A message to humanity: Symphony No.9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven.
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- Anthem of Anthems, Symphony of Symphonies - The Ninth barely needs introduction. It is the final work of a certified genius, full of innovation and beauty, with an influence on music that is still felt to this day. And its message of brotherhood and humanity is no less relevant. But it’s not all sunshine and roses, the story of Beethoven’s Ninth is one of deep contradictions and personal struggle.
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Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Work: Symphony No.9 in D minor (‘Choral’), Op.125
Performer: Annette Dasch, Eva Vogel, Christian Elsner, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Year: 2016
Label: Berliner Philharmoniker
Catalogue No: BPHR160093
Never forget that a format war over the size of the compact disc was settled by Sony and Phillips to 74 minutes so that a complete 9th Symphony would fit. So CDs are 120mm in diameter because of the greatest piece of music ever written.
Yes! Was desperate to get that fact in there but didn’t know how without disrupting the flow so thank you for saying it for me!
@@ClassicsExplained And also the conductor was Furtwangler, perhaps the greatest conductor of Beethoven except Beethoven himself ❤
Yes the Furtwangler recordings are spine-tingling. The early ones very eerie given the political background
one of the first albums I ever owned was a recording of the 9th. It was terrible. The needle would skip all over the place. I finally decided they had tried to pack too much onto a single record. This was back in the late 60s, so the recording tech was not as robust as now.
For anyone who hasn't, make sure to bucket list at least one live concert of the Beethoven 9th in your life.
Or sing it! Just did that (complete train wreck of a reading, but that's ok!)
Already on the bucket list. Me and my dad were going to watch it a few years back, but for one reason or another, we didn't. Thankfully, it was for the best, as we later learned there was a power cut, and the performance was cancelled.
my cities symphony performed it recently lol it was epic
I can beat that. The 1812 overture played by the mass bands of the British army and GUNS of the Royal artillery. Saw that when I was 7 or 8.
Going to see it in two weeks! Final performance under the conduncting of the current conductor at the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra! Packed house... two weeks and almost every seat is gone.
This is not a joke. Your video made me cry.
Me too, bro. Good music be like that.
Damn! It made cry as well.
Same 😭
It made me cry too
Same
Wagner singing the bass parts of Symphony no 9 was something I did not know I needed until now
The 9th will always remind me of that glorious scene from Immortal Beloved
I watch it and it was emotional and inspiring to listen to this beloved masterpiece of Beethoven's 9th but the real mystery is the letter to his Immortal Beloved❤
Gary Oldman became Beethoven. What a great movie.
@@halbos7637 I watched for the first time and I really like Oldman's performance and his extraordinary role as Beethoven
@@quintorezwalker5210 OH, and there is another movie with Liam Neeson as the GREAT BEETHOVEN. Check it out if you get a chance. The Gary Oldman version I feel is the better of the two. Liam and Gary are both great actors. 👍
@@halbos7637 I see what I can do. And mostly thanks.
In my opinion, Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 is the greatest symphony ever written and one of the most memorable pieces of classical music. Every single note from it is perfection. I remember the first time I've listened to the entire symphony. I was truly fascinated by it!
and recognized as such accross cultures and times. I think that's the closest music ever got to sheer emotion !
It’s one of the greatest creations of the human mind. Period.
I took a class at university in which the sole objective was to harmonically, thematically and then culturally analyze this piece, before which, I was oblivious to the master work this is. What an eye opener, and you did an amazing job covering so much in a short video!
that must have been a wonderful class. I'm jealous.
@@sifridbassoonNot me.
Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner and Mahler: Wrote only 9 symphonies, and died.
Mozart: Laughs in over 40 symphonies.
and then we have Haydn...
And Haydn in over 100.
However, both Mozart's and Haydn's symphonies are so extremely repetitive in content that they could easily be reduced to 2 or 3 pieces
You beat me to it lol
@@Henri.d.Olivoiryes, thank you for saying this! Quantity does not mean quality
@@cherillinabeel9028 Exactly, you're very wise!
It's the one symphony I can think of that is immediately recognized by merely its number. When someone says "the ninth", everyone knows they're talking about Beethoven.
I think the 5th can also be said to be recognized by number
The best is when the orchestra gets into the music. When you see the violins, the percussion and the entire orchestra move with the music it becomes magic.
It's happening!!! It's finallly happening!!!
The most awaited video of the whole series!!!
The classic of Classics!!
the pinnacle of tonal music
The image of Beethoven in KISS corpse paint will never leave me now. Bravo, good sir
I made a playlist that is just Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 played by different orchestras, different conductors. Every time someone asked me what my favourite song is, I always said it is Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. It's a masterpiece beyond comprehension.
Drop the playlist
I did the same thing but with vinyl recordings of the 9th back in the 70s.
One of the greatest compositions of all time - still sends shivers down my spine every time
I'm in tears, I really am. I was in an awful pessimistic mood, feeling uninspired to work on any art despite the several unfinished works staring me in the face. Until I watched this, and now I really do feel like things ain't so bad. I think I'm gonna go paint now - listening to Beethoven, of course.
Wow! Delighted to have lifted your spirits - what would make our day is if you could share your reaction painting with us :))
THANK YOU for helping me understand what I love. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
This is begging to be PBS Kids show!
If you guys ink a deal after reading this, I only ask a fair 10%! Fantastic style!
Sadly something this Pro European won't be allowed.
Yes they will
This is the only song that just makes me weep every time because it's so beautiful. Thank you Beethoven for this gift from 200 years ago!
I believe hands down that the slow Ihr stürzt nieder Millionen section in the middle of the finale is the best proof for the existence of God.
TOTALLY agree!!
“VOOORRRR GOOOOOTTTT”
Even if someone doesn’t speak German, they know EXACTLY what he’s talking about!
I was part of the Wiener Symphony a few Months ago where we performed this piece at the Wiener Konzerthaus it was truly one of the best things i have excperienced i remmeber after the concert i was sheding tears from joy and from being overwhelemed it was a night i'll never forget !! Hail Bethoveen !!
Such a beautiful piece. Beethoven will never be forgotten for being one of the many founding fathers of classical and romantic music.
I actually performed this piece last year as a bass in the choir section! The choir section of the finale was surprisingly challenging at certain points, but it was really fun to sing as well! This piece is definitely one of Beethoven's greatest for orchestra and choir and one of the greatest pieces ever period. The bass line in this piece is still engrained into my memory and probably will stay that way for a while😅
Other famous finales in Art Music come from the end of Rossini's William Tell Overture, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, Stravinsky's Firebird, Puccini's Turandot, and Respighi's Pines of Rome.
Great time to upload on the 200th anniversary of the 9th Symphony
Cats: 9 lives
Composers: 9 symphonies
Someone said to Brahms, that the last movement in his 1st was very similar to Beethovens 9th. Brahms answered: „Jawohl, und noch merkwürdiger ist, daß das jeder Esel gleich hört.“, or "Yes, and what’s even stranger, every donkey hears it straight away."
So great was Beethovens influence
Sounds like something brahms would say
Beethoven's 9th Symphony appeared in Little Einsteins: Our Huge Adventure (which then split into A Brand New Outfit and The MIssing Invitation). He was also known for his Works for Halloween: Including his 5th Symphony in C Minor (with its 4- note motif), Moonlight Sonata, Appassioanta Sonata, Egmont (with its Dark Overture), For Earth Day" 6th Symhony in F Major "Pastoral", and For Christmas" Fur Elise. He also wrote only one opera: Fidelio.
Absolutely marvelous gem of a video. My immortal beloved composer lives with his sublime music. 🩷
Now be waitin for the other great ninths. Dvořák, Schubert and Bruckner
Mahler:)
@nino-vn9xl Mahler's Ninth doesn't have the same weight or recognition as the other ones, though I could see a video on his Eighth, Second or Sixth, which are more recognizable.
There actually already is a Classics Explained video about Dvořák's 9th symphony!
Here's the link:
th-cam.com/video/w668Y050n5M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EOs03-zq0bdMiIhj
Correction: They already did Dvořák's Ninth
But we absolutely need Dvorak's 7th !!!😂😂😂@@luisfelipegoncalves4977
When I clicked on this video, I didn't expect a well animated and funny lesson on Beethoven's life. Great Video!
Check out the rest of the channel!
We need a video on Tchaikovsky's Pathétique next
We also need a video about Stravinsky's Firebird Suite afterwards.
The voice of the narrator captures me ❤ I could listen to him all day long explaining me the world
Well done. Great video. In my mind this symphony is the pinnacle of music. You did it justice.
Waouh ! Excellent share !! Big like from Canada !!
I think it’s a really nice touch to have all the other composers appearing in the video to point out the influence of Beethoven on others.
Bravo! So on point! In my opinion Beethovens 9th is the biggest piece of art ever made. And until now I always thought I am the only one who compares Beethoven with a metal head 😀 Thank you very very much for this video!
Best rendition to commemorate the 200th year of the premiere of the immortal Choral Symphony. 😃
I’m so excited. I’ve heard for most of my life that The 9th (note capitalization) is the greatest piece ever composed and I love it. But I don’t understand why it’s held as this incredible achievement and I credit that to a lack of understanding and I want to understand.
This channel is a gem thank you
Perfect! Will share this in my college music appreciation class as we are finishing but an exploration of Beethoven!!!
So very "Beautiful"🎉
Amazing work
What a beautiful TH-cam channel
I'll wait patiently to see one of my favorite parts
Schubert's Trout
Freude, schöner Götterfunken
Töchter aus Elysium
Wir betreten feuertrunken
Himmlischer, dein Heiligtum🥳
Using in my Elementary Music Class to introduce the Romantic Period from now on. Thank you.
This is such an increadible explanation... thank you, and congratulation
Your characterization and visualization of music makes me cry,is very special and amazing to me❤
These important, lovely pieces get more and more riveting and extensive, it's hard not to be enamored anew over and over again with each new feature.
Happy 200th year anniversary of this masterpiece !!!!
thank you! what a great way to start my saturday. i think ill listen to 9th otw to work
What an incredible channel this is. Thank you.
My lack of faith in the redemption of humankind disappearing the moment I hear "Freude, schöner Götterfunken"
Man you are something else you earned a subscriber.
Wonderful !!!
Teared up a little bit, this was always one of my favorites of Beethoven's, and the story behind it make it so much greater!!
Your Beethoven reminds me of recently deceased Seiji Ozawa: Energetic, capricious, always out of the box and... well, with disheveled silver hair of course. 😂 RIP Maestro
Thank you for this perspective. I knew the basic picture of Beethoven, but you let me see a little of his soul and brought him to life. Thank you.
What a marvelously rich tribute to this masterpiece. Thank you and blessings. 🙏❤️
This year is the bicentennial of the 9th!! You can't imagine how long I have been waiting for this video, and you didn't disappoint. You hit most of the points that I think mattered. (honorable mention for Beethoven's "faithful secretary"; it's a bit more amusing when you're aware of Anton Schindler and all the lies he told about Beethoven XD) I swear this is one of my favorite symphonies, no, PIECES ever.
He needed not satisfy the wills of God, nor comply to the expectation of men. He, made music out what music was made to be, the 9th Symphony.
Yassss. Its finally here!! 😢👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Finally!!! Thank you classics explained
Beethoven's 9th Symphony premiered 200 years ago on 1824 May 7.
Thank you SO much for this amazing video, I loved every second of it
DAMN, these videos are great, cant express how happy I am to find this chanel!
Thank you!
Such a famous composition by Beethoven. I particularly love its use in Little Einsteins and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Now that's a crossover I didn't know I wanted to see
@@calebsarnowski1010count me in! With both their use of classical music, I'm surprised they haven't had a crossover yet. LE was even distributed internationally, so there is a Japanese dub of it.
Think of the possibilities: the Little Einsteins helping Shinji, him being congratulated with the curtain call, the sentient instruments playing with him and his cello, Rocket and Big Jet having A.T. Fields, and so much more!
Wait...
In Little Einsteins, there are sentient instruments roaming the world. Heck, they can even produce offspring. Perhaps this is the true end goal of the Human *Instrumentality* Project? 0_0
I've heard the Ode to Joy theme is omnipresent in Japan, constantly parodied in songs and TV commercials. For them, it is a musical metonym for the West.
Good job with your wonderful animations mate!! :3 👍🌸💖🎼🎻
My grandpa, who sang in the chorus of the Minicipal Theatre of Rio, always told me that at first it was Freedom instead of Joy, in german Freiheit instead of Freude, but he changed it to Freude in order not to sound too political and displease the authorities of the time.
It was originally “Freude” but Leonard Bernstein changed it to “Freiheit” for a performance after the fall of the Berlin wall during Christmas of 1989 (not implying that you didn’t know this btw). I got this info from wikipedia just to clarify.
@@JustarandomaccountInnit-is8lf I actually didn't know the 1989 bit. Definately adding to my historic notes. 😊
Thank you for doing these amazing videos
Another absolute BANGER of a video
oh dang, i've been listening it many times but I'm so dumb that i didn't realize the first three mvmt fragments are included in the 4th mvmt opening. that seriously gave me chills
my classics explained video #1 goes to this.
I am so bringing popcorn to the next performance I attend!
this is your best video yet. Can't wait for more.
Thank you for making content that so perfectly captures what’s compelling about classical music in such a fun, accessible way! This is the stuff that’ll keep this music alive
Oh Damn! Oh Damn! Oh Damn!
Your videos are so enlightenmenting. Thank you so much for making these.
This is be best video on classical music I have ever seen.
Check out our other videos!
Your video is a masterpiece!
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Ode to Joy was played when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989
I was wondering whether ( this may sound strange ) but I’ve always been an admirer of the underrated Franz Joseph Haydn and was wondering whether it would be possible to do an episode of his famous oratorio ‘ The Creation ‘ ? It’s a piece full of symbolism and think it would make a great episode.
Love all ur vids
This is a great and entertaining summary of the symphony. Thank you!
I hope one day I see you cover Ravel's Boléro
I heard on the radio today that today is the 200th anniversary of the ninth. Now I know the story.
Well i think i found my newest favorite channel
This video is a masterpiece! 😍😍😍😍😍
That was a joy to watch
Incredible amazing job!
Ode to ode to joy (set to the music of Beethoven 9)
Glory unto Beethoven who fell not to insanity,
Conqueror of nihilism, lover of humanity.
Live forever, great composer, in the hearts of millions,
May your music reach the stars and be praised for eternity!
You have mastered every musical technique in existence,
And you invented multiple new ones in your brilliance.
Your counterpoint is the point, and oh those wonderful contrasts:
All accomplished while you were deaf-what inspiring persistence!
Oh how fate has tormented you; oh how hard you must have fought.
You could not hear as the people did thunderously applaud.
Loved forever, Christlike figure, as long as mankind exists.
Your suffering has raised mankind up to hear the voice of God!
Amen
Wtf is this lmao
Yesss,My Ludwig is finally here!!!!🎉
My favorite ❤ Also, don't sleep on his Missa Solemnis from around the same time 😍
Ode to Joy has been used in the hymn, Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee.
You've won me over, sir: I have subscribed!
The players put there instruments down before the conductor put his hands down
The way you put music into words makes me shake in emotion, like I want to cry but I'm so glad because I can describe what I feel with the music that I laugh and smile, thank you
I think, nothing greater than Beethoven's 9th symphony was never written and will not be ever written. His symphony is music itself in all its idealistic and physical complexity
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you.
For some reason this video was very moving to me, I can't put my finger on how
First thing I noticed is that the clarinets are not in the correct place 💀
Another fantastic video. Thank you!
Pure genius! And the music of Beethoven wasn't bad either ;)
the animation really tied all toghether,
nice one
FINALLY!!!
Also if you take requests could you please do Tchaikovsky 6 some day?
Excellent work as usual!
How fascinating, congrats to you who made this. Claudia recommended it as we were talking about opera… ☺️
I was looking for a new telenovela…
I am gonna watch all of your video.
You just made my day. Week, month, year ahaha
Thanks so much! Claudia has the best taste! Hope to meet you soon :)