I was a violinist, and this piece is absolutely the most fun to play. The bow movements are aggressive and you can get some frustration out. It is also a bit difficult in the beginning where the brass goes hard and you are supposed to play quietly and move the bow slowly with no vibrato. It is absolutely my favorite.

@LoriJSykes

13w

I 100% agree! This was one of my favorites to play growing up! 🔥🎻🎶❤️

@Crystils

12w

It is also really hard to play especially when Ur in grade 5 xd. I played this when I was grade 5 in my school orchestra

@jonhanni7749

5y↑349

The bass trombone is a beast. Best rendition I've heard of this piece.

@Tromboneryan

3y↑18

That is Randy Hawes! He’s absolutely incredible! (I know I’m two years late, but it’s okay ahaha)

@johnsmuth5062

3y↑13

Don't forget the tuba. We are an octave under the bass trom. Huge

@ballaarnold8255

https://youtu.be/li-L_4tDXzg

@differous01

2y↑9

The base trombone makes the ripples in the coffee as the T-rex approaches

@alexandersupertramp6813

Indeed

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@kirsteni.russell5903

7y↑164

Prokofiev was a genius at musically interpreting classics. Shakespeare hit the ball out of the park with his play in verse, ROMEO AND JULIET, and then Prokofiev re-interpreted the play as a ballet with music nobody else could dream of!

@Sarah_270

16w↑9

Thoughts, emotions, passion without words. I defy anyone who thinks classical music is boring to listen to the masters.

@movingparticle3835

4y↑42

The tempo is challenging and the rhythm is harshly tight. That's the thing! Great rendition!

@missarel78

2y↑3

Wow, you are very right about the tempo flows beautifully throughout. 😱🥰🥹

@adamnorth8321

2y↑42

Stunning, mesmorising, enchanting, haunting, dramatic, serene, encapsulating and so so beautiful. Dramatic art in its purest form. A breathtaking rendition that invades all the senses and moves the soul. Bravo!

@stevestocker8467

2y↑3

Exactly that

@penguartz

50w

Ugly

@LeslieShaff-ud1ty

10w↑1

Wow your description is Superb. Although there are other renditions 1. Solo.piano 2. Solo harp 3. Ballet troop 4.
The Full orchestra (here) totally lives up to your verbal description. Thx.

@gregoryfalkenstein4716

49w↑8

This orchestra sounds incredible. My jaw is in my lap. Tutti bravi! Even the sax solo is premier quality!

@tomwheaton44

3y↑45

When i was in the fifth grade in the early 50s my parents bought us a record of the narration of the Siege of Troy. The section here from about 1:20 was a major part of our enjoyment of the record, and it was called The Love for Three Oranges, which Prokofiev wrote in 1921. He apparently used it again in 1935 when he wrote Romeo and Juliette. I prefer calling it The Love for Three Oranges.

@TheElated

4y↑77

This is my favourite song, it gives me chills every time.

@individualmusic8615

4y↑1

Yess

@apotezatorautentycznosci6760

3y↑9

Not a song really, it's a piece

@jlbbuena

3y↑1

@@apotezatorautentycznosci6760
Spot on

@geuros

3y↑11

Come on guys, it's actually fantastic that someone who calls pieces songs has a piece of classical music as his favourite music. OP, you have great taste for music.

@danielbyrne5402

Same, took me forever to find it only knowing it by ear without knowing the name grrr

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@nut__cracker

2y↑5

When I first ever heard this song, I was about 5 years old and I would walk slowly with big stomps which related to the music. I don't remember doing this. But a childs imagination really amazes me.

@arinak.3627

1y↑10

I would love to listen to this live or sit in the middle of the orchestra and play myself (I play the flute). Highly tempted to teach myself that flute solo

@Lxnorius

do it

@Sarah_270

16w↑1

Go for it.

@Sarah_270

16w↑1

Go for it.

@shin-i-chikozima

2y↑6

This spirit-stirring melody is beyond description , and unfathomable.

This wonderful performance the great performers play is leads me into Shakespeare's moving world.

@zaaachhyyy

3y↑13

Played this for my spring concert! Amazing

@242ValerieSteele

1y↑5

The orchestration of this amazing masterpiece is incredible. Thank you all. I tend to look at the faces of these amazing musicians and wonder if I have seen them before :) In a supermarket, on a train...

@b.2221

3y↑9

Absolutely incredible rendition of this amazing masterpiece 👍 Tam.

@catherinejones9396

3y↑8

Terrific sound, well enunciated throughout. The dramatic tension is maintained as beftting the warring families. Thank you all concerned.

@susannabonke8552

2y↑1

I wonder how I missed it being 53... Nice to open up my mind.

@dennisfleming5625

3y↑17

One of the piano accompanists at Dance Theatre of Harlem would open class with this for plies. NOTHING, could warm up the legs and get the heart pumping on a cold January morning than Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets! By the end, I felt regal and in power!!!

@missarel78

2y↑1

Amazing 🤩

@dekihorn

32w↑4

Bravo za trombone! Fantastičan orkestar, bravo za sve!

@jg14gerhard_bar

5y↑50

lol the trombonist at 2:14 smiles when the bass trombone enters

@vjncenzx5964

5y↑2

It is Not a bass trombone that

@jg14gerhard_bar

5y↑7

@@vjncenzx5964 really? liking your own comment...also maybe watch right behind the speaker on the right at 2:16 notice the slide movement and then trombones rising, that bass trombone on the far right entered b4 the other 2 trombones so either way my comment stands the guy likes the sound of the DUH..DUH

@vjncenzx5964

@@jg14gerhard_barI am not English

@vjncenzx5964

@@jg14gerhard_bar I Am Italian so to talk to me you have to use the translator as I am using it

@jg14gerhard_bar

5y↑5

@@vjncenzx5964 use English to Italian.....

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@ImVee10

3y↑8

Bass trombone has entered the chat. 🤯

@nfinn42

10w

Amazing quality of recording. Sharp and clear. And tremendous performances all around!

@christinechon2464

3y↑6

Something so satisfying about watching those violins

@coldfito

2y↑7

this song gave me goosebumps

@user-fl8bs3kx2d

7y↑38

Basstrombone nice

@inmaculadavicentehernandez337

5y↑13

Bellísima interpretación.

@jockmazza

36w↑6

Simply stunning. The integration of the chords, the layering, the main theme, how it is supported by the different sections. You are fooled into an almost Greig-like calmness... relax and enjoy.. then the oboe bringng the theme back to the strings then percussion, amazing

@fidget75

18w↑1

Genius piece of music. Beautifully played.

@rongzhang2922

6y↑10

The descant clarinet was amazing and the harp emit an amazing sound

@chesstictacs3107

3y↑5

Masterpiece by great Prokofiev

@carlamonsalve8773

3y↑7

MARVELOUS SOUND!!!

@LukeSkywalkerInMe

25w↑3

So, that's where John Williams got his inspiration from for the Imperial March in Star Wars...

@robnessnem7186

2y↑3

The way they came out of the quiet section was so nice

@margaretroselle8610

51w↑1

Brilliant piece of music!

@datiphone1733

25w↑1

I’m a bass clarinetist and this song was great to hear while sitting in the back not playing

@jackiescanlon

5y↑8

Musical perfection.

@mariosmanesis5644

4y↑4

thanks for this great theme, i love it

@WhiteOakAmps

12w↑1

just really enjoyable🙂🙂🙂

@Jeremiahstorm

1y↑3

First chair violin is very beautiful and great violinist.

@grahamwilliams2940

4y↑4

Everyone bangs on but the opening minute of this has always been the best.

@justpiano3501

2y↑1

just amazing

@johne6081

1y↑1

My wife and I have tickets to see R&J with City Ballet of San Diego next month, the third time over the past 20 years. She has taken ballet lessons for exercise and enjoyment as long as I have known her, and I am a music lover and amateur pianist.

@vjncenzx5964

5y↑43

1:19

@individualmusic8615

4y↑1

Yess

@tannabanana8099

thanks, I needed that time stamp

@sophiequint6661

TYSM

@user-zq4zi3dy3c

10w

One of my favorites!

@MartinSoundLabs

1y↑1

Amazing!!!! LOVE THE BONES!!!

@10dennis10

1y↑4

Randy Hawes, bass trombone. He's driving the whole orchestra.

@petergrant747

16w↑1

The tuba was pretty good also 😊

@williamwillis5729

Exquisite, bravo!

@cabdragon333

2y↑6

This song demands a candle lit room with a stiff drink, cigar with scowl on your face.

@ghlexa4042

Concur!

@visibletoallusersonyoutube9708

Oh wow this was fantastic

@stephenjohnson9640

5y↑5

I was privileged to be in Moscow and see/hear Spivakov Orchestra perform this several years back. He intro'd this with "If you don't mind, we are going to let percussion off the leash just a bit" and holy shizzles was he NOT exaggerating!

@gorn75

30w↑2

Брависсимо!

@cinthiaromerovera8460

Great! 😍😍 my favorite!

@christianpoletti7912

2y↑1

Director was this year at Chopin Competition and did a great job

@doug3066

outstanding

@themrx1398

2y↑1

And there i have my next samples👍

@125ZJK

2y↑3

1:20 if there's a greater sound , I've yet to hear it. Superb.

@olivers.3669

30w

I call it "Elephant Music"

@islandgirl7825

Ochen' Prekrasno!!

@emileecaz3992

My school is playing part of this for our 5th part to our marching show

@catsktdk

36w

Hermoso

@maiasaneblidza6740

49w

Adoroooooo❤❤❤❤

@user-bj9vi5oz7x

6y↑1

Well, well, well!!!

@lapseevident3132

omg❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@szymon2109

1y↑1

2:37 i love this trumpet here

@shellyfan2000

10w

2:39 the trumpets literally sound like an organ🤯 my favorite piece of music out there, I play it in 2 days

@pb3166

4y↑32

Starting at 2:48 the most fantastic piece of music ever written. Well done Ukraine.

@Pulsar3061

4y↑1

Its no wonder, as today many talented artists still live there...

@JarvFrankA

2y↑3

what has... Ukraine... got to do with this?

@pete3166

2y↑7

@@JarvFrankA Prokofiev was from Ukraine, his work reflects this

@swifto12usedtobetaken

2y↑1

@@JarvFrankA bro guy hears someone say ukraine and flips

@chrisconnor8086

1y↑2

…. i dont think Profokiev would have liked being called Ukranian. Keep the 21st century where it should be

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@HalfManThirdBiscuit

51w

Hell's bells, I bet he took the afternoon off when he came up with this belter.

@mastergimli5576

6y↑50

This would have been a good song in revenge of the sith tbh when Anakin was killing all the smol bois in the temple

@chrisdean9151

3y↑4

At 1:20 the first pedal E is a monster!

@fairycherub1

2y↑19

They should have used it in Lord of the rings movies. So atmospheric , perfect for fighting the Orcs.

@danielbyrne5402

1y↑6

Can't see that it would work well with fantasy fiction, would feel somewhat out of place. This is most definitely more for grounded fiction surrounding infighting, maybe that's just cuz it's where I'm used to hearing it but I dunno, maybe?

@filipefernandes4929

😍👏👏

@MasterofRandomness87

37w↑1

This was the opening credits theme to Caligula

@WSUCougs02

23w↑1

Like you, I know this song for all the wrong reasons. Caligula has such a great 'plot' lol.

@MasterofRandomness87

23w

what did you like best?

@WSUCougs02

23w

@@MasterofRandomness87 seeing Helen Mirin in the Roman bath...

@susannabonke8552

Couldn't sleep. The theme held me awake. Majestic.

@travelwithzach2725

3y↑1

I'm from Why Women Kill Season II Lady in the Lake

@beautygainz

3y↑1

Exactlyyyyyyyyy

@SebastianLopez-iq3jn

22w

Tears for Fears used this intro in Argentina Tour 2011...just perfect music

@luisreyes1963

Excellent performance. Really gives one a feeling of doom. 😯

@railroading

5y↑13

Personally, the base trombone is the best, and I'm a normal trombonist, but hope to be the base trombonist. The base trombone is the loudest of them all.

@CreativeCreaturefx

Actually the Tuba is the loudest due to the resonance it provides to the entire ensemble but the bass trombone really amplifies the tuba sound and gives it that characteristic growl. Bass trombone and tuba always go perfectly together.

@Aduysvmncmkouyf

2y↑1

@@CreativeCreaturefx the double bass has more resonance, but it’s not louder, the bass trombone could easily drown out everyone in the orchestra, the tuba isn’t nowhere near as loud as the bass trombone:

@CreativeCreaturefx

@@Aduysvmncmkouyf yes, the double bass gives the orchestra that full mature sound. I love Danny Elman's use of the brass instruments particularly the tuba and trombones in accompaniment with the bass drum.

@mlesnoski

Why is the video sped up?

@Pulsar3061

4y↑4

7 dislikes from 7 champs with impaired hearing sadly.

@natmcveigh3904

4y↑2

Probably sat in front of the brass section

@Pulsar3061

Exactly :)

@cesar.4087

37w↑1

4:54

@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking

1y↑1

9 out of 10 elephants prefer to rock out to this version when they need to wreck a place.

@culbycove4963

2y↑1

2:04 and 2:29 were so clean and nasty at the same time.

@andresquesada2425

1y↑1

2:23-30 Star Wars: Imperial March

@nnovatakaren5515

4y↑3

Somehow when I hear this piece I only picture two grisly bears fighting to mate with a female, thanks National Geographic. 😐

@B9Robot

3y↑1

This is the Season of man right now. "I'm OK vs You are NOT" this will come to an end 2023-2024 and we will go from the "Witch-Hunt" to "I'm OK and You're OK" This is a Pattern on life, we are swinging on a Pendulum and the 40 year swing America is on is coming to an end, where the swing is about to turn. Then we'll get 10 years of that phase the "Unicorns and Rainbows". So hold your head up high, Love the Lord with all thy heart, and GOD BLESS THE DSO!

Lord I miss have Season Tickets and Season Tickets for my Children when they were small. What a Wonderful Time of Life.
I want to Return to that land soon, and Enjoy Season Tickets again. Bless the Lord O' My Soul. I am a sinner, forgive me Lord God. ♪♫♪♥♪♫♪

@kevinfarrell523

27w

Used in the obscene film Caligula; a.travesty to employ such noble music

@isaacschmidt3848

2y↑2

1:23 3:52

@pleasehelpiamunhealthy1748

1y↑1

money came w long problems shit got me like hell nah

@scottgardiner7438

Always reminds me of the smiths coming on stage

@VexhaAnimatesOfficial

It’s funny that the guy who made it didn’t even listen cuz he was deaf and he did it perfectly without hearing it!

@charleyhibschweiler4555

30w↑1

I don’t believe Prokofiev was deaf

@bobpourri9647

2y↑2

Low brass rule!

@Danny-lm9xk

4y↑2

I pity the clarinet and double bass players at 2:35 😆

@PumilateVFX

The double bass players are playing bass line

@RedSiegfried

Is it just me or are the sound a picture out of sync just a tiny bit?

@scslre

It's not just you.

@mhkuntug

I actually like the haircut of the Asian cellist at 2:43

@lauraj6579

21w

love the girl in the black lace she is amazing and so focused/chill... everyone else has their eyebrows to the roof lol would need some heavy botox if a flute player

@shin-i-chikozima

3y↑1

Something comes
Something comes
Something which does not become known of the true shape comes

From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

@badluckcity

unreal

@susannabonke8552

In Prokofjews Life it was VERY real..of course I understand the music is from another world.

@LeslieShaff-ud1ty

10w

Thanks to all the musicans who said 1. Look at the violins 2. The bass trombone 3. The sax solo 4. The tight tempo . I quit piano 68 years ago for sports. Big mistake.