These amazing young musicians come from throughout Slovenia. Every year, each high school in Slovenia nominates four students to attend Gimnazija Kranj school. The school sends out a selection team to interview each student. The selection process is very much like the selection process for the American military academies, with the addition of proficiency in English and their chosen instrument. Gimnazija Kranj enrollment is about 1,000 students and life for students from outside of the capital is very much like a college campus. The age range of the orchestra is 14-18. The conductor, Nejc Bečan, formed the orchestra in 2005 with 12 musicians when he was just 18 years old. Former members of the orchestra can be found today performing in some of the world's greatest symphonies.
Wow, so Impressive... it's an Honor to just Listen and Watch Them... Thank You...
I have listened to this at least 100 times and it still continues to amaze me!! I love good music.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful... every time I hear it! Sooo beautiful! Lovely. That last violin phrase... aaaahhhhhhhhh!
What a wonderful performance, great to all, to all. No words to express simply astounding.
This has always been one of my most favorite pieces of music and what a magnificent performance this was. Most adult professional orchestras out there cannot compete with the talent and passion that produced such heavenly sounds. Thank you!
Shout out to 1st violin. Excellent!
Simply superb.
I am always stunned by the performances this orchestra gives. So mature, so feeling. The conductor is amazing to get this quality of performance from such a young, but I guess very enthusiastic orchestra. Well done all of you - you are an absolute joy to watch and listen to.
Absolutely a wonderful performance and delightful surprise of the Youth Orchestra!
Thank you for your posts. zevnikov. They are the best UA-cam has to offer. Keep them coming.
I moved over from the original video. This performance is so captivating and amazing especially the solo violin. I've been watching it daily... Now I want to visit Slovenia!
I just did the same thing. Immediately noticed the difference in sound quality. The final adagio is absolutely sublime. and yes, I want to go to Slovenia to hear this orchestra.
I never tire of listening and hearing this masterpiece!
This video is outstanding. The musicians, conductor, audio quality, camera work is all magnificent. I cannot start to watch it without going all the way to the end. It should have 10 million hits. I must confess I only had a vague idea where Slovenia was. Now I have to go on my next trip to Europe
I wonder what the great conductors feel about being upstaged by this orchestra and conductor
Bravo! A wonderful orchestra playing spine-chillingly beautiful music.
This is a good performance and a great technical recording.
I wanted to particularly mention the conductor, Maestro Nejc Bečan. I was stunned to realize he was only 25 at this time. He was exactly and perfectly what the students needed in terms of his conducting style, and all of this, without score, from a 25 yr old. I do hope he will become better known on the world stage, as he surely deserves.
I see several people mentioned the first clarinetist, who indeed was expressive and competent. I'd like to also mention the first oboist, who was also very proficient. And a general shout-out to the brass - often the part of a youth orchestra one has to cross one's fingers most tightly about - well done to all of them.
Such a refreshing inspirational performance when compared to many established orchestras. And what a concert master.
Simply astounding! Special shout out to the solo clarinet, she's awesome as usual!
It is very lovely to wake up such a regal musik. The best way to start a day. Thank you orchestra. I feel privileged. 😉
!!! Magistral !!! Gracias, gracias, gracias. Bálsamo para el alma.
such absolutely beautiful music I listen to this piece every day
A visual and aural feast. Thanks for posting. I appreciate Utube for promoting our cultural heritage and values during this time of lockdown stress and social distancing.
Best wishes from Canada........
One of my absolute favorite pieces played to perfection. Bravo!
This extremely exquisite rendition thrusts deep joy into my heart, bringing forth delight-filled tears of joy. My great admiration goes out to these amazing youths and conductor Becan!!!
Wow!!! So, Sooooooo Beautiful!!! The original recording was wonderful, but this sound is truly deeper and more clear. Fantastic! I have listened to this music for 62 years, and have NEVER heard such s wonderful performance!, and by YOUTH orchestra! There is still beauty in our world! I send my greatest respect, and deepest thanks to Maestro Becan, all of these superb musicians, and to you, Mr.Zevnikov, for giving this world class music to the entire world! I wish I could somehow help spread it to the masses. It is truly Inspiring! ( I am sending it to all my children, grandchildren and close friends.
BRAVO!!!
Mêmes sentiments et même age. You connot imagine its impact on the old lonely man I am and who is in life thanks to classical music.
With my best feelings
So proud we have these talented young musicians: they are so young, so beautiful and so gifted. Such a happy thing to watch their amazing performances. Seeing them makes me have a vision of a better future of our beautiful planet. Splendid work indeed.
Absolutely, there is a Beautiful Future... but between Here and There, may be some awful hell... Cheers
I have more than twenty recordings of this work (on CD and DVD) and this version conducted by Nejc Bečan is one of the best (certainly the best in video and the best on UA-cam). Congratulations to Maestro Bečan and all these young wonderful musicians, and congratulations too to Mr. Zevnikov for bringing to all classical music lovers such a sensational performance.
Check out OSG version. That one is superior both in the music and the filmmaking imo . And it really *screams* to me ;).
@@powerchuffer Thank you for your kind suggestion. Please let me know where I can purchase this version. Forgive me for asking, but OSG stands for the label of the disc, or is it the Orchestra initials? Thanks!
@@wilsonpereira1307 You are very welcome, those are the initials. Here you have it; ua-cam.com/video/zY4w4_W30aQ/v-deo.html.
The orchestra is by far the best you can listen to on youtube, top orchestra + best filmmaking, and they upload almost every performance for free.
Rimsky Korsakov was Professor of Orchestration at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. You can hear why. He painted pictures with sound. Amazing!
I witnessed the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra perform this piece, and could not tell a difference between the their performance and this one. Sioux City has an excellent orchestra...esp. so for such a small city! And the Orpheum Theatre where they perform...WOW!
@@mohamedhamza456 I was about to make this correction. You are right.
This performance is beyond beautiful. The Youth Orchestra did a factastic job !
My deep admiration to all participating to this outstanding perfomance. One of the best I have ever heard. Breathlessly watching.and listening the first violin and clarinet. It gives me much pleasure to see beatiful young people play music I love. Thanks.
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I have been enjoying this outstanding performance for years! The more I listen to it the more I appreciate the excellence of the musicians! Rimsky korsakov’s Scheherazade is my favorite piece of music.
Thank you for the new upload.
Amazing, how a city with 30 thousand population can have a world-class orchestra. Thank you, Kranj!
They had Bečan, a conductor, Rozman, a great Gimnazija Kranj headmaster and me. :)
@@zevnikov Warmest thanks to all three of you and to everyone involved. Kranj is home to many wonderful people.
Everyone is highly gifted and I feel it is God's wish to offer the best rendition. Great.
This is a treasure; thanks!
Thanks Zev and Zupan for these wonderful videos of the GK orchestra. I love every one of them!
In 1987 Baghdad, I listened to Sheherezade on local TV performed by Egyptian women pop-singer (can't find her name). It was quite ominous.... Nothing could be more appropriate at the time as Sheherezade in Baghdad! I was wandering along the streets in and around Baghdad souk and Sheherezade (from 30:14) followed me everywhere. It simply belonged there. This particular performance is absolutely heavenly! Thank you!
Какое же великолепное исполнение,и какая потрясающая музыка, хочется слушать и слушать!
AWESOME...EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE. Thank you, PYO!
This recording is really a feast to the eye and ears, thank you for this.
I heard this as a little boy. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade is the very best of the tone poems in my mind. On a scale of 1 - 10, I give it a 12. This is an outstanding performance. I have only heard 2 better, the first I listened to as a boy (bias), Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Leif Segerstam's - Sinfónica de Galicia interpretation available on UA-cam.
That kind of music makes me a better person. Illuminates my soul. Thank u for sharing.
It reminds me of my childhood. My mom used to tell my sister and me the story of Sheherazade while we listen to this beautiful masterpiece
The performance is awesome. Thank you
Such a beautiful performance. Excellent in every way. New sounds enriched and simply heavenly. Everyone putting their best foot forward. Please, keep those concerts coming! The world looks forward to their every note! Thank you to all of you from the U.S.A. We are privileged to have such a beautiful woman from your country-but then they are all beautiful!
I love this piece of music. I just discovered this performance and love it. What a performance by these very gifted young men and women. I watch it daily. Never get enough. The Polish youth orchestra programs really have something to be proud of. I wonder where these gifted young impresarios are today.
@@barney2441 This is the Slovenian youth orchestra. Our town has only 30.000 residents ;)
Absolutely Wonderful !!!
Thank You
There is hope for the world regards music - these kids are superb
So beautiful it brings tears to my eyes
From Asheville NC USA I thank you so very much for sharing this ! Enjoyed it immensely !!!!
BEAUTIFULL. THANKS
Magical performance wonderful the play of the orchestra and the maestro
So happy I stumbled on to this. Superb performance all around. Magnificent conductor.
This performance is really 1st class!! Cette performance est vraiment de premiere classe!!
Bravo! Simply Devine. 1st Violinist/soloist was outstanding. Congrats to the video and sound crew for a splendid job of capturing this performance. Wish I could have been at the concert.
This is just magnificent! The best I have ever heard. The first violin and clarinet were outstanding. It gives me great pleasure to see young people play this kind of music. I am in love with the flute player. It make me happy to be alive.
I said a few days ago MrResiman
MrResiman
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Wipe away the tears, this is the best , most sublime piece I have enjoyed on the Tube. Enough said, except BRAVO to all And today !
I love the dynamics of this performance, especially in "Prince Kalendar"! Great piece of music and great performance!
Excellent!!!!! Thank you for this. I have at least two dozen different recordings of this on vinyl dating back to the mid 1950's and this performance is one of the best I have ever heard. Ever as good as Ansermet and the Swiss Orchestra or Reiner with the Chicago or Dorati with the Minneapolis Symphony - and those three are audiophile vinyl from the early years of stereo. I would love to have a copy of this on CD, DVD or vinyl for my collection.
WELL DONE!
Excellent! Not enough words can describe how well Nejc Becan has done with this orchestra - he is a master!
Absolutely stunning, extraordinary and most enjoyable! Have watched this now well over a dozen times, and every time it never fails to be thrilling. The camera work also could not have been better, they knew what to focus on at the precise moment, professionalism at its best!
the best performance ever, thank you, love it
A real test of my audio, what a stunning performance and recording!
N EXCLLENT CONDUCTOR AND GREAT OCHESTRA
Nadja Drakslar,is amazing. I find myself fast forwarding to her clarinet solos.
@@retired4good956 No Nadja Drakslar is the correct spelling, and perhaps for those who don't know and wonder why she can't sit still and keeps moving forward is because she is almost totally blind. She does that so she can read the sheet music and can watch the conductor better. Just an remarkable musician, considered one of the best in the world.
As always, when I listen to this orchestra I am transported to beauty.
I got this recording a very long time ago and every time I listening is the same ,pure delight Youth Orchestra in Hi/Res audio a treat for your ears
Thank you so much what a performance so great to see young people playing the classics one of my favourite pieces
Excellent and impressive group of young musicians!! Beautiful music!
Amazing performance. Thank you very much for uploading it.
Me encanta ver a juventudes interpretando música clásica y es un regocijo que guardo en mí corazón!! Gracias por tanta belleza y viva por siempre las nuevas generaciones musicales!!!👏👏👏
Maestro, logró Ud. y su maravillosa orquesta emocionarme hasta las lágrimas con esta magnífica interpretación. Felicitaciones y gracias a todos los que han logrado la producción de esta obra maestra, músicos e ingenieros de sonido.
I just can't understand who it is that would give this performance a thumbs down. What a sad little world they must live in.
An Impeccable Performance Indeed!🎵💥💥💥
Wow.......Absolutely Stunning.....Thank-You !!!!
Such a magnificent performance.. I LOVE THE PYO!
As for my experience, Sheherazade best execution ever.
Never, as a 'dean' passionate listener of beautiful music, have I found myself rediscovering with amazement as a child, the technical mastery, firmness, brightness and charm of this young orchestra and its conductor, and at the same time, as if by magic, bearer of an experience that leaves you speechless, which combined with a sound engineered with carthusian mastery that I found second only to live listening, gives a completely new light to what I consider among my favorite musical paintings of all time. If everyone were to participate as spectators, the human being would be at least in these moments better (but alas it is not so). I can do no more than pay homage to this magnificent orchestra, the conductor and of course Rimsky-Korsakov with his heavenly 'Sheherazade'. Thank you thank you thank you guys for making my spirit, at least while listening, higher 😁🙏
Siempre me fascino Scherezade, sobre todo la parte del principe kalandor, es ensoñadora y despierta imagenes de romance y aventura como pocas melodias logran y ver la interpretacion es algo maravilloso
Sensacional! Eu admiro muito esse maestro Nejc Becan, com essa orquestra jovem maravilhosa. Parabéns!
Concordo com você. Trabalho perfeito! Seria interessante que eles postassem vídeos com a formação recente da orquestra do Ginásio Kranj, já que muitos desses jovens trabalham hoje nas melhores orquestras da Europa.
Brilliant rendering of this perhaps the greatest tone poem. Never heard better after hearing a dozen versions of this work.
The sound is great too!
Thanks for the post.
Jamshed K Delvadavala
Mumbai.
this whole orchestra including the conductor is one of the wonders of this world . god bless them and their followers until the seventh generation and so on and and so on. Meantime the chef should be allowed to dress more lightly for comfort. A big thanks and long life to all of them
I realize I'm kinda off topic but does anyone know of a good website to watch newly released tv shows online ?
@Briggs Axton Thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I really appreciate it!!
Bellísimo!!! Gracias por tanta maravilla en estos tiempos dolorosos
Outstanding job. Years ago there was no way I could listen to this. Now I have a great appreciation for the arts! Magnificent😊😊!
As a long-ago graduate of the New York City High School of Music and Art (now the La GUARDIA HS of Music Art and Performing Arts) where in my day six full-sized symphony orchestras could be heard practicing all day, these young people are just wonderful!
WORLD CLASS.THANK YOU ALL.
Después de esto.....el cielo. La música, los músicos, el paneo de cámaras, todo todo maravilloso. Maravilla del espíritu humano.
As I said of the original audio/video upload, there is no better live performance recording of this composition available today. This is no multiple take, spliced and overdubbed studio creation. This is real performance art. And yes, it is clearly apparent that magic was used in the audio engineering, as mere technology could not bring us the total sound and beauty of these musicians. May God bless all involved in bringing this performance to life and posterity. As this performance has blessed me many times. (The ladies of the orchestra are so lovely, so special. Thank you all for sharing your beauty and talent.)
Mr. Zevnik, please find us another youth orchestra of this level of talent and professionalism. My life is better for your work and that of Gimnazija Kranj and Maestro Nejc Bečan. And Nadja Drakslar.
Perfectly stated, Max. And I am also a huge admirer of Nadja.
No worries... Primož is Very busy attending to all the details of forming his new orchestra, but it is a slow process with many details, and (inevitably) bureaucrats to deal with. But, hopefully, when they premier, you will see Many familiar faces from this wonderful orchestra... both current students and recent graduates from Gimnazija Kranj as well as returning honored guest musicians such as Nadja, Matjaž, Maruša, Marjan, Eva, Urška, and many others... not to mention the chorus singers.
Amazing!! Thanks so much from Argentina
Astonishing and beautiful work of the artist and conductor…I can listening this music over and over again ❤
Wow! absolutely mesmerizing!
un sommet de musicalité,admiration,une panoplie de couleurs aux multiples splendeurs
Magic magic I am inI the palace of the great Sahriar and the beautiful Shehrazad telling her story to persuade her king to leave her for other day !!! Magnificent orchestra and the maestro
Sublime 😊😊😊
Grande , unica, meravigliosa viva, grazie, un grande abbraccio al direttore d’orchestra , Bravissimo e ai suoi giovani ,eccezionali orchestrali . Sergio
Muchas gracias por algo tan agradable y hermoso ♥️👏👍
Thank you so much, sounds even better than the first time...
Wonderful. Marvelous, Amazing. This is even better than the first version which I fell in love with when I first saw and heard it. I've listened to the earlier version so often that if it had been on vinyl it would have been etched by the needle.
Just amazing. My all time favorite piece of music just stunningly performed. I have always been a Fritz Reiner and Chicago Symphony fan but this is just amazing. I am a huge fan
W LA GIOVENTU' !!! Questi giovani sanno ridare vita a queste opere arcisuonate da tutte le più grandi Orchestre del mondo ma che le suonano senza l'entusiasmo di questi giovani ! BRAVISSIMI!!!
I listen to this every day, It is the best performance
Mi valoración: creo que está dentro de las cinco mejores obras musicales que se han escrito. No me cansaré nunca de oirla completa.
É arte em estado sonoro, invade o meu ser e destrói suavimente o que há de bruto em mim a música tem esse poder transformador.
Magic from the first to the last note played .... This give hope to the World by this young people !!
Amo essa obra e a apresentação é uma das melhores que tenho assistido.
Maestro Zevnikov nota 1.000 não tem igual nunca vi conduz a orquestra maravilhosamente e os músicos são fantásticos.PARABENS SAO MARAVILHOSOS E A.MUSICA E DOS DEUSES.