Berlioz: "Symphonie Fantastique" - 5th Mvt. - Leonard Bernstein
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Leonard Bernstein conducts the "Orchestre National de France" in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique
5th Movement:Larghetto, Allegro (Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat)
Paris, 1976 
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For students analyzing this for music theory, i made a cheat sheet:
0:00 - Spooky stuff 1
0:44 - Spooky stuff 2 - bit higher
1:18 - Oh, thaaat's what the clarinet students are always practicing
1:28 - Dance break
1:44 - Bassoons laughing
1:56 - callback to movement 1. because it's the girlfriend. but now she's scary.
2:25 - witch jig sneak preview
2:50 - your delivery is here
3:16 - basically the year 2020. also bubonic plague throwback.
4:02 - whoops
4:55 - drumroll
5:06 - the jig is up
6:32 - jig again but spooky
6:49 - steve bannon trying to sneak in unnoticed
7:05 - gathering jig storm
7:40 - all together now
8:16 - spider jig
8:37 to End - your year in review
this is both the funniest and most informative way you could've broken down this piece. thanks :)
Life saver
Lmao this actually helped tho, thanks
Bernstein would have loved it.
The whole symphony in a nutshell: "Hey there Harriet! Um ok, so since I fell in love with you and you decided to have an affair with your manager, I got engaged to someone. You know,as a compensation. I took opium to kill myself and I had a dream. This was the dream in a nutshell. First I was chasing you. Second, I was at a ball and you were there with someone else and I got heartbroken. I decided to go to the countryside to calm myself (Like Beethoven's 6th symphony, you know?) and I kept thinking about you. Then I thought "well what if I married you and you abandoned me?"So I killed you and your boyfriend. I got my head chopped off, and then my soul ended up at a witches sabbath with monsters and devils. Oh, I made you the head devil witch because you betrayed me. You destroyed my soul and all the monsters and devils were cheering. Cya. Will you marry me?"
Harriet: ummm.....
Berlioz: *takes drug*
Harriet: OK SURE
Berlioz: *produces antidote*
Harriet: oh well...sigh
Chopin: Geez Berlioz, this thinking is gonna kill you with depression and paranoia. And the drugs will too eventually.
Mendelssohn: You devil, you!
For more enjoyment and understanding:
1. He wrote this symphony in inspiration of his love and fantasy about an opera actress that he fell in love in the first sight, who at first did not give a damn about this young student who kept on sending her letters.
2. There are 5 stories in this symphony and this is the 5th story. The stories are as follows: Dream and Enthusiasm - Dance Party (Ball) - Rural Landscape - March toward the Scaffold - Satan's Dream in his Party Night : Rondo of the Witch.
3. Berlioz, the composer, started his music study later than his peers and had much trouble during college life, but with all the despair, he still studied even harder and composed this amazing symphony in his young age. Very famous composers in his time (like Paganini, Chopin) noticed his works as well.
4. Thanks to this song, the actress that he loved opened her heart to him and they eventually got married (although the marriage was not happy and ended in divorce).
5. This symphony is significant in that Berlioz invented a method called idee fixe. This means a single topic is displayed in all five stories. Many composers learned this method afterwards.
6. He makes use of so many different instruments and also weird techniques (e.g. plays the violin with the back of the bow). Try to take note of these variances and unique combination of instruments.
Hope this helps some ppl to fall in love with the music even more :)
My music professor told us that Berlioz had been stalking the actress and sending her letters which is why she didn't take interest in him at first. It was only after finding out that the song was about her that she gave Berlioz a chance.
Thank you, I listen to this symphony for the first time today and I am absolutely fascinated by it!
Number 6 on your list. That string technique the violins are using is called collegno (literally - on the wood).
I think Tim burton should consider symphonie fantastique for a film
it has been used in tom and jerry. those good old days when it still existed
I think it was used as part of 'Poor Jack' in Nightmare Before Christmas. Also the opening of The Shining - starts about 3:15
That is the 'Dies Irae' and shows up in many films!
It's a Dies Irae (many composers used a "days of wrath" movement in their works), but this movement is specifically known as A Dream of a Witches' Sabbath.
I was used in the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.
Wish me luck in analyzing this...
You don't need luck. You heard it, didn't you? Write what you heard.
BattleToads good one.
BattleToads you cant listen to it during an exam which is sad
HOW DID IT GO???
maria probably failed
one of the most brilliant pieces of music ever composed
This was written in 1830! That's like miles Davis releasing a dubstep track in 1952!
It's hard to believe that somebody's torment in the afterlife could be so enjoyable!
Nazis or the 9-11 hijackers and Osama bin Laden. But that would be an anachronism.
The movement is about the guy's dream after he overdosed with the good stuff
@@vesteel I don't believe it was the good stuff; it was acid...Berlioz was also severely depressed so it was more like an escape that turned into a nightmare. Luckily he was already a genius at what he did tho so he could pen this incredible piece of music...
Never summed it up better in my life
@dsm2240 your torment.
As a young musician, Berlioz fell in love with a girl. However, his love becomes frustrated and after suffering from despair, he has a strange and fantastic vision in which he kills the woman. In the dream, he is condemned to death and led to the guillotine. His head is chopped off, and the demons and monsters who gather for his funeral unleash a diabolical celebration. His beloved appears, but she has taken on a hideous form. She is delirious with joy as she joins the demons and witches in a wild dance.
Good thing in this day, we have pornhub.
変態 and then he woke up
Fantastic indeed !
A wild dance, I suppose its ironic that Franz Liszt wrote a piece called Totentanz (dance of death) which is partially inspired by this. Fascinating...
Oh man, I did NOT get that impression from this, LOL
3:15 First call
3:37 Second call
4:05 Prelude-Response
4:15 Third & definitive call
4:34 Fourth & last call
nerd
@@Santiago-hz2cwno he is a enthusiast
@@Santiago-hz2cw You have a euphonium in your profile?
At 3:16, the incredible Gregorian Chant melody: Dies Irae is magical. Berlioz genius shines thru. This thematic element has appeared over and over in classical as well as modern music.
Rhacmaninoff's symphony 1 was based on it
@@ob4161 Rachmaninoff basically quotes that in every other work. The Scherzo of the second is based off it, it shows up in his piano music, and finally in his Symphonic dances.
dies irae is mentioned several times not just at 3:16
Before Berlioz used Dies Irae here, its use was mainly for funeral Masses. Berlioz's genius inspired other composers to use it. One of them was Franz Liszt, who was in the audience at the premier of Symphony Fantastique.
Strangely enough, I was watching "Clerks II" last night and noticed that the Dies Irae melody (as used in this piece) was also playing sotto voce in one scene between Randall and Elias.
Who is here for a class assignment?
Me, myself and I
Me😂
Me lol
Me 🥲
Me
Bernstein literally makes everything he conducts sound "better" than any other version....absolute maestro...this video is amazing :)
kim sun woo weird flex but ok
@@kimsunwoo6630 very impressive but your not the only one who can do this ;)
Bernstein definitely seems to enjoy himself while conducting this too. His enthusiasm for the material no doubt is part of what makes him a superior conductor.
With a few exceptions. He absolutely butchered some of Subelius' symphonies, most notably 5.
This shit is straight fire
idk but when i she this kind of comment und classical music i cringe really hard
@@maggoteater2290 oh loosen up, girl. Life's too short. Music is to be enjoyed. I have a music degree, and this reminds me of elitist bs that made me get out of music for years. Now I enjoy what I want however I want, and love to see other ppl doing the same.
That's what I've always thought. You got it right on. 🔥🔥🔥
@@knittingnickel I don't say he shouldn't listen to that music I like it too but this particular statement "smth is fire" is used in hip hop and wenn I see it under classical music it's just kinda odd
@@maggoteater2290 Tbh no one asked. What’s the point of music, if not to be enjoyed? Let people express their emotions towards it however they please.
Listening for my homework lol
ME TOO!
Stephen Curry ME TOO UGHHH
what did you need to do for your homework
GDash 69 me too🙆♀️
Started listening for that...6 months ago. Still listening to this on the regular absolute MASTERPIECE
Bernstein and the orchestra absolutely nail this piece. This music shouldn't feel comfortable and shouldn't be 'played safely', without taking any risks. It needs to be played as close to the edge of a frenzy as possible without actually spilling over. Bearing in mind this was recorded for an LP (now on CD) I suspect the rehearsals were longer than is usually the case....and it shows.
Bernstein almost always goes too fast. His finale of Shostakovich's 5th Symphony is an abomination.
Beriloz, Symphony Fantastique 5th Movement, 1830
Style: Romantic
Genre: Program Symphony
Form: Free Form
StasisCube lol I love you
Thank you Dudester!
*fugue
One of the best compositions ever. Berlioz is amazing
maca approves 😌 - 😭. : - )
I absolutely LOVE this conductor! Bernstein is amazing! He knew this symphony inside and out conducting it without music!
I was an 18 year old tuba player in 1997, having the time of my life performing this
Cool
Hope you played it better than these guys. There are two major goofs in the dies irae
What a phenomenal performance. What I wouldn't give to see this performed live!
The movement that would've killed Mozart from a heart attack if he hadn't been dead already.
Will Dickinson he be in heaven and listening to this, wishing to die a second time
@@malinahuang2968 why? This is high quality music
*Mozart's Ghost has entered the chat*
That would have killed gentle Mendelssohn from shock. RIP
there are 3 short instances where all the strings play the same note in harmony for a few seconds. these occur at 5:06, 5:55 and 7:39 those are my favorite parts of this piece. i feel a wave passes through the orchestra on those moments and i absolutely love the sound all the strings make together :)
Franz Liszt enjoyed this, and so did I. Bernstein refers to this symphony as; - he first musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature, and because history suggests Berlioz composed at least a portion of it under the influence of opium. According to Bernstein, "Berlioz tells it like it is. You take a trip, you wind up screaming at your own funeral."
Played this with the Symphony many moons ago still one of my fave pieces...
What a great conductor!
Love the authentic bells being used !
3:16 the moment we all Kubrick fans waited to. 🙏🏼 thanks
I have tremendous respect for all musicians, more so when I witness them performing this very emotional piece. btw, The Shining brought me here. Stanley Kubrick loved classical music and always perfectly weaved them into his films.
We're playing this in orchestra right now. This piece is hell (literally lol)
Oh god me too😂
Pun intended?
This is incredible, both the music and the orchestra and of course the great Bernstein.
The entire work is beautiful but my absolute favorite is the part starting at 3:10
+Garrison Friedel My favorite part start at 2:50. In my little village of birth, even today, the church bells are played the same way to announce the death and burial of someone.
It is my favorite part too, I love the fantasy vibes it gives me. I could totally see that part being used in a lord of the rings styled movie.
shining !! :)
Juste écouter le vent surgissant par bribes légères , la tempête onctueuse dès lors que surgit l'ouragan merveilleux, à ce que les oreilles inspirées de respirations soient enfin déchirées de saignements cuivrés. Vous inoculent un transport, celui du ravissement.Ou le chaos de la joie, mise en cloche. La plus belle expression de la musique. Une oeuvre en démons et merveilles, toutes turbulences, sa modernité accomplira le reste. Pour notre modeste éternité. Succomber en vibrations. Votre corps à l'unisson s'extirpe de sa chape pesante, s'envole, délivré. Frénésies. Jubilations extrêmes.
Parfaitement dit !
Sleeping with the enemy... 1991 with Julia Roberts and this piece of music in the movie...
+Ioana Gheltu, you are right!!
Yep...she hated.
The instrumentation in this symphony is godly.
Am I the only one who gets chills when Dies Ire starts? SOOO COOL!! I love it when the violins come laughing on top of the brass :)
Anyone who says that classical music is "boring" ought to hear this piece!
Fiery and wild ...but they never lose the structure and proper tempo...and the bells are superb!
First rate Berlioz by any standard on now one of my favorites of this movement...
"The tintinnabulation of the bells, bells, bells..." from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Bells". I have always felt there was a link between the music of Hector Berlioz and the writings of Edgar Allan Poe.
Wsc 2017 wassuh
same!
Abby Abuga omg same!
same lol
PWAAAA
Same dud
This playlist is fantastic, I have been listening to it whilst typing my assignment... 1700 words in no time. Thanks for putting together such a great playlist.
Le meilleur mouvement de cette symphonie. Bravissimo !!!
8:15 Yeah. That’s the sound! (from TwoSetViolin)
Sounds like rats scratching at the walls
@@ronnyshama thinking about it, it kinda does
3:15 mark = every hair standing up on my entire body
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Love that prickly collegno (literally means "on the wood) by the violins.
Dies irae, dies illa.
Solvet sæculum in favilla
Hssr RSS Teste david cum sibila
3:17 =The Shining 😱
so ahead of its time, use of instrumentation, timbre, orchestration, themes that could easily be 20th century
Superbly played, superbly conducted, superbly filmed.
Aside from the actual music, which is great!, this is some of the best, most-prepared camera work I've ever seen for a concert. For instance: the picc solo that goes to 3rd horn (I think?) very short solo - instant cut to the correct player. Very smart. (Also, I don't remember Bernstein ever having a beard - so this is a great find all around!)
Dies irae?
Yes
À 3’16 exactement...
It's another "Shining" example of the Dies Irae. It's a "Close Encounter of the Berlioz Kind."
yup
Great Berlioz, great Bernstein! what an intensive performance from the French forces! Thank you for this precious post..
I've got that shining feeling you only get when high in the Rockies at midnight.
by far my favorite movement of the symphonie fantastique.
Listening this for homework :)
sames
ELC AMX Ip same
screenwriting here
someones angry !
Not a student, just a rockerboy tripping balls on acid and listening to this banger
40年くらい前になるか・・バーンスタイン若いころNYフィルのこの曲であの鐘の音はインパクト有ったなー！！デジタルで聴くとリアリテイー
100倍！！涙目です！。！今回RUclipsで見つけて感動！！！！
バーンスタイン・・品格ある おじいちゃんに成ってる💛
Cara Sinfonia Fantastica, sei stata il primo disco (78 giri) ricevuto in regalo tanti anni fa, che mi ha aperto alla musica classsica e sei rimasta veramente affascinante fino ad ora con le stupende esecuzioni di Leonard Bernstein e la tecnologia strabiliante di RUclips. Grazie
what a masterpiece i dropped a tear for this
Shinning...
At 0:32 I just can't help but think of Star Wars!
0:32
Never thought I’d see macie in the comments of a classical piece 😳
I hear the shining theme from the tubas and bassoons at around 3:10
@@codynovak8259 You'd be correct! That's because the shining theme is a famous Latin chant called the Dies Irae that has been written into tons of pieces and movie scores. There are a bunch of RUclips compilations of it. I think it sounds pretty awesome
What’s uppp
this is beautiful. i love it.
2:50 Chills! I love this piece!
2:50
Have played this!! Love it!
Humans are capable of such of beautiful and complex things...
This is so fucking epic. It's like the best bits of all epic songs put together, and then improved. And it just gets better the more you listen to it.
Utter brilliance! I absolutely LOVE this piece! It is sometimes dismissed by music snobs as a "crowd pleaser", but so what? It's still great! I first heard this piece as a high school student just beginning cello studies and just beginning learning to read music. I found a conductors score in an old bookstore and followed along. INCREDIBLE!!! Finally, REAL bells in the last movement instead of glockenspiel with the wrong overtones. Berlioz wrote great parts for tympany. I didn't know there were so many in the 3rd movement.
Berstein and Berlioz are my favourites from MUSIC CLASS!!!
2018 anyone?
Extraordinario, verdaderamente una fantàstica version de la inmortal sinfonìa de Berlioz. Aqui en toda su insuperable imaginaciòn musical . Excelente interpretacion.
This is amazing!
This is an absolute masterpiece & like 90% feels like the climax of the song, i really need to see this in a film like a dark twisted alice in wonderland
Wow..Love this!
That assistant principal violist’s wig is so fabulous it wouldn’t look out of place at a B-52 concert
Люблю эту симфонию.
Ruidos extraños, gemidos y risas sarcásticas... sin desmerecer el resto en absoluto, el primer minuto es simplemente FABULOSO.
So glad my band director decided to add this part in our marching band show
I was playing solitaire whilst listening to this when I accidentally looked at the video and saw Ian McKellen (Gandalf) conducting. After a moments pause I realized that the conductor was not actually Mr. McKellen, but for a brief time, I felt that he was 3000% cooler than I had previously thought.
this is the idol for all songs the best.....EVER. im a music nerd
I like finding all the little interjections where the Dies Irae shows up. I think it's cool when different songs are brought into these kinds of pieces.
Magic… I live it 🥰
3:16 THE BEST PART
I listen to this about 4 times per year. Always so dumbstruck!
THE MAESTROS ENERGY AND SMILE MAKES ME FEEL GOOD INSIDE LOL
I just love the theme at 3:17. So commanding!
Tres belle, merci
Grandiose ! et intemporel 👏👏👏👏👏
This is good,I like it really!
Playing the Eb Clarinet part this semester at sfa and I'm so excited
🔥
4:45 and on - Lenny looks like he's having so much fun! :)
The last few seconds of the video, you can see his huge exhale and gasp of air. This composition looks very exhausting
The greatest love song ever written
incredible movement!!!
Magistral
I went to watch this one live, this mvt is plain chilling
The best of the best.........
Brings me to tears every time!
cryyy m8 XD
@@macapaca_3322 ?
As a percussionist and band kid, I love this. Also I have to do this for music appreciation lol
Amazing 👌
👆
Merci Monsieur Roberto Mastrosimone pour cette magnifique symphonie dirigée par Le Maestro de tous les temps, le plus fantastique interprète de Berlioz. Peut-être connaissez-vous la version de la Symphonie Fantastique enregistrée par Leonard Bernstein avec le Philharmonique de New York en 1968 si ma mémoire est exact. C'est la plus belle version :) Bernstein disait qu'il était habité par l'esprit de Berlioz ! Merci mille fois
Insuperable interpretación!!!!