Bassoonist here! At 10:20 the ophicleide is the correct instrument used in the original orchestration, but it is NOT a “cross between a bassoon and saxophone.” That description would better fit another instrument called the sarrusophone. The ophicleide is really more like a tuba or euphonium with woodwind keys and folded like a bassoon
This man is doing wonders for making classical music more accessible and for some perhaps less intimidating for such a broad scope of (also young, I hope,) people. Humor, depth, great editing! I take my hat off to you, sir!
As a 15 year old, I greatly appreciate these videos, they helped immensely with getting some of my friends into classical music, and broaden my understanding of some of my favorite pieces!
Absolutely, I'm 16 with no musical education and this gentleman is definitely making the symphony sound incredibly irresistible. Classical music has helped improve my attention span😅
Omg I would love to see an episode about Shostakovich 7! It's not just a wonderful masterpiece, but it is also interesting musically and it's backstory and it's Leningrad premiere is an incredible story.
Even though Mendelssohn didn't like this work, they were good friends. When Berlioz had his final mental breakdown after losing his son, he burned everything he has and only left a baton given by Mendelssohn and a guitar given by Paganini.
Symphonie Fantastique was a piece way ahead of its time. Hard to believe it was written just three years after Beethoven. Not that Beethoven wasn't way ahead of his time, but Symphonie Fantastique - WOW! Berlioz was the real inventor of the symphonic poem. Lizst just popularized them.
Every single time I have listened to the fourth movement, I have always imagined that Berlioz is just an quiet old man, who just loves some military marches and the sound of trumpets. I would never ever have thought that In reality it is a March to the scaffold. Or imagined how twisted he is and the symphony is. He is a genius
I didn't watch the Olympics opening but I saw a still from it of the blue guy surrounded by fruit, and my first thought was hey it's the Faun from Understanding Classics!
Hi. I started watching this series because I wanted a quick introduction to rite of spring. Now I'm watching them one by one - I've found it extremely captivating. I hope there will be more!
here are some ideas for next episode: 1: Carmen (Bizet) 2: L'Arlésienne (Bizet) 3: William Tell (Rossini) 4: The Barber of Seville (Rossini) 5: Aida (Verdi) 6: Rigoletto (Verdi) 7: Má vlást (Smetana) 8: The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) 9: Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) 10: Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) 11: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) 12: Faust (Gounod) 13: Water Music (Handel) 14: Egmont (Beethoven) 15: The Bartered Bride (Smetana) Which one do you like to do for next episode?
This channel needs to be recognized. I hope you guys come back strong and don’t give up on the channel. This type of videos is very entertaining and has jnfinite possibilities. I guarantee you you’ll be rewarded for coming back and perservering!❤❤❤
Symphonie Fantastique is one of my favourites. Nothing like getting melancholic and drinky while listening to it. 😆 I had no idea about the subtext of the peice, but now it makes total sense. Bloody artists.
I put myself to the task of memorizing each instrumental line in the score.... I've been studying this Symphony for what I'd say is 4 or 5 years and this work of Berlioz in particular still affects me with goose bumps and explosive amounts of emotion, I've never felt so surrendered by sound, thus my dream to one day conduct this piece.
I am hearing this Symphony performed in Sydney, AUSTRALIA this coming weekend. I absolutely did not recognise a single piece of music in it. However, I wanted to understand what I will be hearing and this presentation has been fantastic. I have watched it several times and also listened to Fantastique being performed on RUclips as well. I can’t thank you enough.
Right loser, they want money otherwise they won’t do anything. If you’re willing to pay a lot of money for a youtube video (how sad does that sound?) then go ahead. Also Mahler is overrated.
This video was suggested to me by RUclips, and I was intrigued. I've always loved this symphony ever since a dear, departed friend introduced it to me a decade ago. I never knew the story behind it, nor Berlioz's past. This video, as silly as this may sound, brought me to to tears. Thank you, sir, for this incredible video, and thank you for letting me hear Berlioz anew.
@@ClassicsExplained Really is worth. For people like me with a dumb-ear that still like music, this stuff is really the best. It's just a sweet bonus that it is in cartoon form.
You mentioned Mendelssohn in this presentation. He not only revived Bach's St. Mathew Passion (for Easter), he is also known for The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Concert Overture, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Songs without words (including Spring Song), Festgezang (the work behind Hark the Herald Angels Sing), Elijah, Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Hear My Prayer.
@@pianosbloxworld4460 he was quite….a dickhead…but he was quite kind otherwise, and we can hear his desperation- I have sympathy for him but maybe I’m biased being into Mendelssohn
I really have to agree with the other comments on your other video, the animation is sheer genius, being entertaining and historically accurate. Hat's off to the animator. BRAVO
You mentioned Chopin in this presentation. He wrote Waltzes (Including Little Dog, aka Minute), Nocturnes (Including no2 in E Flat Major), Preludes (Including Raindrop), Scherzos (Including no. 1 which quotes an old Polish Carol), Mazurkas, Polonaises (Including Military), etc.
Thank you so much for this video!! As a music student and a general lover of music, this channel has inspired me so much. Please keep making these great videos!
I love your videos, I'm so glad you're keeping up with them! Ophicleide is an important instrument in the music history because it is the forerunner of saxophone. Adolphe Sax supposedly invented the saxophone by experimenting with putting the woodwind (probably bass clarinet) mouthpiece on the ophicleide.
@@rynedresbach3446 I have heard that Berlioz used not only the ophicleide, but an even earlier instrument, the serpent, in that movement, to emphasize the brutal, primitive sound of the chant...
@@Lucius1958 Yes, that is correct. However, he later revised the score to call for two ophicleides. They, in turn, have largely become supplanted by tubas in modern settings.
You are the best with the animations, history and explanations for young generations! PLEASE ONE ABOUT THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS BY SAINT-SAENS! (big fan here!)
"The full Tarantino treatment"... that said it all! I first heard this piece explained in live concert in 1974, but your video was so much more entertaining after all these years. I side with Mendelssohn-haha
Loved this video! Just got done hearing the Boston Landmarks Orchestra perform this piece. (Poor Hector ... although his vivid imagination produced a fantastical piece of music!)
Hello Berlioz. That was crazy. Thank you though. I have a message from Harriet Smithson: “You stalker simp!!” And a message from an audience member Mendelssohn: “You’ve discouraged me from taking drugs forever.”
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ALL HAIL HECTOR BERLIOZ, KING OF THE SIMPS
The first Emo.
Hahhahah
So it’s Berlioz the stalker, simp, and drug addict.
@@glenngouldschair390 and amazing musical artist
@@Vienic2 Oh wait, did I forget that?
Bassoonist here! At 10:20 the ophicleide is the correct instrument used in the original orchestration, but it is NOT a “cross between a bassoon and saxophone.” That description would better fit another instrument called the sarrusophone. The ophicleide is really more like a tuba or euphonium with woodwind keys and folded like a bassoon
"what better way to represent hell than with a fugue" i nearly choke on my snack lmao
Wherhee that’s true or not..
This man is doing wonders for making classical music more accessible and for some perhaps less intimidating for such a broad scope of (also young, I hope,) people. Humor, depth, great editing! I take my hat off to you, sir!
You are absolutely right. They are doing a tremendous job 👏👏👍
As a 15 year old, I greatly appreciate these videos, they helped immensely with getting some of my friends into classical music, and broaden my understanding of some of my favorite pieces!
Hi @@aidanm.2044, that's so great to hear! Keep on loving music 🎶!
Absolutely, I'm 16 with no musical education and this gentleman is definitely making the symphony sound incredibly irresistible. Classical music has helped improve my attention span😅
@@aayushyadav3365 that's wonderful! So glad to hear music has helped you in that way =)
You know the saying... "There is no fury like a simp composer scorned."
they only said that because of berlioz lol
I love that. He is my composer, he is as silly as me!
Babe wake up, classics exaplained just uploaded
Omg I would love to see an episode about Shostakovich 7! It's not just a wonderful masterpiece, but it is also interesting musically and it's backstory and it's Leningrad premiere is an incredible story.
Almost all Shostakovich's symphonies are interesting musically
@gigogrom symphony no.2 'megalul
You took the words out of my mouth..!
ME TOO
this was thoroughly informative and disturbing, I now understand Mendelssohn's horror about this piece now lmao
Hahahahhaha
Mendelssohn: how scandalous.
Even though Mendelssohn didn't like this work, they were good friends. When Berlioz had his final mental breakdown after losing his son, he burned everything he has and only left a baton given by Mendelssohn and a guitar given by Paganini.
8:33
This was because Berlioz salvaged parts of his abandoned opera “Les Francs-juges” and incorporated them into the movement
Symphonie Fantastique was a piece way ahead of its time. Hard to believe it was written just three years after Beethoven. Not that Beethoven wasn't way ahead of his time, but Symphonie Fantastique - WOW!
Berlioz was the real inventor of the symphonic poem. Lizst just popularized them.
9:35
Literally one of the hardest excerpts to play on Eb clarinet
And today I learned it’s about witches drinking and twerking
ha! Thanks for this comment
lol, I played Bb clarinet myself; I thought Simple Gifts was tough.
Every single time I have listened to the fourth movement, I have always imagined that Berlioz is just an quiet old man, who just loves some military marches and the sound of trumpets.
I would never ever have thought that In reality it is a March to the scaffold. Or imagined how twisted he is and the symphony is.
He is a genius
* diabolical laughter Monty-Python-style ALL through the episode* Thank you, guys!
I didn't watch the Olympics opening but I saw a still from it of the blue guy surrounded by fruit, and my first thought was hey it's the Faun from Understanding Classics!
Beethoven: *had a crush on Elise*
Hector: *Is simp for a girl*
No wonder why Beethoven is his Idol
Beethoven was the precursor of the simp. Also I see that Berlioz admired every aspect of Beethoven. Look at his hairstyle.
I’m playing this for my middle school band concert:)
Fantastique!
Like, the original or the suite by Michael Story?
@@GreenBoy9000 i’m not sure, i know it’s modified for bands instead of orchestra though. we did it with the high school:)
RUclips algorithm please pick up! This channel is GOLD!!!
Me and my husband who is a music teacher, musician, etc and I are really enjoying this video we are half way through. 7:58 currently.
Hi. I started watching this series because I wanted a quick introduction to rite of spring. Now I'm watching them one by one - I've found it extremely captivating. I hope there will be more!
here are some ideas for next episode:
1: Carmen (Bizet)
2: L'Arlésienne (Bizet)
3: William Tell (Rossini)
4: The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
5: Aida (Verdi)
6: Rigoletto (Verdi)
7: Má vlást (Smetana)
8: The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
9: Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
10: Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)
11: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
12: Faust (Gounod)
13: Water Music (Handel)
14: Egmont (Beethoven)
15: The Bartered Bride (Smetana)
Which one do you like to do for next episode?
Leningrad Symphony (Shostakovich)
Daphnis et chloe (Ravel)
St.John’s night on bald mountain!!!!! ( the original and the re-orchestration)
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Love Má vlást!
This channel needs to be recognized. I hope you guys come back strong and don’t give up on the channel. This type of videos is very entertaining and has jnfinite possibilities. I guarantee you you’ll be rewarded for coming back and perservering!❤❤❤
Symphonie Fantastique is one of my favourites. Nothing like getting melancholic and drinky while listening to it. 😆 I had no idea about the subtext of the peice, but now it makes total sense. Bloody artists.
I put myself to the task of memorizing each instrumental line in the score.... I've been studying this Symphony for what I'd say is 4 or 5 years and this work of Berlioz in particular still affects me with goose bumps and explosive amounts of emotion, I've never felt so surrendered by sound, thus my dream to one day conduct this piece.
Please come back. I miss these so much!!!
I am hearing this Symphony performed in Sydney, AUSTRALIA this coming weekend. I absolutely did not recognise a single piece of music in it. However, I wanted to understand what I will be hearing and this presentation has been fantastic. I have watched it several times and also listened to Fantastique being performed on RUclips as well. I can’t thank you enough.
We hope you enjoy the performance!
I’m going to see this live tomorrow, and having this knowledge is going to make it SO much more fun! This video is the BEST!
I LOVE the Melancholy Land map !
Berlioz’s expressions are just so on point 😂
Thank you so much. Symphony fantastique has been my favorite classical composition for the last 2 months.
What entertaining videos. Must watch for everybody!
Genius. This series is AMAZING!!!!
Seriously without any exaggeration this is one of the greatest videos on RUclips history .
I can't say thank you enough
i hope we start getting more content soon! this channel has saved me so many times in music history
I love the fifth movement of this piece! Thank you for the outstanding video!
It has been over a year and I am still hoping for Episode 15! (Mahler Symphonie Nr. 6 would be great! I never found a good introduction to Mahler)
Right loser, they want money otherwise they won’t do anything. If you’re willing to pay a lot of money for a youtube video (how sad does that sound?) then go ahead.
Also Mahler is overrated.
@@alegendamongmen Can u just relax the animators producers etc…works really hard to make patreons/money
I miss these, but the ones that are already here are just amazing :’)
I love learning the stories behind the music.
Where did u go why did u go please come back there's so much more I wanna listen about 😭😭
This video was suggested to me by RUclips, and I was intrigued. I've always loved this symphony ever since a dear, departed friend introduced it to me a decade ago. I never knew the story behind it, nor Berlioz's past. This video, as silly as this may sound, brought me to to tears. Thank you, sir, for this incredible video, and thank you for letting me hear Berlioz anew.
3rd movement is beautiful. As a violist. I feel fresh playing the melody of that movement.
Love this comment - so good
Rossini's William Tell Overture also had a ranz des vaches but this leads to a famous galop at the end.
So hyped he is back!
Amazing vid, worth the wait 100%
Love this comment - thank you so much. Sorry such a long wait :)
@@ClassicsExplained Really is worth. For people like me with a dumb-ear that still like music, this stuff is really the best. It's just a sweet bonus that it is in cartoon form.
Can’t wait to see how you add humor to a Mahler or Bruckner symphony. Great videos!
Totally lol
This video was SPECTACULAR, thank you so much for making classical more accesible :) great work!!
You mentioned Mendelssohn in this presentation. He not only revived Bach's St. Mathew Passion (for Easter), he is also known for The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Concert Overture, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Songs without words (including Spring Song), Festgezang (the work behind Hark the Herald Angels Sing), Elijah, Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Hear My Prayer.
Hooray! He’s back!
YOU'RE BACK!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!
“ dont do drugs kiddos” got me dying 😂
These are some of my favorite videos on all of RUclips.
I am very glad you are back at it making them!
This story is incredible i absolutely love it
Thank you sir for this hardwork 🙏
Please keep making more!! Love these narrated classics!!!
They won’t unless people give them money. Is so that they can get out of a job and get money from using other people’s recordings. It’s selfish
@@alegendamongmen Bro people always give the creators money!!
I recently found this and I love it every minute of it! Keep up the good work!
This is honestly the best video i have ever seen
Oh hooray!
You have return!
This was lovely piece of music to the very funny animation. I can not wait for your next one...
Truee
Poor Harriet. She didn’t deserve the crap Berlioz put her through
ikr, and what if she became an alcoholic because of him??? being stolked by and then forced to marry????? my gosh its a bit extreme innit
Well I feel bad for both
@@whalien_translations Berlioz is an extremist.
@@pianosbloxworld4460 well yes I have realised
@@pianosbloxworld4460 he was quite….a dickhead…but he was quite kind otherwise, and we can hear his desperation- I have sympathy for him but maybe I’m biased being into Mendelssohn
What a great time to discover your channel! I love your videos, they’re so accessible. Looking forward to more!
So... This was the most amazing thing I've watched in a long time!
Great video. Thank you so much!
I have been waiting for the new ep!
I really have to agree with the other comments on your other video, the animation is sheer genius, being entertaining and historically accurate. Hat's off to the animator. BRAVO
Thanks so much - really appreicated :)
I love your content😍😍
I can see why you spent more time than usual it looks quite excellent
Yes
my god, this channel should have MILLIONS of views and subscribers...incredible work
ありがたい動画！！知らない情報たくさん知れました！
Fascinating video. I absolutely adore your work!
This is a Simpony
That was awesome!
You mentioned Chopin in this presentation. He wrote Waltzes (Including Little Dog, aka Minute), Nocturnes (Including no2 in E Flat Major), Preludes (Including Raindrop), Scherzos (Including no. 1 which quotes an old Polish Carol), Mazurkas, Polonaises (Including Military), etc.
Thanks for another great episode on my favourite symphony. Keep it coming Ben this channel is gold, love ya lots.
Thank you so much for this video!! As a music student and a general lover of music, this channel has inspired me so much. Please keep making these great videos!
THANK YOU!! this is a treat indeed.
I am utterly confused
But it’s really addictive
Ikr! Perhaps it's because it is the slightest bit... Relatable??
Great video!
I love your videos, I'm so glad you're keeping up with them!
Ophicleide is an important instrument in the music history because it is the forerunner of saxophone. Adolphe Sax supposedly invented the saxophone by experimenting with putting the woodwind (probably bass clarinet) mouthpiece on the ophicleide.
Ophicleide, however, is not a woodwind instrument; rather, it's a form of keyed brass.
@@rynedresbach3446 I have heard that Berlioz used not only the ophicleide, but an even earlier instrument, the serpent, in that movement, to emphasize the brutal, primitive sound of the chant...
@@Lucius1958 Yes, that is correct. However, he later revised the score to call for two ophicleides. They, in turn, have largely become supplanted by tubas in modern settings.
You are the best with the animations, history and explanations for young generations! PLEASE ONE ABOUT THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS BY SAINT-SAENS! (big fan here!)
Rhapsody in Blue next please! Love the content!
Once again a fantastic video. Much Love to the animators.
Great video! I had requested this a while back, keep up the amazing work!
very good
Thank you so much for this video!!!! Keep up the good work!!!
Much appreciated - thanks for your support
Oh, this video was Fantastique!
Thanks so much :))
Based on The Faust Legend.
Your best one yet! This was so enjoyable.
LOVED IT! KEEP EM COMING
Thanks for the work you put into these. They're great!
This is so well done!!
"The full Tarantino treatment"... that said it all! I first heard this piece explained in live concert in 1974, but your video was so much more entertaining after all these years. I side with Mendelssohn-haha
Mendelssohn what? He stole Harriet?
Loved this video! Just got done hearing the Boston Landmarks Orchestra perform this piece. (Poor Hector ... although his vivid imagination produced a fantastical piece of music!)
Ok.. I thought Symphonie Fantastique was awesome, but this has taken things to a crazy new level
I listened to this for a North Central State College music appreciation class.
Thank you for another great episode!
Can't wait for Beethoven's *Eroica* :)
Was waiting for a new video! Can you do one about works of Mahler and Bach too?
Thanks for this video. It was awesome!
A thing I find interesting is that you published this video with the same opus number as the piece: 14
Hello Berlioz. That was crazy. Thank you though. I have a message from Harriet Smithson:
“You stalker simp!!”
And a message from an audience member Mendelssohn:
“You’ve discouraged me from taking drugs forever.”
YAASS!!! I just recently found this channel and I can’t believe you decided to continue with these series! 🥳
This is utterly fantastic!
11:49 Mendy needs a hug 😭
I love Harriet's derpy face at 12:45! 😂
I am studying music history and your videos have helped me so much! Thanks for the great content on this channel!
Love this - thanks so much :)