The thought that ONE person ALONE could write such a thing just blows my mind

@singaporesymphony

Жыл бұрын

And by this time, he was already partially deaf.

@carolhuru8173

Жыл бұрын

Incredible forever...!

@Tolstoy111

Жыл бұрын

And this isn't even B at his best.

@AlexandreLuiz-ph8ns

10 ай бұрын

​@@Tolstoy111agree.❤

@Arkhangael

5 ай бұрын

And he was deaf

Beethoven, the voice of god !

Imagine if Beethoven lived another 15 or 20 years, how richer our human musical heritage would have been!

An European genius and his music conquered entire world.This Singaporean performance is saying everything. Pleasure to watch many times !

This like a Piano Sonata, a Piano Concerto, A Symphony and a Choral in a single package. Beethoven, thanks.

Beethoven the greatest composer of all time. I can even imagine how he did all this by himself. If he was alive now, I would tell him that he is the best. I really love his compositions. Bravo to Beethoven

You know if Beethoven had never composed the 9th this would be hailed as his masterwork, but its greatness is eclipsed by the glory of the symphony. There is nothing one can say about genius on this level except to enjoy it. And this wonderful performance brings all that magic out.

@woody000007

Жыл бұрын

This fantasy is realy "a sketch "for the ninth symphony

@colinnewton5254

Жыл бұрын

I regard this as Beethoven's masterpiece. This performance is spoilt by the harshness of the Steinway, the baseboard needs to really hefty to give a better tone.

@manofstambo7742

Жыл бұрын

The choral fantasy was ‘training’ for the 9th, imho.

@mikhailstepounin9448

Жыл бұрын

5th, 3d,6th Symphonies, piano 5? Grandiose. But this masterpiece is separate beauty.

@Tolstoy111

Жыл бұрын

@@colinnewton5254 This is his best piece? Really? Not any of the symphonies, string quartets, piano sonatas, conceros...but this?

It is so sad when it ends. You could listen to this godly music for ages.

@jamesgoldberg5401

16 күн бұрын

Forever!

A joyful, joyous concert. What fun to see Andrew Litton practically dancing on the podium. The smiles of the choir and soloists delivered the music’s message of universal friendship so wonderfully. ‘Fried und freude’ to one and all in these troubled times.

@marcvolpe8252

9 ай бұрын

GAYLE YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ADORABLE SEDUCTIVE RAVISHING CAPTIVATING AND PASSIONATE MARRY ME ❤

This is not just the best in Asia, it’s one of the best orchestra, the best venues, the best performers in the world of classical music in the entire world, even surpassing Europeans and Americans.

@user-ci9vb7gw4p

Ай бұрын

最好的樂團？柏林愛樂，維也納愛樂，紐約愛樂，眾多樂團在一旁笑而不語！

This is my favorite performance of LVB’s Choral Fantasy

Grandiose pianist who plays the piece flawlessly without any score! Great orchestra, great conductor and just as great choir.

@katrinat.3032

3 жыл бұрын

Without a score, I didn't even realize...mind blown🤯

@gianmasini

Жыл бұрын

overweight director, but flying like a feather at the end. Bravo or bravissimo! Great pianist and great chor too. Really nice all

I must listen to this 3 or 4 times a week. I just love it! It's glorious! It's playful! Beethoven is toying with me, taking me back and forth between the child like melodies then into coronation music. It's joyous and royal at the same time a along on this steady crescendo to the beautiful choir. What a feast for our ears and mind. This music feeds my soul.

There are many performances of this work on You-Tube. This one is the best of all. Great Pianist - Sextet - Choir and Conductor. Great Everything.

Best performance of this piece on KZread. Thrilling!

Edmund Roberts. From Canada with love. That was superb, they all seemed to enjoy performing as much as I enjoyed listening. Enthusiasm and skill makes for a winning combination.

@singaporesymphony

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, Edmund! It was indeed one of our fondest memories from 2019, and this year a way we can keep marking Beethoven's 250th birthday.

In a light mood Beethoven displays - almost advertises - all his skills as a pianist, composer and arrangeur on all levels with unsurpassed mastery.

@helmut.schmid2874

7 ай бұрын

Yes, I think he shows off here, displaying all the tricks of his repertoire, free of all sentimentality or political allusion. Through this he reaches the fringes of the absolute for me.

I absolutely love the enthusiasm of the conductor! Pure joy!!

The Performance Was Magnificent !!! An Extremely Deserved Prolonged Standing Ovation for both Soloist , Choir , and Orchestra !!!..I LOVE IT When An Audience Realizes they have just heard Greatness !!!....

Beethoven, for ever Beethoven.

An uncommonly performed piece and i am glad that it is available on youtube by the SSO. Brilliant playing with fine strings and woodwinds from the SSO. Irfan played intelligently and the chorus plus the six vocal soloists really amplify this majestic choral fantasy. I wish i were there for the live performance. Thanks for uploading this infrequent work by Beethoven. BRAVO

Thank you Singapore Symphony Orchestra, thank you Beethoven, the immortal! What a great performance performance!

Amazing, this music can reunite mankind. Thank you Singapore, thank you Asia. We all live on the same earth!

Beethoven opus 80! To listen to this great and sooo wooonderful performance on u-tube is a marvelous thrill. Imagine you were there live!! Must be breathtaking. Congratulations to all those performing. Orchestra, soloists, pianist , chorus and last but certainly not least conductor!

This is the best version I've heard. Bravo. So many thanks for sharing!

Wow the conductor is amazing! He puts so much emotion into his movements, and thus the entire orchestra shines as well. The single best rendition of this piece by far. Bravo!

Just love to see the enjoyment in the faces of the choir

So great, I got goosebumps on my arms and tears in my eyes. Thank you for this moment of joy during this year of isolation!

@singaporesymphony

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, Kathryn! The pleasure is ours!

@winstonotillio7705

11 ай бұрын

To all talented musicians.....bravo! ( of course beetjoven too!!l)

¡Fantástica! ¡Que orquesta tan maravillosa! ¡El pianista insuperable! ¡Los solistas, de antología! ¡El coro, vino de la gloria, esas bellísimas voces orientales, inolvidables, siempre recordables! ¡El director simplemente maravilloso, fuera de serie, único, el alma de la orquesta, increíble! ¡Un concierto excepcional, una experiencia única altamente satisfactoria!

just so great love it .i wear headphone's when i listen to BEETHOVEN.

Very elegant playing by Tengku! Thanks SSO!

This piece has childlike beauty.

After listening to few SSO performances, it’s clear to me that it’s one of the best if not the best orchestras in the entire Asia.

@singaporesymphony

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, George!

Just love this even more every time I watch it.

18:35 Nice Swing

I'm glad they got so much applause, they deserve it

Amazing -- such passion and joy to be part of this magic composition. This from tiny Singapore. Can you imagine that just a generation ago Singapore started from zero -- no water, energy, natural resources, land, or economy. They prove what people can do.

what a fantastic performance by a super pianist, a super orchestra, a super choir and a super conductor who - just like Leon Bernstein did - happily conducts his orchestra! How can one take the thumb down ???

@severinacappelletti8364

2 жыл бұрын

È quello che mi chiedo anch'io...purtroppo non tutti apprezzano questa musica meravigliosa. In effetti non è di facile comprensione: bisogna immaginare la costruzione architettonica dell'opera. Tanti anni fa ne avevo registrato una diretta dal magico Leonard Bernstein: è stato un 'emozione unica. Tuttora pelle d'oca e lacrime a stento trattenute...

@lhcinv9143

2 жыл бұрын

And a super composer also...

A tribute to everything beautiful in music , Beethoven , the chorale, the pianist , orchestra and conductor - Bravo , I have enjoyed "multiple " viewing of this superb production celebrating JOY in every way , yes Andrew Litton with his joyous expresssion , everything about this recording is fantastic - well done!!!!

This is BY FAR the best interpretation and rendition I have heard of the piece. You can feel the energy and dynamism in every single player, and especially all of the soloists. Absolute perfection. One of the few renditions that actually makes my eyes tear because it's musically so perfect.

@singaporesymphony

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, Dheera! We long to sing (it) again!

@schattensand

Жыл бұрын

No way, yet the german was very good and everybody enjoyed the play. Reference so is Barenboim as Pianist/Conductor and Carola Höhn as Sopran.

This brings me so much joy!! I've listened to many performances of this piece, with different tempi, but this is the greatest!!!

This performance is total perfection!

Que de bonheur d'écouter cette magnifique prestation de Beethoven ! Tout ramène à la joie totale malgré cette longue pandémie. Je suis si heureux de découvrir cette orchestre de Singapore: le pianiste , le conducteur exubérant, les choristes si joyeux et l'orchestre si performant ! J'ai écouté votre musique plusieurs fois de suite, et deux jours de suite. Ce sera ma musique d'écriture, car Beethoven m'inspire énormément. Car il est un génie intemporel.

Absolutely beautiful. The pianist is outstanding. And the conductor is so engaged and so colourful. Bravo!

i been playing this for 40 yr's. OMG So Beautiful BEETHOVEN. Befrore The 9th. Was Composed.

My late Mother who was born in Germany before the war loved this piece as well as Beethoven's 9th; used to make her cry. She always preferred remembering Germany and how beautiful it was up until the war when she at age 11 had to leave with her family.

@godehardbrysch7905

3 жыл бұрын

Good evening John, in Germany it is now 0:42 - (my mother was born in 1924) - I live near Cologne. - Why not come to visit Beethoven's birthplace in Bonn? Not far away in Siegburg Engelbert Humperdinck was born, he was the composer of "Hänsel and Gretel", on You Tube there are some performances, especially the great "Brüderchen komm Tanz mit mir". - Jacques Offenbach was born in Cologne, however typical, the people from Cologne had some difficulties with his work, so he went to our friends in France. Beethoven's house is quite modest, the room where he was born very small. A fantastic museum is in Eisenach: Bach's birthplace - This museum is multi-dimensional, highly modern with all technical equipment. Well, the beauty of a place, for me as former geography teache,r all places have their special charm. It's amazing how Asian people enjoy classical music. Sometimes I have the feeling they appreciate it more than we Europeans. In our opera houses there are many Asian singers, especially from Japan and South Korea. Wish you all the best.

Bravissimo! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ And thank you for the subtitles.

A joy, a boundless happiness!

Bravo Singapore & Tengku Irfan...💖💖💖👍👍👍🙏😍

Beethoven had already written his finale to the ninth symphony he only had to rework it. He is a master of music using one and five chords. He shows his greatness grandeur and inspiration by filling his scores with one and five.

Wow, I love this conductor! Bravo to everyone, so beautiful!!! This pianist has a light touch, so beautiful!!! Singers, awesome!!

I remember going to the live performance with my school there, in November. I was enthralled by the spectacular performance. I could hear everything in the concert hall, even though I was seated near the top. Well Done!

Bravo to the pianist and the orchestra as well as the choir not to mention the excellent audio and video recording ‼️👍👏🙋🏻😃🎹🎼🎶

This is one of my most favourite Beethoven. Thank you eternally @Singapore Symphony !!

A wonderful performance of my favourite Beethoven piece together with the Triple Concerto. A multicultural Singapore Symphony, singing in German, a great piano soloist , super choir and everyone, including the conductor, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Classical music at it's best as the universal language !!.

@singaporesymphony

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to performing this again some day!

Beethoven unites, Covid divides. Splendid performance. Not too often do you see the conductor so animated during the performance as this gentleman.

@treeskates

Жыл бұрын

So much joy.

Thank you so much for bestowing this beauty upon us!!!! We need beauty now more than ever. I am so grateful that I love classical music and am so grateful that I can access this 'higher form of art' so easily. This is a world class performance!! 😁🎼🎶🎶🎻🎻

Esa disciplina admirable del Asia oriental. Las voces solistas llegan al podio un instante antes de que les toque cantar y lo hacen en perfecta consonancia con la orquesta. El conductor, cómo disfruta. Da gusto ver a alguien que vive su oficio con tanto entusiasmo.

Thank you, Singapore!!!!

Wow ... in fact it sounds so amazing....Bravo!! watchin it from TV is totally different. love it good job cameraman!

@katrinat.3032

3 жыл бұрын

I agree it's a great video in addition to great music. Even though we are here for the music when the cameraman and editors do a great job it just adds to the fun!

What an amazing performance! Was just on stage performing this great piece in South Africa, loved every moment

You made my Christmas evening - thank you so much all of you ☺

The recording is fantastic!

Beautiful, I love it! Thank you soloist singers and orchestra! Love the subtitles too - this is the only youtube that has them as far as I know.

@singaporesymphony

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Fun fact, the subtitles/captions were done by our in-house Graphic Designer, who happens to also sing!

@jonguirl3942

4 жыл бұрын

@@singaporesymphony Also - thanks to the video producer - very nice following the video around the orchestra and focusing on the musicians who are playing the prominent parts. Lovely!

@arandompersonwhodontknowwh4787

3 жыл бұрын

Ladies and get lemon, would the video producer accept interrupting this lovely music work by advertisements. In a concert hall people would avoid even coughing.

@arandompersonwhodontknowwh4787

3 жыл бұрын

Printing error, not get lemon but gentlemen. Apologies for that.

Never gets old. Love it Love it Love it

Bravo Tengku Irfan 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

superb performance, not only performed cleanly, but with great heart. Thank you, SSO!

A sprite, crisp performance---perfect in execution. Bravo!

Fantastic.! ! !

First time seeing Tengku's recording in super HD. Never really got to see his hands this close! Amazing performance!!

OMG! Wonderful !!!!!!!

Bravissimo Irfan! You're always sooo inspiring!

Wow!

Very good and it was good that the conductor acknowledged the chorus, for the most part. He should have had them bow on the 2nd encore, of course

Una de mis piezas favoritas y esta versión es magnífica. ¡Qué maravilla!

Magnificent!

SSO always delivers. Best talents.

素晴しい

This is the best way to hype yourself up for a visit to the local art museum!

Great! Great! Great! Thank!

Superb performance

Brilliant.

Fabulous !

Bravissimo👌

Great performance .... simply beautiful ... thank you for uploading.

@singaporesymphony

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Excellent

Toda vez que revejo este vídeo me emociono e arrepia, 👏🏻 bravo, bravo, bravíssimo!

Bravoooo !!!

Gracias, eterno Beethoven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you SSO.. TOP production, orchestra, chorus and delightful Youth Choir. Keep going, and stay free.

EXELENTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just...WOW!!!

Beautiful! Bravo bravissimo! 👏

Simply magnificent.

The Best of the Best!!!!!👍

Thank you for the video!

A sparkling performance... perfect tempo.

I just stumbled across this performance. Absolutely super!!! BRAVO!!! SPASIBA!!! PARABENS A TODOS!!! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us who did not have the privilege of attending in person. The Singapore Symphony and Chorus is tops!!!

@singaporesymphony

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and thank you so much for your kind words! We'll be sure to let the musicians and choristers know!

18:25 My N is feeling it. When the beat drops

BEYOND BRILLIANT -- BRAVO !!