Performed live by Sydney Camerata Chamber Orchestra at Paddington Uniting Church, Sydney. Conductor Luke Gilmour Concermaster Liz Gormley Artistic Director Mathisha Panagoda
I’m the clarinettist in this video and have returned to it several times over the past couple of years. In a world that has been so uncertain and in which live music has suffered at the hands of Corona, it has served as a valuable reminder of why I do what I do and of how much I love it. What a gift we were given to be a part of this project.
Bravo for you. I only got to play this Piece, 1st chair Clarinet, in High School. Got drafted went to Vietnam, survived, came home and never picked up an instrument again.
I was a clarinetist in a former life. I never had the opportunity to do Appalchian Spring, but Copland is still special to me. The Copland Clarinet Concerto was the last thing I ever played in public. It was a long time ago; I was just 18 then and now I’m 74. I want you to know how much I love your playing. Thank you so much for this performance.
@rowenawatts6463 A continued joy and blessing to experience your performance for over 10 years and still do! From March 2020-July 2020 This was how I ended each and everyday, regardless of the day, time, and place. 90 days straight during the pandemic. Y'all's performance continues to inspire and motivate an educator and performer. Much love from New Orleans.
When I was 19, I dated a guy who was 23, listened to nothing but classical music. He started to open his world to me with this single piece. He gave me the copeland vinal set and I promised I would go home and listen.....I did, tho I thought it would put me to sleep, I laid down in bed for the night and this is NOT the music to fall asleep to, the emotion within the music itself reached out to me and I loved this piece ever since!
I realized while listening to this wonderful recording, few of these people, maybe even the conductor, were even born yet when I was in Sydney circa July 1970, as a 25 year old sergeant on R&R from Vietnam.
A few years ago when my son was 10 he posed a question. “Dad, what is your favorite song? “ I replied it was difficult question. It depended on what I was listening to and whether I was feeling happy or reflective or melancholy. He kept insisting on the question and demanded I had to pick one song, just one. My response was Appalachian Spring. He inquired why that song? I said because it touches my soul like the voice of God. Thanks for sharing the beautiful performance and the voice of God.
I feel the same! It’s taken me years to actually realize what my favorite piece is. But I’m so glad my composition instructor made analyze this piece in college because this is easily my most favorite thing to listen to!
Inspiring piece of music played beautifully. Brings a tear every time I listen- my daughter is the clarinetist- I hope she & all the musicians realise the joy they have brought to thousands of people
Oh, that´s wonderful, you can be so proud! I hope you and you family are doing fine, and that your daughter is still playing clarinet! I come to this video every few weeks, since years now. Seeing these young people, creating something so beautiful together, is helping me tremendously to deal with all the other weird stuff going on in our world. My best wishes & Thanks to you.
This is the best version of Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" I have ever heard. I came back today to hear them again after multiple listenings over the past few years.
I think these kids will be forever enriched by having played this. Music like this can eternally dwell in your soul as a lifelong blessing. As it will be for all of us to listen to during these dark and gloomy COVID days. This music says hold on there again will soon be beauty to behold.
Compose something for us - something that expresses your emotions and lifts the spirit of those who listen for all time. Become one with the ages and soar to heights of which you've never dreamed. Embrace your gift!
Don't let them tell you some of the masters were greedy profiteers and dirty capitalists scum...... avoid such people and cry along with me to the songs of life and hope.
This is the best version of Appalachian Spring I've ever heard ! Thank you Sydney Camerata Chamber Orchestra, you've done our Aaron Copland American classic true justice. .... Bravo !
Who are these performers? They are magnificent. I agree with all the wonderful comments made before me. As an almost 80-year old American, I thank God for You Tube. What a marvelous gift for my declining years.
All of my ancestors live through this music, from Virginia, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, and California they live again in spring. Their spirits dance in the nature of America. I feel them deep inside of my soul, whispering all their secrets, tears, and laughter. I am them ... and they are me.
I've never heard Appalachian Spring taken at such a slow tempo. But rather than losing a sense of pace, this version reveals an inner beauty in the sonority of Copland's orchestration that is absolutely ravishing. Bravo!
Agreed, most of the recordings I have heard of "Appalachian Spring" are too hurried and miss the subtle beauty that Copland composed. The last 3 or 4 minutes of this version, are so wonderful and elegant, they almost make me weep out of sheer joy.
@@williammiller4653 I would even venture to say that the chamber orchestra achieves even more expression than the full orchestral work! I like the full orchestral version, but it doesn’t beat the original.
I first stumbled on this about eight years ago, months after it was posted. I have come back to it time and again in the years since -- though not for about a year until today. Now, as the world grapples with the original meaning of "going viral", and my country with the consequences of gross incompetence, I was looking for something a bit uplifting, and remembered how moving this performance was. Solace in the Time of Coronavirus.
This is a wonderful performance of one of the greatest works by, by my reckoning, the greatest American classical composer of all time, Aaron Copland. This suite is simply perfect in every single way. It is slow and gorgeous, yet never boring, and fast and lively, yet never overbearing. His sound was always so wholesome and full with amazing tonal depth, and yet it portrayed this liveliness and yearning and working for the future that abounds in the American spirit.
I first heard Copland in 1969 on a record entitled 'The Jazz Influence' with Benny Goodman playing the sublime Clarinet Concerto. One had to listen to his other works of course and Appalachian Spring comes close to that intensity. Imagine my joy at hearing it rehearsed in the art gallery where I work in London. A double treat in fact, I was there in the evening for the actual performance by the Orpheus Sinfonia. I even spoke to the conductor.
One of the best presentations I have ever heard. This is Copland's signature work and it is so beautiful and timeless. Thanks to my mother for bringing me up on classical music.
This is my old music appreciation professors favorite song. He died the quarter after i Had him. He was a world traveled violinist and Extremely knowledgeable about music. As it happens my parents listened to Aaron Copland when i was young and I actually love him but didn't know who he was until my professor showed me. I absolutely love this song. It brings such joy to my heart. Now every time I hear this song I will always think of my professor and what I learned from him. I also got to see him perform and he was amazing! I also think of the good old days with the family being a kid drifting off to some amazing adventure listening to this song! It brings a tear to my eye to be so blessed to have been able to experience the things I have. and to have this connection with music so deeply.
The musicians here are all wonderful, but that bassoonist is amazing! The low drones perfectly in tune at ppp levels; the intonation in the high passages, superb! Brava, and bravo tutti!
Thank you very much for your comments. I have listened to a number of different versions of the Copland's Appalachian Spring, and I must say that I listen to yours almost every evening. To me, this is the best rendering of the Shaker song "Simple Gifts" with Copland's composition for Chamber Orchestra. Congratulations to you and your friends for a beautiful renditions of this important piece of music.
I keep returning to this performance...too many things to say how good this one is...fabulous flute; crazy sensitive! Copland is a great artist, poet...the redhead violist makes my heart flop around...2nd 1st Violin is a joy to watch...
As an American in my eighth decade, I agree with Mr. Prosperi. UA-cam has brought me so much glorious music from all around the world, so much music that I can't afford to experience in any other form. What a joy from applied technology!
I keep coming back to this so often ( see previous comments ); a small miracle of musicianship and video production. Love you all, and thank you so much for the experience.
I once listened to the first four minutes as I was crossing an inlet in Miami Beach with the dawn slowly filling the eastern horizon and I thought, damn, this moment and this song are forever fused. 4:40-5:10 are the best part in the whole thing
I always prefer bigger orchestral renditions of pieces like this, but I have to say I keep coming back to this one because it's so beautifully performed and sentimentally delivered. The players show great love and care in every note. Cheers from the USA. It's always amazing to see orchestras and ensembles from other countries perform & appreciate our countries contribution to the classical art form.
I remember sitting in Balboa Park as a young girl listening to an Aaron Copeland concert with Leonard Bernstein conducting. They played this & Billy the Kid & Rodeo & Fanfare.
Miriam Weizenbaum As a 17 year old soon turning 18, I was told that my music sounded similar to Copland a view days ago- came here to check this out and I'm hooked. Definitely going to lead me in a creative direction I'd happily take. This is superb composition.
If I haven't started crying by the 20 min point, that's usually where I get so emotional! I come back and view the video so often over the years. Love it every time. Thank you!
Had to listen to this again, was scheduled to fly to Sydney last month, COVID sucks.....Copeland wrote this piece for a small ensemble like this, especially in the venue it's being performed. Can't wait to get back to see old friends and make some new ones.
Moving,.. beautifully done . i have always loved this song.especially towards the end ..Always get teary..Why? I'm not sure .. too beautiful for words .
What a wonderful performance! These musicians should be heaped with praise. They capture the music's essence so beautifully, and with incredible virtuosity. I couldn't stop listening, even though I've been hearing this music in all its many guises for over half a century. What loving genius! What unparalleled ravishment! Stunning work.
at first I was mad that my high school's marching band directors decided to make our show about a play... then I listened to the music we were going to use and fell in love.... We are going to BOA Grand Nationals in Indianapolis this year and I'm sure that we are getting 1st because of how beautiful the music is. this music, so powerful and beautiful, It makes you want to cry.
About a month ago, I was flying ofer Pennsylvania on a very clear day. The late afternoon sun was hitting the hills just right and I thought there would be no better song than Appalachian Spring. I cannot imagine a more perfect setting to this song than fall colors over the rolling hills of the Applachians. It was a near perfect moment.
I am an old "semi-retired" lawyer from NYC. This is a remarkable performance by a very talented group of young musicians. I turn this on every so often just to cheer me up! These kids are great. I love to both watch them and listen to them. I am currently in North Carolina USA. I wish you guys were closer! Thank you for providing such joy.
Might be ten years late but really wouldnt matter. Excellent perfomance by these young people, they should be proud of themselves. Listened to Copland in many versions and this is brilliant period. Good luck!
Bravo the recording artist and of course the performers, this sound is full and plays so big and expansive. It is a rich sound with a lot of depth. The slow pull back around 7 minutes shows how compact they are. Exceptionally well done.
I remember watching an interview of several people who visited Copland after his stroke. he couldn't communicate vocally. if memory serves me right, he walked over to the piano and played the first 3 notes to Appalachian Spring. when you think about it, those are the magical notes - everything is organic from there. from God to Aaron.
Her intonation, in such an intimate group, is superb! She projects without over-asserting herself, and those pianissimo passages, OH MY! I'm a bassoonist, myself, and I sit in awe of her mastery of the instrument and this music!
That was emotionally moving and wonderfully performed. I prefer this modest sized group as originally written over the later versions adapted for larger ensembles.
DFDalton1962 - That performance is much tighter than this one (and my sister-in-law is one of the performers), but I still like this one better, somehow. More exuberant?
I really liked the other one! That's the best performance I've heard of the piece so far, very tight, amazing control of dynamics, perfect tempo. And the recording quality is exceptional as well
A fitting song, thanks mmj420gardner for liking this. I'm in the Appalachian mountains visiting my parents and this song along with the sound of rain beating on our roof and rolling thunder made for a great 30 minutes. Thanks a lot bud.
En écoutant cette musique sublime je plonge dans un passé très lointain, comme en dehors du temps. Je suis l'homme de la grotte Chauvet il y a 35000 ans en contact direct avec le ciel, le soleil, la pluie, le tonnerre, le vent, les ruisseaux, la forêt et toute vie frémissante. Ces mélodies me transportent au commencement du monde. Merci Monsieur Copland.
Perhaps the sweetest feel good music written in the Americas. How different was the World when this piece premiered. Delightfully & exuberently performed & directed
The precise intonation among all members at the 15:00 mark is remarkable ... like watching a figure skating pair match the quick steps in a mandatory portion of their performance.
+Leo McDonald Indeed you are not. As an American, I particularly love seeing foreign orchestras play his work, knowing that so many people recognize and appreciate his contributions to the art form and the Americana he captured in the music.
A lot more people seem to be recognising his immense contribution to orchestral music. By the way, it's Copland. It is often spelled incorrectly, probably because of the pronunciation.
Copland is my favorite American composer. I don't think any other composer (maybe Bernstein or Gershwin) can capture the essence of the American experience the way Copland does. His soundscapes are America.
Dear SydneyCamerata: I'm a 73 year old drummer. I've played rock, Top 40, and CCM. But I find nothing better than great music like this. It really affects me emotionally. I am so very grateful to people who can play this. It's so beautiful! God Bless each and every one of you, including the conductor! There's a joke that goes, How do you get a conductor out of a tree? - You cut the rope! Yes, it's funny but I would never use it to make fun of them. They have so much heart! Thanks so much for sharing this! PS: It's incredible how a very small orchestra can sound so BIG!
Bravo, this is a beautiful performance of my favorite piece. It brought tears to my eyes to hear such beauty. Thank you for performing this as it was meant to be.
This is the quintessential performance of an all-time favorite. Everyone is IN THE ZONE: "Being in the zone is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, it is a mental state characterized by the complete absorption in what one does" (Wikipedia). Watch their facial expressions. This... this is IN THE ZONE defined.
There is a "Dimension in space" created where a dome of indescribable harmony engulfs us in heart fulfillment. This group has created that space with what Aaron Copland intended. Absolute joy.
20:30 This is the soul of this piece. One of the first compositions i ever played. it's been over 5 years since i stopped playing the trumpet, and twice that since i've played this, but i can still play it from memory.
I’m the clarinettist in this video and have returned to it several times over the past couple of years. In a world that has been so uncertain and in which live music has suffered at the hands of Corona, it has served as a valuable reminder of why I do what I do and of how much I love it. What a gift we were given to be a part of this project.
Bravo to you and your colleagues who were part of this project. Such a pure, intimate and heartfelt performance!
I really applaud you and your colleagues for a piece that has given me a lot of joy for 10 years - truly special - thanks🙂
Bravo for you. I only got to play this Piece, 1st chair Clarinet, in High School. Got drafted went to Vietnam, survived, came home and never picked up an instrument again.
I was a clarinetist in a former life. I never had the opportunity to do Appalchian Spring, but Copland is still special to me. The Copland Clarinet Concerto was the last thing I ever played in public. It was a long time ago; I was just 18 then and now I’m 74. I want you to know how much I love your playing. Thank you so much for this performance.
@rowenawatts6463
A continued joy and blessing to experience your performance for over 10 years and still do!
From March 2020-July 2020
This was how I ended each and everyday, regardless of the day, time, and place.
90 days straight during the pandemic. Y'all's performance continues to inspire and motivate an educator and performer. Much love from New Orleans.
When I was 19, I dated a guy who was 23, listened to nothing but classical music. He started to open his world to me with this single piece. He gave me the copeland vinal set and I promised I would go home and listen.....I did, tho I thought it would put me to sleep, I laid down in bed for the night and this is NOT the music to fall asleep to, the emotion within the music itself reached out to me and I loved this piece ever since!
I realized while listening to this wonderful recording, few of these people, maybe even the conductor, were even born yet when I was in Sydney circa July 1970, as a 25 year old sergeant on R&R from Vietnam.
Every time I turn on the news of today I have to come back and listen to this. There must be hope for a species that creates something so beautiful.
A few years ago when my son was 10 he posed a question. “Dad, what is your favorite song? “ I replied it was difficult question. It depended on what I was listening to and whether I was feeling happy or reflective or melancholy. He kept insisting on the question and demanded I had to pick one song, just one. My response was Appalachian Spring. He inquired why that song? I said because it touches my soul like the voice of God. Thanks for sharing the beautiful performance and the voice of God.
How beautiful!
Gay
Lovely story
I feel the same! It’s taken me years to actually realize what my favorite piece is. But I’m so glad my composition instructor made analyze this piece in college because this is easily my most favorite thing to listen to!
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Inspiring piece of music played beautifully. Brings a tear every time I listen- my daughter is the clarinetist- I hope she & all the musicians realise the joy they have brought to thousands of people
Her tone is wonderful! It is full but not stodgy, light yet not tinny. She has cultivated a beautiful sound of which she can be very proud!
My daughter is learning clarinet,, I will certainly share this with her
She has such a beautiful tone! You should be proud!
Oh, that´s wonderful, you can be so proud! I hope you and you family are doing fine, and that your daughter is still playing clarinet!
I come to this video every few weeks, since years now. Seeing these young people, creating something so beautiful together, is helping me tremendously to deal with all the other weird stuff going on in our world.
My best wishes & Thanks to you.
Congrats!!! :)
This is the best version of Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" I have ever heard. I came back today to hear them again after multiple listenings over the past few years.
I think these kids will be forever enriched by having played this. Music like this can eternally dwell in your soul as a lifelong blessing. As it will be for all of us to listen to during these dark and gloomy COVID days. This music says hold on there again will soon be beauty to behold.
i'm in that orchestra!!!!
thank you so much for the comment!!
Which one? You were all incredible!
I was in the middle of watching this when I got my email saying I got into music school! So hooray!
Enjoy it! It’s a great time! Start now planning what you’ll do when you graduate!
Compose something for us - something that expresses your emotions and lifts the spirit of those who listen for all time. Become one with the ages and soar to heights of which you've never dreamed. Embrace your gift!
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Don't let them tell you some of the masters were greedy profiteers and dirty capitalists scum...... avoid such people and cry along with me to the songs of life and hope.
Congratulations, my friend!
This is the best version of Appalachian Spring I've ever heard ! Thank you Sydney Camerata Chamber Orchestra, you've done our Aaron Copland American classic true justice. .... Bravo !
This is a very exceptional group of young musicians...
Who are these performers? They are magnificent. I agree with all the wonderful comments made before me. As an almost 80-year old American, I thank God for You Tube. What a marvelous gift for my declining years.
Sydney Camerata Chamber Orchestra
Don't decline, recline!
I agree with Ron and also with sedghammer. This is a marvelous live version, with the smaller orchestra, very personal with fewer instruments.
God bless your soul -may you see many more rich, health-filled, and joyful years.
i dont know who any of these preformers are!
All of my ancestors live through this music, from Virginia, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, and California they live again in spring. Their spirits dance in the nature of America. I feel them deep inside of my soul, whispering all their secrets, tears, and laughter. I am them ... and they are me.
I've never heard Appalachian Spring taken at such a slow tempo. But rather than losing a sense of pace, this version reveals an inner beauty in the sonority of Copland's orchestration that is absolutely ravishing. Bravo!
My God - this is perfect. I LOVE the pacing. Too often Copland gets lost in the somber tones of a full orchestra. This is how he wrote it.
Good point. I like that this tiny chamber orchestra achieves the same level of expression that a full orchestra would.
Agreed, most of the recordings I have heard of "Appalachian Spring" are too hurried and miss the subtle beauty that Copland composed. The last 3 or 4 minutes of this version, are so wonderful and elegant, they almost make me weep out of sheer joy.
@@williammiller4653 I would even venture to say that the chamber orchestra achieves even more expression than the full orchestral work! I like the full orchestral version, but it doesn’t beat the original.
I’m glad I found this video again. One of my favorite renditions
I first stumbled on this about eight years ago, months after it was posted. I have come back to it time and again in the years since -- though not for about a year until today. Now, as the world grapples with the original meaning of "going viral", and my country with the consequences of gross incompetence, I was looking for something a bit uplifting, and remembered how moving this performance was. Solace in the Time of Coronavirus.
araptuga In spanish please
@@miguelvilla9350 Sorry, mine long ago decomposed. I would refer you to Marquez himself, if he was still with us. :(
@@araptuga ooh dont worry
This is a wonderful performance of one of the greatest works by, by my reckoning, the greatest American classical composer of all time, Aaron Copland. This suite is simply perfect in every single way. It is slow and gorgeous, yet never boring, and fast and lively, yet never overbearing. His sound was always so wholesome and full with amazing tonal depth, and yet it portrayed this liveliness and yearning and working for the future that abounds in the American spirit.
I first heard Copland in 1969 on a record entitled 'The Jazz Influence' with Benny Goodman playing the sublime Clarinet Concerto. One had to listen to his other works of course and Appalachian Spring comes close to that intensity. Imagine my joy at hearing it rehearsed in the art gallery where I work in London. A double treat in fact, I was there in the evening for the actual performance by the Orpheus Sinfonia. I even spoke to the conductor.
This was one of the pieces that was played as my best friend lay dying in Hospice. A fitting composition as he entered into the arms of a loving God.
cancer?
RIP, God has a plan for all of us.
Wonderful, what a great send-off for the rest of his journey...
Into a gentle embrace by a welcoming nation - to go along alone and find your own reception.
One of the best presentations I have ever heard. This is Copland's signature work and it is so beautiful and timeless. Thanks to my mother for bringing me up on classical music.
This is seriously my favorite recording of this piece! Great work to all the musicians!
I agree, I’ve come back to it so many times
This is my old music appreciation professors favorite song. He died the quarter after i Had him. He was a world traveled violinist and Extremely knowledgeable about music. As it happens my parents listened to Aaron Copland when i was young and I actually love him but didn't know who he was until my professor showed me. I absolutely love this song. It brings such joy to my heart. Now every time I hear this song I will always think of my professor and what I learned from him. I also got to see him perform and he was amazing! I also think of the good old days with the family being a kid drifting off to some amazing adventure listening to this song! It brings a tear to my eye to be so blessed to have been able to experience the things I have. and to have this connection with music so deeply.
its enough to make a grown man cry. and thats ok.
copeland , an american treasure. his works will inspire the world forevermore. beauty such as this will live forever.
That bit from 4:46 to 5:20 is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever heard and will ever hear in my entire life...
This is amazing, probably one of the best things I have ever seen on UA-cam.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. The most wonderful rendition I have heard.
Simp
To those who have been.to those who are.to those who will be! Music like this will bind us eternal!
I'm playing this arrangement on Sunday, and I can only hope to be half as good as the clarinetist in this ensemble. Gorgeous.
She does have a wonderful tone and facility with the clarinet, doesn't she?!
The musicians here are all wonderful, but that bassoonist is amazing! The low drones perfectly in tune at ppp levels; the intonation in the high passages, superb! Brava, and bravo tutti!
Thank you very much for your comments.
I have listened to a number of different versions of the Copland's Appalachian Spring, and I must say that I listen to yours almost every evening.
To me, this is the best rendering of the Shaker song "Simple Gifts" with Copland's composition for Chamber Orchestra.
Congratulations to you and your friends for a beautiful renditions of this important piece of music.
i cried at one point in this song, i don't even regularly listen to classical music
You should listen to Copland's 'Our Town'. That music does make me cry. It is so beautiful!
This is the only piece that has ever made me cry. It just touches my deepest soul with such beauty and grace!
I keep returning to this performance...too many things to say how good this one is...fabulous flute; crazy sensitive! Copland is a great artist, poet...the redhead violist makes my heart flop around...2nd 1st Violin is a joy to watch...
I bet there was not a dry eye in the place. I just get buckets of tears when I hear it. Reminds me of a quieter, simpler, BS-free time and place.
Copland "invented" truly American classical music. Thank you so much Aaron. R. I. P.
Not only "invent" American Classical Music, but Aaron Copland gave "Sound" and "Voice" to American Literature.
This was one of the most beautiful things that I have ever heard in my life.
As an American in my eighth decade, I agree with Mr. Prosperi. UA-cam has brought me so much glorious music from all around the world, so much music that I can't afford to experience in any other form. What a joy from applied technology!
I just think this is absolutely the most gorgeous piece of music ever written. Intelligent, poignant, breathtaking.
Great sound quality - whoever recorded this knew what they were doing!
Thank heaven for the fabulous clarinetist...she has the "simple gift"!
I keep coming back to this so often ( see previous comments ); a small miracle of musicianship and video production. Love you all, and thank you so much for the experience.
I once listened to the first four minutes as I was crossing an inlet in Miami Beach with the dawn slowly filling the eastern horizon and I thought, damn, this moment and this song are forever fused.
4:40-5:10 are the best part in the whole thing
It's a great piece of music performed by some amazing young people...It's super great to see a new generation playing great music..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, did these kids ever nail it! One of the most magnificent pieces from the 20th century! Please do Carter's 'Elegy'! You are all so awesome!
I always prefer bigger orchestral renditions of pieces like this, but I have to say I keep coming back to this one because it's so beautifully performed and sentimentally delivered. The players show great love and care in every note.
Cheers from the USA. It's always amazing to see orchestras and ensembles from other countries perform & appreciate our countries contribution to the classical art form.
As an American, Thank you for the beautiful performance. It was perfect...
Tears of joy! I'm not the only one! Bravo!!
Good Lord. I have never heard so much come from such a small group of musicians. The "biggest" rendition of this piece I've ever heard.
I simply wanted to say how much I love this.
Who the hell could thumbs down these marvelously bright and talented kids playing this???
Absolutely wonderful ... I love the 13-instrument version of Appalachian Spring over the full orchestral version. Well done :)
I remember sitting in Balboa Park as a young girl listening to an Aaron Copeland concert with Leonard Bernstein conducting. They played this & Billy the Kid & Rodeo & Fanfare.
Your one lucky duck
Wow! I live just blocks from the park and have seen some terrific concerts there. I can't imagine how special that must have been.
This is transporting. I hope these young people have continued to find inspiration like this.
Miriam Weizenbaum As a 17 year old soon turning 18, I was told that my music sounded similar to Copland a view days ago- came here to check this out and I'm hooked. Definitely going to lead me in a creative direction I'd happily take. This is superb composition.
Understated elegance. No other words can be used to describe this version of Appalachian Spring. My favorite version, by far!
If I haven't started crying by the 20 min point, that's usually where I get so emotional! I come back and view the video so often over the years. Love it every time. Thank you!
This performance always brings me great joy!
stunning for young people. very encouraging.
Such a heart to have composed this, let alone ever imagine it.
And to have been part of the ensemble that performed it here - words fail.
Had to listen to this again, was scheduled to fly to Sydney last month, COVID sucks.....Copeland wrote this piece for a small ensemble like this, especially in the venue it's being performed. Can't wait to get back to see old friends and make some new ones.
this is AMAZING!!!!!! i have to watch this for school and it made my morning!great job guys!!
Real America......a simple thing.....honest and true.
👏👏👏 just sublime...lucky audience...
Moving,.. beautifully done . i have always loved this song.especially towards the end ..Always get teary..Why? I'm not sure .. too beautiful for words .
"Tis the gift" does that to a lot of us.
It's beautiful.
most beautiful piece of American music ever. made, true expression of our beautiful nation.
can actually visualize the mountains the open fields water falls running streams azure sky, an American classic,thank you .
That is astonishing. A beautiful rendition of my favourite piece of music.
What a wonderful performance! These musicians should be heaped with praise. They capture the music's essence so beautifully, and with incredible virtuosity. I couldn't stop listening, even though I've been hearing this music in all its many guises for over half a century. What loving genius! What unparalleled ravishment! Stunning work.
at first I was mad that my high school's marching band directors decided to make our show about a play... then I listened to the music we were going to use and fell in love.... We are going to BOA Grand Nationals in Indianapolis this year and I'm sure that we are getting 1st because of how beautiful the music is. this music, so powerful and beautiful, It makes you want to cry.
This is the sound of America...a truly wonderful piece.
Exquisite!
Copeland's music brings such joy, simply moves me to tears!
I so love you Sydney Camerata!
You play and perform with such beauty!
About a month ago, I was flying ofer Pennsylvania on a very clear day. The late afternoon sun was hitting the hills just right and I thought there would be no better song than Appalachian Spring. I cannot imagine a more perfect setting to this song than fall colors over the rolling hills of the Applachians. It was a near perfect moment.
I am an old "semi-retired" lawyer from NYC. This is a remarkable performance by a very talented group of young musicians. I turn this on every so often just to cheer me up! These kids are great. I love to both watch them and listen to them. I am currently in North Carolina USA. I wish you guys were closer! Thank you for providing such joy.
Might be ten years late but really wouldnt matter. Excellent perfomance by these young people, they should be proud of themselves. Listened to Copland in many versions and this is brilliant period. Good luck!
Bravo the recording artist and of course the performers, this sound is full and plays so big and expansive. It is a rich sound with a lot of depth. The slow pull back around 7 minutes shows how compact they are. Exceptionally well done.
I remember watching an interview of several people who visited Copland after his stroke. he couldn't communicate vocally. if memory serves me right, he walked over to the piano and played the first 3 notes to Appalachian Spring. when you think about it, those are the magical notes - everything is organic from there. from God to Aaron.
An incredible performance. Everyone does such a fine job. As a former bassoonist, though, I must applaud the woman's playing here. What a great sound!
Her intonation, in such an intimate group, is superb! She projects without over-asserting herself, and those pianissimo passages, OH MY! I'm a bassoonist, myself, and I sit in awe of her mastery of the instrument and this music!
That was emotionally moving and wonderfully performed. I prefer this modest sized group as originally written over the later versions adapted for larger ensembles.
Possibly the best version posted on UA-cam.
I personally prefer the orchestral version of this piece, just because everything is better with brass instruments.
DFDalton1962 I think it's just because I've played the French Horn part of the orchestral version and I love it, so I'm biased.
DFDalton1962 thank you! the Perspectives Ensemble really is a marvellous performance.
DFDalton1962 - That performance is much tighter than this one (and my sister-in-law is one of the performers), but I still like this one better, somehow. More exuberant?
I really liked the other one! That's the best performance I've heard of the piece so far, very tight, amazing control of dynamics, perfect tempo. And the recording quality is exceptional as well
I love how they all feel the music and sway and move with each note. Being an older musician from way back, I did the same thing.
A fitting song, thanks mmj420gardner for liking this. I'm in the Appalachian mountains visiting my parents and this song along with the sound of rain beating on our roof and rolling thunder made for a great 30 minutes. Thanks a lot bud.
En écoutant cette musique sublime je plonge dans un passé très lointain, comme en dehors du temps. Je suis l'homme de la grotte Chauvet il y a 35000 ans en contact direct avec le ciel, le soleil, la pluie, le tonnerre, le vent, les ruisseaux, la forêt et toute vie frémissante. Ces mélodies me transportent au commencement du monde. Merci Monsieur Copland.
2018.. the years have passed but even if I am 7 years late to find this I must say the music itself is not aging at all.. Superb
Perhaps the sweetest feel good music written in the Americas. How different was the World when this piece premiered.
Delightfully & exuberently performed & directed
A beautiful performance. I cry teary eyed laughing listening to you play the notes.
19:50 to 20:20 - Do you feel the same? It feels like a part of my soul lies within these violin strings.
The precise intonation among all members at the 15:00 mark is remarkable ... like watching a figure skating pair match the quick steps in a mandatory portion of their performance.
I love to listen and see this. Im not the only one who loves Copeland.
+Leo McDonald Indeed you are not. As an American, I particularly love seeing foreign orchestras play his work, knowing that so many people recognize and appreciate his contributions to the art form and the Americana he captured in the music.
A lot more people seem to be recognising his immense contribution to orchestral music. By the way, it's Copland. It is often spelled incorrectly, probably because of the pronunciation.
Dylan N Aaron Copland is American
you are 100 percent right about that
Copland is my favorite American composer. I don't think any other composer (maybe Bernstein or Gershwin) can capture the essence of the American experience the way Copland does. His soundscapes are America.
Dear SydneyCamerata: I'm a 73 year old drummer. I've played rock, Top 40, and CCM. But I find nothing better than great music like this. It really affects me emotionally. I am so very grateful to people who can play this. It's so beautiful! God Bless each and every one of you, including the conductor! There's a joke that goes, How do you get a conductor out of a tree? - You cut the rope! Yes, it's funny but I would never use it to make fun of them. They have so much heart! Thanks so much for sharing this! PS: It's incredible how a very small orchestra can sound so BIG!
This is a perfect example why Copland was such a genius...can be performed with 13, 130, or 1,300 musicians!!!
Marvelous....I would say more but I think I'll just listen again ;-)
I Love the Shaker Theme of it so much...so serene and American. A buggy ride down a country road in 1840.
Beautiful! Crisp, dynamic, heartfelt. Got my heart pattering.
Bravo, this is a beautiful performance of my favorite piece. It brought tears to my eyes to hear such beauty. Thank you for performing this as it was meant to be.
Truly a blessing to my heart and ears. Thank you so much for posting this.
This is the quintessential performance of an all-time favorite. Everyone is IN THE ZONE: "Being in the zone is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, it is a mental state characterized by the complete absorption in what one does" (Wikipedia). Watch their facial expressions. This... this is IN THE ZONE defined.
(some of) The best modern music out there. Beautiful.
There is a "Dimension in space" created where a dome of indescribable harmony engulfs us in heart fulfillment. This group has created that space with what Aaron Copland intended. Absolute joy.
I tear up when I listen to this piece. I always have. An absolute beauty. Melancholy joy.
My life somehow shifted... listened again. Just incredibly brilliant, incredibly!
A beautiful and sensitive performance of this seminal work.
20:30 This is the soul of this piece. One of the first compositions i ever played. it's been over 5 years since i stopped playing the trumpet, and twice that since i've played this, but i can still play it from memory.