Episode 8: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Bada-bada-bada-BAM-bum-bum!!! That got your attention, but did you know that the piece we hear every 4th July for the US Independence Day celebrations was actually commemorating something that could not have been more different?! Listen to the piece on Apple Music Classical. apple.co/Class...
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MUSIC CREDITS:
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Work: 1812 Overture, Op.49
Performer: Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Year: 2009
Label: Mariinsky
Catalogue No: MAR0503
With thanks to Emilia Strachevskaia.
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In my opinion, Tchaikovsky's lack of love towards the 1812 overture helped make it even better: because he channeled his frustration and anger towards this project he had no passion for and ended up making an emotional and furious masterpiece.
Pretty inspiring tbh. Just shows that "passion" is not always necessary for art.
@@craigcraig6248 in a pinch, spite can be an acceptable substitute
technically emotion is passion so he filled that with pure anger still being passion if you think about it
Spite and passion is two side of the same coin
@@craigcraig6248 I got something different from it.
That "passion" need not be positive. You can even be "passionately apathetic" towards something, as paradoxical as that sounds. After all, we humans and our feelings are nothing if not paradoxical.
Just imagine if Tchaikovsky time travelled to today and asked "What's my most popular piece"
He would go nuts
I mean his piano concerto no.1 is pretty famous and popular
@@thestarwarsmusiccomposer3491 close second
what about nutcracker?
Sure, his most famous piece. Not the Nutcracker which is only performed about 7 million times every goddamn Christmas. Certainly not Romeo and Juliet with a theme so famous it’s been made into pop songs. Definitely not Swan Lake! Who the hell’s ever heard of that? I seem to remember he got *three* different works of his excerpted in the three minute top ten hit medley from 1981 _Hooked on Classics_ while no-names like Mozart only got one. What a one-hit-wonder Tchaikovsky was. I never fail to be amazed by the absolute arrogance and stupidity of comments on UA-cam, especially the ones on this channel, which seems to engender a whole breed of know-it-all know-nothings, like the ass below who thinks Americans have no idea this piece is Russian just because it’s played on Independence Day. Christ.
@@ДедАфанасий-к3гi honestly don’t think it’s as popular
Fun fact: the other big musicians of the time were actively transcribing folk music. They'd go out to the country side, listen to the folk music and then write it down. It was post French Revolution and they were trying to cultivate a true, Russian sound. Just a fun bit of context, too!
French: Throws baguettes
Russians: Throws babushka dolls
Truely a battle for the ages
French in snow: “we ran out of baguettes”
*wheeze*
@@shwetasaini6140 Sun-Tzu: "...i told you so...!" ;-)
These "babushka dolls" are matryoshkas, one of the most famous symbols of russian culture. But anyway, russians should throw bottles of vodka, lol
@@Mr666satana ...of course with a burning fuse...! ;-)
@@Mr666satana with Poles trying to murder tsar flying on clouds
How is this channel so underrated??
Which is what we ask ourselves everyday! Thanks for the support :)
@@ClassicsExplained You guys need to upload more if you want to gain more followers.
True you should upload more !! :D
Ikr? I found this channel today and I subscribed after my 2nd video (Rite of Spring)
@@James.D.B. same with me!!
Broke: Use an entire orchestra for your loud notes
Woke: Just use cannons
I think it’s crazy that I first remember hearing the 1812 overture in the show Little Einstein’s when I was a kid and then in my elementary school music class we had to act it out where there were Russians, French army, and Napoleon. It’s definitely one of my favorite theatrical and epic pieces of music and is so different from his other works, which I still love.
Some of the Musical Terms I know off Comes from Little Einsteins.
Oh yeah, the unicorn episode and the fire truck episode. I loved that show so much when I was a kid, it introduced me to classical music in general
I got to play 1812 overture today…
The cannons hurt my ears.
we making outta the catacombs with this one
he hearted it and thats nice
so classics explained knows guts and blackpowder?
Maybe. @@michelegionno
@@michelegionnomaybe
I had a music history teacher in high school, who would make classical music and all music
"come alive" like this. People would say "wait, you know about the guy that wrote this?" Because she knew the person who wrote the music was important to understanding the music. The "Why" also. Thank you for bringing this back. I'm sharing with parents on FB, as some are struggling with home schooling still.
Very nice I would also add to the unlucky year of 1881, also Nikolai Rubinstein had died in march of that year, very unlucky I would say.
Oh yes, everything that could go wrong, went wrong that year.
@@ClassicsExplained sounds like 2020
@@pugh.joseph but old
The GOAT of Composers
I never knew this piece had such a story!
So much character in this!! Amazing !!! Great art.
Thank you!
I showed this to my class and they loved it. We found it very entertaining and informative! This new art style reminded us of bugs bunny. Your videos keep getting better, please make more like this one and keep up the incredible work*thumbs up*
Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing our videos with your students! more videos are on their way!
@@ClassicsExplained can you do Moroni, and Kunihiko?
You must be one of them cool teachers
We're making it out of catacombs de Paris with this one
Fellow player eh?
guts and blackpowder player spotted
I'm proud of you as I love guts and black powder
Pls STOP writting these stupid comments
trash game Blood and Iron is better!! Invalid opinion spotted with this one 🔥
Woah! This deserves WAY nore views! It was so interesting to see the story behind it and I was genuinely surprised when it didn’t have a ton of views. Great job!
Thank you so much! We really appreciate that. Getting views is still tough as we are very small, self-funding and really just doing this to cater for the fact that no similar resource really exists online that tells the story of classical music in an irreverent and accessible though carefully researched manner.
So every supportive comment is very reassuring! Thank you. Still have a backlog of videos that are being animated to release
baguettes and dolls! Perfect war weaponry!!❤
Wow! Your best animation to date, congrats!
Thank you!
Americans made the 1812 overture their own and almost no July 4th celebration is complete without it getting played. But America declared independence from Britain in 1776 and was a country with a constitution by 1787. What's so special about 1812? Wouldn't you know it? The British waged a war, invaded America's new capital (named for the general who beat them a couple decades earlier, no less!) and burned down the White House! Eventually though, just like Napoleon, they had to tuck tail and retreat, and lose the war. Thus, Americans and Russians have one piece of music to celebrate both their victories against outsiders! Thank you, Pyotr Chai!
History is my favorite and i always watch these keep it up
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UA-cam recommend this video and i know damn well im gonna find a gnb comment here lol
Tchaikovsky shoulda been proud
It is amazing in both content and context
_A war fought with dolls & bread?_ Love it! Great video *&* great presentation!!
I enjoy your channel very much! 🎻🎺💕
Thank you 1812 overture got to be one of my favourites
Best art comes from the author's pain, and dejection. Which is why the Authors often hate their favorite art piece.
This series is very interesting and very fun to watch...As a long-time classical music fan, this is my new favorite UA-cam channel.
You are too kind. Thank you.
@@ClassicsExplained I suggest you to make a video on Vivaldi's Four Seasons. That would be awesome 😁
Try Respighi's Pines of Rome next. It can provide an example of recording nature in music. @@ClassicsExplained
And the hits keep coming! Thanks for the always quality content and for helping me become more well rounded in my musical appreciation.
7:44 - I feel like those bells seem to remind me of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
0:44 They way Tchaikovsky just slides to his TV made me laugh!
Lmao 🤣
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WITHOUT THIS SONG CATACOMBS FINAL DEFENSE WONT PLAY THIS EPIC SHIT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
HELL YEAH
Newgens these days
Wdym it's literally a joke chill out old man
@@Nevsky25”Erm uh…new gens now” - little max born in 2013
This channel is too good to have so few subscribers.
We really appreciate this - very kind of you. It's hard being a small channel when we are essentially self-funding and doing this in our spare time. Not really had much opportunity to market it. Ultimately, we really want to cater for the fact that nothing really exists on youtube that does this in the same manner.
Takes time but we will get there - and so your supportive comment is very reassuring :)
idk man 80.000 is alot to me
I love this series, thanks for creating this content!
Thank you for watching!
Bravo Classics Explained, a thoroughly enjoyable video, clear, captivating, and never ceasing to induce wonder ! :D
Thank you so much!
Awesome! Learned a lot of details I didn’t know and my students will enjoy it too!
Five seconds into it, I cannot wait! Ahh, this is going to be awesome.
Great channel! Classical (mostly Romantic, impressionistic, neo-classical and the like) has been the only music I listen to my entire life, and I majored in music in college, but your channel has taught me a lot (albeit in a silly way) that I probably never would have known otherwise.
i still love the song, no matter what, its a VERY good song.
Me too and I still listening
I absolutely loved this video, I love Tchaikovsky and this overture and didn’t know about most of these stuff!! 💖
Thanks so much :)
Love the video, even tho many GnB dudes saying nonsense in here. At least younger generations know how underrated classical music is especially the epic atmosphere in 1812 overture, no wonder they all love it.
one time i got to play this as an arrangement for bassoon band. There were like 30 of us bassoons, bassooning along. The audience popped balloons and we bassooned. it was fun
The Ren and Stimpy direction is approved!
Just wow, tchaikovsky really is a man of romanticism
Yep!
Happy to be here before it blows up❤ I already knew on this video since I'm a huge fan of Tchaikovsky. I hope there'll be more Tchaikovsky in the future
Thanks so much!!
Do Rhapsody in blue next!
already in production :)
@@ClassicsExplained Ooooooooh I can't wait
@@RachelDeRosier010894 me neither ^_^
I'm keenly interested to see the story behind Rhapsody, particularly after the interpretation given by Fantasia 2000!
@@ClassicsExplained are you gonna do Pines of Rome, The Carnival of the Animals and Rhapsody in Blue too?
_Fantasia_ 1975.
My suggestion for the next video: Má vlast. Or maybe just "The Moldau".
Thank you for the suggestion! Adding it to our list :)
One of my favorites. Programmatic music seems to go fantastically well with these animations too!
Love this piece as well !!!
@@ClassicsExplained what about Bolero and Pines of Rome?
Wonderful as always!
One of the reason that this piece has been so iconic was that Russian immigrant Serge Koussevitzky Chief Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra thought it would be a great way to end a concert and its choice for ending the famous July 4 concert outdoors on the esplanade was also championed by his successor the famous Arthur Fiedler. Even today Russians ask why such a patriotic Russian piece is played for American Independence Day.
Indeed! Thanks for the comment :)
For shame, i went to look up this explanation and didnt even think to look on this phenomenal channel first. Love you dudes!!!!🎉
Another wonderful video ! Thank you so much for educating me in a fun way.
Although I preferred the old animation style a bit more I am curious about what is still to come and which fake accent we are about to enjoy next. :)
Love from Germany
Due to the increased speed of production, we had to expand our animation team that's why the change of style, though you'll see more videos in the original style soon!
the animation is really fun! the music is absolute fire and the explanation is amazing! a perfect channel with very few subscribers. I wish more people will know about this channel in the future. Please keep making good content and teach us! ^^
That was funny, entertaining and most importantly, educational. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. I've watched others in this series but this one opened my eyes into the world of classical music.
Thank you - glad it has introduced you to some great pieces :)
Don't let the guts and blackpowder players get in here
Too laet
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*Wait for the boat.*
You Re Videos are such a great Treasure on YT!
This is a brilliant piece of music. I love the instrumentation, the rhythm is so varied. The bells canons is magic.
Marvelous. Quaker used one of the themes in the overture as an advertising jingle 40-50 years ago: "This is the cereal that's shot from guns."
People: Mr. Tchaikovsky, you are a genius!
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Fuck you!
Damn bro 💀
Tchaikovsky also composed The Nutcracker.
Small correction---the opening Orthodox chant is presented by 4 'celli and 2 violas...
Some performances actually substitute (back-?) a choir in place of the instruments for that chant; one notable example of this is Herbie von K.and the BPO, which invites the famous Don Cossack choir to the recording party.~
Tchaikovsky, cannons are not instruments.
Yes they are, and I'm going to use 21 of them.
Tchaikovsky no!
Tchaikovsky YES!!
*B O O M*
TCHAIKOVSKY ALVAYS YES!!!
I had no idea about any of this. Thank the algorithm for shoving me this
So glad to have been a little enlightening today!
Love this channel! It's aways a nice surprise seeing a new video of yours. This is a channel that has passion behind it.
Nice change of style of animation. I like that you are experimenting with new thechniques
@@thepedrothethethe6151 Thank you for your heartwarming feedback!
@@ClassicsExplained Thanks for making insightful videos on classical music!
4:04 - This part sometimes makes me feel like I want to cry tears of joy. This part of the overture kind of makes me feel like I am in the middle of a quiet and peaceful forest surrounded by cute and cuddly friendly animals. 🌳🦌🐇 Or sitting near a large cathedral where the birds would gather, and inside the cathedral, I could imagine hearing the cathedral pipe organ playing the beginning of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, “Oh Lord Save Thy People” very softly as the organ’s music resonates and reverberates throughout the inside of the cathedral. ⛪️
5:31 - This part of the overture was heard in the Little Einsteins episode, Fire Truck Rocket. In the scene where Leo is using Fire Truck Rocket’s rescue ladder to sneak up on the shadow giant to obtain the key to unlock the gate in order to escape from the shadow forest.
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Ah thank you so much - really really appreciated :)
I have been binge-watching your videos like crazy, specially because, besides them being so well made and entertaining, most of them talk about works that awakened my passion for music when I was younger. I had honestly forgotten about that passion for a bit, so thank you for bringing it back. I'll share your content as much as I can!
this is the best thing ive watch on youtube in years
You're too kind - thank you :)
Love this art style!!
Me too!
Same
Never knew this was Tchaikovsky love this piece heard it while playing a Napoleon strategy game no less.
Играл ее и не знал композитора?Это по американски знать не знаем но пользуемся...
This channel is just amazing
What a beautiful informative video m8s earned a sub :))
Really appreciated - thank you! Many more to come :)
@@ClassicsExplained aye lad I cant wait 🌟 cheers
Tchaikovsky in a trailer park is so funny. Nice message about great music being universal. It also speaks to the genius of Tchaikovsky that he wrote it in a week this guy could arrange and compose music.
Much appreciated :)
This is the single best piece of classical music in my opinion
Underrated channel. Please keep up the good work!!!
Thanks so much! We like to think so too! Many more to come :)
Great job!
I absolutely love and appreciate what you are doing...thank you
"Tchaikovsky, No. You can't use cannons as instruments."
*Loads cannons*
Tchaikovsky, YES!
Keep em coming!
I really appreciate the explanation in this format. I don't think I'd look into it or remember the information about the background otherwise.
Thank you for this.
I loved how your Tchaikovsky voice ended up sounding like Dracula 😆 very informative and engaging video!
I really like the artstyle also this wants to learn more about other composers like tchaikovsky! so thank you for making this awesome video 😎👍
Thank you for the story!
That video was absolutely brilliant.
This explanation was very interesting, underrated video and channel
Thanks for your support :)
I came here for the music and ended up having a great history lesson. It certainly makes me appreciate this piece more. Especially love the fire alarm!
i love this channel its so good
Thanks so much President Truman !
i knew it it was tchaikovsky but not the ballet but i was listening to the 1812 overture before this video was release
really cool breakdown, thanks!
Thank you for watching
This overture was also used to score the silent films of George Méliès!
00:04 to 1:42 Very nice funny intro! LOL!
These animations are unbelievably good
Thank you - this comment is so appreciated
Great video! Would like to see a vid about Shostakovich's Leningrad symphony
Thanks! Great idea :)
I'm so glad to have discovered this channel 😍. Wonderful content!
I’d love to see one of these about Suppe’s “Light Cavalry Overture” - I understand that the “Light Cavalry” was actually a dance troupe?
I love this channel. Wanna write a few comments for the sake of UA-cam algorithms.
Too kind - we need the algorithm on our side! Thanks for the support!
Marche Slav has a similar vibe to 1812, including “God Save the Czar”. That would be a good story to hear.
Yes! Thanks for this comment
Ah yes the Czar
@@ClassicsExplainedWill that be on the list
Noplian:
Approaches Russia.
Russian winter be like:
You shall not pass!
Can you please do Haydn’s 45th Symphony in F sharp minor, "Farewell", please?
Hi, thanks for the suggestion! Adding it to our list!
WE MAKING IT OFF THE PONT AU DOUBLE BRIDGE WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️