John Cage: 4'33'' / Petrenko · Berliner Philharmoniker

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  • Опубликовано: 4 янв 2025

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  • @insulini
    @insulini 3 года назад +12718

    I don't usually listn to John Cage, but when I do, I don't.

  • @flashmou7729
    @flashmou7729 2 года назад +7045

    This is honestly the hardest piece for a middle school orchestra

  • @fakirnagir5370
    @fakirnagir5370 Год назад +2838

    This piece is stuck in my head, I even hear it when I'm sleeping.

    • @therealautisticdj
      @therealautisticdj Год назад +15

      There is a film called "Sleep" as well

    • @notreallyasloth
      @notreallyasloth Год назад +10

      Wow you’re lucky 😢

    • @DJXDK2024
      @DJXDK2024 11 месяцев назад +2

      Because during the daytime you have tinnitus? Poor you 😢

  • @toastboii
    @toastboii 3 года назад +9046

    And this is the reason why everyone can play at least one musical piece.

    • @emronlegend7984
      @emronlegend7984 3 года назад +126

      Well yes, but actually no

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад +26

      Why restrict playing music to a group anyway?

    • @rwhooshed7800
      @rwhooshed7800 3 года назад +26

      This isn't a musical piece - this is not music at all

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад +55

      @@rwhooshed7800 How much time did it take to tell you that you aren't funny.

    • @rwhooshed7800
      @rwhooshed7800 3 года назад +4

      @@segmentsAndCurves It took me about 5 seconds

  • @YuvalS.8026
    @YuvalS.8026 3 года назад +3910

    Love how serious the conductor is, putting his hand up for all the time

    • @TheLukwolf
      @TheLukwolf 2 года назад +171

      He needs to sell the idea that it means something lol

    • @matiassanchez1679
      @matiassanchez1679 2 года назад +76

      @@TheLukwolf It does mean something

    • @KERATOID
      @KERATOID 2 года назад +22

      @@matiassanchez1679 yes it does it means

    • @parlance.electricco
      @parlance.electricco 2 года назад +35

      the sound of two hands not clapping...

    • @Proud_Troll
      @Proud_Troll 2 года назад

      He's a clown. I have zero respect foe him, affective immediately.

  • @dryyicee
    @dryyicee Год назад +762

    Listening to 4'33" whilst reading the comments is the best experience I've ever had

  • @torterrakart7249
    @torterrakart7249 4 года назад +3761

    A bit too fast for my taste..

  • @matheuspeixoto8689
    @matheuspeixoto8689 2 года назад +1458

    We are so lucky to live in a century where we can just take our phones and listen to beautiful compositions like this for free

    • @ashcorcoran9219
      @ashcorcoran9219 Год назад +11

      i hope this is satire

    • @dimitristsekeris1821
      @dimitristsekeris1821 Год назад +17

      Do not laugh about it. It's a privilege that you can know what the composition sounded like in a specific performance and what sounds were made. Like whether someone you know was there and had a cough that day.

    • @Forochun
      @Forochun Год назад +5

      THIS HAS 433 LIKES DONT RUIN IT

    • @Oran__G
      @Oran__G Год назад +3

      ​@@Forochun F 😔

    • @netlich
      @netlich 11 месяцев назад +1

      This is such a great piece of work you dont even nee to press record to record it....

  • @gavinthecrafter
    @gavinthecrafter 10 месяцев назад +430

    Remember, if your Spotify wrapped says you listened to less than 262,800 minutes of any artist, your top artist is actually John Cage

  • @Person-cz6yb
    @Person-cz6yb 3 года назад +3300

    This is the most beautiful thing i haven't heard.

    • @nInOwarrior0312
      @nInOwarrior0312 3 года назад +21

      Same 😭

    • @bassmunk
      @bassmunk 2 года назад +5

      Mothers everywhere hahaha

    • @likachalatashvili978
      @likachalatashvili978 2 года назад +6

      Such a beautiful music. Amazing and breathtaking. I wish everyone should understand what I feel now.

    • @akpil5230
      @akpil5230 Год назад +5

      Technically, the piece isn't composed of silence. The music is supposed to be whatever background noise or ambience is going on during its duration.

    • @andrewhudsonthegreatest9923
      @andrewhudsonthegreatest9923 8 месяцев назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jaena133
    @jaena133 3 года назад +4785

    not to brag, but i mastered this piece in just 2 minutes.

    • @vishalprasad2138
      @vishalprasad2138 3 года назад +98

      It's three and a half minutes long

    • @vishalprasad2138
      @vishalprasad2138 3 года назад +19

      @@magnusemeritus but they performed it for around three and a half minutes only. But ok my bad

    • @jessiemarie636
      @jessiemarie636 3 года назад +17

      This is one of the pieces I can play perfectly

    • @andersonezraviolin
      @andersonezraviolin 3 года назад +7

      I could play this piece while I was still in the womb.

    • @Kiaanastasia
      @Kiaanastasia 3 года назад +27

      They just took a too fast tempo ...

  • @raindancer751
    @raindancer751 Год назад +912

    Everyone managing to keep a perfectly straight face for the full 4 and half minutes, is what really makes me admire these performers. I couldn't do it.

    • @flickcentergaming680
      @flickcentergaming680 Год назад +24

      The conductor looked like he was trying not to smile.

    • @moistapple
      @moistapple Год назад +9

      for real i wouldve busted out laughing, makes it 10x harder when youre not supposed to laugh 😭

    • @moistapple
      @moistapple Год назад +17

      @@flickcentergaming680 he looked a bit constipated

    • @cristiansotocorredor3031
      @cristiansotocorredor3031 9 месяцев назад +12

      This is the music equivalent to that banana taped onto a wall 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @ToyInsanity
      @ToyInsanity 8 месяцев назад +10

      It's only 3'42 tho

  • @pponcho8245
    @pponcho8245 3 года назад +5269

    They nailed it. I bet they practiced a lot

    • @RachaelLongLastName
      @RachaelLongLastName 3 года назад +162

      I’m sorry friend but the violas were still three bars off

    • @sankalpgupta157
      @sankalpgupta157 3 года назад +98

      @@RachaelLongLastName and as always I can't hear the double basses

    • @magnusemeritus
      @magnusemeritus 3 года назад +68

      You need to practice for 40 hours a day to reach such levels of greatness.

    • @Gregggggggggg
      @Gregggggggggg 3 года назад +10

      i bet they just took their relatives to play in order to avoid paying more people to just hold a violin. The ones in the viola section probably must have been paid tho...

    • @abrahamlincoln9758
      @abrahamlincoln9758 3 года назад +8

      This bass section is unforgivable. How can you be that far behind ALL THE TIME!?!?

  • @josenunez2891
    @josenunez2891 4 года назад +852

    Orchestra Member: "If you ask me the last rehearsal sounded much better"

    • @jamielee3767
      @jamielee3767 3 года назад +14

      Stand partner: making notes on their music

  • @purpledragon7634
    @purpledragon7634 10 месяцев назад +123

    When the party gets too loud, I put this on the speaker and turn the volume up to max.

  • @danielh7451
    @danielh7451 3 года назад +921

    The only piece the neighbors want you to play

    • @teresaolofson2221
      @teresaolofson2221 2 года назад +3

      AMEN Daniel :)

    • @tinnapobkbs
      @tinnapobkbs 2 года назад +1

      Tacet.

    • @davidl570
      @davidl570 Год назад +2

      My neighbors called the cops and told them to come over to my place and listen to this too.

    • @nisarojas2869
      @nisarojas2869 Год назад

      😂

    • @quantum_nekomancer
      @quantum_nekomancer Год назад

      I actually asked someone to play 10h edit of this, because I needed to sleep.

  • @pauzzz267
    @pauzzz267 3 года назад +1006

    I want this to be played on my wedding someday

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718
      @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718 2 года назад +20

      Well I will probably die alone, but this will still be played in my wedding

    • @Flickvids100
      @Flickvids100 2 года назад +22

      They play it in funerals a lot. A shorter 1-min. version but still.
      Unbelievable that the Philharmoniker actually lost their time in this charade.

    • @poopydoopy2000
      @poopydoopy2000 Год назад +2

      Pretty unoriginal bro. Lots of weddings probably have that playing maybe something else?

    • @costafinkel
      @costafinkel 10 месяцев назад +1

      If in the end, you DONT get married, then this piece would be perfect for your wedding..

    • @eniigma2943
      @eniigma2943 8 месяцев назад +2

      I wish my wife played this piece to me more often 😂👴

  • @eran0004
    @eran0004 Год назад +302

    Great, now I have this stuck on repeat in my head.

    • @roystonlodge
      @roystonlodge 10 месяцев назад +7

      I wish I had this stuck on repeat in my head. It would be a pleasant change from the voices.

  • @metroidfoosion73
    @metroidfoosion73 4 года назад +3301

    I think the funniest part of this performance is that in the one piece that is complete silence, there was NO COUGHING OF ANY SORT. Basically proving that when audiences incessantly cough during quiet moments in pieces, it’s to intentionally be disruptive

    • @kinofhera
      @kinofhera 4 года назад +14

      In contrary to the performance by BBC Symphony Orchestra... 😂 (1st movement ends at around 2'44" of the video)
      ruclips.net/video/CbXA7Nt63M4/видео.html

    • @thejils1669
      @thejils1669 4 года назад +132

      ...and that is the most interesting if not befuddling part of this performance coming from the Berliners...you see, at measure 68 of this piece, a duplex rhythm Eb4 cough is written...shame, shame, shame on you Berliners for completely destroying the performance of this truly masterful comppsition!

    • @nadikucika
      @nadikucika 4 года назад +62

      It is covid19 time, if you cough you stay home, besides the concert hall was 2/3 empty (corona regulations)

    • @odazoehochscheid6558
      @odazoehochscheid6558 4 года назад +40

      I think that coughing, particularly during slow movements and during silences, is at least in part an unvoluntary physical reaction to the emotions evoked by music.

    • @martinschmidt6436
      @martinschmidt6436 4 года назад +6

      ​@@thejils1669 Every conductor can rebuild a piece according to his or her ideas, it can get better or worse, that is part of artistic freedom. Here it is still a special case, because it was THE last concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker in the Berliner Philharmonie, the other three days before it was not played and was added at short notice as a memorial for the second lookdown, which takes place for at least a month and no culture many livelihoods are threatened.
      ------
      Jeder Dirigiert kann ein Stück mach seinen Ideen umbauen, da kann es besser oder schlechter werden, das gehört zur künstlerischen Freiheit. Hier ist es noch ein Sonderfall, weil es DAS letzte Konzert, der Berliner Philharmoniker in der Berliner Philharmonie handelte, die anderen drei Tage davor wurde es nicht gespielt und wurde kurzfristig dazugenommen, als Gedenkstück zum zweiten Lookdown, das mindestens ein Monat keine Kultur stattfindet und viele Existenzen bedroht sind

  • @alessandrospecialecomposer
    @alessandrospecialecomposer 4 года назад +908

    This is the most captivating performance I’ve ever not heard of this piece.
    Just admire the non-balance between the sections, in there! And the non-richness of the brass! Not to mention how non-soaring and non-inspired are the strings with their non-bowing...
    Berliners...you always capture my heart ❤️

  • @swinger9374
    @swinger9374 Год назад +305

    This piece is my wake up alarm

  • @titusschutze7649
    @titusschutze7649 2 года назад +388

    I'm deaf, but I love this piece.

    • @MCArt25
      @MCArt25 2 месяца назад

      Probably the only musical piece a deaf person can hear exactly as well as a non-deaf one.

  • @tristananleu4677
    @tristananleu4677 3 года назад +2214

    When you really realise that 433 is ALWAYS playing. Your life will change.

    • @seegui1971
      @seegui1971 3 года назад +104

      Only if you are willing to listen

    • @dolorsitametconsectur
      @dolorsitametconsectur 2 года назад +19

      @@seegui1971 not listen*

    • @thetriathigamer1544
      @thetriathigamer1544 2 года назад +17

      How exactly is my life gonna change

    • @eddieof_
      @eddieof_ 2 года назад +18

      I listen to it in loop before my sleep

    • @Nsquare_01
      @Nsquare_01 Год назад +10

      My life literally just went 360° after watching this 😭

  • @eee-th8yk
    @eee-th8yk Год назад +592

    The fact that they actually played this in a prestigious national orchestra in a formal concert is just so amazing

    • @fanaticist
      @fanaticist 10 месяцев назад

      nothing national about Germany, it's a slave state to israel-America and this piece is for mocking them.

    • @borealranger9763
      @borealranger9763 10 месяцев назад

      if by "amazing" you mean "completely retarded", then yes.

    • @roystonlodge
      @roystonlodge 10 месяцев назад +20

      The fact that they actually didn't play this in a prestigious national orchestra in a formal concert is just so amazing
      FIFY

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 10 месяцев назад +16

      It's not amazing at all. It's just sad.

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 10 месяцев назад

      @@matty2na it's also nepotism. This is a publicity stunt that nobody would care happened without a complicit media coordinating.
      Also could be a money laundering scheme somehow like a lot of modern art

  • @JohnJApanovitch
    @JohnJApanovitch 3 года назад +2679

    John Cage is a genius. I can't believe that no other composer has ever thought of something like it.

    • @rwhooshed7800
      @rwhooshed7800 3 года назад +182

      He is not a genius, he's lazy

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад +14

      @@rwhooshed7800 mama

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад +63

      @@rwhooshed7800 He is not a genius, but let me tell you, he did not waste his life.

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад +27

      This is stupid. Of course, there has been a composer who thought about this. Putting this on the paper for Mr r/wooshed, however...

    • @rwhooshed7800
      @rwhooshed7800 3 года назад +52

      @@segmentsAndCurves It's just that no one has been stupid enough to compose this. It's like saying "I'm gonna compose a single note" and call it a day. At least if I did that, I'd be better than John Cage already.

  • @chickenringNYC
    @chickenringNYC 4 года назад +629

    Piece is titled 4'33" only because the first performance happened to last that long. The score itself does not indicate a performance length so the choice is actually up to the performer. Any length of time is suitable and acceptable for John Cage's 4'33", so, calm the snark! Bravo Berliner!

    • @carloslopes1995
      @carloslopes1995 4 года назад +17

      Precisely. You can even take a look at the score at 1:46, it says exactly that...

    • @greghales1596
      @greghales1596 4 года назад +9

      I might leave out the repeats so would be about two minutes and 15 seconds. 😄

    • @mwnyc3976
      @mwnyc3976 4 года назад +3

      Do you know for a fact that Cage only chose that title as a happenstance and that he didn't care about the length of the performance? After all, the title is the only performance indication (other than "tacet") Cage even gives, so I'd think that it meant something.

    • @danilocaposeno
      @danilocaposeno 4 года назад

      Yes It is indeed wrote in the score, but first no one knows that, second you can't take away the only indication about the piece: title and at the same time duration and presume that it should be fine for a general audience... of all the stupid complaints on the internet this one is right!

    • @costafinkel
      @costafinkel 4 года назад +7

      So, basically you can do whatever you want, at any time you want, as long you dont touch your instrument. Nice!

  • @user-zs9ux1ru8u
    @user-zs9ux1ru8u Год назад +173

    This was literally the most difficult music piece ever played. I don't know how long they've practiced, but it must have taken them years to get this good.

  • @helusjanuc8186
    @helusjanuc8186 3 года назад +625

    2:32 love the cello in this part❤️

    • @vittoriaadel7949
      @vittoriaadel7949 3 года назад +11

      Me too

    • @зимняя_душа
      @зимняя_душа 3 года назад +10

      Omg same

    • @rwhooshed7800
      @rwhooshed7800 3 года назад

      Are you dumb? They all sounds the same -.-

    • @helusjanuc8186
      @helusjanuc8186 3 года назад +28

      @@rwhooshed7800 you cant be serious😭 You probably can’t hear the sweet melody of the cello solo in that part…im sorry for you

    • @tatooo2u
      @tatooo2u 3 года назад +3

      @@helusjanuc8186 Damn you got really r/woooshed

  • @RachaelLongLastName
    @RachaelLongLastName 3 года назад +1719

    Y’know, this is the first time the viola section has ever played their part right
    Edit: It’s come to my attention that they were still three bars off. Sorry for getting your hopes up.

    • @insertname7979
      @insertname7979 3 года назад +90

      No, they were still 3 bars off

    • @RachaelLongLastName
      @RachaelLongLastName 3 года назад +56

      @@insertname7979 ah man you’re right! I can’t believe I missed that

    • @imtherealFidi
      @imtherealFidi 3 года назад +7

      OMG that's hilarious. True story.

    •  3 года назад +3

      Jajajajaja

    • @mechasentai
      @mechasentai 3 года назад +3

      Oh snap!

  • @EarlOSandwich
    @EarlOSandwich 10 месяцев назад +29

    He cries out in pain as he plays this (his side profile is really revealing).

  • @twhndrd2008
    @twhndrd2008 4 года назад +670

    Jokes aside I like how petrenkos conducting really makes you feel the silence. And it's such a sad and beautiful way to close the concerthall.

    • @joaooooooooooo_
      @joaooooooooooo_ 3 года назад +3

      peida, vai

    • @mernasporquir2764
      @mernasporquir2764 3 года назад +5

      your brain is fucking melted. get help.

    • @Dageka
      @Dageka 3 года назад +26

      @@mernasporquir2764 Well, he's right. The silence is so intense, Petrenko even began sweating 2:37

    • @fudeusilva
      @fudeusilva 3 года назад +3

      @@joaooooooooooo_ que porra é essa bro

    • @gordonyork6638
      @gordonyork6638 Год назад +4

      If you look at it a certain way. You'll appreciate it. If you look at it differently. You'll appreciate it. If you don't look at it. You'll appreciate it.

  • @vivianleenet
    @vivianleenet 3 года назад +471

    In all seriousness, a stunning performance by the conductor. Bravo.

    • @jordanj9069
      @jordanj9069 2 года назад +6

      In SERIOUSNESS?
      Do you like the emperor’s gown? It’s pretty sick, love the buttons

    • @jasonkennedy9143
      @jasonkennedy9143 2 года назад +28

      @@jordanj9069 watch the conductor. He takes it completely seriously. He's not just hanging around.

    • @jordanj9069
      @jordanj9069 2 года назад +5

      @@jasonkennedy9143 he’s taking WHAT seriously? Their technique as they do precisely nothing?
      This is pretentious and delusional cork sniffing at best

    • @jasonkennedy9143
      @jasonkennedy9143 2 года назад +23

      @@jordanj9069 it's a performance

    • @jordanj9069
      @jordanj9069 2 года назад +3

      @@jasonkennedy9143 you can call it that if you like, but while there’s nothing wrong with the charade itself, the amount of pretence surrounding its admiration borders on sickening

  • @aqdrobert
    @aqdrobert Год назад +23

    STOP! You got this composition playing over and over in my head!

  • @fl0rian587
    @fl0rian587 3 года назад +145

    Friends :what music do you listen to?
    Me: It's complicated...

  • @notthea5086
    @notthea5086 3 года назад +365

    0:21 I Tacet
    1:18 II Tacet
    2:09 III Tacet
    yw :)

  • @kayceetjdjajacz.2123
    @kayceetjdjajacz.2123 Год назад +35

    this is what i loop for my students when they requested for some relaxing music during an exam. what can be more relaxing than john cage's 4'33

    • @quinn7894
      @quinn7894 5 месяцев назад

      Sometimes I would walk into a room at night and hear the fan going, then I would turn the fan off and feel very unsettled. So actually, some preformances of 4'33" can be quite not relaxing.

  • @sbor2020
    @sbor2020 4 года назад +449

    Waiting for the Celibidache 5 hour version! What I liked is that Maestro Petrenko "conducted" this with the same intensity that he conducts everything else.

    • @wilfriedk7378
      @wilfriedk7378 4 года назад +23

      😂 Good one! I can imagine Celibidache conducting this and still look angrily at the first violins 😂

    • @MARTIN201199
      @MARTIN201199 4 года назад +11

      I prefer the informed performance with Harnoncourt on period instruments. The “sound” is more natural.

    • @oneliovidio9562
      @oneliovidio9562 4 года назад

      Ahahahahahahahahahah

    • @mwnyc3976
      @mwnyc3976 4 года назад +1

      @@MARTIN201199
      The real historically-informed performance would be the one recorded in Cage's last New York apartment. (Talk about original instruments.) It's available as an app from johncage.org.

    • @franzliszt9799
      @franzliszt9799 4 года назад +2

      Dudamel would finish this in 2 minutes

  • @franzliszt9799
    @franzliszt9799 4 года назад +785

    And they say Germans have no sense of humour

    • @adrianoseresi3525
      @adrianoseresi3525 4 года назад +54

      This is not meant to be humorous, but it’s obvious to see why one would think it is.

    • @luisholsten295
      @luisholsten295 4 года назад +42

      @@adrianoseresi3525 Also, this was written by an American

    • @niccolopaganinifranzliszt3556
      @niccolopaganinifranzliszt3556 4 года назад +10

      liszt, give some creddit to paganini on la campanella.

    • @jakobbogenrieder4060
      @jakobbogenrieder4060 4 года назад +3

      Well, actually it's just telling another one's joke. Not cool...

    • @RachaelLongLastName
      @RachaelLongLastName 3 года назад +2

      @SuperMagren and played by people of many different nationalities……….

  • @BryanCooperOfficial
    @BryanCooperOfficial Год назад +11

    This video is only 3'42" long. Did they play it too fast?

  • @georgekritos4459
    @georgekritos4459 3 года назад +288

    “Everything we do is Music”
    John cage

  • @MARTIN201199
    @MARTIN201199 4 года назад +168

    The flute part was too fast. I prefer the string quartet version.

    • @sharanjotraike7571
      @sharanjotraike7571 3 года назад +1

      @JACOB H the concerto is a little to controversial I pefer simplicity

    • @sharanjotraike7571
      @sharanjotraike7571 3 года назад

      @JACOB H I agree with you partially but I’m my opinion it is the musician who brings out the true emotion

    • @rwhooshed7800
      @rwhooshed7800 3 года назад

      There's no flute playing though?

    • @MARTIN201199
      @MARTIN201199 2 года назад

      @@rwhooshed7800 they were one bar off and out of tune

  • @ЕвгенийДёмин-е7д
    @ЕвгенийДёмин-е7д 22 дня назад +2

    The musical fragment at 1:29 is my favorite, it gives me goosebumps. What beautiful music. I HAVEN'T HEARD anything better

  •  3 года назад +616

    Seats are almost empty because everyone is going to toilet or taking rest outside.

    • @josjanssen6733
      @josjanssen6733 3 года назад +13

      No, there are restrictions to the amount of people admitted because of the pandemic. Don't try to be smart when you know beforehand that you are not.

    • @dncivjrbels-1353
      @dncivjrbels-1353 3 года назад +21

      @@josjanssen6733 That comment is clearly a joke and it’s so funny you replied as if it’s serious one.

    • @PandaNesthesia
      @PandaNesthesia 3 года назад +1

      @@dncivjrbels-1353 and then you replied

    • @clauescorpio0825
      @clauescorpio0825 3 года назад

      😂😂😁

    • @gogigaga1677
      @gogigaga1677 3 года назад +1

      Covid 19 restrictions

  • @Miteevegee
    @Miteevegee Год назад +145

    This piece was so emotional and heartbreaking; Really loved when the violin made an astonishing performance at 1:34, truly heartbreaking. To give a brief review on this magnificent piece, I would start by expressing how gracefully the clarinet at 0:44 was, and starting clareneting all over the place, I could feel the music coming inside of me. I really admire how John Cage managed to compose this piece, this must have been very hard to perform, they must’ve done lots of practice. To conclude, this piece is truly hearreaching, would recommend it.

    • @Maiz_bien_rico
      @Maiz_bien_rico Год назад +3

      Truly masterpiece

    • @limeflashlight4101
      @limeflashlight4101 Год назад +2

      Not funny

    • @theedinklepeepee
      @theedinklepeepee 11 месяцев назад +1

      this was so funny and i wanted to laugh but i'm half asleep right now and the laugh was more just a "plurghph"

  • @Preppy_Frog
    @Preppy_Frog Год назад +34

    Interesting choice by the conductor to take '4'33"' at a quicker pace. It's a performance that often invites contemplation and reflection, and the variation in duration can indeed spark some interesting discussions about interpretation and intention in John Cage's work. But still, I find that the original, more extended duration allows for a deeper connection with the piece, letting the silence resonate and immerse us fully in the experience.

  • @Altonahh10
    @Altonahh10 3 года назад +59

    This was the last concert in 2020 and the encore of it. I was there and remember how painful it was to watch this final part because we all knew that it would be what would happen for the upcoming months: Silence :-(

  • @OliviaSNava
    @OliviaSNava 2 года назад +461

    I do want to point out the actual effort that the conductor and the musicians put into this performance. The conductor's efforts are obvious, he is actually gesturing and making movements as part of it, but notice also how the musicians are being attentive and present when they're actually 'playing' each movement and then are relaxing and reorienting their bodies in between each movement. It's less effort than actually playing a piece of music would be, but they clearly put on this performance with a lot of thought and consideration to Cage's original meaning. Good job guys!

    • @JentschChris
      @JentschChris 2 года назад +22

      Yeah, there was a time when Cage had trouble getting people to commit to his ideas, procedures, etc. I think these days it's easier to find musicians that are hip to his thing.

    • @kaylons
      @kaylons Год назад +11

      Best comment among the incessant trolling.

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Год назад +4

      It's the Berliner Philharmoniker! If anyone can do it, they can.

    • @ashcorcoran9219
      @ashcorcoran9219 Год назад

      shut up

    • @hehehe88
      @hehehe88 11 месяцев назад +2

      It also means a lot to the performance itself; this was just before a covid lockdown. While John Cage's original meaning stands, it also has a few social measures, like how the orchestra would be silent itself, and the seriousness presented by conductor reflects that of the general mood. Concern, worry even, over a great many things and moving parts.

  • @roshanhegde
    @roshanhegde Месяц назад +12

    How does 4: 33 end in 3:42?

    • @groovytrev
      @groovytrev 20 дней назад +7

      It's the up tempo version.

  • @hoangkimviet8545
    @hoangkimviet8545 4 года назад +70

    Simon and Garfunkel: The Sound of Silence
    Cage: That's my composition
    :-0

  • @RikerLovesWorf
    @RikerLovesWorf 3 года назад +28

    3:30 Cello dude leaving the stage smirking to himself like "lmao they paid me for this lol"

  • @NormalChannel95
    @NormalChannel95 11 месяцев назад +11

    This is literally our entire theme song, not even just ours, but the large, dark seemingly empty universe.

  • @GrimmDawn8487
    @GrimmDawn8487 Год назад +25

    The conductor looks like he's gonna break down in tears at any moment

  • @ginnungagap4804
    @ginnungagap4804 3 года назад +162

    This arrangement is amazing. It almost sounds like on the piano.

    • @xyCommander
      @xyCommander Год назад

      I hate it if they arrange everything for big orchestra. the piano version is so much intimate!

  • @garrysmodsketches
    @garrysmodsketches 10 месяцев назад +56

    it's shocking that so many people cannot comprehend how this video is extremely funny

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 5 месяцев назад

      @@garrysmodsketches it's not funny tho. It's a corny publicity stunt, and he probably gets grants from the government for the arts to make and "perform" bad art

  • @late8641
    @late8641 3 года назад +42

    I love the orchestral transcription of this piece!

  • @MARTIN201199
    @MARTIN201199 4 года назад +161

    I'm planning to make a transcription of this work for 4 choruses, a full baroque orchestra on period instruments and 100 modern pianos.
    Wish me luck

    • @user-zu3il2rr5t
      @user-zu3il2rr5t 3 года назад

      good luck bro

    • @user-zu3il2rr5t
      @user-zu3il2rr5t 3 года назад +1

      also 100th like

    • @pomtubes1205
      @pomtubes1205 3 года назад

      Where can I find it now?

    • @clauescorpio0825
      @clauescorpio0825 3 года назад

      Good idea,go!🤔😄

    • @MARTIN201199
      @MARTIN201199 3 года назад

      @@pomtubes1205 I’m making an audiophile file of the recording at 64 bits @ 768 kHz so anyone can appreciate all the nuances. Besides that, we are rehearsing a lot. We haven’t managed to hit the right tempo. Most singers are out of tune and violins tend to go faster than violas.

  • @costafinkel
    @costafinkel 10 месяцев назад +13

    Next up is going to the theaters and watching a blank screen for 3 hours! Genius! Genius! Genius! Bravo!!!

  • @alexanderkronibus2774
    @alexanderkronibus2774 3 года назад +12

    Dieses einzigartige Dirigat von Petrenko.Bravo! Absolut der Hammer. Auch das Orchester zeigt seine Stärken!!!

  • @Vanessa-ty1jt
    @Vanessa-ty1jt 2 года назад +19

    As a flautist, I always enjoy playing my part in this majestic piece🥰

  • @silaspasqualla
    @silaspasqualla Год назад +10

    I found this masterpiece a while back when I was first getting into experimental music like 100 gecs, death grips and Swans. This one specifically always stuck with me, it always makes me tear up. It brings back so many memories from when I was young, Thank you.

  • @MrJHTL
    @MrJHTL 4 года назад +211

    As this version is a good minute shorter than the composer's own timing, are we to assume that the tempi taken were too fast throughout, or perhaps there was a movement omitted, or perhaps there are optional cuts which only Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker know about?

    • @magicricky9726
      @magicricky9726 4 года назад +27

      Nowadays, there is a trend among "historically informed performers" to play everything a little bit faster…

    • @davehutchings5691
      @davehutchings5691 4 года назад +5

      You could see all three movements were performed with gaps in between.

    • @michaelkelsey4918
      @michaelkelsey4918 3 года назад +2

      As coughing is specifically written in the piece, I think it's safe to assume the left out the only part with a solo for voice

    • @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718
      @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa9718 2 года назад

      2. Movement was a bit fast

  • @kang5687
    @kang5687 2 года назад +25

    Finally i can listen music in full volume without annoying my roommate

  • @Valentin.violist
    @Valentin.violist Год назад +7

    The crazy thing is… the video is shorter than 4’33”, and this is including the applause…

    • @JC2023HD
      @JC2023HD 4 месяца назад +1

      They butchered the piece!

  • @Flutepage
    @Flutepage 4 года назад +36

    I am crying! Thanks!

  • @martinschmidt6436
    @martinschmidt6436 4 года назад +12

    Das war das letzte Philharmonische Konzert in der Philharmonie und der RBB hatte es ausgeblendet, danke das man es so sehen und hören konnte, 4:33 Gedenkminuten für die Kultur!

  • @David_Jurasek_Composer
    @David_Jurasek_Composer Месяц назад +5

    For those who don't know what is(n't) going on in this piece, basically, if you convert the title of this piece (4' 33" = 4 min 33 sec) into seconds, you'll get 273 seconds and -273 °C (well, -273.15 to be more specific) is the temperature of 0 K (also known as "The absolute zero"), at which particles in a substance don't move, so that's why he chose this type of title and why he chose it to be played like this, *273 seconds of no movement on the instrument(s)* (the main problem is that not many interpretes play it for 4 minutes and 33 seconds straight though). It truly is an interesting concept and it's actually pretty cool piece and a good troll for the audience, too!

    • @idiamondz1487
      @idiamondz1487 19 дней назад

      He should've been a writer or a poet then, not a composer.

  • @dusanjovanovic2885
    @dusanjovanovic2885 3 года назад +13

    Astonishing fact that nobody from the crowd coughed during this masterpiece 😁

  • @fluidstatic5564
    @fluidstatic5564 2 года назад +80

    I've seen this before but I only just learned that this performance retired the concert hall. What a beautiful and heartbreaking way to send a performance space into retirement. A gorgeous tribute.

    • @khateatingcactus
      @khateatingcactus Год назад +2

      i cant believe im crying over silence

    • @jacksonwilson7581
      @jacksonwilson7581 10 месяцев назад

      You are gay

    • @AntisthenesOfAthenai
      @AntisthenesOfAthenai 10 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@khateatingcactusNeither can I. You need help.

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 10 месяцев назад +2

      It's disgusting and probably done out of spite to the real performers who played there

    • @AntisthenesOfAthenai
      @AntisthenesOfAthenai 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@robbyrobot3303 You could be on to something. Maybe he's a really insecure individual.

  • @강민재-v8l
    @강민재-v8l Год назад +3

    Friend: I like this part the best
    I: Shut up. You can't hear the song

  • @ngjjoel03
    @ngjjoel03 3 года назад +13

    Worthy of a standing ovation!! Encore once more!!

  • @pedromota7569
    @pedromota7569 Год назад +11

    MAGNÍFICO!! MAGNÍFICO!! 👏👏
    The most marvellous cover I have ever heard of this most wonderful composition!!

    • @rubenteixeira4861
      @rubenteixeira4861 Год назад

      Excuse me good sir, how can i activate the sound? I require some assistance with the new technologies, i watched it like 22 times and i still cant hear it ;(

    • @pedromota7569
      @pedromota7569 Год назад

      @@rubenteixeira4861 keep watching as many times possible my son... Eventually you will be able to hear it... And when you do.. you will find bliss!

  • @AllKnowing114
    @AllKnowing114 10 месяцев назад +57

    It's like going to a Michelin star restaurant and getting an empty plate as a full meal.

    • @lucyc.5816
      @lucyc.5816 8 месяцев назад +3

      "Please, do not eat." - The Menu

    • @thecodinghumans2580
      @thecodinghumans2580 3 месяца назад

      It's like going to a Michelin star restaurant and getting an empty plate as the chef's special.

  • @icantthinkofanamesothisisi7814
    @icantthinkofanamesothisisi7814 4 года назад +20

    2:37 he looks so heartbroken and confused, the poor conductor

  • @christiancalderon603
    @christiancalderon603 3 года назад +240

    *Quietly twerking

  • @duck_gang35
    @duck_gang35 23 дня назад

    Absolutely beautiful performance. Trumpets absolutely nailed their solo at 1:25 and that violin run leading into the key change was music to my ears.

  • @강준혁-k3p
    @강준혁-k3p 4 года назад +9

    Holy..... I’ve never expected Berliner philharmonic doing this....

  • @mateuszfandri8086
    @mateuszfandri8086 3 года назад +39

    I like their sincere approach to this piece by Petrenko and the orchestra as well. Because this is about respecting silence. It's about how we listen to the sounds and how we build certain criteria which allows us to judge "this is music" or "this is not". Of course you can accuse me of saying rubbish tales, but in fact for me this is still very important musical and philosophical statement. In our terribly noisy world with all this esthetic chaos around just stay silent for a while and listen, very carefully, enjoy new unexpected sounds, ignore these which overwhelm your life, find new perspective.

    • @ParthMusic
      @ParthMusic 2 года назад +5

      in the sea of funny comments i was looking a serious comment like you.

    • @ashcorcoran9219
      @ashcorcoran9219 Год назад

      shut up

    • @ashcorcoran9219
      @ashcorcoran9219 Год назад

      @jonathanbirch2022 imagine needing a youtube video to shut up

  • @brockpiano
    @brockpiano 10 месяцев назад +1

    This has me crying right now. Beautiful piece by John Cage - taken too soon - and amazing performance by the orchestra too!

  • @teseotejidos
    @teseotejidos 8 месяцев назад +30

    Who is listening in 2024!! Give me a tumb up😅😂🎉🎉🎉

  • @tooktookishere
    @tooktookishere Год назад +13

    They surely practiced a lot for this. John Cage is a genius

  • @sammoon2499
    @sammoon2499 2 года назад +5

    literally the best double bass part ever written. And I don’t think percussionists have ever played this much!!

  • @clippygoat
    @clippygoat 2 месяца назад +8

    1:14 that piano 🔥

  • @nazimerensahin
    @nazimerensahin Месяц назад

    It was our song, it's been 9 years and I still listen to it… you don't listen loudly, your children may wake up...

  • @qweryyy1
    @qweryyy1 3 месяца назад +6

    1:02 this is so beautiful

  • @cricketinfernal
    @cricketinfernal 3 года назад +7

    Excellent job from the sound engineer on this recording!

  • @user-6-9-4-2-0
    @user-6-9-4-2-0 Год назад +1

    John cage was so kind that he took the deaf into account when making this masterpiece

  • @fede2
    @fede2 Год назад +3

    Anyone else noticed that this is actually the radio edit?

  • @KindaNice
    @KindaNice Год назад +33

    0:43 my fav part

  • @Balldontlie1744
    @Balldontlie1744 10 месяцев назад +2

    Plot twist, this is the most well known song in your life, the world doesnt stop playing music, it plays 4' 33"

  • @raynathiel8800
    @raynathiel8800 3 года назад +60

    Ok but you have to admit, the conductor somehow does a really good job of… shaping the silence? I have no idea how he did it but he did it.

    • @JentschChris
      @JentschChris 2 года назад +10

      Have to agree, ultimately. I first thought that his Movement 3 emoting (and his visible sweat) was a little over the top, but I've settled into the realization that the success of this piece depends upon the degree of seriousness that the musicians apply. So the way Petrenko did it was to convey to the musicians and the audience the letter and the spirit of the composition. Throughout Cage's life, he wasn't always so lucky with the musicians playing his music.

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 10 месяцев назад +2

      That doesn't mean anything. You are just a slave to authority if you are impressed by this stunt

    • @LobotomyDC
      @LobotomyDC 10 месяцев назад +3

      It's called being pretentious as fuck and he absolutely slam dunked it.

  • @musicabc
    @musicabc 4 года назад +6

    Their interpretation is the best one I have ever seen
    Bravo 👏🏻

  • @danenson94
    @danenson94 2 месяца назад +1

    It's great that you get paid to give several concerts around the world with just this piece 🤣😂🤣😂❤️❤️🇲🇽

  • @terronajoseph272
    @terronajoseph272 3 года назад +12

    This piece really depicts the sounds of space. Its contents seem to capture the very noise of the cosmos. Elegant. Elegant indeed.

  • @dimosthenistserikis5901
    @dimosthenistserikis5901 Год назад +3

    What a banger, I’m putting this on my playlist!

  • @Pulsonar
    @Pulsonar 4 месяца назад +1

    The one piece of music where my Tinnitus is in tune and feels perfectly at home.

  • @boriss.861
    @boriss.861 4 года назад +55

    AH well No chance of the wind affecting the strings with Covid19 then. Still Maestro Petrenko your interpretation could be a little fast?

    • @MARTIN201199
      @MARTIN201199 4 года назад

      What do you mean fast? I expect the BPO encored this “song”

    • @mwnyc3976
      @mwnyc3976 4 года назад +4

      @@MARTIN201199
      It *is* fast -- almost a full minute shorter than Cage specified in the title.

  • @YahelMusic
    @YahelMusic 4 года назад +4

    Me: trying too listen in full volume so I can listen to people coughing or something.
    Berliners: Nein.
    by the way I love mr Petrenko intensity, you can almost watch the energy moving from his hands.

  • @defnoz
    @defnoz Год назад +2

    My neighbour loves this so much, he threw a brick through my window to hear it better.

  • @yavannakementari521
    @yavannakementari521 11 месяцев назад +4

    I would feel so disrespected as a musician. Like this is what you want me to “play?”

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 10 месяцев назад

      That's probably the intent. They are hostile to beauty and competence

  • @cdm6687
    @cdm6687 Год назад +6

    The tender sounds of Jonathan Cage always succeed in making me feel a sort of panacheful joy. The shear finnese of the man with the bulging of his forehead makes me rethink my life as a professional oboe player. John Cage you rock my world!

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 10 месяцев назад

      *sheer
      Grow up, this is a publicity stunt. John Cage is laughing at you on his way to the bank

    • @golden-63
      @golden-63 5 месяцев назад

      @@robbyrobot3303 It was part publicity stunt (which worked) and partly an answer to a philosophical question.

    • @robbyrobot3303
      @robbyrobot3303 5 месяцев назад

      @@golden-63 so he's a bad philosopher and an even worse musician