Mahler Symphony #1 "Titan" : Movement 3

[silmawien]

It's so harsh, cynical... But yet, beautiful. And so strange to hear Frère Jacques, this childhood song, through this movement.

I understand why Mahler was hated but I can only love his art.

[JZvortman]

Another interesting take on Frere Jacques: apparently as a child Mahler would flee outside when his abusive father beat his mother. Once, when escaping the aweful reality inside, he heard a musical group pass playing a light hearted folk song. Therefore, the light hearted fun of folk songs became like a dark twisted irony.

[peacefan06]

....i have to do a little essay on this....boring!

[swissham998877]

i had to listen to this for music homework in high schol, and still remember it well!

[PapaBone69]

@swissham998877 What's this "had to" business?

[PersonneAnnonime]

un de mes mouvements favoris... si triste, sinistre... et cette mélodie joyeuse qui sors comme ça au milieux... Mahler est un vrai génie.

[TiffanyRandolph1617]

@ my resitol, I am playing this song on the piano

[floydhead1491]

there was soooo many people at this show

[macrocec]

@floydhead1491 lol, but its good it was empty cause if not youd hear annoying caughs!!

[canadianguitarnoob]

You've got to have some talent to take such an innocent folk song and twist it around to make it this powerful. Amazing. Also, I'm no bassist but it must be extremely difficult to get the intonation on that solo perfectly, so I don't blame him on that one.

[heartspoptarts]

this song is inspired by how almost all of mahlers siblings died of illnesses. his favorite brother died a long slow painful death and mahler was there the whole time. learned about it in school. depressing huh

[miepdetruus]

anybody knows the name of the painting this piece = based on?

[capiem]

@miepdetruus it's called the huntman's funeral by Moritz von Schwind, it was very popular to all austrian children because it was included in a book of old fairy tales! :)

[GUITAR4165GOD]

I thought that Frere Jacques was used in the minor because he was remembering his son that had died and was an expression of great sadness.

[CardBo]

@GUITAR4165GOD

According to the wikipedia article on this symphony, in the last paragraph of Structure section, that's just how the song (which Mahler referred to as "Bruder Martin") was sung in Austria at the time, and was not an invention of his. It has two citations, but neither reference is directly available online.

[msm2you]

This was lovely.

[Dsyn222]

You have to love Mahler. Symphony 1 is great. I'm glad to see it preformed on YouTube.

[dragongame2]

@Dsyn222 Im glad my street named after him XD

[sarah19019]

i love that the second bass player congratulates the soloist during the performance. cute.

[terbernt]

what Deja Vu, hunterjaymiller below has said exactly what I meant to say

[paulturtle92]

try eschenbach directing the orchestre de paris. much like this, a greatly underrated performance. 

[hunterjaymiller]

Very nice. Thank you for posting this. Sounds much better than the CD recording I have

[terbernt]

@hunterjaymiller very true on my behalf as well

[Gargantupimp]

If I was at the premier of this gay piece I would of hissed it all the way to Berlin and Back!

[HAMayoral]

Hmm, so this is a variation of Frère Jacques? I imagine the original composer of Frère Jacques is unknown seeing as it's a folk song.

[Lutekbutek]

1 bass sucks!

[ibanezdude9659]

@Lutekbutek no. Listen to any recording of this. There will almost always be some sort of intonation issue with that high range. plus, the solo in the beginning is not supposed to be filled with expression, hense the idea of the funeral procession.

[freshhh1994]

@ibanezdude9659

Search up Christoph Eschenbach's video with the Orchestre de Paris. No intonation issues there.

[chehwbacca]

petit c..

[MrAlececca]

avete notato che è una rielaborazione di fra martino?!?!

[giovannilastrico]

Dalla prima volta l'ho sempre adorato e non mi stanco mai di ascoltarlo

[thrash666girl]

very beautiful :D

[mathes107]

This movement represents the funeral procession of a hunter by all of the animals. They are all pretending to be sad when they are really happy that the hunter is dead. That is why Frere Jacques is used in a minor mode; because of its absurdity......

[senbonmaster103]

@mathes107 Frère Jacque was sung in a minor key in Austria at the time, which is where Mahler got the minor key from. I don't know if that's true, but that's what I know about the song.

[Ibuiltatower]

@senbonmaster103 You're very correct. In the German-speaking areas of Europe the tune was traditionally in the minor (which is appropriate as the song is thought to be about a plague-victim by some) and known as Bruder Martin (Brother Martin).

[ecchi223]

@mathes107 Finally someone who knows what he is talking about. ^^

[theoriginal639]

@mathes107 11 people are relatives of the hunter.

[mauricjo1985]

Coś mi nie gra w tej interpretacji, za mało majestatyczna...

[Spoodle101]

@mathes107 I think the actual interpretation of this movement is the death of a child. The whole of the 1t symphony represents life as a whole; 1) Dawn, Birth 2) Pastoral village and family life 3) Death, Funeral march 4)Rage, anger, overcoming and triumph. The Frere Jacques motif is used perhaps more likely to symbolize the high child mortality rate of Mahler's Times.

[DonPortulinus]

@mathes107 Lolwut?

[ArthurStern]

Breathtaking beautiful Frère Jacques as a funeral march.

[musicfanBRA]

Wonderful sound & interpretation. This orchestra certainly deserves another go at it with a more professional video work.

[billythekid20]

Great work, thanks for uploading. Bass player hits the note sharp in the very first notes.

[kAkEl0]

great bassoon!

[neothomist1275]

Great, warm-sounding room.

I was a bit disappointed that the camera became static after the double bass entry.

[GaaraFangirl117]

I've always loved this song. Heard it first when I was in sixth grade, shown by my teacher. So beautiful! I like this version better than the other. xD simply because It's prettier and I'm just a morbid person.

[Christianchic907]

marvelous! I loved the morbid brother Jacob.and do I detect a piece from fiddler on the roof?

[hugocesardasilva]

The fiddler on the roof is based on the third movement of sinphony number one-Titan .

Berel Hofjud

[Marzipankartoffel5]

i really enjoy the parody of brother jacob. they played in d-minor i think not in d-major

[Molekulica]

so sad and yet so beautiful

[CharlieSery]

la porterò all'esame...xD hahaha

cmq è veramente bella

[KimestraAucuparia]

takes my breath away. It would be pretty cool to go back to past... Just to hear how this symphony sounds originally.

[chessisfun8]

sounds like a mixture of mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky

[DanielLinschoten]

the horns are forgeting there mutes at the beginning

beautiful piece!!!

[hackett1607]

i love how music speaks to all languages...beautiful.

[EileenHagerman]

So beautiful it made me weep...not joking.

[Garbobabe]

Marvelous!

[FootSomeGuy]

My favourite Mahler part.

[Kowzgalor]

As a bass player, I aspire to play this solo.

[kev1n12]

any tips on the base part, i have an audition tommorow, and i have to play it on tuba. just the beginning "Frère Jacques" part.

[jesemus33]

yes get another tuba player and go to rest!!!!

[justjusti]

The balance is a little off, but it also might just be the nature of a youtube video! lol.  This is my favourite Mahler piece of all time...

[uremifasolasiutut]

Most likely due to the size of the venue...

This looks as though the orchestra is playing in a church/small theatre!

Despite this, it still sounds amazing.

[ahosni3]

J'adore ce morceau et je ne m'en lasse pas de l'écouter

[joaquin42toledo]

no les parece que se les fue la mano con el volumen? empieza ppp

[CaptainQuirk]

I played this last night. What a fantastic piece!

[rapter9800]

I love this song