We realise a few of the captions in the video have an error - 'The Four Temperaments' is in fact Nielsen's 2nd Symphony, not the 6th! His 6th is 'Sinfonia Semplice'.
love this series of videos. They are exceptionally valuable. And yes, subtitles are a great idea for people like me who don't live in England and don't have a good grasp of the spoken language. Thanks, great job!
I throughly enjoy the music of Carl Nielsen. To me, it is accessible. And it has that Nordic sound that I can't define. It's very uplifting. And not depressing like Wagner. Or Sjostakovitch. I saw his opera "masquerade" like 35-40 years ago. In Denmark. Was my first opera. The overture of Masquerade was played on the first night of the Proms, BBC, 2015
Nielsen's symphonies nos. 4 and 5 are his most admired and best known symphonies and probably his best known works so I suppose it is commendable that the Philharmonia is broadening perspectives on Nielsen by bringing some attention to these two less well known symphonies.
Thanks David - our Nielsen concert cycle that started last year features all of his symphonies, but we just decided to focus on the second half of the series (continuing on 10th November) for this video!
Carl Nielsen's fully mature 5th Symphony puts him in the ranks of other innovative 20th century symphonists that include Sibelius, Vaughan Williams and Shostakovich. These four composers took the original Viennese musical form first perfected by Haydn in the late 18th century and uncoupled it from the grand 19th century Teutonic tradition by incorporating various aspects unique to their own cultures: speech inflection, native folk melody and historical legends, all of which reflected the distinct psychological outlook of their peoples. Nielsen's quirky music personifies the Danes who are the most playful of the Scandinavians. Also, it has been proposed that the final minutes of the first movement of Nielsen's 5th Symphony influenced the composition of Maurice Ravel's Bolero with its hovering clarinet melody, repetitive side drum figures and sustained harmony in the strings. Ravel attended the Paris premiere of Nielsen's 5th in 1924 and premiered his Bolero there two years later in 1926.
an excellent contribution but i'd say some of the earlier Symphonies ( all written in a relatively short space of time) can hold their own alongside Sib, Shost and RVW as well.
This video is amazing! I just listened to "Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D" and saw how those harmonies where so pure and predictable almost and listened to Stravinsky's "Right Of Spring" and how the harmonies were unpredictable, distorted, sometimes in a beautiful way. So if anyone can help me find similar composers or works that are unique (Avant -guarde) for a reason and progressive and original,like Stravinsky, Bela Bartok, Lili Boulanger, Berlioz, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Satie: Also I'm into classical composers that are pioneers of ambient music, that have dark yet calm relax mysterious ambience. Bands I like: Opeth (Progressive rock/Metal),Animal as Leaders(Progressive djent metal/ambient),Tigran Hamasyan (Progressive piano/exp)
Thanks for the feedback! We're trying to make the channel more accessible to everyone, including people with hearing difficulties and also those who may not speak English as a first language. Subtitles can be helpful in both cases.
Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK) that's a good reason. UA-cam has a CC system that detects speech and let's you turn them off and on and even automatically translate them into various languages.
Yes, that's true, but we found that sometimes it is unreliable. Subtitles are also useful for people who consume media on their phones, especially when out and about.
We realise a few of the captions in the video have an error - 'The Four Temperaments' is in fact Nielsen's 2nd Symphony, not the 6th! His 6th is 'Sinfonia Semplice'.
love this series of videos. They are exceptionally valuable. And yes, subtitles are a great idea for people like me who don't live in England and don't have a good grasp of the spoken language. Thanks, great job!
Thank you very much Antonio - that's really useful feedback! It's great to hear you're enjoying them and finding them helpful.
Thank you for that video! Carl Nielsen is certainly a very valuable - melodic and interesting - composer to study.
I throughly enjoy the music of Carl Nielsen. To me, it is accessible. And it has that Nordic sound that I can't define.
It's very uplifting. And not depressing like Wagner. Or Sjostakovitch.
I saw his opera "masquerade" like 35-40 years ago. In Denmark. Was my first opera.
The overture of Masquerade was played on the first night of the Proms, BBC, 2015
These videos are great - really nice, thanks.
Thank you very much, Simon!
please programme more Nielsen.
Nielsen's symphonies nos. 4 and 5 are his most admired and best known symphonies and probably his best known works so I suppose it is commendable that the Philharmonia is broadening perspectives on Nielsen by bringing some attention to these two less well known symphonies.
Thanks David - our Nielsen concert cycle that started last year features all of his symphonies, but we just decided to focus on the second half of the series (continuing on 10th November) for this video!
Why do they have the Four Temperaments listed at 6th Symphony when it is the 2nd Symphony.
Hi Franklin, Thanks, this was a mistake, which we corrected in the description of the film.
Carl Nielsen's fully mature 5th Symphony puts him in the ranks of other innovative 20th century symphonists that include Sibelius, Vaughan Williams and Shostakovich. These four composers took the original Viennese musical form first perfected by Haydn in the late 18th century and uncoupled it from the grand 19th century Teutonic tradition by incorporating various aspects unique to their own cultures: speech inflection, native folk melody and historical legends, all of which reflected the distinct psychological outlook of their peoples. Nielsen's quirky music personifies the Danes who are the most playful of the Scandinavians.
Also, it has been proposed that the final minutes of the first movement of Nielsen's 5th Symphony influenced the composition of Maurice Ravel's Bolero with its hovering clarinet melody, repetitive side drum figures and sustained harmony in the strings. Ravel attended the Paris premiere of Nielsen's 5th in 1924 and premiered his Bolero there two years later in 1926.
an excellent contribution but i'd say some of the earlier Symphonies ( all written in a relatively short space of time) can hold their own alongside Sib, Shost and RVW as well.
@@newaccent1973 Agreed and thanks.
The 4 temperaments is symphony nr. 2
This video is amazing!
I just listened to "Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D" and saw how those harmonies where so pure and predictable almost and listened to Stravinsky's "Right Of Spring" and how the harmonies were unpredictable, distorted, sometimes in a beautiful way. So if anyone can help me find similar composers or works that are unique (Avant -guarde) for a reason and progressive and original,like Stravinsky, Bela Bartok, Lili Boulanger, Berlioz, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, Satie:
Also I'm into classical composers that are pioneers of ambient music, that have dark yet calm relax mysterious ambience.
Bands I like: Opeth (Progressive rock/Metal),Animal as Leaders(Progressive djent metal/ambient),Tigran Hamasyan (Progressive piano/exp)
They finally got it right in the end at 10:55
This is a great quick look at Carl Nielsen, but why are there subtitles for people speaking perfect English?
Thanks for the feedback! We're trying to make the channel more accessible to everyone, including people with hearing difficulties and also those who may not speak English as a first language. Subtitles can be helpful in both cases.
Philharmonia Orchestra (London, UK) that's a good reason. UA-cam has a CC system that detects speech and let's you turn them off and on and even automatically translate them into various languages.
Yes, that's true, but we found that sometimes it is unreliable. Subtitles are also useful for people who consume media on their phones, especially when out and about.
Fair enough.
I also wish they could be turned off, they're really distracting.
So technically this composer was a mix of Stravinsky with a touch of Debussy. But no Wagner
Neither composer springs to mind when i listen to his music.