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-Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
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We'll explore
the first movement, next,
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on this Discovery Concert.
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-Funding for
this Discovery Concert
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has been made possible
in part by...
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-I'm George Marriner Maull,
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artistic director of
the Discovery Orchestra,
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where we believe that the more
detail we notice in music,
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the more pleasure we can receive
from listening to it.
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Ludwig Van Beethoven,
while completing other projects,
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worked off and on,
from 1804 until 1808,
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to finish his Fifth Symphony,
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perhaps the most well-known
of all his works.
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We know the tragic loss of his
hearing was also in progress,
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yet, amazingly, he conducted
the first performance
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on December 22, 1808.
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Join us now as
the Discovery Orchestra and I
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explore details
of the first movement
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of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
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in this Discovery Concert.
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[ Applause ]
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Thank you.
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Thank you for that wonderful
show of appreciation.
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I know what you're thinking.
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You're thinking,
"I know this piece.
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Been there, done that."
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And, if you believe that you
know everything there is to know
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about Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony, you're excused.
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But for those of you
who are staying,
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we just want you to know that
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we're very, very happy
to be with you
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and we thank you.
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We will ask you tonight during
the performance to respond
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in certain ways.
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I'll be asking you sometimes
to put up your hands
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to show that you noticed
something in the music,
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or perhaps even to stand.
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Now, if those physical
responses
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are not easy to do, feel free to
invent a response of your own.
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If you want to do the eyebrows
or blink at us,
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whatever you want to do
to indicate that you notice
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what we're doing up here.
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So, feel free to invent.
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Composers always use
a recipe of some kind
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when they are creating
a piece of music.
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They don't just sort of throw
sounds together.
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They actually have a plan.
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It's very similar to chefs
in the kitchen.
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And they also, like chefs,
feel free
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to change the recipe slightly
if they feel like it.
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You know, a little bit more
paprikash here,
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you know, a couple dashes
of sugar over there.
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It doesn't matter if they want
to change it slightly,
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as long as it serves
their purposes.
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Now, the specific musical recipe
that Beethoven was using
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on this occasion is known
as sonata allegro form,
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sometimes just called
sonata form for short.
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Sonata form has three
large sections.
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The first section is called
the exposition,
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the second section
is called the development,
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and the third section is called
the recapitulation.
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Now, we're going to investigate
these sections tonight
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to help us understand
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how he created this movement
that we just played for you.
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All movements written in
sonata form have a first theme,
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which is, of course...
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-Da-da-da-dah.
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-Yeah, this is the theme known
'round the world.
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Tell it to me again.
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-♪ Da-da-da-dah ♪
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-Right, exactly.
That's the one.
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That's the first theme
of this movement.
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We're going to break
the audience into four parts.
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We're going to assign you
a theme.
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Balcony people,
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you are owners of the first
theme of this movement.
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We're going to play
the first theme for you,
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and as we play it,
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I want you to wave your hands
so that we know
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that you own this thing.
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You were great.
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[ Laughter and applause ]
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Now, where there's smoke,
there's...
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-Fire.
-Right, and where there's
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a first theme, there's always
a second theme.
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What's the second theme
of this movement?
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The silence is deafening.
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[ Light laughter ]
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We don't know what
the second theme is, do we?
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Maybe. But I'll tell you what,
we're going to assign it
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to the center orchestra.
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Now, as we play it for you,
we would appreciate it if you
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would wave your hands
to that.
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If the orchestra would be
so kind to provide us
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with the second theme,
I'll watch you while you wave.
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You see, it's kind of
a stentorian question
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from the horns, followed by
this very lovely,
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warm, fuzzy answer that's
repeated three times.
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But composers don't like to just
jump from one theme to another
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sort of helter-skelter.
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To continue
our food analogy here,
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they like to write a sort of
musical mayonnaise.
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If you can imagine how,
in a sandwich,
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the mayonnaise sort of melds
the disparate elements
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of the sandwich into some sort
of edible concoction,
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composers write transitions
to bring us logically
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from one theme to the next.
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So this exposition also has
a transition,
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which I'm going to assign
to you, over here,
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in the orchestra to my right.
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Listen to this transition
as we play it, and wave.
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Fun, isn't it? Okay.
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And, of course, to conclude
an exposition,
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we have a way of rounding it out
called the closing section.
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And we're going to assign
the closing section
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to the people in the orchestra
on my left.
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So, would you wave as we play
the closing section for you?
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Usually, composers like to write
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discrete ideas
for these sections.
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The first theme will not sound
like the second theme.
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Let's suppose that the composer
wrote for the first theme...
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♪ Dum-ba-di-di-di-di-di ♪
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♪ Dum-ba-di-di-di-da ♪
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We would get something really
different for us to latch onto
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in the second theme, maybe...
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♪ Dee-da-da-da-da ♪
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♪ Da-da-da, dee-da-da-da ♪
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Something very different.
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And the same thing would be true
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of the transition and
the closing section as well.
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You would feel that they
are distinct.
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But, in this particular case,
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Beethoven...
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Well, did you notice anything
about these parts?
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I mean, was there anything about
the musical content
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of each of these sections
that seemed similar?
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Let me remind you that
"da-da-da-dah"
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seemed to be occurring
in every single one of them.
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In fact, before the 1 minute
and 30 seconds
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of this particular exposition
is over,
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Beethoven has used the rhythmic
figure "da-da-da-dah"
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more than 50 times.
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So if he were alive today,
we could give him
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the Green Composer Award
for getting the most mileage
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out of one musical idea.
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[ Laughter ]
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Alright, we've now covered all
the parts of this exposition.
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Of course,
we have our first theme.
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We have our transition.
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I'm beginning to feel like
an airline attendant
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showing the exits.
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We have our second theme.
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And we have, of course,
our closing section over here.
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Why don't you say it, just so I
know you're grounded in this?
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I will just point to you
and you say your thing.
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First theme, transition,
second theme, closing section,
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when I point to you --
Are you ready?
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-The first theme.
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-Exposition.
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-Second theme.
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-Closing.
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-Exactly, the closing section,
so now we have all the parts.
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What we're going to do now is
we're going to play
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the entire exposition for you,
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and your mission, should you
choose to accept it, is,
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when your material is being
played, wave your hands.
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Now, you might want to wave even
in time with the music.
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I would just ask you just to be
a little careful.
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We don't want any injuries
to take place.
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Just be mindful of people
that are around you
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as you're moving your body.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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[ Laughter ]
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What's funny?
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-Wrong music.
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-Right. We played
the wrong music.
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We played the last movement
on purpose,
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just to see if you were
actually paying attention.
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[ Laughter ]
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And we did that because we
wanted to just revisit
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this whole idea that
listening to music
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is not the same
as hearing music.
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Now, we can physically
hear music,
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while we do all manner
of other things.
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I mean, for instance,
we can be dining
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or we can be driving the car
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and have music on
in the background.
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Even when you're here
in the concert hall,
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we know what you're doing,
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because we see you
from up here.
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But what are people doing
while we're playing?
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Well, people are texting
each other.
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Reading the program.
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You know, we provided people
with a program
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so people are reading it.
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We probably shouldn't provide
people with programs,
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because they read them.
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There's always
the contributors' list.
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Wow!
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They gave that much
to the arts center?
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You know?
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[ Laughter ]
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But the problem with this
is that if we, in fact,
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think about other things,
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we may not notice what's going
on in the music.
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And that's kind of a loss
for us
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because so much pleasure
is to be had
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by noticing the detail.
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We believe that the more detail
we notice,
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the more enjoyable
the experience is.
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And by the way,
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we don't bring these things
to your attention
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just so that you can name them.
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In other words, we don't want
you to become so expert
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that you can sit there and go,
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"Oh, yeah, here's
the first theme, whoa!
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Here comes
the closing section."
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You know, sort of like amaze
your friends at parties
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with your knowledge
of musical techniques.
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These things are to be noticed
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and enjoyed
as they're happening.
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No more jokes.
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We promise not to taunt you.
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And those of you who may be
at home,
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put down that sandwich
and listen up!
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[ Laughter ]
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Raise your hand
for your material.
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I'm going to turn around
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to verify that you're
in compliance.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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You all have
little blue listening guides.
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Look at number 1, and you see
there that it says,
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"the first theme is introduced
by two strong unisons."
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Unisons.
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Now, a unison is the absence
of harmony in music,
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so that we have melody alone.
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Beethoven started with
a unison statement.
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You might wonder,
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what would it sound like if he
did it with harmony?
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♪♪
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Yecch!
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[ Laughter ]
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He knew what he was doing.
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He knew that it would
be much stronger
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if it was just melody
at the beginning.
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Listen to what that sounds like
again with just melody.
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♪♪
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You'll notice in the guide that
there are a number of places
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where there are gaps
in the information.
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Hopefully you will fill in
those blanks,
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as we go on, by listening.
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But I'd like you to listen
at number 2.
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Tell me how many chords there
are at the end of number 2
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and which instrument hangs on.
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If you want to really be
honest about this,
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maybe you would close your eyes.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Well, what's the easy answer --
who hung on?
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The violins.
How many chords were there?
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-Three.
-Three?
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Everybody feel good with three?
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Any other answers?
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-Four.
-Four? Alright.
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Whenever that happens,
we have to play it again.
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[ Laughter ]
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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[ Laughter ]
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Everybody feel good about
three chords, I hope, now?
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Yes. Good.
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At number 4 on your
listening guide, it talks about
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ascending sequence.
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Now, sequence is a really
exciting concept in music.
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It has to do with repeating
a musical idea
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but at a different pitch level.
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Just so that you know what it
would sound like
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if this were a repetition,
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I'm going to ask the orchestra
to play the music
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without changing pitch level.
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♪♪
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I mean, it's not bad.
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This time they're going to
play it as written.
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I want you to count the number
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of ascending steps
in this sequence.
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♪♪
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-Seven.
-Seven.
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-Seven.
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Seven?
[ Audience shouting ]
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Seven. Six? Seven?
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Do I have some six?
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Alright, I'm going to ask them
to leave off the last note.
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[ Laughter ]
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♪♪
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[ Laughter ]
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How many steps are there
in this sequence?
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-Six.
-Six. There are six.
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Listen to it with just
the violins alone,
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so that there's no surrounding
harmony or timbre.
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You can focus on the melody.
25:56.933 --> 25:58.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
And I'll ask you to leave off
the last note, too,
25:58.933 --> 25:59.900 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
if you don't mind.
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[ Laughter ]
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♪♪
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Everyone feel the six?
Okay? Yes, alright.
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[ Laughter and applause ]
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Alright, now, here's the thing.
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We're going to play it all
again for you together.
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Notice that we will put
that last note on there
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because that's
the arrival point.
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And that's one of the great
things about sequence.
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It makes us feel like we're
going from here to here.
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And no one has left their seat,
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but it feels like we've gone
from here to there,
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to that note of arrival.
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♪♪
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At number 5
in the listening guide,
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I want you to count the number
of chords that end this idea.
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♪♪
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-Two.
-Two. Yes, two.
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And not only are there
two chords there --
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Which really feel like
exclamation points
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at the end of that idea --
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But one of the reasons that
they're strong is because
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Beethoven separated them with
a tiny little bit of silence.
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He could have gone "bum-bum,"
but he didn't do that.
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He went "bum...bum."
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And that little bit
of silence there
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is what adds
to the strength of the chords.
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I'd like to play this
again for you,
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and, please,
would you raise your hands
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during the tiny little silence
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that occurs between
those chords?
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Now, you're going to have to
be fast
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because it doesn't last long.
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♪♪
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[ Laughter ]
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You wanted to put
an extra silence in there.
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In fact, he does give us
an extra silence after that
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before he goes on
to the second theme.
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But this time I want to play it
again for you and just feel
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the effect of the silence
in your entire body
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while we play those two chords
with the silence between them.
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♪♪
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We see that this idea,
like so many ideas,
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is really
an evolutionary process.
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I mean, we just didn't
wake up one morning
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and suddenly there was
sonata form on the table.
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This idea was the product
of many minds.
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Some of the important ones
in this process were
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Franz Joseph Haydn,
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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How about this one --
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Johann Vanhal?
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Do we have any
Vanhal fans out there?
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And my personal favorite --
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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf.
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[ Laughter ]
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Vanhal was a fabulous cellist
as well as composer.
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And Dittersdorf
was a violinist/composer.
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Now, Mozart, Haydn,
Vanhal and Dittersdorf
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were all friends.
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And we have
in the historical record
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that at least on one occasion,
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they played string quartets
together.
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We also know that Beethoven
studied composition,
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or at least counterpoint,
with Haydn for a while.
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So we see that all of
these people were involved
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in the evolution of this idea.
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And we can see that
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sonata form is really
taking its cue
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from an even earlier idea
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called ternary form,
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which is simply A-B-A.
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Composers and audiences,
listeners, love a-B-A
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because it has unity
and variety in it.
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The "A" sections provide
the unity,
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and the "B" section in
the middle provides the variety.
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Now, let's do an A-B-A
with the audience here.
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Everybody on the floor
in the orchestra
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is going to be "A."
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The people in the balcony
are going to be "B."
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What's wonderful about it
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is the fact that it provides
unity and variety.
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You start in one place,
you go someplace different,
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and you come back
to where you were.
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You start at the New Jersey
Performing Arts Center,
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you go on a journey somewhere,
and you come back
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to the New Jersey
Performing Arts Center.
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So, let's have the "A" people
practice their part.
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A.
-A.
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-Say it again, please,
very nicely.
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-A.
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-Now, the people in the balcony
are going to say "B,"
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but I want you to say it
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in the most annoying voice
that you can muster.
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Are you ready?
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-B!
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-Good. Now let's do
the whole thing -- A-B-A.
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Are we ready?
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-A.
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-B!
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-A.
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-Doesn't it feel good
to come back to "A"?
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[ Laughter ]
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That's the kernel of the idea
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that we find
in sonata allegro form,
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except that what we have now
is taken those "A" sections
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and greatly expanded them,
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to include a...
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-First theme.
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-Transition.
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-Second theme.
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-Closing section, right.
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So, we have all of those
in both "A" sections,
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in the so-called exposition
and the recapitulation.
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But!
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What is really fascinating
about sonata form
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is that it's not really A-B-A.
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What it is
is "A", changed "A", "A".
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Now, what do I mean by that?
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The composer takes ideas that
are presented in the exposition
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and alters them
in the development,
31:32.366 --> 31:36.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
in such a way that people
who are paying attention --
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again, this is only good
for people
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who are not reading the program
notes while this is going on.
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People who have paid attention
during the exposition
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notice the changes that are made
to the ideas there
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in the development.
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It has another emotional impact,
to have changed an idea.
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It creates tension
in the listeners,
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which has to be released by
getting to the recapitulation.
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Let's listen to some of
the strange things
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that Beethoven does
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at the beginning
of the development.
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The very first thing he does
is to take
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a rather abrupt left turn,
harmonically.
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In your listening guide,
this occurs at number 9.
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There's a strange twist
in first theme,
32:25.966 --> 32:28.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5%
which announces
the development.
32:28.733 --> 32:30.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
Let's pretend for a moment
32:30.200 --> 32:32.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
that we weren't taking
this strange twist.
32:32.600 --> 32:34.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
Let's pretend that the car
was going
32:34.700 --> 32:36.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
in the direction
that we hoped it would
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or anticipated that it would.
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Let's listen to what
that would sound like.
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♪♪
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Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
32:50.266 --> 32:52.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
But listen to what he did.
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♪♪
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Do you sense that left turn?
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Everything in music
is contextual.
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In other words, the reason that
we can enjoy
33:06.833 --> 33:08.033 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
what's happening
in a piece of music
33:08.166 --> 33:10.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
is because we remember what
happened before,
33:10.500 --> 33:12.966 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
which is why it's so important
to pay attention
33:13.100 --> 33:14.600 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5%
from the beginning.
33:14.733 --> 33:17.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
At number 10, it says that
the music is like the beginning,
33:17.566 --> 33:20.100 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
but he keeps changing keys.
33:20.233 --> 33:23.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Now, what this does is create
an unsettling feeling.
33:23.133 --> 33:25.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It's like we don't know
where we're going
33:25.466 --> 33:29.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
because he's not remaining
in one key.
33:30.000 --> 33:33.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
You might also notice
that there are crescendos.
33:33.766 --> 33:35.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
Just so that we know
what a crescendo is,
33:35.333 --> 33:36.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
would you please
do this with me?
33:36.733 --> 33:38.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
Repeat after me --
we're going to go...
33:38.366 --> 33:39.800 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
Aaaaaah!
33:39.933 --> 33:40.766 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:37.5%
Please do that.
33:40.900 --> 33:42.433 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:22.5%
-Aaaaaah!
33:42.566 --> 33:44.966 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
-It's a getting louder
gradually.
33:45.100 --> 33:46.933 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
It's fun to do
when you're playing,
33:47.066 --> 33:49.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
and it's fun to perceive it
as a listener.
33:49.366 --> 33:51.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
Now, something else that he does
which is really interesting
33:51.433 --> 33:55.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
in this section is that he gets
suddenly soft at the end.
33:55.233 --> 33:56.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
So they have to be
really careful.
33:56.533 --> 33:58.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
They can't go...
"Aaaaaah! Bang!"
33:58.900 --> 34:01.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
They have to go...
"Aaaaaah! Ooooh!"
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[ Laughter ]
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It's very hard --
they have to suddenly
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pull themselves back
and be quiet again.
34:07.933 --> 34:10.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Alright, let's listen
to the changing of keys --
34:10.900 --> 34:12.500 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
again, this is
in the development --
34:12.633 --> 34:17.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
and also these crescendos or
rumblings out of the strings.
34:18.500 --> 34:27.933 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5%
♪♪
34:28.100 --> 34:37.600 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5%
♪♪
34:37.766 --> 34:47.233 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5%
♪♪
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Sorry to leave you dangling
over that musical cliff.
34:50.766 --> 34:53.066 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
[ Laughter ]
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In the exposition,
the second theme --
34:56.500 --> 34:58.766 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5%
your theme --
has this beautiful question
34:58.900 --> 34:59.800 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5%
with three answers.
34:59.933 --> 35:01.433 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
Let's refresh our memories.
35:02.566 --> 35:08.033 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5%
♪♪
35:08.200 --> 35:13.733 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5%
♪♪
35:13.866 --> 35:15.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
We can see that,
at this moment,
35:15.200 --> 35:18.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
Beethoven is really in a very
sort of sublime mood.
35:18.133 --> 35:21.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
You know, we don't have any of
this angst of the beginning.
35:21.666 --> 35:25.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
But listen to this pair
of questions and answers
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in the development.
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♪♪
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This is wild stuff.
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The answers are so violent,
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and one of the reasons they are
is because Beethoven
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is indulging in syncopation.
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What is syncopation?
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It's when there is an accent
in the music
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where we do not expect it.
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Or, sometimes, where there is
no accent
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where we were expecting one.
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But in this case,
it's an unexpected accent.
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Normally, the stress is on
the downbeat, or the first beat,
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so we say, "one, two, one, two,
one, two, one, two."
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Say that with me.
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-One, two, one, two,
one, two, one, two.
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-Okay, now let's put the accent
on two, ready?
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One, two, one, two,
one, two, one, two.
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You see, that's already
creating a disturbance.
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You start your ones again,
ready?
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-One, two...
-And I'm going to do
this rhythm.
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-One, two, one, two...
-♪ Da-da-da, da-da ♪
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♪ Dah! Da-da-da, da-da ♪
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-One, two, one, two...
-♪ Da-da-da, da-da ♪
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♪ Dah! Da-da-da-da ♪
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Do you feel the answer
coming in on "two"?
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Alright, let's
side-by-side it again
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with the very pleasant sounds
of the exposition.
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Then we'll go to this grittier
one in the development.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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And now in the development.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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That's intense stuff.
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You know, I always worry
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when people say to me,
"I love classical music,
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it's so relaxing."
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[ Laughter ]
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Not this passage.
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This tension is created
in our development,
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which must be released
by the recapitulation.
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So now I want you to prove
to me that you know
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when we get
to the recapitulation.
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We're going to start
in the development,
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a little bit before
where we just were,
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and when we get
to the recapitulation,
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when it's exactly like
the beginning,
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everyone stand.
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But...
I'm warning you right now,
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Beethoven has false starts.
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[ Laughter ]
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He's going to tease us.
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He's going to pretend that he's
about to recapitulate.
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A false recapitulation.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Yes! Yes!
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Thank you, thank you.
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Was it exactly the same
as the exposition?
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No, it wasn't.
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And how was it different?
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Do we know?
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-The chords.
-Chords. Right.
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We had harmony.
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It wasn't just the unison.
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And, the first time we only had
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the violins, violas,
cellos, and basses,
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and clarinets playing.
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This time we had what?
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Everybody.
Everybody was playing.
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And they're playing things that
really are very stark harmonies.
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Listen to it again, the way it
sounds at the very beginning,
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in the exposition.
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♪♪
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Now listen to it in
the recapitulated version.
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♪♪
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Listen to just the winds
and the brass, slowly.
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♪♪
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Yeah, see, it's, I don't know,
more ominous, more something.
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But it is a genuine
recapitulation.
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We feel like we've
come back, finally,
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to where we started.
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Beethoven, of necessity,
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we'll say, had the bassoons
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announce the second theme
in the recapitulation.
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Now, who did it in the first?
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Does anybody remember?
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The horns played it
the first time.
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Horns, why don't you play it
for us the way it happens?
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This is the way the second theme
gets started.
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♪♪
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In Beethoven's time, horns did
not have these valve mechanisms
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with key pads that allow them
to play easily
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in lots of different keys
in a short space of time.
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You had to have like
a little Santa Claus sack
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of tubes when you came
to your seat,
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and you have to put in the tubes
that will allow you
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to play in certain keys.
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Now, all this takes time.
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And, of course, in order to
take them out
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and put in the next ones,
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by the time that happens,
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the horns might miss
the entrance.
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Instead, he had
the bassoons play it
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because it's now
in a different key,
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and it sounds like this.
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♪♪
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Some conductors actually rewrite
the music at this point.
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There's a school of conducting
that says,
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"Well, if Beethoven had
the valve horns,
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he surely would have had
the horns play it."
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Then there are other conductors
who are sort of text lovers,
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and they say,
"You cannot touch this.
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Obviously, he wanted
the timbre of the bassoons."
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Now, we thought about
making this like
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one of those popular TV shows
that's on right now
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and have the audience decide
which way we would do it,
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but we thought better of it,
and we're just going to play it
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the way Beethoven wrote it,
again, for you this evening.
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Beethoven, as you know,
had a very difficult life,
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mostly as the result
of his disability.
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To lose his hearing,
you know,
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was like the worst possible
thing to happen.
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So he had pain in his life,
which we can all identify with,
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and he was perfectly willing
to share it with us.
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I want you to listen
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to some of this pain
from his Third Symphony.
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Now, again, what is miraculous
about this music is,
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it mirrors our own emotional
inner lives.
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Think about the fact, you can go
from feeling elated,
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to depressed, to frightened,
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to brave, to silly,
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in a nanosecond.
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You can experience all
those different feelings.
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And that's what is so
fascinating
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about these compositions
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because they also change
feeling state on a dime.
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Listen to this passage
from the Third Symphony
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in which Beethoven changes from
feeling relatively lighthearted
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to intensely pained.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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♪♪
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That is pain.
That is pain.
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Now, in the Fifth Symphony,
at the coda,
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I want you to look at number 21
and 22 in your listening guide.
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Codas are optional.
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You don't have to have
a special ending
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in one of these constructions
because you already have a...
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First theme, transition,
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second theme,
and a closing section,
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and you can close it
at the closing section.
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If it seems appropriate,
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you can just end it, but
Beethoven liked to write codas
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in many of his movements
of this sort.
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And this one is short,
but it packs a powerful punch.
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At number 22, it talks about
there being dissonance.
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Now, this is not the kind of
soul agony
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that we just had
in the Eroica symphony.
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This is more like
seething anger.
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I want you to listen to
the dissonances slowly,
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so that you can digest them
before we play them in tempo.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Now listen to them in tempo.
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They go by much faster,
and you might miss them
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if you weren't attuned to it,
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but we have these little painful
dissonances in here.
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♪♪
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You know, we wonder, why is
Beethoven's music so compelling?
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Why is it among the favorite of
the classical music repertoire?
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And I think it's because
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Beethoven just never
would give up,
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no matter how bad things got.
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And we find this in his music.
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He wrote in a letter, in 1802,
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which was already six years
into his deafness,
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"Sometimes, I have been driven
by my desire
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to seek the company of
other human beings,
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but what humiliation when
someone standing beside me
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heard a flute afar off
and I heard nothing.
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Such experiences have brought me
close to despair,
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and I came near
to ending my own life.
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Only my art held me back,
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as it seemed impossible
to leave this world
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until I had produced
everything I feel
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it has been granted
for me to achieve."
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If you want to follow
your listening guide,
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you can, as we play
the first movement again.
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If not, you can just listen.
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And now, the first movement
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of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
again for you.
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[ Applause ]
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[ Applause continues ]
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[ Applause continues ]
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-"Discover Beethoven's 5th"
is an exploration
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by Maestro George Marriner Maull
and the Discovery Orchestra
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of one of the best-known and
most beloved symphonic movements
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in all of classical music.
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This program,
along with additional chapters
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containing the three movements
of the symphony not included
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in the original television
program,
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is available on DVD for $12.95
plus shipping and handling.
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Order online
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at www.discoveryorchestra.org.
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This offer is made by American
Public Television.
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Funding for
this Discovery Concert
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has been made possible
in part by...