My favorite symphony of all time. It's so intense, passionate, and beautiful. I can never get enough of it!

@BrunoVasco

3 жыл бұрын

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@roko199200

3 жыл бұрын

This symphony accompanied me through very hard times in my life it occupies a very special in my heart too

@johannesbrahms4930

3 жыл бұрын

thanks bro

@genejones4110

28 күн бұрын

It's not my all-time favorite... but I totally understand why it's yours. It is my favorite Brahms symphony, though. My first live CSO Solti performance was Brahms 4. It was mesmerizing.

I really put a lot of effort into this!!

This was the first piece I ever conducted. Despite the length and scale, its by far his easiest symphony to conduct and one of the greatest minor key symphonies ever, especially that heart wrenching finale. Always leaves this incredible somber mood when it is over, and usually the audience even takes a moment or two before clapping.

(the intro page with the parts says Beethoven 4th Symphony instead...thought I might point it out)

@InsidetheScore

3 жыл бұрын

Noooo! Well noticed - sorry! But the info is definitely for Brahms haha

@nynms203

3 жыл бұрын

No problem, keep up the amazing work! Love your content; we use it for A Level Music analysis sometimes 😂

@InsidetheScore

3 жыл бұрын

@@nynms203 that's awesome haha. Yeah I don't think this mistake is worth re editing and reuploading the video for though. I think people will realise it was just a slip of the mind

@alexandrugheorghe5610

3 жыл бұрын

@@InsidetheScore it's good enough. You're doing well. 🤜🏻🤛🏻🙌🏻✌🏻

In the Brahms vs. Tchaikovsky argument, it always seems that musician really love Brahms wereas for the listeners Tchaikovsky is so approachable in comparison. By this point in my life I have come around to Brahms (the symphonies, the concertos Iv'e been listenning to for years), and these videos have bridged them a great deal. They also make you understand why musicians love him so much.

@oibruv3889

3 жыл бұрын

No need for an argument, both are fantastic, and chances are we have time to listen to most of both

The best Brahms symphony to top it off. One of the best symphonies of all too.

Bro i think you should do the Mozart's requiem

@AnnaKhomichkoPianist

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that would be THE thing

Brahm's 4th is a true masterpiece. Sibelius is my favorite symphonist of all time, but there is relatively little commentary on his work. Perhaps Inside the Score could analyze one of his 7 symphonies?

I love your channel. I am delighted that we can have continuing education in music appreciation without sitting in a stuffy classroom. Keep it up!

Would love to hear you about Tschaikowsky 1st, 4th-6th

@AnnaKhomichkoPianist

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Especially 5th

I love your passion, I used to listen to 4th Brahms after coming back from work 2-3 years ago.

Wish you made these longer! Excellent work

Nice to be reminded how much I love this symphony.

It would be excellent with some Bruckner next, in order to experience the greatest Codi (Codas?) ever written!

I love the channel, and I'd love to have more of those symphonic deep dives like you posted on Spotify in years past! Thanks for breaking things down for everyone

Wow just finished watching all these videos, amazing music and history! Hope you consider doing Mahler’s symphonies in the future!

A really nice series! I´d like to see Sibelius´ and Bruckner´s symphonies next!

@firzaakbarpanjaitan9408

3 жыл бұрын

Oh definitely Bruckner. Pretty pleaseee?

Nice, I have been waiting for this. :)

That is one killer 4th movement!

Thank you for a wonderful, informative and ... entertaining explanation of my Favorite symphony by my Favorite composer!

I love especially the celli in the second subject of the first movement. It is just so sublime! I can only recommend the recording of Karajan. Just otherworldly and sublime! Hopefully our generation understands the beauty of classical music and preserves it well enough, your channel definitely helps in falling in love with it!

I am doing this symphony right now in music theory!!

Great video, If you're feeling up it I'd love to see these Quick Guides on Schubert's Symphonies.

@laurencestaiff7338

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I second that! Schubert is such an interesting composer

I have happy memories of listening to my father's CFP records of all the Brahms symphonies (Hallé conducted by James Loughran) in the 70's. No.4 is probably my favourite and the Kleiber recording is great.

We are eager to see a Schubert video!

Best piece of all times...

Could you do some Christmas classics someday? You’re so good at breaking down music and making it easy to understand. I wish I’d had these guides in my life when I took intro to listening in college.

After seeing your previous analysis on Brahms Symphonies, I waited with such a longing this that I cannot give you to much thanks for this brilliant analysis on his Fourth. Nevertheless, I just can say Thanks a lot for your effort on clearificate whats happen on this marvelous and astonishing masterpiece.

I think it's probably the finest of his set. It's very serious, passionate and personal. I wish conductors would play the second movement slower (but that's my personal preference)

Lovely horn calls in the exposition of 1

For next cycle of symphonies, may i suggest Rachmaninoff? Another i would love is Shosty's 5,7,8,10,11, and 15.

@dap4699

3 жыл бұрын

Sibelius and Mahler would be great also.

Great video! I just listened to this symphony today, now I can't wait to listen to it again. What's next? Tchaikovsky maybe?

@AnnaKhomichkoPianist

3 жыл бұрын

We will see 😊

Mahler symphonies next please!

@dannysampson615

3 жыл бұрын

I second that! Maybe throw in Bruckner too

Great job! This is awesome! It's not very easy to find online real explanations on what's going on inside the piece (themes, modulations, etc.). One thing I would like to ask is the differences between the themes and subjects - honestly I got a little lost when you were talking about the main theme and then the second subject. If you are taking suggestions, please do the New World Symphony :)

If you plan on doing more of these, you should do the Schubert symphonies.

Oh, l feel like l've waited an age for this.

Can you also make a quick guides for Mahler symphonies? That would be much appreciated.

I can't remember who said this, but in commenting on this symphony he said "In the presence of such genius, we must bow our heads in awe." Amen.

By any chance you can make an analyse on the famous violin chaconne by Bach? These great video is great 💖💖💖

It would be interesting if you took Nielsen's fabulous six symphonies at some point.

I've long thought the three greatest symphonies are Beethoven 3, Schubert 9 and Brahms 4.

@watutman

3 жыл бұрын

@@modernclassicalmusic8942 Yes I love Schumann 2 and 3

Shubert next?

Is this the Kleiber recording? If it is It sounded way more dimensional than the same recording on Apple Music

Love your analysis. Thank you. Take a listen to a new release I absolutely love: Manfred Honeck (conductor), Brahms #4, Reference Recordings, FR-744SACD. Release date: 10/22/2021.

The first two chords of shympony 4 is eaxcatly the same start as Mendelssohn s op 103.

I'm searching for some material, but until couldn´t find, what is a "grim Cadence"?

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Can we talk about that the second subject of the first movement sounds like a tango?!?

@FreakieFan

3 жыл бұрын

Bernstein called that section a “mad german tango”

Minor IV-I sounds so devastating,as in the ending of the first movement.absolutely devoid of hope 😢

Maybe as a “break” Berlioz S. Fantastique?

07:58

Do Schubert all the way to Philip Glass !

Wait! My form teacher said the 4th movement is a chaconne?!?! I even brought up it being a passacaglia but she said it isn't. The first 8 bars are a straight up chaconne, or are they both? Someone plz respond cuz I love this movement and I see both pass and chac in the score 😭

@Cherodar

3 жыл бұрын

Chaconne and passacaglia are often treated as more or less interchangeable terms. But when they are differentiated, an important characteristic of the chaconne is its starting on beat 2, which Brahms doesn't. Your form teacher is incorrect. I wouldn't say it's wrong to call the movement a chaconne, but it's definitely wrong to deny that it's a passacaglia. The thing you often hear about a chaconne being based on a chord progression while a passacaglia is based on a melody line is untrue and unhelpful.

@Enrobdoolb

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cherodar ok, follow up question because I've read so many books on this piece and I'm still a bit confused. Source: "the victor book of symphonies" (Charles O'Connell), says it's Passacaglia EDIT: Pages 131 - 133 Source: "Norton anthology of western music 7th edition" (J. Peter Burkholder & Claude V. Palisca), says it's chaconne EDIT: Pages 943 - 976 WTF 🥴😀😀🥴😀🥴😀🥴😀 but thank you for responding!!! I was hoping someone could explain, but as of the moment, I still can't decide cuz my professor and other form professors have said this is a chaconne 🥴🥴🥴

@Cherodar

3 жыл бұрын

@@Enrobdoolb Well, it seems you've discovered that there is no clear answer! The textbooks don't agree, the professors don't agree. Some things are like that!

@Cherodar

3 жыл бұрын

@@Enrobdoolb You're welcome! Remember: if something seems like it doesn't quite add up, good chance it genuinely doesn't.

@bencostello7435

2 жыл бұрын

The terms for all intents and purposes are interchangeable, but Brahms preferred Chaconne.

I might have missed it. Why is Beethoven's Fourth pointed out at the beginning?

@willsober7161

3 жыл бұрын

He said it in somebody else's comment, it was a mistake, the info after is still for brahms tho

@BillDeef

3 жыл бұрын

@@willsober7161 Thanks.

For me the finale is just a set of variations, like Beethoven's Eroica. I don't see how it's a passacaglia or a chaconne. Did Brahms himself call it either? (If he did, I concede the point. Who am I to argue with Brahms?)

@bencostello7435

2 жыл бұрын

It's certainly a passacaglia/chaconne and not a theme and variations. Moreover, there is a macrostructure of something "sonata-ish"

Anyone notice the mistake in the intro that says Beethoven instead of brahms

Primephonic are the only ads I get on these videos.

I like passacaglias. Especially Händel kzread.info/dash/bejne/f4Vs1diGY7afpJM.html (even the modern interpretation by Halvorsen) and H.I.F. Biber kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZuXtJNxY8mel6Q.html I hope to see some more about baroque music on this channel in the future. It's so underrated these days.

Why don’t you analyze Schubert’s symphonies?

0:08 BEETHOVEN??????😅

So, why Beethoven?😊 (0:09)

* Sonata = Per sonare * * Cantata = Per cantare *

E F# G A A#! B D# E Most intense note (A#) is on Golden ratio (5/8)

I can hear on this how much brahms was inspired by J.H.Schein (1586-1630)

@ErikaM683

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Do you have a specific work(s) in mind?

@yeah8598

3 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaM683 yes.Banchetto Musicale

@yeah8598

3 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaM683 the start of the mvt.2 is the one that most remenbers me it.

@ErikaM683

3 жыл бұрын

@@yeah8598 thanks for the quick answer. :)

Ah, yes, the Contrabassoon concerto

It's not how passacaglia is pronounced. "Passagalia"?

@ric5963

3 жыл бұрын

gli in Italian is not pronounced separately

@Alexagrigorieff

3 жыл бұрын

@@ric5963 That part he got right. "lia". But it's "passacalia, not "passagalia".

A weird pronunciation of “passacaglia”! (By weird I mean WRONG.)

@thinkOfMeAsAClassicalMusician

2 ай бұрын

Hahahaha so mean

Who else came here because of Yes?

oh, so *that's* how you pronounce passacaglia

@Cherodar

3 жыл бұрын

It's not, really! The C should sound like a K, not a G.

The narrator does'nt seem to connect with the narrative. That extra effort brings out the fact that he is merely reading it from a book.

@johannesbrahms3322

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you think that it is read from a book? Oscar is a very engaging speaker, maybe that's what you are referring to with "extra effort". But let me assure you, he always talks like this in his videos.