A marvelous symphonic piece of "Scherzo" from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.21. Even fairies would love dancing & listening to this beautiful music.
Squeaks happen... As a clarinetist, I know this all too well. To anyone who doesn't play a reed instrument: To trust a random piece of cane to do everything you want it to is hysterically idiotic... XD we're idiots... Lol
No we are not crazy, being a reed player is purgatory. At least we don't have two reeds lashed together. Hate to think what those oboe and bassoon players did to earn that.
One of the finest conductors and orchestras that the musical world has ever produced. Meastro Gergiev, you are a genius, and your performers are among the best artists in the world. Thank you all, for one of the most outstanding performances of all time.
*Music of absolute beauty*. This Scherzo along with Mozart's overture of Figaro _K.492_ got me in trouble many times with my neighbors because my extremely loud speakers ;>o.
+brahim119 You must crank up your speakers really loud!:D Everyone is playing so quiet! The bow stroke is such a pain in the arse! But the entire scherzo is pure beauty!
I was pretty shocked when I heard it, thinking this is a professional Orchestra how :O But as a clarinet player, trust me reeds suck. And the probability for squeaks become so much bigger in exposed passages/solos somehow.
This piece was used in the 1946 movie "The Yearling" during the scene when the boy is running through the woods with the fawn and other deer. It was perfect!
Also, it's used to open the 2002 movie Red Dragon. It's being played in concert. One of the flute players flubs his part and Hannibal Lector, in the audience, takes offence. He kills the less-than-perfect musician and serves his body parts to the symphony board at a dinner party.
Indeed, the absolute beauty of the music was befitting of the innocent joy and love the young boy shared with his deer. I had trouble sleeping for weeks after seeing the ending of this movie (I was seven and likewise innocent).
I love this- Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite total work- This piece can't be played any better than this. The Intermezzo is actually my favorite part, but it has to be played restlessly, like the first Midsummer Night's late night puff of Autunm. Mad dogs like me have been there. youtube is great- I've played this for years, but really fun to watch now too.
Damnit I’m in 9th and play flute and I have to do this as audition excerpt to get in local symphony and with only 4 days to practice, it’s a pain in the ass
It wasn't the flutist, he was playing something else. I heard it though, the random squeak. Something happens again later around 3:15. But hey, they're human... doesn't take away that the ensemble was well together & a good flute solo!
In "2001, A Space Odyssey", Kubrick wanted this piece to be played in the sequence of the floating spaceships. He would finally choose Strauss's Blue Danube : )
Gergiev is very full of himself, not to say a bit arrogant but he is a great artist also. I saw him several times in action. Is it just me or he looks a lot like Roman Abramovich? Are they related? Just asking.
@@EmilyThrifts I last saw this so long ago😭😭 I used to do a lot of orchestral playing. This looks like a douchey comment tbh, and unfortunately there are probably others I left on other classical music recordings on TH-cam 😭 I'm actually kinda flabbergasted cause at this point it doesn't matter if I worked to do any better cause...?? what else could this clarinet section do better 😂 I remember Mariinsky Theater's recordings having a lot of character, and it was good to see Gergiev conducting again. I should have just been grateful that the orchestra had great sound equipment 😂 cause like how else could I even know anything was wrong. Oh well. Persistent competition makes you see everything differently lol
As impressive as the woodwinds are, the strings, esp. 1st violins, are surprisingly imprecise and inaccurate. Overall, not a tight sound at all, impairing the sense of energy.
Mendelssohn composed a piece so hard it became an audition excerpt for flutes, clarinets and violins.
And cellists. I hate this so much 😂
I would be darned if Mendelssohn composed this Scherzo and thought, "Hmm, this will definitely screw up orchestra auditionees."
and cellists. it sucks.
Help I’m dying rn
Csyo violin audition ::
Dammit this audition excerpt
Princeton?
Same I have to play it for an audition later this summer and... Let's just say I'm kinda worried about it😬
same lol
I have to play the flute bit at the end and oh my gosh
SAMEEEEEEEEEEEEE
1:25 Letter E, 1:57 Letter G, 2:11 Letter H, 2:49 1 before K, 3:17 Letter M, 3:33 Letter N
Viola excerpt Letter E to O
For those facing the hell of Orchestra auditions the flute solo begins around 4:00
A marvelous symphonic piece of "Scherzo" from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.21. Even fairies would love dancing & listening to this beautiful music.
MENDELSSHON....OH VERY GREAT GENIUS
Squeaks happen... As a clarinetist, I know this all too well. To anyone who doesn't play a reed instrument: To trust a random piece of cane to do everything you want it to is hysterically idiotic... XD we're idiots... Lol
Add double tonguing at piano dynamics with notes flying through different registers and you've got a recipe for disaster which still sounds beautiful
Nimesh Singh 😹😹
No we are not crazy, being a reed player is purgatory. At least we don't have two reeds lashed together. Hate to think what those oboe and bassoon players did to earn that.
Hannibal Lecter expects better.
These musicians are killing machines >
oml let the clarinetist live
NOT EVEN ONE SINGLE SHOT TO THE VIOLAS
it's for the better.
One of the finest conductors and orchestras that the musical world has ever produced. Meastro Gergiev, you are a genius, and your performers are among the best artists in the world. Thank you all, for one of the most outstanding performances of all time.
One of the finest conducter and orchestras in existance.
Putin supporter !
*Music of absolute beauty*. This Scherzo along with Mozart's overture of Figaro _K.492_ got me in trouble many times with my neighbors because my extremely loud speakers ;>o.
+brahim119 You must crank up your speakers really loud!:D Everyone is playing so quiet! The bow stroke is such a pain in the arse! But the entire scherzo is pure beauty!
The clarinet section should instigate a witch-hunt regarding 1:18...
As well as :29
I was pretty shocked when I heard it, thinking this is a professional Orchestra how :O But as a clarinet player, trust me reeds suck. And the probability for squeaks become so much bigger in exposed passages/solos somehow.
Nimesh Singh what the fuck are you talking about?it is one of the best orchestras in the world.Clarinet reeds just so unpredictable
I read this comment just as it happened.
The internet never forgets.
@SYNERGISTIC123 an eponymous of Benjamin Raspail
Conductor has an invisible cigar.
+Germanswisscheese lol, now i can never look at this the same
Germanswisscheese 😹😹FR THO I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONEE!!
LOOL
A perfect "non studio clean" performance. Love thw spirit they convey
This piece was used in the 1946 movie "The Yearling" during the scene when the boy is running through the woods with the fawn and other deer. It was perfect!
Also, it's used to open the 2002 movie Red Dragon. It's being played in concert. One of the flute players flubs his part and Hannibal Lector, in the audience, takes offence. He kills the less-than-perfect musician and serves his body parts to the symphony board at a dinner party.
Indeed, the absolute beauty of the music was befitting of the innocent joy and love the young boy shared with his deer. I had trouble sleeping for weeks after seeing the ending of this movie (I was seven and likewise innocent).
even though red dragon brought me here its still a beautiful piece of music
Who else is doing this as an audition excerpt :_(
iwi
Flutist nightmare...
meee here we gooo
Meee strings nightmare!!
I am genuinely mad at Felix Mendelssohn for having such a difficult name to spell first of all. But I'm furious at him for composing this.
Isaac W ?
@@lucyfoster4082 sarcasm. His name is difficult to spell but this piece is nearly impossible to play as a clarinetist.
Isaac W Ah!
Чего??? Как это запомнить на слушанье музыки???
another great composer who died way too young.
Hannibal was in the audience
The time is perfect.Great performer!!!!!!!
4:05 “I don’t care what you say, we do it my way” -conductor
Maestro
Mario sky Theatre orchestra is just one of my favorite orchestras of all time....Gergiev has done sucha phenomenol job on this piece
Have to play this for a youth orchestra auditions...scary
Great conducting! Superb musicality!
I love this- Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite total work- This piece can't be played any better than this. The Intermezzo is actually my favorite part, but it has to be played restlessly, like the first Midsummer Night's late night puff of Autunm. Mad dogs like me have been there.
youtube is great- I've played this for years, but really fun to watch now too.
what is this music about?
Hannibal approves this 💖
Except the squeak
Damnit I’m in 9th and play flute and I have to do this as audition excerpt to get in local symphony and with only 4 days to practice, it’s a pain in the ass
3:33 is where my excerpt beginsss
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@@mmk4276 thank yeh :))
Thank you! Cello excerpt begins here
Best version I have heard so far, in my opinion ;)
Red dragon brought me here. And I even here a false note at 1:17
The comfort of this performance is an order of magnitude
Been practicing this for 16 years, and have yet to play this perfectly. It is so hard.
This music is played out at the beginning scene of the movie Red Dragon!!
It was also used in the 1946 film "The Yearling".
Of course, you can only get away with a flute solo in that register if the rest of the orchestra is playing pianissimo.
Or if Hannibal Lecter isn't a member of your audience...
Gotta love that flute solo at the end. Excellent use of the low register, that's something not many composers have done for the flute.
じわじわテンポが上がっていくのがドキドキします。
Im a clarinet doing this for an audition this year. Pray for me
I love 0:54 to 1:00 so genius ♥️
Lol just at the beginning, the conductor just closes his eyes, he looks so at peace just because the music is lovely!
How the heck did the flautist even do that solo..
+SANTALICKSPEOPLE practice practice practice x9001
around the power level of goku
SANTALICKSPEOPLE fr tho hahaha lol😹😹☠️
According to my mother's cousin, a cancert flute player, the flutes trade off, seamlessly. It's amazing, isn't it.
He was terrified of being killed by Doctor Lecter if he messed it up!
Bravo Flutist!
3:55 flute solo
It wasn't the flutist, he was playing something else. I heard it though, the random squeak. Something happens again later around 3:15. But hey, they're human... doesn't take away that the ensemble was well together & a good flute solo!
Half of comments: Exceptional Performance!
The other half: THE SQUEAK!!!
I can see Hannibal in the audience winking 😉
i aspire to play under this conductor next year and there are excerpts from piece on my audition o_O
Not me listening to this because I have a cello audition with this excerpt in it 😢
Yes, these folk are really good....the hard hours!!
lovely precision playing :-)
İt's like a Woodwind Heaven.
1:11 wtf violins
Amazing
Of course it was. Been a while since i saw it. brilliant movies, gonna have to watch again.
In "2001, A Space Odyssey", Kubrick wanted this piece to be played in the sequence of the floating spaceships. He would finally choose Strauss's Blue Danube : )
It gives me some great Halloween vibes🎃
mistake at 1:17 and 1:18. errant notes from a clarinet/oboe?
Cello excerpts
0:53
3:17
Difficult to imagine fairies in this performance. More like a herd of baby elephants frolicking in the Serengeti.
You need to watch the 1935 movie, if you have difficulty. Nijinsky's sister did the choreography....you'll be amazed.
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Gergiev is stoned
Vishaan P FR!!😹😹☠️
lmaoo
He even holds a imagined Joint in his hand
Great performance... but at 1:18 somebody pull a "Hannibal" moment.
MARAVILLOSOOOOOOO
Does anyone have any tips on playing this piece? I have the second violin part
Just be thankful not to have the clarinet part and you'll be fine (I'm a clarinetist)
Fantastic, apart from the clarinet squeak everyone has pointed out. And the conductor's case of acute Goldfish-mouth. But it's still great!
M. 296- 323 is “fun” for cellists... thumb position + crazy tempo
bravo bravo
Gergiev is very full of himself, not to say a bit arrogant but he is a great artist also. I saw him several times in action.
Is it just me or he looks a lot like Roman Abramovich? Are they related? Just asking.
I feel like the clarinetists could've been a bit more crisper like the rest of the orchestra :( and yes, bad overtone, 1:17!!
Could you do better?
@@EmilyThrifts I last saw this so long ago😭😭 I used to do a lot of orchestral playing. This looks like a douchey comment tbh, and unfortunately there are probably others I left on other classical music recordings on TH-cam 😭 I'm actually kinda flabbergasted cause at this point it doesn't matter if I worked to do any better cause...?? what else could this clarinet section do better 😂 I remember Mariinsky Theater's recordings having a lot of character, and it was good to see Gergiev conducting again. I should have just been grateful that the orchestra had great sound equipment 😂 cause like how else could I even know anything was wrong. Oh well. Persistent competition makes you see everything differently lol
I kinda liked the note @1:18 it gives the song a latin flavor for a second
0:15 audition music
It was pretty gentle from their part putting a tuxedo in a beggar and letting him conduct the orchestra. I bet that was the best day of his life.
It's like that flautist at the very end was turning to the woman next to her and saying, "Can you believe we just played that sh*t?"
Violin Excerpt starting 0:15
Very nice play
Bro.... I got an audition on this today what am I doing? I should be practicing
Princeton?
This time nobody has to be eaten :)
1:18 Clarinet grenade goes off!
🖐✋🤚👋👐🙌
Clarinet squeak, yes, not a flute or oboe.
Where is Hannibal when you need him?
jstuttgart That's right. This piece was heard on "Red Dragon." At the beginning,
I believe.
@@jarrodlacy9856 You believe rightly.
Invisible cigar, like in Robert De Niro style.
By far the best or Outstanding
Pikaichi in Japanese
It's not together is it?
@feebaslover11 That wasn't an oboe. That was a clarinet :)
@feebaslover11 That wasn't an oboe. That was a clarinet.
How old was Felix when he wrote this?
the conductor has happy fingers
riiiight...
As impressive as the woodwinds are, the strings, esp. 1st violins, are surprisingly imprecise and inaccurate. Overall, not a tight sound at all, impairing the sense of energy.
Yeah, the strings could be a little tighter. I think that it's a deceptively difficulty work to play for strings.
There's nothing deceptively hard for us. It's the stuff of real nightmares
But you're not a professional player like us @Mookie Spindlehurst
Why is this piece so hard to play as someone in the woodwind section?
@Kreutzersonata37 That wasn't a flute. That was an oboe.
во время соло флейты показывать Валеру это конечно гениальный ход оператора
Thumbs up if Saint-Saëns's Elephant piece brought you here.
It's the cyclical nature of it- a whirlwind dervish.
Ahora el scherzo , tercer movimiento y cuadro.
...pa nisam oduševljena...duvačima posebno...
Opening to measure 54, also known as one of the violin audition excerpts to the majority of youth orchestras.
To be more precise, Measure 17 to 54 :) since the first 16 measures are occupied by winds!
Faares Deeb Good luck!!
Henryk Szeryng Me too. That’s why I watched it. Good luck man!
Hans Rüppen hast du es geschafft?
I’m playing the beginning, but I’m a violin. How?
Tails and The Music Maker Music
So nice to hear this without Benjamin Raspail screwing it up.
Oh but he did, at 1:17
@@aleyak74 Lol. Still not as horrific as Raspail.
Wasn't it the movie Hannibal. He was displeased with one of the players, and ate him...
これを聞くとドラえもんの銀河超特急を思い出す。
アニメの映画にクラシックを流すというセンスが大好き。
didnt know that trevor was a conductor