Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky - GlassDuo LIVE (glass harp)

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  • Опубліковано 17 лют 2011
  • GlassDuo at the "Festival di Santo Stefano" in Bologna, Italy.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 8 тис.

  • @GlassDuo
    @GlassDuo  2 роки тому +279

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    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane Рік тому +4

      What I'm curious about is how you do the shorter, more accented notes, mostly in the upper notes during the melody. They sounds almost like you're hitting the glass, rather than the more smooth motions. Is that the case?
      Or perhaps the smaller glasses stand out more and have a shorter ring time. Or you're just very good at dampening the cups as you play. Still, I wonder if you can "hit" them harder or otherwise make them louder, but only for a short period.
      Those top notes very much have a bell-like quality.

    • @matthewchannel6391
      @matthewchannel6391 Рік тому +1

      Okay

    • @matthewchannel6391
      @matthewchannel6391 Рік тому +1

      Quite interesting 😮

    • @pallen1065
      @pallen1065 Рік тому

      All the anthems and fight songs ..

    • @anirih.179
      @anirih.179 11 місяців тому

      Könnte man den Bolero von Ravel auch umsetzen?

  • @NIKOinIRL
    @NIKOinIRL 4 роки тому +4852

    I bet washing the dishes at their house is a real hoot 😂

    • @nars_bars8774
      @nars_bars8774 4 роки тому +79

      Itll be like a musical setting all the time lol

    • @ParasolMushroomStudios
      @ParasolMushroomStudios 4 роки тому +9

      LOL AHAHA XD

    • @jackiekurtz6494
      @jackiekurtz6494 4 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Stefie-lt5br
      @Stefie-lt5br 4 роки тому +25

      The word hoot made me crack up😂

    • @bea1162
      @bea1162 4 роки тому +15

      @@nars_bars8774 nah, these are crystal glasses, they make the sound. Regular glass can't.

  • @TsukkiOrSomething
    @TsukkiOrSomething 4 роки тому +3865

    “What instrument do you play?”
    “I play drinking glasses.”

  • @finnmccool684
    @finnmccool684 3 роки тому +1344

    "I can't perform tonight."
    "Why not?"
    "I can't find my glasses."

    • @none4492
      @none4492 3 роки тому +49

      Ba dum tss

    • @bsweeting1481
      @bsweeting1481 3 роки тому +15

      OMG LOLLL this is gold 😂

    • @sillyscak555
      @sillyscak555 3 роки тому +8

      Lmao

    • @warmswarm
      @warmswarm 2 роки тому +4

      Finn McCool - Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha........ Have you got a spare pair?

    • @kateps1874
      @kateps1874 2 роки тому +3

      Hyuk hyuk hyuk nice one☺

  • @chattyhyena3607
    @chattyhyena3607 Рік тому +618

    This song is officially made specifically for this instrument and no one can convince me otherwise

    • @AlbertBalbastreMorte
      @AlbertBalbastreMorte Рік тому +15

      I believe to recall it actually was. In another configuration perhaps, but still was.

    • @CZghost
      @CZghost Рік тому +23

      I believe the original composition was for glockenspiel, but glass harp sounds very closely to glockenspiel, so that's maybe the reason why it sounds like the perfect instrument for this song.

    • @arturovasquez9720
      @arturovasquez9720 Рік тому +2

      Sí, concuerdo. Otras composiciones (Bach p. Ej) no suenan como "del cielo", como suena ésta... Es que «son copas». El «Amor» en su expresión máxima es de las Copas. El Grial lo es...

    • @tartaninka
      @tartaninka 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@user-or2sf7xl6mJede Weihnachten besuche ich dieses mein Lieblingsballett. Tschaikowsky war genial und liebte Kinder ...und Weihnachten 🎉🎉🎉😊

    • @natalyawettschinkina5154
      @natalyawettschinkina5154 11 місяців тому +2

      У Петра Ильича Чайковского танец феи Дражже звучит на музыкальном инструменте челесте. И оно несравнимо по исполнению, при всем уважении к этим музыкантам, в пользу оригинала.

  • @feeberizer
    @feeberizer 4 роки тому +13083

    They must be fun to go out to eat with....
    "Waitress?"
    "Yes?"
    "Could you bring us another 5 glasses of water? We're missing some notes."

    • @priscillajimenez27
      @priscillajimenez27 4 роки тому +274

      And they get tipped instead lol

    • @23yannis
      @23yannis 4 роки тому +28

      "We have just run short of..."!
      #verese
      #diana

    • @lindacanapp4032
      @lindacanapp4032 4 роки тому +8

      GREAT

    • @profMaximvs
      @profMaximvs 4 роки тому +86

      - Please, waitress, a bucket. I need to tune this glass, and there's more water than it needs. So, the Eb is soundin' like a D.
      - No prob, sir. Here's your bucket. Lemme 'no when your note is right.
      - You will hear it, tho :)

    • @m0w0ss
      @m0w0ss 4 роки тому +7

      Lmao

  • @mysticmouse7261
    @mysticmouse7261 4 роки тому +8506

    Seems like this instrument is the one it should have been composed for.

    • @mallows9779
      @mallows9779 4 роки тому +63

      What was the original instrument for this piece anyways?

    • @Luubelaar
      @Luubelaar 4 роки тому +89

      @@mallows9779 - The celesta was the instrument this piece was composed for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta

    • @mysticmouse7261
      @mysticmouse7261 4 роки тому +7

      @@mallows9779 the Celeste. Am A one used in the Magic Flute by Mozart.

    • @mallows9779
      @mallows9779 4 роки тому +1

      I see, thanks, i'll check it out

    • @bramblebop1904
      @bramblebop1904 4 роки тому +4

      It's not that different from celesta. A bit deeper in the lower part of scale....

  • @MS-60663
    @MS-60663 2 роки тому +651

    If Tchaikovsky were alive today, witnessing this amazing rendition, he'd be swimming in tears of joy. Tchaikovsky: "Yesss! This is what I was trying to create! The most Sugar Plum Fairy (and Christmas) sounds ever!"

    • @user-zw3ut5uq4v
      @user-zw3ut5uq4v Рік тому +2

      Тоже так думаю

    • @Arkturbettel
      @Arkturbettel Рік тому +12

      Au contraire. He would consider them jesters and maybe give it a few laughs. You as a postmodern person wouldn't understand this.

    • @phicoding7533
      @phicoding7533 Рік тому +6

      @@Arkturbettel is this a joke?

    • @Arkturbettel
      @Arkturbettel Рік тому +5

      @@phicoding7533 what they doing is a joke

    • @youreallyareanidiot2751
      @youreallyareanidiot2751 Рік тому +1

      @@phicoding7533 he might actually have a point though.

  • @lauracheeverauthor
    @lauracheeverauthor Рік тому +106

    Not being a traditional instrument, it sounds almost otherworldly, which actually makes it sound MORE like fairy music. Bravo!

  • @diboof7125
    @diboof7125 4 роки тому +2756

    It’s like a mix of bells and strings.

    • @pastelmyri4405
      @pastelmyri4405 4 роки тому +55

      Chris Kringle actually this would technically be considered percussion (like drums, bells, and xylophone)

    • @pastelmyri4405
      @pastelmyri4405 4 роки тому +8

      Ayano Sripan right sorry I’m just really off today

    • @jaxhawken4887
      @jaxhawken4887 4 роки тому +20

      @@pastelmyri4405 it may be actually considered percussion, though the method of playing this "instrument" can be considered more of string instruments world as it involves friction, basically

    • @wanderlngdays
      @wanderlngdays 4 роки тому +5

      Jax Hawken a percussion instrument is a percussion instrument regardless how you play it. In fact vibraphone, cymbals, gongs, tam-tams, etc are sometimes played with a bow and they are always percussion instruments

    • @andrewlogsdon6317
      @andrewlogsdon6317 4 роки тому +2

      Brings or strells

  • @waldocollins4757
    @waldocollins4757 4 роки тому +13037

    The dislikes are obviously the Mouse king and his army.

  • @margaretwilliamson8997
    @margaretwilliamson8997 Рік тому +48

    I didn't realize glass could sound this ethereal! A magical performance.

    • @seeexy
      @seeexy 10 місяців тому

      yeah ❤😢 this gives goosebumps 🦆

  • @richlevenson6605
    @richlevenson6605 Рік тому +63

    I have previously commented on these two geniuses. Having tried this with just a few of the right crystal glasses to obtain what you're hearing is brutally difficult. Watch their hands fingers, palms, thumbs, and a lot more so see how these intricate sounds are seemingly being accomplished. Have a hard time viewing this without tears in my eyes from this ethereal music. All I can say is Bravo!

  • @OurHourglass
    @OurHourglass 4 роки тому +5103

    Fact: This is the optimal instrument for this song.

    • @4CHRIST1234
      @4CHRIST1234 4 роки тому +266

      Yes it sounds so precise and it seems to add natural effects sounds that piano dont have

    • @GrandisSilva
      @GrandisSilva 4 роки тому +111

      @@4CHRIST1234 It was written for a celesta rather than a piano, but otherwise I agree.

    • @fewer_pancakes
      @fewer_pancakes 4 роки тому +41

      ITS A PIECE NOT A SONG YOU DIMWIT

    • @Salted_Fysh
      @Salted_Fysh 4 роки тому +61

      @@4CHRIST1234 those effects are distracting from the simple beauty of the sugar plum fairy tough. It's supposed to be a playful, cheeky piece of skipping and dancing notes. While this is technically impressive, the glass vibrations are not precise enough to simulate that. Not to mention the ugly dissonance when they vibrate too close to each other.

    • @davidmillson2930
      @davidmillson2930 4 роки тому +14

      @Omega 1470 No, it's a movement!

  • @oburimacha4306
    @oburimacha4306 4 роки тому +17664

    *Can’t believe no one took the opportunity to call it ”Glassical music”*

  • @encouragingword1172
    @encouragingword1172 11 місяців тому +25

    The ability of these two people to do this with such perfect timing! No adjectives good enough to describe this!

  • @roronoazoroelmejorespadach3489
    @roronoazoroelmejorespadach3489 2 роки тому +66

    something so simple as a vibration can make our brains melt by such a amazing song... that most definitely feels out of this world, almost as if we found something we weren't meant to discover

  • @mr.shepherdspie7958
    @mr.shepherdspie7958 4 роки тому +1550

    This legit sounds like the whole orchestra

    • @alexsei3684
      @alexsei3684 4 роки тому +3

      It does

    • @helldronez
      @helldronez 4 роки тому +3

      i got shiver

    • @miranda9391
      @miranda9391 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah fr. Just fire all those people and hire these two for all ballets from here on out

    • @amyleigh8394
      @amyleigh8394 4 роки тому +1

      No it doesn't 😂😂😂

    • @piklan89
      @piklan89 4 роки тому +2

      @@amyleigh8394 the person has definitely not been in an orchestra before lol, you can hear all the different instruments. The glasses just sound like single instruments... because they are

  • @HB-uz1gd
    @HB-uz1gd 4 роки тому +2084

    Let’s be real here. We didn’t find the video. The video found us

  • @wieslawf
    @wieslawf Рік тому +43

    Its Soooo impressive how they both memorised what sound each glass makes!! :)

  • @vangogo6819
    @vangogo6819 3 роки тому +45

    I am sitting costly in my little home in the woods, watching the snow fall on the forest outside my windows. This was the perfect thing to come across on this peaceful, dreamy day, it only makes it better that this is one of my all time favorite pieces of music!😊❄❄❄🌪🌬💖

  • @mac6na6na26
    @mac6na6na26 4 роки тому +4423

    See you in 10 years when this is in everyone’s recommended yet again.

  • @bacbac7580
    @bacbac7580 4 роки тому +21869

    Did anyone else get this randomly in their recommended?

    • @stribs44
      @stribs44 4 роки тому +166

      Yes, but I do listen to classical music played on organs, so thought it may be because of that. I can't get one glass to make a sound without loads of tries, this is very impressive

    • @Notintimidated2013
      @Notintimidated2013 4 роки тому +3

      Yep!

    • @wiebkeniebel9554
      @wiebkeniebel9554 4 роки тому +2

      seems like this

    • @rosemaryeshghi6436
      @rosemaryeshghi6436 4 роки тому +20

      So glad I did!

    • @jenithesinger1
      @jenithesinger1 4 роки тому +3

      Yep

  • @patrickrwhite8354
    @patrickrwhite8354 Рік тому +18

    Nothing can match the beautiful sound of a glass harp. This was a brilliant performance thank you.

  • @user-dm9hz3qt1j
    @user-dm9hz3qt1j Рік тому +16

    Божественная мелодия🙏🙏

  • @biggienew_and_improved1543
    @biggienew_and_improved1543 4 роки тому +3615

    Teacher: don’t touch the beakers until I say so
    The kids in the back of the class:

  • @lamegame420
    @lamegame420 4 роки тому +2244

    This is how this song was meant to be played

    • @karolakkolo123
      @karolakkolo123 4 роки тому +71

      Sorry to be that guy, but it's a piece not a song

    • @miriaml.150
      @miriaml.150 4 роки тому +37

      Sorry to be that guy? That's not the point at all. Enjoying music is about feeling with our senses. Either you enjoyed it or you didn't. Try to be happy for people who are sharing their beautiful music.

    • @lamegame420
      @lamegame420 4 роки тому +52

      @@karolakkolo123 Yeah, your're right. I should disregard everything I know about language and nomenclature to appease you with a word that you have determined sounds more artistic.. Its called a song. Or a composition. A piece is a part of a whole. A composition if you will.

    • @Mot-dh5sx
      @Mot-dh5sx 4 роки тому +27

      cutthroat 420 wow that was an aggressive comment to someone that was just trying to inform you of something. Been having a bad day?

    • @lamegame420
      @lamegame420 4 роки тому +34

      @@Mot-dh5sx Nope, having a great day. I didn't get aggressive at all. I just have no patience for idiots with upturned noses who lower them only to smell their own farts. He hated being that guy; but I have no problem at all.

  • @mariondipl-ingfhhaubold7378
    @mariondipl-ingfhhaubold7378 2 роки тому +16

    Wunderschön 💞🕊❤🗽... Danke

  • @user-fp7rp3xb2l
    @user-fp7rp3xb2l Рік тому +14

    Нам удалось услышать такую же игру вживую. Это был Бал Хризантем прошлой осенью. В Ялте, играл Мужчина. Великолепное звучание🥰💐

    • @neo_new369
      @neo_new369 11 місяців тому

      Это запись на магнитофоне в корпусе стола 😂

    • @ahashdahnagila6884
      @ahashdahnagila6884 8 місяців тому

      ...just one man played?

    • @user-fp7rp3xb2l
      @user-fp7rp3xb2l 8 місяців тому

      @@ahashdahnagila6884 у нас в Ялте, мужчина играл вживую на природе. Просто есть люди ищущие везде подвох, видимо по своим личным причинам.

  • @kyliee8586
    @kyliee8586 4 роки тому +3187

    I’m a ballet dancer who has performed the Nutcracker many times, and this is by far one of my favorite versions of this piece of music! Well done!

  • @kristianhaverasmussen8558
    @kristianhaverasmussen8558 4 роки тому +1324

    UA-cam recommended:
    2011-2019: nah not yet
    2020: go go go!

    • @solauble
      @solauble 4 роки тому +10

      Everybody saw it 1 or 2 days ago.... Si weird

    • @scullduggerouscellaphod2355
      @scullduggerouscellaphod2355 4 роки тому +3

      I remember seeing this back in 2017 and then it showed up now

    • @hitopsful
      @hitopsful 4 роки тому +2

      Deploy the algorithm!

    • @darthslayder6904
      @darthslayder6904 4 роки тому +1

      pls stop this awful comment trend

    • @StudlyFudd13
      @StudlyFudd13 4 роки тому +1

      @@darthslayder6904 it must live on a torture all of us...just like the god forbidden
      No One:
      Not a soul:
      I hate this fucking trend:
      Kill me please:

  • @roahnosh
    @roahnosh 11 місяців тому +9

    Came here after watching Genshin 4.0 livestream. Such a beautiful musical instrument. Also great performance thank you for sharing.

  • @gmeast
    @gmeast Рік тому +6

    The glasses must be glued to the table. Either that or these performers have the most-amazing dexterity and feel. BRAVO!

  • @ChrisTopheRaz
    @ChrisTopheRaz 4 роки тому +2523

    That was the coolest thing I’ve heard in a long time.

    • @khismet
      @khismet 4 роки тому +5

      Indeed! It instantly made me giggle with giddiness🤗🧚‍♀️😃

    • @ChrisTopheRaz
      @ChrisTopheRaz 4 роки тому +4

      Khismet right!?

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj 4 роки тому +6

      I'll spare you the obvious "but the water is room temperature!" joke...

    • @brisaquina8816
      @brisaquina8816 4 роки тому +3

      @I Hate Everything Neh, it's just that this is more amazing than most other things.

    • @ricepudding4188
      @ricepudding4188 4 роки тому +1

      Fact

  • @TaylorMurch
    @TaylorMurch 4 роки тому +1707

    I was not prepared for how amazing this sounds.

  • @daweshorizon
    @daweshorizon 3 роки тому +17

    The co-ordination and sheer musical skill between these two performers is astonishing! So very cool! Love and peace.

  • @melshw9876
    @melshw9876 3 роки тому +8

    Im STILL mesmerized by this technique. It's breathtakingly Beautiful. 🙏🏻💗💗💗👏🏻

  • @pieceoftoast_275
    @pieceoftoast_275 4 роки тому +2614

    “I play the violin”
    “I play the trumpet”
    I pLaY a GlAsS oF wAtEr

    • @Thouxanbangeo
      @Thouxanbangeo 4 роки тому +19

      technically a crystal of water but, alas.😁

    • @pieceoftoast_275
      @pieceoftoast_275 4 роки тому +2

      kosmicbts lol it’s still water

    • @crackheadjohnson3552
      @crackheadjohnson3552 4 роки тому +9

      this made me ugly laugh bc I play boy violin and trumpet

    • @soup9912
      @soup9912 4 роки тому +3

      I actually play violin-

    • @mason308y8
      @mason308y8 4 роки тому

      Piper Kluge when you play the first two

  • @Zekrom3150
    @Zekrom3150 4 роки тому +1556

    Half of the comments: Instrumentation is on point
    Other half: ItS tHe aLgOrItHm

  • @Lotte727
    @Lotte727 Рік тому +10

    This is unbelievably beautiful

  • @GinaMartina2023
    @GinaMartina2023 Рік тому +9

    This moved me to tears. One of my absolute favorite songs, and definitely my favorite Christmas song! Stunning!

  • @ripmeep
    @ripmeep 4 роки тому +1530

    My friend: What kind of UA-cam videos do you watch?
    Me: it's complicated

  • @mingsworks3787
    @mingsworks3787 4 роки тому +2292

    Let’s face it: nobody looked this up.

  • @alpha-alpha-alpha
    @alpha-alpha-alpha Рік тому +5

    WOW! Note the size of the glasses, how full, and arranged from tallest to smallest. Amazing!

  • @GIguy
    @GIguy 2 роки тому +10

    Such a beautiful tone, and it just proves that almost anything could be used as a musical instrument. When I was in university I did my thesis on that very subject. Turning every day household items into musical instruments, that play and sound completely unique from traditional instruments we are used to hearing. Almost anything can be used for percussion, I’m sure you’ve all seen videos of people carving out vegetables, especially the carrot, to be used as a flute of sorts, but I managed to make string instruments from tin cans, string, wire, just things most people have sitting around the house. If you have kids, and you want to get their minds going while having fun at the same time, challenge them to see if they can make up a musical instrument from every day ordinary objects in the house, you’ll be amazed at the things you can come up with, and yes, I even did the stereotypical milk carton ukulele, which actually sounded quite good to my surprise! I also did use glass, but not just wine glasses and goblets, but properly balanced on sticks, affixed with an adhesive, I was able to use dinner plates, water pitchers, cutlery, you name it. Sounds rather corny for a University thesis, but I am going to blow my own horn, pardon the pun, and tell you that my professor gave me a perfect score, and more than that, insisted that I bring all the instruments in to the lecture hall, and teach all the students what I had made and how to play them, and as it turned out it was actually pretty fun, we got a rivalry going! My fraternity brothers and I started to compete with other groups in the University, and we actually managed to put on a concert, for the entire university, even managed to raise $200,000 that we donated it to all local schools in the area, so that they may have a better music program for their students, it isn’t that wonderful? I grew up here in Toronto as my name suggests, lived here all my life, pathetically I haven’t gone far, I literally live four blocks from the hospital I was born in! But unfortunately a lot of the schools, both grade schools and high schools are like, have very poor or even absent music programs due to funding issues, so my professor came up with the idea of putting on a concert and charging money to raise funds for these underprivileged schools. Now it’s a yearly tradition, and although I haven’t kept up with the exact amounts, we have raise tens of millions of dollars over the decades, to help students have a proper introduction to music, and as a result, countless students that we helped ended up attending our universities music program, now that’s something to be proud of! But I’m not taking any credit, because it might’ve been my idea for my thesis, but literally hundreds of other people were involved in the creation of these challenges and concerts each year. Anyways, my apologies for rambling on as I always do, but I just had to throw that out there, and say don’t put limits on what you can achieve when it comes to music. Even my own family laughed at me when I was putting the so-called instruments together, but after receiving a perfect score, what does my father say? “Pretty good for junk that probably would have been throwing in the garbage”. Unfortunately, that was 40 years ago, and over the years, I have lost every single instrument that I created, but I also drew blueprints of every single one, so after watching this video, I think I’m going to try to re-create it just for fun. I’m desperately trying to get my grandchildren involved and interested in classical music, but being typical young people, all I get to hear is “that’s for old people“. But I think I can trick them into actually playing classical music on homemade instruments without them even realizing it. Do you want to know how I developed my love of classical music? It’s not because of my family, as I am the only person in my family with any musical interest or ability, it’s from watching Looney Tunes and other various cartoons that used a vast amount of classical music in their programs. Unfortunately, most of those cartoons are just not appropriate for today’s society, most being horrifically politically incorrect, as they were very very sexist, racist, homophobic, and every other social stigma you can imagine, but back when they came out, all those things were socially acceptable. I’m not saying they are acceptable, because after watching the same cartoons as an adult I was horrified, but the music is still there, I wish they would start re-introducing classical music into modern children’s programming. To be honest I don’t know anything about it, because my children are in their 30s, and my youngest grandson is already 13, so I don’t see children’s programs anymore. For those of you with young kids, do they still use classical music at all in children’s programming? If not, maybe that something we need to re-introduce. Classical music will never ever go out of style or die, if anything it’s experiencing a renaissance right now, but the best time to get children interested is preschool, because that’s when I fell in love with classical music. It’s such a different world today than it was when I grew up. I’m not that old, I’m not retired and I still work full-time, I’m in my mid-50s (I skipped several grades), but judging from my family, the younger ones have no interest in classical music whatsoever, and I’m desperately trying to change that, to open their minds to new experiences. Whenever they come over to the house, I always have classical music playing in the background, and then I hear the whining, the complaining, the accusations of listening to nothing but old man music, as they like to refer to it. Again my apologies for going off topic a bit, but it’s something I’m very passionate about, ironically I don’t even work in the music industry, but in medicine instead, but my love of classical music, has never left me, and I still play the piano, trombone, trumpet, tuba, both French and English horns, and I’m pathetically trying to learn the violin, but I’m absolutely useless at it, wind instruments seem to be my forte! Whatever the case, try to get your kids interested, it’s a proven scientific fact that children who grow up exposed to classical music, especially if they enjoy it and learn to playing instruments, greatly increase their neural plasticity, what more reason do you need? If only things weren’t so expensive, because I know how unaffordable most instruments are, even a cheap violin runs several hundred dollars, which isn’t much for me and a lot of people, but for most people who live on a budget and have children, it’s just not feasible, which is why we continue to raise funds every year at those concerts. Thanks for letting me ramble on and on, my gratitude for indulging me, all the best, and if you have any questions, feel free to respond to this post, I’d be happy to answer them. Many thanks, and take care.

    • @thorndave
      @thorndave 2 роки тому

      Don't apologise for the lengthy comment, I for one thoroughly enjoyed reading it to the end. Well, who could possibly have known what your unusual thesis would develop into, becoming something so practical, inspiring, encouraging and empowering to so many people? Truly amazing! Small acorns grow up into huge oak trees! Very well done and many congratulations, not just for your perfect score, but what all the many fundraising concerts over the past decades have achieved for so many! You should be extremely proud!

    • @sabinedouble07
      @sabinedouble07 Рік тому

      I enjoyed reading your comment. I also love Classical music and introduced into my preschool program for children in my care. I always had classical music playing in the background to set different moods throughout the day and they loved it.

  • @kurtianpaulvigafria4068
    @kurtianpaulvigafria4068 3 роки тому +3136

    "Cool champagne glasses, what do you call this?"
    "Oh, that's C."

    • @zaramintheequanimous
      @zaramintheequanimous 3 роки тому +63

      You.
      I hate you ...
      But I can't lie that it made me smile ...
      Take my like and begone.

    • @kurtianpaulvigafria4068
      @kurtianpaulvigafria4068 3 роки тому +20

      @@zaramintheequanimous I know that you said begone, but thank you

    • @ellshellecat6277
      @ellshellecat6277 3 роки тому +14

      Actually, isn’t this G Major? 👀

    • @V1RU5420
      @V1RU5420 3 роки тому +15

      i like the joke but...
      i think c major is a chords and one glass is only one note
      ...so it cant be a chord if im right

    • @klugevil
      @klugevil 3 роки тому +5

      @@V1RU5420 if you wanted to be really pedantic then you would say that chords by default are in the major scale so it would just be a C

  • @doiu92
    @doiu92 4 роки тому +4683

    _Mom: "Stop playing with your cups."_
    *_7 Year Old Me At The Dinner Table:_*
    *_Edit: I can't tell if y'all are getting the joke or if you really think I made music with 20 cups._*

    • @aherrns1894
      @aherrns1894 4 роки тому +156

      20 years later: "and the Grammy for classical music goes to...'.

    • @verdy6499
      @verdy6499 4 роки тому +22

      Night of Wishes Wow I’m surprised you were so musical at such a young age

    • @user-md2zp1jc3s
      @user-md2zp1jc3s 4 роки тому +5

      나: 쨍그랑!

    • @claudiavalencia7445
      @claudiavalencia7445 4 роки тому +11

      Your the only comment that made me laugh 😂😂

    • @mrgw98
      @mrgw98 4 роки тому +33

      @Nightkit pretty sure they were joking too so r/woooosh to you too.

  • @imrlaps7097
    @imrlaps7097 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely beautiful.
    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is one of my favorite instrumental songs of all time.

  • @ser-yaguar777
    @ser-yaguar777 11 місяців тому +5

    Потрясающее исполнение!!! БРАВО!!!

  • @maraflore
    @maraflore 4 роки тому +1746

    The sound hypnotizes you that you cant stop listening to it

    • @kelsanggyudzhin2340
      @kelsanggyudzhin2340 4 роки тому +12

      Read your comment and was liek, "just watch me!"
      Scrolled up to stop video.
      Forgot what I was doing and literally watched to the end.

    • @wannabecarguy
      @wannabecarguy 4 роки тому +7

      Almost like it was written for this instrument.

    • @0katmandude0
      @0katmandude0 4 роки тому +1

      ssssthhhhhhhhhh yyessssthhhhhh look into myth eyesssthhhhhhhh :p

    • @waskelweewabbit1453
      @waskelweewabbit1453 4 роки тому +2

      LMAO ... I don't know why I even clicked it. I was just going to see how good they are I guess, but I was just thinking, "aww hell I'll just let them finish and I'll scroll down" and there you are ... first comment I see.

    • @nogggg111
      @nogggg111 4 роки тому

      Help I can’t stop rewatching it

  • @chisadickerson5964
    @chisadickerson5964 4 роки тому +958

    Me: so you guys know how play any instruments.
    The Glass duo: Yes but no.

  • @janemcginnis-glynn9234
    @janemcginnis-glynn9234 Рік тому +8

    Fabulous. Didn’t want it to end even though I knew it was coming.. what a treat. Thank you.

  • @marisagonzalez8533
    @marisagonzalez8533 11 місяців тому +4

    Mi parte favorita del Cascanueces junto con el Vals de las Flores. Realmente estos músicos tienen magia en sus manos. Muchas gracias.

  • @moonbeamchaos
    @moonbeamchaos 4 роки тому +660

    Sounds like it’s being played by fairies!

    • @tuxedosteve9556
      @tuxedosteve9556 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you

    • @dragomir9375
      @dragomir9375 4 роки тому +5

      its because they both are fairies

    • @unboxed-milk4984
      @unboxed-milk4984 4 роки тому

      dont see how the headless horseman played this but ok

    • @p34rl20
      @p34rl20 4 роки тому

      That's the comment I was looking for!

    • @rebelgirl6252
      @rebelgirl6252 4 роки тому +1

      It really does! The piece is called Dance of the Sugar Fairy, which makes it that much cooler.

  • @ThatMadCat
    @ThatMadCat 3 роки тому +5558

    It sounds like this piece was made to be played on glasses.

    • @Iris-jm3tt
      @Iris-jm3tt 3 роки тому +76

      It really does!

    • @maple9670
      @maple9670 3 роки тому +26

      Yep!

    • @Chris-uj3dh
      @Chris-uj3dh 3 роки тому +201

      It was, kind of. Tchaikovsky's first draft called for Glass Harmonica, an instrument invented by Ben Franklin which is basically just this, but configured a little differently.

    • @yukikaai3762
      @yukikaai3762 3 роки тому +80

      The instrument that Tchaikovsky ends up using is the Celesta, and it's basically a piano and sounds exactly like this pretty much. If you look up the process and history behind the making of this song specifically, let alone the actual Nutcracker, it's actually really interesting.

    • @jamieturner6835
      @jamieturner6835 3 роки тому +9

      Eyyy fancy seeing you here madcat, hope you doing well since you left but been trying to keep up with your vids

  • @deborahpetith8710
    @deborahpetith8710 3 роки тому +6

    What a talented duo, bloody beautifully played. Loved it.

  • @sajori0513
    @sajori0513 Рік тому

    Wouw!!!! Love it!!!❤

  • @risatungol
    @risatungol 7 років тому +1520

    This is the perfect instrument for this song! bravo!

    • @vraellar
      @vraellar 4 роки тому +12

      it's not a song

    • @gunslingingbird74
      @gunslingingbird74 4 роки тому +19

      It's not a song, it's a piece. Songs have words.

    • @markjulius2006
      @markjulius2006 4 роки тому +48

      @@gunslingingbird74 Who really cares? It sounds marvelous, so why nitpick something so insignificant? Technically it's a melody or instrumental composition, even though the "instruments" are not the typical conventional ones.

    • @picante28
      @picante28 4 роки тому +6

      And Harry Potter also XD

    • @barrydeer3722
      @barrydeer3722 4 роки тому +4

      I agree.

  • @imacompoza
    @imacompoza 4 роки тому +2425

    The glass is more in tune than my piano.

  • @lilithrogers5204
    @lilithrogers5204 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful!!!! thank You!!

  • @Nana1959.
    @Nana1959. Рік тому

    LOVE LOVE THIS!!!

  • @aaravbhatt760
    @aaravbhatt760 4 роки тому +649

    My friend: So what instrument do you play?
    Me: It's complicated.

    • @cupa6285
      @cupa6285 4 роки тому +6

      why do i always see this comment everytime

    • @wrongfootmcgee
      @wrongfootmcgee 4 роки тому +1

      except "you" don't... why is co-opting other peoples talent for comment likes a thing now?
      and what retreds give lobotomised comments like that a like?

    • @bugeatbark
      @bugeatbark 4 роки тому

      @@wrongfootmcgee you
      know you commented that twice

    • @wrongfootmcgee
      @wrongfootmcgee 4 роки тому

      @@bugeatbark yeah, there's something odd going on with my commenting feature... I deleted the second one. Thanks for the heads up.

    • @kmbdbob
      @kmbdbob 4 роки тому

      @@cupa6285 Because people are... complicated.

  • @anubhavsingh4143
    @anubhavsingh4143 4 роки тому +221

    "No one can bring this song to its purest form....."
    Glassduo- 'hold our glasses'

  • @jacquelinekalich3265
    @jacquelinekalich3265 Рік тому +1

    Amazing!

  • @lilacsstay6518
    @lilacsstay6518 2 роки тому

    This is magical thank you❤🎄

  • @kelseycarter7338
    @kelseycarter7338 4 роки тому +788

    Fun fact: Most of us didn’t search this up.

    • @user-mu2fx9yx7g
      @user-mu2fx9yx7g 4 роки тому +9

      but we loved it, thanks to google for recommending

    • @jdsarfo610
      @jdsarfo610 4 роки тому

      true

    • @SoftTangerineDreams
      @SoftTangerineDreams 4 роки тому

      I actually did. Someone showed something like this in a video and I had to search it up because it looks and sounds so cool.

    • @quantumrace7417
      @quantumrace7417 4 роки тому +1

      I was actually searching for the full song peter played on the wine glasses and came across this, didn’t disappoint 🤙

    • @niobiumblu6990
      @niobiumblu6990 4 роки тому

      I totally looked it up on purpose.

  • @barleytube9656
    @barleytube9656 4 роки тому +3850

    the fact that this was published 9 years ago but yet has better quality than some 2020 videos

    • @averyhaferman3474
      @averyhaferman3474 4 роки тому +9

      Its 1080.. stfu

    • @queenz6740
      @queenz6740 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah

    • @mikemack7933
      @mikemack7933 4 роки тому +38

      @@averyhaferman3474 1080 was great at 10 years ago

    • @collinhunter9792
      @collinhunter9792 3 роки тому +29

      christ, you are all so f..kin rude. I know exactly what you mean barley tube... and guess what? your bloody right.

    • @BYROXI5000
      @BYROXI5000 3 роки тому +2

      Yes.

  • @lorraineroberge5793
    @lorraineroberge5793 3 роки тому +1

    So beautiful!

  • @WTFyousayingboy123
    @WTFyousayingboy123 Рік тому +1

    Beautifully amazing❤

  • @maxcapone3957
    @maxcapone3957 4 роки тому +2118

    I’m saving this video under “Crazy Russian Hacks.” Nothing less will do.

    • @mrgw98
      @mrgw98 4 роки тому +156

      "In mother Russia, you don't find videos, videos find you."

    • @orionsarrow1025
      @orionsarrow1025 4 роки тому +6

      mrgw982 Y E S

    • @mintmango10
      @mintmango10 4 роки тому +9

      He did it lol

    • @mythicvalkire1478
      @mythicvalkire1478 4 роки тому +10

      Madlad actually did it

    • @pandanina
      @pandanina 4 роки тому +1

      Mintmango10 Oh my god hahahah 😂😂😂

  • @dragonoffski4501
    @dragonoffski4501 4 роки тому +2202

    I've just sat here quite literally gobsmacked for almost the entire piece - jaw dropped after less than 10 seconds and stayed that way. That's proper talent, that is.
    Yes it's 8 years old and yes, 'UA-cam recycles yet more old crap again' - but you know what - it's been years since I've seen this and I'd forgotten just how magical it sounds. Bravo UA-cam! You can spam me with this shit any day 😊

    • @puppylove42
      @puppylove42 4 роки тому +17

      There are some real diamond videos out there glad youtoob Is finally sharing them. This is amazing

    • @scylvia
      @scylvia 4 роки тому +3

      puppylove42 YOUTOOB AHAHHA

    • @user-og1jz6xl3y
      @user-og1jz6xl3y 4 роки тому +4

      I read that whole comment in an accent

    • @GreatLakesLogger
      @GreatLakesLogger 4 роки тому +2

      @@user-og1jz6xl3y Lol exactly right

    • @NewWorldAstro
      @NewWorldAstro 4 роки тому

      Dragon Offski how’s the Jaw?

  • @bomber5242
    @bomber5242 Рік тому +1

    AWESOME !

  • @Mu5096rdgh
    @Mu5096rdgh 3 роки тому

    Amazing ! 🙏🏻

  • @thatisjake
    @thatisjake 4 роки тому +539

    "Do you play music"
    "Yes"
    "What instrument"
    "Its complicated"

    • @Radical_Rainbow
      @Radical_Rainbow 4 роки тому +7

      "You're a musician? What do you play?"
      "You, uh, done with your drink?"

    • @user-zp4kh2nl7o
      @user-zp4kh2nl7o 4 роки тому

      Yeah it is COMPLICATED!

  • @snail134
    @snail134 3 роки тому +1381

    My friend: "What instrument do you play?"
    Me: "The Glass."

    • @She.lovesGod
      @She.lovesGod 3 роки тому +5

      Me:The kalimba and violin
      (Edited)

    • @MrE_
      @MrE_ 3 роки тому +3

      First name Mister, last name Glass

    • @dentwique984
      @dentwique984 3 роки тому +1

      Praise the glass also can u please teach me it's so hard to do

    • @SlovakDiplomat
      @SlovakDiplomat 3 роки тому

      I play the field artillery

  • @david5562
    @david5562 2 роки тому

    What a master peace! Thank you so much

  • @shawnpereira3042
    @shawnpereira3042 3 роки тому

    Simply awesome!!!

  • @Jeramithehuman
    @Jeramithehuman 4 роки тому +2379

    Let’s be real... Nobody searched this but everyone clicked, everyone watched and everyone liked

    • @alexisblair7798
      @alexisblair7798 4 роки тому +16

      I searched it! My husband had never heard of this

    • @Jeramithehuman
      @Jeramithehuman 4 роки тому +6

      Alexis Blair I’d be willing to bet you didn’t first find this by searching specifically for it

    • @nocontent1238
      @nocontent1238 4 роки тому +4

      I just searched up music on glasses

    • @Jeramithehuman
      @Jeramithehuman 4 роки тому +2

      Bob Bob whatever you gotta tell yourself to sleep at night

    • @nocontent1238
      @nocontent1238 4 роки тому

      I watched one of sp0ntanius' videos and that made me search it up.

  • @johnterran5295
    @johnterran5295 8 років тому +2756

    i can finally say that i believe in magic now.

  • @malcolmh5736
    @malcolmh5736 3 роки тому

    Amazing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @ihaveaname4109
    @ihaveaname4109 2 роки тому

    This is AMAZING!!!

  • @oburimacha4306
    @oburimacha4306 4 роки тому +1105

    Friend: What kind of music do you listen to?
    Me: I listen to *Glassical Music*

  • @mudn2004
    @mudn2004 4 роки тому +464

    Goes to instrument shop:
    “Hello how can I help?”
    “I would like 100 glasses of unique size please”

    • @sophiaredwood5825
      @sophiaredwood5825 4 роки тому +1

      I actually tried to make music with different glasses for a music project once, so I went to a store and just bought a bunch of random glasses and had to awkwardly tap them with a spoon in the store too 😂😂

    • @sophiaredwood5825
      @sophiaredwood5825 4 роки тому

      Yanjun Sun ahhh ouchh

  • @marknagy5892
    @marknagy5892 3 роки тому

    Just amazing and sounds so so good !

  • @singe0diabolique
    @singe0diabolique 7 років тому +1459

    I have played a glass harp, and I will gladly tell you , this is not easy!

    • @singe0diabolique
      @singe0diabolique 7 років тому +66

      I managed to play the melody to Silent Night while someone accompanied me on the piano. Nothing like these two playing

    • @virtueisdead
      @virtueisdead 7 років тому +4

      So true. I played it and it is so hard.

    • @irisrentas6048
      @irisrentas6048 6 років тому

      Alex Lagura SWORD HAND DANCE👏

    • @Abduldoctor
      @Abduldoctor 6 років тому +8

      How did you manage that in Chris's closet? That is impressive.

    • @thefellowshipreforged8901
      @thefellowshipreforged8901 5 років тому +7

      My friends and I did the main riff on ode to joy on some glasses at our dinner table it was rad

  • @gurlgenius11
    @gurlgenius11 4 роки тому +261

    This is unbelievable. What a phenomenal rendition, in every aspect.

  • @n.ayisha
    @n.ayisha 3 роки тому

    that is AWESOME!

  • @sandrakisch3600
    @sandrakisch3600 2 роки тому

    This so beautiful. I can feel every note. Thank you.

  • @mattyo1335
    @mattyo1335 4 роки тому +232

    The dislikes are from the coffee mugs

  • @dinasultana1
    @dinasultana1 4 роки тому +1162

    My clumsy self would probably end up knocking over all the glasses

  • @danquenneville7343
    @danquenneville7343 Рік тому

    Truly amazing!

  • @joannalamb4542
    @joannalamb4542 Рік тому

    Absolutely beautiful!!!

  • @juantisotelo
    @juantisotelo 4 роки тому +1961

    Once, a music teacher told me that the musical glasses were not instruments, I told her there were and she kicked me out of the class. I should show her this masterpiece.

    • @deannkelley5134
      @deannkelley5134 3 роки тому +167

      ANYTHING can be an instrument!

    • @FlysAtNightWoman
      @FlysAtNightWoman 3 роки тому +64

      Ohhh, you sooo need to show her THIS video!!! 😯

    • @TK-ij2xi
      @TK-ij2xi 3 роки тому +56

      Everytime I put my wine glasses away I ding them....and I'm an adult.

    • @MJ-sy2en
      @MJ-sy2en 3 роки тому +59

      Yes that includes Mayonnaise

    • @Aguantis
      @Aguantis 3 роки тому +4

      How did it go?

  • @SummerThyme29
    @SummerThyme29 Рік тому

    This is just amazing!!!!

  • @SPOOKIESPOOKSANGELSEXPLOREWITH

    Wonderful ❤❤❤

  • @yckieh568
    @yckieh568 3 роки тому +2287

    This must be what it’s like to have perfect pitch. Tuning those glasses would be a nightmare for us mere mortals.

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 3 роки тому +69

      Try, I don’t think it would be as hard as you imagine :)

    • @Cavin8r
      @Cavin8r 3 роки тому +64

      I imagine there would be some sort of convenient way to measure. Lines on the glasses, por example

    • @yckieh568
      @yckieh568 3 роки тому +40

      It’s a joke people. Jeeeeezzzzzzz.

    • @elisabethseaton6521
      @elisabethseaton6521 3 роки тому +74

      @@yckieh568 I dunno Emily. I have a hard time getting my guitar right..only 6 strings

    • @tdiddle8950
      @tdiddle8950 3 роки тому +24

      I would think you just need a chromatic tuner and a pitcher...but it's still awesome.

  • @moriahmanwaring755
    @moriahmanwaring755 4 роки тому +520

    The last time I was in Venice, I came across a girl performing this song on glasses of water in a public square. It was beautiful. This one sounds even better, though, but I’m guessing it’s at least in part because they’re in a performance hall and have even more glasses at their disposal. Love that people have these talents!

  • @sieunarinesingh
    @sieunarinesingh 2 роки тому

    This is beautiful!!

  • @theresakaplanamuso6342
    @theresakaplanamuso6342 Рік тому

    Bravo-!! I listen to this over & over again!!

  • @JackandSally4ever
    @JackandSally4ever 3 роки тому +282

    Somehow this sounds more magical than the original instruments the piece was designed for

    • @user-se9nm1tl9l
      @user-se9nm1tl9l 2 роки тому +8

      The original instrument for this was glass harmonica which sounds absolutely the same.

    • @Arkturbettel
      @Arkturbettel Рік тому +2

      ​@@user-se9nm1tl9l the original instrument is celesta. Which is also much more versatile than this nonsence.