Act Two: YouTube Symphony Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall

[pianoboyfriendable]

I absolutely love this. There's this amazing British child composer, name of Shane Thomas.

I've just been listening his piece called Fire and Water and it blew me away. Check him out,he is ten years old in the video.

[juliosax93]

Nina Perlove on the 2nd flute? =O

[Sixthfred]

One day , one day I'll be there !

[ChristianDaughter1]

Bravo! Wonderful! Magnificient!

[musicalcoffeedreams]

Don't get me wrong . . loved both acts of this concept immensely, but don't you think that for youtube, the home of so many of the worlds most wonderful footage, that the video production of the concert is a bit of a hack job ;-)

[joelb8545]

I WISH THERE WAS A SHORT VERSION

[moomiss]

Im goin to Carnegie next spring!! waahoo!!

[tenoreaguilar]

what's the name of the piece at 1:19:10?

[DRBiblicalMD]

@tenoreaguilar i've been wondering the same thing for the last year; no one seems to know.....:(

[DRBiblicalMD]

@tenoreaguilar I've found it!!! Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March

Hurray. I wasn't thinking about it until you commented... Glad that's out of my head.

[DRBiblicalMD]

@tenoreaguilar 

[leo5236]

Classical music always bring me to worlds of different wonders. And it always break the walls between races, kingdoms, tribes, and nations. It always put everyones mind together, into one heart. And i hope that one day on the next "youtube symphony" I would be one of the players.

p.s. I'm just confuse which instrument to play Piano, Violin or Trumpet, since I studied each, well for the love of music maybe I'll just play them as parts suggest's.

tnx everyone

God Bless!

[TheBebe976100]

is ben chan famous or r u guys his friends??

[utubuser10]

YUJA!!!! I can't stop talking to anyone I can about you, such an amazing artist. I am certainly grateful that in my lifetime there has come across the firmament the likes of a Kissin and now, Yuja Wang. Let us savor every moment that these artists are amongst us.

[TheRamasura]

Awesome!!~



[will8831]

Yesss Ben Chan :)

[icecreamprincess09]

this year's went a lot smoother. camera work was great, lighting perfect (at least in my opinion), and the musicians were every bit as talented as this group.

[indyistheshiz]

my favourite bit from eroica is definitely from 11.20 to 11.50

[612curtis]

go to 49:50 and it's so funny

[DRBiblicalMD]

what's the last song?

[sandrute09]

Happy Birthday, GIl Shaham!! :)) Noticed this on wiki today :)

[desip1mp]

36:50, best violin skills ever!!!

[5days]

LOL I SEE BENCHAN!!!!

THUMBS UP FOR BEN'S FAN!

[airborn11390]

The Asian man from San Francisco who plays the cello is soooooo BEAUTIFUL!!

[redhook50]

The piano lady can give me a hand job whenever she wants.

[rawfflecakes]

16:50 spider fingers!

[imyourfather101]

that piano lady's hands were mesmerizing, it looked almost as if she was typing on a computer rather than playing the piano

[westbankbeast1]

piano straight smashed

[funkydml]

omfg carnegie hall...

[XxiaojoeX]

the Internet Symphony Eroica would be more awsome if there was a chorus 

[lonelydouche]

Imagine a handjob from her...

[xXJawruWolfXx]

The piece at 57:15 would make very good rave music XD Just putting that out there :P

[80FrontStreet]

so glad that they included the Cage Aria. i believe pieces like that are important to the history of traditional acoustic music. it might not be the most enjoyable to listen to, but at some point people need to move beyond their preconceived notions of what music is (and is not), realizing there's more than I - IV - V - I in music. :]

[YSFmemories]

@80FrontStreet There's more to music than I - IV - V - I, but there's a line between being music, and just trash noise.

And I have to say, this isn't music. Being a little abstract is good, but when it's completely abstract and random, the sounds don't come together in one. You have tens of different sounds at the same time doing different things, and not only is it painful to listen to, it seems meaningless. I don't even know how it can be called a composition.

[juandygotico100]

should get a choir who will perform the dies irae of verdi!!!!

[Agomongo1235]

@juandygotico100 nonono symphony no 9 mov 4 by beethoven lol

[SirGlennGould]

It was beautiful until you brought out the babies. That's the American part of the show.

[hkpopfan4lif3]

HER FINGERS ARE CUHHRAZYYY!!!

[playlistmusic0]

It's really cool, though, to see people who truly love music play it with such passion. On the wide shot of the orchestra I origionaly thought that it was choreographed to move around while playing, then realized that they were just...moving with the music!

[CJNconor]

Its a shame how bad the camera work is, seriously, why zoom in on ssome guy for like 3 minutes who barely does anything?i.e. that laptop guy

[Tormentor22]

Bow before the skill that is piano lady.



[Veazeysbanjo]

Cudo's to the Lighting Team. I'm loving the dramatic. Needless to say the spotlight on the individuals needs a smidgen of work.

[Xytos]

why the hell does it repeat parts from act one??

[leolikemusic]

what is the song at 00:59 ?

i finding it

[OhDangOlivia]

imagine piano lady playing video games. absolute domination?

[xohugaholicox]

I'd never actually watched somebody play Flight of the Bumblebee. Amazing O_____O

[akatsukihidanlover]

why did the bass clarinet just sit i could see his instrument just sitting their and him not playing it.

[HotFriedIceCream]

fav is the piano lady, and  the improv diva

[supergoliefriend]

Its sad that this has less then 1,000,000 views

[BLinDaTbESt]

The Aria thing song what ever it was, confused me o.o

[ORCHaDORK4ever77]

Wow. Amazing :) Now I have a goal :)

[demohunto3]

@ORCHaDORK4ever77 sup rolly LOL

[ORCHaDORK4ever77]

@demohunto3 Umm. XD Hi? XD who is this?

[demohunto3]

@ORCHaDORK4ever77 Tommy lmao, its so obvious that its u just from all the smileys lol

[ditakahama]

Suck that yanni

[shrillz]

nina perlove was the best player there

[shinka1911]

I hope to be playing in the Youtube Symphony 2 in 2011

[anatin7]

@shinka1911 what instrument?

[shinka1911]

@anatin7 I play the Clarinet.

[PoeticSorrow95]

@shinka1911 Good luck!!! :)

[shinka1911]

@PoeticSorrow95 Thanks :D

[Robscrob1]

Did anyone else notice the really bad camera work? There's a good few bloopers and though they zoomed in on particular musicians (multiple times) they neglected others.

[RubixHEAVEN]

At 10:37 is that a mini piano? ._.

[cutenpufyngl]

Omg. Look at her hands! Yuja Wang is amazing!!!

[duffgolf]

Ok... so John Cage was a big into drugs then?

[BachaBachaNinja]

I LOVED the John Cage piece!!

[BachaBachaNinja]

Was there guitar in the Tan Dun piece? I thought I heard it, but I didn't see it. Also, most of the fun in that piece was in the percussion, so why didn't the camera person film the percussionists?

[duffgolf]

@BachaBachaNinja I thought the production value was a little poor. Nice equipment that was poorly operated. Didn't ruin the concert for me though.

[sstuddert]

...Haydn too.

[sstuddert]

No Beethoven or Handel? They should have been put in the place of that ridiculous "work" by John Cage.

[sstuddert]

John Cage, go away.

[xXJawruWolfXx]

The Piece at 48:00 reminded me of Epicnicon O:! It was random and awesome at the same time :D

[Zoidberg227]

Shortly into Scherzo, I was wishing I could see the pianist play Flight of the Bumblebee. Huzzah encores!

[iJohnGame]

10:30 ITS A BABY

[hbmp88]

@iJohnGame no wonder its called a toy piano :)

[efcboricua]

Actually, it's the real Baby Grand Piano

[a13110449]

the mozart piece is exceptional....!! well done.... awww I NEEDA GO PRACTICE MORE...

youtube's da best~~ for even being able to organize a symphony~~ :D

[Supertrooper697]

Man felt kinda bad for the harpist at the end. She didn't even get to play! D:

[MonkeyCrazy507]

i liked it

[blindtorpedo]

:) wtf is up with pianists, great vid.

[kalsikum]

lol that guy forgets that he has to conduct

[chrissantosXD]

im gonna marry yuja wang one day <3

[minidula]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Beaudereck]

@aderromi And yet proves all those things do actually create something great.

[darkelflemurian]

for some reason "Internet Symphony Eroica" was not as cool as the orignal video, it lack something

[lhlee888]

@darkelflemurian

dude... the original video is LSO.... of course its better... it's like the millionth time LSO performed but its the first for YSO

[kalsikum]

@darkelflemurian I think the opposite sir...

[violinist1990]

Last chord of the Tchaikovsky, lacked something to be desired.

[peanutmabob]

dam the lady on the piano is better than i am

[darkelflemurian]

@peanutmabob for some reason she is there

[BelleTheOstrich]

This is so amazing! Music is beautiful. <3

[LadyInDaHouse88]

that's kung fu she did with the bumble bee!!

[Enukzuk]

so impressive for that huh

[Philbatrom]

beauty of music is that you can sit next to someone from the other side of the planet that speaks a totaly different language, and be playing the same thing.

[Kaskadian]

Never been a fan of the extremely fast music played on the piano just to show off skill. I didn't see the beauty in the music... Why not just play the piano to make beautiful music, not for skill... music is what they were made for

[lhlee888]

wat is the instrument on 10:35?

[poweka]

Absolutely astounding and grand concert! I applaud you all! The camera and lighting is probably the worst I've ever seen for a major production. All the cue points, lights and film were way off. The musicians showed great control and depth even while playing and being cued in the dark. BRAVO...

[omegaweapon123]

I think im in love with the piano lady!

[utubuser10]

@omegaweapon123 fall in line, buddy. fall in line

[martinpreiss]

Wow, such a great concert, amazing musicians and great project...and still...the recording is so unprofessionally technically wrong. Changes in exposures, bad lighting, horrible operating of cameras, horrible directing, showing wide shot instead of close-up and vise versa and editing. Who was the director of that evening recording for YouTube? Who was the chief cinematographer? And who chooses the operators? First year university students of cinematography can do better. FAIL YOUTUBE!

[pinrootje]

this isn't that good as you all say...

[xxh3llfir3xx]

no way! prokofiev 2 with yuja wang! amazing!!!!

[sflan93]

11:45

great example of musicians getting into it

[doomcoda57]

11:20

gave me chills! its so good :) 11:45

gave me chills too lol, love it!

[afocused1]

18:44 "Crap my hands are on fire!" Amazing.

[HectorJW2007]

Tun Dun very funny!!!!!

MWAHAHA!!! Loved the arranged marriage joke.

[Kenj1nhu]

aewsome

[nini11840]

This just goes to show that music is indeed a universal language! Awesome performance!

[MGrammatico]

i love orchestra!!

[wierdo1232123]

A) Boo at Tan Dun's Erocia (Go a head hate me for it)

B) Boo at Tchaikovsky Symph. No. 4 (Wait and hear me out on this one) at 1:10:56 The trumpet solo. It is out of place. It only works with the piece because that same trumpet solo is the opening of the first movement, just playing the finale is a little strange of a choice. Its is still a great piece none the less.

[Violapianist]

@wierdo1232123 why do you not like the Eroica?

[wierdo1232123]

@Violapianist

Stole Beethoven's work. Too different. There's the part with the metal tire parts for percussion, which sounds nice, and then there is the Beethoven part, which also sounds nice, but they just don't work well together.

[superjaniter]

all little kids at beginning are asian

[otharennaur]

I'd like to say so many things that it wouldn't fit in one comment. Awesome concert. And so many cute girls =) specially the solo pianist

[uranrising]

Wonderful concert. Amazing how great they sounded considering the method of sourcing the members.

And bravissimo Google/YouTube for thinking of a symphonu orchestra as the first way to bring YT users together, For once, the word 'awesome' seems quite quite appropriate.

The arrangement of Flight of the Bumble=Bee performance and the Tchaikovsky were stunning.

[cheetoman23]

lol at his face as 12:25

[alankace]

Now i know why Lang Lang wasn't there

[verbvideo]

Bravo!!!! Loved every minute of it. Great job!

[thajonester]

Did the cymbalist on Eroica come in off beat towards the end, or is that how the piece is supposed to go? Just seemed a bit rough towards the end. The percussion at the beginning was nice.

[PrisLN]

I loved the eroica, Im happy composers like that are alive ..

[deadcoww]

EXCELLENT trumpet solo on Eroica!

[Badtrixx19]

wow, very energenic pieace

[classifieds103]

what is THAT CUTE mini-piano in 10:40? Is it really what it looks like or does it have its own formal name?

[spoonninja123]

Celeste, that's what it's called, but I heard a harpsichord in there too.

[mike48176]

Wow even a physics guy ...lol @ his comment for youtube basketball team

[zachlikecoulter]

this guy wrote the music for the beijing opening ceremonies too

[utubmania2009]

Just never tire to watch the 3 little kids play so fantastically well.

[ApolyonTheSoulRender]

I hate to say that John Cage's piece here was crap.

[jacobflaschen]

Hey, they're cheating- they have David Bilger in the trumpet section! No wonder they sound so good!

[spudmac19]

this is just beautiful how even though some of these countries are at war with each other, the music brings them together as one

[Alethophobia]

Yuja Wang is simply awesome, in the most literal sense of the word. She is beyond amazing, her precision, timing, everything is so absolutely professional. What a talent, what an art.

[DanielGillismusic]

As a guitarist I hate to say it,  but I really wish the guitar had been kept out. It sticks out like a sore thumb at the beginning there.

[douglassmcann]

my friend samantha gillogly plays viola here...

i am really proud about this...

this is an incredible collaboration...

douglas

[benthefootball]

at 50:50 ...what was she doing? LOL

[BLinDaTbESt]

@benthefootball

Seems she was having an orgasm?

[Javeester]

*On a side note* I would have liked to have heard he music of numerous other living composers. No offense to Tan Dun, but I didn't even bother listening to more than a minute.

Awesome, just awesome

[slipknotmetal66666]

try listening to it once, then a second time, you will love it , i promise :)

[classifieds103]

i agree with the person who commented. The part at around 9:00 was fantastic. It gave a sense of music being in the final stages of metamorphosis, finally breaking out of its cocoon to produce a sonorous, and big sound

[Javeester]

What an awesome event. I wish I could have attended. It's great to see this kind of support. Thank you so much YouTube! We, the musicians, are indepted to your support in making this possible. So much talent from around the world. For those who do not already know, Eric Whitacre, the american windband and choral composer who studied under John Corigliano is doing something similar but of less grandeur with a YouTube based choir. Check it out!.

[CodGod187]

This is freakin boring but cool at the same time because i play viola

[sscuda1]

nice cod. I suspect you are full of your self. IT IS A GREAT VIDEO.

[je81595]

i love the camera work. it's so clear! someday i will be on that stage. hopefully. :)

[boyniao]

@je81595 hey there's the youtube symphony 2 good luck ;)

[ranintoajeep]

tan dun's was so repetitive at the end. i mean not like the literal end section. cause that was beast. i mean the part where they just beat the melody to death.

[DoomsdayVivi]

The urm ... 21st centuary music was .... urm .... hilarious?

[Beaudereck]

@DoomsdayVivi Your narrowness of mind is hilarious.

[Reggaeboy188]

ja pierdole jak to ogladac mozna :D:D

[futuref22pilot]

My high school orchestra will be playing there next year!!! 5 years ago, they played, and now, out of the blue, we recieved an invitation to play!!!! can't wait...the only thing that could hold us back is the price...approximately $2000 to go...

[stuballs42]

The camera's ,and the men and or women camera operators are awesome!!! Brilliant clarity ,and great sweep!!!!

[Lamar933]

@stuballs42 That's the first time i've seen someone mention the camera work. Good to see someone who appriciates the little things!

[stuballs42]

To (Lamar933) Thank you for the compliment I appreciate it!

It doesn't really take some one special to see the the great work done by the camera's and crew,as the pictures tell it all !!! Stu.

[slipknotmetal66666]

it's full of lighting problems ! when they want to highlight a person , they highlight the wrong one, see part 1 ! , very nice music, hope to be on that stage one day :)

[Shatteredworld]

All I see are the colors of epicness

[lakerspzy]

does anione knows the girl who plays cymbals n crash? shes cute ;D

[EngelLux]

at what time? (in the video)

[EngelLux]

never mind @11:30

[matchbow]

if by cute you mean bad, then yes, she is

[MusicalClassics]

Tan Dun's "Internet Symphony" owns all others!

[mardish]

Is anybody else having issues with this playing in HD? I'm getting an error when I attempt to play it, while it seems to run fine in regular definition.

[mistercurls]

I laughed so hard at 50:29 i fell down crying!!!!!

[MelodicRadiation21]

I'm still trying to figure out what the improvised piece is supposed to be... what a headache.

[traccan]

MelodicRadiation21,

I'm with you. I think John Cage wrote some interesting and probably long-lasting experimental/postmodern music about 15-20 years ago, but now he's just trying to outtrump his own innovations with each successive effort... that's not the point of music, IMO.. innovation is but one aspect of composition, and if you just innovate and do nothing else, it has no point of reference from which to launch itself as different/development. And a waste of the fabulous Brueggergorsman

[traccan]

On the other hand, I thought most of the other pieces were brilliant...particularly the Mason Bates, and I thought the Tchaikovsky was really well-played... Yuja Wang was amazing, as always.

[IMHoyos]

Hey, guys, I don't really have an idea....how prestigious is Carnegie Hall?

[YSFmemories]

Sort of like Harvard for universities, Goldman Sachs for banks, Yankees for baseball, etc etc etc.

[MelodicRadiation21]

Carnegie Hall is to musician as space is to tourist.