00:00 A brief overview of the composer 03:44 Making of the arrangement of Happy Birthday in the Style of Ravel 09:22 Performance practices related to Ravel's music 12:04 Performance of Happy Birthday in the Style of Ravel
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You know what I love about Ravel? The fact that he doesn't waste a single note, sometimes he leaves gaps in melodic lines that can be left up to interpretation but they're not missed because another melody fills in, it's crazy efficient
@@NahreSol Congrats on another successful and delighting video, Nahre! If you happen to see this, please consider doing another one of these on Poulenc, since it bears resemblance to some composers you've talked about, and fits your description of child-like and charming (see for example his novelettes, composed for children).
Really impressive. Ravel is such a hard composer to get around, his music is so deep and his influences so wide, and yet he sounds like no other composer. To be able to reproduce his distinctive, yet very subtle style shows how much Nahre is great at what she does.
The part where you discussed the types of ideas Ravel uses; nostalgic, sweet, longing, BUBBLES, etc This quite possibly the most accurate explanation of Ravel I've ever heard. He is my favorite composer by far, and I have struggled for years to describe him as well as you did in this video! Thank you!!
I love Ravel's music so much. Easily in my top 3 composers, probably my favourite actually... His "Tombeau de Couperin" orchestrated is, to me, one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever left for us to play...
Incredible breakdown. I've never seen such an intricate, well thoughtout deconstruction and re-imagination. Glad i've found your channel - Thomas Frank gave you a shoutout in one of his videos, but i've only come around to check you out now. This video is such a delight. Oh yeah ... the piece sounds beautiful.
I love all the analogies you made about his music, especially that oddly specific child's tale and the fantastic "flower inside of a block of ice" metaphor. The child-like quality, the watery shapes, the icy floors and the yearning feeling, i hear all of that in your arrangement. Very well done Nahre!
This is outrageously good. The way you describe musical texture with visual spacial language is how I tend to think as well. Some of this felt a bit like Amy Cheney Beach. 5/5
Hey Nahre, you probably won't see this, but you've been such an inspiration to me. I adore your videos, they teach me so much and I don't feel stupid or overwhelmed watching them. That's due a lot to your clever editing and captions, I love your style and I hope you keep making vids in this format. I legit get so excited when you upload, thank you for taking time out of your day to create stuff for us :) stay safe!
ravel is my all time favorite composer, and i’ve listened to his piano works a million times, so this was really interesting to listen to. i felt like i could hear which piece each section was borrowing from. for example, i felt like i could hear a lot of sonatine III - Animé and Ondine throughout. super cool to hear my favorite composer broken down and imitated so exactly!
I'm honestly impressed! Ravel had a really singular touch (that's what make him my favourite composer), which makes him really hard to imitate, and you've succeed so well! I wanted to know if there were a sheet music?
I have been listening to Ravel for three decades and think he is shockingly underrated. (Maybe if he hadn't composed Bolero critics would be more comfortable with him.) You did a beautiful job here and your comments as you were working were great -- you captured the tension between emotion and disciplined reserve that make Ravel so special.
Maurice has been my favorite composer for a while now. I think you have the interpretation right on the nose. It always amazed me how dreamy yet organized his compositions sound.
ravel’s taste in orchestration is phenomenal..one of the greatest and rich. and his piano music is just marvellous. all his piano pieces are composed thinking all the instruments and his musical writing is beautiful to watch. in piano music after him there is only messiaen
I love Ravel, and as a composer myself I always tried to capture the structural elements of his compostions in order to build my own repertoire. By watching your video, I saw that many of his characteristics are rather subjective, and are described by "poetry-like wording" ("delicate flower in a block of ice"). I also used to think like that, and seeing you having a similar thinking is interesting for me as a composer as well. Great video, btw! Always like those!
As someone who appreciates music, and who sometimes messes around with music too, this dissection and amalgamation process of yours amazes me every time. I think some version of this series of yours should be offered as a for-credit course for listeners and composers alike.
Yes! my absolute favorite youtube series returns! nothing inspires me like these videos, getting the grips on the small but important differances or varitations that give composers their signature musical voice. i hope you never stop making these
Ravel is probably my favourite composer, for many of the reasons you've mentioned. Tone colour, lyrical melody and sublime orchestration. If you know the novel Le Grand Mealne by Alain Fournier, then you need no other story. Alan Fournier died in WW1 and Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin is dedicated to friends who died in that war. His music is a fit for that novel. The novel, short, is well worth investing some time in.
Emini 100. Ivo! Yes, my favorite interpretation of Ondine. He takes more expressive rythmic liberties with it than others. Enchanting as Ondine herself.
Emimi100. Ivo's Scarbo, if it's from the same performance that I think you mean is the most brutally executed reading of this masterpiece. He literally beats the piano into submission to his artistic will. This recording is of ivo in his prime. Positively superhuman. And Ravel's composition..not a another piece of piano music like it. It's actually metaphysically scary as hell. Like it's from a fever induced nightmare of the faceless human form shadow person (Scarbo, the boogy man) in the long black trenchcoat and wide brimmed hat, that we've all seen or felt as children. I saw him, Scarbo, many times when in a fever dream as a child.
It is a delight to see you and watch your workshop construction of a piece. Ravel called himself a watchmaker and loved watches. You have a privileged brain and are so brilliant! 👏🏼👏🏼🌹🌹✨✨👍👍
>Ravel's music makes me imagine a children's story, perhaps about a group of friends, maybe a nostalgic french person, a shy jazz musician and a spanish dancer, all traveling on an asian wooden boat to cross a river to enter a medieval castle where they come across a carnival and all get lost, but then find a village of people huddled around a campfire, that served them warm soup. this is the best description of Ravel's music that I've heard :D
Yo, this is truly amazing. Such an intelligent breakdown and stunning composition. Ravel is my favorite composer, you left me speechless. I wish you would make a video on how to sound like Alexander Scriabin (his later pieces). Anyway, just found out about this channel, I feel like someone just handed me a piece of gold, thank you :)
Here's a comment to boost your stats. I LOVE how much effort you put into editing these videos. They're overflowing with so much information. They're so comprehensive and flow together really well. I don't have a background in music but I still enjoy your videos very much because your videos are so friendly. Especially your use of metaphors. the playing was beautiful.
Hi Nahre, love this video! I always look forward to learning more about composers' compositional styles and lives through your "how to sound like" videos. Would you consider doing a video on Gyorgy Ligeti?
Wow. That was absolutely gorgeous. I don't know how you're always able to capture the feel of the artist but it's seriously impressive. Also, I love how you continually improve these videos. I especially like the voiceover at the beginning and end (don't know if you got a new mic or not but it sounds great!). Oh and the balance between complex explanation and simple explanation was a really nice touch. I always look forward to these videos!
Nahre, this is a great work!! I love how you brought us into your headspace during the composition- your commentary, the visuals, the camera work-- all superb! Thank you
I love Ravel music. My favourite piece is the adagio from the concert in G major for piano and orchestra. It is one of the most beautiful piece i have heard. What do you think? :)
@@delko000 Oui, même s'ils se sont brouillés quelques années avant la mort de Debussy, ce que Satie regrettera jusqu'à la fin de sa vie. Satie avait fini par se brouiller avec Ravel aussi, du reste.
Thanks for humbling me . Just when I think I'm such a good amateur composer in a millisecond you can change textures and seem to know instinctively how and with an excellent sense of judgement can nudge this way or that . Wow ! You have so much ! I must be repeating myself in my music . You articulate the pros and cons so well of what you're doing . I know all of miroirs except alborada and studied ondine and Le gibet, the Sonatine but I'm not a good pianist but I can tell you'knowwhat's happening and why in music . Your taste and judgement . I want to hear your orchestrations , chamber music everything . U also make an electronic instrument sound with a variety of tonal resource I dont think I can manage on a piano ! All those voicings and everything so clear . You're an excellent pianist . I hear so many pianists who only seem to have a p and mp ,and f. Wow! Thanks for reminding me there are tens of thousands studying at Curtis , Julliard , Bloomington, U.C.L.A . But if everyone has these skills then who wins Grawemeyer Schonberg and Lincoln Ctr. prizes . I subscribed a long time ago but now I want to hear everything you have to say about composition. One question. Is counterpoint really going to give my composition something . I already know rhyming in texture , voice-I already know it's a mute question. The mountain we all must climb .
Awesome video as always. Ravel's distinctive sound and sheer technicality makes it a tough take. A few observations. 1) The concreteness or togetherness of his music is deeply rooted in the classical form championed by Mozart. 2) The "hooks" in his music are largely Mozartian or Schumannesque. Meanwhile, 3) Chopin's pianism cam to manifest itself in more sentimental pieces in his repertoire. 4) To overcome mushiness, you could always apply dissonance particularly of sarcastic or mischievous nature, something Debussy hesitates to do but Ravel does with great liberty. 5) His incredibly small oeuvre seems to suggest that it is extreme deliberation rather than "careless" improvisation which defines his compositional process. Once again, thank you for creating this beautiful video!
Usually it's ready by the time it says "Finished processing" but for some reason it's not switching yet. Sorry about that, maybe check back in a bit! :D
I recall having read recently that RU-vid decided to reduce the bandwidth of videos to face the increasing traffic from people stuck at home and binging the Internet all around the world... At least in Europe. Quick check: try and see another video which you know is HD, see if it still is.
That was fantastic! Ravel is probably my favorite 'classical' composer, and you pretty much nailed why. 'Jeux d'eau' is my favorite piece of his, and I found some bits of your arrangement reminiscent of that one
I've waited for this since you first uploaded your "composing in style of" series. I really like this. Excited to watch this video! Also, stay strong! ❤️❤️