Mahler - Symphony No 9 - Claudio Abbado

[5h4n3u2b]

I don't understand the clapping at the end. I see it more like "Okay, it's been said, we can die now." If anything, everybody should just get up out of their chairs and silently exit the building. It's late. Go to sleep. Noise can wait until morning.

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

I love the tuning sound at the beginning of each concert. Of course its not why I went to a concert or listen to it, but somehow it has very powerful sound to me. Mahler is amazing, I love his music, unfortunately he is much underated today but who cares. I love it anyway ;)

[helenaprice]

@FilmComposeRaHoppe Yes, the tuning at the beginning is certainly powerful...all the anticipation, perhaps. It's one of my favorite parts of actually going to a symphony hall (as opposed to just listening to a good recording). Well, that and the absolute wonder of hearing the music "happen" live.

[Strefanasha]

the zeal of young players may peak before their executant ability, but it does not last, and though they may continue to improve technically they are likely to become jaded professionals.

such a pity, but then I was a young musician once, a double bass player, full of zeal, angst ridden and addicted to Mahler . . . . .

[mrionestrovsky]

Fantastic performance and magnific video.

Mário(Santos,Brazil)

[steven230281]

Some impatient barbarians broke silence in the end... They should be executed.

[muslit]

i find this performance rather dull

[darkprose]

Abbado always got the tempi rather perfect in two central movements, I thought, especially the ridiculously quick race to the abyss of the third.

[epolice3]

What is the cutoff for being a youth in Germany?

[Strefanasha]

@epolice3 in my country (New Zealand) when i was in youth orchestras it was 25, which for me was in 1983. it may be the same there, but then i can't really say, just offering a suggestion

[GraniteQuarrier]

This was wonderful! Thanks for uploading

[GraniteQuarrier]

25:27



[mrionestrovsky]

Certainly one of the best Mahlers's 9th Symphony presented from You Tube.

Mário (Santos,SP, Brazil)

[DebThe75]

grazie grazie grazie...

[rinsim]

"GRAZIE!"

[francaisemode]

just saw this on television awsome!!!

E

[TheBrownUn]

Mahler is to classical what svest is to black metal, The last of and the most epic of all composers,

[Hyperventilacion]

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

[pnoguy1103]

There are empty seats! Some people in this world will just never get it. How long must it take before the rest of the world can appreciate this?

[oresstes2]

I only hear chaos in this symphony

[1984robert]

@oresstes2 Breathtakingly wonderful chaos. :-)

[Strefanasha]

@oresstes2 I hear agony. but to me that is a different thing, for poor mad gus mahler was a musical intellect of the highest order. his thought is absolutely pellucid, wonderfully ordered

but he was a man in torment . . . .

[oresstes2]

Is so interesting what you said that i am going to hear the symphony a second time hehe

[vladpavlov]

@pnoguy1103 I have been listening to classical music since the womb and it has only been very recent that I have come to appreciate Mahler. A mere year ago I would have said, "Mahler? That man is a bore!" What I was missing was symphony no. 9: or at least its dramatic ending. Mahler is an artist that one must dedicate an amount of time toward. Listening to a theme grow, flower, and decay as does his composition. Our generation of listeners just don't have the attention span.

[SC2larry]

Just heard the 9th yesterday. It was good, but this performance of Abbado is amongst the top for me!!

[pildskadden]

But I like it!

[pildskadden]

This I predict will soon disappear from YouTube!

[MaestroSanaboti]

@pildskadden

No pal...

Just go & spread the music :)

[pildskadden]

@MaestroSanaboti Well, I hope not - I was just thinking there might be copyright issues, you know. Anyway, thanks for the upload.

[az111za]

@MaestroSanaboti

هو معاه حق علي فكرة في تخوفه! يورو ارتس و برلين فلهارمونيك تسببوا في ازالة فيديوهات كثيرة من علي اليوتيوب بسبب موضوع الحقوق و كدة, بس ان شاء الله مياخدوش بالهم من فيديوهاتك أبدا! :)

[goodbylenin1]

@az111za Would very much appreciate to read your comments in english or french to learn your feeling about Mahler's so emtional music.

Thanks and have a bright day

[tonhalakhat]

@pildskadden yeah, student orchestras suck

[tlcooper93]

@tonhalakhat Yeah, the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra is terrible.......