Gustav Mahler Symphony no.6 Tragic Fourth movement "Hammer stroke"

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton from the german conductor Eckehard Stier played live at the 20th August 2009 in Auckland Town Hall , broadcaster is Radio New Zealand

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Music

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• Eckehard Stier
• Conductor
• Dirigent
• Gustav Mahler
• 6. Sinfonie
• 6th symphony
• live
• hammer stroke
• CEO Barbara Glaser

[briandonohue100]

I didn't know Harry Potter liked this kind of music...

[zuzrwolrd]

@christocretes How do you know that the video is out of sync? If you think that the music comes too late, you're wrong because musicians always play a little later than the exact moment the baton flicks. Watch every other orchestral performance on youtube and you'll see the same.

And actually I wasn't talking about the tempo; the orchestra doesn't agree with him dynamically until 1:40. It's either that or he is just really energetic in his hand motions. And I'm guessing you're from Auckland :P

[jgesselberty]

@christocretes My, my. Aren't we angry. So my comment deserves to be chewed up and spit back in my face? I simply commented that the video kept the camera on the conductor and did not show the musicians. No one said that the conductor should not be shown, but that the entire effort requires both conductor and orchestra. Music making is a collaborative effort.  Would you photograph La Gioconda and show only her smile?

[christocretes]

@zuzrwolrd ok :)

[zuzrwolrd]

@christocretes

do you anything about conducting?? upstroke and downstroke?? its in sync, believe me, and the orchestra is not vibrant enough, not the conductors fault.

That's it.

[christocretes]

@zuzrwolrd then again...

it was never my thought that the music comes too late, but that it was leading. 2:01 - 2:02 i still think it does.

[christocretes]

@zuzrwolrd plus he's dead on between 0:10 - 0:13 and 2:01 - 2:02. Really clean. :)

[christocretes]

@zuzrwolrd have you studied theory & comp classically? if so, then you'll probably discredit this altogether but, i don't follow the baton hand. i watch the left, but i let the baton burn into the peripheral image of my focus. the baton is too ambient and lacks self control. the left hand is articulating the bass and mid range. i like "seeing" the bass. you know, you make some good points though, and the video rolled in & out of sync when i applied SMPTE to it soo, yeah, i think your right!

[christocretes]

@zuzrwolrd do you have audio editing tools? if you do, then try syncing it; re-record the audio through your software. import the video. mute the original audio, line 'em up and see for yourself. 

[christocretes]

@zuzrwolrd the audio is too pristine. it doesn't fit the quality of the video. it was added later. btw, i'm an audio engineer. i see this all the time. this thing is way off, to the point that watching it begins to annoy me. it's like a bad kung-fu flick!