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mahler karajan berlin philharmonic 2
Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Lyrics
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Abraham Lincoln
I became a Mahlerian over 12 years ago. The order in which I listened to each of his symphonies are as follows:
1. 5th
2. 9th
3. 1st
4. Das Lied
5. 10th
6. 8th
7. 6th
8. 7th
9. 4th
10. 3rd
11. 2nd
I only heard the 2nd this year after 12 years. What a wait. I had no idea what I was missing.
Jamie Smith
Performed this with Detroit in 2015. I'm just a bass in the choir. Months earlier, when our director said we were doing it with the DSO, there was an audible gasp around the room. I had no idea what everyone was so excited about because I have NEVER HEARD IT before. For whatever reason. Don't judge.
So we sit like chess pieces on these tiny wooden bleachers for 75 minutes before we sing a single note. And I'm old, so bathroom breaks are important to me. But you just hold it.
And we're packed in like sardines because the choir is 150 people shoe-horned onto a stage holding 100 orchestra musicians. And it's hot. And we can't fidget. The first 8 minutes are OK, but then your back starts to spasm because you're trying to hold perfectly still because there are cameras live-streaming us all over the world. We know how critical YouTube viewers can be. And we want to do well for Detroit. So we sit in pain like nesting dolls waiting for the cue to stand and deliver what we've been rehearsing for 5 months.
Let me tell you, it was worth every bit of that agony. And years later when you hear someone say they were at that concert and were in tears, you think back to the hot sardine bleachers and think: I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
And Detroit's symphony is amazing.
Jamie Smith
@Philip Rice Sounds about right. By the time the final performance rolled around, we were not shy about physical contact. We were propping each other up with our knees, elbows, and shoulders.
Philip Rice
I love that this is the top comment. I performed this with Westminster Symphonic Choir and Berlin Phil with Rattle at Carnegie Hall and had an identical experience. We were so cramped on the stage I actually fell asleep on the shoulder of the guy next to me for the first three movements. An awesome experience I will never forget, and one of the best naps of my life :)
EE
What a great recollection, thank you for sharing!
Magdalena Filbrandt
@Tim Henshaw
oh Tim i enwy you,I always dream about it.đ
Tim Henshaw
I was there for that. Amazing performance.
Dennis Pete
The most epic finale and all of classical music! Brings tears to my eyes every time!
Karin Wijnberg
@ked4 for me the most epic finale is the 9th... so utterly overwhelming...
Dennis Pete
@ked4 well to be totally honest I have never heard the 8th performed live. I have never been a huge fan of the 8th. I have heard the Chicago Symphony perform the second on two different occasions the first time with Pierre Boulez, which was pretty good. The second time with arguably the greatest Mahler interpreter, Bernard Haitink. When I heard the performance with Haitink I felt like there was nothing that could ever top that performance. I do plan to one day hopefully sooner than later hear the 8th live.
ked4
More epic than Mahler's 8th finale?