Especially since access to music was limited back then. To hear this live at the symphony would change your life I'm sure, you'd be buzzing with the emotion from it for weeks
@@simonevans343which has been done (the bible) multiple times: either Ancient Hebrew or Aramaic & recopied; then into Koine Greek & recopied & changed many times; into Latin; recopied & changed many times; then translated into Elizabethan English & recopied & retranslated with opportunities for error at every turn, Don’t mind me, I’m not a purist. Quotes can be altered: it would be mind boggling if they weren’t.
+AshleyRiotable he tragically became deaf late in life, by the time he composed this masterpiece he couldn't hear a thing.. it makes it all the more divine
It breaks my heart that Beethoven would not be able to hear his own beautiful work. That he could still hear it in his head makes him truly a one-of-a-kind composer.
@David Roosemailer he's exaggerating. It's a hyperbole he doesn't really mean it. He's saying that it's an offense to nature and Society for someone so special to lose their hearing abilities which are so Central to their profession in the special things they bring to us. It's just a fancy way of saying how tragic it was for Beethoven to lose his hearing.
Agree! I think about Mozart in a paupers grave without any notoriety. If HE only knew KBAQ has Mozart Buffet every day at lunchtime. If those composers only knew how We treasure their works in 2021!!
One of a kind? It's likely that Beethoven and many other famed composers, including Mozart, could imagine a symphony in their mind. They just needed paper and a pen to record it. I can "hear" tunes I make up in my mind. Translating these tunes into written form is another matter.
Belchmaster41 Well no, the Ode to Joy movement starts with the instruments, and then the chorus comes in, I actually meant to add in the "Stars" part, but couldn't accurately pinpoint it, oh but now I see what you mean
You said it!! I am 95yr old & am scared out of my wits. That the words of the 4th movement could be banned. The meaning of this symphony is already in jeopardy Remember it happened before 😢
If you watch this, it is the culmination of millions of hours of human effort. From the creation of the instruments, to the contours of the hall. Every bow string pull and push, pulsing to a set of notes from a long dead genius. It resonates now as it will in 200 years, a marvel of human creation. Thank you to Charlie and your family to allow the rest of us to experience 90+ minutes of the joy of being human
I have no words, but yours were quite good enough... I hope all of this survives what's coming for us. Even if the original written music somehow doesn't make it, some of the digital copies undoubtedly will. I just made one and so should we all.
And sadly beethoven doesn't know about it for there's no life after death. The great wonder of classical music is the creation of something that goes beyond the comprehension of the creator
@@EstaghfurullahiRabbiveEtubuile ...and what a treasured gift the maker of this video has given us - to be able to dowload this magnificence - THANK YOU.
The first time I played my violin during a worship service of the Free Methodists in Toddville, Iowa, few or probably none of the members had ever heard a violin "live". I later played in a Nazarene orchestra for a couple of years. Later still, in a baptist orchestra for a couple of years. The level of "musicianship" wasn't nearly what you hear here but please ask around to see whether there are any "church" orchestras near where you live. You might like the experience of hearing them live, even if they don't play "classical" music like this.
If you can make it, go for it. I went for New Years concert and they had Beethovens 9ths and Karl Orf. It was stunning, absolutley phenomenal. Hearing it here is great, but it's only 10% of the experience live. I'am a hard guy, but I ahd to blink away tears during Ode to Joy.
I watched this entire thing with a friend high as a kite and we didn’t say a word the entire time, we were just mesmerised by the entire performance. I still remember the sensation this gave me to this day
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This is a fine reading from a quality orchestra in my old home town, Chicago. One cannot listen to this in entirety without hearing the Voice of God. As the Brits like to say, "Steady on."
It's so strange how I went from hip hop and pop music to orchestral pieces in just a year and now all I want passionately is to witness this live one day. Update: Didn't think my comment would attract this much attention but anyway, I regret to inform that life happened and I wasn't able to listen to it live but I am still hoping. And I listen to this and many more pieces daily. It's just really special to me for many reasons.
I saw it on Saturday - QLD Symphony Orchestra. Totally blew me away ! and the best thing I have ever seen and heard. I love all music types too (exception Country and Western)
Turns out he liked cheap wine that was kept in lead containers. The lead gave the wine a sweet taste. Deafness is a symptom of lead poisoning. Ancient Rome did the same thing.
Not exactly....Beethoven could hear and knew the sounds of each instrument, note, nuance, etc. intimately. While I'm sure it was difficult, torturous and it clearly influenced his work, it is not an impossible task because he could imagine the sound. I'm sure conducting would have been a nightmare, since he couldn't hear if it was being played properly, but it wasn't impossible like painting while blind. Even if you had sight before, not being able to see would make painting impossible because you could not see the colors on your palette. It would be impossible to mix the paint to recreate what you saw in your mind in the same way a deaf person could pen the music they heard in theirs.
I played in the Chicago Symphony as a 16 year old today! I am very blessed for having such an amazing opportunity. It is very beautiful and special inside the hall. Good day to anyone reading this!
To think we can enjoy such an epic performance for free while others some centuries ago had to pay fortunes to see, this is something that I am grateful for!
That would've gave us the real satisfaction , paying to watch the maestro and then just remembering the tune in your head all your life. Thats how things should be , watching live by paying
If you ever get the chance, you should attend performance. TH-cam will never compare to the physical sensation of having this music played live for you.
There is a story that the performance received a standing ovation, but, since Beethoven was completely deaf, he couldn't hear it and the alto turned him around so that he could see the audience's reaction.
It was 200 not 300 years. More importantly it was highly unlikely the average citizen at the time would have heard that played more than a handful of times in their lifetime. Any one of us can have a full bore orchestra playing this beautiful music in our living room every night or on the subway on the way to the office. We take it for granted.
I haven't seen a comment yet saying things about the musicians, but I sure do think they deserve all the claps and praises! Bravo Chicago Orchestra! Bravo! All of them!
Not to digress or argue but, as I get older, I continue to search (the internet and, alas, TH-cam) for the "perfect" Beethoven's 9th performance. Aside from the number of "claps and praises' and the tally of TH-cam's views and comments my search shall continue.
@@bradearly9689 || I agree, Brad. He is. The "perfect" 9th Symphony was in Beethoven's head when he wrote it. All performances since its publication are someone's interpretation of what Beethoven wrote. Since humans are incapable of perfection, we can only hope that performances such as this one by the CSO are as close as humanly possible to what Beethoven had in mind.
If you are listening to this in 19, July 2024, I love you and you are not alone ....I love Beethoven and this symphony. My favorite symphony is Beethoven Ninth Symphony. Thank you Beethoven and the Chicago Orchestra ...
I’m Japanese . In Japan, most of them said “ classical music is very old and not interesting.” I’m sad but when I saw this comment list and this movie, world is more big than we think. I want to spread classical music.
Me too! I’m French and it’s exactly the same thing in my school everyone says « Classical music is annoying » but I’m like no !! I love listening orchestra and the next year I want to incorporate a music conservatory.
My Mother was absolutely insistent that my siblings and I had to participate in children's choir, take piano lessons, and try at least one other instrument. As a kid, it definitely bothered me at times. But, it opened up a lifelong appreciation for many forms of music. I have commented at other times that mood and music are tied together rather tightly for me. In the right mood, I can listed to opera. In another mood, I might be listening to hip-hop. Pink Floyd fits into almost any mood. As for classical, it is a go to for me in several moods. Certain pieces are fantastic at soothing me when I've got anxiety going out of control. Others pieces are great for when I'm needing to work on a project. It saddens me when I hear people write off entire genres of music. It is fine to not like certain composers/artists as we all have preferences. But classical covers such a massive range of compositions and composers. Beethoven's 9th Symphony is a good example because it includes vocals that aren't used in his famous 5th Symphony. With a little effort, I think many could find something they really enjoy. Ultimately, it is their loss when they close their minds to such a rich genre.
It's a sad fact that modern culture revolves around pop culture .... ie that which requires no effort to understand it. People dismiss classical music, Shakespeare, abstract painting .... all because people have become lazy and don't want to have to study to be able to appreciate these things.
@@cliffordmaddox6532 I agree with you there. While I have an observational bias, I see it as more than just lazy with my fellow countrymen in the USA. Large swathes of the population prides itself on being ignorant. Being dumb is sexier than being a scientist. The latest gossip on some Hollywood clown gets far more attention than an event demonstrated in this video. It is more than just being lazy, it is a willful effort to dumb down the culture.
This has been a year when we could all use the inspiration of great human potential and achievement. Let us not forget who and what we are, and what we are capable of, and how close God is to us, guiding us to our great destiny.
Not so. He was not played in Nazi Germany. And even listening to his 5th could mean arrest/death. Why?? . . . _ the code for the letter V V 4 VICTORY The battlecry of the Allies
On May 7,1824, Ludwig van Beethoven 9 th symphony premiered in Vienna which is considered a magnificent work and which is relevant for today ´s time. Today, the entire musical world is commemorating the 200 th anniversary of the release of this magnificent work.
It’s amazing that when this was written only kings and nobles could enjoy this but now I’m watching this on my phone enjoying Beethoven. What a blessing
Not quite. The audience at the time were mainly comprised of the recently grown wealthy middle class. But it is surely a bless that we are still keeping this art in 2022
On phone? :-) forget it! Do you now what is classical music like live? (today a concert ticket prises is also for nobles!) As a teacherI I can't afford to go to Opera...
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Beethoven was completely deaf when he composed this, every single instrument, every sound he heard in his own soul and put it down on paper! He was a true marvelous Genius!>>< The bible speaks of heavenly JOY, THIS IS IT!!!
@@troyaustria3857 Ninth was composed between 1822 and 1824; Beethoven was 52 in 1822; by the time he was 44 or 45, he was totally deaf. When the ninth premiered, "Beethoven stood by the conductor Michael Umlauf during the concert beating time (although Umlauf had warned the singers and orchestra to ignore him), and because of his deafness was not even aware of the applause which followed until he was turned to witness it."
If you are beholding the works of Beethoven instead of doing your homework, then you are already more intelligent than most, don't worry about it. You are already a fast study.
I am a Noob! This was the first time in my 37 years I have watched a complete symphony orchestra. The kids were put to bed and I put some headphones on and the rest is history. I am now changed forever and will never look at music the same! It’s wildly impressive and I can’t wait to watch some live symphonies! Why? - why did I wait this long to listen to this masterpiece 🤦 oh well I am grateful to have personally discovered real music for the first time! I’m hooked and am now going to get to know Beethoven through some documentaries!
When this was over, the crowd was ecstatic and applauding wildly but Beethoven heard none of it. The first violinist went to him and turned him around so he could see their reaction to his masterpiece. There are a few things in history that I wish I could time travel back and see and one of them would be the first performance of this with Beethoven himself conducting.
@@vaivod_ I had also heard, (can't speak to the truth of it but I think to think it's true) that after the first performance was the only time he smiled after a performance.
What's so amazing is when Beethoven wrote the 9th symphony he was completely deaf. Writing a sonata when your deaf is one thing, but writing a symphony with all the instrument parts for a whole 70 minute is quite something else. This man was a genius. Just amazing and magnifique and mind blowing!
@Don P Yes and when the performance was done, the crowd was applauding and on their feet. But Beethoven didn't hear it and one of the musician had to turn him around so he could see it.
01:39 - Mov. I - Allegro ma non tropo, un poco majestoso. 19:42 - Mov. II - Molto vivace 35:39 - Mov. III - Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato 52:13 - Mov. IV - Finale: Ode to Joy
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I can't listen to the first two movements without hearing the rest, if it plays on a commercial or movie it pisses me off so much. Also they play terrible version on the tv or movies, nothing compares to an uncompressed live version of it. I used to have a Vinyl of this I'd crank in my basement bar stereo as a teen. I miss that house so much. The accoustics and that oldschool Sony source entertainment system went hard. Cd's were there but after I learned the science behind the compression of CD's I opted to collect vinyl. My step dad had a really sick vinyl double single of ozzy's mr crowley. I had Ozzy as himself and him as Crowley Printed on the actual grooves of the record.
Was wondering who else was watching this in quarantine! Best way to feel as if you are "going out" - or just have music and visuals while working from home ;)
me too! Fortunate enough to have played this 3 times in my lifetime as 2nd flute and 2 years ago piccolo with the Carmel Bach Festival - blowing my brains out at the end with tears streaming down my face knowing it could possibly be the last time I play it.... ahhh sweet memories.
Me too ... like a baby. I cry because it is just beautiful, because he gave it to us ("this kiss is for the whole word"), and out of sadness because he himself never got to hear it.
I remember my parents took me to hear this. I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORED!! I now understand that I'm listening to a 200 year old master piece that still blows people away.
Yeah honestly it’s kind of silly to take a young kid to a performance of a symphony. Unless they happen to be a kid who is really into music (especially classical music), they are going to be bored to tears. Most people do not learn how to appreciate music of this kind until they are a bit older.
Hearing the 9th for the first time caused a massive paradigm shift in my life, as it does for most people who hear it and truly appreciate it’s significance. There’s no going back once you hear this symphony in it’s full glory. I’d argue that it’s saved me from being engulfed entirely by the void of depression and for that I owe Beethoven more than I could ever offer as gratitude for his art. Everyone should be able to hear this work.
Ironic, considering how he himself wasn't able to hear it. Fun fact! The first time Bethoven presented his 9th symphony, conducting the orchestra himself, he wasn't able to hear the applause of the audience, and the first violonist had to turn him around to show him the crowd's reaction to the masterpiece.
Beautiful words. I tend to feel the same way and I think at least part of it is because when you hear this you are hearing some kind of proof that what is good in our reality will always always eventually triumph and what is evil will one day perish and fail spectacularly it will be almost pathetic, and that there's an enduring purpose to life that is far greater than all the evil in the world would have us believe- and that evil is so utterly utterly USELESS as an idea and given enough time WILL fail so completely it's a wonder it hasn't happened already. Ok that's a little deep to get from a few notes I know and I can't explain it scientifically nor am I even religious but when I hear the great works this is something I feel beyond intellectual understanding. Maybe I'm going to deep with it but it's what comes to me. My faith in existence is always restored by the great works. And not just classical - ANY great works. I feel like there's a bigger message than simply the notes - or maybe I'm just high. But either way this is what I take from it. I believe it is true.
You will never listen to this symphony the same way, when you will know that the genius compositor was completely deaf by the moment he produced it. His only remaining instrument was his memory remembering how illustrative the music can be without hearing it ... every note...every shade. The most beautiful and sad picture of him I could imagine is : Van Beethoven turning to (not hearing) the applaude of people when he finished orchestring this master piece for the first time. Imagine composing/playing a symphony you never listened to in front of a selective and informed public. Rest in Peace Sir Ludwig. You are and have been a blessing to our ears.
He started it when partially deaf and finished it when he was fully deaf. Without perfect pitch, he would have never made it to the end. An absolute genius mind
Imagine the inner organization and memory that takes, regardless or the ability to hear the harmonies in his mind without use of piano. Add that he can feel so poetically deeply. Greatest composer/artist of all time, arguably.
It is, but more. Fact this is most influential piece in whole symphonic art makes it almost an miracle. It matches that Einstein sat in a room alone and imagined universe with black holes in his mind. Human mind is incredible, and these guys are the proof :)
@@ArtPath21 I think Mahler 2 may be the best the best though Mahler 5 is my absolute favorite, it’s epic and beautiful at the same time, and Mahler really mastered counterpoint at that time, those transitions always give me chills
I'm a photographer for the symphony orchestra in my city, sometimes I don't know whether to take photos or sit down to admire such great works created by it...God bless you all (Cascavel/Paraná/Brazil)
I cannot be the only one who was moved by that choir. Their singing supported by the lush, gorgeous, majestic sound of the orchestra was just DIVINE. It moved me to tears.
So true, Andy! We just found out that this is what our chorus will be singing when we finally return in the winter after having our spring concert canceled. What a joy it was for us!
Perhaps the most beautiful symphony ever composed! When this pandemic is over, I will attend live concerts as much as I can and support the arts in my community. One does not appreciate as much these live events until they are impossible to access.😭😭
@@jackgallahan9669 next concert over here in Sydney is February 2021, really excited! It'll be Ray Chen performing Tchaikovsky violin concerto which is pretty fitting...
This is the peak of human music. Easily within the top 3 things ever written. Here I am, a grown man, properly tearing up from the sound of this magnificence. The passion, the depth, the harmony of all these people working together is truly overwhelming. Thank you Beethoven, thank you orchestra and choir. Literally awesome - in the true sense of the word.
@@hillcresthikermoonlight sonata... beethoven violin concerto... lizst transcendental etudes... Berlioz symphonie fantastiqiue... Stravinsky rite of spring... mozart magic flute... brahms 3rd symphony... Saint saens danse macabre, and introduction and rondo cappriccioso ... Wagner pilgrims chorus... bach toccatta and fugue, brandenburg concertos... chopin etudes... Verdi Aida... schubert erlkonig.... prokofiev violin sonatas....how many hundreds more am I missing
@@NeaonBHB Rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto. I'm not a classical enthusiast, so it should carry extra weight when someone like me puts the 9th, and Rachmaninoff in their list of favorite music. I listen primarily to house/techno hip hop, classic rock, 90s rock, but to me, this symphony has to be best music ever made
Performing this during college was one of the greatest, most profound, joyous and memorable experiences of my life! Happy 200 years to this masterpiece!
The greatest musician on earth ! He composed his ultimate masterpiece when he was completely deaf ! Just for this reason, he is an unquestionable genius !
Whether it was Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff etc., they suffered from depression or some other ailment, but were all geniuses, leaving us with so much
it was a tragedy that he had to become deaf, but actually it’s not a big deal. I’m 15 and Im already able to compose music in my head (obviously not as great as these classical composers, just at my level of expertise) if you have a great understanding of music and sounds you can sight read sheet music in your head as if you were listening to it. Obviously beethoven was a special case, he was deaf and etc but it’s not a one-of-a-kind ability
Okay , It's December 16th , 2020 Just a Little Pass Midnight in Detroit , At the Very Beginning of Beethovens 250th Birthday Anniversary Celebration !!!...Who's Watching in 2023 !!
This recording is flawless. Listen on good speakers or headphones and you will be there. The musicians are flawless, too. The timing and dynamics are amazing.
As a music lover, I cannot imagine anything more heartbreaking than being unable to hear it anymore. I do hope Beethoven got some joy out of knowing that his audiences loved (and still love) his music.
The story goes that Beethoven officially conducted the premiere in 1824, but someone else was actually leading the orchestra. Beethoven finished before the actual music did. He couldn't even hear the ovation of the audience, so someone turned him around. When he saw the wild cheering and clapping, ”he knew that he had freed himself from sorrow, and that his music would live forever”
Traditionally I am a fan of jazz and rock and electronic music. However I have been starting to listen to classical and I have to say it is absolutely incredible how such a large group of people can play so perfectly in sync with eachother and create a true masterpiece.
There is a whole world of treasures to find among western classical. And not all of it is orchestral, as there are piano sonatas, string quartets, concertos, chants, etc. It will take you multiple lifetimes to navigate it all. Have fun!
I sometimes refer to exceptional things as a masterpiece due to their rarity. But the 9th symphony is divine and replicating something this excellent is unlikely.
I was sitting in the second row at this concert. At the end, one is stunned by the magnificence of it. At Orchestra Hall, the music rolls over you. The choral sections were spectacular with such wide dynamics and clarity. Eric Owens, the bass, is once of the finest Wotans, and the best I've heard singing bass in the 9th. Matthew Polenzani has been at the Lyric Opera many times and is always excellent. I had not previously heard the soprano Camilla Nylund and the mezzo Ekaterina Gubanova, and I hope to hear them again. In person, the orchestral movements are more alive and dramatic. Muti was to repeat the 9th last year (2020), but COVID prevented that performance. The CSO is one unbelievable instrument. This video is one to play over and over.
I wish people would let the music reverbarate, leave the space so to speak, before applauding at the end of a concert. Allowing that end to have space and silence to arrive is so special!
I am so grateful that this art is posted without commercials. Thank you to THE FAMILY that made this possible. What a lovely tribute to your loved one. May his spirit live on and inspire others. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
I thank my Mother and Father for their purchases of RCA Victor Red Label LP's into our home right after WWII, and the rest is history. More time must be spent in getting The Master of Classical Music in schools. I spend a lot of internet time in the classical music arena, which helps to eliminate listening to babbling bobbleheads whether elected or not!!!! Just to learn how it was done without and electronics, etc., is beyond belief!
@@wanderingpalace Give it another try sometime? At your own pace, in your own time. Turn it up loud and just...listen. It's really, really hard to beat.
I have been singing this Beethoven 9th Symphony for 37 years as a member of a choir. Every time I sing the 9th Symphony, I discover something new. There is also physical fatigue and practice every time you sing the 9th Symphony. However, when it comes to the concert, the impression of singing to the end is something that cannot be expressed in words, and there is a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment. I thought this performance was also very wonderful.
@DrewPeacock At least they are remembered and loved, whereas you will be forgotten, nobody will remember you after you are gone, and the world will be a nicer place for your passing.
@@Mystikan You and I will perish and humanity too, so don't lose your time arguing with these guys. They think that they will forever, but all their efforts will just disappear like dust. Let's not let these people steal our happiness
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 1:43 II. Molto vivace 19:45 III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato 35:41 IV. Finale: Ode to Joy 52:13
I can barely hold back the tears of pain, sadness, and joy all at once every time I listen to what I consider to be the greatest symphony of all time :) I raise my glass to you friends and look up and smile at the Universe.
I've worked through the nine symphony's of Beethoven today...worth every moment. Beethoven was a genius 7:31 and his music music will last for ever! Larry Davies
You are never alone if you Beethoven. Listening to Beethoven is like riding something wild down a steep mountain on a moon-bright night, something that loves you with all its' thunderous heart and only wants you to feel the boundlessness it feels. Ain't no Mondays on the mountain. :-)
Every time I listen to this masterpiece I can't help to feel bad for deaf people, sadly they cannot enjoy this amazing music, I'm half deaf myself but I can still hear, and for that I'm grateful.
Did you know that Beethoven was deaf when he wrote this piece? That he conducted the first performance despite his inability to hear? There are profoundly poignant descriptions of his response at the end of the performance.
@@nokuthulatana5653 I can only hear with my left ear, I'm completely deaf on my right side, in my personal experience yes, acoustics and vibrations of the surrounding help to some degree, but can also be disorienting, because I can't hear sounds coming from my right side sometimes I'm not sure from what direction sounds are coming from, I guess we are born with two ears for a reason.
@@danmitchell9424 Yes, I've been a fan of classic music since a very young age, I've always found amazing and sad that Beethoven was capable of creating such a masterpiece without being able to hear, but we know the man was a musical genius, he probably could hear the music in his head looking at the notes.
I'm thoroughly convinced that this is the greatest poem ever written. The music is majestic, but Schiller hovers above Beethoven in his artistic ability.
This quarantine changed me a lot
Omg. Why are we here? Lol
Ok practice well
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Are you starting to wake up to the lies or..
Amazing how all this was inside a dude´s mind once.
That dude is Herr Ludwig van Beethoven, but I know right, for a guy who lost his hearing
Thanks for sharing my thought. That is beyond comprehention.
Yeah! That really is.
... and now all that is in people's head is OneRepublic, Taylor Swift and Beiber.
These youngsters will someday realise what great music is.
Imagine hearing this for the first time in 1824. 200 years later still spine-tingling.
Especially since access to music was limited back then. To hear this live at the symphony would change your life I'm sure, you'd be buzzing with the emotion from it for weeks
Imagine writing this masterpiece completely deaf and never hearing it. Beethoven was completely deaf at this point.
Can you imagine the conductor accidentally dropping his baton
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@@jermalshemism3367the vibrations still mean a lot as far as my cousin has told me can almost feel the same shit
To all the compassionate souls here, please pray for my health and send positive vibes.
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Sending positive vibes and energy 🙏🏻 Heal fast, heal well 🙏🏻✨️✨️
Best wishes. I hope things improve soon. ❤
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Get well soon 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
"To play a wrong note is insignificant ; to play without passion is inexplicable "
-- Ludwig van Beethoven
Beautiful quote❤
Not inexplicable but inexcusable - but thanks for the quote 🙏
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@@simonevans343which has been done (the bible) multiple times: either Ancient Hebrew or Aramaic & recopied; then into Koine Greek & recopied & changed many times; into Latin; recopied & changed many times; then translated into Elizabethan English & recopied & retranslated with opportunities for error at every turn, Don’t mind me, I’m not a purist. Quotes can be altered: it would be mind boggling if they weren’t.
@@simonevans343 No, he was correcting the quote. Beethoven said inexcusable; not inexplicable. Not that it matters but just pointing it out.
My brother (horn) and daughter-in-law (soprano section leader in the chorus) both in this recording. I am blessed.
Best things about this recording- the unbeatable Dan Gingrich/Jim Smelser team, and Eugene Izotov on oboe.
What a pride!!
GOD BLESS THEM BOTH AND YOU - I'M CRYING!
Please tell them from me, job well done and thank you!
Pink or red dress? thank you!
Its March 2024. No matter how many times I listen to this , I never get tired of it....
It's like a musical time capsule that keeps getting better with every play
I'm listening in too, fabulous indeed but Karajan 1968 is beyond anything I've ever absorbed. ♥️
I listen the whole at least once a week since 5 years. And some time at a daily basis. And it still amazes me and shake me to the core 🥲
Yeah I'm not a classical guy but this is probably the best music ever
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This the best part
0:49 🎉❤
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I am here in July 2024, who is here with me. Beethoven really did make music for the world ...
July 16th... right after watching the Ode to Joy flash mob!
July 17th. Trying to be calm.
Here on July 18th. Loving this!
19th july
july 20
Beethoven : you guys want some symphonies tonight?
crowd : *cheers loudly*
Beethoven : I can't hear you.
+Alyssa Hightower Really?
+Sharvil Gandhi LOL
+AshleyRiotable he tragically became deaf late in life, by the time he composed this masterpiece he couldn't hear a thing.. it makes it all the more divine
kamiel verwer I already knew it I was ironic.
+AshleyRiotable I'm sorry... what?
It breaks my heart that Beethoven would not be able to hear his own beautiful work. That he could still hear it in his head makes him truly a one-of-a-kind composer.
Beethoven going deaf was a crime against humanity.
@David Roosemailer he's exaggerating. It's a hyperbole he doesn't really mean it. He's saying that it's an offense to nature and Society for someone so special to lose their hearing abilities which are so Central to their profession in the special things they bring to us. It's just a fancy way of saying how tragic it was for Beethoven to lose his hearing.
@@hankzumbahlen4180 Whom shall we indict?
Agree! I think about Mozart in a paupers grave without any notoriety. If HE only knew KBAQ has Mozart Buffet every day at lunchtime. If those composers only knew how We treasure their works in 2021!!
One of a kind? It's likely that Beethoven and many other famed composers, including Mozart, could imagine a symphony in their mind. They just needed paper and a pen to record it. I can "hear" tunes I make up in my mind. Translating these tunes into written form is another matter.
1st movement: 1:49
2nd movement: 19:34
3rd movement: 35:27
4th movement: 52:12
Ode to Joy: 54:48
Choral: 59:23
lakerman49 hey thanks man
lakerman49
Grazie per davvero. Dovrebbero fare sempre cio' che hai fatto tu, altrimenti sarebbe come andare all' o'pera senza il libretto.
Troy Stoner I think he got the last two timing segments wrong: doesn't the Choral come in before the Ode?
Belchmaster41 Well no, the Ode to Joy movement starts with the instruments, and then the chorus comes in, I actually meant to add in the "Stars" part, but couldn't accurately pinpoint it, oh but now I see what you mean
lakerman49
2024, the world's still need Beethoven. More than ever ....
Beethoven is Civilized.
Tell me about! LOL
Amen to that
You said it!! I am 95yr old & am scared out of my wits. That the words of the 4th movement could be banned. The meaning of this symphony is already in jeopardy Remember it happened before 😢
I agree!
Just imagine how few people during Beethoven's lifetime could hear this? And what a gift it is to us.
Beethoven couldn't even hear it
Year year adere
He heard it in his mind!
xplain why only a few? were the census back in the 17th century Germany only 300,000?
@@automachinehead he was a type of deaf
If you watch this, it is the culmination of millions of hours of human effort. From the creation of the instruments, to the contours of the hall. Every bow string pull and push, pulsing to a set of notes from a long dead genius. It resonates now as it will in 200 years, a marvel of human creation. Thank you to Charlie and your family to allow the rest of us to experience 90+ minutes of the joy of being human
U nailed the nail
Excellent just marvelous
I have no words, but yours were quite good enough... I hope all of this survives what's coming for us. Even if the original written music somehow doesn't make it, some of the digital copies undoubtedly will. I just made one and so should we all.
Wow it is amazing the effort that goes into a thing like this....A bargain tho!
It is the absolute meaning of JOY.
Deutsche composer, Italian conductor, finnich soprano, usa orchestra and universal language...the music is life
Yes my friend. Well said.
Parole sincere, amico mio. Molto bravo.
I migliori auguri a te.
Giuseppe Giuseppe 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻absolutely 👍🏻!...
totally agree! not forgetting Schiller, one of the greatest poets, who's written the lyrics
Giuseppe Giuseppe in orchestra half from chine
In honor of beethoven, i sit here, 200 years later listening to the gift he gave humanity.
And sadly beethoven doesn't know about it for there's no life after death. The great wonder of classical music is the creation of something that goes beyond the comprehension of the creator
😄
@@EstaghfurullahiRabbiveEtubuile ...and what a treasured gift the maker of this video has given us - to be able to dowload this magnificence - THANK YOU.
Nous sommes là pour honorer les 200 ans de cette symphonie !🙂
Indeed! He gave us the very best - the Highest on High
I really hope I can watch a live orchestra in my lifetime
Live orchestras are beautiful it's like you can feel the music in your heart.
The first time I played my violin during a worship service of the Free Methodists in Toddville, Iowa, few or probably none of the members had ever heard a violin "live". I later played in a Nazarene orchestra for a couple of years. Later still, in a baptist orchestra for a couple of years. The level of "musicianship" wasn't nearly what you hear here but please ask around to see whether there are any "church" orchestras near where you live. You might like the experience of hearing them live, even if they don't play "classical" music like this.
@@mattiasdanieldamsgaardwood1315 You just spelled "loser" wrong . . . It's only one "o."
If you can make it, go for it. I went for New Years concert and they had Beethovens 9ths and Karl Orf. It was stunning, absolutley phenomenal. Hearing it here is great, but it's only 10% of the experience live. I'am a hard guy, but I ahd to blink away tears during Ode to Joy.
Why can't you?
I watched this entire thing with a friend high as a kite and we didn’t say a word the entire time, we were just mesmerised by the entire performance. I still remember the sensation this gave me to this day
this is the definition of EPIC
@@grittykitty50 needed some B A S S
glad im not the only high person here
@@adog3129 😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
To the person reading this, Good Luck! Don't stress, everything will be fine. No matter what difficulty you are facing right now, you can overcome it! You are strong and brave
God bless you bro🙏❤️
Thank you!
God bless you all ❤
This is a fine reading from a quality orchestra in my old home town, Chicago. One cannot listen to this in entirety without hearing the Voice of God. As the Brits like to say, "Steady on."
Thank you. I needed to hear that.
In honor of beethoven, i sit here, 200 years later listening to the gift he gave humanity.
It's so strange how I went from hip hop and pop music to orchestral pieces in just a year and now all I want passionately is to witness this live one day.
Update: Didn't think my comment would attract this much attention but anyway, I regret to inform that life happened and I wasn't able to listen to it live but I am still hoping. And I listen to this and many more pieces daily. It's just really special to me for many reasons.
All music is incredible
I saw it on Saturday - QLD Symphony Orchestra. Totally blew me away ! and the best thing I have ever seen and heard.
I love all music types too (exception Country and Western)
I heard it live with this exact orchestra and conductor, it was incredible
@@Michachel He is a fabulous conductor !
As great as it sounds on here, it must sound that much better live.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written in the history of humankind, written by a man who only heard it in his mind.
Amazing Amazing Amazing- what a gift
Turns out he liked cheap wine that was kept in lead containers. The lead gave the wine a sweet taste. Deafness is a symptom of lead poisoning. Ancient Rome did the same thing.
I imagine composing while deaf is like painting while being blind. The gift he had is unimaginable.
He had such a perfect imagination so that he could write his music notes without hearing them at all. A real music genious! Cheers!
There is none like him, there probably never will be.
Not exactly....Beethoven could hear and knew the sounds of each instrument, note, nuance, etc. intimately. While I'm sure it was difficult, torturous and it clearly influenced his work, it is not an impossible task because he could imagine the sound. I'm sure conducting would have been a nightmare, since he couldn't hear if it was being played properly, but it wasn't impossible like painting while blind. Even if you had sight before, not being able to see would make painting impossible because you could not see the colors on your palette. It would be impossible to mix the paint to recreate what you saw in your mind in the same way a deaf person could pen the music they heard in theirs.
@@blasiodonatohillebrand8788 and also perfect intonation and rhythm, just imagine composing a piece without hearing the actual note 💀
I believe you cant be born deaf and compose music and paint when you where born blind
I played in the Chicago Symphony as a 16 year old today! I am very blessed for having such an amazing opportunity. It is very beautiful and special inside the hall. Good day to anyone reading this!
Congrats 🎊🎈 🥰Enjoy your day!
@@stefanyzambrano7325 thank you. You too
Congratulations on your achievement. I have no idea who you are and I'm proud of you!
Congrats that you actually got the role, glad for you!
still need notes for this piece?
To think we can enjoy such an epic performance for free while others some centuries ago had to pay fortunes to see, this is something that I am grateful for!
That would've gave us the real satisfaction , paying to watch the maestro and then just remembering the tune in your head all your life. Thats how things should be , watching live by paying
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@@이금순-q9w drugs?
@@olivierf1632 No, he is Binary!!
If you ever get the chance, you should attend performance. TH-cam will never compare to the physical sensation of having this music played live for you.
Imagine how lit the crowd was mustve been when this dropped like 300 years ago at a live concert.
There is a story that the performance received a standing ovation, but, since Beethoven was completely deaf, he couldn't hear it and the alto turned him around so that he could see the audience's reaction.
It was 200 not 300 years. More importantly it was highly unlikely the average citizen at the time would have heard that played more than a handful of times in their lifetime. Any one of us can have a full bore orchestra playing this beautiful music in our living room every night or on the subway on the way to the office. We take it for granted.
It was 200 years ago, but yeah, the crowd would have been lit all the same.
Idiot !!so now u want to go 300 years back.
F***ing piece of sh*t,. Stop imagining something impossible and increase ur knowledge a little bit
@@vedantsinha6296 before he increases his knowledge you should increase your grammar skill
I haven't seen a comment yet saying things about the musicians, but I sure do think they deserve all the claps and praises! Bravo Chicago Orchestra! Bravo! All of them!
The musicians are great. Too much camera time for the man with the little stick
Not to digress or argue but, as I get older, I continue to search (the internet and, alas, TH-cam) for the "perfect" Beethoven's 9th performance. Aside from the number of "claps and praises' and the tally of TH-cam's views and comments my search shall continue.
@@davidignatiusbalestreri1737 The man with the little stick is himself a quite accomplished musician, but yes the orchester requires more attention.
@@bradearly9689 || I agree, Brad. He is. The "perfect" 9th Symphony was in Beethoven's head when he wrote it. All performances since its publication are someone's interpretation of what Beethoven wrote. Since humans are incapable of perfection, we can only hope that performances such as this one by the CSO are as close as humanly possible to what Beethoven had in mind.
I have not yet
If you are listening to this in 19, July 2024, I love you and you are not alone ....I love Beethoven and this symphony. My favorite symphony is Beethoven Ninth Symphony. Thank you Beethoven and the Chicago Orchestra ...
Yes we love It ,and who loves too Thanks Beethoven for ever
Amo!❤
july 24, 2024 i'm here with you
I'm here. July, 23, 12pm, São Sebastião do Rio Verde, MG, Brasil.
My birthday, 7/19
You're only 250 once. Happy birthday to the greatest Western composer of all time.
Teardrp
Western? You mean greatest composer of all time full stop!
Mozart is a best !!
@@nicatzeynalli3150 couldn't agree more.
@@nicatzeynalli3150 Oh My God !!!....There's Always The Mozart Fan Lurking in The Shadows !!!.....
I’m Japanese . In Japan, most of them said “ classical music is very old and not interesting.” I’m sad but when I saw this comment list and this movie, world is more big than we think. I want to spread classical music.
Me too! I’m French and it’s exactly the same thing in my school everyone says « Classical music is annoying » but I’m like no !! I love listening orchestra and the next year I want to incorporate a music conservatory.
There are many boring classical music's. But that's the same for everything, they are just not looking hard enough to find things like these.
My Mother was absolutely insistent that my siblings and I had to participate in children's choir, take piano lessons, and try at least one other instrument. As a kid, it definitely bothered me at times. But, it opened up a lifelong appreciation for many forms of music. I have commented at other times that mood and music are tied together rather tightly for me. In the right mood, I can listed to opera. In another mood, I might be listening to hip-hop. Pink Floyd fits into almost any mood. As for classical, it is a go to for me in several moods. Certain pieces are fantastic at soothing me when I've got anxiety going out of control. Others pieces are great for when I'm needing to work on a project. It saddens me when I hear people write off entire genres of music. It is fine to not like certain composers/artists as we all have preferences. But classical covers such a massive range of compositions and composers. Beethoven's 9th Symphony is a good example because it includes vocals that aren't used in his famous 5th Symphony. With a little effort, I think many could find something they really enjoy. Ultimately, it is their loss when they close their minds to such a rich genre.
It's a sad fact that modern culture revolves around pop culture .... ie that which requires no effort to understand it. People dismiss classical music, Shakespeare, abstract painting .... all because people have become lazy and don't want to have to study to be able to appreciate these things.
@@cliffordmaddox6532 I agree with you there. While I have an observational bias, I see it as more than just lazy with my fellow countrymen in the USA. Large swathes of the population prides itself on being ignorant. Being dumb is sexier than being a scientist. The latest gossip on some Hollywood clown gets far more attention than an event demonstrated in this video. It is more than just being lazy, it is a willful effort to dumb down the culture.
May 7th, 1824 this masterpiece debuted. Happy 195th birthday
Yay for chance Webster
What will they do on the 200th birthday of this piece?
Yay
Dang, I was just a kid back then
I’m surprised by all the meme bro comments
I can't understand how it's possible that one person is able to create such beautiful music ...
Let alone a deaf person. It’s incredible.
Merry Christmas to everyone who loves Classic music!
like wise
This has been a year when we could all use the inspiration of great human potential and achievement. Let us not forget who and what we are, and what we are capable of, and how close God is to us, guiding us to our great destiny.
Happy New Year)))
Peace, calm and joy with Classic music in 2021
love u
No matter how far into the future we go, Beethoven's symphonies will never die ...
Not so. He was not played in Nazi Germany. And even listening to his 5th could mean arrest/death. Why??
. . . _ the code for the letter V
V 4 VICTORY
The battlecry of the Allies
On May 7,1824, Ludwig van Beethoven 9 th symphony premiered in Vienna which is considered a magnificent work and which is relevant for today ´s time. Today, the entire musical world is commemorating the 200 th anniversary of the release of this magnificent work.
Noo I'm late by 30 MINUTES
Así es, muy bien dicho, toda la música del mundo está de fiesta porque su máxima exponente está de aniversario.
Nous sommes là pour honorer les 200 ans de cette symphonie !🙂
People still listening to this after 200 years a true classic
So true
Well done, Herr Ludwig Van Beethoven. Two centuries later we are still captivated.
it will be a sad day if we are not captivated by this anymore
Hear, hear!
愛変わらない？
It’s amazing that when this was written only kings and nobles could enjoy this but now I’m watching this on my phone enjoying Beethoven. What a blessing
Not quite. The audience at the time were mainly comprised of the recently grown wealthy middle class. But it is surely a bless that we are still keeping this art in 2022
Very good point.
Amazing what the passage of time can do.
On phone? :-) forget it! Do you now what is classical music like live?
(today a concert ticket prises is also for nobles!) As a teacherI I can't afford to go to Opera...
@@Egon_Nordwint Don't say that, just spend it. Don't live your life without that extraordinary experience. The universe will bless you later.
@@jasoncummings7052 awful point, completely historically inaccurate
Ode to joy is the greatest movement of all time.
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@@JeremyBobbyNah she’s mine
Tonight I am going to the new Zealand symphony orchestra to hear Beethoven for 2 hours, im blessed.
Yay. You are
Yes you truly are, I havent been to a single orchestra concert before I wish I could
@@Diom_des one day I hope you can experience at least 1 Symphony Orchestra live too. It gave me chills.
Beethoven was completely deaf when he composed this, every single instrument, every sound he heard in his own soul and put it down on paper! He was a true marvelous Genius!>>< The bible speaks of heavenly JOY, THIS IS IT!!!
you can't don't agree
Not actually completely about 80 percent deaf i think
@@troyaustria3857 What does it matter? 80%, 100%? whatever, he was a genius. Lets not quibble over crumbs.
@@troyaustria3857 Ninth was composed between 1822 and 1824; Beethoven was 52 in 1822; by the time he was 44 or 45, he was totally deaf. When the ninth premiered, "Beethoven stood by the conductor Michael Umlauf during the concert beating time (although Umlauf had warned the singers and orchestra to ignore him), and because of his deafness was not even aware of the applause which followed until he was turned to witness it."
I was thinking the same thing as I listened to the intricacies woven into so much of the work.
Should be doing school work but cant stop watching. Thank you Beethoven and the chicago orchestra
If you are beholding the works of Beethoven instead of doing your homework, then you are already more intelligent than most, don't worry about it. You are already a fast study.
I have a presentation tomorrow, but I can't stop either XD
Though it's helpful to be able to listen to great music while working; it provides much more listening time than one would have otherwise.
You can just listen to the sound while you're working. I often do that.
I did work and listen
I am a Noob! This was the first time in my 37 years I have watched a complete symphony orchestra. The kids were put to bed and I put some headphones on and the rest is history. I am now changed forever and will never look at music the same! It’s wildly impressive and I can’t wait to watch some live symphonies! Why? - why did I wait this long to listen to this masterpiece 🤦 oh well I am grateful to have personally discovered real music for the first time! I’m hooked and am now going to get to know Beethoven through some documentaries!
Same. I feel like I've wasted so much time. Beethoven is just the best.
me too but i am 22
right on, good for you :) hearing symphonies live is incomparable, I pray we are all able to do so again soon
Curiosity is the key.
"Better late than never"
When this was over, the crowd was ecstatic and applauding wildly but Beethoven heard none of it. The first violinist went to him and turned him around so he could see their reaction to his masterpiece. There are a few things in history that I wish I could time travel back and see and one of them would be the first performance of this with Beethoven himself conducting.
What a MIND FUCK that would have been!
@@vaivod_ I had also heard, (can't speak to the truth of it but I think to think it's true) that after the first performance was the only time he smiled after a performance.
What's so amazing is when Beethoven wrote the 9th symphony he was completely deaf. Writing a sonata when your deaf is one thing, but writing a symphony with all the instrument parts for a whole 70 minute is quite something else. This man was a genius. Just amazing and magnifique and mind blowing!
@Don P Yes and when the performance was done, the crowd was applauding and on their feet. But Beethoven didn't hear it and one of the musician had to turn him around so he could see it.
So majestic and impressive, eccellenti musicista and one of the best conductors all over the world.
01:39 - Mov. I - Allegro ma non tropo, un poco majestoso.
19:42 - Mov. II - Molto vivace
35:39 - Mov. III - Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
52:13 - Mov. IV - Finale: Ode to Joy
+André Albanês Thanks!
Danke
+Srenblac Kitten Meme-e
+André Albanês o Brasil não está perdido!
+HawsDaBaws I also wanted to know what movement we were on
No commercials I love it
Oop! My bad! We interrupt your favorite Beethoven piece randomly at 1:15:00 with these commercial messages from your local Ford dealer. Drive home a Ford today.
@@theultimatereductionist7592 HAHAHAHA THAT WOULD BE AWFUL 😂
@@layoutgames-boris3481 LOL in fact both would be awful..... the commercial interruption AND driving a Ford home.
I can just imagine a zomato ad when the 3rd movement is on track
@@_shivesh_12 hahaahahaha that would be awful xD
Happy 200th Anniversary!
I had intended to get some work done this morning, but once i started listening I couldn't stop. Wishing everyone peace & joy
Lindo né
4:49 AM on a cold 03/27/2024 in Saint Paul MN. I was gonna listen to the First movement. Ended up listening to the whole damn thing it was so good!
I can't listen to the first two movements without hearing the rest, if it plays on a commercial or movie it pisses me off so much. Also they play terrible version on the tv or movies, nothing compares to an uncompressed live version of it. I used to have a Vinyl of this I'd crank in my basement bar stereo as a teen. I miss that house so much. The accoustics and that oldschool Sony source entertainment system went hard. Cd's were there but after I learned the science behind the compression of CD's I opted to collect vinyl. My step dad had a really sick vinyl double single of ozzy's mr crowley. I had Ozzy as himself and him as Crowley Printed on the actual grooves of the record.
Moi pareil, comme une drogue!. Un emballement total.
Sometimes, you just have to come back to the greatest piece ever written.
Dave Smith lp
Mozart's Requiem tops this by a fair margin.
@@simonkrebs6043sorry to say this, but no offence, no.
This piece never fails to restore my faith in humanity again.
Der Kuttelmann ní nó min, V IV
fuck you
Trai Đẹp No u
Trai Đẹp that was uncalled for
So true! Some people care about life after all C,':
My favorite symphony. Every time I feel down listen to Beethoven and the world is a better place ...
Red wine and this, best way to quarantine
Davide Dalco my man!
your a man drinking wine
Was wondering who else was watching this in quarantine! Best way to feel as if you are "going out" - or just have music and visuals while working from home ;)
Corona 2020 was here
Vous avez compris la vie !
I cry. Every. Single Time.
Me too
me too! Fortunate enough to have played this 3 times in my lifetime as 2nd flute and 2 years ago piccolo with the Carmel Bach Festival - blowing my brains out at the end with tears streaming down my face knowing it could possibly be the last time I play it.... ahhh sweet memories.
Asmik Stepanyan that’s music 🎼
Me too ... like a baby. I cry because it is just beautiful, because he gave it to us ("this kiss is for the whole word"), and out of sadness because he himself never got to hear it.
Oops, for the whole world*
I remember my parents took me to hear this. I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BORED!! I now understand that I'm listening to a 200 year old master piece that still blows people away.
Yeah honestly it’s kind of silly to take a young kid to a performance of a symphony. Unless they happen to be a kid who is really into music (especially classical music), they are going to be bored to tears. Most people do not learn how to appreciate music of this kind until they are a bit older.
I am always wondering why classic music doesn’t attract young people. Is this a music for an adult who experienced lots of things?
200 years ago. It's hard to believe. I hope the world is still here 200 years from now. If it is, this will still be considered a MASTERPIECE!
A masterpiece is a masterpiece. It’s outside of time.
I am sure this music will be played 1000 years from now. Bet Taylor Swift will be gone in 50 years.
Hearing the 9th for the first time caused a massive paradigm shift in my life, as it does for most people who hear it and truly appreciate it’s significance. There’s no going back once you hear this symphony in it’s full glory. I’d argue that it’s saved me from being engulfed entirely by the void of depression and for that I owe Beethoven more than I could ever offer as gratitude for his art. Everyone should be able to hear this work.
Genius and he may never know his works impact on humanity
Ironic, considering how he himself wasn't able to hear it. Fun fact! The first time Bethoven presented his 9th symphony, conducting the orchestra himself, he wasn't able to hear the applause of the audience, and the first violonist had to turn him around to show him the crowd's reaction to the masterpiece.
Beautiful words. I tend to feel the same way and I think at least part of it is because when you hear this you are hearing some kind of proof that what is good in our reality will always always eventually triumph and what is evil will one day perish and fail spectacularly it will be almost pathetic, and that there's an enduring purpose to life that is far greater than all the evil in the world would have us believe- and that evil is so utterly utterly USELESS as an idea and given enough time WILL fail so completely it's a wonder it hasn't happened already.
Ok that's a little deep to get from a few notes I know and I can't explain it scientifically nor am I even religious but when I hear the great works this is something I feel beyond intellectual understanding. Maybe I'm going to deep with it but it's what comes to me. My faith in existence is always restored by the great works. And not just classical - ANY great works. I feel like there's a bigger message than simply the notes - or maybe I'm just high. But either way this is what I take from it. I believe it is true.
Beauty will save the world. -Dostoyevsky
Same here
You will never listen to this symphony the same way, when you will know that the genius compositor was completely deaf by the moment he produced it. His only remaining instrument was his memory remembering how illustrative the music can be without hearing it ... every note...every shade. The most beautiful and sad picture of him I could imagine is : Van Beethoven turning to (not hearing) the applaude of people when he finished orchestring this master piece for the first time. Imagine composing/playing a symphony you never listened to in front of a selective and informed public. Rest in Peace Sir Ludwig. You are and have been a blessing to our ears.
Thank you...Gary Oldman for...
He started it when partially deaf and finished it when he was fully deaf.
Without perfect pitch, he would have never made it to the end. An absolute genius mind
@@clementbr5216The epitome of human genius!
Beethoven's final great gift for humanity, his celebration of the noblest aspects of the human spirit.
Actually, the final gifts were the late quartets, especially the b-flat, C# and c. So is this piece with Muti.
Yes.🌳
love what you said.. :) HEART
No matter how many times I listen to this, I never get tired of it.
Impossible to get tired of it, Nishanth. Greatest piece of music ever composed.
I sometimes get made fun of or embarrassed for listening to this in class
@@gdtxxq0620 Adpt you lil shit, dont go online bragging about being the weird wheel
@@gdtxxq0620 everybody can listen to what they want, no reason to be embarrassed
@@gdtxxq0620 they probably have short attention spans
the fact that Ludwig composed this after losing his hearing makes its even more amazing
he could probably still hear and imagine it in his mind,
He could hear. Only a little bit.
Imagine the inner organization and memory that takes, regardless or the ability to hear the harmonies in his mind without use of piano. Add that he can feel so poetically deeply. Greatest composer/artist of all time, arguably.
he bit down on metal rods to hear later in life
It is, but more. Fact this is most influential piece in whole symphonic art makes it almost an miracle. It matches that Einstein sat in a room alone and imagined universe with black holes in his mind. Human mind is incredible, and these guys are the proof :)
To think when he wrote this he was stone deaf. Pure genius.
Bro this truly blows my mind how one man wrote a symphony as grand as this
Wrote it deaf too
You would love Mahler
@@vespid8960 yeah especially the iconic mahler 5
@@ArtPath21 I think Mahler 2 may be the best the best though Mahler 5 is my absolute favorite, it’s epic and beautiful at the same time, and Mahler really mastered counterpoint at that time, those transitions always give me chills
He also wrote while he was deaf. Beethoven was deaf by his fifth Symphony.
Unreal. Beethoven must have been from another planet to create something like this. Gave me chills
And from one where music must be their only language. After 200 years this still holds up above the rest and is not even considered outdated.
Indeed! From a heavenly realm! A true gift of magnificent proportion.
The highest quality version of the Ninth Symphony I have ever heard.
True. The tempo is perfect,not too fast. And the soprano, alto, tenor and bajo are probably one of the best too.
The Chicago symphony is one of the best in the world, and generally considered the best in the states.
the same - the best I've heard
I prefer the Barenboim-West Eastern Divan performance at the 2012 Proms - awesome
The best version of this great symphony.
I'm a photographer for the symphony orchestra in my city, sometimes I don't know whether to take photos or sit down to admire such great works created by it...God bless you all (Cascavel/Paraná/Brazil)
Fire. Passion. Love. Real struggle. Real triumph. I love you, I feel you, forever, Beethoven.
Emily Alp tua mamma
I cannot be the only one who was moved by that choir. Their singing supported by the lush, gorgeous, majestic sound of the orchestra was just DIVINE. It moved me to tears.
Hard to watch this without being brought to tears.
@@conormccaffery5821yup
Sure it brings tears to eyes...cannot understand feelings...
The choir is what makes this piece so great. Especially in the finale.
@@christian_sep42 @55:40
If you've lost your faith in humanity, all you have to is listen to Beethoven, and you'll realize God touched us with a few great blessings.
more like real artist not God.
I've rather lost my faith in humanity because there are people who believe in God.
So true, Andy! We just found out that this is what our chorus will be singing when we finally return in the winter after having our spring concert canceled. What a joy it was for us!
@@late8641 and do you have a problem with that🙃
@Mister Brookes only if it collapses due to the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
...one of the most beautiful pieces in music...ever written...
Surely I'm not the only one here fake conducting to my screen along with this masterpiece
Yep! I did it too. Feels good don't it.
@@henrynorris8138 lol i was just doing that!
Even I am
No, I was trying to wack a fly! Lol
Hands only! No baton 😂
This symphony never gets old.
Every composer ever upon hearing the 9th for the first time: "Uh, well, what do we do now?"
@@brandonsheumaker2673 😊😊 right?!?!
Absolutely right!
Perhaps the most beautiful symphony ever composed! When this pandemic is over, I will attend live concerts as much as I can and support the arts in my community. One does not appreciate as much these live events until they are impossible to access.😭😭
I want to attend stuff like these as well but I'm young and don't know how to find or go to events like these. Any tips?
@Jeffery Pullin Can not agree more; That well placed exclaim appears to have got you as excited, as I! Emoji Emoji
@@kaydog890 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....tru tho. 😜👍🏼
Is this REAL? th-cam.com/video/-akBqiuoZrk/w-d-xo.html
@@jackgallahan9669 next concert over here in Sydney is February 2021, really excited! It'll be Ray Chen performing Tchaikovsky violin concerto which is pretty fitting...
No matter how fair in the future we go, Beethoven's symphonies will never die ...
This is the peak of human music. Easily within the top 3 things ever written. Here I am, a grown man, properly tearing up from the sound of this magnificence. The passion, the depth, the harmony of all these people working together is truly overwhelming. Thank you Beethoven, thank you orchestra and choir. Literally awesome - in the true sense of the word.
Possibly within the top 3 things ever written. What would be the other two. For me its certainly the Mahler 2nd symphony
@@hillcresthikerMaybe also the Hammerklavier
@@hillcresthikermoonlight sonata... beethoven violin concerto... lizst transcendental etudes... Berlioz symphonie fantastiqiue... Stravinsky rite of spring... mozart magic flute... brahms 3rd symphony... Saint saens danse macabre, and introduction and rondo cappriccioso ... Wagner pilgrims chorus... bach toccatta and fugue, brandenburg concertos... chopin etudes... Verdi Aida... schubert erlkonig.... prokofiev violin sonatas....how many hundreds more am I missing
@@hillcresthikerHandel's Messiah #1 for me. Beethoven 9 #2. Mahler 8 (Symphony Of A Thousand) #3.
@@NeaonBHB
Rachmaninoff 2nd piano concerto.
I'm not a classical enthusiast, so it should carry extra weight when someone like me puts the 9th, and Rachmaninoff in their list of favorite music. I listen primarily to house/techno hip hop, classic rock, 90s rock, but to me, this symphony has to be best music ever made
1:06:50 eargasm
1:09:34 _Ihr sturzt nieder, Millionen?_ (goosebumps... I love this part)
Ironically, my cellphone battery ended and it turned off right on this part, that was so unpleasant and unsatisfying xD
Thank u so so so much
Instant goosebumbs and tears in my eyes. It's so powerfull !!
@@layoutgames-boris3481 Me too, it's so emotional...
how could someone possibly make something this perfect. i'm totally speechless. i could cry!!!!!
THANK YOU BEETHOVEN!
Maybe by having love and compassion in music.
Ask Frank Ocean. He knows a lot about making perfect works of music.
One word to summary Beethoven - FIRE!
I'm sorry, he can't hear you.
he can't hear you nigga
Performing this during college was one of the greatest, most profound, joyous and memorable experiences of my life! Happy 200 years to this masterpiece!
59:13 whenever i see the choir stand up, i get goosebumps on my whole body and soul and burst into tears. What a masterpiece
Exactly. Same feeling with me too..
It's happening to me right now..
I had a similar feeling at 1:01:28
9
😊
I had exactly the same reaction of goosebumps... visually it was quite exciting...musically spectacular
How on earth a man with impaired hearing make something wonderful like this… Amazing
Beethoven was guided in his work by Angels. What other explanation could there be?
a deaf man
We should be counted lucky that we are able to listen to such masterpieces so easily today
It's a great 'privilege' to be able to listen to such great composers and Maestros ! 🙏 Thanks to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
The greatest musician on earth ! He composed his ultimate masterpiece when he was completely deaf ! Just for this reason, he is an unquestionable genius !
Whether it was Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninoff etc., they suffered from depression or some other ailment, but were all geniuses, leaving us with so much
it was a tragedy that he had to become deaf, but actually it’s not a big deal. I’m 15 and Im already able to compose music in my head (obviously not as great as these classical composers, just at my level of expertise)
if you have a great understanding of music and sounds you can sight read sheet music in your head as if you were listening to it. Obviously beethoven was a special case, he was deaf and etc but it’s not a one-of-a-kind ability
k dot better tbh
@@issybella2056 sad to see all great composers lived depressing lives
Bro youngboy better
Okay , It's December 16th , 2020 Just a Little Pass Midnight in Detroit , At the Very Beginning of Beethovens 250th Birthday Anniversary Celebration !!!...Who's Watching in 2023 !!
9.20am in the UK, overwhelmed and overcome by joy and beauty.
2:30am in Arizona, So Beautiful
I didn’t even know it was his birthday! What a wonderful surprise!
7:47 in charlotte... amazing!
14h05 in Belgium ... :)
THIS IS MY NEIGHBORS FAVORITE SYMPHONY, WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT!
Mine too 😂
@@lesley5387 Let's make it the neighbourhood favourite ;-)
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I wish I had neighbours like you.
@@concerned1 Same here
In 1000 years, people will still listen to this timeless masterpiece ...
29 million views. Original Classical composers may have died, but their art lives on forever!
30 million now 🙂
31 million now
Así es, Tim. Cuánta razón encierran tus palabras. Gracias por comentar.
Music is timeless .
Legends never die
This recording is flawless. Listen on good speakers or headphones and you will be there. The musicians are flawless, too. The timing and dynamics are amazing.
I totally agree!
Couldn't have put it better myself!
Muti il più grande direttore
So true!!
Not in 4k, so no 😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a music lover, I cannot imagine anything more heartbreaking than being unable to hear it anymore. I do hope Beethoven got some joy out of knowing that his audiences loved (and still love) his music.
I believe that he heard every note in his mind and that he knew how every instrument would blend together.
i gone to this live as a school field trip back in the 90's they play the classic as will game music as will
I firmly believe that Beethoven still hears our emotions scream till this day.
The story goes that Beethoven officially conducted the premiere in 1824, but someone else was actually leading the orchestra. Beethoven finished before the actual music did. He couldn't even hear the ovation of the audience, so someone turned him around. When he saw the wild cheering and clapping, ”he knew that he had freed himself from sorrow, and that his music would live forever”
@@philipelwell4214 wheeeeerrdddw
Imagine producing music that is still listened to 100s of years later. That is true artistry ...
Traditionally I am a fan of jazz and rock and electronic music. However I have been starting to listen to classical and I have to say it is absolutely incredible how such a large group of people can play so perfectly in sync with eachother and create a true masterpiece.
That's why you need a conductor. He is the captain of the ship.
Welcome to the club 👍🏻
There is a whole world of treasures to find among western classical. And not all of it is orchestral, as there are piano sonatas, string quartets, concertos, chants, etc. It will take you multiple lifetimes to navigate it all.
Have fun!
I sometimes refer to exceptional things as a masterpiece due to their rarity. But the 9th symphony is divine and replicating something this excellent is unlikely.
Same sometimes you need your whole grains trust me classical music is awesome idc what anyone thinks.
I was sitting in the second row at this concert. At the end, one is stunned by the magnificence of it. At Orchestra Hall, the music rolls over you. The choral sections were spectacular with such wide dynamics and clarity. Eric Owens, the bass, is once of the finest Wotans, and the best I've heard singing bass in the 9th. Matthew Polenzani has been at the Lyric Opera many times and is always excellent. I had not previously heard the soprano Camilla Nylund and the mezzo Ekaterina Gubanova, and I hope to hear them again. In person, the orchestral movements are more alive and dramatic. Muti was to repeat the 9th last year (2020), but COVID prevented that performance. The CSO is one unbelievable instrument. This video is one to play over and over.
Excellent!!! A great experience.
Nice! I envy you for having watched it in person. 👏
It would have sounded even better in the balcony. I've been attending concerts and opera for 30+ years and never liked sitting up front.
Thank you for you descrizione, it show us the mood in the hall.🙏
I wish people would let the music reverbarate, leave the space so to speak, before applauding at the end of a concert. Allowing that end to have space and silence to arrive is so special!
I am so grateful that this art is posted without commercials. Thank you to THE FAMILY that made this possible. What a lovely tribute to your loved one. May his spirit live on and inspire others. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Didn't stop TH-cam from pausing it to ask me if I wanted to continue listening, though....in the middle of the 4th movement, no less.
I thank my Mother and Father for their purchases of RCA Victor Red Label LP's into our home right after WWII, and the rest is history. More time must be spent in getting The Master of Classical Music in schools. I spend a lot of internet time in the classical music arena, which helps to eliminate listening to babbling bobbleheads whether elected or not!!!! Just to learn how it was done without and electronics, etc., is beyond belief!
i dont understand this piece very much tbh
@@wanderingpalace Give it another try sometime? At your own pace, in your own time. Turn it up loud and just...listen. It's really, really hard to beat.
I pay a little bit per month on youtube premium to stop the commercial. It is well worth it.
I've been listening to Beethoven since I was a kid. 😢 The best music ever composed. ☀️♥️😊
I have been singing this Beethoven 9th Symphony for 37 years as a member of a choir. Every time I sing the 9th Symphony, I discover something new. There is also physical fatigue and practice every time you sing the 9th Symphony. However, when it comes to the concert, the impression of singing to the end is something that cannot be expressed in words, and there is a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment. I thought this performance was also very wonderful.
@DrewPeacock At least they are remembered and loved, whereas you will be forgotten, nobody will remember you after you are gone, and the world will be a nicer place for your passing.
@DrewPeacock I gave you an upvote because that's the the most up-yourself trolling I've seen for a long time! :D
@DrewPeacock Only physically... their name and legacy lives on through their works.
@DrewPeacock there are still contemporary composers
@@Mystikan You and I will perish and humanity too, so don't lose your time arguing with these guys. They think that they will forever, but all their efforts will just disappear like dust. Let's not let these people steal our happiness
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 1:43
II. Molto vivace 19:45
III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato 35:41
IV. Finale: Ode to Joy 52:13
Thanks!
@@niyahbowens6215 No problem! The original timestamps were from Sauriano.
tyvm!!
real mvp right here
why ode to joy is longer than Spotify version?
I can barely hold back the tears of pain, sadness, and joy all at once every time I listen to what I consider to be the greatest symphony of all time :) I raise my glass to you friends and look up and smile at the Universe.
Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin. They never died. They simply became music...
And Bach
Tchaikovsky?
And Joe
I've worked through the nine symphony's of Beethoven today...worth every moment.
Beethoven was a genius 7:31 and his music music will last for ever!
Larry Davies
dont forget schubert
You are never alone if you Beethoven.
Listening to Beethoven is like riding something wild down a steep mountain on a moon-bright night, something that loves you with all its' thunderous heart and only wants you to feel the boundlessness it feels.
Ain't no Mondays on the mountain. :-)
Brett W that was beautiful.
@@ishenarobinson9616 Thank you. Very kind of you to say.
ironic considering how lonely Beethoven was
Bloody well Right.
Every time I listen to this masterpiece I can't help to feel bad for deaf people, sadly they cannot enjoy this amazing music, I'm half deaf myself but I can still hear, and for that I'm grateful.
If I may ask Robert, some say the acoustic and vibrations of the surrounding help. How true is that?
Did you know that Beethoven was deaf when he wrote this piece? That he conducted the first performance despite his inability to hear? There are profoundly poignant descriptions of his response at the end of the performance.
you just made my day better thanks to knowing such amazingly greatful people are in this world
@@nokuthulatana5653 I can only hear with my left ear, I'm completely deaf on my right side, in my personal experience yes, acoustics and vibrations of the surrounding help to some degree, but can also be disorienting, because I can't hear sounds coming from my right side sometimes I'm not sure from what direction sounds are coming from, I guess we are born with two ears for a reason.
@@danmitchell9424 Yes, I've been a fan of classic music since a very young age, I've always found amazing and sad that Beethoven was capable of creating such a masterpiece without being able to hear, but we know the man was a musical genius, he probably could hear the music in his head looking at the notes.
I’m still thoroughly convinced that this is the single greatest piece of music even written
Me too. :3 Greetings from Perú and have a wonderful day.
I'm thoroughly convinced that this is the greatest poem ever written. The music is majestic, but Schiller hovers above Beethoven in his artistic ability.
Yeah but Mahlers 8th is still the best
It’s not
Awesome