Just saw Haitink conduct Mahler 9 with Chicago this past weekend. I started feeling bad for him after the 3rd encore... He took it like a champ though.
@AWiddit Ha, Haitink was looking tired of all that walking back and forth. I went to the Saturday performance, and it was funny to see him close the score and ask the musicians to leave the stage right after him. For me, he's the greatest living conductor, and it was an amazing Mahler 9.
This sounds like a great Bruckner 5 performance. No surprise really considering the orchestra and conductor.
@b286guy I agree with your last comment. Lesser bands are capable of surrounding terrible under one conductor and staggering under another but there's a certain high standard below which it's impossible for the tiny handful of really GREAT bands - like the BPO and VPO - to fall no matter who is wielding the baton. Which begs the question; how much of the wonderful results are due to the conductor or the innate standardsof the bad. Could a serious dedicated amateur produce the same results??
@b286guy Haitink has been our greatest living conductor for over 40 years. But he didn't ski down Alpine slopes with model wives for photo ops like von Karajan (no knock whatsoever on von Karajan). It's taken a while for the music world to find out about it. It's taken a while for even Haitink to find out about it.
このコンサートを初めてフィルハーモニーまで聴きに行きました。言葉に出来ないくらい良かった...!
tttttrp 8 months ago
Keep the dislikes at zero. Keep the likes up.
Berlin Philharmonic is perfect with Haitink. Purely perfect. Nothing can beat this.
Classicalseeker 9 months ago
@Classicalseeker
hi, sorry , one combination is better : Haitink and his Concertgebouw Orchestra !
pela4350 1 month ago
@pela4350 NO!!!!!!!!!! :D
SchwarzeDose21 1 month ago
BRAVOOOO
leoncioviolin 9 months ago
wow :-)
TNEFMUB 9 months ago
Just saw Haitink conduct Mahler 9 with Chicago this past weekend. I started feeling bad for him after the 3rd encore... He took it like a champ though.
PS this sounds kickass
AWiddit 9 months ago
@AWiddit Ha, Haitink was looking tired of all that walking back and forth. I went to the Saturday performance, and it was funny to see him close the score and ask the musicians to leave the stage right after him. For me, he's the greatest living conductor, and it was an amazing Mahler 9.
This sounds like a great Bruckner 5 performance. No surprise really considering the orchestra and conductor.
b286guy 9 months ago
@b286guy Nice man. Are you from Chicago? And are you a musician?
AWiddit 9 months ago
@b286guy I agree with your last comment. Lesser bands are capable of surrounding terrible under one conductor and staggering under another but there's a certain high standard below which it's impossible for the tiny handful of really GREAT bands - like the BPO and VPO - to fall no matter who is wielding the baton. Which begs the question; how much of the wonderful results are due to the conductor or the innate standardsof the bad. Could a serious dedicated amateur produce the same results??
MrPoupard 9 months ago
@b286guy Haitink has been our greatest living conductor for over 40 years. But he didn't ski down Alpine slopes with model wives for photo ops like von Karajan (no knock whatsoever on von Karajan). It's taken a while for the music world to find out about it. It's taken a while for even Haitink to find out about it.
grabit1 1 month ago
excellent. good to see haitink in good form. probably the only conductor of his generation with an iphone-- ive seen it!
mikabrains 9 months ago
Exceptional.
redhotchiliangel 9 months ago
It's always great to see these conducting giants still at work even in their 80s.
coldstream07 9 months ago 3
@coldstream07 Yes I agree.(Rattle apart) great conducters seems to become "great" until they are >60 years old or so.
MrPoupard 9 months ago
What sensational playing.
guidepost42 9 months ago
Bravo Haitink!
ianislios 9 months ago 8
Bruckner!
cfp00 9 months ago 13