As a listener, I don't know if my brain would be able to handle that. I would need to listen to something like Messiaen afterwards or, at the very least, Stravinsky to help cleanse my auditory palette.
terrifying. you can feel the desperate confusion and panic they felt that day. absolute hysteria in the face of something that should not exist obliterating and disfiguring the people and the earth permanently. an unnatural force incomprehensible in its magnitude and destruction, that inspires not awe but pure fear of the unknown.
@@Professor1789It was NOT the emperor BUT the military officers, especially Hideki Tojo who forced to continue the war.; he used emperor's name to controll Japanese people's mind at the time of WWII; that is a basic knowledge in Japanese history. (I am by no means a nationalist or a royalist,) And most of teenagers know about this. Have you ever been to Hiroshima and talked to them? I recommend you to research thoroughly, since your motivation seems very good, but the prejudice and the assumption are blocking your way.. .if you would like to be a real educator, just as Dr. Edward Said emphasised in his Orientalism, when you speak about other culture, do the thorough research, try to go deep into the culture itself. please. Nevertheless, Penderecki was a great composer, RIP
Sorry, dude, but that's horseshit. This piece was originally not written having the victims of Hiroshima in mind and it was called 8'37". Penderecki renamed it before showing it to the public outside of Poland.
@@kakadu2004 But only if the book is in the fiction section. Most of what this person wrote is provably false and can be cross-checked by reading research articles and journals by actual historians.
Check out the version of Henryk Gorecki Symphony 3 that Penderecki conducted exactly a year before his death with Beth Gibbons of Portishead and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Probably the most beautiful composition/recording I know.
I wrote a final paper on Penderecki and this piece my senior year in college. I was extremely fortunate to be able to find a copy of the score at my university's library. As someone who was not overly familiar with avant-garde music, this score totally blew my mind.
This animated score really helped my analysis on the piece for my composition class because it showed exactly when things were occurring. Thanks for being awesome!
This piece of music (and other pieces such as Polymorph and Dream of Jacob) is one of the most terrifying pieces of music I've ever had the pleasure to hear. the part at 2:50 to 4:45 is perhaps the most frightening part. Its filled with such an empty feeling of space. The high sustain notes contrasting with the lower sustain notes give this dark atmosphere that slowly drives you into madness or some other form of discomfort. It's an amazing contrast from the chaos ridden introduction. Now, to be honest he never intended (at least from my knowledge) for his pieces to be terrifying, but by Odin did he succeed.
I believe that is intended to represent the detonation of the bomb. It's so startling and sudden. It puts you in the mindset of those victims - you are going about your daily life or whatever and then suddenly you are thrust into absolute, unthinkable terror that you can't even begin to comprehend.
As a child I listened to the Houston Symphony Orchestra, under Andre Previn, play this piece in the late 1960's. It held fascination I could not describe. Now I can much better appreciate the piece and its complexity by viewing the score and focused portions as it is being played. Thanks for sharing this video!
I can't imagine how long it took you to do this but it is SO appreciated. I studied this work at university and it was much more difficult to follow the score without your marvellous annotations. What a stunning piece and again, thank you. With all good wishes.
Musica super vanguardista de alto voltaje, dónde la imaginación va caminando hacia muchos caminos distíntos, a veces tenebrosos y otros muy gerreros. En cuanto al solfeo, para mi, imposible de seguir. Pienso que sustituir la melodía y variantes del post-romanticismo va a ser una tarea muy dificil, aunque no imposible.
There are only two types of classical music: a) nostalgic / historic music, which is a music written up to the day before yesterday. And b) music (like this one) that has it's own new vocabulary and grammar and reflects the lives we're busy living NOW!🥣😎🍷🍓😀🏺
This was actually painful to listen to - not that it is not good, but that it viscerally hurts on a psychological and emotional level to hear this. I've never had music do that to me before.
check out "Quartet for the End of Time" by Olivier Messiaen. Written for prisoner string quartet in a German prison camp for British and French officers. The last movement will cause you to weep.
This is the most intense piece of music I've ever heard. Every hair on my body is standing on end. It actually hurts, but I couldn't stop listening. Holy fuck.
I swear at 8:20 you could seriously hear voices, is that just me? Wonderful piece and very interesting notation though this is by far one of the best recordings and animations on this piece. This thing gave me serious chills.
Discovering this piece changed my perception on what music could be. Finding this excellent video was like finding the holy grail of all score videos. Rest in peace.
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As a music student, this animation is a great aid. Thank you!!
Originally written as an etude and titled 8'37" in dedication to John Cage. Penderecki changed the title to submit to the UNESCO International Composition Jury competition, which the piece won in 1961. The power of context. ;)
Honestly the quiet parts hit me more than the chaotic parts. Like it makes me so sad. It feels almost wrong in a way. Absolutely sad piece of history. It makes me feel so scared to live in a society where this is even remotely possible. May all of those innocent lives rest in peace
Amazing piece that captures the horror of what happened in Hiroshima. The time it was composed is interesting too as the Cuban Missile Crisis happened a few years later - nuclear warfare was still a very real threat at the time it was written, and this could have been at least part of the inspiration to write this and dedicate it to the victims of Hiroshima.
"...the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization." - Emperor Hirohito
@@kil44ua43 you've must forgot war isn't a who does more crimes game, and that two atomic bombs aren't the same to soldiers killing peoples and lager experiments, two atomic bomb is pure power of evilness
@@kil44ua43 The German government perpetrated the Holocaust, the worst and most mechanised genocide in modern history, and even then, I think that dropping a nuclear bomb on Berlin would have been absolutely unconscionable. The second you punish civilians for the crimes of the state is the second you give in to absolute barbarism.
I suppose that must have been a pain in the ass to animate... But how on earth did this man manage to *actually write this*? And how the hell does one conduct an orchestra to *ACTUALLY PLAY IT?!* Just... wow...
Well it isn't conducted how normal somgs are. It's done by a timer, meaning the conductor uses a stop watch and the instruments have to line by seconds.
One really cool thing about this composer is that he “heard colors” so when he heard a sound he recognized it as a color. So his scores were actually very colorful.
I have known this piece for over 40 years. I think I have every version available on CD and one rare version on vinyl. And I once had the conductor's score as well. I have still yet to see this performed live in a concert hall in the SF Bay Area. I hope some group performs it here and I'll be able to see it in person in my lifetime.
*One of the great masterpieces of 20th century avant garde music.* *Fun Fact: Penderecki's original title for this piece was "8 :37". Upon hearing his own piece performed the first time, Penderecki renamed it to its rather more well known and infamous title we know and love.*
It's almost like the score is a piece of art in itself. And you did a wonderful job with animation. It certainly helped me appreciate this music much more.
I have always found this piece to be interesting, and exhausting. I'm grateful I was not one of the people who had to read the score. It's surprising how much more traditional he became in his later years, and some of that music is really beautiful. Kudos for the animation. Great job!
Thank you for the score-I've always wondered how some of the sounds are produced and this showed me. I love this piece and would love to use it in a film about the 2 attacks on Japan. The first few seconds of this sound like a sustained scream by hundreds of people, as if frozen in time just before detonation. "As if a thousand voices suddenly cried out in terror, or were suddenly silenced. I feel as if something terrible has happened."
This is the most visceral piece of music I've ever heard. I've actually avoided listening to it because of how traumatising it is. Despite that, it's the reason I love Penderecki: the raw viscerality of his music. No one else I've heard can match it. Rest in peace, Penderecki. Your music was and still is incredible.
This is a wonderful piece of music. The way that the sounds all come together really impart a sense of imminent doom and the world coming apart at the seams. If I ever have the option, I cannot pass up a chance to listen to this live.
The first time I listened to this, it actually scared me. I do like it, though. Still, if there's any song out there that I find scary, this is definitely it.
Penderecki sure knows how to make an atmosphere. Throughout the entire piece you can hear screams and explosions and whatnot; props to Penderecki for going where no other composer has ever gone.
@mezzodolce: I'm very glad you enjoyed it. Many years ago when my Theory Teacher passed out the sheet music I, too, was quite overwhelmed. I made it a goal to produce an animated version so that viewers, like you, could enjoy such intense, yet intriguing, contemporary compositions. I'm grateful for the feedback you've left. P.S. Please tell me your boyfriend is performing this piece in Southern California! I've been wanting to see it performed live for such a long time.
I attended a performance of this at the San Francisco Symphony back in 2015. I sat in the terrace seats behind the orchestra. It was fascinating to watch the conduct. MANY thanks for providing this animated score.
Wow, this is really something profound, great contemporary music, a depiction of a sick world, but within 10.000 years everything is new and fresh again. Yes.
@@robertwilliams4682 Or even better when stoned, but I do not recommend it with hallucinogens...but then again, 😉 who knows? Edit: I need to update my playlist, does someone have any actual recommendations to listen to when hungover? Inquiring minds...
You've done a tremendous job animating this score. Thanks for putting in all the time and effort - the result is so clear. It works well as a visual accompaniment when you're listening to the music or as a study aid. 10/10!
After listening to this, I listen to Bach's organ works. (Especially fugue) Bach's fugue heals people's hearts and brings peace to the world. Thank you gerubach.
Wow, what a piece! What a piece! Very interesting and thrilling music, and what a remarkable job you did with the animation! Not an easy task at all. Thank you for sharing and especially for making the other video explaining the notation.
The students in my Music Since 1900 class and I want to thank you for doing this animated score. You made it easy to follow, and I liked how you focused on various parts of the score. That was great! (Speaking as an American composer, though, someday, I intend to write a threnody for the victims of Pearl Harbor.)
It pleases me that your students were given the opportunity to see Penderecki's composition and that it helped you with your class. When you finish your compositions please let me know. I would like to hear your creation.
My music teacher showed me this after I told him about what I wanted to do for my song about the horrors of animal t**ting, and my nightmares and night terrors about them, being subject to experimentation myself. MASTERPIECE! I can draw a lot of inspiration from this!
I did an analysis of this years ago in college and made a scrolling score (long before RU-vid was around). You have done an awesome job of presenting each entry in the score. I love the zoom effect. Very nice.
Absolutely horrifying to listen to, but so important. I did not expect to so instantly understand the suffering of this traumatic event. I started crying within 60 seconds of this piece.
Thank you so much for making this video. I love Penderecki's music and his extended techniques. Please do more, maybe Polymorphia, Jacob's Dream, De Natura Sonaris I and II (I hear he composed a De Natura Sonaris III that hasn't been recorded yet!) His sonaristic period was something special and unique in all of music.
ASOMBROSO! Siempre he admirado esta pieza.... y esta animación ayuda a comprender la complejidad de su composición... Penderecki es uno de los grandes!
@mezzodolce: East coast?! Man... I was hoping it was close by. Oh well. I hope your boyfriend's concert goes well. Thanks for sharing my video with your friends too! I do appreciate that very much. Take care (you lucky concert goer!).
I was introduced to this via academic competition, where this was written about as part of the music subject in the 1960’s theme. Its description intrigued me, and I’m so glad I decided to check this out.
***** Well when looking at the real definition of song it derives from singing, yet nowadays everyone calls every piece of music a song and therefore that's that. Does it mean it's wrong?
@JACOB H if that never happens, people could've thought of a better option instead of killing civilians for something they ain't even involved with. You wouldn't think this way if it's the other way around
sad for the composer itself... Today the song has been played for so many time just because of the death of Krzysztof Penderecki, the composer of this song.
