Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Beethoven 1. 3+4 Mvt

[yklueup]

So interesting ! The trumpet section has American style sound !

[94obie]

Nice brass section o.O

[daosjosh]

The one thumbs down most have been an accident. This was composed by a legend and performed by professionals.

[Elainelps0421]

I like this conductor :) But he looks a lot like my chiropractor lol

[jasminechurch2010]

bravo!!



[freeatliberodotit]

The best version so far!

[bernard1422]

Jaervi has an effective style of communicating with the players. There are facial expressions and body language, even a smile! The Kammerphilharmonie has indeed very devoted musicians. It must be a joy to conduct such accomplished artists. Beethoven is nothing to sweep under the rug either.

[Mozeroscar]

bravo!!

[cubsrule2040]

natural trumpets at modern pitch.

no one would expect to find them in a modern orchestra

[cubsrule2040]

Bunkyosan, have you heard all of beethoven's nine symphonies? Obviously, this one and the second sound just as classical as Mozart and Haydn. Doesn't the eighth sound just as classical or more romantic?

[ThaSchwab]

This sounds so Mozart and Haydn-y because it was written around their times.

[NiceVideos11]

It sounds like Beethoven.... but I know what you are saying... hee hee... : )

[Elainelps0421]

@cubsrule2040 I've heard and played all of Beethoven's symphonies. He was the bridge between the classical and romantic eras, so it makes sense that his later symphonies will have elements that were experimental for the times. He was a genius who wasn't afraid to try something new! He was the catalyst for the next generation of music! I love Beethoven:)

[najaraknov]

PERFECTION! There is no other way to put it... Zinman is also good but not quite like this one.

[h7910101]

Is this conductor Christoph Eschenbach?

[niedavgeige]

it´s paavo järvi!! eschenbach is much older...

[austinj86]

so im taking a conducting class. my final is to conduct the final movement of this. of all the videos ive looked up to help me out, this guy is my favorite conductor. most of the other ones i've seen have boring conductors. kudos mr. conductor.

[pianoAndEngineering]

I don't know if watching conductors in concert will help you learn to conduct though. It's basically irrelevant what a conductor does in concert. All of their work is done in rehearsals.

[ZDrums24]

On the contrary, the conductor must perform just as much as the ensemble.

[TombedOrchestra]

I disagree, what a conductor does in concert is completely relevant! Yes, most of their work -is- done in rehearsal, but as far as technique... you can learn a lot as far as expression - most conductors will be much more expressive for a performance.

[pianoAndEngineering]

They will be more expressive, but it's just a show. Watching a conductor in performance will only help you learn to act like a conductor in concert. Not actually mould an orchestra's performance into your interpretation of a work.

[BrucknerMotet]

@TombedOrchestra I tend to agree with you that conductors are more expressive during live (i.e. audience is listening (or will be listening (i.e. CD))) performances. Psychologically speaking, when audience becomes a factor (a factor that can pass judgment on the musicians and the conductor), the conductor needs a marginal increase in expressiveness just to maintain the same basic level of attention he gets in rehearsals and to overcome the real distraction caused by the audience factor.

[Elainelps0421]

@BrucknerMotet I think some conductors play off the audience and see the audience as a positive rather than a negative factor...not a distraction but a source of inspiration...at least professional conductors, maybe not student or amateurs.

[BrucknerMotet]

@Elainelps0421 I agree with you. My comment was more directed at the musicians possibly getting distracted at a live performance and the conductor having to work that much harder to vie for the musician's attention as they focus on execution and don't look up from their music stands as much. I agree that both the musicians and the conductor can get extra jazzed by the live audience, in sort of the same way stage actors crave an audience.

[Elainelps0421]

@BrucknerMotet Okay...but I still think the same holds true for the professional musician...the audience is more a source of inspiration rather than a distraction. Having the audience there makes them concentrate harder and focus harder....it's what they've been preparing for during rehearsals.

[BrucknerMotet]

@Elainelps0421 As an instrumentalist, I have had the privilege from around 1980 and continuously thereafter to observe my conductors in action. I've seen that nearly all of us get xtra inspiration and focus when playing before live audiences. With that in mind, I still see the conductor often becomes more expressive than normal to retain full control of the musicians, whose attention and focus is riveted on executing it the way it was rehearsed, with less eyes watching the baton than usual.

[Elainelps0421]

@BrucknerMotet Really? With the 16 extra years I've had as an orchestral musician than you, my experience is that we concentrate more on the conductor's movements than less during a performance, but I guess everyone is different.

[BrucknerMotet]

@Elainelps0421 Elainelps: It probably depends on the frequency of rehearsals and practice, and the nature of the musicians. For professional musicians, I can understand how they would memorize a good deal of the music and not have to split attention between the sheet music and the conductor. I've always been a student or non-professional who at best practices twice a week and rehearses once a week, so I will defer to your superior knowledge, assuming you are or have been a professional.