This concert was from several years ago -- 1990. I met the concussionist, Paul Barnett, at an 1812 performance a few years later in Virginia. He said that this was one of the more memorable ones for him, because he was freezing outside and had to listen to the concert on headphones, to get the timing right. He pretty much memorized the distances from guns to orchestra for all the major concert venues in the US that did "1812".
I just wish I could visit any of his concerts. His last one was in 2021 I think and he died in November 2023. Hole people never forget this great conductor
MY GOD, HAVE MERCY ON ME. IF THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE IN HEAVEN, I WANT TO GO THERE. BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE, I HAD GOOSEBUMPS ALL OVER MY BODY. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. MANY,MANY STARS.
Well. This is a great performance of the overture! I enjoyed it quite well up to 13.39. And, then at that point, when the bright brass choir standing in the balcony loft began to play, I was astounded. Such heart! And, when the finale began right before the cannon let loose, the tempo was slower than I've heard before. VERY powerful and insightful! I'm a "hardened" professional violinist and, let me tell you, I had tears streaming down my cheeks at the end. Thank you for posting it!!!!
I find this performance to be absolutely remarkable, beautiful, excellent, fantastic! I must confess that I can not find the right words. Magnificent performance of a great composer. I am not a 'feinschmecker' in classic music, but Tchaikovsky is one of the best I have ever heard.
Such a shame that one of the greatest performances of one of the greatest pieces of music in the world only has 165k views, while nonsense tiktoks are receiving millions of views...
Some irony here, especially when the Red Army band is playing "God save the Czar" towards the end. This was recorded just before the fall of communism. Leningrad is now called its original name, St. Petersburg.
I grew up with a Father, a fine Officer and pilot, career officer...and quite a lover of classical music. This was his favorite, and I can still visualize this tall, gentle, commanding man, rise and conduct, as any fine conductor would dream to do. He was good, and that look of peace and sorrow and joy! Poor Mama used to swear that's how she lost her hearing. Then she'd watch and love Him...just like me! This one's for you, Daddy.
Genial director, extraordinaria orquesta, maravilloso Tchaikovsky. Música sin fronteras. Leí hace años, que durante el durisimo invierno de 1943, durante el sitio a que Leningrado fue sometida por los nazis, semanalmente los profesores de la orquesta llegaban puntualmente a su cita a la sala de conciertos, en ruínas, sin techumbre y con el patio y palcos completamente cubiertos de nieve. Ateridos de frío y muertos de hambre, como su ferviente, vencieron la adversidad. Saludos desde España.
this one of best,The Lenningrad is great! Take these music and play it load and wake up the death show them how great music can be. so turn it up and injoy
I credit Arthur Fiedler for bringing this piece into the American musical tradition, as the prelude to our fireworks in Boston, down by the Charles river, every year, complete with the thundering, closing cannonade.But Fiedler was always a bit to aggressive with the opening cellos... Here, Yuri Termirkanov really gets the subtlety of the delicate, soft string opening of the theme, to set up the stark contrast with its thundering crescendo. You can see it on his face, and in his hands as the piece begins... He got it right.... Bravo, Yuri!!!
Happy bi-centennial of the war of 1812 - in both North America and Europe!! :) What a perfect way to celebrate, listening to this wonderful masterpiece that rings and echoes of glorious victory, while also commemorating those who have nobly fallen. Brilliant!
"Es demasiado fuerte y ruidosa, la escribí sin ninguna gota de cariño ni amor, por lo tanto no tendrá ningún mérito artístico". - Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Nell'ouverture 1812 non so 'se i fuochi d' artificio nascono dall'intenzione del compositore così l'uso dei cannoni, e delle campane , una variante e' l'uso iniziale del coro piuttosto che degli archi, ma stupefacente gli effetti che si sentono quando vengono amalgamati. Un capolavoro
can one BUY either a CD of THIS orchestra or a DVD of this performance. I WOULD be most important in buying both actually. this particular piece deeply moves me. any 411 appreciated. thanks
Napoleón, fuiste la burla del mundo... Jamás pudiste conquistar Rusia, y solo conseguiste que tu imperio se terminara de venir abajo. Viva la madre patria Rusia!
Mauro ALejandro DIaz Deslindar el sonido de la obertura 1812 de la política es un acto de ignorancia. Los cañones finales no son por obra y gracia de la naturaleza, sino para celebrar la caída de un pseudo-imperio (político).
what irony.....the overture was written for the dedication of the cathedral of the most holy redeemer in moscow.., it finishes with being about russian victory over french invaders
well without being crass like that other person, it's very very good. very tight, but it WAS a little fast. But nationalism is nationalism. But the sound recording was a little wanting and the camera angles a little weird...I guess that's Russia for you. That being said, Jessye Norman, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo-Ma...I wish I could have been there!!!! Brilliant! Bravo!
Could you take the red out? Please? Lenin is a son of lucifer and there is no fun at all with red communism in a remarkable performance like this. I still waiting for the day the music will be the only issue to be remembered, celebrated and performed in a precious moment like this. Without red from the blood of the gulags, of Cambodian victims, of Farc and of the great something of Mao Ze Dong.
