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

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

Жыл бұрын

Edo was with SF Symphony?

@samuelthiel1763

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

One of the greatest achievements in classical musical history, and the greatest organ symphony of all time Period !!!!!

The first orchestra that performed the music of my son Miritreus. Very grateful for that.

@binalikarakaya5099

2 жыл бұрын

@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!_ 😍

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.

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.

Magnífica Orquesta

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 :)

@kschuman1152

5 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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.

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

@SinfoniaRotterdam

3 жыл бұрын

Our sincere condolences.

At 28:44, the most heavenly part of the piece, the TV director should have shown the pianists.

Buenísimo Director Conrad van Alphen

Eines der großartigsten Meisterwerke, die je geschrieben wurden - eine der besten Interpretationen! * One of the greatest masterpieces ever written - one of the best performances! 👏

Wat leuk! Ik zat ergens in het midden

00:10 Adagio -- Allegro moderato 10:26 Poco adagio 21:03 Allegro moderato -- Presto 28:14 Maestoso -- Allegro

Disfrutando de esta obra maestra con un sonido espectacular y una orquesta maravillosa. Gracias

Dank voor deze video. Ik was er bij!

Dang, this is good. Really good.

Bravoo Conrad van Alphen !

@justinsanner

2 жыл бұрын

@ 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.

@nik54887

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinsanner Bravoo Conrad van Alphen !

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.

@SinfoniaRotterdam

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@nathanhol42001

4 жыл бұрын

Ohh, I was afraid it was an issue with my headphones. That's a relief.

@supralapsarian

3 жыл бұрын

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.

A piece of music commissioned by London's Royal Philharmonic Society - Beethoven's 9th was another..

it seems to be compulsory to give standing ovations in Rotterdam. But I'm sure you deserve it.

Linda interpretación, aunque faltó una cámara cerca al piano.

11:54 bass

Conductor = Hugo Drax from Moonraker

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?

28:40 Use all keyboards! :)

It's called the Organ Symphony but the organ got mugged mercilessly by the other instruments and barely made it through the fight alive; the organist needed resucitation and an ambulance was called and last I heard he was doing fine and is demanding a rematch.

Hulde

@orvillevroemen3956

5 жыл бұрын

Jammer van de ruis in Maestoso - Allegro

Very aseptic performance, I didn't enjoy it at all, especially the finale...

Mr. Principal Oboe likes to do "Schalltrichter in die Höhe." Uhh, dude, this isn't Mahler.

@Mezzotenor

4 жыл бұрын

I get it, but maybe the conductor asked for that as an alternative to blowing hard to be heard?

An appalling performance of the Saint-Sean’s masterpiece. The orchestra was under-rehearsed and dragged through the first three movements. The final section was better, but overall not at all “French.” Finally, the organ registration was strangely muted, almost muffled. Saint-Sean’s does not mention registration in the score. That critical element is left to the organist. In this performance the organist, possibly not able to hear the orchestra very well or to see the conductor, got lost several times.

Interpretación algo floja. No cuadra con la obra.