Beethoven (Part 15 of 18)

what is the choir song that they're singing
thx for answer

At 6:54 the woman who played Mozart's wife is in the choir!

dear god the missa solomnis , the greatest work i ever heard ,

I love it too; the greatest choral music ever

Scene starting at around 7.30 reminds me of the opening scene of Amadeus.

Whoops, I meant harmonic minor, not melodic.

the first scale was ascending melodic minor, you had it correct.

The first scale he played was a D melodic minor scale (ascending only), and then he played a D dorian mode. Dorian was one of the "original" 4 modes. I'm assuming it's always been like that. Any accidentals used are purely accidental and undiatonic, and don't contribute to the nature of the Dorian mode.

I see no sense in describing a melodic line as dorian when the crucial seventh tone is harmonized as a secondary dominant. Harmony trumps this melody and robs it of any sense of modality. The same is true of Brahms' fourth symphony, which is often described as phrygian mode.

Yes, I agree. Harmony is the most important thing when playing modally. And you're correct in that sense. But I think we're overthinking things. The host was just describing the difference between Dorian and Harmonic Minor lol.

Don't worry lol, the same thing came to my mind also.