Mozart - Symphony No. 25 in G minor | First Time Reaction!

Takács-Nagy, Weinberger Chamber Orchestra.
This is the first time DJ has sat down and listened to an orchestra play. Of course he has heard Mozart but he doesn't know it. How does he respond to 10 minutes of classical music with a camera pointed at him?

[@thethikboy]

Mozart was a teenager when he wrote this. Not bad eh? Now listen to the G minor symphony no 40.

[@redbandita020]

@thethikboy, if you are impressed with Mozart's ability to compose at a young age, consider listening to Alma Deutscher, the Mozart living among us, right now. She is composing on the same level and wrote her first opera before Mozart did, when it comes to comparing their age.

[@jeandoten1510]

@@redbandita020 yes, but she has been able to learn from Mozart! Listen to Mozart's predecessors and see his genius. Even Hatdn's greatest works written after Mozart's death do not quite measure up.

[@Alix777.]

@@redbandita020 At the same level ? Are you serious ?... Did you ever listen to Mozart's Waisenhaus mass composed at 12 ? Alma Deutscher music is cute but don't compare a gifted child with the greatest musical genius of all times..

[@DavidTateVA]

Yeah, when I saw the title of this video I thought "Wait, did he mean to listen to #40 and got the wrong G minor?"

[@gugaruzjuvina8329]

i was born in salzburg amd sometimes i just walk around listening to lacrimosa kleine nachtmusik türkischer marsch and its insane how nostalgic i feel walking around knowing mozart might have walked the same street as i do rn

[@loredanaschwertfeger3369]

The conductor does most of the work during practice. He tells everyone exactly how he wants each section to play. Essentially the musicians play their instrument and he plays the whole orchestra.

[@Nothingbutthevoid1]

That’s is one of the most beautiful way of describing it !

[@snezmil]

If orchestra is seen as one organism, conductor is it's brain,

[@tubekulose]

That's not the case, when a conducter works together with the Vienna Philharmonic. They may have some agreements but in the end the conducter has to follow the instrumentalists' will and becomes "just" a show master. The musicians of the orchestra don't even look at him or her most of the time. They probably think: "Well, we are the best and most famous orchestra in the world. We don't need any conductor." 🙂

[@ralphficker167]

@@tubekulose I don't know where you got such and idea. Some conductors are very subtle, but they are always in charge and in control. The players may look like they're ignoring him, but they can look at their score and the conductor at the same time. It's his vision of how slow or fast, how loud or soft, and so many other elements of the performance. Believe me, the conductor is always the leader.

[@eletronicplayers9564]

@@ralphficker167 But correct me if i am wrong (i am not a specialist) but things like the speed of the music and other details weren't defined by the composer already?

[@gettoyourpointagosta8539]

The conductor does more than keep time - he interprets what he believes the composer's vision of the piece. is.

[@FoxyJane1348]

And tells everyone how to play their instruments, regardless of what instrument they actually know how to play! LOL *30 years a cellist. ;)

[@bernhardtsen74]

I think he should move to France and be french, I want him to get a big Frankfur... oh sorry! I was meaning to write that to anybody who loved The Last Jedi movie!this IS music, not todays sampled crap!

[@dugswank]

They do most of it in rehearsals

[@gregorylawrence5546]

correct... well said

[@timbredan3476]

@@FoxyJane1348 true. Some do it masterfully. Others….well…I’ll leave it at that

[@paolopagliaro980]

Mozart was one of the most gifted musicians ever: that is not subjective.

[@conureron3792]

Need the scene of Salieri being rushed off to the hospital ward ...and opening credits - with this music

[@dugswank]

It sounds like an old squeeze box, out of tune

[@lindacowles756]

@@dugswank Would you happen to be thinking of the "rusty squeezebox" line from the movie as Salieri describes the opening of the 3rd movement of Mozart's Serenade for 13 Winds?

[@Johnadams20760]

@@dugswank actaully that was a differnet piece that saliri was describing. i can't think of the name of it. but it wasn't this one

[@kellyross4801]

I was a junior in high school when 'Amadeus' came out. I had been exposed to a lot of classical music already, and loved it. But the movie gave it context. Requiem still slays me.

[@robertjessen1554]

The fact one young man conceived of and put this on paper is staggering!

[@Fredo_Viola]

I’m a singer composer and have recently discovered the immense pleasure of watching reaction videos. I mean, really this is what music is about - sharing the experience. And I’m so appreciative to find folks reacting to great works of classical music. Loved your video, guys!! If you like drama, but also like a bit of darkness, you might try Alfred Schnittke’s Viola Concerto. The first movement is in my opinion one of the scariest pieces of music ever written. He is a poly-stylist, which means he embraces all styles of music and brings them into his pieces almost in a dramatic, symbolic and certainly cinematic way. I think you both would dig. There’s a great performance by Yuri Bashmet, for whom the piece was actually written. Anyway, carry on fellas! And thanks for posting this video!

[@tubehepa]

They claim one of the most reacted music videos in YT is Ghost Love Score (symphonic metal) by Tuomas Holopainen from Kitee (kitt-eh), near the Russian border in Finland, performed by his band Nigthwish with the Dutch singer Floor Jansen.

[@marioneira777]

I like that you guys enjoy classical music. I would just like to say that the music you hear in films fall under the category of film music similar contemporary classical music. Mozart is from the classical period of classical music. If you didn’t know, Classical music is a generic term used to denote four eras of Western European music: Baroque (1600-1750), Classical (1750-1820), Romantic (1820-1900), Contemporary (1900-present). The name for these eras go along with the artistic eras for Western visual art. This type of music is made by geniuses. It’s compositional styles, techniques, and melodies have laid the foundation for the music genres that we listen to today. Although you could say that this music was for the elites back in the baroque and classical period,music of the Romantic period was more open to the public. Nonetheless, religious works, operas, and other works were open for the public during the baroque and classical period as well. Although most people paint the composers of this type of music as serious men, they were far from it. A lot of them were eccentric, young, and not wealthy. The notion that these composers were wealthy is far from the truth. As a consequence, some advice. Before you listen to this music, try to put yourself in the mind frame of the composer and the age that they were living in. Also, I recommend that you look at visual art from that time period whilst listening to the music. Hoped this help. Peace keep up the good work !

[@GetSidewaysReacts]

Wow. Lots of good info here. Yes I am aware of the differences in periods and I was using the term classical in the generic sense.

[@markodebeljak1145]

+ before this is early music medieval period and renessance. In medieval era we have sacred music ( very mistical, serious mood), and secular music (some songs in this era is very pop, easy melodie, repetive and strong rythmn,). In renessaince we have same thing, but songs in medieval era for me is more closer to today pop music ( diffrent, but has many element like today pop) than renessaince. When I listen some happy trobadour song I don't feel like I'm listen classical music ( or some high "art") I feel like I listen some very old pop music. I have a question what is pop/party music of baroque, renessaince, classical? OK, some pieces in classical music is very funny. Is this folk music in these period? Internet give very little informaction about this. I know Mozart write Eine kleine music and this something like light/easy music. Yes, today we have contemporary classical music, but we also have pop/rock music. And this (pop/rock)music can be for light/easy but also can be complexy, exsperimental. You can choose Radiohead or Rihanna.

[@markodebeljak1145]

This question is for Mario Neira.

[@Johnadams20760]

mario, i would have argued the oppoisste, that 1900-present wasn't classical, but that the 4th would actaully be the opposte, predating baroque, in Renaissance, which is probably i the neighborhood o f1500 something to 1600 ish but yes. however, the music that john williams composed for example for superman, star wars et al, is literally modern classical or really orchstral/symphonic musicc :)

[@MissLibertarian]

I go for baroque! But “modern” and “contemporary” and even “mid century modern” are, like “Y2K” and inflation, transitory and shortsighted. Terms with term limits.

[@144megabytes]

The requiem by Mozart absolutely melts me every time. I've seen it live 3x and I'm going to see it again this month. The voices shake the room and the music blends perfectly together like water. It's an emotional rollercoaster.

[@kaththal7625]

Please, Eric Satie, Rachmaninov, Prokofjev's Dance of the Knights.J.S.Bach Toccata und Fuge. And the Ouvertüre Parcefal by Richard Wagner!!! Greetings from Dresden, Germany! 🙋❤👍

[@lakep7798]

Yes, especially Rachmaninov!!! ❤️❤️

[@RJKookie]

I love how caught off guard he looked at first but then he quickly got into it. Mozart's music is so powerful. Anyone w/a pulse has to get some feeling from this piece. Props to the editing! Def had me chuckling.

[@verdecillo9940]

This symphony is a prime example of "Sturm und Drang"- a cultural movement especially popular in German-speaking Europe in the last half of the 18th century. The overarching characteristic of "Sturm und Drang" (literally "storm and urge" in German) is the expression of (often abrupt) contrasts of deep feelings. In other words, the literature and music of this cultural movement was "dramatic" (as the guy in the video said). The minor key, the different tempos, the dynamic changes, the general alternation of happy and sad sections, etc. all contribute to the emotional extremes of this piece.

[@csadler]

This takes me back. My mom was in an orchestra (violin) and every day I head repeated sections over and over! Miss it now. Mozart was always my favorite.

[@ericlesher5962]

I'm originally from Ohio. I recommend seeing the Columbus Symphony whenever they resume. For$ 20-$30 you can sit in the balcony and be blown away. Doesn't matter what's on the program. Good to see other Buckeyes. I'm in Alabama now.

[@GetSidewaysReacts]

OH-

[@JBEEUD]

I-O

[@Johnadams20760]

i am from michigan and a michigan fan, so the one sweatshirt is difficult lol. but it is all good, i love his reactions, intellect, apprecation of great music :)

[@silverbaker2194]

Mozart's music often gives me literal goosebumps, on hearing it. Even pieces I've heard dozens of times before. Perfection.

[@beachcomber4141]

Lets not forget that Mozart was 17 years old when he wrote this. One of the greatest musical journeys is following Mozart into maturity.

[@rakelh]

This was only the first movement! I adore Mozart's ability with themes and variations. And the way he uses dynamics is unbelievable! It's also important to note that any good musician in an orchestra learns to keep the conductor in peripheral vision at all times and switch back and forth between reading the music and the conductor. No one ever wants to play the wrong kind of solo by missing a cut off or sudden dynamic change. BTW Symphony No. 40 has always been my favorite Mozart. You should give it a try.

[@alanhill769]

Yep, I can even whistle the first few bars. very well known piece. 👍

[@beverlysmith8025]

The precision, the discipline , the talent and devotion of these members of the orchestra to the music is phenomenal 👏.

[@keep_it_real_1]

I absolutely love Mozart's work. So full of genius surprises.

[@donaldgoodell7675]

Mozart drafted this Sinfonia in g-minor at the age of 17 in September 1773 while visiting Vienna with his father - completed / orchestrated in Salzburg in October 1773

[@corikash1]

I think of a conductor as a person playing a very large instrument, the orchestra. He determines tempo, emotions, reminds everyone when to come in or cut off. Music is the language of emotion.

[@aboutclassicalmusic5715]

17 years old when he wrote this masterpiece, shortly after he finished his major opera Lucio Silla at the same age.

[@ErnestoBrausewind]

There was this scene towards the end of the film, where Mozart, already on his deathbed, dictates the requiem to Salieri - that was the Moment I began to understand and appreciate classical music.

[@breezybest6064]

It'd be awesome if you'd do a reaction to Tchaikovsky's Overture of 1812. It's so powerful.

[@GetSidewaysReacts]

It’s on my list of music to show him

[@CartmanBrah]

How I wish I could hear some of these pieces for the first time again! Love watching your reactions

[@nicknoga564]

Great selection to introduce classical music to a newcomer. To the point about the conductor’s body movements influencing the rhythm/tempo... yes, that is the main reason. This particular conductor’s movements are a bit funky since he’s often not waving his baton to the tempo... which, as a musician, can be a little scary if you can’t clearly see the beat that’s being set. Playing in an orchestra, a musician’s particular seat may be acoustically in a place where they themselves have a tough time hearing the other musicians... so the conductor (right in the center of it all) can use gestures to let any musician know to raise/lower their volume.

[@timbredan3476]

Well said

[@geraldjensen6831]

Sheer brilliance...sheer beauty and fire!! In AMADEUS this part is played during Constanze's flight back to her dying husband in Vienna...

[@hoot2416]

It baffles me Mozart composed this when he was 17 years old... What were y'all doing at 17?

[@heinedietiker4943]

Mozart called this his Egyptian Symphony. In it he played with Arabic motifs and rhythms. He was very open and curious about foreign cultures.

[@Cherodar]

@@heinedietiker4943 I very much doubt Mozart himself called it that, nor is there anything actually Arabic or Egyptian about the piece. If it is sometimes called that, it was almost certainly applied to it long afterward.

[@Cherodar]

Check out what Mendelssohn was doing at the age of 17!

[@jonjohns8145]

Hey, I may not have written a symphony at age 17, but I am still alive at an age when Mozart was dead .. So Yeah, Tradeoffs.

[@lakep7798]

Ha!

[@noahwhite-telles5570]

Welcome to the world of Western classical music. We're very glad to have you join us!🎻

[@thecrew777]

This is hardly "western" classical music. Glad they joined us yes. A little fact: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart[a] (27 January 1756 - 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart,[b] was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Born in Salzburg, in the Holy Roman Empire, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood.

[@thecrew777]

@@mattg56 Okay, so you're saying Roman is western, am I understanding?

[@danielamador4306]

@@mattg56exactly, this masochism among western people to consider everything their ancestors did as not “authentic” while at the same time acknowledging and asserting that other cultures and people do have unique and authentic culture. Is very strange.

[@matthewwarren6798]

Love the interpretation of this performance. Great choice in group and conductor!

[@mkd1964]

You want classical Music that sounds like Star Wars? Try listening to "The Planets" by Gustav Holst. Start with "Mars" and then "Jupiter". That will tell you where John Williams got his ideas.

[@xAnescox]

Symphony No. 5 - Mahler

[@Alieo24]

Also Hans Zimmer (particularly in Gladiator!) I was convinced at one point that the soundtrack actually included Mars from the Planets till I realised Hans Zimmer had just incorporated it's themes into his own music.

[@markoldys]

Holst is much more modern, I think, but it's much more calm. Chopin or Lizt would be my favourite for anyone to react, those men are great

[@partituravid]

Indeed.

[@mikefung9145]

You forgot Kings Row by Korngold

[@IvorPresents]

the Baton in the hand of the conductor usually counts the beat, The conductor knows all the parts and has a concept of what the composer had in mind. He pulls the orchestra together.

[@c.s.70]

I'd love it if you can do more of this!

[@GnashBistro]

that WAS hard rock/ heavy metal. i had the stank face through that whole performance. what gets me is the deep silent beat. the vaccuum. mozart is unreal

[@rondanakamura2655]

Another great piece to introduce a love of classical music is JS Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor (organ only), and the recorder version of Badinierie.

[@TheB787heavy]

Beethoven's 5th Symphony!

[@asloii_1749]

One of my favorite symphonies. I also love Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony

[@bobfrancis123]

I depress myself with the realization that by the time Mozart was my age, he'd been dead for fifteen years. What an absolute musical genius. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel, gentlemen, if I may be so bold, no peace moves me like the first movement of Mahler's masterful 2nd Symphony.

[@PeterBuwen]

Great reaction. Classical music is the second (forgotten) root of modern rock music. I don't understand that people don't like it.

[@gluuuuue]

A lot of Mozart's music almost... takes your soul and carries it on this exhilarating journey, like your entire spirit just soars. And I think this is one of the pieces for which that description fits better than most, and why it does so well for opening Amadeus.

[@SpanishEclectic]

Variations on a theme! That's what it was all about in those days! Thanks for putting classical and other period music out there. I was obsessed with Amadeus when it came out. I'd load up the CD player with 5 symphonies, or albums of piano concertos, and let them go for hours. I've actually toured the house in Salzburg where Mozart was born. A different world 200 years ago. Mozart's last 4 symphonies are incredible, but the piano concertos are light and beautiful too. The Requiem is unreal; the clips used in the movie are great, as Tom Hulce breaks down the sections. Mozart really was a musical genius, with the benefit of being raised by a father who was a composer himself.

[@daviddemar8749]

It's not a song- it's a "piece " or more accurately, it's a Symphony. Next piece- A Brandenburg Concerto. My fave is no.5.it has a great harpsichord cadenza that's like an amazing guitar solo.

[@matthewv789]

Yes, technically a “song” involves a singer singing. (Get it?) But since nearly all pop music involves a singer singing, “song” has become the generic term for a piece of music in the pop world, whether it has singing or not. In the classical world, most music does not involve singing, so “song” still refers only to a piece with a singer. (And not all pieces with singers: many are operas or masses or whatever, which are also not songs and do not contain songs. So the term usually refers to individual non-dramatic, non-religious works with a single singer, so long as the composer hasn’t labeled it something else.) In the classical world, generically you may have a “work” or a “piece of music”, and more specifically a symphony, overture, sonata, concerto, opera, mass, cantata, song, tone poem, march, waltz, intermezzo, ballade, nocturne, prelude, fugue, or any number of other labels for different types of pieces.

[@martiglesias60]

@@matthewv789 its not popsong. Its classical so its a piece. Dont mess with CLASSICAL MUSIC!

[@martiglesias60]

Everything is not pop! Keep american expressions to your country only!

[@mikeoas]

The horn parts in this symphony were intended for horns without valves, which meant that the players would get all of the different notes purely by changing the shape of their lips. The notes each horn could play were limited (usually to major key arpeggios lower down and simple scales higher up), so the trick was to choose the set of notes each horn would be able to play - this was challenging for minor key symphonies like this one, but Mozart was rather good at this given he wrote quite a few. :) The horns in the video are almost certainly French horns with valves (which only really appeared from the 1820s onwards), which means the players can play a lot more notes and control their tuning more easily, but they are still difficult instruments to play. (I agree that they and the orchestra as a whole performed that movement rather well.)

[@beeboppbaby]

The original instruments sounded different . Check out the Academy of ancient music.They play on original instruments.

[@paulsomers6048]

Pitch was also controlled by moving the right hand inside the bell of the horn. More tones than the harmonic series could be gotten that way, but the timbre and dynamics would change, sometime quite dramatically!!

[@DrEsky914]

Well the reason they don't "like music like this" is because they are not exposed to "music like this". I was exposed as a small child by my mother, fell in love with the Dvorak New World Symphony at age 7 and started playing the viola. I have been playing ever since in any orchestra that will have me. The world of classical music is incredibly amazing but so are other forms of music as well. Its great and transforming and soul satisfying to be exposed to all kinds of beautiful music. Mozart was simply out of this world but my personal favorite is Beethoven (try the 7th symphony or of course the 3rd and 5th.)

[@kirstenkjome2351]

Played this at Summer orchestra camp during a storm... so, freaking, cool!

[@bigs1546]

I love Mozart and I listen to this album while cleaning my house - great music to soothe and terrific to take your mind from whatever mundane task you are doing.

[@adambrickley9088]

For conductors you have to watch different guys do it to see the influence. I used to see the National Symphony Orchestra a lot, and they had their main conductor retire (Christoph Eschenbach) and they hired a new meastro (Giandrea Noseda) was hired. Watching that transit was really fun because Eschenbach is an ace technician, super precise and dialed in, Noseda is fiery and passionate. Both great conductors at the top of their game, but totally different styles.

[@atheist101]

Important thing to remember with these, the band as a whole is extremely talented, yet each individual player is a genius with their own instrument. So much talent in one room doing a piece written by one of the top composers, its mind blowing when you break it down

[@TheB787heavy]

The band?? This isn't rock n roll. It's an orchestra.

[@atheist101]

@@TheB787heavy It's still called a band.

[@cobbhc]

The "stick" is called a baton. Really enjoyed your thoughtful reaction to this.

[@michaelrodrigues5713]

Complexity and simplicity, both at the same time. Emotion unite the two.

[@kristin1533]

Thank you for this. The piano concerto no. 24 is one I can't stop listening to! So beautiful! Can we see a reaction to it?

[@jonathanstallickhomeopathy]

It’s such a great thing you’re doing guys! I’m an ex pro cellist and it reminds me when I first heard some of these works when I was a kid. It really normalises listening to classical music. Keep up your great work!

[@GetSidewaysReacts]

Thanks. We have a few other classical reactions and a few Bach reactions coming up. Don't miss them!

[@devenestes3234]

It’s great that you guys can appreciate everything! I think you would like Dvorak‘s 9th symphony. The second movement is so amazingly sad and the fourth movement is just off the chain scary crazy!

[@jeffreysmith236]

One of my top favorite cassette tapes to listen to while driving long distance 30 years ago was the set assembled and published to accompany the Amadeus movie. Full performances of every piece used in the movie.

[@MonsterSound]

Hey, this Mozart guy sounds pretty cool. He may have a promising career. One to watch for sure. When's his next drop? 🎵🎶😎👍🔥 P.S. Another classic that people don't often know they know is "All by myself" redone by Eric Carmen in 1975 and also released later by Celine Dione. It is actually from the 2nd mvt of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (A fantastic piece.).

[@MissLibertarian]

Cinematic and dramatic: the drama in the sound makes cinema pictures in your mind. Other great soundtracks that don’t require a movie: “Immortal Beloved” and “Chaplin” (both demonstrate where inspiration comes from), “Last of the Mohicans,” and first “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Jonathan Livingston Seagull,” to name a few. “2001”. “Rudy”. So many…

[@Xesxs]

Johnathan Livingston Seagull is a masterpiece by Neil Diamond.

[@rickkernell2486]

This chamber group is good!

[@jaegermeister1968]

i love music in general, be it metal, rock, blues, funk, folk or classical, but classical music impresses me the most at live concerts.

[@pp36]

This version is slightly faster than other versions and I have to say the slower versions are more pleasing....but that’s just me.

[@LXIXXX]

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields recordings have always been a favorite of mine.

[@tomhartke4049]

Funny thing, I’ve listened classical all my life, and l could hear a Rap lyric on top of this. WAM played a story in his mind as he composed you can bet!

[@paulsomers6048]

No, you have your story in your mind. Mozart had shapes and their relationships in his mind.

[@douglaspensack3499]

Mozart: the King of Melody.

[@paulgreen6921]

Mozart was THE MAN. Upon my first hearing of his piano concerto #24 I gasped and said to myself;”this theme is intractable like a piece of granite; what else can possibly be added after this statement?” Well, Mozart, of course, added quite a bit. Some years ago I referred to it as “the dance of the armed warrior.” This brother remains the pinnacle of musical genius. Such profound concepts and transcendent artistry are an extremely rare spiritual grace. Yeah, Mozart remains THE MAN to this day. PWG

[@mymind7508]

I too LOVE this concerto. Especially the second, slow, movement. Pure austere perfection...

[@hxkdneuxbxjdidndnxj]

thank you for suggesting that!

[@alexisvarghese7892]

Explaining the conductors purpose as giving the musicians energy is perfect! While they can be the time keeper, at a upper levels their purpose is really more to unify and direct the entire orchestra to a singular place. Also what separates oboes/bassoons from clarinets/saxophones is that the mouthpiece is reed is two pieces of reed vs. one. Next time maybe part of the orchestrated Pictures at an exhibition? It is a great intro piece because of the text painting.

[@tfpp1]

My theory as to why people don't listen to classical music much these days is because they don't have the tools or skillset to "actively" listen to it. People know the lyrics to the latest top 40 song, they know the beat, the harmony, heck even the dance routines if there's a video out there when it's done live. But I suspect that the average person feels lost or dumb when listening to classical music. Sure, they can groove to it and like it enough on a surface level, but it's so much more rewarding once you understand (even the basics of) the form and structure of it, the same way we know all the different verse and bridge to our favorite pop tune. For starters, if people had a cursory understanding of things like sonata form, rondo, binary and ternary form, the fugue, strophic, and theme & variation - even just that much - would open up a world of "aha" moments when listening to classical music. That's like 95% of it right there.

[@raiden6156]

How would you recommend someone quickly become versed in the basics of classical movie theory? Something relatively accessible?

[@tfpp1]

@@raiden6156 Just to clarify, are you asking about music "theory" specifically? My point was about "form & structure" (which doesn't necessarily preclude the theory aspect).

[@raiden6156]

@@tfpp1 I guess I'm just asking what is the most efficient/accessible way to get enough of an understanding of classical to truly appreciate it?

[@tfpp1]

@@raiden6156 I guess the best approach might be to do a little homework on what I would call "Music Appreciation". It's information you would learn in a general course you'd take as a GE in undergrad. For starters: 1) Know the characteristics of each of the four major music periods (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century), and a tiny bit of what was going on in the world that helped define these eras. 2) Learn a few, key bullet points about the lives/works of a handful of composers of each period (Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Berlioz, Strauss, Verdi, Wagner, Debussy, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, Copland, Glass). 3) Understand a few basic terms like music texture (monophonic/homophonic/polyphonic), consonant vs. dissonant, abstract music vs. program music, religious music vs. secular music, a few genres (solo, chamber music, art song, symphonic, choral, opera, ballet). 4) Finally, what I said in my original comment about form, understanding how those forms unfold. You can just google all of this stuff and learn till your heart's content. If you'd like a brief list of actual pieces of music to work through, let me know. I used to teach music appreciation in college, which is basically a compressed course in learning how Western classical music functions and how to listen to it, so it's kind of a passion of mine. Anyway, hope this helps.

[@paulsomers6048]

@@tfpp1 Same here!! I was once stopped by the class when I told them the next piece would last 6 minutes. They said it was too long! It was the Prelude do Das Rheingold so they could hear the development of an idea into a big climax. But they said 3 minutes was enough. If you couldn't say something in 3 minutes you were stupid. It was hard to break through that! It changed the direction of my teaching into lengthening their attention span.

[@jacquesmostert3942]

For the past week I walked past the house Mozart lived in, in the city of Linz, twice a day. Breathtaking.

[@c.s.70]

Exhilarating ! Thank you for reacting to this! Music like this is thrilling and exciting while being complex and masterful, Art in its truest sense. I love this! I'm of millennial generation and this sort of music is exciting and real to me, as well as more meaningful. Imo lots of popular music "fashionable" nowadays is unnecessarily dumbed down, plastic, shallow, insincere and overhyped. I always come back to this sort of music, it's more stimulating & satisfying and leaves a more meaningful lasting impact on my mind and soul.

[@MrYuryZ]

Thank you! That was cool! Would be great to see more reaction on Classical Music! Would love to watch first reaction video on J.S. Bach, Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi and other composers.

[@surferles589]

When you can write entire scores and operas without making a mistake, or corrections, you're on a whole other level. I don't know of anyone else who can do that

[@samhartford8677]

I think he heard the cosmos, like we can hear the next note in Mozart's music with intuition. There are always layers of movement in his symphonies. If you think about it in terms of elements and waves coming together, that's how I see his ingeniousness.

[@surferles589]

@@samhartford8677 all artists get into flow for sure. But to write charts with dozens of instruments on different keys, and NOT make any mistake (ever) is something else

[@TWANDTW]

It's like a 100 channels mixing console, but you have only pen and paper and it's all in your head. The way they write music for an entire orchestra, all those counterpoints... it's kind of magic

[@paulsomers6048]

And many composers composed sitting at a desk, not at a piano. You can hear the music in your head without having to play it. I write without a piano, then check it later at the piano. Rarely find anything needing a change.

[@MrAranton]

How do you define a mistake? I can think of two kinds of mistake: 1. You write down something that doesn't work musically - which is a non-issue for people who only start writing things down after they came up with their music and tried it on an instrument. and 2. You write something you didn't intend to write - i.e. the equivalent of a typo. Avoiding those is ultimately just a matter of practice in reading and writing music. The fact that Mozart made no corrections isn't that impressive to me. That pales compared how impressive the creative act to come up with a symphony - dozens of instruments contributing to one harmonious soundscape is. Writing the result down is the least creative and least impressive part about the process.

[@ralphcanfield9555]

Thank you for sharing the Requiem is my favorite piece of music .... the Lacrimosa

[@ezmepetersen2503]

Twinkle Twinkle is known as a theme and variation piece. There are so many classical pieces that are used tor musical soundtracks. Adagio for Strings , Carmina Burana (Old Spice) to name just two. I suggest Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin with it's clarinet opening, jazz feel and tempo changes is a winner. I think you'd like it a lot.

[@jasonwalls1012]

I discovered Mozart from the movie Amadeus too. I was 16. I had never experienced music like that although I enjoyed classical music when I rarely heard it. I would try to catch it on public radio when I could. Mostly at the time I was into metal and hard rock but man I loved to lay back with headphones and drift on this new (to me) music. I still sometimes catch my mind replaying Mozart's Songs. It was the most beautiful music I have ever heard. Until I discovered Bach. I'm not claiming Bach was better then Mozart but Bach resonated more with me. Anyway I think I want to explore more of this music. I still know little of it Keep it up 🤟

[@lechat8533]

I love Mozart and many other classical composers. He was the Rock Star of his time. But I must say that Rossini is my favorite. He lifts me up the most where classical composers are in question :))) Thanks for the reaction!

[@GetSidewaysReacts]

I love Rossini too!

[@balticstain7150]

He's on the same level as Beethoven , Chopin, Bach , Brahms , Mendelssohn, just different styles of music nothing else just brilliant !!!!!!...

[@dangrund]

This was great! If your going to react to any John Williams I recommend Williams himself conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in The Imperial March.

[@mkshffr4936]

There are a few movies without a sound track but it is effective as a technique because it is so rare that it creates immense tension. BTW. Twinkle Twinkle is from the "Surprise" Symphony.

[@BCTMarcus]

A Dutch writer (Simon Vestdijk) once called Mozart "the demon of gallantry". Not bad... 😉 I also heard the first movement from this symphony for the first time thanks to the movie 'Amadeus' (1984). This particular piece seems to be influenced by the so-called 'Sturm und Drang' movement ('storm and drive' or 'storm and stress'), which was a pre-Romantic movement in German literature & music between the late 1760s and mid 1780s. The most famous novel of that period was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Die Leiden des jungen Werthers' (The suffering of the young Werther). Very passionate and emotional stuff.

[@conureron3792]

I would watch Amadeus repeatedly while going thru the architectural design studios in college for creative inspiration. Great movie.

[@DWHarper62]

The music is fine, the story has nothing to do with the real Mozart...

[@egapnala65]

The first movement of Beethoven's Seventh is a reaction I would like to see.

[@michaelnash2138]

I'd like to see reaction to the SECOND movement, which I feel is one of the most emotional pieces of music I've ever heard. I ALWAYS shed a tear or two while listening to it.

[@paulsomers6048]

Actually, it would be great to see reactions to all four movements, and then see the realization that the entire work had a shape and goal. And tell the listener Wagner's comment that the 7th is the "apotheosis of the dance".

[@timbredan3476]

@@paulsomers6048 one of the best symphonies ever composed

[@paulsomers6048]

@@timbredan3476 Yes, and Sibelius' final version of his no. 5 for the same reason.

[@paulbonge6617]

This is now the second time I've watched one of your reaction videos and I must say I am again moved by how you both appreciate the music and are moved by it. I did include links in my previous comment on your Bach Toccata & Fugue in G video and rather than include them again I'd only mention that you would both profit and greatly enjoy the Benjamin Zander Interpretation Class videos here on KZbin. Especially given your interest in Mozart I suggest the Mozart: Trio "Kegelstatt" 1st. Movement, just as in the Bach Cello Suite No. 2 that I included in my first post, here you really see what a genuinely great conductor contributes to the performances of his ensemble or symphony. Further I'd add that Maestro Zander is a genuinely magnetic personality and quite engaging. He is all about bringing an understanding of the music to a level where even complete novices can really begin to appreciate how it all works, all it's parts and nuances. During COVID lockdowns in Boston, he organized some of his performers from the symphony and they would come together in his driveway (keeping safe distance etc.) in Cambridge to perform for the general public that would pass by, walking their dogs, walking, riding their bicycles. A little magical gem of a musical gift during stressful and trying times. There are a few videos of those gatherings I believe.

[@alkishadjinicolaou5831]

This was actually one of the best renditions of this symphony I have heard.

[@christinegerard4974]

Beautiful music on a beautiful planet ! …

[@axolotl8694]

what a cool piece… I’d forgotten about this one. definitely the way to go to show the live musicians. you just have to respect what they’re doing. yes, G minor no 40 is another step up.

[@trinkab]

I love this song!!! I always liked Mozart but fell in love with is music because of the movie (specifically this song I was 15 when it came out) too!

[@GetSidewaysReacts]

Same on all points.

[@trinkab]

@@GetSidewaysReacts when I see a thumbnail about someone reacting to Mozart, THIS is the song I hope for... this is the first one I have seen where it has been!! THANK you! Also have you ever seen the cartoon about him as a kid? It's called Wunderkind Little Amadeus ... I was obsessed for a bit... (I love a good cartoon) The website for the cartoon was (may still be) lovely and instructive about some music basics.

[@jeandoten1510]

"The oboist is kind of like a clarinet" --and the oboist weeps in frustration. I forgive you because this was a fun reaction. Oh yes, the oboe reed is made of (wait for it) --reeds. So is the clarinet reed--the clarinet and saxophone sound is created by air pushed through a single reed tied to a wooden mouthpiece. The oboe and basson sound is air pushed through two pieces of reed tied together called --wait for it-- a double reed.

[@figura2000]

i think reactions on youtube can be a way to introduce classical music to many people, Orchestras should supports this, there are many ''reactors'' that live from this, on YT, and many people following then

[@douglasleinbach6313]

Leonard Burnsteins Saturday concerts for kids was televised for awhile and he was the best teacher of classical music and introduced an entire generation to orchestral music. Somebody should do this again, or drum up some of those old videos. They were exciting when I was young.

[@figura2000]

@@douglasleinbach6313 its good too, but i was talking about this new languages on internet, the ''reaction'' is a kind of language.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I remember a string quartet played once in a mall with a conductor, a conductor I knew from Youth Orchestra I was in. He asked for a child to come up and direct. I held my hand up with some others, but the conductor picked me, a 10-yr-old. I was nervous because I felt if I directed wrong, I'd mess them up, but I did well conducting the beat as my conductor directed me numerous times. The string orchestra would have rehearsed numerous times. I realized as an adult they knew each other and the music well enough that they didn't need my conducting to carry on. But it was fun and quite an experience then.

[@AlanMordue-hx5wv]

Written when he was 17!!! talk about a genius!

[@thecrew777]

The conductor and the orchestra practice this far more than most musicians since the "guitar and drums" generation took over. They all know the piece by heart. They have the music in front of them to keep their place and keep up when other instruments are playing but they are not. It might be 8 stanzas away before they come back in again. But the composer has been teaching them where he wants the crescendos and where he wants more energy, where he wants it quiet and smooth for months. They glance up now and again to make sure they are on the right "page" with the conductor. Do you really mean to tell me this young man in the red sweatshirt has never heard a symphony orchestra play? Or maybe just not live? Possibly not in person? When I was growing up, the public schools had you choose your instrument and they would lend it to you with parental signature to learn on. In less than a year I jumped from beginning orchestra to advanced orchestra on violin. My problem was I couldn't make myself read music. Reading English was hard enough. Glad DJ (? do I have the right name?) heard this, but he needs to go sit in a front row seat with a FULL symphony orchestra playing! Live. Such a shame. Some administrators or lawyers or someone not in the music department decided the year I graduated High School that "orchestra" and band, were no longer "needed".

[@nylaabella13]

I always laugh when someone says "I love all music" and when you play classical music they suddenly change their tune. When comparing it to the music we are exposed to nowadays. Mozart was a prodigy and true musical genius. Having an open mind and listening to all the elements of a song or piece is key to enjoying all music. It's like saying you don't like eating something before you even tried it. I found most people don't actually start appreciating classical music until they are older and mature. Granted there are younger people that love it, but in my experience, unless you are studying music, younger people don't appreciate the beauty and complexity of a piece like this one.

[@hansmahr8627]

I think there are many reasons why people don't appreciate it as much. First of all, people grow up with pop, rock or rap and all of these popular genres are heavily focused on the rhythm section. It's the drum beat that makes you nod your head, that makes you want to move to the music. And for a lot of people that's the main reason why they listen to music. Classical music doesn't have that, the focus is on harmony, structure, form. Then there are other issues: the music is complex, often very long, often purely instrumental. You really need to focus on it. And it's less about repetition and more about variation. Of course another problem is classical music's image: stuffy, upper-class, purely intellectual, etc. Of course that's total bullshit but it keeps people from being interested in it. Personally I think that if you choose the right piece, interpreted by excellent performers, played either live or with a good sound system, almost everyone can appreciate this music. Yeah it's complex but that doesn't matter. The music of the great composers is so intense and emotionally gripping that it just hits you whether you understand it or not. I've seen this multiple times with people who have nothing to do with classical music. The problem is that most people don't know where to start and so they'll listen to some overplayed piece (like Eine kleine Nachtmusik) played by a third-rate orchestra and that's not very exciting. What makes me hopeful is that a channel like TwosetViolin reaches millions of young people, there are so many new classical music fans thanks to those two. It's another proof of the fact that this music is for everybody.

[@paulsomers6048]

@@hansmahr8627 Big Thumbs Up to TwosetViolin!!!

[@leannewilson7184]

Best motion picture “Amadeus” (1984) is Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart... one of my favorite academy winners (13 awards I think).

[@skmarrama]

Mediocrities... Mediocrities to all!! Amedaeus was one of my favorites too.

[@glenndespres5317]

“You are absolved! You are all... absolved!”

[@meotjaengi]

Now go listen to some other renditions of this movement. Some with impressive speed, others with overwhelming power, and many performances in much bigger venues...and then come back to this version: One will then be able to be blown away by the slight variations in tempo for each line of the movement, the detailed attention to leveraging the dynamics throughout each phrase, and the attention to detail and stylistic nuances that the conductor has impressed upon the performers... "Cinematic" and "dramatic" are great descriptors, but honestly don't go far enough to respresent the level of polish that we are hearing. I have never heard this movement "breathe" like this before with such finesse, and it has made me fall in love with this piece all over again. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@olgak.1139]

Bach's Air and Badinerie 🙏. And John Williams is kinda a classical composer of our time: The Force Theme, The Imperial March, Leia's theme, Han & Leia's theme, Across The Stars to say a few!

[@amandanield5380]

"there isn't a move without a sound track?" "I don't know...it would be a very good one..." AHEM HITCHCOCK! AHEM THE BIRDS! AHEM.

[@malcolmabram2957]

I love your series. I love classical and baroque music (know so many many pieces well). HOWEVER tried this on my teenage kids. Did not work. Sad.

[@JediS1138]

Would really love to see more Classical (esp Baroque) reactions! This was great and I’m a staunch lover and supporter of Classical music. Another great soundtrack to listen to is the “Dredd” movie ST. brilliant

[@MartinPiper6502]

I grew up on this music. We used to play it in orchestra.

[@5202000]

Listen to Mozarts’s “Requiem”. It’s a masterpiece. Also, if you like horns, give Respighi’s “Feste Romane” and “Pines of Rome” a listen.

[@cynthianavarro4316]

I'm loving many of your reactions and am happy to see you including classical music as well as Black Sabbath! Please try O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Orff. You may recognize it from scary movies....Then there's Beethoven's Fifth. A must for everyone. (I prefer the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Rene Leibowitz conducting.)

[@Doxadelly]

This was fun to watch! The conductor uses a baton. The oboe uses a double reed - two pieces of "cane" tied together that's wrapped and tied with special string over a "staple" and then inserted into the end of the instrument. The two reeds vibrate together, making the sound. All good oboe players make their own reeds. Clarinet and saxophone players use a single reed - one piece of cane that fits against a mouthpiece that's held on by a "ligature." The reed vibrates on the mouthpiece. Brass players buzz their lips into a cup shaped mouthpiece. Mozart's early works mostly had flutes, oboes, and bassoons for woodwinds. The clarinet had only recently been invented and it wasn't until he met the great clarinetist, Anton Stadler, that he started using the instrument more frequently. The saxophone didn't come until much later. Hope you enjoyed this mini music history lesson.

[@GetSidewaysReacts]

I love the oboe!