The theme at 0:52 is what you whistle while performing a task all wrong under the watchful supervision of an incompetent superior, blissfully unaware of the consequences.
@@padraicfanning7055 Shosty showed up to Prokofiev's funeral instead of Stalin's though. Incredibly risky move, and they often went head-to-head when it came to music, but the fact that he chose to pay his respects to a fellow artist instead of the dictator he was expected to praise speaks volumes about the kind of person he was.
Actually, I can also imagine this happening to the bassoonist who has the dubious honor of pulling off one of the greatest musical jokes ever composed.
Maybe it's just because of how horrible Stalin was, but the return of the returning circus motif from 22:09 on gave me a Something Wicked This Way Comes/Greatest Show in the Galaxy vibe.
My symphony did this piece and at one point the conductor was yelling at the horn section and he said "you sound like a clown car slowly running out of gas!"
At 12:14 Dimitri introduces his spanish cousin: "There he is now, There he is now, There he is now, There he comes now." And at 12:20 we see that he fights untamed bulls for a living. I just adore Shostakovich's humor.
In chess there's a tactic known as the desperado, where you know a piece is about to be lost anyway so you use its last move to get as big of a punch in as you can. Shosty's 9 sounds like a desperado.
This piece is so fucking odd. So many clownish circus-sounding moments and nonsensical shifts in character. Yet at the same time it's such an enjoyable listen. Knowing the backstory of it makes it even funnier!
It's not too odd it's just played sub par. When you contrast movement 1 and 2 properly, and 3 from 4, and ease into the 5 transition and nail the landing, it's amazing. This one is just kinda wacky, fun but lacks depth
Saw this piece performed live and I shit you not, I couldn't stop laughing my ass off. I had to bite down on my tongue really hard throughout the 1st movement to refrain myself from causing any attention... greatest concert experience E V E R!
The humor of the piece is undeniable, but movement four is one of the most soul-crushing, desolate, and depressing things I have ever heard. Almost as if one is listening to someone die.
at that point, he knew that his insult towards the Soviet authorities was going to be exposed in the symphony. so, his pessimism and hopelessness seeped through into his 4th movement. he didn't want to die because he was worried about his family. in the end, Stalin died before Shosty did lmao. Shosty deserved better tho.
0:25 this is what I call the 'water inside your army shoes motive' it just sounds like wet socks splashing about in shoes. The basoon + clarinet. I would love to hear a piece based on this excerpt, add brass with harmon mutes in the 2 and 4 on top of that.
Shostakovich : *composes a first movement that lasts almost 30 minutes* Also Shostakovich : *composes a five minutes first movement and the whole symphony is shorter than the first movement alone of the other symphony* 😂
He could have been shot for this! I just read "The Noise of Time" by Ben Barnes, an awesome bio of SCH. Well worth reading,,,I suspect someofyou already have. T. .
Stalin: hey we defeated Nazi Germany can you make a super epic 9th symphony for us to celebrate truimphantly Shostakovich: ya sure *composes piece* Stalin: haha f*** you
whole chart is like "trolling,the joy and the punishment"... it almost like he have known what will happen and he just write it into chart,and stalin just write it into reality...
An hour ago, I unconsciously started singing the finale in its entirety, and while I knew every little detail, including the orchestration, I was unable to recall the composer and the title of the work. When I arrived back home, I screamed "Εύρηκα!" (Eureka). It took me 45 minutes to find it. Nice chance to listen to the whole Symphony now!
The middle part of the second movement always reminds me of that scene in temple of doom where Indy and Willie are pacing around their respective rooms in the palace. The soundtrack in the back is very similar.
@@generalsnicky3219 This is what I mean: th-cam.com/video/ZxMdImpj4mk/w-d-xo.html for the Jawa theme. And similar orchestration here: th-cam.com/video/ZxMdImpj4mk/w-d-xo.html Williams technically uses parallel fifths all over. But parallel fifths are not against the rules when you are using planing triads. Ie: playing the same triad up and down the scale (chromatically in most cases). Here's an example from Williams' "Moaning Myrtle" theme: th-cam.com/video/oD0BoezTlMc/w-d-xo.html
Jesus, the irony of this piece is unbelievable and imagine how much courage it took for someone to disrespect the socialist republic like that. All my respect for Shostakovich.
The second movements as for me much correlates with a "Il vecchio castelo" from Moussorgsky's "Pictures". And the fourth movement relates with "Catacombs" and "Bydlo".
It's been at least five years since I first heard this piece. I've done a ridiculous amount of research on Shostakovich since then. and that trombone Still makes me laugh. Happy birthday Mitya, you wonderful son of a bitch
Hello, thank you for posting this beautiful music! Could you please explain to me how you procede to do these videos on youtube with a sheet music synchronizing with the music. I couldn't find a way on the internet. Thank you for your help!
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This is the most passive aggressive piece known to man
You can hear the passive-aggression seeping from every note
i also watched the tentacrul video
Because this is Russian.
The theme at 0:52 is what you whistle while performing a task all wrong under the watchful supervision of an incompetent superior, blissfully unaware of the consequences.
@@needlessnoise watch Bernstein's commentary next, you'll be a master
Shosty writing 9th symphony: Im gonna die soon i can feel it
Death:(Takes Stalin instead)
Death: you know what? I'm gonna do the right thing for once and gonna take the first moron I see.
@@daph0307 RIP Prokofiev: died the same day as Stalin and didn't get nearly the amount of press that Stalin got for his death.
@@padraicfanning7055 at least the moron was gone. I don't mean Prokoviev of course.
Hahahaha
@@padraicfanning7055 Shosty showed up to Prokofiev's funeral instead of Stalin's though. Incredibly risky move, and they often went head-to-head when it came to music, but the fact that he chose to pay his respects to a fellow artist instead of the dictator he was expected to praise speaks volumes about the kind of person he was.
POV: You're a trombone player and you have to play this for Stalin. A couple days later you go missing
Hahahaha Wonderful
Or a piccolo player
Is the string section safe?
Actually, I can also imagine this happening to the bassoonist who has the dubious honor of pulling off one of the greatest musical jokes ever composed.
If you don't understand the humor, imagine this being played over a military parade as intended.
That’s so true
Especially when the percussion comes in
Tantacrul: _cuts to a clip of a pet parakeet_
Maybe it's just because of how horrible Stalin was, but the return of the returning circus motif from 22:09 on gave me a Something Wicked This Way Comes/Greatest Show in the Galaxy vibe.
th-cam.com/video/6GifBkcqwig/w-d-xo.html
22:03 you're not a clown. you're the entire circus.
My symphony did this piece and at one point the conductor was yelling at the horn section and he said "you sound like a clown car slowly running out of gas!"
Nice one😂
I think this statement suits more in shosty violin concerto No.1, the climax of 2nd movement 🃏🃏🃏
Something Prokofiev would write
Whenever you see a 9th Symphony which is shorter than 30 minutes, you know something is up...
Mozart?
@@windmillwilly a post classical 9th symphony
@@georgekelk9575 Yeah, definitely among Beethoven and after!
mozart with his short ass 9th symphony: bruh
To be fair, Mozart would've been a teenager when he wrote his 9th symphony
At 12:14 Dimitri introduces his spanish cousin: "There he is now, There he is now, There he is now, There he comes now."
And at 12:20 we see that he fights untamed bulls for a living.
I just adore Shostakovich's humor.
Gre "w
🎥🐖🐐🐂🐃💃🏽
Genius lol!
Listening to this piece out of context it's weird...
With a little bit of exposition it's hilarious!
Bum BUM
trombonist: misses cue 6 times
@@maccychee3858 *Bum BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!
Whenever I hear 12:17, I imagine a *very intense* western style standoff between two kittens
Honestly sounds good without context
In chess there's a tactic known as the desperado, where you know a piece is about to be lost anyway so you use its last move to get as big of a punch in as you can.
Shosty's 9 sounds like a desperado.
I LOVE this analogy!!!!! Omg!!! ♟️
so the desperado is like "burn every resources method" in war(eg: even I lose,I will make you win but come at huuuggge cost)?
Well, how could it be otherwise? He starved in besieged Leningrad, saw the worst horrors of war and this was reflected in his work
The original shitpost
The original dodging censor bots
That would be Mozart actually
yea glad mozart died early so that he won’t continue to shitpost lol
Listen Mozart a musical joke
@@xmvziron Mozart didn’t make shitposts, he made shit. Shosty on the other hand, not so much.
Because of Tantacrul Shostakovich is now one of my favorite composers!
Same
Ya same
he made me love shosty's music. agreed.
Same
He got me into classical music, now I'm a composer myself...
4:00 this is so funny LMAO the madlad was such a troll
I really really really like this comment
I like it too
nice comment
Hey bud, good job with this comment.
Such a great comment 👍
The "I'm so tired of your shit" song, pretty much.
Cough* cough* piece not song cough* cough*
@Nicholas Negosian Forgive him.
Forgive us.
@Nicholas Negosian Yes, cause I'd correct him.
This piece is basically classical music comedy (The Soviets being the subject)
This is how you properly "stick it to the man"
Oh,hi,Shostakovich.
Hello,Dmitri Dmitriyevich.
Ol' Shosty
Hello there
hey shosty when is symphony no 16 dropping
21:59 never fails to make me smile
the circus has arrived
🧤
🐶🎩
🎩🙉🎩
🦆🎩🐷🎩
🎩🐼🎩🐔🎩
🍣🎩👙🎩🦄🎩
🎩🦁🎩🐡🎩🦊🎩
🦍🎩🐍🎩🐹🎩🦋🎩
👑🎒👝👑👛👑⛑👑🎓
Lol the best part of the symphony
It’s the peanut gallery in the back that really sells it(the tambourine and the Bing Bong timpani part) 😂
I know this symphony is supposed to be a joke, but this might be one of my favorites
It’s still super creative.
Same.
I love this piece so much because of the 5th movement.
Someone I Am I also love the 5th movement because to me it sounds like a circus saying “hooray the war is done!”
Spite really is an excellent motivator for creativity. This is a hilariously trolly piece AND it’s also amazing.
'You're not a clown, you're the entire circus' - the piece
Shosty is the best
This piece is so fucking odd. So many clownish circus-sounding moments and nonsensical shifts in character. Yet at the same time it's such an enjoyable listen. Knowing the backstory of it makes it even funnier!
well, it's Shostakovich after all
trolling the government
It's not too odd it's just played sub par. When you contrast movement 1 and 2 properly, and 3 from 4, and ease into the 5 transition and nail the landing, it's amazing. This one is just kinda wacky, fun but lacks depth
Saw this piece performed live and I shit you not, I couldn't stop laughing my ass off. I had to bite down on my tongue really hard throughout the 1st movement to refrain myself from causing any attention... greatest concert experience E V E R!
Stop lying
LMFAO that trombone always gets me. GG Shosty
sarcasm
*Eb Abs in fortississississimo*
the piccolo too tho
very clownish character
@@christonchua5188 everytime i hear that piccolo i get this mental image of a cartoon rat (jerry maybe?) in a military uniform on a piccolo
FIVE OOOONNEEEEEE
I was so confused on what was playing in the background and then I saw Shostakovich and then I went "ah... he is trolling the communists again"
^ Basically! Trolling is the perfect word.
The bach-round
this getting copyright struck is so ironic
@Luis Muñoz stalin
@@MatteoYoon wow. Thats deep
Oh no that's so true
@@MatteoYoon Stealin'
@@beetlejuiceisreal238 oh i found you again
FEEL THE OPPRESSION
Bassoon solos are extraordinary played. The voice of Schostakovitch in most his symphonies.
I.
0:10 Allegro 1:29
0:38 A 1:56
1:01 B 2:19
2:47 C
3:07 D
3:23 E
3:40 F
3:50 G
4:27 H
4:50 I
5:02 K
II.
5:26 Moderato
6:20 A
7:13 B
7:56 C
8:23 D
9:41 E
10:15 F
III.
11:08 Presto
11:18 A
11:40 B
12:00 C
12:19 D
12:37 E
12:58 F
13:20 G
IV.
14:03 Largo
V.
17:10 Allegretto
17:42 A
18:47 B
19:07 C
19:43 D
19:56 E
20:53 F
21:18 G
21:51 H
22:09 I
22:34 K
22:53 L
23:09 M - Allegro
23:25 N
23:32 O
23:45 P
The humor of the piece is undeniable, but movement four is one of the most soul-crushing, desolate, and depressing things I have ever heard. Almost as if one is listening to someone die.
If you want something with the same character, I suggest the very last minutes of his 4th symphony.
He was like "I'm going to gulag for this"
at that point, he knew that his insult towards the Soviet authorities was going to be exposed in the symphony. so, his pessimism and hopelessness seeped through into his 4th movement. he didn't want to die because he was worried about his family. in the end, Stalin died before Shosty did lmao.
Shosty deserved better tho.
Shostakovich apparently killed the curse of 9 by this symphony
I absolutely LOVE the 4th movement. So much happens in a short period of time!
0:25 this is what I call the 'water inside your army shoes motive' it just sounds like wet socks splashing about in shoes. The basoon + clarinet. I would love to hear a piece based on this excerpt, add brass with harmon mutes in the 2 and 4 on top of that.
This needs to be animated with russian soilders being klutzing about
Relevant again these days
they need to make a third Fantasia film with this
Shostakovich : *composes a first movement that lasts almost 30 minutes*
Also Shostakovich : *composes a five minutes first movement and the whole symphony is shorter than the first movement alone of the other symphony* 😂
This is still remarkably relevant for a Russian military parade...
Underrated comment
And only getting more relevant as the situation progresses
Except not clownish enough
@@bavarianbanshee …even more relevant and fitting now!
it's relevant for every military parade tbh
Trombone player: Gets handed his sheet music
Trombone player: “Oh shit, I’m gonna die”
Age like fine wine.
GG, Shosty.
I adore the first movement
He sounds nothing like Haydn, but he also has such a sense of humour.
the form does resemble haydn hm
10:46
F in the chat for the piccolo player
He is the og madlad
jokes aside that transition to the ending is a banger
This is how you get over a problem that's out of your hands. You just laugh over it. What a BOSS!
[V-I intensifies]
What if I add a ii before that?
@@segmentsAndCurves Even better
@@halimaz7249 JaZz
@@segmentsAndCurves BaCh
22:10 caught me by surprise the first time I heard
This, along with Beethoven's 8th, are my favourite "humourous" symphonies.
one like for the ironic symphony from SCH to mock Stalin?
He could have been shot for this! I just read "The Noise of Time" by Ben Barnes, an awesome bio of SCH. Well worth reading,,,I suspect someofyou already have. T.
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@@tufflady1359 good thing Stalin died not long after this piece
@Simón Dellepiane oh, thanks!
What have you done to me Tantacrul?!?!?!?!
3:43 that part of the music on it's own was just 😩👌
That pure gold should be more famous then the lick!!!!!
I don’t know why but that part reminds me of Samuel hazo’s arabesque
The orchestra rehearsaling this in 1945 telling at shosty: you are really crazy man
Lmao
"You are gonna get us killed man,"
What a madlad.
yes, yes he is
Stalin: hey we defeated Nazi Germany can you make a super epic 9th symphony for us to celebrate truimphantly
Shostakovich: ya sure
*composes piece*
Stalin: haha f*** you
@@segmentsAndCurvesSchostakovich to Stalin: no, you will die, but I will live, because I want to listen to the Beatles.
The longest meme in history
LOL
"Ba baaam... ba baaam... BA BAAAM"
Now that's music
22:08 Shosty just clowned the entire soviet government
whole chart is like "trolling,the joy and the punishment"... it almost like he have known what will happen and he just write it into chart,and stalin just write it into reality...
12:14 - 5 bars before Trumpet Solo !
Thanks both for uploading this impressively modest score (not a wasted note) and the impeccable performance led by Maestro Barshai.
LOL that hidden Radetzky march motif in the final movement
Music that ends in snickers and giggles from one section to another. Fantastic, daring, funny music. It should make the audience laugh!
Can we take a second and cry on behalf of bassoon 1 in movements 4 and 5
It’s such a good solo!!!
@@kaydekay1202 it's so hard
@@splodinatekabloominate846 Do you know ,who played the first bassoon?
On the second portion, that high D natural gave me goosebumps. Amazing tone!
An hour ago, I unconsciously started singing the finale in its entirety, and while I knew every little detail, including the orchestration, I was unable to recall the composer and the title of the work. When I arrived back home, I screamed "Εύρηκα!" (Eureka). It took me 45 minutes to find it. Nice chance to listen to the whole Symphony now!
i shat myself on the bus and remembered this song
Congratulations
@@mse5519 LOL
I AM SURE JOHN WILLIAMS MUST LOVE SHOSTAKOVICH'S MUSIC
Igor yes. In every score :-)
I come to listen to it again and again when ever I need a laugh
The middle part of the second movement always reminds me of that scene in temple of doom where Indy and Willie are pacing around their respective rooms in the palace. The soundtrack in the back is very similar.
Submitting this was a bold, bold move...
I think about this every single day.
This is a great recording!
Orchestras around the world should be playing this now.
3:59 cracks me up every time
The trombonist lost their place and was eager
@@blackmage1276 The trombonists who performed in the premiere were def shot lol rip
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BA BA
No, BA BAAAAAAAAAA
0:10
2:45 2nd time
5:26 II
7:12 B
11:08 III
11:24 arco
12:17 D
12:36 E
14:03 IV
16:41 v2
17:10 V
19:09 C
20:50 v2
21:16 G Pochissimo animato
for September 2021?
Shostakovich : for the victory
Stalin : Thank you .
Shostakovich : yes Russia victory not you .
The balls one displays by trolling Stalin like this is incredible.
he was a genius
This. Was. *EPIC.*
7:34 John Williams did a similar thing with his Jawa theme.
parallel 5ths... interesting (maybe I can copy that as well)
@@generalsnicky3219 This is what I mean: th-cam.com/video/ZxMdImpj4mk/w-d-xo.html for the Jawa theme. And similar orchestration here: th-cam.com/video/ZxMdImpj4mk/w-d-xo.html
Williams technically uses parallel fifths all over. But parallel fifths are not against the rules when you are using planing triads. Ie: playing the same triad up and down the scale (chromatically in most cases). Here's an example from Williams' "Moaning Myrtle" theme: th-cam.com/video/oD0BoezTlMc/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like something Mozart would write if he had a modern orchestra
and such a fine orchestra!
He really just said "no💖✨" to Stalin, then did it anyway
Da DAAAAAA
Jesus, the irony of this piece is unbelievable and imagine how much courage it took for someone to disrespect the socialist republic like that. All my respect for Shostakovich.
it sounds so happy
A. nevermind
LMAO
14:20 at first I thought there was an e-guitar playing
what even is it.
@@MrHinchapelotas trumpets and cymbals
I thought the same. But yes, it is trumpets and cymbals.
I like to think that it was intentional. Like he wanted to put something that sounds like an instrument of the west in there, as a reference
@@juliee593 as opposed to trumpets and cymbals??? Lol ok
Anyone here from Tantacrul's video?
what the composers feel like back then when they're gonna write their 9th symphony:
Шостакович сочинил выдающуюся музыку.
Mvmt 1 is my favorite!!
0:38 that pattern of falling pairs of notes reminds me of the start of Prokoviev’s 2nd piano concerto... deliberate?
The second movements as for me much correlates with a "Il vecchio castelo" from Moussorgsky's "Pictures".
And the fourth movement relates with "Catacombs" and "Bydlo".
This is literally "we do a little trolling" in an orchestral piece
0:10 I
5:25 II (10:32)
11:09 III (12:49)
22:34 When I hear this part, I imagine a big lineup of clowns in line and marching at a junction in circles pissing off all the drivers LOL
every one of the copyright claims is incorrect, you can dispute them, and sue should manual review confirm them
It's copyright until either 2040s or 2075
Nice! It is a reupload am I right? A lot of Shostakovich symphonies' videos got deleted :(
All of tomekkobailka for example (3, 4 and 8 I think)
Yes it is! The 15th one was also removed, and the Soldier's tale by Stravinsky.. :(
Did it get removed by TH-cam or did you decide to take it off youtube?
Those videos were removed by TH-cam (copyright issue)
It seems string quartet 8 with sheet music was removed as well
Excerpt 1: 00:10
Excerpt 2: 12:00 (120 bpm)
The very first and best political meme!!
I dunno, I'm pretty sure Gulliver's Travels is a big political meme too
It's been at least five years since I first heard this piece. I've done a ridiculous amount of research on Shostakovich since then. and that trombone Still makes me laugh. Happy birthday Mitya, you wonderful son of a bitch
Heute vor 75 Jahren veröffentlicht! Genial, wenn man bedenkt, daß er damit Stalin düpieren wollte!
0:51 bum BUUUUUMMMMMM
21:28 -23:58 Stetson violin 1 orchestra audition
This piece just describes a character
Hello, thank you for posting this beautiful music!
Could you please explain to me how you procede to do these videos on youtube with a sheet music synchronizing with the music. I couldn't find a way on the internet.
Thank you for your help!
I usually use 'Moviemaker' for synchronizing the sheet music with the music.