This is the type of conductor one can only love.

@sheebafan13

2 жыл бұрын

He brought the San Francisco Symphony back to the black.

@classicalperformances8777

Жыл бұрын

just thinking the same thing

there is nothing more precious than blomstedt talking about mahler and bruckner

@pega17pl

3 жыл бұрын

There is saying you can't be a Mahler fan and a Bruckner fan. What a stupid statement. - Heinz

"Beethoven speaks for us all", by far this one of the most beautiful explanation of Beethoven's music.

Blomstedt is not only a great maestro but also a philosopher.

Love that man! A very modest, serious, profound, kind and very great conductor and human being.

This was a really sincere interview. Thank you maestro for your insights!

I was lucky to have season tickets to SFS for a few years when he was it's artistic director and conductor.

His comments regarding the conducting style of the mature Mahler are totally correct. Many accounts and reviews from his late era performances remark about his quite restrained, yet dominating presence on the podium. Though we know Mahler today as a great composer, he was regarded in his own time as one of the world's best conductors.

The most just statement about Lenny Bernstein (2:04).

Fascinating and great responses by Blomstedt.

Blomstedt's comparison of Bruckner and Mahler is very interesting and amazing, too :) 06:35

"Change characterized Mahler's life; constancy Bruckner's. In a certain sense this is also true of their work. Bruckner sang of his God and for his God, Who ever and unalterably occupied his soul. Mahler struggled toward Him. Not constancy, but change ruled his inner life, hence also his music."

(6:35) Blomstedt's comparison of Bruckner and Mahler is very interesting and amazing, too :) - Heinz

Enjoyed the Bernstein comments.

1:38 Directly referring to Bernstein's approach. (Which I happen to love)

Very wise words on Bernstein, I like him

Reminds Bruno Walter's paper 'Bruckner and Mahler' He also states same kind of ideas in that paper.

Whenever he appears on NHK, Blomstedt speaks German unlike other conductors like Paavo Järvi, who always responds in English. This is the first time for me to see Blomstedt speak English. I understand his first language is Swedish, though.

Lot of thanks for this very valuable information. "Bruckner and Mahler" is worth to be read by any of Bruckner and/or Mahler fan. To all Brucknerians don't like Mahler and to all Mahlerians don't like Bruckner: you do not know what you missed! Once more many thanks for your valuable hint :)

to your info: at 2010 Herbert Blomstedt was one of jurors at International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition by Bamberger Symphoniker if you want to watch finale, please watch?v=cBqoilbBQpI&feature=endscreen&NR=1 to get more info about this famous conductor competitiion please search at web

Does he say 'Turkey' at 10:50 ?

Your welcome, is my pleasure. Then let me quote from it : "is symphonies also (and these before all) sprang from this fundamental religious feeling that swayed Bruckner's entire spirit. He did not have to struggle toward God; he believed. Mahler sought God. He searched in himself, in Nature, in the messages of poets and thinkers" &

Good interview. The captions are awfully full of mistakes though...

@uemahlerinterviews

7 жыл бұрын

The captions are automatically generated by KZread, I'm afraid there's nothing to be done there. However, our transcript is available in the book: www.universaledition.com/sheet-music-and-more/Gustav-Mahler.-The-Conductors-Interviews-Diverse-UE26311

@brooklynchorus8377

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your information!!!

Interesting, being in one’s “Beethoven late quartets period” and not connecting immediately to Mahler’s music. I would have thought one was a gateway drug to the other.

He's probably referring to the Armenian genocide.

@classicalperformances8777

Жыл бұрын

at which moment?

The maestro looks so much like the American playwright Edward Albee. Albee was an adopted lad. Blomstesdt was born in NYC. Wierd. Very same mannerisms.

@MrKlemps

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Doyle Actually he looks much more like the American journalist George Will.

@MrKlemps

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Doyle Actually he looks much more like the American journalist George Will.