Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado)
4,901,790
Published 2015-02-02
Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne, 21 August 2003
Eteri Gvazava - soprano
Anna Larsson - mezzo-soprano
Orfeón Donostiarra
José Antonio Sainz Alfaro - chorus master
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado - conductor
Chapters:
00:00:00 Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
00:01:37 I. Allegro maestoso
00:22:26 II. Andante moderato
00:32:18 III. [Scherzo] In ruhig fließender Bewegung
00:43:38 IV. Urllicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht
00:48:42 V. Im Tempo des Scherzo. Wild herausfahrend - "Auferstehn"
Subscribe to EuroArts: goo.gl/jrui3M
Resurrection in Lucerne
Lucerne Festival. 21 August 2003, 7.30 pm. The atmosphere in the large concert hall in the spectacular, steel and glass Culture and Convention Centre built on the shore of Lake Lucerne by the French star architect Jean Nouvel is electric. The event was sold out months ago. Here and there a throat is softly cleared, people settle in their seats, their faces alert and expectant. At last, doors open and the members of the newly founded Lucerne Festival Orchestra come on to the platform. There are many very well-known faces: the clarinettist Sabine Meyer and Emmanuel Pahud, the fleet-fingered first flute from the Berliner Philharmoniker, Natalie Gutman among the cellists, members of the Hagen and Alban Berg Quartets among the rank and file of strings, and other players include Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Kolya Blacher (violin) and Wolfram Christ (viola).
Lucerne en fête
What kind of orchestra is this, formed of the most famous instrumentalists, the most celebrated chamber-music players, the most experienced soloists from the world's best orchestras? With Claudio Abbado to conduct it, chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker up until the previous year, for whom the Lucerne Festival Orchestra is the realization of a wholly personal dream? One answer, at least, is obvious: lt is an orchestra of superlatives. "After this first appearance", the press agreed, "there can be no argument: orchestral cultivation of this calibre is scarcely to be heard anywhere else."
The Lucerne Festival has a long tradition of generating its own orchestras. The best remembered is probably the Swiss Festival Orchestra, which assembled "the best orchestral musicians of Switzerland" (to quote the Original memorandum of association) to give the concerts that formed the festival's backbone every year from 1943 to 1993. But the idea of an elite orchestra goes back further, to the summer of 1938. This was the year in which Arturo Toscanini dissociated himself from the Salzburg Festival for political reasons; a handpicked orchestra was formed for him to conduct in Lucerne (the members of the legendary Busch Quartet, banned frorn playing in Germany, sat at the first desks of the string section) and his "concert de gala" marked the moment when Lucerne was new-born as a festival city.
All Comments (21)
-
Ten years without Claudio Abbado. How much we miss this great conductor.
-
I dont know why people say classical music is boring when gems like this exist..Bravo Mahler!
-
I can never not cry at the finale of this piece. I wish the lyrics were on the screen because they matter so much. I am not religious but that message of hope, that my heart will rise again, that nothing is lost, that I should prepare myself to live once again… that message has gotten me through many rough periods in my life.
-
I can't help but feel as if Claudio Abbado is the embodiment of Gustav Mahler in his absolute artistry and vitality. Conductor Abbado pays his authentic tribute to the composer and conductor Mahler. Tremendous work is this Mahler's II. symphony.
-
Abbado direct without reading a single note. He perfectly knows the entire score, any instrumet part, tempo, expression, sound. He is in total control of the simphony and can move beyond with the orchestra in the realm of MUSIC. That's how the great conductor works.
-
One of the most powerful expressions of the human spirit. I hope to hear it in person one day.
-
Somebody help me!. Can't stop listening to this version of Abbado.
-
This piece makes a very strong argument for music being humanity's greatest accomplishment
-
You can listen to this music over and over again; you will never get tired of it. This interpretation is simply awesome.
-
My first ever orchestral concert was this piece, I went in with a mindset I'd be bored and sleep halfway through. Quite the opposite. I could barely see at the end of it from the tears, it was glorious and I was hooked on classical music ever since. It felt like watching a movie.
-
My god. I never had the willpower to listen to the whole symphony. I never understood why so many people praise this as their favorite piece of music. Today, I finally understood why it is called "Resurrection". I cry very seldom, almost never. I used to think that a piece of music, however beautiful, couldn't evoke strong emotions in me. But when the choir and orchestra climaxed, at the very end of the fourth movement, I started sobbing like a baby. I am so grateful to know about this symphony.
-
Finished a 14 hour shift. I got home, Sat back and put this majestic Vid on. I couldn't be happier. Beautiful. In everyway. Thank you.
-
Oh my God. Who's cutting onions around here??? Hit me right in the core; right in the soul.
-
I cried when I heard this live at a concert and it was my first exposure to classical music. Incredible how just instruments can trigger emotions.
-
Happy Birthday and RIP Claudio Abbado 🌹🌹🌹
-
How dare people say classical music is boring... This is more intense and full of emotion than music these dayssss. I'm 15 and I love classical music!!!!
-
Links to rehearsal numbers 1:18 I. Allegro maestoso start 1:37 1 2:47 2 3:43 3 3:57 4 4:50 5 5:13 6 6:06 7 7:13 8 7:55 9 8:37 10 9:40 11 10:17 12 10:55 13 11:15 14 11:50 15 12:18 16 12:52 17 14:11 18 14:41 19 14:58 20 15:45 21 16:19 22 17:18 23 18:08 24 19:22 25 20:03 26 20:53 27 22:01 22:26 II. Andante moderato 1 22:55 2 23:35 3 24:09 4 24:50 5 25:32 6 27:06 7 8 27:57 9 28:15 10 28:28 11 28:48 12 29:20 13 30:04 14 30:52 15 31:44 32:18 III. [Scherzo] In ruhig fließender Bewegung 28 32:21 29 32:55 30 33:24 31 33:55 32 34:15 33 34 35:09 35 36 35:55 37 36:20 38 36:41 39 37:02 40 37:18 41 37:43 42 38:14 43 38:46 44 39:10 45 39:25 46 39:50 47 40:17 48 49 40:55 50 51 41: 53 42:20 54 55 43:06 43:38 IV. Urllicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht 1 44:37 2 45:31 3 46:17 4 46:44 5 47:18 6 47:38 48:42 V. Im Tempo des Scherzo. Wild herausfahrend - "Auferstehn" 1 2 49:02 3 50:20 4 51:41 5 52:30 6 53:05 7 54:26 8 9 10 55:42 11 57:00 12 47:40 13 58:10 14 58:50 15 29:26 16 1:00:18 17 1:01:06 18 1:01:27 19 1:02:09 20 1:02:39 21 1:03:03 22 1:03:43 23 1: 24 1:04:15 25 1:04:44 26 27 1:05:24 28 1:06:08 29 1:06:44 30 1:07:50 31 1:09:16 CHOIR! 32 1:10:31 33 1:11:15 34 1:11:52 35 1:12:29 36 1:13:27 37 1:14:10 38 1:15:00 39 1:15:34 40 1:16:11
-
If just the world will listen to this music i think we will get a peaceful life without war.
-
Grande maestro Claudio Abbado, seu legado nunca será esquecido. Quem for brasileiro curte ai, quem ñ for curta também!kk
-
Ich liebe Gustav Mahler. Eine der schönsten Sinfonien überhaupt. Maestro Abbado hat hier eine wunderschöne Aufführung gezaubert. Was für ein Klangkörper! Das ist ja unglaublich!
