WOZZECK - The Operatic Equivalent of GUINNESS

[@howimettheopera]

The section in the opera that follows a strict twelve tone technique development is that of the doctor, which Berg did on purpose. He had a love-hate relationship with the strictness of this technique, so he gives it to the character in the opera who puts "science" and his experiment's techniques above the human life of Wozzeck. Genius and zingy. Thank you for a great video!

[@kevinmoore4237]

Wow again! This would be a great topic for a subsequent video. I had a feeling that those big block chords in the "harmonic smear" section sounded too beautiful to be true 12-tone music. If you could manage to make us hear hooks in a passage by the 12-tone doctor that would be quite an accomplishment!

[@noahdammvonhahn6972]

And another fact about the doctor: his twelve-tone row, his "idée fixe" is only broken once - when he sings the words "Fixe Idee" as if to show a caricature of himself...

[@mocarrington8133]

Well he was taught by Schoenberg!

[@alisonderrick1067]

Ich Liebe Das. Alas Das Für Alban Berg 🙌 Lieblings ❤❤❤ Ja! Bitte Bitte thank you 🙏 Vielen Danke 🥲 🎻 Ausgezeichnit!!! “Mickey mouse is in the orchestra.” Ja Ich bin! Also, the block chords YesS! Thank you for speaking to the beauty of that section. It’s so glorious. ❤ block chords deserve many many conversations. I would love to hear more from you about the history of his leitmotif and the matrix Berg chose and yes 🙌 compared to the jaunty schismatic atonal lines ~cycle of fifths and fourths for all eternity. Soli Deo Gloria 🎵 I love Berg and I love you 🤟 all for your comments here. Thank you 🙏 Guinness of Opera cheers 🍻 ❤Excellent job! Bravo 👏 bravo 👏 bravo presentation! I’m into Wozzeck! Let’s see if I can be persuaded to stomach an entire proper pint 🍺 of Guinness 🥖 “it’s like drinking a loaf my bread 😂,” my Dad would say. Beautiful Analogy! I’ll have a pint 🍺 or two ✌️ thank you 🙏

[@alisonderrick1067]

@@mocarrington8133❤ period. ❤🙏

[@Tantacrul]

My Irishness compels me to feel triggered by that diddly-eye music at the start!

[@DBruce]

just be grateful I didn't get my ukulele out again

[@noahleach7690]

@@DBruce Truly disgusting behaviour.

[@ijemand5672]

Are you a nazi?

[@Maxime_Grisé]

I first saw Wozzeck in 2015. It ruined my week (couldn't stop thinking about it), and has haunted me ever since. PLEASE SEE IT! It's incredibly powerful.

[@montego2]

I fell in love with Wozzeck on the first hearing, so you're preaching to the distorted choir here. That didn't make the analysis any less fascinating, though. "Hopp, hopp!" That odd, simple ending sends chills up my spine every time.

[@lopenash]

Same

[@d-pod_L]

I can't say that I fell in love with it, but I certainly didn't get much unpleasant feelings from it. Years of listening to noise rock showing, I guess.

[@rjr1967]

same here.

[@exitthelemming145]

I think Berg is often dismissed unfairly by virtue of his 'guilt by association' with the 2nd Viennese School and the often sterile, cerebral and anodyne work of Webern and Schoenberg et al. A listen to Lyric Suite or Wozzeck is all the evidence required that serialism wasn't necessarily a pyrrhic victory for the democracy of pitches

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

Whenever I am traveling and see that "Wozzeck" is playing at the local opera house, I will usually go. Sad though it is that is not appreciated as much as it deserves, it does have one advantage: you can be almost certain of getting a (good) ticket when you show up at the box office on the same evening. A deeply moving work.

[@jefverstegen6344]

The next time an opera singer asks for aria requests, I definitely will request the captain part from Wozzeck

[@alisonderrick1067]

😂 haha

[@simonthelen5910]

By the way: The play this is based on is considered one of the big milestones of German literature and is a staple in German high school up to this day. I've never heard of this opera but it sure looks like a worthy adaptation.

[@trevorpsy]

I was introduced to Wozzeck via a music history course taught by a gifted musician and scholar. With the libretto in hand, I found the music to be compelling from the beginning. Going forward many years, I invited a couple grad school buddies who knew very little about classical music to a performance of Wozzeck at the Dorothy Chandlers Pavilion in Los Angeles. They loved it! I think that their ignorance of classical music let them take in the music with no preconceptions. They didn't know enough not to like it.

[@ftumschk]

Spare a thought for the composer Manfred Gurlitt, who had the accidental misfortune of writing his own "Wozzeck" at the same time as Alban Berg's opera, and to basically the same libretto. It's rarely performed, but there's a recording of it on the Capriccio label, and it's fascinating to compare the two. Gurlitt's is a worthy effort, but Berg's is significantly more inventive and accomplished, both musically and dramatically.

[@jamiebsn5589]

Being a fan of and studying the original play, Woyzeck, it is incredible to hear how much has been translated so vividly right from the text into the score. I'll definitely be looking into the opera further now, it looks incredible

[@PamalkaKarunanayake]

I have no idea about you as a musician. And I am ashamed of my self for that. As I am an Indian Musician I do admire the knowledge of other styles too. This was very informative and innovative. Nicely explained! Keep inspiring us! ❤️🍾 Regards from Sri Lanka! 🇱🇰✨

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

I like Indian music. I love the sitar especially. What instrument do you play?

[@signodeinterrogacion8361]

Hey pal, how are you doing right now? I really do hope you are safe with all the turmoil that is happening in your country right now. Best wishes!

[@PamalkaKarunanayake]

@@signodeinterrogacion8361 becoming better but still no progress! sad!

[@gooball2005]

Wow! I don't know anything about opera, and you managed to present Wozzeck in a very digestible and approachable manner. Hats off to you, sir!

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

Watched "Wozzeck" the other day and had a really good discussion about it with my friend afterwards, who recommended it to me. I don't know much when it comes to music theory, but as a writer, there was a lot for me to unpack when it came to characters, symbolism, motivation, etc. One thing we were discussing, and I think what I remember the most, was the character of Andres and how he unwittingly plays a role in Wozzeck's downward spiral. By singing his hunting songs and acting like everything is fine while Wozzeck is having hallucinations, Andres is almost unintentionally gaslighting him and making him question reality- as in, "why do I feel like this when the people around me are saying everything is fine?" We also examined the Doctor and the Captain (who I keep wanting to call "the General" for some reason) and how they parallel each other; the Doctor attacks Wozzeck's psychology, while the Captain attacks his philosophy. The Doctor's experiments clearly take a toll on his mental well-being and health, but the Captain frequently makes him second-guess his morality by insisting he's a "good person," then suggesting the opposite. Also, as for Wozzeck and Marie's child, we came to the conclusion that having him as a mostly voiceless role emphasizes that he's essentially a blank slate which the adult world in all its madness and grotesquery has been constantly projected onto. And this is extended to the society the characters live in as a whole- when Marie's body is found at the end, the children do not react with horror, but rather as if finding the bodies of their playmates' parents is a part of everyday life. We also drew a number of comparisons between the themes and characters of "Wozzeck" and "Sweeney Todd," which was equally fascinating, but this comment is already long enough, haha.

[@prototypeinheritance515]

Just in case you don't know: Alban Berg's Wozzeck is an adaptation of Georg Büchner's famous play Woyzeck.

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

@@prototypeinheritance515 Yeah; there was also another opera based on the same source material by a different composer that came out around the same time, although Berg and the other composer weren't aware of each other's projects.

[@hansmahr8627]

It's quite fitting that the opera was so groundbreaking and avantgarde because Büchner's play also was far ahead of its time. Sometimes it feels like you're reading some type of expressionist play and you have to remind yourself that it was written almost a century before Expressionism became a thing. It has a nightmarish quality that you don't find in other literary works of the time. Büchner was a genius and his early death was a tragedy for the history of German literature.

[@get-the-joke]

@@sophiatalksmusic3588 Manfred Gurlitt also wrote an opera based on J.M.R. Lenz' drama Die Soldaten, which was much more famously adapted by B.A. Zimmermann, probably the most important German opera after Wozzeck, and Büchner wrote a novella about Lenz. I wonder who's behind all those connections, must be the freemasons!

[@itamarbar9580]

It's good that you *saw* the opera in your first time of interacting with it, not simply heard it without subtitles.

[@jacobmaurer9810]

I am so happy you made this video! Also love how you're incorporating midi blocks into score analysis! I feel like it invites in a whole generation of composers who speak that language more fluently!!! Keep up the good work and Maybe we can get a sequel where you talk about LULU???:)

[@ASuburbViolinist]

Not only informative, but the level of video editing is insane, I can't imagine how many hours spent to edit.

[@nathangale7702]

Wozzeck has long been one of my favorite operas!

[@MaximQuantum]

This was extremely persuasive. Super well done!

[@gjs9366]

Once you go Dark & Bitter, you never go back.

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Debussy’s Rhapsody for Saxophone is gorgeous.

[@brendanhengle7394]

Wow, your production quality, editing and storytelling is second to none. Beautiful video.

[@loewesandberg5033]

I have a ticket for Wozzeck at the Kungliga Operan in Stockholm in a few weeks. I will put these notes in thought. Thanks. This could be really interesting.

[@spacejazz6272]

not really a fan of Opera, and hadn't even heard of this one. but after seeing this video i simply have to see it, it sounds so beautiful and heartbreaking

[@tckgkljgfl7958]

Having seen the opera a couple of times i so not recommend it..

[@ftumschk]

@@tckgkljgfl7958 I took three "opera virgin" friends of mine to see Wozzeck as their first opera, and they loved it.

[@hansmahr8627]

It's a great opera. Might be a bit much though as an introduction to the genre.

[@MuriKakari]

So I initially found this video very confusing because I liked everything I heard almost from the start. Then I remembered three things: I like horror movies (and their soundtracks), I like both metal and prog rock, and I have heard this before. It took me a while to place it, but the downward run distortion and every musical bit of humor you pointed out has definitely been riffed on by WB cartoons and, I believe, the Animaniacs and Batman the Animated Series. The images I seem to see with the music are the big red hairy monster that appears in both Looney Toons and Animaniacs. If that's the case, that was one of my favorite episodes, and explains why my reaction to first hearing Wozzeck in your video was to expect something funny to happen. I also liked Guiness on first sip, but at the time, I drank solely black coffee and green tea, which may have had something to do with it.

[@jonalex_io]

I've been studying composition at university for the past 3years and I have to say, partly thanks to channels such as yours, I'm blown away by how much my musical tastes are shifting. Berg was a composer I wouldn't have let play for longer than a minute in my first year, but more and more I'm starting to listen to this type of music on my own accord. You do a fantastic job of making challenging pieces more accessible! Consider me persuaded! 🙌

[@HeyoitsJay]

I like your video edits. You’re clearly educated but make your videos interesting to look at and learn more about music theory. Edit: Im a song-writer so this is great inspiration

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

The stage production on this is phenomenal!

[@wiesorix]

Very interesting video, makes me wanna watch the entire opera. Which is quite the achievement: since watching a full length opera feels like a big commitment, I tend to stick to the classics that I know will be good. A very dark and dissonant opera is definitely one of those, but after this video I might just give it a try

[@leiasleeping1282]

Your editting and animation is getting cooler and cooler, really adding to your amazing content. Great job！

[@harmonicafish7661]

I instantly loved Wozzeck, and I’m so glad to have been introduced to it. This channel has brought lots of wonderful music to my attention and I’m always grateful for it. Thank you David, keep up the great work!

[@TheSilence1]

I love how we're talking about dark and bitter classical music, but to set the mood we have dark and bitter Miles Davis playing in the background.

[@LynnDavidNewton]

What a wild staing on that opera! I saw it live once by the Chicago Lyric Opera back about 1964 and also have the old recording starring Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. The Chicago performance was much closer to normal. I've always been moved by the ending of this opera, with the little boy playing with his toy and singing "Hip hop!" and oblivious to the new reality that is his life. I can't confess to being a great fan of the opera, though I've certainly given it a fair chance (which I've also done with Guiness, which I'm also not crazy about). But I learned a great deal of insightful stuff from this video. Berg's other opera, "Lulu" - now there's a work I *really* hate. I'm afraid it goes way over the edge for me. Thanks David for your always intelligent observations.

[@donnytello1544]

Berg is something else, as is Schoenberg, vine, and many others

[@QoraxAudio]

I've never had an issue with bitter tasting drinks like Guinness or strong coffee. Overly sweet energy drinks on the other hand... 🤮 As for the music, this looks more like a screen play with background music, than actual music itself.

[@kevinmoore4237]

Wow! Thanks to this really brilliant way of presenting it, this is the most accessible any music from the 12-tone school has ever sounded to me. Now do Lulu! Or Webern! Of the big 3, Berg definitely seems like the easiest for a normal pop music fan to learn to love and Webern the hardest. Another thing that struck me watching this is how much influence these guys had on filmscore music. Anyway, keep 'em coming. You've really got a knack for revealing the musical hooks in abstract music.

[@johnpcomposer]

This is an opera I became familiar with in the early 1990's. And it remains one of my favorite modern operas. The atonal polka in the 3rd Act!! Glad you are bringing attention to this fine work. Grim and gritty. I find Berg's aesthetic more appealing than Schoenberg's. I think his blending of tonality with 12 tone technique makes it extra savory and less murky than than Sch.

[@michaelmedlinger6399]

Agree.

[@prototypeinheritance515]

Yeah, Wozzeck rules!

[@lucassurgeon4122]

this is the first time i have been interested in opera. always kinda hated the sound of it, admired the skill it required but couldnt get into it. this stuff sounds so crazy though, i have to check it out

[@peterschaffter826]

I watched this video with sadness knowing that there wouldn't likely ever be a companion video, just as good, about _Lulu_. It's even darker, more twisted (spoiler: she gets killed by Jack the Ripper), and has my favourite opening scene in all of opera (the Ringmaster). Musically, it's just as fascinating but for very different reasons. I know another Berg video would be overkill, but still...

[@StupidMusicalExperiments]

I saw a great production of Wozzeck by Welsh National Opera years ago. It was set in a bean factory really leaning into the way Wozzeck is dehumanised and alienated. The laendler scene had an onstage oompah band, during the scene a dancer pirouetted across the stage carrying a tuba mute and rammed it into the onstage tuba.

[@nohaylamujer]

I've been into this opera for more than 40 years and I've never picked up on the eternity circle of fifths. Thank you, David. And what you say about acquired tastes is true. I was playing Masseent's Manon in the background while I did some chore, and I noticed the music was getting on my nerves. So put on some Gurlitt lieder, which I found more agrreeable.

[@nahometesfay1112]

At first, I was thinking geez you sure are leaning into that Guinness sponsorship!

[@RTGrimmer]

David, brilliant piece here. Loved your goofy green screen antics. Just make sure Dorian's doesn't get too deep in the drink! Wozzeck is just one of those things I haven't quite gotten around to, but because of this, I'll certainly place it on a higher priority. Danke!

[@carlosandres7006]

Cheers and thanks for this beautiful video man. Berg saved expressionism for me. It was a turning point the time I could hear feelings and not just clustered stressful music. And this video explains it very well: it is an amazing human heartfelt piece of music that will change your life.

[@dogsander]

You've sold it for me. It will be the first opera I've watched.

[@junacebedo888]

When music is there not to entertain. Korean 'Kimchi' will not make you say 'delicious' but you will say it has an interesting exciting taste and smell. I am a Filipino here in the Philippines. Never been to Korea

[@rasmusolsson5525]

You don't have convince me that Wozzeck is awesome I was hooked from the first clip haha

[@saulgoodman1390]

Came for the music education... now I feel like a pint of Guinness for some reason

[@JDAMorley]

May be the whisky but the music is affecting me deeply. I shall dive into its depths as soon as I can. Thanks for an absolutely stunning video

[@bg4667]

If you like music and you like theater you like opera. You just might not have found the right opera yet. Wozzeck is stupendous.

[@MadeFromLego]

You had me at Guinness David

[@robertoogle2866]

Good one, thank you.

[@orchestratedpassage9468]

Thx for the Dark Brew🍻

[@FerdinandZebua]

Thank you, David, for introducing me to Alban Berg and Wozzeck. ...Though if I may be honest, Wozzeck does sound more resonant (rather than dissonant) when compared to _some_ examples of more contemporary experimental music such as for example ClownCore [Van (2020), Toilet (2018), Clown Core (2010), 1234 (2021)].

[@noitalfed]

Thanks for helping open my mind. I am definitely a Spenglarian 20th century music bigot. Now I need to review this whole body of music literature to check my pre-conceptions.

[@billybudd8225]

As someone who loves music and cinema but always found the latter easier to understand on a deeper level, that analogy with artifices such as dutch angles was a revelation. There's an entire corner of my CD collection waiting for a reappraisal from me and your video was exactly what I needed to realize it.

[@kfaateli6164]

Brilliant! saw this at the Bastille two weeks ago. loved it.

[@txsphere]

Maybe I just listen to too much jazz, but it amazes me people cannot hear the beauty of this work on the first hearing.

[@p6nka12]

Great one, Bruce! Marquee TV - here I come.

[@dogvom]

0:44 David, you totally have to grow your hair long and style it like Rutger Hauer.

[@alfredbackhus6110]

So Guinnes is bitter... Germans and Czechs wondering what is going on 😁

[@Brynbo]

Certainly the most convincing Guinness ad I've seen.

[@marcoixca]

I guess I'll drink a beer while watching an opera now 🤷‍♂️. Great video David!!!

[@bm4114]

Snoring chorus is like the humming chorus from Puccini butterfly

[@jmd01]

Wow, great job! You convinced me - but I want a Guiness with the performance.

[@nathanweston9681]

Are we all just going to keep pretending that David and Juergen are different people?

[@thelovelyseamus]

Wait, so this video WASN'T sponsored by Guiness?! Mind blown!

[@joanalosm]

Thanks for being so conclusive! I'm attending to the next performance of this opera in Barcelona's Liceu, next month, because of your enthusiastic explanations. I happen to be a Guiness lover too, after a bitter first encounter many years ago.

[@umpalumpaflea]

When I was in elementary school, my younger brother played the part of Wozzeck's son and I saw all the shows. I remember I enjoyed the music and the story, perhaps the "cartoonish" way the music comments on the action on stage is kind of pleasent to a kid. And when I tried Guinnes the first time i instantly loved it.... So maby I am just wierd 😁

[@Tylervrooman]

I appreciate the Austin Powers reference.

[@RichardLightburn]

My favorite opera, or at least one of 'em. (Otello, Traviata, Elektra, Barbier, Cosi).

[@RichardLightburn]

Never tell your mother she's out of tune.

[@KasranFox]

not only have i never seen wozzeck, i've never attended the opera before! i'm curious now though

[@olivernp7515]

Could you do a video on Bela Bartók?

[@Wwise_sounds]

Can I persuade you? No... I already like it :)

[@lulairenoroub3869]

Videos like this make no sense to me. I just don't relate to people that don't like unusual music. To me, it's like the difference between paintings. Over here you might have a landscape, over there you've got something more abstract, and then over there you have a fractal. They're all wonderful. None of it is a struggle to enjoy, you just connect with them differently

[@jg5861]

Thank you for all your videos, they're always wonderful. But i do think this one tops them all. It's really public service of the rarest kind while also being entertaining. And you made me love this piece even more, despite it already being a fabulous piece for me. Kudos! Pedro Almeida, portuguese composer, arranger and pianist

[@RainbowAceOfSpades]

Would love a video on you tackling the opera The Exterminating Angel by Thomas Adès based on the experimental film of the same name by Luis Buñuel. I think it is another great example of something like this, especially with the analogy you made to films since this opera is based on a film.

[@ashlowy7878]

Great vid!

[@James-wf8nu]

Wozzeck: Aight, Imma head out.

[@benr9914]

What?! The sponsor wasn't Guinness? Missed opportunity. I'm definitely converted at least on Guinness.

[@lucy-elizakezia1830]

Could we get midi piano roll form notation in addition to sheet music in the future and in general? I can barely read sheet music at a snails pace but can internalize harmonic and melodic information very quickly through a piano roll, and i would bet I'm not alone on this, as i assume most people who haven't had some kind of formal music education or lessons wouldn't have placed reading and writing sheet music as very high on the priority list of things to learn/study independently. I guess I should just practice it but it is hard to find motivation for it when you have already fulfilled the role you would use it for with alternative notating methods(guitar tab, piano roll). 😅😅

[@KMHill]

I adore Wozzeck and have done since I first saw it in my teens, a great many decades ago. I had taken the time to familiarize myself with it through the Karl Bohm recording before going to see it and was utterly fascinated by the music's magnificently distressing expressiveness. I cried at the final scene when I saw it on stage. I had no clue that the shower scene was inspired by the mouse squeaks! Pyscho is my favourite film score of all time. Thanks so much for bringing Wozzeck to our attention with your usual and always helpful eludication.

[@WhiteOakAmps]

The music kept reminding me of Hollywood's film noir soundtracks from the 1940-50's, I believe they absolutely stole from Berg

[@ili626]

I find Guinness quite smooth and mild

[@color-head1696]

Kudos to this fascinating video, which I'm sure I'll have to watch 20 more times to process the multi-layeredness of its content. I always found even "normal" opera singing terribly inhuman until this video. But in this context and form, wow! I've been leaving the realms of "normal harmonies" myself for the last 3 years. That's why all this suddenly falls on much more open ears. Kudos how you explain, package and present all this! Great! Also the little jokes inserted. And 20:20 special kudos for still being able to speak so cleanly after 15-20 cans of Guiness. I stumbled into your channel via the Escher video and immediately signed up. All comes at just the right time. Thank you!

[@gustavoberocan]

That is amazing! I really feel i sould give it a try. It is so impressive, or should i say expressionist? I feels like George Grosz wrote an opera after having some pints of some dark and bitter beer. Oh, my... maybe I sould give that beer another try too.

[@Matthewcmiel]

I just wanna say that this is a particularly excellent video, and I'm glad that you have made it. This is beautifully well done. You are really successfully opening doors into something that is a hard sell, but a worthy one. Thank you for this.

[@benjaminh.abraham6815]

Wow! Great video! You should make a video about the orchestration.

[@adrianaslund8605]

Ive heard dissonance being described as "spice". And that makes alot of sense to me.

[@Adeodatus100]

Superb! Wozzeck is one of my favourite operas (though I can never decide whether I prefer it or Lulu when it comes to Berg). I particularly liked your comments on leitmotifs and Mickey-Mousing - I've often thought how well much of the music in Wozzeck would work as film music.

[@mekkler]

My mind has already been blown by Philip Glass, possibly the exact opposite of this.

[@CPickswell]

Hah, joke's on you, I already loved Wozzeck before watching this video! Keep up the good word Mr Bruce

[@oscargill423]

I can't be the only one who thought Jurgen was David in another costume... Seriously though, I feel that every composer who studies in any kind of institution these days will go through this "Guinness" phase. 20th century music, especially around the time of the war, is incredibly bitter, with horrifyingly dark stories, ideas and themes thickly overlaid with equally dark music. However, once you learn about the harsh, but eventually positive impact it has on the audience, you really learn to appreciate it.

[@CasualAlbiniAppreciator]

As someone that adores 80/90s noise-rock and alternative bands (heavier side of Britrock/alt like Therapy? and all the weird stuff bred by the times like Brainiac, Cardiacs, Big Black etc), I have to say that the speech-singing in Wozzeck feels extremely natural to me. A lot of those alternative/punk/noise rock bands use that, often (especially in their early years) as a way to convey the musical ideas without the abilities an educated musician would consider necessary for the task. Whole another realm of music, but the similarity is uncanny, at least to me. The ability is obviously here, regarding composer and performers, just applied the way eg Page Hamilton used his skill as jazz guitarist to make noisy metal music in early 90s. Probably a mediocre comparison but whatever. I honestly think this opera might be a great entry point for others who are into more naturally dissonant genres of pop music and have a stereotypical perception of opera (too kitschy, too pompous etc), it just feels extremely homely and logical in every aspect. Kinda like if you're a melancholic sack of crap and like your art slightly absurd you probably will love Beckett's Endgame

[@joeg46Highlands]

In a Sydney pub I asked for a large glass of Guinness. The Irish barman said "Oh, you wouldn't want that!" and poured me a glass of Coopers' Extra Stout. I've not had a Guinness since. A friend, the Australian bassist Clayton Thomas said that as a teenager he found that he could listen to and enjoy music that nobody he knew would listen to. That was my experience too. My vinyl collection, acquired in part from remainder bins is testament to that. Dissonance is not necessarily related to angst: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6PIi4ygetCjl8U&ab_channel=LigetiJam

[@nathannigus]

Incredibly fascinating video! I feel validated as a composer, as an fanatic of the strange and weird, and as a Guinness lover.

[@TheGazza83]

I have no idea who you are. That pint drew me in. Great click bait 😉

[@segmentsAndCurves]

The right mindset

[@Fetrovsky]

Only beans? Without some good flour tortillas, or a sprinking of fresh cheese? What a crime...

[@RonNewsham]

It's been a while since I studied Wozzeck - but listening to David's choice of clips, and listening to Settling the Score podcast (Jon and Andy), it is clear how influential Wozzeck has been on film composers. Someone made the comment this was "a screenplay with background music". It is interesting to see how the music works in its own terms, but also as the soundtrack to the video production.

[@third_ear]

Reminds me of The Opera Aleksis Kivi

[@jimphilidor9031]

Very good comparison. I love me some good, dark beer as well as some juicy jazz or classical with lots of dissonance, but I had to learn to like them. It makes me think of how much of our perception of music is learned. Is major really happy, minor sad, augmented mysterious, and so on?