Josef Suk - Serenade for Strings Op. 6 (1892)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
  • Josef Suk (4 January 1874 - 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist.
    Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op. 6 (1892)
    1. Andante con moto (0:00)
    2. Allegro ma non troppo e grazioso (4:57)
    3. Adagio (10:38)
    4. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo presto (19:29)
    The Young Danish Chamber Orchestra conducted by
    While Suk was studying under Antonín Dvořák at the Prague Conservatory, Dvořák noticed a melancholy strain in much of Suk's music, and recommended he write some lighter and more cheerful music. Based on Dvořák's suggestion, Suk produced a serenade for strings.
    Two movements were publicly conducted by Suk in late 1893 in Tábor. The first complete performance was on 25 February 1895, at the Prague Conservatory, conducted by Antonín Bennewitz, Suk's violin teacher at the Conservatory.
    The Serenade soon brought Suk considerable fame and Dvořák's longtime supporter, Johannes Brahms, endorsed its publication.

Комментарии • 193

  • @daveluttinen2547
    @daveluttinen2547 2 года назад +49

    He was 18 when this was written. I'm gobsmacked.

  • @parthoroy9141
    @parthoroy9141 4 года назад +471

    Finally, a recording of this piece that doesn't Suk

  • @theend7339
    @theend7339 6 лет назад +120

    the first 15 seconds is like the most beautiful thing i have ever heard

  • @alexanderyounk491
    @alexanderyounk491 2 года назад +60

    I just want to quickly mention how much I love this guy's composing style. He uses the cello the provide the third chord for the 1st violins at 0:08 which adds so much depth to the piece. Amazing.

  • @helenkorcak3510
    @helenkorcak3510 3 года назад +65

    Whenever I listen to the first movement it makes me cry about my own potential. I remember playing this in orchestra and it being some of the best times in my life. The first piece reminds me of losing and finding your potential, how it comes and goes. How you have it in your hands until it slips away. Until finally, you come to terms with who you are meant to be.

    • @notmyworld44
      @notmyworld44 2 года назад +8

      I completely understand how you feel, Helen. I performed for nearly 40 years as a symphony contra-bassist, but my career got cut short by a health problem. I sorely miss that, but I'm feeling better and have gotten back into playing my violin for Jesus, so there is some consolation and a sense of divine destiny. God bless you Helen.

    • @rolandmeyer3729
      @rolandmeyer3729 2 года назад +2

      Hi, Helen. What instrument do you play? I used to play the viola. I have had exactly the same emotional response to Elgar's Serenade, Britten's Simple Symphony, Hindemith's Trauermusik, et al.

    • @johnaitken4725
      @johnaitken4725 2 года назад +2

      Yep. I feel this.

    • @wolfgangsell3233
      @wolfgangsell3233 Год назад +1

      You are making me cry

    • @Murgatroydian
      @Murgatroydian 6 месяцев назад

      A brave and relatable admission.

  • @johntestelin4051
    @johntestelin4051 2 года назад +34

    About one hour ago, I was listening to this serenade on KUSC without to know who was the author. I was thinking it was from Antonin Dvorak. Then came the announcement: Joseph Suk! I went back on RUclips to find a rendition and found this one. Reading the introduction, no surprise that Suk was a student of Dvorak. It seems to me that Suk use similar structures than Dvorack. Nevertheless, this serenade for strings is a very beautiful and touching piece of music largely deserving to be in the repertoire of today's orchestras.

    • @lily-yr6gj
      @lily-yr6gj 2 года назад +11

      suk is also the son in law of dvorak

  • @martinalevova8863
    @martinalevova8863 4 года назад +26

    It is our Czech composer, a very gentle and person with a pure soul and a great love for children and God..

  • @Paradise7D
    @Paradise7D 6 месяцев назад +10

    Today would have been Josef Suk's 150th birthday (4 Jan 1874).

  • @murraycarlson5962
    @murraycarlson5962 Месяц назад +2

    This serenade is strikingly beautiful! I have been enjoying it so much in some of the You Tube Rare History videos. Thank you so much for sharing it, Bartje.

  • @judahlampkin61
    @judahlampkin61 6 лет назад +134

    I have never heard of this composer before, but I am thoroughly impressed. The intimacy of the music is apparent right from the start. Moments like the one that starts at 18:14 are peppered throughout the piece with enough frequency to make my heart soar. What a lovely thing to stumble upon on a Thursday evening. The rest of my night shall be brighter than daylight.

    • @basilpeewit3350
      @basilpeewit3350 5 лет назад +5

      Joseph Suk was Anton Dvorák's son in law.

    • @basilpeewit3350
      @basilpeewit3350 5 лет назад +7

      If you love this kind of music, then you might want to look out Dag Wirén, Kurt Atterberg and Lars-Erik Larsson; all Swedish composers who wrote terrific music for string orchestra.

    • @luisfranciscosoto
      @luisfranciscosoto 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/rruD198FwAU/видео.html please enjoy!

    • @Woodcut60
      @Woodcut60 4 года назад +1

      I agree with Joost Kiefte. Check out Lars-Erik Larsson's Pastoralsvit, op. 19 (1938) with the lovely Romans. Or Dag Wirén's Serenade for strings, op. 11 (1937) with the final movement, Marcia.

    • @derby2510
      @derby2510 4 года назад +3

      Give his Fantasticke Scherzo a shot. He wrote a lot of great music.

  • @laratyler8691
    @laratyler8691 3 года назад +20

    The adagio part of this makes me weep each time 10:39 The melancholy which Dvorak spoke about. So beautiful how he captured it but it does end more cheery. Always amazes me how you can create such a sound as this from instruments and that it can invoke these feelings. I guess that's the beauty of aural art. Stunning musician. The opus 7 piece first mvt is also a gem.

    • @TurboTsunami19
      @TurboTsunami19 Год назад +3

      I keep listening to this recording, wondering if it's just Suk's composing or if it's the beautiful way the orchestra is playing this piece. I think both parties are on fire here. The way the orchestra makes the first and last movements sound so bright and cheerful even in e flat major, but plays the 3rd movement so tenderly in g major. I am so thankful Suk composed this piece and we have this orchestra's recording.

  • @eriknestaas2270
    @eriknestaas2270 4 года назад +11

    So melodically and harmonically rich and complex

  • @Reuben_95
    @Reuben_95 3 года назад +17

    God his trio was the first i’d heard of him. This is so nice too!! My new composer obsession thanks!

    • @Reuben_95
      @Reuben_95 3 года назад +3

      I’m legit obsessed with the ending of the first movement 😅

  • @ViolaWeiWei1994
    @ViolaWeiWei1994 4 года назад +33

    Andante con moto
    0:01
    Allegro ma non tripping e grazioso
    4:58
    Adagio
    10:39
    Allegro giocoso,ma non troppo presto
    19:30

  • @kguy152000
    @kguy152000 4 года назад +28

    This is outstanding. not only beautiful and meticulously composed, but I've just never have someone make a string orchestra sound so diverse and each line is sung out in such a way. So interwoven and complicated, but still seems to sing sweet little tunes to you.

  • @mintchoco5640
    @mintchoco5640 7 лет назад +54

    The cello line near the end of the first movement is beautiful

    • @klarahorakova9957
      @klarahorakova9957 4 года назад +6

      Until you actually play it.

    • @drk_blood
      @drk_blood Год назад +1

      @@klarahorakova9957 nea, just learn to play the cello.

  • @TurboTsunami19
    @TurboTsunami19 Год назад +5

    So so beautiful through and through. And unique! I keep listening to the first movement. The melodies!

  • @yairinguilan2032
    @yairinguilan2032 2 года назад +9

    Why is no one talking about the suprising passage at 21:37 , its so beatifull wow

  • @emilygclarinet
    @emilygclarinet 4 года назад +13

    They used to play the second movement on the radio all the time where I live. :)

  • @SuperMelvyn
    @SuperMelvyn 7 лет назад +73

    Popular radaio stations like Classic FM need to discover this. So do more of our small orchestras. It would also make an exccellent basis for a ballet.

    • @SuperMelvyn
      @SuperMelvyn 7 лет назад

      Of course not. Neither are the Bachs, Mozarts, Song of the Earth frequently danced to. But this is music that can be danced to. Though perhaps it is better just to concentrate on the sound without distraction.

    • @SuperMelvyn
      @SuperMelvyn 7 лет назад

      Yes - but the ballets are often based on other music! But I take your point that music is best "used" the way the composers intended.

    • @TiticatFollies
      @TiticatFollies 6 лет назад +1

      Why not dance to it?. .. to any music that makes you want to dance. What could be lovelier?

    • @basilpeewit3350
      @basilpeewit3350 5 лет назад +4

      Classic FM (the Netherlands) broadcast this yestersday.

    • @KalonOrdona2
      @KalonOrdona2 5 лет назад +1

      Just heard it there today, whole reason I looked it up :D

  • @MrGer2295
    @MrGer2295 8 лет назад +11

    Beautiful! Thank you for posting!

  • @zaphbmail
    @zaphbmail 3 года назад +3

    Je to úchvatně krásné! Jak může být hudba nádherná

  • @tomlin1312
    @tomlin1312 4 года назад +5

    感謝版主介紹樂曲的創作背景! 並請多多上傳這類好聽的樂曲,尤其是稀有的!

  • @uranus_crunch_cake87
    @uranus_crunch_cake87 5 лет назад +8

    What a gem! I must discover more.

  • @dgunde13gunderson78
    @dgunde13gunderson78 2 года назад +6

    Yes, Just LOVE this romantic gesture, so reminds of other Serenades that we string players love so much, esp Elgar, Dvorak, Tch, etc. yes, it was the best of times playing these!!!!! we just had Suk's op 1 piano quartet here @ summerfest La Jolla CA last week. Gems all. Douglas Gunderson viola, piano, organ, guitar, recorders and poet of SD CA

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 Год назад

      @dgunde13gunderson78 -- Heard it here in Acapulco, too.....Cheers!

    • @dgunde13gunderson78
      @dgunde13gunderson78 Год назад

      @@steveegallo3384 one year ago? timeless. you mean they actually have classical music in Acapulco? Another excuse to run this thing one more time. It's heartbreaking. tell me about Acapulco. I preformed in TJ a few times but the border cancelled it..
      DG San Diego CA

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 Год назад

      @@dgunde13gunderson78 -- No, DG...I lied. There are many ex-pats here so perhaps there is a 'classical music scene,' but I wouldn't know since I'm anti-social, don't go out, prefer to be alone and spend 90% of my time in the apartment or the pool. We're in a major Heat Wave now. I did acquire a Yamaha p-45 but seldom play........

    • @dgunde13gunderson78
      @dgunde13gunderson78 Год назад

      @@steveegallo3384 in

    • @steveegallo3384
      @steveegallo3384 Год назад

      @@dgunde13gunderson78 -- "in" ? Too deep for me, yo.........

  • @annavesely5404
    @annavesely5404 4 года назад +5

    Genius Josef Suk, wonderful music.......

  • @TiticatFollies
    @TiticatFollies 7 лет назад +5

    So beautiful!

  • @fionakuo5519
    @fionakuo5519 8 лет назад +8

    Beautiful!!

  • @TimondeNood
    @TimondeNood 6 лет назад +3

    Thanks for sharing this!

  • @user-jebd8hdj
    @user-jebd8hdj Год назад +5

    14:31 it’s soooo beautiful

  • @benmeitzen4184
    @benmeitzen4184 3 года назад +1

    Gorgeous recording!

  • @glitterghosty2705
    @glitterghosty2705 4 года назад +8

    I have to play this, it’s so beautiful!

  • @daliborborkovec8727
    @daliborborkovec8727 2 года назад +1

    Absolut super !!

  • @officy9609
    @officy9609 7 лет назад +63

    Anyone else's heart sink at 0:09? 😱

  • @bookamiisa1219
    @bookamiisa1219 6 лет назад +3

    Bravo!

  • @wwa_minuet
    @wwa_minuet 4 года назад +49

    Wait, so if Suk was born in 1874, and this piece was written in 1892... was Suk only 18 when this was written?

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans  4 года назад +21

      Yes

    • @jackycal
      @jackycal 3 года назад +8

      @@bartjebartmans holy smokes

    • @dgunde13gunderson78
      @dgunde13gunderson78 2 года назад +1

      yes, unbelievable@! Mentored by Dvorak whose own Serenade must have propelled it. Don't forget the other Joseph Suks
      trying to get them straight who was who......DG

    • @StuartSimon
      @StuartSimon Год назад

      @@dgunde13gunderson78 This Suk was the grandfather of the other one.

  • @VeronikaVelkova-bg4nj
    @VeronikaVelkova-bg4nj Месяц назад +2

    15:45 how beautiful is it...❤

  • @chicojcf
    @chicojcf 2 года назад +3

    Very nice string writing.

  • @edboy484
    @edboy484 8 лет назад +63

    How to feel incompetent: Play this

    • @dylanchan7913
      @dylanchan7913 7 лет назад +7

      ThatHairyViolist The fourth movement is especially hard, at tempo, to learn. At least that is my opinion.

    • @dylanchan7913
      @dylanchan7913 7 лет назад

      Okay, I will definitely check it out.

    • @Quotenwagnerianer
      @Quotenwagnerianer 7 лет назад

      Oh Gustavo that is cruel. Proposing to play an orchestral audition piece. ;)

    • @tchaikoffkey
      @tchaikoffkey 7 лет назад +1

      Don't forget Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, or Dukas' La Peri!

    • @josed.vargas3961
      @josed.vargas3961 5 лет назад +1

      Easy

  • @jeanpierrecarpentier
    @jeanpierrecarpentier Год назад +1

    Absolument sublime

  • @simonkawasaki4229
    @simonkawasaki4229 11 месяцев назад +3

    The melodic writing is tantalizing.

  • @LuiDeca
    @LuiDeca Год назад +1

    what a gem!!

  • @HeyKevinYT
    @HeyKevinYT 5 лет назад +2

    J’adore

  • @Natalia-wz5ix
    @Natalia-wz5ix 8 месяцев назад

    amazing!

  • @mariapicollo7071
    @mariapicollo7071 7 лет назад +15

    I die every time at 0:08 its so pretty

  • @heazy4544
    @heazy4544 6 лет назад +4

    I’m playing this piece in my school’s chamber orchestra

  • @yazbee8736
    @yazbee8736 2 месяца назад +1

    I’m very joyous to have discovered the beauty of this for the very first time today, at the sunrise of a very pretty morning no less! Wow I’m astounded. Words pale in insignificance.

  • @arthurkuokuo2620
    @arthurkuokuo2620 8 лет назад +3

    great

  • @LavaMLG
    @LavaMLG 3 года назад +3

    16:03 stunning fortepiano

  • @eileenlee1072
    @eileenlee1072 5 лет назад +2

    Good music

  • @rudbeckie1
    @rudbeckie1 3 года назад +1

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ManuelLopez-ck8uj
    @ManuelLopez-ck8uj 6 лет назад +3

    Cool

  • @DavidBerlin07
    @DavidBerlin07 Месяц назад

    How great to see the score!!!
    There's just one small problem, so far (I'm on pause in the first mvt. atm) not much attention is being given to the written dynamics! A nice piece for strings though. I'm loving following the score, thank you.

  • @arthurkuokuo2620
    @arthurkuokuo2620 8 лет назад +4

    good

  • @jayelyyn
    @jayelyyn 6 лет назад +14

    this piece is absolutely beautiful but playing it is so confusing. it's like the melody shouldn't align with 4/4??? the counting screws me up every time

  • @user-xb7pp4pu4y
    @user-xb7pp4pu4y 8 лет назад

    released!

  • @brantleybcarter
    @brantleybcarter 11 дней назад +1

    Music: Serenade for Strings - Josef Suk

  • @trappaskunk
    @trappaskunk 6 лет назад +3

    Hey @ 8:31 is that a quote from Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade?

    • @twinicebear775
      @twinicebear775 4 года назад +3

      I don't believe so. Other composers are allowed to use a perfect fourth interval lol. It doesn't follow the same motif as the scheherezade one. Also Scheherezade was published in 1888, only 4 years before this piece.

  • @antoniopapini7445
    @antoniopapini7445 3 года назад

    hermosa serenata para cuerdas

  • @simonli4484
    @simonli4484 4 года назад +96

    Y’all it’s beautiful until you have the misfortune of playing it
    update: I now have to play this piece for the second time in my life and I am not looking forward to it

    • @user-kk7dw3hu9k
      @user-kk7dw3hu9k 4 года назад +7

      Really? I've been loving this piece for 4 years now and I moved to a school with a better orchestra and coincidentally we're playing the first movement! I'm excited to practice it. Hopefully this won't ruin the song for me:,)

    • @simonli4484
      @simonli4484 4 года назад +1

      iwannacry 2.0 have fun

    • @user-kk7dw3hu9k
      @user-kk7dw3hu9k 4 года назад +2

      @@simonli4484 ahAhA i got down the first 5 lines and i'm already stressed

    • @Ry3Music
      @Ry3Music 4 года назад +8

      I have to play it for school, as a viola. *send help*

    • @simonli4484
      @simonli4484 4 года назад +1

      Ry3 :)

  • @isaiahrosner3780
    @isaiahrosner3780 3 года назад

    Mr. Lentz's playing test starts at 5:28.
    I use 5:23 to get into it.

  • @notmyworld44
    @notmyworld44 2 года назад +1

    Josef Suk was Antonin Dvořak's son-in-law.

  • @candywhite7926
    @candywhite7926 4 года назад +2

    That high C though.

  • @dianabutler9173
    @dianabutler9173 4 года назад +1

    If i want to practice this piece of music, what should I put in my metronome for the 2nd movement

    • @ducklingandthetrees
      @ducklingandthetrees 4 года назад +1

      probably quarter note equals 100 to start out practicing slowly, but once you can play it faster, transition to counting in one

  • @jacobsalomon5820
    @jacobsalomon5820 2 года назад

    > The Young Danish Chamber Orchestra conducted by
    Please, even 6 years later, please finish that sentence - what was the conductor? You've been keeping us in suspense all these years!

    • @bartjebartmans
      @bartjebartmans  2 года назад

      It should be obvious I don't have his/her name.

  • @Safishinepegasus8
    @Safishinepegasus8 7 месяцев назад +1

    this is copyright free btw ad i d still give them credit for this song but i used this in youtube music btw for my upcoming film
    INFINITY HORSES^^J

  • @toast434
    @toast434 6 лет назад +2

    rip at 0:09

  • @l4dragon125
    @l4dragon125 7 лет назад +13

    I'm suppose to do this pieces for my SYF performance...

  • @sunstruck
    @sunstruck 24 дня назад

    LOST MY BIRGINITY TO THIS ONE!

  • @owengette8089
    @owengette8089 2 года назад

    definitely hear the FIL’s influence

  • @KalonOrdona2
    @KalonOrdona2 5 лет назад +8

    11:15 Zelda's Lullaby?

    • @jackminto7062
      @jackminto7062 4 года назад +4

      I think that this *might* have come out first

  • @jmcg5838
    @jmcg5838 Год назад +1

    This ranks with the Dvorak and Tchaikovsky master works
    I only played it once and rarely see it performed
    Why?

    • @josed.vargas3961
      @josed.vargas3961 8 месяцев назад

      My ranking is 1. Tchaikovsky 2. Suk 3. Dvořák
      I'm with you on wanting to hear it more!

  • @owengette8089
    @owengette8089 2 года назад +1

    0:47 that restatement

    • @TurboTsunami19
      @TurboTsunami19 Год назад

      I like how each time its restated he masterfully makes it sweeter or grander. The one at 3:40 is my fav because epic cello part

  • @ayushrudra8600
    @ayushrudra8600 8 месяцев назад +3

    first movement sounds like Mendelssohn

  • @emmanuelchambi9179
    @emmanuelchambi9179 4 года назад +2

    Where i can get the sheet música?

  • @user-dl3jz9gk1s
    @user-dl3jz9gk1s 2 года назад +1

    21:50 44p tranquil

  • @huntrrams
    @huntrrams 2 года назад +2

    Wow this sounds like a Dvorak!

  • @johnlime1469
    @johnlime1469 Год назад

    Is it just me, or does Dvorak come back to life to haunt movement 2?

    • @josed.vargas3961
      @josed.vargas3961 8 месяцев назад

      That second movement is my favorite piece of all time, and nothing of Dvořák has ever thrilled me as much, though I'm sure you know Dvoŕák was his teacher.

    • @johnlime1469
      @johnlime1469 8 месяцев назад

      @@josed.vargas3961 I didn't. I'm not educated at all in music history. But thanks for the information.

  • @kylekotula7266
    @kylekotula7266 4 года назад +1

    19:27

  • @dahryl7791
    @dahryl7791 2 года назад +1

    20:55

  • @damiangonzalez_esp
    @damiangonzalez_esp 4 года назад

    Wow, never heard of this composer before! He must have been the Salieri of Dvorák.

  • @user-me3rs8ld9x
    @user-me3rs8ld9x 10 месяцев назад +1

    19:30

  • @godemperormeow8591
    @godemperormeow8591 3 года назад +1

    What is the meaning of life?

  • @shannoneklund3587
    @shannoneklund3587 3 года назад +1

    does this include polyphony or homophony

  • @user-tm5dk6dn7v
    @user-tm5dk6dn7v 3 года назад

    4:56

  • @Jake-jy5pq
    @Jake-jy5pq 2 года назад

    0:48

  • @tianrunxu337
    @tianrunxu337 4 года назад +2

    Lmao my school orchestra is playing this, and I’m leading, the second violins literally sound like a bunch of dying cats, and I’m like the only one actually playing the high part in the firsts. Shows the abysmal quality of our school orchestra

    • @coreneannevh
      @coreneannevh 4 года назад

      Aaswas Kniij NEEK

    • @coreneannevh
      @coreneannevh 4 года назад +2

      I’m in your school orchestra u play second viola. Your instrument is budget firewood

    • @klarahorakova9957
      @klarahorakova9957 4 года назад

      I am leading cellos and mood af. Like I mean, my solo parts are ok, but on the beginning where we play theme, it's extremely hard to get that a flat and b flat up there.

  • @josed.vargas3961
    @josed.vargas3961 5 лет назад +2

    Better than Dvorak

    • @edwardweeden2834
      @edwardweeden2834 5 лет назад +7

      You are aware - are you not, Mr. Vargas, that you are speaking about Dvorak's son-in-law, right?

    • @tr7938
      @tr7938 3 года назад

      Nope.

    • @josed.vargas3961
      @josed.vargas3961 Год назад

      It's been three years and I just listened to the Dvorak Serenade and this Serenade back-to-back and my opinion has not changed

  • @ph03n1x_ps
    @ph03n1x_ps Год назад +1

    mid

  • @nigelmorley5414
    @nigelmorley5414 Год назад

    Uttre, utter rubbish. As a professional pianist this is just not true. You cannot cut corners in learning any instrument. Don`t believe a word of it.

  • @paintedbymarianna
    @paintedbymarianna 3 года назад

    19:30

  • @wobblyorbee279
    @wobblyorbee279 Год назад

    0:47

  • @user-bi7vq3dc2p
    @user-bi7vq3dc2p 4 года назад

    19:30