Mozart Symphony 41 K 551 - Molto Allegro

[@thelightisahead]

As an English, non-upper class 17 year old, some are surprised at my passion for classical. But it is music as great as this that truly makes me hope one day I can get at least one of my non-classical friends to appreciate this sort of musical genius - they just don't know what they're missing, it makes me ache to think!!

[@beachcomber4141]

I tried so hard to get my friends to understand how amazing Mozart's music is, and not one of them got it. I tried to get them to realize the sheer inspiration his music can create. Not everyone gets it.

[@apolinario_andreza0136]

Ola você deve estar bem 😊

[@anniekeller1277]

I just read above where it says "Woody Allen once said that Symphony 41 proved the existence of God." When listening to Molto Allegro, I get hit with intermittent, very powerful bursts of awareness of the extreme majesty of God, so much so that I burst into tears almost every time I listen to it. It's as if the music strikes a chord in my soul that opens up the door to an extreme awareness of the presence and majesty of God. Sounds very strange to say, but that's what happens. Former conductor of the Philadelphia, Ricardo Muti, said the same thing happened to him when he conducted.

[@martyisokay]

I feel the same way about this symphony, especially the last movement. I don't think there will ever be a piece of music (past, present, and future) that will ever match its "God-like" nature.

[@anniekeller1277]

@Bernard Jones I'd sooner believe there was no Bernard Jones. I've conversed with God. No chance you'll ever convince me that didn't happen. Good day to you, Bernard.

[@wstevenpray]

I play this incomparable composition in my university office, over and over……there is nothing better to keep my spirits soaring while I compete mundane tasks. I hope I never tire of it. Ethereal, spiritual, incredible, superlative: words are wholly inadequate to describe this marvelous masterpiece to those who have not yet experienced it. If Mozart had written nothing other than this, I firmly believe he would still be recognized as the most astonishing and innovative composer of all time.

[@freaK_09]

+W. Steven Pray I agree with you in every word. There are no sufficient words to describe this colossal masterpiece.

[@wstevenpray]

+Gustavo Freitas Bravo, Gustavo!!!

[@eameece]

I'll never tire of it!

[@martyisokay]

This always lifts my spirits no matter how down I am.

[@eddfdc]

I'm so glad to see many people who have common with me. To me, this piece is most lifetime-precious, breathtaking masterpiece. when I'm tired of my business, human relationship, this movement takes me into heaven. As korean, when I was in military, this piece was my salvation. Every morning I have played this music in my head... I really wish I never tired of it too. the episode starts 7:14 is my favorite.

[@chopinandliszt]

"God is always before my eyes, I acknowledge His omnipotence, I fear His anger; but I also recognize His love, His compassion and His tenderness towards His creatures; He will never forsake His servants. If it is according to His will, so let it be according to mine." -W.A.Mozart

[@moltoallegro19]

This is seriously like the best piece ever!!! I have listened to a lot of classical music throughout my life, and you all know how it is: you have, like, your periods - sometimes you are very into baroque, next time you listen to a lot of Chopin etc. But Mozart has always been my musical sanctuary to which I always return and never get tired of. And this piece, in particular, is just so ingenious!!! In my opinion it might be THE best piece of music ever written!!!

[@bigleaguechew87]

8:09-8:37 One of music's greatest moments.

[@gustavramirez2891]

Agreed! XD

[@christiankuate1757]

Oh yes!

[@dmiller4971]

apart from all the other Mozart pieces that is!

[@SinhNguyen-ry9zt]

Yes, i agree, that is counterpoint.

[@nameless5053]

For me that would be from 8:09 to 8:43

[@FacebookBrowser]

If only Mozart lived longer, can you imagine all the symphonies he would have wrriten??? GREATEST Composer in history!!!

[@danal81]

escapefrommyself that would be Bach

[@AntoniusTertius]

@@danal81 Bach lived practically 30 years more than Mozart, that's his point. He was the most talented composer that ever existed; of course that doesn't mean that all of best compositions were composed by him. I hope you have understood

[@danal81]

Antonio Augusto thanks for wasting your time to explain what I already understood, and the answer is still no. Back showed continuous quality from the earliest works, while Mozart improved with age. Bach achieved integrity of structure, logic, and expressed ideas that are so advanced no other composer managed to surpass in all this time. Mozart was influenced by Bach in his later works and he tried to apply some of Bach’s logic to his own style, which for sure enriched his imagination, but come on... There is only one God in music and it’s Bach.

[@AntoniusTertius]

@@danal81 Firstly, every human being gets better at their work as time passes. Secondly, Christian Bach influenced Wolfgang Mozart, not Sebastian Bach; thirdly even if he had, what then? Vivaldi influenced Sebastian Bach a bit for example; lastly I listened to all Sebastian Bach's organ pieces and there's one from his early years that is awful, it was composed when he was 13, so he got better as well naturally. Come on, I adore Sebastian Bach's music, there 's no reason for to argue. Claiming that Wolfie was the most talented composer does not mean he was the best in the end.

[@danal81]

Antonio Augusto incorrect on all accounts. It was Johan Sebastian (and Handel) who influenced late Mozart during his Vienna period. He tried to combine polyphonic style with galant style. Somewhere along this way he also died. Bach’s first written and acknowledged works start from the age of 20 and they are all equally good. There is not one piece that is “awful” they all have a super-human quality to them. Bach was the greatest composer of all times, not Mozart. Even Mozart himself knew that, he went through a serious crisis when he met with Bach’s works.

[@brian-vz5hz]

Mozart was always hit or miss with me. The five voice coda in this piece was his finest moment IMO. What a splendid 30 seconds of music!

[@janiman2677]

If I had the power to wish only two wishes related to music it would be to give Beethoven the ability to hear again, And to give Mozart another 35 years to live... it would seriously be worth it

[@Johannes999999999]

I am very much a stoic, and this piece still evokes such a profound emotional response. Truely one of the greatest of humanity's many achievements.

[@billsanderson6336]

Mozart wrote this at 32. What would a 42, 52, 62-year old Mozart have written? I can't begin to imagine!

[@Tizohip]

bill sanderson '-' i have a idea.

[@Tizohip]

bill sanderson i,m begin compose this theory hahaahah new mozart sinfonies, but first stduy and study.

[@SinhNguyen-ry9zt]

At 42 he could write a "Vienna symphony", and if he had been alive, he would have become a Romantic composer.

[@eameece]

Yes, I guess the answer is, Beethoven took up from where Mozart left off. At least he made it to 56.

[@Freethought2.0]

Mozart wasn't just a genius or super genius at creating music he was God-like!!!!! He was the Greatest Composer of all time!!!!

[@RodCornholio]

One of the greatest musical achievements a man has ever created.

[@82luft49]

My math leaves a lot to be desired, but if one could imagine Mozart living to the ripe age of 68, doubling the years of his incredibly short life ending at 34, we would now be listening to the final movement of his symphony 82.

[@FabioPBarbieri]

Think of this: He'd have had the time to react to Beethoven, Schubert and Rossini. He'd have lived into the golden age of German theatre - Schiller, Goethe, the classic Shakespeare translations - he, one of the two or three greatest opera composers who ever lived. If Schiller inspired Verdi so intensely in translation, what could he have done for Mozart in the original German?

[@jkryanspark]

One of the great, "What ifs" of human history. It would have been amazing to hear the fruits of a friendly composing war with the great innovator, Beethoven. Every time the Jupiter Symphony ends, I say softly, "and then he died", and I sigh. It's hard to imagine what a Sym. No. 82 might sound like? I'd settle for a No. 42.

[@skybirdnomad]

My math would make einstein squirm in his grave, but if mozart's sister, who was just as talented as he was, could have pursued her career as a composer, instead of being forced to be a house wife for the rest of her life, AND they woulda both lived to 600 years, well, I'd imagine we would have discovered rock music WAY before the, what, 1950s?

[@brianr.3085]

If Mozart's sister was as talented, she wouldn't have needed him to compose for her a modulating prelude that she could memorize for a performance so people would think she knew how to improvise at the keyboard, something Mozart had been doing since he was a child.

[@beachcomber4141]

Lovely thought!!!!

[@JustOneMoreChild]

I do believe this is Mozart's magnum opus... clear, clean and superbly balanced. I hope this video receives more hits.

[@benjamindavid5681]

Perhaps the greatest movement of the greatest symphony of all time: Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra: This is a fine recording of Mozart's Symphony 41 - Molto Allegro.Bravo! Just the right speed. Joyous!I I only question the reality not the claim that you make -Ernest - that he integrates the 5 themes . I hear 3 of them integrated which is genius enough! . Ernest indicate in the title line that this is Jeffery Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra. This is very important!!! No matter how many hits you may have you want to inform those who are new to this music who they are listening to.

[@eameece]

+Benjamin David Well, that's the point isn't it. Only God can follow all 5 themes at once. They are all there, rest assured!

[@g.p.3421]

What a feast for the ears and the soul

[@AHR1228]

I love the counterpoint at the end where he has all four themes playing at once! Mozart must have been some sort of deity that came to Earth to bring us joy.

[@isaacurena4914]

i love how motzart just composes art and how the sounds help amplify emotions i love that feeling i applaud the composer

[@jibailublabla]

I love this piece the most, it's joyful, hopeful & passionate.

[@MrTRichardson]

God Bless this wonderful piece of heavenly joy!!!!! Bravo!!!! Thank you for uploading this marvellous performance. Mozart was inspired by his religious convictions. And this is the perfect result. Thank God Amadeus wasn't an atheist . . .

[@tomfroekjaer]

Thank you very much for uploading a great interpretation of the last symphony of possibly the greatest and most versatile composer in the preserved history of Mankind. It is strange that musical geniuses within 100 years or less suddenly appear. Vivaldi, Händel, Bach, Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven and several others ... Strange - like the great Greek geniuses - scientists, philosophers, artists. All within some 100 years. Why or how come?

[@simondurrant1]

A marvellous performance of an astonishing work. The ECO under Jeffrey Tate confirm once again that they really understand how to play Mozart. The work itself is very aptly named; this is a relatively rare moment of unrestrained virtuosity from Mozart, as though his frustration at his life situation at that time led to an outburst of raw compositional power. No other composer, for all of their different merits, has even come close to the technical facility on display here.

[@dedissimo]

I could spend my entire day just by listening to this.

[@UlfenDaddy]

A well-rehearsed orchestra almost doesn't need him ANY LONGER, his work preparing them is done... but he remains to direct them as he's interpreted [the work] to and with them. As an orchestral player, you wouldn't know if I'm watching him or not; from a viola stand he's as obvious to me as the page is. As a conductor, my players are aware of shifts in tempo and dynamics as we're playing along, indeed they're ALL watching the director even if an audience isn't aware of it.

[@TheLowey08]

Why is everyone on here taking this all so seriously . For crying out loud just enjoy it . It is fabulous , beautiful . You could listen to this every day for 100 years & never grow tired of it or used to it. When Mozart imagined and wrote this I am sure his intention was for people to enjoy it. To create something beautiful & enjoyable. So lets have less of this nastiness and insulting comments , etc , and less of the pompous upper class " Oh this is so profound " nonsense. JUST ENJOY IT.

[@FrodoNRW]

...the most divine music which was ever composed!

[@andriventu]

I just cannot live without this!

[@RodCornholio]

The earth stood still...the gods listened in awe at what Mozart had created. This.

[@ScarlettSinS]

Classical music was the first type of music I fell in love with. I may love listening to metal, a bit of hip hop & jazz, but classical will always take a big part of my love for music.

[@RodCornholio]

K. 551 is the pinnacle of all human musical achievement.

[@terezian]

Conducting, in music, is the art of unifying the efforts of a number of musicians simultaneously engaged in musical performance. Requires great musical understanding, a thorough knowledge of instruments and of the concert repertory, a clear mastery of the baton and hand gestures, and a human sympathy for the performers.

[@FabioPBarbieri]

No wonder it sounds so triumphant. This is the sound of a man doing the impossible and making it look easy.

[@AthenaHueber]

They're all in perfect unison. It's bliss to my ears.

[@ynra]

Wow, this really is great. I haven't been giving Mozart enough credit before... I am ashamed. I must start listening to him more, because this piece of work is phenomenal! Really beautiful...

[@prangon555]

One of the most complex virtue of life is to enjoy. This type of art is enough to sophisticate the complicating fundamentals of life.

[@carlosshosta9040]

RIP Maestro Jeffrey Tate (1943-2017)

[@celebrei]

"Tis no wonder Einstein said that: "Mozart is the greatest composer of all. Beethoven created his music, but the music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it - that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed"

[@8moltovivace8]

Thank you so much for uploading this.. !

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

Truly inspirational. Composers don't write this kind of dramatic music anymore. I just finished a work for piano and orchestra in the Romantic tradition, "Symphonic Variations After a Theme of Cesar Franck" that is here on KZbin, but I'm the only one I know who's trying. Today, composers seem to assemble "music" with computer blueprints rather than scores. And what comes out!!! They should be writing real music like this instead of stuff that will only be played once and then forgotten.

[@jessicadunne791]

Such a beautiful and whimsical piece of music! Mozart was truly a genius! I always listened to this symphony while studying for finals! It also brings out inner peace!

[@TheFirepop]

Mozart has like, how should i describe it? On many of his musics it is powerful, tense artistic, flexible and it has the essence of real classical music. Thats how it makes your brain active. It makes your brain go slow then right after that is powerful then it stops and goes on like a melody and it changes again and it goes like that. Mozart is someone not to ignore nor hate. He found the real essence of classical music.

[@lindsayolh]

The miracle is that he can conduct at all never mind produce a performance of this class. I personally find watching his masterly conducting brings the music to life.

[@mr-wx3lv]

Sorry, but you can't beat a modern orchestra playing this. They have a warmth and dynamic variety, which you can't get in period instruments. This is such an elegant and honest account of the piece. With just the right number of players..

[@Basketball677]

Second 34 to 41 was the best part and got the music stuck in my head

[@EmersonOliveira]

The best performance of this symphony that I heard. BRAVISSIMO!

[@JP1226294]

Mozart really captures the essence of his age, the Neoclassical Period. His music is at once artistic, yet nearly mathematical in its perfection. Honestly, this has to be the most beautiful symphony ever just for that fact alone; that which made him a genius.

[@bcugirl09]

I dont understand how anyone could dislike this.

[@JustinBieberGirl3194]

my teacher in orchestra is teaching my class this we lean red this a month ago its so easy to play now love it!!

[@thelightisahead]

I'm glad the text at the side explains the brilliance of the coda. I knew this movement was meant to be the best example of something--or-another, but I couldn't tell until the text told me. It's not surprising he could do it, since he allegedly could hold up to seven melodies in his head and hear them all at once

[@Silverlin212]

This symphony (atleast for me) is the pinnacle representation of the meaning of life in all its complexity. The last movement summarizes all that came before it, expressing in a seemingly constant development the reflective consciousness of humanities yearning to know God, Truth and ultimately reaching atonement.

[@geisterbahn1]

the conducter does bring out some thing special in the orchestra. Mozart is wonderful ! just wonderful!.

[@renaissanceman21c]

Definitely my favorite performance of this piece!

[@alphabetgreen1996]

Great conductor. I like precision conductors who don't try to force their own interpretations on us, but direct the music as it was written.

[@jeffamarie]

Favorite part? That LAST entrance of the first theme at the end of the fugato... in the strings, beginning on a weak beat the ONLY time in the entire piece! Just the most perfectly placed phrase ever written.

[@frankburrows]

Thank you for posting this wonderful version of this epic work. The beauty and majesty of the piece makes the negative, aggressively ignorant, and hurtful comments meaningless. Thank you again.

[@nogaspains]

This is a brilliant recording. Thank you for sharing.

[@catgumart]

My favorite part of this piece is from 6:00 to 6:30...it really makes me feel like Im going up in down hills in a fast car or that Im falling then rising on a roller coaster...it actually produces this feeling in my body!

[@RodCornholio]

Whenever you despair over the ugliness in the world, listen to this and be reminded of all the beauty humans can create.

[@jeffamarie]

It doesn't matter that he uses a certain instrumentation, or that he uses a certain form, or that the music follows all the rules - it goes beyond that - if Mozart had been living in India, the genius would have been there; if he had been an African conga drummer, he'd be just as insightful in his music. If you took away Mozart's physical self, even, he'd still be pure inspiration... a million ideas pouring out, like a waterfall roaring from an ocean into a single stream. Overwhelming.

[@jordifuentesandres226]

un inicio aparentemente inocente.una nueva presentación esta vez fugaa,de ese motivo desencadena una furibunda lucha que lleva a undesenvolvimiento polifónico de impresionante densidad.entrecruzamiento de voces,combinacuon temática,todo ello deriva en un impulso dramático, componiendo uno de los edificios más imponentes de la historia de la música..es como una cuadradura del circulio

[@UlfenDaddy]

@Snow: This goes right to the heart of what MUSIC actually is. Teaching in pub.schools, I noticed long ago while kids say they love music, what they think they Know about it a matter of the words, the poetry, not music at all. Here we have pure SOUND, instrumental Sound for its own sake, there's infinite difference between that and pop stuff which is TEXT and rhythm, only tangentially Music. As the notes on this post say, Moz has FIVE different melodies at once here; show me pop tune that does

[@225gabi]

Thank you very much Mr. Mozart. for letting your music and for making our world better.

[@rolandonavarro]

Great conductor. His Bruckner 9th Symphony is one of the best performance I have ever heard. I hope he will record all of them.

[@ernestalba]

Thank you! If you're looking to delve into classical music, one of the most exciting and beautiful pieces is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. I have uploaded the choral finale (the Ode to Joy), and have included structural information on the piece.

[@valnaples]

STUPENDOUS!!! BRAVO!

[@jeffamarie]

One of the most inspiring performances of the Jupiter symphony... Bravo maestro!

[@raoulandgretchie]

Dear Friend, Thank you for sharing the info. Jeffrey conducted a magnificent movement. Everybody can learn from this about music, disabilities, and Mozart. Peace

[@MrLandale]

I've been listening to W.A Mozart since I was a child, he always make me think..

[@gigaude]

assolutamente meraviglioso. nient'altro da aggiungere.grazie

[@Johannes999999999]

Perfection exists within the music of Mozart

[@valnaples]

outRAGeous! I keep watching and loving this! thank you! ♥

[@ymaylme]

Hi ernestalba. I am pretty new at classical music. Thank you for your lecture. Everytime I learn a little bit more about it, I appreciate it even more. Your explanation of your molto was very clear.

[@Jagguar20]

Crazy awesome. The coda is unbelievable.

[@TheDooftard]

Lovely and wonderful! Thank-you!

[@kylempaintballer]

Kind of ridiculous, but I'm glad you asked. Of course these musicians are highly skilled, but so are professional athletes, and they need coaching. The director can remind you of subtleties, he's keeping the beat and is your only chance of meshing with everyone else. He keeps the timing perfect and can help you if your lost. Not to mention, he usually has knowledge beyond your own, and has been teaching you the entire time up to the performance.

[@thelightisahead]

That french horn bit at 8:09 - I don't play, and probably never shall, but I LOVE that noble, mellow sound! And it sounds so grand and worthy of the Roman god Jupiter, although of course Mozart didn't have that intention because he didn't call it the Jupiter symphony, but for this singularly incredible work, it's an apt title! May his music ever be heard

[@swirlypooter]

the best mozart piece hands down!

[@andipipo]

My last comment is a response to Helkaluin's comment posted two weeks ago. To round up, Mozart composed various four part fugues in Bach's style and was particularly proud of the c minor one for two pianos. In this one he used all of Bach's techniques without losing his own style, he was the first composer to achieve this; afterwards came Beethoven, Bartok, Shostakovic and Penderescki. Anyway, Helkaluin, follow Mozart's example, play and study Bach and then make your own musical comment!

[@benturki]

Im so lucky my A-Level music set piece is this so im going to be listning and stufying it for 2 years I LOVE IT!

[@3NUNS]

Good 'noise' from a compact orchestra. And, beautiful noise at that.

[@belianis]

Whenever I listen to this piece, I'm reminded of the Chorus of Angels that concludes THE CREATION; there is no choir, but 'tis a heavenly chorus just the same.

[@Geoffreymga]

Truly phenomenal, in every sense of the word.

[@keyline26]

The comment to this piece is amazing, as is of course, the piece. Thank you very much!

[@flynbryan41]

one of my faves....thanks

[@valnaples]

Truly a work of beauty!!! Mozart really works those violins! Fabulous and amazing...

[@MrClarinetFreak]

Wow, I read the info written, and the sensation of feeling I took, as it gushed to me like s wave, starting from 8:09 is just amazing...

[@TheLizGang]

I feel honored... for I have the privilege to play this magnificent piece for my own orchestra!

[@dedissimo]

How could even a genius come out with this? I can't believe it. Respect.

[@dedissimo]

It is so magnificent I'm going to cry.

[@napsuta]

Thank you for posting and for your comments and for giving the link. I have a 'long play' rec of Beecham conducting this and his performance is superb. If it has been produced onto a CD it would be worth your hearing - I think. Once again grateful. Thanks. Napsuta

[@belianis]

When Disney makes its next FANTASIA, this should be the concluding song. This angelic music inspires in me endless fantabulous images that would be perfect for a movie.

[@VTFreestyle224]

@VTFreestyle224 The acoustics in this concert hall are also astounding

[@cohesif]

Magnifique, Merci d'avoir posté cette vidéo

[@Selsr]

to be honest, i think that just stating your ideals in that description, just because you can't imagine being able to do that doesn't mean that someone with training could not. it's my goal to do this some day

[@muesk3]

It's one of his most ingenious pieces (note the usage of the word piece, not song) of music. You don't know Mozart, you don't know music, you don't know art.

[@KurdstanPlanetarium]

Wonderful...truely Amazning

[@tylerkane7472]

After reading that I've literally been laughing for the entire song. Bravo!

[@EmersonOliveira]

Amazing. Wonderful performance.

[@IsraelShine]

Beautiful....just beautifuuuul