To all those youth orchestra conductors that told you to smile more when playing...find a violinist in that group that doesn't have a serious frown of determination!
Today is The Idiocracy Era... You know?? Everyone smiling even while playing dramatic pieces (composed by desperated Artists, usually; not to be forgotten)... non sense at all... like monkies. Smile or Die...
We in South India got introduced to this Schubert symphony thru composer Ilayaraja who used this piece in a stage show in 2011 to demonstrate what a symphony is and how he composed a Tamil film song in 1979 ..in a folk genre inspired by this piece ..
ua-cam.com/video/7gT7qqbN9jQ/v-deo.html. This is the link for that portion of that stage show .. where uses this Schubert symphony... To explain what is a symphony .... He says that in lay man terms it is .. two different melodies playing simultaneously. ..and demonstrated with one section playing a melody seperately and the other one playing another ...then asking both of them to play simultaneously. .. he says that this Schubert piece impressed him so much.. that he composed a folk melancholy fir a flim ...from this inspiration... He also demonstrates it by humming his folk composition as the symphony ends . . Where u see the continuity in the spirit ..though they are different compositions .... Another genius ...Ilayaraja
Furtwängler was a German conductor who continued to perform during the war until just before the end of the war. There were times when the Nazi history was in a prominent place at the performance venue. However, the relationship with Nazi executives was not good. He tried to welcome the Jews to the Berlin Philharmoniker if he was musically good. There was often conflict with the authorities. He went into exile in Switzerland shortly before the end of the war. I saw a valuable video. Thank you.
I didnt know about the upstart Toscanini calling him a Nazi, which he wasnt by the way. Obviously Toscanini was consumed with jealously; in that he was considered second rate when compared to Furtwangler. What's ironic is Italy and Germany were the axis powers during WW2. What did the Italian think he was doing criticizing his German allies.
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo I am a German, I live in Danzig - now in Poland. The excellent conductors you mentioned are great. But Furtwängler was the only one... For me. Greetings.
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo The war was triggered by Hitler and Stalin (Ribbentrop-Molotov pact in 1939). Tragic history cannot be changed. However, care must be taken that it does not happen again.
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo Good morning. Of course, I have this set, with an excellent Ninth Symphony (EMI?). Furtwängler conducted Wagner's Ring with Wolfgang Windgassen and Martha Mödl, 1953 - this performance I value most.
To clear up the date of this film clip: 1951. 1954 is erroneously given in the documentary "Great Conductors of the Past." That date is wrong. Furtwangler was filmed in 1951 for the film "Botschafter der Musik." The film was released in 1952; several authoritative sources, including the BFI, make this clear. If nothing else, the 1952 release date makes the later date impossible.
This rehearsal was in the 1951 film Botschafter der Musik, so clearly 1954 is wrong. The actual performance could, however, be earlier than 1951. The rehearsal must be associated with a performance and, searching through Trémine's concert listings, the only possible postwar performance I can find is 24-26 October 1948. There is a full performance from 24 October available on the Audite set of RIAS recordings.
@@christianschuster4184 I'm not the greatest living authority on Furtwangler - or anything - but I spent six years working on securing copyrights for a documentary about him. I had to track down copyright holders, locate film archives with the footage, dates when that footage was created - you get the idea. In the case of this footage, the archives in Berlin said the film this footage comes from, "Botschafter der Musik," was made in 1951 and released in 1952. Thus Spake Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors_of_Music
@@TheStockwell Thank you for your kind and profound answer. Yes, I also did research here in Germany. The film "Ambassador of Music" is mentioned everywhere, but I haven't been able to find out where it exists. The Berlin Philharmonic is said to have given access to all of the archive material, but unfortunately there is only one film in the area of the Digital Concert Hall (which belongs to the Berliners), but not the one mentioned. I continue to research and keep them up to date. Best regards.
@@christianschuster4184 The rights to the film are controlled by RBB Medline (Berlin). A question: are you attempting to see the entire film - or purchase a copy? Best wishes from Vermont. 🐧
It's like if an invisible force moves him, he is possessed by this force. Between 1:23 and 1:30 it's impressive: a marionette moved by the force of music.
"The crescendo is in the middle of the bar, not already in the beginning. You were much too early. And don't be so exaggeratedly forceful, it should be more melancholic. Let's do it once more, with a proper legato."
E' incredibile come un gesto così brutto, innaturale e spesso asincrono abbia creato registrazioni ed esecuzioni memorabili. Nella musica ci troppe cose che non si possono spiegare...
It’s different from enjoying Schubert’s B minor symphony. The piece expresses deep sadness of life, but it’s beautiful. No smile but maybe happy to be here.
@@71ti If you are not willing to tell who you are and why you talk like that, then I can just assume that you are appropriately called Jezebel. Which in turn says it all.
No - rescuer. According to archives, he directly saved over 80 people and assisted many others, either financially or by arranging for them to get out of Germany. "Trial of Strength" covers the story in detail. You're welcome? Lol
To all those youth orchestra conductors that told you to smile more when playing...find a violinist in that group that doesn't have a serious frown of determination!
Giustissima osservazione!
Berliners didn't smile much back then. Hitler killed the funny people.
Today is The Idiocracy Era... You know?? Everyone smiling even while playing dramatic pieces (composed by desperated Artists, usually; not to be forgotten)... non sense at all... like monkies.
Smile or Die...
everyone is different
I never smile👹
He really knew his stuff. Zero bs or mannerisms
When you listen to Furt conducting you always pay attention to the horizontal music progress. It always goes forward.
was für ein unglaubliches Genie !!!
We in South India got introduced to this Schubert symphony thru composer Ilayaraja who used this piece in a stage show in 2011 to demonstrate what a symphony is and how he composed a Tamil film song in 1979 ..in a folk genre inspired by this piece ..
Any chance of that being on UA-cam?
@@khurmiful yes... That stage show is available in social media ..let me try...
ua-cam.com/video/7gT7qqbN9jQ/v-deo.html. This is the link for that portion of that stage show .. where uses this Schubert symphony... To explain what is a symphony ....
He says that in lay man terms it is .. two different melodies playing simultaneously. ..and demonstrated with one section playing a melody seperately and the other one playing another ...then asking both of them to play simultaneously. .. he says that this Schubert piece impressed him so much.. that he composed a folk melancholy fir a flim ...from this inspiration... He also demonstrates it by humming his folk composition as the symphony ends . . Where u see the continuity in the spirit ..though they are different compositions .... Another genius ...Ilayaraja
Which was done with in Neenga Mudiyuma song
Thank you for that.
And the link.
Fantastic to have such footage surviving. Thank you!
This is a very fine video. I only wish there were more of it. Here I find Furtwängler and the Berlin Philharmonic mesmerizing in their intensity!
Straordinario filmato del più grande direttore di tutti i tempi.
Oh my god . Wonderfullll
fabuleux !
Furtwängler was a German conductor who continued to perform during the war until just before the end of the war. There were times when the Nazi history was in a prominent place at the performance venue. However, the relationship with Nazi executives was not good. He tried to welcome the Jews to the Berlin Philharmoniker if he was musically good. There was often conflict with the authorities. He went into exile in Switzerland shortly before the end of the war. I saw a valuable video. Thank you.
he suffered a lot then,especially with toscanini accusing him for being aNazi and running almsot a propaganda against him
I didnt know about the upstart Toscanini calling him a Nazi, which he wasnt by the way. Obviously Toscanini was consumed with jealously; in that he was considered second rate when compared to Furtwangler. What's ironic is Italy and Germany were the axis powers during WW2. What did the Italian think he was doing criticizing his German allies.
Furtwangler was brilliant but a huge narcissist, perhaps larger than most conductors. His choice to stay in Germany is condemnable.
WONDERFUL ! Thank you for posting :)
Wunderbar, der beste Dirigent
Seemingly *one of* the best!
Whoa, fantastic video thanks!
Un genio non c è che dire !!!
Thank you for this!
Indeed!
とても、きれいな映像です。感激です。
Wunderbar. Der Meister.
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo Das sind alles große Künstler. Aber der Meister ist nur einer.
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo I am a German, I live in Danzig - now in Poland. The excellent conductors you mentioned are great. But Furtwängler was the only one... For me. Greetings.
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo The war was triggered by Hitler and Stalin (Ribbentrop-Molotov pact in 1939). Tragic history cannot be changed. However, care must be taken that it does not happen again.
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo Definitly! Gute Nacht
@Luigi Raimondo Pomo Good morning. Of course, I have this set, with an excellent Ninth Symphony (EMI?).
Furtwängler conducted Wagner's Ring with Wolfgang Windgassen and Martha Mödl, 1953 - this performance I value most.
Thanks.
To clear up the date of this film clip: 1951.
1954 is erroneously given in the documentary "Great Conductors of the Past." That date is wrong.
Furtwangler was filmed in 1951 for the film "Botschafter der Musik." The film was released in 1952; several authoritative sources, including the BFI, make this clear. If nothing else, the 1952 release date makes the later date impossible.
This rehearsal was in the 1951 film Botschafter der Musik, so clearly 1954 is wrong. The actual performance could, however, be earlier than 1951. The rehearsal must be associated with a performance and, searching through Trémine's concert listings, the only possible postwar performance I can find is 24-26 October 1948. There is a full performance from 24 October available on the Audite set of RIAS recordings.
Tanks a lot - hopefully your correction is right. Otherwise is not a question of belief in these days of misinformation on all levels. Thanks.
@@christianschuster4184 I'm not the greatest living authority on Furtwangler - or anything - but I spent six years working on securing copyrights for a documentary about him. I had to track down copyright holders, locate film archives with the footage, dates when that footage was created - you get the idea. In the case of this footage, the archives in Berlin said the film this footage comes from, "Botschafter der Musik," was made in 1951 and released in 1952.
Thus Spake Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassadors_of_Music
@@TheStockwell Thank you for your kind and profound answer. Yes, I also did research here in Germany. The film "Ambassador of Music" is mentioned everywhere, but I haven't been able to find out where it exists. The Berlin Philharmonic is said to have given access to all of the archive material, but unfortunately there is only one film in the area of the Digital Concert Hall (which belongs to the Berliners), but not the one mentioned. I continue to research and keep them up to date. Best regards.
@@christianschuster4184 The rights to the film are controlled by RBB Medline (Berlin). A question: are you attempting to see the entire film - or purchase a copy? Best wishes from Vermont. 🐧
It's like if an invisible force moves him, he is possessed by this force. Between 1:23 and 1:30 it's impressive: a marionette moved by the force of music.
The master...
(sometimes we say "maestro" 😊!)
Geeeeeeeeeeeeenius!!!!!!!!!!
Document incroyable, quelle chance! Merci!!
Immense et inégalable Furtwangler
He has a relaxed physical disposition, his movement is mostly in the arms, little body movement.
Isn't from 1951 but 1954. Berlin Philharmonic. Dated in the documentary "Great Conductors of the Past"
Sorry, I didn't know that. Thanks for the observation!
At 1:00, the guy right behind and seen between the first two front violinists looks like Schubert or Mahler.
Das ist... deutsche Kultur. Der deutsche Geist.
I would have said human culture, the human spirit. "Alle Menschen werden Brüder," as Schiller wrote. But you're entitled to your opinion.
Der Beweis Gottes liegt in diesem übermenschlichen Talent.❤
フランツ･シューベルト 交響曲第8番｢未完成｣ ヴィルヘルム･フルトベングラー 指揮 大 賛 辞1950録音
ive entered the classical music neard realm
Funny how the oboe and clarinet don't do what he asked them to (cresc in the middle of the bar, not into the beginning) bur he doesn't stop.
Qué buena observación!!
Which piece are they playing? Schubert?
Schubert Unfinished Symphony first movement.
Can anyone translate?
"The crescendo is in the middle of the bar, not already in the beginning. You were much too early. And don't be so exaggeratedly forceful, it should be more melancholic. Let's do it once more, with a proper legato."
Fort976 wow thanks for your work it’s done perfectly
@@Fort976 Gut gemacht.
マエストロは、この動画で団員に対して何と仰っていたのか が是非知りたい デス。独語ﾜｶﾗﾅｲ
No girls. =(
So? It's nothing disrespectful or uncommon, It's just the way the orchestral profession is organized in terms of gender.
@@DynastieArtistique No it WAS just male chauvinism.
It was the same in MANY countries.
@@DynastieArtistique
WAS organized
🤣🤣🤣
E' incredibile come un gesto così brutto, innaturale e spesso asincrono abbia creato registrazioni ed esecuzioni memorabili. Nella musica ci troppe cose che non si possono spiegare...
Not a single one of these musicians looks like they are happy or enjoying this. It's the kind of "there the crazy old man goes again."
Just because someone doesn't look happy doesn't mean they aren't happy... besides, they are focusing
Sei stupido?
Y... con el viejo bodrio que los dirige...
It’s different from enjoying Schubert’s B minor symphony. The piece expresses deep sadness of life, but it’s beautiful. No smile but maybe happy to be here.
Exactly so, a high degree of concentration is required at a orchestral rehearsal. Looking happy doesnt enter into it.
Men's orchestra....terrible.
Says who and why?
@@germanchris4440 Says I and says the reality. Are you blind?
@@71ti If you are not willing to tell who you are and why you talk like that, then I can just assume that you are appropriately called Jezebel. Which in turn says it all.
@@germanchris4440 If you don't know who I am, you have a big problem in understanding how the internet works. Idiot
Nazi? Lol
No - rescuer. According to archives, he directly saved over 80 people and assisted many others, either financially or by arranging for them to get out of Germany. "Trial of Strength" covers the story in detail. You're welcome? Lol
Regina Aguilar what are you f talking?
@T. Williams lol
No he was NOT a nazi.
Non dire schiocchezze!