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

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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  • @francissadleir9805
    @francissadleir98053 жыл бұрын

    lovely to listen to, hell to play for clarinetists.

  • @Xelvonar

    @Xelvonar

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @francissadleir9805

    @francissadleir9805

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @andrewpenny4984

    @andrewpenny4984

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@francissadleir9805 in the 4th movement I guess

  • @TheodoreBrown314

    @TheodoreBrown314

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @laurenmontera9516
    @laurenmontera95163 жыл бұрын

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

  • @filipjandus4537

    @filipjandus4537

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @amytgt903
    @amytgt9033 жыл бұрын

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

  • @connorthorne

    @connorthorne

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lmao same

  • @izzyolinda5053

    @izzyolinda5053

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same but for Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

  • @inespereiraecunha

    @inespereiraecunha

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SEvans-ku2ib

    @SEvans-ku2ib

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    2 жыл бұрын

    Modta Bird beuti nothing

  • @dominicfiacco
    @dominicfiacco2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @cici_kpop_dance
    @cici_kpop_dance2 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @randallbedingfield9266
    @randallbedingfield92662 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @breyelle6734
    @breyelle67343 жыл бұрын

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

  • @symphony-7526

    @symphony-7526

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dash595

    @dash595

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @breyelle6734

    @breyelle6734

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AnyOldMusic
    @AnyOldMusic2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamesboone3678
    @jamesboone36783 жыл бұрын

    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

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @neiltheblaze

    @neiltheblaze

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnbarry5036
    @johnbarry50363 жыл бұрын

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

  • @moxyblackfiddler
    @moxyblackfiddler3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @matthewvt9690
    @matthewvt96902 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ezra211
    @ezra2112 жыл бұрын

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

  • @izzyolinda5053
    @izzyolinda50533 жыл бұрын

    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

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @therealrealludwigvanbeethoven

    @therealrealludwigvanbeethoven

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Dylonely42 Op. 10?

  • @sidlori1592

    @sidlori1592

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnphillips5993
    @johnphillips59937 ай бұрын

    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

  • @ortezac.5339
    @ortezac.53392 жыл бұрын

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

  • @anniegao9105

    @anniegao9105

    2 жыл бұрын

    same here

  • @thaothi1256

    @thaothi1256

    2 жыл бұрын

    same:)))

  • @liv8426

    @liv8426

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes! Same. 😇

  • @21fayee

    @21fayee

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @cloverisfan818
    @cloverisfan8182 жыл бұрын

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

  • @loveclassicalmusicalot

    @loveclassicalmusicalot

    Жыл бұрын

    Same.

  • @Dylonely42

    @Dylonely42

    Жыл бұрын

    Me in the Classical Music Mashup II

  • @loveclassicalmusicalot

    @loveclassicalmusicalot

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Dylonely42 Sry. I didn't notice until right now that the first movement was there.

  • @Dylonely42

    @Dylonely42

    Жыл бұрын

    @@loveclassicalmusicalot Npblm, it wasn’t actually easy to find

  • @davidreyes7546
    @davidreyes75463 жыл бұрын

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

  • @combatdoc

    @combatdoc

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nicosuarez6962
    @nicosuarez69623 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DavidRice111

    @DavidRice111

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @normdavis1497
    @normdavis14972 жыл бұрын

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

  • @wilh3lmmusic
    @wilh3lmmusic3 жыл бұрын

    Why is that first theme _SO_ catchy?

  • @RubykonCubes3668

    @RubykonCubes3668

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @87cherry

    @87cherry

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @tankman_tv9332

    @tankman_tv9332

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @frantyozorawattilete4742
    @frantyozorawattilete47424 жыл бұрын

    thank you for uploading!!!

  • @vittoriomarano8230
    @vittoriomarano8230 Жыл бұрын

    What a beauty 🎼😍

  • @user-ys5ib2kt6d
    @user-ys5ib2kt6d3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dmpjazz265
    @dmpjazz2652 жыл бұрын

    Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses final battle scene lol

  • @pengshijie
    @pengshijie3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @lana7431
    @lana7431 Жыл бұрын

    Malditos anuncios dejen de interrumpir este arte valioso!!

  • @BellaScarlatta
    @BellaScarlatta3 жыл бұрын

    Barbie

  • @Megan18192

    @Megan18192

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @felixmendelssohn7425
    @felixmendelssohn74253 жыл бұрын

    24:30 My Favorite Movement.

  • @citizent6999

    @citizent6999

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @loveclassicalmusicalot

    @loveclassicalmusicalot

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TobiasM1K

    @TobiasM1K

    10 ай бұрын

    7:33 My favourite moment.

  • @mariakusuma6156
    @mariakusuma61564 жыл бұрын

    wow this is wonderful i love this so much!

  • @williamdeng1870
    @williamdeng18709 ай бұрын

    A great piece of music!

  • @bionikball75
    @bionikball752 жыл бұрын

    This always makes me think of "BREAKING AWAY"

  • @tankman_tv9332
    @tankman_tv9332 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @leandrogluzmann3386
    @leandrogluzmann3386Ай бұрын

    uso de un "bajo continuo" barroco: 10:19 contraste textura homofónica y ligada: 13:05 momentos de cromatismos melodicos: 2:43 15:56

  • @snowcarriagechengcheng-hun3454
    @snowcarriagechengcheng-hun34543 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for uploading!

  • @nevadodelruiz949
    @nevadodelruiz9493 жыл бұрын

    08:10, hmmmm above the tree:'D

  • @rafaeljimenez8022

    @rafaeljimenez8022

    3 жыл бұрын

    This very moment is copied from his wedding March

  • @user-sf1gi2mb3g
    @user-sf1gi2mb3g10 ай бұрын

    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。

  • @lucatessadrelli4216
    @lucatessadrelli42164 ай бұрын

    Meraviglia.

  • @baokhangmaile6194
    @baokhangmaile619411 ай бұрын

    how great

  • @andreauribe6454
    @andreauribe6454 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven61
    @ludwigvanbeethoven61 Жыл бұрын

    The profoundness of Beethoven and the youthfulness of Mozart xD

  • @emanuel_soundtrack
    @emanuel_soundtrack Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @whitemagicalhat2844
    @whitemagicalhat2844 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @MagoLerio

    @MagoLerio

    6 ай бұрын

    I don't agree....

  • @JJC333
    @JJC3332 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Dylonely42

    @Dylonely42

    Жыл бұрын

    No

  • @musickingsoon
    @musickingsoon2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nicosuarez6962
    @nicosuarez69623 жыл бұрын

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

  • @finleycampbell2756

    @finleycampbell2756

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Zimzamzoom95

    @Zimzamzoom95

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @loveclassicalmusicalot
    @loveclassicalmusicalot2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Dylonely42

    @Dylonely42

    Жыл бұрын

    Perhaps

  • @chrismcdonald9120

    @chrismcdonald9120

    10 күн бұрын

    Didn't Mendelssohn write the reformation symphony before he wrote this one

  • @alysemartin1849
    @alysemartin18492 жыл бұрын

    5:34 Bass excerpt

  • @Eva11092
    @Eva11092 Жыл бұрын

    0:00 0:59 1:32 2:20 5:15 5:18 5:27 5:59 6:22 7:16 7:45 8:25 8:48 24:30 24:40 25:37 26:36 26:44 27:05 28:23 28:38

  • @yoonh9337
    @yoonh93374 жыл бұрын

    5:32

  • @JasonSmith-rq3pt
    @JasonSmith-rq3pt3 жыл бұрын

    27:57

  • @jeffreyemge5435
    @jeffreyemge54353 жыл бұрын

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

  • @karlseminaro7824
    @karlseminaro78244 жыл бұрын

    Can you do symphony no.2 from Sergei Rachmaninov.

  • @MagoLerio
    @MagoLerio6 ай бұрын

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

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely427 ай бұрын

    👌

  • @taojin5356
    @taojin53562 жыл бұрын

    13:02 corno in A

  • @guavaguy4397
    @guavaguy4397 Жыл бұрын

    To think people hated Mendelsohn's music.

  • @youmightveseenmycommentsbe7493
    @youmightveseenmycommentsbe74933 жыл бұрын

    0:03 to 0:46

  • @shiahelin8880
    @shiahelin8880 Жыл бұрын

    03:50

  • @jeffreyemge5435
    @jeffreyemge54353 жыл бұрын

    00'08" Example 3-22

  • @sollybussell8241
    @sollybussell8241 Жыл бұрын

    recap - 7:18

  • @user-mx6zi6bg1j
    @user-mx6zi6bg1j3 жыл бұрын

    27:15

  • @jakubgrzybacz2025
    @jakubgrzybacz20252 жыл бұрын

    6:21

  • @user-ox6xg5ne6m
    @user-ox6xg5ne6m2 жыл бұрын

    6:22 ここだけヴァイオリン、タイついてるんですね

  • @GrotrianSeiler
    @GrotrianSeiler Жыл бұрын

    Yikes, this is a really hard one!

  • @anangryjuicebox2799
    @anangryjuicebox2799 Жыл бұрын

    24:41 25:37

  • @rhhaeder
    @rhhaederАй бұрын

    25:13 25:34

  • @zebradove4186
    @zebradove4186Ай бұрын

    0:07

  • @jan861
    @jan8612 ай бұрын

    Nice to be interrupted in the midst by advertisements^^

  • @user-ko7fr9ii4u
    @user-ko7fr9ii4u10 ай бұрын

    0:06

  • @LesTutosDeJacko
    @LesTutosDeJacko2 жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @user-Toucan_6000_BEC
    @user-Toucan_6000_BEC22 күн бұрын

    World Animals 🐘

  • @matthewbarnson4260
    @matthewbarnson42608 ай бұрын

    Horrendous. This interrupts with ads every 3 minutes.

  • @dennislester1418
    @dennislester141810 күн бұрын

    I came here from a baby Einstein video………

  • @09jyoo
    @09jyoo10 ай бұрын

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

  • @drc4168
    @drc416810 ай бұрын

    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 Жыл бұрын

    Ueisz,jiuex,OIJIOAIJ

  • @HelloooThere
    @HelloooThere3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jancowell

    @jancowell

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @z0rzx362

    @z0rzx362

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@z0rzx362 ok yeah

  • @deezem5294

    @deezem5294

    3 жыл бұрын

    why not you be the conductor

  • @HelloooThere

    @HelloooThere

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@deezem5294 You first, big shot!

  • @user-jy4cv6mo3c
    @user-jy4cv6mo3c4 күн бұрын

    24:33

  • @user-mx6zi6bg1j
    @user-mx6zi6bg1j3 жыл бұрын

    5:36

  • @kiracp1296
    @kiracp1296Ай бұрын

    7:45

  • @kiracp1296

    @kiracp1296

    Ай бұрын

    24:33

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 Жыл бұрын

    29:50

  • @j1h0s
    @j1h0s3 жыл бұрын

    0:22

  • @flutist_sunjukim8112
    @flutist_sunjukim81123 жыл бұрын

    24:34

  • @loveclassicalmusicalot

    @loveclassicalmusicalot

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fourth movement.

  • @axeldominguez6082
    @axeldominguez6082 Жыл бұрын

    29:45

  • @soup6847
    @soup6847Ай бұрын

    5:31

  • @rhhaeder
    @rhhaederАй бұрын

    25:13

  • @user-sq6wk2gp6s
    @user-sq6wk2gp6s11 ай бұрын

    0:05