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What does a conductor actually do? It's a question asked by many - and here answered by one of the greatest of all time: Sir Simon Rattle.
Classic FM presenter and soprano Catherine Bott recently caught up with legendary conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, at the Barbican Centre in London.
The two talked towering tasks like choosing repertoire and taking music to the masses; the enduring magic and existential weight of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, and what it’s like to take on a vibrant world-class orchestra like the London Symphony Orchestra.
One of our favourite parts of Catherine’s encounter with the Rattle, though, is when she dares to ask him “what does a conductor actually do?” - a question that’s repeatedly been asked throughout her show Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Classical Music’s history on air.
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  • @JasonChamberlain
    @JasonChamberlain3 жыл бұрын

    “It will sound like someone put silk through a gold ring” funny that we know exactly what he means just from that

  • @Chunkfterbi7183
    @Chunkfterbi71833 жыл бұрын

    „I would love to be Jürgen Klopp“ - this is essentially Simon Rattleish! Love that one! ....“it’s done with love and care and thought and intelligence ... I wish a few of our politicians would take a masterclass with him“

  • @gretareinarsson7461
    @gretareinarsson74613 жыл бұрын

    I think the best conductors, the best musicians actually, are the ones that make you remember more the experience and feelings of the music they make, then the mannerisms of their performance.

  • @donaldforbes3458
    @donaldforbes345810 ай бұрын

    Picking up on the idea of a "match of the day" for music, France Musique has a Sunday afternoon programme in which a group of critics listen to different recordings of the same pieces without knowing who the players are and dissect them mercilessly. Identities are revealed after opinions have been finalised and the soloists and orchestras, often famous, have been subjected to very candid analysis.

  • @TheRealDoctorBonkus
    @TheRealDoctorBonkus3 жыл бұрын

    He should do audio books as well though

  • @VallaMusic
    @VallaMusic4 жыл бұрын

    i put Simon in my top 5 list of favorite conductors

  • @ttrons2

    @ttrons2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or they would not given him the top orchestra.

  • @rushana1956

    @rushana1956

    4 жыл бұрын

    Val, how about Mravinsky?

  • @shreysurendralodha7308

    @shreysurendralodha7308

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who are the other 4?

  • @VallaMusic

    @VallaMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shreysurendralodha7308 Wilhelm Furtwangler, Carlos Kleiber, Eugene Ormandy, and Daniel Barenboim

  • @adityapurohit8232

    @adityapurohit8232

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shreysurendralodha7308 4 other virtuoso conductors are Wilhelm Furtwangler, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham & Sir Adrian Boult .

  • @andrewknight8778
    @andrewknight87782 ай бұрын

    Two lovely people. Thanks!

  • @ramdasvj
    @ramdasvj3 жыл бұрын

    My favourite composer, especially Mozart 40 and 41.

  • @user-wp4ju4hp5w
    @user-wp4ju4hp5w7 ай бұрын

    Not often do you see a Percussionist transition to being a first class conductor. BRAVO to you , Sir Simon Rattle

  • @ramseypietronasser2
    @ramseypietronasser2 Жыл бұрын

    Great interview

  • @vishva.vanshanatha
    @vishva.vanshanatha2 жыл бұрын

    A conductor distributes and enhances the each part and instrument at the orchestra. He is the one who translates those movements in the body of orchestra to audience.

  • @TheFrizbaloid

    @TheFrizbaloid

    Жыл бұрын

    What are you talking about??

  • @villain7140
    @villain7140 Жыл бұрын

    The conductor is like a movie director. Give Michael Bay and Martin Scorsese the same script and actors- same score and musicians and you get two completely different films (of drastically different quality as well probably)

  • @BryanKujawa1
    @BryanKujawa18 ай бұрын

    Great explanation!

  • @williamrbuchanan4153
    @williamrbuchanan41533 жыл бұрын

    Everyone has to be part of it at the right time and volume and length of the part. It’s like, do you want them to all do what they feel is right.? They must start and end their bits as instructed. That’s with an orchestra. Small groups have one of their group they depend on too. Why anyone should be asking what a conductor does, seems the don’t understand the whole procedure?

  • @ViniVPinheiro
    @ViniVPinheiro3 жыл бұрын

    1:01 Barney Stinson

  • @shirleyswinnerton169
    @shirleyswinnerton169 Жыл бұрын

    Rainer Hersch. Finest of all composers.

  • @UberAlphaSirus
    @UberAlphaSirus4 жыл бұрын

    When did he answer the queastion?

  • @adesorcuppy4225

    @adesorcuppy4225

    3 жыл бұрын

    He answered it very well to classical listeners. To non-classical listeners short answer is: “a conductor is organizing (in rehearsals before concert) a group of 100 people playing in harmony and not chaos” hope now its clear!

  • @GenjiLangless

    @GenjiLangless

    3 жыл бұрын

    At 5:05, he said, "It's my job to try and translate what the composer is saying to the orchestra, and then to the audience." What I took from that is the conductor is master of knowing what energy every single instrument should be giving at each part, what to enunciate and when, and really make the music dance, rather than sounding like a mechanical reading of sheet music. ...Or so I gathered. c:

  • @olivia-performanceartist3693

    @olivia-performanceartist3693

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha was waiting for that part too. Maybe a better question would have been 'how do you conduct?' or 'what is conducting?' I sort of get it but would have liked a more practical understanding of how it all works.

  • @pega17pl
    @pega17pl2 жыл бұрын

    Der deutsche Dirigent Ferdinand Leitner sagte "Dirigieren sei wie Luft sortieren." - Heinz

  • @SergejRazinkov
    @SergejRazinkov4 ай бұрын

    Was macht Maestro wirklich in unserer Zeit? Sehr gute Frage. Der technische Niveau bei vielen Orchestern ist sehr hoch geworden. Die " technische " Seite Orchester Probe ( Zusammenspiel , Spiele in guten Ensemble,....) ist schon nicht sehr grose Herausforderung für einen Dirigent. Leider werden in unserer Zeit meistens scheinbaren Proben gemacht einstat fördern die Musik zu spielen. Der Resultat dieser scheinbaren Proben hören wir in Konzerten. Alles klingt auf gleicher guten Technischen Niveau ,wie von einem der selben CD. Ich glaube sogar der neuen Dirigenten Star Bradley Cooper besserer"Interpreter" ist als viele andere " richtige "Dirigenten von unserer Zeit.

  • @DeeDeeLecter
    @DeeDeeLecter4 ай бұрын

    😕 im confused 😕

  • @furdiebant
    @furdiebant2 ай бұрын

    Wrong person to ask

  • @wei2190sd

    @wei2190sd

    Ай бұрын

    Why?

  • @williamhumphrey1084
    @williamhumphrey10842 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if he’s ever kissed a girl

  • @notmyworld44

    @notmyworld44

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have - several times - and I really enjoyed it!

  • @frankstein9982

    @frankstein9982

    2 жыл бұрын

    he mentions being a dad to three kids, so I guess he did and more than that.

  • @merryweatherbytheseashore941

    @merryweatherbytheseashore941

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@frankstein9982 Yes. He may have even gotten a hug.

  • @visionz3638

    @visionz3638

    2 жыл бұрын

    I meannnn he has 3 kids bro

  • @sabinejahnichen6845

    @sabinejahnichen6845

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣I am sorry, but this question is only 😂🤣

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