Gustav Mahler - "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (Simon Rattle, 1998)

[HonoraryCheesehead]

DES Knaben Wunderhorn. It's the Genitive case.

[dadasopher]

@HonoraryCheesehead Thanks! I've corrected the error.

[sevoflurane]

Excellent clip, thank you so much!!!!

[Vickie183]

kittens :) i think they match well, the music has a bouncy silliness to it that reminds me of a little bouncy kitten. and they are cute, just like the music :)

[dadasopher]

@Vickie183 Thank you, Vickie!

[ChuckyJesus666]

Mahler and kittens on a Sunday morning.........

[terrixturmoil]

haha @ kittens... @_@

[dadasopher]

@terrixturmoil kittens! kittens! kittens!

[CuriosusSum]

Great performance. Nice pictures. Peculiar combination.

[dadasopher]

Yes, I like the peculiar. Good word!

[renodet]

Mahler is also my favorite composer! It's interesting that the Third Symphony's 3rd movement -- which is based on THIS song, was subtitled by Mahler "What the Animals Tell Me", so these kitten pics are PERFECT for this music!

[dadasopher]

Thank you so much!

[jesusjuanpablo]

Mahler used this lied at the 3th movement of his 3th symphony

[TheodoricII]

I can't decide which this makes me want to kill worse - German people or kittens. Either way, I'm downright homicidal and thanks for that. If they remade A Clockwork Orange, I'm sure the protagonist would have his eyelids pinned open and be forced to watch this.

[dadasopher]

Best comment i ever got!

[madmezzo]

LOL in a big way!!!!

[sevoflurane]

@TheodoricII it's a shame it does not make you suicidal, instead.

[ArtNatureMusic]

Playful kittens, and nicely fitting music. 5* :) (Are those your kittens?)

[dadasopher]

A close friend sent me these pics, and I thought they were so cute and well-photographed that I wanted to make a video of them, and when I found a song from my favorite composer that went so well with them, I was overjoyed! Thank you for your comment!

[barbh1]

your kittens are so cute I want to eat them!

[dadasopher]

Yes, they are! A friend's mom once said to me, "why don't you write HAPPY poems?" I was upset by her comment at the time, but now, thirty years later, I finally did - through video. I'm pleased that it came about spontaneously - and, as the poet said, "as naturally as leaves to a tree."