I had the pleasure and privilege of performing this piece with the Rotterdam Philharmonic on first horn under direction of Edo DeWaart in this wonderful concert hall almost exactly 50 years ago. This brings back some great memories of the beginnings of my career in Europe. Thank you profoundly for posting this.
@@josephfortney9875 yes, he was there as well. I enjoyed working with him very much and would have remained in Holland but ambition finally took me to Austria and ultimately to the Vienna Symphony. It’s a long story.
No matter how many times I hear the Organ Symphony, the organ crash at the start of the final movement never fails to shock the living daylights out of me
Thank you so much for this. I love the Organ symphony : it makes me think of a river, alternately flowing smoothly and with great power, and then bubbling and gushing over rocks and pebbles.
@Sweden Borg Miritreus is a made up artist name, no meaning. My son has a borderline personality disorder which gives him and us much pain, but seems to drive his creations.
Just been played at my mother's funeral so understandably will be somewhat significant to me. She loved church organs and owned two (at least) copies of this
I always loved the part that starts at 28:40, it's heavenly! And the light movement in the sixteenths reminds me of the Aquarium from the carnival des animaux :)
I agree! that passage is prepared perfectly, a brief glimpse directly at "the beautiful", shimmering with pale but overwhelming radiance ... there is nothing else that compares in all of orchestral music.
Heard this for the first time when I was 10 years old, visiting Disney's EPCOT, where it is used prominently in the "Impressions de France" film in the park's French pavilion. It gripped me then and has never let go, decades later.
Vanuit Schiedam een warme groet voor deze fantastische uitvoering. De 3e van Saint-Saëns was het allereerste klassieke stuk dat ik waardeerde toen ik 12 was of zo. Mijn vader had een zogenaamde 10" plaat met een uitvoering van het Residentieorkest o.l.v. Willem van Otterloo met Feike Asma op orgel die tot mijn favorieten behoorde. Ik heb inmiddels meerdere goede live-uitvoeringen meegemaakt, ook in De Doelen. Ik word altijd erg emotioneel van het Poco adagio, maar zeker ook van de grootsheid van het Allegro maestoso. Er is maar weinig andere klassieke muziek die dat triggert (o.a. Mahler 2 en 9). Jullie uitvoering, zoals hier weergegeven, is heel mooi! Shout out voor Conrad die uit zijn hoofd dirigeert, en ook voor de geweldige Geert Bierlings op het Doelen-orgel.
Half of these views are mine. I listen to this piece on repeat whenever I'm doing anything. Homework? Check. Eating? Check. Studying? Check. Hotel? Trivago.
Eines der großartigsten Meisterwerke, die je geschrieben wurden - eine der besten Interpretationen! * One of the greatest masterpieces ever written - one of the best performances! 👏
My God - I thought the Adagietto of Mahler's 5th was hauntingly melancholy - and still do - but the second movement is heart searchingly somber, mournful, solemn and moving. And the very low bass notes from the organ send sensations through my spine. An incredibly beautiful piece of music.
It’s as close to my gold standard Charles Munch and the BSO. Maestro Van Alphen softens the romantic strings, the winds and brass are perfection…it goes on. Beauty.
Putting aside beautiful musicianship, the camera work in this performance is a pleasure to watch. I much prefer a static camera to one thats constantly panning left and right, zooming in and out giving the viewer motion sickness. I have watched other performances of this symphony and while I'd not fault the conductors or the orchestras in the slightest, the camera work (the operators on the floor, not the camera director) left me with nausea. The only tiny misgiving about this performance was never seeing a shot of the pianist and pianists playing their small parts - but that's a minor (no pun intended) criticism. Thank you for bringing this delightful performance to us. That slow movement is just heavenly.
anyone else hear a buzz in the left ear starting 29:05, getting louder until really bad around 29:20? it comes back here and there until the end of the pieces. Sorry but really makes the finale un-listenable.
Unfortunately there was a technical hitch with the recording which indeed caused a buzz in the finale. Due to the fact that this is a one-off live recording there was no possibility to repair it. Our sincere appologies for this.
Yes. Horrifying. It ruins this otherwise fine performance and recording for me. As a musician and audio technician, I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when it started. It’s a terrible shame the recording was not multitrack so it could not be isolated from the mix.
@ Rodrigo Rodriges: He was the only musician on stage in the performance you saw? This conductor strikes me as being a very humble and modest guy and conductors like him prefer to give nearly all of the credit to the stellar musicians before him. He would say, "I was just the conductor; these musicians could probably play the piece without me." Which is true. I don't understand conductor-worshipping when he didn't play a note at the expense of the stellar Sinfonia Rotterdam that performed this piece. I suspect the orchestral musician don't appreciate being ignored either, or the organ soloist for that matter. I wouldn't if I were in the Orchestra. They would likely say, "To some people who watched this performance, it was all about the conductor. The conductor did a fine job conducting this piece -- that's a given -- but I prefer to acknowledge all the musicians -- including the organist -- who performed the piece and not just the conductor.
Is it possible I heard the organist come in off beat on that last chord? Something was amiss there. And no close up of the timpanist in those otherwise marvelous last bars?
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I had the pleasure and privilege of performing this piece with the Rotterdam Philharmonic on first horn under direction of Edo DeWaart in this wonderful concert hall almost exactly 50 years ago. This brings back some great memories of the beginnings of my career in Europe. Thank you profoundly for posting this.
Edo was with SF Symphony?
@@josephfortney9875 yes, he was there as well. I enjoyed working with him very much and would have remained in Holland but ambition finally took me to Austria and ultimately to the Vienna Symphony. It’s a long story.
No matter how many times I hear the Organ Symphony, the organ crash at the start of the final movement never fails to shock the living daylights out of me
One of the greatest achievements in classical musical history, and the greatest organ symphony of all time Period !!!!!
There's not a whole lot of organ symphonies around anyway. But yeah it's definitely a masterpiece of orchestral music.
Thank you so much for this. I love the Organ symphony : it makes me think of a river, alternately flowing smoothly and with great power, and then bubbling and gushing over rocks and pebbles.
The first orchestra that performed the music of my son Miritreus. Very grateful for that.
@Sweden Borg Miritreus is a made up artist name, no meaning. My son has a borderline personality disorder which gives him and us much pain, but seems to drive his creations.
_Brilliant and wonderful performance! GOD bless Conrad van Alphen and all performers!_ 😍
Just been played at my mother's funeral so understandably will be somewhat significant to me. She loved church organs and owned two (at least) copies of this
Our sincere condolences.
I always loved the part that starts at 28:40, it's heavenly! And the light movement in the sixteenths reminds me of the Aquarium from the carnival des animaux :)
I agree! that passage is prepared perfectly, a brief glimpse directly at "the beautiful", shimmering with pale but overwhelming radiance ... there is nothing else that compares in all of orchestral music.
Heard this for the first time when I was 10 years old, visiting Disney's EPCOT, where it is used prominently in the "Impressions de France" film in the park's French pavilion. It gripped me then and has never let go, decades later.
Vanuit Schiedam een warme groet voor deze fantastische uitvoering. De 3e van Saint-Saëns was het allereerste klassieke stuk dat ik waardeerde toen ik 12 was of zo. Mijn vader had een zogenaamde 10" plaat met een uitvoering van het Residentieorkest o.l.v. Willem van Otterloo met Feike Asma op orgel die tot mijn favorieten behoorde. Ik heb inmiddels meerdere goede live-uitvoeringen meegemaakt, ook in De Doelen. Ik word altijd erg emotioneel van het Poco adagio, maar zeker ook van de grootsheid van het Allegro maestoso. Er is maar weinig andere klassieke muziek die dat triggert (o.a. Mahler 2 en 9). Jullie uitvoering, zoals hier weergegeven, is heel mooi! Shout out voor Conrad die uit zijn hoofd dirigeert, en ook voor de geweldige Geert Bierlings op het Doelen-orgel.
Half of these views are mine. I listen to this piece on repeat whenever I'm doing anything. Homework? Check. Eating? Check. Studying? Check. Hotel? Trivago.
Magnífica Orquesta
Eines der großartigsten Meisterwerke, die je geschrieben wurden - eine der besten Interpretationen! * One of the greatest masterpieces ever written - one of the best performances! 👏
At 28:44, the most heavenly part of the piece, the TV director should have shown the pianists.
My God - I thought the Adagietto of Mahler's 5th was hauntingly melancholy - and still do - but the second movement is heart searchingly somber, mournful, solemn and moving. And the very low bass notes from the organ send sensations through my spine. An incredibly beautiful piece of music.
Buenísimo Director Conrad van Alphen
Dank voor deze video. Ik was er bij!
It’s as close to my gold standard Charles Munch and the BSO. Maestro Van Alphen softens the romantic strings, the winds and brass are perfection…it goes on. Beauty.
00:10 Adagio -- Allegro moderato
10:26 Poco adagio
21:03 Allegro moderato -- Presto
28:14 Maestoso -- Allegro
Wat leuk! Ik zat ergens in het midden
Putting aside beautiful musicianship, the camera work in this performance is a pleasure to watch. I much prefer a static camera to one thats constantly panning left and right, zooming in and out giving the viewer motion sickness. I have watched other performances of this symphony and while I'd not fault the conductors or the orchestras in the slightest, the camera work (the operators on the floor, not the camera director) left me with nausea. The only tiny misgiving about this performance was never seeing a shot of the pianist and pianists playing their small parts - but that's a minor (no pun intended) criticism. Thank you for bringing this delightful performance to us. That slow movement is just heavenly.
Disfrutando de esta obra maestra con un sonido espectacular y una orquesta maravillosa. Gracias
Dang, this is good. Really good.
The organ sounds muffled. Should be wide open at the last movement !
anyone else hear a buzz in the left ear starting 29:05, getting louder until really bad around 29:20?
it comes back here and there until the end of the pieces. Sorry but really makes the finale un-listenable.
Unfortunately there was a technical hitch with the recording which indeed caused a buzz in the finale. Due to the fact that this is a one-off live recording there was no possibility to repair it. Our sincere appologies for this.
Ohh, I was afraid it was an issue with my headphones. That's a relief.
Yes. Horrifying. It ruins this otherwise fine performance and recording for me. As a musician and audio technician, I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when it started. It’s a terrible shame the recording was not multitrack so it could not be isolated from the mix.
可惜了，一直斷斷續續的出現直到結束...😢
28:40 Use all keyboards! :)
Bravoo Conrad van Alphen !
@ Rodrigo Rodriges: He was the only musician on stage in the performance you saw? This conductor strikes me as being a very humble and modest guy and conductors like him prefer to give nearly all of the credit to the stellar musicians before him. He would say, "I was just the conductor; these musicians could probably play the piece without me." Which is true. I don't understand conductor-worshipping when he didn't play a note at the expense of the stellar Sinfonia Rotterdam that performed this piece. I suspect the orchestral musician don't appreciate being ignored either, or the organ soloist for that matter. I wouldn't if I were in the Orchestra. They would likely say, "To some people who watched this performance, it was all about the conductor. The conductor did a fine job conducting this piece -- that's a given -- but I prefer to acknowledge all the musicians -- including the organist -- who performed the piece and not just the conductor.
@@justinsanner Bravoo Conrad van Alphen !
A piece of music commissioned by London's Royal Philharmonic Society - Beethoven's 9th was another..
Is it possible I heard the organist come in off beat on that last chord? Something was amiss there. And no close up of the timpanist in those otherwise marvelous last bars?
Linda interpretación, aunque faltó una cámara cerca al piano.
11:54 bass
it seems to be compulsory to give standing ovations in Rotterdam. But I'm sure you deserve it.
Conductor = Hugo Drax from Moonraker
Hulde
Jammer van de ruis in Maestoso - Allegro
Mr. Principal Oboe likes to do "Schalltrichter in die Höhe." Uhh, dude, this isn't Mahler.
I get it, but maybe the conductor asked for that as an alternative to blowing hard to be heard?