This is probably the first time in a while that 16 minutes actually felt like 4 minutes for me, listening to music. I was so into the music the whole time, that by the time the music stopped I thought it was the end of the 1st movement -- until I saw the ending cards.
Awesome description, Benny! The same effect happens to me whenever I listen to Debussy/Ravel.. it's just so surprising, and then I rewind the video to listen to again and it feels longer. XD
Just stunning - freedom and joy. Scintillating rhythms and illuminating clusters of repeated chords. Beautifully timed interjections and changes of atmospheres. Love it.
Thank you for posting this excellent work with score to fully appreciate the skill and careful preparation required by the two pianists. It has a lot of variation for a one timbre composition in terms of thematic variation and contrast. Showy yet sometimes cerebral and spiritual. A great way to start the day!!! Beautiful work.
The beginning inspired me to write a piece similar to it, that kept the feeling of the first few bars: legato, interlocking rhythms, where every note fits with every note in a chord.
@@JakobArnar I messed up on the dress rehearsal. We agreed that he would nod to me, just to be safe. 😁 The problem here is that while you get to see the score, you won’t know where the pages end. 😅
This has to be one of the best pieces for two pianos since the golden period of Rachmaninov and Ravel. The pianists have to be metronomically disciplined; but when it comes off, it’s a stunning effect throughout its length.
Cette pièce est admirable. Un chef d'œuvre absolu... Délicieusement aquatique par endroits ; en l'écoutant, je suis comme jeté dans un éclat d'échos... Merci énormément ! ; )
Don't like 'piano only' works...normally; however, this has brought a bit of 'light' to an infernally dull Midsummer's Day in England. Now, if only you could teach me to follow the score....!
Mathilde, tu m’as proposé d’écouter le 3ème mouvement. Chaque fois que je l’écoute, je pense à toi et à cette soirée magique à Paris. Je me souviens de ce moment où tu as entendu l’Uber arriver, alors que nous dégustions le délicieux falafel libanais. Ces souvenirs me réchauffent le cœur. Je t’aime énormément. Léo ;) ❤❤❤
@@Whatismusic123 You get emotional watching a movie? *YOU DELUSIONAL BASTARD* The movie is a fiction, nothing is happening that actually affects your life. But wait, do you really think you are even touching a loved one when you hug him/her? Delusional! Atoms don't really touch each other, is an illusion! What's music, you ask? Music is you, the one who has the answers.
@@albertomartin4812 not once did I state that emotions have no purpose. Obviously you would feel emotions watching a movie, because a movie is reflective of reality. It's not like the emotions someone *might* feel when hugging a loved one exist out of some divine existence, they are a biological tool to understand importance.
Have loved this song since I first heard in Call Me By Your Name. But sadly Apple Music has removed this piece (along with several others) from the official soundtrack :( More than half of the soundtrack is no longer available on Apple Music.
@@raffaeledelpizzo8069 but china gates and phrygian gates are written with a key, even if they change a lot. also it’s not “atonal” in the slightest, so it doesn’t make sense.
@@BarryWaterlow John Adams? UA-cam! I get a lot of youtube recommendations like this one. I think the first one I was exposed to was his opera The Death of Klinghoffer. Then Hallelujah Junction via the film Call Me By Your Name.
As a pianist I enjoy this piece immensely, but I would not want to play it. One false step, one added or subtracted rest and you're out of sync - and good luck getting back!
Graham Fitkin did this so much better in the mid-1980s. Check out his superb piano disc called Flak. Works for 1, 2 and 4 pianos, with up to 8 hands. I hope it's still available.
Not to be uncultured but this starts off like a warm sunny day and progresses into a confused psychotic episode. I don't know why anyone would do this to their own piece
Just like Bach. He didn't invent fugues and counterpoint, he just gave it its highest zenith. Great innovators who don't know how to achieve the full potential of their new discoveries are vital too, but getting there first isn't everything.
Annoyance. No exploration of low and high register of the instrument. All is within 6 octaves. Not possible to perform life. The recording is fake. So sad. Annoyance first degree.
I understand your points, we all have different points of view. Although there are live performances of the piece, it seems very impossible but isn't haha! Saludos amigo.
what do you mean impossible to perform live? it totally is possible. and it’s a very cool experience to watch, because the pianists have to be communicating sooo well with each other!
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Whenever you hear this, it's a great day to be alive.
Without the awesome movie Call me by your name, I would never dicsovered this wonderful piece of art.
Watch the Italian movie "I am Love" which uses nothing but Adams music. You will love it.
X2💚🤍❤️🍑✡️
I really started the movie and I was like .. wait a minute I know that god damn music
That's a shame.
Same here!
At age 81, I marvel to hear a masterpiece like this. It is humbling to know that genius continues to shine thru our new composers. WOW ~
Heh, it’s funny you say that because John Adams is 77...he's been composing for 50 years
@@whatafreakinusername Still ... this kind of genius keeps me in amazement!
Whenever I get gas at Hallelujah Junction, I look for John Adams...the closest I get is Sam Adams and lottery tickets
And a john, right? All gas stations have a john. So, a john and S.Adams. John Adams.
You're welcome.
i've literally been thinking about this piece all week and just had to hear it again after looking at it in composition seminar
This is probably the first time in a while that 16 minutes actually felt like 4 minutes for me, listening to music. I was so into the music the whole time, that by the time the music stopped I thought it was the end of the 1st movement -- until I saw the ending cards.
Awesome description, Benny! The same effect happens to me whenever I listen to Debussy/Ravel.. it's just so surprising, and then I rewind the video to listen to again and it feels longer. XD
Meraviglioso. Quanta luce, nei pezzi di Adams!
Just stunning - freedom and joy. Scintillating rhythms and illuminating clusters of repeated chords. Beautifully timed interjections and changes of atmospheres. Love it.
What a moment--- I feel so much of my America
Thank you for posting this excellent work with score to fully appreciate the skill and careful preparation required by the two pianists. It has a lot of variation for a one timbre composition in terms of thematic variation and contrast. Showy yet sometimes cerebral and spiritual. A great way to start the day!!! Beautiful work.
12:38 was such a beautiful surprise!
Love the energy in the work
The beginning inspired me to write a piece similar to it, that kept the feeling of the first few bars: legato, interlocking rhythms, where every note fits with every note in a chord.
So beautiful and magical
Espectacular y fantastico que maravilla infinitas felicidades!!!!
the second movement is truly something heart-wrenching
1:44 this time stamp is truly my favorite part of this piece.. it’s also the funnest to play 🤗
I’m turning the pages for a famous pianist on this one tonight. 😬
I'm doing the same tomorrow :,) do you have any tips?
@@JakobArnar I messed up on the dress rehearsal. We agreed that he would nod to me, just to be safe. 😁 The problem here is that while you get to see the score, you won’t know where the pages end. 😅
Thanks for the reply hahahah, ill do my best lol. Im turning for Vikingur Olafsson whos playing with Yuja Wang tomorrow!
@@JakobArnar That’s amazing! Good luck! I turned the pages for Leif Ove Andsnes, who played with Marc-André Hamelin. 😊
@@JakobArnar How was it? 😀
This has to be one of the best pieces for two pianos since the golden period of Rachmaninov and Ravel. The pianists have to be metronomically disciplined; but when it comes off, it’s a stunning effect throughout its length.
definitely one of the best, but you forget Lutoslawski's Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Yes! That is an amazing piece too!
Thank you so much for this labor of love -- with score!
Beyond Wow...A happy sign of continuing Genius !
Cette pièce est admirable.
Un chef d'œuvre absolu...
Délicieusement aquatique
par endroits ; en l'écoutant, je suis comme jeté dans un éclat d'échos...
Merci énormément ! ; )
Don't like 'piano only' works...normally; however, this has brought a bit of 'light' to an infernally dull Midsummer's Day in England. Now, if only you could teach me to follow the score....!
Apart from a few discordant sections, it's a great piece and is a nice thing to listen to on a fall drive in a forest
Major challenge for the pianists!
I love this piece...
Mathilde, tu m’as proposé d’écouter le 3ème mouvement. Chaque fois que je l’écoute, je pense à toi et à cette soirée magique à Paris. Je me souviens de ce moment où tu as entendu l’Uber arriver, alors que nous dégustions le délicieux falafel libanais. Ces souvenirs me réchauffent le cœur. Je t’aime énormément.
Léo ;) ❤❤❤
Beautiful
Sublime
Like this piece! brilliant 👏 👏
the chords at 11:23 and onwards make me feel a feeling i've never felt before
you're delusional, you are creating the feeling, the chords aren't making you feel anything.
@@Whatismusic123 You get emotional watching a movie? *YOU DELUSIONAL BASTARD* The movie is a fiction, nothing is happening that actually affects your life. But wait, do you really think you are even touching a loved one when you hug him/her? Delusional! Atoms don't really touch each other, is an illusion! What's music, you ask? Music is you, the one who has the answers.
@@albertomartin4812 what the fuck are you talking about? Get a grip on reality.
@@albertomartin4812 not once did I state that emotions have no purpose. Obviously you would feel emotions watching a movie, because a movie is reflective of reality. It's not like the emotions someone *might* feel when hugging a loved one exist out of some divine existence, they are a biological tool to understand importance.
Have loved this song since I first heard in Call Me By Your Name. But sadly Apple Music has removed this piece (along with several others) from the official soundtrack :( More than half of the soundtrack is no longer available on Apple Music.
It‘s really no(!) song! It’s a piece. OK?
Brutal
3rd part gives me some kinda reminiscences of Holt’s Canto Ostinato 👀😁
Fantastic stuff
How the hell do you not hear the other piano for 16 minutes? How do pianists play this decently? As a pianist I need to know
ACTUALLY I DONT GET IT
Very interestink...
Intersection of US 395 and Ca 70.
quite good...
very good... especially 3rd mvt...
❤❤
4:36
the mine in nevada?
why he didnt write the beginning section in Ab major? much easier to read
I think he wanted it to be atonal.
@@raffaeledelpizzo8069 but china gates and phrygian gates are written with a key, even if they change a lot. also it’s not “atonal” in the slightest, so it doesn’t make sense.
*Was Indonesian gamelan music the inspiration for this?*
I definitely hear elements of it esp in the 3rd mvt!
@@hamzahalasadulloh7779 How did you get interested in his music?
@@BarryWaterlow John Adams? UA-cam! I get a lot of youtube recommendations like this one. I think the first one I was exposed to was his opera The Death of Klinghoffer. Then Hallelujah Junction via the film Call Me By Your Name.
There were many, but it is certainly one of the strongest.
12:09
Comment peut-on se satisfaire d'un tel vide, d'un tel manque d'imagination, d'un tel goût ! quel désastre ! musique ketchup !
Wow :[]
Thbsthv peanus
you must have to really know where your fingers are going so you can focus on the rhythm!
El es mi pana
As a pianist I enjoy this piece immensely, but I would not want to play it. One false step, one added or subtracted rest and you're out of sync - and good luck getting back!
The way the harmony is, in most cases it wouldn't matter. It would just set up a different set of syncopations and hockets.
Graham Fitkin did this so much better in the mid-1980s. Check out his superb piano disc called Flak. Works for 1, 2 and 4 pianos, with up to 8 hands. I hope it's still available.
- elio ...
- oliver ...
Helium …
Not to be uncultured but this starts off like a warm sunny day and progresses into a confused psychotic episode. I don't know why anyone would do this to their own piece
How many ways can you write the same chord?
Tooooooo Difficult!!!!!
Adams arrived rather late to the minimalist party.
But he was quite good at it, wasn't it?
@@userziocaro Yes he was. And to his credit he went well beyond it.
@@victorgrauer5834 absolutely. He pushed it to another level
Just like Bach. He didn't invent fugues and counterpoint, he just gave it its highest zenith. Great innovators who don't know how to achieve the full potential of their new discoveries are vital too, but getting there first isn't everything.
Is it even minimalism?
Annoyance. No exploration of low
and high register of the instrument. All is within 6 octaves. Not possible to perform life. The recording is fake. So sad. Annoyance first degree.
ua-cam.com/video/8_HqDjJ63fE/v-deo.html this piece is for two pianos
Bro are you good??
I understand your points, we all have different points of view. Although there are live performances of the piece, it seems very impossible but isn't haha! Saludos amigo.
what do you mean impossible to perform live? it totally is possible. and it’s a very cool experience to watch, because the pianists have to be communicating sooo well with each other!
@@Zavendea why you all answer to me, as if i made that comment about the impossibility to play. I just gave a link to show the opposite!