Haydn-"Farewell"Symphony No.45-Mov.4/4

[dacry75]

la musique, la peinture: les 2 vont bien ensemble  ; je me "régale"

[12BJJohnson]

great piece!!! LOVE IT

[gemmaliantinis]

i think classic music after /and beetwoven has been complex...

[boydude12345]

@Bilizza013 the last two

[Raed103]

I love this movement very much!

[slothfat]

FYI- I'm not denying the fact that this was a joke, but the actual purpose of this is because the musicians in Esterhazy's court, under Haydn, wanted to go back to Vienna because the Prince moved his home away from there and they all had family back there. All the musicians literally packed up and left, to come back of course. By the time the last 2 violins were playing, he understood what was going on, and if I'm not mistaken, he was ok with it.

[Danny30011980]

@slothfat Indeed. We had to learn Haydn's story back in 7th grade in music class (long time ago) I remember some facts. Well, in this case the count got the message and finally send his musicians home to their familie again...well done Haydn, a smart idea!

[kungfudancin]

We played this for my senior concert. By the end everyone was crying. It was amazing

[VampyreIz]

we do this song for graduation and follow the tradition too, so all that is left is the senior first clarinetist and flutists. We play by stand light and when your part you turn of the light and leave the stage leaving the seniors to stand in front with candles. its a good way to symbolize the end of you time with the band and say good by to the seniors who have played their last concert.

[GhoastKitteh]

I love this piece. Our orchestra played it last fall and, in keeping with tradition, we walked off one by one during this movement. One of our cellists took his chair with him and even our conductor left as the last two violins played. :)

[3601109]

my school is playing this in the annual concert, cum the farewell concert for the to-be-demolished school hall. XD

btw haydn is just so mean... the violi are playing almost till the end but yeah.. we didn't get any solo part. lol

[topsupahfan]

@Bilizza013 When he performed if for the Prince, there were two violins left.

[thisisntagoodname]

@Bilizza013 The second horn and first oboe leave first, then the bassoonist, then the first horn and second oboe, then the basses, the cellos, the violins (except for two), and then the violas.

[Mindroach]

looks like 2 people had down syndrome.

[EngrossingEnigma]

Did that guy just say flabbergasted... who the fuck says that, that being said it sounds like he had a carefree temperament , a little passive aggressive. No doubt he catered to the princes ego and he had his money on his mind when he made this but also he wanted to please his staff... and just about everyone else he gave a hand job too for some money.

[Garpinator]

@EngrossingEnigma Who says "flabbergasted"? People with more of a command of the English language than you have, my friend.  For instance, people with no need to insert meaningless obscenities into their comments.

[EngrossingEnigma]

@Garpinator Don't get all butthurt. There are reasons why foul language has survived the years. It serves a purpose. Outdated words like flabbergasted loose they potency. IN this day its a poor choice of words. This symphony is really beautiful.

[Garpinator]

@EngrossingEnigma So pray tell what purpose it served in your comment. (And yes, I DID just say "pray tell") It added absolutely no meaning that would not have been there without it, other than to give the dregs of humanity a way to feel like they're saying something weighty.

[EngrossingEnigma]

@Garpinator Classical music was preformed for Royalty. It's no surprise then that it caters to the people's dignity. That was the nature of the business. It can be clearly heard in Mozart, Hayden, and Mendelssohn. Now when I hear someone use the word flabbergasted, to me it seems as if someone is trying to use impressive words. In the same way a classical composer would try to use fluctuating tones to give a sense of superiority. Prey tell that makes any sense to you.

[Garpinator]

@EngrossingEnigma Sorry to disapoint you, but "flabbergasted" is a part of my dignified every day vocabulary. It came completely naturally to me. Not trying to do anything superior or impressive, but just for you and any barely literate people out there who are unfamiliar with the word, I'll translate: OMG, he musta been like "WTF??!?"

[EngrossingEnigma]

@Garpinator Oh, thank you for clarifying that for us all your highness. I should have known that "flabbergasted" was just a everyday word in your unfathomably illustrious repertoire of the English language. It is a shame that barely illiterate individuals like myself cannot use such flamboyant descriptive words as you. haha you really are pathetic.

[Garpinator]

@EngrossingEnigma Who's pathetic??? I'm not the one who has nothing better to do with his time than to go around criticizing people for using a perfectly good English word.

[EngrossingEnigma]

@Garpinator You do howev3r have th3 tim3 to r3ply back with ang3r. 5o I must have hurt your 3go. I'm am v3ry 5orry, pl3a5e forgive m3. I don't car3 anymor3. I got a good laugh out of it but now it is old. Your right I could be 5p3nding this time composing 5om3thing b3autiful. Or I could b3 working on und3rstanding the fin3r d3tails of c3llular m3tabolism.

[gargaj]

Sigh. There are times I wish I could play an instrument :(

[aph613]

@gargaj it's never too late to learn

[bcfkclub25]

We're playing this for youth symphony.. our symphony has elementary kids too :D

[dudewithavideocamera]

@Bilizza013 yup, we preformed this at my high school as a year end piece-ish thing and we turn out all the lights in the auditorium and play with stand lights, turning them off as we leave. it's preatty sweet

[TheZklim]

@Bilizza013 Well in the end, two are playing, but yeah.

[TheZklim]

An awesome rendition of one of my favorite Haydn pieces. :)

[necropunk]

this last movement is kind of performance art avant la lettre.

[Vanguarde12]

LOL, why the picture of Guernica? The intense suffering of the painting REALLY doesn't fit the piece. I almost broke out in laughter.

[lilsheep68]

@Vanguarde12 i can't tell if i'm laughing with you or at you right now @.@

[Vanguarde12]

@lilsheep68

Oh, yeah, now that I read that comment it does seem kind of eccentric. I didn't literally break out in laughter, but I just found it so ironic to mix Haydn and Guernica.

[lilsheep68]

for sure

but yeah i kind of agree ;D

[farmalled]

We're playing this in my 9th grade concert band, its obviously arranged for band and a bit simpler, but I cant wait to get up and leave at the concert :D

[zesky]

Sort of an orchestral version of 'so long, farewell...' from the sound of music. Except I like this better ;)

[xekax]

This movement is our the piece my graduating year's orchestra is playing for our final concert. Love it.

[fadedpatch]

I saw a performance of this symphony at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Musicians played by candle light and one by one, as each candle was extinguished, the musician would quietly exit until there was only the music from a single violin ... the last lit candle ... and when that flame went out the music stopped. You could hear a pin drop.

[yehudadada]

lucky.. that's the way it was originally played by Haydn to the Esterhazy family.. Im taking my final exam in MUSIC 102 tomorrow- and that's one of the topics... so interesting!!!

[Skez01]

Such a tune :P

[VirtuosoMartin]

yep, it was a protest by the musicians as they were not getting enough time to see there families.

[Garpinator]

This really shows that Haydn had a great sense of humour. I would have loved to have met him. Since that would require time travel, instead I would love to see a live video of this being performed. Prince Esterhazy must have been flabbergasted!

[jlovless1]

@Garpinator Haha! Take that, your "Serene Highness." 

Also, if anyone appreciates Haydn's sense of humor as much, look into "The Joke." A string quartet which tickles and delights.

[Garpinator]

@jlovless1 Love it!

[VampyreIz]

@Garpinator I've heard two versions of what happened the people that performed this song for Esterhazy. The first version was he had them all killed for making a fool of him and the second Esterhazy finally realized he was being to hard on the musicians and let them have a break. So you can choose with ever ending you want :)

[Garpinator]

@VampyreIz OK, well I'm going with the second version, considering Haydn survived to write another 70 or so symphonies and remained in the Prince's service. Do you have a reference for that massacre story?

[AdamGillett]

@Garpinator There are many, many people who would love to meet Haydn. And given his largely lonely existence, I'm sure he'd have appreciated it. But we do get the music. In a way it's like opening up an 18th century bottle of wine. It was produced by a hand a long time ago and has matured beautifully. We can't shake his hand, but he can make us drunk.

[Garpinator]

@AdamGillett Very true... it's just that seeing this premiere before the joke was out would have been priceless.

[tianxiaozhang]

Nice sense of humor

[lohsbandgeek77]

I learned about this song in music concepts today :) love the story behind it! it's such a great song

[bdmntnfan]

We are learning this movement as well. This version is absolutely fabulous.

[ilikepie9876543210]

One of my favorite symphonies! The adagio was so beautiful and moved me so much. :' )

[unspeakable632]

Great song, played it at our concert.

[somenerdyasianguy]

We're playing this song tonight for our final concert~ I can't wait to leave the stage. It'll make the audience feel so awkward. I LOVE IT.

[fieldhokeygirl]

nope, MRHS

[skiflutefieldhockey]

I'm playing this in concert band. My band teacher arranged it so that instead of being left with two violins, the seniors will be left on the stage(first the freshman leave, then the sophmores, and the juniors)

[SquirrellyChaos]

We are doing the exact same thing tomorrow.

do you go to HDJ?

[Farkicu]

I Love it, thanks

[dudemansam4189]

which movement has everybody leaving the stage?

[lyjordos]

jst this 1~~~~ men beginna leave frm da stage at abt half of the music~

[ShokuMasterLord]

All the way until Haydn and the Concertmaster are playing a duet, and they too snuff out their candles. Esterhazy agrees to allow the musicians back.