How to Listen to Classical Music (Emotion-Mapping)
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Matching 10 composers with 10 different emotions.
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I can't think of anybody better to kick off their Creator in Residence role. I think there are so many people who are learning about and appreciating music of all kinds because of your work. Yay!!
I can't think of anyone better suited to fill this role, showing off the Elbphilharmonie. It takes a very special person. You've hit the ground running, as everyone expected. Perfect. BTW ... that room .... nice digs if you can get it. 😀
I can't listen to Barber's adagio without crying. Such a powerful piece.
Same here. Devastation indeed.
Apt choice for the movie ‘platoon’
Hey..... Gen Hirano's transcription and performance of the piece for piano is the ultimate for me!!!!!!!!! And considering Gen Hirano was a bodybuilder who performed the piece in a tank top.... it was just DEVASTATING!!!!!
Joplin-Entertainer: Playful
Vivaldi-Summer: Anxious
Chopin-Nocturne: Longing
Strauss-Zarathustra: Revelation
Schubert-Erlkonig: Tension
Copeland-Appalachian: Hope
Bach-Chaccone: Agony
Barber-Adagio: Grief
Satie-Gnossiene: Curiosity
Part-Fratres: Conviction
Exactly... You described it better
I like these better
anxious??? intense heat and energetic not anxious lol
bach chaconne- piety
@@bergkampdennis5673 I hear anxiety. Only heavy metal can depict aggression.
Thank you. Hearing Pärt again felt like a great reminder of something that I had almost forgotten. There's this certain purity and unwavering clarity in his music that is so hard to put into words. Eternity even. I used to sing in a choir many years ago, and we sang his piece called Magnificat. It left a huge impression on me. Will never forget.
Congrats on the opportunity to work with the Elbphilharmonie.
Thank you, Nahre! Love the bite-sized videos about classical music, love your passion - greetings from Poland!
In the chaconne there is also deep conviction, determination, and faith. There are 13 variations that resolve to the major before returning to the minor. Menuhin once wrote that when he played it he felt he could eradicate all evil in the world.
Creator in residence! That's so awesome!
Studied for years, through college, and had to discover these methods on my own. You are a more effective teacher than any I have studied with.
I would like to point out that it is surmised, that Bach wrote the Chaconne in the aftermath of the death of his first wife, Maria Barbara Bach. She had died suddenly and unexpectedly when he was away with his employer, and was shocked to find out she was dead and buried when he returned. She was the mother of 7 of his children, 3 of whom died in infancy. This was a man who had known grief intimately, and grieve, he did. What emerged from that grief is a testament to the intensity of the experience of _any _ human emotion, not just agony, which is basically unrivalled since.
This is a theory proposed by Professor Helga Thoene, though it is a controversial claim. But if it is true, then the greatest Western composer to have lived wrote the greatest tombeau to have ever been written. If he intended it to be this way or not, is unknown. But there certainly was something powerful which drove him to create this. It's part of a larger Partita for violin, and if the whole partita is played end-to-end, the Chaconne takes up as much space as the rest of the four movements put together and forms the latter half the partita by itself.
When I was a kid I always wondered why summer sounded so scary and sad, until I learned that summer in the south of Italy has a lot of thunderstorms. In that context it makes alot of sense!
Haha, I’m from germany and so glad to see you having a residency here. I love that concept.
Oh man, Fratres! I discovered this piece while picking out CDs somewhat randomly from the library. Tried to listen to it in the car but it was like, too emotional to drive to?? It made me think of how unique and precious it is to be alive but also made me achingly aware of being without those who’ve died.
For me Satie is Melancholia as Victor Hugo defines it: The hapiness of being sad.
I think you’re underestimating the complexity of the emotions you consider less complex. The simplest of emotions and lines can be played with enough nuance to feel as complex as needed.
For me, the piece that I hear the most complex emotion in is Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess. It’s like the feeling of observing the memory of something that once was happy, but now is long gone.
And the first first note of that is tied over, as in Barber's Adagio, giving that same sense of drifting in grief or loss.
To me Satie's Gnossiene No. 1 is like a sudden awareness of the passage of time. It calls out from the late 19th Century, to me in the early 21st Century, but it's still moving away, toward a future none of us will see. It's not even really about mortality in a personal sense, somehow. It makes me melancholy, but I love it so much. I love hearing it played on the piano, but also on the cello, Schrello Classic did a phenomenal version here on CZcams.
Check out Patricia Escudero’s Satie record - very different
Anyway I agree
I'm so excited for this new series! You're such a passionate and articulate explainer/explorer of music. With more people like you acting as an informed but approachable interface to classical music for the masses, classical music adoption might just become a lot more widespread :)
The bach chaconne kind of represents the feeling of feeling empty after grieving for a long time for me. When you are still sad but you don't feel it sharply any more. There is the part in major, where everything seems heavenly. That makes me feel like the moment, where you have been in pain for so long that you just have to let lose and just out of exhaustion come to some kind of peace.
A video with Copland's, Part's and Satie's music? I feel like a kid on Christmas morning.
Anyways, Fratres always felt like eternity, mysticism, and introspection to me. Whenever I listen to it, I always think of what it would be like to die and become pure consciousness and having my identity washed away and being able to see things from a completely removed and detached perspective. A lot of Part's music feels like that to me.
I find Daniel Brown's label for the prevalent emotion in Bach's music spot on:
"To talk about nonstandard chords in Bach is to talk, in the main, about dissonance. It's hard to overstate the importance of dissonance in Bach's harmony: more than a feature of it, it's the climate of it. But this climate isn't the stormy one you might expect. Bach rarely uses dissonance for dramatic effect; it permeates, more than punctuates, his writing, yielding not heightened moments of sorrow or pain so much as a sustained profundity."
these are my guesses:
1- happiness/joy
2- panic
3- sadness/dissapointment
4- extreme joy/great accomplishment
5- enormous pressure/fear
6- calmness/excitement
7- grief
8- confusion/depression
9- empty calmness/slight sense of a bad omen
10- extreme confusion/trauma/hopelessness. like if you are forced to do something atrocious you don't want to do in any sense.
I once said much the same thing to my favorite music teacher, the music was all about emotions. He stopped me and said you don't want to put limits on what music is about or what it will mean to any individual listener. Food for thought.
Food for thought gor you....get your own YT channel.
I am in near total alignment with your interpretations of the emotions induced by these 10 pieces of music
Appalachian Spring for me is hope -and it also invokes a strong sense of personal freedom to explore the youthful horizons. Visually I imagine the Appalachian Blue Ridge Mountains as they pour from the western flanks to the seemingly endless flatland desert seen in your video.
Thank you Nahre and to all your supporters who offer grist for the mill wheel ❤
So articulate and finely tuned are your observations and associations. And congratulations for your gig there, you deserve it and best wishes for greatest success!
Nahre is the perfect person for the "Creator in Residence" role at the Elbphilharmonie. Nahre's hair length and styling in the video is on-point.
Both the hope and devastation pieces made me want to cry just in the short previews you played. I guess those speak to me the most
I couldn't agree more on the Barber Adagio. It sounds like devastation to me as well, and I have been there emotionally.
The Barber is an emotionally searing piece. He encapsulated both the pathos and rage of loss.
When I hear the Arvo Pärt piece, I see always see the raw power of cyclical nature, like a cold winter/early spring pine tree forest with its slowly melting ice revealing the nature that has been long sleeping but ready to emerge for a new life. After all, this is how I imagine spring in Estonia where he lived.
To receive the emotion expressed by both the composer and performer of a musical work and then to interpret it in the context of one's own human experience is one of life's greatest joys. But then what a challenge it is to re-express those emotions into words
Vivaldi's Summer conveys escalating overwhelming heat, both emotional and literal heat. Thus Spoke Zarathustra radiates grandiosity. I can add the feeling of some nostalgia remembering sweet memories on top of hope and awe in Copland's piece. Gnosienne makes me think of the mystical unknown and throws me into existential angst. I agree with you on the rest of the pieces, and I haven't got a clue on how to feel about Avro Part's piece 😂
Thank you, Nahre. While I don't have a simple emotion for Part-Fratres, it feels like to me that one is seeing parts of a much larger universe than one knew existed.
The Satie....has me imagining someone who has lost a loved one, and reminiscing causes a painful oscillation between inwardly smiling at some wonderful memory then weeping as the wonderful memory is succeeded by an inner voice saying "gone...gone...gone."
Brilliant as always! 🎶🫶
Thank you, Nahre Sol.
You're one of my saviors guiding me to the music world.
I'm so happy to watch this.
Chopin's emotional expression of the piano is (in my opinion) unmatched. However I'm still young and bold, and I'm willing to learn more of other's opinions
I am 64, a huge Chopin fan, and couldn't agree more with your words!
One's Bach started I couldn't stop crying for the rest of the video. What a jorney
Everybody seems to feel sadness with most of Chopin's works. I ask myself, why then do I experience so much joyfulness underneath, inner calmness? Can sadness be joyful? Being sad, could I write such music? Is it not just another inner space that goes far beyond obvious outer emotions hard to put in words? I am not as clear in attributing emotions as you do to these pieces.
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I've always found Chopin to be very yearning music, which, if you yearn too much in your life, will make you sad, but if your life is lacking yearning, will make you feel focussed and purposeful.
in dostoyevky's notes from underground, there's a part that explores the joy of suffering, or how you can feel pleasure in pain. chopin's music reminds me of that.
@@crumzy8 Pain comes with experiencing loss, or physical pain. Depending on how emotionally grownup we are, maybe there is an underlying distance to that pain which gives such inner peace, even joy. When I play the Etude 10-3, later titled "Tristesse", where is the pain, or the darkness, the tristesse? The middle part is full of tensions, dissonances, yes, but Chopin resolves them into beautiful melodies. Even the nocturnes -- are they not love songs for the ladies sitting around, or gentle expressions of a late evening? Chopin's music is so rich, for me it is beyond pain, sorrow, ... mostly at least.. even if he suffered sickness, being homesick or at loss in the outer world. His music transcends the obvious, and the great composers and interpreters all did and do this -- that makes them be artists. Rationalization does not live up to art itself. And really good music is not psychological, but touches deeper levels of our being which cannot be explained in such terms -- provided that the listener has such an antenna.
I feel differently about Chopin’s Nocturne in C sharp minor; if you want a Chopin piece that just represents “sadness,” preludes 4 and 6 are closer. That nocturne, for me, is not sad but isolated - and isolation does not have to be sad. The piece depicts for me, as best as I can explain it, an aimless, wandering nomad reflecting on their past and wailing at their present. I don’t really feel like we have sufficient words in any spoken language to “translate” Chopin into emotions - yet, at least.
Yes, I definitely think that Chopin's Nocturne in C sharp minor should be listed as one of the more complex pieces in terms of emotions. For me, the nocturne is like wandering through the night alone, whilst gazing upon the moonlit landscape and reminiscing in a bittersweet way. I would say, that your description comes the closest to how I personally experience the piece.
Yes for me too: retrospection, introspection, confession
@@laurelmentor404actually i feel that the nocturne op 48 no 1 in c-minor expresses all you described much better
yes, exactly - sadness is gross oversimplification. Chopin is much, much more than one word description. This particular piece is special because it brings you into your past, wondering if it is all what future has for you. Isolation is indeed to the point, in some sense.
awesome idea for a video! Cant wait to watch this! Love your channel youre so talented!
I loved listening through this but it goes to show the subjectivity of music. Even #2 Vivaldi has always given me a great sense of not anger but passionate delight.
Nahre, you have expanded and deepened my understanding and appreciation of music more than I ever knew. Thank you for this gift!
Thank you Nahre and Congratulations!
Nice Composers analysis by emotion - that's why we still hear and play these classical pieces after all these years
“ Appalachian Spring” by Aaron Copland reminds me of homesickness… The soft, melodic passages have a sense of nostalgia with memories of home, whereas the intense passages are the pangs of being homesick.
I watch any of your videos and I feel pure joy and excitement how you manage with piano and analyze music! Wow! You're awesome! Keep doing what you do! ❤❤❤
I started learning piano and music 2 years ago, and I know your channel since first start looking on piano on youtube, this video is the best you made a mini piano encyclopedia in 10 minutes, I liked this heavily much, keep on, greetings, 45 Cairo, Egypt ❤
Great job with this video !! Amazing descriptions and music choices.. no. 10 as "fragile yet powerful conviction" just took the words out of my mouth
Loved your video 😊 I look forward to your future work
Buah, nice view!! I think you deserve this place at the Elbphilharmonie very much! Enjoy!!
Another amazing video 👌Thank you Nahre !
Congratulations on your new gig, young woman. You are exceptionally talented and I have always admired your perspicacity and commentary. You remind me why I compose music...thanks again.....
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Congratulations on your new position. Great to see your well earned progression.
I found the music very emotional but struggled to match most of your suggested themes. I guess I need to listen more and deeper.
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Great stuff. And Congratulations on your new Job in Hamburg x
All the best for your new job in Hamburg! I lived there for some years. Hope you can cope with the weather ;)
I love you!!!!! As an instructor, this is so helpful to explain emotions and the importance of theory (even simple theory) behind expressing deep (sometimes unexplained) emotions. You’re helping blossom my love for classical, to share with the younger generation. Thank you!
Hi Nahre, I love your videos and feel true admiration for your work, I wish I was so talented and knowledgable like you, I can see your passion and years of hard work and dedication, looking forward to seeing your next videos!
Wow! What a great video! I love how you taught music theory concepts while explaining how the music was conveying the emotions….all in a non-condescending way. Brava! I’m looking forward to your future videos!
Superb. One of the best videos I have ever seen. Thank you so much. Nahre, you are special.
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Zarathustra makes me think of a monkey smashing bones. Adagio for strings makes me think of Charlie Sheen in a helicopter.
Titan Mahler has all the emotions in one.
Triumph at the end.
Triumph from a strong struggle.
Prophetic music !
Loved this episode! Please do more of these!
Congrats on being the artist in residence at such a wonderful place!!
Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Love your work, love your videos. Please make more of these types of videos where you link the emotions to a piece while explaining how the composer do to make you feel this type of emotions. I find it really helpfull !
Very much enjoyed this and congrats on your new adventure.❤😊
Really good job on this one!
Loved this one, thank you 🎉
I was just introduced to Der Erlkonig through Sideways and it’s quickly become one of my new favorites of all time. happy you brought it up!
Beautiful. I agree with everything you said, and I am familiar with all the wonderful music you presented as examples. The only thing I would add is that, first, the listener is LIVING, quite literally LIVING, within the music. It’s not just an external entertainment. The listener devotes his or her time of being alive, for the duration of the piece, to existing 90% or 95% or perhaps very close to 100% within the piece. The music IS literally the listener’s life for that duration. Then, all the emotions you describe take place. It’s an amazing phenomenon. The same is true of watching movies or plays or reading a book. But for me, listening to music is the most complete form of immersion. Thanks for your video!
Another great example would be Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. For me it resembles emotions of conflict. Between peace and chaos. Good and bad. Light and dark. On a deeper level swan lake beautifully uses subtle unsettling hints in peaceful part, and also subtle calm moments during the second chaotic part. Exactly like yin and yang fishes with the eyes of opposite colour. Truly an unprecedented masterpiece.
Your narrative is a perfect musical transcription for each emotion.
This video is awesome! My goal lately in trying to write music has been to tell stories with varied emotions within the same song. I know I’ll be referencing this video a lot.
Love your videos. Keep up the good work!
Of course you are spot on. I agree fully. I think not everyone gets it but only those with a fully developed musical/emotional vocabulary. It is nearly impossible to describe musical emotions. They're not so simplistic as to lend themselves to being reduced to words.
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I love what you’ve done here. Let me offer a neuroscience perspective. (I’m also a composer). Our hard wired emotions are mad, glad, sad, scared, surprised, and disgusted. If fully expressed, they dissipate in 5 minutes. A movie begins with music that sets a MOOD. A mood blankets us and can last hours or even months. A third of the way through a movie the music changes mood as the conflict intensifies. A third further in the movie music is more peaceful as the conflict or drama starts to resolve. I may have the time frames wrong. A sudden change like a tiger running toward the camera elicits the emotion of fear Most of what you described are moods-powerful, anxious, hopeful. There are more than 100 moods. Numb is the absence of emotion. It is “feeling nothing” and that arises from the freeze response. I agree that emotion is the key in the arts. We cannot predict how or what people will feel, and art can evoke different emotions and moods in different people. There are a lot of musicians who strive to play very fast. They often don’t pay attention to the emotion. A great singer can saturate every syllable with emotion. I’m glad (happy emotion) that I found you today!
love this video!!!
Thank you for this videos! They are very original, as well as interesting!!
Wonderful video, great concept👍
all topics are forms of craving and suffering. it is what we all presently learn. they are states of mental grasping that keep us deluded. we must embrace the reality of impermanence and interdependence with calm and serenity. we must accept that we are alive in the present moment for it is only in a present moment that we are alive. no past, no future, only now.
I actually quite like the executive. their fashions amuse this life to tears.
Thanks so much for the tip about the #4 ! very nice flavour indeed!
Informative and revealing 👏🏻
That was amazing!
I would watch a 3 hours video based on that same concept. For some reason i find this so interesting, is it not the most important fonction for music to allow us to explore, to travel inside foreign complex emotional landscapes ? I find it so much more efficient at that than litterature. Music is just so much...
congrats nahre. we are all very happy for you. you are so well-deserving :)
Loved this list and loved your descriptions of each piece. Your videos always challenge my views and make me excited to learn more… I would’ve loved to see Beethoven featured somehow in this list as he almost single-handedly made emotion practically an official requirement in music, and he made freedom of emotional expression in music to be widely accepted, embraced and imitated. His body of work covers also a vast range of emotions from the most basic ones such as joy and anger to the most complex that are difficult to describe (as in his late piano sonatas, or even the 2nd movement of his 7th symphony.) It wouldn’t be hard to find an outstanding example of each emotion in this list using only music by Beethoven alone (and also add many more emotions like passion, empathy, grief, compassion, disappointment, and so on). That said, I still appreciate the list as I learn more about other composers too! Thank you and congratulations for the new gig! Well deserved!!
I absolutely agree...for every emotion mentioned, there is at least 1 piece by Beethoven that encapsulated it
I've noticed something about myself. I do experience emotion in music but primarily I just like the way something sounds without an emotional corollary. I have friends who I would say are more into music than most and they have all kinds of subjective experiences I don't have but certain textures or rhythms or progressions just turn me on. It's frequently that simple for me.
So much emotion in such a short video. Great choices.
Wow. Really insightful video. For me, you’ve nailed these matchups of music piece with emotion extremely well.
Love this!
I absolutely love your videos. They tell me things I didn't know I didn't know. Thank you.
I love this emotional music analysis makes me think about my own compositions and technical notes and chords that translate to emotions! Great job Nahre ❤️ keep up with making more videos in Germany 🇩🇪 about music 🎼
Thank you so much for making this video (and for curating such a beautiful list of pieces); I hadn't been able to articulate until now what gnossienne no.1 makes me feel
And by the way your seaview window is wonderful and outstanding!
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