Antonin Dvorák - Slavonic Dance No. 8

[deathpod73]

Our symphony is playing this piece in a concert coming up! Go KC youth symphony philharmonic orchestra!:D

[fishinawafflemaker]

Oh I'm playing this for a competition, I -3 this song :)

[Cranniet]

I'm so in love with classical music.

[Shostakovichcellist]

absolutely beautiful performance... especially the dynamic changes... who are the performers??

[ChristianOrtega123]

:D We are playing this for our Christmas concert )not sure why...) and for our UIL competition! I think it's the best one out of the other Slavonic dances Dvorak wrote.

[fischerfamilyvideos]

@Capollyon Slavonic means a country that's national language is a West Slavic language

[Coldkill2001]

This may already be obvius but slavonic means " of the slaves"

So in other words this is Dance of the slaves.

[Radamathill]

@Coldkill2001 Uh...I think you're incorrect. I thinnk it just refers to a Slavic nation.

[masterofmetallica09]

@Radamathill The word Slavic comes from Slaves. It goes all the way back to the Romans, a lot of their slaves were Eastern European. So somehow, he is right, yet, it is a bit far fetched to call this piece 'dance of the Slaves' for Dvorák refers to the Eastern European people called Slavic, not 'slaves'.

[meru629]

@Capollyon

No offense, but you're wrong. This is indeed the Slavonic dance no. 8 by Antonin Dvoràk. ;)

[Capollyon]

But this is not Antonin Dvořak, my friend! :) This is Johannes Brahms - Ungarisher tanz No. 5. Antonin Dvořak was from Prag and Brahms was from Vienna. Yes it is in Europe, but different countries with different culture and nature! ;) Plesa change it!

[cohataiv]

@Capollyon Are you kidding?

[Capollyon]

@cohataiv No! It´s true... See it on the net... :)

[cohataiv]

@Capollyon Where exactly on the net? Oh my God, I hope you are just joking :-D

[lolsomeWaffle]

@Capollyon u r rong

[legendia015]

we sight read this in band today. :3

[DarlingNikki2]

Just came back to this after so many months and I see that some people think I was degrading eternalflames911 friends. I was in no way meaning to degrade anyone--I just think that some people are on a different emotional/intellectual level than others, but we are all human (well, some skate dangerously close to being some kind of primordial ooze, but that's another story, LOL).

[LdHighEverythingElse]

Beautiful, as are all the Slavonic dances.

[Ntreik96]

That guy, Dvorak, was soooooo amazing!

[Dessamba97]

im playing this with my 8th grade band...



[hdmonty13]

I'm playing this with the Pittsburgh Symphony too!

[TheSoken123]

astonishing! 0 dislikes! great work! I thought my speaker was muted at first. ha

[Klassiskmus]

I love this furiant beat: 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-3 - like Dvorak's 6th symphony 3rd movement.

[eternalflames911]

How come, even though i'm like only a teenager, my friends think that im wierd because i like this music? I enjoy reading and thinking and writing and listening to stuff that reminds me of ball gowns and swirling dance parties and courting and royalty. Is that such a bad thing? Who cares what i like? Why is it their concern?

And yes, this is a wonderful piece. :)

[DarlingNikki2]

@eternalflames911 You are simply too highly evolved for your so-called friends. Please take care that they don't drag you down with limited wit and imagination! The world needs more dreamers...

[eternalflames911]

@DarlingNikki2 thank you :)

[RockStarRiey10]

@DarlingNikki2 I'm in no way trying to say that they should think that eternal flame is weird, but that is a bit off to say that she's too highly evolved. Maybe she's a bit more mature, but I wouldn't degrade her friends to some sort of devolved subhuman that way though. I am the exact same way about music and intellectual development, but I don't see myself as a "More Evolved" being than any of my peers.

[EatYourBeans]

@RockStarRiey10 Agreed. I mean, come on, do we listen to these pieces because we actually enjoy Dvorak or just as to make a "statement"? When people go and say things like, "I'm young and like this over (modern day band)", that's kind of what it strikes me as. :(

[chillhill3]

@eternalflames911 What a faggot.

[eternalflames911]

@chillhill3 your opinion. dont need your comment, but thanks :)

[chillhill3]

@eternalflames911 spoken like a true faggot.

[PizzatheHutt78]

@chillhill3 not that there's anything wrong with that

[PizzatheHutt78]

@chillhill3 Mormon much? Proposition 8 go!

[aznperson55]

@eternalflames911 It's not weird u like this music; its just the thinking of "ball gowns and swirling dance parties"

[less01]

@eternalflames911 dont listen to them you are great :)

[anderwold1]

@eternalflames911 LOL that ball gowns and courting thing was a bit over the edge of hetero. But otherwise, I do like the music.

[Nostalgic4]

@eternalflames911 Pick different friends. : )

[PizzatheHutt78]

@eternalflames911 stick to your guns until the bitter end

[itunes4ever10]

@eternalflames911 I love classical also, and my friends think I'm the same way

[BlueL1pst1ck]

@eternalflames911

Be thankful for being weird! =) You're blessed!

[Radamathill]

@eternalflames911 Yeah...these days teenagers just grow up with pop music and listen to it som uch that they don't even have any appreciation for real good music like this.

[harmoniumbauer]

@eternalflames911 I'm with you! :) This piece is wonderful!

[snufkin789]

@eternalflames911 they think they have to feel sorry for you, because they know, if you get to know the good stuff at a young age, you might die in peace a long time before them

[pindongoxD]

@eternalflames911 agreed with you! 

[mashroom1993]

@eternalflames911

well good for you, I am 18 and almost everybody

used to be a moron until like two years ago. I guess guys get more mature once they grow a beard. Now I have tons of friends, they like me for who I am and I love it. Of course there are still loads of idiots but I dont care about them

[Valentin0o]

@eternalflames911 omg bro, you so cool

[LopesVanessaC]

@eternalflames911 People, no matter their age, tend to think that only the things they like are nice and anything else is boring, wrong or weird, as you said.

They have to accept it or change their minds. If they don't even accept you the way you are...They might not be the right group of friends for you. Just saying...It's ok if they don't like it, but saying that you're weird because you like things they don't... Well, it's just WRONG!

Music is culture, it's a heavenly thing!

[OmgItsCHEEZ]

This was the first thing I ever played with an orchestra! Memories!

[HadassaOostindier]

Love this song!!

[delfos11]

Wonderful! Dance No 1 & 8 are my favorites

[pyrogonegoth]

@delfos11 Mine too!

[zeMusicluver]

This is so pretty and very fun to play! :)

[LayZboy1994]

we're playing this peace in our high school band and i play bari sax in it really fun peace im the only one that gets really into it and i love it

[ygisrael]

Which orchestra/conductor are these?

[tysklandhst]

einfach großartig seine werke!!! zu recht zählt er zu den größten komponisten der welt!

[vaclavslovacek]

@tysklandhst ja, ja

[vaclavslovacek]

@tysklandhst

[istgone]

Wonderful!

[TheNewGuitarBoy]

I saw Ensemble Martinu playing this live...that was so powerful!!

[gnatisaparasite]

sooo pretty. wow.