Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 4th mvmt

[ahtartersauce101]

hey 2:52 professional recovery by violinist in the center. I just noticed after like 10 views.

[Trilatusineo]

Oh fun, this is the audition piece for high school orchestra...

But it is pretty awesome! :)

[Balancement]

Complete triumph of the Spirit. Not quite as good as Rohzdestvensky and the USSR Symphony Orchestra...but not bad.

[carmocito]

WISH YOU WERE HERE !!

[trptking12345]

I literally just sat here and looped the first 5 seconds over and over again. It's friggin epic.

[daBasketballKING898]

I'm playing this for my orchestra on bass and this song is CRAZY!

[napper6162]

First watched this superlative performance live on PBS and I was extremely impressed despite the vastly inferior audio transmission quality and the utterly incompetent PBS staff in restricting the dynamic range. This performance under Barenboim is superior to all previous performances under George Solti, Riccardo Muti and others.

[hostrauer]

5:18 from right to left: Gene Pokorny (tuba), Charles Vernon (bass trombone), Michael Mulcahy (trombone), Jay Friedman (trombone). THE best low brass section in the world. Simply amazing.

[mahler19110]

The NY is audience is already in mid-applause when Barenboim cuts the band off. Would have given anything to be there for that performance.

[555doubledee]

Bust...

[newgreen]

Goosebumps, every time!

[ugubugaa]

At 57 seconds in it sounds like Leonard Bernstein for a little.

[CowHoofOnAHotPlate]

I don't like barenboim's conducting.

[musicmann008]

im so scared to play this lol

[BassicStorm]

Masterful, genial, greatest romantic ever, all the gems we are enjoying he made in such an miserable and painful life, I am so glad that HE KNEW THAT HE WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST! R.I.P Tchaikovsky, God Bless You!

[alexandrabak]

This gives me goosepumps... It's so intense!

Barenboim did a very good job on this!

[elaineweaver12]

dislikes?!? DISLIKES?!? nonsense. they must have pressed the wrong button.

[iseefurtherthanyou]

@elaineweaver12 potentially because of the conducting

[LJlovestbone]

All roads lead to listening to this ;-) Fantabulous!!

[denny6110]

This is freakin' amazing (:

This is what you honestly call talent. ♥

[ILOVECLASSICALify]

I got the sonic, Tchaikovksy got the boom.

[ILOVECLASSICALify]

lol... that guy looks like my uncle.

[Iphonecord]

I can't believe people like this crap. Justin beiber owns this.

[imsleepyanddead]

@Iphonecord Trolololol

[snufkin789]

@Iphonecord you funny guy :D

[itubehd]

@Iphonecord HAHAHAHAHA

[LJlovestbone]

@Iphonecord Crap? You must be jesting.. or just plain ......

[zepiroth76]

Only Barenboim can make himself look cool while conducting.

[jerrahicks]

One never gets tired of watching this. FANTASTIC!

[trekhead1]

why you hating on marching band students

[ngpiano72]

@trekhead1 I agree! I was in marching band since 7th grade, and I 9along with MANY others) were perfectly fine keeping a beat. Don't judge before you actually know medpiano thanks;)

[mnrtango]

I just love that opening cue!!

[vodkaniel]

The start of this song, is the song in the background of "wish you where here" of Pink Floyd, isn't???

[theothercanadian]

If anyone here is complaining about Berenboim's conducting, clearly none of you have seen Bernstein.

[TheMightyPineapples]

This is pure magnificence. Barenboim is a genius.

[52MichaelH]

The conducting and interpretation of the music is accomplished in the hours of practice before the performance. During the performance the conductor becomes a showman, not someone who beats time or interprets the music (all that is done is the practices). He did a marvelous job of showmanship during the performance because he could trust his orchestra to carry out what they had practiced.

[Gordontrek]

HERSETH ALL THE WAY

[coakleycola]

I have to play the violin part on Euphonium for auditions...good luck to me yayyy....

[SeekerFang217]

I'm playing this for a state championship on the violin, ORIGINAL VERSION. NOT looking forward to failing ): This is so fast!!!!!

[myemochicken123]

@SeekerFang217 We are playing this in my High School for our 45th anniversary. This is very fast but it will make you a better musician! So happy that I get to play with the Orchestra I do:) and Good Luck! Not sure what part I am playing! I play the violin, so either first of second!

[beautifulliar158]

@myemochicken123 Hey, I go to Brandon too. :D

[GreenerLord]

OMG! 240p sounds good!

[Spider2point0]

Wait, that's "non-conducting"? I follow his pattern just fine, lol xD

[andreasfather122]

Amazing.

[soccerheart2996]

jnkldfglsdjkf this makes me so happy

[GreenerLord]

29 peoples are sad because they are deaf

[bonkersbananas2010]

Bravo, very impressive! Those string players really nailed it! Incredible how their tempo was spot-on even when he wasn't conducting - anyone who has played an instrument knows that is a difficult skill to build to that level.

[rythmcubed]

If you know the piece (and I do), it's clear that his non-conducting is also largely indicative of how much he trusts his percussion.

[TheAndrewSlade]

PLEBEIAN is the correct spelling, not *plebian.

[imRinat]

This is like watching porn.

[ILOVECLASSICALify]

He looks like my uncle...

[liguten]

Un grand chef Monsieur Barenboïm!!! Et un grand Homme aussi. Double bravo!!

[arelys]

: Looove! <3



[phuckmycuntt]

Rather brash than brass. I'd prefer more introspection to offset the thunder, but then Barenboim and the CSO get paid more than me.

[Atramentumink]

the finale with Boim spasmodic is amazing

[mydadisangry]

The principal oboist is amazing, I was in a 2 week summer progrma with him, he is also in a Geico Commercial "Alex Klein Geico"

[hyunwoooo]

yes..... its supposed to be a "joke".

[hyunwoooo]

tom and jerry anyone? 0:58

[franklywright]

@hyunwoooo hopefully you were kidding, because i absolutely hate it when people compare classical music to cartoon music. cartoon music is complete crap

[claeroplane]

CSO brass. I...

I can't

I cannot can

I have lost the ability to can

[xap0calypticx]

3:28

Ding, dong, the witch is dead :D

[LJlovestbone]

Just love @ 2:20 (low brass love that it... :-)

[Bandman630]

CSO Brass is AMAZINGLYAWESOMELYOUTSTANDING This is also an understatement still... I forget who the Tuba player is in this one but he out plays the whole band at the super load parts and I'm like HOLY FUCK my hair just flew off my head!!!

[texnotreallymex]

HHNNGHHHH WHY IS THIS SO HOT.

[GreenerLord]

the cymbalz are so compressed.. :(

[Elmoogle]

2:19 is my favorite part of this piece. We always used to joke about how the percussionist stood in the back warming the cymbals for the entire symphony just so he could crash them together twice.

[trombonebro]

5:16 Look at the second trombonist's feet. (Mulcahy)

[BassicStorm]

Mighty Movement!

[doonman324]

oboist with glasses at :16 "Yes...quite...indeed."

[derycr]

stunning stuff..

[bananaplate]

Shut up, close your eyes, and enjoy the music.

[omfgacceptmyname]

Don't be hating on marching band students :I

[vladu2215]

omg poor double bass players....

[ILOVECLASSICALify]

oh yeah... definitely would sound good if part of the 1812 Overture.

[time3space1]

6:55 ; not bad

[daraleekmyballz]

@time3space1 lol

[Felyeni]

@time3space1 Amigo yo tengo mi contexto de que esa parte esta mala, pero si me dices la tuya vemos si coincidimos...!

[trumpetman923]

"only complete plebeians and marching band students need a human metronome"

Excuse me?

I believe that to be an incredibly false statement. I'm not saying that professionals need a conductor but really? Conductors exist for a reason.

[moshepaulperc]

@trumpetman923 He's not saying that conductors don't need to exist at all. He's saying that conductors don't need to provide every beat for the performers in order for them to stay together, like a drum major would in a marching band setting. A great conductor helps the ensemble by providing color, expression, and interpretation, not by "keeping time" so to speak.

[MrChristinaa11]

awesome

[dickdona]

OK. Try this finale Mravinsky - Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 Mvt 4 (5/5)

[alexweath]

the chord at 6:37 is unbelievably good

[ahtartersauce101]

I think I just found by new favorite musical piece of my whole life. If I had to choose a piece to tell my life story with, this would the ONE!

[thencaesarfalls]

I had the opportunity to play this with my city's symphony orchestra as a side-by-side concert when I was a freshman in high school. Due to lack of planning, though, the other students and I were only given our music a week and a half before the concert. I don't think I have ever practiced that much in a week and a half, and I still ended up faking more than I'd like to admit. The string parts are INSANELY difficult, but they're even worse if you have to learn them in a week and a half.

[590cscerdanyola]

I love this peace so much!

[bonearzt]

This is my all time favorite piece to play & listen!!

It doesn't get any better than this, Chicago is always on top of their game and I admire & envy their talent!!

[runla2]

The thing a lot of people don't realize is that with an Orchestra of this caliber, the conductor is not there to keep time because the musicians can do that perfectly well themselves. He is there to give the first down-beat, look entertaining, and conduct how he/she wants the music to sound dynamically, phrasing of notes/passages, etc. Conductors who conduct in strict 1-2-3-4 are boring and are typically for inexperienced groups who NEED the definitive beats and can't perform without them.

[mphello]

@runla2 Almost correct: by the time of the performance, the conductor is not needed. She/he is just there for show. But, the conductor IS absolutely needed for all the rehearsals, to fine-tune the orchestra.

[Diatommy554]

playing this at ALLNW is probably the peak of my life. after how incredible this was, it's all downhill from here haha

[kalumander]

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[Lassannn]

@kalumander Yes, the Pope is great.

[gleekable14]

Love hearing it. Hate playing it. It's a bitch. Viola part is fun when we would slow it down some at rehearsal, but when we get faster, I feel like I just sit there and listen.

[PosauneGrl08]

Trombone players live for pieces like this. Just saying. The excerpts for this on trombone are fun. =]

[VioLynn0803]

For the record, I think his "non-conducting" that you say other people dislike actually makes his conducting that much more stellar. And it shows his connection with the orchestra, and their connection with each other. It especially shows exactly how he wants the music to be played, and they follow it to a T. Epic.

[lbandroidify]

ah classical music, the only music that doesn't ruin my speakers.

[kukukachu16]

wow I was at first shocked until I realized it was the Chicago Symphony playing this...excellent they are so great at everything they do. Fantastic musicians

[jthuggins101391]

Anyone who dislikes this rendition of Tchaikovsky isn't a true musician.

This is wonderful!

[lonelyheartsclubs]

I have to play this at my orchestra....fml....im in suzuki 3 and this is easy for like over half the people there

[gregbboy619]

Adorable ! Playful ; intense ; serious and colorful ! It amazed me as fullfilling my ears with this so intense musical power !

[beatlegirl99]

Holy crap. We're learning this whole symphony in orchestra and I always end up laughing whenever we play this part because it's waay too fast and plain hard to play xD (I play the violin btw). But it's a nice piece! The whole symphony is great.

[noraflute1]

I played here at Carnegie Hall last year with my high school band, 1812 by Tchaikovsky. (:

[laqttu]

Such an amazing symphony, with an amazing orchestra and a genius conducting... Incredible

[TheTherese3]

Just keep an eye on Daniel.

[TheTherese3]

Seems to me that Tchaikovski spoke to us.And the man's not dead.

[JohnDeezy408]

0:00 i love how the conductor seems really calm and then throws his arms like he's about to kill someone, LOL

[JohnDeezy408]

0:00 i love how the conductor seems really calm and then throws his arms like he's about to kill someone, LOL

[Enigma3650]

I love this piece. Period. this tempo is perfect for it too.

[procrastination100]

@ 8:24 Is it just me or does the timpanist look like the fat obnoxious judge on Iron Chef America?

[TheKsg1996]

@medpiano Im in marching band and we happen to be using this for our opener and we only follow by the drum major no metronome needed.

[JCampbell1107]

how could u play this without an orchestra???

[SailorSexy56]

This brings back fond memories of high school band. Granted, we didn't have a string section, but we were a pretty damn good band regardless, so I like to think we did this proud. I played tuba, and few pieces challenged me as much as this one did, but man was it fun!

[flootloops]

This music makes me soooooo grateful that I'm a musician.

[theNATTTTTT]

my god, when the horns enter at 6:51 my jaw dropped. So quiet., yet the tone is perfect

[ThePolorized]

29 people don't......ya know what, those people don't even desrve the end of this phrase.

[VivaLaKyo]

SO INTENSE. gkhdlakngd

[mattehFLCL]

"only complete plebians and marching band students need a human metronome with an invariant beat pattern"

this... although i am in marching band it is totally fucking true

[Graggn]

1:05 Remembers me looney tunes <3

[CheetoRage]

Sounds pretty damn good for 240p

[gxtmfa]

The minimalist approach to conducting demonstrated here has me questioning whether or not a conductor has any noticeable impact on a world-class orchestra.

[Vicarious1aj]

@gxtmfa The most important job a conductor has is forming a piece of coherent music out of 80 different musicians.If that job wasn't necessary then I daresay that a lot of music wouldn't need a conductor.

[vxla]

@gxtmfa What matters is what the conductor does in rehearsal, not in concert.

[gxtmfa]

@vxla True- but I think that truth just emphasizes the point that it is nearly impossible for an audience member to quantify the impact a conductor truly has on an orchestra.

[OFortuna3]

You know that one final blare at the last fermata is a tuba!! God bless the tuba

[israelfurtadosantoss]

esplendid!!!!!formidável!!!!ex­celent!!!!

[Jonesbone3]

One word:trombones ;-)

[greedlusthate]

@Jonesbone3 The trombones with the timpani <3!!

[hollytree1996]

We're playing this in youth orchestra this year!!! like tubamarc8891 said, SUPPORT ORCHESTRAS. This is real music and real talent. Without this music we never would've gotten all the music people have come to know now like jazz and pop, etc. Everything stems back to here! Our pop music goes out in years, sometimes even months. Classical music like Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Bach... they've beat time and been around for centuries and hopefully will continue to live on for many more!

[rhinolovingpianist77]

MAAAAAAAJOR chills! Barenboim and this orchestra are absolutely amazing!!

[paulrogers987]

we're playing this for our marching show music!

[fantasygurl101]

AMAZING!!!!! I'm playing this in the Carolina youth symphony an I -3 this piece.

[kharlantree]

If it were possible to "like" video descriptions this one would have my vote.

[861Sailor]

I've always wanted to see the renowned CSO brass play this! What a rare treat; they make it look so easy! Go, Gene, the tuba player! (forgot last name) ;-0

[OFortuna3]

One word: Beautiful

[CyferOlitaire15]

Barenboim has it right! If you are an amazing conductor, all you should need to do is keep time in your head, occasionally giving it visually, and just enjoy some amazing music like this!!!!! I'm a Marching Band student, medpiano, and I find this the best way ever to conduct.

[Tchaikovsky96]

Barenboim is my HERO! <3

Tchaikovsky, too!

[TheTherese3]

It is not an easy thing to conduct such an engine! Thank You Daniel!

[isergejevich]

изобретательный!

[MrFerminleon]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, was written between 1877 and 1878. The symphony's first performance was at a Russian Musical Society concert in Saint Petersburg on February 10 (Old Style)/February 22 (New Style) 1878, with Nikolai Rubinstein as conductor.4.Finale: Allegro con fuoco (F major)

Here Tchaikovsky incorporates a famous Russian folk song, "In the Field Stood a Birch Tree", as one of its themes. (From Wikipedia)

[theNATTTTTT]

Bud Herseth - for those of you who don't know, he was the principal trumpet of the CSO for 53 years - is God. Yes, God.

[dmolenik]

he's not "asking" them to mess up. He's getting out of the way and letting them play! :)

[sinikalkinid]

Chicago. I love you.

Best. Orchestra. Ever.

[BYUcougar410]

Trumpets....holy crap....my ears almost exploded from the awesomeness.

[MatrixSaturation]

The audio compressor is flipping out on the first attack.

[laseroptics]

why the 21 century is fail to produced such great musician. think about it

[MatrixSaturation]

@laseroptics

Aesthetics have changes often, which in turn confused the public. It doesn't mean no great work have been composed, but only that they have not yet found their way into our cultural and educational system.

Beethoven's great fugue was despised until modern music started to appear in the early 20th century. Somehow people expect things to be different, while composers living today can barely get played. Classical music is composed for a long-term public.

[lalalalolable]

@laseroptics

it's only been 11 years :)

[mjsk8er90]

MY GOD!!! 0_0

[willconley777]

A comedic impression of Barenboim would have to be just chillin' most of the time and pointing occasionally. Seriously though, this was electrifying.

[trumpet1293]

wow we played the band version of this at tmea, this is now my all time favorite symphony.

[CyferOlitaire15]

I've played this on both 1st Alto Trombone and Bass Trombone. It is such an EPIC PIECE. There is simply no other way to describe.

[LouieOmega]

@CyferOlitaire15 ME TOO! :O It gives you chills all the way down your spine and makes your heart beat so fast whenever it gets to the sempre fff to the end. Ahhh!!!!

[CyferOlitaire15]

@LouieOmega The sempre is my favorite part!!! Forgive me, but I learned cello specifically so I could play the 2nd movement as written. This is such an amazing symphony, it's scary

[LouieOmega]

@CyferOlitaire15 lol I its perfectly okay with a piece this amazing. :D

[TheTherese3]

Auguably'

The graetest symphony evere composed

[bachthoven1685]

Brilliant! I'm going to see the Chicago Symphony on Sunday. Should be great. I wish they were playing this, but I get to hear Eroica and Brahm's Violin concerto.

[94obie]

That's probably the best brass section in the world.

[Dave83C]

@94obie it's a brilliant brass section, but the strings don't match up to it. Needs another dozen or so violinists.

[jimbob1838]

beautiful,the first symphony i heard as a kid

[yowyOw69]

I cannot believe how all the criticism this symphony got when it was premiered and in the late 1880. Sure it repeats the 1st movement Fate, but I feel it completely gives it an apotheosis hardly findable in any other symphony of the Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner, Rachmaninov, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Schumann, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Dvorak, Rautavaara, Bach, Schnittke, Strauss, Schubert..... Tchaikovsky fits it perfectly in the late 19th century russian culture. It's a MASTERPIECE!

[peterapgov1]

I have listened to the first few seconds of this at least 100 times. The attack is PERFECT.

[yowyOw69]

Oh My God!

[MrFluttiTutti]

I would have loved to have seen this live!!!!

[frenkelo]

the brass section (especially the trombone players) are savage animals.

i wouldn't like to be the one sitting in front of them.

they make me proud to be a trombone player

[kRiSkRiSxD]

OMG the precision here... it's amazing!! And the color of the music... I am definitely awed by this(:

[dgephone]

Breathtaking!!!!!!

[TheTherese3]

Peter you are the Grandfather of Rock!!

[az26961]

exelente. La Orquesta Sinfónica Infantil de montalban - Venezuela, la estamos tocando. Sistema de Orquesta Juveniles e Infantiles de Venezuela. TOCAR Y LUCHAR!!

[marchingchieftain]

oh my God.....I seriously think my head just exploded from the sheer awesomeness.

[SchwarzeDose21]

holy brass!

i think the every member of the orchestra had a good day there, the best performance and the best interpretation. this is the same level than the berlin phil would play it!

so fantastic to watch!

[Tigerwarhawk]

@SchwarzeDose21 Uh huh, minus the bright and whiny horn section of the Berlin Phil.... Both are world class orchestras with their pros and cons. I've always thought that the American orchestras played with more CHARACTER.

[SchwarzeDose21]

@Tigerwarhawk Hm, interesting. So I think everybody has to accept, that the berlin phil is actually the best orchestra in the world, may the horns don't have the sound you want to hear but the musicians themselfes are just the best and the brass is also better in foundating things (rotary trumpets; B-Tuba) and the american contingent has fallen existencially, and this e.g. is a recording from 1997, the CSO is still good but now one can hit BerlinPhil. they are on another world.