Beethoven's 9th Symphony. 4th movement

[@r123554]

That moment when you realise that Beethoven wrote this while he was deaf...

[@janeh9962]

+Rhys Owen And then I write something that sounds about like a cat in heat :/ XD

[@thir1t3en32]

Amazing isn't it?

[@lilacpen8678]

He used a device, I can't quite remember what it was called, but it was this mouth piece that connected to the instrument. The vibrations would transfer to his jaw and simulate the sounds even without the use of his ears.

[@bluebinbibas2161]

Bone conducter mighy it be? Hmmm

[@koij.]

Lavender Ink Its called a pencil he used a pencil and he also sat on the wood floor

[@CountArtha]

_"There have been a thousand princes, but there is only one Beethoven."_ - Beethoven

[@nibiruplanetx784]

True.

[@efikorre4058]

The most amazing musical achievement in history ❤️✔️

[@femininomenon1133]

He's a legend and he knows it

[@Quidoute]

true

[@larsruben1]

Yes.

[@jhamesramos7361]

12:55 is the sickest drop in the entire romantic era

[@stevencoardvenice]

Best part is @8:58 When the chorus comes in

[@ObliviAce]

Not only. This very drop lauded the beginning of it.

[@EDP2000]

21:54 “I was cured, alright.”

[@wagomus4323]

Good

[@Shmolitz]

Advertisment in the middle of the music should be illegal

[@justpassingthroughthistime9947]

get an add-blocker. I heard no interruption.

[@shootemupryder9241]

I agree

[@arkhangelskii]

Amen

[@ozy1944]

so youre getting ads? *an adblock user*

[@KingofCogs1]

This is why the good lord gave us add blocker

[@Axe5197]

Perfect way to relax after a long day of the good ol ultra violence.

[@rtobias1999]

Just to add to your soundtrack of fucked up Shitaka ultraviolnce

[@jessearr4326]

aja

[@HansHjemdal]

+Mr_Diddles Rip'n Tear

[@gavinearls2935]

+Mr_Diddles always niuce after the bit ol in out

[@glasssteagall3400]

the lines from this movie are epic. The script writer was creative and funny eh?

[@adollfordolls]

Oh I was cured all right

[@dude6966]

haha

[@charude4136]

Few know

[@DOYOUTHINKIMSPOOKY]

I came here just for this comment.

[@astarteswillum5259]

I love that movie.

[@crazedlink]

@@astarteswillum5259 Great movie

[@jefflindeman]

He was stone cold deaf when the symphony debuted. It was a packed house, and he knew he could not conduct, but he was still on stage facing the orchestra to the side and seated with his own conductor's score. When it ended, it was bedlam, a standing ovation, the audience stomping their feet and erupting into thundering applause and cheers. Ludwig still sat motionless in reverie and smiling at the orchestra. The conductor placed a hand on his shoulder and as he stood, turned him to see his adoring audience. Every serious classical composer since has incorporated some particular harmonic movement based on that movement somewhere in this symphony. From the standpoint of music theory, the technical complexity is sheer genius. Many do consider Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to be the greatest piece of music ever written. The emotional power of the final movement, the "Choral" is undeniable, but for me the 2nd Movement has it all. The Ultimate Rock Anthem of symphonic music! And Beethoven was a rock star of his time!

[@GenghisKhanBruseySkyz]

Some people really dont like him.

[@jschuler53]

Jeff Lindeman, well said. I think he changed the way symphonic music was composed--using more and more instruments, going higher, lower, louder, softer, silent...it's all there. Simple two note themes with all these variations. I saw it tonight and I felt scared, lullabied, sexy, holy, surrounded by the angelic, punched in the stomach, whispered to kindly and purely---it took me everywhere. Crying when the first vocal is heard. I also agree about the 2nd movement...pure genius..makes you cry and gets you stirred up at the same time. So many emotions. It is truly glorious.

[@alhfgsp]

​​@@GenghisKhanBruseySkyz With exceptions, there are two main kinds of Beethoven detractors: 1. The ones who just don't know classical music or any system of tonal theory at all. Unlikely that they play an instrument/ have vocal training or have a musical ear regardless, and think it just all sounds like noise. No intuition for chord progressions, modulations, transpositions, etc... let alone knowledge of them. To be clear, not all people who lack music experience or knowledge (either theoretically or intuitively) dislike classical. Often people with just good imagination and visualization skills, or just an appreciation of skill itself, can enjoy some kind of classical on some level. 2. Actual classical musicians who are elitist/purist and don't appreciate Beethoven's deviation from perfect symmetrical structures, even though he had every ability to write perfect mathematical harmonies. These people will say his music has poor architecture compared to Mozart or Bach. They likely don't like any composer who was inspired by Beethoven like Brahms, Liszt, Schumann, etc... They don't appreciate Beethoven's ability to develop a simple motif like a building block into a broad structure. I've even seen advanced music theory students shun Beethoven because he never used advanced chords typical of contemporary classical or Jazz. Overall, those who find problems with Beethoven are missing the point of his music in some way. It's about development of motifs and themes and the drive to resolve in the face of overwhelming adversity, not perfect math. His music has touched people around the world and is a musical household name. Beethoven challenged harmony and inspired the Romantic era of Western tonal music, he's a legend.

[@naveenlata2103]

@@alhfgsp holy crap this was really well written and surprisingly informative great job dude :D

[@argalock]

Sir, for such an amazing comment I'm going to award you with the highest honor I can bestow to someone I don't know from the internet, I will give you my like, take a screenshot and show it to everyone I know and explain to them how good this comment is. Thank you.

[@mochimochi2749]

9:40 sing along: Froh, Froh, wie seine sonnen seine sonnen fliegen Froh, wie seine sonnen fliegen Durch das himmels praecht'gen plan, Laufet, brueder, eure bahn, Laufet, brueder, eure bahn, Freudig wie ein held zum siegen, wie ein held zum siegen, Laufet, brueder, eure bahn, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@triumphrocks279]

👍

[@poisonouscheesecake4343]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@BBQMeatski]

Hit em with the ol’ in and out, in and out...

[@JohnSmith-be2ny]

Even knowing the words it's hard to sing along! xD

[@joseeduardovillanueva5150]

Its a sin!!!!

[@Frankya92]

I’ve started to realize that the older you get, the more in detail you usually end up appreciating things, especially music.

[@A-G-F-]

Sadly, the older you get, the less frecuencies you listen. Kind of a shitty deal if you ask me

[@ReadIcculus93]

​@A-G-F- the differences in pitch at those frequencies generally only affect the octaves on the furthest ends of the sound spectrum. People aren't interested in distinguishing between pitch at those ranges anyways. Only kids like to play in those ranges, to play sounds the teacher can't hear in class...

[@Nikojira]

You searched up for this: A: You like Evangelion B: You like the ultra violence and milk C: you have a good taste in music Or D: all three together

[@rockfrolic6249]

How about all three?

[@Nikojira]

@@rockfrolic6249 that works too

[@cowfarts]

searched because i like head remove

[@Nikojira]

@@cowfarts why do you come up with head remove?

[@cowfarts]

@@Nikojira remove kaworu head

[@gamerandproud77]

The melody at 9:33 is so indescribably beautiful. The way it mimics the main melody of the movement but dancing around it with a minor key is just so genius. There's gotta be a French word for that kind of melody

[@saikanso4340]

Thanks, I was looking for this piece, since it was mention in A Orange Clockwork

[@chauffeurdebusdu9344]

Why a french word ? French is actually a very poor language I believe. We don't even have a word for "big" or for "warm"

[@mikeladouceur4464]

@@chauffeurdebusdu9344 "gros" and "tiede" ...

[@con6951]

Agreed!

[@porisfeinprant7786]

Do you mean "formidabl"?

[@futuropasado]

My best part besides the climax with the chorus at 12:55 is 3:10 TO 4:51 where the harmonies are the best I have ever heard in my life of any other composer, to compose that heaven harmonies you have to be touched by god literally. At least in the 4th mov, always gets me.

[@simoslaou3291]

+Azku Shang every single part of this 4th movement shows the man was touched by God.. This is not music, i dont know what it is

[@futuropasado]

+simo slaou ;) I know, the greatest composition ever it's pure trascendence.

[@redmenace3786]

god doesnt exist lol

[@ZiomZiomCreeper]

@@redmenace3786 Prove that.

[@redmenace3786]

@@ZiomZiomCreeper there’s no way to prove to me that there is a god. Not if we are talking about God, of the sort worshipped by billions nowadays. You’ve heard of this God: entirely supernatural, infinitely powerful, perfectly intelligent, etc. That God is impossible to prove. To anyone. It’s not just my own personal problem. I’ve already explained why “Not even God could make Me Religious.” But my problem with God is everyone’s problem. It’s actually impossible to prove to anyone that this God exists. Here’s why: It is possible to ‘convince’ lots of people that there’s a God. Religions have been accomplishing that for millennia. But I’m not talking about establishing psychological certitude. Persuading someone of something is hardly the same thing as proving it. People staunchly believe all sorts of things for poor reasons or no reasons at all. Also note that the actual existence of God, if God really does exist, is not proof that there is a God. A proof of X is a sufficiently rational demonstration of X that can be understood by people and hence believed by people. Proof in God Heavenly Light by Jeff P / CC BY 2.0 A proof is a relationship between the thing to be proven and a person offered that proof. Look at it this way: water has always been composed of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms, but there was no proof of that until the nineteenth century. Until modern chemistry’s demonstrations, no one could know this natural fact. Where is the demonstrable proof for God? The basic issue is whether a human being of ordinary perceptual and cognitive powers could ever be supplied a proof that God exists. I deny that possibility, forever. It’s not just a temporary obstacle. It’s not like waiting for science to get there eventually. Not only won’t science ever supply a proof of God, no other rational method will either. Mystics and existential theologians have been saying this for a long time, and they seem satisfied with just abnormal states of awareness or profound emotions to draw them nearer to what they call God. They abandoned reason long ago, and everyone else needs to similarly realize that reason won’t ever reach God. Here’s the basic argument showing why there’s no proof for God (as defined above). 1. Humans will never have the cognitive capacity to directly understand anything with infinite powers or qualities. 2. Humans will never have intellectual reasons to indirectly demonstrate the existence of anything with infinite powers or qualities. 3. There are only two kinds of proofs for God: direct understanding or indirect demonstration. Conclusion: Humans will never have any proofs for God. On the first premise, it is common enough for theologians to deny this, instead claiming that some people have had direct experiences with the Almighty. The issue is whether any of those people actually experienced some infinite properties or qualities of God, or only thought they did. Could they understand what is really happening to them? Mystical experiences are frequently described as involving losing all sense of embodiment or finitude, so that one’s consciousness seems to inflate beyond all bounds, or disappears altogether into something inexpressibly vaster. This psychological phenomenon happens to some people, sure. But these experiences can easily be induced by meditation, isolation, drugs, falling asleep, or blows to the head. Naturally, theologians claim that people of the ‘right’ religion do encounter God. But this is just a bluff: they could not possibly know this. No human has the cognitive capacity to understandably distinguish some genuine encounter with God from a pseudo-encounter. The mystical experience itself can’t display the difference between a genuine encounter with God from some impressive psychological phenomenon. By definition, mystical experiences don’t come pre-labeled with some God’s name on it - if they have anything in common, they are just infinitely mysterious. That’s why mystics end up disagreeing over which God they experience, or (more wisely) they just agree that nothing can be proven. Theologians are aware of these obstacles. One typical trick is to claim that God endows special people with unnatural powers to know divine matters. Such tricks beg the question, requiring the prior assumption that God exists, so no proof is possible in this manner either. On the second premise, theology has busily offered all sorts of indirect “proofs” for God. They are all failures, and their inadequacies will never be remedied, which illustrates my earlier point that clearly speaking, God’s existence is impossible. As my book, The God Debates explains, evidence now available to us can’t justify belief in God. This is a permanent situation. No matter how far we are driven to rationally admit that something extraordinary requires a very special explanation, a sufficient explanation always falls far short of any God. Miracles can never be good evidence for God; at most we might have to say that something very powerful is interfering with known laws of nature (it’s probably just a newly discovered natural force anyways). The origin of the universe can never be good evidence for a God; if a creator is really ever needed (which it won’t be, since the simpler hypothesis is just more Nature behind the big bang) then this creator only need be slightly more powerful than the universe’s own total energy and much smarter than us. You see how this works: no matter what indirect demonstration is offered by theology, simply ask, “Is an Almighty Supernaturally Infinite God really necessary to do any explaining here?” and then supply the answer yourself: “Not at all.” Not at all. That’s the appropriate response to the question, “Is God needed to explain anything?” In fact, and this is a point for another time, I doubt whether invoking God is even an explanation at all, much less a dubious explanation. Should atheists or agnostics ever have to say, “Well, you could prove to me that God exists, if…”? Nope, not at all. And no one else should, either. centerforinquiry.org/blog/proving_gods_existence_is_impossible/

[@michaeltheophilus5260]

This last movement is a summation of Beethoven's life, a testament to his overcoming of isolation and deafness to become romantic hero. This is much more than the chilly word genius suggests; this is the divine in humanity...

[@gjf984]

Yes; thank you for something thoughful.

[@MrTylerNicole1]

Michael Amodei Yes. Common misconception is that Beethoven wrote the lyrics. Ode to Joy is actually from another poet, but Beethoven used the words from the poem to make the musical arrangement. But Beethoven DID in fact add a few more lyrics, but he was NOT the original writer of the words. And yes, the point or theme of the poem was for humankind to come together in joy and peace. Something useful especially during these times of unrest and division and disagreement.

[@michaeltheophilus5260]

@@MrTylerNicole1 common misconception..but not my misconception

[@MrTylerNicole1]

Michael Amodei Yes. I know. Not trying to blame you for it.

[@Whatismusic123]

So delusional

[@michelleotis8584]

He intended this to be an anthem for the world. It's one of most beautiful pieces of music ever written. I well up every time.

[@jschuler53]

Michelle Otis, interesting....a great anthem of brotherhood. Thanks. I well up too.

[@dukecraig2402]

So did Alex Delarge.

[@michelleotis8584]

@@dukecraig2402 🤣

[@dukecraig2402]

@@michelleotis8584 You got that one did ya.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@michelleotis8584 "I was cured alright!!!"

[@josejavierzepedapadilla8305]

I actually really love the way he starts with the Symphony's main sound at 2:53! it's pure magic for me before all the strings get in.

[@TheBrowser259]

9:40 bit from A Clockwork Orange

[@masku5439]

TheBrowser259 thank you.

[@jedicraftmaster2426]

And very ending of song as well

[@GenghisKhanBruseySkyz]

Charles Origin my personal fave.

[@snakerman2612]

Charles Origin exactly I was looking for, thanks

[@semihk3345]

Thank you o my brother :)

[@TheItalianAtheist]

Mozart was the glam rock of his time, Beethoven was the hard rock.

[@Kwanglebeh]

Vivaldi was the heavy metal.

[@josyfalcon5442]

And you are the idiot of this time.

[@NoItDoesntChange]

Paganini was the black metal.

[@martiga39]

Bach Power Metal

[@Elpimientare100molida]

@@josyfalcon5442 stfu bitch.

[@Deliverygirl]

I come here for my daily dose of Ludwig Van.

[@MyOnlyGames]

Viddy well, lil sister, viddy well.

[@spiderfingers2113]

Deliverygirl I know that pic

[@prelude9954]

i think that the artist is locon,

[@justinwalton1017]

Deliverygirl check out Beethoven’s sextet with 2 horns and Beethoven’s sextet with 2 bassoons 2 clarinets and 2 horns both final movements are crazy good

[@PubicGore]

Ludwig Van? I am sure there have many many by that name. You demonstrate your lack of knowledge for crediting through names, believeing you need not include the most significant part of any name: the last name.

[@chiefleapinglizard7502]

The single greatest piece of music ever writtten recorded,or performed.

[@tonymontana3532]

Yes,agree 100 %

[@triumphrocks279]

Oh,yeah.

[@FILIOUS_DEO_FRATER_UT_SATANAS]

Maybe.

[@Grizzlied555]

I cannot come up with one that is to this level.

[@fictionmeister]

"I really was born to meet you."

[@ilikecars4966]

Guess shinji had a crush on kaworu

[@kellyorator9007]

No plis it’s sad T^T they couldn’t be together

[@angryskeleton9102]

literally sad and only a few people can understand

[@nyannibalismhq]

no stop please i'm crying

[@luciobritosz]

I found someone where i didn't thought i could.

[@Abic__]

Just singing in the rain...

[@reginaphalange7525]

+Mr.Blonde I'm happy again..

[@drstranamore347]

and drink milk +

[@Kwanglebeh]

@@drstranamore347 moloko

[@jayoliver3734]

Just shared this with my 7 month old nephew. He liked it.

[@00SNIVY00]

17:18 is magic, my favorite part throughout this movement

[@giansbond]

superfragilisticatexpialidoshmur it has something of the Pachelbel’s Canon in D mayor, especially the bass part

[@Suckfo]

you have to realize, he wrote this in early 19th century, with a bit of ink and piece of paper. He couldn`t hear the actual music yet he created a piece which will never cease to amaze thousands of people. One of the most emotional, melodic and harmonical pieces Beethoven ever wrote, no error, not a single false note. Perfection

[@Mswordx23]

2:29 God, you just know that he knew how amazing a melody he came up with. I love how he leans into it slowly.

[@katherinemyhre9481]

Ive had the honour of playing this symphony twice! They were both performed for the first time that far north. That means Namsos in Norway, and Oestersund in Sweden.

[@ratatouilleisgod1652]

9:40 I was around 5 the first time I heard this song, on a vinyl to be exact. I don't quite remember it that first experience though but what I do remember was my dad explaining to me that particular record was a sound track to a movie. My first instinct was "Can we watch this movie? I really enjoy these songs!" He laughed. "When you're older." A few years go by, he spins that vinyl every once in a while in between, I ask again if we can watch the movie, this time knowing the title. "You'll watch it when your older." Years go by, it's now been 12 years since I first heard that sound track and I wonder, am I finally old enough to watch this? I'll be leaving to college soon and I'm at the cusp of adulthood. Today was the day I watched it, A Clockwork Orange. A masterpiece that I waited to watch, 12 years later I enjoyed every moment of it. Cheers to cinema!

[@DepressedLain]

12:54 Best Part Ever

[@peter76623]

Yes it's great! But my favorite part is 11:11 The great orchestra fugue.

[@hadidcortez6036]

Leo Rossi Finally, someone who shares my opinion!!! :D

[@XRunner2628]

+Alan Diaz 15:32 is mine

[@mukomalothbrok2641]

+Leo Rossi 11:11 is just pure magic. and that ending from 21:52!

[@pempotfoy6206]

+Alan Diaz Epic.

[@samuelhiggins2224]

This movement is, in my mind, the greatest musical achievement in history

[@TheBryanScout]

As a fan of Clockwork Orange and Neon Genesis Evangelion, I’ll have a glass of Moloko Plus and enjoy my Ludwig Van before getting in the robot

[@cowfarts]

do you like head remove? it is beautiful scene

[@EDP2000]

And Misato will let us do the old in and out with her when we’re finished

[@briantoplessbar4685]

La little bit of Ludwig van

[@giygas9305]

@@EDP2000I’m still waiting

[@palpalonpalpalon]

any musician that has even a little bit of knowledge knows this is the greatest piece of music that has ever been written

[@MS-eb8cf]

It is undebatable. Though i'd say Bach is the greatest overall.

[@palpalonpalpalon]

@@MS-eb8cf i respect that i have more love and respect for beethoven

[@ryand.5857]

12:30-13:45, some of the absolute best, most triumphant music ever composed.

[@Jehutythm]

the closest you'll ever get to feel that divine spark on those god forsake place

[@dominiquelewis1570]

Lovely lovely Ludwig Van! I doubt this movement will ever stop giving me shivers thank you Ludwig....thank you Burgess....thank you Kubrick

[@p0w3l169]

21:05 for me, the greatest and most elevating harmony with 4 voices ever composed :')

[@ap0326]

Carlos Mundaca have you heard bohemian rhapsody

[@TomTucker726]

can you imagine writing one of the greatest compositions of all time and not being able to hear it?

[@MrJesseQuinn]

The fact that he was deaf while writing this and not a single note is out of place is unbelievable! Beethoven is undeniably brilliant!!!

[@Trooman20]

Power of perfect pitch and love for music

[@eldruidacosmico]

Even the most manly man in the world can't help but cry 12:56 . God Bless Beethoven!.

[@elonmush4793]

it's not unmanly to cry at perfection

[@NickBigsmoke]

I was cured alright..

[@Naruto4Goku4]

Whether you found it through Evangelion, A Clockwork Orange (two of my favourite things in the world), guitar lessons, just lurking through mighty KZbin or because you want to listen to it for the 745th time, you're pleasantly welcome here.

[@PubicGore]

Anime is the worst thing to ever exist.

[@scattershotjd9823]

@@PubicGore boi STFU

[@PubicGore]

@depression man Duh. That's what the definition is, and I am simply being truthful. If you discovered this through anime you don't deserve to listen to it, you are unworthy. You are not welcome here.

[@kaenbedehem950]

​@@PubicGore If you love this piece of music, no matter how you discovered it, you deserve it. Why should some people be allowed to like some music and some wouldn't only based on a single person opinion ? Why does it matter so much that some people discovered it with Evangelion (which is actually a good anime, far from what you think anime is apparently) or not ? This is as dumb as saying " I discovered it on my own, fuck everyone who discovered it thanks to Clockwork Orange". It's so stupid because everyone had to be introtuced to classical music one way or another, wether it be your parents or someone you know, a movie, video game or a TV series you liked, or even liking a random song you heard by accident. There is no "good" way to discover it. I personally got into it thanks to Civilization 4, and even though I discovered this piece by pure desire to enlarge my classical music knowledge since it isn't in the game, I couldn't care less about how people found it, because we're all listening to something we all love. Can't we just agree on that or do you have to ruin the fun for anyone else ?

[@PubicGore]

@@kaenbedehem950 A truly developed individual would have found this through playing an instrument, learning that classical music is superior through a way such as that, or recognizing Beethoven, and checking out his works.

[@johnalexander8540]

250 years ago, Beethoven was born (15-16 december 1770).... So I come back to his masterpices (Symphony 5 to 9, Sonatas 14, 19, 20, ...)

[@jschuler53]

Just saw this live with a full choir--it was so fantastic, every movement was great...parts of it are scary--like the way he starts the 4th movement, or the way he starts the first movement, and punches you with big sounds, then these simple beautiful delicate melodies and repeated themes, he also uses silence in a perfect way. I can't imagine having this in your head, how he wrote this while he was going deaf and was completely deaf by the end of it. Mystifying. Supifying. Sooooooo beautiful. Pulls your heart strings, is sexy at times, holy, and heroic at times...and the poem or vocal part is about brotherhood and acceptance. The vocals are like angels surrounding you delivering such a powerful message. I saw it during Pride week and I thought it was appropriate. But it's appropriate anytime, it's a diamond cut to sparkle and dissipate conflict. Than you Mr. Leonardo Amadeus Read ( Leo)

[@HaydenHero]

One of my favorites! Beethoven will never get old!

[@DaviSilva-oc7iv]

He will never get old because he died huh

[@A-G-F-]

by now he would be pretty darn old

[@صلاحكيالي-ش3د]

Undoubtedly , this is the best song not only in the world , but also of all the music .She is an epic indeed .

[@corneliustormelius8153]

Bit of the ol' ludwig van, aye alex boy?

[@zakwasson4758]

yes

[@Aeneiden]

Oh the old moloko plus first will you not say?

[@aleksanderisaksen7439]

Oh bliss, bliss and heaven... Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh... And then, a bird of rarest-spun heaven metal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now... I knew such lovely pictures

[@ludovico117]

I was looking for that quote.

[@zachdunkle8808]

I love the part 9:40. In the movie immortal beloved it shows Beethoven’s childhood

[@prime815qtm]

I just figured this out, one of many musical tutors of Beethoven was Antonio Salieri!!! Wow!

[@snakerman2612]

Quinn Minear really?? The same guy that was Mozart’s “rival” in the movie? That’s very interesting

[@polstam9202]

As a composer, a part that stands out to me is the passage between 11:10 and 12:30. It is incredibly difficult to sustain such a long rapid passage without repeating yourself too much or getting boring. Of course, Beethoven manages it with just the right amount of repetition, epic modulations and incredible orchestration that ends in those powerful same octave passage culminating in the most famous and powerful melody ever written. It is just sheer perfection

[@stevencoardvenice]

As a non composer with no musical ability, this is the best music I've ever heard. I mostly listen to house and techno and hip hop When the full chorus comes in @8:58 Wow

[@ミツ-n7d]

14:53 is when shinji contemplating killing kaworu starts. Personally, even without the nge reference, this section is my favorite part. So powerful

[@chickenflavor9880]

I never realised that Beethoven was playing in that part.

[@jmiquelmb]

@@chickenflavor9880 Yep, it's also the tune that Kaworu is humming when he met Shinji for the first time. Very fitting to NGE, since the lyrics are about the brotherhood of all humanity (which is the goal of Seele's Human Complementation Plan)

[@capylover0.0]

The minute 9:43 is amazing and beautiful!

[@justpassingthroughthistime9947]

One of the absolute best recording I have heard. Thank you for sharing.

[@larissastevenson3720]

Absolutely Beautiful. It still astounds me that almost no one ever hears the other half of ode to joy.

[@sunshowerzo]

The segment starting at 15:33 is the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard. I'm not even religious, but something about that part just makes me feel like I'm standing in front of a being so powerful it's unfathomable.

[@JonayPS]

Michael Jackson sampled this part on the intro for "Will You Be There".

[@sunshowerzo]

@@JonayPS yes that's where I first heard it from as a child. I didn't realize it was Beethoven until years later. I thought Michael Jackson composed it as a child

[@JonayPS]

@@sunshowerzo Same, it's because Beethoven wasn't credited on the album.

[@mwmann]

Gorgeousness and Gorgeousity made flesh !!! Alex, A Clockwork Orange

[@zakwasson4758]

It had been a wonderful evening. And what I needed now to give it the perfect ending... ... was a bit of the old Ludwig van.

[@보라-p2u]

That was the most beautiful moment in my entire existence ✨

[@thewerewolflostboy5255]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard!

[@moriah9882]

I loved that! It's so peaceful and exiting! All of the ups and downs throw me off and keeps me interested! The peace is definitely something I would want to come home and chill to!

[@SLENDERZUM]

For me the best part is 21:53 without a doubt just explodes there at the end

[@DesROWUnited]

Simply EPICNESS!

[@davideames8207]

So powerful. It brings tears to the eyes of this uneducated labourer every time. It spans time and class.

[@herculean616]

Yo this was fire 🔥🔥 Waiting for the day when Beethoven drops his next album 🥶

[@juleskainmusic]

Some days I just put this on and cry my eyes out The hope! The love! The joy! The triumph! The generations! The heavens! The brotherhood of mankind! God! 🙏🏾🕊️✨

[@cyclos12]

9:33 this last little triumph before the finale always gets me excited.

[@johnnytheyoungmaestro]

I find that pretty much everyone knew that Beethoven was deaf when he wrote this absolute masterpiece...but he actually wasn't 100% deaf. He had a very tiny amount of hearing left in his left ear. Very, very tiny amount. According to the knowledge of the late composer Igor Stravinsky, Beethoven actually took a pencil, put one end into his mouth, and stuck the other end onto the front of the piano. This would allow Beethoven to feel the vibrations of the notes he was playing and experimenting with while writing not just this, but many other pieces towards his later career. When the 9th was premiered, the orchestra (chosen by Beethoven himself, I believe) had a conductor, and Beethoven also conducted...but he was way off beat, which would make sense. After it finished, the conductor noticed Beethoven still conducting, and turned him around. Beethoven realized that the audience was clapping, and he knew that it went well. That's as much as I currently know. Beethoven was one of the greatest musicians that have ever lived.

[@laiq4673]

One of the top ceiling in humanity arts. Proud of this Anthem of Europe. Impossible better than this.

[@GabzitoHD]

At the time of "release" another composer "Louis Spohr" said about this piece: "The fourth movement is, in my opinion, so monstrous and tasteless and, in its grasp of Schiller's 'Ode,' so trivial that I cannot understand how a genius like Beethoven could have written it"

[@dukecraig2402]

And critics bashed Blade Runner when it came out. Both are perfect examples of why you should NEVER pay attention to critics.

[@napoleon96420]

Hello

[@stevencoardvenice]

Hater

[@KPBigBoss]

This is some nice, soft, soothing music. Truly great stuff, one of my favs xD

[@cressickle77]

be sure to listen to the other movements! Wether you are here because of Clockwork Orange, Hans Gruber on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi building, or just a fan of Ludwig Van! Let the goosebumps commence!

[@agustindelavega6177]

2nd movement is just marvellous

[@JeffEllis1955]

If I had a chance to conduct it I would eliminate the 3rd movement, or severely edit it down.

[@cowfarts]

i here because head robbery

[@MagronesBR2]

Or you're going down a gigantic elevator shaft riding a giant robot to kill your new boyfriend and avoid the end of humanity.

[@lanadoesathing]

I’m actually here because of NGE. That scene with Kaworu made me fall in love with this song in a completely new way.

[@bitcoinborg798]

The greatest composers try to touch heaven. In the 9th symphony, heaven touched back.

[@D-Man_Jam]

Imagine putting an ad in the middle of a symphony you didn't even write.

[@philippemineau2015]

That clearly is the best way to put it

[@NathanFree84]

9:40 for you Clockwork Orange mates here! Right, right!

[@Squeenix1]

Timeless melody isn't it. A testament to what humankind is capable of creating.

[@dri__]

This is AMAZING. I listen to this in my sleep. This is like sicko mode.

[@metalmilitia30]

Nobody said nothing about best part 9:55. Epic moment after pause. Before we entering to climax. He was a genius

[@dukecraig2402]

First Rock Star, trashed hotel rooms, found drunk in the gutter, had a torrid love affair with some woman who today is still a mystery, and the only reason he wasn't up to his neck in cocaine and strippers is because they hadn't been invented yet, if that's not Rock Star I don't know what is.

[@brentmarshall928]

This will still be the greatest piece of music in 1000 yrs time,... if we are still occupying this Planet..

[@BlueAndPINK666]

Amazing. There's really no words for this.

[@PinacoladaMatthew]

People don't talk about this enough, the ending is actually the best part, a fast Coda, ending with just 5 short notes, end of story, no dragging, it's Beethoven's equivalent of a mic-drop, as if saying :"I've said all there is to say, this is it."

[@sax0man1a02]

Cello Melody: 2:28 Full Orchestra: 4:50 Solo Baritone: 7:00 Orchestra and Chorus: 8:05

[@mikeggg5671]

This is the best version I have found yet! Very happy!

[@minombreesirrelevante4407]

Ludwig, I listen a lot of classical. All eras, lots of composers, lots of pieces. I could act and try to sound like a connoisseur saying things like "Ludwig is overated, if you search deep in classical you will find better music." Saddly it is impossible for me, this piece of art (the whole 70 minutes) has brougth me to tears more than once and i will say withouth hesitation: This is The Masterpiece of music, The pinnacle of art, The perfect expression of sentiments... Well at least for me. Ludwig Van Beethoven... thank you.

[@nikosanapliotis440]

Beethoven was enthusiastic about Schiller's 'Ode to Joy' (1785). It serves here as the final chorus using a few lines of it repeated over and over again.

[@AMattsen1]

I love this song enough that I want it at my own funeral.

[@user-jv1qc4ls2h]

Lyrics in English for "Ode to Joy" ("Ode An Die Freude") Beethoven's 9th Symphony O friends, no more these sounds! Let us sing more cheerful songs, more full of joy! Joy, bright spark of divinity, Daughter of Elysium, Fire-inspired we tread Thy sanctuary. Thy magic power re-unites All that custom has divided, All men become brothers Under the sway of thy gentle wings. Whoever has created An abiding friendship, Or has won A true and loving wife, All who can call at least one soul theirs, Join in our song of praise; But any who cannot must creep tearfully Away from our circle. All creatures drink of joy At nature's breast. Just and unjust Alike taste of her gift; She gave us kisses and the fruit of the vine, A tried friend to the end. Even the worm can feel contentment, And the cherub stands before God! Gladly, like the heavenly bodies Which He set on their courses Through the splendor of the firmament; Thus, brothers, you should run your race, As a hero going to conquest. You millions, I embrace you. This kiss is for all the world! Brothers, above the starry canopy There must dwell a loving Father. Do you fall in worship, you millions? World, do you know your creator? Seek him in the heavens; Above the stars must He dwell.

[@greylanders6101]

My favorite all time.

[@andrewhxrris]

So I was raised with classical music since I was born. But only in like little snippets. So like I know all these tunes by heart and I didn’t even know they connected?!?!? Like wowowow this is wonderful?!?!?!?!

[@greylanders6101]

Beethoven was magic!

[@autry33]

At 12:43 Joy is trying to break through. At 12:49 doubt and tries to drag it back into the dark. 12:56 finds a way and explodes into the open. Overwhelming everything.

[@bittyguy5388]

Simply Perfection.👍😎😁☝️

[@sweethot5902]

Yes.

[@Darkcr0w666]

A glass of milk plus and a good sesion from the ol' ultraviolence

[@isamahdimaitreya]

Wow... I never noticed the first part of the 4th movement contains musical quotations from the previous 3 movements! Beethoven is a priest of Apollo, as he liked to say!

[@DaviSilva-oc7iv]

You should be crowned as a king for your wisdom

[@SharonMcwilliams78]

Listening to this ? At the royal Albert hall … so many memories….this ? This is my favourite piece of music in my lifetime nothing has came close ❤ a master at his craft on an astonishing level… genius confirmed before he was 5 years old. Just incredible ❤

[@baileycrawly]

I can’t walk through a record store without hearing 9:40 in my head. Of course it’s the gorgeous synth version from clockwork orange that enters my mind but still 🤷🏻‍♂️ thanks Stanley!

[@GobotWars]

Stop it! Stop it, stop it I beg of you!

[@bill3901]

lovely, lovely Ludwig Van

[@niccolopaganini73]

Why?, i love this piece from Ludwig van Beethoven

[@bill3901]

Niccolò Paganini Bocciardo It's from A Clockwork Orange

[@niccolopaganini73]

?

[@bill3901]

Niccolò Paganini Bocciardo Well, this is a spoiler, but the main violent, thug gets put in jail and opts to commute his sentence by participating in an experimental "conditioning" program that will make him extremely nauseous at the mere sight of violence. During one of the violent films they make him watch, there was a this Beethoven piece playing. He was very familiar with it and was horrified when he realized he would become incapacitated every time he hears "lovely, lovely, Ludwig, Van" in the future.

[@It9LpBFS37]

8:23 always tears me up if you understand the romantic motive hidden in decrescendo

[@celia8294]

Thanks you for this- I look forward to sitting down with tea and a biscuit to paint with this playing in the background this afternoon!

[@DMast]

I saw this live and I just got hit with a wave of nostalgia.

[@DaviSilva-oc7iv]

Python 3

[@DaviSilva-oc7iv]

print("huh".capitalize())

[@Immortalis...]

17:17 Goosebumps of a Symphony

[@Karbunkle0]

I'm not surprised at the Orange/Eva references but no mention of Die Hard? "Merry Christmas"

[@cressickle77]

Love how Karl from Die Hard (or rather the actor) orchestrates this piece of music in The Money Pit. (Tenuous))link.

[@wcw2793]

Yippee-ki-yay

[@agustindelavega6177]

Welcome to the party, pal

[@petarpranjic2344]

True 600 iq patrician over here.

[@dustinwithfantasygenremusic]

Still the only music that brings tears to my eyes.

[@moonlightgraham5787]

Rick Beato brought me here

[@physicslawyer9845]

Same :)

[@enriquefonnjimenez]

Same....