Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 // BBC Proms 2015

[@johnvanalstine9645]

To the one guy who claps early at the end, we salute you! Your superior knowledge of this masterpiece is forever immortalized on this recording. I bet you still tell anyone who will listen that its you at the end, clapping early, because dag nab it, you knew it was gonna end, and you were gonna be first to clap!

[@dannydrumplayer2802]

The repeated astonishing use of g sharp at 17:03 brings me to tears.

[@Rub5007]

Danny Drumplayer Jep me to

[@kofiLjunggren]

Beautiful🥲

[@PubicGore]

This is seriously one of the best things ever composed. Not just in music; truly one of the best things ever.

[@stravinskyfan]

Nope

[@PubicGore]

@@stravinskyfan What do you mean nope? Don't come here unless you're going to add something useful.

[@andyxyz01]

@@PubicGore That guy is just being silly. If you liked this one, Beethoven’s 9th is basically this, but on steroids. He also considered his missa solemnis as a crowning achievement.

[@PubicGore]

@@andyxyz01 I've listened to both of those pieces so many times already. I definitely don't consider the ninth to be this on steroids, though. Beethoven's most crowning achievement though is definitely the Grosse Fuge.

[@andyxyz01]

@@PubicGore “Beethoven himself acknowledged the kinship of the two works. In a letter of 1824, when he was writing the Ninth Symphony, he described his project as "a setting of the words of Schiller's immortal 'Lied an die Freude' in the same way as my pianoforte fantasia with chorus, but on a far grander scale." “ -from the wiki article about the choral fantasy.

[@thatguymork]

You forgot to add notes to the midi file for the coughs...

[@lucaszavaluentie4855]

TheArtist LOL

[@jhonkylenavares8871]

hahahaha lol

[@i.pezzotti853]

Ewwwww, who would have a profile picture of Beethoven?

[@dreadnautilus253]

@@i.pezzotti853 Ironik

[@treeskates]

Eh, with Beethoven you mostly don’t hear them.

[@benthepen3336]

8:18 is my favorite! So intense but also weirdly dance-like

[@ethanchoi4353]

That right hand octave section beginning in 3:01 is so intense, so beautiful. Anyone else?

[@saumiasinghal94662]

I agree...

[@yeetthebeet]

100%

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Absolutely

[@Dylonely_9274]

Indeed

[@Quidoute]

100% true

[@nicosuarez6962]

3:00, 8:19 C Minor + Beethoven = 🤩

[@rexgaming2489]

SO TRUE

[@sergioescuderoparedes4708]

He loved C minor

[@Vic-sy1bk]

17:35 This is the most epic and colossal C major that i've ever heard.

[@НинаБондаренко-л7щ]

1. 0:05 Adante-0:39 Allegretto 2. 3:40 Allegretto 3. 14:56 Pesto-Allegro vivace

[@dannydrumplayer2802]

7:09 Beethoven in 1808: This sounds good, let's use it in the choral fantasy. Beethoven in 1824: This sounds good, let's transpose it and use it in the finale of my 9th symphony. :D (I love him

[@dannydrumplayer2802]

I feel a little awkward now (I read the description).

[@arsantiqua8741]

Lol, I should try this sometime in the future.

[@RohrDC]

i dont hear it

[@arsantiqua8741]

He made a variant of the meoldy bro. If you listen carefully, certain parts of the "Ode" have some relation to the "Gegenliebe" melody. Even Beethoven noted this himself. (even if he didn't hear, he could technically imagine what the music would sound like in his head.)

[@RohrDC]

@@arsantiqua8741 I still can't hear it

[@Quidoute]

2:44 this part is so epic

[@xavierdevriese9330]

One of the best moments of music I ever sang. You can't forget it. It is in your memory for ever. Goosebumps all the long.

[@zatornagirroc7175]

Fantastic video...one of my favorite Beethoven pieces. I actually performed this once with a community choir - I had never heard it before then. We got this music and started practicing, and our director told us that there was 15 minutes of piano and orchestra before we came in. As fun as this is to sing, being behind an orchestra for that 15 minutes and to revel in each of the sections getting their moment to shine is one of my favorite memories singing in any choir.

[@gjsymphony7178]

Every time I thought your videos couldn't get better, they did. This has got to be the best Synthesia I've ever seen, and you made it in three days? That's amazing. Apart from a few piano parts that weren't synced perfectly (which I know you have to do manually, that's A LOT of work) this video was perfect.

[@PianoCzarX]

Hi thanks for the kind words! :) This is only my 5th try with a live recording, and I still have a lot to learn and get the rubato right

[@srdtcpp]

9:31 its like a rock and roll.

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Based, one of my favourite Beethoven pieces as had been, always!

[@kocakmenklionssjsk1357]

thanks beethoven for your composed the music

[@seashark_2355]

To me, this represents western classical music a lot. A very grandiose piece of music, and lie I said, this is a representation of western classical music in 1 piece. Really loved it!

[@lvchoralman]

The visualization is very cool.

[@l1mmg0t]

in some way I think this one is better than the 9th because of the piano. love it all my life.

[@thebasicgamer4716]

This is my favorite Beethoven piece by far

[@colinmurphy2214]

TheRetardedTeenager I complied a list of the best Beethoven on my channel, if you like his music you should check it out, I recommend the string quartets and piano sonatas

[@uscjd2004]

It’s a damned hard argument to make, but I’d advocate for this being the greatest standalone piece of music ever written.

[@colinnewton5254]

@@uscjd2004 Agreed

[@JBorda]

this is amazing. How I'd love to hear this live.

[@meeethya]

18:21 this moment

[@sv4793]

I was going to write "good job, this is awesome" but i think i'm gonna write : THAT WAS A FUCKING MAGNIFICIENT VIDEO!! I adored watching it!! Thanks. Perfect video! Perfect music : Wow!! Really good job

[@PianoCzarX]

Oh man, thanks a lot!

[@TheChrisEMartin]

Seeing the video reminds me of my childhood, when my grandmother had a 'player piano', 'pianola', with a large roll of punched card that you loaded into it and the piano played... the holes in the punched card as it fed through the piano looked just like the strips on this video.

[@amedeelefroiddemereaux2865]

Just wonderful. You're da best

[@arturozeballos1]

Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Leader, Matthew Truscott. With the BBC Singers. Pianist & Director, Leif Ove Andsnes @ the BBC Proms 2015.

[@Trondtravle]

There was a recording of this performance up. It's gone now unfortunately... The chemistry between the orchestra and the pianist was very fun to watch.

[@nickpancost6858]

17:06 An Angel All Star Battle

[@raphaellaghiotelli238]

this is so beautiful I'm gonna play it❤

[@raphaellaghiotelli238]

+Greg Gregory I will thank you!

[@boristhegoose2207]

Raphaella Ghiotelli are you sure your up to it? It's advanced piano, it's your choice. Do it by all means.

[@colinmurphy2214]

How did it go

[@peternoack4422]

Eine wunderschöne Aufnahme, wenn ich mich recht erinnere, mit der wunderbaren Helene Grimaud am Flügel.

[@RohrDC]

so good.

[@6infinity8]

7:04 sounds so much like the 4th movement of the 9th symphony!

[@Quidoute]

no, I listened to the entire symphony, and no

[@miguelcp7993]

@@Quidoute yes it does

[@pattibreton6393]

14:40 That was dramatic!

[@giacomoboganini7823]

Great great masterpiece!!!!

[@RohrDC]

13:06

[@huangfrancis8717]

Wow this is a REAL FANTASIA! It's much easier then the fugue of Symphony 9 to "understand".

[@nicosuarez6962]

3:35 Orchestra Starts...

[@hannahquintua]

thanks bro

[@ursschmid8760]

Fantástico ! Hermoso !

[@Runaziel820]

It's like Ode to Joy and 1st Movement of Piano Concerto 1 combined together.

[@sztheunknown883]

Familiar with ode to joy

[@este_crow]

Thank you !!

[@ШедевральныйРыбатлонист]

Вообще, Бетховен - это мой любимый композитор

[@krystofbujna4044]

to je fantastické :D

[@bondenhenrik4555]

Hi, if you take requests can you please do Edvard Grieg peer gynt suit no. 2?

[@PianoCzarX]

Hi, yes I do take requests but as much as I want to, I can't do all of them :( I'm not saying I won't do it one day though :)

[@bondenhenrik4555]

+PianoCzarX can you do only Arabian Dance?

[@PianoCzarX]

If I ever do it, I'll do the entire thing

[@careljeromecornelisfredrik5252]

This is a great video 👍👍👍👍

[@Trondtravle]

Really is a shame that they took down the only video of this performance on youtube...

[@artofthepossible7329]

How can you take something that is on the public domain

[@pepitoperez9248]

Amazing

[@MikKaellion]

Blue - Piano Red - Strings Green - Woodwinds Brass - Orange Purple - Timpani ? Yellow - Percussion ? Choir - ???

[@lucaszavaluentie4855]

Beethoven really liked this hey signature didn’t he?

[@lucasdegregorio]

the chords in 8:32 😘👌

[@fredwu6000]

The story was that Beethoven was so carried away with his improvisation at the piano that the conductor at the concert (closing piece at his famous 4 hour benefit concert) was so utterly confused and has to restart again. Don't know whether its true or not but that's the story told.

[@jimmyalderson1639]

The trills are just slightly off...

[@goldhillroad1483]

Actually a lot of things are

[@dannydrumplayer2802]

Can you imagine, how difficult it can be to align it with the recording?

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

@@dannydrumplayer2802 that isn't really an excuse. If ur making is and uploading it then make sure its synced

[@dannydrumplayer2802]

@@Numberonesorabjifan Ok, but you have to be tolerant. Out of 20 minutes of content missing a few trills is nothing tragic.

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

7:04 ode to joy?

[@samharrington641]

I know, it’s weird

[@sztheunknown883]

theme from WoO 118

[@johanispro4219]

nice channel, good content. You deserve way more subs! Have you ever thought about chopin's nocture op.15 no. 2? I've never seen a good synthesia version of it.

[@_rstcm]

8:10 Somehow I didn't mind that cough........

[@brunoperezortega1961]

2:47 3:01 4:36 4:54 13:45 14:56

[@colinmurphy2214]

4:16

[@pommedeterre9249]

8:10 cough?

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0:06

[@jimmyalderson1639]

I love the changes in pitch that i can hear in this video but not see

[@PianoCzarX]

Could you elaborate and include time stamps?

[@jimmyalderson1639]

+PianoCzarX pick a trill any trill

[@jimmyalderson1639]

+PianoCzarX the slightest change in the actual pianist's speed causes a massive increase or decrease in the visual representation of the trill and at times the pianist changes the notes he's trilling while the displayed trill remains the same

[@raphaellaghiotelli238]

one day probably 😅

[@turkyalamri4501]

Rainbow and power magic on playhouse Disney

[@СигизмундПетрович]

6:58 8:18

[@misha_pie3883]

8:10 wat?

[@musictop7630]

Это просто так изображены трели в партитуре.

[@quinnhendrikkowars9163]

LudWig van Beethoven not LudVig van Beethoven

[@seanangelobenavente8877]

Germans pronounce the word W a V

[@fdyolgooseeljan7031]

sounds like fugue in some parts XD just my opinion..

[@colinmurphy2214]

FDYOLGOOSE Eljan it is a fugue in parts

[@andyxyz01]

@@SereneJudo you are correct. In order for something to be classified as a fugue, it must satisfy very specific criteria

[@Eliza-yd7fi]

@@SereneJudo it is

[@adan_zuky7388]

Hay un lugar especial en el infierno para los que ponen anuncios en piezas como estas

[@badchannel2713]

999th Likes and 101st Comment

[@arstn1551]

I searched up choral chorus🤪

[@ludix711]

Haha!

[@apostolismoschopoulos1876]

You forgot to remove the sacrilegious clapping

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