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"The Infernal Deadly Fire Dance of the Minions of King Kaschei the Deathless/Unkillable (from The Firebird: Russian Version)' is officially the most badass name of any song ever written.
The editing of this is fantastic. So many classical videos are put together in a completely indifferent way - normally it's: "Oh, nothing's happening, cut to the conductor" "Hmm, big climactic moment, cut to the wide shot of the whole orchestra", but this is so much better, drawing attention to all of Stravinsky's orchestration and colour
I'm sorry if I offend any of you, and this is just my opinion at work, but I honestly can't get through a Stravinsky piece. It's too discordant and lacking in internal direction, and I feel that a lot of the potential beauty of the notes and harmonies is being lost in the soup of dissonance and overly capricious indecipherablity.
@UrsielHauke I can respect that. But in the context of its period, he was apt to encompass the contemporary changes in style, and still adherent to Romantic-era thematic elements. I think the combination of the two make this work in particular a real treasure. It's in those "proto-jazz-note" flurries that you see the image being born, as if through a smokescreen... a bird rising in the fire. If nothing else, Stravinsky was a very illustrative composer...
@Zanite Opinions can be justified or unjustified. An opinion that is unjustified when all the evidence and facts are considered is a wrong opinion. Now you hopefully won't go around spewing that bullshit wherever you go.
That would be the section leader, making a motion with the scroll of his viola to motion to the rest of the group when to end, just in case they can't see the conductor for whatever reason.
@TheJoshuaCarter There's good music and bad music in every genre, classifying a whole genre as bad, or not music because it doesn't fit your preference is musical prejudice.
@sk8terman246 There is musical prejudice and then there is musical fact. And I'm a firm believer that anything that is made with a computer, that can be learned by a 5th grader, is not music. Sorry, bro.
@TheJoshuaCarter you said you were a firm believer, belief does not deal with fact or knowledge. And furthermore, music is all about expression and response to the expression, if a song can cause you to have the urge to dance, make you smile, or bring you to tears etc... then it is music, even if it happens to have been made by a 5th grader on a computer. Musicality isn't solely based on the technical and skillful prowess of the musician, it is more so derived from the musics ability to move you
Seriously, look at any good musician. They get intensely into the music. I was pissed all through high school because an amazing violinist friend of mine made faces and sweeping movements as he played solos. I wanted to punch them all in the face, nobody understood how intense this music is compared to ANY of the music today. I'm not gonna get into some old vs. new debate, but more recent styles aren't anywhere near as engaging and intense as older ones.
@Wonocva15 You're not the only person who thinks that, in general. I have heard very little contemporary classical music near the quality of anything modernist and before. If you're referring to contemporary pop and rock, well, it's not really something to compare, because it's just too different. Most rock of today can't hold a candle to the musicianship of rock in the late 60's and early 70's, though there are a few notable exceptions. I like both Mars Volta and Shostakovitch.
i guess it is the attempt to make the viola smaller (at least the distance between left hand and chin) to make it more comfortable to play. but as the volume of the instrument's corpus must be the same as for a normal viola, there has to be some assimetry. Or the viola has the same hand-chin-size as a normal viola and has a bigger corpus to sound better. The assimetric parts are always there where they don't disturb.
@Snuffengluffen That's actually my old viola teacher. It's ergonomically designed. Usually viola's go for bigger instruments for more resonants bigger sound. However for someone with back or other health issues a bigger instrument is a hastle. It's designed to be bigger outwards so you still have the same space and sound as a bigger instrument but without it being as big lengthwise
I'd say that basson player was just really in the moment ;-) As for the oboe player well he does have a bizarre look about him but I wouldn't be too critical of looks while playing, it's all about the end product~ the music. This is btw one of my favorite pieces of music and I <3 the CSO.
Woh.. is this different from the 1919 version at all? There are alot of missing or changed percussion parts.. and there are new textures I've never heard before.. could all maybe be to the credit of "The MTT"?
@Perc17ER Yes! It is! This is the 1910 version from the original ballet. The 1919 version is a concert suite, for orchestra alone, arranged by Stravinsky. The first concert suite of music from The Firebird was actually arranged in 1911, though the 1919 version is the one most commonly played.
Ballet and opera composers often arranged suites of their music from these genres to get more performances of the music and, of course, to make more money.
@iloveboston28 Really? Really? It takes a huge douche bag to make a comment like that. That is Jeff Biancalana and he is an amazing performer and teacher. Suck it.
I'm playing this in a group, and our clarinet player doesn't add grace notes like the one here. It's kinda weird to hear it differently, but still amazing :3
Just a question about the audio quality of this song. Sometimes certain parts drift in and out like it going through static or something. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it my computer\speakers\earbuds that are the problem?
Thats not entirely true, Ravel tried it when he orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition - but it never really caught on, so in a modern orchestra, yes there wouldn't be any.
from 0:18 to 0:25, Im just wondering... isnt there supposed to be a huge high horn passage there? Did I not get the memo that the excerpt doesnt exist anymore presently? Im not being sarcastic. Im just wondering. Did new editions of the piece or conductors just say that passage was too dicey to play? Hope someone has an answer!
@1337evan On further inspection, this seems to be the 1910 suite. Coincidentally, it has the largest orchestration, which makes it great for orchestras like this. :)
@madad0406 Thats not entirely true, Ravel tried it when he orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition - but it never really caught on, so in a modern orchestra, yes there wouldn't be any.
@jejejerororo Yes...that is Don Ehrlich, and he plays the "Pellegrina" model viola by David Rivinus. Do a bit of Googling, it's really quite a fascinating instrument and it solves a lot of the problems that plague modern violas.
Around 2:20 to 2:32 the strings are taking the little 16th note rests too long. Sounds very cumbersome. They slow down the whole thing terribly. Many orchestras I hear make this same mistake. But the offbeat is kinda hard.
I think Valery Gergiev conducts this much better. He shows such powerful emotion in his performance compared to Michael Tilson Thomas, and to me, thats really important.
I can see why you might be irritated at the quick cuts, but notice that it is not random. The camera goes to a player just as they have have a solo or a background part the casual listener might not pick up on. This piece has few extended solo passages at the start, just short motifs to make up the whole. At 4:30 the music slows and so does the camera.
One good way to appreciate a fine orchestra like this is to listen to the same piece played by a university or regional group.
I am a music student at Iowa State University and currently involved in the Symphony Orchestra. Our director informed us that we would be playing this piece this coming fall and I immediately searched for videos on YouTube for some good performances. I am VERY impressed with this video and the way it was filmed! Also it helps people who aren't musicians to better understand what is going on during the performance from a perspective that some never get the chance to see! Thank you!
All of you guys commenting on how nauseating the camera angles are (and to some extent, I definitely agree) have to understand that this was not shot entirely live. The audio feed, in its entirety, is from a live concert, with very little adjustments made, but most of the orchestra shots were filmed later and without sound so that editors could match things up. It's just as nauseating being in the orchestra when it happens. Trust me.
I love Michael Tilson Thomas. He is a fantastic conductor who loves his work. He exudes such passion when he speaks about the pieces and when he conducts. Simply amazing.
Did anyone notice that bitchin' gong mallet at the final A chord? What brand of mallet is that? It was HUGE!
I like how Michael Tilson smiles and gives commanding eye contact to his players - very intimate.
@ 2:53 I didn't know that was an Eb Clarinet. The dude plays it like a saxophone with a 'voo voo voo' quasi-sub tone articulation to the melody line he is playing. That's a first time I've heard it interpreted like that.
@rjksoccer06 hey man, just to let you know...the versions you have heard are probably the original firebird. Stravinsky re-composed the piece in 1919 and removed two of the movements, and some of the ornaments that the instrumentalists play.
You IDIOT! Do you realize that it's an E-flat clarinet?? It was played WONDERFULLY! Just as it is indicated in the score! It is SUPPOSED to be played with a wicked, mocking spirit! Are you an Eb clarinet player? Do YOU know this work? Can YOU play it? DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING!? IDIOT!
Same deal with your un-educated comments re the trumpets and the trombone glissandi. Do you have ANY idea of what you're listening to?
Go play on the Hannah Montana website and spare us your opinions!
Damn clarinet in the beginning dragged a little bit... just saying... but damn... 6:04, that's always a tear-jerker for me when orchestra's do it right... wow.
Two of the world's most supernatural woodwind players, dialoguing in Stravinsky's "Firebird", conducted by MTT, and surrounded by the glorious, glorious, San Francisco orchestra.
This has to be the 1910 version of the suite because there is a bass clarinet. This makes me happy. (Not that there is anything wrong with the 1919 version.)
4:10 = best part.
maiira 18 hours ago
Did anyone else find the conductor's move at 1:22 incredibly badass
jmu303 2 days ago
Oboist at 5:18 looks hilarious.
But when you sound that beautiful, you can get away with it.
LOTRzagorath 4 days ago
Un orgasmo!
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Nobodyknowsme021 2 weeks ago
is this the 1910 suite or the 1919 suite??
TheTrinityGal 1 month ago
@TheTrinityGal 1919
noideawhatimdoin 1 month ago
Christ! I don't know why other trumpet players say they like this piece, it seems like a huge pain in the arse! Eh maybe they're just bored :)
kotetsu131 1 month ago
"The Infernal Deadly Fire Dance of the Minions of King Kaschei the Deathless/Unkillable (from The Firebird: Russian Version)' is officially the most badass name of any song ever written.
LiimLsan 2 months ago 5
The editing of this is fantastic. So many classical videos are put together in a completely indifferent way - normally it's: "Oh, nothing's happening, cut to the conductor" "Hmm, big climactic moment, cut to the wide shot of the whole orchestra", but this is so much better, drawing attention to all of Stravinsky's orchestration and colour
makerofjam 2 months ago
4:19 "CRAZY LIKE A FOX! MUAHAHAHA MUAHAHAHA"
DogFart92 2 months ago
Music also happens when you shut out the people telling you something isn't music. Preference is something people will respect.
ducklordgabe 2 months ago
Anyone else notice how the flutist looked at her flute at 0:24? haha
11academy 3 months ago 2
So awesome
adamsmalec 3 months ago
I'm sorry if I offend any of you, and this is just my opinion at work, but I honestly can't get through a Stravinsky piece. It's too discordant and lacking in internal direction, and I feel that a lot of the potential beauty of the notes and harmonies is being lost in the soup of dissonance and overly capricious indecipherablity.
UrsielHauke 3 months ago
@UrsielHauke I can respect that. But in the context of its period, he was apt to encompass the contemporary changes in style, and still adherent to Romantic-era thematic elements. I think the combination of the two make this work in particular a real treasure. It's in those "proto-jazz-note" flurries that you see the image being born, as if through a smokescreen... a bird rising in the fire. If nothing else, Stravinsky was a very illustrative composer...
tacoland2000 2 months ago
Double reeds<3
SuperMacprincess1 3 months ago
The conductor is so fluid and aware to what is going on. It is phenomenal!
MRobyGuitar 3 months ago
Church Lady at 4:25
OrangeCountyCarl 3 months ago
@OrangeCountyCarl that's no lady. it's a dude.
orangebhuddy29 3 months ago
opinions can't be wrong or right, its inherent in the term.
Zanite 3 months ago
@Zanite Opinions can be justified or unjustified. An opinion that is unjustified when all the evidence and facts are considered is a wrong opinion. Now you hopefully won't go around spewing that bullshit wherever you go.
varkstun 3 months ago
@Snuffengluffen
That would be the section leader, making a motion with the scroll of his viola to motion to the rest of the group when to end, just in case they can't see the conductor for whatever reason.
Yep.
Wonocva15 4 months ago
This is the dubstep of it's day...
sk8terman246 4 months ago
@sk8terman246 No, this is actually music.
TheJoshuaCarter 4 months ago
@TheJoshuaCarter There's good music and bad music in every genre, classifying a whole genre as bad, or not music because it doesn't fit your preference is musical prejudice.
sk8terman246 4 months ago
@sk8terman246 There is musical prejudice and then there is musical fact. And I'm a firm believer that anything that is made with a computer, that can be learned by a 5th grader, is not music. Sorry, bro.
TheJoshuaCarter 4 months ago
@TheJoshuaCarter you said you were a firm believer, belief does not deal with fact or knowledge. And furthermore, music is all about expression and response to the expression, if a song can cause you to have the urge to dance, make you smile, or bring you to tears etc... then it is music, even if it happens to have been made by a 5th grader on a computer. Musicality isn't solely based on the technical and skillful prowess of the musician, it is more so derived from the musics ability to move you
sk8terman246 3 months ago 3
he is boring. very boring
iboprivat 4 months ago
@iboprivat Stfu
769mylove 4 months ago
the violin player @7:22 is from Titanic
mikeinsales 4 months ago
LOVE the video editing
theres not one part you miss
MikeDaigleMusic 5 months ago 3
Amazing basson solo... the oboe plays verticaly o.o
TengoUnOboe 5 months ago
7 people are Justin Bebber's s** buddies!!
yaxiagege 5 months ago 2
Jeez! My youth symphony (Central illinois youth symphony) is trying this piece- the piccolo flute trombone and bassoon parts are beast!
laughingcow10 5 months ago
The oboist looks so much like the mayor from Horton Hears a Who...
tony96wu 5 months ago
BASS DRUM!
Milky111wtf 5 months ago
Wonocva, there are artists that produce just as complicated music...
BeowulfVids 6 months ago
Tilson is one of the best conductors today but this is absolutely dry, unemotional Stravinsky. Gergiev is much more better.
ShabalinK 6 months ago
@crazybeatlesfan33
Seriously, look at any good musician. They get intensely into the music. I was pissed all through high school because an amazing violinist friend of mine made faces and sweeping movements as he played solos. I wanted to punch them all in the face, nobody understood how intense this music is compared to ANY of the music today. I'm not gonna get into some old vs. new debate, but more recent styles aren't anywhere near as engaging and intense as older ones.
Wonocva15 6 months ago
@Wonocva15 You're not the only person who thinks that, in general. I have heard very little contemporary classical music near the quality of anything modernist and before. If you're referring to contemporary pop and rock, well, it's not really something to compare, because it's just too different. Most rock of today can't hold a candle to the musicianship of rock in the late 60's and early 70's, though there are a few notable exceptions. I like both Mars Volta and Shostakovitch.
FinaleGoofups 1 month ago
This is my favourite song!
Ukrainekiev95 6 months ago
THOSE HORN LINES. <3
OverlordxofxDeath 6 months ago
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he percussionist at 4:16 is actually Thor disguised. That's definitely his hammer hitting the gong
alibabaolfat 7 months ago
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alibabaolfat 7 months ago
LOVE Michael Tilson Thomas~~ My favorite part of Firebird too...
Zapalta 7 months ago
nice editing
pjnovember 7 months ago
i've lost track of how many times i've seen this video xD
macintosh315 7 months ago
4:45 wtf is wrong with that viola!?
Snuffengluffen 7 months ago 48
@Snuffengluffen pellegrina viola! soooooooo cool, i do not understand them..
soundfulldays 7 months ago
@Snuffengluffen omg! that is crazy! i play viola, and i've never seen one like that before
LM1viola 6 months ago
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@Snuffengluffen xD Oh my god that is scary
Durza721 5 months ago
@Snuffengluffen its from a different school of instrument making.
SamuelJosiahMoore 4 months ago
@Snuffengluffen it's a viola. that's what.
zxglle6382 4 months ago
@Snuffengluffen :
i guess it is the attempt to make the viola smaller (at least the distance between left hand and chin) to make it more comfortable to play. but as the volume of the instrument's corpus must be the same as for a normal viola, there has to be some assimetry. Or the viola has the same hand-chin-size as a normal viola and has a bigger corpus to sound better. The assimetric parts are always there where they don't disturb.
batscheba7 1 month ago
@Snuffengluffen That's actually my old viola teacher. It's ergonomically designed. Usually viola's go for bigger instruments for more resonants bigger sound. However for someone with back or other health issues a bigger instrument is a hastle. It's designed to be bigger outwards so you still have the same space and sound as a bigger instrument but without it being as big lengthwise
chiorboy314 1 month ago
@chiorboy314 Does it have heavier strings to allow for lower sound despite not being as long as a normal viola?
LOTRzagorath 4 days ago
@Snuffengluffen that´s Dr. Seuss Viola!
wibli 2 weeks ago
@Snuffengluffen there's nothing wrong with it.... it's just a different shape that's all. It makes the same sound as the others. :)
helly7766 2 days ago
@Snuffengluffen it's Salvador Dalí's Viola ;)
parodycreator25 17 hours ago
*farts* ShIT haha
xninjasiix 8 months ago
4:10 ~ 4:18 Many orchestras play this part way too fast. I don't like that.
Fortunately, this is not one of them.
locoluis1978 8 months ago
muito bem tocada e filmada!
soniakatherinep 8 months ago
I'd say that basson player was just really in the moment ;-) As for the oboe player well he does have a bizarre look about him but I wouldn't be too critical of looks while playing, it's all about the end product~ the music. This is btw one of my favorite pieces of music and I <3 the CSO.
LLJtbone 8 months ago
@LLJtbone what i always say is the uglier you look (when you play of course), the better you sound.
mandel11 8 months ago
@mandel11 Ha, you're probably right ;-)
LLJtbone 8 months ago
@LLJtbone ive been told millions of times that i look like im about to cry when i play the flute XD i find it so funny
mandel11 8 months ago
@mandel11 I don't know what I look like when I play, I try not to think about it ;-)
LLJtbone 8 months ago
@crazybeatlesfan33 I'd tap that bassoon
YetiBrotherin 9 months ago
Woh.. is this different from the 1919 version at all? There are alot of missing or changed percussion parts.. and there are new textures I've never heard before.. could all maybe be to the credit of "The MTT"?
Perc17ER 9 months ago
@Perc17ER Yes! It is! This is the 1910 version from the original ballet. The 1919 version is a concert suite, for orchestra alone, arranged by Stravinsky. The first concert suite of music from The Firebird was actually arranged in 1911, though the 1919 version is the one most commonly played.
Ballet and opera composers often arranged suites of their music from these genres to get more performances of the music and, of course, to make more money.
kenalebla 9 months ago
When was this broadcast? I'm so sorry I missed it. Would be great on my big screen and home theatre.
chuckbyf1 9 months ago
The Oboist's face is hilarious!
dnine14 9 months ago
I could've sworn I've heard this before in a game or somethin'....
Pretty amazing though, I love music like this
Vianerd1 9 months ago
My favourite part!
eboromir 9 months ago
There's so much to say, including about how BADLY the principal bassoon is dressed!
fjshepherd123 10 months ago
I'm so jealous those cellists didn't need to use thumb position to get that octave stretch in the beginning.
Ashreeful 10 months ago
why does the trumpet player at 1:13 have such a weak sound and lose the time? for the love of God you are in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra!!!
iloveboston28 10 months ago
@iloveboston28 Really? Really? It takes a huge douche bag to make a comment like that. That is Jeff Biancalana and he is an amazing performer and teacher. Suck it.
jlew180l 10 months ago
@iloveboston28 what are you talking about? he doesnt lost time or have a weak sound. you probably think its weak because he isnt playing on a Bb
stutzand000 10 months ago
1:29 where's the crazy tombone part?
sivadepilif 10 months ago 2
I'm fearful about playing this next marching band season :o
BeowulfVids 10 months ago
camerawork、旋律、全てにおいて素晴らしい！賞賛に値する！
aina0626 10 months ago
It's not heaven if you're thinking about playing it. They make it sound so easy, but let me tell you it is not.
hdmonty13 11 months ago
It's not heaven if you're thinking about playing it.
hdmonty13 11 months ago
Absolutely beautiful~
kingdomhearts1435 11 months ago
MTT is a conductor that can really EXPRESS the music.
anguschan950911 11 months ago
5:07 why is he playing with guitar face?
TheXstrat 11 months ago
they played this is in youtube symphony orchestra 2011 in Sydney and mtt conducted it
apgband 11 months ago
thumbs up for the camera man!
vkmihova 11 months ago
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sahand144 11 months ago
Excited to see Michael conduct this again tonight at Sydney!
BrendanPanFlautist 11 months ago
That's some cool camera work.
WackidWally2 11 months ago
@WackidWally2 i thought no one would notice... great camera work really!
vkmihova 11 months ago
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thisismikestanley 11 months ago
4 totally stupid deaf monkeys disliked this heavenly sound
jiraiy 11 months ago
Who is the principle trumpet and why is he such a badass?
t47l22c31 11 months ago
@t47l22c31 I believe his name is Bill Williams, and he's so badass because he is. :]
TheKevinV08 11 months ago
thats an insane trumpet solo at 1:28
iloveboston28 11 months ago
@iloveboston28
If you want to hear an insane trumpet solo, try the Samuel Goldenberg movement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
freshhh1994 11 months ago
I'm playing this in a group, and our clarinet player doesn't add grace notes like the one here. It's kinda weird to hear it differently, but still amazing :3
silverleaf2 11 months ago
Just a question about the audio quality of this song. Sometimes certain parts drift in and out like it going through static or something. Does anyone else have this problem, or is it my computer\speakers\earbuds that are the problem?
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Thats not entirely true, Ravel tried it when he orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition - but it never really caught on, so in a modern orchestra, yes there wouldn't be any.
MichaelRHolloway 2 months ago
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Ravel used them in Bolero.
BeowulfVids 1 year ago
desde el minuto 2:34 en adelante me mata...
gustavocadillac 1 year ago
from 0:18 to 0:25, Im just wondering... isnt there supposed to be a huge high horn passage there? Did I not get the memo that the excerpt doesnt exist anymore presently? Im not being sarcastic. Im just wondering. Did new editions of the piece or conductors just say that passage was too dicey to play? Hope someone has an answer!
1337evan 1 year ago
@1337evan There are many different editions of the piece. I'm not sure which this one is, but the one I think you're thinking of is the 1919 suite.
YoJoe456 1 year ago
@1337evan On further inspection, this seems to be the 1910 suite. Coincidentally, it has the largest orchestration, which makes it great for orchestras like this. :)
YoJoe456 1 year ago
fear the mysterious and endlessly enduring essence of the firebird.
DJNotNais 1 year ago
I like Bugs Bunny better...
tt2ent 1 year ago
Everyone knows he stole this from Bugs Bunny !
tt2ent 1 year ago
this is a good song!
SuperLeahclearwater 1 year ago
Ahhhh this is sooo beautiful.
GTcole 1 year ago
4:17 horrible mallet 0o0
hugomak3 1 year ago
Why haven't I heard of this conductor before? He's a genius.
ruanpingshan 1 year ago
which version is this?!
addict2music21 1 year ago
iridescent, chaotic, awesome.
ToothpickMcBrainy 1 year ago
no saxaphones? :[
jaziegurl1 1 year ago
@jaziegurl1
lol.
There are no saxophones in a symphonic orchestra.
madad0406 1 year ago
@madad0406 Thank god ;-)
LLJtbone 1 year ago
@madad0406 Thats not entirely true, Ravel tried it when he orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition - but it never really caught on, so in a modern orchestra, yes there wouldn't be any.
MichaelRHolloway 1 year ago
@MichaelRHolloway
I didn't say there have never been saxophones in an orchestra. I said that there aren't. Present tense.
Present tense = modern.
madad0406 1 year ago
@jaziegurl1 wtf lol
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4:45 is this a viola ?
jejejerororo 1 year ago
4:45 is this a viola ??!
jejejerororo 1 year ago
@jejejerororo yes it is :D
singerguy93 1 year ago
@jejejerororo i think its a huge viola, but the fingerboard has been turned round a bit
DevilWilliam8 1 year ago
@jejejerororo Yes...that is Don Ehrlich, and he plays the "Pellegrina" model viola by David Rivinus. Do a bit of Googling, it's really quite a fascinating instrument and it solves a lot of the problems that plague modern violas.
JoshJNYC 1 year ago
impressive, intoxicating music; the whole wheel of emotions and their changeability
a27athena 1 year ago
Around 2:20 to 2:32 the strings are taking the little 16th note rests too long. Sounds very cumbersome. They slow down the whole thing terribly. Many orchestras I hear make this same mistake. But the offbeat is kinda hard.
sackadoodle 1 year ago
when i looked this up it sounded STUPID but then i relized that it has been a story formed into a song then it came to me lol its soooo wierd
armygirl67554 1 year ago
@armygirl67554
It's NOT a "song." Go back to school and ask for your money back!
jaksnthebocks 1 year ago
@jaksnthebocks yea "jaksinthebocks" you still like that toy god oldie
armygirl67554 1 year ago
peter weird conducting
MrHopeTelevision 1 year ago
thats a funky viola 4:46
profjaykay 1 year ago
love at first listen!!
kingofmetal88 1 year ago
too fucking sad
ilan18285 1 year ago
I think Valery Gergiev conducts this much better. He shows such powerful emotion in his performance compared to Michael Tilson Thomas, and to me, thats really important.
TheLiamob 1 year ago
the guy at like 5:15 looks like he's making love to his bassoon
crazybeatlesfan33 1 year ago 26
@crazybeatlesfan33 He is making love to the bassoon
Iphonecord 10 months ago
@crazybeatlesfan33 I'm pretty sure that when you're that good, you're allowed to do whatever the fuck you want.
Mordecai2013 9 months ago 54
@Mordecai2013 Well said.
sk8ingrox1 5 months ago
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Zernobilly 8 months ago
@crazybeatlesfan33 musicians do that - witness lang lang on the piano, he's like in a trance.
MrAkihiros 7 months ago
Good job, Sascha Barenschik!
t6eatowel 1 year ago
Very irritating camera work. It's like watching a video on VH-1, made for the ADHD crowd.
excalibur1812 1 year ago
@excalibur1812
I can see why you might be irritated at the quick cuts, but notice that it is not random. The camera goes to a player just as they have have a solo or a background part the casual listener might not pick up on. This piece has few extended solo passages at the start, just short motifs to make up the whole. At 4:30 the music slows and so does the camera.
One good way to appreciate a fine orchestra like this is to listen to the same piece played by a university or regional group.
highlandsh 1 year ago
I am a music student at Iowa State University and currently involved in the Symphony Orchestra. Our director informed us that we would be playing this piece this coming fall and I immediately searched for videos on YouTube for some good performances. I am VERY impressed with this video and the way it was filmed! Also it helps people who aren't musicians to better understand what is going on during the performance from a perspective that some never get the chance to see! Thank you!
Piscesheart21 1 year ago
whoa, i think i actually saw that one...
spinynorman230 1 year ago
All of you guys commenting on how nauseating the camera angles are (and to some extent, I definitely agree) have to understand that this was not shot entirely live. The audio feed, in its entirety, is from a live concert, with very little adjustments made, but most of the orchestra shots were filmed later and without sound so that editors could match things up. It's just as nauseating being in the orchestra when it happens. Trust me.
sousainstereo 1 year ago
I love Michael Tilson Thomas. He is a fantastic conductor who loves his work. He exudes such passion when he speaks about the pieces and when he conducts. Simply amazing.
cookiesferever 1 year ago
3:40 :)
nicolealexander79 1 year ago
Very strong words... I think this is WONDERFUL :D
Ripplebreeze 1 year ago
Did anyone notice that bitchin' gong mallet at the final A chord? What brand of mallet is that? It was HUGE!
I like how Michael Tilson smiles and gives commanding eye contact to his players - very intimate.
@ 2:53 I didn't know that was an Eb Clarinet. The dude plays it like a saxophone with a 'voo voo voo' quasi-sub tone articulation to the melody line he is playing. That's a first time I've heard it interpreted like that.
JSB1983 1 year ago
I love how he conducted his music. All the harmony's clashing
XxHardcoreSqueexX 1 year ago
WTF?! Where are the trombone glisses that should be played around 1:30?!
rjksoccer06 2 years ago
@rjksoccer06 hey man, just to let you know...the versions you have heard are probably the original firebird. Stravinsky re-composed the piece in 1919 and removed two of the movements, and some of the ornaments that the instrumentalists play.
mrcleanbag 2 years ago
TheUtke are you aware this is the complete ballet score? The trombone glissandi you refer to is in the
Firebird Suite score not the complete ballet score.
also E flat clarinet always has a unique sound if you are not used to hearing it ;)
Great performance all around...bravo MTT/SFS!
cobaltsls 2 years ago
6:14... the mic just completely ruins the picture
TheKevinV08 2 years ago
lol...so right
TheMacband 2 years ago
and trumpets around 3:10? WHATS GOING ON??do they have their own arrangement?
TheUtke 2 years ago
what sick clerinet playing at 00:37.and yes where is the trombone gliss.and the sick tempo change at 1:57 makes everything fall apart
TheUtke 2 years ago
TO: TheUtke
You IDIOT! Do you realize that it's an E-flat clarinet?? It was played WONDERFULLY! Just as it is indicated in the score! It is SUPPOSED to be played with a wicked, mocking spirit! Are you an Eb clarinet player? Do YOU know this work? Can YOU play it? DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING!? IDIOT!
Same deal with your un-educated comments re the trumpets and the trombone glissandi. Do you have ANY idea of what you're listening to?
Go play on the Hannah Montana website and spare us your opinions!
jaksnthebocks 1 year ago
Most badass bassoon soli ever. I am contra/utility 3'd with my orchestra so I didn't get to play : ( The thing IS a sonofabitch to play though.
cellofellow1223 2 years ago
0:37 = sickest fuckin thrash break EVER! awesome.
AviatorAndyK 2 years ago
the camera work and editing in this clip are completely nauseating.
seatonsr 2 years ago
Where are the trombone glissandos? Not in the score of this version? Thanks for clarifying. Otherwise great playing!
noirvalentin 2 years ago
Damn clarinet in the beginning dragged a little bit... just saying... but damn... 6:04, that's always a tear-jerker for me when orchestra's do it right... wow.
Tech502 2 years ago
Stephen Paulson, bassoon
and
William Bennett, oboe
Two of the world's most supernatural woodwind players, dialoguing in Stravinsky's "Firebird", conducted by MTT, and surrounded by the glorious, glorious, San Francisco orchestra.
This is heaven.
ikshields 2 years ago 35
the recording with the Berliner and Claudia Abbado has so much more spirit. Sounds boring when compared
Loryos 2 years ago
Yeah, I prefer the 1919 version. Especially the trombone glisses early on. =)
But both are wonderful.
madad0406 2 years ago 2
There is alot more chaos in this version versus the 1919 version. Both are awesome though =]
jojoasblok 2 years ago 2
This has to be the 1910 version of the suite because there is a bass clarinet. This makes me happy. (Not that there is anything wrong with the 1919 version.)
claronebasse 2 years ago