Ornstein - Suicide in an Airplane

[jermlocks]

Learn2dissonance. He didn't just smash random keys. Not sure how you'll interpret this piece on a drum set and get the same feeling.

[PSNDemonwing]

Its all so rhythmic. Thats it. No creativity in musicality but only in rhythm. This song is easily forgetful. No emotion. Think of it like this. Its like a drum is playing this song in which only rhythm is involved.

[Darkserpentes]

@PSNDemonwing Wouldn't you think that being suicidal is an emotion, whether it's anger, sadness or whatever? Rhythm is music because it is organized sound. It may describe something like captivity or obedience If I could write a piece about suicide with the harmonic language I wanted and with the impression I have, i'd probably go with dissonant and chaotic as well. I certainly don't think of long, free melodies or pleasant chords.

[PSNDemonwing]

@Darkserpentes well then just go with drums. Only rhythm is involved

[PSNDemonwing]

after this i bet this guy commited suicide for writing such a horrible piece

[AfroDeezeeYak]

@PSNDemonwing What makes it 'horrible'?

[mistou26]

Never hear of this composer before ..

Beautifull piece ..

Even if terribly tragic ..

[Liduniya]

it takes 3 .33 to commit suicide? Quite long.

[mordent17]

That climax is orchestral.

[loboris1995]

In abeille musique there is a CD witch he performe only Ornstein,I gonna get it :P

[loboris1995]

@loboris1995 he=Hamelin

[RicAbapo]

who is the pianist?

[pianist7137]

@RicAbapo Marc-Andre Hamelin of course =D

[RicAbapo]

@pianist7137 OH GOD! My IDOL played this! no wonder! you should've written there his name!!! this would get more views!! :))

[GFSiciliani]

@RicAbapo I agree!

[RicAbapo]

@GFSiciliani hehe! thanks! :)

[gsarci2011]

The title should be "The Devil's Airplane"!

:-)

[Theonedue]

Who is the perfomer?

[f1f1s]

@Theonedue

The one and only... The saviour of almost forgotten composers... Marc-André Hamelin!

[EarlOfEs]

Man, I feel like commiting some suicide right now. :D

[AkLvKk]

the title caught my eye :P

[uriangatobataclan]

Now I`m in love with Ornstein, those crazy odd-time figures are sweet!

[figensco]

Writing in 2000, pianist and historian Joseph Smith cited Suicide in an Airplane among those pieces of Ornstein's that "represented (and may still represent) the non plus ultra of pianistic violence."

[horekar]

Ah I love theses kind of pieces, I love mad music haha.

[f1f1s]

Depuis a couple of years, I am feeling aerophobic and xenophobic. A slight idea to travel abroad by airplane strikes terror into me.

Imagine World War I. Newbies and new recruits ready to make a landing on parachutes. Russian revolution, German aggression, technological breakthrough in vehicle construction, avant-garde raid in art -- all there factors work painfully upon the young men’s overwrought nerves. No wonder a young composer almost jumped (or sitting in his armchair imagined he jumped).

[atee12321]

1.53-2.18 <3

[huzzzzzzahh]

check out severo9876 's channel, he is leo ornsteins son and you can find an unbelievable amount of his (leo) works

[Collagenre]

Beautiful! Beautiful and dark.

[mriseborough]

Nice piece.



[RpianoV]

I don't really like it at the moment (that can always change at a later time) but damn this guy got OLD!

[huzzzzzzahh]

The only easy(ish) ornstein piece ever!

[principessadolce22]

He lived until he was 110???!!

[TheBulgarianThunder]

I like Mozart alot, but ornstein's takes me to a very special place. All the dissonance is very relaxing (to me) :)

[krakus5813]

I just can´t stop to listen this brilliant piece! I think that I heard it more than 500 times and it still interesting

[MrLindenson]

If I start an airline, I will definitely include this piece in the on-flight music offerings.

[MrMrMikayel]

Bravo!

[BoomerRaid]

I love pieces that defy the psychological challenge for pianists to endure. It's like Szymanowski/De Falla/ with the dark idiom of Lutoslawski a bit..Maybe some late Scriabin as well...

[1990EllB]

This work is one of the pieces on the ornstein piano works CD i bought today - its gunna be money very well spent!

[fisarmonicista]

Somewhere after 2:18 it reminds me of Revueltas's Sensemaya

[danny15593]

Better calls, Suicide after listen...Oo

[uhartchristian]

indeed this is a very interesting composition. And well interpreted too.

should be better known also in europe s concert halls......

[X000Y0TTA]

this song mkes me all tingly ina gud way

[MEN20000]

This is really good stuff and a perfect interpretation of Hamelin.  Does anybody know the background to this piece?

[hotbebimauz]

oh my god this is so scary!!!!! but very impressive......

[iplongnin]

I never knew Ornstein before but he is such a genius, from listening the "Wild Man's Dance" and this "Suicide in an Airplane"! It is surprisingly accessible indeed, comparing to Stockhausen at least.

[deSadetheImpaler]

sweet!!!i was afraid i wouldnt be able to find this here n.n thnx for the upload!!!anyone know of any other composers w this style?

[beaverteeth92]

Let's see if Carter can outlive him...

[4785689]

vers la flamme?

[pioter91]

love love love this

[faleru]

its scary and funny xD

[riteofspring04]

I love this piece. Incredibly affecting...Ornstein paints a perfect picture. I get chills every time I listen. Just a brilliant, brilliant piece of music.

[Adji87]

Awesome, VERY picturesque music! I am only recently starting to appreciate and experiment with 'out there' music. I am going to have to add Ornstein to my list, cheers for so many great uploads Hex.

[HeadCaptain]

Wow! Very intense. I enjoyed this very much. :)

[mdeonx16]

Finally, atonal music that sounds, amazing (besides Prokofiev, but this is dissonance to the maximum!)

[HomelyCooking]

Most of Prokofiev's music is tonal. And obviously you haven't heard Ornstein's "Wild Men's Dance". Listen to it. It'll blow your mind.

[mdeonx16]

@HomelyCooking I have heard that one, it melts my face off x3. When I said "atonal", I meant to say that the piece kept changing in key signature almost every page or so (I'm not so good with the musical terminology -.-')

[Cumul0Nimbus]

I can't help but think of 9/11 a little.

Thanks for sharing this.

[drgabrielsoileau]

It makes me feel like I'm a pilot in WWI and I'm flying through German fire barely escaping death. Those tremolos sound just like an airplain engine!! AT 2:28 it sounds like machine gun fire!! What a poignant piece. NOT pretty but poignant.

[kastlesucksTDOTS]

I agree

[florenciaortiz94]

e negro cabeza concha tu maie

[lovesGenet]

it'snotthe dissonance. WebernBoulezschnittke,gubaidul­inaStravinsky.the music needs to have a profile.I don't really see much here looking at the music the rhythmsare unified I just don't feel a great conscience at work.Wuorinen,Messiaen andBoulez Roslavets compel you from da begining. dissonance is certainly not stopping many people .the 8th sonata is just so old fashioned really.What this guy lacks is a larger sense.BLACK music ,Asainmusics gave DebussyRavel something .HIS MUSIC lacksdimension

[Kalen1457]

Certainly more tamed than his "wild men's dance"...I never thought I'd like this guys music.

[Hexameron]

I don't know why so many people are divided by Ornstein. His music is very accessible. It's Antheil with melody and Debussy with menace.

[talonboy5432]

Not many know about Ornstein and I certainly would like to add his works into my repertoire.

Anyways,although Ornstein is just as you described but most people would write off his music as "rubbish" because of the amount of dissonance in his music.Even avid listeners of Classical music would get put off by this unless they get more accustomed to his style of composition.I did too until I listened more and appreciated his music more.

[faleru]

or you simply got used to it

[ttlms]

@Hexameron In my personal experience, the time to appreciate good atonal music is measured in decades, not years. I first heard Boulez's "Le marteau sans maître" when I was 19, and hated it. I'm almost 50 and still making an effort to learn it. I am writing this as I hear Suicide on a Plane for the first time, and it seems very accessible to me. But my reaction probably would have been different 31 years ago.

[talonboy5432]

@Hexameron

Frankly,I think its the amount of exposure we have to this kind of music...True its accessible in many ways but people just don't like it because this music is out of the ordinary.

[RogueRotting360]

@Hexameron Could you please upload Ornstein's First Sonata for Cello and Piano?

[huzzzzzzahh]

@Hexameron on all your videos of ornstein you should have a link to his sonata no 4. Thats my favorite by him and its accesible. maybe you could bring him out of obscurity

[acceptthevoid]

@Hexameron yeah for real, real. and whats the deal with such inherent ignorance in regards to post tonality

[KeithWhalen11]

I love the tremolo section at 1:13, what a wicked effect. Such a wild piece!

[lt6jam]

This is my magic bridge into the atonal world

[kastlesucks]

Creepy.........

[pookiehohn]

Hamelin was born for this.

[stilsonkidd]

Love this! I'm thinking about possibly programming it in a recital in 2010!

[Emanresu56]

It's a pity these composers aren't as widely known as Beethoven and Mozart!

[Chainedorlo]

Yeah, tell me about it.

[TheEdgarvarese12]

@Emanresu56 time will pass and they will be

[jasonextreme]

This sort of music really does take a great sense of maturity indeed.

The biggest atonal composer I've listened to so far is Iannis Xenakis. This guy WILL absolutely cause mental insanity for those who are faint hearted.

[pianodan10]

thank you so much, this is one of my favorite composers that you have opened my eyes to. Reminds me of the heights Skriaben was reaching with Vers La Flamme and such pieces.

[Barnaldomort]

Hex you've totally changed my preferences in classical music! A year I would have discarded this piece as music and I would have listened to something far more consonant but I really appreciate this type of music now.

Maybe I've matured =P But I'm starting to really like music more atonal, dissonant and unsettled. I had to favourite this btw it's an amazing interpretation and a really dark piece that truly conveys the feelings of the composer.

A stupefying piece of music!

[Barnaldomort]

I meant to say 'A year *ago*'

lol i'm such an idiot!

[iamalittlespy]

Ornstein is definately a major talent. I like this piece more with each repeated listening.

[Barnaldomort]

My body went cold listening to this O.o

Now that was something else.

I'm speechless.

[scarsunseen24]

Reminds me of Scriabin's "Black Mass." Oh, how I love Scriabin.

[MagicSkryabin]

Oh my god, this is a killer piece, so terrifying ...

[stucoy1]

Oh, God. Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God. I've heard about this piece for so long and it's so surreal to finally hear this piece after all these years. I didn't want to just buy the CD in case I hated it. But I love it. I'm going to buy the CD. Thanks for posting this.

[hanskers]

Inquietante

[mdeonx16]

Listen to this on full volume ploxkthxbai! Brilliant, perfect too.

[lensherr82]

That topples the Janice Weber recording I have.  This is a stupendous interpretation!

[cerzule]

A truly disturbing and distressing piece of music. The section from 1:53 - 2:48 is terrifying.

[AnotherSchmoe]

Sounds like it'd be great in a movie soundtrack or something, but a little too noisy to be listened to on its own, of course that's all my very humble opinion. =P

[ownage1810]

Orstein really knows how to produce great music out of weird ideas.

[mickyj300x]

Stunning performance. 5/5.

[tomekkobialka]

Brilliant piece! Thanks a lot! :)

[DiningEachOx]

I love this! This is such an intense piece!