As a listener, I don't know if my brain would be able to handle that. I would need to listen to something like Messiaen afterwards or, at the very least, Stravinsky to help cleanse my auditory palette.
terrifying. you can feel the desperate confusion and panic they felt that day. absolute hysteria in the face of something that should not exist obliterating and disfiguring the people and the earth permanently. an unnatural force incomprehensible in its magnitude and destruction, that inspires not awe but pure fear of the unknown.
@@Professor1789It was NOT the emperor BUT the military officers, especially Hideki Tojo who forced to continue the war.; he used emperor's name to controll Japanese people's mind at the time of WWII; that is a basic knowledge in Japanese history. (I am by no means a nationalist or a royalist,) And most of teenagers know about this. Have you ever been to Hiroshima and talked to them? I recommend you to research thoroughly, since your motivation seems very good, but the prejudice and the assumption are blocking your way.. .if you would like to be a real educator, just as Dr. Edward Said emphasised in his Orientalism, when you speak about other culture, do the thorough research, try to go deep into the culture itself. please. Nevertheless, Penderecki was a great composer, RIP
Sorry, dude, but that's horseshit. This piece was originally not written having the victims of Hiroshima in mind and it was called 8'37". Penderecki renamed it before showing it to the public outside of Poland.
@@kakadu2004 But only if the book is in the fiction section. Most of what this person wrote is provably false and can be cross-checked by reading research articles and journals by actual historians.
This was actually painful to listen to - not that it is not good, but that it viscerally hurts on a psychological and emotional level to hear this. I've never had music do that to me before.
check out "Quartet for the End of Time" by Olivier Messiaen. Written for prisoner string quartet in a German prison camp for British and French officers. The last movement will cause you to weep.
Check out the version of Henryk Gorecki Symphony 3 that Penderecki conducted exactly a year before his death with Beth Gibbons of Portishead and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Probably the most beautiful composition/recording I know.
I wrote a final paper on Penderecki and this piece my senior year in college. I was extremely fortunate to be able to find a copy of the score at my university's library. As someone who was not overly familiar with avant-garde music, this score totally blew my mind.
This piece of music (and other pieces such as Polymorph and Dream of Jacob) is one of the most terrifying pieces of music I've ever had the pleasure to hear. the part at 2:50 to 4:45 is perhaps the most frightening part. Its filled with such an empty feeling of space. The high sustain notes contrasting with the lower sustain notes give this dark atmosphere that slowly drives you into madness or some other form of discomfort. It's an amazing contrast from the chaos ridden introduction. Now, to be honest he never intended (at least from my knowledge) for his pieces to be terrifying, but by Odin did he succeed.
I believe that is intended to represent the detonation of the bomb. It's so startling and sudden. It puts you in the mindset of those victims - you are going about your daily life or whatever and then suddenly you are thrust into absolute, unthinkable terror that you can't even begin to comprehend.
I can't imagine how long it took you to do this but it is SO appreciated. I studied this work at university and it was much more difficult to follow the score without your marvellous annotations. What a stunning piece and again, thank you. With all good wishes.
Musica super vanguardista de alto voltaje, dónde la imaginación va caminando hacia muchos caminos distíntos, a veces tenebrosos y otros muy gerreros. En cuanto al solfeo, para mi, imposible de seguir. Pienso que sustituir la melodía y variantes del post-romanticismo va a ser una tarea muy dificil, aunque no imposible.
There are only two types of classical music: a) nostalgic / historic music, which is a music written up to the day before yesterday. And b) music (like this one) that has it's own new vocabulary and grammar and reflects the lives we're busy living NOW!🥣😎🍷🍓😀🏺
This animated score really helped my analysis on the piece for my composition class because it showed exactly when things were occurring. Thanks for being awesome!
This is the most intense piece of music I've ever heard. Every hair on my body is standing on end. It actually hurts, but I couldn't stop listening. Holy fuck.
As a child I listened to the Houston Symphony Orchestra, under Andre Previn, play this piece in the late 1960's. It held fascination I could not describe. Now I can much better appreciate the piece and its complexity by viewing the score and focused portions as it is being played. Thanks for sharing this video!
I swear at 8:20 you could seriously hear voices, is that just me? Wonderful piece and very interesting notation though this is by far one of the best recordings and animations on this piece. This thing gave me serious chills.
I suppose that must have been a pain in the ass to animate... But how on earth did this man manage to *actually write this*? And how the hell does one conduct an orchestra to *ACTUALLY PLAY IT?!* Just... wow...
Well it isn't conducted how normal somgs are. It's done by a timer, meaning the conductor uses a stop watch and the instruments have to line by seconds.
One really cool thing about this composer is that he “heard colors” so when he heard a sound he recognized it as a color. So his scores were actually very colorful.
Originally written as an etude and titled 8'37" in dedication to John Cage. Penderecki changed the title to submit to the UNESCO International Composition Jury competition, which the piece won in 1961. The power of context. ;)
Honestly the quiet parts hit me more than the chaotic parts. Like it makes me so sad. It feels almost wrong in a way. Absolutely sad piece of history. It makes me feel so scared to live in a society where this is even remotely possible. May all of those innocent lives rest in peace
"...the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization." - Emperor Hirohito
@@kil44ua43 you've must forgot war isn't a who does more crimes game, and that two atomic bombs aren't the same to soldiers killing peoples and lager experiments, two atomic bomb is pure power of evilness
@@kil44ua43 The German government perpetrated the Holocaust, the worst and most mechanised genocide in modern history, and even then, I think that dropping a nuclear bomb on Berlin would have been absolutely unconscionable. The second you punish civilians for the crimes of the state is the second you give in to absolute barbarism.
Discovering this piece changed my perception on what music could be. Finding this excellent video was like finding the holy grail of all score videos. Rest in peace.
Amazing piece that captures the horror of what happened in Hiroshima. The time it was composed is interesting too as the Cuban Missile Crisis happened a few years later - nuclear warfare was still a very real threat at the time it was written, and this could have been at least part of the inspiration to write this and dedicate it to the victims of Hiroshima.
I have known this piece for over 40 years. I think I have every version available on CD and one rare version on vinyl. And I once had the conductor's score as well. I have still yet to see this performed live in a concert hall in the SF Bay Area. I hope some group performs it here and I'll be able to see it in person in my lifetime.
It's almost like the score is a piece of art in itself. And you did a wonderful job with animation. It certainly helped me appreciate this music much more.
*One of the great masterpieces of 20th century avant garde music.* *Fun Fact: Penderecki's original title for this piece was "8 :37". Upon hearing his own piece performed the first time, Penderecki renamed it to its rather more well known and infamous title we know and love.*
This is the most visceral piece of music I've ever heard. I've actually avoided listening to it because of how traumatising it is. Despite that, it's the reason I love Penderecki: the raw viscerality of his music. No one else I've heard can match it. Rest in peace, Penderecki. Your music was and still is incredible.
I have always found this piece to be interesting, and exhausting. I'm grateful I was not one of the people who had to read the score. It's surprising how much more traditional he became in his later years, and some of that music is really beautiful. Kudos for the animation. Great job!
Thank you for the score-I've always wondered how some of the sounds are produced and this showed me. I love this piece and would love to use it in a film about the 2 attacks on Japan. The first few seconds of this sound like a sustained scream by hundreds of people, as if frozen in time just before detonation. "As if a thousand voices suddenly cried out in terror, or were suddenly silenced. I feel as if something terrible has happened."
@@robertwilliams4682 Or even better when stoned, but I do not recommend it with hallucinogens...but then again, 😉 who knows? Edit: I need to update my playlist, does someone have any actual recommendations to listen to when hungover? Inquiring minds...
You've done a tremendous job animating this score. Thanks for putting in all the time and effort - the result is so clear. It works well as a visual accompaniment when you're listening to the music or as a study aid. 10/10!
The first time I listened to this, it actually scared me. I do like it, though. Still, if there's any song out there that I find scary, this is definitely it.
***** Well when looking at the real definition of song it derives from singing, yet nowadays everyone calls every piece of music a song and therefore that's that. Does it mean it's wrong?
This is a wonderful piece of music. The way that the sounds all come together really impart a sense of imminent doom and the world coming apart at the seams. If I ever have the option, I cannot pass up a chance to listen to this live.
Wow, what a piece! What a piece! Very interesting and thrilling music, and what a remarkable job you did with the animation! Not an easy task at all. Thank you for sharing and especially for making the other video explaining the notation.
I did an analysis of this years ago in college and made a scrolling score (long before RUclips was around). You have done an awesome job of presenting each entry in the score. I love the zoom effect. Very nice.
@mezzodolce: I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Many years ago when my Theory Teacher passed out the sheet music I, too, was quite overwhelmed. I made it a goal to produce an animated version so that viewers, like you, could enjoy such intense, yet intriguing, contemporary compositions. I'm grateful for the feedback you've left. P.S. Please tell me your boyfriend is performing this piece in Southern California! I've been wanting to see it performed live for such a long time.
Penderecki sure knows how to make an atmosphere. Throughout the entire piece you can hear screams and explosions and whatnot; props to Penderecki for going where no other composer has ever gone.
I attended a performance of this at the San Francisco Symphony back in 2015. I sat in the terrace seats behind the orchestra. It was fascinating to watch the conduct. MANY thanks for providing this animated score.
After listening to this, I listen to Bach's organ works. (Especially fugue) Bach's fugue heals people's hearts and brings peace to the world. Thank you gerubach.
Thank you so much for making this video. I love Penderecki's music and his extended techniques. Please do more, maybe Polymorphia, Jacob's Dream, De Natura Sonaris I and II (I hear he composed a De Natura Sonaris III that hasn't been recorded yet!) His sonaristic period was something special and unique in all of music.
ASOMBROSO! Siempre he admirado esta pieza.... y esta animación ayuda a comprender la complejidad de su composición... Penderecki es uno de los grandes!
Wow, this is really something profound, great contemporary music, a depiction of a sick world, but within 10.000 years everything is new and fresh again. Yes.
The animation is flawless and creative. The piece is creative and flawless, truly resembling its title, thought beforehand or not. Shivers down the spine indeed.
The students in my Music Since 1900 class and I want to thank you for doing this animated score. You made it easy to follow, and I liked how you focused on various parts of the score. That was great! (Speaking as an American composer, though, someday, I intend to write a threnody for the victims of Pearl Harbor.)
It pleases me that your students were given the opportunity to see Penderecki's composition and that it helped you with your class. When you finish your compositions please let me know. I would like to hear your creation.
Wow, thanks for sharing. I can't say I enjoyed the music any more the second time hearing this, but I was able to appreciate the form this time. Again, thanks for taking us through the score.
Absolutely horrifying to listen to, but so important. I did not expect to so instantly understand the suffering of this traumatic event. I started crying within 60 seconds of this piece.
Thank you so much for this rendition and the score. I love this piece of music and had to purchase the CD for myself when I graduated with my music degree. I need a Theory/Analysis Club!
I was introduced to this via academic competition, where this was written about as part of the music subject in the 1960’s theme. Its description intrigued me, and I’m so glad I decided to check this out.
"Aww honey, they're playing our song!"
Small Friye genius! :)
Yes babe
Ahahaha!
Hiroshima mon amour ?
@@franckmousset4022 Oui Oui
I love classical music. It’s so relaxing.
:D
This isn’t something to joke about
@@croissant3777 name checks out, nice
Heu ok 😂😂😂😂😂
@@croissant3777 the joke is that this doesn’t smooth the mind
Imagine playing this at concert immediately followed by a Haydn string quartet.
As a listener, I don't know if my brain would be able to handle that. I would need to listen to something like Messiaen afterwards or, at the very least, Stravinsky to help cleanse my auditory palette.
Or even worst:JC Bach hahaha (i love both JC and Haydn by the way)
Not that much different than my mixed cassettes back when I was in music college. You get used to the shift.
Or even like it,i know i like weird shift of mood in playlists sometimes.
challenge accepted
If this doesn't express the horror of those who died in the bombings, I don't know what does.
The horror of the bombings itself expresses the horror, this is just a piece of music
Torches from "The Armed Man" by Jenkins also comes close.ruclips.net/video/2FcY-W1bS-Y/видео.html
I just imagine hell waking up.
@@johnappleseed8369 very clever have a medal
you can't express it really
terrifying. you can feel the desperate confusion and panic they felt that day. absolute hysteria in the face of something that should not exist obliterating and disfiguring the people and the earth permanently. an unnatural force incomprehensible in its magnitude and destruction, that inspires not awe but pure fear of the unknown.
Atoms are not unnatural. Nor is a nuclear reaction. You see it happening in the sky every day.
@@Professor1789 What a fascinating comment. Do the world a favor and write a book, please.
@@Professor1789It was NOT the emperor BUT the military officers, especially Hideki Tojo who forced to continue the war.; he used emperor's name to controll Japanese people's mind at the time of WWII; that is a basic knowledge in Japanese history. (I am by no means a nationalist or a royalist,) And most of teenagers know about this. Have you ever been to Hiroshima and talked to them? I recommend you to research thoroughly, since your motivation seems very good, but the prejudice and the assumption are blocking your way.. .if you would like to be a real educator, just as Dr. Edward Said emphasised in his Orientalism, when you speak about other culture, do the thorough research, try to go deep into the culture itself. please. Nevertheless, Penderecki was a great composer, RIP
Sorry, dude, but that's horseshit. This piece was originally not written having the victims of Hiroshima in mind and it was called 8'37". Penderecki renamed it before showing it to the public outside of Poland.
@@kakadu2004 But only if the book is in the fiction section. Most of what this person wrote is provably false and can be cross-checked by reading research articles and journals by actual historians.
This was actually painful to listen to - not that it is not good, but that it viscerally hurts on a psychological and emotional level to hear this. I've never had music do that to me before.
Which also goes to show what a genius Stanley Kubrick was in using this piece of "horror" music in The Shining!
check out "Quartet for the End of Time" by Olivier Messiaen. Written for prisoner string quartet in a German prison camp for British and French officers. The last movement will cause you to weep.
I mean.......................
Kubrick did not use this piece of music in The Shining.
This is not "horror music"
Something must be wrong with me. I LOVE IT.
I will never again complain about performing, or even composing, being difficult.
Penderecki died March 29 2020 and I had no idea. Rest in peace, and may we never forget the horrors of Hiroshima
Check out the version of Henryk Gorecki Symphony 3 that Penderecki conducted exactly a year before his death with Beth Gibbons of Portishead and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Probably the most beautiful composition/recording I know.
I never dreamed music could even begin to express this event. AS extreme, as final, as the blinding flash.
Yeah... I'm trying to write a song about it right now. nothing close to this.
try Mahler's 6th. this is a walk in the park compared to its terrors
This is like the definition of horror music
That honour goes to Bieber
+TheApostleofRock What about Gangam Style?
You've never heard Toxic by Britney Spears or I want to hold your hand by the Beatles then!
well they do use some of Penderecki's tunes in "the exorcist"
ahahahahhaha
THIS is a certified HOOD CLASSIC
Lmao
The funniest comment on youtube, sad it will go under the radar
BRUH xdddd
This made my year
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I wrote a final paper on Penderecki and this piece my senior year in college. I was extremely fortunate to be able to find a copy of the score at my university's library. As someone who was not overly familiar with avant-garde music, this score totally blew my mind.
**scrolls through comments**
"pssh, it can't be THAT scary..."
10 minutes and 32 seconds later:
**rocks back and forth and whimpers**
This piece of music (and other pieces such as Polymorph and Dream of Jacob) is one of the most terrifying pieces of music I've ever had the pleasure to hear. the part at 2:50 to 4:45 is perhaps the most frightening part. Its filled with such an empty feeling of space. The high sustain notes contrasting with the lower sustain notes give this dark atmosphere that slowly drives you into madness or some other form of discomfort. It's an amazing contrast from the chaos ridden introduction. Now, to be honest he never intended (at least from my knowledge) for his pieces to be terrifying, but by Odin did he succeed.
that part is definitely the most terrifying
What are you on about? I don't understand how it's frightening
Have you you heard Mica Levi's theme/score for Under The Skin?
@@11cylynt11 No but an interesting suggestion.
@@ARTalive01 hope you like it.
The beginning of this piece gives me massive anxiety
I believe that is intended to represent the detonation of the bomb. It's so startling and sudden. It puts you in the mindset of those victims - you are going about your daily life or whatever and then suddenly you are thrust into absolute, unthinkable terror that you can't even begin to comprehend.
I can't imagine how long it took you to do this but it is SO appreciated. I studied this work at university and it was much more difficult to follow the score without your marvellous annotations. What a stunning piece and again, thank you. With all good wishes.
Musica super vanguardista de alto voltaje, dónde la imaginación va caminando hacia muchos caminos distíntos, a veces tenebrosos y otros muy gerreros. En cuanto al solfeo, para mi, imposible de seguir. Pienso que sustituir la melodía y variantes del post-romanticismo va a ser una tarea muy dificil, aunque no imposible.
KL
You patronising and pretentious pillock. It is complete DRIVEL. And it is certainly not music. It really is VILE!
wut?
There are only two types of classical music: a) nostalgic / historic music, which is a music written up to the day before yesterday. And b) music (like this one) that has it's own new vocabulary and grammar and reflects the lives we're busy living NOW!🥣😎🍷🍓😀🏺
This animated score really helped my analysis on the piece for my composition class because it showed exactly when things were occurring. Thanks for being awesome!
THIS IS ABSOLUTE PAIN. YOU CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE DYING AND CRYING FOR HELP. MUSICAL GENIUS BUT TORTURE AT THE SAME TIME. 10/10 WOULD CRY AGAIN
+Danny D You had me at "10/10 would cry again" XD
+Noah Roberts Oh lord it is worse. Humanity never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for the extra nightmares Noah! xD
The high pitched noise is the explosion, all the drums are the dead bodies falling,they never got a chance to scream...
@@feara5738 the "drums"are actually the bodies of the string instrument, the entire piece is string
@@yln7586 we know that, but he meant what the noises supposed to represent
This is the most intense piece of music I've ever heard. Every hair on my body is standing on end. It actually hurts, but I couldn't stop listening. Holy fuck.
As a child I listened to the Houston Symphony Orchestra, under Andre Previn, play this piece in the late 1960's. It held fascination I could not describe. Now I can much better appreciate the piece and its complexity by viewing the score and focused portions as it is being played. Thanks for sharing this video!
I swear at 8:20 you could seriously hear voices, is that just me? Wonderful piece and very interesting notation though this is by far one of the best recordings and animations on this piece. This thing gave me serious chills.
Bob Smith aaaaaah!
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Yes the cellos squeeking
I think those are dogs barking with fear
I think that was pizzicato. On a cello, violin or dubble bass.
I suppose that must have been a pain in the ass to animate...
But how on earth did this man manage to *actually write this*?
And how the hell does one conduct an orchestra to *ACTUALLY PLAY IT?!*
Just... wow...
+BrianDMS Like 7:45, god dammit, i don't even... xD
+BrianDMS oh alright, i see Penderecki himself conducted it :D
Well it isn't conducted how normal somgs are. It's done by a timer, meaning the conductor uses a stop watch and the instruments have to line by seconds.
songs*
One really cool thing about this composer is that he “heard colors” so when he heard a sound he recognized it as a color. So his scores were actually very colorful.
8:19 that sounds like a guy crying for help jesus this piece is scary
It was supposed to show the terror of the bombing of Hiroshima
It sounds more like seals to me but still scary!
Originally written as an etude and titled 8'37" in dedication to John Cage. Penderecki changed the title to submit to the UNESCO International Composition Jury competition, which the piece won in 1961. The power of context. ;)
the equivalent to adding a sob story title when posting a random picture on reddit for loads more karma
@@MusicalArmageddon gosh i love this comment.
but i think maybe this "new" title somehow like a match of context. (imo)
Honestly the quiet parts hit me more than the chaotic parts. Like it makes me so sad. It feels almost wrong in a way. Absolutely sad piece of history. It makes me feel so scared to live in a society where this is even remotely possible. May all of those innocent lives rest in peace
"...the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization."
- Emperor Hirohito
Even such weighty words could never truly indict the United States for such an unforgivable crime against all of humankind.
@@hexwolfi you’ve must’ve forgotten the things the Japanese did during the war
@@kil44ua43 you've must forgot war isn't a who does more crimes game, and that two atomic bombs aren't the same to soldiers killing peoples and lager experiments, two atomic bomb is pure power of evilness
@@kil44ua43 classic american response
@@kil44ua43 The German government perpetrated the Holocaust, the worst and most mechanised genocide in modern history, and even then, I think that dropping a nuclear bomb on Berlin would have been absolutely unconscionable. The second you punish civilians for the crimes of the state is the second you give in to absolute barbarism.
Today Feb 24, 2022 was a day I, and the world, need to hear this piece again. War leaves a wake of victims. My condolences to the people of Ukraine.
The purpose of art is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.
- Banksy
As a music student, this animation is a great aid. Thank you!!
Discovering this piece changed my perception on what music could be. Finding this excellent video was like finding the holy grail of all score videos. Rest in peace.
Amazing piece that captures the horror of what happened in Hiroshima. The time it was composed is interesting too as the Cuban Missile Crisis happened a few years later - nuclear warfare was still a very real threat at the time it was written, and this could have been at least part of the inspiration to write this and dedicate it to the victims of Hiroshima.
I love the way the image zooms in and out to emphasize different parts of teh score.
I have known this piece for over 40 years. I think I have every version available on CD and one rare version on vinyl. And I once had the conductor's score as well. I have still yet to see this performed live in a concert hall in the SF Bay Area. I hope some group performs it here and I'll be able to see it in person in my lifetime.
It's almost like the score is a piece of art in itself. And you did a wonderful job with animation. It certainly helped me appreciate this music much more.
*One of the great masterpieces of 20th century avant garde music.*
*Fun Fact: Penderecki's original title for this piece was "8 :37". Upon hearing his own piece performed the first time, Penderecki renamed it to its rather more well known and infamous title we know and love.*
Wow, these are very dramatic animated scores!
This is awesome, thanks for this gerubach!
The most incredible, exciting and insightful animated score I've seen yet! Thank you!!
This is the most visceral piece of music I've ever heard. I've actually avoided listening to it because of how traumatising it is. Despite that, it's the reason I love Penderecki: the raw viscerality of his music. No one else I've heard can match it. Rest in peace, Penderecki. Your music was and still is incredible.
This is an incredibly helpful thing you're doing. Keep it up!
I have always found this piece to be interesting, and exhausting. I'm grateful I was not one of the people who had to read the score. It's surprising how much more traditional he became in his later years, and some of that music is really beautiful. Kudos for the animation. Great job!
Rest In Peace Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
Thank you for the score-I've always wondered how some of the sounds are produced and this showed me. I love this piece and would love to use it in a film about the 2 attacks on Japan. The first few seconds of this sound like a sustained scream by hundreds of people, as if frozen in time just before detonation.
"As if a thousand voices suddenly cried out in terror, or were suddenly silenced. I feel as if something terrible has happened."
Thanks for finding this and posting this composition. It is great to put head phones on and close your eyes. THANK YOU
Not the best piece of music to listen to while hungover
Vanessa Holguin i wouldn’t recommend it
But it is the best piece to listen to while drunk
@@robertwilliams4682 Or even better when stoned, but I do not recommend it with hallucinogens...but then again, 😉 who knows?
Edit: I need to update my playlist, does someone have any actual recommendations to listen to when hungover? Inquiring minds...
That is a masterful performance. I would die happy as part of that orchestra! Thanks for the excellent animated score.
You've done a tremendous job animating this score. Thanks for putting in all the time and effort - the result is so clear. It works well as a visual accompaniment when you're listening to the music or as a study aid. 10/10!
this is absolutely terrifying, in a good way.
*bad way
The first time I listened to this, it actually scared me. I do like it, though.
Still, if there's any song out there that I find scary, this is definitely it.
I know what you mean. This made me quite anxious.
Beauty? BEAUTY? Fuck no. This song is many things, but beautiful is not one of them. It is terror. It is horrifying. It is chills down your spine.
I was breathing heavily by the end of this. That's how intense this is.
That is what it makes it beautiful...
I don't hear someone sing. So this isn't a song.
***** Well when looking at the real definition of song it derives from singing, yet nowadays everyone calls every piece of music a song and therefore that's that. Does it mean it's wrong?
***** This is a piece, not a song. There's a difference.
This is a wonderful piece of music. The way that the sounds all come together really impart a sense of imminent doom and the world coming apart at the seams. If I ever have the option, I cannot pass up a chance to listen to this live.
Wow, what a piece! What a piece! Very interesting and thrilling music, and what a remarkable job you did with the animation! Not an easy task at all. Thank you for sharing and especially for making the other video explaining the notation.
I did an analysis of this years ago in college and made a scrolling score (long before RUclips was around). You have done an awesome job of presenting each entry in the score. I love the zoom effect. Very nice.
@mezzodolce: I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Many years ago when my Theory Teacher passed out the sheet music I, too, was quite overwhelmed. I made it a goal to produce an animated version so that viewers, like you, could enjoy such intense, yet intriguing, contemporary compositions. I'm grateful for the feedback you've left.
P.S. Please tell me your boyfriend is performing this piece in Southern California! I've been wanting to see it performed live for such a long time.
Thank you for animating this. It's wonderful!
I almost start to clap and stand up after watching this great job man!! Congratulations!!! very great and attractive animated score!!!!
Standing ovation for your animation and graphics. LOVE John Mar. Worked with him at IVC and loved his teaching style.
Absolutely impressive! The music and your awsome work on the score! Thanks for sharing!
Penderecki sure knows how to make an atmosphere. Throughout the entire piece you can hear screams and explosions and whatnot; props to Penderecki for going where no other composer has ever gone.
Thank you very much for making the video. it is perfect
Many thanks for taking the time to make this video. Always fascinating to follow the score, It makes it come alive.
Thank you so much for the dedication of sharing the score. Keep on doing it!
Somehow you managed to make the score look equally as terrifying as the music, amazing work
notation as horrifying as the music
The ending, watching and listening to that decrescendo occur sent shivers down my spine.
This animated score is so good. thank for making this
I attended a performance of this at the San Francisco Symphony back in 2015. I sat in the terrace seats behind the orchestra. It was fascinating to watch the conduct. MANY thanks for providing this animated score.
RIP to this man...
such a legend
amazing. i really felt what it must've been like. sends shudders down my back.
This is absolutely chilling. And I am impressed by the sheer effort that must have been involved in animating the score. Well done.
I have heard this work many times but did not get the full impact until I saw your photos at the end. Thanks so much for sharing.
After listening to this, I listen to Bach's organ works. (Especially fugue)
Bach's fugue heals people's hearts and brings peace to the world.
Thank you gerubach.
Thank you so much for making this video. I love Penderecki's music and his extended techniques. Please do more, maybe Polymorphia, Jacob's Dream, De Natura Sonaris I and II (I hear he composed a De Natura Sonaris III that hasn't been recorded yet!) His sonaristic period was something special and unique in all of music.
I really appreciate what you did. Incredibly well done! Congratulations! With your animation is even more painful and real to hear this masterpiece.
Thanks for all the effort that went into this
ASOMBROSO! Siempre he admirado esta pieza.... y esta animación ayuda a comprender la complejidad de su composición... Penderecki es uno de los grandes!
Me puedes decir qué es lo quiere expresar
Wow, this is really something profound, great contemporary music, a depiction of a sick world, but within 10.000 years everything is new and fresh again. Yes.
Bravo for animating this score. Beautifully done. Excellent piece.
Thank you for this posting. Great job! Educative and Evocative as well.
At 8:15 a sea lion joins the party.
Damn you 😂😂now I can't listen to that part without thinking of sea lions
Rest In Peace, Krzysztof Penderecki. And great score animation from Gerubach! 👍
The animation is flawless and creative. The piece is creative and flawless, truly resembling its title, thought beforehand or not. Shivers down the spine indeed.
A million thanks for this incredible effort!
did anyone else's brain melt?
A really scary piece! I am really perplexed by this notation.
Excelente trabajo de edición! Facilita muchísimo el acercamiento a la estructura de ésta icónica obra..Gracias!!
this is the most gorgeous piece of music I have ever heard. Thank you to whoever wrote this masterpiece
The students in my Music Since 1900 class and I want to thank you for doing this animated score. You made it easy to follow, and I liked how you focused on various parts of the score. That was great! (Speaking as an American composer, though, someday, I intend to write a threnody for the victims of Pearl Harbor.)
It pleases me that your students were given the opportunity to see Penderecki's composition and that it helped you with your class. When you finish your compositions please let me know. I would like to hear your creation.
terror made music.the composer did a great job at it
I've never seen a score like this. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. It was thrill to follow along with it. Thank you.
Respectable job. This stuff clear up the complexity of this work. A real master piece inspired in a unfortunate event.
this is why you never pass a 7th year theory student the aux
I believe some of this music was used in the film "the Shining" Awesome !
Fantastic job with the animation, it really helps bring out what's going on in the score.
What a fantastic score animation, thank you for posting!
I really like this piece, and I admire Penderecki for creating this work
And for his stunning 1976 performance heard here (from the 1994 Penderecki compilation "Matrix 5", despite what's listed in the video notes).
This was me and my wife's wedding song, which might explain why she's now my EX-wife
This has been so helpful to me thankyou for making this
Wow, thanks for sharing. I can't say I enjoyed the music any more the second time hearing this, but I was able to appreciate the form this time. Again, thanks for taking us through the score.
Absolutely horrifying to listen to, but so important. I did not expect to so instantly understand the suffering of this traumatic event. I started crying within 60 seconds of this piece.
this makes me feel so scared but at the sametime i cant stop listening to it
Same
Thank you so much for this rendition and the score. I love this piece of music and had to purchase the CD for myself when I graduated with my music degree. I need a Theory/Analysis Club!
I was introduced to this via academic competition, where this was written about as part of the music subject in the 1960’s theme. Its description intrigued me, and I’m so glad I decided to check this out.