Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonata No. 6

[Miglokis]

Great composer! His symphonies seem to me admirable, and this sonata is colossal.

[xodn3300]

@Miglokis it's a she!

[lokismig]

@xodn3300 I know, but my English is not good

[TheImpressionnant]

This is why women shouldn't compose music ...... (kidding :P).

[owlmolech]

so this is not me favorite song

[2hyeok]

where is bar lines?

[imnotonlinenow1]

This is.. awesome, sort of

[thepoet82]

This is mysteriously tantalizing.

[freq32]

bravo. absolutely flawless performance. BraVO...

[realself1]

M@+#&?$^@&%R!! baddest shit I ever heard!!  why can't we hear this on the radio?

[Spudboy41]

I heard A. Lubimov playing this piece last year. The audience (and myself ) had been literally taken hostage by the aridity and the violence of this music. An unusual and fascinating experience, indeed.

[gsp1175]

Most abrasive music I've ever heard, and I listen to a lot of metal.

[Vaicurious]

If this is music my little brother is goddamned mozart.

[xIDrewsky]

Listening to this doesnt make you hipsters smarter than people with different taste.

[kourosh89]

worst piece of shit ever written

[freshhh1994]

@kourosh89

u kidding me bro?

[VeluweBrass]

6:01 cosmic orgasm, heaven, divine

[angelicawong1971]

@VeluweBrass illness.

[sukangeong]

I really like this.  Who's the pianist?

[patrickloiseleur]

I love russian music: so light, so sweet, so delicate...

[PianoTricking]

why is does classical music developed to something like this. why can't the modern composer compose like beethoven, chopin ,liszt, schubert or schumann or every other good composer!!!!! when I play random notes on my keyboard than something like this comes out. In my opinion the last real composer was Rachmaninov and the "new classical" composer like john william or hans zimmer are also great composers but his isn't classical music!!!!this piece is just an example how terrible our world is!!!!!

[wbuck]

@PianoTricking Yeah, why can't modern-day composers respect the rules of music theory the way you respect the rules of syntax?

[freshhh1994]

@PianoTricking

This is a wonderful work of art. You just haven't realized it yet.

[TheFate23]

@PianoTricking grow up, classical music can be also atonal.

[MrGoodClass]

I whistle this piece all the time whilst in my shower, such warmth and radiance

[mattkunq]

um is this a legit piece? lol its like counter harmony XD

[massimiliano123123]

Ahahah "Espressivissimo"!

[Wijnmuseum]

sub. pp (6:01)..moist eyes, breathtaking, time seems to end....

[MDkid1]

riiiiiiiight

[experimentalis]

Many many many thanks. Who is the performer? You, i presume? Excellent, really. Another unforgettable interpretation i've heard was by Lubimov, at the Moscow Conservatory two or three years ago. In faster tempo, and even stronger.

[xodn3300]

such breathtaking pianissimo anticlimax !

[dalcazar96]

"I shall compose music by beating a piano with two hammers." I like progressive music, but unfortunately this isn't pleasing to listen to

[RenegadeExpressVideo]

This is tremendous. I mean how colossally brutal.

[glebvic]

She wasn't religious and stated it herself in interviews and memoirs. She wrote works on religious themes for the emptying and depressing effect this Russian Orthodox holy atmosphere has on people.

[BOARBIG]

@glebvic She actually believed in god but her beliefs weren't really Orthodox.

[buenobus]

seriously hexameron, you're youtube channel is one of the most progressive music channels on youtube. i can't thank you enough for these superbly awe-inspiring piano works.

what a viscerally percussive piece. the motif at 0:33 and 4:47 is so beautiful. i can't tell whether it's an academic tone row or not but it's a starkly mystical melody.

[xodn3300]

@buenobus well the whole thing is sort of like tone-row but it isn't made of twelve pitches. the sections you mentioned (which are identical) do stand out because of the lack of clusters, but all of the sections are closely related in pitches based on tritone and mini-themes.

[xodn3300]

@buenobus well the whole thing is sort of like tone-row but it isn't made of twelve pitches. the sections you mentioned (which are identical) do stand out because of the lack of clusters, but all of the sections are closely related in pitches based on tritone and mini-themes.

[sonofagunder]

this is fucking crap

[atzitzikas]

ok now I see fffff that means for sure, the composer wanted from the one who plays the song to break his instrument

[atzitzikas]

what the ffff means probably f******* forte fortissimo etc, anyway a minute ago I was curious about dissonant counterpoint and now I'm curious if the instrument that plays it gets detuned

[realself1]

@atzitzikas leading to some serious microtones... : )

[kazzi05]

This is interesting. I quite like this.

[iDarkShoGun]

i cant fap to this

[xodn3300]

@leoallil she was religious.

[massimiliano123123]

@leoallil no, woman!

[lovesGenet]

There must be some other tudents besides Tischenko. This woman's music becomes an addiction.I must find her letters.Essays? She has taken over my world.If I can find a way to get time! into this with jazz American rhythm in this barbarity.I think I will have a way of aurally defining crack&crass in these United States! Her style is totally russian .totally consistent .her foursquare.Even after Stalin it makes sense. I adore this woman. WHTcan she give blackAmerican music w/Sciarrino s my quest!

[maartenvandervleuten]

this is pure genious !

[maartenvandervleuten]

this is pure genious !

[lovesGenet]

People who don't get this music don't matter. If u saw a cartoon with someone being imprisoned and bludgeoned THEN! (because yo minds are so weakened by white materialist consumer capitalism)you would get it. I have gained revelations about music from GalinaU,SofiaG, and sciarrino and Boulez. Comeout of Plato's caves sissies!

[Ybarchov21]

No offense to her music ( I think this is REALLY cool ) but the first time I played this video, Youtube or my internet shut down on me at about a minute in. I thought it was hilarious.

[leoallil]

o cara que toca nao tem braço e fica batendo a cabeça no piano?

[Schraiber]

This is... interesting. I like it a lot.

[jvcarmic]

Great way to listen to this piece of music. Fabulous, John!

Jim Carmichael

(Has no one ever had a day like this? I have. And no doubts, my cats have too!)).

[lexarsepa]

This is absolutely beautiful, thank you very much.

[psychotic555]

The irony of listening to this peace was that when I clicked on the link, I went 'hmm, you know, I've never heard a bad piano sonata, before, so really anything I click on should be fine.' Oh, how wrong I was.

[jeanhaliburtonwills]

it seems you can't write a masterpiece after 1914 without people saying stupid things about it

[jeanhaliburtonwills]

I wish the people snickering at this would take some trouble to acclimatize themselves to the last hundred years of music...that or go listen to something else...this a bone crushing piece to be sure but an expressive and powerful one....if your cat can write stuff stuff like this then you are blessed with one hell of a cat!

[jkenyon1985]

It would be nice to hear a little variety in the rhythm. This piece is almost nothing but quarter notes for 8 minutes with a couple rests here and there.

[massimiliano123123]

un brano veramente ESPRESSIVISSIMO..... non oso immaginare se ci fosse scritto VIOLENTO E IMPETUOSO

[Barnaldomort]

Espressivissimo. . . You must be joking =/

[specter290]

@Barnaldomort ahahaah with expression! or expresivvelly! or let your anger out on the piano lol

[cordeiropascoal]

There's a wrong note in the second cluster on screen at 3:54 (upper system, lower staff, bass clef, right hand). B flat is writen instead of D flat.

Thank you for sharing the score!

[paradiddleday]

@cordeiropascoal what an ear!! (or eye!) ;) I'm trying to expand my musical horizons and was hugely impressed by the power of the writing. Makes me want to listen to more of her work.

[GlieseD]

@cordeiropascoal A typical reaction from the Ego, how come? A lack of universal love?

[wetuadjlv]

@cordeiropascoal I thought you were trolling, but you're actually right!

[dankestler1]

Nice.

[Bachlives2]

Where can I find the score to this piece?

[Belamus]

I can safely say that if one were to let a baboon bang aimlessly on the piano, much more musical and sophisticated stuff than this would come out.

[BOARBIG]

Sounds even heavier than death metal

[specter290]

@BOARBIG lol this sounds pretty like you can only play this song if your like sooo traggicc cuz this music sounds so tragic like im talking about charles manson status then you canp lay this song cuz its ike sadistic

[KBMKBMKBMKBM]

are there unmeasured sections in this music?

[lorenzarthur91]

finally, a femal touch in composition. oh wait....^^

[veidhleadoir]

very nice!

[gonrolgonrol]

Interesting. But it leaves me with a (or several) rather disturbing feeling(s) (first time I hear it).

[illidnarg]

bang bang bang---there is some really great 20th century piano music--though i do not think this is one of them----bang bang bang!!!!!!

[Chachboon1]

I can see why this composer is often called 'The Lady with the hammer!'

[Zellig]

Cry about it

[doddolfur]

I think it's great. Such concrete sound. The piano is used like , more percussively.

[Jim341046]

Oh dear! Someones been at the Vodka.

[lostboyalexw]

ok to anyone who doesnt get it.

this is dissonant counterpoint

the inverse of consonant counterpoint

they are equal

so

jsyk

and this is awesome btw hahaha

[niazi1985]

I would like to say: very very crazy stuff...but i heard it all...

[addeex1]

so did I, very intressting stuff

[zutflutefleur]

BTW

Fux was WAY too pussy for this hardcore Russian serial inferno....

[zutflutefleur]

Could have been effective, tried way too hard. The composer should have payed more attention to proportion and contrast. Interesting at first, but the images lost their value.

[Markohoppis]

This made old J.J. Fux arise from the grave in ANGER, wig and all.

[Hexameron]

Lol - I think Fux would care less about this piece and rest easily knowing his "Gradus ad Parnassum" is still being taught today to all music theory students.

I entered my undergrad program ignorant of his name and graduated knowing full well how to write examples of all those types of species counterpoint. Fux's spirit should be happy.

[Markohoppis]

Interesting, what counterpoint books did you study in undergrad?

Some common critiques of Fux's work is that it's dated, and mostly applies to 16th century vocal music like Palestrina whilst other modern books focus on implementing counterpoint techniques in music in the baroque, classical, and future musical periods. Yet these books cost a LOT of money.

[steeeeevve]

@Hexameron Fuck Fux

[CrocodileRocker]

@Markohoppis Who gives a fux?

Da-dum.

[vincecharus]

crazy crazy stuff!

[karoloandria]

well, she was in search of her own avant garde, personally i think she got it

[NoirPresto]

Thats innovatic.

You may not understand the serial of horror clusters, but i think - thats music is an art.

[Ho0chie]

i actually really liked that, the "According to Denyer" was a perfect description. wonderful work from the pianist getting those notes through the clusters.

loved the little trees on the score too :D

[thetamman]

i have a video of my friend playing this actually LOL - she played all six sonatas and 9 of the twelve preludes - its crazy stuff live.

[simonx49]

@thetamman well upload it GAWSH!

[MWFstormchaser]

Errr you actually need a written score to play this !!!!!!!........my cat could play this.

why would you wanna go to a concert to hear this.....you wouldnt know if a wrong note was played !!

[Hexameron]

Why did you decide to use seven exclamation points after your first sentence? Wouldn't two or three have been excessive enough? I doubt either you or your cat could play what is in the score.

As for not knowing "if a wrong note was played," I'm sure if you attended a concert featuring Rachmaninov etudes or a Liszt concerto and the performer played a few "wrong" notes (including extra doublings or tonal consonances) you couldn't tell the difference, so don't give me that.

[bullitosaladino]

Do you go to concerts to listen and see if wrong notes are played? Or to be filled with some emotion/inspired?

[niazi1985]

I think the way u put many exclaimation marks to emphasize your point in the very same way the composer uses notes...

[sandman0277]

@niazi1985 Very accurate observation! This is really loud music! It's interesting to note the monotony of it all! If everything I say has an exclamation point the impact is fairly subdued!

=P

[John11inch]

Your cat must have enormous paws to reach the intervals necessary in this piece!  What kind of cat is it? I only ask because, lately, I've been wanting to get a cat, so I can go find videos of music on youtube that I don't like, and then exclaim that my cat can play them (like EVERYONE else does; I'm not original. Just wanna fit in), because that is the best thing I have to do with my life at the moment. It's quite sad. Hopefully my new cat will bring me the joy you are obviously lacking.

[gonrolgonrol]

@John11inch :D

[shaylenmusic]

@MWFstormchaser If your cat can play this as written, I'll pay you.

[pinkbeenkody]

@MWFstormchaser stupid idiot. your bitch for a cat can't play even this good. stop being such a show off.

[TheBlackPage1]

Thank you for uploading this. I'm really not much of a fan of Ustvolskaya at all, but it's nice to finally see one of her scores.

[askthemailman]

thanks for this hex! 4:40-6:30 is sick and from there to the ending is amazing hats off to Denyer