Mendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.21 by Gergiev, MTO (2008)

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  • Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
    Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.21
    Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
    Valery Gergiev, Conductor
    10th Anniversary Concert
    Live at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
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Komentáře • 251

  • @raythirawat3230
    @raythirawat3230 Před 3 lety +162

    Mendelssohn composed a piece so hard it became an audition excerpt for flutes, clarinets and violins.

    • @Amy-no9le
      @Amy-no9le Před 2 lety +30

      And cellists. I hate this so much 😂

    • @laiyinquan8355
      @laiyinquan8355 Před 2 lety +23

      I would be darned if Mendelssohn composed this Scherzo and thought, "Hmm, this will definitely screw up orchestra auditionees."

    • @violet.9322
      @violet.9322 Před 2 lety +4

      and cellists. it sucks.

    • @rosin_eater
      @rosin_eater Před 2 lety +1

      Help I’m dying rn

    • @mrman12w
      @mrman12w Před 2 lety +1

      Csyo violin audition ::

  • @DanielR1-MIDI
    @DanielR1-MIDI Před 5 lety +189

    Dammit this audition excerpt

  • @elissa_flute1511
    @elissa_flute1511 Před 3 lety +36

    For those facing the hell of Orchestra auditions the flute solo begins around 4:00

  • @thaddeuschung975
    @thaddeuschung975 Před 2 lety +32

    1:25 Letter E, 1:57 Letter G, 2:11 Letter H, 2:49 1 before K, 3:17 Letter M, 3:33 Letter N
    Viola excerpt Letter E to O

  • @floydbelljr.2119
    @floydbelljr.2119 Před 9 lety +8

    A marvelous symphonic piece of "Scherzo" from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.21. Even fairies would love dancing & listening to this beautiful music.

  • @GerharDTeach
    @GerharDTeach Před 6 lety +105

    NOT EVEN ONE SINGLE SHOT TO THE VIOLAS

  • @lisadolgouchine4486
    @lisadolgouchine4486 Před 3 lety +11

    These musicians are killing machines >

  • @brahim119
    @brahim119 Před 9 lety +29

    *Music of absolute beauty*. This Scherzo along with Mozart's overture of Figaro _K.492_ got me in trouble many times with my neighbors because my extremely loud speakers ;>o.

    • @felicityspyder
      @felicityspyder Před 8 lety +1

      +brahim119 You must crank up your speakers really loud!:D Everyone is playing so quiet! The bow stroke is such a pain in the arse! But the entire scherzo is pure beauty!

  • @Plantocrate
    @Plantocrate Před 2 měsíci +1

    MENDELSSHON....OH VERY GREAT GENIUS

  • @SallySallySallySally
    @SallySallySallySally Před 4 lety +9

    This piece was used in the 1946 movie "The Yearling" during the scene when the boy is running through the woods with the fawn and other deer. It was perfect!

    • @adipsous
      @adipsous Před 2 lety +1

      Also, it's used to open the 2002 movie Red Dragon. It's being played in concert. One of the flute players flubs his part and Hannibal Lector, in the audience, takes offence. He kills the less-than-perfect musician and serves his body parts to the symphony board at a dinner party.

  • @chettmansberger
    @chettmansberger Před 11 lety +2

    One of the finest conductors and orchestras that the musical world has ever produced. Meastro Gergiev, you are a genius, and your performers are among the best artists in the world. Thank you all, for one of the most outstanding performances of all time.

  • @stevenchristophersen7673
    @stevenchristophersen7673 Před 9 lety +153

    Squeaks happen... As a clarinetist, I know this all too well. To anyone who doesn't play a reed instrument: To trust a random piece of cane to do everything you want it to is hysterically idiotic... XD we're idiots... Lol

    • @nimeshsingh4943
      @nimeshsingh4943 Před 7 lety +16

      Add double tonguing at piano dynamics with notes flying through different registers and you've got a recipe for disaster which still sounds beautiful

    • @tiamari6862
      @tiamari6862 Před 7 lety +1

      Nimesh Singh 😹😹

    • @txsphere
      @txsphere Před 3 lety +2

      No we are not crazy, being a reed player is purgatory. At least we don't have two reeds lashed together. Hate to think what those oboe and bassoon players did to earn that.

  • @CRISTIANOCLAR
    @CRISTIANOCLAR Před 11 lety +5

    The time is perfect.Great performer!!!!!!!

  • @angelos_music
    @angelos_music Před 10 lety +4

    A perfect "non studio clean" performance. Love thw spirit they convey

  • @chettmansberger
    @chettmansberger Před 11 lety +5

    One of the finest conducter and orchestras in existance.

  • @kawaharaizumi731
    @kawaharaizumi731 Před 4 lety +59

    Who else is doing this as an audition excerpt :_(
    iwi

  • @rafaelmantucci9303
    @rafaelmantucci9303 Před 3 lety +9

    4:05 “I don’t care what you say, we do it my way” -conductor

  • @Germanswisscheese
    @Germanswisscheese Před 8 lety +261

    Conductor has an invisible cigar.

  • @SV2609
    @SV2609 Před 12 lety +9

    This music is played out at the beginning scene of the movie Red Dragon!!

  • @bradford6333
    @bradford6333 Před 4 lety +36

    oml let the clarinetist live

  • @user-fh4qw8dz9h
    @user-fh4qw8dz9h Před 10 lety +3

    Mario sky Theatre orchestra is just one of my favorite orchestras of all time....Gergiev has done sucha phenomenol job on this piece

  • @IsaacW.
    @IsaacW. Před 4 lety +64

    I am genuinely mad at Felix Mendelssohn for having such a difficult name to spell first of all. But I'm furious at him for composing this.

    • @lucyfoster4082
      @lucyfoster4082 Před 3 lety +3

      Isaac W ?

    • @IsaacW.
      @IsaacW. Před 3 lety +9

      @@lucyfoster4082 sarcasm. His name is difficult to spell but this piece is nearly impossible to play as a clarinetist.

    • @lucyfoster4082
      @lucyfoster4082 Před 3 lety +1

      Isaac W Ah!

    • @user-wt4kw2to4k
      @user-wt4kw2to4k Před 3 lety +1

      Чего??? Как это запомнить на слушанье музыки???

    • @larryprimeau7738
      @larryprimeau7738 Před 2 lety +1

      another great composer who died way too young.

  • @CHYRRUPINZAZ
    @CHYRRUPINZAZ Před 2 lety +7

    Hannibal approves this 💖

  • @JM-jy7qy
    @JM-jy7qy Před 8 lety +4

    Great conducting! Superb musicality!

  • @winwinnie4905
    @winwinnie4905 Před 5 lety +27

    3:33 is where my excerpt beginsss

  • @cadewyles8470
    @cadewyles8470 Před 4 lety +3

    Have to play this for a youth orchestra auditions...scary

  • @rjcubby13
    @rjcubby13 Před 4 lety +6

    even though red dragon brought me here its still a beautiful piece of music

  • @cake-gi7kt
    @cake-gi7kt Před měsícem

    Lol just at the beginning, the conductor just closes his eyes, he looks so at peace just because the music is lovely!

  • @aleyak74
    @aleyak74 Před 9 lety +29

    Red dragon brought me here. And I even here a false note at 1:17

  • @harponercam
    @harponercam Před 11 lety +5

    I love this- Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite total work- This piece can't be played any better than this. The Intermezzo is actually my favorite part, but it has to be played restlessly, like the first Midsummer Night's late night puff of Autunm. Mad dogs like me have been there.
    youtube is great- I've played this for years, but really fun to watch now too.

  • @kenimerlewis
    @kenimerlewis Před 3 lety +7

    Damnit I’m in 9th and play flute and I have to do this as audition excerpt to get in local symphony and with only 4 days to practice, it’s a pain in the ass

  • @troubadourgal
    @troubadourgal Před 11 lety +4

    Bravo Flutist!

  • @Lisnageeragh
    @Lisnageeragh Před 11 lety +3

    Yes, these folk are really good....the hard hours!!

  • @natalieardasevova8382
    @natalieardasevova8382 Před 10 lety +1

    Best version I have heard so far, in my opinion ;)

  • @intuitiveanatomyYT
    @intuitiveanatomyYT Před 3 lety +3

    Half of comments: Exceptional Performance!
    The other half: THE SQUEAK!!!

    • @SamuelBlack84
      @SamuelBlack84 Před 2 lety +2

      I can see Hannibal in the audience winking 😉

  • @SANTALICKSPEOPLE
    @SANTALICKSPEOPLE Před 9 lety +52

    How the heck did the flautist even do that solo..

    • @Valhallen002
      @Valhallen002 Před 8 lety +7

      +SANTALICKSPEOPLE practice practice practice x9001

    • @BrianShi-is-the-Illuminate
      @BrianShi-is-the-Illuminate Před 8 lety +8

      around the power level of goku

    • @tiamari6862
      @tiamari6862 Před 7 lety

      SANTALICKSPEOPLE fr tho hahaha lol😹😹☠️

    • @fbnicholsonful
      @fbnicholsonful Před 5 lety +1

      According to my mother's cousin, a cancert flute player, the flutes trade off, seamlessly. It's amazing, isn't it.

    • @AT-qw9cq
      @AT-qw9cq Před 3 lety +2

      He was terrified of being killed by Doctor Lecter if he messed it up!

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima Před 3 lety

    The comfort of this performance is an order of magnitude

  • @Will170392
    @Will170392 Před 9 lety +101

    The clarinet section should instigate a witch-hunt regarding 1:18...

    • @thitherorpheus7315
      @thitherorpheus7315 Před 7 lety +5

      As well as :29

    • @nimeshsingh4943
      @nimeshsingh4943 Před 7 lety +25

      I was pretty shocked when I heard it, thinking this is a professional Orchestra how :O But as a clarinet player, trust me reeds suck. And the probability for squeaks become so much bigger in exposed passages/solos somehow.

    • @IiIiIiIOnTop
      @IiIiIiIOnTop Před 6 lety +4

      Nimesh Singh what the fuck are you talking about?it is one of the best orchestras in the world.Clarinet reeds just so unpredictable

    • @saybethirst1929
      @saybethirst1929 Před 5 lety +1

      I read this comment just as it happened.
      The internet never forgets.

    • @krantiyatri
      @krantiyatri Před 5 lety

      @SYNERGISTIC123 an eponymous of Benjamin Raspail

  • @franklinperez1
    @franklinperez1 Před 11 lety +2

    MARAVILLOSOOOOOOO

  • @flutesgalaxy
    @flutesgalaxy Před 4 lety +2

    İt's like a Woodwind Heaven.

  • @Umairkazi001
    @Umairkazi001 Před 12 lety +1

    Amazing

  • @hardyblues2194
    @hardyblues2194 Před 5 lety +8

    I love 0:54 to 1:00 so genius ♥️

  • @hyesukim8261
    @hyesukim8261 Před 7 lety +14

    3:55 flute solo

  • @mik3deans
    @mik3deans Před 11 lety

    Of course it was. Been a while since i saw it. brilliant movies, gonna have to watch again.

  • @dsavix4
    @dsavix4 Před 12 lety +6

    Gotta love that flute solo at the end. Excellent use of the low register, that's something not many composers have done for the flute.

  • @jaimegomezmartinez6143
    @jaimegomezmartinez6143 Před 5 lety +3

    In "2001, A Space Odyssey", Kubrick wanted this piece to be played in the sequence of the floating spaceships. He would finally choose Strauss's Blue Danube : )

  • @Phi1618033
    @Phi1618033 Před 11 lety +47

    Of course, you can only get away with a flute solo in that register if the rest of the orchestra is playing pianissimo.

    • @arstropica
      @arstropica Před 2 lety +1

      Or if Hannibal Lecter isn't a member of your audience...

  • @flossie5432
    @flossie5432 Před 11 lety +3

    lovely precision playing :-)

  • @rlopezflute
    @rlopezflute Před 11 lety +9

    It wasn't the flutist, he was playing something else. I heard it though, the random squeak. Something happens again later around 3:15. But hey, they're human... doesn't take away that the ensemble was well together & a good flute solo!

  • @seanmcconnell58
    @seanmcconnell58 Před rokem

    It gives me some great Halloween vibes🎃

  • @rosarioforino7075
    @rosarioforino7075 Před 2 lety +3

    Hannibal was in the audience

  • @MrBlueBee444
    @MrBlueBee444 Před 12 lety +2

    i aspire to play under this conductor next year and there are excerpts from piece on my audition o_O

  • @brownievp3853
    @brownievp3853 Před 5 lety +7

    Great performance... but at 1:18 somebody pull a "Hannibal" moment.

  • @marcc5353
    @marcc5353 Před 8 lety +1

    bravo bravo

  • @MrNikolidas
    @MrNikolidas Před 9 lety +5

    Fantastic, apart from the clarinet squeak everyone has pointed out. And the conductor's case of acute Goldfish-mouth. But it's still great!

  • @benfitzsimons7124
    @benfitzsimons7124 Před rokem +1

    Im a clarinet doing this for an audition this year. Pray for me

  • @sadikmeniku9181
    @sadikmeniku9181 Před 11 lety

    Very nice play

  • @maxtew6521
    @maxtew6521 Před 5 lety +1

    It's like that flautist at the very end was turning to the woman next to her and saying, "Can you believe we just played that sh*t?"

  • @frankmacdulligan1153
    @frankmacdulligan1153 Před 10 lety +1

    Ahora el scherzo , tercer movimiento y cuadro.

  • @vishaanp4531
    @vishaanp4531 Před 10 lety +62

    Gergiev is stoned

  • @ktaarnia
    @ktaarnia Před 4 lety +10

    1:11 wtf violins

  • @sirrah2803
    @sirrah2803 Před 10 lety +30

    Difficult to imagine fairies in this performance. More like a herd of baby elephants frolicking in the Serengeti.

    • @kathy2trips
      @kathy2trips Před 6 lety

      You need to watch the 1935 movie, if you have difficulty. Nijinsky's sister did the choreography....you'll be amazed.

    • @ola_ke_ase4944
      @ola_ke_ase4944 Před 3 lety +1

      .

  • @CrandMackerel
    @CrandMackerel Před 7 měsíci

    1:18 Clarinet grenade goes off!

  • @jenniferlochhead5756
    @jenniferlochhead5756 Před 5 lety +1

    M. 296- 323 is “fun” for cellists... thumb position + crazy tempo

  • @midizengm
    @midizengm Před 7 lety +3

    This time nobody has to be eaten :)

  • @louisdhoore
    @louisdhoore Před 8 lety +3

    Opening to measure 54, also known as one of the violin audition excerpts to the majority of youth orchestras.

    • @jeanparke9373
      @jeanparke9373 Před 7 lety +3

      To be more precise, Measure 17 to 54 :) since the first 16 measures are occupied by winds!

    • @jeanparke9373
      @jeanparke9373 Před 7 lety

      Faares Deeb Good luck!!

    • @johannesknorr8416
      @johannesknorr8416 Před 5 lety

      Henryk Szeryng Me too. That’s why I watched it. Good luck man!

    • @henrykszeryng5900
      @henrykszeryng5900 Před 5 lety

      Hans Rüppen hast du es geschafft?

    • @scarlettliu1732
      @scarlettliu1732 Před 4 lety

      I’m playing the beginning, but I’m a violin. How?

  • @evamezzo
    @evamezzo Před rokem

    во время соло флейты показывать Валеру это конечно гениальный ход оператора

  • @hannemanisunderrated5610
    @hannemanisunderrated5610 Před 9 měsíci

    Not me listening to this because I have a cello audition with this excerpt in it 😢

  • @narekatoyan5525
    @narekatoyan5525 Před 11 lety

    nice

  • @EMOPUNKGIRL1000
    @EMOPUNKGIRL1000 Před 12 lety +3

    the conductor has happy fingers

  • @dianabutler9173
    @dianabutler9173 Před 4 lety +1

    Does anyone have any tips on playing this piece? I have the second violin part

    • @IsaacW.
      @IsaacW. Před 4 lety +1

      Just be thankful not to have the clarinet part and you'll be fine (I'm a clarinetist)

  • @danielalaura7304
    @danielalaura7304 Před 4 lety

    ...pa nisam oduševljena...duvačima posebno...

  • @claudiorojas2420
    @claudiorojas2420 Před 4 lety +1

    🖐✋🤚👋👐🙌

  • @kyokahayashi7334
    @kyokahayashi7334 Před 12 lety

    Good

  • @tyty2tiethr335
    @tyty2tiethr335 Před 3 lety +1

    Cello excerpts
    0:53
    3:17

  • @republiccooper
    @republiccooper Před 7 lety

    It's not together is it?

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima Před 2 lety

    By far the best or Outstanding
    Pikaichi in Japanese

  • @kristine.d0
    @kristine.d0 Před 4 lety +2

    0:15 audition music

  • @lachlang683
    @lachlang683 Před 10 lety +1

    It's a reeded instruments that squeaks @1:18 not the flute.

  • @BBazsi67
    @BBazsi67 Před 12 lety

    @feebaslover11 That wasn't an oboe. That was a clarinet :)

  • @harponercam
    @harponercam Před 5 lety

    It's the cyclical nature of it- a whirlwind dervish.

  • @deborahfan7739
    @deborahfan7739 Před 2 lety

    Violin Excerpt starting 0:15

  • @pinterlaszlo5121
    @pinterlaszlo5121 Před 4 lety +1

    Invisible cigar, like in Robert De Niro style.

  • @user-wj6fc9vu6i
    @user-wj6fc9vu6i Před 9 lety

    これを聞くとドラえもんの銀河超特急を思い出す。
    アニメの映画にクラシックを流すというセンスが大好き。

  • @BBazsi67
    @BBazsi67 Před 12 lety

    @feebaslover11 That wasn't an oboe. That was a clarinet.

  • @lucyfoster4082
    @lucyfoster4082 Před 3 lety

    How old was Felix when he wrote this?

  • @lw1992ful
    @lw1992ful Před 12 lety

    it was the clari at 1,17

  • @alexanderkashparovskiy5479

    1:18 You’re FIRED!

  • @michaelflores6253
    @michaelflores6253 Před 6 lety

    Bro.... I got an audition on this today what am I doing? I should be practicing

  • @drania76
    @drania76 Před 5 lety

    Gergiev is very full of himself, not to say a bit arrogant but he is a great artist also. I saw him several times in action.
    Is it just me or he looks a lot like Roman Abramovich? Are they related? Just asking.

  • @ErnestoComposer
    @ErnestoComposer Před 10 lety +13

    Clarinet squeak, yes, not a flute or oboe.

    • @jstuttgart
      @jstuttgart Před 10 lety +7

      Where is Hannibal when you need him?

    • @jarrodlacy9856
      @jarrodlacy9856 Před 10 lety +1

      jstuttgart That's right. This piece was heard on "Red Dragon." At the beginning,
      I believe.

    • @maxtew6521
      @maxtew6521 Před 5 lety +1

      @@jarrodlacy9856 You believe rightly.

  • @AlexVictorianus
    @AlexVictorianus Před 6 lety

    Ohrwurm - earworm

  • @user-ru8bd9wo2o
    @user-ru8bd9wo2o Před 5 lety

    4:00

  • @user-kk9nr8el3y
    @user-kk9nr8el3y Před 5 lety

    3:55

  • @GZ50E
    @GZ50E Před 3 lety

    0:46

  • @patrickbisson39
    @patrickbisson39 Před 3 lety

    Et Celine disait qu il y a tres peu de legerete chez l homme " Bon...il est lourd ... " Cela arrive toutefois, c est fascinant , et bien d autres. Je vous embrasse.

  • @summerg.9730
    @summerg.9730 Před 6 lety

    2:17

  • @bigserbman5962
    @bigserbman5962 Před 2 lety

    Why is this piece so hard to play as someone in the woodwind section?

  • @NectarineofQuality
    @NectarineofQuality Před 4 lety +3

    Cellos, 3:33 lol

  • @mariorodriguez89
    @mariorodriguez89 Před 2 lety

    3:33 cello excerpt