For more classes like this one, please visit the Benjamin Zander Center - www.benjaminza... Joe Cradler, horn Interpretations of Music: Lessons for Life with Benjamin Zander David Jamrog Audio/Video
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@ericchanmusic6 жыл бұрын
"When you are deeply in love with somebody, you take a deep breath before you say the next thing." Wow, what a masterclass!
@bobbob123ful6 жыл бұрын
Look, a 12 year old in their natural habitat.
@gcg81876 жыл бұрын
Haha
@gilgaviria16 жыл бұрын
"That applause is saying: you know, we spend our lives in ordinary mundane afares. We behave in a mundane way, we dress in a mundane way. We walk to the office, we work in the office, we come home on the train, we say hello to our family and then wie die... and then Tchaikovsky comes in and reminds us that we have another whole world of passion, of love, of frustration, of sorrow, of tragedy, of desire. You know, the entire range of human emotions available... Through your Horn!" Benjamin Zander
@lukejuras80242 жыл бұрын
"The desire, the aim, the goal... is NOT to play perfectly, that is not the aim. The aim is to make music like THAT... what you just did, and you touched everyone."
@leonpetrich58644 жыл бұрын
15:00 Love how he starts playing Mahler Adagietto as an example for how its supposed to sound and Joes next attempt is perfect
@mr.pancakes92133 жыл бұрын
I know right! The two best composers and their 5th symphonies.
@8greateight85 жыл бұрын
I’ve played horn for 4 years, so happy I’m able to play such a beautiful instrument at a young age
@JWhisp6 жыл бұрын
I need more of these interpretation classes from Benjamin Zander. He is amazing!
@mr.pancakes92133 жыл бұрын
What is a popular Minecraft KZbinr doing on this side of the KZbin??
@nch16465 жыл бұрын
Now I understand the purpose of a conductor!
@torosdepamplona5 жыл бұрын
Bravo! He’s key to how we as musicians interpret the work. Like Furtwangler said of Toscanini, “Bloody time-beater!” We need more than a beat. lol
@thomascunningham54833 жыл бұрын
A conductor in primarily a TEACHER.
@jonathandelanoy2296 жыл бұрын
Ben is the only man I know that looks good with a jacket and sneakers
@sjmitchell19665 жыл бұрын
I almost thought it was Larry David
@wockywrld5836 жыл бұрын
Omg I wasn’t that impressed the first time, but after. I’m almost in tears omg
@psychoticbordercollie5025 Жыл бұрын
I was there in person! Such a beautiful piece. Masterfully played.
@raymondhummel5211 Жыл бұрын
Music is much more than just music. It is the essence of life. Among many things it is saying I love you, and I want to tell you how I feel. I guess you could say it is a form of communication and the messages it passes on may be excepted differently by different people. I guess in a way it brings out feelings that may or may not be put in words but are transported to our inner feelings reaching down to our soul!
@ralyks._rgw6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite horn solos
@socalbeeguy80416 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anyone better than Zander.
@benmartin78739 ай бұрын
Whenever I would play this for fun in my head I would just automatically feel lyrics to the notes without thinking about it. It made me for the first time put true emotion into my horn and I never forget how playing this makes makes me feel 🥲🥲🥲
@lexluther70186 жыл бұрын
He transforms notes into music.
@albertmoore4445 Жыл бұрын
Maestro Zander's classes should be required study for all of us brass players, who really aren't encouraged to go to heart of the music. His first comments about the "just the facts" (my phrase) approach to orchestra playing was right on. Great brass-player musicians like Frank Kaderabek, Philip Smith and others talked a lot about imagination and expression in lessons, but many teachers and players do not look for that enough. I think this fine hornist should practice while closing his eyes and playing from his heart. Concern about following Tchaikovsky's detailed markings can actually distract the performer. I used to think of this passage as being somewhat tragic. I think Zander's sense of it as a deep expression of love and devotion is a more inspiring and moving idea. Mr. Zander could have borrowed a concept from Ray Mase and told the hornist to think of the tongue as a brush: Brushing the notes rather than attacking them. Playing it slurred and then gently letting the tongue participate (dee-da-da) can be helpful practice. Zander got his point across, though; The hornist did a beautiful job of responding at the end! Adding actual words to the excerpt is a very powerful tool for finding the soul of the music, as Zander illustrated. One caveat: The horn is a bit like the violin in that the sound you hear next to your ear is not the same as the one the audience hears out in the hall. Sometimes articulations that seem a bit heavy up close work for the hall. You have to have someone listen from the middle of the hall. I believe the advice here was good, though. Maestro Zander's words are always ear opening and profound!
@leahkogut6 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful.
@simonho65365 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how much one learns from these interpretation classes and how Maestro Zander brings out the very best in the music and in the players! His love and passion for music is most infectious and he is such a wonderful teacher. Bravissimo Maestro!
@maazzafar28225 жыл бұрын
Mr. Zander, your piano playing is exquisite! I love you!!
@roy8175 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Zander is the Conductor and Music Director of the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, a youth orchestra in Boston composed of both high school and college age students.
@thomascunningham54833 жыл бұрын
The music states: "Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza". Translated: Moderately slow, in a singing style, with some freedom. ---- Always follow the composer's directions as well as the conductor's. Wonderful recording!
@lynnrixson30136 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Excellent and inspiring as usual. 😊
@bradenleonard62863 жыл бұрын
This should be flowing, free, smooth... I see what he's going for.
@italiandub6796 жыл бұрын
4:59 Spaghetti Bolognese Che bello essere italiani e capire a primo impatto quello che c'è scritto sulla maggior parte degli spartiti :D
@sjmitchell19665 жыл бұрын
Credo che "spaghetti bolognese" non esista in Italia
@MrMaiquangvinh6 жыл бұрын
so beautiful
@striker2468106 жыл бұрын
Incredible
@ahmetkaanaltug46115 жыл бұрын
I wish Benjamin Zander be my teacher he loved his job so he can provide oddles of students more than get love the music.
@feelgoog225 жыл бұрын
Eric Terwilliger from Symphonieorchester des Bayr. Rundfunks played it wonderfull, look at Celibidache Tschaikowsky 5 Munich Phil.
@grahamlyons85225 жыл бұрын
The student's first playing (before the Zander's commentary) had me in tears.
@sunny28026 жыл бұрын
8:38
@aloofmusician8566 жыл бұрын
When the score says 3 quavers, but you don't play them evenly, but with some stretch, is this what makes an 'interpretation' but not playing wrong notes?
@jackyjack1216 жыл бұрын
This is in a way what Tchaikovsky was trying to figure out with all his markings in his music. There is only so much a composer can put in the score, and it is up to us the players to interpret those things and enhance the music. If we strictly played the notes on the page by themselves, then there's no point in playing then since the same could be done by a computer. The composer wants you to play with passion, and they tell that to us in any way they can. On a side note, you know how insane it would be to write in every note EXACTLY how much length they have to be? A dotted 32nd here a double-dotted 16th here. That would make it sound even more mechanical, so writing in a way that is both legible and playable is optimal.
@aloofmusician8566 жыл бұрын
That makes sense :) Thanks for this, I guess this is why people can like and dislike different interpretations, or why some people would think it's wrong. I feel inspired and will implement this in my playing in the future, to stretch the dynamics and even rhythm more and be more rhythmic where it needs to like in Beethoven but more free in say Chopin.
@ericchanmusic6 жыл бұрын
Actually Beethoven himself said 'To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.' I guess from your comment that you see Beethoven's music as strict and Chopin's as free. Perhaps Beethoven himself didn't care much about rhythm and getting all the notes correct. Just a thought:)
@aloofmusician8566 жыл бұрын
That's an interestng thought, thank you
@padin66045 жыл бұрын
20:05
@MrWynton53646 жыл бұрын
love it
@artymis24594 жыл бұрын
THAT TONEEEE
@usamahBlackLove5 жыл бұрын
Bruh, at 9:17 dude SOUND asleep!!!!!
@EthansPassions5 жыл бұрын
He was the driver for the woman lol
@benjaminmedranda3313 жыл бұрын
I'd like to think he was taking in the music
@moraes.trompa3 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️
@tristanrush55266 жыл бұрын
Tears
@padin66045 жыл бұрын
Rco young??
@paulcaswell28135 жыл бұрын
What's the instrument? It's not a Paxman or 103...
@ccwaggoner5 жыл бұрын
Looks like a standard Geyer build. Could be a Rauch or Hill, hard to tell.
@fjfjrfjfjr5 жыл бұрын
Appoggiatora never mentioned? Happens many times in that solo... Although the horn player handles them well. Well done.
@KennyV836 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what piece Zander plays at 5:39?
@TrumpetRecords6 жыл бұрын
I think its 5th Mahler Adagietto. Both pieces have this common motive.
@Dittosaurr3 жыл бұрын
i wished i had that trigger cuz my is very short
@ailirvenlamin13405 жыл бұрын
HOW DOES HIS FACE NOT CHANGE WHEN HE PLAYS
@deejay22able4 жыл бұрын
what is the music titles name?
@claytonchim78614 жыл бұрын
tchaikovsky's 5th symphony 2nd movement
@maxxieway265 жыл бұрын
What does he play at @5:40?
@tarekschmidt965 жыл бұрын
maxxieway26 gustav mahler’s 5th symphony adagietto (4th movement)
@maxxieway265 жыл бұрын
@@tarekschmidt96 Thank you! This piece is beautiful!!!
@hannaisab2 жыл бұрын
9:19 this guy’s eyes are fully closed.
@pauldunklin7001 Жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment I seen that to.
@heinzturksch87674 жыл бұрын
Con alcuna licenza. Mit etwas Freiheit. Hier sollte der Hornist "singen". Viel Luft ist erforderlich um die Phrasen nicht auseinander zu reißen. Dohr und Stransky sind GUTE Beispiele
@joshjenkins91705 жыл бұрын
What is the song that the start reminds me of?
@mattkenny63024 жыл бұрын
Josh Jenkins Christmas song lol
@opera1dan22 жыл бұрын
you fill up my senses?
@joseg.matamoros2847 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what piece he’s quoting around 15:05 ish
@joseg.matamoros2847 Жыл бұрын
Nvm Mahler 5 adagietto
@elleondejuda46816 жыл бұрын
Some man was takin a nap.😞
@dasteufelhund5 жыл бұрын
Interval leap down is almost semitone flat...careful
@brodhax61485 жыл бұрын
was that a sour note at 0:13 or on purpose?
@tobiaslidstromstre23925 жыл бұрын
Brodha Sattva it was a sour note but that happens very easily on the horn
@mr.pancakes92133 жыл бұрын
You are beyond lucky to not hit sour notes in a horn solo.
@CercleBruggeFan6 жыл бұрын
Anime sana in corpore sano
@Hornybooy946 жыл бұрын
Haha, wat????
@marcocorona80933 жыл бұрын
Hahahah
@MrSapientisat6 жыл бұрын
For the professor of his caliber it is really unnecessary to use profanity. I love Benjamin's teaching (so refreshing) and his spirit but this little remark at the end of the video tells me tons about him....so sad.... :( Please refrain from it in the future dear professor...
@andymas79696 жыл бұрын
He could have conformed to basic classical music elitist rules and omitted it but didn't because true artists will use profanity, sparingly of course, but will use it. They don't conform to elitist views because the most important thing is the art and expression itself. As someone who's studied both art and music I can say the lesson doesn't truly start until your teacher lets loose and puts the problem straight to you. When the mentors say "fuck", you know they see you with some respect as a close friend that they're going to actually try and teach, not another robot student on the assembly line at arm's length(this kind of treatment is a waste of tuition). In regular academic settings or strict professional, business settings, yes it'd be less appropriate but with music and the arts, it's really much more relaxing when people can disregard rules that hinder us to express how we feel and instead just go with the flow and enjoy the process~
@MrSapientisat6 жыл бұрын
andy mas Thanks for your thoughts. Alas, I do not agree with you. Not at all... Your comment seems to be full of prejudices. What is "basic classical elitist rules"? There's no such thing. It's all about people not some ethereal categories that people make up. Art (any kind of art) is not alive of itself, it does not posses innate life. It is people who make it alive or dead, appealing or repelling. People like you and I, people like Benjamin. We make it good or bad. Benjamin blew it when he used the F word. I am fortunate enough to know high class artists who do not need to express themselves in a natural way by using profanity and base thoughts. Their art is enough. It speaks volumes of words. Also you state a classical contradictio in adjecto when you say: "When the mentors say "f**k", you know they see you with some respect as a close friend..." Seriously? Is this how you communicate with your friends as well. You call each other names and feel good and real because of that? Really? Also, what is a "regular academic setting" for you? Maybe when you have an audience eager to hear beautiful interpretation of amazing classical work that arouses deepest feelings within human being and having minors mixed in it too? Is that not regular or strict professional setting for you? Well, think again, man. According to you I am not the true artist because I do not curse. You know there is a beautiful proverb that says: "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."
@MrSapientisat6 жыл бұрын
bad1dobby I have grown up....how about you? Do you still need using four letter words to feel grownup?
@bobafetteste6 жыл бұрын
The reason why your comment comes up as "elitist" is because, first, (as it was stated before) you act as though the world needs to conform to your standards, but most importantly it comes from a popular perspective among classical music listeners that conflates moral virtue with musical virtue or musical talent. The reality is that intrumentalist, composers, directors and artists in general, even of the highest class, weren't and aren't necessarily morally virtuous and the expressions of music itself don't need to be either, music can be quite ugly or distressing and still be aprecciated and valuable for what it is, because the human spirit ecompasses more than "that which is good" and acknowledging that is important. Now you may not want that and that's fine, but to think that people should conform all the time to that line of thinking to portray themselves in a "behaved" manner, is not being entirely honest to oneself or to others. Just my opinion.
@MrSapientisat6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your candid thoughts. Appreciate that. But I disagree.... :) First, my comment cannot be elitist only because I urged to be polite and mindful with the usage of words. It is not just adults that watch Benjamin's clips, nor are just adults present at his sessions. Therefore, this kind of vulgar profanity is absolutely not welcomed in any civilized setting, let alone in front of live audience. Second, it is not my standards. It is the standards of civilized history that has always been able to express itself in a constructive and productive way. Third, the problem with your statement about conflation of virtues is doubtful. What is Benjamin trying to evoke in his listeners? Pride, egotism, hatred and envy? No! Love, passion, benevolence, meaning of one's existence, etc. The piece he is interpreting in the most brilliant way has nothing to do with ugliness and distress. He is trying to show us the real feelings of the composer. The feelings that have been buried for ages and succeeds only to shoot himself in the leg by using profane word which busted the bubble and put us right back where we started. And fourthly, it is not the question of conforming to anything. It is the question of being good, noble, benevolent, and longsuffering as a true standard of one's daily life. I try to adhere to these, and the bad stuff in my life I try to keep for myself working every day to be better person than yesterday. I do not throw skeletons from my closet to other people's paths since they cannot contribute to anything, but can hurt so many. Thus, I am no better than you, but I try to be and do not hide behind artistic "freedom". Therefore: "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh." Have a good day, sir....