Georg Friedrich Haas - String Quartet No.2 (1998)

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  • @zounch
    @zounch ปีที่แล้ว +8

    something about this feels primordial

    • @philip.stigaard
      @philip.stigaard หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's because he uses the microtones to create a more accurate version of the overtone series. The overtones are everywhere in nature and has existed since the beginning of time :)

  • @Hailstormand
    @Hailstormand 7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I feel like I'm sitting next to a highway with all sorts of vehicle moving past me in an extremely slow motion. And there's also this huge ship blowing its horn all the time.

  • @hatephone
    @hatephone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    i feel like i hear this everyday; it sounds like the world

  • @Somewhere_Bagel
    @Somewhere_Bagel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was surely an experience. Absolutely fantastic. Its like the feeling of emptyness. Being in a unfamiliar place that is void of any recent human evidence apart from perhaps some buildings that are abandoned for whatever reason it may be. You undergo feelings of fear and confusion and finally become content with the situation as you decay away in this void.

  • @kazrej
    @kazrej 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That was the fastest 20 minutes of my night

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji ปีที่แล้ว +7

    6:59 I'm addicted to this now 💀

  • @sabrinaf9900
    @sabrinaf9900 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I wanna play this so bad man

  • @DrStabkill
    @DrStabkill 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    damn that opening is fing beautiful

  • @urbulibaba
    @urbulibaba 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love Haas! what a fascinating piece!

  • @excuseyou7198
    @excuseyou7198 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    8:11 is very beautiful.

  • @felixmladenov5428
    @felixmladenov5428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Everyone is talking about how this reminds them of machines, engines, highways and airplanes. For me, this music sounds like the sounds one would hear in hell. The waves that would struck your ears when you enter it, just like the entry to this work, inducing hallucination. And the sighs and cries you hear when you're already deep inside of it, alike the ones of those who are dwelling and stewing hell.
    On one hand, I thought that my interpretation was the superior one. But then on the other hand, I was scared to see that the two are more connected than I would want them to be...

    • @meruscales
      @meruscales ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s fascinating. This piece is immensely beautiful and lovely to me

  • @HappyHauptwerk
    @HappyHauptwerk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    It's as if time has stopped and we are floating in space...

  • @ameliawright6947
    @ameliawright6947 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is one of my favorite string quartets. Such a haunting piece.

  • @MinYangLeong
    @MinYangLeong 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    7:00
    And now Hamilton takes the lead, but no!!! Over the bend comes Mark Webber and OHHHH

  • @SaccidanandaSadasiva
    @SaccidanandaSadasiva 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    every composition is a new whole world. doesn't have to fit in usual patterns or norms. doesn't have to convey a "meaning". forget your mental constructions & just listen, just see, just be. be alert. explore every sound, every image, every colour. infinite worlds within infinite worlds. your mind alone is the wonder of wonders!

    • @cliffhughes6010
      @cliffhughes6010 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is the best advice I've ever heard. ' I particularly love the transition at 14:10 - 14:16.The piece seems to have almost a narrative arc - which may not be intended, but is in the mind of this listener. The shape of the piece intrigues me. I find listening to it a very satisfying experience because I didn't start with any preconceived notions of what music can or can't be. I like it.

    • @talastra
      @talastra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't find this advice satisfactory. If my mind alone is the wonder of wonders, then it's the one doing the composing and the art here, and I think that's taking too much away from the artist's responsibility and giving too much credit for a lot of the stuff that marches around as music these days, like Justin Bieber.
      By the way, I don't think this piece sucks at all. Although, as always, I'm not sure its duration is justified yet.

    • @zackwyvern2582
      @zackwyvern2582 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's new, it's different, it's certainly not wonderful. in the same way I don't like romantic comedies, I don't like serialist works. who cares?
      you can stick to your pretensions and pretend you are the more avid listener. stop trying to convince everyone that your way is the better way of enjoying art.

  • @CBtronica
    @CBtronica 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Pure harmonic series in some parts, sounds very interesting.

  • @Tfrne
    @Tfrne 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    no idea how many hundreds of times i must've listened to this piece at this point. thank you so much.

  • @GeorgeZwierzchowskipianomusic
    @GeorgeZwierzchowskipianomusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now I will have this earworm in my head all day. lol

  • @tylerd8896
    @tylerd8896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I've never studied music, and can't tell you a lick of the differences between the various types of compositions. But, I personally enjoy this piece because I find it extremely suitable on creating an atmosphere that I'm looking for in particular while working on my horror novel. What draws me to this particular piece is the sense of dread and unexpectedness that comes from it, and serves as a perfect inspiration and muse for the dread and tension that the main character feels throughout the story.

  • @GarretsShadow
    @GarretsShadow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Occasionally I forget this is a quartet, and think I'm listening to a string orchestra

  • @eurobpm
    @eurobpm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    This is far beyond my intelligence level, but as a music lover and listener, I have recently discovered your compositions. My personal take away with this piece, is that it is filled with so emotion for me, captivation and pain. It's like hearing the reality that we ignore because it's too painful or we choose to put blinders on. in really simple terms, this is amazing and complex for absence of melody. It speaks a different language, one that is uncomfortable for me to hear, yet is intriguing and I want to explore more. It speaks volumes that words cant seem to define or articulate. wow (in a good way)

    • @UnaMoscaEnLaPared
      @UnaMoscaEnLaPared 8 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      +eurobpm I think that if you're smart enough to give yourself the chance to listen to new music, then this music is not beyond your intelligence.

    • @RDS_Armwrestling
      @RDS_Armwrestling 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +eurobpm To me, it sounds like an exploration of tuning - how different stringed instruments pitches are affected by the physics of the instrument - while so much of this is unison playing, there is no such thing as truly perfect unison because of the tiny differences in pitch between the instruments, and we hear that more closely in a quartet texture, and the composer exaggerates it with vibrato, quarter tones, etc.

    • @damazywlodarczyk
      @damazywlodarczyk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      listening to avant-garde music has nothing to do with intelligence

    • @edshipsey
      @edshipsey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Especially for Georg friedrich Has this music is not about intelligence, he describes his approach as anti intellectual ( i seem to remember)l, he is interested in the actual sound of music itself rather than a more intellectual approach.

    • @SaccidanandaSadasiva
      @SaccidanandaSadasiva 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      eurobpm in simple terms this is pure sound, as every music and everything audible. explore it. be alert. doesn't have to fit in usual patterns or norms or tastes.

  • @MadMusicologist
    @MadMusicologist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The first 4 1/2 minutes are exposing some partials of C, the cello's lowest note. Then it seems Haas turns to exploring glissandi. When you think you've caught the idea, the piece takes another turn.

  • @jeremybray9586
    @jeremybray9586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Holy Moly. What a work of genius.

  • @AndreyRubtsovRU
    @AndreyRubtsovRU 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I feel performers are 90% of success of this piece. Sounds v nice

  • @mynameistechno
    @mynameistechno 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The first "classical music" i can relate to. i like it.

  • @danielmaeda4089
    @danielmaeda4089 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for sharing with the sheet. For me this piece is a picture of the beginning of the universe. You can listen the water the wind the earth and the fire the steel. it represents everything. thanks

  • @Scriabinfan593
    @Scriabinfan593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some very interesting and beautiful sounds

  • @billrootes-composersongwri5552
    @billrootes-composersongwri5552 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love the hand written score!

  • @ryanmbira3968
    @ryanmbira3968 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    the score is a gem thank you so much for posting

  • @belanna000
    @belanna000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    i love you so so much for this upload!

  • @spocksmusic
    @spocksmusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a great performance!

  • @debralynnpaxton5238
    @debralynnpaxton5238 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sounds, feels like a plane in flight; maybe even a spaceship... ♡ Love the drone...

  • @slash58anilyo
    @slash58anilyo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    For me this sounds like an Ancient machine beign rebooted over and over again- awesome !

  • @sunshine_and_wind
    @sunshine_and_wind 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can't hate on this. very unique and persistent

  • @sean..L
    @sean..L 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The harmonies could cut through bone.

  • @danielche2349
    @danielche2349 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    BEAUTIFUL

  • @stitchyduck
    @stitchyduck 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This sounds a lot like the noises an airplane makes when it's getting ready for takeoff. They're almost identical.

  • @stefanhempel2354
    @stefanhempel2354 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    sehr schön entspannend ,interessante Notenschreibweise,alles ist möglich in der Zukunft es ist wie eine Zeitreise.....danke es inspiriert mich ich dachte in der Mitte des Stücks klang wie Husten auch erinnert es an Krieg irgendwie

  • @raffaelesargenti1081
    @raffaelesargenti1081 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautiful!

  • @3332648783
    @3332648783 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Questa musica ricorda molto quella di Giacinto Scelsi.

  • @UesagiCQ
    @UesagiCQ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Spectral music feeling

  • @VictorAlexanderFiltenborg
    @VictorAlexanderFiltenborg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    wow this is quite unique

  • @michaelpuleston3496
    @michaelpuleston3496 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New to me , but this took me away to another place!

  • @berndschumannsvideos
    @berndschumannsvideos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the upload!

  • @stefanocontiflutechannel6812
    @stefanocontiflutechannel6812 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bellissimo!!!

  • @risvegliato
    @risvegliato ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! you need a REALLY good ear to play this! all the micro tuning and harmonics. Sounds great when everything occasionally comes into 'just' tuning for the odd moment.

  • @PaulVinonaama
    @PaulVinonaama 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Harmonic series sure seems fashionable nowadays.

    • @OscarGeronimo
      @OscarGeronimo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      As always.

    • @gentanaka998
      @gentanaka998 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      because its real, and after the crisis of the mid-late 20th century (coming out of the institutionalized dominance of serialism), many composers realized that they can't work with materials that aren't sensually real in that sense.

    • @PaulVinonaama
      @PaulVinonaama 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Gen Tanaka Sure it's real, but there sometimes seems to be an aspect of naivete (or fashion, even cheapness) in directly copying that reality into art.

    • @lerippletoe6893
      @lerippletoe6893 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You're right Paul. I mean before we were standing on the backs of giants using every elaboration built upon the harmonic series that had become western harmony, and here people are piddle diddling around. This is worse than strict serialism to me.

    • @alduinberenger5724
      @alduinberenger5724 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Without analysing the score, I hear a piece of spectral music to some extent relying on patterns, quite light, a touch of new simplicity certainly. What does it have to do with harmonic series (apart from the obvious fact that overtones are, for basic physical reasons, integral part of any music)? (I ask this as an actual question.)

  • @johnpcomposer
    @johnpcomposer ปีที่แล้ว +4

    From Penderecki forward we have a lot of use of constantly sliding pitches. This is often very interesting and creates beautiful accidentals on the way and great tonal and emotive ambiguity...also the weird sort of doppler effect of moving past. It's the orientation of this piece in particular that's fascinating. Is it moving slowly, or is it remaining still and things are moving past it? On the other hand I hear so much of this constant glissando it can create a muddiness that reminds me of a musical version of a drip painting...not everybody is a Pollack.

    • @dexblue
      @dexblue 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      johnpcomposer wrote: "On the other hand I hear so much of this constant glissando it can create a muddiness that reminds me of a musical version of a drip painting..." not sure that applies here to this piece but I love the analogy: glissando = drip - great imagination!

  • @thischannelisblank7255
    @thischannelisblank7255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If you like this piece you might like Alfred Schnittke's Concerto Grosso no. 1

  • @stueystuey1962
    @stueystuey1962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    decent; like trance music of any type whether eno or cage, it is what it is, good trippy music, and there is always a time and a place for it.

  • @cEdwards57
    @cEdwards57 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lovely!

  • @hetchera14564
    @hetchera14564 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the Scelsi is real in this one

  • @marichristian1072
    @marichristian1072 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just the bars of Glissando would cause my fingers to fall off.

  • @jonsviolin
    @jonsviolin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Its amazing how people treat this music the way people treated early 20th century art and the way people rejected and criticized Rock and Roll. Music is music. Its just not your type of music. I love modernism and the exploration of sound and i dislike Mozart. Everyone has their taste. Dont be rude to people who are trying to enjoy their own little tastes.

    • @shalicgraw5280
      @shalicgraw5280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jon, well, you and I should sit down and talk about Mozart ;) I agree with what you said. And I really enjoy this piece. I invite you to listen to this quartet:
      String Quartet by Craig Walsh

  • @bflattrumpet7389
    @bflattrumpet7389 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like how it sounds, especially 6:36, sounds like you're in a bad dream or nightmare

  • @yehor_smoliakov
    @yehor_smoliakov 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I listening to this video I remember the Dunkirk movie.

  • @blobs5440
    @blobs5440 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like this

  • @DRBiblicalMD
    @DRBiblicalMD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    reminds me of some imagery I had listening to Penderecki.

  • @kolkol123145
    @kolkol123145 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant

  • @AlexAVLA
    @AlexAVLA ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Включил примерно в середине, в 11:30 - как будто мухи жужжат.
    Но это ok, мне нравятся мухи, особенно те которые сверкают как изумруд, они весёлые такие.

  • @JanCarlComposer
    @JanCarlComposer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very good indeed.

  • @iiala4443
    @iiala4443 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    spectral music..

  • @__414.88b_
    @__414.88b_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    14:10 gives us a moment to breathe

  • @franciscocordova898
    @franciscocordova898 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is so funny, omg that scratch tone section at 4:20 lol

  • @miroslavvilhan8273
    @miroslavvilhan8273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very impressive interpretation. Good job. 🫡

  • @Mikhael_bureau
    @Mikhael_bureau 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Natural acoustic deployment. Our universe vibrate to theses harmonics

    • @traffic800
      @traffic800 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +U R Mikcomposer Where is the scientific study that shows the "the universe vibrate to theses harmonics" (sic). This is mostly some pseudo-science idea. Normal sound vibrations don't exist without air, and if you want to talk about string theory, well I don't think particle vibrations produce sound. They are far too small to have an effect on something as large as a molecule.
      You seem to think that this piece is using the natural universe vibrations. so tell me, which note is the universe vibrating at?

    • @asyrip
      @asyrip 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Erich von Manstein 42

    • @ruben7801
      @ruben7801 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steven is correct

    • @amazingmato
      @amazingmato 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Erich von Manstein He's just talking about the overtone series (or harmonic series), which is pretty much solely used up until ms. 57. And that is extremely "natural."

    • @TheBlueeyedJew
      @TheBlueeyedJew 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, the cello part is lit XD. I see three whole notes here, two of which are open strings.
      This is rubbish.

  • @davidecarlassara8525
    @davidecarlassara8525 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Haas is great

  • @wolframhuttermann7519
    @wolframhuttermann7519 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ich würde Georg Friedrich Haas niemals ein Klavier verkaufen.

  • @gabrielebracci7635
    @gabrielebracci7635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:47 Formula 1 race

  • @markfdesimone
    @markfdesimone 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Question for anyone who might know: when a group performs a piece like this, are all 4 players reading from the score, or from individual parts w/ just their own staves?

    • @dexblue
      @dexblue 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good question!

    • @changemusichange
      @changemusichange 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dear Mark, this is Simone from the Kairos Quartet. Yes, we are all performing from the score. This is very much recommanded for this type of music, and also in general for chamber music. Cheers.

  •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beauty

  • @calebmauer1751
    @calebmauer1751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This guy should make horror game soundtracks.

  • @i_am_a_music_maker5212
    @i_am_a_music_maker5212 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i actually think this piece is very beautiful, even if it is unconventional and dissonant. i don't know what haas' original intention was but to me it seems like an attempt at capturing an environment or experience that is unfamiliar to humans through a medium that is, like if someone tried to take a photograph of the 4th dimension.

  • @kuang-licheng402
    @kuang-licheng402 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    nice

  • @thatdude3938
    @thatdude3938 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    so playful!

  • @BestAmateurViolinist
    @BestAmateurViolinist ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It sounds like a traffic jam in New York.

  • @__414.88b_
    @__414.88b_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    sodelicious...

  • @georgebozhidarov2899
    @georgebozhidarov2899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Herr Haas seems to be fascinated with mosquitoes.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Either that, the dentist or the violins. They all sound the same.

  • @stefanhempel2354
    @stefanhempel2354 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bei Takt 86 hört man besonders die Angriffsflugzeuge und Sirenen ,bei Takt 106 fängt es an zwischendurch wohlklingend zu werden zwischen Harmonie und Einklang,jedenfalls
    Herr G. F. Haas versteht was von Geigen das ist akzeptabel .......

  • @arunaszizys5225
    @arunaszizys5225 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    well i enjoyed it

  • @noahgoulet8976
    @noahgoulet8976 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is the effect in the cello at 4:27? I assume it's a scratch tone with a sudden muting of the strings with the left hand, but I'm not sure.

    • @RDS_Armwrestling
      @RDS_Armwrestling 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Noah Goulet Probably something like that yes

    • @jaspernatchez
      @jaspernatchez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's a known technique called fartissamento.

    • @orangebetsy
      @orangebetsy ปีที่แล้ว

      Short hard and tiny bit of bow. Everyone farts, even cellos.

    • @changemusichange
      @changemusichange 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here the cellist needs to put additonal power on the power and turn it somewhat while stroking the string. Cheers, Simone from the Kairos Quartet (the performers of this recording).

  • @Syd4510
    @Syd4510 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you like this, you may possibly like Tuur's violin concerto...

  • @bird100yearsago2
    @bird100yearsago2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    6:47 when u wanted to become a formula 1 racer but ur parents forced u to play the violin

  • @catlvr-kg9ol
    @catlvr-kg9ol 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if the composer for the hunger games themes took inspiration from this type of work

  • @sergioc.pelaez400
    @sergioc.pelaez400 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    deliciosa, como el cocimiento del caldo primitivo...

  • @mannibimmel09
    @mannibimmel09 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:24

  • @bultdon
    @bultdon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, nice shit we have here

  • @organman52
    @organman52 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    As sick as it gets - almost.

  • @oliverpickup4843
    @oliverpickup4843 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Loving all the negative comments. "This is so shit and not music".... is exactly what Mozart would have said I Rachmaninov.

  • @ego.0.1
    @ego.0.1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would it be possible to share the score?

    • @changemusichange
      @changemusichange 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, the score is protected by copyright.

  • @lawofoneacim9467
    @lawofoneacim9467 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:39

  • @slateflash
    @slateflash 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what is the purpose of those glissandos if they are mostly between semitones?!!

    • @ha3vy
      @ha3vy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The representation of the harmonic series' overtones hzs instability

    • @orangebetsy
      @orangebetsy ปีที่แล้ว

      exactly. bends.....in fact i got the bends listening

  • @thestampium3295
    @thestampium3295 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:50 Sound like many F1s

  • @guardsdepot
    @guardsdepot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Music" that's as cold as a new razor blade...........................................................

  • @Freun
    @Freun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a weird string quartet has a Beutifful texture

  • @azizahamura2592
    @azizahamura2592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Put it on x2 speed it's MUCH better

  • @theoperatripleaxel5417
    @theoperatripleaxel5417 ปีที่แล้ว

    Feels like someting BAD will happend really close to me at anytime... Like a bomb falling from the sky or something.

  • @neutralnadia5636
    @neutralnadia5636 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    uhh how am i supposed to feel rn

    • @orangebetsy
      @orangebetsy ปีที่แล้ว

      ready to turn it off and do something nice?

  • @asliuf
    @asliuf 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    who are the performers?

  • @arienne3000
    @arienne3000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Scelsi

    • @asyrip
      @asyrip 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My first thoughts on hearing this piece. But there is beauty and optimism here that Scelsi doesn't do in his music.

    • @jratcliffe91
      @jratcliffe91 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      norgard too

    • @hetchera14564
      @hetchera14564 ปีที่แล้ว

      so true

    • @mrtchaikovsky
      @mrtchaikovsky 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@asyrip "there is beauty and optimism here that Scelsi doesn't do in his music" How so? Scelsi's music is music of meditation, contemplation and, ultimately, transcendence. There's nothing ugly or bleak about it.