Beethoven: Symphony No 6, 4th movement (Bernard Haitink, London Symphony Orchestra)

[Raichu234]

Just amazing! Beethoven is the king of expression!

[AlanvYYolinC]

Basses behind the first violins? Interesting :)

[PMartinez55]

"storm" is really the only dark piece of pastoral symphony

[afrocakebomb]

who has got any good songs to listen to when you do your homework? xd

[bassbass99able]

The bass part is a nightmare, some of it isnt even playable

[jetzt0844]

B-r-i-l-l-i-a-n-t- ! ! !

[Minervasux]

It's amazing how a deaf guy could compose such a wonderful masterpiece.

[rodigao93]

doublebass suffer to do that!

[JOEdoesThings22]

is that matt basset on timpani?

[JOEdoesThings22]

@JOEdoesThings22 nevermind that was stupid, his sound is not nearly good enough to be considered matt basset

[zucchini2007]

Damn! Beethoven must have been absolutely furious when he wrote this! I wonder what got him so upset?? He was probably thinking, "I want to scare the hell out of everyone, so I'm going to write an ominous piece of music'. And this is what he came up with.

[keyskeyboard]

@zucchini2007 It's about a storm...

[AkatsukiPR0]

I like how everyone seems to jump at the timpani.

[volglizolic]

The first violin realy feels the music under his skin

[zucchini2007]

@volglizolic Yes, it's like the violin is an extension of his body. He is ONE with his violin, and I think that's totally awesome. :-)

[bonesstorage]

I wish my computer fan wasn't so loud...

[mtoussieh]

poor sound in this vodeo... can't hear a thing, get it out of youtube and re post it please!!! thanks!

[SordidGuy]

@mtoussieh : Uhmm - GET SOME NEW HEADPHONES OR SPEAKERS!!!  This is FINE!!!!!!

[conorconnor]

I just played this tonight! Halfway through I got that feeling you get when you've just been out in the rain... I felt like my hair was wet and I had to grab a towel. It was bizarre... As a brass player, I also think I might have deafened some woodwinds as well...

[iamemod]

i remember the timpani in our orchestra popped open thanks to his rage

[Raichu234]

The best storm created in music

[sam0xin]

0:45 ! he is out of standards...Oh I see....1st violin...HE MUST BE out of standards.

[philopus94]

Haitink seems to get a much more alert response from the LSO's strings then Geigev manages. Likable performance by the old maestro.

[pix042]

no wonder germany wins big football matches

[JasmineJean89]

SUPERB!

[SStrongIsNeverWrong]

"The tempest in my mind, doth from my senses take all feeling." -Shakespeare

[Sangrenegra9]

@SStrongIsNeverWrong well quoted!!!

[Alleeexoscm]

Grandioso pasaje de la Sinfonia. Es extraordinario porque es capaz de introducirte una tormenta en la mente, escuchas el piccolo y te imaginas los aires huracanados y miles de gotas que se arremolinan como olas enfurecidas del mar.

Extraordinario el genio de Beethoven.

[mkGarf]

Vaya en el 1:47 sin duda era merecedor de mostrar toda la orquesta y apreciar el gran genio de Beethoven, cuánta emoción....

[maxiiiferguson]

Jajajajaaaa!!!

I love Gordan Nikolic, the Konzertmeister. The violin is not enough for him to express all what he wants to "say" or to transmit about this wonderful music...

[lriccc]

he almost jump off his chair!

[handyale]

me encanta el movimiento, la exprecion de los musicos es imprecionante, pareciera que la velocidad que se ve el video, la imagen no es real. FACINANTE

[metalhead326]

this is brilliant

[Wopsle88]

I have a feeling diminished sonorities sounded scarier in the nineteenth than they do now. Blame it on atonal music, I guess. Dissonance just ain't what it used to be. Too bad.

[Zwerg17]

it's just awesome!!!

[beerdrinkingdave]

my pick for theme song of the apocalypse - 5 stars

[taviona]

why? it's just a thunderstorm :)

[SordidGuy]

@beerdrinkingdave : Personally, my pick would be the "Dies Irae" from the Verdi Requiem......

[bunniesrule87]

AWESLOME

[elkatemendelaopera]

I love the timpani. Great performance!

[nicolabordus]

Deze is goed.

[viandante]

I've always felt Haitink is a bit too calculated and narrow, but his conducting technique is exemplary, probably the richest and most concise I've ever watched. He must save thousands of rehearsal hours with that alone.

[tlchop]

@viandante very well said =)

[rabengeraun]

Excellent - Haitink always conducts Beethoven very well and this LSO cycle certainly had some new and interesting things to say about this great music