Verdi -La forza del destino -ouverture (ed. 1862)

[Gfgtx580]

Gergiev is one of the best conductor in the world

[fatalistbg1]

Truly outstanding work!

[consasmi]

Il direttore con lo stuzzicadenti....... Bah......!

Potrebbe essere una forma di esibizionismo?

[andyouknoit]

I love this song (: my HS band is playing it great , I just hate all the flats in the key signature ..

[MrCellissimo]

never seen such a conductor with such a short stick

[Hglltta]

magnifico

[Themustangturtledude]

Doing this in my youth symphony

[yomandonteatthose]

The part at 3:25 always was the lullaby to me

[carlsetzer]

I remember playing an arrangement of this in band in high school. It was the most difficult piece we ever attempted.

[Fasolt100]

Ottima esecuzione!

[LoveMinMinChannel]

That conductor is a nerd! but a genius as well!!

[wolfie4241]

Is he conducting with a toothpick?



[SalomeGsn]

So beautiful <3

[shonnyno]

ma questo ci è o ci fa? era carnevale, non capodanno? anzichè giocare con stuzzicadenti dovrebbe studiare che andante non è stessa cosa di allegro. ma si diverte a prendere in giro Verdi? e dove è mosso fa più lento, insomma è un fenomeno. guarda che se corri troppo con Verdi tutto perde consistenza. almeno si è divertito!

[ninovalente69]

@shonnyno ?

[shonnyno]

@ninovalente69

!!!!!!

[musicmann008]

What a boss conducting with a toothpick

[256timoteo]

bravissimo!

[Superdaniele83]

anch'io voglio dirigere con uno stuzzicadenti in mano!!!

has a toothpick in his hand??

[violonistchris]

...what a lively sound ,its like their sound is coming for the inside of human soul ..i mean the contact is so so close its so earthly sound and so dramatic, thats what i love in this orchestra ...

[sousafan100]

a fine performance of this work by verdi - the toothpick and conductor comments are hilarius - yea he looks like otis on a bender lol - thanks pozz and all the artists

[goofy8530]

My high school is playing this...

[Gfgtx580]

@goofy8530 where do you study?

[CanadaPisces]

An outstanding performance! by an excellent orchestra conducted by one of the leading conductors!

[TheSeriousTruth]

He looks like a disheveled bum. But a very talented bum!

[danninone89]

And now we're playing this in our orchestra. I'm a first violin. I'm dying!

[Danithel]

@danninone89 Congralutations. =)

[nathanthedrummer]

WOW!! what a performance!!! whats the name of the Orchestra??

[ostrovisky]

I could listen to this all day.

[quieromedia26]

the conductor is Valery Gergiev.

[bentankersley0894]

does anyone know who that conductor is?

[SirSebastianWang]

@bentankersley0894

Valery Gergiev.

[bethowin]

Give it at last a musical instrument. Let will show the ability.

[hobo1975]

is that a toothpick?

[doradrei]

I think so..

[Gfgtx580]

@hobo1975 yes

[drumlinejoey]

not a criticism...i'm just pointing out...that i hear the trumpets before the rest of the brass when they start. but i assume that's because it takes less time for the air to travel through the instrument than the others. it's a very small detail. but it sounds like a flam between the trumpets and the rest of the brass. just what i'm hearing. but i freakin LOVE this piece. by far one of my favourites.

[ron18atunet]

to anyone who is criticizing this I would like to see you create anything close to this amazing with an orchestra. Even a professional orchestra needs a good conductor to be able to put everything together. Once you are able to make an orchestra sound this good, put a video of it up, then all of us people that respect good music will stop telling you to shut up.

[kliu95]

I didn't notice he was using a toothpick until after reading some comments...... seriously there is so much going on why focus on what's in his hand?

[Clanidan]

He's doing something right, toothpick or no. I believe he's the most-booked man in the classical music sphere right now.

[beautyfull56]

Tom or Jerry's baton?



[peteradaniel]

This version of the overture is actually from the revised 1869 not the original 1862. In the original the overture is merely a prelude which goes straight into act one without a cadence or break. It may be played by the Mariinsky orchestra here but listen to their recording of La Forza and you'll hear how the original went. All the same, they play wonderfully and Gergiev brings a slavic dance quality which i'm sure Verdi would have loved. Bravo.

[xfauthoux]

magnifique

[TehGamerZXD]

5:30 for reference of practicing for me...

[nickgrc100]

We are using this piece in our marching show this year

[shonnyno]

And the Tempi, Maestro?? There are differencies between Andante/Andante mosso??? is andate mosso slower as andante simple? I guess this video should be censored.

the tooth pic means that the Maestro is making fun of audience, of musicians and finally of Verdi!

[greenday61892]

@shonnyno What the hell are you on?

[shonnyno]

@greenday61892

Thank you for your reply. I like these recordings (perhaps I am wrong...) do you like it too?

h**p://w*w.youtube.com/watch?v­=F80RfQXAys4

h**p://w*w.youtube.com/watch?v­=bqmmTjC3ffk

[operachild]

There is a fine line between genius and insanity... This man in a valid genius FOR SURE!!!..... but if I saw him outside of a tuxedo and concert hall, I might think otherwise. Just saying.

[MrFerminleon]

(I appreciate Wikipaedia's contributions in the descriptions on previous comment)

[MrFerminleon]

La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1835), by Ángel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. It was first performed in the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia, on 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1862.

[rchouser123]

I have gained the skill to listen through a live one and focous on on part, even down to the instrument. It does come in handy when eavesdropping in a group of people. Am I the only one that does this?

[rchouser123]

Hey, I can't see that frickin' tooth pick from back here! LoL

[rchouser123]

It's not the size of your baton its how you use it!

[MrNickoooo]

Très belle composition. ;)

[closerange88]

Awesome clip! Love it.

[Chopin1986]

amazing...... this piece of music brought the sun into my rainy and cold evening!!!!

[eppielicious]

Simply amazing. I'm a young clarinet player and was recently introduced to this piece for the first time and I'm at a loss for words. This piece(and the band playing it) is simply amazing. For a long time my dream has been to become a composer and to make music as wonderful and... Epic. When I listen to things like this, I pity the people who cant see beauty in music, and how much 7:06 of talented people and good composing can change your life...

[EstJazzJ]

Is he conducting with a toothpick? That's something you don't see everyday.

[JeanLouAix]

What a performer!!! Connected to the composer spirit. Love it.

[GilbertoMusic1995]

A toothpick...? First time I see something like this...

[muslit]

as far as the end is concerned, it is really too fast. actually, slower sounds faster. (cleaner sounds faster - heifetz)

[Kratos6823]

davvero bellissimo (:

[exhifreq]

My schwartz is bigger than his...mwahahahaha

[ardjin0labs0eblibadi]

now thats "the force of destiny"

[xanglat]

Une de mes ouverture d'opéra favorites !

DIVIN

Grand MERCi pour ce partage de haute qualité !

Avec reconnaissance intense

[jalexanderfreire]

Impresionante!!!

[anewell41]

My school band did a percussion version of this song. Check it out! Search "La forza del destino Percussion" we are the channel "wolfbackpand"

[OktoberStorm]

Is the video messed up just so that the conductor can "hit the beats"? Seems like that kind of editing just to please the audience.

[1234oldaa]

Xoxmach...

[lupash]

Just listen to Toscanini's directed version and see how this was meant to play by Verdi.

[raducraciun]

this is the best conductor in the whole world...what did the americand gave us except coca cola, mc donalds and high gas prices?...but i love it that they have an accute critical spirit...wankers!

[edquin]

i hate his conducting, not clear at all

[luigiperso]

@edquin , then shut up and show us how it's done. Talk is cheap.

[Gheorgyi]

@edquin What exactly do you mean, "not clear!" £Clear" like in "clear soup"? Could you do it AT ALL, boy-o? Do you feel up to conducting a full symphonic orchestra. 70 to 120 musicians? They'd laugh you down of that podium... Go back and strum a guitar in some tonk, thatsa nice american boy-o.

[11CCG]

This is simply a brilliant piece , a brilliant conductor and a brilliant interpretation = PARADISE!

[Niernhaussen]

This is a real conductor, he's just a genious !

[YouGlued]

MY DICK CONDUCTS VAGINAS

[Bigalstyle]

@YouGlued funny, but your a moron.

[Gheorgyi]

@YouGlued Never mind this one, he's american. Leave Madonna, Michael Jackson & Justin Bieber to him.

[Gheorgyi]

@luigiperso I just answered somebody else, who had used EK-ZAK-LEE the same words, with the exception that, instead of "dumbass" he used "idiot". Why don't you rexchange these courtesies between yourselves, you two test-tube rejects??!!!

[luigiperso]

@Gheorgyi , well well, it seems like a lot of people call you a dumbass and an idiot then....

[Gheorgyi]

@luigiperso That doesn't touch me in the least, considering the average level of the YT commenters (and you seem to be FAR BELOW that level, at rock bottom... really an "anima persa", if you get my drift...). Now get off my @@. "anima persa".

[Gheorgyi]

@luigiperso No, not many... just dumbasses and idiots... ;-D

[Gheorgyi]

@YouGlued American. And VEDD-EE refined.

[luigiperso]

@YouGlued , except for the fact that your dick is on your shoulders.

[Degausser818]

Humanity win

[Geon92]

There is just one reason to conducte with a toothpick, he damn wants to get fame and comments on Youtube... Shut up, hes Conducting with every little Hair of his Body... Magnificent Piece of Music

[vanishy0urself]

@Geon92 Touche. Your comment actually got me thinking and I seriously believe that if he had the ability to manipulate his hair at will like anime characters do, he'd use that too!

[AmarisTheTiger1995]

my favorite peice of music ever! i cant believe were playing this at UIL concert and sightreading. its just absolutly beautiful(": wish i was first chair clarinet so i could play that pretty solo:(

[jbrs007]

MAGNIFICO! <3 ~

[BenEvz94]

wish there were more conductors out there like this!

[sydneyhyoung]

FLOSS is the answer for you Mr conductor. I hope he cleaned it. LOL. What silly fart............hehe

[Gheorgyi]

@sydneyhyoung How typical for an anglo (in this case, australian): he HAS to resort to the 4-letter insult. On the other side, their culture isn't made of much more. How can you know he didn't already brush AND floss, maybe exactly before the concert? Cripes, WHAT an ass... this is one of the best living symphonic conductors, and ha has to call him a "fart". As an australian, why don't you limit yourself to practicing the boomerang throw and the kangaroo hop?

[Trombean]

I don't understand why he's conducting with a toothpick. It's small and you can barely see it.  What's the point?

[Gheorgyi]

@Trombean The orchestra's musicians follow the movements of the hands, not of a toothpick, or a wand, or of a baton of a sergeant... Stokowsky used just his hands; Temirkanov does that nowadays, Read somewhere why and how Jean Baptiste Lully onjured himself and died from it...

[Qwerty48121]

@Gheorgyi if you actually watch the band/orchestra isn't with the conductor at all... all that matters is that they play together

[Gheorgyi]

@Qwerty48121 Yes, that's right,,, the orchestra doesn't play WITH the conductor (who actually DOESN't "play at all ANY instrument: he CONDUCTS). I was trying to tell him what the most basic of orchestra conducting is. The mention concerning Lully was a humorous aside. Some people can understand it, others can't.

[dalivedo]

Bravíssimo!

[TheRealBarnez]

I played this in a concert TONIGHT :)

One of my favourite pieces ever.

[AmarisTheTiger1995]

@TheRealBarnez omg im in high school an were gonna play this in april at UIL! i absolutly love this peice its so beautiful(":

[TheRealBarnez]

@AmarisTheTiger1995 Good luck, it's a great piece.

[fmusikalia]

cheapest baton ever....

[crazitaco]

its kind of sad how people come here for the music, and instead they make fun of the director.

[XxfireblastxX]

he may be conducting with a toothpick, but it sure is good!

[CHATRUCSONG]

incredible fellng,strenght,smothness and passion;one gigant step to the future of conducting.Thanks!!!

[carmelo3782]

DIRETTORE D'ORECHESTRA BRAVISSIMO!!!!!!

[GGefter1]

To all "critics": hold your opinion for your kids.

When you will rise to this level of musicianship (too late for most of you...) you will have RIGHTS to express yourselves.

Since it is not going to happen, please respect one of the greatest conductor of our generation!!!!

Bravissimo, MAESTRO!!!

[muslit]

@GGefter1 what a ridiculous statement. sorry, anyone has the RIGHT to express their opinion, musician or not. i've played this overture countless times. i think gergiev's interpretation is fair (and too fast).

[GGefter1]

@muslit ..with whole respect to your opinion, I sent my words to mostly those "amatures " raising voice with little or no understanding of Who, What, Why REAL CONDUCTOR doing on the stage being one of the greatest MUSICIAN of our generation.

Valery Gergiev is a MASTER in all respect!

[anonymouseponymous]

@muslit of course everyone has a right to express their opinion, just like the subsequent person has a right to say that your opinion sucks. if you think this was fast, listen to the late, great toscanini's conducting. big deal you've played it countless times. you are clearly not Gergiev or Toscanini.

[crazitaco]

our band may play this for contest . it will probably be extra difficult for us clarinets because we are supposed to kind of fill in for the fast intricate violin stuff. and im third chair, so im a little intimidated D:

[empowerher]

@crazitaco We played this in band for contest in 1986. 25 years later it is still my most favorite piece that I have ever played! Enjoy it.

[Jocoso44]

@GGefter1 But if you move too much with your instrument (I'm not talking about the conducter), you are not able to put all your expression and feelings in the sound, I think. That's what my teacher always says.

[anne9593]

ok ugh Y is he holding a toothpick cuz if its a baton its so tiny how can neone c it

[Gheorgyi]

@anne9593 Another american... Man, what a desolation of a country...

[luigiperso]

@Gheorgyi , only a stupid person can judge someone merely because of his nationality....please shoot yourself

[pacman5698]

THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER!!!!!

[Agodipino]

che cazzo fa con lo stuzzicadenti?

[burmas1]

@Agodipino Si... Però qualcuno gli regali almeno una bacchetta decente.

[willies27]

Une Stella Artois, s'il vous plaît

[ccdlate8]

In my opinion, this is by far the worst possible interpratation of this piece. Truely aweful.

Also, if you disagree, please don't respond "@" me. If you enjoyed this, then performance just say so. We're all adults here.

[lioneification]

@ccdlate8 especially compared to Toscanini's

Chris

[lpreams]

@ccdlate8 us being all adults here is highly debatable...

[chicchimio]

ma per favore!!!

[caolsen007]

the dude looks like Otis on the Andy Griffith Show

[anne9593]

@caolsen007 LOL 

[puntogtpap]

this is ed.1869 !!!!

[vladtheeditor]

Слишком быстро, согласен. Наверное, ужин остывал.

[cysotbone621]

He must've forgotten his baton, and saw Dusty Baker and borrowed a toothpick

[lilskerik]

EPIC EPIC EPIC!

Can't Believe the size of the Baton!

[musik6700]

Geniale, anche se il primo andantino è troppo veloce..

Grandissimo Gergiev, una carica e una tensione eccezionale.

Non so perchè dirige con uno stuzzicadenti, forse una provocazione o forse per la sua mimica manuale è la bacchetta che meglio gli si addice.

Genio... in barba a tutti...

[efroggys]

conducted way too fast.

[cesareborgia1982]

During the whole performance I kept expecting for the Groucho Marx gesture that would end the prank. Alas, it never came!

[linuxxe]

What a strange conductor. Still, he and the orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater are top notch.

[MissOboe99]

Very well done, I love this piece, In my own opinion it felt a bit fast though.

[efroggys]

@MissOboe99 I totally agree. It is NOT meant to be played this fast. It just kind of takes away from it.

[MissOboe99]

@efroggys I'm performing this piece soon, and playing it this fast seems very rushed

[efroggys]

@MissOboe99 I performed this over the summer in my symphony. Im the clarinet player and he probably played his solo twice as fast as me! Faster is definitely not always better.

[krdawg4]

@efroggys I have to disagree. I too played this with the youth symphony over the summer and we did it this fast. We tried slower and it just didn't work as well. This piece is, in my opnion, representing THE FORCE OF DESTINY (insert evil laugh here), and THE FORCE OF DESTINY isn't meek and slow. It comes hard and fast. I have to say that this is about the maximum tempo i would ever take this piece at, however.

[WhatSayestThou]

I would've had the class to put the toothpick in my mouth while walking up to direct. pmsl :-DDD

[filosse80]

grandissimo



[Jutrb]

0:56-1:33 too fast!

[Allegretto54]

Valery Gergiev ha sido un gusto descubrirte. Eres un excelente conductor. Felicitaciones

[clarinete09]

toothpick batton!

[ErosBombardino]

es practico, y barato

dirige con un palillo de los dientes :)

[franco58ful]

Valery Gergiev è sicuramente un grandissimo direttore. l'interpretazione è profonda,intensa,l'orchestra suona veramente bene,il risultato finale è ottimo...ma perchè fare il clown,che senso ha,si sta suonando una delle pagine più belle della musica di GIUSEPPE VERDI mica una canzonetta...

[franco58ful]

Bravissimo il direttore ma secondo me è ubriaco...dirige anche con lo stuzzicadenti...

[MarcoMartini81]

@franco58ful è vero, sembra strafatto :-)

[MsUnem]

@franco58ful Valery Gergiev vuole destabilizzare il pubblico e usa tutti mezzi leciti e illeciti per ottere l'effetto desiderato. Ama fare il clown. Però bisogna sentire attentamente con che risultati!!!! E che curriculum!!! Non è ubriaco, è tutta una recita.

[Jeffbear1]

I really admire Valery Gergiev. He's a brilliant conductor. Val's presentation really is awesome !! Toothpick or not....he's great..... He'd be great even with a broom stick.

[b286guy]

With a stick so small, why even bother?

[BasingstokePSB]

To most negative people, I, as a student of conducting, feel that it is inappropriate to slate Gergiev for his refusal to conform to the norm. Indeed, I have used several lessons from his technique to aid my own conducting.

It just goes to show that each must take their own path no matter what the "unitiated" think of that progression.

[thisthislight]

Such Masterful directing. Mr. Gergiev is awesome!!

[Liynkx]

I have never seen so much fire in a conductor's eyes, this man's presentation is just brilliant.

[GGefter1]

Bravo Maestro!

The greatest conductor of our generation is only can be accepted by REAL musicians who do not need to be provided with the beats, but rather with the musicianship and direction in how music should flow.

Sorry it is not for someone, who is not yet at this level...

[Mainharfa]

Wonderful conductor! IHe is magnificant!!

[meh00007]

i cant stand watching this retarded conductor.

[atrebil71]

Cosa se ne fa con quello stuzzicadenti in mano??