Usually I don't subscribe channels of video reaction, but I've done an exception now, because the intensity of your reactions looks so authentic, deep, sweet and humble that looking at you reacting to classical and opera music makes me feel as if I was listening too at those music and songs for the first time.
I grew up with this type of music and am now in my seventies. I sometimes wish I could hear certain pieces by the masters, such as Mozart, for the first time. That isn't possible, but I can live vicariously through this young man.
As a former music major, I’m now a retired 66 year old IT guy. It does my heart good to see a young man enjoying great music! You have a wonderful spirit! God Bless you sir!
Weird ... I'm also a former music major ... B.M.E. with trumpet as major, then switched to bass trombone in '96. Started in IT as 1st level support and SysAdmin with Apple and MS certification. Retired in 2015. Am now 68. It's such a pleasure watching someone hear Mozart for the first time and ... "get it". It IS what music is all about. You're absolutely right. Wish everyone could "get" Mozart ...
I studied the clarinet in university, worked as a musician and played the mozart requiem lots of times as it's performed nearly every day in Vienna :-) I am now working as a Tech Writer in an IT company :-) what are the odds
As someone with a masters degree in music, who’s taught at the college level... it is such a joy to watch you experiencing Mozart. I beg and plead with my students to drop their guard, stop thinking, and FEEL the music the way you do. The joy, the despair, the heartache, the pain, the valor, the courage, the desperation, the anguish, the lust... it’s all there. Every human emotion painted out like a sonic movie. It brought me great joy to see you letting it wash over you. You’re very fortunate that you’re so open and willing. Not everybody is. Thanks for reminding us all what it’s really all about.
I have three brothers and a sister and they as well as my parents have NO interest in music. It KILLS me! We didn't listen to music while growing up so the only exposure I had was on the bus, at the skating rink, and at the bowling alley. I missed SO much!
@@Eristhenes how the hell did this guy even think this. how can you come up with just the perfect notes. I have heard the the lacrimosa part since i was 7 and at my 40's it still gives me chills.
@@ThePinkDragon Well, it turned out to be the last completed work of Mozart,but strictly speaking it wasn't HIS Requiem.It was commissioned by a Count Franz von Walsegg on the death of his 20 year old wife.Mozart died before it could be completed,it was finished by his pupilFranz Xaver Süssmayr. There is still some dispute among Mozart scholars as to exactly where Mozart stopped and Sussmayr carried on.
The cartoons made me fall in love with classical music.The Rabbit of Seville is so funny. My parents don’t appreciate this sort of music. In fact they can’t stand it. My dad would tell me to turn down that #*!+
@Judi Dipillo I don't think that those cartoons were made for children. Children do not get all of the adult humor spouted by Foghorn Leghorn or the witticisms of Bugs Bunny.
I once heard, on one stage, 800 people sing a classical piece. I almost wept. Sharing music is showing another person part of your soul, see this is what touches me.
800? Pifle. Try 10.ooo singing Beethoven .... th-cam.com/video/X6s6YKlTpfw/w-d-xo.html Or 7.ooo trumpets in one place ... th-cam.com/video/JL38A57vnoE/w-d-xo.html
If you ever get a chance, watch the movie "Amadeus" about Mozart. He was an interesting GENIUS! There are a few clips from the movie on youtube, check them out!
Yes! Yes! Yes! “ Here again was the very Voice of God! I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink- strokes at an absolute beauty. [he drops the pages].”
@@mhkec2550 Actually, they both said Händel was their favourite composer. Beethoven cried when he received the first edition of Händel´s complete ouvre in his deathbed: Ferdinand Ries, who was Beethoven's friend and student wrote: "Of all composers, Beethoven valued Mozart and Handel most highly, then J. S. Bach. ... Whenever I found him with music in his hands, or saw some lying on his desk, it was certain to be a composition by one of these idols."
I sang this in a church choir over 30 years ago. What I remember most was that, unlike with any other composer, I would never be tired after rehearsal. I was always energized.
I’m a music teacher and violinist and your reaction to this has brought such joy to my ❤️. Mozart has been a favorite since I was in HS. Every HS girl in the 80’s: Madonna Me: The Carpenters and Mozart 😂 There are MANY great classical suggestions already in the comments, but I’ll still give mine. Rachmaninov’s Bogoroditse Devo - part of a larger choral work in Russian. It’s only 3 minutes and I get chills every single time....and then I play over and over since it’s so short, simply glorious. Also Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings.... it is so beautiful, so moving, so emotional. Edit: I almost forgot!! Mozart’s Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute....like nothing else!
Two pieces that stir my soul are Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” and the sextet (six singers) from Donizetti’s opera “Lucia de Lammermoor.” The beauty just grips me. You are a dear! Keep finding beauty...it’s out there.
If you love Agnes Dei, Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber then you have to listen to the choral version from E Higginbottom, New College Choir Oxford, just beautiful
every 5th of december this gets played in vienna at the cathedral. nuff said. this is and will forever be the most perfect and touching piece of music ever written
I LOVE this! I just happened upon this. I am a 64 year old white male and a professional cellist. I have played this piece. I was raised in a family that was ok with classical music and fostered my cello career, so I've been exposed to much classical music. However, I think I've felt it more deeply than any of my family members, and indeed, many of my fellow musicians. Music like this feeds my soul. Your reaction to the Requiem probably mirrors my first reaction to it. I am SO happy to see a man (or really anybody) who didn't grow up with classical music be affected in such a profound way. I can't wait to check out your reaction to opera (another of my passions). I have some good friends who are not schooled in classical music, and when I try to play them any opera pieces they just shut down and refuse to be open to the possibility that they would be moved by the music. THANK YOU for making this video and for your willingness and courage to be open about emotions, learning something new, being vulnerable, and sharing your feelings with the world. This proves that music can be universal. By the way, I enjoy all types of music (well maybe not acid rock, heavy metal, and some awful avant garde classical crap) including pop, rock, rap, r&b, jazz, hip hop, folk, country, and etc.
Its sad that composers such as Mozart Schubert, Mendelssohn, Henry purcell, Chopin died at young ages in their 30s. What would have happened if they lived longer enough, what legacies they left at such young ages. Or even imagine what they must have thought before their last breath? Many may have not realised the legacy they left behind. Like speaking of Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn died at the age of 38 having strokes and being sick and weary. However if that's not sad enough, his elder sister, Fanny Mendelssohn was considered more skilled than her brother, unfortunately she never got really famous or her works were overlooked based on the masculinity in the classical world during the time. Women composers were never as famous like than the men during the time. Even her brother tried to publish her works but unfortunately he failed. Fanny Mendelssohn is now considered one of the greatest women composers of all time. Only after a lot of decades or even few centuries we realised what a gem of a composer she was. Like her there may have been so many composers we may never know about who are overlooked or unknown whose works are yet to be discovered in this day and age to realise what geniuses they were. There are so many who die at an age without realising what legacies they left behind. Only time will tell
@@yashbspianoandcompositions1042 Back then the average life span was around 40 so it wasn't as unexpected to die young then as now. If only they could come back.
@@ellenbacklin Here is what he wrote at the age of 5 --- for your listening pleasure!! www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/first-composition-minuet-trio
Yes he didn't finished it and a legend says that nobody knows who this requiem was for the legend says all so that his rival wanted it and because Mozart was so ill and had so mutch to to with other work and he died the legend says that his rival wanted it to be the requiem for Mozarts death mozart never had a real grave because he was poor and had no money for a grave so he was buried in a hole and the mystery person then told that re wrote rhe requiem himself if that legend is true than we will never find out who requested this requiem and for who was it for
@@delfinreiterin4037 Count Franz Walsegg-Stuppach commissioned Mozart to write the Requiem for his recently deceased wife. Walsegg-Stuppach intended to pass the Requiem off as his composition. But as you mentioned, Mozart died before the Requiem was completed. It is believed that Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who scribed for Mozart and had heard him "singing" the ideas for Lacrymosa, the final part to the Requiem, prior to his death, finished the Requiem.
@@learntocrochet1 Mozart's wife Constanze fought with Walsegg-Stuppach to give credit to Mozart for the composition. The Count had wanted to present it as his own work.
So many fabulous composers out there, but nothing compares to Mozart! Watching you react to this just melts my heart, you are so sensitive to music and energy (Love your backdrop by the way!) If you're taking personal requests I would love to watch you react to the Flower Duet (Lakme)
Requiem is great, but why is everybody so impressed by Mozart in general? Was it that movie in the 1980s? To me, he is one of the more shallow and boring classical composers, although skilled.
The entire requiem is almost an hour long. I'd recommend listenening to a full performance someday. If you're prepared to go deeper, you should try Symphony No. 2 by Mahler (also known as the Resurrection Symphony).
Mozart, wow what a genius, indeed! Requiem, this one always kicks my butt. You can really feel like someone died and approaches heaven. He did a great job writing this. So cool to watch someone else feel it too. You listen to it build. You close your eyes. The music is over and you open your eyes, and for a second - you are surprised you are not in heaven.
I would love to see your reaction to Ravel’s Bolero. The story of the piece is that two young lovers who cannot be together decide to commit suicide by climbing a volcano and throwing themselves in. The music builds and builds up to the climax and is very powerful. I think that you will like it.
This music and Mozart in particular has been bringing peace to people for 400 years. I'm 77 and still get chills when hearing the Requiem. Enjoy the peace. My heart is warmed seeing the great music wash over you.
Your reactions have inspired me to go back and listen to some of my favorites. One I'd like to share with you is Beethoven's 9th Symphony. IMHO, some of the most amazing music ever written. The back story makes it even more phenomenal because, by the time the symphony was finished, Beethoven had become almost completely deaf. So, this incredible piece of music was composed by someone who would never really be able to hear it performed. Please treat yourself and give it a listen...and let us watch as you react ;-) Love the channel.
Amadeus is a great film as far as *movies* go, but many of the events presented in the film are highly fictionalized or entirely fabricated. Definitely take this one as a piece of entertainment rather than a factual biopic. Though the same can be said of most Hollywood films, I feel like Amadeus takes more liberties than most films.
People know me mainly for being a metalhead, but I'm also a huge fan of classical, blues, soul and 80s music. Mozart is one of my favorite composers. His compositions are so powerful. You should read up on him! He was a musical prodigy. I played violin for 5 years in my youth. I hope you have an opportunity to check out a live symphony performance one of these days. There's nothing like it. Check out the film Amadeus. It's based on a play written about Mozart and his alleged rivalry with the Italian composer Salieri. F. Murray Abraham won an Oscar for playing Salieri. Amadeus swept the Oscars that year.
Mozart has such a profound effect on anyone who listens to his music. Listening to his music can bring out such emotion. I am completely devoted to his music. Thankfully I have been blessed by being able to visit Salzburg and Vienna and to visit both homes he lived in. Coming face to face with his death mask made me feel so sad. Mozart was an incredible man who died way too young. Listen to " Tu Virginium Corona". It is music from heaven in my mind, and it is, of course, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
6:14 "I'm stuck." haha! Your expression was priceless! I just discovered your channel.. What an absolute JOY it is to watch someone discover classical music for the first time. Watching you close your eyes and letting the music wash over you, seeing how it has affected you to the very marrow of your bones...THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you for being open to new music, and for being vulnerable...for allowing us in on your soul reaction to the beauty of classical in general, and Mozart specifically. "Requiem" is my favorite suite of music by Mozart. I'm so happy for you that you've discovered it! If you want to see a great movie filled with all the best of Mozart music (most notably the "Requiem Mass"), I highly recommend "Amadeus." Or just listen to the soundtrack. It will all blow your mind!
Ok I’m in a TH-cam hole watching all of your reactions and I’m happy to be here. Subscribed after the second video I watched. Straight up to my favourite reactor. You are a beautiful human being James. I can see the music touch your soul in the same way it touches mine. I’ve finished a crappy day at work and this is lifting my spirits. Thanks x
I actually had tears in my eyes watching the music wash over you and touch your soul. It could be seen on your face. Joy, love, almost ecstacy like you had found something precious. You lit up from within and you started to smile. That was enough for me.
The first time you ever reacted to Classical music I suggested you go see a live orchestra play. So many people posted comments agreeing with me & encouraging you to do so. You would truly enjoy watching how all the parts of an orchestra work together & how beautiful live sound is. James, do "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven & "Clair de Lune" by Debussey. Very famous, very popular, you might recognize them.💙
I think the physical vibrations you feel as an audience member in a live performance greatly enhances the experience. Seems to loosen something in the core of humans
My husband and I have done this complete work with choir and orchestra. Took me 3 months to learn the alto part. It is so intense and beautiful. To sing any of the choral works done by the masters of music is a great honor. You are loved!
I am happy to see you react to this wonderful music... a whole NEW world is waiting! This isn't the whole Requiem, though, just part of it.... the "dies irae", the part dealing with divine judgement and the "day of wrath". It's a burial-mass set to the liturgical Texts.
Good to see someone reacting to some amazing classical music. I hate when I hear others say they don't listen to something such as classical music because it's old. Far too many people need to realize, GOOD IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE. It can be a 230+ year old requiem mass by Mozart or the 53 year old "Are You Experienced" album by Jimi Hendrix. Good music is timeless.
Mozart would appreciate what you had to say about his genius. I could see you "feel" the music getting those goosebumps. Bless you young man. This 66 year old lady cares how you are and what you are doing. Keep listening and sharing. My best to you. Peace.
The first time I really listened to Mozart everything changed. I was a Rock fan from listening to Dion when i was 12. At about 30yrs old I started listening to Mozart. I think I cried, and I never cry, but the music, the music.
I love your reactions to classical music. I really think you’d enjoy the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Parts of it are like getting a glimpse of heaven. What’s hard to imagine is that it was written when he was totally deaf.
You would probably appreciate both of the Walt Disney Fantasia movies. The visuals accompanying the music are captivating, and the music is stunning throughout both of them. If you have limited time, try to find a video of one of the songs from the first Fantasia: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by J. S. Bach. Always enjoy visiting with you!
Like you, I appreciate so many different types of music: everything from Mozart to Billie Holiday and The Beatles. Music touches the soul like nothing else can.
The thing with this type of music is that it telegraphs where its going, so you anticipate it... The suspense is the journey, and the note your body waits for is the peace of the arrival.
I just love spending time listening to music with you. Thank you for doing what you do. I hope you discover more and more that lifts your spirit and gives you goosebumps. 🙂
Classical music never fails to calm me. When I was a child my grandfather would always listen to it in the car whilst driving us home, it was always nighttime so I’d just fall asleep to it. I used to call it monk music 😂
Your are the most powerful statement I know of for why the arts should be free and available for everyone. And why they should be taught in schools. Long ago when I was young there was always Music Appreciation day where we learned about the composers and their music. We have an Art day where we not only learned to draw but heard about the great artists. Art and music are what makes our civilization and what touches us as humans. You are so beautiful in your reactions. Thank you so much for this.
I love your channel. The fact you have a very positive attitude n reaction to alllllll kinds/types of music from waaay back in the days, til now, is AMAZING & GENUINE. thank you. Gb you as you further your journey in music👍👍
I just discovered your channel and I'm so glad I did. This is my all time favorite piece of classical music. It's phenomenal. Thank you for introducing others to it!!
Mozart wrote some of his early music as a child. Powerful, beautiful, magnificent. I am so happy to see your joyful face as you listen. It touched your soul.
If you haven't yet, listen to Allegri - Miserere Mei Deus IMHO one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed and Mozart is the reason why we can hear it today. Both Tenebrae Choir and King's College Choir, Cambridge renditions are beautiful. It's not opera, but a chant - both the Roman Catholic and various Orthodox Churches have a really wonderful legacy of chants. Very emotional music.
By the way, Freddie Mercury’s most used engineer and friend, Mack, said Freddie watched the movie “ Amadeus” over and over and told him he feared his death would be similar, dying young after being a composer/musician and body simply thrown into a ditch at death.
Wow, I've never heard that! That's so sad! It's sad that two of those three things came to pass for him, but fortunately, his body was not treated with the same disregard (nor, in fact, was Mozart's).
That energy you speak of is feeling music down to your soul. Classical Music was European soul music-- deeply felt, highly revered, and evidence that we are God-created.
Mozart is on another level. Something very special about him and his music. He tells a story with notes and melody. It was good to hear this (it's been many years since I listened to it).Glad this is bringing you happiness and light as well.
The time that we call the Age of Classical Music is beyond amazing. So many brilliant minds wrote and/or performed such a wide breadth of musical art. The music from this one-hundred-year period in the 19th Century, to me, had layers and texture. Now you will notice after doing these reactions just how often classical music has been used in movies, television, and cable shows. Classical music can make your heart and soul SOAR!
I love the Mozart requiem and have had the pleasure of singing it a few times with orchestra. A totally emotional experience. Mozart was truly a gift from God.
That amazing feeling is like a good high being in subspace. Enjoy it! You might also check out Luciano Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma. It will rip your heart out. You don't even have to know Italian to feel the passion in the music.
I have to disagree. Richard Wagner - Ritt der Walküren from Die Walküre or even better Pilgrims' chorus from Tannhäuser. Also Carl Orff's O fortuna from Carmina Burana shows the kind of power and energy which could be considered "metal".
I love Mozart as much as you do now. Music will never be the same for you because this lifts the spirit and touches the heart. Rachel from far away South Africa.
Classical music is a gift. It’s the first platform of music that still lives hundreds of years later. This is the power of the purity and appreciation of music.
James, This is why I love you. How many 25-year-olds love this kind of music not only loves it but feels it and appreciates it? Whatever you’re going through just keep going keep going keep going and don’t ever give up on your dreams God bless you!
Oh man, I LOVE that you did a reaction to this, my favorite classical piece (or, in this case, parts of my favorite piece). I highly recommend listening to the entire piece when you have a chance. It is, frankly, life-altering.
I love classical music Bach Beethoven and I have a CD of handel I read one time that one of these guys music was considered at the time to be hard core!
Mozart Requiem is a piece of music that just gets you right down to your gut. It’s just about my favorite piece of choral music ever. And I love watching the vast array of reactions on your face: pain, love, awe, joy, sorrow, grief, etc. Your reactions are so pure, unfiltered, so true. Much love and thanks for sharing. ❤️🎼🎵🎶
Watching your face....the look of complete peace that washed over your countenence.. as you let the music wash over your soul.. was perfection. It was as it should be. Bless you.
Amadeus (1984) won 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture. F. Murray Abraham is awesome as rival/friend to Mozart. Not the most accurate movie in the world but still amazing.
Classical always feels like a big, deep, warm feather bed for my weary soul. It's such a pleasure to watch your face while listening to it. Never give up that sweet spirit, it's an unbelievable treasure.
Usually I don't subscribe channels of video reaction, but I've done an exception now, because the intensity of your reactions looks so authentic, deep, sweet and humble that looking at you reacting to classical and opera music makes me feel as if I was listening too at those music and songs for the first time.
❤️
I grew up with this type of music and am now in my seventies. I sometimes wish I could hear certain pieces by the masters, such as Mozart, for the first time. That isn't possible, but I can live vicariously through this young man.
@@marbet2395 Same here
As a former music major, I’m now a retired 66 year old IT guy. It does my heart good to see a young man enjoying great music! You have a wonderful spirit! God Bless you sir!
What brings culture is good. Can't agree more.
Weird ... I'm also a former music major ... B.M.E. with trumpet as major, then switched to bass trombone in '96. Started in IT as 1st level support and SysAdmin with Apple and MS certification. Retired in 2015. Am now 68. It's such a pleasure watching someone hear Mozart for the first time and ... "get it". It IS what music is all about. You're absolutely right. Wish everyone could "get" Mozart ...
As another music major, I agree wholeheartedly!
Music major, now IT. I'm with you.
I studied the clarinet in university, worked as a musician and played the mozart requiem lots of times as it's performed nearly every day in Vienna :-) I am now working as a Tech Writer in an IT company :-) what are the odds
As someone with a masters degree in music, who’s taught at the college level... it is such a joy to watch you experiencing Mozart. I beg and plead with my students to drop their guard, stop thinking, and FEEL the music the way you do. The joy, the despair, the heartache, the pain, the valor, the courage, the desperation, the anguish, the lust... it’s all there. Every human emotion painted out like a sonic movie. It brought me great joy to see you letting it wash over you. You’re very fortunate that you’re so open and willing. Not everybody is. Thanks for reminding us all what it’s really all about.
I have three brothers and a sister and they as well as my parents have NO interest in music. It KILLS me! We didn't listen to music while growing up so the only exposure I had was on the bus, at the skating rink, and at the bowling alley. I missed SO much!
@@christi8491 But now you have SO MUCH to look forward to - that's a happy day
You either love or hate opera. My dad played classical music every weekend and I fell asleep to it, but I love opera!
And so say all of us, Mr Schneider ! ☺
My mother died in April.. never felt the music this hard
The "Lacrimosa" section is just perfection. I never get tired of hearing it.
Siansonea Orande Yes, my favorite part, too.
Yes, and coming off the Confutatis with that pause and then that delicious chord before transitioning into the Lacrimosa, is life!
Mine as well
@@Eristhenes how the hell did this guy even think this. how can you come up with just the perfect notes. I have heard the the lacrimosa part since i was 7 and at my 40's it still gives me chills.
Yes, yes and yes!
Requiem is sacred music for one who has died. It is Mozart's music bridging heaven and earth. It invokes God for the soul that has passed.
unfortunately he didn’t live to finish it. It was completed by others.
@@samhain1894 was it HIS REQUIEM?
@@ThePinkDragon Well, it turned out to be the last completed work of Mozart,but strictly speaking it wasn't HIS Requiem.It was commissioned by a Count Franz von Walsegg on the death of his 20 year old wife.Mozart died before it could be completed,it was finished by his pupilFranz Xaver Süssmayr. There is still some dispute among Mozart scholars as to exactly where Mozart stopped and Sussmayr carried on.
@@MrSwifts31 Thanks for the info.
I'm an atheist, but I enjoy this piece (regardless of its "purpose").
Much classical music was used in BUGS BUNNY cartoons. That is where many of us in the 50s and 60s heard our first classical music.
The cartoons made me fall in love with classical music.The Rabbit of Seville is so funny. My parents don’t appreciate this sort of music. In fact they can’t stand it. My dad would tell me to turn down that #*!+
Can't forget the late Liberace bringing all types of music including classical piano to TV.
I have a spear and magic helmet!
@Judi Dipillo I don't think that those cartoons were made for children. Children do not get all of the adult humor spouted by Foghorn Leghorn or the witticisms of Bugs Bunny.
Kids from the 70s, over here waving.....always forgotten. The curse of Gen X.
I once heard, on one stage, 800 people sing a classical piece. I almost wept. Sharing music is showing another person part of your soul, see this is what touches me.
800? Pifle.
Try 10.ooo singing Beethoven ....
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Or 7.ooo trumpets in one place ...
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Try listening to 1 of these these opera arias and see if you like it: th-cam.com/play/PLzBApvrysdgcFg14bOiOAx9NQIvNROh7C.html
Music has no boundaries. It doesn't care about political affiliation, race, country of origin, age, gender. It lifts up our souls!
Can I get an Amen?!
Preach!
Bravo James for you open-mindedness and passion for all kinds of music! 👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼
Watching the relaxed expression on your face is reward enough.
If you ever get a chance, watch the movie "Amadeus" about Mozart. He was an interesting GENIUS! There are a few clips from the movie on youtube, check them out!
You read my mind! Amadeus is an amazing film. James, you'll love it!!!!
And when you're finished watching "Amadeus", watch "Immortal Beloved". Gary Oldman as Beethoven is amazing!
Yes! Yes! Yes! “
Here again was the very Voice of God! I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink- strokes at an absolute beauty. [he drops the pages].”
Great movie but many historical inaccuracies, definitely worth watching but keep that in mind.
Yes! My music teacher showed my 5th grade class Amadeus (skipping over *certain* parts) and I’ve loved it since.
I am a direct descendant of Bach, and even though I love Bach, Mozart is my favorite Composer. A Prodigy, a musical gift from GOD.
Woher kommen deine Nachkommen, Thüringen? You are from Thuringia?
Mozart said I didn't think I would learn anything new in music from anyone
until I heard Bach. Beethoven and Mozart himself said bach is the best
@@mhkec2550 Actually, they both said Händel was their favourite composer. Beethoven cried when he received the first edition of Händel´s complete ouvre in his deathbed: Ferdinand Ries, who was Beethoven's friend and student wrote: "Of all composers, Beethoven valued Mozart and Handel most highly, then J. S. Bach. ... Whenever I found him with music in his hands, or saw some lying on his desk, it was certain to be a composition by one of these idols."
In bbc muisique 143 composer and maistro over the world made 1 bach 2 Beethoven 3 Mozart
@@mhkec2550 I was talking about Beethoven's preferences, not BBC's..
It's a fact the classic music is known to rest a worried soul.
Sometimes beause it's heavenly and so beautiful, other times it's because it can get extremely boring
And can excite a rested soul :)
Art is not about rest. The strength and emotional extremes of this masterwork should try men's souls.
Eoselan-Music creates different reactions in different listeners and each reaction is wonderful.
@@photo161 agree, and also women's souls
when my grandfather died, i sat in my back yard drinking..listening to this requiem. I drew a church for him, for each movement. Dies Irae Dies Illa
Beautiful
You open your heart on this channel and you’re sincere in your reactions. That’s what makes me love your channel. I think you’re a great guy. ❤️
I love Mozart and this requiem is so beautiful and so intense
I sang this in a church choir over 30 years ago. What I remember most was that, unlike with any other composer, I would never be tired after rehearsal. I was always energized.
Excellent to see someone really reaching into different areas to inform their musical taste. There are worlds of music never touched by reactors.
I feel goosebumps on my skin whenever I listen to Mozart's Requiem. So beautiful!
When you have the time, listen to Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” pick any season to listen, enjoy!
Hear, hear!
A real trip 👌
Hell yes!
Oh yes!
The Four Seasons was spoiled for me by it being the theme music to be put on hold in telephone conversations
All Mozart's works were written down in full with no alterations but complete. Complete genius
When the angels play music for themselves, they play Mozart. When they play music for God, they play Bach.
And for we mere humans it's Beethoven.
And when demon’s play music for themselves they play Bazzini, but when the devil needs a tune he calls upon Paganini.
@Belinda Ciccotto i think bach and Beethoven are even
@@One_Proud_Papa Verdi?
You have a beautiful spirit, it's ready to receive the sacred sounds. It is a privilege to watch. Thank you.
I’m a music teacher and violinist and your reaction to this has brought such joy to my ❤️.
Mozart has been a favorite since I was in HS.
Every HS girl in the 80’s: Madonna
Me: The Carpenters and Mozart 😂
There are MANY great classical suggestions already in the comments, but I’ll still give mine.
Rachmaninov’s Bogoroditse Devo - part of a larger choral work in Russian. It’s only 3 minutes and
I get chills every single time....and then I play over and over since it’s so short, simply glorious.
Also Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings.... it is so beautiful, so moving, so emotional.
Edit: I almost forgot!! Mozart’s Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute....like nothing else!
Two pieces that stir my soul are Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” and the sextet (six singers) from Donizetti’s opera “Lucia de Lammermoor.” The beauty just grips me. You are a dear! Keep finding beauty...it’s out there.
, love love love love Adagio
Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” is an incredibly beautiful composition
@@Oscar_MH its considered one of the saddest classical pieces
Anybody has heard of of elgar's enigmas?
If you love Agnes Dei, Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber then you have to listen to the choral version from E Higginbottom, New College Choir Oxford, just beautiful
every 5th of december this gets played in vienna at the cathedral. nuff said. this is and will forever be the most perfect and touching piece of music ever written
I LOVE this! I just happened upon this. I am a 64 year old white male and a professional cellist. I have played this piece. I was raised in a family that was ok with classical music and fostered my cello career, so I've been exposed to much classical music. However, I think I've felt it more deeply than any of my family members, and indeed, many of my fellow musicians. Music like this feeds my soul. Your reaction to the Requiem probably mirrors my first reaction to it. I am SO happy to see a man (or really anybody) who didn't grow up with classical music be affected in such a profound way. I can't wait to check out your reaction to opera (another of my passions). I have some good friends who are not schooled in classical music, and when I try to play them any opera pieces they just shut down and refuse to be open to the possibility that they would be moved by the music. THANK YOU for making this video and for your willingness and courage to be open about emotions, learning something new, being vulnerable, and sharing your feelings with the world. This proves that music can be universal. By the way, I enjoy all types of music (well maybe not acid rock, heavy metal, and some awful avant garde classical crap) including pop, rock, rap, r&b, jazz, hip hop, folk, country, and etc.
We love you too, James. This is truly music for the soul. Mozart composed his first piece at age 5. Thank you so much for your thoughtful reactions.
And this one was his last. He died writing a requiem, how twisted is that
Its sad that composers such as Mozart Schubert, Mendelssohn, Henry purcell, Chopin died at young ages in their 30s. What would have happened if they lived longer enough, what legacies they left at such young ages. Or even imagine what they must have thought before their last breath? Many may have not realised the legacy they left behind. Like speaking of Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn died at the age of 38 having strokes and being sick and weary. However if that's not sad enough, his elder sister, Fanny Mendelssohn was considered more skilled than her brother, unfortunately she never got really famous or her works were overlooked based on the masculinity in the classical world during the time. Women composers were never as famous like than the men during the time. Even her brother tried to publish her works but unfortunately he failed. Fanny Mendelssohn is now considered one of the greatest women composers of all time. Only after a lot of decades or even few centuries we realised what a gem of a composer she was. Like her there may have been so many composers we may never know about who are overlooked or unknown whose works are yet to be discovered in this day and age to realise what geniuses they were. There are so many who die at an age without realising what legacies they left behind. Only time will tell
@@yashbspianoandcompositions1042 Back then the average life span was around 40 so it wasn't as unexpected to die young then as now. If only they could come back.
Twinkle twinkle little star right
@@ellenbacklin Here is what he wrote at the age of 5 --- for your listening pleasure!! www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/first-composition-minuet-trio
This was Mozarts' last composition, and was unfinished when he died. I believe one of his students finished it.
As always, keep it up man!
Yes he didn't finished it and a legend says that nobody knows who this requiem was for the legend says all so that his rival wanted it and because Mozart was so ill and had so mutch to to with other work and he died the legend says that his rival wanted it to be the requiem for Mozarts death mozart never had a real grave because he was poor and had no money for a grave so he was buried in a hole and the mystery person then told that re wrote rhe requiem himself if that legend is true than we will never find out who requested this requiem and for who was it for
delfin reiterin this is the story that’s portrayed in Amadeus, one of my favorite movies.
@@delfinreiterin4037 The rival you speak of was, I believe Salieri as portrayed in Amadeus. But, truthfully, Salieri and Mozart were not rivals.
@@delfinreiterin4037 Count Franz Walsegg-Stuppach commissioned Mozart to write the Requiem for his recently deceased wife. Walsegg-Stuppach intended to pass the Requiem off as his composition. But as you mentioned, Mozart died before the Requiem was completed. It is believed that Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who scribed for Mozart and had heard him "singing" the ideas for Lacrymosa, the final part to the Requiem, prior to his death, finished the Requiem.
@@learntocrochet1 Mozart's wife Constanze fought with Walsegg-Stuppach to give credit to Mozart for the composition. The Count had wanted to present it as his own work.
So many fabulous composers out there, but nothing compares to Mozart! Watching you react to this just melts my heart, you are so sensitive to music and energy (Love your backdrop by the way!) If you're taking personal requests I would love to watch you react to the Flower Duet (Lakme)
Requiem is great, but why is everybody so impressed by Mozart in general? Was it that movie in the 1980s? To me, he is one of the more shallow and boring classical composers, although skilled.
@@herrbonk3635 Why do babies react the way they do to his music? Perhaps the shallowness is in the listener?
Herr Bonk-from a violinist and musicologist of 35 years, Mozart is extraordinary by any measure.
@@iriscollins7583 If they do, I would say that indicates the music is pretty infantile and shallow, more than anything else.
@@joshuasussman4020 What measures are you thinking about? (I'm just a simple jazz-style player, but seriously curious.)
My very favorite piece of music by Mozart brings me to tears every time I hear it. The Lacrimosa is sublime!
The entire requiem is almost an hour long. I'd recommend listenening to a full performance someday.
If you're prepared to go deeper, you should try Symphony No. 2 by Mahler (also known as the Resurrection Symphony).
Mozart, wow what a genius, indeed! Requiem, this one always kicks my butt. You can really feel like someone died and approaches heaven. He did a great job writing this. So cool to watch someone else feel it too. You listen to it build. You close your eyes. The music is over and you open your eyes, and for a second - you are surprised you are not in heaven.
"I believe in God, Beethoven and Mozart" - Richard Wagner
and damn even Wagner was a god imo
Wow I didn't know Wagner said that (but damn I mean can't blame him)
And I agree 100%
Verdi is my favourite
Wagner also “believed”in Hitler, so take take that as you will ...
I absolutely love classical music, Mozart is my favorite ❤
You were born for this kind of music. Love it how your face lights up when you hear it.
I would love to see your reaction to Ravel’s Bolero.
The story of the piece is that two young lovers who cannot be together decide to commit suicide by climbing a volcano and throwing themselves in. The music builds and builds up to the climax and is very powerful. I think that you will like it.
They say in Heaven the angels sing nonstop about the glory of God. I imagine this is what it sounds like.
This music and Mozart in particular has been bringing peace to people for 400 years. I'm 77 and still get chills when hearing the Requiem. Enjoy the peace.
My heart is warmed seeing the great music wash over you.
Your reactions have inspired me to go back and listen to some of my favorites. One I'd like to share with you is Beethoven's 9th Symphony. IMHO, some of the most amazing music ever written. The back story makes it even more phenomenal because, by the time the symphony was finished, Beethoven had become almost completely deaf. So, this incredible piece of music was composed by someone who would never really be able to hear it performed. Please treat yourself and give it a listen...and let us watch as you react ;-) Love the channel.
Watch the movie “Amadeus” story about his life. I believe he was born unto the earth with a mission pre-destined for humanity for the ages.
Amadeus is a great film as far as *movies* go, but many of the events presented in the film are highly fictionalized or entirely fabricated. Definitely take this one as a piece of entertainment rather than a factual biopic. Though the same can be said of most Hollywood films, I feel like Amadeus takes more liberties than most films.
Rob Davies I agree but it’s a good starting point for JB, from there he can dive into history.
What a great movie
@@robdaviesprogm agreed...but that soundtrack...
@@robdaviesprogm It's still a great place to start though. It's like what the "Blues Brothers" did for the Blues.
People know me mainly for being a metalhead, but I'm also a huge fan of classical, blues, soul and 80s music. Mozart is one of my favorite composers. His compositions are so powerful. You should read up on him! He was a musical prodigy. I played violin for 5 years in my youth. I hope you have an opportunity to check out a live symphony performance one of these days. There's nothing like it. Check out the film Amadeus. It's based on a play written about Mozart and his alleged rivalry with the Italian composer Salieri. F. Murray Abraham won an Oscar for playing Salieri. Amadeus swept the Oscars that year.
Mozart has such a profound effect on anyone who listens to his music. Listening to his music can bring out such emotion. I am completely devoted to his music. Thankfully I have been blessed by being able to visit Salzburg and Vienna and to visit both homes he lived in. Coming face to face with his death mask made me feel so sad. Mozart was an incredible man who died way too young. Listen to " Tu Virginium Corona". It is music from heaven in my mind, and it is, of course, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
You make my heart happy. God bless you!
Classical music makes me feel the same way...you can visualize the music like a picture in your mind very soothing
Adagio in G Minor is one of the most beautiful pieces ever composed. Bach's Air is another one even though both are often used in funerals.
6:14 "I'm stuck." haha! Your expression was priceless! I just discovered your channel.. What an absolute JOY it is to watch someone discover classical music for the first time. Watching you close your eyes and letting the music wash over you, seeing how it has affected you to the very marrow of your bones...THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you for being open to new music, and for being vulnerable...for allowing us in on your soul reaction to the beauty of classical in general, and Mozart specifically. "Requiem" is my favorite suite of music by Mozart. I'm so happy for you that you've discovered it! If you want to see a great movie filled with all the best of Mozart music (most notably the "Requiem Mass"), I highly recommend "Amadeus." Or just listen to the soundtrack. It will all blow your mind!
Ok I’m in a TH-cam hole watching all of your reactions and I’m happy to be here. Subscribed after the second video I watched. Straight up to my favourite reactor. You are a beautiful human being James. I can see the music touch your soul in the same way it touches mine. I’ve finished a crappy day at work and this is lifting my spirits. Thanks x
Its so wonderful how you feel this music. It explain how much i like your reactions. Great man.
I actually had tears in my eyes watching the music wash over you and touch your soul. It could be seen on your face. Joy, love, almost ecstacy like you had found something precious. You lit up from within and you started to smile. That was enough for me.
The first time you ever reacted to Classical music I suggested you go see a live orchestra play. So many people posted comments agreeing with me & encouraging you to do so. You would truly enjoy watching how all the parts of an orchestra work together & how beautiful live sound is.
James, do "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven & "Clair de Lune" by Debussey. Very famous, very popular, you might recognize them.💙
Yes, I agree. Go and watch it ĺive!!
I think the physical vibrations you feel as an audience member in a live performance greatly enhances the experience. Seems to loosen something in the core of humans
It takes real courage to bare your soul in front of the world. You have my greatest respect and admiration.
My husband and I have done this complete work with choir and orchestra. Took me 3 months to learn the alto part. It is so intense and beautiful. To sing any of the choral works done by the masters of music is a great honor. You are loved!
I am happy to see you react to this wonderful music... a whole NEW world is waiting! This isn't the whole Requiem, though, just part of it.... the "dies irae", the part dealing with divine judgement and the "day of wrath". It's a burial-mass set to the liturgical Texts.
Good to see someone reacting to some amazing classical music. I hate when I hear others say they don't listen to something such as classical music because it's old. Far too many people need to realize, GOOD IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE. It can be a 230+ year old requiem mass by Mozart or the 53 year old "Are You Experienced" album by Jimi Hendrix. Good music is timeless.
Mozart would appreciate what you had to say about his genius. I could see you "feel" the music getting those goosebumps. Bless you young man. This 66 year old lady cares how you are and what you are doing. Keep listening and sharing. My best to you. Peace.
Thank you for bringing joy to my heart tonight, James. God bless you.
The first time I really listened to Mozart everything changed. I was a Rock fan from listening to Dion when i was 12. At about 30yrs old I started listening to Mozart. I think I cried, and I never cry, but the music, the music.
I love your reactions to classical music. I really think you’d enjoy the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Parts of it are like getting a glimpse of heaven. What’s hard to imagine is that it was written when he was totally deaf.
I just love performing this. It is so energizing and emotional!
You would probably appreciate both of the Walt Disney Fantasia movies. The visuals accompanying the music are captivating, and the music is stunning throughout both of them. If you have limited time, try to find a video of one of the songs from the first Fantasia: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by J. S. Bach. Always enjoy visiting with you!
Oh absolutely! Great request!!!!
Oh, I loved Fantasia! I saw the first one when it first came out in theaters, & have always loved the music, especially Night on Bald Mountain.
Probably the most beautiful opening passage ever written... the sound of falling tears.
Like you, I appreciate so many different types of music: everything from Mozart to Billie Holiday and The Beatles. Music touches the soul like nothing else can.
Mozart is the goat!
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I love your reaction to this and how you feel the music!
The thing with this type of music is that it telegraphs where its going, so you anticipate it... The suspense is the journey, and the note your body waits for is the peace of the arrival.
I just love spending time listening to music with you. Thank you for doing what you do. I hope you discover more and more that lifts your spirit and gives you goosebumps. 🙂
Classical music never fails to calm me. When I was a child my grandfather would always listen to it in the car whilst driving us home, it was always nighttime so I’d just fall asleep to it. I used to call it monk music 😂
That’s so cute! Totally understand why 😂
The world needs more music it brings everyone together. Enjoy that you will go anywhere with your reactions.
Your are the most powerful statement I know of for why the arts should be free and available for everyone. And why they should be taught in schools. Long ago when I was young there was always Music Appreciation day where we learned about the composers and their music. We have an Art day where we not only learned to draw but heard about the great artists. Art and music are what makes our civilization and what touches us as humans. You are so beautiful in your reactions. Thank you so much for this.
It is so wonderful to see a young man enjoying Mozart , especially his Requiem for the first time. It's the lament of angels.
I love your channel. The fact you have a very positive attitude n reaction to alllllll kinds/types of music from waaay back in the days, til now, is AMAZING & GENUINE. thank you. Gb you as you further your journey in music👍👍
I just discovered your channel and I'm so glad I did. This is my all time favorite piece of classical music. It's phenomenal. Thank you for introducing others to it!!
Mozart wrote some of his early music as a child. Powerful, beautiful, magnificent. I am so happy to see your joyful face as you listen. It touched your soul.
I’m in Love with your classical music reactions. The pure joy on your face is beautiful 🥰
If you haven't yet, listen to Allegri - Miserere Mei Deus
IMHO one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed and Mozart is the reason why we can hear it today. Both Tenebrae Choir and King's College Choir, Cambridge renditions are beautiful. It's not opera, but a chant - both the Roman Catholic and various Orthodox Churches have a really wonderful legacy of chants. Very emotional music.
The first time I heard Allegri’s Miserere I was convinced that I’d died and gone to heaven?!
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By the way, Freddie Mercury’s most used engineer and friend, Mack, said Freddie watched the movie “ Amadeus” over and over and told him he feared his death would be similar, dying young after being a composer/musician and body simply thrown into a ditch at death.
Wow, I've never heard that! That's so sad! It's sad that two of those three things came to pass for him, but fortunately, his body was not treated with the same disregard (nor, in fact, was Mozart's).
That energy you speak of is feeling music down to your soul. Classical Music was European soul music-- deeply felt, highly revered, and evidence that we are God-created.
Mozart is on another level. Something very special about him and his music. He tells a story with notes and melody. It was good to hear this (it's been many years since I listened to it).Glad this is bringing you happiness and light as well.
Mozart was the Freddy Murcury of the 18th century. Most other composers hated him. listen to THE MAGIC FLUTE you may recognize much of the music
This makes me happy. Makes me like you more. Thank you. I love him also
The time that we call the Age of Classical Music is beyond amazing. So many brilliant minds wrote and/or performed such a wide breadth of musical art. The music from this one-hundred-year period in the 19th Century, to me, had layers and texture. Now you will notice after doing these reactions just how often classical music has been used in movies, television, and cable shows. Classical music can make your heart and soul SOAR!
I love the Mozart requiem and have had the pleasure of singing it a few times with orchestra. A totally emotional experience. Mozart was truly a gift from God.
That amazing feeling is like a good high being in subspace. Enjoy it! You might also check out Luciano Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma. It will rip your heart out. You don't even have to know Italian to feel the passion in the music.
The most Metal of classic music: J.S.Bach Toccata and fugue in D minor.
My favorite
Oh yes !! This in my humble opinion is required listening for any Mozart fan !!
I have to disagree. Richard Wagner - Ritt der Walküren from Die Walküre or even better Pilgrims' chorus from Tannhäuser. Also Carl Orff's O fortuna from Carmina Burana shows the kind of power and energy which could be considered "metal".
Of course, this piece is also in Dm, as is another piece of stern German Music, Handel's Sarabande.
The third movement of Beethoven’s appasionata I think fits that description better
I love Mozart as much as you do now. Music will never be the same for you because this lifts the spirit and touches the heart. Rachel from far away South Africa.
now you're talking - this is MY jam!! Love it!! ♥ ♥ gives me chills all over!!
You should try "Claire de Lune" by Debussy
Yes it's lovely.
I can't wait for him to find that one :-) He is going to enjoy it very much!
Yes yes yes
also "Nuages" - Debussy. th-cam.com/video/dRN8RA5Vph8/w-d-xo.html
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You really should watch Amadeus. Mozart is my favorite composer and once you learn about his life he will be yours too.
Classical music is a gift. It’s the first platform of music that still lives hundreds of years later.
This is the power of the purity and appreciation of music.
James, This is why I love you. How many 25-year-olds love this kind of music not only loves it but feels it and appreciates it? Whatever you’re going through just keep going keep going keep going and don’t ever give up on your dreams God bless you!
Oh man, I LOVE that you did a reaction to this, my favorite classical piece (or, in this case, parts of my favorite piece). I highly recommend listening to the entire piece when you have a chance. It is, frankly, life-altering.
I love classical music Bach Beethoven and I have a CD of handel I read one time that one of these guys music was considered at the time to be hard core!
Mozart Requiem is a piece of music that just gets you right down to your gut. It’s just about my favorite piece of choral music ever. And I love watching the vast array of reactions on your face: pain, love, awe, joy, sorrow, grief, etc. Your reactions are so pure, unfiltered, so true. Much love and thanks for sharing. ❤️🎼🎵🎶
Watching your face....the look of complete peace that washed over your countenence.. as you let the music wash over your soul.. was perfection. It was as it should be.
Bless you.
Amadeus (1984) won 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture. F. Murray Abraham is awesome as rival/friend to Mozart. Not the most accurate movie in the world but still amazing.
I have to suggest this: Mozart's AVE VERUM CORPUS. Even people like me who can't sing, sound like angels. It really is genius.
Another one of my top favorites.. Oh James, the way you're feeling the music is magical
Thank you
Classical always feels like a big, deep, warm feather bed for my weary soul. It's such a pleasure to watch your face while listening to it. Never give up that sweet spirit, it's an unbelievable treasure.
Yooooo my man is at it again, more power to you pal, keep it up