Freaky experiment shocks Paris. Ep 9 - Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy

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  • Sun's come out and things are getting psychedelic for Debussy's faun...
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    MUSIC CREDITS:
    Composer: Claude Debussy
    Work: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune, L.86
    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
    Conductor: Bernard Haitink
    Year: 1976
    Label: Philips
    Catalogue No: 4164442
    With thanks to our patron F. Pfleger for the German subtitles, and Emilia Strachevskaia.

ความคิดเห็น • 237

  • @alex_squeezebox
    @alex_squeezebox ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Apparently Stravinsky liked this piece so much that wanted it played at his funeral!

    • @a-un7952
      @a-un7952 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Ravel said he wanted to listen to this piece with his last breath.

  • @jannisopel
    @jannisopel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The Faun would love a modern body pillow.
    I will never listen to this piece the same way again.

  • @M0rph1sm55
    @M0rph1sm55 3 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    Furry culture is older than one might think.

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      lol

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      indeed!

    • @elihyland4781
      @elihyland4781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      If I had a mouth full of water when I read this, I’d have a lap full of water right now
      🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏🙌👏

    • @Packless1
      @Packless1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...good point...! :D

    • @meganlewis2377
      @meganlewis2377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Will here be a Pastoral symphony?

  • @alexscott1257
    @alexscott1257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Those animators should get medals!

  • @erliLila
    @erliLila ปีที่แล้ว +75

    These should be used in Music History classes
    So well done!

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thanks so much - we are passionate about people just loving to learn about this stuff!

    • @IceOfPhoenix88
      @IceOfPhoenix88 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ClassicsExplainedwe watched the rite if spring one in class

  • @VetsrisAuguste
    @VetsrisAuguste 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I have said it before, and I’ll say it again... I love this series!!!
    Being a professional dancer, nearly all of my friends and acquaintances are either musicians or dancers themselves. I have been sharing this series with them and they love it too.
    I would like to point out, from a dance educator’s point of view, the animations of dancing in this series, despite the simple and humorous style, are quite informed in regards to actual ballet technique and its culture. That is a very rare quality in any artistic representation of ballet, let alone one that is stylized so particularly.
    Bravo!
    Edit: the episode dedicated to Rite of Spring illustrates my comments about dance particularly well.

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Thank you so much for your kind comment, Eric! We really appreciate you spreading the word.
      Glad you picked up on the fact that we do feel we do our research - there's a lot that goes into making it quite simple and if we miss out details it is usually because we would rather not complicate the story for those who are new to the subject.
      So pleased that people go away and learn more.
      Again - thanks for your support :)

  • @arendstunes1891
    @arendstunes1891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This is just hysterical. Loved Debussy lying on the piano and caressing it. Also the way the groundbreaking ballet breaks the ground. And the devil switching out instruments. And more. A triumph!!

  • @because_the_internet
    @because_the_internet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    * sexiful fawn appears *
    this better not awaken anything in me.....

  • @CatLover69420
    @CatLover69420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That opening is quite
    INTERESTING

  • @lucreziia100
    @lucreziia100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    We love this amusing piece on this "serious" piece of music. Most informative as well as entertaining!

  • @CelloTuning
    @CelloTuning 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Actually this video is very educational and at the same time it pays tribute to debussy's work. Well done.

  • @sophiatalksmusic3588
    @sophiatalksmusic3588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Objective: Survive NNN
    Obstacle: Debussy Faun

  • @stephaniechastain1963
    @stephaniechastain1963 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    At first Mallarme was annoyed: said if he had wanted a prelude, he would have written one. But after hearing Debussy's work, SM said Debussy had transferred perfectly, his words to sound.

  • @hayleysteindorf670
    @hayleysteindorf670 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The opening is hysterical!

  • @teddythemlgcorgi7309
    @teddythemlgcorgi7309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Me watching the beginning of the video: 👁👄👁 (Great vid btw!)

  • @LambentOrt
    @LambentOrt 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My favourite piece by my favourite composer. I first heard it when I was 14 and completely mesmerised me until today. ❤ Apparently, Ravel also loved it, so much so that he requested that it be played at his funeral, even though the pair of them had fallen out before Debussy's death that preceded his own.

  • @katttok
    @katttok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    this is hilarious, but also educational, well done!

  • @mohhingman
    @mohhingman หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Even if you have no musical knowledge this music is incredible

  • @sawcp
    @sawcp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This animation and explanation is a masterpiece in itself.

  • @hardtfelt
    @hardtfelt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    When I was a freshman in college I decided this was (for me) the most beautiful, the most perfect, and the most pleasurable piece in all the repertoire of everything, and I still feel that way (and college was a long time ago). It's a combination of the chords and the orchestration, sublime.

    • @carlsmith4568
      @carlsmith4568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha I was also a freshman in college when I first heard this. I remember listening to it every night. This is the piece I always answer with whenever someone asks what my favorite song is.

  • @vanivashisht7305
    @vanivashisht7305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    These videos really help enable me to respect these pieces even more.

  • @eladpeleg745
    @eladpeleg745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This channel deserves like 200K more subs these videos are really awesome

  • @chip715715
    @chip715715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I loved it! I didn't know that this was based on a poem! I learned so much!

  • @ryheartrainbow540
    @ryheartrainbow540 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is the rite of spring vibes

  • @erick-gd7wo
    @erick-gd7wo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The animation is simply *genius*

  • @laurencestaiff7338
    @laurencestaiff7338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wow what can I say? Terrific interpretation on such a revolutionary and important piece of music. I never get tired of listening to it. Thank you!
    If I could be so bold as to make a request for an animation on Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. I realise that it is a big ask 🙏🏻

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thank you very much :)
      You should be pleasantly surprised that your next suggestion is in fact the video that is soon to be released!

  • @albuch520
    @albuch520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Triton was never thought to summon the devil

    • @albuch520
      @albuch520 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's myth

  • @essentialist12
    @essentialist12 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is actually how I feel listening to this piece

  • @lutek1
    @lutek1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    How wonderful. I didn't know the piece but I'm gonna look it up right now. Thank you for yet another great installment.

    • @jared0111
      @jared0111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it's one of my favorite pieces of music of any genre i've encountered in my life which i've largely devoted to the process of discovering the best music possible from all eras and continents. i want to make sure to not understate it, haha. it's a big deal. i heard it was michael jackson's favorite piece of music too, actually. the more you listen to it, the more wonderful details you'll notice. i can't even begin to convey how much i adore the chord progressions in this one. the impact at 8:10, the culmination of all the melodies and harmonies dancing with each other, is one of my favorite moments in the piece for sure.

    • @user-jc3fr7vn7x
      @user-jc3fr7vn7x 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you like?

  • @natasza.mroczek
    @natasza.mroczek 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful episode, as always 😍😍😍

  • @diannedawson6366
    @diannedawson6366 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    OMG! This is amazingly hilarious!!! Thanks so much, I love it!

  • @user-ro7zr8kj4d
    @user-ro7zr8kj4d 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, this is so underrated. I have to research a lot of composers and orchestral pieces and its so lucky to have these very expressive and vibrant cartoons to break down the story behind them! Thank you!

  • @robinhahnsopran
    @robinhahnsopran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Goodness, this is DELIGHTFUL! At "le symbols" I giggled into my tea and spilled it everywhere.

  • @jukeban646
    @jukeban646 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What an amazing job !! Could you please do Gaspard de la nuit please 🙏 😊

  • @ryheartrainbow540
    @ryheartrainbow540 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love prelude a lApres midi dun faune

  • @pogeman2345
    @pogeman2345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I would like to see an animation about one of my favorite pieces: Also sprach Zarathustra.

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You won't believe it, but it's in production already :)

    • @pogeman2345
      @pogeman2345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ClassicsExplained oh wow that's nice. maybe Symphonie Fantastique or Symphonia Domestica then

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@pogeman2345 one of these two is also being worked on :)

    • @thepostapocalyptictrio4762
      @thepostapocalyptictrio4762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey. Love your channel. If you’re taking request, I’d love
      Satie: Gymnopedies
      Honneger : Pacific 231
      Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint
      Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
      Subscribed. Can’t wait for new stuff

    • @_rstcm
      @_rstcm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Add Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe to the list too.........PRETTY PLEEEEEEEZZZZZ WITH SPRINKLES ON TOP!

  • @VdeVenegas5
    @VdeVenegas5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Magnifique

  • @rosiebond6853
    @rosiebond6853 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!! Perfect mix of humor and academia.

  • @treffenwillwieder4561
    @treffenwillwieder4561 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant!

  • @GoldenOwlEvents
    @GoldenOwlEvents 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This presentation is delightful edutainment 😊

  • @ahanal2550
    @ahanal2550 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved this! Funny and informative

  • @asherperkinsmusic2767
    @asherperkinsmusic2767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved it

  • @Rex-wn3yf
    @Rex-wn3yf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Only 23.8 K subscribers!?? what's wrong with this world?!!!

  • @abigel6457
    @abigel6457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great video as always!! I would love to see a Béla Bartók piece explained by you!

    • @monicacall7532
      @monicacall7532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Miraculous Mandarin perhaps? Of course they might have to rate the cartoon for adults only!

  • @marazulization
    @marazulization 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This channel should have millions of subscriber! Its amazing ! Thank you so much ! I’m in love !

  • @janetmackinnon3411
    @janetmackinnon3411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you!

  • @edepillim
    @edepillim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent.

  • @ddoyle11
    @ddoyle11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • @anonym3
    @anonym3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    well done.

  • @redbrian3655
    @redbrian3655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:27 For every "hater" there is the equivalent "homey"...... your videos are so so so clever, and I love 'em! Your Faun reminds me of Stewie from "Family Guy."

  • @biffdorkinton555
    @biffdorkinton555 ปีที่แล้ว

    Delightful.

  • @artursanincomposer1767
    @artursanincomposer1767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Wow great videos. Classical pieces explained with humour and nice animations. Great work :D. Could you maybe make one for Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe :D

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for your feedback! and thanks for the suggestion too - adding to the list :)

    • @meganlewis2377
      @meganlewis2377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ClassicsExplained but what about Bolero instead?

  • @cintiamalizia1005
    @cintiamalizia1005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this one ❤

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  ปีที่แล้ว

      Too kind Cintia - thanks so much for the support; lots of videos to come :)

  • @nineletterproductions3772
    @nineletterproductions3772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant! Thanks so much :):):):):):)

  • @mmarci23
    @mmarci23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loove this show 😍

  • @KristaJobson
    @KristaJobson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic!! 😆👍

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nijinsky, who danced and chorographed Faune, also danced Petrushka, Golden Slave (in Fokine's Version of Scheherazade), and Spectre in Le Spectre de la Rose.

  • @chocolatechipbleach8341
    @chocolatechipbleach8341 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Can we please have one of these for “Gaspard De La Nuit”? It’s my favorite piano solo piece and it’s very programmatic I think you’d do it wonderfully ❤️💕

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Debussy also did Clair de Lune, Nocturnes, and La Mer.

  • @enscroggs
    @enscroggs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I would have mentioned how Nijinsky's choreography largely confined the movements of the dancers to two dimensions. as if they were imagines on a classical period vase rather than actual living beings.

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, we were originally going to talk about that but wanted to keep things as lean as possible for time. That is right though - they danced as if in bas-relief, a little like on a classical Greek vase. There was a very narrow proscenium and Bakst's amazing backdrop was brought right up to front stage.

    • @linorf
      @linorf 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      would you say this restricted something?

  • @targzema7856
    @targzema7856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Reminds me of that scene from Disney's Hercules

  • @GHARGHI666
    @GHARGHI666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Expresionismo en estado puro.

  • @aydenpostigo2910
    @aydenpostigo2910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hello Classical Music Fans

  • @Aramanth
    @Aramanth 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wonderful video!! I love the Impressionists & Symbolists, always inspiring! 💕🍇

  • @nathanhol42001
    @nathanhol42001 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Claude de🅱️USSY

  • @miuzefreak
    @miuzefreak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Because you're worth it… " 😂😂😂😂😂 4:33
    Educational, entertaining and funny.

  • @mmelanoma
    @mmelanoma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hello! I love this channel. I hope you consider other Debussy pieces to make a video on :) thanks!

  • @pablodesarasate499
    @pablodesarasate499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that oboe at 6:30 is really cool

  • @mikonatt
    @mikonatt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Very good video! keep going!

  • @nathanhol42001
    @nathanhol42001 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Welp, guess I can’t use this one in a public school music appreciation class

    • @leeturner1202
      @leeturner1202 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Actually, that is exactly where I first heard this piece. (7th grade, around 1960). However, the teacher was somewhat less explicit in her description.

  • @franmunckel1489
    @franmunckel1489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Amazing work! Please can you do carnaval des animaux by Saint-Saëns?

  • @TristanMA
    @TristanMA 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Tritone also appears in Puccini's Vatican Disaster Drama- Tosca, for Scapria's Motif.

  • @ignotasracickas5681
    @ignotasracickas5681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Trionfi or Carmina Burana by Orff would be majestic

  • @randomchannel-px6ho
    @randomchannel-px6ho 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video but the medieval tritone ban 3:48 is a myth. It is still very significant that Debussy often treated it and other dissonances just the same as a consonance and broke away from conventional tonal harmony.

  • @markhughes7927
    @markhughes7927 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ahhh…the Gallic muse….what hath Earth elsewhere to show more fair?…
    (Hope you do one on ‘Jeux’)

  • @severmiu9097
    @severmiu9097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great channel. Please do some Enescu 😊

  • @srivatsansubramanian5425
    @srivatsansubramanian5425 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    DEBUSSY is the revolutionary composer of all time

  • @lorinbridges6699
    @lorinbridges6699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Someone should now write a story based on the sound of the music. Impressionism inception.

  • @snojetsst9420
    @snojetsst9420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This incredible piece of music is ASMR 1894 Style.

  • @maggiee639
    @maggiee639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wait so the fawn n*ts on the nymphs shawl?! Wow people were wilding back in the day

  • @user-ed2rv8he7s
    @user-ed2rv8he7s 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the two flute part.

  • @wellurban
    @wellurban ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful and entertaining! Have you seen the part of Allegro Non Troppo that uses this piece? The film is an Italian parody of/homage to Fantasia, and the animation for this piece features an ageing pervy faun in a way that’s simultaneously hilarious, beautifully drawn and strangely moving.

  • @milgaru
    @milgaru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    how about doing erik satie next? it'd be fun trust me

  • @TIZNYC
    @TIZNYC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is genius

  • @dianamarcekova9615
    @dianamarcekova9615 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. I never thought that a piece from one of my favourite composers would be about about a kentaur who wants to bang a faun. Wow.

  • @sandradermark8463
    @sandradermark8463 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Didn't know this was based on a poem. The better to know

  • @guillaumebriand8961
    @guillaumebriand8961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Could you do Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé, Scriabin's Prometheus, or anything Mahler next? :)

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You've picked three of my favourite pieces (any Mahler symphony goes for me - but particularly the 9th!)

  • @LittleB2007
    @LittleB2007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I found your channel today and, boy, it's truly stunning. Please keep up the good work! Personally hoping for Bach, Mahler and Shostakovich...
    By the way I love how every character in this video takes the famous "sexy faun" laying pose randomly. lol

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's actually funny! this pose should become viral 😃

  • @SongbirdAlom
    @SongbirdAlom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:41 very clever.

  • @kittymervine6115
    @kittymervine6115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Looked up a performance. Ballet Russe. I'd have done it with that faune.

  • @NonTwinBrothers
    @NonTwinBrothers 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    God I love the fr*nch

  • @mmarci23
    @mmarci23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:38 clarinet pog

  • @RachelDeRosier010894
    @RachelDeRosier010894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:40 (Electric Zoo plays)

  • @enjolras76
    @enjolras76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Debussy's mah man.

  • @peabrane8067
    @peabrane8067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you

  • @asherperkinsmusic2767
    @asherperkinsmusic2767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow!! Such sultry scandal!

  • @johnhagan-zr4pm
    @johnhagan-zr4pm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "It's not so easy doing sexy moves in the body of a man on goats legs"
    I didn't find it a problem at my mom's funeral in 2023.

  • @jdanielcramer
    @jdanielcramer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cheeky bugger 😻

  • @thevalarauka101
    @thevalarauka101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    lol of course it was Diaghilev who made it a ballet... and Nijinsky who choreographed it... same people who did Rite of Spring and other weird things like that

  • @elgeneral5279
    @elgeneral5279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tri tones were never considered "evil" in medieval times. There are many pieces of sacred music from the era that use them.

    • @ClassicsExplained
      @ClassicsExplained  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your comment - we address this more in-depth subject here: m.th-cam.com/video/J9xTmXDjisw/w-d-xo.html