Mahler 6. symphony hammer stroke shakes the stage

[ericfontainejazz]

HAMMER NOT BIG ENOUGH!!!

[JaFeKl]

Let the Hammer fall!

[Moussorgsky1]

About when is this in the symphony's final movement? Like do you have an approximate minute this hammer stroke would be on?

[jakethepianist]

@Moussorgsky1 It shows up around 16:05 in the Bernstein/NYPhil recording.

[ass1joe]

more cowbell LOLLLLLL

what orchestra is this?

[BLdrummer740]

Are you sure it shook the entire stage? I'd think that it just shook the timpani head from the vibration.

[finnishredder]

@BLdrummer740 Well the stage where we (the percussion) were playing was hollow so yes it was enough to shake the stage...

[Aaaronicus]

why are there 2 sets of timpani?

[finnishredder]

@Aaaronicus Mahler 6. is written for two timpanists, that's why.

[DaCapo2010]

hahahahahaahahaha. nice!

[HerrWozzeck]

Actually, seeing this begs the question; did this performance include the infamous 3rd Hammerblow that Mahler himself took out?

[finnishredder]

No, we didn't play it. But I've played the 3rd hammer blow in a concert once with the finnish conductor Leif Segerstam.

[ProjectmixBros]

sick stuff!

[fcmilsweeper9]

whaddafakizdat?

[schnozz87]

epic

[arttusipila]

Uskomatonta!

[MarkoKassenaar]

Who is the conductor?

[finnishredder]

The conductor is Christoph Altstaedt

[gkdrummerboy]

How come everyone records this hammer stroke? Just wondering...

[vitruviancat]

because its a famous and unique moment in a wonderful piece of music.

[ezekieloak]

This proves the latest in Physics...

E=MCHammer

[CleverDjembe]

Nice underwear ;P

Note: I didn't say anything about your big hammer....

[finnishredder]

Yes, as a finn I must agree that the german underwear fashion is remarkable...

[byronw14850]

wow

[trumpetgeek1010]

sounds good!

[Bullfrog91]

The hammer stroke is very cool, but if I were your conductor I wouldn't be letting have a camera while practicing... I mean if you just left it in one spot it would be ok but waving it around would make me mad..... cool BTW

[ArturoAlejandroS]

I think the first hammer is the anit-semitic campaign and when he left the conduction of the orchestra of the vienna's opera.The second, when he lost his daughter, and the third, his own death.He predictd himself.

[podiumman2]

I hereby predict that someday, I will die.

[iwanabana]

wonderhul prediction buddy.

[iwanabana]

whoops wrong spelling

[TheKubrickFanatic]

He believed that there were three hammer strokes of life, and that the fourth one was death. Because of his superstition, he actually took out a fourth one for fear that he would die!

[Shota871]

I thought Mahler initially put THREE hammer strokes, but removed the last one. Few conductors, though (such as Bernstein) decided to put it back.

[TheKubrickFanatic]

I stand corrected.

Apologies.

[bsaxagent]

I love Mahler's random percussion. There's a slapstick part in the 6th symhpony finale at 178-180, a cowbell part scattered throuout the piece, and the hammer.

[podiumman2]

I still think it needs more cowbell.... (obscure SNL reference)

[Clarinetussion]

I agree! XD

[finnishredder]

We gotta have more cowbell! :-D

[MoreThanHeroez]

If by obscure you mean completely mainstream SNL reference than yes.

[ChuckyJesus666]

Well, maybe for old geezers like you and me ;)

[Addaick]

I would like to hear the tambourine from Mahler6 but I never heard the version(early version) that scored for it.

Oh yes, as well as the xylophone and the exciting triangle.

[podiumman2]

Amazing that Mahler predicted Tom Delay...

[seecritagent]

in reference to what?

[podiumman2]

Tom Delay was called "The Hammer."

[jlaurson]

I think he rather foreshadowed Gallagher.

[podiumman2]

LOL

[pianomatteo]

hehe whats it called in the score? hammer of doom or something like that right? i forget. haha awesome either way.

[finnishredder]

it's actually called just as 'hammer'! mahler's greatest invention for the percussion instrument family!

[pianomatteo]

haha alright I wasn't sure. but i will have to agree, mahler writes the coolest parts for percussion.

[ArturoAlejandroS]

Yes, he liked percussion with fffffffffff.

[pianomatteo]

is this that youth orchestra you played with in the other video?

[finnishredder]

This orchestra is called the Young Sound Forum of Central Europe. The other one with mahler 7th is the European Union Youth Orchestra.

[AtterseeSommer]

yeah. This is the one he forgot to put the kitchen sink in.

[CarnageVisors]

fabulous ! eheheh

[trombotik]

wad are u hitting on??

[finnishredder]

the thing that is being hit here is called simply a 'box' or a 'resonant case', which is hollow to make the hammer stroke sound better.

[morecowbell2112]

I feel sorry for the tuba player!

[gab1279]

Awe-some. :D Great playing too.

[Kilopane]

U can't touch this.

[finnishredder]

heh, i thought ppl would like this :-)

[sonybuddy]

hammer ;) achso, hängt :D

[kepperkepper]

brilliant!

[li40in]

genial....