Haydn String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 "The Joke" IV. Presto

[liamstoaster]

I love this piece. Thanks for the upload.

[xanafanadu]

i feel like i heard this while watching bugs bunny...

[IshouldntbeonUtube]

@moldyoreo sometimes people should give up playing their instrument if they can only see flaws when someone performs

[Brianjdowling]

I was wondering where did you guys play and also where are you from?

[firdous23]

awesome!

[brothersamati]

There's a limit to how far you can milk the joke. Half the audience know the punch line already, including the fellow in the front row who will roar HO HO HO and clap to show he knows. I once played this in a Beijing park on a Sunday morning, where NOBODY had ever heard the piece, and we were able to count 12 full bars before downing tools. Can't do that in the Wigmore Hall.

[brothersamati]

@caitlinviola

There's a limit to how far you can milk the joke, because half the audience know it, and there'll be one guy in the front row who'll roar HO HO HO and clap to show he knows. I once had the pleasure of playing this in a Beijing park on a Sunday morning. There, NOBODY knew the piece, and we were able to solemnly count out 12 bars before we downed tools. Can't do that in the Wigmore Hall.

[jameswburton08]

Hahahahaha, Oh those dominant pedals!!!

[jiwoo8918]

this is cool

[jiwoo8918]

i love this style of music

[jfxc1]

What's with all the fighting?! Can't we all agree that viola players are the real 'joke'?

[WASTiiD]

@CEdubsLO Your a fucking loser.

[soundpiratebri]

@CEdubsLO I see both sides, though I personally would like to have seen the instruments go down. But hey, at they fooled that one guy in the bottom left! Look at 3:49. :-) nice performance overall.

[lpmcrful]

Haydn's many other musical jokes include numerous false endings (e.g., in the quartets Op. 33 No. 2 and Op. 50 No. 3) says WIKIPEDIA... so i didnt get that false

[lawrencelaptop]

Whilst some people are going about it the wrong way, it was right to point out that the instrumentalist's should've put down their bows in each silence. It's part of the comedy of the piece, the mockery.

However, if the performance was slightly lacking in drama, it more than made up for it in musicality!

[EyMeng]

Paul Grobey is a fine violinist!

[Marlifan69]

Great video.

And for those criticizing, stand up and do it better.

Otherwise, haters gonna hate!

XOXO

Congrats again to the musicians.

=)

[OneMoreTear]

What's with all the hate? It's pathetic...

[azworx]

@moldyoreo Then why are you spending time trolling this video? Why don't you focus on yourself?

[azworx]

You did great, ignore the bad comments.

[sou1tabme]

Wow! Well "moldyoreo" I don't see any work of yours posted on youtube. I checked you out. Nothing originallol. What? You can dish out but you can't expose yourself? I doubt you even know viola technique. Did ya look it all up on wikipedia? Pussy

[ashleylynnjoan]

to hell with this caitlin chick, you guys sound great.

[ACJokerCard]

@CEdubsLO Its called a general pause

[mossycowtube]

I really like this version and am showing it to my music students - thanks

[icestephen99]

Is this at unt?

[tokstow]

Hehehehe, I would like that if in the end of movement, in every silence, all musicians put the bows down... So all audience clap! ... then continue with it! :P

[prewtynevbear]

what instrumentation is used in this?

[mjtsuk]

Really well done!

[caitlinviola]

@moldyoreo Sorry to offend you. I'm a Baroque musician as well. It's a mixture of Russian method, bad habits, and playing too much Baroque viola. No one is perfect (except for you, of course).

[moldyoreo]

@caitlinviola You're pretty sexy when you're sarcastic.

[jeffharvick]

@moldyoreo you should see her when she's serious

[miguelbaptista]

@caitlinviola

Congratulations on your educated response, and on your music.

Its a shame so many people ignore the fact that music is for the ears, not for the eyes.

[miguelbaptista]

@caitlinviola

Congratulations on your educated response, and on your music.

Its a shame so many people ignore the fact that music is for the ears, not for the eyes.

[superiorbandgeek]

Only Haydn! It's a shame that now a days outside of learned musicians and enthusiasts, his name has somewhat fallen into obscurity. He is most definitely my favorite composer.

[scarfacejosh123]

@CEdubsLO your comment made my listen and gave me maximum lolz

[GingerJoberton]

Side-splitting.

[voicerawks]

it should be at a faster or else the "joke" effect is not that effective anymore. it gets a little boring especially when the beginning theme keeps getting repeated

[fussbudget]

Is this......is this at the University of North Texas? Recital Hall, MU320?

[caitlinviola]

YES!

[fussbudget]

That's awesome!

I'm a junior composition student and can recognize our facilities anywhere!

[jeffharvick]

@fussbudget got em coach

[syan9184]

isnt the tempo presto? it seems very slow to me...

[werq34ac]

badum chhhh, ugh Haydn was so lame...

[SFuga7777777]

u dont get the joke?

its the grand pauses at the end where they start the phrase again and then it just stops... lol, im a violinist and having played this i think its hilarious.

[pornisgoodfood]

i had a good chuckle after reading your comment... cuz... uh... well... i finally got it.

[deafussy]

But, what is the joke about? You couldn't make a difference between the usual Haydnian music and the "joke" music...

[entertainingforever]

I can picture Joseph Haydn laughing his ass off to himself while he's composing this.

[tux56]

Hey, was this arranged differently from the score per chance?

[mbm0101]

yes! beautiful, guys!

[bettyswallocks13]

ur pretty sad

[montaz]

Great performance but nobody applauded early. Longer pauses needed? I don't know. I wanted to find a funny video where everybody claps early.

[jeffharvick]

Thanks montaz. This was a performance for our chamber music lab class, so most everyone knows the piece. We might have had to wait a pretty long time..... Hope you enjoyed it.

[CoreAndGore]

Amazing piece, I'm not a music student, but I just started getting into classical music, and got the recommendation to listen to this on the subject of music evoking emotion.Amaaaaazing

[sofista86]

thats tom cavendish

[MelonLaughs]

Wow, Mister Harvick's hair!

[BenToppi]

hehe, yea, what a tricky little joker that haydn was

[tonychang4918]

Go MR. Harvick!!!!

[iXiaoMei]

Oh my gosh, Mr. Harvick! He's the student teacher for my orchestra at WMS!

[jeffharvick]

I knew I'd seen that guy before

[bigtimv]

This was my first time hearing this:

I laughed my head off!

[socaltrumpet83]

We just went over this in music history class earlier today. Most of us were busting up at the end. This was just awesome. since i plan on majoring in music history, I know I'll dominate if this comes on on next quiz or the midterm, which it probably will. For those that don't find the humor in this are sorely missing out, are not getting enough classical music in their life, or don't listen to classical at all and are just boed by it, which is just sad. Awesome stuff!

[jbwlld]

We just did this piece in a music history class as well...the professor had mentioned in the lecture that Haydn "created problems" in music that had never come up before in that he used the accepted rules in composition to mess with them. This was an excellent example! Amazing music!

[zeitrigor]

i get the humor in it!

[filmcaesar]

going to do a music exam tomorrow on this...hope i own it.

Awesome vid

[thatsodiesel]

ahh Haydn's "Grand pauses" :)

[tjemsley]

LOVE HAYDN!!!! SO WITTY! :P

[MR1Rhymar]

no better music than that of classical it is inspirational how these musicians composed for every instrument in a symphony and quartets and the singers nowadays get praised for singing other peoples tunes?? Leona Lewis?? A pile of old fart if you ask me!

[mattcookie]

we're studying this piece in A level music atm, its so nice :]

[KarrotKun1]

I don't get the joke............. --.....

(jk)

[tjsr21]

the joke is the end section. The opening theme gets split up shorter and shorter and you dont know if its finished yet or not. a real side splitter.

[YouVRay]

rofl

[flexicon1996]

Kelly Coleman's in the hospital?! Well, we'll all hope that she's feeling better quickly, that's for sure.

[caitlinviola]

This was a while ago... She's fine now.

[aldebussy]

Wow! GOOD QUALITY!

And VERY nice performance. Hilarious.

[Snogbog25]

great!

[indiegracie]

antecedent consequent phrasing

must...remember!

:p

xxx

[thatsodiesel]

Just had my music history exam on that

i hope i got an A!

[socaltrumpet83]

I'm sure you did. We just went over it in my music history class, and it'll more than likely show up in a listening quiz or on our midterm. Hopefully your class was laughing at the end like mine. And if you're a music major like me, then it makes it a million times more fun.

[pvdrumalumni]

I Love this piece! I studied it in music history and just fell in love. It truly is a 'Joke' to those who get the humor in it! Good job folks. Keep up the music making!