Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony: Quick Guide

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @balthazarnaylor5874
    @balthazarnaylor5874 4 года назад +125

    this is in my opinion one of THE most beautiful pieces of music ever created.

  • @chansolpark6860
    @chansolpark6860 4 года назад +57

    probably my favorite beethoven symphony. There are no weak movements in this one-each one contains uniquely joyful melodies, and it's perfect, not just for happy moments, but making moments happy!

    • @JRCSalter
      @JRCSalter 4 года назад +2

      You're absolutely right. Though I think 3 and 9 just beat out 6, the Pastoral Symphony is close to perfection.

    • @owlcowl
      @owlcowl 4 года назад +2

      Some sophisticates find the storm embarrassingly literal, but this is after all meant to be a programmatic work. There really are no weak movements in any of the symphonies, altho there will always be that perennial debate about the finale of the 9th. But even the first is a perfect little Haydenesque gem al;ready exhibiting the Beethovenian personality.

    • @SamTahbou
      @SamTahbou 4 года назад +4

      Apparently Beethoven was a lover of nature, or at least the countryside, and it shows.

    • @arturmoraes5655
      @arturmoraes5655 4 года назад +3

      @@SamTahbou indeed he was, he used to compose while walking through the woods

    • @mostafa12890
      @mostafa12890 4 года назад

      The fourth movement would not agree. The main melody of the movement is not joyful in any way, but it’s still spectacular!

  • @bw2082
    @bw2082 4 года назад +105

    People can have the 3rd 5th and 9th. I like the pastoral the best

    • @jakemilburn
      @jakemilburn 4 года назад +13

      Back off, 6 is mine😂

    • @oceanmachine1906
      @oceanmachine1906 4 года назад +16

      7th is mine

    • @owlcowl
      @owlcowl 4 года назад +4

      You obviously prefer the relaxed Beethoven over the heroic one. No shame in that.

    • @mikrokorg4403
      @mikrokorg4403 4 года назад +4

      7 & 8 mate? Amazing! What about the third?!

    • @mgraysonhay
      @mgraysonhay 4 года назад +2

      Though I think 5th and 9th are still the greatest in my opinion, 6 is my third favourite for how simply beautiful it is!

  • @saricubra2867
    @saricubra2867 2 года назад +8

    This symphony is revolutionary, not only for telling a continuous story but using the orchestra as a sound design tool.

    • @johnhill762
      @johnhill762 6 месяцев назад

      The story it tells is all the value. Imagine Beethoven during the modern age of cinema. He missed it by mere decades.

  • @mgraysonhay
    @mgraysonhay 4 года назад +15

    Though I have always loved Beethoven’s 6th based on the sheer musical beauty of the symphony alone, this video has once again helped me learn so much more about this wonderful symphony! It just goes to show me I have much to learn about classical music, even though I have a deep love of it! Thank you again for all of the hard work put into your videos, I am really enjoying and learning from them!

  • @RickJones222
    @RickJones222 4 года назад +3

    There are very few works that, no matter how many times I have heard them, they touch my soul like the first time. This symphony is sublime. Thanks for the discussion.

  • @arturmoraes5655
    @arturmoraes5655 4 года назад +9

    Thank you for this upload, the pastoral symphony is the most beautiful thing Beethoven ever wrote( my opinion)

  • @JRCSalter
    @JRCSalter 4 года назад +18

    It may be cliched, but this is my absolute favourite piece of music to listen to when going for a walk in the country. Also, the ending to the third movement to me has always sounded like the dancers running for shelter at the first sound of thunder.

    • @johnhill762
      @johnhill762 6 месяцев назад

      It is about events out in the country. So why not listen to it in such an environment? Seems perfect.

  • @mr-wx3lv
    @mr-wx3lv 4 года назад +3

    It's my favourite Beethoven symphony, because it's easy on the senses. And just so beautiful.

  • @samifaheem1266
    @samifaheem1266 4 года назад +4

    This symphony and its accompanying sonata are some of the most beautiful works of music ever created

    • @katrinat.3032
      @katrinat.3032 4 года назад

      I like to listen to the 6th Symphony before I fall asleep at night. it's such a beautiful dreamlike quality to the symphony and it's just so relaxing!!!

    • @gabrielnascimento161
      @gabrielnascimento161 4 года назад

      What is this sonata you refer to?

    • @physicsisawesome696
      @physicsisawesome696 2 года назад

      @@gabrielnascimento161 I think he mean sonata no.15 in D major "pastoral"

  • @Gourav_Guitarist
    @Gourav_Guitarist 4 года назад +9

    Really appreciate your efforts! Thank You!

  • @SamTahbou
    @SamTahbou 4 года назад +3

    I appreciate this symphony so much more after watching the Pastoral event earlier this summer. Thank you for adding more to my knowledge on it.

  • @piano8556
    @piano8556 4 года назад +3

    love your quick guides!

  • @mostafa12890
    @mostafa12890 4 года назад +9

    This symphony, along with the 8th, is my favorite.

    • @owlcowl
      @owlcowl 4 года назад

      Both perfectly constructed for their purposes and a delight to the ear. The 8th is more profound, which is why its been called "the little giant" of the set, and was a favorite of the composer.

    • @matschbrotchen
      @matschbrotchen 4 года назад +3

      F major really fits to you, huh?

    • @shanubag6785
      @shanubag6785 4 года назад

      Esp the 3rd movement of 8th symphony

    • @mostafa12890
      @mostafa12890 4 года назад +1

      Matschbrötchen Alpha I didn’t even notice both were in F major! F major and it’s relative minor are my favorite keys so maybe that’s why.

    • @rogerchavez2531
      @rogerchavez2531 4 года назад

      Mine too! Usually don't hear much talk of the 8th! Good ear!

  • @johnhill762
    @johnhill762 6 месяцев назад

    What moves me most about this piece is that it’s so cinematic. It tells a story through music, sort of like watching a movie without any words or images - just the soundtrack.
    It’s proof that Beethoven would’ve been one hell of a film composer.

  • @tommasorossi578
    @tommasorossi578 4 года назад +32

    After this beautiful guides you should do if you can an analysis of the "how to train your Dragon" Trilogy, It would be spectacular!

    • @samifaheem1266
      @samifaheem1266 4 года назад +2

      Tommaso Rossi Seconded!

    • @mostafa12890
      @mostafa12890 4 года назад +2

      Thirded!

    • @InsidetheScore
      @InsidetheScore  4 года назад +8

      @@mostafa12890 I would like to - I've only seen the first one. Huge John Powell fan though - would take a lot of careful thought and listening - and finding something new to say, though I'm sure that's possible

    • @lostorsossi3510
      @lostorsossi3510 4 года назад

      @@InsidetheScore WOW that would be SPECTACULAR

    • @johnlassater3493
      @johnlassater3493 4 года назад +1

      @@InsidetheScore i think that a complete analysis of that beautiful score would be a beautiful journey

  • @antarasinha8639
    @antarasinha8639 3 года назад +1

    Divine Music & great explanation 🌈😇🙏🙋

    • @darshanpatil7777
      @darshanpatil7777 3 года назад +1

      Glad to see Indians interested in western classical music

  • @selinschoenbeck
    @selinschoenbeck 4 года назад +2

    You deserve much more views! Thanks a lot for your analysis 👌

  • @billzhangZhang
    @billzhangZhang 4 года назад

    This is my all time favorite music channel

  • @bb5bucks
    @bb5bucks 4 года назад +5

    I listened to the podcast yesterday, haven’t watched the video yet but I’m interested to see a direct comparison.

  • @The_Wizard_Owlin_Celestial
    @The_Wizard_Owlin_Celestial 3 года назад

    This is my favorite work by Beethoven

  • @ericw2391
    @ericw2391 4 года назад +1

    This channel is going to be huge! After I saw the video on fugue recommended by RUclips, I subscribed immediately!

  • @ruthe.2292
    @ruthe.2292 4 года назад +1

    I really can’t wait for the seventh symphony it’s my favorite

    • @katrinat.3032
      @katrinat.3032 4 года назад

      The second movement of the 7th Symphony is so awesome. I love the video with George Solti conducting the 7th Symphony

  • @emily_defelice21
    @emily_defelice21 4 года назад +1

    thanks for making this! didn't get this mush info from listening to the Symphony 3 times

  • @pgodfrin
    @pgodfrin 2 года назад +1

    The 5th mvt was the first lullaby my darling daughter heard, 18 years ago today.

  • @exitolaboral
    @exitolaboral 3 года назад

    Very good music!!!! It is one of his best!!!! Shepherd's song is outstanding.

  • @liampitcher
    @liampitcher 4 года назад +3

    “I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.”
    ― Leonard Bernstein

  • @elemusic19
    @elemusic19 4 года назад

    The 5th movement is my favorite piece of music of all time.

  • @TheMarcHicks
    @TheMarcHicks 4 года назад +1

    You can clearly see the connective tissue that joins together the 5th Symphony, 6th Symphony & 4th Piano Concerto. That 4 note.motif features strongly in all 3 pieces.

  • @Lukz243
    @Lukz243 4 года назад +1

    I felt so much joy when I listened to it in Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance (on Fantasia world)

  • @poplife123
    @poplife123 4 года назад

    Great analysis ..... Thank you

  • @Lordran__
    @Lordran__ 4 года назад +1

    To me, the part of the storm movement @ 7:35 evokes an image of the sun breaking through the clouds after the deluge

  • @chmendez
    @chmendez 2 года назад

    We have to say it again. Beethoven is the greatest.

  • @kirionj.a.w1147
    @kirionj.a.w1147 4 года назад +3

    I hope someday you will make commentaries on Telemann's best compositions! Great video by the way!

    • @ruthe.2292
      @ruthe.2292 4 года назад

      Yeah, I like Telemann, he does good viola music. Some of the viola players at my school played his viola concerto once.

  • @PaulieWalnuts1776
    @PaulieWalnuts1776 4 года назад +2

    The funny thing is that the 6th premiered before the intermission, and then the 5th premiered lol. The opus numbers are still in order for 5 and 6 but technically the 6th is the first symphony to feature a trombone part and not the 5th.

  • @SimonParker-hv6uu
    @SimonParker-hv6uu 10 месяцев назад

    For me, it's about redemption and grace. Particularly the transition between the 4th and 5th movts.

  • @dabeamer42
    @dabeamer42 4 года назад

    regarding the storm -- once upon a time, someone pointed out to me that Beethoven (perhaps accidentally) got the movement of lightning correct. The stabs in the middle of the fourth movement, which correspond to lightning and thunder, move *upwards* (see the violin part at 7:14). Eventually, when physicists and slow-motion cameras could take apart a lightning bolt, we found out that lightning (the light, not the electrons) does indeed start by going upwards (then, of course down/up/down...)

  • @Paolo8772
    @Paolo8772 4 года назад +3

    It may be programatic but there's no vocals or even words. One of Beethoven's best works and likely favourite symphony written by him. But it was an expression of feeling, not a painting (As you said) ;) )

  • @robertedwards5184
    @robertedwards5184 4 года назад +2

    Beethoven composed this wonderful music without the use of computers and other modern gadgets to help him. What a Genius. 😆😆😆

  • @micheasz2552
    @micheasz2552 4 года назад +2

    Great video as always :) . Have you ever thought about making videos about other symphonies than Beethoven ones ? Brahms, or Dvorak for example...

    • @ruthe.2292
      @ruthe.2292 4 года назад +1

      We were going to play the third movement of Dvorak’s eighth symphony for our spring concert, but school got canceled a few days before. It was sad.

    • @micheasz2552
      @micheasz2552 4 года назад

      @@ruthe.2292 Favourite piece of Editor-San :) ? Well, it is a shame then, that it was cancelled :( . Hopefully there will be a chance to play it after all that mess .. .

  • @leflanged2707
    @leflanged2707 4 года назад

    I can’t wait for you to do the guide for the 7th

    • @ruthe.2292
      @ruthe.2292 4 года назад

      Oh same I love that one!! Do you play an instrument?

  • @MichaelCwll
    @MichaelCwll 4 года назад

    I hear this symphony when i go for a morning walk

  • @chloeedmund4350
    @chloeedmund4350 Год назад

    Fantasia makes so much sense now.

  • @ThiagoTheobald
    @ThiagoTheobald 4 года назад

    I would love to see an analysis of Beethoven's Egmond Overture.

  • @danamohsen3447
    @danamohsen3447 4 года назад +3

    Where can I find the podcast that talks about the symphony in more detail, please?

  • @XenophonSoulis
    @XenophonSoulis 4 года назад

    Can you put this video in the Quick Guides Playlist please?

  • @rontimms8980
    @rontimms8980 3 года назад

    ...the first and the last are by far my favorites. the beginning and the ending-if you know what I AM saying.

  • @smurfd64
    @smurfd64 4 года назад +1

    Please make an analysis of the composition Yugo Kanno Traitor Requiem.

  • @juwonnnnn
    @juwonnnnn 4 года назад +1

    👏

  • @officialgreenson4201
    @officialgreenson4201 4 года назад +2

    well,i dont know really what kind of instrument they have in the music score.i know only they really good to listen to

    • @gabrielnascimento161
      @gabrielnascimento161 4 года назад

      There are several. String section is made by violins, violas, cellos and basses. Woodwind section has flutes, piccolo, oboes, clarinets and bassoons. Brass sections has french horns, trumpets and trombones. And there is timpani on the percussion section.
      This is what we have at this work, and quite representative of what we generally find at early romantic symphonic music. The instrumentation can change a lot depending on the work you're listening to.

  • @kaleishagavin1995
    @kaleishagavin1995 4 года назад

    How does Beethoven -6th symphony-Pastoral compares to the Baroque , Classical , and The Renaissance?

  • @MrLandale
    @MrLandale 11 месяцев назад

    0:13 This is not the first programmatic symphony. Dittersdorfs "Metamorphoses" symphonies from 1783 was before.

  • @caroline.m.barbosa
    @caroline.m.barbosa 4 года назад +1

    it would be very good for the subscribers if it had subtitles in Spanish and Portuguese.It's just a suggestion!

    • @InsidetheScore
      @InsidetheScore  4 года назад +1

      If you provide them I can insert them. I don't speak Spanish I'm afraid :)

    • @caroline.m.barbosa
      @caroline.m.barbosa 4 года назад

      @@InsidetheScore RUclips itself can add subtitles, I hope I helped
      How to enable translated subtitles on RUclips. Click the subtitles (CC) icon on a video; Select Spanish or another language of your choice;
      If any languages ​​are not listed, you can select the option of automatic subtitles, which are translated by Google Translate into your default language;Click on the settings icon below the video screen;Click on Subtitles / CC; Click on "Translate Automatically"; Select a language.

  • @danielboschetti7594
    @danielboschetti7594 5 месяцев назад

    In which form is written the 4th movement?

  • @brodymclaughlin
    @brodymclaughlin 4 года назад

    Pleaseee do a Discovering Classical Music Podcast on Mahlers 3rd

  • @leo17921
    @leo17921 4 года назад

    cant wait until the quick guide for 9 lol

  • @masp441
    @masp441 Год назад

    👍

  • @rc3754
    @rc3754 4 года назад +1

    Hmmm... What a well-mannered group of human beings. How unusual.

  • @matildavuolo3694
    @matildavuolo3694 3 года назад +1

    I didn't understand

  • @MrRickschott
    @MrRickschott Год назад

    Probably the greatest recording of it ever made Bruno Walter: Columbia: ruclips.net/video/JBS7MnT_JmM/видео.html

  • @reelnate
    @reelnate 4 года назад

    You should do a why Franz Liszt was genius

  • @ColocasiaCorm
    @ColocasiaCorm 5 дней назад

    Boring.

  • @MegaAlterSack
    @MegaAlterSack 3 года назад

    The end of the fourth movement is clearly taken from Bachs choral "So nimm denn meine Hände"