Mahler Symphony No.3 (6mov- - VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden)

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Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Mihoko Fujimura, alto
New National Theatre Chorus
The Little Singers of Tokyo
February 11th, 2011

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Music

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• classical
• orchestra
• nhk
• symphony
• mahler
• myung
• whun
• chung
• mihoko
• fujimura

[SirSebastianWang]

The ending, the conductor looks up, and sees Mahler, nodding approvingly from heaven. In response, he nods too. A moment of silence, then thunderous applause. Almost no piece of music can be more divine as this.

[TCTromboneColts]

This piece has literally touched my soul. It brings me to tears and brings a smile to my face. these are not people performing a piece of music. These are angles performing God's Masterpiece. Thank you Mahler and Myung-Whun Chung. Thank you for posting this video.

[antoniopizzoleo]

Il più sublime canto d'amore che sia mai stato scritto.

[DuncanzibarNo2]

Now that I've stopped blubbering I can only say that that was the Apotheosis of a Symphony, masterful in the hands of Myung-Whun Chung.

I first came across Myung-Whun Chung when he conducted Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at the BBC Proms last year. Never has that piece spoke to me as much in the maestros hands, with such a frenetic piece he appeared to be in a vale of tranquility and simply allowed the musicians to smash my senses to smithereens in the most thrilling manner. A rarity these days!

[jgesselberty]

Superior performance that touches the heart and mind.

[TheJamesalden]

Thank You for posting this. I remember the first time I had heard this particular movement, which was back in 1989 just after my parents had passed away. It was Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. I really couldn't believe my ears, as it were, but to this day, I find this movement to be one of the most sublime every composed as well as the one of the supreme pieces in all the entire symphonic literature...

[Strefanasha]

ok, the conductor is economic in his manner, but as one who played in an orchestra for over 20 years, trying to follow a beat from the distance of the bass section i ask, WHERE IS THE BEAT in this arhythmic pot stirring??.

If we cant follow the conductor he blames us, and never his sloppy beat which has arisen as a bad habit over years.

look at it, a perfect circle, as such which no start or finish, ie NO BEAT

[bartje11]

I agree with all the comments about this marvelous conductor. Simply stunning!! Economical, no great show but intrinsic, all in service of the spirit of the music, which he makes the orchestra convey to us as pure magic.

[TheUGKY]

Fortunately, I was there (as an audience, of course). It could be the best concert in my life.

Can you see two more sets of timpani are placed at the left side on the stage? Four timpanists were playing the ending 'step'.

[ionbon100]

belleza, ternura, amor, aquí la música lo expresa a la perfección

[MatthewBassMan]

Perfection, in music and performance. Mahler would have liked Mr Chung I am very sure. Thank you for this.