Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, op.4 [with score]
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- Опубликовано: 30 окт 2020
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Composer- Benjamin Britten
Orchestra- English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor- Benjamin Britten
Year of recording- 1969
Boisterous Bourrée- 0:05
Playful Pizzicato- 3:31
Sentimental Saraband- 6:38
Frolicsome Finale- 14:36
The Simple Symphony, Op. 4, is a work for string orchestra or string quartet by Benjamin Britten. It was written between December 1933 and February 1934 in Lowestoft, using bits of score that the composer had written for the piano as a young teenager, between 1923 and 1926. It was composed for string orchestra and received its first performance in 1934 at Stuart Hall in Norwich, with Britten conducting an amateur orchestra.
The piece is dedicated to Audrey Alston (Mrs Lincolne Sutton), Britten's viola teacher during his childhood. The piece is based on eight themes which Britten wrote during his childhood (two per movement) and for which he had a particular fondness. He completed his final draft of this piece at age twenty.
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im in 10th grade and play viola and we have to play this for our schools spring concert,, pls pray for me 😭😭
Good luck
So how was it??
I hope it went well, in ninth and my chamber strings group didn’t have a violist so we had to make two violinists be violists
This easy 😭
9th and we have to play it for competition help ( upright bass player)
I've enjoyed many versions but never heard this, Britten's own recording. The shock is the dance like first movement ... almost Tchaikovsky in its rythms. Truly one of the great conductors ... in addition to his other God-given gifts.
yes. big fan. j.
I played this on viola during my late teens. I loved this composition!
Im in ma late teen and Im playing it on the viola! Jinx
Playing this in my junior year of high school was a gift! Now, as a senior, we are playing the St. Paul’s Suite!
Lol, I played at Paul’s suite as a junior and I’m playing simple symphony rn.
omg for me it was freshman st. paul suite now we’re playing this as a sophomore!!!
For me it was sophomore st pauls and simple symphony senior year
This masterpiece invigorates the human spirit
Sentimental Sarabande, truly something to be played with the drips of your heartstring
In the Sentimental Saraband, I hear Bach's influence from the 2nd movement of Bach's Concerto for 2 violins. Still beautiful what Britten did with the tune and it's poignant variations. What a great homage.
oh man playing the last movement at my string camp last year was actually really fun
Thank you for uploading this !
I am rather ashamed to say how _surprised_ I was to find just how much I actually loved this.
Same here. I remember not enjoying playing this but it is quite beautiful, especially the 3rd movement
this piece is ADORABLE i love it
Boisterous Bourree 1st movement 00:00 playful pizzicato 2nd movement 3:30 Sentimental Saraband 3rd movement 6:35 Frolicsome Finale 4th movement 14:34
I think u got the order wrong
We can all agree that the 4th movement is the best, period.
Well I always preferred the second movement, it feels much more like typical Britten writing, infused with Scottish vibes and intelligent development.
Can I just say... as a violinist who has played this twice the second movement is WAY harder than it sounds. I was first chair and I struggled to keep the pizz up to tempo. RIP the rest of my section XD
It's much easier to play with the thumb, holding the violin in your lap like a mandolinist, rather than with the forefinger. It's supposed to be a Simple Piece, and I believe violin was actually taught this way in the past: Learning to pluck the tune, In Tune, so you can see the actual distance between the notes and where your fingers need to be, learning the bow movements on Open strings, then combining the two.
i feel u 😭 i plucked with 2 fingers which helped a little but the room my ensemble performed it in was super cold.. i remember one time during rehearsal our conductor made us sing the piece. had a blast doing that.
これはありがたい！感謝です。
Surprised at how much I enjoyed this
Just played this for my college's fall concert. Took it just a tad slower! That spiccato on the 4th movement is brutal! (Non- music major bass player POV of course ;) )
what does POV mean please?
@@TempodiPianopoint of view
This is a delightful piece of music. I enjoy that the movements are alliteratively titled.
Вы бы знали, как русня воровала мелодии Ваших композиттров
@@kisindaслышь, ты, дрисня, следи за базаром, чучело!
Good job, Robert!
0:03 - 1 ч. d Несамовите буре, вступ d
0:09 - 1 ч. d Несамовите буре, ГП d
0:41 - 1 ч. d Несамовите буре, ПП F
3:31 - 2 ч. Грайливе піццикато F. ОТ F.
4:30 - 2 ч. Грайливе піццикато F. Середина тріо С.
6:37 - 3 ч. Сентиментальна сарабанда g. 1 тема g.
9:27 - 3 ч. Сентиментальна сарабанда g. 2 тема B.
14:34 - 4 ч. Веселий фінал d. Вступ d.
14:44 - 4 ч. Веселий фінал d. ГП d.
15:13 - 4 ч. Веселий фінал d. ПП С
Ending gives me chills ;)
Замечательно!!!
played boisterous bouree, playful pizzicato and sentimental saraband (i was violin 2) for nyssma majors this past year, and we got gold!!! (granted, we did a split-level 5 and 6 program but still, it was the most fun ive had in a long time and i personally think we sounded great. mostly positive comments from the adjudicators as well!!!) god, the animato in boisterous bouree was such a pain in the butt 😭
0:04 Boisterous Bourée
6:37 Sentimental Saraband
14:35 Frolicsome Finale
3:28 Playful Pizzicato
😉
0:00 1st mov
3:31 2nd mov
6:35 3rd mov
14:34 4th mov
4:30 trio 2nd mov
11:02 Più agitato 3rd mov
15:30 4rt mov part
Aw, this is so fun! :D
Wonderful symphony ❤ saraband=3❤❤❤
2nd mvt is _such_ a delightful little scherzo
練習用
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Cool
Playing this along with st. Paul's suite and I fear the inability of our second violins and lack of violas 😥
Music theacher!!; Wonderfull,10/11/21
Yed14/12/21
I Repeat,yed,Hi My love,06/1/22
We making it to the alliteration with dis 1 💯💯🗣🗣🔥🔥
bridgerton vibes iykyk
8:08 Опустела без тебя земля
все мы вышли из пахмутовской шинели
@@helen-matthews-usa абсолютный плагиат!! Вспомните другое её "творчество'! А уж мявканье кристаллинской на эу роскошную музыку... 🐖🐖
God loves you
14:34
Based Britten
i like part when pdolsis
Блииин!!! Где Пахмутова и где эта великая мелодия!!!
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I am a high school orchestra teacher and interested in purchasing both the parts and the score for string orchestra version. Please let me know where to purchase them. Thanks!
I'm going to play the Simple Symphony and St. Paul's Suite at a club next time, and when I look at the comments, it's interesting to see so many of the same people.
I need to do something to prevent the accelerating speed when playing the second movement...
Freshmen in the house and I’m 4th chair in advance orchestra playing this.
I am in 5th garde and i have to play this for a ocestra
Ну надо же! А в сэрэсерэ сентиментальную сарабанду считали песней Пахмутовой НЕЖНОСТЬ!!!! Любители СССР, как вам?
can you write in english please ?
@@Marcodini5252 russian Pahmutova appropriated melody SARABANDA by Ben Britten
@@Marcodini5252 song НЕЖНОСТЬ by Alexandra Pachmutova on rassian You Tube
Where can I get this edition? Parts and score?
You will have to buy it, presumable from Boosey and Hawkes who is Britten’s main publisher.
I’m in 7th grade bro this is gonna be HARD 14:37
idk im 13 and i played it super easy
It ok and I’m same age as u guys
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I’m in 5th grade and I have to play this for orchestra 😅
me too
1:09 1:18 1:15 1:05
Reminds me of Prokofiev 1
4:31 trio
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14:34
This was what those Taiwanese middle school students played in the dark
Do I hear signs of Ravel in this piece? Or Elgar?
I think you hear Britten in this piece.
Possibly, Britten wrote this piece based on the pieces he heard as a kid
The second movement is similar to the start of the second movement of Ravel's F major string quartet.
@@Ling__Ling__ Seems very likely, from reading David Matthews' biography.
Last movement very operatic, these opera composers can't help their operatic skills going into their instrumental works.
Soy segundo violín. Tengo que llevarla bien mañana. Me duele la mano.
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Just for me
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2nd movement archer theme anybody?
It’s really the first 8 measures, then it goes into deeper detail
Yes - it could be a coincidence, but Arthur Wood's Barwick Green - the Archer's Theme - was composed in 1924 (from his "My Native Heath" suite) - 10 years BEFORE Britten released this. Arthur Wood's Barwick Green therefore may well have influenced this movement's 7-note second subject.
Опустела без тебя земля, мать твою:)))
Присоюдиняюсь! Толъко с выражениями моего папы с Балтики матроса. Прикиньте
Сука бездарная эта пахмутова!
Comment so I can find this again
3:30 Hey, I've seen that movie
Какой фильм?
@@kisinda Moonrise Kingdom
Someone should have talked Britten out of the alliterative movement titles. Just nix the adjectives.
How old was he when he wrote this?
20 years old, although he was probably no older than 9 years old when he originally wrote the themes he later put into this work. (The earliest referred works are dated 1923.)
Not so simple to play as the title suggests, maybe it is easy listening as Benjamin Britten features on radio 2.
wait im so confused isnt a half rest one beat and whole rest 2 beats? why do i end up playing later 😭😭
I’m in grade 6 and playing the first one for my assembly 😅 Someone help me
Composed for those between ages 9-12 lmao. Ain't nothin' simple about this work.
Save me from this madness😭 a bunch of 7-10 graders are playing this
Пахмутова таки сперла эту мелодию у Бенжамена!!!!
D minor
Cool
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