TEDxBoston - Benjamin Zander and the YOA - 7/28/09

[kleineschutter]

whahaha! business people and dancing ;)

[Paluz]

simplemente Geniales!

[giorgioglez]

how many FedEx trucks appear in this vid?????

[NitroAndDeathMetal]

@giorgioglez LULSTERZ

[WimWintersMusician]

It is very dangerous to say that one knows how something of the past sounded. What I do have is the score, in which Mr Zander was so surprised to discover the metr. mark. Indeed it is surprising, because one should not read too much of old sources to see that the suggested speed does not match the notation. If Beeth.would have wanted this incredible speed, why would he have choosen the 8th note as basic note value? The 8th note does not stand for speed, but far gravity.

It's double to fast...

[betarey]

@WimWintersMusician

Far more dangerous (or at least foolish) to be so presumptuous of his intentions. He said it was what he *thought* it might have been intended to sound like, you may also have missed his use of "our interpretation" several times throughout. He's simply confident in his view, which is why, you know, he's there. A true danger? Rigid and inflexible thought. Kudos to the alpha geeks for finally getting of their asses and dancing at the end there.

[Tokkemon]

@WimWintersMusician The 8th note isn't the basic note value in this piece, the half note is. It would have been more appropriate for Beethoven to have written it in a time signature of 1/2 but that was too far out there for the time. It is essentially one beat to a bar, always.

[WimWintersMusician]

@Tokkemon , no, it is the 8th note which is the fastet basic note value, and this an important factor, in relationship to the bar for the tempo choice.

Your idea of Beethoven missing our modern "possibilities" is not to be historically documented. Unless you know sources I don't...

And BTW: If a composer chooses an eight note as fastest note value, it means that the audience should hear eight notes, and not 16th or 32th.

[nevertheless123]

Beautiful. Only Zander has the guts to analyze complex music in front of any audience!!

[rahdezs]

It was a very very fun experience to play in this concert!

[sednivo]

This kind of music is much better listen live. Microphones made an irreversible effects on the video.

[LPASCOL]

Benjamin Zander ... Magnific as usual ... and always with shining eyes

[chegadea]

Tico Tico no Fubá con un uruguayo en el pandeiro!!! Eso es integración.Música de primer nivel.Felicitaciones!!!!!!!!

[Marcelocellist]

I Know who is the guy with a brazilian shirt. =D

[a5131086]

Actually the full name of the song is "Tico Tico no Fubá" by a Brazilian composer called Zequinha de Abreu.

And who is onedecadelater????? One of the trombones who holded 300 years do play Beethoven's 5th??? lol.

I am the guy with yellow shirt on Tico Tico (or canarinho, or verde e amarela, or camisa do Brasil or Brazilian Team Shirt, or maybe the best soccer team shirt ever) hahaha

Great to see this video. That tour was amazing!

[MrMedina1234]

aaaalaaaaa kikee ahi estasssssss!!!! somos tus fans

[panacomposer]

What a day!  What a group! Los extraño!

[clsact6]

I recognized Nimrod, by Elgar, but what was the name of that last, jammin' piece? Love this group! Love Zander!

[onedecadelater]

The final piece is called "Tico Tico".

I was playing trombone in this group and I must say: what a fantastic opportunity it was!