Beethoven, Symphony 9, 2nd movement (complete), Molto vivace, Philharmonia Baroque

Philharmonia Baroque playing the second movement (molto vivace) of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, accompanied by a scrolling bar-graph score.
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Q: Why are the notes different sizes, and some are blurrier than others?
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[@smalin]

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[@musicismoreimportantthanyo9246]

I watched this when uploaded 😃

[@christopherkelley1230]

Ich mag diesen Song sehr.

[@chefjaike]

I took an un- liquified shit. Hell yeah

[@amandanewport9483]

@@christopherkelley1230 🇩🇪

[@trtrsqr4666]

My neighbours are getting a full tour of your channel this weekend.

[@smalin]

I'm afraid a full tour will take longer than a weekend. If you play the videos non-stop, 24 hours a day, it will take more than three days.

[@trtrsqr4666]

@@smalin Guess we'll spread it over two weekends then :) Thank you for your work!

[@randylaffy7679]

Great I would love some tickets this concert my kind sir.

[@deannculver7969]

I'm doing the opposite. Blasting it while wearing my giant headphones so I can ignore my neighbors!

[@davidsilverfield835]

Haha

[@Sebastian-uf3vr]

On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven premiered his 9th and last symphony called Chorale, in Vienna. Here we are, today May 7, 2024, some 200 years later, God Bless Ludwig, and what would be the most powerful, spiritual and brutal musical work taught to the world. But if that were not enough, every time in my life that I lose my reason, my conscience, the motivation to even live, I can never help but hear the Ode to Joy echoing. And although I don't express it, I always break into tears of happiness remembering every word and every letter that the choir makes great.

[@CosmicContrarian]

The greatest piece of music ever written.

[@owlcowl]

No. Greatest scherzo ever written, yes - like the adagio that follows it, an absolutely perfect piece of music. And the Ninth is the greatest symphony, no question. But the greatest composition ever written, in the consensus view of those very few connoisseurs qualified to judge (I am not among them) is Beethovens C# minor string quartet Op 131 - or his Grosse Fuge Op 133, another note-perfect piece of music. Of course, Bach lovers insist that the D minor Chaconne is the greatest music ever penned & they are also right. No point in arguing when dealing with such sublime products of incomparable genius.

[@nicholaso2891]

Fancy seeing you here...

[@mennokuipers5709]

Samuel Araújo Medeiros modern film scores lol.

[@incription]

I consider Mass in B minor, (at least Bach's) greatest

[@johnoconnor1648]

The amazing thing is that Beethoven never heard this. It was all in his head. Fuckin' genius.

[@searchingforfoodonyoutube2500]

Yes at age 28 he lost his hearing

[@paulanthony5274]

He wasn't completely deaf,towards the end he was when he composed this,but it's easy enough,do you not hear music in your head,the genius was writing it..

[@theimmortalcolasour]

"I was cured, alright!"

[@HumanAlein100000]

Gets you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

[@thesillysadist3389]

oh I saw such lovely pictures. ..

[@1SeniorSmurf]

who would have known that beethoven composed a bill cosby sweater

[@Dj2xP]

+1SeniorSmurf made my day

[@1SeniorSmurf]

Dj2xP :) I'm glad. it made my day knowing I made a strangers day.

[@dinoflame9696]

+1SeniorSmurf i must say, it makes my day in it's own way to see someone's day made by making a stranger's day

[@Dj2xP]

It even makes my day know that somebody making made day made his/her day!

[@Dj2xP]

It's the notorious "made my day" loop

[@sporty1701]

It has often been said that Beethoven's 9th is possibly the greatest musical composition of all time. Appreciation of any art form is purely subjective...however, I would imagine there are many who would agree that this magnificent symphony is indeed the pinnacle of classical composition.

[@EnterIntoDARKNESS]

Maybe people won't not disagree, would that be the same? I'm glad you think so highly of this, I do too.

[@TheLifeisgood72]

One professor tried to tell me this was the incoherent ramblings of a long deaf composer...

[@sporty1701]

@@TheLifeisgood72 If Beethoven's 9th is an "incoherent rambling", I would love to hear some really GOOD music. That "professor" either needs to lay off the Prozac or greatly increase the dosage!

[@desireerahman4897]

@@sporty1701 don't make it about medication - Prozac isn't responsible for taste

[@sporty1701]

@@desireerahman4897 There are those who would disagree...but, whatever. Anyone who would describe this symphony as an "incoherent rambling" is most certainly not worthy of "professor" status...janitor, maybe.

[@greg55666]

Jesus this song is amazing. At about 1:18, when the first section stops and then repeats, it's just amazing. That section ends in the middle of a thought then goes back to the beginning.

[@aphexlane]

I had came home late from a friends house once tripping balls on mushrooms. I randomly had this on CD. I put it in and was taken on the wildest ride of my life. I was surfing around on beautiful crazy colorful waves of divine music.

[@annbogden2847]

Sounds like a blast

[@KittyCatComa]

2022 and this is still a banger. Imagine writing timeless pieces like this.

[@theoveranalyzingcinephile983]

Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps rolling through my guts and out again crunched like candy thunder. Oh, it was wonder of wonders. And then, a bird of like rarest spun heaven metal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now, came the violin solo above all the other strings, and those strings were like a cage of silk round my bed. Then flute and oboe bored, like worms of like platinum, into the thick thick toffee gold and silver. I was in such bliss, my brothers.

[@GranulatedStuff]

sladky !

[@jccampbell1231]

Lol...thats exactly the quote I was thinking of

[@collumww]

I've played hard rock lead guitar for 39 years and when I was young used to think that was high energy. Then I remembered always liking the closing theme for The Huntley Brinkley report. Then I bought Beethoven's symphonies. Then I started listening to the 9th. Hell, if you don't have seat belts, you'll be blown away by movements 1,2, and 4, and you just roll out weeping in the 3rd. If I could only have one Cd this is it.

[@aiden_macleod]

Truly, the reason Beethoven was a Master of his craft. Completely deaf before its composition, and each instruments part written by hand in ink left no room for error. Absolutely genius.

[@smalin]

I can't believe that anybody who looked at the score would say that. It's true that he wrote in ink, but he made many, many, many corrections. And he didn't write out the parts himself; that job was left for a copyist. imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d5/IMSLP19389-PMLP01607-Beethoven-Op125mss.pdf

[@richardcollyer4353]

Beethoven lost his hearing whilst composing this masterpiece ! When the 4 movements ended he had to be turned round to fave the audience and their raucous standing ovation ! Absolutely incredible !

[@joeinternetta4535]

to be there, in that moment...

[@johnsecunda9535]

Beethoven's creativity and range of expression were off the scale.

[@peggyfranzen6159]

When Dr.Angstrom MET the New World!Amazing!Thank you!

[@brucewegmann183]

No, they were not "off the scale". But, he certainly does define what may be the upper limit of it.

[@caesarsneezer6992]

Beethoven ninth one of the most powerful pieces of music ever created. Hail to you Ludwig. Rest in peace.

[@ijmr2005]

Of all the songs Ludvig Van Beethoven composed, this has to be my favourite.

[@Fe-yz9lx]

*pieces but yes i agree this is one of my favourites

[@user-xz4gr8ru3p]

I used to listen to this channel a lot around the early 2010s To think that this channel's reaching 15 years is just mindblowing!

[@smalin]

I wish all the people who were watching ten years ago were watching now. I have 186,000 "subscribers" but when I post a new video, it only gets a few thousand views (because KZbin changed their algorithm so that subscribers don't automatically get notified when I post a new video). And it's a pity, because the animations I've been making in the last few years are a lot better than what I did ten years ago ... e.g. www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/

[@notusssj5322]

@@smalin Well then I have something to tell you! I remember when I was still a small kid (at about 10 years ago), one of the first times I heard the 9th Symphony was with this video. I distinctly remember being entertained by how the little blocks representing the melodies jumped around on the screen and also being fascinated by the music itself (Note that I was probably 6). Now by mere chance I stumbled upon your video of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and the next video that played was this one. I had a flashback to one of my oldest memories ever. Now like you said, probably many of your subs from 10 years ago might now be inactive but I just wanted to say that 10 years later, when my father first introduced me to Beethoven, I happen to be here on my own in the same video. Have a good day my fellow music maestro. :)

[@smalin]

@@notusssj5322 Your story lifts my heart.

[@notusssj5322]

@@smalin thank you, I shall hope that in 10 more years I will still be subscribed and active. See you around!

[@ahtartersauce101]

Beethoven writing: > great intro > amazing main theme >repeat that >amazing second theme >recap back into first theme > oooh nice cadenza, nice and smooth >> repeat ALLZ the themes >>> ???? 13:18 >>>>PROFIT

[@saucedispenser9167]

It's awesome how a deaf man could create some of the greatest music in history.

[@smalin]

Beethoven could compose great music in his head (without hearing anything) long before he lost his hearing. If Mozart had gone deaf, he could have done the same thing ... as could many other composers.

[@maiwei]

Love the visual representation. It's a great way for those who don't really understand the music to see how amazing it really is. Thanks.

[@patrikboij7560]

I heard this music as a child and still it has not left my mind. Such is the power of Beethoven

[@WacoBurning]

Thank you Clockwork Orange for introducing me to Beethoven...

[@fathursoebono7857]

bliss and heaven... oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh

[@2500b3]

I can barely imagine the joy of having a side-by-side split screen of this visualize with a traditional score next to it.

[@christopher19894]

This movement moves me the most. Guaranteed goosebumps. If I'm not prepared for it, I'm caught off guard by crippling shivers.

[@Safinitzine]

30 years since my mum took me to see it live for my 6th birthday and all the emotions remain. Every time, like it's the first.

[@08tnt80]

Beethoven is the man who can stretch the limits of a note.

[@sapientisat8439]

Impossible to believe that Beethoven wrote this music when he was completely deaf for almost 20 years! I wonder if he would change anything in it if he heard it?

[@MrNick951]

He slowly went Deaf over the Course of 10 years but He cut the legs to his piano so he could feel the vibrations of the notes so it felt right to him so he would write it

[@Manintoga]

Genius-level composers hear notes in their mind.

[@artyvandelayed]

MrNick951 that sounds like a myth

[@smalin]

Art Vandalay I know it sounds like a myth, but I think it's true. He had lots of "hearing aids" (ear trumpets), and I think I remember reading (in reliable sources) that he did something special to hear his piano even as he was losing his hearing.

[@SpartaanLoL]

He placed his piano on the floor to feel its vibrations.

[@Lilbunnialice404]

Oh, I was cured alright

[@Alexi7666]

Love the bar-graph,too. Helps a non-musical person understand the complexities of music composition.

[@HerrDeutschBlood]

"Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest spun, heaven metal. Or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship...gravity all nonsense now. As I slooshied...I knew such lovely pictures"

[@lolafinch]

TigerTrollUSA tolchock and alround horror shows for malenky petistas, my brother.

[@williamcrowe2576]

Viddi well, droog.

[@christinemusselman5499]

Alex, my dear droogi.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Horror show, droogie..real horror show...doobie doob..

[@Emmaggeddon]

the quiet parts are like a lullaby and then the sudden change of beat will wake you up for sure. Beethoven is easily my favorite composer.

[@BNeller100]

I first fell in love with part of this music maybe around age 7 (1960?). It was used for the closing credits for NBC News Huntley-Brinkley Report. Anyone here remember that?

[@tpickett1381]

Yeah good night David good night Chet and good night for NBC news

[@rustybearden1800]

Yes, I do - I was six years old and it was my first moment of wonder as the beginning of my lifelong love of LVB - still my favorite, even over Ode To Joy and Eroica - it still moves me to this day as it did when I first heard it.

[@Pexster]

Absolutely!

[@circusitch]

And then Chet said, “Goodnight Ludwig”.

[@lorentzinvariant7348]

IMO one of the most extrordinary peicec of music ever written. What I find even more astonishing is, Beethoven had gone totally deaf before he ever wrote this!

[@dcmsr5141]

Agreed wholeheartedly!!! Simply Amazing

[@RH-xs8gz]

This is an amazing piece of music. But the fact that Beethoven was completely deaf when he composed it makes this one of the most staggering feats of genius in human history.

[@smalin]

Beethoven wrote music "in his head" (that is, away from the piano, using only his ability to imagine what music would sound like without having to hear it through his ears) long before he went deaf. This ability is shared by many musicians. It's tragic that Beethoven went deaf, but composing music was one aspect of his life where his deafness made little difference.

[@cwaller1151]

I'd encourage you to check out Bedrich Smetana. He wrote his two string quartets and most (if not all) of his Ma Vlast cycle while completely deaf (and dying of Syphilis).

[@unfrostedfortnite8133]

This Piece possesses a musical representation of struggle, grandeur, peace and bliss. This truly is the pinnacle of Beethoven’s brilliance (not to mention he was fully deaf when this was written). The buildup starting at 5:30 and finally releasing at 5:42 is just otherworldly. This may be (in my opinion) the most beautiful symphony ever written.

[@sparda461]

She is certainly entering the list of the best symphonies of all time. I consider it to be the best symphony of all, but it is very much for pleasure, right? Every part of her is spectacular and has been so elaborate, so detailed, so wonderful. I consider this scherzo as one of the best already made, not to mention the fourth movement that is fantastic (and of course the most impressive is that he was already deaf)

[@qcislander]

You've taken a crystal-clear recording of true art.... and made another art of it. Bravo... and THANK YOU. :-)

[@smalin]

I hope you can check out some of my more recent work ... www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/ kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKq2d4ylidpjhdE (Bartok)

[@zantonsus]

well said sir!

[@Ved000000]

9:40 Cue Alex putting the mini cassette into the player...

[@spartanace13]

Don't forget the dancing Jesi figurines...

[@prashunpcchakraborty70]

Love that scene.

[@WintersWar]

Vedran Noneofyourbusiness another reference to that bad film. ugh.

[@smartalek180]

Julián Tovar The references are to the Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange, based on the Anthony Burgess novel of the same name.Beethoven's music plays a pivotal role in the plot, and makes up a fair portion of the soundtrack.If you see the movie, you will never be able to shake the association.You've been warned.

[@prashunpcchakraborty70]

It's the same thing with Alex until a very fateful and disturbing moment in the film.

[@Sweet2Rani]

my favorite movement of this symphony

[@lukeskywalker1840]

Sheer genius. Germanic perfection.

[@Danielcamron73]

0:42 oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! it was gourgeousness in gourgeosity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest spun heaven metal. Or like silvery wine floving in a spaceship... ... gravity all nonsense now. As i slooshied... ... I knew such lovely pictures

[@chipensemble]

Lol I was scrolling to see this.

[@Danielcamron73]

@@chipensemble thanks

[@madjack821]

Nicely done, brother. Real horror show!

[@dazwazup1161]

best piece of music ever written

[@Gablesman888]

Normally, 2nd movements to symphonies of this era were the so called calmer quieter movements. But in the 9th, Ludwig decided some kick ass was in order, especially since this symphony also offered the bonus "Ode to Joy" 4th movement (rather than the usual three). Some of the best of Beethoven. A kettle drummer's dream come true (among other great features).

[@oskarfunes2505]

Gablesman888 the main reason why it's my favorite of all classical music. Love the combination of raw power and percussion with soft harmonics at the end.

[@Gablesman888]

Trivia question: What well known long running television program featured this work as its theme song?Bonus question: Obviously the television program did not have the time to play the entire movement each "episode". But on what occasion was it played in its entirety as the program ended?

[@ze_rubenator]

The Ode To Joy is more like a 5th movement, really. Symphonies usually had 4 movements, not 3, at least before and during Beethoven's time, and to some extent later. And yes they were usually in the order fast, slow, medium, fast. But there are many exceptions to this both in Haydn and Mozart's repertoire, so Beethoven did nothing new on that front. However, he was the first to use a choir in a Symphony, something which was entirely unprecedented until the premiere of the 9th Symphony.

[@norwegianforestcat7471]

Gablesman888 I remember it being used to creepy effect in "A Clockwork Orange," but didn't know it was in a tv show. Which one was it?

[@Gablesman888]

NBC's Huntley Brinkley Report each weekday night featured the opening minutes of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, 2nd movement. Viewers really never got to hear much of it that way. However, on November 22, 1963, as they signed off for the evening, NBC played all of the movement.

[@camilarossini2721]

I listen to this at maximum volume, and I can't help but march vigorously describing circles following the tempo of the music.

[@lumenpraetorius4592]

By far the most brilliant piece of music ever composed. Bravo maestro!

[@catherineblair5648]

GENIUS TECHNOLOGY, mixed with the GENIUS MIND of BEETHOVEN = MAGIC!

[@probium2832]

Still the number one classical movement I remember and know basically everything by heart.

[@derkavondangerkill7628]

My first introduction to Beethoven was my grandmother playing Moonlight Sonata on her grand piano. Clockwork Orange definitely made this one of my favorites as well. This song has a sense of mania to it that movie captures well. You can tell the movie is mostly a vessel for the score. Stanley Kubrick had wonderful taste in classical music.

[@str_q4362]

used to have this as our school bell, absolute perfection.

[@paulanthony5274]

Yeah?? I think that's awesome!!

[@petarpetrov1026]

5:03 gotta love the timpani in this part

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart6235]

same

[@Coaching-is3pz]

Beautiful job visualizing the score! Being able to follow the instruments without necessarily reading music adds a whole new dimension to the piece. Thank you!

[@cjjc1221]

This is quite amazing. I am mesmerized by the visual representation of my favorite movement in 9th. "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..."

[@oguzhanisk6876]

Finally found something that i can play with 23 fingers

[@Poulpink]

+Oğuzhan Işık this isn't supposed to be played only by one man

[@smalin]

+Tim C (Skyce) That's okay; one man isn't supposed to have 23 fingers

[@BonesLung]

+Oğuzhan Işık easily one of the best comments I've ever seen in youtube, you have my respect sir. Now, the really important thing: try smoking some weed and watching this. Best Video-Audio experience possible in the known world. At least in my known world. Worth trying. P.S.- Avoid commenting on youtube during this process, it may end up stranguru!

[@TlalocTemporal]

+Luís Ferreira -- Panoramical does the same without the drugs.

[@marybragg235]

+Oğuzhan Işık There is a 1 piano 4 hands arrangement so 20 fingers....smiles

[@christinemusselman5499]

Consider my mind blown! Happy Birthday, Ludwig Beethoven!

[@smalin]

To celebrate, be sure to check out these: www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/

[@beem4248]

I have been searching for this piece for 4 years and I finally found it and I am soo happy

[@ravinmarokef]

I first discovered this piece (the 2nd movement) around 2011 and found your version in 2013. I was immediately captivated by the scrolling bar-graph score as this is how I tend to visualize music and this piece is my all time favorite. Anyway I know this comment is 6 years late but thank you so much for this channel and choosing this piece to score!

[@smalin]

You're quite welcome.

[@caesarsneezer6992]

I can not read music. This is visual eye candy for me.

[@davidpotter6873]

How can anbody put a thumbs down to this absolute classic?! lol

[@smalin]

Lots of reasons: they might not like the performance as much as some other one, they might not like me, they might be having a bad day, they might be crazy ...

[@accipiterignitus5123]

They may have screen problem caused by virus which switches all the icon directions. MAYBE.

[@silvestrodevita8770]

Genio mostruoso

[@loganfruchtman953]

0:32 and 3:33 mosh pits in 1824 went crazy.

[@jakedakong3393]

I completely agree this is one of the greatest pieces ever written. Beethoven will always remain one of the greatest composers of all time. Thank god for the classical period!!!!

[@nadel-fu4wz]

During quarantine, my ears and soul need classical music better than ever!

[@rockfrolic6249]

Oh bliss...bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity made flesh!

[@iberius9937]

This is probably the best recording of this immortal work by Beethoven I've ever heard. This orchestra really gives it life and clarity!

[@swiftfox3461]

Who heard this for the first time with the default music samples for Windows XP? ;) Really like it.

[@Fuliginosus]

I find it interesting that this has been viewed over three million times, which is twice as many views as the famous 4th movement.

[@ze_rubenator]

I think 2 million of those views are from me.

[@Ggeorgiev89]

This is the best of Beethoven

[@abigailsaoirsefinnegan]

A million might be from me

[@gorillazfan_vt]

"I approve of this song." - Alex DeLarge

[@raffaelevitodassisti237]

"When Walt Disney listened for the first time the 9 Symphony he said: "Damn, this Beethoven will hit the big time!" " - Marshall McLuhan

[@sirdook2761]

The sheer genius behind this makes my whole body shiver. Pure master class.

[@adrianmonk4440]

“Good night, Chet. Good night, David. And good night, for NBC News.” From the very first edition in 1956 until the last in 1970, that is how the Huntley-Brinkley Report signed off. /// The music that played underneath the closing credits was the second movement (scherzo) of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. This is the original 1952 recording with Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra that was used on the Report. The music always started with the six notes and was faded out when they ran out of time.

[@TodLauer]

Haha - that's one of my earliest memories! It lent a wonderful sense of gravitas to the news. In early childhood I had no comprehension at first about what was going on in the news, but I knew that is was very serious stuff for grownups. The music underscored that.

[@spikespa5208]

As a kid, i was curious about the end credits piece on the NBC news. So I wrote them a _letter_ (that's how old I am) and got a nice letter back from a producer . Just another brick in my classical music house.

[@eatonuter7113]

KO used this on 'Countdown' on MSNBC at the time and even today, he still uses this song. Very fitting!

[@TallyRocky]

@@TodLauerThis is one of my earliest memories as well! Loved it then and love it now.

[@philbrown8181]

Absolutely fascinating to see what's going on - very interesting!

[@kiri101]

My speakers don't appear to be loud enough, although my neighbour is helpfully banging their head against the wall in time with the music - how thoughtful.

[@annbogden2847]

LOL

[@kristyaustin1026]

LOL

[@nikkia3d]

Such a motivating piece for difficult times...

[@billperez1141]

This puts me in mind of those school field trips a long long time ago, going to see and hear The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.....I really loved those field trips....

[@annbogden2847]

I went to the Buffalo Philharmonic with my class when I was very young. I've never forgotten. I believe it was in the beginning of the 60s!!!!

[@TheNagakiller]

Cannot help but say it"And Oh My Bothers I Was Cured."

[@JustNoticeMePlease]

That's all that's going through my head as well

[@rheiagreenland4714]

It amazes me that Beethoven made this final piece when he was completely deaf... poor Ludwig couldn't hear his own beautiful music.

[@smalin]

I think you need to distinguish between "couldn't hear his own music" and "couldn't hear other people playing his music." Can you "hear" somebody singing "Happy Birthday" in your head? For Beethoven, the sound of music in his head was more vivid than the sound of it in your ears. Not that he didn't suffer as a result of his deafness --- he very much did. But he was not living in silence in the way you imagine.

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

Like smalin said, he couldn't hear but he could still imagine. And besides that, he would have been able to sense vibrations through his skin. Quite a few deaf people still enjoy music by "hearing" through the skin, although it works far better when you have an amplifier and can make direct skin contact with a loudspeaker, neither of which Beethoven would have had access to. He was still a brilliant composer.

[@aiden_macleod]

Beethoven didn't need to hear it with his ears, I'm sure he listened to it years before he put quill to vellum.

[@christinemusselman5499]

Beethoven was such a great musician (piano) that he knew how music sounded without having to physically hear it. Not to say it wasn't tragic that he went deaf, but ordinary people couldn't have done what he did.

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Every single flash of light in that video Beethoven saw and heard in his head...where it remained unsullied...

[@bradgrady7497]

Awesome piece of music. It really gets into your head. I watched the entire thing. And, when it finished I pressed pause and my computer monitor kept moving to the right.

[@smalin]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_aftereffect

[@bradgrady7497]

@@smalin Oh, I thought it was the music still in my head making the monitor move.

[@bernardolira]

Great and marvelous! I actually SAW notes my ears didn't listen... LOVED IT! Thank you for the effort. I wish I could find more of this :) THX!

[@smalin]

www.musanim.com/KZbinHighlights/

[@bernardolira]

@@smalin went there! Thank you!

[@Andrewwhite1996]

Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorgeousity.

[@sunkintree]

Made flesh

[@BNeller100]

I fell in love with this music back in the 1950's and 1960's as it was used for the closing music of the Huntley -Brinkley NBC News

[@blueschewy2558]

And at the beginning of Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

[@rafaelmagallon2218]

It seems like some people. For some unknown reason dislike this master piece. Even with all these visual effects. That for me is an excellent combination and art work . I like it very much personally . If someone does not apreciet it That's ok. Let them be.

[@FanGali]

+Rafael Magallon they may dislike the visual effect, or the interpretation. This movement is one of my favorite piece of music ever, i will probably listen to it again a hundred times in my life... and yet, i'm not a fan of this interpretation. Especially the "slow" middle part, which is too fast and lacks subtilities in this version (in my opinion). I didn't dislike though (and i like this visual stuff, reminds me of fruity loops!)

[@rickkernell6131]

What a wonderful way to "see" what is in my opinion, the greatest piece of music ever composed.

[@scheldon2244]

This guy wrote Superman before Superman even was a thing.

[@neeltheother2342]

The idea that his music was written 200 years ago and people still talk about it and analyze it is astounding. Some parts feel more powerful than even your heaviest metal guitar or loudest bass drop. Pure genius.

[@rachaelclark8279]

... Greatest piece of music ever composed and Beethoven was 100% deaf when he composed and directed the orchestra for this symphony. Even worse, when the hall erupted in a standing ovation, someone in the orchestra has to turn Beethoven toward the audience to show him....

[@peterjongsma2754]

This format let's you track and anticipate any part and instrument. It's brilliant. I love tracking the bass line The momentum is great.

[@Brother_Mouse_]

This is straight fire. Ludwig is litty af.

[@daytonbarnett5316]

This is some of the most beautiful work I've seen put together. Bravo, hats off to this individual for the time to create this visually stunning artwork

[@smalin]

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[@THE3NEGOTIATOR1]

I'm always in awe at how composers are able to change the mood of a song so quickly and dramatically. Pure talent!

[@WorldofIntenseArtie]

I work for this orchestra. A fine group of musicians.

[@kriegsmarine1930]

Humans can create beautiful things... this is one of them

[@teletubetodd]

Magnificent! Like the old piano rolls of yore, this really gives a sense of the "architecture" of the music! (As they say, "architecture is frozen music.") Thanks for posting!

[@funch357]

Upvote if you first heard this music on NBC Nightly News's Huntley-Brinkley report.

[@andres65080]

Have you ever heard anything more beautiful? This is the definition of the triumph of music.

[@gustavramirez2891]

***** Beethoven truly is an incredible composer, but I daresay that some of Mozart's pieces are at least equal to this in both beauty and emotion! :))

[@smartalek180]

Gustav Ramirez To me, Mozart is not comparable; he has a completely different vibe -- not as wild or willing to give in to darker or grander passions.Mozart sounds to me like the music of the angels -- but Beethoven's is like hearing the voice of God Himself, accompanied by not only all the angels of heaven, but of Satan and all his demons as well.

[@boulangeriepatisserieigaex8604]

Beethoven was a genius; being able to "see" how is creation will sound even without being able to listen at it. Mental projection is the tools of all genius, just like Einstein...

[@mokemohaveer1]

Can you hear yourself think? If yes, Beethoven could too. He did not need to see any of this. He could hear the music in his mind.

[@n.jurenic]

best 13 minutes and 33 seconds of my life.

[@x_mander4323]

I've been listening to this piece for forty years and even seeing it laid out before me I still cannot fathom how something so beautiful can exist

[@aliceschesya]

Julián Tovar It's totally cool to listen in that way. Music isn't as linear as it appears. Material is related to each other all over the place. This is most marked in Beethoven's fifth which has very strong musical relationships between material in the 1st, 3rd and 4th movements even though the music is quite different at an emotional level. The middle and end already are already present in the beginning. When I first come across a piece I tend to loose concentration after about 3 minutes and then I am unexpectedly woken up by something amazing in the music. A friend of mine likened this the 'raunchy guitar solo', my father, a jazz musician, called this the 'middle twelve bars'. I tend to work outwards from there. Without convenient playback, I would never been able to appreciate the great classical pieces.

[@jasonmeadors3524]

I love this. Very nicely done. Gives me chills, seeing the visual analog of this masterful work.

[@Xapheion101]

I wish it hadn't taken me nearly 30 years to get into this stuff. Breathtaking work.

[@smalin]

I recommend this (you might want to start in the middle and work your way earlier and later): www.musanim.com/BeethovenStringQuartets/

[@nickyreid9004]

Unfortunately many of us (myself included) didn't actually 'listen' to it and couldn't grasp its value. Good to be here now though lol

[@clientone4632]

Lived my life as a rock and roller . Doesn't touch this!!!

[@jacobandrewalexful]

This is the invention of heavy metal :)

[@JasmineSalazarCC]

Wow. Of course I have always loved listening and imagining but the visual given in this video actually let's you grasp the complexity and beauty of the music! I'll never stop enjoying classical. It paints a picture and moves your emotions no other form of music can. Truly genius.