I remember the first time I did this, was brought in as a back up booster at 3 weeks notice, so hard to sit in the choir stalls for 2 and a half movements but we'll worth the sing! Congrats on the proms! I did the 2013 on radio 3 doing Brian's Gothic Symphony with the BFC (under Wandsworth I think. Can't quite remember. Him or Wright)
As a singer this choral piece absolutely exhausted me. Sustained high notes at fortissimo just wears you out. At the end of the performance you feel like you ran a marathon! But man, Beethoven was a genius blessed by God!
It's what make the particularity of Beethoven chorals, since he was completly deaf while writing them Have you already tried his missa solemnis in D?😢😢 But so exciting and challenging!
I am now 70 years of age. Having played and listened to Beethoven all my life...all I can say is...it is God’s preview of Heaven. Out of the depths of darkness comes light.
couldn't agree more. Our chorale is singing this next weekend, and when we get to this part, I can't help but be overrun by emotion. And 18:52 is a close second :)
@@renoraider9817 I do not believe Beethoven was wearing earbuds or a gaming headset when he was composing this, he might have though... you never know...
He was deaf, not partially deaf. These great composers could figure it out in their head. I can do this for the things I do, like piano arrangements, but that’s child’s play compared to this. Just to be able to create this whether hearing or deaf is the real miracle. Mendohlssohn composed a piece in his head without testing it out as an exercise and was able to do it, but said he found it exhausting.
Composed by a deaf guy/10 Seriously, this music is so iconic for a reason. Beethoven truly was a genius. We have never heard Symphony No. 9 in its true glory. Only its creator has.
composed not by a deaf guy but by the Best Composer in the World. He was a GENIUS. ALL THE MUSIC BEETHOVEN COMPOSED WAS GREAT. BEFORE HE WAS 28 YEARS OLD, HE STARTED WITH HIS HEARING, his father use to hit him hard in his ears when he didn't play well, probably that has something to do with him becoming deaf. when he was s teenager and his father died in Germany, he did not went to his funeral Beethoven was already in Vienna, it miracle that he didn't hate music and it was his reason to live.
I believe the problematic relationship with his father was also partly responsible for his love to Austria. He even wrote a hymn for this country, which never got in use. In Vienna there is a museum called "house of music" where there is of course a Beethoven room. Here one can "test" how his hearing declined. It is breathtaking over and over again and such a privilege to listen to the music this genius gave to us.
Back in 2010 I got a number of diseases and conditions in my colon that nearly got me killed. I went from 85 kgs to 40 kgs within two weeks, had to be treated with a combination of drugs that affected my nervous system and caused me to lose control over my movements, making my body to constantly shake uncotrollably, all while enduring the excrutiating pain caused by my colon basically ceasing to work. It took me about six months to heal and become stable, and a few more years to beable to eat food normally again and fully recover. All through the first stages of my disease, this piece of music was the ony thing that kept me going. The joy and hope it brough to my soul was unparalelled. I often think that God directly inspired and blessed Beethoven to write this piece, as an offering of hope and peace to humankind. I have always listened to and played Beethoven, but never had the level of appreciation for it I had after this experience. It was a whole new discovery for me. Wherever you are, dear Herr Beethoven, may God bless you eternally for bringing such joy and hope to our lives through this piece.
@@masonhuebler2026 Thank you. I don't know if I'm tough or not, but I do know that this is the reason why humankind needs musicians and artists. We often give for granted our craft, and may even think of it as irrelevant, when in reality we don't fully comprehemnd the impact we might have on someone going through difficult times. I love Maestro Baremboim's conducting style. Blessing.
Of course it is. “Cold is not the absence of heat” Just because you can experience both doesn’t mean they exist at the same time. Syllogisms aren’t just whatever
23:25 when I was in choir I got excited during this quiet part. It was like the calm before the storm. I was so thrilled to sing this last part with all the power and oxygen I’ve got. I still get goosebumps listening to it.
It's amazing to think how Beethoven, who at that point of his existence was beaten by life, affected by deep deafness, and never managed to establish a sentimental relationship, nonetheless composed such eternal message of hope, friendship and brotherhood in spite of the bitterness in his heart
The reason he never had a wife was b/c he did fall in love w/a beautiful woman, but she was from a rich family and he was from "the wrong side of the tracks" so to speak. His family was much poorer and there was no way that a rich, aristocratic family would have let somebody like that into their fold. If only their family could have known!
I loved that about Beethoven from the first time I heard him. He was irascible......which is not the same as being an asshole. Victims of child abuse are often irascible because they don't know how to participate in a conversation without feeling afraid - they want out of the conversation out of fear, not hatred. Beethoven had every reason to hate people and delve into our worse nature but he refused to devote any of his talent toward our lesser selves. Take Fidelio: he starts the opera right in the middle of the story - he ignores the Machiavellian intrigue, betrayal and unjust imprisonment - all the bullshit Wagner would have written two, 3 hour operas about - and goes straight for the devoted loving wife seeking to free her husband. Beethoven's always presented with a scowl but he didn't wear a scowl of anger...it was of pain. And it's everywhere in his music.
try watching it live and you'll cry bricks I wish i could see this performance in person because this has beaten Leonard Bernstein's performance 30 years ago
I have heard Beethoven many times, listened to his music many times. Always admired his skills. But then, Rick Beato published his video "How Did Beethoven Hear Music?". I am not sure what amazes me at this point: the fact that this music is an ageless masterpiece or the fact that the guy who wrote it was deaf, isolated, and depressed. How do you even hear all these harmonies, melodies, instruments, vocals, the context, the complexity, the story... Just in your mind. What kind of a brain is that? "Nearer the gods, no mortal may approach"
Even if our current human civilization should implode and a distant more developed future humanity arise, they will still be awed should they have the great good fortune to hear this; It will not fail to touch the essence of the human spirit and soul.
Beethoven wasn't born deaf. It came on gradually, after he had already been writing and performing music for many years. So, he KNEW what the music would sound like that he was writing. I think I read or heard somewhere that he was extremely pleased with the reception of the first performance. I don't recall if he was the one who directed on that occasion.
Funny part is, he was simply a pop star in his time, doing his thing to eat and live...ever hear a Palestinian boy ,who doesn't speak a word of English sing "Philadelphia Freedom"? Same thing. Music is a unquantified power....amazing.
@@markcleveland8338 An interesting observation but a pop star? No I disagree. They had actual "pop stars" playing in taverns for drinks. Ludwig didn't do that. That was the other great German musical genius - Brahms.
You may be pleased to know that the European Union adopted this as their anthem, specifically the main theme and the accompanying poem. The poem really is a anthem of unity and brotherhood, and it works perfectly in its role!
I am pretty sure Europe doesn't have a corner on the market... no worries mate.. I live in Arizona, USA...I like it jest fine 🙂😍 it is indeed the anthem of We the People of Planet Earth... because.. despite much advertising to the contrary.. we are ==>> One Planet One People! ad Infinitum
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This is one of the only Classical Pieces I WANTED to Play that I got to when I was younger (Violin 6th Chair; Mesquite, Texas; North Texas Select High School Honors Orchestra - They changed the name that year from something I forgot). I was first introduced to it by my grandmother (mother’s mother, whose family is a horrifying story of German Ancestry during a period especially drought), who played a bit of it on her organ. And then gave me a set of records to listen to… And then took me to hear it performed by the Boston Orchestra, then famous from PBS. It is no less a taxing performance on the various parts of the Orchestra than it is for the Choir. I technically had the choice of Violin or Choir (Top Tenor), but was at the time going through a very late puberty. I think I cried through most of the performance, with the girl from across the street (who was 5th Seat, but usually 2nd or 3rd) saying “Why are you crying?” During portions of the performance it was safe to whisper. It was the only piece we performed at that performance, because the decision was made to do the complete 9th, and not the abridged version most tend to us. We moved that summer. I picked-up a guitar (among the other instruments I played), and began dreaming of different things, that almost came to be. I only played a violin once again afterwards. I regret that now. I think I come back to watch this performance every few years. That you got to perform with Barenboim directing!!! JEALOUS!!! My 14 year-old self is staring daggers at you, while my older self is still insanely jealous, but telling the kid in me “Knock it off, and be happy for those who created this!”
It is said that Beethoven himself was in a tremendous depression when given the text to work on, and the music helped him find his way out. I don't know if that's true, but I suspect it is.
I was at Carnegie Hall in the early 1980s when Barenboim and the Paris orchestra performed this symphony. It was the most powerful musical performance I ever witnessed.
The recapitulation of the first three movements at the beginning of the Fourth has always been one of the things I love about the way Beethoven's creative mind worked. When the theme finally arrives it does so almost as a whisper. And then... The power of those eight double basses! They definitely made an impression in the Royal Albert Hall that day.
First performance on May 7, 1824 in Vienna. Beethoven was already completely deaf. A soloist turned Beethoven, who was standing with his back to the audience, around at the end, and he saw the frenetic cheers and bowed in thanks.
Tenho o DVD desta gravação. Já ouvi dezenas de vezes. Simplesmente maravilhoooosa. Todos, maestro, solistas, coro e estes músicos jovens. Wunderbar!!!!
Ironically, it's been stated by employees both at Sony and Phillips (the two companies that created the CD ROM Redbook specification) that the CD ROM length of 74 minutes of playable music was chosen so the entirety of Beethoven's 9th could be listened to without interruption.
Beethoven may have been totally deaf when he composed this but his spiritual connection to the heavenly divine was powerful thank God for Beethoven and the message of love this symphony implies and a magnificent performance by one and all thankyou
The Master composer, the supreme composition, the venue, the orchestra AND the conductor -all now preserved for long as there is civilisation on this planet. If my life was to end here it would ok with me, having witnessed this occasion......
My son, then in high school, and I were driving around running errands while this piece was playing on the radio. He insisted that we sit in the car and listen until it was over. I happily obliged.
Great performance by The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim, a superb musician and ambassador for all that's finest in classical music
When your sat in a bar, idling looking at UA-cam videos but you come across something that makes you ponder the cruel and blissful beauty of this shared experience we all call humanity.
No other symphony touches me so deeply as this one, Ludwig really put his soul and tears into it. I play the piano and flute and Beethoven has always been my favorite.
Me either I just wish one could play it for all mankind world wide so we could truly see the truth in ALL MEN (AND WOMEN) ARE BRETHERN!!!! 300 years and you'd thought we'd figured it out by now!
! A pesar de mi ignorancia! Mis sentidos son más que suficiente, para escuchar éste universo...y cuando lo escuchó se me quita la Soledad, la tristeza y también la alegría que se cansa!,
Ludwing was absolutely out of this galaxy. A incomparably genius, a man with an incredible brain. It is hard to imagine how a single brain can create at the same time the thousands of simultaneous notes played here without be able to hearing it. Wherever you are Ludwing, the world salutes you on its knees. Thanks for sharing this video. The Karajan version is amazing but I haven't been able to find it in a descent quality.
I was brought up by an English mother and a French father, and back in the sixties she was involved at a European level in twinnings between small towns from Germany, the UK and France, and it worked out. This was just a few years after the end of second world war, and this anthem will always be in my heart, 'l'hymne à la joie', Ode to joy, Ode an die Freude. I cry whenever I hear it and I'm over sixty years old. Whatever people say, a united Europe is and will always be an obstacle to fachisms of all kinds.
if there is a heaven,then surely this wonderful,spectacular and beautiful piece of music,must be on loud speakers for all eternity.god bless you sweet LUDWIG VAN.
*_Brothers, beyond the stars must a loving Father dwell._* *_Do you sink before Him, millions?_* *_World, do you sense your Creator?_* *_Seek Him then, beyond the stars._* *_He must dwell beyond the stars_* --Ludwig van Beethoven, Ode to Joy The "inspired" genius Beethoven definitely believed in Heaven. Maybe you too should investigate further what it is that he knew and what strengthened his faith- that motivated him to make such masterpieces dedicated to God, and in hopes to meet both Beethoven, and He, from whom Beethoven received his incredible talent.
I wonder how could Beethoven compose this Master piece being deaf. This Piece must live forever and ever, even when the Sun and our Galaxy no longer exist within 5 billion years. No words to describe how deep, beautiful and perfect this Synfony is. I only wish I can die listening to this Synfony and I will be totally in peace and happy. Danke forever, Beethoven.
Sempre pensato che la più bella del villaggio avesse detto di sì a Beethoven. Non è ancora un motivo sufficiente per comporre una cosa così fuori dal mondo
I suddenly do sense the creator through the beautiful and powerful music of humanity. He truly exists beyond the canopy of stars. Thank you for these tears of joy,
Beethoven conceived this music from the depth of his heart and heard this from the ears of his soul. He was totally deaf! He alone could have understood his music beyond sounds of voices or instruments but this soundless symphony reverberates throughout the universe and beyond.
The most shocking thing is that Beethoven thought and wrote this masterpiece (and many other) being completely deaf. P.s. Thanks Rick beato for making me remember this.
Beethoven's Ninth on its own is one of the great masterpieces, if not the greatest. The fact that he was deaf is mind boggling. We're blessed to have this gift to humanity.
I have searched high and low for a perfect performance of this piece. This is as close as I have come. Thank you all for this 30 minutes of near perfection. I laughed, I cried, I danced, I rejoiced. Could probably use an IV drip for a while. I'm exhausted. Seeing this live probably would have killed me.
Thanks. Yes, it is beautiful as well, but that piece I wasn't aware of. I still like the sound here better. Also give the credit to the sound recording engineer as well.
@@jscott1000 It' s a contrabasson. It's the instrument of the orchestra, that reaches the deepest notes. It can even play deeper than a modern brass bass tube.
There was a time that was true for me! (It was my first.) Sat in seat A-1 at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Rostropovich was conducting. It was quite the experience! Somewhat everwhelming even. Had only heard it on records up to that point.
Sometimes...this long musical journey touches me so much that I can’t even get to the end! Too many emotions...🥺 oh my God... Beethoven was a genius...his music a massive gift to mankind 🙏🏼
Out from a simple melody, so simple that could be easily played on the piano by people who do not (fa fa sol la la sol fa mi re re mi fa fa sol sol ...), Beethoven wrote the most beautiful, heroic, epic and important masterpiece to have ever existed.
Heute vor 200 Jahren feierte dieses Meisterwerk der Musikgeschichte seine Premiere. Unzählige Menschen hat es seitdem in seinen Bann gezogen. Und solange es Menschen gibt, wird es das auch weiter tun. Danke Ludwig van... die Menschen habe dir so viel zu verdanken. Wir sollten die Hoffnung nie aufgeben...ALLE MENSCHEN WERDEN BRÜDER UND SCHWESTERN
Ethereal tones lingering from the reams of the beyond of a better world, a united world. All beautifully composed and performed. RIP Beethoven, but your music lives forever.
Had a privilege playing this with another symphony with no previous experience playing in an orchestra. The experience was supernatural when entire orchestra joined in. Goosebumps does not even begin to describe what I felt
Absolutely sublime. The last 5 minutes of this symphony are a pinnacle of human creative achievement. Oh, to be in the audience for that first performance. They must have been dumbfounded. Happy 250th Ludwig!
On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his 9th and last symphony called Chorale, in Vienna. Here we are, today May 7, 2024, some 200 years later, God Bless Ludwig, and what would be the most powerful, spiritual and brutal musical work taught to the world. But if that were not enough, every time in my life that I lose my reason, my conscience, the motivation to even live, I can never help but hear the Ode to Joy reverberating. And although I don't express it, I always break into tears of happiness remembering every word and every letter that the choir makes great.
the one at 7:28 , among the greatest solos of all time, this piece. There is a particular rendition of this movement by the london symphony orchestra for this solo in particular that led me here. I think it might actually be better.
ElAshtonio The gentleman who sings bass is not bad either. I like the conductor Mr. Barrymore as well because he seems to put his whole being into his part as well.
I so dearly love singing this incomparable work of glorious art, and this performance is one of the best I have seen online. Nothing replaces the in-person experience. If you have not seen this beautiful piece performed live, you are missing out on one of the great experiences of life. Find a performance and be there to experience it. Make sure you know what is being sung, too. It's a divine message of hope and joy and love.
I love the moment at 12:36 when one of the soloist (the lady seated in red) is smiling and turns towards the male soloist who is singing at that moment. I'm sure she has heard this countless times but like me, she can't help but marvel at the sheer abilities that are on display among all the performers.
@@eddiewillers1 Perhaps this is reading too much into it, but both in the fugato and in the beginning section I hear a reflection of the inner batter between depression/anger and joy/creativity. Then, at 14:05 the mind quiets momentarily as the struggler considers his options; joy utters a faltering voice a couple of times, before he finally makes his choice. Always choose the light!
@@dan74695 So it is! That's one of the things I love about Beethoven. He was revolutionary but not an iconoclast. He could honor the old conventions while completely blowing the top off of them!
I think my 3 year old is responsible for half the views on this-we all love it so much, and he’s got his little sister singing it too. Beautiful, beautiful work.
This was his first symphony where everything went perfectly and he received an overwhelming standing ovation. A tormented soul who ended with the most magnificent piece of music.
I am a Beethoven Ninth Symphony fanatic...ever since I first heard the Ninth, I've been crazy for it...I have seen the Ninth performed live twice in L.A.--once at the Music Center downtown and once at the Hollywood Bowl----was magnificent both times...I listen to at least the 4th movement every single day...this piece has ruined me for all other classical music----because to me, nothing even approaches the Ninth Symphony...a friend did introduce me to a piece that tried to approach the Ninth, and I do love this music----it is Dvorak's New World Symphony---and it is outstanding but nowhere near the Ninth...and to think Beethoven composed this while deaf----I WONDER HOW HE HEARD THIS PIECE IN HIS HEAD?? I want to thank "lighttakesthetree" for his/her comment----it is the best comment I've ever heard describing the Ninth Symphony----could not have been said better....SORRY FOR THIS SHORT NOVEL, but when it comes to the Ninth, I cannot be trusted!
Dear Stan, I agree with you perfectly. Beethoven stands well above all other composers . I also used to think and say that in music there is Beethoven and the others. He was an extraordinary channel of God to bring down this kind of sacred music even though he was deaf, but for God everything is possible.
Whether the 4th mvt. of the 9th builds on Mozart K.222 or whether the "joy theme" was invented independently, we'll never know, but either way the Beethoven IX is one of the great pillars of so-called "classical" music, and one of my absolute faves.
What an absolute godly way to end a symphonic masterpiece. Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the world's most amazing composers of all time, and no music can beat his, ever. Mr. Barenboim really outdid himself with this orchestra and choir, with them cleanly running through the final movement of one of the most famous pieces in the world. A little historical fact about Beethoven, he became deaf when he was sitting at his desk or piano, and something sent him into a rage. He fell over, and hit his head so hard, that he lost his hearing. Recently, a music professor at a college, who studied Beethoven for a while, actually stated that Beethoven wasn't completely deaf. He still had a tiny bit of hearing in one of his ears (probably the left one), but it was very, very minimal. Beethoven wrote this piece by listening to the words and music through his heart. He could actually feel how the music would go. That's how passionate and brave Beethoven was about writing this final complete symphony. Beethoven started writing a tenth symphony, but he sadly passed away before he could finish it. Bravo to this wonderfully majestic performance. As a conductor myself, I really don't think I could do something of this caliber. Ludwig van Beethoven will go down as one of history's greatest composers.
people such as Beethoven, Bach, Mozart. or the recents ones like the beatles etc. they're created when god's showing off (not in a bad way), it's like he's saying "i can put this many talent in someone" and it's all very glorious
Not to diminish Beethoven's undoubtable genius in any regard, but it is a fact, that many professional composers of the past and of today were and are able to compose at the desk without any keyboard at hand . That was the standard over many centuries of time. Mozart would wrote a piano concerto , when he travelled between the towns in Europe sitting in a carriage. Schubert for the most time of his life was even too poor to own a piano, most time living like a vagabond between the homes of his many friends or his brother's. Sometimes he had a guitar at hand. Beethoven composed often in his head during his daily lengthy walks, which he nearly compulsivly made in and around Vienna, often about several hours and many miles. At home he would went at his desk and write his ideas down and worked them out. The last movement of his ninth symphony with its Ode 'To the Joy' is a very good example, how strictly constructed the whole movement is inspite its first rhapsodic impression. ALL the single ideas that follow another are based on the main motiv or tune, which is so seemingly clumsy introduced by the doublebasses in simple unisono. The orchestra variations that follow, the choir variations; the turcic march with the tenor solo; the following fugato of the orchestra; the seemingly new thought of the choir 'Seid umschlungen, Millionen!'; the following double fugue of the choir, until the presto stretta of the orchestra at the very end: each element is based on that simple main melody. It' s a grand architecture in tones indeed based on one structuring chief element. Therefore Robert Schumann in his "Rules for the Musical Home' made it THE FIRST RULE : TO EDUCATE YOUR EAR !!! 🦻 REALLY hearing music is not a passive pleasure but a highly active task. To reach that level of these masters you have to learn all the intervals, scales and all the complex harmonics ( minor/major/+7,9,11 etc. ) BY EAR and to learn to write them down. You have also to make many many studies in counterpoint on paper. That's a task you've to start with in your early childhood to reach perfection one day. Robert Schumann recommended singing in a good choir, especially the middle voices, as a perfect method to train your ear and learn to connect each tone/ note with its representation on the paper. This recommendation of Schumann is still the very best. Both Haydn and Schubert were choir boys in the Viennese convict in their childhood and youth btw. Beethoven as a teenager played the viola in the court-chapelle in Bonn, Dvořák played it in a military chapelle too. ( Both played the violin as well ) In one of his rare interviews the great late Ennio Morricone also said, that he would always compose in complete silence at his desk rarely using an instrument . Serious composing is mainly the work of the head, not of the hands searching ideas merely by happy coincidence. These facts prove, that compared to the masters of classical music of the past most of the people of popular music today, who would call themselves "musicians", and who just can play five or six chords on the guitar, are simply suckers, you just have to say it. That's the harsh truth. But just because they are so ignorant, they think so big of themselves as musicians . What a pity ! The tragic and seemingly paradox irony about Beethoven is , that he was able to compose such magnificent and complex music inspite of his physical deafness, because he had the perfect pitch. wich is not only a feature of the physical ear, as I've tried to explain, but foremost of THE MIND AND THE MEMORY, which he luckily for him and us had trained to perfection in his youth, when he was still able to hear . Btw. Beethoven wasn't the only composer, who did go on with composing after becoming deaf. Another famous example was the great Czech composer of the romantic era, Bedřich Smetana, who shared Beethoven's sad fate of being deaf during the last ten years of his life. He even wrote, he'd have "the Beethovenian disease" .
I read a comment further back about ads being inserted into this astounding piece and he said it was like throwing s*** at the Mona Lisa I couldn't agree more
I am one of performers. It was great to perform 9th symphony. One of the greatest pieces ever written!
I remember the first time I did this, was brought in as a back up booster at 3 weeks notice, so hard to sit in the choir stalls for 2 and a half movements but we'll worth the sing! Congrats on the proms! I did the 2013 on radio 3 doing Brian's Gothic Symphony with the BFC (under Wandsworth I think. Can't quite remember. Him or Wright)
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Thank you, this is just perfection
Which one were you? Part of the chorus, or an instrument?
@@notrowleyjefferson1951 the proms we did I was in choir 3 for Havergal Brian Gothic Symphony.
This music should never be interrupted by adds. It's a crime
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Skip to the very end of the video and replay it. It removes all the ads.
@James Cotter
Doesn't work on all platforms
A good option is to inform the advertisers themselves, in order they tell UA-cam not to do these brutalities.
Its correct...!!!
Beethoven's eternal gift to humanity
TRUMP 2020
@@myronsteffens5811 too late fam
Agreed! Joy to everyone!
@@myronsteffens5811 This is no place to discuss politics. This is a place to enjoy music.
Beethoven was a european patriot mate.
Not to humanity, to Europe.
As a singer this choral piece absolutely exhausted me. Sustained high notes at fortissimo just wears you out. At the end of the performance you feel like you ran a marathon! But man, Beethoven was a genius blessed by God!
It's what make the particularity of Beethoven chorals, since he was completly deaf while writing them
Have you already tried his missa solemnis in D?😢😢 But so exciting and challenging!
I’ve had the joy of performing this piece also. It’s exhausting and exhilarating at the same time.
I am now 70 years of age. Having played and listened to Beethoven all my life...all I can say is...it is God’s preview of Heaven. Out of the depths of darkness comes light.
The Light shines in the darkness but the darkness does not understand It!
Thomas Muziani The light is shining in the darkness! The darkness still does not comprehend it!!!
That's what I thought the first time I saw it live.
It takes you to heaven.
Thomas Muziani Agree God must be proud and joyfull when listening to this masterpiece (inspired by Him by the way)
Yes ¡ Quetzalcóatl will be waiting in the Mictlán ¡
mankind should be forever grateful to have Beethoven!
yes we should
Yes indeed.
Yes. Wolfgang -- K.222
HAHA You too, Mozart!
And to know that he realised Handel to be the greatest of all composers!
14:23 is enough to make someone burst into tears at the shear beauty of this masterpiece.
Yeah after resting for about 50 messers it's nice to sing
Each and every time 😅
couldn't agree more. Our chorale is singing this next weekend, and when we get to this part, I can't help but be overrun by emotion. And 18:52 is a close second :)
clicked on it but an ad played lol, average yt moment
The fact that the phenomenonal being who created this masterpiece was partially deaf will never cease to amaze me.
I know, right? But partially deaf? I'm partially deaf and I can hear this perfectly. Of course, I have headphones on.
@@renoraider9817 I do not believe Beethoven was wearing earbuds or a gaming headset when he was composing this, he might have though... you never know...
He was deaf, not partially deaf. These great composers could figure it out in their head. I can do this for the things I do, like piano arrangements, but that’s child’s play compared to this. Just to be able to create this whether hearing or deaf is the real miracle.
Mendohlssohn composed a piece in his head without testing it out as an exercise and was able to do it, but said he found it exhausting.
Composed by a deaf guy/10
Seriously, this music is so iconic for a reason. Beethoven truly was a genius. We have never heard Symphony No. 9 in its true glory. Only its creator has.
composed not by a deaf guy but by the Best Composer in the World. He was a GENIUS. ALL THE MUSIC BEETHOVEN COMPOSED WAS GREAT. BEFORE HE WAS 28 YEARS OLD, HE STARTED WITH HIS HEARING, his father use to hit him hard in his ears when he didn't play well, probably that has something to do with him becoming deaf. when he was s teenager and his father died in Germany, he did not went to his funeral Beethoven was already in Vienna, it miracle that he didn't hate music and it was his reason to live.
Agree with you men, this piece will sound at the end of times. And the last human will safe it from that disarter
I believe the problematic relationship with his father was also partly responsible for his love to Austria. He even wrote a hymn for this country, which never got in use. In Vienna there is a museum called "house of music" where there is of course a Beethoven room. Here one can "test" how his hearing declined. It is breathtaking over and over again and such a privilege to listen to the music this genius gave to us.
LemonHeist And what is especially amazing is he wrote it when he was completely deaf.
he also sstuck his head in icecold water to stay awake creating. could be one reason too
Back in 2010 I got a number of diseases and conditions in my colon that nearly got me killed. I went from 85 kgs to 40 kgs within two weeks, had to be treated with a combination of drugs that affected my nervous system and caused me to lose control over my movements, making my body to constantly shake uncotrollably, all while enduring the excrutiating pain caused by my colon basically ceasing to work. It took me about six months to heal and become stable, and a few more years to beable to eat food normally again and fully recover. All through the first stages of my disease, this piece of music was the ony thing that kept me going. The joy and hope it brough to my soul was unparalelled. I often think that God directly inspired and blessed Beethoven to write this piece, as an offering of hope and peace to humankind.
I have always listened to and played Beethoven, but never had the level of appreciation for it I had after this experience. It was a whole new discovery for me. Wherever you are, dear Herr Beethoven, may God bless you eternally for bringing such joy and hope to our lives through this piece.
that is such an amazing story! you are amazingly tough going through that
@@masonhuebler2026 Thank you. I don't know if I'm tough or not, but I do know that this is the reason why humankind needs musicians and artists. We often give for granted our craft, and may even think of it as irrelevant, when in reality we don't fully comprehemnd the impact we might have on someone going through difficult times. I love Maestro Baremboim's conducting style.
Blessing.
Inspirational
now see..you have made me cry
Your testimony is really good. Praise Jesus our Lord and our Joy! 😭
Beethoven's life was proof that joy is not the absence of struggle
I can't agree with you more.
Pretty much all of his great work contain that balance of anguish & struggle against triumph & beauty.
@The_Jaguar_ Knight Absolutely amazing.
and also the other way around, struggle is not the absence of joy
Of course it is.
“Cold is not the absence of heat”
Just because you can experience both doesn’t mean they exist at the same time.
Syllogisms aren’t just whatever
23:25 when I was in choir I got excited during this quiet part. It was like the calm before the storm. I was so thrilled to sing this last part with all the power and oxygen I’ve got. I still get goosebumps listening to it.
Exactly!!!! That is my favorite part. Its amazing, specially when all of them hit that note at 24:05..😊😊😊
From 10:24 all the parts with the Choir are stunning...
It's amazing to think how Beethoven, who at that point of his existence was beaten by life, affected by deep deafness, and never managed to establish a sentimental relationship, nonetheless composed such eternal message of hope, friendship and brotherhood in spite of the bitterness in his heart
The reason he never had a wife was b/c he did fall in love w/a beautiful woman, but she was from a rich family and he was from "the wrong side of the tracks" so to speak. His family was much poorer and there was no way that a rich, aristocratic family would have let somebody like that into their fold. If only their family could have known!
I loved that about Beethoven from the first time I heard him. He was irascible......which is not the same as being an asshole. Victims of child abuse are often irascible because they don't know how to participate in a conversation without feeling afraid - they want out of the conversation out of fear, not hatred. Beethoven had every reason to hate people and delve into our worse nature but he refused to devote any of his talent toward our lesser selves.
Take Fidelio: he starts the opera right in the middle of the story - he ignores the Machiavellian intrigue, betrayal and unjust imprisonment - all the bullshit Wagner would have written two, 3 hour operas about - and goes straight for the devoted loving wife seeking to free her husband.
Beethoven's always presented with a scowl but he didn't wear a scowl of anger...it was of pain. And it's everywhere in his music.
Maybe it wasn’t bitterness in his heart, maybe it was love and hope. How else do you explain what he produced?
@Robert Caskie yes it might be so
@Fred The Web Guy Me too. Very well said, thank you.
probably no one will ever read this,but everytime i listen to the ninth i can not hold back the tears.
try watching it live and you'll cry bricks I wish i could see this performance in person because this has beaten Leonard Bernstein's performance 30 years ago
Someone has read your remark and has too been moved to tears by this mountain top musical experience
I read your comment and completely agree. Can’t get much better than Beethoven with Maestro Barenboim conducting...
Same here.
I...crying right now
I have heard Beethoven many times, listened to his music many times. Always admired his skills. But then, Rick Beato published his video "How Did Beethoven Hear Music?". I am not sure what amazes me at this point: the fact that this music is an ageless masterpiece or the fact that the guy who wrote it was deaf, isolated, and depressed. How do you even hear all these harmonies, melodies, instruments, vocals, the context, the complexity, the story... Just in your mind. What kind of a brain is that?
"Nearer the gods, no mortal may approach"
Yeah, Rick brought me too.
I’m with you Hasan! It is difficult to understand, how he was able to accomplish this Masterpiece!
I've just finished watching that same video!
Even if our current human civilization should implode and a distant more developed future humanity arise, they will still be awed should they have the great good fortune to hear this; It will not fail to touch the essence of the human spirit and soul.
Beethoven wasn't born deaf. It came on gradually, after he had already been writing and performing music for many years. So, he KNEW what the music would sound like that he was writing. I think I read or heard somewhere that he was extremely pleased with the reception of the first performance. I don't recall if he was the one who directed on that occasion.
You could live a hundred lives on this Planet...and you will never hear better music than this.
Funny part is, he was simply a pop star in his time, doing his thing to eat and live...ever hear a Palestinian boy ,who doesn't speak a word of English sing "Philadelphia Freedom"? Same thing. Music is a unquantified power....amazing.
You have not listened to Neil Diamond's HOT AUGUST NIGHT.
True!
@@markcleveland8338 An interesting observation but a pop star? No I disagree. They had actual "pop stars" playing in taverns for drinks. Ludwig didn't do that. That was the other great German musical genius - Brahms.
I can't think of another piece of music that gives me sustained goosebumps for 10 minutes or more. Just sublime.
the same fck feeling bro hahah
this, and Mozart's requiem in d Minor
zeldaoot23 try beethoven 7th symphony 2nd movement.
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zeldaoot23 smetana moldva
Why do I cry like a baby listening to this masterpiece? Is it the same for anyone else?
Yes
im sorry :(
are you bany a baby
Yes, I’m moved to tears. It’s almost a supernatural experience listening to this magnificent symphony!
No!.
If humanity ever tires of Beethoven, we're probably not worth saving.
Carter Stolt no he is not.
The problem is not that humanity gets tired of Beethoven ... The problem is that Beethoven gets tired of humanity.
How could anyone ever think this?
Never.
Truer words never spoken/ Well put!
This symphony is something ethereal. It's too perfect. The greatest piece of artistic expression ever made.
@@Jason_Hubred
That sounds like an absolutely incredible experience. What a memory for you to have.
12:35 LOVE the soprano face ...smiling to the Tenor :-) She's enyoing it so much!
If we ever needed a anthem for humanity this is got to be IT!
You may be pleased to know that the European Union adopted this as their anthem, specifically the main theme and the accompanying poem. The poem really is a anthem of unity and brotherhood, and it works perfectly in its role!
I am pretty sure Europe doesn't have a corner on the market... no worries mate.. I live in Arizona, USA...I like it jest fine 🙂😍
it is indeed the anthem of We the People of Planet Earth... because.. despite much advertising to the contrary.. we are ==>>
One Planet One People! ad Infinitum
did you know that from space you can't see any borders?... how bout that?... far out man... Google Earth is free from Google... check it out... zoom way out... see all the gold colored stuff?... guess what?... take a wild guess what it is. go ahead... so.. I figured out how to recover it without ecological damage and.. basically without limits... it's real handy stuff... 😎 a small gift from the StarFire Family 👪.. to the People of Planet Earth!... Peace y'all... Peace
@@richardcarew4708 I mean, you can see the Great Wall, and any number of natural boundaries.
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I keep on listening to this symphony and the more I listen too it the better it gets. Because it’s brilliant 👍
I am one of the choir in the 2nd row 9:45 beside the long blonde hair girl. Great experience performing during this time.
You are lucky being in this concert ❤
This is one of the only Classical Pieces I WANTED to Play that I got to when I was younger (Violin 6th Chair; Mesquite, Texas; North Texas Select High School Honors Orchestra - They changed the name that year from something I forgot).
I was first introduced to it by my grandmother (mother’s mother, whose family is a horrifying story of German Ancestry during a period especially drought), who played a bit of it on her organ. And then gave me a set of records to listen to… And then took me to hear it performed by the Boston Orchestra, then famous from PBS.
It is no less a taxing performance on the various parts of the Orchestra than it is for the Choir. I technically had the choice of Violin or Choir (Top Tenor), but was at the time going through a very late puberty.
I think I cried through most of the performance, with the girl from across the street (who was 5th Seat, but usually 2nd or 3rd) saying “Why are you crying?” During portions of the performance it was safe to whisper.
It was the only piece we performed at that performance, because the decision was made to do the complete 9th, and not the abridged version most tend to us.
We moved that summer.
I picked-up a guitar (among the other instruments I played), and began dreaming of different things, that almost came to be. I only played a violin once again afterwards. I regret that now.
I think I come back to watch this performance every few years.
That you got to perform with Barenboim directing!!! JEALOUS!!!
My 14 year-old self is staring daggers at you, while my older self is still insanely jealous, but telling the kid in me “Knock it off, and be happy for those who created this!”
This movement helps tremendously when I start slipping into a depression.
Same
Bless your heart !
Me too!!!
It is said that Beethoven himself was in a tremendous depression when given the text to work on, and the music helped him find his way out. I don't know if that's true, but I suspect it is.
JAMES PURKS movement 2 too. I love the oboes and warmth around 5 minutes in.
I was at Carnegie Hall in the early 1980s when Barenboim and the Paris orchestra performed this symphony. It was the most powerful musical performance I ever witnessed.
Okay
This is london not paris
The recapitulation of the first three movements at the beginning of the Fourth has always been one of the things I love about the way Beethoven's creative mind worked. When the theme finally arrives it does so almost as a whisper. And then...
The power of those eight double basses! They definitely made an impression in the Royal Albert Hall that day.
If any piece of music composed could save our souls, it is this .
Sublime ...
First performance on May 7, 1824 in Vienna. Beethoven was already completely deaf. A soloist turned Beethoven, who was standing with his back to the audience, around at the end, and he saw the frenetic cheers and bowed in thanks.
Maravilhoso!!!!!!
Is this a true story though? or a movie snippet?
@@georgetsiklauri it's true
Who could know if it’s true? It makes for a great story though.
Tenho o DVD desta gravação. Já ouvi dezenas de vezes. Simplesmente maravilhoooosa. Todos, maestro, solistas, coro e estes músicos jovens. Wunderbar!!!!
If there is such a thing as Heaven, if there is a place we go to when we die, then this music must play continuously in that place.
Who decided interrupting this masterpiece with ads was a good idea?
Are you questioning your gods at Google?
IKR and right in the middle of the best part
Capitalists
Ironically, it's been stated by employees both at Sony and Phillips (the two companies that created the CD ROM Redbook specification) that the CD ROM length of 74 minutes of playable music was chosen so the entirety of Beethoven's 9th could be listened to without interruption.
Use Opera browser
Beethoven may have been totally deaf when he composed this but his spiritual connection to the heavenly divine was powerful thank God for Beethoven and the message of love this symphony implies and a magnificent performance by one and all thankyou
The Master composer, the supreme composition, the venue, the orchestra AND the conductor -all now preserved for long as there is civilisation on this planet. If my life was to end here it would ok with me, having witnessed this occasion......
My son, then in high school, and I were driving around running errands while this piece was playing on the radio. He insisted that we sit in the car and listen until it was over. I happily obliged.
Your son knows.
Your son really really knows
Your son really really really knows.
i fucked up this thread
I really fucked up this thread
Greatest piece of music in the history of Western civilization!
Not just the history of the western civilization but the history of the world
@@naharismaiel630 VIVA OCCIDENTE
@@gabenewell1691 *deutschland
The anthem of our European Union 🇪🇺
Another sublime rendition of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 finale, the greatest of them all by the greatest composer of all times.
very just wout you have writed, excuse my english
It´s the best Symphony in the world... Beethoven's music lives around us...
Great performance by The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim, a superb musician and ambassador for all that's finest in classical music
Can't get enough of Michael König at 11:50! Amazing!
no he's meh
When your sat in a bar, idling looking at UA-cam videos but you come across something that makes you ponder the cruel and blissful beauty of this shared experience we all call humanity.
No other symphony touches me so deeply as this one, Ludwig really put his soul and tears into it. I play the piano and flute and Beethoven has always been my favorite.
Me either I just wish one could play it for all mankind world wide so we could truly see the truth in ALL MEN (AND WOMEN) ARE BRETHERN!!!! 300 years and you'd thought we'd figured it out by now!
@@jonathancschwarz
! A pesar de mi ignorancia! Mis sentidos son más que suficiente, para escuchar éste universo...y cuando lo escuchó se me quita la Soledad, la tristeza y también la alegría que se cansa!,
Ludwing was absolutely out of this galaxy. A incomparably genius, a man with an incredible brain. It is hard to imagine how a single brain can create at the same time the thousands of simultaneous notes played here without be able to hearing it. Wherever you are Ludwing, the world salutes you on its knees. Thanks for sharing this video. The Karajan version is amazing but I haven't been able to find it in a descent quality.
Not sure if you are still searching for it, but could it be this one?
ua-cam.com/video/lBfL6QX6q5w/v-deo.html
I'm everywhere :)
Dont get too excited
@@xObscureMars If one can't get excited with Beethoven I don't know what can.
I'm sure he could feel the notes, vibrations, etc.
This is probably my favourite performance of this piece, Barenboim is an absoulte master at Beethovens orchestral works.
19:58 complete resonance everything so in sync i cant even describe ...its just beautiful
I NEVER tire of this piece (Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Movement 4, Ode to Joy)!
I was brought up by an English mother and a French father, and back in the sixties she was involved at a European level in twinnings between small towns from Germany, the UK and France, and it worked out. This was just a few years after the end of second world war, and this anthem will always be in my heart, 'l'hymne à la joie', Ode to joy, Ode an die Freude. I cry whenever I hear it and I'm over sixty years old. Whatever people say, a united Europe is and will always be an obstacle to fachisms of all kinds.
if there is a heaven,then surely this wonderful,spectacular and beautiful piece of music,must be on loud speakers for all eternity.god bless you sweet LUDWIG VAN.
*_Brothers, beyond the stars must a loving Father dwell._*
*_Do you sink before Him, millions?_*
*_World, do you sense your Creator?_*
*_Seek Him then, beyond the stars._*
*_He must dwell beyond the stars_*
--Ludwig van Beethoven, Ode to Joy
The "inspired" genius Beethoven definitely believed in Heaven.
Maybe you too should investigate further what it is that he knew and what strengthened his faith- that motivated him to make such masterpieces dedicated to God, and in hopes to meet both Beethoven, and He, from whom Beethoven received his incredible talent.
I wonder how could Beethoven compose this Master piece being deaf.
This Piece must live forever and ever, even when the Sun and our Galaxy no longer exist within 5 billion years.
No words to describe how deep, beautiful and perfect this Synfony is.
I only wish I can die listening to this Synfony and I will be totally in peace and happy.
Danke forever, Beethoven.
I am calling all listeners to join me in boycotting any ads that jump up during this wonderful music!
I agree.
Have they no respect for the most beautiful music ever written by this genius God gifted us🤔
done
Done
Actually u are watching this for free so an ad is what the uploader atleast deserve dumb
This is just ridiculously beautiful, it brings me to tears everytime!
Sempre pensato che la più bella del villaggio avesse detto di sì a Beethoven.
Non è ancora un motivo sufficiente per comporre una cosa così fuori dal mondo
The most beautiful music ever written. Thanks to all of the performers for making such a heavenly performance available to all.
This movement still brings tears and I marvel at Beethoven’s brilliance and the talent that delivered this version. Just… wow…
I suddenly do sense the creator through the beautiful and powerful music of humanity. He truly exists beyond the canopy of stars. Thank you for these tears of joy,
One of the most prestigious directors Argentina has given to the world to enjoy beautiful music of all times.!!!! Viva Daniel Barenboim.!!!!!!
No words can describe this.. 🥺♥️
How can one compose such a flawless piece!! Bravo Beethoven👏🏾👏🏾
Don't forget, too, Beethoven was deaf.... even more amazing..... 👍🏼
Beethoven conceived this music from the depth of his heart and heard this from the ears of his soul. He was totally deaf! He alone could have understood his music beyond sounds of voices or instruments but this soundless symphony reverberates throughout the universe and beyond.
WEST -EASTERN Divan orchestra will be a step to humanity and peace!!
The most shocking thing is that Beethoven thought and wrote this masterpiece (and many other) being completely deaf.
P.s. Thanks Rick beato for making me remember this.
Who is Rick Beato?
I'm here thanks to Rick too. What a great video he made!
A pleasure to listen to this masterpiece!
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What’s even more shocking is that he (Beethoven) probably wanted this played almost twice as fast!
And me.
Beethoven's Ninth on its own is one of the great masterpieces, if not the greatest. The fact that he was deaf is mind boggling. We're blessed to have this gift to humanity.
I have searched high and low for a perfect performance of this piece. This is as close as I have come. Thank you all for this 30 minutes of near perfection. I laughed, I cried, I danced, I rejoiced. Could probably use an IV drip for a while. I'm exhausted. Seeing this live probably would have killed me.
oslo philharmonic rendition also recommended..
@@fraserkennedy5497 thank you :)
You should watch Karajan's
Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
The most beautiful contrabassoon sound ever at 11:10. The extra split second pause, the conductor had taken, seems so appropriate as well.
A similarly beautiful contrabasoon moment after the first loud climax occurs in Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Thanks. Yes, it is beautiful as well, but that piece I wasn't aware of. I still like the sound here better. Also give the credit to the sound recording engineer as well.
I never knew a bassoon could be that large and the pause was welcome
@@jscott1000
It' s a contrabasson.
It's the instrument of the orchestra, that reaches the deepest notes.
It can even play deeper than a modern brass bass tube.
Barenboim looks so proud of the choir at 15:04 , and it was magnificent indeed.
If you are to hear and see only one piece of classical music in your life, this is the one.
There was a time that was true for me! (It was my first.) Sat in seat A-1 at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Rostropovich was conducting. It was quite the experience! Somewhat everwhelming even. Had only heard it on records up to that point.
Crying now, I cannot help but crying.... Thank you maestro, thank you Beethoven
Sometimes...this long musical journey touches me so much that I can’t even get to the end! Too many emotions...🥺 oh my God... Beethoven was a genius...his music a massive gift to mankind 🙏🏼
Out from a simple melody, so simple that could be easily played on the piano by people who do not (fa fa sol la la sol fa mi re re mi fa fa sol sol ...), Beethoven wrote the most beautiful, heroic, epic and important masterpiece to have ever existed.
14:10 I will always feel very small as a human being knowing that Beethoven lived in this world.
Same time.
Sachez que vous avez á faire aux Grenadiers Piemontais qui ne se rendent jamais!!
Every part of this song brings out various emotions: joy, triumph, sadness, dejection, euphoria… strikes a cord for every life occasion
The greatest piece of music ever written. Bravo, Ludwig!
One of my bucketlist. To be able to witness a live performance of this amazing work in this lifetime
Didn't know much about the music of Beethoven but after I got the fortune of listen and watched this piece of art just love it!!!
Heute vor 200 Jahren feierte dieses Meisterwerk der Musikgeschichte seine Premiere. Unzählige Menschen hat es seitdem in seinen Bann gezogen. Und solange es Menschen gibt, wird es das auch weiter tun. Danke Ludwig van... die Menschen habe dir so viel zu verdanken. Wir sollten die Hoffnung nie aufgeben...ALLE MENSCHEN WERDEN BRÜDER UND SCHWESTERN
Ethereal tones lingering from the reams of the beyond of a better world, a united world.
All beautifully composed and performed. RIP Beethoven, but your music lives forever.
Thanks God and thanks Germany for giving us Beethoven.
Do you like my Nickname? I've made you waste 5 sec Youre welcome (In the name of Germany) .
+Patrick Thanks God for giving us 24fps on movies
you have to thanks Italy first
Patrick American?
was very common thing. he was german though.
“Do you sense your creator, o world?”
Wow.
IKR?
Had a privilege playing this with another symphony with no previous experience playing in an orchestra. The experience was supernatural when entire orchestra joined in. Goosebumps does not even begin to describe what I felt
Absolutely sublime. The last 5 minutes of this symphony are a pinnacle of human creative achievement. Oh, to be in the audience for that first performance. They must have been dumbfounded. Happy 250th Ludwig!
Excellent job by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain which brings a youthful sound and energy to Beethoven's venerable chorale.
YES, the Choir is amazing!
7:19 this is so badass for some reason, the choir standing up is amazing.
like a boss
I got chills when they stood up
like they say 'its our turn now'
it’s magical - beethoven’s way of saying “i’m about to blow you away with indescribable beauty”
"let us show you how it's done"
PURE DIVINITY. ""All men will become brothers
Under thy gentle wing.""
On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his 9th and last symphony called Chorale, in Vienna. Here we are, today May 7, 2024, some 200 years later, God Bless Ludwig, and what would be the most powerful, spiritual and brutal musical work taught to the world. But if that were not enough, every time in my life that I lose my reason, my conscience, the motivation to even live, I can never help but hear the Ode to Joy reverberating. And although I don't express it, I always break into tears of happiness remembering every word and every letter that the choir makes great.
The finest performance of this piece of my entire life. I thank all but especially the master himself, Beethoven.
I hear this beautiful "sound", and I am born again, and again, and again...
My dream is to listen to this iconic symphony live. I hope I attend one before I die.
Same. I really hope i make it too. But i guess i hve sometime m 25
Same brother, same. I've been lucky enough to see the Magic Flute and Turandot; but those cannot hold a candle to this.
UPDATE: I just attended the ninth symphony today ✅😄
God, I just love that tenor!
the one at 7:28 , among the greatest solos of all time, this piece. There is a particular rendition of this movement by the london symphony orchestra for this solo in particular that led me here. I think it might actually be better.
I believe that is the bass, the tenor solo isn't until later - 11:50
Anzuo I have to agree with you
tenor is a killer!
ElAshtonio The gentleman who sings bass is not bad either. I like the conductor Mr. Barrymore as well because he seems to put his whole being into his part as well.
For the first time I had goosbumps while listening to a classical music! Such a great masterpiece
I so dearly love singing this incomparable work of glorious art, and this performance is one of the best I have seen online. Nothing replaces the in-person experience. If you have not seen this beautiful piece performed live, you are missing out on one of the great experiences of life. Find a performance and be there to experience it. Make sure you know what is being sung, too. It's a divine message of hope and joy and love.
I love the moment at 12:36 when one of the soloist (the lady seated in red) is smiling and turns towards the male soloist who is singing at that moment. I'm sure she has heard this countless times but like me, she can't help but marvel at the sheer abilities that are on display among all the performers.
Im in tears, this is just so beautiful and divine
You are correct
14:23. Most epic drop in the history of music. (the buildup starts around 12:43)
Indeed; the fugato section was always my favourite as well.
@@eddiewillers1 Perhaps this is reading too much into it, but both in the fugato and in the beginning section I hear a reflection of the inner batter between depression/anger and joy/creativity. Then, at 14:05 the mind quiets momentarily as the struggler considers his options; joy utters a faltering voice a couple of times, before he finally makes his choice.
Always choose the light!
whistlingbadger
18:50 is also a fugato.
@@dan74695 So it is! That's one of the things I love about Beethoven. He was revolutionary but not an iconoclast. He could honor the old conventions while completely blowing the top off of them!
whistlingbadger
Both fugatos are awesome!
Hearing this piece in its entirety for the first time was what made me discover and appreciate classical music. What a truly beautiful thing it is.
God - Beethoven - Barenboim - WED Orchestra - Soloists - Choir - Excellent 👏👍☘
I think my 3 year old is responsible for half the views on this-we all love it so much, and he’s got his little sister singing it too. Beautiful, beautiful work.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
I love how it ended, leaving you in awe, breathless, and wishing for more. What a masterpiece. If our earth needed an anthem, this, would be it.
This was his first symphony where everything went perfectly and he received an overwhelming standing ovation. A tormented soul who ended with the most magnificent piece of music.
I am a Beethoven Ninth Symphony fanatic...ever since I first heard the Ninth, I've been crazy for it...I have seen the Ninth performed live twice in L.A.--once at the Music Center downtown and once at the Hollywood Bowl----was magnificent both times...I listen to at least the 4th movement every single day...this piece has ruined me for all other classical music----because to me, nothing even approaches the Ninth Symphony...a friend did introduce me to a piece that tried to approach the Ninth, and I do love this music----it is Dvorak's New World Symphony---and it is outstanding but nowhere near the Ninth...and to think Beethoven composed this while deaf----I WONDER HOW HE HEARD THIS PIECE IN HIS HEAD?? I want to thank "lighttakesthetree" for his/her comment----it is the best comment I've ever heard describing the Ninth Symphony----could not have been said better....SORRY FOR THIS SHORT NOVEL, but when it comes to the Ninth, I cannot be trusted!
For me, Mahler's 2nd symphony is just as epic and gives me goosebumps. Listen to Bernstein conducting it. I love Beethoven's 9th as well
Dear Stan, I agree with you perfectly. Beethoven stands well above all other composers . I also used to think and say that in music there is Beethoven and the others. He was an extraordinary channel of God to bring down this kind of sacred music even though he was deaf, but for God everything is possible.
Whether the 4th mvt. of the 9th builds on Mozart K.222 or whether the "joy theme" was invented independently, we'll never know, but either way the Beethoven IX is one of the great pillars of so-called "classical" music, and one of my absolute faves.
It's nothing but a children melody in some variations. Incredible intense, simple and faszinating. For me: it is E=mc2 in music
@@Jacob-ry3lu : agreed on Mahler #2, especially the final movement. I prefer the Abbado version. ua-cam.com/video/4MPuoOj5TIw/v-deo.html
What an absolute godly way to end a symphonic masterpiece. Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the world's most amazing composers of all time, and no music can beat his, ever. Mr. Barenboim really outdid himself with this orchestra and choir, with them cleanly running through the final movement of one of the most famous pieces in the world. A little historical fact about Beethoven, he became deaf when he was sitting at his desk or piano, and something sent him into a rage. He fell over, and hit his head so hard, that he lost his hearing. Recently, a music professor at a college, who studied Beethoven for a while, actually stated that Beethoven wasn't completely deaf. He still had a tiny bit of hearing in one of his ears (probably the left one), but it was very, very minimal. Beethoven wrote this piece by listening to the words and music through his heart. He could actually feel how the music would go. That's how passionate and brave Beethoven was about writing this final complete symphony. Beethoven started writing a tenth symphony, but he sadly passed away before he could finish it. Bravo to this wonderfully majestic performance. As a conductor myself, I really don't think I could do something of this caliber. Ludwig van Beethoven will go down as one of history's greatest composers.
Without a doubt he will be the greatest ever, forever !
@@wilfredrios7932 Yes absolutely, not one of but THE greatest of all time!!
people such as Beethoven, Bach, Mozart.
or the recents ones like the beatles etc. they're created when god's showing off (not in a bad way), it's like he's saying "i can put this many talent in someone" and it's all very glorious
Not to diminish Beethoven's undoubtable genius in any regard,
but it is a fact, that many professional composers of the past and of today were and are able to compose at the desk without any keyboard at hand .
That was the standard over many centuries of time.
Mozart would wrote a piano concerto , when he travelled between the towns in Europe sitting in a carriage.
Schubert for the most time of his life was even too poor to own a piano, most time living like a vagabond between the homes of his many friends or his brother's.
Sometimes he had a guitar at hand.
Beethoven composed often in his head during his daily lengthy walks, which he nearly compulsivly made in and around Vienna, often about several hours and many miles.
At home he would went at his desk and write his ideas down and worked them out.
The last movement of his ninth symphony with its Ode 'To the Joy' is a very good example,
how strictly constructed the whole movement is inspite its first rhapsodic impression.
ALL the single ideas that follow another are based on the main motiv or tune, which is so seemingly clumsy introduced by the doublebasses in simple unisono.
The orchestra variations that follow,
the choir variations;
the turcic march with the tenor solo; the following fugato of the orchestra;
the seemingly new thought of the choir 'Seid umschlungen, Millionen!';
the following double fugue of the choir,
until the presto stretta of the orchestra at the very end:
each element is based on that simple main melody.
It' s a grand architecture in tones indeed based on one structuring chief element.
Therefore Robert Schumann
in his "Rules for the Musical Home'
made it
THE FIRST RULE :
TO EDUCATE YOUR EAR !!!
🦻
REALLY hearing music is not a passive pleasure but a highly active task.
To reach that level of these masters you have to learn all the intervals, scales and all the complex harmonics ( minor/major/+7,9,11 etc. ) BY EAR and to learn to write them down.
You have also to make many many studies in counterpoint on paper.
That's a task you've to start with in your early childhood to reach perfection one day.
Robert Schumann recommended singing in a good choir, especially the middle voices,
as a perfect method to train your ear and learn to connect each tone/ note with its representation on the paper.
This recommendation of Schumann is still the very best.
Both Haydn and Schubert were choir boys in the Viennese convict in their childhood and youth btw.
Beethoven as a teenager played the viola in the court-chapelle in Bonn, Dvořák played it in a military chapelle too. ( Both played the violin as well )
In one of his rare interviews the great late Ennio Morricone also said, that he would always compose in complete silence at his desk rarely using an instrument .
Serious composing is mainly the work of the head, not of the hands searching ideas merely by happy coincidence.
These facts prove, that compared to the masters of classical music of the past most of the people of popular music today, who would call themselves "musicians",
and who just can play five or six chords on the guitar,
are simply suckers,
you just have to say it.
That's the harsh truth.
But just because they are so ignorant, they think so big of themselves as musicians .
What a pity !
The tragic and seemingly paradox irony about Beethoven is ,
that he was able to compose such magnificent and complex music inspite of his physical deafness,
because he had the perfect pitch.
wich is not only a feature of the physical ear, as I've tried to explain, but foremost of THE MIND AND THE MEMORY,
which he luckily for him and us had trained to perfection in his youth, when he was still able to hear .
Btw. Beethoven wasn't the only composer, who did go on with composing after becoming deaf.
Another famous example was the great Czech composer of the romantic era, Bedřich Smetana, who shared Beethoven's sad fate of being deaf during the last ten years of his life.
He even wrote, he'd have
"the Beethovenian disease" .
It's impossible for me to listen to this without tears filling my eyes.
bruh
True!!! Who could even?
True!
Me, too... me, too. Crying now.
I read a comment further back about ads being inserted into this astounding piece and he said it was like throwing s*** at the Mona Lisa I couldn't agree more