Bernard Haitink Conducting Masterclass

Extract from masterclass by Bernard Haitink conducting Brahms 3rd Symphony. Complete masterclass available on DVD from www.masterclassfoundation.org

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[MMFmasterclass]

You should get the three hour DVD. It's truly inspiring - and not just for aspiring conductors. Any music lover would learn so much from this remarkable man. You can get the DVD from the website on the clip.

[EnsembleXXI]

Excellent Masterclass by not only a wonderful conductor, but also a very great teacher.

[lilpinaypinaychic]

good video for aspiring conductors. =]]

[Nicholas Ssempijja]

Great skills from Bernard.

[MichioKakuphysicist]

but how does one make a living as a classical music conductor if he/she is not as good as Haitink? most will starve, I think.....

[WHITECK9]

"Well, how does it feel?" "Actually amazing" "For me, too."

The most awesome thing passes between them.

[ale alx]

questo corso e' una buffonata

[PUCCINIMUSICK]

Teaching conducting is merely impossible, unless you teach time-beating. It is just a question of mere charisma. Karajan said "5% is technique, 95% is psychology". look at the faces of those young chaps: are they really conscious of the overwhelming feelings of this music? Are they really taken away by it? THIS IS THE PROBLEM, Haitink or not.

[uknowwho889]

not so much that they've learnt it, but it will have been rehearsed often. Most players are proficient enough to read ahead of where they are playing and keep 'checking' themselves with the conductor. It is a skill one learns when playing in a conducted ensemble.

[MrGriser]

Haitink's birthday today he's 83!

[lullemans72]

i see. thanks for sharing.

[ninjakid165]

hmm It could be , that some of them have memorized the whole piece , but the case usually is that you'll have played it so much that certain parts won't need that much focus (with your eyes)

[MrGriser]

Which is the easiest of the Brahms symphonies to perform because I want to hear a school orchestra perform the Brahms symphonies but I get told their too difficult.