Karl Böhm rehearses Beethoven - Part 1

[bachboy111]

The basses are late, alvays too late!!!! But seriously i love watching Boehm conduct. So easy to follow.

[callasnuts]

You know the story about Böhm rehearsing Salome at the Met in the 50´s? He kept rehearsing the "Jews Quintet" until the umpthenth time till everybody finally got it right.Then he called out: "The jews can go home now"-and the whole orchestra got up and left!

[SherryVapors]

@callasnuts LOL! A genious!  A man after my own heart.

[seremerow]

I like reheasal video.

It's good to learn !!

More please~~

[chrish12345]

Those basses were absolutely terrible

[chrish12345]

i feel sorry for the flute guy not being able to count his piece

[Timrath]

@chrish12345 He looks like the flutist that Hannibal Lecter killed and ate, because of how he played. :D

[atrainroberts]

Karl Böhm... Well! eventually it's a great video, this guy is right Beethoven already exists and his score. But let's cut the chase and get right to the music. Once Böhm finally entered the room Phew! the segment was all over. He was pretty funny in this rehearsal.

[maestrojeremy]

Blah, blah, blah, let's get to the rehearsing. Am I the only one that wishes the first three minutes were cut out?

[Classicalguy12]

I like Karl Bohm, and I love to watch him rehearse.

[mrblifil]

The orchestra looks intimidated as well they should be. Poor flute guy gets hung out to dry, to say nothing of the underperforming bass section.

[Nachtmarchen]

Well, at least Dr. Böhm abstains from threatening to send them to the front as he did during WWII here.

Also, best Böhm rehearsal quote ever: "Be a little more pregnant" - when he wanted the orchestra to play more concise.

Together with Krauss, the Kleibers and he young Karajan easily the finest R. Strauss conductor ever, his Wagner was great as well - and his colorful, almost French Eroica shouldn't be overlooked either.

[nickgen123]

i dunno much about orchestras and my birth astrology reading says that my favorite musician would be bohm.I was born december 10 1989. So far, i dont really see the beauty in his music or what makes him so special, maybe i am too young. Can anyone tell me what is so special about orchestras

[fiddlinmatt]

have you ever been to a live concert?

If it makes you feel any better, (coming from an experienced orchestral musician) I don't exactly like his conducting, but I won't deny that he was a great artist and interpreter.

I am your age, but then I've been playing in orchestras for years, so it's kind of what I do. It can be an akward thing to understand though, I know. I would recommend going to some concerts if you really want to experience it more though.

[beethoven4ever]

he certainly has the symphony at his fingertips

[vvsivakumar]

thank you so much for posting this.

[somecallmeRudy]

Wow. A relic of a CBC the likes of which is sadly long gone. There's also a doc. with Walter conducting the Vancouver Festival Orch. from about this time.

[olga2809]

I love to see rehearsals, thanks for posting!

[Leibo07]

The impression Böhm made, was rather deceptive. This was one of a friendly, somewhat resigned, maybe a bit selfsufficient grandaddy. In truth he was more of a black sheep, bit whimsical, and someone who didn't mince matters. His tolerant stance toward solists/vocalists, musical interpretation and the significance of recording were broadminded and actually not reactionary.

One might add : his renderings of Berg modern opera's were artistically sincere, sympathizing, and became classical.

[dominant08]

Always waiting for the video of the rehearsals by the Legendary Maestros, Thanks so much for posting this^^

[kpjir]

Ba, Boh, Beu, Beuhm, Böhm.

[nickgen123]

lol

[ekerilaz]

Facetious flippancy is very much not my entire response to this marvellous document - but how pissed-off is that flautist!!

[munkybrain]

thanks very much for posting this

[michaels7]

This is the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under a different name.

[wagnerian1979]

Difficult to imagine a program like this made today, or if it were it would be done in the style of 'American idol'/'X Factor'! Very depressing.

This is a great document of a great conductor playing great music. Thanks for uploading.

[djs259]

He was an unrepentant Nazi but genius like this cannot be overlooked on simply moral grounds.

[mltube]

Ya-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa. He speaks English well.

[Leibo07]

He, and in 'real life' he was a Dr. of Law...

(Doctor Juris), from Univ. of Graz.

[billyguns2]

Like all great conductors, Bohm's "sound" is immediately recognizable; clear, singing textures in which everything is heard, and clean attacks. I love his Beethoven. How marvelous to have this priceless document!

[Freud55]

What a document. Boehm was undoubtedly the greatest interpreter of Beethoven in the last century. His Fidelio was the best, I saw him conduct it in 1973, and his rendition of the Leonora 3 Overture was supernatural, especially the violin section's cadenza.

[billyguns2]

I agree with you about Bohm's FIDELIO. I heard him conduct it at the Metropolitan Opera in 1978, and will never forget it. During the Leonore 3 coda he stood up and the orchestra unleashed a torrent of possessed sound the likes of which I have never heard before or since. There is also a video of his FIDELIO from Vienna in 1955 that is hair-raising; nobody understood this opera as well as he.

[Freud55]

I had on headphones one day in my university dorm room, I remember, and I was listening to that overture and next thing I knew I was on the floor. Apparently, I'd passed out during that coda you mentioned. So maybe you're not too far off with "possessed". It's never happened to me again. Thank LvB!

[Leibo07]

How about Klemperer?

[Leibo07]

Very fine indeed, but he had some competitors, there..