Something rather special happened.
Mahler: Symphony No 3 Simon Bolivar Orchestra, Dudamel
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View PostThanks for posting. I was waiting for some one to. Those brass at the end - better than the Bernstein recording and that’s saying something . They must have some lungs on them …
A wonderful performance which Martin Skelly , quite rightly, plugged heavily on his show today.
No analysis can do justice to this amazing experience. Highly recommended,
(Being picky, it’s Ian Skelly)
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Originally posted by jonfan View PostThe engineering was also wonderful and negated most of the awful acoustics of the appalling room.
No analysis can do justice to this amazing experience. Highly recommended,
(Being picky, it’s Ian Skelly)
Yes the engineers do the same job at the Royal Albert hall and the Royal Festival Hall.
It must have been earsplitting at the Barbican - far too small a room for a modern Symphony Orchestra .
highly recommended indeed.
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Originally posted by jonfan View PostThis stands up well against the legendary performances, perhaps a live recording has that extra frisson? My benchmarks are Horenstein and the LSO and Haitink and the BRSO. (Martin or Ian, I’m probably confused, but it was Ian at the concert, no matter )
I was planning to listen again at the weekend …
Strange how few comments there are isn’t it ?
Were this a Prom there would be many more. A good 24 hours for Mahler with a Rattle / Bavarian Symphony no 7 just this pm .
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I listen so little to R3 these days that I was completely unaware of this broadcast, though I did see the posters in the Barbican last Sunday.
I'll try to catch it on Sounds (assuming my Internet is up to the job) but in terms of legendary performances it will have to be something else again to expunge memories of a totally overwhelming performance, also in the Barbican, given in 2004, by Haitink and the Berlin Philharmonic. Alas, that was never broadcast and it remains one of the topmost musical experiences of my life. Can't really see the Dude improving on that one!"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Would you really put it in that exalted league? Were you there by any chance ?
I was planning to listen again at the weekend …
Strange how few comments there are isn’t it ?
Were this a Prom there would be many more. A good 24 hours for Mahler with a Rattle / Bavarian Symphony no 7 just this pm .
All the proms are listed in detail on these boards so it’s easy for the rest of us to comment. It’s good to get concerts like this flagged up. Rattle’s Mahler 7 up next for me!
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Would you really put it in that exalted league? Were you there by any chance ?
I was planning to listen again at the weekend …
Strange how few comments there are isn’t it ?
Were this a Prom there would be many more. A good 24 hours for Mahler with a Rattle / Bavarian Symphony no 7 just this pm .
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Originally posted by Ein Heldenleben View Post
Would you really put it in that exalted league? Were you there by any chance ?
I was planning to listen again at the weekend …
Strange how few comments there are isn’t it ?
Were this a Prom there would be many more. A good 24 hours for Mahler with a Rattle / Bavarian Symphony no 7 just this pm .
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Originally posted by jonfan View PostStand out to me was an orchestra that wasn’t in the European tradition with a more raw sound and with an excitement of the new that sums up how to approach pieces that have been performed many times."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
Yes indeed. This performance already downloaded for a listen; interesting to read the reactions on this thread - in particular the above. There’s been a tendency to dismiss Dudamel as an ‘effects’ merchant but I’ve never subscribed to that view, in particular since I went to a performance by these forces of Mahler’s 5th (RFH) - it was up there with the best, real cumulative power balanced with detail, superbly played and paced. Can’t wait to hear what they made of No 3.
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