Sequels: After Gluck's Dance of the Furies

[@pelodelperro]

I'm still getting up to date with your earlier videos, and this has to be one of the best. Entertaining and informative. Thanks!

[@stevenklinden]

THANK YOU so much for clearing up a mystery for me! Not long ago I picked up a set of Boccherini symphonies and the finale to the D minor symphony sounded incredibly familiar even though I was sure I'd never heard it before. I guess that means it's been too long since I listened to Gluck.

[@AlexMadorsky]

I’ve been waiting for another great sequel video! How can anyone not love Papa Joe? In addition to being a brilliant innovator, the guy was a total cut up. Once again, my thanks for creating this community of music lovers. So much ugliness in the world these days, your videos are moments of pure joy that give me something to look forward to everyday, something that transports my mind to the unvarnished beauty of great music. I’ll keep on listening!

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

Thanks very much!

[@edwinbaumgartner5045]

Very interesting! I just listened to the Haydn, once more. Maybe, you know this, maybe not, because it’s a very Austrian thing (at least, some books pretend this). Earlier in rural communities there have been „Scherzspiele“ (funny games): A simple tune was sung to a dance and suddenly interrupted after 5 or 7 bars. At this moment, the dancers had to stand still. The one, who moved, was out. And so on. The aperiodical tune in this symphony remembers me on such games. And think, what a fun this must have been: funny games of peasants in a symphony for a noble and urban audience.

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

We had a similar game when growing up--thank you for sharing this wonderful detail!

[@jacquesjolivet5685]

There is a recording based on this concept called ‘La casa del diavolo’ by Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico. It opens with the Danza from Don Juan then sequels with CPE Bach’s Wq. 182/5, Locatelli’s Concert Grosso no. 7/6 (Yes, THE Locatelli) and the Boccherini op. 12 no. 4.

[@DavesClassicalGuide]

Yes, it was fun. I have it, although I don't think all of the couplings really fit the concept!

[@mickeytheviewmoo]

Many thanks for the insight to the Dance of the furies. I couldn't resist ,but i had to listen to Hermann Scherchen's quirky Haydn's 80 and i enjoyed it immensely.

[@danielmongrain187]

I love these sequel and prequel talks. Thank you. Listening to this video made me think about the ending of Haydn's own Orfeo ed Euridice. Unlike his 80th symphony, there is no humor there. Elements are juste lashing out on the drowning Bacchantes : "A hundred Furies rend my breast".

[@warlock7760]

Wonderful video! I always loved this Boccherini symphony but had not idea it is connected to Gluck's music. Thank you for enlightening us with your vast knowledge! :)

[@UlfilasNZ]

This may be my favourite video so far.