Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker
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Benjamin Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell) / Sir Simon Rattle, conductor · Berliner Philharmoniker / Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, 28 August 2009
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Benjamin Britten was commissioned to write a piece for an educational film about the symphony orchestra. What the producers got was a spectacular concerto for orchestra that brutally exposes all the sections of the orchestra in turn. It is difficult to play but when done well will leave you absolutely gobsmacked.
Wow that string section is so damned good! Its the first time I have heard the string line clearly and crisply when the brass is playing. Damn I love this orchestra!
The euphoric point when Purcell's D Major "visage" rises out of the frenzied strings/winds from the brass/percussion sections and they entwine and carrine to the epiphanal cadence is always breathtaking. I prefer this performance to the more recent vid on YT.
Why I'm always cutting onions when that huge theme returns is beyond me. Tears. Awesome.
thought I was the only one!! EVERY TIME!!! there's something about it... Mr. Britten, you developed some sort of musical pepper spray, didn't you.
Omg me too...
Same every time
One of the great moments of music.
@@jonathandore7521.... I first listened to this as an 8 - year - old boy ; my mother having bought me an LP which had Saint - Saens equally mesmerizing 'Carnival of the Animals' on one side and this on the other, trying to get me to share her love of classical music at a young age. IT WORKED. xd
.. Today I listen to just about every kind of music from obscure folk tunes to chart rap, but I also still listen to THIS and it still gets me.
PS as a native German I'd also like to say I believe no orchestra ever did better justice to Mr Britten's magnificent musical creation than THIS rendition. 😉
Many who are young by heart!
Kann keiner Deutsch Fuck You
@@kerstingrabmeier6372 hey! Watch your language, you son of a bitch!
Hey hey guys watch the language, some kids are here. Lol.. we have a UIL competition and we use these songs and look at comments like this. Just watch the language 👍
Tears. Everytime.
Me roo
What an incredible version by Rattle! Vibrant, sparkling, precise, ALIVE!
2:34 the percussionist side smiling it remember me my school's concerto when it went well
I've been listening to this constantly for the past 12 hours...
Das ist eine in der Tat fantatische Interpretation. Transparent, Vital, mit einer ungeheuren Präzision, was für ein famoses Orchester! Unglaublich aber auch, wie Rattle über 16 Jahre für Qualität bei den Berliner Philharmonikern steht und das, obwohl es ihm die Philharmoniker wahrlich nicht immer einfach gemacht haben.
Das habe ich von meinem Mentor, Maestro Leonard Bernstein, gelernt. Musiker können Dinge aufführen, die sie selbst nicht für möglich gehalten haben. Sie müssen ihnen nur die Gelegenheit geben, indem Sie sie über ihre Komfortzone hinausschieben.
I learned that from my mentor, Maestro Leonard Bernstein. Musicians can perform things that they themselves never thought possible. You just have to give them the opportunity by pushing them beyond their comfort zone.
This is such an incredible composition.
And the last chord is TOTALLY fabulous.
...absolutely
As a piccolo player, I can say that I honestly need to play this piece. It would complete my life.
So...a decade on. I'm not sure about "complete your life", but have you fulfilled the dream? I hope so. I enjoy a lot of contemporary music, but I do get distressed if I perceive that crucial bit-part musicians are to go the way of the White Rhino (not poaching, merely lack of watering and fertile ground in education)...a symphonic orchestra needs all the parts to work properly.
(I know its a bit of a cliche, but when the piccolo heralds the beginning of the superb ending, it makes my spine tingle. Really... 🙂 )
Sir Simon Rattle... is my idol! His control on the podium is just remarkable!
Glad to see he's programming British music out there too :P.
Keep up the great work Berlin!
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Wow! What a tight performance. Seems to me that they were rhythmically perfect! Very difficult but very magical when it works right. Thanks berlin phil for posting!
Always an electrifying moment when Purcell's theme, now in a major key, comes up out of the crash of the gong. Wish the percussionists were shown at that time.
Diese Fantastische Musik beflügelt das ❤
Hearing this piece played like this just surrounds me like I am being wrapped in something, it is just amazing, it really is the strangest feeling
It's incredible to hear it live. Definitely sounds better and powerful in person....audio doesn't do the justice for a piece a like this.
Absolutely fabulous! Some of the best orchestral writing I've ever heard, and what an amazing performance!!!!
IMO too fast apart from the blazing finale!
@@paullewis2413 I just looked at the score; it says "Allegro Molto" (very fast). They're at 152, which is in range. Britten writes Purcell's main theme in Dotted-Half-Notes, one per bar; very peculiar. Purcell wrote the main theme with Half-Notes in 3/2, kind of like a Sarabands. With the divisis it's about 30 parts. Britten also calls the variations by letters, not numbers; another peculiarity, but it's a great work. This version by Boosey and Hawkes is at 104. I like both. th-cam.com/video/JGxQVxgacSI/w-d-xo.html
I am planning a "Young People's" free concert series next summer with The ORSO in the parks of New Jersey. I am thinking of performing this as the opening work of the first concert.
I think it's almost impossible to do better than this execution
Yes, lets go fast as possible to bring young people into our field!
Being young at heart is what counts anyway. I know a bunch of "young" people who are not, and a lot of "old" folks who are. :-)
Hey, I stopped counting at 29 8^)...
Just went to a concert by the prog rock band YES, and they opened their entire show with this ending...! It was so cool!
It sounds godlike when the french horns start playing the theme at 1:51
Sir Simon is such a great conductor.
The final fugue - allegro molto - Op. 34 (1946). Every instrument must play its part. A powerful message about diversity and unity. E pluribus unum.
Wait for it , Wait for it - There Epic Win
While the TH-cam Symphony Orchestra's rendition of Young Person's Guide is good, I prefer this one much more. Thank you for sharing it!
Dynamic, my fab all time piece of classical music. I was also fortunate to have met Britten, introduced by my late uncle
OMG how do they maintain this tempo from 1:40 on! OMG.
Excellent.
Always an electrifying moment when Purcell's theme, now in a major key, comes up out of the crash of the gong.
Yes! You selected the best bit!
It is odd that a trumpet player would be left out of the final big chord by the composer. By the way, I don't know about you but I don'
t have much money to subscribe to "digital concert hall" but the BPO is the best stuff there is. The top-down lighting is so dramatic and everything else is so grand. It is surely the best stuff not free on TH-cam.
He's playing the snare but sitting with the trumpets. 👍
How perfect the flutes and piccolo are!
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@matthewgoodi5 The question is, are you a Berlin Philharmonic musician? I think it's a matter of tradition and climate (the habits of the people around you), how much an orchestral musician moves around. American orchestras tend to be much stiffer. But one thing that I love in the Berlin Philharmonic is that each member seems to have far less inhibitions to freely move and express themselves. If you've actually played amazing music like this moving around isn't weird at all; it's almost natural!
Order of instruments joining in: piccolo, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, violins, violas, cellos, double basses, harp, french horns, trumpets, trombones and tuba, percussion
Happywandy457,
this marvelous masterpiece has a tremendous speed up effect upon conductors: They seem to gain strength towards the end in such a way that they cannot find a proper tempo-limit at the fugue´s start, in order to achieve a propper "maestoso" when Purcells main theme arrives. I know,
there is an overwhelming strength required to control this, but it is worth while
to try it !
H. Fröhlich
a "maestoso" at the Tutti of the main Theme
Men, I Love the powerful ending CHORD!
This was our first movement in our marching show
My favorite piece of classical music
I love the Berlin Phil! :D
Such virtuosity! Such power and precision.! They always amaze!
Sublime ❤
Brilliant !
This is absolutely amazing!
This piece is one of my favorite pieces of music!
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@wskfan Die Schubert-Messe war ja eine Aufführung des Deutschen Symphonie-Orchesters Berlin. Am liebsten würden wir natürlich sämtliche Konzerte in der Philharmonie aufzeichnen - bis auf Weiteres werden wir uns aber auf die Auftritte der Berliner Philharmoniker beschränken.
luv it!
What exciting music!
Favourite part: the spot at 1:40 - that's where he shows why he really wrote the piece (he actually knew how to do it :D).
J'adore ! ' Love it !
I've heard this piece last year (2009) in a festival called "Un Violon sur le Sable" at Royan - France.
Just fantastic! Love hearing this piece.
Bellisimo.
I'm happy I'm not the only person in UiL!
I like how rattle cue the timpani player at 2:19
This video is nice!
This is "technically" called "Variations on a Theme by Henry Purcell," so it doesn't have to be played just for a young audience.
It's great music anyways.
On re-watching, it's actually a percussionist on the left. But still a weird look at the trumpeters!
This is absolutely inspiring! That said, I find it just a tad quick at times, the last 2 minutes especially. I would prefer to hear those last two slowed just a touch to feel it all come together is one glorious crescendo. I'd hold that last chord just a half beat longer, too.
I’m sure Sir Simon Rattle would be very grateful for your advice….
1:49 & onwards = BEST PART
YES! This part is why I looked for this video!
You aint lying XD
Liebe Philharmoniker, Ihr habt jetzt das attraktive Finale aus dem Britten-Werk auf YT gestellt und bietet das ganze Werk zum Kauf auf Eurer homepage an.
Da würde mich interessieren, wie Euer Angebot sich verkauft d.h., ob Ihr zufrieden mit dem Umsatz seid ?
@ClassicHolic No need to be sad, that's the snare drum player. All is well.
Played this this afternoon
@BerlinPhil Im November (?) 2008 gab es eine fantastische Aufführung der As-Dur-Messe von Franz Schubert mit dem Windsbacher Knabenchor. Leider wurde sie wohl nicht aufgezeichnet oder irre ich mich ? Interessenten gäbe es sicherlich genug !
1:50 makes me cry
@Altatrinitabeata Wir haben seit dem Start der Digital Concert Hall vor gut einem Jahr über 16.000 Tickets verkauft, darunter einige tausend Abos. Das ist schon sehr ordentlich für so ein innovatives Angebot, an das man die Menschen ja erst heranführen muss.
1:49 magic.
I heard Rattle conduct this with CBSO em must been in the ind 1980s on tour in SF. Anyways this is a good version but of all the one's posted here I gotta give the winner to MTT and LPO
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I Need To Study For UIL and this Gives Me all the Songs!
One of my favourite pieces ever!!!!
Also.......will I get copyrighted if I use this audio in one of my videos????
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@trr321321 To me it looked like a smirk of some kind. Why would you automatically assume that I saw it as a smile? If I saw it as a smile do you honestly think I would say it was weird?
I'm playing this in marching band
Funny seeing you here then...
+Alexander S. (AlphaAxle) it sounds pretty cool
+cmoney stax The humor lies in the fact our marching band is as well, perhaps the same band? Prob not
+Alexander S. (AlphaAxle) who is ur marching band
+cmoney stax We're not allowed to reveal our selection so I can't say.
I like
Wow! is right! This was electric, but I thought a touch slow at the very end. Still, it was exciting.
@ClassicHolic he´s actually playing the snare, you can see that at 1:32
Phenomenal
Can anyone list the instruments in order of being played please?
piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, french horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion
i think that's right, hope i've not made any mistakes!
Patrick de Mars
You got them all right,
Thanks!
sehr schnell und klar
It's worth noting that Britten did not write the main theme, which comes from the Rondeau from Henry Purcell's incidental music to Aphra Behn's Abdelazer, You will find the original on TH-cam.
Who's on first oboe here?
I think the timpani player was a hair late there at the very end, the snare drummer noticed. lol!
Perfection!
Guy next to Trumpet 1 at the final chord.
"I wanna be apart of this last epic chord. :'( "
great job*--*
Did the BPO ever record this?
did karajan ever record this??
At 2:35 the trumpet player on the left makes a weird face at the others! I wonder why?!
Simon ist cool
@Deutschbassist Good question! Surprisingly, they never did.
Agreed, but don't you think the orchestra has a little heavy, burnished rhythm? Lots of the quicker notes don't exactly fit in the slower notes. Something about that German/English thing I'd bet!
I'm kinda surprised, there's not a single woman in the wind section.
But Sarah Willis is principle horn
oh that poor trumpet player on the left at 2:35 looking at his colleagues wishing he could have played the last note... i'm sad for him
@BerlinPhil Perhaps someday?