Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian" (with Score)

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  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
    Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian" (with Score)
    Composed: 1831 - 1833
    Conductor: Georg Solti
    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
    00:00 1. Allegro vivace (A major)
    10:10 2. Andante con moto (D minor)
    16:58 3. Con moto moderato (A major)
    24:30 4. Saltarello: Presto (A minor)
    The Italian Symphony was finished in Berlin on 13 March 1833, in response to an invitation for a symphony from the London (now Royal) Philharmonic Society; he conducted the first performance himself in London on 13 May 1833 at a London Philharmonic Society concert. The symphony's success, and Mendelssohn's popularity, influenced the course of British music for the rest of the century. The Germania Musical Society of Boston gave the first performance in the United States, on 1 November 1851, with Carl Bergmann conducting.
    Mendelssohn himself, however, remained dissatisfied with the composition, which cost him, he said, some of the bitterest moments of his career; he revised it in 1834 and even planned to write alternative versions of the second, third, and fourth movements. He never published the symphony, and it appeared in print only in 1851; thus it is numbered as his "Symphony No. 4", even though it was in fact the third he composed.
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Komentáře • 153

  • @laurenmontera9516
    @laurenmontera9516 Před 3 lety +93

    Memories of my last concert in college. Viola section, with my high school orchestra teacher in the audience.

    • @filipjandus4537
      @filipjandus4537 Před 2 lety +3

      Not much effort needed, right? FIrst position suffitient :D

  • @francissadleir9805
    @francissadleir9805 Před 3 lety +96

    lovely to listen to, hell to play for clarinetists.

    • @Xelvonar
      @Xelvonar Před 2 lety +4

      As someone who knows nothing about playing the clarinet, what makes it difficult?

    • @francissadleir9805
      @francissadleir9805 Před 2 lety +15

      @@Xelvonar Really fast articulation. Some pretty awkward passages too if i remember correctly

    • @andrewpenny4984
      @andrewpenny4984 Před 2 lety +6

      @@francissadleir9805 in the 4th movement I guess

    • @TheodoreBrown314
      @TheodoreBrown314 Před 4 měsíci +3

      ​@@francissadleir9805 Between this and A Midsummer Night's Dream, I'm thinking Mendelssohn must have dated a clarinetist

  • @dominicfiacco
    @dominicfiacco Před 2 lety +25

    I love the section at 7:44 where the cellos and violas take over the melody.

  • @breyelle6734
    @breyelle6734 Před 3 lety +109

    clapping between movements cant even compare to ads in the MIDDLE of a movement

    • @symphony-7526
      @symphony-7526  Před 3 lety +39

      I'm sorry. I have no control over the ads.

    • @dash595
      @dash595 Před 3 lety +17

      Some adds are for CZcams themselves. This symphony recording isn’t owned by the channel so they couldn’t make money even if they wanted to

    • @breyelle6734
      @breyelle6734 Před 3 lety +14

      @@symphony-7526 no i know it was just a joke hahah

  • @amytgt903
    @amytgt903 Před 3 lety +147

    The fact that I first heard this in a TwoSet Violin video. . . .

    • @connorthorne
      @connorthorne Před 3 lety +1

      Lmao same

    • @izzyolinda5053
      @izzyolinda5053 Před 3 lety +6

      Same but for Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

    • @inespereiraecunha
      @inespereiraecunha Před 2 lety +1

      no wayyy lmao 🤣 that happened to me with all paganini caprices 😅

    • @SEvans-ku2ib
      @SEvans-ku2ib Před 2 lety +1

      I heard it first on a barbie movie but I never knew the name of the piece until it appeared on a Twosetviolin video. So Barbie and Twosetviolin brought me here.

    • @isaacrobles7692
      @isaacrobles7692 Před rokem

      Modta Bird beuti nothing

  • @randallbedingfield9266
    @randallbedingfield9266 Před rokem +12

    This symphony, along with the Nutcracker Suite by Tschaikovsky was the only classical music Mom and Dad had-- which I discovered at the age of five. I played the grooves off that album. Next year, after he was transfered to the Air Force Academy, I felt emboldened to actually break the number one rule: Go straight home from school. I, instead, went to Ms. Ballentine's home (well-known piano teacher) and asked her to teach me. She said that she had NEVER had a child come to her before the parents. Although very young (not quite six) she took me on!

  • @AnyOldMusic
    @AnyOldMusic Před 2 lety +14

    The counterpoint between the two flutes and octave violins at 10:54 is beautiful.

  • @ezra211
    @ezra211 Před 2 lety +4

    Thanks for putting in all the extra markings, key, speed, and everything. It was easy to find the section of my excerpt.

  • @cici_kpop_dance
    @cici_kpop_dance Před 2 lety +21

    1st movement: 0:05 (0:23)
    2nd movement: 10:11
    3rd movement: 16:59 18:07 19:16 20:42 21:37
    4th movement: 24:31

  • @frantyozorawattilete4742
    @frantyozorawattilete4742 Před 4 lety +5

    thank you for uploading!!!

  • @mox9076
    @mox9076 Před 2 lety +14

    The 1st Symphony I ever played as a kid. 27:04 was my favorite part. My teacher just thrust me into it and I had a ball

  • @johnbarry5036
    @johnbarry5036 Před 3 lety +14

    The 3rd movement phrasing is incredibly beautiful, unlike any other version ive heard.

  • @snowcarriagechengcheng-hun3454

    Thanks for uploading!

  • @izzyolinda5053
    @izzyolinda5053 Před 3 lety +54

    All the movements of this symphony would make an incredible opera. Am I right? The first movement would be such a good overture.

    • @Dylonely42
      @Dylonely42 Před 2 lety +2

      I don’t think so. Btw, Felix never composed any operas (as far as I know but I’m pretty sure).

    • @amerrylittlemonarch
      @amerrylittlemonarch Před 2 lety

      @@Dylonely42 Op. 10?

    • @sidlori1592
      @sidlori1592 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@amerrylittlemonarch Surprise....Mendelssohn DID write an opera! Those early Mendelssohn works are so easily forgotten unfortunately.

  • @jamesboone3678
    @jamesboone3678 Před 3 lety +75

    My favorite story behind this is he threw this absolute masterpiece away when he finished it. Mendelssohn said it was the worst piece he has ever written.

    • @markpalavosvrahotes5575
      @markpalavosvrahotes5575 Před rokem +2

      Well if he threw it away how did it get out?

    • @neiltheblaze
      @neiltheblaze Před rokem +10

      @@markpalavosvrahotes5575 It was published posthumously. He didn't throw it out - and was intending to revise it from what I understand, but he wasn't satisfied with it.

    • @simonprecheurllarena
      @simonprecheurllarena Před rokem +8

      @@neiltheblaze He actually did revise it, and there is a recording of that version by sir Eliott Gardiner

  • @cloverisfan818
    @cloverisfan818 Před 2 lety +7

    The first time I heard this was in Classical Music Mashup IV.

  • @matthewvt9690
    @matthewvt9690 Před rokem +6

    The best part of the whole 1st movement: 5:14-6:50. Basically the development section

  • @mariakusuma6156
    @mariakusuma6156 Před 3 lety +6

    wow this is wonderful i love this so much!

  • @davidreyes7546
    @davidreyes7546 Před 3 lety +5

    Wow
    En sensacional
    Simplemente jamás en mi vida me cansaré de repetirla y repetirla.

    • @combatdoc
      @combatdoc Před 3 lety

      La primera que encontré solo cuando joven y sigue mi favorito!

  • @wilh3lmmusic
    @wilh3lmmusic Před 3 lety +21

    Why is that first theme _SO_ catchy?

    • @RubykonCubes3668
      @RubykonCubes3668 Před 2 lety +2

      Ikr, it's also easy to memorise how it sounds in your head, and for myself i think I've been obsessed with this 1st theme lately. 💖👄💖

    • @montyanaconda
      @montyanaconda Před 2 lety +1

      That's Mendelssohn, he's MISTER catchy theme!

    • @87cherry
      @87cherry Před rokem

      @@RubykonCubes3668 its so hard to play tho XD and super long

    • @tankman_tv9332
      @tankman_tv9332 Před 11 měsíci

      This song triggers a nostalgic feeling…and yes you’e right about the catchy part. Its been stuck in my head for ten years

  • @vittoriomarano8230
    @vittoriomarano8230 Před rokem +2

    What a beauty 🎼😍

  • @johnphillips5993
    @johnphillips5993 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Everyone’s talking about the development in the 1st mvt but it’s 7:45-8:27 that really gives me a huge dopamine release. Such a rich, lyrical, romantic, sunny, mediterranean sound

  • @williamdeng1870
    @williamdeng1870 Před 7 měsíci

    A great piece of music!

  • @nicosuarez6962
    @nicosuarez6962 Před 3 lety +15

    My favourite Symphony of all! Before the 9 of Beethoven, the Symphonie Fantastique of Berlioz and the 9th of Dvorak!

    • @DavidRice111
      @DavidRice111 Před rokem

      Better'n New World? (you're kidding, right?)

  • @beeshin9945
    @beeshin9945 Před 2 lety +11

    It really sounds like italian

  • @lana7431
    @lana7431 Před rokem +1

    Malditos anuncios dejen de interrumpir este arte valioso!!

  • @ortezac.5339
    @ortezac.5339 Před 2 lety +135

    I came here from Barbie's 12 Dancing Princesses...

    • @anniegao9105
      @anniegao9105 Před 2 lety +4

      same here

    • @thaothi1256
      @thaothi1256 Před 2 lety +3

      same:)))

    • @liv8426
      @liv8426 Před rokem +10

      i came here for music a levels to find out it was from barbie i promise u i’ve never been so exited 😭

    • @mkgawesome
      @mkgawesome Před rokem +2

      Yes! Same. 😇

    • @21fayee
      @21fayee Před rokem +1

      so it’s not just me😂i love this song it’s beautiful 🥰

  • @lucatessadrelli4216
    @lucatessadrelli4216 Před 2 měsíci

    Meraviglia.

  • @normdavis1497
    @normdavis1497 Před 2 lety +3

    3rd Movement was the opening theme to New York's iconic WQXR radio "Breakfast Symphony" in the late 50's. Takes me right back.

  • @bionikball75
    @bionikball75 Před rokem

    This always makes me think of "BREAKING AWAY"

  • @user-ys5ib2kt6d
    @user-ys5ib2kt6d Před 3 lety +3

    멘델스존 - [교향곡 4번] [이탈리아]
    이 작품은 그가 이탈리아을 여행했을 때 경험한 소리와 풍경에 대한 인상을 담고 있다.

  • @baokhangmaile6194
    @baokhangmaile6194 Před 9 měsíci

    how great

  • @felixmendelssohn7425
    @felixmendelssohn7425 Před 3 lety +8

    24:30 My Favorite Movement.

    • @citizent6999
      @citizent6999 Před 3 lety +2

      That movement is such a satisfying work. I's so thrilling.

    • @loveclassicalmusicalot
      @loveclassicalmusicalot Před 2 lety

      Though this composition begins in a major key but ends in the tonic minor, it's still a pretty interesting composition.

    • @TobiasM1K
      @TobiasM1K Před 8 měsíci

      7:33 My favourite moment.

  • @pengshijie
    @pengshijie Před 3 lety +3

    Симфония №4 «Итальянская»
    Жанрово-танцевальная симфония
    1ч.Сонатная форма с эпизодом в разработке.
    0:06 主题
    2:51 重复发展
    5:10 高潮片段
    4ч.Тревожное ощущение танцевальности.Сонатная форма
    24:33 主题
    25:36 次主
    26:16 结束主题 (Громкие фанфары24秒

  • @loveclassicalmusicalot
    @loveclassicalmusicalot Před rokem +2

    Is it just me, or does the fact that this Symphony begins in a major key and ends in the tonic minor foreshadow Mendelssohn's next symphony? That's because the first movement of the Reformation Symphony begins in D Major and ends in the tonic minor.

  • @tankman_tv9332
    @tankman_tv9332 Před 11 měsíci

    Man this song brings me extreme nostalgia…I remember when i was like 4? I watched a DVD known as Brainy Baby and this song played as the credits rolled. I know this song now because of the google song search thingy

  • @dmpjazz265
    @dmpjazz265 Před rokem +5

    Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses final battle scene lol

  • @BellaScarlatta
    @BellaScarlatta Před 3 lety +39

    Barbie

    • @Megan18192
      @Megan18192 Před 3 lety +10

      I came to find a comment mentioning Barbie. I am not disappointed.

  • @emanuel_soundtrack
    @emanuel_soundtrack Před rokem +2

    Excellent recording and performance! Only here woodwinds sound weak 29:26 . Maybe Mendelssohn forgot a second horn doubling the melody? Or to use more octaves for the melody? The score also misses to mark a F for the woodwinds. The Sf was not played, or not enough. This one of the climaxes of the piece, and the coda of the whole symphony.

  • @user-sf1gi2mb3g
    @user-sf1gi2mb3g Před 8 měsíci

    私が高校時代、登校のために使っていた神戸電鉄という日本の神戸市にある鉄道の発車メロディがメンデルスゾーンが作曲した「イタリア」だと知ってから電車の中で「イタリア」を聴くようになりました。

  • @nevadodelruiz949
    @nevadodelruiz949 Před 3 lety +10

    08:10, hmmmm above the tree:'D

  • @andreauribe6454
    @andreauribe6454 Před rokem

    Que alegre me dice no mas enemigos del arte y la libertad.

  • @jeffreyemge5435
    @jeffreyemge5435 Před 2 lety

    05'25" Example 9-12 (RH in textbook is wrong octave)

  • @nicosuarez6962
    @nicosuarez6962 Před 3 lety +8

    8:57 Schumann's Piano Concerto Harmonies? Anyone?

    • @finleycampbell2756
      @finleycampbell2756 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah I hear it, think it's a little shorter though.

    • @Zimzamzoom95
      @Zimzamzoom95 Před 2 lety +3

      It’s called a ‘circle of fifths’ progression, and is extremely popular. Probably the most important type of sequential treatment. You can find it everywhere in the 18th century especially.

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven61
    @ludwigvanbeethoven61 Před rokem +6

    The profoundness of Beethoven and the youthfulness of Mozart xD

  • @alysemartin1849
    @alysemartin1849 Před 2 lety +1

    5:34
    Bass excerpt

  • @JJC333
    @JJC333 Před rokem +3

    I think this piece sounds like Beethoven would live longer about 62 years old to compose a symphony.

  • @musickingsoon
    @musickingsoon Před 2 lety +2

    1. 7:33~7:43
    2. 8:46~8:50

  • @yoonh9337
    @yoonh9337 Před 3 lety +5

    5:32

  • @jeffreyemge5435
    @jeffreyemge5435 Před 2 lety

    00'08" Example 3-22

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 Před 5 měsíci

    👌

  • @JasonSmith-rq3pt
    @JasonSmith-rq3pt Před 2 lety +3

    27:57

  • @karlseminaro7824
    @karlseminaro7824 Před 4 lety +7

    Can you do symphony no.2 from Sergei Rachmaninov.

  • @MagoLerio
    @MagoLerio Před 4 měsíci

    Insolita ma non troppo la chiusura in La minore....chi può provare a spiegarmela? Grazie 🙂

  • @taojin5356
    @taojin5356 Před 2 lety +1

    13:02 corno in A

  • @whitemagicalhat2844
    @whitemagicalhat2844 Před rokem +2

    Mendelssohn: "This is the worst piece of music I've ever written."
    Me: 🤯

  • @shiahelin8880
    @shiahelin8880 Před rokem +1

    03:50

  • @user-mx6zi6bg1j
    @user-mx6zi6bg1j Před 3 lety +1

    27:15

  • @user-ox6xg5ne6m
    @user-ox6xg5ne6m Před 2 lety

    6:22 ここだけヴァイオリン、タイついてるんですね

  • @jakubgrzybacz2025
    @jakubgrzybacz2025 Před 2 lety +1

    6:21

  • @j1h0s
    @j1h0s Před 2 lety

    0:22

  • @sollybussell8241
    @sollybussell8241 Před rokem +1

    recap - 7:18

  • @guavaguy4397
    @guavaguy4397 Před 11 měsíci

    To think people hated Mendelsohn's music.

  • @GrotrianSeiler
    @GrotrianSeiler Před rokem

    Yikes, this is a really hard one!

  • @user-ko7fr9ii4u
    @user-ko7fr9ii4u Před 8 měsíci

    0:06

  • @rhhaeder
    @rhhaeder Před 3 dny

    25:13 25:34

  • @LesTutosDeJacko
    @LesTutosDeJacko Před 2 lety

    Andante con molto: Pas de résonnance, très peu d'harmonie (le thème est à poil). Toute l'harmonie nécessaire est fournie par les cordes et les basses. Marche harmonique qui marche très bien page 30, alors qu'il manque une grande partie des notes. Le hautbois qui descend au ré (son dur)

  • @jan861
    @jan861 Před měsícem

    Nice to be interrupted in the midst by advertisements^^

  • @matthewbarnson4260
    @matthewbarnson4260 Před 6 měsíci

    Horrendous. This interrupts with ads every 3 minutes.

  • @hanjisungsbutt
    @hanjisungsbutt Před 8 měsíci

    I swear to god I’m gonna go burn my music now

  • @drc4168
    @drc4168 Před 9 měsíci

    I much prefer the Reformation #5, which M was also critical of. The first movement of this sounds repetitive and the second bland and uninspired. The Reformation is so original and uncompromising! But hey, its just my opinion! 😅

  • @quintonagee8724
    @quintonagee8724 Před rokem

    Ueisz,jiuex,OIJIOAIJ

  • @HelloooThere
    @HelloooThere Před 3 lety +3

    Too rough and tumble.
    Not the greatest version to say the least.
    Mendelssohn would be very upset to hear this.

    • @jancowell
      @jancowell Před 3 lety +14

      And which world-leading orchestra are you a part of?

    • @z0rzx362
      @z0rzx362 Před 3 lety +11

      @@jancowell my man he’s just stating his opinion and pointing out that the way they played it is not the way it was written/intended...

    • @HelloooThere
      @HelloooThere Před 3 lety +2

      @@z0rzx362 ok yeah

    • @deezem5294
      @deezem5294 Před 3 lety +2

      why not you be the conductor

    • @HelloooThere
      @HelloooThere Před 3 lety +1

      @@deezem5294 You first, big shot!

  • @user-mx6zi6bg1j
    @user-mx6zi6bg1j Před 3 lety +1

    5:36

  • @flutist_sunjukim8112
    @flutist_sunjukim8112 Před 2 lety +2

    24:34

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 Před rokem

    29:50

  • @zebradove4186
    @zebradove4186 Před 7 dny

    0:07

  • @axeldominguez6082
    @axeldominguez6082 Před rokem +1

    29:45

  • @user-sq6wk2gp6s
    @user-sq6wk2gp6s Před 10 měsíci

    0:05

  • @rhhaeder
    @rhhaeder Před 3 dny

    25:13