bbc proms 2011 concerto for turntables and orchestra performed by dj switch (full version)

[@timothyholman9029]

I showed this to a friend of mine and when they found out the composer was THE Prokofiev’s grandson he commented “oh how the turn tables”. What a fantastic piece!

[@MyrrdinMerlin]

How the...tables turn?

[@ethanwilliams2742]

No actual way, i am in shock this is Sergei's grandson. Ive listened to both for years and never made this connection.

[@CollinsClassicsOfficial]

Great performance!

[@jowonderanimation]

Completely astounding I love it well done you set my heart on fire!

[@Basslocket]

My band teacher learned that I was into Djing and he tpld me to watch this .-.

[@marimbadrumtimp]

thanks for your music Prokofiev Jr . your grandfather should be happy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@romeuoliveira5703]

So f**king brilliant!!!!

[@royalregalruler]

Everyone connected with the DMC WORLD DJ CHAMPIONSHIPS are incredibly proud of DJ Switch. The last time we were at the Royal Albert Hall we had James Brown, Run DMC and Public Enemy with us. We invite everyone to view the advancement of the DJ society in our DJ ONLINE Championship which ends on 5th September.

[@fabiorogeriobera5433]

Muito bom. Very nice. 👍

[@kierancarter5639]

I screamed when the celli came in at 8.39, as a cellist it's absolutely terrifying

[@stuartspenceshebish]

I love it!

[@AgneseFiducia]

Wonderful music ❤❤❤

[@JaeyoungChong]

Haha this is so cool! Respect for trying new things out!

[@zappainfrance]

GREAT ! Music Is The Best /-c

[@countrylife5764]

Never seen anything like it !!!

[@egapnala65]

Not sure about it being a concerto (no real soloist stuff) but it would make an interesting addition to the Percussion section as an instrument.

[@egapnala65]

Ha made comment before I saw 2nd movement. More fool me....

[@djimma5080]

Alan there is a full turntable orchestra now look for philamonic turntablist orchestra

[@cain_littledeath]

tihs video is full of brilliant idea like this :)

[@mrturbostar8]

BRILLIANT GREAT SCRATCHING PLUS MY BROTHER KNOW SWITCH

[@rejistry]

That was wholesome 🏆

[@johnnyfx82]

that totally made my day!!!! ;-)

[@paulfornal]

Awesome idea

[@tibimicusca]

thats fresh !

[@Blackheathguy]

Love it.

[@decksharks]

great show :)

[@BocaNejra]

It's an interesting experiment but I do feel the turntablists need to think outside the box and leave aside the drops and classic battle cuts and focus on using the actual turntable as if it was an instrument, if we really want to convice other musicians about our validity to interpret true music... that is creating new sounds (not dropping existing sounds) and flowing with the melodies and music, instead of simply scratching and producing effects. If DJs want to start something new, they must leave the oldschool scratch style aside and use the turntable in a whole innovative way imho. Otherwise, it will always sound artificial and unconnected, as most people realized. Just my 2 cents.

[@finkployd6110]

I wonder if they could do something like live recording of the orchestra with the ability to play back and manipulate the recording while it's being made. Like, you hear the orchestra play something and then you immediately hear the turntablist manipulate what the orchestra played, then it goes back to the orchestra and the process repeats. That would be cool.

[@Kypski]

on it :)

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

Epic

[@burgerflipper2494]

THAT CADENZA DOE

[@Condottier]

It reminded me a lot of Dr Who music.

[@Chematico]

lo voy a ver el sábado acá en Venezuela...no me lo pelaré!!

[@SteppingOnDragons]

how does one notate for a turntable?

[@malikmoore120]

one does not simply notate for turntable.

[@SteppingOnDragons]

God damn it

[@ChrisBartholomewMusic]

Samuel Wiseman There is, according to interviews I've seen with the composer, a notated part. Qbert sheds some light on various methods of notation at artistworks.com/blog/applying-classical-music-notation-turntablism

[@robertmunro5382]

look into dj a trak.scratch notation

[@slateflash]

grandaddy Prokofiev would be so proud!!

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Errr, I'm not so sure.

[@candywelz1305]

Why not? Prokofiev used a lot of dissonant and experimental sounds.

[@mariotaseski]

@@candywelz1305 because dear old Sergei composed music.

[@Chematico]

@@candywelz1305 I agree too

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

@@DavidA-ps1qr Come on, it's awesome

[@momoney22871]

Where's the drop?

[@jeremyimm2243]

Dope AF!

[@RIGTHEMORT]

I didnt like it. DONT SHOOT ME! i love both classical and turntablism but Switch didnt do it for me. his timing was all out. he kept doing generic battle style cuts instead of making it flow along with the rest of the music. pitch bending was nice but still wonky at times. Dont get me wrong i couldnt do better!!! Im only whinging because its a big chance to get something like that over to a public ear nevermind a classical audience at the Proms. Could have been better, thats all im saying....

[@brolydictcumberbatchmontou401]

Sigh... said a bedroom DJ. No offense n all and hope none taken,but lend more credit than the dues you gave him. Your BBC is far more progressive than our CBC in Canada would ever allow. You kinda miss a point on how you should be grateful how the UK embraces this kind of thing on the grand scale. Me, I've always wanted to wreck it with Wagner from the decks... show him some Golden Frieza n all on the turn tables... UK i got love for how well progressed your music scene is. It tries stuff. I would have heard stuff like this if Brave New Waves was still a thing before the internet on CBC 2

[@thethreeamazingmen]

14 mins in is really interesting, after the silence, but yeah, it lacks a "drop". where the music comes together

[@FilipusWisnumurti]

anybody knows how to write musical notes for turntables? o_o

[@djimma5080]

Yeah Google it there is a full chart of 900 different scratchs

[@musiccouturexo]

I'm just really confused

[@losalananayas]

#WINNING! :D

[@mixmasterdjoe]

technically they're all top notch people, the composition could have been way more exciting though... Maybe a little more input from hip hop / modern music producers would have made this amazing... Great intentions though, there shouldn't be any boundaries or limits in music!!! :-)

[@Music-vc7mq]

NEW AGE CONCERTO

[@MakselloDeKuch]

Мне кажется что Габриель наследует эстетику ритма идущую от «Весны» Стравинского

[@jamhott3664]

don't call her, she'll call you. #yourmumrang

[@bbkui]

Compare to other instrument , Turntabism just invented in the year 80's , its like a baby compare to other instrument . More promoting campaign is needed for turntablism .

[@ogogaiht]

Very well played, bravo to orchestra and DJ, but to me the music just sounds too shallow. The turntables as soloist are an interesting thing, but the composition just doesn't make up to it.

[@joshuaphillips1325]

Agreed. I came here after learning that this is Prokofiev's grandson, and he achieves some cool effects, but musically it's just not all that exciting in the way it's developed.

[@raviaren7639]

kanye west who? this guy is so good...

[@raviaren7639]

he is amazing

[@raviaren7639]

i agree

[@raviaren7639]

too good if you ask me...

[@raviaren7639]

hes a legend

[@KardiganSuthakaran]

you agree...too suck him off #yourmumrang

[@mmaybrown]

It's actually not that bad. Considering this is a concerto for turntable.

[@Dullbedsitblogger]

I enjoyed this! But i can see it annoying traditionalists from both sides of the fence. A lot of Hip Hop heads are nearly as conservative as Classical music fans. Big up pushing boundaries!

[@SpicyJax3000]

He should have worn a long sleeve collard black shirt like the other male musicians in the orchestra.

[@20shourya]

YOUR MUM RANG! lol

[@adamweishaupt537]

et ca vien parler de musicalité hahaha pourquoi un tel gachi ? pour vendre des platines et des serato ?

[@changeamerica]

Beethoven's 9th makes contemporary music seem "boring or like nails on a chalkboard".

[@plonplon243]

Prokofiev....I'm so sorry for him if he see that from heaven...

[@jennifer86010]

Symphony orchestras around the globe have been loosing audience members, as dedicated fans have been aging and passing away. Younger people have not gravitated to Classical Music, and serious music audiences are dwindling. As a remedy, creative orchestras have been using gimmicks and integrating themselves with pop culture in an effort to keep their musicians in business. If the masses no longer dig what you do, you have to give them what they want if you expect to continue to put food on the table.

[@1997doriana]

hasta ahora no me ha gustado, no ha tenido forma

[@Chematico]

A mí me gustó, sonido distinto en su momento!!! Dentro de 40 años, veremos el resultado!!

[@cobblestonegenerator]

this makes me sad.

[@owenrhysmusic]

Why?

[@Flexyhandz]

@@owenrhysmusic Because this is what the grandson of Sergei Prokofiev ended up writing.

[@АлександрКузнецов-н7к]

Нихуя се!

[@redstrat1234]

Jesus christ....

[@doco1996]

Bit Shit really. Isn't it?

[@thekathal]

No its great

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Not sure the "soloist" actually works with the orchestra. What's next? A concerto for Harley-Davidson & Orchestra? This is gimmick music that quite frankly doesn't work. Actually, it isn't really a good idea in the first place.

[@djimma5080]

I disagree DJ switch wasnt the best choice for this, there is actually a full turntablist orchestra now and they sound good, DJ switch is battle dj and is quite sloppy at times there are far more musical and well timed Turntablists out there, scratch has its own notation and has over 900 different scratches, you can buy turntables that allow you to change the note of sound you are using so it can have full scale too, the other technique of beat juggling when manipulating two records at the same time uses percussive patterns as its usually done with drum phrases, becoming fully fluid with a full range of skills in the artform can take on average between 6 and 10 years of practice and then after that your still learning, the artform was born in the late 70s and has continued to develop and evolve since and has incorporated pretty much every musical genre going. Most of us will have a decent classical music collection along with muisc from many other genres, vinyl record are a turntablists sound bank and we like to have a full range of instrumental sounds at our disposal

[@finkployd6110]

Using a motorbike as an instrument is actually an awesome idea. Reminds me of when Zappa composed a piece for a bicycle.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

@@finkployd6110 Any idea what key signature it would be in? Would have been no good asking Zappa, the only keys he knew about opened doors.

[@jennifer86010]

The fact that the D.J. is wearing a T Shirt and not something more formal like the legitimate musicians are wearing, makes a statement about the illegitimacy of his "instrument". What composer Gabriel Prokofiev is trying to do here is to combine modern classical orchestral music with hip hop turntable scratching, in an effort to modernize classical music and usher common pop music fans into the refinement of musical art. Neither attempt works here. The pop culture masses will never understand or appreciate art, because they are the ignorant unwashed masses. Musically speaking, this work lacks any compositional nutrition. It is mostly repeating sound effects which create unsettling and apprehensive mood. Reminiscent of the musical score to The Twilight Zone TV series, only much worse. This attempt is a lame imitation of real modern classical music. But it was well received because Gabriel Prokofiev has his grandfather's brand name, respected as of one of music's most profound and expressive modern musical composers. We can only hope Gabriel will continue to evolve and eventually produce music that truly compliments the genius of his grandfather's magnificent work.

[@christophertalbot9488]

hopefully the last ever dj to perform at the Proms! I feel sorry for the NYO and the junk they have to put up with!

[@gasstation405]

This is such garbage. If you want to know how to mix classical and electronic together look at Taku Iwasaki's works, particularly Gatchaman Crowds.

[@indeviox]

i just looked up what you suggested and it was probably the gayest thing i ever heard was that a joke why would you suggest that

[@indeviox]

Jakeus0 ? i was responding to the other guy

[@indeviox]

Jakeus0 i like juicy thicc ass

[@gasstation405]

I just checked this year old comment and yep, my point still stands. Thanks for the non-argument. It's as high quality as the music in this video.

[@indeviox]

Gas Station the song you suggested was so stupid

[@2906nico]

I can't say how disappointed I am with Gabriel Prokofiev's music. It ought ot be so much better. I had such hopes - a compination of 'classical' and club based deejaying couldn't go wrong could it? It's so VAPID (I thought the same about his violin concerto). Not, I think, a chip off the old block.