I love it. I think many more places need to adopt that same policy. especially since I teach at the high school level. If you're old enough to have a phone you're old enough to hang LOL not really. Yes really to the idea but note actually doing it
The conductor is much more important than you, or anyone prior here, can imagine! The conductor here is an American guest conductor from Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and her name is Sarah Hicks. For this concert Sarah chose the music and spent several days going over each part for each section making notes as to how she wanted the music to take shape. She then rehearses the orchestra sharing her view and notes. These are all top shelf musicians but left to their own individual interpretation of a song the end result would be chaos! The conductor sets the tempo which may or may NOT be the recommended tempo recommended on the sheet music. The conductor will put his/her stamp on the music in terms of communicating what she wants them to do at any particular point and time. In Sarahs case she also had to teach several of the musicians how to play some of the obscure instruments that were required for this concert including a "Jews Harp" for one of the other songs played at this concert. If you notice this piece of music has been viewed over 92 million times in 3 years! Sarah did an outstanding job! Also, Sarah has a degree from Harvard in music composition, graduating Magna Cum Laude (with highest honors) as well as other degrees from other universities. The conductor is so much more than just a human metronome.
It seems, tha you are a fan of Sarah Hicks. That's OK. It's right that normally a conductor decides the tempo of the work. But it has not to be too far from the original, so that we can hear the willing of the composer. At the end of the day the audience shall not say: "I didn't hear Morricone, I heard Hicks." The conductor also decides in which volume each instument or instument group has to play and sometimes how much instruments of each kind has to play. For all these desisions the orchestra has some rehearsals. During the performance the conductor shows the tempo and controls and "conducts" the volume and shows each instrument group and the singers when to start or change the articulation. So the main job is to know when what shall happen and to control if it works and to adjust the orchestra or the singer(s). The whole orchestra and each singer does a very good job here. I think everybody had fun and that shows me that Sarah did a good job. Congratulations to all!
The conductor keeps the 80 orchestral players and two 40-person choirs synchronized, volume levels correct, times transitions, and times orchestral groups' entrances and exits. A conductor can make or break a performance.
The conductor tells the horns, "your too loud, not loud enough, etc., " gives all 100 people the beat that she wants followed, so they can all start, stop, at the proper time.
By the time they get to performance, the conductor is mainly just giving the beat. A little bit of dynamics. You will notice how many orchestra members are looking at the conductor. Even soloists (and don't get me started on that English Horn player). But most of that stuff has been worked out in rehearsal.
The role of the conductor is BEFORE the concert! It is he or she who decides on the interpretation of the work according to their personal vision. During the concert, his role is less but essential. It is a benchmark for all musicians who can sometimes number 150. Tuva Semingsen (she does the wha wha) is an international level mezzo-soprano. She knows how to do other things. Since this concert she has been nicknamed LADY WHA WHA and as she has a lot of humor it amuses her a lot, she is proud of it.
She still gets Fan Mail from this concert, which has now been seen an Absolutely, Absurd Amount of times! And she is in the very Top, so we are proud of having her on a loan, as the Top Conductor!
serape (name of the cape) I was born in 1965 and this melody still haunts me. You do look to the conductor for timing, build up, let down, etc. She/he provides the emotion in a way through timing and tempo throughout the music. You don't want to be the person in the orchestra who misses your cue!
Your absolutely right, the musicians are the ingredients and the conductor is the chef that brings it all together to make something beautiful for the senses.
ok, your reactions are a true TRUE breath of fresh air!! I've been trolling the reaction channels, like most of us have the last couple years, and it's difficult to find authentic reactions. Yours are so welcome, fun, entertaining and your comedic flair and commentary kills me and has me in stitches every single time!!!
Fun fact : E. Moriconne and S. Leon were very good friends. S. Leon came to see E. Moriconne with only the script for certain scenes from his films. Moriconne made the music and the scenes were shot ACCORDING to the music..... Pure genius.
Double-commenting, I know, but: The conductor's job is indeed to keep the orchestra on time. The conductor needs to be able to tell if a certain section is not in sync with the rest of the orchestra and bring them back in line. The musicians will look to the conductor for guidance on timing and how forceful or soft they need to be. 100 people playing instruments without a conductor to guide them will have a hard time staying in tune. Naturally, this orchestra has demonstrated that they can. It requires a lot of practice, though. The instrument you couldn't identify at the beginning is an ocarina. I went to see them live in August 2021, when they played their second sci-fi themed concert, parts of which are now up on RUclips.
Exactly! Great comment. Really good musicians can feel the orchestra's time and just kind of watch the baton in their peripheral vision. It's less-seasoned orchestras, say in School and College, that rely on the Conductor more to keep in-time. That said, the main thing ALL orchestras really, really need a conductor for is *changes* in tempo and style, per Mulrich's comment ^. You can't have 100 people giving their own interpretations of "Largo", "Rubato", "Allegro"...and when the Time Signature changes? Chaos without the Conductor.
The Conductor's main responsibilities are rehearsing the various music sections to work together... Think of a Head Chef who selects the best foods, having them blend together in just the right preportions, cook them at just the right temperature, and the meal is served with the Chef overseeing the servings... Could the food taste just as good without the Head Chef overseeing the meals?!? Yes... But this way the Chef feels good that They are there ensuring the dinner is served correctly...
You're pretty much spot on about the role of the conductor, it's to direct the musical flow and keep the ensemble together. But what you're seeing here is only part of their job. The conductor also directs practice sessions, and so they have pretty much absolute control about the direction they want the musicality to go to. They might tell their musicians "oh I want to have a slight accelerando on this part [speeding up] and here, in measures 157-160, the horns can be more dominant" and all the stuff like that. What you're seeing on-screen is just the end result of that and yeah, you're right, at that point, probably the musicians could perform without the conductor. It's still useful to have that direction up front, so that you're always on time together, that you accelerando and decelarando together and all those little things. She can also give mid-performance guidances when she feels that they're off at some point, like possibly guiding some part of the orchestra to play more quietly or something like that. So yes, all in all, the conductor is extremely crucial in big orchestras like this. When you have small 4-man bands, you can make these creative decisions together, as a group, and then during the performance, pretty much rely on the drummer to keep the appropriate meter, and everyone else will follow from there. But in bigger orchestras like this you really need a conductor whose sole job it is to keep these things together.
I remember this movie as a kid. My brother thought he was Clint Eastwood. You know back in the day when kids could play with little silver cap pistols and not get arrested or worse. Beautiful Orchestration. Great reaction. Thx Eddie 😎
Thanks a lot mate for this reaction video. Im happy to see you are just as impressed as I am. Im actually going to experience this Danish Symphony Orchestra performing this exact play in Copenhagen august 20th Im so excited ;) ✌️🎼🏜
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You're not the first Reactor to ask 'What does the Conductor Do' and I have to say, as a Brit, this puzzles me: don't they teach music in American Schools? The Conductor, (in this case, the astonishing Sarah Hicks) isn't there simply to keep time. Her job is to produce the actual arrangement of the piece. She has to produce music sheets for every individual player and decides how, when and where they get to play their part! They are not simply 'Playing' what the original composer wrote: this is a Sarah Hicks Arrangement - think of the work that entails, having to write the individual music sheets for every player! THAT'S what the Conductor does.
@@ralfmeyer9086 thanks Ralf, though I will have to take your word on that as we Brits don't have quarterbacks in our football teams....I guess our Captains are the equivalent!
@@swanvictor887 Yes, you are right.But in Football the Quarterback conducted the whole Team, what they have to do. In our europian football, the Captain is only a Member of the Team, with respect from the others. Greetings from nothern Germany to Britan
@@ralfmeyer9086 Oh, I thought you were American, Ralf! Greetings from a Welshman living in Brunei, where it's rather rainy tonight! Hope I can pop over to Europe later in the summer, covid permitting. Let's hope for a nice peaceful summer, we all need a good break. take care and stay well.
A symphony orchestra conductor has many roles, including: Interpreting the score: The conductor interprets the score and conveys the composer's intentions to the orchestra. Setting the tempo: The conductor sets the tempo and tells the orchestra when to start, stop, or slow down. Leading the orchestra: The conductor leads the orchestra through gestures, body movements, eye contact, and facial expressions. Teaching the orchestra: The conductor rehearses the orchestra to ensure they understand the score and perform well together. Providing feedback: The conductor provides feedback to individual musicians to help them perform well. Encouraging collaboration: The conductor encourages collaboration and cohesion among the orchestra members. Coordinating with venue administrators: The conductor helps coordinate lighting and other logistical details with venue administrators. Creating a unique performance: The conductor may change or supplement elements of the music to create a unique and inspiring performance. Conductors act as artistic leaders, teachers, and time-beaters. They are in a pivotal role between the composer, performers and the public.
Here you'll find answers for conducting orchestras: ruclips.net/video/3G6gGsCjMlU/видео.html Sarah Hicks, the conductor of this piece, was guest conductor for some famous orchestras. She also conducting this western piece of Ennio Morricone ruclips.net/video/efdswXXjnBA/видео.html btw: The little instrument in the beginning (at 0:32) is an Okarina. And yes of course we all can clap these boards. But the percussionist doesn't clapping all the time. He also play the tubular bells, the triangle and many other percussion instruments. Try to see (and listen to) a big orchestra live. It's mindblowing!
That second instrument was an ocarina, often called a sweet potato. The lady on the conductor. They keep all the musicians in time and coming in at the proper time.
A good conductor (the person with the baton) is awesome! They not only control the tempo and rhythm of the entire group, they know from memory, every note of every instrument and voice (perfect acoustic memory). That is how they know, in rehearsal, if anyone comes in wrong or is off pitch (saw a documentary centuries ago, about the training of a orchestra conductor). The conductor doesn't improvise ... but in some pieces, the primary instrument player (say concert piano) can improvise around the basic score. The two prima donnas did a remarkable job ... and any semi-solo player (oboe for example) has to be perfect, because their errors won't be drowned out by the rest of the orchestra.
I live in the town of Placerville..the name used to be Dry Diggins but because of so many hangings it became Hangtown because it was where the circuit judge came..trials were held, the guilty were hung right there in the town square, no waiting around..the stump of that hanging tree is beneath a bar now on Main Street..the name of the bar is Hangmans Tree..this town is full of Gold rush history and lots of hanging on that tree..stealing a man's horse or his gold got you hung...
That instrument is an ocarina. Invention of American cultures (as far as I know). This piece of music has many tribal reminiscences, both in instruments and in choirs (the women sound like Indian tribes).
The conductor of an orchestra is a fundamental figure. She is the one who imprints her own concept of the musical piece during rehearsals, she is the one who decides which instruments should sound more or less, she is the one who sets the rhythm, the cadence. All the musicians and performers in the room have an eye on her, as well as the score. She marks time for the entire orchestra and choirs. Without her it would be difficult for everyone to agree on the tempo. Depending on what musical piece we are talking about, the director's work during the concert can be simple or tremendously complicated. In the case of this video, it is a simple task, because the melody is simple, but if, for example, you go to Mozart, or to any romanticist composer... ugh, things change a lot. The directors end up exhausted.
Of all the reviews I have watched to-date, you are the first reviewer to notice the revolver earrings, very observant. I've seen them mentioned in the comments from time to time, but never by a reviewer. Probably easier to see if you watch the original video full screen. Nice review.
Yes, there were a few instruments not commonly found in the symphony orchestra. Guitars. Recorder. Ocarina. And my personal favorite, wawa lady. And did you notice that there were several people on that stage, you could hand them a horned helmet and a bloody axe and they would be perfect for a 10th century viking movie. If 10th century vikings made movies.
Yes Indeed!….to hear it Live!… I went to a live orchestral concert and the music was bouncing off the walls !! The music was Rodeo by Aaron Copeland….Fabulous!!
The conductor keeps the rhythm. Though their work is unseen. When they rehearse, she is the stick to make sure all know exactly the part they play as a whole. It’s about tone, expression, cohesion and the conductor is the glue that holds it together. What amazes me most, is Ennio Morricone as the composer, heard all these component sounds as he wrote this score. He is definitely worthy of the title “Maestro”. I, for one, will miss his amazing talent.
Director's (main) role: Giving one particular interpretation of time and rhythm for all instruments to follow and keep the same pace with each other. All musicians there, know how to read the notes they have in front of them. But they would probably play them in different tempo if they were left to play alone. The director must make sure that they all coordinate with each other, by counting the tempo at one and only way for all.
You've got to see the movie.. it's one of 3 spaghetti westerns done in same style. But my favorite is this one... the hang man is significant in first part of the movie. The second part of the songs performance is near end of movie when one of the characters is running around searching the graveyard. Conductor is vital!!! Without the conductor it's just a bunch of noise.
The composer Ennio Morricone composed scores to hundreds of films. Almost everything by him is worth listening to. The Italian giallo movies had some interesting sounds, like The Invisible Woman/La donna invisible or Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion/Le foto proibite di una signora per bene. Also the spaghetti western soundtracks are all great.
The second part of the music is called Enter Sandman. It actually plays while a man is frantically running around a cemetery, trying to find the grave where the money is buried. A highlight of the film. You can watch a clip of just that part.
Omg you HAVE to watch the movie. But remember it's a trilogy so start with fistful of dollars, then a few dollars more culminating in the good the bad and the ugly. The man with no name is an epic character. Watch them all!
The Conductor is the chief interpreter, in music you dont just play a note, you must also play it hard or soft or a little hard or a little soft, the conductor often determine what a little is. Sure the sheet of music also tell this, but this are always open to interpretation, hence why some conductors are preferred for so and so composers music.
You are the first reacter I've seen to comment on the "Wah Wah girl's" earrings - yes that is a revolver. Her other earring is a feather - you have to watch carefully to see it because it is often hidden behind her head or the microphone.
Loved The Good,the Bad and the Ugly from the first time I saw it and have watched it many times since Its a western in the fact that it is set in those times but its not a traditional western, the cinematography and score are breathtaking and the story brilliantly scripted and acted ,one of my all time favourites and I dont like westerns . I thoroughly recommend a watch not as a western but as a cinema classic.
And, if you ever get to see the film, watch out for broken down wan in the dessert, and a group of Southern, Grey troops comes riding to rescue, till the stone-faced officer in front stops and claps his shoulder, to become Northern blue below the dust!!!
If you're not into westerns, but want a good introduction to some of the best, the "Spaghetti western" trilogy, of which "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" was the third would be a good place to start. The first two in the trilogy ("A Fistful of Dollars" and "A Few Dollars More") were inspired by a pair of Kurosawa "Samurai" movies, "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". Other excellent westerns that also break the mold of the traditional, stereotype westerns are "Once Upon a Time in the West" (another "Spaghetti western") and "Unforgiven" (produced and starred in by Clint Easstwood). Very different from the classic traditional westerns by John Ford and others.
Oh that sound she makes is also aided by a harmonica ;) Oh and the soprano is set up high as to get her voice out above the orchestra, or she would not be heard :)
Correct on the harmonica, and many reactors don’t notice the doubling. Incorrect re the soprano; that’s just theatrical staging. She’s wearing a microphone, so you could put her smack dab in the middle of the trumpet section and still hear her fine.
Trust me as someone who played first trumpet in an Orchestra when young, the conductor is super important. Unless you have played in an orchestra I get you won't understand it. A great conductor makes a great orchestra. When you are playing you have one eye on the musical score and are playing and you have another eye on the conductor at all times
Hi. Professional musicians, professional singers, it doesnt get any better. The movie was about Clint Eastward (playing a bounty hunter) bringing in the other guy who was wanted, and collecting the reward money .Then when the guy was hanged he would shoot the guy off the end of the rope, then they move onto the next state and do the same thing again. If you watch the movie you will catch the references. Conductor sorta of keeps everyone in synch.
If you're going to watch a western, watch this masterpiece. It's the only western in the top 15 IMDb best all-time movies. It's truly an experience. BTW, the board clapper did 3 years of music academy, then two more to get his PhD in slat slapping. Joking aside, this rendition of Ennio Morricone's music score is brilliant. Subbed for this and PTX.
Regarding the conductor, timing is far more accurate when there is a single point of reference vs 200 separate references. Imagine trying to get a houseful of grandfather clocks to go off with 5 ms accuracy.
Especially with an arrangement like this with a greatly changing tempo in the middle, you need ONE person to keep time. Granted, most of the time these professionals can keep time on their own, but without Ms. Hicks direction at the middle, the orchestra's cohesion would waver when moving into "Ecstasy of Gold".
The Hanging man is depicting the movi. You have heard the second part before, that is if you ever listen to a live Metallica concert. like the one in Moscow where they play Enter Sandman
If you have not seen this movie, I suggest you do it right. There are 3 movies to watch and the films take place in the following order: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, A Fistful of Dollars. All are great movies and classics, even if your not a western fan, you might find yourself enjoying them.
HAHAHAHA...... "100 people in front of her playing 50 instruments" ..... epic.... ;)))) This version is voice oriented but most likely it was all instruments back in the day.... that's what ur suppose to notice....
well no nodes to play with 2 pieces of bord, but the timing if you are off,,,,, you will be the one on the rope, CUZ We Danes do not take armaturs lightly.
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Nah, that's not a prop. That's an audience member who didn't turn off their phone.
We're very strict about that here in Denmark. 😉
I love it. I think many more places need to adopt that same policy. especially since I teach at the high school level. If you're old enough to have a phone you're old enough to hang LOL not really. Yes really to the idea but note actually doing it
Beautiful!!!! More places should take the lesson....😂
LMAO!!!!!!
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That's correct.
Another guy got 4 years hard labor, in the ice mines on Greenland, with the first year without gloves.
The conductor is much more important than you, or anyone prior here, can imagine! The conductor here is an American guest conductor from Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and her name is Sarah Hicks. For this concert Sarah chose the music and spent several days going over each part for each section making notes as to how she wanted the music to take shape. She then rehearses the orchestra sharing her view and notes. These are all top shelf musicians but left to their own individual interpretation of a song the end result would be chaos! The conductor sets the tempo which may or may NOT be the recommended tempo recommended on the sheet music. The conductor will put his/her stamp on the music in terms of communicating what she wants them to do at any particular point and time. In Sarahs case she also had to teach several of the musicians how to play some of the obscure instruments that were required for this concert including a "Jews Harp" for one of the other songs played at this concert. If you notice this piece of music has been viewed over 92 million times in 3 years! Sarah did an outstanding job! Also, Sarah has a degree from Harvard in music composition, graduating Magna Cum Laude (with highest honors) as well as other degrees from other universities. The conductor is so much more than just a human metronome.
It seems, tha you are a fan of Sarah Hicks. That's OK. It's right that normally a conductor decides the tempo of the work. But it has not to be too far from the original, so that we can hear the willing of the composer. At the end of the day the audience shall not say: "I didn't hear Morricone, I heard Hicks." The conductor also decides in which volume each instument or instument group has to play and sometimes how much instruments of each kind has to play. For all these desisions the orchestra has some rehearsals. During the performance the conductor shows the tempo and controls and "conducts" the volume and shows each instrument group and the singers when to start or change the articulation. So the main job is to know when what shall happen and to control if it works and to adjust the orchestra or the singer(s). The whole orchestra and each singer does a very good job here. I think everybody had fun and that shows me that Sarah did a good job. Congratulations to all!
@@cartridgemusic Just to mention that today it is close to 150.000.000 times!!!
The conductor keeps the 80 orchestral players and two 40-person choirs synchronized, volume levels correct, times transitions, and times orchestral groups' entrances and exits. A conductor can make or break a performance.
The conductor tells the horns, "your too loud, not loud enough, etc., " gives all 100 people the beat that she wants followed, so they can all start, stop, at the proper time.
By the time they get to performance, the conductor is mainly just giving the beat. A little bit of dynamics. You will notice how many orchestra members are looking at the conductor. Even soloists (and don't get me started on that English Horn player). But most of that stuff has been worked out in rehearsal.
The role of the conductor is BEFORE the concert! It is he or she who decides on the interpretation of the work according to their personal vision. During the concert, his role is less but essential. It is a benchmark for all musicians who can sometimes number 150.
Tuva Semingsen (she does the wha wha) is an international level mezzo-soprano. She knows how to do other things. Since this concert she has been nicknamed LADY WHA WHA and as she has a lot of humor it amuses her a lot, she is proud of it.
She still gets Fan Mail from this concert, which has now been seen an Absolutely, Absurd Amount of times! And she is in the very Top, so we are proud of having her on a loan, as the Top Conductor!
serape (name of the cape) I was born in 1965 and this melody still haunts me. You do look to the conductor for timing, build up, let down, etc. She/he provides the emotion in a way through timing and tempo throughout the music. You don't want to be the person in the orchestra who misses your cue!
Your absolutely right, the musicians are the ingredients and the conductor is the chef that brings it all together to make something beautiful for the senses.
Sarape or poncho is the name, dear..
ok, your reactions are a true TRUE breath of fresh air!! I've been trolling the reaction channels, like most of us have the last couple years, and it's difficult to find authentic reactions. Yours are so welcome, fun, entertaining and your comedic flair and commentary kills me and has me in stitches every single time!!!
Fun fact : E. Moriconne and S. Leon were very good friends. S. Leon came to see E. Moriconne with only the script for certain scenes from his films. Moriconne made the music and the scenes were shot ACCORDING to the music..... Pure genius.
Leone! Morricone.
Double-commenting, I know, but:
The conductor's job is indeed to keep the orchestra on time. The conductor needs to be able to tell if a certain section is not in sync with the rest of the orchestra and bring them back in line. The musicians will look to the conductor for guidance on timing and how forceful or soft they need to be.
100 people playing instruments without a conductor to guide them will have a hard time staying in tune. Naturally, this orchestra has demonstrated that they can. It requires a lot of practice, though.
The instrument you couldn't identify at the beginning is an ocarina.
I went to see them live in August 2021, when they played their second sci-fi themed concert, parts of which are now up on RUclips.
Exactly! Great comment. Really good musicians can feel the orchestra's time and just kind of watch the baton in their peripheral vision. It's less-seasoned orchestras, say in School and College, that rely on the Conductor more to keep in-time. That said, the main thing ALL orchestras really, really need a conductor for is *changes* in tempo and style, per Mulrich's comment ^. You can't have 100 people giving their own interpretations of "Largo", "Rubato", "Allegro"...and when the Time Signature changes? Chaos without the Conductor.
The Conductor's main responsibilities are rehearsing the various music sections to work together... Think of a Head Chef who selects the best foods, having them blend together in just the right preportions, cook them at just the right temperature, and the meal is served with the Chef overseeing the servings...
Could the food taste just as good without the Head Chef overseeing the meals?!? Yes... But this way the Chef feels good that They are there ensuring the dinner is served correctly...
Guest conductor for this piece.
This one is great. The use of vocals for the sounds is amazing.
You're pretty much spot on about the role of the conductor, it's to direct the musical flow and keep the ensemble together. But what you're seeing here is only part of their job. The conductor also directs practice sessions, and so they have pretty much absolute control about the direction they want the musicality to go to. They might tell their musicians "oh I want to have a slight accelerando on this part [speeding up] and here, in measures 157-160, the horns can be more dominant" and all the stuff like that. What you're seeing on-screen is just the end result of that and yeah, you're right, at that point, probably the musicians could perform without the conductor. It's still useful to have that direction up front, so that you're always on time together, that you accelerando and decelarando together and all those little things. She can also give mid-performance guidances when she feels that they're off at some point, like possibly guiding some part of the orchestra to play more quietly or something like that. So yes, all in all, the conductor is extremely crucial in big orchestras like this.
When you have small 4-man bands, you can make these creative decisions together, as a group, and then during the performance, pretty much rely on the drummer to keep the appropriate meter, and everyone else will follow from there. But in bigger orchestras like this you really need a conductor whose sole job it is to keep these things together.
I remember this movie as a kid. My brother thought he was Clint Eastwood. You know back in the day when kids could play with little silver cap pistols and not get arrested or worse. Beautiful Orchestration. Great reaction. Thx Eddie 😎
I have been enthralled with this piece for a decade, but watching this reaction was equally entertaining.
Thanks a lot mate for this reaction video. Im happy to see you are just as impressed as I am.
Im actually going to experience this Danish Symphony Orchestra performing this exact play in Copenhagen august 20th
Im so excited ;) ✌️🎼🏜
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You're not the first Reactor to ask 'What does the Conductor Do' and I have to say, as a Brit, this puzzles me: don't they teach music in American Schools? The Conductor, (in this case, the astonishing Sarah Hicks) isn't there simply to keep time. Her job is to produce the actual arrangement of the piece. She has to produce music sheets for every individual player and decides how, when and where they get to play their part! They are not simply 'Playing' what the original composer wrote: this is a Sarah Hicks Arrangement - think of the work that entails, having to write the individual music sheets for every player!
THAT'S what the Conductor does.
Or, what i want to say to this US reactors. The Conductor is like the Quarterback in Football.
@@ralfmeyer9086 thanks Ralf, though I will have to take your word on that as we Brits don't have quarterbacks in our football teams....I guess our Captains are the equivalent!
@@swanvictor887 Yes, you are right.But in Football the Quarterback conducted the whole Team, what they have to do. In our europian football, the Captain is only a Member of the Team, with respect from the others. Greetings from nothern Germany to Britan
@@ralfmeyer9086 Oh, I thought you were American, Ralf! Greetings from a Welshman living in Brunei, where it's rather rainy tonight! Hope I can pop over to Europe later in the summer, covid permitting. Let's hope for a nice peaceful summer, we all need a good break. take care and stay well.
@@swanvictor887 Oh, Brunei🤘 i mean, you miss the old Europe (hihi😅). Stay safe and healthy 🤘
A symphony orchestra conductor has many roles, including:
Interpreting the score:
The conductor interprets the score and conveys the composer's intentions to the orchestra.
Setting the tempo:
The conductor sets the tempo and tells the orchestra when to start, stop, or slow down.
Leading the orchestra:
The conductor leads the orchestra through gestures, body movements, eye contact, and facial expressions.
Teaching the orchestra:
The conductor rehearses the orchestra to ensure they understand the score and perform well together.
Providing feedback:
The conductor provides feedback to individual musicians to help them perform well.
Encouraging collaboration:
The conductor encourages collaboration and cohesion among the orchestra members.
Coordinating with venue administrators:
The conductor helps coordinate lighting and other logistical details with venue administrators.
Creating a unique performance:
The conductor may change or supplement elements of the music to create a unique and inspiring performance.
Conductors act as artistic leaders, teachers, and time-beaters. They are in a pivotal role between the composer, performers
and the public.
This orchestration is absolutely fantastic!
The conductor. She has the score for the whole orchestra in front of her. It's like magic.
Here you'll find answers for conducting orchestras: ruclips.net/video/3G6gGsCjMlU/видео.html
Sarah Hicks, the conductor of this piece, was guest conductor for some famous orchestras. She also conducting this western piece of Ennio Morricone ruclips.net/video/efdswXXjnBA/видео.html
btw: The little instrument in the beginning (at 0:32) is an Okarina. And yes of course we all can clap these boards. But the percussionist doesn't clapping all the time. He also play the tubular bells, the triangle and many other percussion instruments.
Try to see (and listen to) a big orchestra live. It's mindblowing!
That second instrument was an ocarina, often called a sweet potato. The lady on the conductor. They keep all the musicians in time and coming in at the proper time.
A good conductor (the person with the baton) is awesome! They not only control the tempo and rhythm of the entire group, they know from memory, every note of every instrument and voice (perfect acoustic memory). That is how they know, in rehearsal, if anyone comes in wrong or is off pitch (saw a documentary centuries ago, about the training of a orchestra conductor). The conductor doesn't improvise ... but in some pieces, the primary instrument player (say concert piano) can improvise around the basic score. The two prima donnas did a remarkable job ... and any semi-solo player (oboe for example) has to be perfect, because their errors won't be drowned out by the rest of the orchestra.
Sarah Hicks is a famous and picky American Conductor, so we are proud to be allowed to borrow her for this Concert.
Ahh Yes, The Danish National Sympathy Orchestra 🤣 0:03 😄
I live in the town of Placerville..the name used to be Dry Diggins but because of so many hangings it became Hangtown because it was where the circuit judge came..trials were held, the guilty were hung right there in the town square, no waiting around..the stump of that hanging tree is beneath a bar now on Main Street..the name of the bar is Hangmans Tree..this town is full of Gold rush history and lots of hanging on that tree..stealing a man's horse or his gold got you hung...
That instrument is an ocarina. Invention of American cultures (as far as I know). This piece of music has many tribal reminiscences, both in instruments and in choirs (the women sound like Indian tribes).
The conductor of an orchestra is a fundamental figure. She is the one who imprints her own concept of the musical piece during rehearsals, she is the one who decides which instruments should sound more or less, she is the one who sets the rhythm, the cadence. All the musicians and performers in the room have an eye on her, as well as the score. She marks time for the entire orchestra and choirs. Without her it would be difficult for everyone to agree on the tempo. Depending on what musical piece we are talking about, the director's work during the concert can be simple or tremendously complicated. In the case of this video, it is a simple task, because the melody is simple, but if, for example, you go to Mozart, or to any romanticist composer... ugh, things change a lot. The directors end up exhausted.
Of all the reviews I have watched to-date, you are the first reviewer to notice the revolver earrings, very observant. I've seen them mentioned in the comments from time to time, but never by a reviewer. Probably easier to see if you watch the original video full screen. Nice review.
Yes, there were a few instruments not commonly found in the symphony orchestra. Guitars. Recorder. Ocarina. And my personal favorite, wawa lady.
And did you notice that there were several people on that stage, you could hand them a horned helmet and a bloody axe and they would be perfect for a 10th century viking movie. If 10th century vikings made movies.
Yes Indeed!….to hear it Live!… I went to a live orchestral concert and the music was bouncing off the walls !! The music was Rodeo by Aaron Copeland….Fabulous!!
The conductor keeps the rhythm. Though their work is unseen. When they rehearse, she is the stick to make sure all know exactly the part they play as a whole. It’s about tone, expression, cohesion and the conductor is the glue that holds it together. What amazes me most, is Ennio Morricone as the composer, heard all these component sounds as he wrote this score. He is definitely worthy of the title “Maestro”. I, for one, will miss his amazing talent.
Director's (main) role: Giving one particular interpretation of time and rhythm for all instruments to follow and keep the same pace with each other. All musicians there, know how to read the notes they have in front of them. But they would probably play them in different tempo if they were left to play alone. The director must make sure that they all coordinate with each other, by counting the tempo at one and only way for all.
You've got to see the movie.. it's one of 3 spaghetti westerns done in same style. But my favorite is this one... the hang man is significant in first part of the movie. The second part of the songs performance is near end of movie when one of the characters is running around searching the graveyard. Conductor is vital!!! Without the conductor it's just a bunch of noise.
The genius that is Morricone. Eternal ! They will be playing 'The ecstacy of gold' on Mars.
While the lady is singing the "wah, wah's" a harmonicist is playing tge same notes in sync with her. That's why the unusual sound
The composer Ennio Morricone composed scores to hundreds of films. Almost everything by him is worth listening to. The Italian giallo movies had some interesting sounds, like The Invisible Woman/La donna invisible or Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion/Le foto proibite di una signora per bene. Also the spaghetti western soundtracks are all great.
The second part of the music is called Enter Sandman. It actually plays while a man is frantically running around a cemetery, trying to find the grave where the money is buried. A highlight of the film. You can watch a clip of just that part.
The second part is called "The Ecstasy of Gold". Enter Sandman is a song by Metallica.
@@sjallen1207 Somehow I have linked them in my mind. Thanks.
Omg you HAVE to watch the movie. But remember it's a trilogy so start with fistful of dollars, then a few dollars more culminating in the good the bad and the ugly. The man with no name is an epic character. Watch them all!
The Conductor is the chief interpreter, in music you dont just play a note, you must also play it hard or soft or a little hard or a little soft, the conductor often determine what a little is.
Sure the sheet of music also tell this, but this are always open to interpretation, hence why some conductors are preferred for so and so composers music.
The little instrument is a ocarina and the hanging Mann = the 2 part of the film is called the hanging Mann
You are the first reacter I've seen to comment on the "Wah Wah girl's" earrings - yes that is a revolver. Her other earring is a feather - you have to watch carefully to see it because it is often hidden behind her head or the microphone.
Loved The Good,the Bad and the Ugly from the first time I saw it and have watched it many times since Its a western in the fact that it is set in those times but its not a traditional western, the cinematography and score are breathtaking and the story brilliantly scripted and acted ,one of my all time favourites and I dont like westerns . I thoroughly recommend a watch not as a western but as a cinema classic.
You can play the slap sticks, sure, but you have to count endless measures to get to you part and hit the note exactly.
The hangman is a epitafe of the movie. Clint Eastwood's picture is in back.
And, if you ever get to see the film, watch out for broken down wan in the dessert, and a group of Southern, Grey troops comes riding to rescue, till the stone-faced officer in front stops and claps his shoulder, to become Northern blue below the dust!!!
not riding into the sunset... riding into town to get revenge...
If you're not into westerns, but want a good introduction to some of the best, the "Spaghetti western" trilogy, of which "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" was the third would be a good place to start. The first two in the trilogy ("A Fistful of Dollars" and "A Few Dollars More") were inspired by a pair of Kurosawa "Samurai" movies, "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". Other excellent westerns that also break the mold of the traditional, stereotype westerns are "Once Upon a Time in the West" (another "Spaghetti western") and "Unforgiven" (produced and starred in by Clint Easstwood). Very different from the classic traditional westerns by John Ford and others.
Oh that sound she makes is also aided by a harmonica ;) Oh and the soprano is set up high as to get her voice out above the orchestra, or she would not be heard :)
Correct on the harmonica, and many reactors don’t notice the doubling. Incorrect re the soprano; that’s just theatrical staging. She’s wearing a microphone, so you could put her smack dab in the middle of the trumpet section and still hear her fine.
The first instrument you asked about was an ocarina.
YEAH !!! LETS GOOOOOOOOO YOU ALSO HAVE DE GODFATHER DANISH ORCHESTRA!!
Compliments, you recognized her earrings. Watched this a hundred times, never seen.
Best western ever made!! It’s a poncho he wore
Trust me as someone who played first trumpet in an Orchestra when young, the conductor is super important. Unless you have played in an orchestra I get you won't understand it. A great conductor makes a great orchestra. When you are playing you have one eye on the musical score and are playing and you have another eye on the conductor at all times
Hi. Professional musicians, professional singers, it doesnt get any better. The movie was about Clint Eastward (playing a bounty hunter) bringing in the other guy who was wanted, and collecting the reward money .Then when the guy was hanged he would shoot the guy off the end of the rope, then they move onto the next state and do the same thing again. If you watch the movie you will catch the references. Conductor sorta of keeps everyone in synch.
The conductor conducts it's not rocket surgery, everyone looks at them to act as a guid.
If you're going to watch a western, watch this masterpiece. It's the only western in the top 15 IMDb best all-time movies. It's truly an experience. BTW, the board clapper did 3 years of music academy, then two more to get his PhD in slat slapping. Joking aside, this rendition of Ennio Morricone's music score is brilliant. Subbed for this and PTX.
I believe that instrument you wondered about is called an ocarina
Regarding the conductor, timing is far more accurate when there is a single point of reference vs 200 separate references. Imagine trying to get a houseful of grandfather clocks to go off with 5 ms accuracy.
The sympathy orchestra: wah wah wah
This song makes me want to go out and do hero shit
Especially with an arrangement like this with a greatly changing tempo in the middle, you need ONE person to keep time. Granted, most of the time these professionals can keep time on their own, but without Ms. Hicks direction at the middle, the orchestra's cohesion would waver when moving into "Ecstasy of Gold".
The Hanging man is depicting the movi. You have heard the second part before, that is if you ever listen to a live Metallica concert. like the one in Moscow where they play Enter Sandman
Its playing when the video starts till the drums cut in after about 30-40 seconds. Apparently one of the group is a big western fan .
If you are going to watch a western, this would be the one to watch. Quite a film, well done.
Must see movie!!!!
And yes, review the movie, best Western of all time!
The name of the guy hanging there is Shorty. Ugly did't allow Good to cut his rope. Watch the movie.
If you have not seen this movie, I suggest you do it right. There are 3 movies to watch and the films take place in the following order: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, A Fistful of Dollars. All are great movies and classics, even if your not a western fan, you might find yourself enjoying them.
Morricone era un genio !! E ti consiglio Mission Giù la testa e C'era una volta il West
Called timing!
HAHAHAHA...... "100 people in front of her playing 50 instruments" ..... epic.... ;)))) This version is voice oriented but most likely it was all instruments back in the day.... that's what ur suppose to notice....
the hangman is one of the guy from the orchestra who missed to many notes - they say :-P
If you're going to watch a Western, Watch this movie.
You'll be hooked.
You need to watch the movie to understand where the music comes in and see what happens.
Is it " funny" to think that now you know that ALL music you hear in EVERY movie comes from people like this)
The Conductor ;)
Watch the movie. You won't be disappointed.
She's known as the wah wah lady.
well no nodes to play with 2 pieces of bord, but the timing if you are off,,,,, you will be the one on the rope, CUZ We Danes do not take armaturs lightly.
that is, or was, a musician who played a false note ;-)
ocarina
I skip the commentary , if to much i switch off . Listen to the thing then speak after its really annoying
Couldn’t make it to the end …. too much talking and not enough listening
You talk & pause It too much
Dude, you talk too much. Lay off the Red Bull also...
Watch the movie.