Weber-Der Freischütz Overture REHEARSAL-Kleiber (1970)(2/3)

Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester
1970
Carlos Kleiber
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From a video 30 years ago, featuring the rehearsal and concert performances of Weber's Der Freischütz overture and Strauss II's Die Fledermaus overture.
Spoken in German with Italian subtitles, we see a liveliness on par with that in the Strauss.
Enjoy!

[@willrobinson1229]

I love this man. He gets everything out of the orchestra with such imagination, emotion, even literary knowledge, without beating them up, like conductors before him were inclined to do.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

7:17
Kleiber : " Glauben Sie an Gespenster ? "
Zwei oder drei Stimmen aus dem Orchester : "Ja! Ja ...;"
Das Beste dass ich aus einer Orchersterprobe gehört habe.

[@windstorm1000]

such an intense man! yet kind at the same time! Loves the music and wants the best.

[@anonymusum]

the greatest conductor ever!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

That we know of. For all accounts Mahler was widely regarded as the best of his time. But since we lack any recordings or visual documents it's hard to judge.

[@TarisioConductor]

at 9:19, has anybody else noticed that the inside violist is playing reversed, with bow in left hand and viola in right? That's the first time I've ever seen any player in a professional orchestra with a reversed setup...

[@windstorm1000]

@windstorm1000 You said exactly what I wanted to say! Notice that a few were fighting Kleiber's special vision, but most had the intelligence to know they had a great conductor on the podium pushing them to greatness.

[@岸伯子]

この映像を残そうとした人の気持ちがわかります。クライバーは嫌な顔をしたでしょうけど、残っていることが奇跡ですね。

[@brianokane3527]

The boss

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Interesting to see how many of the players came in business attire considering this is just a rehearsal and there was no need to dress formal. The clarintist for example didn't.

[@steffenmrsk4720]

I think it was in the middle of a transition of culture within orchestras that included hiring women and getting rid of the formal dressing for rehearsal.. And conductors giving love to the musicians in stead of bollockings... 🙂