William Herschel (1738-1822) - Sinfonía para cuerdas nº 8 en Do menor

William Herschel (1738-1822)
Sinfonía nº 8 en Do menor
I - Allegro assai 0:07
II - [Andante] 4:46
III - Presto assai 7:07
London Mozart Players. Matthias Bamert, dir.
Imágenes:
"William Herschel", por Lemuel Francis Abbott (1785)
Urano fotografiado desde la sonda Voyager 2 en 1986
El telescopio de 12 metros de Herschel

[@danielpalaciosvega6261]

Like si estas aquí por el video de Date un Volg xd

[@tiagoexly9243]

Jjaaa claro que sí, ya la descargué.

[@danielmate838]

Khomo lo zupo :U

[@elisacecenamaldonado6341]

Siiiii !!!!😂

[@luiseduardo4721]

como hay seres que se conectan con sentimientos , gustos ( musicales , en este caso ) intereses e inquietudes ...

[@DavicheTV]

Afirma primo.

[@francoalbites]

Directo después de ver el vídeo de date un vlog 👌👌

[@DeathGun24usmp]

Eso es tan cierto como que shodringer es el Maluma de la ciencia jajja

[@DavidRamirez-vl2ri]

Así es hijos de William herschel

[@MarcopCasique]

Me too hehehe

[@stephaniafernandez372]

Directo!

[@santiagosuarezgaviria7898]

Es que está demasiado bueno

[@javsg7727]

Muchas gracias, Javier Santaolalla.

[@macanudo1808]

Su música es ordenada como el cosmos todo encaja como en un gran reloj.

[@hernandezocampocesarantoni7007]

William Hershel musico y cientifico, un gran ejemplo para la humanidad

[@ViktorComum]

Músico e astrônomo. Isso é um grande exemplo da genialidade humana.

[@Caravagg10]

Es obvio que lo que hago es agradecer el comentario... Desde luego yo ni he compuesto esta maravilla ni participo en orquesta alguna, por lo que no me atribuyo ningún mérito, ni siquiera el de haber resubido el vídeo, cuya música merece ser ampliamente difundida... Gracias por el comentario...

[@painiteeclipse5647]

Even an astronomer, he is a genius in music.

[@venusiano]

And he built his own telescope! a genius!

[@UNIVERSOENUNACAJA]

He was first a musician and then an astronomer =) He discovered Uranus!

[@cheekiblin690]

A groundbreaking scientist, an amazing astronomer, and a brilliant musician!

[@ChalamBalamBalam]

Grande, extraordinario!! ¿Cómo es que no lo escuché antes? ah, si, soy un pobre inculto.

[@juandavidmonsalvemonsalve4770]

No porque escuches musica clasica te haga culto

[@alejandrom.4680]

@@juandavidmonsalvemonsalve4770 No instantaneamente, pero, si eres apasionado en la música, puedes ser culto en ella.

[@jackfletcher1000]

Wonderful pieces of music, don't know why I didn't listen to Hershel sooner in my life

[@Depresstival]

this guy is my new hero. And his sister. They were amazing!!!

[@TusharDeb]

who's the sister?

[@robinampipparampil]

Music of the Spheres :) Wow what a wonderful contemporary of Mozart.

[@Berlinchesmusic]

I. Allegro 00:05 II. Andante 04:45 III. Presto 07:05

[@oderalon]

This is fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. The second movement with the image of Uranus is rather moving.

[@fenhen]

Not to mention that he discovered infra-red radiation and over 2400 nebula (galaxies, supernova remnants etc.). He also did groundbreaking work on binary stars.

[@mahaya9]

Searching for William's astronomy life..and you find that.. I'm a musician..strange feeling

[@vicaluca]

Same !!

[@trucoalaspardasalaspardas30]

Un espectaculo! Un real y auténtico espectáculo!!!!

[@nathhenry7876]

❤️ coup de coeur ! J'ignorais qu'il était aussi musicien, j'aime beaucoup cette symphonie 🙂

[@Ferrosaurio]

Todo un Brian May; músico y astrónomo. O mejor dicho al revés, el guitarrista de Queen, como William, uniendo estas dos tremendas disciplinas tan estrechamente unidas.

[@joyousmonkey6085]

This is actually very good! Quite subtle, more towards the galant style, but infused with a gentle melancholia balanced with a graceful optimism. Sorry if that sounds pretentious, but I really do like this symphony.

[@fi8009]

To me it's still more baroque, at least tonally, than galant.

[@britboy2883]

I could never tire of these three movements, so enjoyable

[@gonzalorodriguezgacha4588]

Me hubiera encantado vivir en esos tiempos

[@GustavoMago1978]

Un completo genio! Descubre Urano y esta cerca de ser tan bueno como Mozart.

[@matgaritafetnandezparga553]

Eeeehhhhh!!!!!

[@hernandezocampocesarantoni7007]

de echo, lo es.

[@chandrashekarg9113]

Very soothing . . . thanks for sharing! Great work by one of the greatest observational astronomers of all times!!

[@petermelian1346]

Une très belle symphonie. La répétition du thème dans le première mouvement la rend ensorcelante. Ce même thème est répété de nouveau pendant le dernière mouvement ... en cas que nous ne soyons encore pas satiés ... que nous n'en sommes pas.

[@andersbertilsson9516]

Great music! The decade 1760 was a time of radical musical experiments, Rameau, C Ph E Bach, Telemann and there where other composers with other professions - The french composer Danican Philidor who also was Europes most distinguished chess player and Saint Georges who also was a military commander and celebrated swordsman!

[@lucesysombras3429]

Y si me esta escuchando desde algun sitio de este Universo, le diria que tenia razon que es un genio y que el tiempo da la razon a quien la tiene.Solo es custion de tiempo y evolucion

[@Chorizo727]

Wow. This symphony was actually composed in 1760.

[@SoLeilTaRjA]

Have fallen completely in love with this. Absolutely Brilliant !

[@polymath7]

Ah, glad this has been uploaded again. Herschel deserves to be heard.

[@LeviGuitar]

This is how a genius's music sound like.

[@emilianoturazzi]

Lohengrin as a musician he was just a good craftman, not a genius ....

[@LeviGuitar]

emilianoturazzi I meant he was a genius in astronomy. But this tune sounds more catchier and fresh than anything in that century, he must have had a different approach to the music than other contemporary composers.

[@emilianoturazzi]

Lohengrin I understood what you meant :) I still use his NGC catalogue in order to search deep sky objects with my small telescope - he was a great observer and his greater scientifical contribution is probabily the discovery of infrared radiation. but when you say "But this tune sounds more catchier and fresh than anything in that century, he must have had a different approach to the music than other contemporary composers" i can only answer two things (or three). 1) you obviously don't know so much the music of this century: it's Bach's, Haendel's, Haydn's, Telemann's, Vivaldi's, Mozart's, C.P.E Bach's century - to name only an handful of composer each light years far from Herschel as a musician 2) you obviously are not a musician, so you can't properly evalutate, on a technical basis, this music, that is, trust me, I pray (I'm a musician, a composer), nothing more than good craftmanship with a totally conventional approach (froma a formal, armonical and melodical. pint of view - melodically talking it's, to be kind to him, poor.) I own this recording: being a musician with astronomical interest i bought it immediatly: it's very well played: don't confuse the freshness of the musicians with the freshness of the composition! 3) Herschel intended music only as a "job", he probabily was a sono of a musician who did the same work of his father, but as soon as possible he left music in order to follow his scientific mind and interest. and this was great luck for him and for us! 4) he was a great scientist and this is a fact, no one would say "no it is just an opinion - your point of view" - so "he was just a craftman as a musician" is a fact as well both on historical and aesthetical basia... I can only ask you to trust me, because to demonstrate it would take a lot of time, space, and would require techincal skill that probabily you don't have (in music I obviously mean) - we can all love his music as well! still knowing it's nothing exceptional... it's still a good job and, moreover, taste is free (chrtical evalutation isn't so free...)

[@LeviGuitar]

emilianoturazzi huhh.. thanks for the long reply! :) 1) I know the music of the century (in some degree) and I adore the composers that you mentioned, but why would they be "light years far from Herschel as a musician"? They were techically more sophisticated that's for sure, but I think the end-product is more important than the composing knowledge, and this piece has something magical in it (I mean the first movement especially). I mean just listen to the part at 0:30 and then the same motive at 1:08, where it's more emphatic; it's so beautifully constructed (yet it simple). 2) I take that as an insult, why did you think that? :( I'm a musician, not professional yet, but I have been playing the guitar for 6 years, and I also compose. Although, you maybe right about that I can't properly evaluate on a technical basis this music, because I don't have big knowledge about classical music, but I can evaluate it as a listener, and for me it sounds like refreshing, and reviving. :) A lot of pieces by the above mentioned composers sounds like (to me at least) it was written long ago, you can tell it as soon as they hit the first few notes, albeit they have splendid melodies and very enjoyable music. But what I wanted to imply with fresh is that this piece sounds like at some parts as it was written by a film score composer of our days :) 3) If that's true, I find it strange, because from this piece I would think that he did it with passion. I think maybe he had to choose at some point of his life and he loved science even more :) He lived for 83 years so he had a long life. 4) To sum up I agree with you that he wasn't a technically refined, innovative composer, but yeah, for my taste, it's 100% perfect! :)

[@emilianoturazzi]

Lohengrin I didn't want to insulte you, sorry... english isn't my language. you say "But what I wanted to imply with fresh is that this piece sounds like at some parts as it was written by a film score composer of our days " and I was thinking just a similar thing. here, in Italy a music very clos to this was used in a commercial :). the point isn't that it sounds "modern", quite the opposite... film score composers often use a simplified classical musical language in order to achieve a "vintage" effect or a "refined" or "serious" effect useing something that could sound at the same time well known and modern. your taste and your emotional reactions to music are unquestionable... :) I was trying to speak in a more abstract, chritical, way. (I apologise for my english and my shorter answer)

[@julioalejandrogonzalez1540]

Absolutely amazing.

[@Sviolinist]

Extraordinary piece of music

[@mrbigarms]

I can't put my finger on it but there's something unusual and original about William Herschel music, I'm enjoying his works more than many better known composers.

[@artman40]

It's interesting how he also confirmed that corals were animals.

[@anibalcorreablanco6905]

Un genio en el siglo de las Luces !

[@ЛюбовьЛифанова-м9й]

Прекрасная музыка! Есть только два уникальных человека, сочетавших талант ученого и музыканта - Бородин и Гершель!

[@williamkay2725]

Strikingly emphatic theme in the first movement. I wonder whether Prokofiev knew this...it has the same insistence as parts of his 'classical' symphony of 1916-7.

[@DenisYutbr]

P. symphony has totally different mood to it. Although there's very short "intersection" between two themes, I think it's purely random.

[@tšanchezt]

Замечательная универсальная музыка. Большое вам спасибо за обмен.

[@deprofundis6855]

I am absolutely astounded to learn that Herschel composed music of this calibre. It is certainly comparable, and in some instances, superior to works of his contemporaries. I look forward to hearing more of his compositions. Just one other comment: This symphony is in the Classical, not the Baroque period.

[@metteholm75]

Wow! Yes, - a twentieth century composer playing with classicism! Very interesting music from a very interesting man.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

I don't understand nothing about music, I just enjoy the maginificence of it.

[@TheRocinka]

Please, never put your own self down in such a way. If you are able to enjoy the magnificence of music it certainly means that you understand music. Music is the universal language for all humanity.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Thanks.

[@keepinfotechsimple]

This man discovered Uranus!

[@hilbertsinn6886]

And let me tell you I felt thoroughly violated.

[@46metube]

@@hilbertsinn6886 damn. I wanted to say that! Arse!😁

[@helmutgehrmann464]

genial!

[@michaelburling]

It would be nice to have a disc of Herschel from a period instrument orchestra.

[@jacobguiton9184]

Beautiful piece of art

[@wedemeyerr]

so timeless.... absolutely amazing. Thanks for uploading

[@leo32190]

Brilliant!

[@xYJMx63]

Un mortal combiertiendose en dios¡¡¡ Como nunca nadie las notas volaran hacia lo eterno y divino

[@raulmoreira6325]

Que viva la observación del universo, plasmada en música

[@mr.herbszt7749]

THIS WAS INCREDIBLE!

[@karlisun2010]

Hermosa musica!!!

[@wendellborges775]

I'm glad to be here.

[@鬼丸尚-r5o]

ハイドンの40番代を思わせる真摯で緻密な音楽です。ハイドンのザロモンコンサートで演奏者を務めたという逸話も本当のことと思います。

[@joeimbesi99]

Also discovered Infra red Radiation, Uranus ..Catalogied thousands of Double Stars and showed their Orbits around one another and estimated distances .etc etc

[@barrymalkin9031]

This is wonderful Sturm und Drang music which looks forward to the Romantic era.

[@erikdellblad7165]

Frederick II of Prussia also comes to mind. He was a flautist and composer of symphonies but also a master of military strategy and accomplished general.

[@fabermusicus3211]

Davvero affascinante ...

[@bloodgrss]

Interesting how few truly gifted composers were from the ranks of brilliant persons of other fields...tho' most of genius appreciated and loved music particularly. We have Herschel here...Rousseau (tho' Berlioz, perhaps rightly, put sobering thought on his accomplishment in music), E.T.A. Hoffman come to mind in roughly this era. Someone should put a compilation of music from persons of genius in other fields... To me, Herschel stands at the pinnacle of them in quality and inspiration...

[@Mike60F]

Isn't Herschel unusual in being a trained musician who later turned to science, rather than a trained scientist who also wrote music - like, for example, Borodin?

[@fhifitsj1139]

Wow

[@Menegoth]

Absolutely gorgeous.

[@Berlinchesmusic]

Increíble

[@doctormantell]

Who would have thought it?!?... Fine music indeed!

[@왕비버-r5f]

Wow, I can see infrared! 🌈

[@joshuasantiago4764]

Increible sinfonia me recuerda mucho alas sinfonias de Mozart o Haydn

[@javiercobo8952]

Jorge Ángel Cuquero Giménez Arranz Retamar Botero Núñez San Daniel, lee: Sinfonía número ocho en Do menor

[@pankuka23]

Anyone has any ideas where to get score for this piece?

[@Caravagg10]

Thank you very much...

[@talismanjaguar2269]

does any one know of a william herschel song that has a harp and a slow baroque style?

[@fidulario]

+Talisman Jaguar ... Probably it's one of his 12 sonatas for harpsichord.

[@jackfletcher1000]

Has this music ever been used in a tv ad?

[@tziuriky86]

I keep thinking that I heard this music somewhere, and TV / movies come to my mind, but I can't figure out where it was used.

[@tziuriky86]

I keep thinking that I heard this music somewhere, and TV / movies come to my mind, but I can't figure out where it was used.

[@fiandrhi]

You're probably reacting to the unusual (for the 18th century) sequence that begins at 0:30. It starts out in straight descending c minor triads and then goes to the same c minor triads over an Ab7 chord --- that's the sort of thing film composers indulge in a lot these days. It's a lovely and striking effect here and must have seemed strangely dissonant to 18th century ears. It shows Herschel wasn't just a journeyman composer "doing it by the book" but a more adventurous sort.

[@The_Butler_Did_It]

it has more than a passing resemblance to Prokofiev's first symphony which just shows how far ahead of his time Herschel was...or maybe Prokofiev based his work on this.

[@polymath7]

1760? Damn, it does sound much later, doesn't it?

[@gymnassfan]

No. It's a transition between the baroque and classical style. Amazing by the way.

[@watcherwatchmen7785]

It sounds like it was written later because a Hollywood composer ripped him off and wrote "Requiem for a dream" for the movie about drug abuse and obsessive behavior. That is why the song sounds so recent.

[@barrymalkin9031]

The movie sounds dreadful but I'd like to hear this musical theme to find out how it was developed. Thank you for the information.

[@wedemeyerr]

@poly I was also surprised. This sounds so modern. It's amazing

[@esterroviramercadal7864]

Lo que hagués disfrutat en Wilhelm amb els Queen! Casualitats de la vida, va deixar la carrera de música per dedicar-se a l'astronomia i física, descobrint el planeta Urà, i el guitarrista May dels Queen és astrofísic. Ho deixo aquí ;).

[@arqemmanuelestrada]

Alguien sabe en donde puedo encontrar la partitura?

[@xYJMx63]

Vale hermano lml

[@bloodgrss]

Yes indeed.... Henry the VIII too...still would be nice to have a compilation on the tube of them all...

[@wedemeyerr]

amazing!

[@b.lloydreese2030]

I like listening to this when i look at Uranus

[@elhumbertisimo]

Si el bielsa de la comedia lo recomienda se procede a escuchar. #todoeramentira

[@emmisbob3855]

Everybody here knows that this person was the guy that discovered Uranus, right...?

[@gymnassfan]

No. I'm here for the music.

[@audreymohrmann3897]

Yes, I was reading a science book with a chapter on him, and I decided to listen to his music as well..and so I discovered his music is amazing to!

[@andymilsten9096]

Yep, my childhood...

[@benlindsay6012]

But how many people know that his brother (Jacob) and sister ALSO composed!

[@yeshuadot630]

Nor that he also was first to discover the existence of infrared light

[@holasoymar8099]

Estaba buscando informacion sobre william herschell sobre e pilar dactiloscopico y termine aca..

[@hectorbarrionuevo6034]

Didn't know he played the great composer / astronomer. Was this after Frasier?

[@TheMaroxl]

Przepiękne....

[@henryford8433]

You might find his son, John, and grandsons, equally extraordinary

[@dotsonnortic4860]

Um compositor descobriu o sétimo planeta do sistema Solar

[@cal820]

Astronomer, comet hunter, telescope builder, musician, and actor Christoph Waltz.

[@italynperu]

Extarodinaria composicion

[@ЛюбовьЛифанова-м9й]

Гений во всём!

[@barrypianon]

@xYJMx63 Completamente de acuerdo! A lo eterno y lo divino... Pero, disculpa es coNVirtiéndose... :D Saludos!

[@doctormantell]

...you're right. I felt I was hearing at some very twentieth-century music.

[@thomas1984-h2t]

Jane Herschel (1742- 1813)

[@krPeter2010]

this does sound like a 20th cent. composer in classical style....very very interesting...

[@bigjavaapply]

heard this on the radio iss lit

[@radioteatroperuano2820]

Esta es la influencia del compositor de la banda sonora de superagente Cobra!

[@Sviolinist]

Thank you very much? You didn't write this, you know... Herschel did. Thanks for uploading it - but it sounds like you're trying to take some kind of credit. Are you affiliated with the orchestra or something?

[@Gguy061]

Lots of JC Bach vibes, especially in the second movement

[@bobthesir1467]

Now my cosmology school paper is much more enjoyable ;)

[@andresfcastanoescritor]

Literally: music of the spheres.

[@JulianeFaustino]

#DiligenteMente !

[@Chorizo727]

0:30 somewhat sounds ahead of its time