Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique- 5th Movement

[OmniAwesomeMan]

Why are there Japanese subtitles for a song?

[rossyxan]

3:23 Those aren't ophicleides o.O

[TubaDKid]

So much tuba at the Dies Irae...

[vanburikwouter]

3:17 reminds me of Liszts Totentanz

[backyloran]

@vanburikwouter That's because both use Dies Irae, the requiem gregorian chant.

[wuhead10304]

JUST BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZE

[soccerheart2996]

my orchestra is playing this right now :D

[nemesisgy]

best part starts at 3:27

[artymowycz]

not only did i just discover a new favorite but the guy that yells in excitement at the end was icing on the cake with a cherry on top. thanks for this great recording lol

[windstorm1000]

Berlioz, Wagner and Lizst were/are the 'new' musical world order--they have not been surpassed. After Beethoven, they freed music. This is not to say that they didn't have to fight every step of the way in this liberation--their were lots of philistines. You can usually tell a man of genius by how many cretins want to pull him down--trying to remember who said that--certainly true of Berlioz's life, which was not an easy, but certainly a fulfiling one. A genuis and a principled soul.

[theyforcedmetosignup]

Fuck my computer can't get any louder!

[jaylay734]

3:20 - Lord of the Rings? Does that part remind anyone else of LOTR?

[scientistpatrick]

@jaylay734 It's the Dies Irae - a musical theme that's used everywhere. Two examples that come to mind are Totentanz and the 3rd Movement of Rach's Symphonic Dances.

[TheMissBiliboune]

Incroyable !!

Berlioz a composé sa "Symphonie Fantastique" en s'aidant de sa guitare!!!

; )

[natalieminette]

BBB and B. 

[rawrimSHOSHANA]

I have a big butt

[Enza1113]

composed in the hexadorum durum .. somehow not really harmonic

[raffaeleflute]

4:20 big mess with the hits!

check out the conductor, it takes him quite a few bars to have everything settled back

[ChelsLin123]

9:34 WAAAAAAHHHHHH.................­......

[Icewalker]

I think this audio/vido is out of sync with one another - that being said this piece kicks ass!

[Gr0mmet]

That opium story is false. Not to say he wasn't a madman

[YidnaX]

I'm pretty sure Smithson and Berlioz got married. o.o. Then he realized he loved Shakespeare's plays and not the actress...?

[kikomiko1]

Does anyone actually pay attention to the old fart up there? Or do they just let him wave his stick around for s's and g's?

[twooffour]

@kikomiko1

Hi, conductors design all interpretational aspects of the orchestra's performance and convey them in rehearsals.

During the performance, they ensure that the entire orchestra keeps time (especially in difficult passages such as long breaks or rubatos), and motivates it to play as a unit.

The notion that conductors just "wave around their sticks" without doing anything is one of the most clichéd obnoxious misconceptions there are, so I'd suggest you drop it ;)

[PazPanda]

Voldemort's in the audience. 9:33

[dAN3h3Cxxf]

@PazPanda Hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing for two minutes when I realized what you mean.

[twooffour]

@PazPanda

LOL!

[xSurinach]

@PazPanda lmao hahahahaha xD

[flybirdy12347]

@PazPanda that made me laugh so hard!!!

[kregerfilms]

@PazPanda I saw, I checked. I LOL'd.

[Sofakingbeastn]

i like in the beginning how such subtle movements made such an epic sound. genius really.

[wilsonlye1]

Good use of Dies Irae

[penguinsluveremily]

Parts of this were added to my marching band show this year. So amazing~

[crocodilewerewolf]

metalheads, shut the fuck up. I DO NOT give two fucks about your mediocre genre. This transcends it beyond all comprehension.

[TrueFinlandishness]

amazing. berlioz was a genius. a superb performance apart from some out of tune bells...

[Zircemerald]

@TrueFinlandishness I''ve heard other performances by other orchestras and they all sound the same...

[ThePurplestar88]

yey 4 clarinet solo! i play clainet 2!

[Greedy4TheMusic]

Haha I first listening gave me flashbacks of the Shining.

[27lilmisssunshine]

@Greedy4TheMusic lol same here :)

[BurtonKeys88]

Berlioz was a genius lunatic. This entire piece is written about his obsession with a woman he fell in love with as a teen. She eventually came to see his performance and decided to date him after seeing is WAS about her (after many letters and tickets to his show). Berlioz asked her hand in marriage. When she declined he pulled a lethal dose of opium out of his pocket and downed it in front of her. She then accepted, being scared, and he pulled the antidote from his other pocket and drank that.

[psyckla5]

@BurtonKeys88 lunacy and being a genius are sometimes hard to tell apart he was musically a genius and socially a lunatic possibly?

[rn4n63r]

@BurtonKeys88

i dont really believe this opium story. she ignored him before he wrote this symphony, thus giving him inspiration to write it.

[devilhunterred]

@BurtonKeys88 There is no antidote to opium. It's an addiction drug not a suicide drug. 

[hjtagliolatto]

We need lunatics like him. The world needs them!

[Chessmapling]

@BurtonKeys88 wow i knew why it was written and everything but i never knew that happened with that woman outside lmfao

[windstorm1000]

@BurtonKeys88 Its a great story--and a true one! He was a man obsessed--but unlike the rest of us put it into creativity.

[sp9392]

@BurtonKeys88 Wow that is love right there. Funny that excerpts from this piece was used in one of the greatest horror films of all time. The Shining for those who don't know the name of the film and I'm talk about the Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and you can't forget Scatman Crothers version. Thanks for the story behind this piece. "Genius Lunatic" for sure.

[Loehrer18]

@BurtonKeys88 Antidote? good luck finding one of those for Opium, it was most likely something that made him vomit the drug back up again before it was absorbed. Now that's what I call romantic, vomiting drugs on your bride-to-be.

[AnastasiaHill1]

@BurtonKeys88 That definitely didn't happen...the STORY of the piece involves a young man who attempts suicide via opium overdose after being spurned by the woman he loves; the fifth movement is a depiction of his hallucinations of Hell while under the influence of the drug. Berlioz himself did not actually try to kill himself, let alone with opium "in front of" Harriet Smithson, his real-life romantic interest at the time.

[516mrme]

@BurtonKeys88 Thanks for sharing. :)

[MrMesoform]

A well polished performance......Hector would have been proud.

Only 1 thing.....why don't the percussionists beat the living hell out of the bass drums at the build up there towards the end of this movement?? I just don't know!! The strong rumble with the Dies Irae at the end was just lacking a little I feel.

But as I said....a well polished performance.

[terrifictanner1]

if the united states president gets hail to the chief then Satan himself should be entitled to this piece of music.

[elasecinodeexcusas]

3:20 heres johny¡¡¡¡¡¡

[th1nd]

Berlioz always fantasized about an orchestra filled with hundreds of people in each section, creating an absolutely amazing experience with all the different sounds, the only reason this was never achieved was because no concert halls were big enough

[BestUseUrNikes]

just blaaaaze

[sarandeir]

When the tubas start to play their solo, it's at a part sub-titled "Dies Irae" which is Latin for "Day of Wrath"

[KennyParkz]

lol at the very end you realise how out of sync the video is... and the person who yells "UAHHHHHHH"....

[fstlthawkeye]

Oh wow. That is an amazing trombone part. I love Berlioz's music. He gave brass (especially low brass) players a reason to want to perform in orchestras.

[hvmorefaith124]

This is freaking amazing. Especially the tuba (I say that cause I play it) and bass clarinet and euphonium.

[NarumiKenshin]

Amazing piece! And props to R. Mark Rogers for an excellent transcription of this piece for Wind Ensemble =P To be played in November! It's a toughie >_<

[EmperorHelix]

The Dies Irae part is easily the most recognizable part of this symphony. I was enthralled by it as a child, but never knew the name until 15 years later my music professor told me. Happiest day of my 20th year living.

[Dunkmaster3333]

at 9:30 someone in the crowd is like 'Nooooooooooo!'

[xSurinach]

@Dunkmaster3333 some people say thas voldemort....

[MelancholyBleeding]

And So was born Symphonic Metal

[codyeickerman]

@MelancholyBleeding - Fun part is that this symphony was born of an opium overdose.

[twooffour]

@MelancholyBleeding

7:20 lol!

[TheTherese3]

"Focus you Suck!

[TheTherese3]

Berlioz  and Ingres are kindred spirits.

[Autobotsunited]

Why would someone dislike this?

[XxLitleBlackCherryxX]

this whole storie behind this symphone is quite crazy... but it's an amazing symphonie. you'll find that many other writings are based off a lot of the themes in this piece. so you can't be critical. also, this was one of the first full symphonies to be a story telling one. forgot the name, but keep your judgements to yourself.

[kyfriends]

42 people haven't tried opium...

[tiagoids]

Olha ele de novo em 8:20 kkkkkkkk

[tiagoids]

Sargento Pincel em 3:36

[Waffle700]

are those five string basses

[oceanwave322]

omg this is so cool! at 3:20 they have that in "sleeping with the enemy"

[DadaistTheater]

@oceanwave322 And The Shining.

[ThunderHunter12]

3:22 and that's why I chose the tuba ;)

[TatCoz]

Quelle belle formation que celle de la NHK. Bravo et merci !

[ManoThe28]

2: 22 and 3:53 are real idee fixe (obsession)



[Phalisaurus]

1:33 and 1:50

best clarinet solos ever

[cabinthewoods90]

sublime

[TopherRaym]

perks to the 4 bassoon unison, 16 notes all tongued in 6/8 @1:59 .. epicc

[blackswan717]

My favorite part is 7:44 to the end

[GordonMorrice]

Powerful music, plus Wendy Carlos' cue in Kubrick's, "The Shining". It all works. Forget the Holocaust.

[musiclas1]

Beethoven made a first symphonic revolution with his 3rd "eroica" and Berlioz made a new one with his "fantastique" !

[Ubernemaya]

sounds like someone died from excitement at 9:30 ... :)

[agentxanime]

6:23 did his string break? O:

[ireallyhatethispart]

@agentxanime haha Yes.

[poeticromance]

@agentxanime no. that was a hair from his bow

[3pepperoni]

Berlioz hates bassoon players - 2:00

[bestrombon]

Nice representation i liked it !

[nts4906]

2:00 asian keanu reaves =]

[kourosh89]

@nts4906 Keanu Reaves is part Asian himself

[cabinthewoods90]

@kourosh89 How did Keanu's name got here? xD

[mikedeliv]

lol 3:24 dies irae :P

[Schizopantheist]

This video has wonderful sound! Thank you.

[marycatherinedarden]

This is one of the best compositions I have ever heard; brilliantly and masterfully made.

[SFV1830]

Finally created a youtube account for the sole purpose of 'liking' this piece. Chillingly beautiful.

[Londoner1001]

This so ahead of it's time it's ridiculous. If you talk me this was Stravinsky in 1920 I would have believed you.

[Hman606]

3:20 is why you've come to watch this video.

[gabewatto]

@Hman606 dude, thank you. i've had to deconstruct the theme at 3:20 for an assignment and my teacher didn't bother telling us the particular movement, or whereabouts the theme actually begins during the movement. you saved me a heap of time.

[willconley777]

@Hman606 OMG, you are so right. That is exactly and precisely why. I came for the tubas, stayed for...whatever the other instruments are.

[willconley777]

Leave it to the Japanese to do such a nuanced and technically eye-popping rendition of this challenging piece of music.

[DorianYT]

@Hman606 Thanks a lot.

[trimasael]

This music should be flag as inapropriate: as ridiculous human, we're unworthy of it

[ultrssa]

3:21 copy to Liszt's Totentanz??? :O

[trimasael]

@ultrssa 

[Sarcasmitron]

@ultrssa

They're both references to Dies Irae, a requiem hymn from the 13th century, it crops up in a lot of compositions.

[Trepessa]

He was a French composer. It is not wrong...look things up before you make silly remarks.

Symphonie Fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties (Fantastic Symphony: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts), Op. 14, is a Program symphony written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in 1830.

5th Movement: .Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Dream of a Witches' Sabbath)

[TwilightIsBest1234]

40 people think you spelled "Fantastic" wrong.

We're playing part of this for marching(Yes, we're gonna memorizes this, play is while marching in formation, and being judged for competition) band and I showed my friend the music and she told me that they spelled it wrong.(we're playing 3:18-3:53)

[cooliokats]

Wow had to listen to this for music class.... And have to analyze it for an exam tomorrow. Let me tell you, classical music is not my thing... It's as beautiful price of music, and its so well played, but classical music I find I just ... Dull

[doomed9]

@cooliokats same here

[GrauenausderTiefe]

I only listen to this piece for the bells and the dies irae ! Yes i am ignorant !

[ufowam]

@GrauenausderTiefe You're still better than all those who think classical music was only made to sleep :p I myself don't know much music theory and wouldn't be able to analyse that piece of music, but god I just have chills running down my spine when I listen to this!

[MrSobhi33]

this was sampled by juelz santana in the song second coming lol

[thisisspinaltap]

best movt in the symphony hands down

[TheForeignersNetwork]

I love this movement XD Berlioz was insane...

[vonzigle]

@TheForeignersNetwork

That is essentially correct, and he knew it... He commented that sometimes his brain would be on fire and other times he would be severely depressed. Today, we would call his personality bipolar. He suffered from excruciating headaches and took opium for relief; this movement may have resulted from that!

[GrauenausderTiefe]

@TheForeignersNetwork Yes he was, but not because of this movement. I think it was insane or not (i do not know) very well planned and constructed.

[1115345]

im starting to get annoyed at my music class

all these pieces are boring to me and he makes me listen to a dozen of these and expect me to know wich is wich

[Art2Fly]

@1115345 I loled at your comment. If you dont know this music, then why are you in a music class? This is music in its rawest form, not some autotuned, tune ripoff that you hear in the radio. It takes a brain and passion to listen to classical music, and it takes those and talent to actually be able to play a musical instrument well. And, as i can tell from your attitude towards this EXCELLENT piece, you don't have any of the above. That task of knowing which is which is easy for true musicians.

[CostonFrijoles]

@Art2Fly yo, why you gotta get all pretentious up in here?

[Art2Fly]

@CostonFrijoles Sorry, I was in a bad mood that day..

[TheTechnoTiger]

@1115345 you spelled "which" wrong.

[sasquatch471]

Wrong note in the tubas at 7:58?

[RomTromPolo]

@sasquatch471 No.

[alexleungfw007]

I have listened to various versions of this piece of music incl. live some 30 years ago.

[NonstopRam]

This is some good stuff.

[HipHopiz4Real]

3:30 makes me think of the shining



[crabmasterdeluxe]

@HipHopiz4Real both use the very old Dies Iraes (Day of Wrath) theme

[Janovjev]

i have to admit i only liket this piece from 3:00 ...>< and til the bells finish,i find that part so exotic and genius

[babigirl911]

someone hook me up with Berlioz's drug dealer!

[mevansmusic]

@babigirl911 Geniuses write music, not drugs.

[RubyIsSupperCool]

@mevansmusic do you reckon the beatles would have written their best music without some help from weed and acid. it's the inspiration thing.

[mevansmusic]

@RubyIsSupperCool i guess music was invented in the 60's..

[jackslasho1]

@mevansmusic and do you not think babigirl911's comment may have been comical, rather than serious?

[mevansmusic]

@jackslasho1 nope.

[jackslasho1]

@mevansmusic ok well next time there is another comment that you decide to act on and start a convo, consider all possibilities prior to commenting and act accordingly

[camRAWRn]

@mevansmusic Berlioz was actually on opium while writing this song and thats what the last two movements are about mate

[mevansmusic]

@camRAWRn Yeah i know that, whats your point? geniuses write music, not drugs, it's really not that difficult to comprehend lol

[KennyParkz]

@mevansmusic actually its the combination of the two.. if a person with no musical background tries to compose with drugs .. nothing special will come out.... on the other hand... Berlioz was influenced by drugs... (a different mental state) to create something a normal human mind could not do... if Berlioz was sober he would never have come out with that...

[Silas262]

@KennyParkz And who are you to tell what Berlioz could have or not have done? Only Berlioz himself knew the answer. He knew his limits. You don't.

[KennyParkz]

@Silas262 but then who are YOU to tell me that he knew his limits .. did you know him personally? no...

[Silas262]

@KennyParkz Well he might not have known his limits, but you certainly don't, so stop trolling and giving drugs any form of credit for his art.

[KennyParkz]

@Silas262 what makes you think im trolling? you obviously have never even tried drugs.... and the influence of drugs.. im not saying drugs make you a genius ..but it can give you a whole new perspective on things... not just Berlioz... but even tribes made music enhanced by drugs... The Beatles, pretty much all of 70's rock..... (the doors, the who, led zeppelin, folk etc) it opens up the brain.... you need to stop being so ignorant

[mevansmusic]

@KennyParkz and you know that for a fact?

[KennyParkz]

@mevansmusic know what for a fact? that drug use opens another part of the mind? why yes... it's been scientifically proven many times... countless artists use drugs to see a different perspective on music..

[mevansmusic]

@KennyParkz your a fool. that wasn't the question. nice try tho

[TheWarInsideMe]

Sleeping with the Enemy (:

[switsrandi]

So much Tim Burton up in here.

[Audri1992]

Seems like such a small orchestra for this symphony but it is amazingly well done. This is by far my favorite movement from the whole piece :)

[Pulelube52]

can i have dreams like this????

[wierdo1232123]

Please excuse me, I have to go buy some opium now.

[demisser]

what's the name of the instruments at 2:00 - 2:12?

[conorconnor]

@demisser Those are bassoons.

[demisser]

@conorconnor thx!

[semajsmadda1]

The inspiration for this piece was an opium induced dream.

[proletariat239]

@semajsmadda1 well more like, a Hassish and opium induced suicide attempt, according to austrian literature Berlioz was love sick, and tried to kill himself by smoking and eating a bunch of opium also eating a "loave" of hassish. Could be wrong, could be fiction laced with nonfiction, just what I've read.

[EPICFAILSAM]

Wa rupurugisuno*blank*no*blank* Darn Kanji why don't they just use there own characters for everything