and feels. The language used is Italian which is the universal language used in music. The conductor holds the time of each moving piece, timing the moment and keeping the pace, for example the conductor knows that the piece marked as presto should be played at a time of 116 beats per minute. The first movement only has one direction "Allegro ma non troppo, un poco" simply means "Cheerful but not too much, a little". The second multiple, it starts of as "Molto vivace" which means "very lively" to "presto" which in Italian means "quick" back to "molto vivace" and then ends on "presto" again. The third movement begins with "Adagio molto e cantabile" which translates to "very slow and flowing or lyrical" it then moves to "andante moderato" which translates as "moderate slow" with andante being moderately slow as it is so not as slow as Adagio basically saying not as slow as andante should be. It then returns to the first tempo "Adagio molto e cantabile" moves back to "Andante moderato" then proceeds to "Adagio" which means "slowly" and ends on "Lo stesso tempo" which translates to "The same time". The last and final movement which includes the soloists and choir has the most changes within it and it begins with "Presto" which we know means "quick" or "quickly" moves to "Allegro assai" which means "very happy" or "very cheerful" returns to "presto" at the start where the men of the choir start singing, from there it returns back to "Allegro assai" it moves to "Alla marcia" which basically indicates that the piece should be "played as a march" it then moves to "Andante maestoso" which indicates that the piece is to be performed "moderately slow but majestically" from there it advances to 'Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato" which directs the music to be performed as "Cheerful and energetic with strong accentuation throughout" followed by "Allegro ma non tanto" which means "Cheerful but not so much" and finally moves to the last final direction of "Prestissimo" which basically tells the conductor to the orchestra to "as fast as possible".
As a little aside, the length of playtime on the CD format was set to contain this entire piece on one disk. This symphony and no other piece of music determined the format size. Such a tribute to this symphony that it alone set this standard.
This symphony in its entirety is a bit of an exercise in patience when you know what's coming. But it's worth the wait - just builds and builds, and then breaks like a freaking storm.
Bach and Beethoven, their music captures your soul. It penetrates you, shakes you to the core and whips your emotions until you burst into tears. But they are tears of joy. It is always unbelievable. Bach und Beethoven ihre Musik erfasst deine Seele. Sie dringt in dich hinein, erschüttert dich bis ins Mark und peitscht die Emotionen bis du in Tränen ausbrichst. Aber es sind Tränen der Freude. Es ist immer wieder unfassbar.
I can't remember what it was like to listen to this for the very first time, so I'm so happy I get to re-experience it through you. What an absolute treat.
I kinda do remember lol, because when I discovered Beethoven & people saying 9th is his best & it's the longest symphony by him. So I just had mp3 version. (Also I don't understand/appreciate complex pieces for 1st time, so it was underappreciated by me back then. Also sometimes I've to check score whether notes are really going up/down or not lol). But its slow movement (3rd) was the first time I didn't skip a slow movement in a symphony lol. My 1st reaction: 1st movement - 2:23 okay that's strange beginning (not a banger like 5th). 2:50 Okay it's gradually developing. - okay this one got many changes in 11:37 loudness, also switching between slow & faster parts (with notes) - Okay some parts have really good dynamic melodies 13:27 that's cool. 2nd movement - 24:32 ... tatata-tatata-tatata, okay that's some interesting theme... that's developing nicely - 28:00 oh that loud part, sounds powerful, good good! - 31:11 oh that 2nd theme, those solos are good. Wow sounds good when strings play them 3rd movement: - 40:37 Okay, so slow movement is this one (3rd instead of 2nd), he swapped here which is unusual (will I make it? I often tend to skip slow moment). Oh this is so sweet, I may just sleep to it, but I want to listen to it lol, don't sleep. - 50:19 Okay, this just isn't like other slow movements, the violins are indeed moving faster than I expected, that's really interesting - 52:39 da da daaaa... taaaa, da da daaa... , okay that was cool, I liked that.. when similar part goes plays for 2nd time 53:53 it gets emotional for a moment 54:10 that one's was nicely written 4th movement: - 1:02:58 Whoa, okay, must be final movement - 1:04:01 yo, that sounds like first movement - 1:04:41 yo lol, that's 2nd moment, are you gonna give me flashbacks xD ... I doubt if there's something like 3rd moment, is it there? - 1:05:10 yeah lol, 3rd moment - 1:06:02 oh c'mon that sounds depressing... I don't want whole movement to be like that... 1:06:28 okay, it changed.. finally a different mood... 1:08:58 oh that's sweet! 1:10:24 Nooo, it all was good, not back to depression please! 1:10:32 (surprise!) Oh vocals! 1:11:59 oh getting better! - 1:13:58 ended?... no... 1:14:35 lol, that's for kindergarten kids.. 1:15:53 (later), oh man, that's most intense thing I heard so far - 1:17:18 quiet... 1:17:31 Whoa! No way... - 1:26:46 beautiful end!
Absolute masterpiece. Beautifull, powerfull and heavenly. Beethoven really got strenght from above. You are right. I'ts not just classical music I'ts more.
Barenboim is so close to Furtwangler in his interpretation of the spirit and feel of the music, and I love it. In his hands the music really becomes smooth, fluid and alive. Nothing better than that to execute a romantic piece
I collect performances of the Berlin Philharmonic during made during WW II--in some of them you can hear bombs going off in the background--and one I have is the famous Furtwangler performance of the 9th for Hitler's birthday--the one where Goebels came up to shake his hand afterward and he held the baton in his right hand so he didn't have to shake Goebels'. I am a great fan of Furtwangler, especially his performances of Wagner.
This is my favorite symphony by him. Another piece that gets me really excited is his Egmont Overture. It is, by no means, the only one but it would be fun to see your reaction to that one.
A side note: when CD's first came out, there was a discussion about how much music they should hold. They settled it by making it long enough to hold Beethovan's 9th Symphony. At the premiere he tried to conduct the orchestra even though he was deaf (an assistant had to do the actual conducting). He didn't know when he reached the end. The soprano soloist gently stopped him and turned him toward the audience so that he could see the applause he could not hear.
So i tried to find a source for that cd story and apparently it's a legend. I'm having a hard time believing that the specifications of a new medium were defined by sentimental reasons rather than what is achievable and still profitable. Do you have a source ?
I can't remember the source, but I read something long ago that said 'they' changed the sample rate of the audio from 48,000 hz to 44,100 hz for CD audio so they could fit a little more music onto a disk. I wouldn't discount that it was done for 'Choral'; seems like a good enough target.
When you say the pieces are getting better all the time; I'd also say that you are learning how to listen all the time, and that is improving your enjoyment. For example, when a melody comes down, there is often a counterbalancing bass movement upwards. Hearing the two work together is pleasurable. When you know what to listen for, you can hear it better. It's like "Wow, nicely done there". I think of you went back to one of the first pieces and listened again, you would probably get even more out of it. The sad thing is that most people hear classical as background noise, without really concentrating like you do. But the more you hear the same pieces over and over (ideally not 10 times in a row), the more you get out of it. Like watching some movies where you dont notice some cool stuff going on in the background the first time you watch the movie.
@@Ziad3195 It's true that he was never 100% deaf. But by the time he composed the Ninth Symphony, his hearing was effectively useless (to the point where at the premier of the symphony, he famously didn't realize when it was over until someone turned him around to see the applauding audience).
@@benjamin1032 we never knew if Beethoven was truly deaf as well as the cause of his deafness. Scientists suspect it’s the damage or some kind of disease damaged or killed his hair cells inside the inner ear buts it’s just speculation.
The second movement is my favorite piece of classical music. When NBC Nightly News was hosted by Huntly and Brinkley they used it as their end title music.
Funny you should mention that. When I was a kid I used to wonder who that composer was because I loved the music. Imagine my surprise the first time I got to hear the 9th Symphony. I think I jumped out of my seat and said “No way! So that’s who that is!” 😂😂😂
1:11:30 the lyrics are Joy, your beautiful spark of Bliss.. (or Gods) Daughter of Elysium, On we walk, drunk with fire, Heavenly one, you're sanctuary! You're magic binds again, What custom strictly divided, All people, all men shall become brothers, Where you're gentle wing allows..
He was deaf when he composed it. At the end of the first performance he had to be turned around to see the audience applauding. The Ode To Joy is the anthem of the European Union. It's a celebration of humanity.
Beethoven deliberately set out to compose something that would overwhelm listeners. So imagine his reaction had he heard you say: “This is more than music-this is more than classical music.” Beethoven likely would’ve been touched that his music reached across time and space to touch someone he’d never met.
So; the opening movement of the 9th is essentially just one long essay on the relationship between 2 notes: The tonic and the dominant. (Do and So). This relationship is probably the most important one in all music. This is intense, because Beethoven beats it to death. One could even say that Beethoven was the master of beating the V-I to death. Especially in his finales.
I hope you have been to a concert hall to hear classical music being played live. The sound surrounds you and you can feel it in your bones. Nothing like it. Enjoying your experience and comments
Adding the voices in the last movement just added that much extra depth to the whole sound. You have the instruments and then you have the instruments of the voices and it just is amazing to hear the depth and the richness of the whole ensemble.
I'm glad you got to listen this Symphony. I listen 100 times this symphony and never get bored. When you say it gets better and better, I feel all the time is a surprise. Each phrase is unic. There is no words to describe this experinece. Just to remember, Beethoven was totaly deaf at the time he wrote this symphony and other works.
Every few months I get a few classical reaction videos recommended to me, and I always love how raw the reactions are I listen to a ton of classical music and even compose some myself, so my reactions can be more technical (like how in 1:22:05 there's a double fugue with the subjects being the Freude Schoener and Seid Umschlungen themes, and how cool that is), but that raw emotion is so much more powerful than that (though following the themes and their development throughout the piece is very satisfying and can be very rewarding even after listening many times) I always like recommending Shostakovich's 9th symphony as it's approachable (Shostakovich isn't the easiest composer to get into) and shows Shostakovich's sarcasm. He always had expectations from the soviet government to make the music they want, and he got in trouble a lot because of that. His 9th goes against Stalin's expectation of a huge symphony like Beethoven's and is very sarcastic. The first movement is very light and cheerful, with sudden trombone and snare drum moments that sound militaristic, but quickly fall apart
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you should include the context. including a choir was a no go. being celebrated more then feudals lords, was a death sentence.
the difference between beethoven and other composers like mozart was that beethoven not accepted borders. he pushed them in every single piece. thats the whole difference that makes beethoven a genius. he had a vision he wanted to push
Black people reacting to classical music? You're doing more to improve race relations than Martin Luther King.
Remarkable and so sad that Beethoven never heard this piece as he was totally deaf when he composed this.
Fun fact : when CDs where created, their capacity was calculated to be able to hold the 9th on one CD.
Indeed. Herbert von Karajan together with Sony 😎👍
This is an urban rumor and not true. It's kind of an annoying one too, since it implies that every interpretation of a piece will vary in length depending on the way the conductor interprets the tempo.
@@jollysheldone425 That box set has all 9 symphonies. I had an LP box set with all symphonies, it had 7 LPs. The 9th took 3 sides.
Hearing him say the first movement was intense made me smile. What an innocent statement. Hang on buddy, you ain’t heard nothing yet.
Hahaha, I wish I could like this comment more than once.
the whole thing is a transcendental experience but the 1st movement really is unmatched intensity to be fair. it's the struggle of the first movement of the fifth on emotional roid rage
To watch that smile slowly spread across your face as you recognize this piece and it's beauty is just incredible
and yet he missed the importance of that piece. it was a collaberation of german writers in contact with beethoven and at the same time beethoven destroying norms.symp9 is a masterpiece because of all the context that meaned certain death.
@@klauskinski5969 true that
@@klauskinski5969 bro is new to classical music
How do you expect to know such things ?
@@klauskinski5969Dude; come in off the ledge; it's a first-time listen. Do you have all facts and context available when you listen to something for first time?
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so he can make a reaction video and now a freeky wiki page at the same time?
Beethoven's 9th has been called one of the greatest achievements of the entire human race. I wouldn't disagree.
Beethovan got a lot of criticism when they found out the 9th symphony would be introducing a choir. It was the first time of its time to introduced choir in a musical symphony. Little did they know, this would be one of the most iconic pieces ever exist to this day. Great reaction!
Just imagine being there, when the choir stood up and started taking part. It must have blown everybody’s minds in a way we could not imagine
@@iamthewalrus4998 And Beethoven couldn't hear a note of it. The members of the orchestra had to make him turn around to see the audience's reaction.
Yeah the B9 is actually a really significant piece in classical history for a lot of reasons, this being one of them.
It wasn't the first time voices were used, a lesser known composer did that over a decade earlier.
@@joebloggs396 who was it?
Hearing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the first time and yet somehow recognizing that we’ve always known the Ode to Joy melody is somehow, mysteriously, an experience almost all of us share, and which we all experience only once. I’m happy to have witnessed you recognizing the Ode to Joy, too.
I listened to it when I was so young I don't think I ever had heard it before. I was very taken aback by the sudden introduction of choral singers. I think I actually disliked it at first because I was so unfamiliar. I had been listening to all the symphonies in order and singing was very unexpected.
Beethoven is proof that music is one of mankind's finest achievements.
If all that is left of earthly civilisation is Music ..... Aliens Will be Impressed!
More like Bach (anyway I prefer Beethoven tho, but Bach is best)
@@mandarbamane4268 I agree with you. I love Beethoven but Bach is just on a own level for me.
@@jamesalexander5623 (Chuckle) Only if they have ears (or some other aural receptors).
Can you imagine that most people of the world will never listen to this? And many of them have access to it, but they just will not? You are a privileged on your journey through life.
Fascinating that "Ode to Joy" is perhaps one of the most globally recognized melodys of all time
Imagine this, first of all, writing the score for this incredible work of art, the long hours of writing each note for each instrument and voice, the pace, harmonies, counter-harmonies, etc, putting on paper what is in Beethoven's mind. Now also imagine this. As he was composing this he was going deaf, some suggest because of beatings he faced from a very abusive and drunk father. And further imagine this, Beethoven never heard it performed. By the time it was first performed he was completely deaf, and heard nothing, even though it is reported he conducted that performance. When it was finished, he could not even hear the unprecedented applause from the audience, exhausted and with his back to the crowd. One of the musicians had to go and turn him around to see the reception for his masterwork of true genius (no apologies to Kanye West).
When Beethoven wrote this, he was completely deaf. He never heard it. One of his most beautiful symphony! What a master!
Beethoven lost his deafness gradually due to a disease he contracted while he was away from Vienna. He recovered from this disease but his hearing deteriorated over the years. I'm pretty sure that it was due to a bite of an insect or something? Anyways, it doesn't matter because I don't know the specifics.
He was there for the performance and went up on stage for part of it, but didn't conduct it. Still, writing this when he was all but completely deaf, is mind-blowing.
@@VeguldenZilverlingsome say syphilis
@@jeffreyjeziorski1480 apparentely. Though there would seem less evidence of that later in his life.
I love how mr. Barenboim looks so proud of the orchestra, and the exchange between him and the musicians.
It's infectious!
Also for context, this is a very special orchestra that Baremboim put together to celebrate the unity of people around music, this West-Eastern orchestra combines musicians from Israel and Palestina, among many other nations.
If I remember correctly, Mr. Barenboim’s son is first chair violinist in this performance.
He is one of my favorite conductors
@@javiervelasco3921 that’s amazing!!
In Japan this symphony is sang by almost everyone. I got the chance to sing this (as a German) with 500 Japanese in the Kyoto concert hall. I felt how much this music is "worldmusic"! I enjoy that the younger generation is understanding this ...YT is a good way to connect through music.
Man, seeing this channel go from a few classical reactions for some well known iconic pieces to what it is now has been such an awesome journey. Truly love everything you’re doing with this channel!
I really appreciate it 😊🙏🏾
@@GIDIREACTSA small excerpt of the lyrics of the singers All people become brothers,
Where your gentle wing rests.
Who made the big hit
to be a friend's friend....
...All people become brothers,
Where your gentle wing rests.
Be embraced, millions.
This kiss for the whole world!
Brothers! over the starry sky
Must a dear father live...
(The choir sing:at full volume)
All men, all men, all men become brothers.!!!
This kiss for the whole world.!!!) Greetings from Berlin
@@johannsobieski1780 Ode to Joy Symphony No. 9, is one of the greatest artistic creations in the history of mankind, it is beyond genius, it is genius, passion and trust.
It is an honor to know that this Anthem can act as a guide for the young new Europe, also for the message it carries, but it is also a gift for humanity.
Greetings from Sardinia
I'd love to see your reaction to Martha Argerich playing Prokofiev piano concerto no.3 in 2001 at the Proms in London. Also her Chopin sonata no.3 , recorded live in an empty concert Hall in 2021(I think she was about 80 at the time. In fact, we should go to a concert together..😂
In the forth movement, Beethoven quotes parts of the first three movements but every time the cellos and contrabasses are interrupting, saying „we don’t wanna listen to this again“. Only when the other instruments starting to play the popular forth theme „Ode to joy“ the cellos and contrabasses are agreeing with the tune and all instruments are playing together joyfully but then the intro theme appears again. All instruments are fighting again, then the bass starts singing „Oh Freunde nicht diese Töne! Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen, und freudevollere.“ which can be translated with „O friends, no more of these sounds!
Let us sing more cheerful songs,
More songs full of joy!.“
Then all people are singing Schillers poem „An die Freude“, „Ode to joy“.
I love it!!
and you forgot "ABOVE THE STARS MUST HE DWELL" !!!!!
Thanks to Beethoven we have our modernise music today 😊 l was only about 12 yrs old when l first heard him. Im now 67yrs old STILL love him ❤❤ thank you for appreciating such beautiful music ❤❤
Beethoven's a master at edging, seemingly building towards a finish, then slowing down, and that several times, before finally ending in this great crescendo
I’ve heard this piece countless times and it still gives me goosebumps as well.
Regardless of your background, regardless of your heritage, regardless of your social standing, regardless of your nationality or faith or language or economic status, there are some pieces of music that speak directly to the experience of being human, directly to the soul. This is one of them.
To. Haselius oo You are so right !!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Love from Cyprus
Be for i forget thank youGofi
Try no 3
I really appreciated that you published the whole piece !
I have heard this piece countless times since my older brother fell in love with it when I was about 5, which was 1958 or so. As an adult, I was privileged to sing with the Loa Angeles Master Chorale and performed it many times with the LA Phil with world-class conductors. I still have the choral alto part memorized. I cannot ever get tired of this piece. Not ever. Goosebumps and near tears every time. Thank you for reloading this.
Ive just discovered classical music. I knew it was there but i was more into R & B etc.
But i got into classical music to study and its been amazing !!!
I especially love Beethoven , and I empathize with him and his upbringing and the challenges he went through .
1:27:45 told me you understand music. There are a number of moments like that in this piece, but that one was setup with your attention to be either noticed or unnoticed. Glad you actually listened to the entire version; it's the greatest piece of music ever written IMO.
Si! Alcuni dividono la storia della musica in un prima e in un dopo la Nona.
My violin teacher who played this work told me that in the orchestra she cried every time the chorus of the hymn to joy began
It has exactly that effect on me, as well. Every single time that I hear it!
@@craigcorson3036
Same.
My favorite recording of this piece was conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Bernstein modified the Ode to Joy to replace "Freude", meaning "joy", with "Freiheit", meaning "freedom" in celebration of the historical moment. An incredibly powerful performance. It was also one of Bernstein's final performances before he died. If you like this piece, I highly recommend checking it out just by searching "Ode to Freedom"
Thanks
Sorry, but it must be Karajans Version, it’s by far the best interpretation, my point of view as a German.
wow!!
Beethoven's 9th is, in my opinion, the greatest piece of music ever composed by anyone ever. It never ceases to amaze me how moving it is to hear it live, which sadly isn't that often.
54:49 to the end of the movement. Instant tears every time I hear it. Evokes feelings of how wonderful it is to love and just be alive.
It shows Beethoven's genius that he wrote this work completely deaf. The music was playing in his head.
I do wonder if that is why the bass and soprano parts are so horribly high, he couldn't hear them singing flat.... admittedly concert pitch was a little lower when this was written.
The homie is digging the stuff ☺️
Whenever I listen to this sublime music, including watching this video, tears of joy run from my eyes, and I am uplifted to another level. I am sad for people who don't "get" classical music, but don't recognise the scores to their favourite films are essentially classical music.
Daniel Barenboim is not only a master conductor, but one of the world's best pianists. You should watch his live recordings of any of the Beethoven piano sonatas. You will be mesmerized, guaranteed.
One of the very few to listen to the whole symphony. Awesome. You deserve more subs.
Keep in mind...The Ninth was the first example of a major composer scoring vocal parts in a symphony. It shocked the entire community. Also, when this was composed and performed, Beethoven was stone deaf.
One of the reasons it's considered the end of "classical" music and the beginning of the "romantic" era. The departure was so radical that it created a new paradigm for music.
And blind as well!
and impotent too! Why not?@@greg6304
@@greg6304 No.
So did you magically erase Peter von Winter's choral 'Battle Symphony' from history? I applaud your amazing time-erasing superpowers! In the real timeline, von Winter's symphony preceded Beethoven by about 10 years, but in your magical fantasy, it never existed. Congratulations on altering reality itself!
Not only that, you have gone back in time and transformed Beethoven into STONE deaf! Wow! Good job on that, as well! In reality, Beethoven suffered severe hearing loss, but was never stone/absolute deaf. But since your made-up lies are reality, we now have to acknowledge your ignorant false garbage as truth. Thank you for altering reality itself by making up nonsense! We all really appreciate your lies!
This piece never ceases to make cry tears of joy 🥲 😭, especially the last movement
Dude! Go see this performed! It’s magnificent and transcendent! This year I started on my bucket list and saw this & Beethoven’s 5th symphonies, Beethoven’s Piano concerto No. 3, and Mozart’s Magic Flute 💖. This one always brings me to tears-I’ll def see it again.
I first heard this about 50 years ago. I've heard it more times than I can count. I wish there was a way we could hear great music as if hearing it for the first time, over and over again - without having a memory problem, that is. I think that's why I like reaction videos - watching someone hear things for the first time comes about as close to re-living that experience as can get, without having prior head injury. It's so great. Reaction videos like this can also serve to introduce others to the world's great music, which has been slowing fading from the public view and hearing.
It is refreshing, but classical is alive and well. It will never be mainstream, and that's ok. It's here for all who wish to listen..
Thanks for reacting to this, and for sharing your reaction! I am lucky enough to have sung this, and even when I'm just watching I feel the urge to rise to my feet with the chorus at the discordant blare in the final movement.
This is a masterpiece played by masters... beautiful! Somehow intensely personal, yet universal. Thanks for playing the whole symphony - glad we shared goosebumps!
Gidi, I almost never comment on YT, but just want to say what a joy it is to see you discovering this music. You'll know by now that there are many videos of this piece by various orchestras under various conductors. They are all different, for many reasons. For example this is Barenboim's orchestra, he put it together some years ago, and the remarkable thing is that it comprises equally Jewish and Palestinian musicians. His point being to prove that if they can play together, there is no essential reason why they cannot live together. But they are still a mostly young group and are still not entirely tight musically. Listen to others you'll soon see what I mean. For example, the inaugural concert at the new Elbphilharmonie was a performance of the ninth but with the glorious Bryn Terfel singing the base role that Rene Pape takes here. It's not the greatest performance ever (whatever that means) but it is an important one because it launches a fabulous new music facility and Bryn milked it for all it was worth. My current favourite is a performance by the Oslo Philharmonic under (the very young conductor) Klaus Mäkelä. What makes it a standout is that the final movement with its setting of Schiller's poetry (what we call the Ode to Joy) doesn't always sound that joyful. But I have never seen an orchestra having so much fun, or the chorus and soloists producing such an utterly joyous rendering as this.
It is here: ruclips.net/video/QkQapdgAa7o/видео.html
And the Elbphilharmonie concert (final movement only) is here: ruclips.net/video/t3_YzOyn4Qw/видео.html
Happy exploring.
I liked your closing comments as well. I am a Brit living in Germany. Incidentally, your Italian pronunciations are not as bad as you fear.
Hey Gidi, duid you know that Beethoven was absolutly deaf when he wrote it ? It makes it so more impressive!
still can't believe that to this day!
also: lyrics: schiller, music: beethoven
beethoven was in steady contact with schiller, one of the greatest writers of his time. i suggest ppl read stuff of him.
@@GIDIREACTS context is important.
1. being nearly deaf
2. writing a piece that goes against all norms at this time as most of his pieces (he literally created a own genre)
3. getting more ovations then royal family
@@klauskinski5969 Beethoven wasn´t nearly deaf. The last 10 years of his life (which is when this symphony was written) were total deafness
@@orb3796 I believe that the Ode To Joy melody was similar to the basic melody of a German drinking song. I think I remember hearing that he first thought of writing a piece based on that theme when he was younger, before he completely lost his hearing. Btw - Did you know that, after supposedly completely going deaf, he told a friend that, on rare occasions, he could still hear birds chirping when he went outdoors to take a walk in the woods, which is something that he often enjoyed doing. Now, I don’t know if that was his imagination or not but it is interesting. I’m not sure how deafness affects people.
i love that you put the whole piece out, makes sense listening to it in one go
If you really want to be floored go experience it in person. It was a something I will never forget
Ah, the goosebumps. Yep! You got it.
I've had the privileged of performing the B9 15 times or so. I love it every time.
I've seen a few different reaction videos to Beethoven's 9th, but this is the first where I've seen a reaction to the entire symphony instead of just the 4th movement. The whole world LOVES the 4th movement, and that includes me, but the 3rd movement is, to me incredibly special and beautiful. Thanks for doing the whole thing!
Every time I hear this incredibly uplifting, musical masterpiece, I am in awe of Beethoven's sheer genius.. I think that anyone who claims to be unmoved by this triumphant anthem, is either lying, or has a serious hole, in their soul..!! What I still find difficult to comprehend, is his skill in mastering the intricacies of combing such a diverse range of musical instruments and voices into such a distinctive, unforgettable masterpiece, whilst completely deaf. He could only have heard the entire combination in his imagination, but to then be able to translate them into reality, takes what I am sure is, a particularly rare form of genius. Remember this immortal anthem, was composed in the late eighteen thirties, using only a quill pen and parchment, probably by candle light also.. How many of today's modern composures can claim such..? I also get emotional when I recall that, apparently at the first public performance of this triumphant piece at Vienna in 1843, Beethoven stood facing the orchestra with his back to the audience, watching hawk-like as the musicians enacted his notes. As the final crescendo ended Beethoven did not move. He was simply completely deaf, so could not hear the tumultuous applause and only became aware of the audience's rapturous acclaim, when the conductor gently turned the maestro around, to witness the astounding reaction to his latest work..!!
How did Beethoven compose this without hearing? He heard the very voice of God.
Jesus! That is one of the great pieces of music.
In 10,000 years it will still be played in the far corners of human space.
This reaction is exactly what this piece desrves...
The tune you recognized in the last movement was written for the poem "An die Freude (Ode to Joy)" by Friedrich Schiller. It was adopted as the anthem of the Council of Europe and then by the European Union. It is also used as the tune for the Christian hymn "Joyful, Joyful, we Adore Thee"
Wikipedia says: "The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as a masterpiece of Western classical music and one of the supreme achievements in the entire history of music. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it stands as one of the most frequently performed symphonies in the world."
For me this piece is a divine revelation, that Beethoven could have never written down if he had not been completely deaf, because due to his deafness, he was able to listen deep inside his mind and listen to this divine music. I will never get tired to listen to this wonderful piece.
Thank you for this. I was sitting at home, at 06:00 in the morning, feeling ill and sorry for myself, when I spotted your commentary on this symphony. By the time it was finished I was feeling so much happier, not just because of the music - which I love - but even more so for your reaction. You showed just the emotion that it's all about - JOY!
Schiller's 'Ode To Joy', set to music by a composer who, in his work, captures what it is to be human better than any other.
Thanks again and I've now subscribed and am looking forward to accompanying you in your voyage of discovery in the world of classical music.
I love his 6th symphony so much.
Although this one is glorious as well.
I love the 7th, the 2nd movement especially. It's my go to piece when I take a bath :3
Ive heard this piece more times than Beethoven himself!
Well, that’s not hard to do, since he never actually heard it. 🙂
@@MsAppassionata ;)
You pronounced the Italian tempo words correctly! Impressive!
I thought it was impressive
Première fois que je vois une de tes vidéos, tu as l'air d'un enfant qui pour la première fois de sa vie vois un papillon, oui Beethoven est merveilleux et je te souhaite beaucoup d'autres découvertes
Your smile learning it was Beethoven you were reacting to was priceless. I'm eclectic with my musical taste, from Beethoven, to Ella, to Slayer, to Wu Tang Clan, this for me is the penultimate song.
It was such joy watching you enjoy. Thanks for sharing.
The titles of each movement in this instance basically are not names like a title of a book or chapter rather they are a indication or better a direction and guide on how the piece should be played, the tempo otherwise known as the speed and the overall feeling and mood, and it isn't only mentioned at the start of a movement rather these are mentioned within the movement multiple times guiding the direction that the movement takes and changing how the movement proceeds and feels. The language used is Italian which is the universal language used in music. The conductor holds the time of each moving piece, timing the moment and keeping the pace, for example the conductor knows that the piece marked as presto should be played at a time of 116 beats per minute. The first movement only has one direction "Allegro ma non troppo, un poco" simply means "Cheerful but not too much, a little". The second multiple, it starts of as "Molto vivace" which means "very lively" to "presto" which in Italian means "quick" back to "molto vivace" and then ends on "presto" again. The third movement begins with "Adagio molto e cantabile" which translates to "very slow and flowing or lyrical" it then moves to "andante moderato" which translates as "moderate slow" with andante being moderately slow as it is so not as slow as Adagio basically saying not as slow as andante should be. It then returns to the first tempo "Adagio molto e cantabile" moves back to "Andante moderato" then proceeds to "Adagio" which means "slowly" and ends on "Lo stesso tempo" which translates to "The same time". The last and final movement which includes the soloists and choir has the most changes within it and it begins with "Presto" which we know means "quick" or "quickly" moves to "Allegro assai" which means "very happy" or "very cheerful" returns to "presto" at the start where the men of the choir start singing, from there it returns back to "Allegro assai" it moves to "Alla marcia" which basically indicates that the piece should be "played as a march" it then moves to "Andante maestoso" which indicates that the piece is to be performed "moderately slow but majestically" from there it advances to 'Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato" which directs the music to be performed as "Cheerful and energetic with strong accentuation throughout" followed by "Allegro ma non tanto" which means "Cheerful but not so much" and finally moves to the last final direction of "Prestissimo" which basically tells the conductor to the orchestra to "as fast as possible".
Unabashed I cry everytime I hear this most masterful piece of music.
As a little aside, the length of playtime on the CD format was set to contain this entire piece on one disk. This symphony and no other piece of music determined the format size. Such a tribute to this symphony that it alone set this standard.
The clenched face breaking shows this is a man who now loves classical music.
This symphony in its entirety is a bit of an exercise in patience when you know what's coming. But it's worth the wait - just builds and builds, and then breaks like a freaking storm.
1:15:55 to 1:18:32 has to be my favorite three minutes in all of music. It's a blockbuster moment in a movement absolutely chock full of them.
There is no music produced today that can do what the legendary classical music can.
Is simply Beethoven touching your heart and your soul.
You're from Germany and you didn't know this??? Well, your German soul came out in the end didn't it! Glorious.
Bach and Beethoven, their music captures your soul. It penetrates you, shakes you to the core and whips your emotions until you burst into tears. But they are tears of joy. It is always unbelievable.
Bach und Beethoven ihre Musik erfasst deine Seele. Sie dringt in dich hinein, erschüttert dich bis ins Mark und peitscht die Emotionen bis du in Tränen ausbrichst. Aber es sind Tränen der Freude. Es ist immer wieder unfassbar.
@@Harzer-Roller Yes, have just been listening to Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D minor for the Nth time. I will never grow tired of it.
So very awesome that I found a channel that does classical reactions. Warms my black heart
I can't remember what it was like to listen to this for the very first time, so I'm so happy I get to re-experience it through you. What an absolute treat.
I kinda do remember lol, because when I discovered Beethoven & people saying 9th is his best & it's the longest symphony by him. So I just had mp3 version. (Also I don't understand/appreciate complex pieces for 1st time, so it was underappreciated by me back then. Also sometimes I've to check score whether notes are really going up/down or not lol). But its slow movement (3rd) was the first time I didn't skip a slow movement in a symphony lol.
My 1st reaction:
1st movement
- 2:23 okay that's strange beginning (not a banger like 5th). 2:50 Okay it's gradually developing.
- okay this one got many changes in 11:37 loudness, also switching between slow & faster parts (with notes)
- Okay some parts have really good dynamic melodies 13:27 that's cool.
2nd movement
- 24:32 ... tatata-tatata-tatata, okay that's some interesting theme... that's developing nicely
- 28:00 oh that loud part, sounds powerful, good good!
- 31:11 oh that 2nd theme, those solos are good. Wow sounds good when strings play them
3rd movement:
- 40:37 Okay, so slow movement is this one (3rd instead of 2nd), he swapped here which is unusual (will I make it? I often tend to skip slow moment). Oh this is so sweet, I may just sleep to it, but I want to listen to it lol, don't sleep.
- 50:19 Okay, this just isn't like other slow movements, the violins are indeed moving faster than I expected, that's really interesting
- 52:39 da da daaaa... taaaa, da da daaa... , okay that was cool, I liked that.. when similar part goes plays for 2nd time 53:53 it gets emotional for a moment 54:10 that one's was nicely written
4th movement:
- 1:02:58 Whoa, okay, must be final movement
- 1:04:01 yo, that sounds like first movement
- 1:04:41 yo lol, that's 2nd moment, are you gonna give me flashbacks xD ... I doubt if there's something like 3rd moment, is it there?
- 1:05:10 yeah lol, 3rd moment
- 1:06:02 oh c'mon that sounds depressing... I don't want whole movement to be like that... 1:06:28 okay, it changed.. finally a different mood... 1:08:58 oh that's sweet! 1:10:24 Nooo, it all was good, not back to depression please! 1:10:32 (surprise!) Oh vocals! 1:11:59 oh getting better!
- 1:13:58 ended?... no... 1:14:35 lol, that's for kindergarten kids.. 1:15:53 (later), oh man, that's most intense thing I heard so far
- 1:17:18 quiet... 1:17:31 Whoa! No way...
- 1:26:46 beautiful end!
@@mandarbamane4268Quite a lot of commentary. Thank you
Gidi you need to do an reaction to Beethovan"s 5th Symphony with this same conductor!
Yes! Beethoven's 5th please.
He should recognize that one immediately, from the first couple of notes.
And the 6th! Barenboim has actually conducted ALL of them.
This is one of the best and most needed reaction vids I've ever seen. Thank you!
Beethoven's joy melody was a simple one that anybody could sing. I was happy to see Gidi sing along with Ludwig and all humanity
Absolute masterpiece. Beautifull, powerfull and heavenly. Beethoven really got strenght from above.
You are right. I'ts not just classical music I'ts more.
Barenboim is so close to Furtwangler in his interpretation of the spirit and feel of the music, and I love it. In his hands the music really becomes smooth, fluid and alive. Nothing better than that to execute a romantic piece
I collect performances of the Berlin Philharmonic during made during WW II--in some of them you can hear bombs going off in the background--and one I have is the famous Furtwangler performance of the 9th for Hitler's birthday--the one where Goebels came up to shake his hand afterward and he held the baton in his right hand so he didn't have to shake Goebels'. I am a great fan of Furtwangler, especially his performances of Wagner.
If my ears start to bleed - I don't care. I still turn it up!
"This is more than music, more than classical music..." You have come a very long way in your odyssey of musical discovery, Gidi. You truly Get It! 🙂
Fun fact: the concertmaster of this performance, the first chair violinist, is the son of the conductor
This is my favorite symphony by him. Another piece that gets me really excited is his Egmont Overture. It is, by no means, the only one but it would be fun to see your reaction to that one.
Beethoven goes to the heart, every time.
thing about beethoven's 9th is that there's a likely chance that everyone's heard of it but most only recognize the last part :)
And only one tiny part of the last movement...
'This is more than music.' When you said that you said it all.
After Beethoven has got to you you will never be the same again.
A side note: when CD's first came out, there was a discussion about how much music they should hold. They settled it by making it long enough to hold Beethovan's 9th Symphony.
At the premiere he tried to conduct the orchestra even though he was deaf (an assistant had to do the actual conducting). He didn't know when he reached the end. The soprano soloist gently stopped him and turned him toward the audience so that he could see the applause he could not hear.
So i tried to find a source for that cd story and apparently it's a legend. I'm having a hard time believing that the specifications of a new medium were defined by sentimental reasons rather than what is achievable and still profitable. Do you have a source ?
Talk about a standard setter!
I can't remember the source, but I read something long ago that said 'they' changed the sample rate of the audio from 48,000 hz to 44,100 hz for CD audio so they could fit a little more music onto a disk. I wouldn't discount that it was done for 'Choral'; seems like a good enough target.
Hahaha... let's turn it up a bit. I chuckled when he said that. Because I knew what was coming.
When you say the pieces are getting better all the time; I'd also say that you are learning how to listen all the time, and that is improving your enjoyment. For example, when a melody comes down, there is often a counterbalancing bass movement upwards. Hearing the two work together is pleasurable. When you know what to listen for, you can hear it better. It's like "Wow, nicely done there". I think of you went back to one of the first pieces and listened again, you would probably get even more out of it. The sad thing is that most people hear classical as background noise, without really concentrating like you do. But the more you hear the same pieces over and over (ideally not 10 times in a row), the more you get out of it. Like watching some movies where you dont notice some cool stuff going on in the background the first time you watch the movie.
Like for example, 47:17, there is a change of key - the music "shifts sideways". (start at 47:00)
Beethoven “heard” all the notes inside his head when he wrote this because he was deaf. It’s really hard to believe that this was composed that way.
He was never fully deaf, at his most deaf he could still hear a little
@@benjamin1032 I don't know. I think he went completely deaf at like 45 and this was composed when he was like 52.
@@Ziad3195 It's true that he was never 100% deaf. But by the time he composed the Ninth Symphony, his hearing was effectively useless (to the point where at the premier of the symphony, he famously didn't realize when it was over until someone turned him around to see the applauding audience).
@@benjamin1032 we never knew if Beethoven was truly deaf as well as the cause of his deafness. Scientists suspect it’s the damage or some kind of disease damaged or killed his hair cells inside the inner ear buts it’s just speculation.
@@stevenklinden exactly and he cried.
The second movement is my favorite piece of classical music. When NBC Nightly News was hosted by Huntly and Brinkley they used it as their end title music.
Yes, I remember that. I was a child then but already taking violin lessons & recognized the piece.
Funny you should mention that. When I was a kid I used to wonder who that composer was because I loved the music. Imagine my surprise the first time I got to hear the 9th Symphony. I think I jumped out of my seat and said “No way! So that’s who that is!” 😂😂😂
Me too!
1:11:30 the lyrics are
Joy, your beautiful spark of Bliss.. (or Gods)
Daughter of Elysium,
On we walk, drunk with fire,
Heavenly one, you're sanctuary!
You're magic binds again,
What custom strictly divided,
All people, all men shall become brothers,
Where you're gentle wing allows..
My favorite most majestic piece of music ever written.
Good to see this back up! Thanks for the videos as always
Ugh just listening to them “warm up” gives me chills
I recommend watching Immortal Beloved base on his life and the scene at the end with this symphony is tripping
He was deaf when he composed it. At the end of the first performance he had to be turned around to see the audience applauding. The Ode To Joy is the anthem of the European Union. It's a celebration of humanity.
I love the whole Symphony
This one is absolutely a head banger🤟🏼
Beethoven deliberately set out to compose something that would overwhelm listeners. So imagine his reaction had he heard you say: “This is more than music-this is more than classical music.” Beethoven likely would’ve been touched that his music reached across time and space to touch someone he’d never met.
So; the opening movement of the 9th is essentially just one long essay on the relationship between 2 notes: The tonic and the dominant. (Do and So). This relationship is probably the most important one in all music.
This is intense, because Beethoven beats it to death. One could even say that Beethoven was the master of beating the V-I to death. Especially in his finales.
Mozart is mathematical perfection musically. Beethoven is music to conquer by. 😁
This is a perfect piece of music.
I hope you have been to a concert hall to hear classical music being played live. The sound surrounds you and you can feel it in your bones. Nothing like it. Enjoying your experience and comments
Adding the voices in the last movement just added that much extra depth to the whole sound. You have the instruments and then you have the instruments of the voices and it just is amazing to hear the depth and the richness of the whole ensemble.
I'm glad you got to listen this Symphony. I listen 100 times this symphony and never get bored. When you say it gets better and better, I feel all the time is a surprise. Each phrase is unic. There is no words to describe this experinece. Just to remember, Beethoven was totaly deaf at the time he wrote this symphony and other works.
Every few months I get a few classical reaction videos recommended to me, and I always love how raw the reactions are
I listen to a ton of classical music and even compose some myself, so my reactions can be more technical (like how in 1:22:05 there's a double fugue with the subjects being the Freude Schoener and Seid Umschlungen themes, and how cool that is), but that raw emotion is so much more powerful than that (though following the themes and their development throughout the piece is very satisfying and can be very rewarding even after listening many times)
I always like recommending Shostakovich's 9th symphony as it's approachable (Shostakovich isn't the easiest composer to get into) and shows Shostakovich's sarcasm. He always had expectations from the soviet government to make the music they want, and he got in trouble a lot because of that. His 9th goes against Stalin's expectation of a huge symphony like Beethoven's and is very sarcastic. The first movement is very light and cheerful, with sudden trombone and snare drum moments that sound militaristic, but quickly fall apart