Stravinsky Petrouchka (1/4)

[ethenlovesblackops]

I really did not like the story........

The music is boss!

[MsPrefrontalcortex]

this is amazing.

stravisnky was a baws.

[applenutz]

Yjgfddju

[Persillebalzm]

I'm 12 and what is this!!?

[MELOVESTHETRUMPET]

@Persillebalzm the most amazing thing that ever was.

[Nobodyknowsme021]

@MELOVESTHETRUMPET Rite of Spring is even more amazing IMO.

[daelynnb425]

i love this ballet! so sad but still such a good story!

[63jsee]

BOOOOOOO

[orangebhuddy29]

@63jsee go away.

[RoslynJoyJohnson]

My favourite 20th century ballet.

[JFKWT]

Easy to listen to, easy to watch.

Hell to play

[luckykevinful]

Да здравствует Россия!

[RediForKing]

this is russian traditional music on steroids

[furcomichael]

Wonderful and on my lap. Wonderful treat.

[douglasmatley]

Wonderful ballet. Signs of what is to come. Doug Matley

[looney1023]

have you heard the Firebird? the 1919 version of suite is in my opinion the best of all of the versions.

[McGrottomaster]

Stravinsky's music really captured the essence of the Russian Shrove-Tide Festival with this one. It reeks of Russia. This is a very nice and articulate ballet production. Thanks for posting!

[melomane66]

@McGrottomaster I agree, how gracefully i is!

Complexity with the aim of essentiality, the coreographer and the costume disegners are great cartoonist too.

Great job about simmetry.

[Stefmeister17]

wonderfull,Stravinsky is the best musician in the world after Filip Djordjevic!

[Asd3172000]

6:58 i love it

[Asd3172000]

6:58

[MinorityMans]

Thankee!

[OriginalBasaliskos]

I desperately want to see this live.

[zolafoy2010]

@OriginalBasaliskos ikr!

[ld400]

I love how the opening credits refer to it as a "comic ballet". Yeah, murdering puppets is funny (hey, puppets make anything funny ;)

[dalecampbl9]

this is in my humble opinion, Stravinsky's greatest ballet. I don't particularly care for Firebird and Rite of Spring, I think they are both overrated. But this piece, I believe is a hint at what was to come...that Neo-Classical sound Stravinsky was going to produce for 30 some years.

[ninigui]

@dalecampbl9 I agree.

[TxE]

The wizard looks like the old man in 'Le Sacre du Printemps".....

[ryoko828]

when was this version produced?

[10balletgirl]

we are doing tis as one of our set pieces for my AS dance course and i absolutely love the music and the dancing.

[ladytenor9876]

Since I was taught and understudied the role of the ballerina and the first female street dancer, Stravinskii's score makes me want to move, to dance. However, the score is rich, complex, and stands beautifully on its own. I learned many of the Stravinskii ballets and although the music presented many challenges, the end results were more than worth the time and effort taken to acheive them.

[sarahbien]

quel beau souvenir d'enfance!! j'adore !!

[rickstill122]

After looking at your Youtube page, it has become apparent to me that you have the right and privilege to hate anyone you want. You seem to have an affinity for a more lyrical, romantic vein. I am shocked that I'm actually enjoying this ballet! That's truly a first, and I really thank you for that.

[bluefire13324]

@Sinfoniette-Its hard to understand his music without the backstory and the choreography, the music alone is amazing, but I believe that with the knowledge of the stories and the astonishing physical feats of the ballet choreography just adds to the performance exponentially.

[dalecampbl9]

I very much agree with you on that...it's too bad music like this is not "popular"

[MLDocuments]

We are doing Stravinsky's Pretrushka for our marching show!! We do variations on Enigma (Nimrod), this, and Symphony of Psalms. It's so beast!

[JesusFreakDanceShoee]

Thanks for posting!

[JesusFreakDanceShoee]

I'm glad I watched this video because the song before seemed extremely random, but as part of the ballet it totally makes sense! Especially all the abrubt transitions. Also I love how Diaghiliev (well, originally him anyways) and Stravinsky used the music so well to create characters very unique to their time back in 1911.

[prettyfancytrendy]

I love it <3

[andrewwojcik21]

So good! There are some wonderful metrical twists and turns in there... It surely must make most conductors sweat.

[nikjoevid]

Goosebumps

[martimtavares]

ooh that wonderful c major + f-sharp major chord..!

[danielsha94]

5:18 Dumbledore!

[jgraglan]

I like Stravinsky but my dog hates him. He looks very depressed when I play it.

[malikrox]

Yeah, I suppose this piece is awfully tame for a Stravinsky piece..,

[cbdesade]

Sinfoniette, this ballet's "comedy" is of the terribly funny variety: something like Stalin's remark about "fewer but better Russians." Great Slavic fun.

[ld400]

This is my favorite of the Stravinsky ballets but, unlike the titles suggest, it is NOT a comedy. Comedies don't end in murder and ghostly apparitions.

[SFKennyn]

I just saw this ballet in SF last night with much better production but anyways. I loved it. To me it had a mix of tragedy and comedy.

[Rabbilyn]

What did you prefer in the SF Ballet production over the one in the video?

[SFKennyn]

Production quality as far as the sets and costumes go. I am ignorant as far as ballet goes to actually judge the dance but SF really went all out in it's presentation.

[Rabbilyn]

Thanks for responding. I'm part of the orchestra in SF Ballet, and I was just curious how a member of the audience enjoyed the show. :)

[SFKennyn]

See no bound to my ignorance.... ;) I forgot to mention the music. I am fascinated by what i have read on the history of this ballet and how the music was risque in it's time. I personally loved it and thought you all did a fantastic job in SF.

[Rabbilyn]

It's unfair to judge the music performance based on youtube-quality recordings, but I appreciate your comment! It's good to hear that someone enjoyed Petrouchka here as much as you have. I was a little worried because the applause seemed less enthusiastic than other perhaps more dancing-intensive programs.

[mightyafrowhitey]

I've always thought this was one of his most beautiful pieces. I can definately hear a sort of updated debussy influence, among other things, though most rhythmic obviously

[secretme127]

I don't particularly like Stravinsky but I find him very interesting. Regardless, I am NOT a big fan of the ballet. It's ok, ugh annoying though.

My mother HATES the ballet (and she LOVES Stravinsky).

[HannahMileyFan4u]

They did this dance in my school gym but with 4 people. I loved it!!!!

[AgnesPerditaNitt]

I'm a great fan of Stravinski and Petrouchka, and a little surprised that it makes you "roar with laughter". Because it rather makes me weep! I find the story and the character of Petrouchka truly heart-breaking, and the music too (in the second act and at the end). What do you people think?

[baficchio]

the power of the music! melody and rhythm, absolute perfection for the soul...genius.

[Xhokky]

Petrouchka's dance is so awesome throughout :D

[maestrojeremy]

I love Stravinsky. His non-theatrical music is very good too, e.g. Symphony in Three Movements, Symphony in C and his Ebony Concerto is hilarious. There is so much humour in his music.

[Rickyrab]

The trouble is not Stravinsky's music. The trouble is that it's mostly danced to by people in leotards to a boring backdrop. GET OUT OF THOSE LEOTARDS AND INTO SOMETHING BETTER LOOKING!

[rumpranger65]

How could you hate Stravinsky??? It is the most interesting and complex music ever! LOL Well thanks a lot for this video!

[Sinfoniette]

I restored my love of Stravinsky with Markevitch's amazing Rite of Spring and Solokov's Petrouchka!

[boxers7x5]

@Sinfoniette yeah, but which Markevitch, the mono recording or the later stereo?

[mysticbarkingcow]

@rumpranger65 People have different tastes in music and while I can appreciate the complexity of the piece, and the rest of his pieces, I just do not like the sound. There is a part in this were the harp is playing with the brass and while I see the contrast of loud and soft the brass completely overpowers the harp and it seems unnecessary. I like the story behind the piece but I find the music a bit too much for me.

[poisson1991]

@rumpranger65 Actually, his music has something very simple about it!!

[truvianni]

@rumpranger65 I would say one of the most complex though definately great

[darkoanton5]

@rumpranger65 People these days are impatient. Music like this is filled with gems.  Every time I listen to it, I I discover new things.

[Ken1Nickels1]

@rumpranger65 Who hates Stravinsky? Who? Why, I'll tear him apart!

[RustDemon79]

Well Sinfoniette, I cant say I agree or disagree with you on stravinsky. His music is great, and I do love him, but I will take Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin and Mussgorsky - Boris Godunov along with Stravinsky - Petrouchka, instead of everyone else Stravinsky - Le Sacre Des Printemps.

[caijpp]

Fun!!! Thank you so much!

[billyguns2]

Thanks for making it possible to see the ballet! Wonderful! What orchestra is this, and who is conducting?

[Sinfoniette]

I truly hope I knew. It doesn't say in the video or the box. Sorry!

[gera1262]

stravinsky is conducting

[billyguns2]

many thanks, gera1262.

[RabidCh]

Stravinsky hater?  What a shame.

[Sinfoniette]

More clearly, the Rite-of-Spring hater.

[gera1262]

how can you hate the rite of spring?

[Sinfoniette]

Dunno. Maybe its too complex for me. It seems harder to listen than Mahler for me, lol. Its probably my lack of understanding the piece, like the critics in the premiere.

[Wagnerlover777]

Meh, it's never been the easiest piece to get into one's head. I have the score to the Rite, and Mahler even at his most complex is at times easier to get than than Stravinsky. I much prefer Petrouchka on a rainy day and the Rite for a really sunny one (or really late at night). For me, I just sort of accept any music, nice or really, really HARSH (e.g. Varese), but the nice stuff (a la Adams) always leaves me feeling happier than when I started.

[MrViolinGuy]

@gera1262 it always creeped me out in fantasia with the dinosaurs

[Sinfoniette]

Well, I loved Stravinsky when I found him, but for some reason I started to find his bedazzling a tad boring, and maybe it was because back then I was used to the basic musical ideas.

A listening of a fresh new work might cure my Stravinsky-hating mind, but except for Petrouchka I haven't found one.

[zolafoy2010]

@Sinfoniette i just heard about stravinsky in music classes, i find his work very different and a little humourous yet distinct and complex.

[chad410]

bravo. just what i need