The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Part1

[Trancemaniac3000]

The best part about my passion for music is that I have a wide variety of genres I enjoy listening to.

[burlage67]

I am not of a music person but after listening to this I am clearly astonished by the quality of music and sound mixed together.



[PintheDog]

Clearly, anyone who gave this a dislike has no real taste in music whatsoever.

[Gideon235]

The composer has written this piece of music specially to introduce you to the instruments of the orchestra. There are four teams of players, the strings, the woodwind, the brass and the percussion. Each of these four teams uses instruments that have a family likeness. They make roughly the same kind of sound in the same way. The strings are played with a bow or plucked by the fingers, the woodwind are blown by the breathe, the brass are blown too, the percussion are banged.

[EJTHEMIZMAN11]

Thumbs up if you like this! (: XD

[TheSuperhistory]

das ist das beste orchestra

[thecoolguy010]

Benjamin Britten was such a genius.

[94jpmcc]

Great I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[Gweneweth]

Erinnert mich ein klein wenig an Fluch der Karibik :D

Ich liebe es!!

Einfach nur klasse!!

[312michou]

Mario Galaxy

[julsandrens]

schreiben ne musikarbeit drüber ey ätzeeend..

[Joco5012]

I have a test from music recognasation, and that's why I'm here.

This is the only one that is good :(

[wmbdaredevil]

I hate watching and listening to this. i hate my stupid music appreciation class.. ugh

[BYUcougar410]

@wmbdaredevil then obviously you've been taken over by the awful and overrated pop music of today's society like the rest of the youth today.

[wmbdaredevil]

@BYUcougar410 its just a different style of music, im not very fond of it.. i dont really care for "pop" either. so shut up. and mind your own business.

[uluomu]

we have to watch this for school :P

[MrWarCraft3Fan]

@uluomu me 2

[mizzmonie100]

My Music Appreciation teacher played this in class all the time.

[Bleeckie]

love this video! i only hope that one day i can be as talented as all these musicians! I'm 5 years old and did a video with the dallas symphony thats all about the young person's guide. its on my channel if you all want to see it.

hearts and stars,

bleeckie

[crumikins]

OF COURSE THE VIDEO WOULD END IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BASSES VARIATION. fml....

[koolboy4ugrls]

0:52 trumpet players beard! ftw

[ttuy100]

that good!(the sound)



[speedoguns247]

the reason why i am watching this video is because my school music teacher said that we have to examine the way that they play the instruments and how they are organized. there is more but i dont want to waste your time...

[CHEKDISBIATCH]

my school is named after this guy....js

[JakeEkker1]

gay



[riceycakes1]

are they oboes playing at around 2.40? before it switches to clarinets at around 3.40?

[spacepatrolman]

@riceycakes1 Yes but they are not the same musicians clarinet players usually dont double on oboe because oboe is a double reed instrument a clarinet player might play sax

[realelite9]

wtf does the conductor even do?

[flipboitj]

@realelite9 Not only does he begin and end the piece, he keeps time for everyone to follow so everything is coherent. He also gives cues for dynamics, entrances, and what not so that the other musicians will be together not just in timing but in sound as well.

[Stiflerfan9]

This is my homework .. I don't like it but hey... a easy homework is a good homework :D

[cufflink44]

@Stiflerfan9

"a easy homework"?

Maybe before you take music appreciation you should take remedial English. First things first.

[Stiflerfan9]

@cufflink44

an easy omfg, as if I was now looking at every letter I'm writting

[bigchum94]

i love the clarinet part

[AlienGrafitti]

There is not enough dislikes here...

[TSR1989RN]

@epicdyonnoo Then you're reason for being here... Is??

[epicdyonnoo]

I hate music

[henrycj100]

@epicdyonnoo U hate Music?

[AggieMaryann]

This is fucking great, I'm so glad I'm taking Music Appreciation class =)

[mscallie20]

@AggieMaryann LOL ME TOO!!

[aggguy666]

@AggieMaryann hahaha same here

[DryvBy2]

@AggieMaryann Haha, exact reason I'm listening to this but I enjoy it.

[Pyrosoul23]

@AggieMaryann Do you go to UW-Parkside..? (random!)

[AggieMaryann]

@Pyrosoul23 I do not!

[Pyrosoul23]

@AggieMaryann Oops! Okay, lol. LOOOOTTA Music Appr. classes nationwide w/ a similar curriculum, I noticed.

[lumine12354]

@AggieMaryann Me too!! Hahhh

[lulyoumadbrah]

@AggieMaryann lol same here, on my first test. 

[TheTherese3]

Yes opened with this in 77!!

[TheArbiter6695]

This sounds like the soundtrack to some naval film...

[555paint]

just saw MTT conduct this piece with SFSO many years after this video obviously...when was it made?

[Ukrainekiev95]

I listened to this the first time 10 years ago in school

[alexleungfw007]

Sir Michael Tilson Thomas to be exact.

[4825mixd]

Yes I did hear it first at school and it helped me appreciate classical music , we had two music teachers 'Rocky' (who looked like Buddy Holly so got the nick name) and then 'Diana' whose name was Dor so as Diana Dors was 'big' at the time got stuck with the name , school kids can be real sods. Anyway it was probably because we liked the teachers, they loved music and we got to love it too and this piece became a favourite.

[OSanBrazil]

Great performance! Too bad the sound is distorted on fortissimos :(

[JWentu]

The work is based on the Rondeau from Abdelazar, written by Henry Purcell

[dergeist2071]

At the beginning it is VERY loud ! :)

[olmaleo]

38 people never been young person's.

[theownagepk]

thank you for the upload!

[friendofGod5]

Another remainder of why I love classic music

[padda4]

Is the whole song is called "The moors revenge"?

[RhapsodyForYouBlue]

@padda4 The theme (the refrain from Purcell's "Rondeau") is taken from the second part of a suite entitled "Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge", the piece in the video is "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra".

Hope this helps :)

[cameronsanati]

5:44 its paul silverthorne! the guy on all the youtube symphony masterclass vids!

[pwebsers]

man, that is some amazing oboe playing

[swat1700]

thumps up and like

[N10me]

This is pedagogy in its most enjoyable form. A good way to introduce one to the symphony orchestra instrumentation. Love it! :)

[fangirlofchugga]

When most people hear this song, they only think of the first two minutes, but I think of the first eight. Is that odd?

[PluvialAluvial]

BEYOND

[NxtGenMusicVids]

36 people have a brain

[corsacrowler1]

@NxtGenMusicVids

... but no heart

[SuicidalChicken123]

@corsacrowler1 nicely said 

[shredder298]

@NxtGenMusicVids but 787 ppl know how 2 use it

[Probieboss]

Oh my god it's young Michael Tilson Thomas!!

[Crazybutnice91]

i didnt know bassoons can sound so nice....

[gretchenne]

Thanks Pride and Prejudice !

[vfbfan101]

ich bin in der schule und muss des grad an  kucken^^

[GajeGauge]

music for the listener here at ipfw

[mrladyjeans]

die 36 leute die dieses viedeo nicht mögen sind entweder becklobt und haben keine ahnung von klasischer musik oder sie sind taub!!!!!

[shredder298]

@DonBarnetti even tho im listening to this for exams its still awesome

if u think its gay then y did u watch it?

[NmAlRs]

magnifico

[Warreboy]

wunderbar!

[MeiButterfly]

This is just amazing. Never gonna hear something so amazing like this.

[cezaanimefreak]

1:06 is my favourite part :x <3

[Warreboy]

@cezaanimefreak A verry nice part indeed.

[pendecho911]

Thumbs up if you are fed up with people writing thumbs up. Well, that just made me one of them...

[artiranmor]

What a joy again listen to this introduction into classical music,,,,,

[GABY24MARCH]

@artiranmor YES! I FEEL THE SAME...

[legacy118]

Perhaps you could "appreciate" the music then, instead of pleading for thumbs..

[IVIusic]

EARGASM

[icekirbyixi]

I listened to this in music enjoyment class too :D

[truexbluexox]

I listened to this in music appreciation hehe(: I think I was the only person in my class that really enjoyed it(:

[oregon232]

Who wants to lend a helping hand...

What was Britten's source for the theme (main melody) of this work?

Which woodwind and brass instruments are most easily identified?

[alanchia]

@oregon232 It's Henry Purcell's "Rondeau" from 'Abdelazer'.

[MAYAKITTY100]

LOL ! I need to listen to this for my Music Appreciation class! I actually like it to tell you the truth. It's up-beat and catchy at the same time.. Kinda sucks that I have to take this class online!! I rather be sitting in a classroom.

[Nicole4787]

@BS3280 They may have gotten beaten up, but so what. Imagine the money they make now, probably not near as much as those people who made fun of them!

[bazelnut]

-plays the contra-bassoon- *FFFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAART*

[SailorMayaMoon]

Great piece of music! Really is a Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra! lol! ^-^

[Cheezyfries1223]

is this a triple or quadruple meter? cant tell and should know for my music history class :)

[2424masha]

thanks)))))

[waarzitdespatiebalk]

0:53 OH MY GOD IT'S MOZES!!

[grobiegirl12]

@waarzitdespatiebalk ...in the flesh :) hahah

[passacaglia28]

I am now in the mood to attend a live orchestra. :) Can't remember the last time I went to one. Perhaps in college...

[ZhengStudios]

I heard this for the first time when I was in kindergarten but never remembered the name of it; now I'm a junior in highschool and FINALLY find it again. Nostalgia....

[MrUser1950]

It is on my CD 1 xDDD

[Callabretto]

I think thats the Happiest conductor I've ever seen.....

[GiladPellaeon]

@Callabretto

I guess you've never seen Ton Koopman or Sir Simon Rattle in action ;) Check out the Channel of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Channel Name ist BerlinPhil), there you see happy conductors ;)

[Callabretto]

@GiladPellaeon

That is correct, I havn't seen them, I will now though! Thanks Much =)

[japanesesweet]

Fresh,bursting with life. One of Britten's finest pieces.

[DripHeartLoves]

we heared that in our last music lesson. and it helps me, to do my homework. ( ;

[jmm1233]

i have remixed this remix , with pur electronic synths , sorry

[linkakox]

trop bien en musique

[bijps2shtr]

the first 10 seconds makes me want to take over the world....

[idleruler]

Oh, soooo lovely to see and hear the LSO from the mid '80s. so many old and dear friends in this, like watching home movies for me

[TheMrwursti]

its a very nice song we hear this last music lesson!!!

[re4zach666]

Britton took only the beginning from percel and made an awesome music piece with it

[yamitsh95]

I listned to it for the first time in school! =]

[nadjan97]

I'm gonna write about this in school.. ^^

[gabriel26121990]

7:38 bassoon ^^

[ChEr09Socials]

@0:56 i didn't know darwin played trumpet.

[MikeTauroRules]

@ChEr09Socials ahahahahahaha

[taiwanbirdman]

@ChEr09Socials

so funny

[OSanBrazil]

@ChEr09Socials And now I know he was right about men descending from monkeys: You are the living proof.

[jow22ish]

@ChEr09Socials lol darwin? more like dumbledore

[LollypopRockt]

We hear that in the school in music(im from germany)

[rachel237linda]

the trumpet guy at 0:56 has an awesome beard :')

[Ningboren]

@rachel237linda ;)

[Gideon235]

I saw this thing with the Kibbutz Dance company, the dancers had fake instruments and pretended to play them and dance. For the variations they became the instruments, like a guy wearing a tuba, dancers inside double bass outfits, all of them with goofy wigs.

[Gregq96]

How long ago was this

[Guitarista0013]

@g7npl

Dude other composers take themes from others and use it as a theme and variations. Just because he did it, does not mean he's a disgrace to classical music. Get your music litterature right before you try and insult someone.

[Biorawr]

LOL that guy looks like Mr Bean at the beginning

@0:08 watch - he flicks his hair with the stick

[MsPrincessFiona]

lol i heard it at school with my friend eloise and now were addicted to this song ... weried

[g7npl]

Benjamin britten is a disgrace to classical music as he stole it from henry percel.

[formeliandialogue]

The only music to have such depth, variety, emotion and have the benefit of being intellectually stimulating is classical.

[ArFeeDee]

I love the Oboe.

[hammadkaka]

Thumbs up if you listened it for the first time at school

[DjDirigent]

@hammadkaka not at school, but for it i must do a homework about britten

[matzesstift]

@hammadkaka greets from germany. my thumb rose up. :P

[Bobstar3333]

F***

[Bobstar3333]

F****

[Guitarista0013]

How does someone NOT like this? Amazing.

[pinkfloydfan417]

The part for the string section is gorgeous.

[froufroum]

superbe !!!

j'adore, c'est très beau

le travailler c'est encore mieux XD

lol:)

[Bobstar3333]

The beginning is THE BEST

[narnia1200]

I like this.

[donnyab]

a bit gimmicky maybe

[douglarmanie]

this video is not in time with the orchestra

[phantomfn8]

@douglarmanie what are you talking about? yes it is...

[douglarmanie]

@phantomfn8 Any trained musician or even someone who knows basic conducting could CLEARLY see that the ictus of the beat/conducting is not in time with the music.

[phantomfn8]

@douglarmanie many conductors do not conduct to the beat a lot of the time...have you ever seen john williams conduct? he doesnt exactly count on beat to the music...some of them conduct a half a beat ahead so that the instrumentalists can look up and down and still stay in time!

[nodaybuttoday01]

@phantomfn8 Haha, douglarmanie is right. Video doesn't match audio. You seem to be confused; John Williams, like all other conductors, beats his stick to the music - there is no conductor who would be half a beat ahead on purpose, haha. The orchestra would try to follow him anyway... You would know if you've ever played in an orchestra. You are confused because the beat of the music is supposed to fall on the UP component of the conducting pattern as opposed to DOWN contrary to popular belief.

[diatonicfiddler]

@nodaybuttoday01 Watch the instrumentalists who are actually making the sound. They are synced up with the video. The audio and video are, therefore, synced up.

[nabim123]

my assignment was to watch this video and boy did I love it. so much soothing then the modern crap they have on TV these days

[Mattcrowley2a]

Heard that song on my radio last night, but it was narrated.

[cynara0362]

Grew up with this album, thank you so much for the upload :)

[mynameisntaaron]

thumbs up if you need this for music appreciation!!!

[TheActionGuy1]

@mynameisntaaron yep I need this for music appreciation : )

[MonstersNightmare]

@TheActionGuy1

Same. Now where's the Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra "game" I've heard about.

I wonder if anybody is in the same class. . .

[passacaglia28]

@mynameisntaaron I love this. I really loved my music appreciation class in college.

[PintheDog]

@mynameisntaaron Intro to music history for me, actually, but still one for you.

[grobiegirl12]

@mynameisntaaron haha doing my music app homework right now, actually :)

[peaceboy723]

@mynameisntaaron i was in awe when i saw this! and yes, i saw this in music appreciation.lol

[trashboxxtv]

Bout to Kill this Music Appreciation Class

[purpleanimeb9s]

thanks i need this for my music appreciation class.

[TheBlackLesbian]

i didn't feel like buying it for my college class, thanks for the upload

[fyrguitars]

watching this in my college clas....very awesome

[blingdude21]

really good clarinetists. good job :)

[muffin818]

this is awesome

[turbovire]

It's is a fenominal piece of music.