Pierrot Lunaire by Schoenberg part 1

[metabog]

Great.

[urmenior]

This is anarchist music.

[MATTDUNCAN1]

well done :))

[CosmicAlfonzo]

I see a lot of comments about the 12-Tone method on here. Hate to break some balls, but this isn't a 12-Tone piece.

[TheCheerPerson12345]

this creeps me out

[papoocanada]

Listening with absolute attention and concentration but I find myself roaring with laughter. 

[windstorm1000]

If I had a million dollors I would start my own orchestra and play only 20century masterworks like this---NO Beethoven, Mozart. You have to deal with a a lot of Blue haired symphony committee women from Dallas, for example with your music choices--they are the ones with the bucks. You think they are going to allow the Pierre Lunaire in????That why you have to be independently weatlthy to tell the blue hairs to f--- off. If they don't like Schoernberg, tell em to turn on Lawrence Welk.

[MassimoIncarbone]

Very nice version. I like it so much. Bravi!

[yeyodelvillar]

man I've been whistling this ALL day.

[Jonpoo1]

gah! hate dissonance..

[fobsternd]

that's a chinese woman singing in german. Brilliant

[lovesGenet]

God , to live in a city where you can hear contemporary music or at least not the chestnut literature over & over ! Boca Raton is lucky we have the Weiss guy who made all these contemporary recordings in 70's & 80's with this great label .

[jojoereturns]

@iorost I agree idealism should be completely abandoned!

O wait...

[riojp]

Put images around it and suddenly everyone understand some, at least no one will say its crap.

A lot of good film music has some of that in its palette and no one seems to bother,

People just not used to only listen, with out visual aids, it becomes

even 'scary' to pay attention...

[riojp]

Put images around it and suddenly everyone understand some, at least no one will say its crap.

A lot of good film music has some of that in its palette and no one seems to bother,

People just not used to only listen, with out visual aids, it becomes

even 'scary' to pay attention...

[assa123assa123]

horrible crap

[way2tehdawn]

This sucks maaan. You need some Halen.

[Diosibundo]

@way2tehdawn

No no no, it doesn't suck, its COOL! You're just not getting it.

(On the other hand, Id rather watch Van Halen than these guys, so you may be half right)

[sleazebee]

couldn't have said it better myself ;l

[cmajchord]

"Stand up and take your dissonance like a man!" -Charles Ives.

Great performance. All the performers seem to understand the piece very well and use a wide range of tone colors. Each part is very clear and seems perfectly balanced. The soprano's voice has enough warmth to balance all the metallic, cold references that Schoenberg uses in the orchestration.

Please be aware that this is NOT modern, or contemporary music. It's from 1912! And one of the most influential works of the 20th century.

[Romancandle5929]

@cmajchord Stand up and have some taste like a man! Yeah it makes a person more manly to like music that sounds like shit I suppose. I also enjoy black coffee, you know cause it makes me seem interesting and manly.. even though it tastes like shit. Long live harmony! Theres a reason nearly half the people that view this dislike it. It doesnt take a music scholar to know when something sounds like utter hell. I swear you could paint a toilet hot pink and people would call it art SCOFF

[wks1978]

@cmajchord I think the right to use dissonance has to be earned..without consonant intervals to contrast against the permanent use of dissonance loses its point, as well as sounds unsettling.

[cmajchord]

@wks1978 That's kind of the point here... Schoenberg was trying to "emancipate" dissonance. In essence trying to free us from the expectation that dissonance must be followed by consonance. It is an effort to shift the expressive focus onto other aspects of the composition, such as counterpoint and motivic development. In a way it is a lot like visual art of the time not trying to "look" like a picture, but to get to the heart of what those paitings actually convey. Expressionism!

[emperorcool97219]

I love it when you can feel the music building up to something great, with all the parts working together in harmony. I love it so much. That's why I don't listen to this music.

[TranceCore3]

I'll pass.

[BarbaraPloyer333]

Atonality, indeed!

Ah,it's so COOL isn't it? This music just fascinates, as does the thought of composing something like this. (Only in my wildest dreams, I suppose... someday I will!)

[riojp]

@BarbaraPloyer333

It's not difficult actually, rather simple, it has less rules than tonal music

1 Choose a 12 tone series , there is a simple meth. of using your name.

2 Start writing a melody in any note, just make sure you use all 12 and do not repeat any of the previous 11, see how it sounds, it probably like a wild dream [laughs]

To apply harmony, it's a different ball game, though.

Watch this to grasp and good luck.

[cmajchord]

@riojp Lol this is not 12-tone. It's freely atonal.

[Danicastil5]

@cmajchord 12-tone IS freely atonal!

[ericsxp]

@Danicastil5 12 tone is not free atonal, it's a method Schoenberg devised to give direction to his atonal work. In free atonal, the only objective is to not accentuate a tonality by using any means necessary. His method gives him guidelines within which to work, whereas this is the function of Harmony in tonal music. He saw the inherent flaws of free atonality (no direction) and then devised his system which he believed was just a natural progression of musical evolution.

[dralger]

Die Tonqualität ist nicht gut. Schönberg und auch Pierrot Lunaire ist erstklassige Musik. Schön, dass die Chinesen wissen. ;) In Deutschland wird ja vergleichsweise wenig atonale Musik gespielt. Dafür dass Schönberg in Berlin gewirkt hat, eigentlich wirklich schade.

[alandkuncel]

Cool!!! Nice work!

[sebxter]

und ich muss dadrüber ne interpretation machen-.-

[cirohp]

TODAY This is the clasic music!!! I like it!!

[pickleboy01]

Atonality is the coolest aspect of music in my opinion.

[concertobub]

I agree - I hear it very clearly and so much better than tonal music - I can't live without either, but I definitely hear and understand better atonal (or as Schoenberg called it, polytonal.

[thecount07]

atonal and polytonal are two different things all together. Polytonal means there are multiple tonalities being created at the same moment in time. Atonal means the absence of tonality all together....music school ponage

[encikjoewings]

wah... atonality system.... so complicated....

[underoath2010]

horrible.....worst thing ever...............

[TheScarletSky]

.... I'm scared. o-o

[curt512]

it sounds awful, why would you want to create that and even listen to it

[Talvegue]

you fail at music

[curt512]

you call it music??

[ProductionsThink]

what is music?

[telvierundachtzig]

I am sure that's not what Schönberg claimed. The words are hardly understandable, Paik's German is not idiomatic. Especially Nr. 4 is totally far from the contents. For study I recommend the recording with Helga Pilarczyk and Pierre Boulez 1962.

[avb20540]

Sprechstimme is unique...I'm taking a class on contemporary music right now.

[GlorifiedTruth]

I have to admit that Sprechstimme is a barrier to enjoying this work for me. Shoenberg's other innovations, though perhaps equally offbeat, produce pleasant music for me. The Sprechstimme approach to vocals does not.

[ladyhrist]

FFFFFF

SPRECHSTIMME IS NOT TO BE SUNG.

[Curetiamhices]

NO NO>.. they don get it, is all wrong!!!

[burnfireburn]

People are calling this good?

Oh you~

[murraytaylor123]

The sprechstimme is kinda weird... I haven't heard it done like that. It seems a little too sustained, especially when the pitches she's singing (and marked on the score) are only supposed to be approximate. It needs to be more agitated i guess, like it says in the score. The ensemble is great though.

[ladyhrist]

Oh, the instrumentals are great. No problem there. :)

The soprano, on the other hand, clearly missed the composer notation that states *you aren't supposed to sing the pitches.* I was quoting Schoenberg himself a moment ago - "sprechstimme is not to be sung."

I performed "Nacht" for a recital, I was only working on my bachelor's degree, and even I know that. >:/

[drahcir90]

Are they sucking on purpose?!? this is horrible

[vacuumbrand]

No, it's just Schoenberg. This entire piece just sucks. I hate it. Sorry to everyone that loves it.

[nkip9230]

I Love Pierrot Lunaire- Does anyone else know of any other pieces that are completely atonal?

[OGsnakeHEAD]

o yea I love out of tune music as well

[TheMolt1]

@nkip9230 Karlheinz Stockhausen: "Gesang der Junglinge"

[maestrokoury]

@nkip9230

You might try Schoenberg's three pieces for piano, Op. 11; or his five pieces for orchestra. Failing that, you might also consider looking up works by Alban Berg, Anton Webern, or some late Stravinsky or Scriabin works.

[balonglongprince]

@nkip9230 A survivor from Warsaw I think

[FABCASTLE]

@nkip9230 If you like this, you'll love Olivier Messien's Trois Petis Liturgies. I first knew Messien and then this Schoenberg's piece. Search on it, you won't regret!!!

[ruready7]

Wow this sucks, I play in a college orchestra and this is really bad.

[ksyalxe]

What college? (wait for exaggerated lie)

[sixstringking6]

bcarman14....

....I think ur the one thats doing the sucking...

...you also have a closed mind, listen to the 5 orchestra pieces

[bcarman14]

i take it as a compliment that my comment has 7 thumbs down, it means u ppl took the time to read my comment. and next time hit "reply" so i can see ur worthless and pathetic comeback

[Demoliti0nLover]

I love dodecaphony.

Schoenberg was a master on Expressionism...

Another contemporary compser I love is the greek Iannis Xenakis. He used to wrote music in milimetric paper =D

[rloomis3]

Actually, this work is freely atonal; it pre-dates Schoenberg's twelve-tone music by close to a decade. Regardless, it's a masterpiece.

Where is this ensemble based?

[tonyinvan]

the hard sound on this video is awful

[DJCAMEF]

The Dodecafonic music its so Perfect!

I love Pierrot Lunaire and your compositor A. Schoenberg!

[bcarman14]

dodecafonic music is far from perfect more like shitty and annoying and makes me want to shoot myself

[vacuumbrand]

agreed.

[ladyhrist]

It's not actually dodecaphonic, so there you go.

[Steinway12345]

I dont like the soprano. she sings it too much. it should be spoken more.

[emperorIng360]

This song would be great without the voice.

[muzykniezalezny]

psychodela

[jefequeso]

hilarious!!!

I'm a musician, but I've never really thought Schoenberg was all that great... fun to listen to though!

[saradeluna]

That is Schöenberg.. very contemporary! lol

But very good job musicians!

[jastinezz]

schoenberg is austrian

[danielberio]

the cabaret schoenberg version is the best not that the interpetration is so bored

[jazzfunk75]

that was great, it is like a painting art .

[Himinbrjotr]

This is fantastic, just absolutely brilliant!

[Jdrunner720]

amazing job!

[nfajkblg]

Damn crazy germans

[Steinway12345]

austrian- actually :P

[nfajkblg]

i stand corrected

[Viperplayer187]

very well done

[fannstmer]

Brava, brava! Fantastic job!!