Tschaikowsky: 5. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Manfred Honeck 

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I don't get it

@@Failentin Watch his baton (;

@@robotummy oooh x)

How did it go?

You're so lucky that your government allows live performances

@@bruh7130 dude where do you live You should leave

@@charlie7531 Singapore but I honestly prefer an authoritarian government over libertarian cos as an Asian Conservative country we value a communitarian over individualistic societies

@@bruh7130 big words = smart

I couldn't agree more. There is so much pain, suffering and hope (french horn) within these very first seconds of the second movement. It never ceases to amaze me.

He was

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Thats what growing up in Siberia will do to you. Making beauty from the bleak

Yeah someone apparently had a full body orgasm in the crowd at one of the shows during this part

Heartstopping melody, especially from French Horns.😢

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The climax of the second movement always makes the hairs on my arms stand on end and nearly always makes me cry. Sublimely beautiful music.

It's so difficult! So many interpretations, so many ways to do every phrase. But, as a musician, in the end you need to make your choice, let it out and trust your musical ❤. This interpretation is wonderful. The 3rd movement is very light hearted and nimble.

It’s the best Tchaik symphony… and this orchestra did the *most*. Absolutely ate.

Thanks!

Haha! Someone knew! Thanks

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Rather weak sounding.

@@alexkije you do it

Maestro Honeck’s orchestra in Pittsburgh is better trust me

@@michaeljackson2230I’m going to see the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra live next week playing Rachmaninoff’s second symphony and Schumann’s Piano Concerto with Helene Grimaud. I’m so excited!!

Yes it is. Truly beautiful

me too brother... let the world know!

hi, please don't describe notes as oozing and aching, it makes me uncomfortable

@@adog3129 Yeah, uh, Tchaikovsky himself made his French contemporaries feel uncomfortable. They considered him a Slavic barbarian. Let's ooze and ache passionately.

@@fidulario I have never agreed so readily to a sentence as cursed as 'Let's ooze and ache passionately', but here I am now.

The imagery of notes oozing and aching has brought a most terrible sickness upon me

@@kolinbrannon998 THATS WHAT IM SAYING. those twitching, throbbing notes, man.

You mean *Romantic* music, but I see why you love daddy Tchaikovsky as well.

@@lillisubz2402 no actually I don’t. I mean classical music in general. These feelings definitely apply to many composers from the baroque and classical eras.

ok

music is magic-it transcends knowledge

The HR Symphony Orchestra audience is blase and lazy when it comes to showing its appreciation for great performances.

I know! I would be hollering at the end.

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Made me cry! 😍

@@goscott444 It is well played yes. I consider it too fast, takes away some of the great character, both the introduction and the exposition. Compared to Bernsteins ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-w2JBT0HC98I.html

@@haaansolo8568 I LOVE the Bernstein version.

c.s.o. + Claudio abbado. You can’t beat it in any century

@@ludo4961 I tend to agree, though Russian music is in the DNA of Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic to such an extent that to my ears few achieve what they can and do. Bernstein delivers a fine interpretation, but, again to my ear, misses what the Russians call 'iziuminka', the French a 'je ne sais quoi' that raises the hairs on the back of one's neck and elevates the performance beyond even the extraordinary. Claudio Abbado pushes the envelope like no other non-Russian. Now, I would be foolish to insist that Messrs Abbado and Temirkanov have a monopoly on interpreting this work. Isn't it of paramount importance that whoever's conducting whichever orchestra give the listener a transcendent(al) experience? I think so and am grateful that this RU-vid video brings such pleasure to listener-viewers.

I commend you for appreciating the unfamiliar!

The 5th was the first concert (of any kind) I ever went to. In London in about 1983, the Halle orchestra I think. My Grandad was the big classical music aficionado in our family and made me a cassette of this symphony, and the 6th. Even though I didn't really 'get' the concert the first time, it was a bit too overwhelming, I did listen to the tape and got into it on the 3rd or 4th listen. It's now one of my favourite pieces of classical music.

Lol You just hate classical music bc you're jealous that it's better than all modern crap

Congrats! You’re special!

Perfect, and also when the clarinet and the bassoon play together right after… Who is this first clarinetist? He is absolutely outstanding !

true. so deep, full of emotions and beauty

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makes me wonder what he was thinking about when he wrote this.....i will now go and try and find out

@@TheBobbymcd ever find out?

Beautiful and despairing at the same time. Sublime use of emotion. Makes you ache.

Amazing how this waltz fulfills the promise made by the waltz in the Third Symphony!

Given that the 2nd movt. is more or less the most emotionally convincing piece of art produced by a human, your mentioning of the 3rd comes off more or less as treason. To the Gulag!

@@netizencapetI agree with you about the second movement! As far as the waltz is concerned, I was only trying to highlight the degree to which Tchaikovsky had developed his art between 1876 and 1888! No offense meant, quite the contrary!

I completely share your sentiments, except nearly 70 years of listening starting with the classic Ormandy/Philadelphia recording on a 45 rpm set. This is definitely a “keeper.”

me too - when I was growing up we had a 'World Records Club' LP. (well, we had a huge set of them - my dad had done a stint as one of their salesment in his youth) I don't remember who the orchestra or conducter were, but that was my intro to Tchaikovsky. I have never been able to find a recording since that so captured the lyrical dance at moments. Also, I am a little disappointed that this recording sublimates much of the very important underground rhythm that throbs along in the background. To me, those two aspects of this symphony are what really raise it to such a sublime level - in this recording (and many others) you have to listen hard to catch them.

One of the very first LPs I bought many years ago. I think that of all the Tschaikowsky symphonies this is the most balanced and heartfelt.

And I might add that it is very much like life with its ups and downs and triumphs.

a few years ago in our youth orchestra this symphony was basically all we ever talked about. Definitely one of my first symphonies I kept listening to over and over. Mind you, it's much easier with Spotify and RU-vid now. I saw this performed in Nottingham last year, was a huge moment for me :)

Yes sir!

OMG your comment almost made me cry

@@timbredan3476 Thank you!!!

​@@StefanFourie-iy2gf if you play saxophone you can also play in concert bands (idk if you do already or have access to one), they may not have the hundreds of years of literature that orchestras do but there is still some great band music out there worth playing and presenting. If you want to get into orchestral music you could learn clarinet or basson :) learning another woodwind will be easier now that you have learned saxophone. Good luck :)

I had the privilege of playing this with my youth orchestra more than a decade back. This was one of the very first symphonies that I played. Since I was sitting in the back of the 2nd violin section, I was adjacent to the brass and winds. It was a magical experience indeed.

This is so helpful with exerpt searching! :D

Thank you!!

@vonsobecka And also an underrated civic duty! ✌🏼🎼

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this is the most thorough timestamping I have ever seen and i love it lol hahaaha

Karajan, Mravinsky, Bernstein, Stokowski, Markevitch done it better.

The bernstein Version that is also on YT gets me a bit more in the intro especially

💯 agree. Perfect tempo choices, impeccable transitions, awesome ensemble. Solos, just fantastic.

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You should listen more to classical music. It’s life changing.

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@@Dylonely42 true

tchaikovsky sorry i had to

@@johnwiese6760 No, dear John the word Чайковский doesn't need Tch ; its sound is only "Ch". To write it with Tch is absolutely not necessary for the sound goes exactly with Ch in English. Yet I have seen it written even Tsch for other languages in which maybe the sound must be like that. But certainly not in English, Spanish or any other romance language. As I know Russian I know it.

@@johnwiese6760 have you read my explanation?

Alvaro García yeah

@@johnwiese6760 Thanks! I hope I've been helpful in some way.

Brahms easily does it.

@@citizent6999 That is one of the great things about classical music, everybody has an opinion on such matters and no one is wrong because the music impacts us differently as individuals. I am also a big fan of Brahms and can easily see your point.

@@mysticwanderer4787 Exactly, and this orchestra always satisfies us with its wonderful performances!

Like, ok mates, this is our moment, enjoy it with your entire soul. Cause if you won t we are gonna play bolero... "this is the peace with the most boring part..."

I love the energy they give

this is what we bass players live for

Winking and smiling at each other… savoring it!

They were LIT!! 😂😂

He later changed his mind about the merit of his 5th. The work was having very successful premiers all over Europe which led Tchaikovsky to reexamine his assessment of his symphony.

I agree.

Bassoon mom891 Where Marc Gruber scores in this and other HR videos is what I would call "lightness of touch." I think he's excellent.

...los bronces de esta orquesta tienen un hermoso sonido aterciopelado

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I thought it was top notch-- if I had to find something I'd say he wasn't quite with the conductor in the last bars, but at that point you're lucky your brain is working at all.

absolutely. :)

thanks very much

I'll play this horn's solo... It's too difficult for me...

Soprattutto l'ultimo tempo e' caratterizzato da una melodia alfine trionfante sul buio e sul male!!!

The first movement starts at 0:20. Bassi and celli count, too ;-)

thank you

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Absolutely!!

People complain (rightfully) about conductors who wave their hands needlessly as if dancing... with Maestro Honeck I don't think this is the case. Everything he does seems to be calculated to have an effect on the sound (or some other aspect of the performance) without any unnecessary movements. This to me is the sign of a truly great conductor. I also love the elegance and grace with which he addresses the audience and musicians before, during and after the concert. Incredible

brian higgins This orchestra is of course in a different league than what he is used to in Pittsburgh....

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@@bubffm Wrong, Pittsburgh is his favorite Orchestra....come to Pittsburgh and find out what I mean, I've sung with Honeck all over the world....facts

Couldn’t agree more!

But the 4th symphony tho 👏👌

Today I put the 5th over the 6th. Don't know why...

I think I like all of the symphonies! But to me the 5th is the best

I feel the same way. In fact, my husband and I live in the U.S. and decided to visit Frankfurt just to hear this orchestra. And this is the concert we attended. It was thrilling.

@@suzannenoel3610 I envy you so much..

@@suzannenoel3610 Brava Suzanne Noel!

@@suzannenoel3610 It's so nice, happy about that!

I share that goal, Lester.

A splendid rendition of that most lovely of horn solos.

Secret......They sound better! I played symphony for years and I'm amazed! 😍

This is my favorite orchestra. Amazing!

Agree. 4th movement should be played dramatically like this.

This is in my view a superb and highly accomplished German orchestra, of the highest standing in musicianship. I love all their wonderful performances.

Never underestimate Manfred Honeck. He's one of the best in the world in my view.

Wth are you talking about?

@@karllieck9064 The fact that the 8-note theme which opens the symphony is hardly a piece of sparkling melodic invention, now is it? Duh, da-da duh, da-da duh, duh.

Now i became obsessed with this amazing observation.. thank you!

@@gilmandel An excellent and gracious comment.

Indeed. It’s impossible to comprehend how someone can birth this symphonism. The monument of music.

me too

I don't understand why the #6 is so popular while the 5th exists. They are both among the best symphonies ever written! But the 5th... The 5th...

... and me too

Yup

Still got a few years left before knowing what any of this means

Rehearsal letters on sheet music to divide sections, have no effect on the music but handy to use during rehearsal. The Italian terms announce change in tempo.

@@ethodda thank you very much 👍