Mahler Symphony #1 "Titan" Finale (part one)

[joelwarren33]

Bravo Arkasha! Velikolepno.

[llsds1]

at 1:24 the bass trombone and tuba should fuckin wail on that F. lol other than that, phenomenal performance! :D

[MrFerminleon]

The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was composed between 1884 and 1888. The work is sometimes known as the "Titan", due to Mahler originally conceiving it as a tone poem based loosely on Jean Paul's novel Titan. It was composed while Mahler was second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, Germany. The symphony was premiered at the Hungarian Royal Opera House in autumn 1889. The Grand finale bring your soul closer to God,through this Great Genius

[Andrew1996horns]

Best work of music... EVER!!!

[LTSouther]

best version on here

[TheRayoman]

Great job !! Its a shame that such a good orchestra and playing such a great piece has only a handful of people in the theater.

[pointreyes6]

Masterful performance, the slow section from 5.00 is done very nicely indeed.

[Eilos]

Wow. This is actually one of the best performances of this piece I've ever heard.

[yuehchopin]

sehr gut

[Kneam]

I don't want to sound harsh, but I consider telling lies to be worse than that, so I am going to be sincere and direct: Mahler is among the composers I least care about and he often reminds me of vomiting, especially with his Symphony No. 1. No offense intended.

[Candlegary]

@Kneam Without constructive criticism or what not, your comment was rather pointless.

[Kneam]

@Candlegary Not more than yours. But your inability to see the point is not my problem.

[Candlegary]

@Kneam My point was that I was telling you, rather subtly, nobody cares if Mahler reminds you of vomiting, it was an unneeded bit of information. If you had then gone on to follow it up with why, or even a note on the performance you have commented on, then that would have been fine. Your point, therefore, was pointless information. Rather much like spam, but more human.

[Kneam]

@Candlegary Thanks for your concern. But speak for yourself and not for others. The latter is a rather tasteless, desperate effort to give more weight to your opinion, which has nothing to do with the composition and the performance, so it is you who is spamming. Differentiate between personal opinion / expression of how music affects someone, and what you label as 'constructive criticism'. Your remark is rather biased, since it could also be given to those who expressed their positive personal

[Kneam]

@Candlegary ...opinions, which aren't more constructive: just 'superb', 'amazing', etc., which is simply the opposite of mine. So what you did was a demonstration of your personal bias and intolerance. Surely, you have the right to do so just as I expressed how I feel about Mahler's music in general, but at least mine was related to the video. So, to summarize, the keywords here are TOLERANCE and DIFFERENTIATION. Hopefully, this lights up your candle. Thanks for your time!

[Candlegary]

@Kneam Not necessarily; though those comments merely state an opinion of 'amazing' or what not, and therefore, hold no constructive criticism, they do tell somewhat of the performance. Whereas, your comment told us your distaste for Mahler, but nothing of the performance. So, neither tolerance nor differentiation fit to the discussion. Yes, I did not comment upon the performance, but as you can clearly see, I was merely reply to you, and not commenting on the performance itself; therefore....

[Candlegary]

@Kneam ...There was no direct need for me to comment on the performance, as I was speaking directly to you, with relevance to what you had said. If I had decided to comment on the performance, I would not have added it onto the reply to you, that would have been irrelevant to the conversation at hand. I have not in fact stated my opinion of the performance yet, so my being bias or not cannot be told yet.

[Kneam]

@Candlegary Well, I guess one candle is not enough...

[Candlegary]

@Kneam Oh for... the joke wasn't funny the first time, how could it possibly be funny the second time?

[sarrindell1]

i played this last year @ Georgia State University and we had a blast! LOVE ANYTHING MAHLER

[rodstartube]

i would like to see bach's reaction if hearing this live, probably he would say: "WTF this is superb!!!"

[SRGTrio]

we played this piece in NCO Main! (i play viola) Amazing piece! very well played.

[dannibennett17]

i agree. its an amazing piece. i played it on a weekend youth orchestra course in the uk and we cracked it in 2 days\!!

[Quincypop]

Bravo. They do Mahler and your country proud. Very steady tempi throughout.

Missed the end.

[Annagame0808]

Goodness I love this piece! It reminds me of da days I practiced like crazy, the violin part, those runings...

[numb3rmonkey08]

Where is the 2nd timpani?

[Lui191]

Belllllllo

[dxhaloxc]

when my orchestra played this i thought my chest would explode.

[seederisch]

Great piece and great played as well!

For all Brass Band freaks who like Mahler or for all Mahler fraks who like Brass Band: There's a piece from the Austrian Herrmann Pallhuber called "Titan's Progress". It's a variation of this piece. You absolutely have to hear that! It's really great, and for all Swiss, this piece will be the test set piece of the 2008 Swiss Brass Band Championships in Montreux, November 30.

[kabab]

Mahler & Stravinsky are very hard for conducting,but it sounds great.thanks.

[Hexachloraphine]

These players are awesome.

[VonRichter]

Really nice... excellent tempo.

[JFman00]

Come tour the US! Sounds great!

[Amatio]

Besonders die ersten drei Minuten sind fantastisch! Ich höre sie mir derzeit immer wieder an!

[ElliePearl]

Thanks.

[oliveheron]

This is a beautiful performance. Thank you.

I wonder if there is a reason for the small audience -- why more people are not there to hear this great music? I hope you will post more.

[BratscheBoy]

The only reason I know of for small audiences is because of the location of the hall. It is not a large building and it is located on the edge of the Kreshatik district. Though visible from the main Concert Hall off of "Freedom Square", it does not garner the attention of the Big Theatre or the main Opera House. And they are an orchestra made up of world class artists.

[darkprose]

Powerful. Can't wait for the second half.