Usually I don't subscribe channels of video reaction, but I've done an exception now, because the intensity of your reactions looks so authentic, deep, sweet and humble that looking at you reacting to classical and opera music makes me feel as if I was listening too at those music and songs for the first time.
I grew up with this type of music and am now in my seventies. I sometimes wish I could hear certain pieces by the masters, such as Mozart, for the first time. That isn't possible, but I can live vicariously through this young man.
As a former music major, I’m now a retired 66 year old IT guy. It does my heart good to see a young man enjoying great music! You have a wonderful spirit! God Bless you sir!
Weird ... I'm also a former music major ... B.M.E. with trumpet as major, then switched to bass trombone in '96. Started in IT as 1st level support and SysAdmin with Apple and MS certification. Retired in 2015. Am now 68. It's such a pleasure watching someone hear Mozart for the first time and ... "get it". It IS what music is all about. You're absolutely right. Wish everyone could "get" Mozart ...
I studied the clarinet in university, worked as a musician and played the mozart requiem lots of times as it's performed nearly every day in Vienna :-) I am now working as a Tech Writer in an IT company :-) what are the odds
As someone with a masters degree in music, who’s taught at the college level... it is such a joy to watch you experiencing Mozart. I beg and plead with my students to drop their guard, stop thinking, and FEEL the music the way you do. The joy, the despair, the heartache, the pain, the valor, the courage, the desperation, the anguish, the lust... it’s all there. Every human emotion painted out like a sonic movie. It brought me great joy to see you letting it wash over you. You’re very fortunate that you’re so open and willing. Not everybody is. Thanks for reminding us all what it’s really all about.
I have three brothers and a sister and they as well as my parents have NO interest in music. It KILLS me! We didn't listen to music while growing up so the only exposure I had was on the bus, at the skating rink, and at the bowling alley. I missed SO much!
@@ThePinkDragon Well, it turned out to be the last completed work of Mozart,but strictly speaking it wasn't HIS Requiem.It was commissioned by a Count Franz von Walsegg on the death of his 20 year old wife.Mozart died before it could be completed,it was finished by his pupilFranz Xaver Süssmayr. There is still some dispute among Mozart scholars as to exactly where Mozart stopped and Sussmayr carried on.
@@Eristhenes how the hell did this guy even think this. how can you come up with just the perfect notes. I have heard the the lacrimosa part since i was 7 and at my 40's it still gives me chills.
If you ever get a chance, watch the movie "Amadeus" about Mozart. He was an interesting GENIUS! There are a few clips from the movie on youtube, check them out!
Yes! Yes! Yes! “ Here again was the very Voice of God! I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink- strokes at an absolute beauty. [he drops the pages].”
The cartoons made me fall in love with classical music.The Rabbit of Seville is so funny. My parents don’t appreciate this sort of music. In fact they can’t stand it. My dad would tell me to turn down that #*!+
@Judi Dipillo I don't think that those cartoons were made for children. Children do not get all of the adult humor spouted by Foghorn Leghorn or the witticisms of Bugs Bunny.
I once heard, on one stage, 800 people sing a classical piece. I almost wept. Sharing music is showing another person part of your soul, see this is what touches me.
800? Pifle. Try 10.ooo singing Beethoven .... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X6s6YKlTpfw.html Or 7.ooo trumpets in one place ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JL38A57vnoE.html
I LOVE this! I just happened upon this. I am a 64 year old white male and a professional cellist. I have played this piece. I was raised in a family that was ok with classical music and fostered my cello career, so I've been exposed to much classical music. However, I think I've felt it more deeply than any of my family members, and indeed, many of my fellow musicians. Music like this feeds my soul. Your reaction to the Requiem probably mirrors my first reaction to it. I am SO happy to see a man (or really anybody) who didn't grow up with classical music be affected in such a profound way. I can't wait to check out your reaction to opera (another of my passions). I have some good friends who are not schooled in classical music, and when I try to play them any opera pieces they just shut down and refuse to be open to the possibility that they would be moved by the music. THANK YOU for making this video and for your willingness and courage to be open about emotions, learning something new, being vulnerable, and sharing your feelings with the world. This proves that music can be universal. By the way, I enjoy all types of music (well maybe not acid rock, heavy metal, and some awful avant garde classical crap) including pop, rock, rap, r&b, jazz, hip hop, folk, country, and etc.
This music and Mozart in particular has been bringing peace to people for 400 years. I'm 77 and still get chills when hearing the Requiem. Enjoy the peace. My heart is warmed seeing the great music wash over you.
I sang this in a church choir over 30 years ago. What I remember most was that, unlike with any other composer, I would never be tired after rehearsal. I was always energized.
every 5th of december this gets played in vienna at the cathedral. nuff said. this is and will forever be the most perfect and touching piece of music ever written
@@mhkec2550 Actually, they both said Händel was their favourite composer. Beethoven cried when he received the first edition of Händel´s complete ouvre in his deathbed: Ferdinand Ries, who was Beethoven's friend and student wrote: "Of all composers, Beethoven valued Mozart and Handel most highly, then J. S. Bach. ... Whenever I found him with music in his hands, or saw some lying on his desk, it was certain to be a composition by one of these idols."
Mozart, wow what a genius, indeed! Requiem, this one always kicks my butt. You can really feel like someone died and approaches heaven. He did a great job writing this. So cool to watch someone else feel it too. You listen to it build. You close your eyes. The music is over and you open your eyes, and for a second - you are surprised you are not in heaven.
Mozart has such a profound effect on anyone who listens to his music. Listening to his music can bring out such emotion. I am completely devoted to his music. Thankfully I have been blessed by being able to visit Salzburg and Vienna and to visit both homes he lived in. Coming face to face with his death mask made me feel so sad. Mozart was an incredible man who died way too young. Listen to " Tu Virginium Corona". It is music from heaven in my mind, and it is, of course, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Mozart would appreciate what you had to say about his genius. I could see you "feel" the music getting those goosebumps. Bless you young man. This 66 year old lady cares how you are and what you are doing. Keep listening and sharing. My best to you. Peace.
Your reactions have inspired me to go back and listen to some of my favorites. One I'd like to share with you is Beethoven's 9th Symphony. IMHO, some of the most amazing music ever written. The back story makes it even more phenomenal because, by the time the symphony was finished, Beethoven had become almost completely deaf. So, this incredible piece of music was composed by someone who would never really be able to hear it performed. Please treat yourself and give it a listen...and let us watch as you react ;-) Love the channel.
there's a reason he's hailed as a master of classical music; 9 times out of 10 when i hear something phenomenal on classical radio, the announcer comes on and says "that was mozart's..." :)
I would love to see your reaction to Ravel’s Bolero. The story of the piece is that two young lovers who cannot be together decide to commit suicide by climbing a volcano and throwing themselves in. The music builds and builds up to the climax and is very powerful. I think that you will like it.
Its sad that composers such as Mozart Schubert, Mendelssohn, Henry purcell, Chopin died at young ages in their 30s. What would have happened if they lived longer enough, what legacies they left at such young ages. Or even imagine what they must have thought before their last breath? Many may have not realised the legacy they left behind. Like speaking of Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn died at the age of 38 having strokes and being sick and weary. However if that's not sad enough, his elder sister, Fanny Mendelssohn was considered more skilled than her brother, unfortunately she never got really famous or her works were overlooked based on the masculinity in the classical world during the time. Women composers were never as famous like than the men during the time. Even her brother tried to publish her works but unfortunately he failed. Fanny Mendelssohn is now considered one of the greatest women composers of all time. Only after a lot of decades or even few centuries we realised what a gem of a composer she was. Like her there may have been so many composers we may never know about who are overlooked or unknown whose works are yet to be discovered in this day and age to realise what geniuses they were. There are so many who die at an age without realising what legacies they left behind. Only time will tell
@@yashbspianoandcompositions1042 Back then the average life span was around 40 so it wasn't as unexpected to die young then as now. If only they could come back.
@@ellenbacklin Here is what he wrote at the age of 5 --- for your listening pleasure!! www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/first-composition-minuet-trio
The time that we call the Age of Classical Music is beyond amazing. So many brilliant minds wrote and/or performed such a wide breadth of musical art. The music from this one-hundred-year period in the 19th Century, to me, had layers and texture. Now you will notice after doing these reactions just how often classical music has been used in movies, television, and cable shows. Classical music can make your heart and soul SOAR!
The thing with this type of music is that it telegraphs where its going, so you anticipate it... The suspense is the journey, and the note your body waits for is the peace of the arrival.
I’m a music teacher and violinist and your reaction to this has brought such joy to my ❤️. Mozart has been a favorite since I was in HS. Every HS girl in the 80’s: Madonna Me: The Carpenters and Mozart 😂 There are MANY great classical suggestions already in the comments, but I’ll still give mine. Rachmaninov’s Bogoroditse Devo - part of a larger choral work in Russian. It’s only 3 minutes and I get chills every single time....and then I play over and over since it’s so short, simply glorious. Also Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings.... it is so beautiful, so moving, so emotional. Edit: I almost forgot!! Mozart’s Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute....like nothing else!
Classical music is a gift. It’s the first platform of music that still lives hundreds of years later. This is the power of the purity and appreciation of music.
My husband and I have done this complete work with choir and orchestra. Took me 3 months to learn the alto part. It is so intense and beautiful. To sing any of the choral works done by the masters of music is a great honor. You are loved!
That energy you speak of is feeling music down to your soul. Classical Music was European soul music-- deeply felt, highly revered, and evidence that we are God-created.
The first time I really listened to Mozart everything changed. I was a Rock fan from listening to Dion when i was 12. At about 30yrs old I started listening to Mozart. I think I cried, and I never cry, but the music, the music.
Yes he didn't finished it and a legend says that nobody knows who this requiem was for the legend says all so that his rival wanted it and because Mozart was so ill and had so mutch to to with other work and he died the legend says that his rival wanted it to be the requiem for Mozarts death mozart never had a real grave because he was poor and had no money for a grave so he was buried in a hole and the mystery person then told that re wrote rhe requiem himself if that legend is true than we will never find out who requested this requiem and for who was it for
@@delfinreiterin4037 Count Franz Walsegg-Stuppach commissioned Mozart to write the Requiem for his recently deceased wife. Walsegg-Stuppach intended to pass the Requiem off as his composition. But as you mentioned, Mozart died before the Requiem was completed. It is believed that Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who scribed for Mozart and had heard him "singing" the ideas for Lacrymosa, the final part to the Requiem, prior to his death, finished the Requiem.
@@learntocrochet1 Mozart's wife Constanze fought with Walsegg-Stuppach to give credit to Mozart for the composition. The Count had wanted to present it as his own work.
The entire requiem is almost an hour long. I'd recommend listenening to a full performance someday. If you're prepared to go deeper, you should try Symphony No. 2 by Mahler (also known as the Resurrection Symphony).
Two pieces that stir my soul are Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” and the sextet (six singers) from Donizetti’s opera “Lucia de Lammermoor.” The beauty just grips me. You are a dear! Keep finding beauty...it’s out there.
If you love Agnes Dei, Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber then you have to listen to the choral version from E Higginbottom, New College Choir Oxford, just beautiful
I love your reactions to classical music. I really think you’d enjoy the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Parts of it are like getting a glimpse of heaven. What’s hard to imagine is that it was written when he was totally deaf.
Like you, I appreciate so many different types of music: everything from Mozart to Billie Holiday and The Beatles. Music touches the soul like nothing else can.
James, This is why I love you. How many 25-year-olds love this kind of music not only loves it but feels it and appreciates it? Whatever you’re going through just keep going keep going keep going and don’t ever give up on your dreams God bless you!
So many fabulous composers out there, but nothing compares to Mozart! Watching you react to this just melts my heart, you are so sensitive to music and energy (Love your backdrop by the way!) If you're taking personal requests I would love to watch you react to the Flower Duet (Lakme)
Requiem is great, but why is everybody so impressed by Mozart in general? Was it that movie in the 1980s? To me, he is one of the more shallow and boring classical composers, although skilled.
I actually had tears in my eyes watching the music wash over you and touch your soul. It could be seen on your face. Joy, love, almost ecstacy like you had found something precious. You lit up from within and you started to smile. That was enough for me.
Mozart wrote some of his early music as a child. Powerful, beautiful, magnificent. I am so happy to see your joyful face as you listen. It touched your soul.
My dad's funeral music. He loved Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Puccini, and all the other great classical musicians. The gates of Heaven opening up. I grew up seeing my dad with headphones on in his music corner of the house. He died 2 years ago and I miss him so much. You are a genuine guy.
Amadeus is a great film as far as *movies* go, but many of the events presented in the film are highly fictionalized or entirely fabricated. Definitely take this one as a piece of entertainment rather than a factual biopic. Though the same can be said of most Hollywood films, I feel like Amadeus takes more liberties than most films.
I was raised with classical music and studied the piano for years. This Requiem is, to me, the most beautiful music ever written. I am now a 65 year old retiree. When i worked, I had to commute and especially in winter, when it was snowing and I was waiting for my ride to arrive, I had my Mozart's Requiem cassette tape in my walkman and I listened and watched the snow falling and I felt as if I was in heaven. I brought me peace then and it still does. I'm very happy to see you enjoying it just as much as I do :-)
Mozart is on another level. Something very special about him and his music. He tells a story with notes and melody. It was good to hear this (it's been many years since I listened to it).Glad this is bringing you happiness and light as well.
People know me mainly for being a metalhead, but I'm also a huge fan of classical, blues, soul and 80s music. Mozart is one of my favorite composers. His compositions are so powerful. You should read up on him! He was a musical prodigy. I played violin for 5 years in my youth. I hope you have an opportunity to check out a live symphony performance one of these days. There's nothing like it. Check out the film Amadeus. It's based on a play written about Mozart and his alleged rivalry with the Italian composer Salieri. F. Murray Abraham won an Oscar for playing Salieri. Amadeus swept the Oscars that year.
Mozart's Piano Concerto # 20 in D Minor - especially the 2nd movement. Written when Mozart was just 17, the piano echoes all of the roller coaster emotions a young man of 17 grapples with when it comes to the up's and down's of young love. The composition will leave your jaw on the floor.
The first time you ever reacted to Classical music I suggested you go see a live orchestra play. So many people posted comments agreeing with me & encouraging you to do so. You would truly enjoy watching how all the parts of an orchestra work together & how beautiful live sound is. James, do "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven & "Clair de Lune" by Debussey. Very famous, very popular, you might recognize them.💙
I think the physical vibrations you feel as an audience member in a live performance greatly enhances the experience. Seems to loosen something in the core of humans
You would probably appreciate both of the Walt Disney Fantasia movies. The visuals accompanying the music are captivating, and the music is stunning throughout both of them. If you have limited time, try to find a video of one of the songs from the first Fantasia: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by J. S. Bach. Always enjoy visiting with you!
Mozart brought a tiny fraction of heavenly music with him to share with the world. I love your reaction. You, dear beloved child of God, are like a perfect diamond in God's eyes. 💖
Good to see someone reacting to some amazing classical music. I hate when I hear others say they don't listen to something such as classical music because it's old. Far too many people need to realize, GOOD IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE. It can be a 230+ year old requiem mass by Mozart or the 53 year old "Are You Experienced" album by Jimi Hendrix. Good music is timeless.
Mozart Requiem is a piece of music that just gets you right down to your gut. It’s just about my favorite piece of choral music ever. And I love watching the vast array of reactions on your face: pain, love, awe, joy, sorrow, grief, etc. Your reactions are so pure, unfiltered, so true. Much love and thanks for sharing. ❤️🎼🎵🎶
Ok I’m in a RU-vid hole watching all of your reactions and I’m happy to be here. Subscribed after the second video I watched. Straight up to my favourite reactor. You are a beautiful human being James. I can see the music touch your soul in the same way it touches mine. I’ve finished a crappy day at work and this is lifting my spirits. Thanks x
I am happy to see you react to this wonderful music... a whole NEW world is waiting! This isn't the whole Requiem, though, just part of it.... the "dies irae", the part dealing with divine judgement and the "day of wrath". It's a burial-mass set to the liturgical Texts.
I love Mozart as much as you do now. Music will never be the same for you because this lifts the spirit and touches the heart. Rachel from far away South Africa.
Classical always feels like a big, deep, warm feather bed for my weary soul. It's such a pleasure to watch your face while listening to it. Never give up that sweet spirit, it's an unbelievable treasure.
Classical music never fails to calm me. When I was a child my grandfather would always listen to it in the car whilst driving us home, it was always nighttime so I’d just fall asleep to it. I used to call it monk music 😂
6:14 "I'm stuck." haha! Your expression was priceless! I just discovered your channel.. What an absolute JOY it is to watch someone discover classical music for the first time. Watching you close your eyes and letting the music wash over you, seeing how it has affected you to the very marrow of your bones...THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you for being open to new music, and for being vulnerable...for allowing us in on your soul reaction to the beauty of classical in general, and Mozart specifically. "Requiem" is my favorite suite of music by Mozart. I'm so happy for you that you've discovered it! If you want to see a great movie filled with all the best of Mozart music (most notably the "Requiem Mass"), I highly recommend "Amadeus." Or just listen to the soundtrack. It will all blow your mind!
I love the Mozart requiem and have had the pleasure of singing it a few times with orchestra. A totally emotional experience. Mozart was truly a gift from God.
I just love spending time listening to music with you. Thank you for doing what you do. I hope you discover more and more that lifts your spirit and gives you goosebumps. 🙂
I love your channel. The fact you have a very positive attitude n reaction to alllllll kinds/types of music from waaay back in the days, til now, is AMAZING & GENUINE. thank you. Gb you as you further your journey in music👍👍
I sang in my school choir many years ago! I miss it, and I want to get back into it. We never sang this, but we did Handel’s Messiah and Vivaldi’s Gloria. I got so much joy from it! Hopefully choirs can sing together again soon!
Watching your face....the look of complete peace that washed over your countenence.. as you let the music wash over your soul.. was perfection. It was as it should be. Bless you.
That amazing feeling is like a good high being in subspace. Enjoy it! You might also check out Luciano Pavarotti singing Nessun Dorma. It will rip your heart out. You don't even have to know Italian to feel the passion in the music.
Your are the most powerful statement I know of for why the arts should be free and available for everyone. And why they should be taught in schools. Long ago when I was young there was always Music Appreciation day where we learned about the composers and their music. We have an Art day where we not only learned to draw but heard about the great artists. Art and music are what makes our civilization and what touches us as humans. You are so beautiful in your reactions. Thank you so much for this.
ABSOLUTELY! Lacrimosa: the greatest part of Requiem, the greatest song in the history of music. It’s so good it’s a blessing & a curse, bc although I I love the whole song, I love Requiem SO MUCH MORE-like 50 x’s more-I rarely hear entire song, bc as my Amazon Alexa knows very well, I love Lacrimosa so much it’s like I’m also OBSESSED or ADDICTED to its’ epic magnificence to the point I can’t resist jumping right to it! Like any addict who needs a daily “fix” to either get high…until they eventually need it just to feel normal & get thru the day, so yes, I admit it, I regularly/STRAIGHT UP ASK ALEXA: play REQUIEM LACRIMOSA!!😳😵😰🤫🤩🥵🤯😱😢😪😭🥹❤️👍🥰🤘👏🥺🥹
By the way, Freddie Mercury’s most used engineer and friend, Mack, said Freddie watched the movie “ Amadeus” over and over and told him he feared his death would be similar, dying young after being a composer/musician and body simply thrown into a ditch at death.
Wow, I've never heard that! That's so sad! It's sad that two of those three things came to pass for him, but fortunately, his body was not treated with the same disregard (nor, in fact, was Mozart's).
I once spoke with Lex de Azevedo, who was a Hollywood movie composer. One day, he said he sat down to listen to this for the first time; that day he swore off movies, and devoted his life to writing spiritual music.
