Mozart: The Magic Flute - Overture - Sir Colin Davis

[dgehin]

I could barely make it through the overture. Sir Colin needed to step up the tempo and lighten the whole score. It was like a 747 jet try to float in the sky like a kite.

[antoinecheval1]

@dgehin This

[CreativexthinkeR]

It scared me to death when that lady started talking... I was just listening to the audio. They should really warn a person about that.

[ilen3000]

What a beautiful music!

[maxxxdemon]

v for vendetta <3

[CatFlashBlue]

We're playing this song, the real version, in my high school orchestra. I have the 1st bassoon part and it's killing me! Mainly just the solo stuffs. I've only been playing bassoon for 2 years and they shlump Mozart at me. I do love the music, but it makes my brain hurt. And the bassoons in this piece have such amazing sound, great tone quality.

[MrQuequestring]

sin duda la pieza más excepcional que se haya compuesto jamás. Mozart sobresale sobre los demás compositores con nota. Pienso que cuando compuso esta maravilla el tiempo se paró y la creación en estado puro se hizo.

[GabrielPadecopeo]

Esta es la mejor versión en youtube; el tiempo es excelente, bien pausado. Los otros directores "van corriendo". ¡Cómo es posible que entre una y otra versión existan 3 ó 4 minutos de diferencia? ¡No puede ser tanta variación!

[raleighsquare]

One wonderful and stupefying fact is, this music which is so exciting and stirs the blood, was written about 225 years ago and has not lost its relevance or importance. Mozart was truly touched by God.

Take that, Lady Gaga.

[ashleyjanais]

@raleighsquare i was just thinking that. we listen to this shit about sex, drugs, and alcohol and, don't get me wrong i listen to some of it too so i'm not judging, but if it was TRUE music it would hang around for decades and it won't. it'll only be there until LMFAO comes out with another party song and Miley Cyrus comes out with something she probably didn't write but it hits #1 anyways. it's crazy the shit people call music now.

[operaanimelover369]

Right at 8:50 to 9:35 is Anna Kristiina Kaappola at her very best in Der Holle Rache. I just wish someone could upload a vid of her singing the full aria. She's just absolutely amazing and truthfully one of my favorite QoTNs. There's not a lot of videos with her as this is the only one with Kaappola. I hope she can keep going with her career because she's absolutely wonderful. :D

[k9markiii]

Thumbs up if the composer Youtube thinks it is Mozart and the picture beside it is Captain Jack Sparrow.

[MsResearcher2010]

Mozart is THE GENIUS!!!

[pettymolly]

Mozart is my favourite composer. And not all conductors can pull off this overture. In my personal opinion, this one is magic :D

[paradoxicus]

La obertura es un canto a Isis y Osiris.

La iniciación,el contrapunto y el triunfo de la luz o el bien.

La cuerda prima en todo su esplendor.

Mozart,profundamente humano,tantea la perfección.

[Sage80]

It becomes rock n roll at 1:21.

[CiCiDatzMe]

Grabs Magic Flute Cd *hugs* Grabs Mozart Sheet Music *hugs* Grabs Violin *hugs* *stares at video*

[nthomas32]

Mozart was way ahead of his time!

[lichtbroeder]

@nthomas32 Me too! I once showed up at a Medieval costume party the day before in full costume. Oh what laughs we all had later, I and that merry band.

[papagena92]

Of course the music is incredible! how can 11 people dislike such a masterpiece??

Hoevever, I disagree with what he says at 8:21. I've always thought there is some philosophy/symbolism behind the plot and these lyrics. (apparently easy sentences hide high meanings most of the time!!).

[lichtbroeder]

@papagena92 On a lot of You Tube videos, it's ALWAYS "11 people" who don't like the video. I suspect one disturbed person with 11 multiple personalities (all nasty) is behind these ratings.

[PhysicalsimForever]

What an amazing overture. Very, very grand - almost Haydnesque actually.

[PhysicalsimForever]

What an amazing overture. Very, very grand - almost Haydnesque actually.

[380371]

genius!

[Haaglander]

Fantastic performance. Briljant sound.

[1cheshirecat]

The Sgt Pepper of Opera

[JossGuin]

What have the Freemasons ever done for us!

[zZZzBethzZZz]

This sort of music is more fulfilling than most stuff in life

[Semmlmoo]

This music is like someone's saying: "He guys! Don't panic! Everything is getting good finaly!"

[comic4relief]

i don't understand why the insistence (on the part of one of the speakers) on casting dispelling remarks. We can't really say what was Mozart's disposition at the time. We don't necessarily know how the Magic Flute was perceived then, or that we're even playing it right nowadays. We can't hear like they did.--- Discuss

[pettymolly]

@comic4relief I'll take the bait. we know a few things. Lyrics, tune, pace and language. Those things should be kept. I hate. Hate, deeply any Mozart-copy stepping out of those 4 boundaries. Mozart sung in swedish, english is just torture to my ears. Same is when it's too slow or too fast. This piece, in my oppinion, is just right.

[comic4relief]

Granted. Really, i was only commenting on the interviews after the performance, which i do find effective and did not mean to criticize. --- It is interesting to me to consider the musical environment back then. Players and composers, and listeners for that matter, probably had a purer sense of musical sounds. The only music they ever heard was being played right there within earshot. Modern ears on the average are disrupted and desensitized. We underestimate what the human ear is capable of.

[FRANCESTALYA]

THIS IS AWESOOOMEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[309hjk]

How many versions are there? This has to be the best! Of any composition of all time.

[solomonzx]

МИСТИЧЕСКАЯ МУЗЫКА! ОГРОМНОЕ СПАСИБО ГОСПОДАМ!

[Lorangeverte]

cf. Karl Böhm.

Comme d'habitude avec ce chef, on a droit a des pastiches de grandes interprétations.

[craqt]

Is this taken from a documentary?

[crotchet66]

The Orchestra of the ROH is excellent!

[marci588]

it's like I could hear the angels singing... sheer incredible!!!

[309hjk]

HOW CAN THIS BE? HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE!!

[Raed103]

Nice version !!!!!!

[arramus]

I just received a Blu-ray version of this splendid performance and thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed myself.

[rika4keio2worldpeace]

So soothing to hear and watch this! Thank you,TheGreatPerformers for your work!

[alilapointe1]

the biggest pair of balls in the history of western music

[1musiclover2100]

This is the best overture ever written. I just can't stop listening to what happens between 03:50 and 04:30! Mozart was a genius and I love his music.

[FranciscoJPalacio]

#NowPlaying via #iShuffleingAlgorhythms on the #Orchardian #iPod: Mozart's 'Die Zauberfloete' it is one of the most inspiring overtures, at least to me, since I used a clip of it for my "Demo Reel" over a decade ago, as a prerequisite to graduation; ended up becoming 'engraved' in my synapses, too!

#Auzgezeichnet

#NiemandBesserIst!

[ramzichristian]

j ss un trombonist est on va joé cette opéra avec l orcheste phillarmonique du maroc.....

[hessu3]

yeah talking heads

[9ice1000]

hey da fame of di sir colin wer can i find sun is shining by dj sir colin plz send me

[lhrlyc]

and now in english please?

[Radeir1]

Adorável esta "Abertura", ela realmwente nos prepara para entrar na magia mais espetacular que a música pode-nos oferecer!!!!

[Aberwitz88]

La diferencia entre un director masón y uno que es puramente músico es muy obvia; sobretodo en los 5 "golpes" del introito.

¡Viva Mozart!

[johnhofi]

has there ever been a greater musical asshole than ole Wolfi ?

[cutiemonkey27]

wow they play so fast

[lipkinasl]

@cutiemonkey27 FAFST! This is a relatively normal tempo for this work, I've heard it played faster that this. I believe this to be about right.

[vivace737]

what form is this in? rondo or sonata?

[Maspixxx]

It's a large scale Fugue

[ZJH89]

@vivace737 If I remember correctly, my professor for the class I took on Mozart said it was in sonata allegro form without development.

[hecklephone99]

The connection with Clementi is correct. in 1781, Clementi played his Bb Sonata in the presence of Mozart. The opening two bars are melodically identical to the opening of the Allegro of this Overture

[BiondinaPeperina9]

Fa rummiiii sta coS!

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[remedios89]

isn´t it a bit too slow?

[winnietheshyt]

It sounds a little like Clementi's Allegro con brio. Many people have said Mozart had the tune of Clementi's Allegro con brio in mind when writing this piece

[MrDsmalls]

@winnietheshyt Yeah he probably flat out stole it. The difference being it doesnt matter because when Mozart gets his hands on something he flat out makes it other-worldly. Clamenti could spend his whole life with that one theme and never write this.. Mozart can toss it off in a day at the most

[zanzatube]

Great tempo. Strong and nice :-)

[Metabrook]

Good for you...

[309hjk]

Die Zauberflute, I watch it every day...

[PrinceHanSung]

wonderful Music...

[MuseScreenager]

Its just beautiful...

[stradiwannabe]

That oboe suspension into the allegro...

oh God.

I just pooped from amazingness.

If only the 1st violins were together.

[captainkill1]

The Greatest composers of all time and he only to be in his mid 30s.

[gravy666ugetpwnt]

Let's not forget, though, people didn't live as long in 1700s. Just saying.

[comic4relief]

Does the speaker who tells us there's nothing to be found within the story truly believe that, or has he simply found nothing in it himself? Why does there always have to be reference to the money side of Mozart's activities? After all, Mozart was a musician and an artist, not an economist; as long as he could dwell amongst other musicians and leaders of culture, party well, afford a new piano if he wanted one, etc, he was happy. He did not care to wheel and deal real estate.

[comic4relief]

what is the meaning of this?

[JoJoKenn94]

He's from Austria

[einsatzdeath]

Haha!  He's Austrian.

[ManuelSpintoTenor]

You never stop finding new things in this piece! I love it!!!

[Realdaddyuk]

Standard stuff! Elvis kicked his skinny ass!

[peterrabbit1999]

(:! good

[Numerle]

i love it. mozart isn't exactly my favorite composer, but the magic flute is so beautiful and full of energy, especially with such a great conductor. excellent vid.

[Silverlin212]

Mozart should be your favourite composer!!!

[nessie96]

Colin Davis is brilliant....he is one of the great interpreters of Mozart. I've always been an admirer of his conducting style.

[stradiwannabe]

...it seems a bit slow to me.

and a litte heavy. It sounds too romantic...almost Beethoven-esque

[Meewosheq]

Yeah, It should've been more energic as Mozart was.

[Meewosheq]

But apart of that, this is very good performance.

[hugosatriani1]

Hail Mozart

[rabengeraun]

How ironic that the Germans recognised this man's conducting talent before the Brits

[boywhoisazn]

Isn't Mozart German-Austrian?

[AlarV]

he is referring to Sir Colin Davis, the conductor! not mozart

[bluewave193]

Go OBOE!!!!!!

[aluapmt]

I love this opera, and the overture and Koningin der nacht's aria are my favourite parts of it!

[dillpickle0712]

great

[debartzen]

Una ópera donde se muestra el espíritu masónico del gran Mozart.

[slimsanta93]

hell yeah im playing this opera with my orchestra at hamilton

[Tazwegian]

fucking freemasons

[akonan73]

Marvelous... Merveilleux... Bravo... Bravissimo !!!

[SummerPudding1]

That Magic Flute intro is sublime.

[dontyoudare28]

The magic flute is, by my judgement, one of the greatest achievements of mankind to date. Anyone who doesn't have tears in their eyes after this overture is made of stone. Beautiful performance too.

[Dogaradodia]

The best 'The Magic Flute' Overture on YouTube.

[traydb]

They must've hired her just for that F, because everything else sucks.

[goodimagination]

beautiful performance..

[Rogier92]

nice

[Pikenachann]

Bravo!

Bravo!!!

[Dogaradodia]

Great sound!

[maggeo78]

Thank you!!!! It's a great video!!!!

[Aleurrer]

I love this, I like so much Mozart.

[squadronace]

Mozart..that dude I mean he just whoops aass dont he

[generationx1966]

@squadronace He's the Jimi Hendrix of his time!!!

[LOVEDAVEGAHAN]

@generationx1966 Oh please....how could you possibly compare that idiot Hendrix to the great Mozart. One created beautiful music & the other abused a guitar!!

[Tommy211hick]

i love it!!! the dvd is great

[somedudeiskool]

Why would Salerari destroy such genius and beautiful music

[cutieparrot007]

He didn't...that's a myth...and completely unproven.

[GJGJ654]

the best myth for a movie, i dont think its truth, but possible ...

[wastedguitar0]

wonderful

[helmsdeep84]

Brilliant!!!!

[medavog]

My favorite! I wish nannerl was alive! LOL