Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time
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- www.ted.com In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.
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My music teacher showed our class this, and I was really into it in class. He didn't show us the whole video, so I took it as my job to find the video myself and watch it. 😂👍
ғɪʟᴛʜʏ ᴛʀᴀsʜ omg same
This is undoubtedly the most inspiring thing I've ever watched. I loved the ending. I am a musician that plays concertos and gigs, etc, and this just gave my life more meaning. In a concert, there is someone in the audience, at least ONE, whose life you are going to change forever with the melody of your playing, that will play in their head for their whole life.. I know many songs I discovered when I was 5 years old, that still rings in my head with joy. I love this video.
I feel what you are talking about, I'm a musician, inspired, lump in throat from watching this. Remembering what my Mentor said "Play your best always, you never know who's listening."
@ 6:56
ΟΣΟΝ ΖΗΣ ΦΑΙΝΟΥ,
As long as you live shine,
ΜΗΔΕΝ ΟΛΩΣ ΣΥ ΛΥΠΟΥ.
do not despair at all.
ΠΡΟΣ ΟΛΙΓΟΝ ΕΣΤΙ ΤΟ ΖΗΝ,
Because life is short,
ΤΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ Ο ΧΡΟΝΟΣ ΑΠΑΙΤΕΙ.
time demands the end.
Thanks a lot! I study ancient Greek at school and this is authentic magnificent song!
Do you know where I can find a version like in this video?
Asante Sana! The translation opens the door to the wonder and heart ache of a person from CENTURIES AGO and reveals that the SAME kinds of feelings experienced then, are those we still encounter today!
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@@joander3872 What?
Sikilos' song is still one of my favorite songs of all time! Thanks for posting the lyrics here @Costas Argyiou
Thank you! This made me remember my father, who was a veterinarian, and passed the music on to us, his children and his wife. Beethoven was his very favorite. I remember seeing him crying while listening to his great collection.
Michael is amazing and inspirational. I had the very fortunate experience to work with him. Amazing musician and human. Great TED talk.
When Michael T Thomas talked about the old man who remembered a piece of music, it brought back to my mind, what I experienced when my mother was in the last few days of her life. To provide some way to comfort her, I played some classical music. I had heard that Cello music was some of the best for dying patients. So, I had the Cd of DuPre playing, and suddenly, my mother who I thought was asleep, said, with her eyes still shut but with a little turn of her lips, "soft.. music...". It was amazing to hear her voice. I went over to her and said "Do you like it ma?" I was almost willing her to say something. Alas, she slipped back into what seemed like a deep sleep.
May god grant her peace ❤️
17:26 - the man who had heard a piece played by Isaac Stern when he was a small boy, reminded me of a piece that I bought on a 12" LP vinyl record when I was about 20. I was stunned by it and played it several times, then took it to work to lend to a friend who also loved piano music. He enjoyed it greatly, and he gave it back to me the next morning - and I left it in my car for the day, and it got hot in the South African sun, and the record warped. I tried straightening it in the oven, but it was no use. There was no pleasure in playing it with a heavy wow, and I eventually threw it away. As time went on, I forgot its title and even its composer, though I could still play large parts of it in my head. I never heard it again till when I was about 38 years old and living in Paris, it was once played on the music radio station, FIP (France Inter Paris). They didn't give the title, but I listened to it with rapt attention, and noted the time of day, then later called them to ask what had been playing at that time. The guy who answered wasn't the presenter - he must have been the bouncer. He was rude and peremptory, and I could hardly understand what he said, but he said it was a Partita by ... who did he say? was it Schumann or Scubert. I wasn't sure.
As time went on, the Internet was born, and CZcams started to grow in size and resource, and I started to search for the music. I listened to hundreds of pieces by both Schubert and Schumann - and any partitas by other composers (there re lots by Bach - but I knew it was much too romantic for Bach), but I couldn't find it. I could have picked out enough of the melody on a piano (with one finger) for somebody to recognise if they knew the piece, but my search had turned up a void.
Then I had an idea. I remembered the record cover - it was quite iconic - looking down on a grand piano from above, vertically below on a stage, with a pianist playing it - so I looked for the record cover - and found it! There was a list of the tracks on it, and with the help of CZcams I quickly located the piece, and joy of my life, for the first time in 40 years, I heard it, and was able to identify it and play it at my whim ... not Schubert of Schumann, and not a partita, but Chopin's Scherzo No.4 in E major, Op. 54.
czcams.com/video/9CNYX7OkceA/video.html
Untold pleasure!
thats such a beautiful story, so glad for the happy ending!
Wonderful presentation. I am so thankful I was exposed to classical music as a kid, mostly through hearing my mother’s albums. By high school I had begun acquiring some classical CDs of my own. Of course I had plenty of other music, too, and still do. But as the years have gone by I could dispense with most of it. I’d be perfectly happy with just my classical collection for the rest of my life.
10:18 the music is Johannes Ockeghem's "Kyrie Eleison II" from his Missa Prolationum -- for anyone who was as frustrated as I was, when I first saw this talk two years ago and was deeply curious as to what it was.
Well it just doesn't get better than MTT. His gentle voice guides us through the intricacies of music and emotion in such a satisfying way. I love that this type of educational sharing is available to all of us any time we want. We are so spoiled!!
You, Mr. Thomas, are a teacher expert in engaging and educating. This student for 35 years of music found himself hanging on every word. You have mastered this art of effectively communicating to a large group.
I can understand why you might think that...I have gone through all of the Theory classes and I know that they are hard. I started studying composition because I was a good improviser and when I started learning theory I thought it was so different and practically useless, but I pressed on through those classes and found that they actually EXPANDED my creativity when it came to improvising and helped me actually write those improvisations down. Hope that helps :)
Thank you Maestro for sharing these precious information with us, audience. Bravo!
Excellent. Reminds me of Bernstein's lectures at Harvard years ago. I am lifted by the complexity and moods of the music I listen to all day long.
I heard MTT with the magnificent Los Angeles Philarmonic tonight, reveling in Mahler's Ninth Symphony. Though the Maestro seemed frail when he walked to the podium, once there his clarity and passionate intensity came across to electrify the audience. What a Maestro!
I was so moved by the Greek notation that was written in 200 bc by a man for his departed wife.Somehow his sorrow and lose still shows through.2200 yrs later.Amazing!
I've been as musician all my life and this is probably one of the two best explanations of how music works. The other was Leonard Bernstein's Norton Lecture at Harvard some years ago. I thinks it's floating around CZcams somewhere.
Thanks for the upload.
i thought bach laid the foundation, besides him it is like chess my friend all the lines have been studied? or have they, besides all this nonsense expect for glorifying God music makes us move and the tempos have already been established, i was born in 1982
Right you are
That is why some of the best techno music I find are by youtube channels with less than 10k subscribers. They do it because they want to, not because it can pay the bills and it really shows in the quality.
Can you tell me that youtube channel you mentioned? I'm in need for some good techno music.
It's wonderful to see so much interest in this talk!! Classical music is slowly dying away from part of the American culture; not elsewhere in the world, but here. There is so much depth and wonder in great music. It's inspiration waiting to be discovered!!
This is one of my favorite TED talks, probably because I am a huge fan of classical music. In fact, it’s all about all I listen to. Such a great genre with so much behind it. I was on a trip in Europe back in June with some family. We were in Salzburg, and we were walking past the house Mozart was born in. We went inside, and it was just amazing to see the history behind this great composer. We went to Vienna as well, and when we were there we saw a statue of the waltz king Johann Strauss. It was just amazing to see this great history of classical music on the trip, since most of the composers we here of today were European
Michael TilsonThomas' presentation here, told me 'Why', my mother who was into the last few days of her life, seemed to suddenly wake up, although her eyes were shut, and said: " soft music" with a hint of a smile showing on her lips. I had been playing a CD of cello music by Jacqueline Du Pre placed on a bedside table next to her. I rushed to her and asked if she liked it. Alas she had already slipped into what seemed like a deep sleep. But that moment made my day, and I will never forget it!
Jaqueline Du Pre was beyond an amazing cellist in her short life, to this day I still say that no one can play the Elgar Cello concerto in E minor the way she could.
contranimal The first time I heard her recording, I was moved to tears
like the movie or the toy??? :)
Thank you so much Michael. Your words have given more purpose for me to make music! Because I do want to make music that not only entertains people in the moment, but that can make their lives better for it!
Michael Tilson Thomas at his amazing best!
+JWPhoto that makes me sad
He moves me into tears...
I cried when he played the Beethoven Violin Concerto.
Why?
(guest)
16 minutes 50 seconds:
the old boy trying to play a remembered melody :
Many dementia patients " come back to life" when encouraged to sing a song they knew years ago.
There's something about music which touches , and remains in , the very core of your being....
Playing, singing or sharing music can be an extraordinarily rewarding experience.
☺🇬🇧☺ .
Brought here by Paul McGowen from PS Audio. THE best Ted Talk I've yet seen.
"Musical styles evolve and influence one another" and "when you can appreciate all musical styles without embarrassment, you are truly free". Exactly what I was going to say, but didn't know how. Thanks! I wanted to say that I appreciate and I'm grateful for every style of music that has ever been made, because I believe that every mind at any moment and emotional state is valuable and unique. From pop to avant garde, from classical to jazz, everything is great. The human race is rad. Much love.
That's a good viewpoint to have I guess, but for me if nothing is bad, then nothing can really be good either.
@@jameseverett9037 Every style can be creative, but some things within each style may be more creative than others
This guy conducting the Cleveland Symphony in Carmina Burana is my favorite ever. EVER!!
Yes.
37 freaking vibrations !!!
oh gosh, you are brilliant !!!
We were lucky to have MTT as music director for eight years with the Buffalo Philharmonic when he was a young man. His being only three years older than me, I felt a connection, someone of my generation to watch, listen, and learn from. He was like a young classical music rock star then that didn't always follow all the rules and that made a lot of young people take notice.
His tenure at Buffalo Philharmonic is mentioned here. www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/38-years-together-Tilson-Thomas-and-Robison-marry-5867303.php He will be ending his tenure at the San Francisco Symphony at the end of the 2019-2020 season.
and my father's name is also Ted. That made me smile.
what sticks with me after listening to a tremendous piece of music is, 'a new emotion'
Cada programa TED Talks é um facilitador da escuta, abre as portas mais que nunca, para gostar de música, sem barreiras!
I enjoyed your talk. One of the intriguing ways music is used is in the field of therapy for guided imagery in PTSD, Cancer, and Stress Reduction 💞
I couldn't tear away from this talk.
Thank you for this amazing talk! I'm seeing MTT in Los Angeles (Mahler & Tchaikovsky), and I am so excited to see the man in person! I love his approach to music...would love to see more music related TED Talks.
Almost people have said every things , what i can say is just that he was one of the best pupil of Bernstein of course , who tells him to continue given lectures , as Bernstein did with "young People Concerts" BRAVO! Michael Tilson Thomas
ok, for anyone who's wondering i've discovered that the music at 10:20 is Johannes Ockeghem's Kyrie from Missa Prolationum. Gorgeous.
Back then in the 1400s music was pretty dope! I'd dig that. Probably listening to them all day with my istone
Istone! Very popular but I prefer Rockdroid lol bravo that was very clever
Well said! And when genres can be combined it's extremely creative -- and the composer isn't bored to death while composing!
So much asmr when he talks
Thank you for this touching lecture. I love his playing Beethoven concerto on the piano.!!
That's the best version of the Seikilos Epitaph at 6:55 I've heard. What recording is this?!
yes please...that short take definitely connected the nerves of aetheric or subliminal memory....genuine source.
Had the thought that they need me where I am, yet would happily embrace my joining them. Not sure why or what it means. Pretty sure my eyes were shining, Thank you.
This is fascinating and I love it, but ... I just can't get over how much I want his glasses!
so refreshing to listen to him again.
One of the better and more engaging talks I've seen lately; does a pretty good job trying to compress hundreds of years of history and cultural advancement into only twenty minutes.. regrettably at a cost of some of the important highlights.
I learned a lot today. Bravo!!! Thank you.
Over time man-kind has exhausted music by continually discovering and creating it to the point of which that music is not only defined by what has been discovered and created at that moment in time, but has been combined and mixed with all the discoveries and creations which were made in previous times. If ever you wish to ponder and observe the history of music, this is definately something worth musing over.
Thanks Chad, I'm starting to feel the same way. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
To anyone who enjoyed this, definitely check out Leonard Bernstein's The Unanswered Question lectures.
I figure: Never read comments on CZcams when it concerns serious things like this video or other great, wonderful works. It's agony to see how some people can't take things seriously.
Such a wonderful lecture. Thank you.
Thank you! The lectures are fascinating!
What brilliant talk! Outlines history, notation, styles.
ONE MAGIC WORLD IN 20 MINUTS , DEEP, VIBRANT AND EXCITING !!!! BETWEEN LAUGHTER AND TEARS WAS WORTH THIS MOMENT !!!
What depth of understanding. An inspiring speaker and complete muso
Ah! Perfect, Michael Tilson Thomas no less... Thank you.
One of the best TED talks (and talkers).
Saw him many times in SF ! Great talk !
gracias querido Maestro! Estoy emocionado y te agradezco tanto por estas palabras tan intensas y hermosas! :)
Good lecturer full of love for sharing
My new favourite Ted Talk. How inspiring. I've always had a crush on MTT.
Love this talk... and that bracelet.
Fabulous video. Thoughtful and insightful yet clear and easily understood.
My teacher Mr. Lodico sent my class and I and wow, what a fascinating talk!!
absolutely beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to hear more of that type of music. Thanks for responding.
Today's music doesn't seem to carry the same passion and composure that older music from the classical times and before did so beautifully.
I'm only 16 and I can appreciate this kind of music. I'm definitely going to help to try and keep the classics alive.
Sadia Khan I recommend today’s classical: Eric Whitacre, Joseph Schwantner, Sarah Kirkland Snider are some AMAZING composers.
Listen to Kaija Saariaho please 🙏
She is voted as the most important art music composer alive right now 😊
Thank you for this great and inspiring talk. I really enjoyed it.
Thomas was right to mention that music has fully been separated from performance as sound originated from devices. This changes composers perception of music as existing outside of oneself and thus communal, instead of it being an intense personal act of self-creation.
MTT, you’re the best!!💕
very inspiring, thanks for sharing
Now, I am going to learn to play my guitar that has been sitting in my room all year round.
amazing,this was an amazing show very professional and profound i loved it.
He's one of my favorite persons!
Those last lines: Dope.
Superb tedtalk, brilliant.
Music makes the world go round
beautiful music
loge this man so talented and diverse!!!! insightful!
9:13 "A powerful and coherent design of ultimate and enduring coolness"
this is actually quite beautiful
Thanks for that.
I have the nutcracker by Thomas and I think it is the best effort I have ever heard.
Thank you TED !!!!
Wonderful talk! I got more interested in music, this magical existence
This man is a treasure!!!!
To anyone who enjoyed this, Leonard Bernstein's The Unanswered Question, is wonderful lecture series thankfully here on CZcams. It's a bit more drawn out, but very engaging and enlightening for both new listeners and veterans.
One thing i have always said throughout my life is “What would our world be like without music? Where would we be? Nowhere, we’d be living in a world of gray, that’s it, just, gray.”
One of the most interesting speech I have seen for a long time. It reminds me a bit of Leonard Bernstein's.
How exciting that this continues to instill excitement many months after posting! Timeless, of course!
Amazing
Poetry is thought, polished and balanced.
Music is much the same.
What you create is what you are.
Thank you!
I didn't even notice the smacking until you guys pointed it out.
Can't unhear it now... >.
Amazing speech!
There are like dozens of college paper ideas in here! Thank goodness I found this before next semester's "Music Humanities" req haha
you rock with knowledge...ty
Truly inspiring!
MTT is one of the greatest musicians since Bernstein, and a more than worthy successor to him
Fascinating!