James Levine and the Boston Symphony perform Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

[dimitriskaraganis]

absolutely grate!!

[vash0217]

bravo...



[windstorm1000]

Maestro Levine is like a stage coach driver keeping the 'horses' from stampeding--and a mighty fine job he did too. Like any great conductor, he's already done three quarters of the work shaping the interpretation before the performance, of course. I noted he is not standing and seems in poor shape. Hope you feel better Maestro!

[ilovedogsandcheese]

tee-hhe one viola person is mi neighbor

[TurboHertz]

Watching the conductor makes me smile.

[mhenrikse]

one camera angle?

[XtremeBratmaxe]

the conductor is drunk?

[Ericlb]

man this conductor is so funny

[7beccav]

i'm going to be there someday! i play cello

[appetitefordynamite]

To all the people who made that possible, AWESOME!! What a DEE LIGHT!! Thank you.

[appetitefordynamite]

to all the people who made that possible, AWESOME!! What a DEE LIGHT!! Thank you.

[enricoboe]

less claphands and more music next time, please!

[ibrokemyfingerbowlin]

They sound great but the tempo is a little slow...

[imsleepyanddead]

The people who disliked this video are.... wait.... nobody has disliked it! Take that Bieber!

[filth69ify1]

this is perfect at best!!!

[sl008m]

dude that's concertmaster Malcolm Lowe! Cheers maestro! Where's Mrs. Tamara Smirnova? I miss being in Boston, such a diverse city to be in.

[lovingee1]

A whole lot of young people and students! That is SUPER wonderful to see!

Barbara T/NYC

[lovingee1]

A whole lot of young people and students! That is SUPER wonderful to see!

[SergiuAndreev]

Look at his legs :) !!!

[arcturian627]

@SergiuAndreev hahaha!! I didn't even notice until you pointed it out xDDD

[plainobase]

bacwards violinist at 0:47

[ilmaestro18]

Why on earth were there so many empty seats?!

[jtno2]

@ilmaestro18 People were probably too busy catching MTV Cribs and Kate Plus 8.

[tenortobe]

It's one of my favorite things in the world. I think it is complete perfection.

[okcmon101]

imo...daphis et chloe is one of THE all-time greatest works for orchestra...incredibly complex yet undeniably beautiful and a real challenge to conduct. but i must say, watching james levine is an honor...i was weak in the knees with this one!! GREAT POST--THANKS!!

[jcrogers14]

This is awesome, Ravel is one of my favorite composers and Levine does a wonderful job conducting french compositions.

He looks very uncomfortable in that chair, but thank God he didnt retire due to his back :)

[MrAkihiros]

The quality of the audio AND video is not bad at all. Thanks for posting.

[ThaSchwab]

I love this video. It shows my inspirations at work (professional violists). :P

[wealtheow62]

Wonderful performance & James Levine is of course amazing. I do wish the video had more range of motion...would have been nice to see more than just one side of the orchestra.....

[bostonmoores]

Great to see Maestro Levine back in Boston again. I hope they can upload more footage like this!