Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky - GlassDuo LIVE (glass harp)

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  • čas přidán 17. 02. 2011
  • GlassDuo at the "Festival di Santo Stefano" in Bologna, Italy.
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  • @GlassDuo
    @GlassDuo  Před 2 lety +276

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    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane Před rokem +4

      What I'm curious about is how you do the shorter, more accented notes, mostly in the upper notes during the melody. They sounds almost like you're hitting the glass, rather than the more smooth motions. Is that the case?
      Or perhaps the smaller glasses stand out more and have a shorter ring time. Or you're just very good at dampening the cups as you play. Still, I wonder if you can "hit" them harder or otherwise make them louder, but only for a short period.
      Those top notes very much have a bell-like quality.

    • @matthewchannel6391
      @matthewchannel6391 Před rokem +1

      Okay

    • @matthewchannel6391
      @matthewchannel6391 Před rokem +1

      Quite interesting 😮

    • @pallen1065
      @pallen1065 Před rokem

      All the anthems and fight songs ..

    • @anirih.179
      @anirih.179 Před 10 měsíci

      Könnte man den Bolero von Ravel auch umsetzen?

  • @waldocollins4757
    @waldocollins4757 Před 4 lety +13037

    The dislikes are obviously the Mouse king and his army.

  • @mysticmouse7261
    @mysticmouse7261 Před 4 lety +8501

    Seems like this instrument is the one it should have been composed for.

    • @mallows9779
      @mallows9779 Před 4 lety +63

      What was the original instrument for this piece anyways?

    • @Luubelaar
      @Luubelaar Před 4 lety +89

      @@mallows9779 - The celesta was the instrument this piece was composed for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta

    • @mysticmouse7261
      @mysticmouse7261 Před 4 lety +7

      @@mallows9779 the Celeste. Am A one used in the Magic Flute by Mozart.

    • @mallows9779
      @mallows9779 Před 4 lety +1

      I see, thanks, i'll check it out

    • @bramblebop1904
      @bramblebop1904 Před 4 lety +4

      It's not that different from celesta. A bit deeper in the lower part of scale....

  • @finnmccool684
    @finnmccool684 Před 3 lety +1322

    "I can't perform tonight."
    "Why not?"
    "I can't find my glasses."

    • @none4492
      @none4492 Před 3 lety +48

      Ba dum tss

    • @bsweeting1481
      @bsweeting1481 Před 3 lety +15

      OMG LOLLL this is gold 😂

    • @sillyscak555
      @sillyscak555 Před 3 lety +8

      Lmao

    • @warmswarm
      @warmswarm Před 2 lety +4

      Finn McCool - Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha Ha ha........ Have you got a spare pair?

    • @kateps1874
      @kateps1874 Před 2 lety +3

      Hyuk hyuk hyuk nice one☺

  • @chattyhyena3607
    @chattyhyena3607 Před rokem +603

    This song is officially made specifically for this instrument and no one can convince me otherwise

    • @AlbertBalbastreMorte
      @AlbertBalbastreMorte Před 11 měsíci +15

      I believe to recall it actually was. In another configuration perhaps, but still was.

    • @CZghost
      @CZghost Před 11 měsíci +23

      I believe the original composition was for glockenspiel, but glass harp sounds very closely to glockenspiel, so that's maybe the reason why it sounds like the perfect instrument for this song.

    • @arturovasquez9720
      @arturovasquez9720 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Sí, concuerdo. Otras composiciones (Bach p. Ej) no suenan como "del cielo", como suena ésta... Es que «son copas». El «Amor» en su expresión máxima es de las Copas. El Grial lo es...

    • @tartaninka
      @tartaninka Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@user-or2sf7xl6mJede Weihnachten besuche ich dieses mein Lieblingsballett. Tschaikowsky war genial und liebte Kinder ...und Weihnachten 🎉🎉🎉😊

    • @natalyawettschinkina5154
      @natalyawettschinkina5154 Před 10 měsíci +2

      У Петра Ильича Чайковского танец феи Дражже звучит на музыкальном инструменте челесте. И оно несравнимо по исполнению, при всем уважении к этим музыкантам, в пользу оригинала.

  • @NIKOinIRL
    @NIKOinIRL Před 4 lety +4836

    I bet washing the dishes at their house is a real hoot 😂

  • @feeberizer
    @feeberizer Před 4 lety +13074

    They must be fun to go out to eat with....
    "Waitress?"
    "Yes?"
    "Could you bring us another 5 glasses of water? We're missing some notes."

    • @priscillajimenez27
      @priscillajimenez27 Před 4 lety +274

      And they get tipped instead lol

    • @23yannis
      @23yannis Před 4 lety +28

      "We have just run short of..."!
      #verese
      #diana

    • @lindacanapp4032
      @lindacanapp4032 Před 4 lety +8

      GREAT

    • @profMaximvs
      @profMaximvs Před 4 lety +87

      - Please, waitress, a bucket. I need to tune this glass, and there's more water than it needs. So, the Eb is soundin' like a D.
      - No prob, sir. Here's your bucket. Lemme 'no when your note is right.
      - You will hear it, tho :)

    • @m0w0ss
      @m0w0ss Před 4 lety +7

      Lmao

  • @MS-60663
    @MS-60663 Před 2 lety +647

    If Tchaikovsky were alive today, witnessing this amazing rendition, he'd be swimming in tears of joy. Tchaikovsky: "Yesss! This is what I was trying to create! The most Sugar Plum Fairy (and Christmas) sounds ever!"

    • @user-zw3ut5uq4v
      @user-zw3ut5uq4v Před rokem +2

      Тоже так думаю

    • @Arkturbettel
      @Arkturbettel Před rokem +12

      Au contraire. He would consider them jesters and maybe give it a few laughs. You as a postmodern person wouldn't understand this.

    • @phicoding7533
      @phicoding7533 Před rokem +6

      @@Arkturbettel is this a joke?

    • @Arkturbettel
      @Arkturbettel Před rokem +5

      @@phicoding7533 what they doing is a joke

    • @youreallyareanidiot2751
      @youreallyareanidiot2751 Před rokem +1

      @@phicoding7533 he might actually have a point though.

  • @SamoaVsEverybody814
    @SamoaVsEverybody814 Před 3 lety +743

    They literally sound like strings and chimes. That's insane. Sounds more magical than the original version

    • @Dragon-Slay3r
      @Dragon-Slay3r Před rokem +3

      🙀 💪

    • @macili3669
      @macili3669 Před 11 měsíci +15

      you can hear the grip kinda give it a rustic and almost saddened feel to it

    • @SamoaVsEverybody814
      @SamoaVsEverybody814 Před 11 měsíci +6

      ​@@macili3669Yea n even almost spooky too, gives it so much personality w the unique rustic feel. Crazy

    • @analysisjunkie9154
      @analysisjunkie9154 Před 11 měsíci +2

      thats cos its powered by glass magic, duh

    • @iberius9937
      @iberius9937 Před 3 měsíci

      I agree!

  • @TsukkiOrSomething
    @TsukkiOrSomething Před 4 lety +3847

    “What instrument do you play?”
    “I play drinking glasses.”

  • @OurHourglass
    @OurHourglass Před 4 lety +5097

    Fact: This is the optimal instrument for this song.

    • @4CHRIST1234
      @4CHRIST1234 Před 4 lety +265

      Yes it sounds so precise and it seems to add natural effects sounds that piano dont have

    • @GrandisSilva
      @GrandisSilva Před 4 lety +111

      @@4CHRIST1234 It was written for a celesta rather than a piano, but otherwise I agree.

    • @fewer_pancakes
      @fewer_pancakes Před 4 lety +41

      ITS A PIECE NOT A SONG YOU DIMWIT

    • @Salted_Fysh
      @Salted_Fysh Před 4 lety +61

      @@4CHRIST1234 those effects are distracting from the simple beauty of the sugar plum fairy tough. It's supposed to be a playful, cheeky piece of skipping and dancing notes. While this is technically impressive, the glass vibrations are not precise enough to simulate that. Not to mention the ugly dissonance when they vibrate too close to each other.

    • @davidmillson2930
      @davidmillson2930 Před 4 lety +14

      @Omega 1470 No, it's a movement!

  • @castletokingdom
    @castletokingdom Před 11 měsíci +100

    Not being a traditional instrument, it sounds almost otherworldly, which actually makes it sound MORE like fairy music. Bravo!

  • @margaretwilliamson8997
    @margaretwilliamson8997 Před rokem +46

    I didn't realize glass could sound this ethereal! A magical performance.

    • @seeexy
      @seeexy Před 9 měsíci

      yeah ❤😢 this gives goosebumps 🦆

  • @diboof7125
    @diboof7125 Před 4 lety +2753

    It’s like a mix of bells and strings.

    • @pastelmyri4405
      @pastelmyri4405 Před 4 lety +55

      Chris Kringle actually this would technically be considered percussion (like drums, bells, and xylophone)

    • @pastelmyri4405
      @pastelmyri4405 Před 4 lety +8

      Ayano Sripan right sorry I’m just really off today

    • @jaxhawken4887
      @jaxhawken4887 Před 4 lety +20

      @@pastelmyri4405 it may be actually considered percussion, though the method of playing this "instrument" can be considered more of string instruments world as it involves friction, basically

    • @wanderlngdays
      @wanderlngdays Před 4 lety +5

      Jax Hawken a percussion instrument is a percussion instrument regardless how you play it. In fact vibraphone, cymbals, gongs, tam-tams, etc are sometimes played with a bow and they are always percussion instruments

    • @andrewlogsdon6317
      @andrewlogsdon6317 Před 4 lety +2

      Brings or strells

  • @oburimacha4306
    @oburimacha4306 Před 4 lety +17636

    *Can’t believe no one took the opportunity to call it ”Glassical music”*

  • @encouragingword1172
    @encouragingword1172 Před 10 měsíci +25

    The ability of these two people to do this with such perfect timing! No adjectives good enough to describe this!

  • @richlevenson6605
    @richlevenson6605 Před rokem +62

    I have previously commented on these two geniuses. Having tried this with just a few of the right crystal glasses to obtain what you're hearing is brutally difficult. Watch their hands fingers, palms, thumbs, and a lot more so see how these intricate sounds are seemingly being accomplished. Have a hard time viewing this without tears in my eyes from this ethereal music. All I can say is Bravo!

  • @bacbac7580
    @bacbac7580 Před 4 lety +21879

    Did anyone else get this randomly in their recommended?

  • @biggienew_and_improved1543
    @biggienew_and_improved1543 Před 4 lety +3614

    Teacher: don’t touch the beakers until I say so
    The kids in the back of the class:

  • @roahnosh
    @roahnosh Před 10 měsíci +9

    Came here after watching Genshin 4.0 livestream. Such a beautiful musical instrument. Also great performance thank you for sharing.

  • @roronoazoroelmejorespadach3489

    something so simple as a vibration can make our brains melt by such a amazing song... that most definitely feels out of this world, almost as if we found something we weren't meant to discover

  • @mr.shepherdspie7958
    @mr.shepherdspie7958 Před 4 lety +1549

    This legit sounds like the whole orchestra

    • @alexsei3684
      @alexsei3684 Před 4 lety +3

      It does

    • @helldronez
      @helldronez Před 4 lety +3

      i got shiver

    • @miranda9391
      @miranda9391 Před 4 lety +3

      Yeah fr. Just fire all those people and hire these two for all ballets from here on out

    • @amyleigh8394
      @amyleigh8394 Před 4 lety +1

      No it doesn't 😂😂😂

    • @piklan89
      @piklan89 Před 4 lety +2

      @@amyleigh8394 the person has definitely not been in an orchestra before lol, you can hear all the different instruments. The glasses just sound like single instruments... because they are

  • @Zekrom3150
    @Zekrom3150 Před 4 lety +1556

    Half of the comments: Instrumentation is on point
    Other half: ItS tHe aLgOrItHm

  • @wieslawf
    @wieslawf Před rokem +43

    Its Soooo impressive how they both memorised what sound each glass makes!! :)

  • @vangogo6819
    @vangogo6819 Před 3 lety +45

    I am sitting costly in my little home in the woods, watching the snow fall on the forest outside my windows. This was the perfect thing to come across on this peaceful, dreamy day, it only makes it better that this is one of my all time favorite pieces of music!😊❄❄❄🌪🌬💖

  • @lamegame420
    @lamegame420 Před 4 lety +2244

    This is how this song was meant to be played

    • @karolakkolo123
      @karolakkolo123 Před 4 lety +71

      Sorry to be that guy, but it's a piece not a song

    • @miriaml.150
      @miriaml.150 Před 4 lety +37

      Sorry to be that guy? That's not the point at all. Enjoying music is about feeling with our senses. Either you enjoyed it or you didn't. Try to be happy for people who are sharing their beautiful music.

    • @lamegame420
      @lamegame420 Před 4 lety +52

      @@karolakkolo123 Yeah, your're right. I should disregard everything I know about language and nomenclature to appease you with a word that you have determined sounds more artistic.. Its called a song. Or a composition. A piece is a part of a whole. A composition if you will.

    • @Mot-dh5sx
      @Mot-dh5sx Před 4 lety +27

      cutthroat 420 wow that was an aggressive comment to someone that was just trying to inform you of something. Been having a bad day?

    • @lamegame420
      @lamegame420 Před 4 lety +34

      @@Mot-dh5sx Nope, having a great day. I didn't get aggressive at all. I just have no patience for idiots with upturned noses who lower them only to smell their own farts. He hated being that guy; but I have no problem at all.

  • @kurtianpaulvigafria4068
    @kurtianpaulvigafria4068 Před 3 lety +3138

    "Cool champagne glasses, what do you call this?"
    "Oh, that's C."

    • @zaramintheequanimous
      @zaramintheequanimous Před 3 lety +63

      You.
      I hate you ...
      But I can't lie that it made me smile ...
      Take my like and begone.

    • @kurtianpaulvigafria4068
      @kurtianpaulvigafria4068 Před 3 lety +20

      @@zaramintheequanimous I know that you said begone, but thank you

    • @ellshellecat6277
      @ellshellecat6277 Před 3 lety +14

      Actually, isn’t this G Major? 👀

    • @V1RU5420
      @V1RU5420 Před 3 lety +15

      i like the joke but...
      i think c major is a chords and one glass is only one note
      ...so it cant be a chord if im right

    • @klugevil
      @klugevil Před 3 lety +5

      @@V1RU5420 if you wanted to be really pedantic then you would say that chords by default are in the major scale so it would just be a C

  • @user-fp7rp3xb2l
    @user-fp7rp3xb2l Před 10 měsíci +14

    Нам удалось услышать такую же игру вживую. Это был Бал Хризантем прошлой осенью. В Ялте, играл Мужчина. Великолепное звучание🥰💐

    • @neo_new369
      @neo_new369 Před 9 měsíci

      Это запись на магнитофоне в корпусе стола 😂

    • @ahashdahnagila6884
      @ahashdahnagila6884 Před 6 měsíci

      ...just one man played?

    • @user-fp7rp3xb2l
      @user-fp7rp3xb2l Před 6 měsíci

      @@ahashdahnagila6884 у нас в Ялте, мужчина играл вживую на природе. Просто есть люди ищущие везде подвох, видимо по своим личным причинам.

  • @mariondipl-ingfhhaubold7378

    Wunderschön 💞🕊❤🗽... Danke

  • @mac6na6na26
    @mac6na6na26 Před 4 lety +4424

    See you in 10 years when this is in everyone’s recommended yet again.

  • @HB-uz1gd
    @HB-uz1gd Před 4 lety +2085

    Let’s be real here. We didn’t find the video. The video found us

  • @patrickrwhite8354
    @patrickrwhite8354 Před 11 měsíci +18

    Nothing can match the beautiful sound of a glass harp. This was a brilliant performance thank you.

  • @gmeast
    @gmeast Před rokem +6

    The glasses must be glued to the table. Either that or these performers have the most-amazing dexterity and feel. BRAVO!

  • @ThatMadCat
    @ThatMadCat Před 3 lety +5560

    It sounds like this piece was made to be played on glasses.

    • @Iris-jm3tt
      @Iris-jm3tt Před 3 lety +76

      It really does!

    • @maple9670
      @maple9670 Před 3 lety +26

      Yep!

    • @Chris-uj3dh
      @Chris-uj3dh Před 3 lety +201

      It was, kind of. Tchaikovsky's first draft called for Glass Harmonica, an instrument invented by Ben Franklin which is basically just this, but configured a little differently.

    • @yukikaai3762
      @yukikaai3762 Před 3 lety +80

      The instrument that Tchaikovsky ends up using is the Celesta, and it's basically a piano and sounds exactly like this pretty much. If you look up the process and history behind the making of this song specifically, let alone the actual Nutcracker, it's actually really interesting.

    • @jamieturner6835
      @jamieturner6835 Před 3 lety +9

      Eyyy fancy seeing you here madcat, hope you doing well since you left but been trying to keep up with your vids

  • @pieceoftoast_275
    @pieceoftoast_275 Před 4 lety +2615

    “I play the violin”
    “I play the trumpet”
    I pLaY a GlAsS oF wAtEr

  • @user-dm9hz3qt1j
    @user-dm9hz3qt1j Před 11 měsíci +16

    Божественная мелодия🙏🙏

  • @melshw9876
    @melshw9876 Před 3 lety +8

    Im STILL mesmerized by this technique. It's breathtakingly Beautiful. 🙏🏻💗💗💗👏🏻

  • @kyliee8586
    @kyliee8586 Před 4 lety +3187

    I’m a ballet dancer who has performed the Nutcracker many times, and this is by far one of my favorite versions of this piece of music! Well done!

  • @imacompoza
    @imacompoza Před 4 lety +2426

    The glass is more in tune than my piano.

  • @Lotte727
    @Lotte727 Před rokem +10

    This is unbelievably beautiful

  • @daweshorizon
    @daweshorizon Před 2 lety +17

    The co-ordination and sheer musical skill between these two performers is astonishing! So very cool! Love and peace.

  • @kristianhaverasmussen8558
    @kristianhaverasmussen8558 Před 4 lety +1325

    CZcams recommended:
    2011-2019: nah not yet
    2020: go go go!

    • @solauble
      @solauble Před 4 lety +10

      Everybody saw it 1 or 2 days ago.... Si weird

    • @scullduggerouscellaphod2355
      @scullduggerouscellaphod2355 Před 4 lety +3

      I remember seeing this back in 2017 and then it showed up now

    • @hitopsful
      @hitopsful Před 4 lety +2

      Deploy the algorithm!

    • @darthslayder6904
      @darthslayder6904 Před 4 lety +1

      pls stop this awful comment trend

    • @StudlyFudd13
      @StudlyFudd13 Před 4 lety +1

      @@darthslayder6904 it must live on a torture all of us...just like the god forbidden
      No One:
      Not a soul:
      I hate this fucking trend:
      Kill me please:

  • @ripmeep
    @ripmeep Před 4 lety +1531

    My friend: What kind of CZcams videos do you watch?
    Me: it's complicated

  • @Paranormalin416
    @Paranormalin416 Před 2 lety +10

    Such a beautiful tone, and it just proves that almost anything could be used as a musical instrument. When I was in university I did my thesis on that very subject. Turning every day household items into musical instruments, that play and sound completely unique from traditional instruments we are used to hearing. Almost anything can be used for percussion, I’m sure you’ve all seen videos of people carving out vegetables, especially the carrot, to be used as a flute of sorts, but I managed to make string instruments from tin cans, string, wire, just things most people have sitting around the house. If you have kids, and you want to get their minds going while having fun at the same time, challenge them to see if they can make up a musical instrument from every day ordinary objects in the house, you’ll be amazed at the things you can come up with, and yes, I even did the stereotypical milk carton ukulele, which actually sounded quite good to my surprise! I also did use glass, but not just wine glasses and goblets, but properly balanced on sticks, affixed with an adhesive, I was able to use dinner plates, water pitchers, cutlery, you name it. Sounds rather corny for a University thesis, but I am going to blow my own horn, pardon the pun, and tell you that my professor gave me a perfect score, and more than that, insisted that I bring all the instruments in to the lecture hall, and teach all the students what I had made and how to play them, and as it turned out it was actually pretty fun, we got a rivalry going! My fraternity brothers and I started to compete with other groups in the University, and we actually managed to put on a concert, for the entire university, even managed to raise $200,000 that we donated it to all local schools in the area, so that they may have a better music program for their students, it isn’t that wonderful? I grew up here in Toronto as my name suggests, lived here all my life, pathetically I haven’t gone far, I literally live four blocks from the hospital I was born in! But unfortunately a lot of the schools, both grade schools and high schools are like, have very poor or even absent music programs due to funding issues, so my professor came up with the idea of putting on a concert and charging money to raise funds for these underprivileged schools. Now it’s a yearly tradition, and although I haven’t kept up with the exact amounts, we have raise tens of millions of dollars over the decades, to help students have a proper introduction to music, and as a result, countless students that we helped ended up attending our universities music program, now that’s something to be proud of! But I’m not taking any credit, because it might’ve been my idea for my thesis, but literally hundreds of other people were involved in the creation of these challenges and concerts each year. Anyways, my apologies for rambling on as I always do, but I just had to throw that out there, and say don’t put limits on what you can achieve when it comes to music. Even my own family laughed at me when I was putting the so-called instruments together, but after receiving a perfect score, what does my father say? “Pretty good for junk that probably would have been throwing in the garbage”. Unfortunately, that was 40 years ago, and over the years, I have lost every single instrument that I created, but I also drew blueprints of every single one, so after watching this video, I think I’m going to try to re-create it just for fun. I’m desperately trying to get my grandchildren involved and interested in classical music, but being typical young people, all I get to hear is “that’s for old people“. But I think I can trick them into actually playing classical music on homemade instruments without them even realizing it. Do you want to know how I developed my love of classical music? It’s not because of my family, as I am the only person in my family with any musical interest or ability, it’s from watching Looney Tunes and other various cartoons that used a vast amount of classical music in their programs. Unfortunately, most of those cartoons are just not appropriate for today’s society, most being horrifically politically incorrect, as they were very very sexist, racist, homophobic, and every other social stigma you can imagine, but back when they came out, all those things were socially acceptable. I’m not saying they are acceptable, because after watching the same cartoons as an adult I was horrified, but the music is still there, I wish they would start re-introducing classical music into modern children’s programming. To be honest I don’t know anything about it, because my children are in their 30s, and my youngest grandson is already 13, so I don’t see children’s programs anymore. For those of you with young kids, do they still use classical music at all in children’s programming? If not, maybe that something we need to re-introduce. Classical music will never ever go out of style or die, if anything it’s experiencing a renaissance right now, but the best time to get children interested is preschool, because that’s when I fell in love with classical music. It’s such a different world today than it was when I grew up. I’m not that old, I’m not retired and I still work full-time, I’m in my mid-50s (I skipped several grades), but judging from my family, the younger ones have no interest in classical music whatsoever, and I’m desperately trying to change that, to open their minds to new experiences. Whenever they come over to the house, I always have classical music playing in the background, and then I hear the whining, the complaining, the accusations of listening to nothing but old man music, as they like to refer to it. Again my apologies for going off topic a bit, but it’s something I’m very passionate about, ironically I don’t even work in the music industry, but in medicine instead, but my love of classical music, has never left me, and I still play the piano, trombone, trumpet, tuba, both French and English horns, and I’m pathetically trying to learn the violin, but I’m absolutely useless at it, wind instruments seem to be my forte! Whatever the case, try to get your kids interested, it’s a proven scientific fact that children who grow up exposed to classical music, especially if they enjoy it and learn to playing instruments, greatly increase their neural plasticity, what more reason do you need? If only things weren’t so expensive, because I know how unaffordable most instruments are, even a cheap violin runs several hundred dollars, which isn’t much for me and a lot of people, but for most people who live on a budget and have children, it’s just not feasible, which is why we continue to raise funds every year at those concerts. Thanks for letting me ramble on and on, my gratitude for indulging me, all the best, and if you have any questions, feel free to respond to this post, I’d be happy to answer them. Many thanks, and take care.

    • @thorndave
      @thorndave Před rokem

      Don't apologise for the lengthy comment, I for one thoroughly enjoyed reading it to the end. Well, who could possibly have known what your unusual thesis would develop into, becoming something so practical, inspiring, encouraging and empowering to so many people? Truly amazing! Small acorns grow up into huge oak trees! Very well done and many congratulations, not just for your perfect score, but what all the many fundraising concerts over the past decades have achieved for so many! You should be extremely proud!

    • @sabinedouble07
      @sabinedouble07 Před 11 měsíci

      I enjoyed reading your comment. I also love Classical music and introduced into my preschool program for children in my care. I always had classical music playing in the background to set different moods throughout the day and they loved it.

  • @marisagonzalez8533
    @marisagonzalez8533 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Mi parte favorita del Cascanueces junto con el Vals de las Flores. Realmente estos músicos tienen magia en sus manos. Muchas gracias.

  • @maxcapone3957
    @maxcapone3957 Před 4 lety +2118

    I’m saving this video under “Crazy Russian Hacks.” Nothing less will do.

  • @chisadickerson5964
    @chisadickerson5964 Před 4 lety +958

    Me: so you guys know how play any instruments.
    The Glass duo: Yes but no.

  • @ser-yaguar777
    @ser-yaguar777 Před 9 měsíci +5

    Потрясающее исполнение!!! БРАВО!!!

  • @GinaMartina2023
    @GinaMartina2023 Před rokem +9

    This moved me to tears. One of my absolute favorite songs, and definitely my favorite Christmas song! Stunning!

  • @TaylorMurch
    @TaylorMurch Před 4 lety +1709

    I was not prepared for how amazing this sounds.

  • @barleytube9656
    @barleytube9656 Před 4 lety +3853

    the fact that this was published 9 years ago but yet has better quality than some 2020 videos

  • @janemcginnis-glynn9234
    @janemcginnis-glynn9234 Před rokem +8

    Fabulous. Didn’t want it to end even though I knew it was coming.. what a treat. Thank you.

  • @alpha-alpha-alpha
    @alpha-alpha-alpha Před rokem +5

    WOW! Note the size of the glasses, how full, and arranged from tallest to smallest. Amazing!

  • @mingsworks3787
    @mingsworks3787 Před 4 lety +2293

    Let’s face it: nobody looked this up.

  • @moonbeamchaos
    @moonbeamchaos Před 4 lety +660

    Sounds like it’s being played by fairies!

    • @tuxedosteve9556
      @tuxedosteve9556 Před 4 lety +1

      Thank you

    • @dragomir9375
      @dragomir9375 Před 4 lety +5

      its because they both are fairies

    • @unboxed-milk4984
      @unboxed-milk4984 Před 4 lety

      dont see how the headless horseman played this but ok

    • @p34rl20
      @p34rl20 Před 4 lety

      That's the comment I was looking for!

    • @rebelgirl6252
      @rebelgirl6252 Před 4 lety +1

      It really does! The piece is called Dance of the Sugar Fairy, which makes it that much cooler.

  • @NervousKraken
    @NervousKraken Před 3 lety +44

    If I'd try that, I'd probably knock over at least five of them. And cry.

    • @joshhayl7459
      @joshhayl7459 Před 3 lety +1

      🔵 Yuh can't,...they're attached to the table!

    • @NervousKraken
      @NervousKraken Před 2 lety

      @@joshhayl7459 with my unfortunate luck, I'd probably still manage to

  • @ArtificiallyIdiotic
    @ArtificiallyIdiotic Před 5 měsíci +1

    I remember first lostening to this back in idk 2013? I was so insanely obsessed with this duo, with glass music, with the fairy aesthetic, all because of this clip alone. Lostenih to this again ten years later feels like a fwver dream

  • @ChrisTopheRaz
    @ChrisTopheRaz Před 4 lety +2522

    That was the coolest thing I’ve heard in a long time.

    • @khismet
      @khismet Před 4 lety +5

      Indeed! It instantly made me giggle with giddiness🤗🧚‍♀️😃

    • @ChrisTopheRaz
      @ChrisTopheRaz Před 4 lety +4

      Khismet right!?

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj Před 4 lety +6

      I'll spare you the obvious "but the water is room temperature!" joke...

    • @brisaquina8816
      @brisaquina8816 Před 4 lety +3

      @I Hate Everything Neh, it's just that this is more amazing than most other things.

    • @ricepudding4188
      @ricepudding4188 Před 4 lety +1

      Fact

  • @doiu92
    @doiu92 Před 4 lety +4688

    _Mom: "Stop playing with your cups."_
    *_7 Year Old Me At The Dinner Table:_*
    *_Edit: I can't tell if y'all are getting the joke or if you really think I made music with 20 cups._*

    • @aherrns1894
      @aherrns1894 Před 4 lety +156

      20 years later: "and the Grammy for classical music goes to...'.

    • @verdy6499
      @verdy6499 Před 4 lety +22

      Night of Wishes Wow I’m surprised you were so musical at such a young age

    • @user-md2zp1jc3s
      @user-md2zp1jc3s Před 4 lety +5

      나: 쨍그랑!

    • @claudiavalencia7445
      @claudiavalencia7445 Před 4 lety +11

      Your the only comment that made me laugh 😂😂

    • @mrgw98
      @mrgw98 Před 4 lety +33

      @Nightkit pretty sure they were joking too so r/woooosh to you too.

  • @imrlaps7097
    @imrlaps7097 Před rokem +4

    Absolutely beautiful.
    Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is one of my favorite instrumental songs of all time.

  • @SPOOKIESPOOKSANGELSEXPLOREWITH
    @SPOOKIESPOOKSANGELSEXPLOREWITH Před 11 měsíci +5

    Wonderful ❤❤❤

  • @maraflore
    @maraflore Před 4 lety +1746

    The sound hypnotizes you that you cant stop listening to it

    • @kelsanggyudzhin2340
      @kelsanggyudzhin2340 Před 4 lety +12

      Read your comment and was liek, "just watch me!"
      Scrolled up to stop video.
      Forgot what I was doing and literally watched to the end.

    • @wannabecarguy
      @wannabecarguy Před 4 lety +7

      Almost like it was written for this instrument.

    • @0katmandude0
      @0katmandude0 Před 4 lety +1

      ssssthhhhhhhhhh yyessssthhhhhh look into myth eyesssthhhhhhhh :p

    • @waskelweewabbit1453
      @waskelweewabbit1453 Před 4 lety +2

      LMAO ... I don't know why I even clicked it. I was just going to see how good they are I guess, but I was just thinking, "aww hell I'll just let them finish and I'll scroll down" and there you are ... first comment I see.

    • @nogggg111
      @nogggg111 Před 4 lety

      Help I can’t stop rewatching it

  • @aaravbhatt760
    @aaravbhatt760 Před 4 lety +649

    My friend: So what instrument do you play?
    Me: It's complicated.

    • @cupa6285
      @cupa6285 Před 4 lety +6

      why do i always see this comment everytime

    • @wrongfootmcgee
      @wrongfootmcgee Před 4 lety +1

      except "you" don't... why is co-opting other peoples talent for comment likes a thing now?
      and what retreds give lobotomised comments like that a like?

    • @bugeatbark
      @bugeatbark Před 4 lety

      @@wrongfootmcgee you
      know you commented that twice

    • @wrongfootmcgee
      @wrongfootmcgee Před 4 lety

      @@bugeatbark yeah, there's something odd going on with my commenting feature... I deleted the second one. Thanks for the heads up.

    • @kmbdbob
      @kmbdbob Před 4 lety

      @@cupa6285 Because people are... complicated.

  • @Viki-zo1bc
    @Viki-zo1bc Před 11 měsíci +2

    Glassy performance !

  • @kelseycarter7338
    @kelseycarter7338 Před 4 lety +788

    Fun fact: Most of us didn’t search this up.

    • @user-mu2fx9yx7g
      @user-mu2fx9yx7g Před 4 lety +9

      but we loved it, thanks to google for recommending

    • @jdsarfo610
      @jdsarfo610 Před 4 lety

      true

    • @SoftTangerineDreams
      @SoftTangerineDreams Před 4 lety

      I actually did. Someone showed something like this in a video and I had to search it up because it looks and sounds so cool.

    • @quantumrace7417
      @quantumrace7417 Před 4 lety +1

      I was actually searching for the full song peter played on the wine glasses and came across this, didn’t disappoint 🤙

    • @niobiumblu6990
      @niobiumblu6990 Před 4 lety

      I totally looked it up on purpose.

  • @oburimacha4306
    @oburimacha4306 Před 4 lety +1106

    Friend: What kind of music do you listen to?
    Me: I listen to *Glassical Music*

  • @ginagina5452
    @ginagina5452 Před rokem +2

    I can imagine the time it took to get just the right amount of water in each glass to make the right notes. Then learning how to play it. This was a good performance and sounded beautiful. Thank you .

  • @deborahpetith8710
    @deborahpetith8710 Před 3 lety +6

    What a talented duo, bloody beautifully played. Loved it.

  • @dragonoffski4501
    @dragonoffski4501 Před 4 lety +2204

    I've just sat here quite literally gobsmacked for almost the entire piece - jaw dropped after less than 10 seconds and stayed that way. That's proper talent, that is.
    Yes it's 8 years old and yes, 'CZcams recycles yet more old crap again' - but you know what - it's been years since I've seen this and I'd forgotten just how magical it sounds. Bravo CZcams! You can spam me with this shit any day 😊

    • @puppylove42
      @puppylove42 Před 4 lety +17

      There are some real diamond videos out there glad youtoob Is finally sharing them. This is amazing

    • @scylvia
      @scylvia Před 4 lety +3

      puppylove42 YOUTOOB AHAHHA

    • @user-og1jz6xl3y
      @user-og1jz6xl3y Před 4 lety +4

      I read that whole comment in an accent

    • @GreatLakesLogger
      @GreatLakesLogger Před 4 lety +2

      @@user-og1jz6xl3y Lol exactly right

    • @ndparis9335
      @ndparis9335 Před 4 lety

      Dragon Offski how’s the Jaw?

  • @Jeramithehuman
    @Jeramithehuman Před 4 lety +2380

    Let’s be real... Nobody searched this but everyone clicked, everyone watched and everyone liked

    • @alexisblair7798
      @alexisblair7798 Před 4 lety +16

      I searched it! My husband had never heard of this

    • @Jeramithehuman
      @Jeramithehuman Před 4 lety +6

      Alexis Blair I’d be willing to bet you didn’t first find this by searching specifically for it

    • @nocontent1238
      @nocontent1238 Před 4 lety +4

      I just searched up music on glasses

    • @Jeramithehuman
      @Jeramithehuman Před 4 lety +2

      Bob Bob whatever you gotta tell yourself to sleep at night

    • @nocontent1238
      @nocontent1238 Před 4 lety

      I watched one of sp0ntanius' videos and that made me search it up.

  • @brenellhornsby6566
    @brenellhornsby6566 Před 11 měsíci +1

    That is utterly amazing! I love the Nutcracker Suite! Never heard a part of it played on glasses before. Wow!

  • @reapergaming4696
    @reapergaming4696 Před 3 lety +13

    THIS IS GLASSICAL MUSIC.

  • @thatisjake
    @thatisjake Před 4 lety +540

    "Do you play music"
    "Yes"
    "What instrument"
    "Its complicated"

  • @yckieh568
    @yckieh568 Před 3 lety +2288

    This must be what it’s like to have perfect pitch. Tuning those glasses would be a nightmare for us mere mortals.

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot Před 3 lety +69

      Try, I don’t think it would be as hard as you imagine :)

    • @Cavin8r
      @Cavin8r Před 3 lety +64

      I imagine there would be some sort of convenient way to measure. Lines on the glasses, por example

    • @yckieh568
      @yckieh568 Před 3 lety +40

      It’s a joke people. Jeeeeezzzzzzz.

    • @elisabethseaton6521
      @elisabethseaton6521 Před 3 lety +74

      @@yckieh568 I dunno Emily. I have a hard time getting my guitar right..only 6 strings

    • @tdiddle8950
      @tdiddle8950 Před 3 lety +24

      I would think you just need a chromatic tuner and a pitcher...but it's still awesome.

  • @wakerobin9215
    @wakerobin9215 Před 3 lety +2

    Beautiful! This is how real fairies play this piece, I'm sure

  • @TrialAndError8713
    @TrialAndError8713 Před 3 lety +2

    Real crystal glasses, with specific amounts of water in each. Beautiful! 🧚‍♀️

    • @GlassDuo
      @GlassDuo  Před 2 lety +1

      To tell you the truth, it is ordinary glass, not crystal. And no water inside.

  • @juantisotelo
    @juantisotelo Před 3 lety +1960

    Once, a music teacher told me that the musical glasses were not instruments, I told her there were and she kicked me out of the class. I should show her this masterpiece.

    • @deannkelley5134
      @deannkelley5134 Před 3 lety +167

      ANYTHING can be an instrument!

    • @FlysAtNightWoman
      @FlysAtNightWoman Před 3 lety +64

      Ohhh, you sooo need to show her THIS video!!! 😯

    • @TK-ij2xi
      @TK-ij2xi Před 3 lety +56

      Everytime I put my wine glasses away I ding them....and I'm an adult.

    • @MJ-sy2en
      @MJ-sy2en Před 3 lety +59

      Yes that includes Mayonnaise

    • @Aguantis
      @Aguantis Před 3 lety +4

      How did it go?

  • @anubhavsingh4143
    @anubhavsingh4143 Před 4 lety +222

    "No one can bring this song to its purest form....."
    Glassduo- 'hold our glasses'

  • @gwailotus9154
    @gwailotus9154 Před 5 měsíci

    1:32 mystical magic kicks in here. MERRY CHRISTMAS 2023 EVERYONE !!!!

  • @whoeverwhoever9220
    @whoeverwhoever9220 Před 19 dny

    The most beautiful rendition of the Suger Plum Fairy! Loved this!

  • @johnterran5295
    @johnterran5295 Před 8 lety +2757

    i can finally say that i believe in magic now.

  • @snail134
    @snail134 Před 3 lety +1381

    My friend: "What instrument do you play?"
    Me: "The Glass."

    • @She.lovesGod
      @She.lovesGod Před 3 lety +5

      Me:The kalimba and violin
      (Edited)

    • @MrE_
      @MrE_ Před 3 lety +3

      First name Mister, last name Glass

    • @dentwique984
      @dentwique984 Před 3 lety +1

      Praise the glass also can u please teach me it's so hard to do

    • @SlovakDiplomat
      @SlovakDiplomat Před 3 lety

      I play the field artillery

  • @user-wr3br9sm1g
    @user-wr3br9sm1g Před 8 měsíci +1

    Мамочки мои! Как это красиво!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @WILRARN
    @WILRARN Před 6 měsíci +1

    One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard!

  • @risatungol
    @risatungol Před 7 lety +1521

    This is the perfect instrument for this song! bravo!

    • @vraellar
      @vraellar Před 4 lety +12

      it's not a song

    • @gunslingingbird74
      @gunslingingbird74 Před 4 lety +19

      It's not a song, it's a piece. Songs have words.

    • @markjulius2006
      @markjulius2006 Před 4 lety +48

      @@gunslingingbird74 Who really cares? It sounds marvelous, so why nitpick something so insignificant? Technically it's a melody or instrumental composition, even though the "instruments" are not the typical conventional ones.

    • @picante28
      @picante28 Před 4 lety +6

      And Harry Potter also XD

    • @barrydeer3722
      @barrydeer3722 Před 4 lety +4

      I agree.

  • @dinasultana1
    @dinasultana1 Před 4 lety +1162

    My clumsy self would probably end up knocking over all the glasses

  • @Girl_-fs6nx
    @Girl_-fs6nx Před měsícem

    Bro, I remember watching this on our classroom projector in 2nd grade! 😭😭 The good old days of early 2010’s! 😭

  • @DefenderX
    @DefenderX Před 11 dny

    The sound fits so well to the songs melody, as if the sugar plum fairies reality could break any moment as if made of glass.

  • @mattyo1335
    @mattyo1335 Před 4 lety +232

    The dislikes are from the coffee mugs

  • @mudn2004
    @mudn2004 Před 4 lety +464

    Goes to instrument shop:
    “Hello how can I help?”
    “I would like 100 glasses of unique size please”

    • @sophiaredwood5825
      @sophiaredwood5825 Před 4 lety +1

      I actually tried to make music with different glasses for a music project once, so I went to a store and just bought a bunch of random glasses and had to awkwardly tap them with a spoon in the store too 😂😂

    • @sophiaredwood5825
      @sophiaredwood5825 Před 4 lety

      Yanjun Sun ahhh ouchh

  • @davidham4297
    @davidham4297 Před rokem +1

    Awesome. I used to play this on my dad's record player when I was only about 3 years old. I'm 76 years old now, so that was some time ago and I still remember it.

  • @winniebella684
    @winniebella684 Před 2 lety +10

    Merry Christmas 🎄! I’ve sent this video to my loved ones this morning for the fact, if this doesn’t put the spirit of Christmas within your soul and heart, I don’t know what would! I love all your music as it’s so unbelievably beautiful to my ears and yes, my heart leaps when I hear this! Thank you beyond words for being so talented and spreading love to the World! God bless you! MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎁

    • @GlassDuo
      @GlassDuo  Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you very, very much!

    • @winniebella684
      @winniebella684 Před 2 lety

      @@GlassDuo Thank you so very much! Much happiness and love to you and yours! God bless 🌹

  • @singe0diabolique
    @singe0diabolique Před 7 lety +1461

    I have played a glass harp, and I will gladly tell you , this is not easy!

    • @singe0diabolique
      @singe0diabolique Před 7 lety +66

      I managed to play the melody to Silent Night while someone accompanied me on the piano. Nothing like these two playing

    • @virtueisdead
      @virtueisdead Před 7 lety +4

      So true. I played it and it is so hard.

    • @irisrentas6048
      @irisrentas6048 Před 6 lety

      Alex Lagura SWORD HAND DANCE👏

    • @Abduldoctor
      @Abduldoctor Před 6 lety +8

      How did you manage that in Chris's closet? That is impressive.

    • @thefellowshipreforged8901
      @thefellowshipreforged8901 Před 5 lety +7

      My friends and I did the main riff on ode to joy on some glasses at our dinner table it was rad

  • @malkalevanna1071
    @malkalevanna1071 Před 4 lety +249

    2011: the internet isn’t ready
    2012: still, no
    2013: not yet
    2014: nope
    2015: keep them waiting
    2016: nope
    2017: still no
    2018: maybe soon
    2019: one more year
    2020: okay, the internet I ready

  • @warriordefender4906
    @warriordefender4906 Před rokem +2

    The most beautiful version ever just georgous.

  • @notprovided1131
    @notprovided1131 Před 11 měsíci

    As old as this song is and as much as I am tired of hearing it, seeing it played in a new and innovative way gives it new life

  • @charliemayfilms1550
    @charliemayfilms1550 Před 4 lety +423

    Is no one going to talk abt their album being called “GLASSIFIED”

    • @NOONE-cd4gu
      @NOONE-cd4gu Před 4 lety +25

      Yes fine i am going to talk about their album called Glassified. I think its a great choice of name that they made with a very funny pun. Indeed i would say the right name for this

    • @charliemayfilms1550
      @charliemayfilms1550 Před 4 lety +9

      @@NOONE-cd4gu yes

    • @richardmazzara6242
      @richardmazzara6242 Před 3 lety +3

      We can't.....it's Glassified Information

    • @maem9246
      @maem9246 Před 3 lety

      LOL 🤣 👍👍💚

  • @HIDE-oj6ps
    @HIDE-oj6ps Před rokem +1

    Playing it on glass made it sound magical
    Playing it using the correct instrument reminded me of that fairy In the movie cabin in the woods

  • @wideawake5630
    @wideawake5630 Před rokem

    The miracle of human ingenuity sometimes moves me to tears.

  • @moriahmanwaring755
    @moriahmanwaring755 Před 4 lety +521

    The last time I was in Venice, I came across a girl performing this song on glasses of water in a public square. It was beautiful. This one sounds even better, though, but I’m guessing it’s at least in part because they’re in a performance hall and have even more glasses at their disposal. Love that people have these talents!