On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a commemorative performance of Verdi’s Requiem, featuring the Met Orchestra and Chorus and soloists Ailyn Pérez, Michelle DeYoung, Matthew Polenzani, and Eric Owens.
Oh to be a troubled genius poet who is going mad writing their masterpiece during a storm and having this play as their descent into madness reaches a fever point.
@@YawnMK1 How about THAT ground-breaking moment in Strauss's Salome? Or that in his Alpensinfonie? Those are the parts where both the Earth & the sky shatter!
Well I am the weirdo with an opinion here BUT: Would be weird he wouldn't be. The Conductor is responsible for keeping the orchestra together AND getting the emotions he wants out of theire play. All these, to the not classical trained eye weird looking gestures and movements translate directly into some sort of different play in each musician. Well and the Dies Irae requires a lot of intense emotion
@@freschi9934 hi, classical musician here! in general, professional orchestras kind of conduct themselves, and the musicians mostly only rely on the conductor for special cues (starting the music, in pauses, a soloist's entrance, etc.). a BIG part of a conductor's job is being showy for the audience, and you can really see that here. not undermining his actual conducting either, it's super important, and he definitely put a lot of work into it to make it super emotional. i'd say that the conductor is putting a ton of emotion in both because of the piece/players and because of the stage aspect of it all.
Been there. It's the BEST seat in the house. The whole stage space is a sound shell pointing forward, floor, the chair is air is vibrating. It's quite the thrill, and you get PAID!
Mozart's dies irae sounds like a record of what someone thinks the days of wrath would be like. Verdi's version sounds like the actual days of wrath. Can't beat Mozart's lacrimosa though
Somewhere on youtube i read, that Mozart's dies irae describes the day o wrath seen from above (maybe God's perspective) and Verdi's dies irae sounds like experiencing it on earth. Neber forgot that comment.
I saw this in person. It commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11, and the first performance at the Met Opera since COVID started. The opening was so powerful, so many tears shed.
A lot of performances of this all blend together. It is done a lot, because it is good and fun to perform. This performance stands out of the hundreds I have heard, including ones I myself have been apart of. I can FEEL the anger in the performance. And the Dynamics are just perfect. Rarely do the dynamics really stick out in this movement. WELL done everyone!
@@needtoknowbasis3499 dynamics are The soft and loud parts, while maintating the same energy. Sometimes they are written in the score and other times the conductor interprets them. A lot of groups who do this all do the same parts BLAST and Whisper....it gets a little old. They do some new things here.
This song doesn't express anger, but rather terror for the righteous wrath god by all rights should impose against us, knowing we, cradled in our filth as we are, don't deserve a single ounce of God's Grace or Mercy
@@marcodragneel8035 Yes! I love Mahler's first! I could see, though, how some could consider the second and third movements boring... I would disagree, but I could see hoe some could think that.
Listening to this banger while driving to Ost-Paris...TNO fans might be here lol... If you don't know what I'm talking about, let me explain. The New Order: Last Days of Europe, is a alternate history/dystopian mod for the video game Hearts of Iron IV. In this dystopian world, Germany won the Second World War, leading to a Cold War, between the United States and Germany. In the game, Adolf Hitler eventually dies in late 1963, leading to a civil war. If Reinhard Heydrich wins the civil war, he will be ideologically opposed to Heinrich Himmler, the boss if the SS, who basically wants to destroy the world with nuclear weapons. Heydrich and Himmler will go to war, and the SS State of Burgundy (Himmler's country) has Ost-Paris as it's capital. Ayden George is music composer, who made several soundtracks for the game, and "To Ost-Paris" is one of them, wich is a remix of Dies Irae.
If I was scary heavyweight mma fighter, THIS would be my entrance song, Have like 30-0 record with most of them by elbow KO and use this as entrance song, my god, my opponents would shit their pants before fight.
True, slap everyone in the face and you get a better performance. Set their private bank accounts to zero and you get a better performance =) =). But anyway this "interpretation" was quite good. a little bit more spice and german precision and fury and hatred and this could be very very good.
I’m learning the timpani part to Verdi’s requiem. Lots of counting and rests, but this portion of the requiem makes it worth it ☺️. Love the bass drum part too
I love music with the expressions that you can feel even though its not performing currently or something that just leaves a feeling in your body and mind.
Seguin needs to realize that he is not there to give a show but to conduct an orchestra. He is tiring to watch and this has probably been a reason for his so few tenures with orchestras.
too melodramatic version and soloists sound dull. I recommend checking on youtube the Kirov version under Gergiev from 2024 in memory of the victims of the theater in Moscow this year. That version is a real masterpiece
When I see this, I understand why some people in the past were absolutely terrified listening to this. If you've never witnessed this masterpiece live, you have absolutely no idea how powerful, how majestic, how intimidating it sounds. It's like getting punched by god himself.
@@needtoknowbasis3499Historically, it means music from the Classical Era, but in Pop Culture, it means music which has a lot of characteristics from that time period, such as acoustic instruments, live performances, and the gist
Absolutnie genialne. Na początku trzęsienie ziemi potem wyciszenie. Uwielbiam takie momenty w muzyce. To prawdziwy koniec świata opowiedziany przez muzykę.Owacje na stojąco. Marzenie każdego chórzysty żeby choć raz zaśpiewać taki utwór.
