To me, the Firebird Suite is a song about how the current system in Russia will one day completely burn down, and a new Russia that is truly good will be reborn from the ashes.
That final progression is unbelievable. When I was a little kid I thought that was the music that played when you went up to heaven. We listen to a lot of Stravinsky in my house and the mothers of invention
To me, the Firebird Suite is an anthem about how the current system in Russia will one day completely burn down, and a new Russia that is truly good will be reborn from the ashes.
The last chords of the finale always caught my ear, decided to sit down with it to my amazement it’s a simple Major chord progression | B major C Major | C # Major | F Major C# Major C Major | B Major :|| < pure genius
It astonishes me so much how the simplest composing tools make the most breathtaking music! ❤ Another amazing example is Tchaikovsky's Pas des Deux from the Nutcraker: its theme is just a mere descending scale, yet it creates one of the most emotional moment in music history!
Me too. To me, the Firebird Suite is a song about how the current system in Russia will one day completely burn down, and a new Russia that is truly good will be reborn from the ashes.
@@jacobpottala well, my own. But some Russians might know what I am talking about. Konstantin from the Inside Russia channel argues that the Russian system needs renewal like the phoenix bird. The phoenix is an ancient Middle Eastern legend about burning up and being reborn. Actually, I realized later that the Russian firebird folklore is rather different from the ancient Phoenix legend. Nonetheless, there is hope for the future. We have to keep striving for a better world and people should accept this may come through immense suffering, as is currently happening in Eastern Europe and elsewhere right now.
I would like thank my mom. She was playing this music while doing homework for a cpmmunity college course when I was kid. This song has always captivated me and sometimes brings me joyus tears.
You never forget your last concert. It’s always the one you pour the most emotion into and your performance reflects it. I was sobbing by the end of my last marching band competition. I think our lives are better for having those memories
@@buccaneerbrawler Honestly! We played it with the band too it was beautiful. Not as nice as the pros of course. But man I miss it so much! Playing my violin alone will never compare to a full orchestra 😭
I played it in the 12th grade at the halftime show for a college football game with about a dozen other high school bands from the area. (San Diego State University 1974)
Heard him conduct this at the Salzburg Festival 2020 and it was one of the best concerts I have ever heard. Totally captivating in every second. And what a fitting piece to play at this time.
I love this piece! I played it with orchestra in college - sadly, there was no music major at that university, so our orchestra was somewhat lacking. But I would have loved for all of us to be better so we could have done justice to it. Firebird sounds fresh and modern even 100 years later!
This Finale always brings me goosebumps, and almost tearful in how emotive it is. Always expecting YES to blast into Siberian Khatru at the end of this AMAZING piece.
First time I've seen this movement I was so enthusiastic and shocked at the same time. It was in 2009 and today I love that and feel relaxed when I listen to. It's stunning. A masterpiece.
............a whole news music package came from this exact signature (the reason why the package is called Stravinsky). This piece itself is fantastic, but to think my childhood came out of this!? Wow.
Maravillosa !!! Sublime !!! una gran orquesta impecable, con la excelente dirección de Gustavo Dudamel. Impresionante escuchar esta obra de Stravinsky con tanta calidad !!
Dudamel, an amazing conductor! I am a huge fan of the late great composer BURT BACHARACH, but this kind of music is one of a kind that i love very much. Always great to see musicians or conductors who are very passionate.
For decades, and I think even to this day, the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles plays part of this finale at the end of their planetary show, as the sunrises.
It's comments like these, in this section, that push people away from enjoying classical music in general. Fans who prefer one particular PERFORMANCE will try to push their opinions on others and it's INSANE. One conductor will elicit a completely different performance from an orchestra than another conductor. Neither one is wrong, they just have a different interpretation. Likewise: you, as a listener and observer, are perfectly within your rights to prefer one conductor and orchestra over another. But to somehow imply or actually SAY that one performance is "better" than another is wholly subjective. Don't like Dudamel? Cool. Find another conductor and orchestra and then offer that to readers. This is the JOY of classical (and jazz) music: keep watching and listening! Because different musicians will interpret the same music in WILDLY different ways, and that is what makes it AMAZING. To me: The music is INCREDIBLE and deserves to be heard. If this orchestra and conductor doesn't do it for you, check out other performances of the same piece! It can sound unbelievably different in the hands of a different orchestra and conductor, and that can make all the difference. Don't throw out a composition based on just one performance!!!
Seriously, I'm pretty sure my top favorite composer list has an inordinate number of Russian composers - Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky. And there's so many more awesome ones after just those four! My main gripe with performances is that they only play small selections of these composers' works, especially with full orchestra. There are many more less-known pieces I'd love to hear more often, or less known composers even! I wish it was easier for orchestras to get people in seats so they could have more freedom in what they decided to play. Anyway, after that essay - regardless of my gripes, I'm not complaining that Firebird is often played. It's amazing and deserves the honor!
It's interesting listening to all those sostenuto chords when, if you take a listen to Stravinsky himself, we wants them so short and dry. I remember being shocked by Stravinsky the first time - but now it sounds invariably right! Start at 11'15" ruclips.net/video/IrMGqAmjbug/видео.html
Disappearance of Kastchei's Palace and Magical Creations, Return to Life of the Petrified Knights, General Rejoicing. A marriage between 12 maidens who were imprisoned by Kastchei and a knight who had been turned to stone by magic. In the end, Prince Ivan and the princess are united, the curtain rises, and the country they rule appears.
I don't know about the rest of you guys but this dude-amel has zero subtlety. He's more like a marching band leader than an interpreter of the greatest music ever created. Bombastic and ultimately vain.
@@knelson3057 For example, a slow lullaby and a quick dramatic music. Of course the second conductor is ‘better’ but that’s just because it’s harder! So you’re definitely right
Stravinsky knew how to write endings... pure magic; and Dudamel is a fantastic conductor in our time.
One of the most powerful and moving pieces of music ever written!
It encompasses serenity, majesty and energy all in one......the work of a true genius!
To me, the Firebird Suite is a song about how the current system in Russia will one day completely burn down, and a new Russia that is truly good will be reborn from the ashes.
@aleksis-kivi we all wish. But yes. Power corrupts absolutely.
That final progression is unbelievable. When I was a little kid I thought that was the music that played when you went up to heaven. We listen to a lot of Stravinsky in my house and the mothers of invention
To me, the Firebird Suite is an anthem about how the current system in Russia will one day completely burn down, and a new Russia that is truly good will be reborn from the ashes.
I LOVE this final movement because it starts so quietly and ends with such a flurry!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I think the start of this movement is a continuation of the D Minor Berceuse Movement
This song always manages to bring chills down my spine
We played this my sophomore year, and it is the best finale song I’ve ever heard
The last chords of the finale always caught my ear, decided to sit down with it to my amazement it’s a simple Major chord progression | B major C Major | C # Major | F Major C# Major C Major | B Major :|| < pure genius
Yes, simple and amazing. Also, the root of each of those chords is the Firebird's theme, but inverted.
@@porkyfry I’d never realized that, although it’s only the first four notes that are exact.
And all these chords are over a B pedal!
@@porkyfry
Is this version’s chords an inversion?
It astonishes me so much how the simplest composing tools make the most breathtaking music! ❤
Another amazing example is Tchaikovsky's Pas des Deux from the Nutcraker: its theme is just a mere descending scale, yet it creates one of the most emotional moment in music history!
This brings me to tears every time!!!
Me too. To me, the Firebird Suite is a song about how the current system in Russia will one day completely burn down, and a new Russia that is truly good will be reborn from the ashes.
@@Defeat-Ruzzia--Delete-Putin Is this your personal interpretation? I have never heard of this.
@@jacobpottala well, my own. But some Russians might know what I am talking about. Konstantin from the Inside Russia channel argues that the Russian system needs renewal like the phoenix bird. The phoenix is an ancient Middle Eastern legend about burning up and being reborn. Actually, I realized later that the Russian firebird folklore is rather different from the ancient Phoenix legend. Nonetheless, there is hope for the future. We have to keep striving for a better world and people should accept this may come through immense suffering, as is currently happening in Eastern Europe and elsewhere right now.
I would like thank my mom. She was playing this music while doing homework for a cpmmunity college course when I was kid. This song has always captivated me and sometimes brings me joyus tears.
Dudamel is simply magic. And the whole orchestra is outstanding.
He looks like he's having the time of his life and it's awesome.
@@JosephDutra LOL YES
We played this in 12th grade for our last concert 😢 miss those days
wow!
You never forget your last concert. It’s always the one you pour the most emotion into and your performance reflects it. I was sobbing by the end of my last marching band competition. I think our lives are better for having those memories
@@buccaneerbrawler Honestly! We played it with the band too it was beautiful. Not as nice as the pros of course. But man I miss it so much! Playing my violin alone will never compare to a full orchestra 😭
@@courtnee3 Yes I agree with you, having an opportunity to perform in an orchestra is the best thing for a musician ever had.
I played it in the 12th grade at the halftime show for a college football game with about a dozen other high school bands from the area. (San Diego State University 1974)
Love this. I first heard it on Yessongs back in 1976 and have loved it ever since.
Probably not alone in that.
@@spikespa5208 , nope. 🙂 I can't hear that piece without expecting to hear it slide into "Siberian Khatru".
Rick Wakeman brought me here.
Me too. Changed my life.
@@isomeme Or Yours is No Disgrace.
Heard him conduct this at the Salzburg Festival 2020 and it was one of the best concerts I have ever heard. Totally captivating in every second. And what a fitting piece to play at this time.
YES ...timeless sublime Heavenly harmonious the cosmos opening to infinite endless beauty ..the Stravinsky Finale~~~!!!
I love this piece! I played it with orchestra in college - sadly, there was no music major at that university, so our orchestra was somewhat lacking. But I would have loved for all of us to be better so we could have done justice to it. Firebird sounds fresh and modern even 100 years later!
Funny - rock music is my thing and always will be , but this is absolutely fantastic . Strange how some music can just catch you out and cross over !!
Yes used this in the 1970's as an intro
Jon Anderson is still using it. Such a stirring piece of music
there are a number of great endings in classical music, but this is the most magical
My kids love this
Goosebumps every time. When that timpani hits the first time - wow.
Couldn't agree more. Goosebumps and chills every single time (especially when the brass come in).
This Finale always brings me goosebumps, and almost tearful in how emotive it is. Always expecting YES to blast into Siberian Khatru at the end of this AMAZING piece.
NPR Weekend Edition-Saturday (2/20/21) just ended with the end of this piece, and I had to listen to it again. So beautiful, so beautiful!
Agreed.
1:34 7/4 time signature baby! We concluded our marching band show with that this past season!
I love when odd time signatures are written so flawlessly you wouldn't even know they're "odd" other than their energy.
First time I've seen this movement I was so enthusiastic and shocked at the same time. It was in 2009 and today I love that and feel relaxed when I listen to. It's stunning. A masterpiece.
............a whole news music package came from this exact signature (the reason why the package is called Stravinsky). This piece itself is fantastic, but to think my childhood came out of this!? Wow.
Maravillosa !!! Sublime !!! una gran orquesta impecable, con la excelente dirección de Gustavo Dudamel. Impresionante escuchar esta obra de Stravinsky con tanta calidad !!
We played this for a percussion ensemble performance amazing piece.
Is this the best thing I've ever heard??? Wow!
It's so strange seeing Maestro Dudamel withd grey hair. But regarless, this was such a beautiful performance!
Bravo indeed!
Maestro Dudamel is the Brian Blessed of orchestral music.
Yes! He is!
LA is lucky to have Dudamel. Cities used to have bidding wars for conductors on his level.
They've only got another couple years with him now! NY is taking him after that.
I once wrote an entire script listening to this... perfect
My reaction to this sound was that it was happy and relaxing at first because it was smooth
Bravo from Tokyo
Bravo!!!
I remember this from the little Einsteins movie brings back childhood memories
When I get married. I want this to be the grand finale of the ceremony. The Firebird has long been a favorite and heavily meaningful piece for me.
The finale was usedby William Walton inhis Stitfire Fugue and Prelude and Crown Imperial for 1937 Royal Coronation. What a wonderful sound.
I loved performing this solo when I was a member of the symphony. Ah, those were the days!
Gustavo Dudamel…GRANDE, GIGANTE , FENOMENAL…No hay palabras para describir este Director ❤
2:31 he have got scared of himself ahahah
Bellissimo!!!!!!
My professor showed the class this piece and I must say its so beautiful
Hi, i recorded this piece last night for an online audition, cheers!!🤗🤗👍
😍😍 uff that was beautiful
I wish this video was long enough to let the last note linger... I love this piece
Dudamel, an amazing conductor! I am a huge fan of the late great composer BURT BACHARACH, but this kind of music is one of a kind that i love very much. Always great to see musicians or conductors who are very passionate.
I love the violinist’s smile at 1:51 :)
Wonderful, I love this suite-can't say the same for the Rite of Spring though.
For decades, and I think even to this day, the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles plays part of this finale at the end of their planetary show, as the sunrises.
A true masterpiece. One of the few...
Adoro música clássica! Por que adoro?
Porque é relaxante e me faz dormir 😴.
From “Little Einstein’s: Rocket’s Firebird Rescue”
Parabéns Dudame! ❤❤❤❤
I am curently using this for my practice for my orchestra
Now imagine if the orchestra had continued right into Siberian Khatru after this
It's impossible not to imagine that. 🙂
Thank you so much for this comment😂
Wow the best
I wonder if any of the members of the orchestra are anticipating Siberian Khatru in their heads at the end there. I bet there are a few.
YES!!
Or "Parallels". 🤣
@@TheReaperMan275or sound chaser
@@TheReaperMan275 Or Yours is No Disgrace
how am I just hearing this for the first time
Count yourself lucky to have finally heard it.
It's comments like these, in this section, that push people away from enjoying classical music in general. Fans who prefer one particular PERFORMANCE will try to push their opinions on others and it's INSANE.
One conductor will elicit a completely different performance from an orchestra than another conductor. Neither one is wrong, they just have a different interpretation. Likewise: you, as a listener and observer, are perfectly within your rights to prefer one conductor and orchestra over another. But to somehow imply or actually SAY that one performance is "better" than another is wholly subjective. Don't like Dudamel? Cool. Find another conductor and orchestra and then offer that to readers. This is the JOY of classical (and jazz) music: keep watching and listening! Because different musicians will interpret the same music in WILDLY different ways, and that is what makes it AMAZING.
To me: The music is INCREDIBLE and deserves to be heard. If this orchestra and conductor doesn't do it for you, check out other performances of the same piece! It can sound unbelievably different in the hands of a different orchestra and conductor, and that can make all the difference. Don't throw out a composition based on just one performance!!!
You must be speaking to people who don't know anything about music.
Great !!!
Wow!!,,
i played this for band last year it was sososososo cool
YES! Dudamel!!!
Que maravilla
These russian composers😍
Seriously, I'm pretty sure my top favorite composer list has an inordinate number of Russian composers - Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky. And there's so many more awesome ones after just those four!
My main gripe with performances is that they only play small selections of these composers' works, especially with full orchestra. There are many more less-known pieces I'd love to hear more often, or less known composers even! I wish it was easier for orchestras to get people in seats so they could have more freedom in what they decided to play.
Anyway, after that essay - regardless of my gripes, I'm not complaining that Firebird is often played. It's amazing and deserves the honor!
Here!!!!!!
Amazin Dudabel
I CODY JARED EVELIUS AM FIREBIRD ALSO SMOKE 💨
❤❤❤So Deep❤❤❤
A more lyrical Stravinsky, but he is all good.
Epic.
Nice
O final é Belíssimo. Andei semanas a trautear a música. Mas, ao vivo, pareceu-me mais longo. 3:01
nice
cancion muy xula igor stravinsky
???
I think i would like this played at my funeral as im eased into the ground...i think it would both stun ans scare some folks.
Any Yes fans here?
Yep, currently singing "Siberian Khatru". 🙂
Ladies and gentleman, Yes . Paralells
This was featured in Fantasia 2000
It's interesting listening to all those sostenuto chords when, if you take a listen to Stravinsky himself, we wants them so short and dry. I remember being shocked by Stravinsky the first time - but now it sounds invariably right! Start at 11'15" ruclips.net/video/IrMGqAmjbug/видео.html
Disappearance of Kastchei's Palace and Magical Creations,
Return to Life of the Petrified Knights, General Rejoicing.
A marriage between 12 maidens who were imprisoned by Kastchei and a knight who had been turned to stone by magic. In the end, Prince Ivan and the princess are united, the curtain rises, and the country they rule appears.
2:35 trumpets, trombones
Long Live the Eurasian Union!
The Ending of Firebird - is THE VOICE OF RUSSIA, IMPERIAL GREAT RUSSIA .
It was still loved after the Revolution.
We have the feather
If you know this from Hoopsanddinoman you deserve a veterans discount
At what time do you want tea
3:01 Steve Howe riff
If you're that one guy on the French horn and you mess it up...
Give me a few notes in order that they played
I'm angry with myself for taking so long to reconize this from fantasia 2000
1:57
Only 18 years old and above will allow you to play.
Government Warning: Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health
I don't know about the rest of you guys but this dude-amel has zero subtlety. He's more like a marching band leader than an interpreter of the greatest music ever created. Bombastic and ultimately vain.
In general I agree with you re: Dudamel (I suspect he was a PR move to attract a Latino audience), but that solo French horn was exquisitely played.
Lenny unattainable
Was about to like, but saw it was in the Walt Disney concert hall
Why would that stop you from liking it?
@@unbearablepleasures it didn’t
Who cares whose name is on it? It's a great hall.
Definitely sounds disney, thats why it is played in walt disney concert hall
This was suite was used as the Finale of Fantasia 2000!
Dumb comment.
отвратительный дирижёр.
disgusting comment.
How is Dudamel disgusting?
Ew. Valery gergive is so much better
gergiev has such a different style that its barely fair to judge any other conductor against him
"ew"? Can't wait til you grow up enough to come back and cringe at this comment 🤣
Both repliers above me said
both of your sentences is bad lol
@@knelson3057
For example, a slow lullaby
and a quick dramatic music.
Of course the second conductor is ‘better’ but that’s just because it’s harder!
So you’re definitely right
@@KurtRichterCISSP LOL 🤣🤣🤣
dudamel is awesome