I am 91, and first heard this in ( age 16) 1950 on kFI AM radio. This piece and other classical music infected me forever. As a barrio boy, classical music and library books transported me to magical worlds.... interestingly, I did not realize, many other spin-off benefits classical music provides. P.S. my peers made good natured fun of me for being a " nerd" ... I didn't care.... they had no clue. Thanks
I appreciate your comment. I am 65 years young and have attended several symphonic and operatic overtures at The Hartford Stage Theater, Connecticut, USA. It is peaceful music. It calms me me after a day of stressful classes. Best Regards and Blessings, If you will.
@@neiltobin3733 I’ll take your blessings & give you a hug. I’ve been to Hartford but too long ago for me to remember much. You know. When we were young, thin & invincible. These days if I knew about the Theatre I’d be there front row! My travelling days are behind me I’m afraid but when my old house rocks this at full volume, I’ll think of you. I’m 71 but lord have I led an incredible life which is taking a new turn with friends I’ve made since my husband’s passing. So until I catch up with him I’ve still got a bit of the devil in me!! Best wishes. Della McGowan, Queensland Australia
I am 68. When I was growing up, my dad gave "concerts" to us in the basement. This entire collection was a my favorite. I think he had a set of six large records that came in a beautiful box.
02/29/24: I agree with your sentiment , but the link you've created between one person's "achievement" and "skill of [plural] orchestras" is a non-sequitur. Re-write.
@@donreedThe verbage used in prior statement gives off the feeling that you're typing in particular to be a show off, using big words amounts to nothing. I would highly consider rewording in a particular way that doesn't paint you in bad light.
When I started becoming interested in classical music, I somehow gravitated to this piece. No idea why but it spoke to me. It is such a wonderful piece! One day my mother was visiting from Arizona, and I had this playing in the background. She started humming to the music and I stopped and asked how she knew this music. She said that your father (whom I lost to cancer when he was 36 and I was 9) listened to it constantly. Actually, wearing out the LP and purchasing new records. I would sit on his knee while he read the paper in the evening, and this was playing in the background on one of those old "timey" square turntables with small speakers. Now when I hear this, I think of the man that was my dad and how he accidentally got me interested in Russian classical music.
When i was a young boy my grandfather used to read `one thousand and one nights` to me before i went to sleep and one day he told me about this piece of music and said it was inspired by the storyteller in one thousand and one nights, he borrowed his moms ceramic 78 version of it and played it on an old grammar phone, i had never heard anything like it before, i cried every time i heard the violin solo, they ended up getting me a little record player for my bedroom and a copy of Scheherazade on vinyl and i`d listen to it falling asleep every night, well apart from Christmas when i always listened to the nutcracker.
I lived in New York City. Our city taxes went for supporting many things the city provided for their citizens. One perk was the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performing in Central Park in the Summer. One free Summer concert included "Scheherazade" and laying on our blanket, looking up at the night sky, and listening to this music, was magical.
This is in just about a daily rotation as far as Playlist go for me. Not sure how many people have actually listened to this; I'm sure about a million of those views are mine.
I first heard this masterpiece when I was about 10 years old and that was 77 years ago. And I will never tire of listening to this magnificent piece of music from this master Al Russian composer, a chemist and a naval sailor from St.Petersburg. And this rendition, conduc
I am left speechless at the musical ability of these young musicians. 50 years ago, I listened to the masters perform this timeless classic and this young orchestra has captured the feeling and sound perfectly. Bravo...
Likewise I cut my teeth on classical music, thanks to my mom, and I was hearing and thrilling to it before I even emerged from the womb 82 years ago. Praise Yahuah (KJV: "the LORD") for such a blessing, in the Name of our Master Yahusha ("Lord Jesus"), amein & amein!
How is it possible that nearly 1,000 viewers can dislike this performance. I have listened to and seen very many performances of this Russian masterpiece and I have watched this video through many times. Very many professional orchestras would have been proud of such a performance and seeing as this is essentially a youth orchestra this rendition is outstanding. Whenever I am working from home I have this playing in the background and such is the magic of this performance that I have to switch back to watching it to remind myself of the talent and accomplishment of this group of young musicians.
There are people who are hollow of feeling. I wonder if this is why the world is the way it is. Their balance in life is off so they want others to feel the same.
They dont know anything about music because the orquestra is playing perfectly. The music is one of the greatest from Rimski-Korsakov. He was a great instrumentalists. Maybe the better of his time.
@@josellorca4799 Oh yeah, they know their own type of noise, you know, rap, screaming, and silly crud. But to me, this is a treat, a wonderful performance. Did you notice, they are all young. I don't see any old codgers like myself.
Dear Nadja, I am 71 years old and I am like you ; almost blind in left eye. The moment I saw you , I knew you have a good reason. Those negative comments should be treated as water on the ducks back. Please care about nice people only. With lots of love and respect from North California.
I'm in my 72nd year and have macular degeneration in my left eye... shall we start a club? 😉 In all seriousness, I agree with you 100%. A few years ago, when I first discovered this amazing orchestra, and this particular piece, I was struck by Nadja's elegant response to those who had mocked her. I've been a fan of hers, and this orchestra, ever since. Her soloist performance of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto is thrilling. Perhaps we should start a Nadja Drakslar Fan Club, instead. All the best to you.
I see lots of critics on meyself, my behaviour and also my playing-moving in the orchestra. After 4 years of reading such destructive comments, I have to post an explanation. If all of you, who can not get the point of this rediculous moving, consider that in medical sense I am diagnosed as "almost blind" and that I have only 10% of my eyesight left, you would maybe get it that for me is impossible to sit more then half a meter away from my music and play it, because I am simply unable to see and read it, that is why I always move forward and back, so I can read the music and see the conductor. People like me with so damaged eyesight usually don't sit in the orchestra, because it is way to stressful, specialy because of people like yourself, people who can not see wider and understand certain things that are for majority maybe pointless and rediculous, but exist with a meaning! My destractive moving to myself is not a silly coreography but helps me to perform and to do my job! However, regardless to my medical situation, I am a professional musician and clarinetist! Thank you for reading this. Nadja Drakslar
Nadja , I am crying while I read your post. I obviously noticed your movements thought it was that you were very nervous. I never realised that it was due to your sight problems. You are a very beautiful girl and a very talented clarinetist. I love this video I must have watched it a 100 times . I have loved the music for over 40 years but for me this is the best version I have ever heard. Seeing the joy on the faces of the players and their wonderful talent. Getting back to you , I hope that one day something can be done to improve your eyesight, medicine is advancing all the time. I will pray for you and that soon something can be done to help you. I can only apologise for the idiots who criticised you. It is a very valuable lesson , that we shouldn´t criticise anyone if we do not know the full story. I wish you all the best and thank you for your wonderful playing in this video. I also wish you a very long and successful career.
Nadja, your playing, expression, and virtuosity speak for themselves. You did a masterful magnificent performance. Critics die, but the masters live on! Wonderful, lovely performance. Thank you.
I AM 87 YEAR OLD WIDOW AND MY FATHER INTRODUCED ME TO THIS MUSIC IN tHE 1950s I REALLY LOVE ..IT SO MUCH NOW AND THE.YOUNG MUSICIANS ALLARE WONDERFUL thanks
I'm 69. Found this on my own when I was a kid - and still listening decades later and still get moved by the beauty of this music and the talented people who labor to bring it to us. I think Rimsky-Korsikov and Borodin are my favorite Russian composers but that doesn't mean I don't listen to or enjoy the others. What a rich culture the Russian people are part of!
This orchestra and its fine conductor deserve all the accolades they receive for this performance. They’re young musicians, but they play with a maturity and passion that can take years to achieve. The soloists were nothing short of excellent. A glorious, emotional evening with one of the most beautiful compositions ever written. Bravo/brava to all!
Today is the fourth anniversary of my father's passing at 80 years old. Over fifty years ago he taught me to love classical music. Scheherazade was one of his favorite pieces. Every November 19th I pour myself a large single malt (we are Scottish) and seek out this marvelous performance by these young musicians. They have moved on now, but this performance does not age. Thank you Gimnazija Kranj and Zevnikov.
Beautiful it's the first time I listened to beautiful music I have been watching and listening to lots music It's was a great comfort during the lockdown thank you so much Alice Morley UK
@@benxdybarto Thank you benxdybarto. Your father had good taste. I am enjoying a small glass of The Balvenie as I write this on a Thursday evening. If it was a Friday it would be larger. My father's name was Patrick. I am drinking to his memory and to your father. Slange Var!
Dear Steve. Thank you for you nice words. Greetings from concert director and orchestra. Enjoy also our other gems of classical music at @zevnikov channel.
Slovenia, a small country, about 2 million inhabitants. Gymnasium Kranj was founded in 1810 and is one of the oldest and most respected schools in Slovenia. Maestro Nejc Bečan did a great job. So many young and brilliant musicians .... it was not easy to find and raise young musicians. I hope the orchestra will last a long time and become famous ...
I went skiing in Kranjska Gora in 1985 and I loved it there. My 2 female friends said the men were beautiful but not the women however I disagree I think the women in Slovenia are beautiful as well!♥️
52 years ago aged 9, i was walking across my school hall and heard the opening movement being played. I stopped and asked my headmaster who was lost in the moment with his eyes shut. “ Sir, what is this music called” I said, as it immediately struck me as a thing of beauty. “ This my boy is Scheherazade by Rimsky Korsakov”, and from that day to this I have listened to the music and imagined the amazing adventure it tells of. I can imagine myself in the school Hall now, even the smell, as if it were yesterday. Mankind has done many dreadful things but one of his most inspirational achievements has been music, - music like this. Thank you for posting.
Sometimes it's classical, and sometimes rock, but this is one of those times I just got goosebumps. The soloists are pure magic, the conductor pure dedication. This is why I love music.
This is one of the most spectacular performances of Scheherazade I've ever heard. The youthfulness of the orchestra and its polished execution (especially by soloists) makes this performance one for the record books. Mega-bravos especially to the First Violinist, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe and the entire Double Bass section. No exaggeration here: I think this performance sets a new standard of virtuosity that will be difficult to match. Chip Hartman, USA
- I appreciate the youth of the performers. However, the very finest performance of this piece was by the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conducting, London Digital Recording ca 1980. Check it out if you get a chance.
Agreed. This is the rendition I always come back to. "Youth" orchestra or not, this is the best, for all the reasons you give. The conductor deserves an enormous amount of praise for bringing this group of young musicians together in such a unified and powerful expression of their music. Many thanks!
Just saw this in 2021. Nadja... playing in a professional orchestra? Win. Doing it against adversity? Double-win. No explanation necessary. We see you. We know what you're doing. It's f**king awesome. There are fully-sighted people praying they could land the opportunity to do what you do. Bravo! And to all the others in this amazing ensemble... violin... cello... flute... and all others... simply wonderful!
I think people who have never sat in an orchestra and performed, and who criticized any musician in the orchestra, you people need some education. All musicians move! Do you not see that? The moving helps the musician achieve musical expression, which makes the music all the more beautiful. Achieving beautiful musical expression is a part of the musician's job! Leave the clarinetist alone.
"His best-known orchestral compositions-Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade-are staples of the classical music repertoire" This is a quote from Wikipedia about Rimsky-Korsakov - he is far from being an underrated composer I can assure you about that.
I agree Hussein! Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade was one of my first exposures to classical music when I was a young teenager around 1960. For my 13th birthday, my Mother bought the LP album with Maestro Leopold Stokowski conducting (I believe) The London Symphony Orchestra. I cherished that vinyl record for many years. Mr. Stokowski had re-arranged the score, as he had done many times with other great Romantic works. I grew to love both the Romantic era as well as the 20th century orchestral works of these great Russian composers, Dmitri Shostakovitch being my all time favorite. The Russian people have an amazingly violent, yet fascinating history and much of it is reflected in their music.
J’adore aussi la musique Russe , j’ai ce disque à la maison depuis si longtemps… Mais j’aime aussi la littérature russe qui est extraordinaire, mon premier livre : l’idiot ,de Dostojevski fut une révélation alors que j’avais 19 ans… Tout est magnifique en Russie 🇷🇺, et maintenant je suis un fervent soutien à la Russie de Poutine qui est sans aucun doute le plus grand président des temps modernes ! I love Russie
There is a spirit in this orchestra that is indescribable. I can't stop watching and listening to you with tears in my eyes. I am very grateful for what you do. Please know you are amazing artists, all of you, and very appreciated and admired. Thank you SO much!
And they are so young. I have heard Scheherazade many times, but this performance is masterful, fresh and so alive. PS: Nadja, for years I taught visually-impaired children. Because of my experience, I recognized what you were doing and why. I loved seeing you adapt and overcome.
People complaining about this wonderful lady Nadja have NEVER been in an orchestra before so SHUT UP - and listen to how beautiful this performance is!
Amazing what well played classical music can do for PTSD, intrusive thought patterns, flashbacks, and other psychic disturbances. My gratitude to all those who make this possible.
To Najda: You play beautifully. . None of the asinine comments that derogate you have any validity. This an amazing performance that I have watched repeatedly. I played this work many years ago and I just love this young extraordinary orchestra which you are a key part of. Please keep up your fine work.
Well said, sir. There is always someone to denigrate someone else, but I don't see them in the orchestra performing, especially in such a wonderfully gifted orchestra. I wish many years of fantastic performance to Nadja.
Stunning performance. Absolutely loved this. I am shocked to read the comment by Nadja. I am appalled that anyone would make personal comments about such an excellent musician. It would never have crossed my mind that the way she was playing was worthy of any form of negative comment. I thought her playing was top notch and she is also extremely beautiful to watch. The remaining performers are also an absolute joy to watch. Just excellent. Makes me want to go back to Ljubljana, they seem to be exceptionally talented!
My husband and I first heard this played by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and we both cried because the music was so wonderful and beautiful. Everyone here has done a magnificent job. The conductor and first chairs were superb! 👏🏽
I have been a music listener for about 70 years, beginning with little yellow children's records on an old 78 rpm phonograph my parents bought. This piece was one that drew me to concert music as a young person. Some of those early-like pieces got old in a hurry but Scheherazade never did. NPR's music guide described it as "forty minutes of incandescent orchestral writing." This performance makes it glow even more brightly.
I have just come across this beautiful performance and I noticed Nadja’s movements, she played BEAUTIFULLY as did the entire orchestra. Why would anyone make negative comments about her, shame on you. Nadja, ignore those horrible people, keep playing this wonderful music that brings such pleasure to us all. Best wishes.
Nadja, I have learned your name by reading the comments from others. You need to acknowledge within yourself that you have brought Korsakov alive again by your musical skill. We all appreciate this. You have made this world a better place and all who hear what you create.
@@lightseeker7956 Allow me to quote from their website: "The secondary school was founded in 1810 by the Governor of the Illyrian Provinces under Napoleon. In 1897 the building was built and then expanded from year to year to be adapted the growing number of students.
Today the school has 8 departments, 29 regular classes, two classes with the international high school diploma and a class for the graduation course, a total of more than 900 students. It is one of the largest general secondary schools in Slovenia." The term "international high school" makes me think these are teenagers.
I listen to classical music all the time. This orchestra of young musicians in Slovenia is the equal of any big-name orchestra I have ever heard. Congratulations on a job well done to all.
Maintenant 60 ans que j'écoute cette sublime oeuvre de Rimski Korsakov, et cette prestation est admirable, la nouvelle génération est garante de la pérennité de ces humanités. Merci à eux.
To Najda and all the others playing here: You are all beautiful. Thank you for recording this and years later, brightening my day and uplifting my soul.
My internet feed is loaded with notices of Russian music and films. The name Rimsky-Korsakov is familiar, out of Russia, so I clicked. I was stunned when I saw the banner: Veliki bozicni koncert 2010. I am happy that little Slovenia has world class musicians. With love from Canada.
Beautifully conducted and played. Many thanks to my late mom, for I had great comfort in the classical and baroque music from the time I first heard anything while still in the womb, going to Grant Park concerts from before I was born in 1940 until 1959 or so. This is one of many blessings to me from Almighty Yahuah (KJV: "the LORD"), in the Name of our Master Yahusha, who gives us these abilities for the glory of our Abba ("Father"), amein & amein!
Even though this is ten years old, I would just like to say Thank you one and all, after a really long hard day, this has lifted me right up and got me smiling again, what talented people, you really do make a difference.
Scheherezade told stories to the king who wanted to kill her, as he had with each previous wife. Her stories saved her life and transformed him as well. It is a classic story, better known as the Arabian Nights. It is alll about spiritual awakening and transformation of the evil into goodness and love. In a movie of it, the same actor played the king as well as the lover she told about in her stories.
An excellent performance. The first violin is an absolute star. The conductor is also very good. The oboe girl that gets featured a lot is just awesome. Cello girl is great too. Slovenian musicians are really good. Solid performance. Thanks for sharing this!
For several decades, Scheherazade has been one of my most favorite pieces. I have enjoyed listening to it thruout the ages, again and again. But to see it played by professional musicians is the cherry on the whipped cream. I am so grateful to Zevnikov for uploading this masterpiece of music and talent. It is so moving to see the young people playing the instruments I have only heard. Thank you, a thousand times over.
+Zeke Abrams. You are welcome. And thank you for all of your wonderfull compliments. I send them all to our kids. Come and vist us in EU, Slovenia (Ljubljana) in our next Great Christmas Concert, december 18th. This year we will play best slavic music in Slavic Evening.
+zevnikov Thank you for your reply and the invitation. However wonderful it may be to stand in the presence of such musicians, I fear I will not make it in time. I am a retired American living in Brasil who absolutely adores classical music (not a popular genre in this country). But please, I would love to learn more about this amazing orchestra; the outstanding violin soloist, the 'almost-blind' clarinetist whom I have come to adore and other members of the ensemble, as well. And, do I simply address you as Zevnikov? Or do you have another name by which you are known? If you wish, you can reach me with a bit more privacy at: zekeabrams@yahoo.com I do hope to read from you, again. zeke
I have loved this music since the age of twelve or thirteen when I would hear it on the radio, (I didn’t have a record player then). I am now 82 years old. This is a great orchestra of very talented young musicians. It’s a joy to hear this beautiful music so we’ll played. Thank you for posting.
The conductor is so deeply involved, beautifully done. Wonderful performance. Among the best, no doubt. Soloists is amazing. Look at the age of the instrumentalists - so young. Wonderful!!! Nice to know that good music is appreciated somewhere in this collapsing world.
@@JPKnapp-ro6xm It's always reassuring to see fresh young faces in any orchestra, especially when they're playing as good as these young men & ladies did. Brilliant ✨👍
Yes, it's fantastic to see young people who transform themselves into wonderful music. I'm 75 and I agree on the collapsing world. However, I hope that this kind of youth would be able to keep it together.
I have been to Ljubljana in 2013 on a day trip; great city but it was a cold rainy day. I didn't know they have such a great orchestra and such a beautiful concert hall. In a cruise ship in 2017, there was a string quartet on board, the cellist was a lady from Koper, Slovania, she was quite good. Not far away to the west is Piran, or Pirano in Italian, home of Tartini, composer of the Devel's Trill Sonata for violin. Slovenia is a country full of music. 2010 was a long time ago, but this performance should last for a long long time. Great music, great orchestra, great conductor, great solo violinist, great video audio and the women in the orchestra are all beautiful. Bravo. They deserved the long applause.
This classical work from Korsakov steps slowly into your soul, as you keep listening to it. Dear Najda, you are talented and very well determined, you made me remember how Beethoven struggled with loosing his sense of hearing at the beginning of his fifth symphony but he continued on and on and produced four more of his master symphonies, ending up with the Ninth Symphony with the Choral. Artists do not care much about what others say, they are more passionate, sensitive and human. Please keep it up and may God Bless you.
To Nadja and Maestro Zevnikov: My mother was a Milan-schooled opera singer for 2 years before she started having 3 children; me, being the oldest, am the blame for her short career ending. But she taught us to love music in all of its many interpretations, and despite having "a tin ear" and 2 left feet, 75 now and disabled from the Vietnam War, music has always moved me, classical music and opera especially. It was a pleasure, a privilege and an honor to hear this superb version of a classic piece, from such a well-directed, cohesive orchestra of immense talent. Each and every one of the players deserve praise, but I have to single out the conductor and the soloists. And please permit me to add, that the only "movement" that counts is how this spectacular performance "moves" the listener's heart. My love and respect are yours, and my hopes for a decent world in the future are buoyed by knowing that there are talents such as you have displayed, lifting our spirits during this pandemic, no matter how young you are: you are our hope, our future. Thank you, from San Francisco, California, on April 1st, 2020. C'est magnifique!
I only have heard and critically listened and attended to a limited number of live performances. This is so far the best reading of any symphonic poem I've experienced. Yes - Stunning !!! Comparatively, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner conducting in the 1964 RCA Living Stereo Recording at the famed Orchestra Hall is the most legendary recording session known to audiophiles the world over. The original vinyl and a remastered reel to reel may cost $50 to $400. I am not very sure if I have to thank the "Pandemic" - otherwise I would not have experienced this once-in-a-lifetime performance. Thanks a million You Tube....marvie A.
It's been many years since I last listened to Scheherazade. It's such a beautiful piece of music, and this performance by these amazing young musicians is absolutely Stunning. They are ALL so talented. Brilliant. Thank you ALL, for this beautiful performance. I realize that not every piece of music is to everyone's personal taste or liking, but what I don't understand is why people can't just move on, rather than feeling that they have to leave nasty, hurtful comments. It's such a sad statement on today's lack of civility.
For me this is the best possible interpretation and presentation of Scheherazade in the world. The direction is sympathetic to the nuances of the music and the soloists are simply amazing. I find myself holding my breath during the solos--they are so exquisite. Many, many thanks.
My father loved this music and taught my brother and I to love it also. I only wish my father, would have lived to see our technology today wherein you could bring the masters of classical music right into your living room!!! So wonderful!
I wish I had the musical training and education to post something meaningful, alas, I do not. To me, this was 50 minutes of my life listening and seeing such great musical talent. Thank you all for posting this.
Dear Steve. Music connects us in mysterious ways and shapes. I am glad you enjoyed our passionate musical experience. For more, you could enjoy my YT channel. You will find an amazing musical journeys. Take care.
@@nrthchrlt5 A former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court once was asked if he could define pornography. He replied that he couldn't define it-- but he knew it when he saw it. Your comment: "You don't have to "know" music to know what you enjoy and relate to in music." fits the same reasoning. I can't play a note, but I can certainly know beautiful music when I hear it. Conversely, I "know" bad music when I hear it. Nadja's solos were beautiful. From my point of view, without prior knowledge of her vision difficulties, her movements were those of a passionate clarinetist -- nothing more !! BRAVO!!
@@navy57 Knowing pornography and knowing music are nothing alike. Defining pornography is based on whatever indoctrination one grew up under. It is not not an innate characteristic within the human psyche. As for music, the start of appreciation is actually the heartbeat. That is the base line. The nuances are acquired tastes and understanding. Everyone can relate to rhythm even on such a minimal level.
A remarkable performance, so refreshing to see such a fine assembly of accomplish young musicians, even though this was twelve years ago, the verity of instrumental soloists makes listening to Scheherazade one of my favorite classics….
Nadja - all I can say is...you go girl! With two deaf children we understand how difficult it is for so many who do not have a disability to try to put themselves in the shoes of those who do. Keep playing on and on and on...you are beautiful where it counts most - in your heart!
First heard this around age 3, piano lessons began at age 4, cello at 9. Thank you mom & dad. I miss being part of an orchestra almost as much as I miss you. An exceptional performance by these young artists.❤️
the epitome of Russian musical orientalism. The sweeping strings transcend you in the midst of tension and romance while the marriage of brass and wind speak more of the intricate link between passion and tenderness, caress and overwhelming desire. If we make a parallel with Rimsky-Korsakov and another composer let's say Alexander Borodin, the different treatment of that "sweeping string" is highlighted. When you listen to Borodin's use of the string section especially in the popular theme from Prince Igor, you are transported, and swept of your feel with the only distinction that you're transported in a land of dreams. With the beautiful harp lines accompanying the theme expressions such as celestial, reverie, angelic, surreal are fitting. In Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade the strings explore the many ends of the spectrum. While there are moments like at 3:36, where tension lessens and allows one to breath. Carried by the beautiful repeated figures of the woodwind and almost harp like treatment of the flute, the string (cello) comes back in a calm state, almost marking the call for romance. Then it doesn't take long for the arresting turmoil to resurface. Swiftly at 4:53 we are reminded that we live in either our tragedy or that we still remain in the midst of action. And off course how couldn't be! Just a quick perusal of the story and we realize that there wouldn't be any other way to describe the plight of the Heroine. What an amazing example of mastery! Rimsky Korsakov proves himself a great painter of the the human condition, our need for reverie, our predisposition towards violence, the tension that shouts in our forced silence and the effect of blood boiling emotions that either inspires us to the fantastic or the tragic.
the story of scheherazade can also be seen as a metaphor for the human condition. the prince is our mortality, certain death but when? the anxiety over this lingering question causes us to find reasons to live, stories that are not ready to end, myths and paradigms, creations, inventions, reasons to live and rationales, stories to tell, belief systems ...we spin and weave these every day to allay this anxiety, confidant that our little fictions will never end ....and the morning will greet us one more day ...as this day.
Gerard Beaubrun. What is your need to express with words the evident? Anybody with some college can write this. But no education is needed to enjoy it. beauty.
Thank you, Nadja, for playing so beautifully, and overcoming a difficult medical condition. You are indeed professional at the top level and play exquisitely. Thank you for sharing, for it helps us all to overcome our own "difficult conditions" to perform as we must in this world.
@@johnvaughan7096 Totally agree. For such a small country they have so many incredibly talented young musicians. I am completely hooked on the superb orchestra.
When I saw that this was "a simply stunning performance" I simply cynically thought, "Oh aye?" But I listened, and by golly - it Is a simply stunning performance! Such energy, such precision, such feeling! Thank you!
The violin can arouse such emotion! Masterfully interpreted. I enjoyed all the solos, and when the same group of instruments shone on their own. The orchestra as a whole gave a very sensitive, moving performance! Excellent musicians! It was perfect to have bouquets of flowers here and there for such a lovely piece of music. Impressive performance!!
Dear Nadja, You wrote this 6 years ago but it is just today June 20Th in 2021 that I heard this beautiful rendition of Sheherazade & how incredible everyone sounds. I saw you before I ever read this & I thought, Wow, while I know every musician, especially great ones, really feel the music they are playing. I saw you & thought how deeply you were involved with the incredible music. To actually read your pain & know people had actually offended you? This is devastating even to me. I'm afraid you were surrounded by Piraha's & fell into the water. However, by some of the comments that came in? I can see how many hands reached out to rescue you. You are lovely in every way possible & I'm sorry people have been so cruel, may they get what they deserve!
Who else is still listening to this masterpiece in 2024? It was released in 2011, and it’s still amazing!
Are you kidding...? I keep it on Speed Dial...
My words are not eloquent enough to express my admiration for this rendition.
At age 95 listening during 'lockdown'..thank goodness for such music!
Congratulations, dear sir!
Redpectfully, from Brazil.
My lifelong favorite, with Beethoven's 7th
My dad would have been 95 this month. I turn 68 in October 2021! I'm glad to meet you listening to such fine music!
Congrats for your first 95 years old 🤗👌💫
@@anafernandez3679 Thanks Ana!
I am 91, and first heard this in ( age 16) 1950 on kFI AM radio. This piece and other classical music infected me forever. As a barrio boy, classical music and library books transported me to magical worlds.... interestingly, I did not realize, many other spin-off benefits classical music provides.
P.S. my peers made good natured fun of me for being a " nerd" ... I didn't care.... they had no clue. Thanks
I had to endure the very same treatment. My mother called me a weirdo. I didn't care either. I soon realized stupidity measures in large numbers.
I appreciate your comment. I am 65 years young and have attended several symphonic and operatic overtures at The Hartford Stage Theater, Connecticut, USA. It is peaceful music. It calms me me after a day of stressful classes. Best Regards and Blessings, If you will.
@@neiltobin3733 I’ll take your blessings & give you a hug. I’ve been to Hartford but too long ago for me to remember much. You know. When we were young, thin & invincible. These days if I knew about the Theatre I’d be there front row! My travelling days are behind me I’m afraid but when my old house rocks this at full volume, I’ll think of you.
I’m 71 but lord have I led an incredible life which is taking a new turn with friends I’ve made since my husband’s passing. So until I catch up with him I’ve still got a bit of the devil in me!! Best wishes.
Della McGowan, Queensland Australia
@@dellamcgowan7502 Thanks to all of you. I really appreciate it. Wish you all the best!
I am 68. When I was growing up, my dad gave "concerts" to us in the basement. This entire collection was a my favorite. I think he had a set of six large records that came in a beautiful box.
What this conductor has achieved with these young musicians is comparable to the best orchestras in the world.
02/29/24: I agree with your sentiment , but the link you've created between one person's "achievement" and "skill of [plural] orchestras" is a non-sequitur. Re-write.
@@donreedyour typing like an absolute douche, would consider to reword,
@@donreedyour typing like an absolute d*uche, reword.
@@donreedThe verbage used in prior statement gives off the feeling that you're typing in particular to be a show off, using big words amounts to nothing. I would highly consider rewording in a particular way that doesn't paint you in bad light.
@@NbNgMOD 03/29/24: The light that I stand in is fine. Thank you, however, for your compassionate concern and good advice.
When I started becoming interested in classical music, I somehow gravitated to this piece. No idea why but it spoke to me. It is such a wonderful piece! One day my mother was visiting from Arizona, and I had this playing in the background. She started humming to the music and I stopped and asked how she knew this music. She said that your father (whom I lost to cancer when he was 36 and I was 9) listened to it constantly. Actually, wearing out the LP and purchasing new records. I would sit on his knee while he read the paper in the evening, and this was playing in the background on one of those old "timey" square turntables with small speakers. Now when I hear this, I think of the man that was my dad and how he accidentally got me interested in Russian classical music.
When i was a young boy my grandfather used to read `one thousand and one nights` to me before i went to sleep and one day he told me about this piece of music and said it was inspired by the storyteller in one thousand and one nights, he borrowed his moms ceramic 78 version of it and played it on an old grammar phone, i had never heard anything like it before, i cried every time i heard the violin solo, they ended up getting me a little record player for my bedroom and a copy of Scheherazade on vinyl and i`d listen to it falling asleep every night, well apart from Christmas when i always listened to the nutcracker.
@@nadefodder2874 lovely story 🙂
Outstanding performance! A very nuanced and thoughtful reading of this demanding score. Bravi tutti!
I lived in New York City. Our city taxes went for supporting many things the city provided for their citizens. One perk was the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performing in Central Park in the Summer. One free Summer concert included "Scheherazade" and laying on our blanket, looking up at the night sky, and listening to this music, was magical.
tv shows based on the theme 17 yrs old
Its June 2024.No matter how many times I listen to this, I never get tired of it. Who can dislike this masterpiece. His music lives on ....
This is in just about a daily rotation as far as Playlist go for me. Not sure how many people have actually listened to this; I'm sure about a million of those views are mine.
I first heard this masterpiece when I was about 10 years old and that was 77 years ago. And I will never tire of listening to this magnificent piece of music from this master Al Russian composer, a chemist and a naval sailor from St.Petersburg. And this rendition, conduc
@@sgtfixxxerme too -
Same as I am!
@@PeterDAglione
저도 그렇습니다. 이 걸작은 아무리 들어도 질리지 않을 것 같습니다.
I am left speechless at the musical ability of these young musicians. 50 years ago, I listened to the masters perform this timeless classic and this young orchestra has captured the feeling and sound perfectly. Bravo...
Truely, only little mistakes now and then.
Beautiful performance by so young people!!!
The mic technician for this group is a genius. I've never heard such great balanced mic placement on any group, ever.
Agree. You can hear everything crystal clear, good thing the players are so good.
The clarinet sound was buried. Someone should have attended to that.
@@saxefoner 3:37 buried how?
My first classical album. When I was a teen. I am 86 and still have the record.
Same here along with Peer Gynt Suite and something else.
Me too But, unfortunately I gave all my records away when we got the internet! Very foolish.
You have impeccable good taste!
@@soniasutcliffe7270 BUT now...you can start collecting them again...you're wiser !
Likewise I cut my teeth on classical music, thanks to my mom, and I was hearing and thrilling to it before I even emerged from the womb 82 years ago. Praise Yahuah (KJV: "the LORD") for such a blessing, in the Name of our Master Yahusha ("Lord Jesus"), amein & amein!
To all the artists who appeared in this video, you have made the world a more beautiful place.
I saw a black guy in there. In the back at 5:01.
@@reggaefan2700😢
Yes I agree. Absolutely wonderful to see so many talented young musicians playing this amazing music
@@reggaefan2700 And.......?
@@spikespa5208 He was the only one there.
How is it possible that nearly 1,000 viewers can dislike this performance. I have listened to and seen very many performances of this Russian masterpiece and I have watched this video through many times. Very many professional orchestras would have been proud of such a performance and seeing as this is essentially a youth orchestra this rendition is outstanding. Whenever I am working from home I have this playing in the background and such is the magic of this performance that I have to switch back to watching it to remind myself of the talent and accomplishment of this group of young musicians.
There are people who are hollow of feeling. I wonder if this is why the world is the way it is. Their balance in life is off so they want others to feel the same.
They dont know anything about music because the orquestra is playing perfectly. The music is one of the greatest from Rimski-Korsakov. He was a great instrumentalists. Maybe the better of his time.
@@josellorca4799 Oh yeah, they know their own type of noise, you know, rap, screaming, and silly crud. But to me, this is a treat, a wonderful performance. Did you notice, they are all young. I don't see any old codgers like myself.
@@iesusegoconfidoinvobis4309 yea it is a youth orchestra.
Brilliant performance.
Dear Nadja, I am 71 years old and I am like you ; almost blind in left eye.
The moment I saw you , I knew you have a good reason.
Those negative comments should be treated as water on the ducks back.
Please care about nice people only.
With lots of love and respect from North California.
I saw a black guy in there. In the back at 5:01.
I'm in my 72nd year and have macular degeneration in my left eye... shall we start a club? 😉
In all seriousness, I agree with you 100%. A few years ago, when I first discovered this amazing orchestra, and this particular piece, I was struck by Nadja's elegant response to those who had mocked her. I've been a fan of hers, and this orchestra, ever since. Her soloist performance of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto is thrilling.
Perhaps we should start a Nadja Drakslar Fan Club, instead. All the best to you.
I agree, she is amazing
I see lots of critics on meyself, my behaviour and also my playing-moving in the orchestra. After 4 years of reading such destructive comments, I have to post an explanation. If all of you, who can not get the point of this rediculous moving, consider that in medical sense I am diagnosed as "almost blind" and that I have only 10% of my eyesight left, you would maybe get it that for me is impossible to sit more then half a meter away from my music and play it, because I am simply unable to see and read it, that is why I always move forward and back, so I can read the music and see the conductor. People like me with so damaged eyesight usually don't sit in the orchestra, because it is way to stressful, specialy because of people like yourself, people who can not see wider and understand certain things that are for majority maybe pointless and rediculous, but exist with a meaning! My destractive moving to myself is not a silly coreography but helps me to perform and to do my job! However, regardless to my medical situation, I am a professional musician and clarinetist! Thank you for reading this.
Nadja Drakslar
Nadja , I am crying while I read your post. I obviously noticed your movements thought it was that you were very nervous. I never realised that it was due to your sight problems. You are a very beautiful girl and a very talented clarinetist. I love this video I must have watched it a 100 times . I have loved the music for over 40 years but for me this is the best version I have ever heard. Seeing the joy on the faces of the players and their wonderful talent. Getting back to you , I hope that one day something can be done to improve your eyesight, medicine is advancing all the time. I will pray for you and that soon something can be done to help you. I can only apologise for the idiots who criticised you. It is a very valuable lesson , that we shouldn´t criticise anyone if we do not know the full story. I wish you all the best and thank you for your wonderful playing in this video. I also wish you a very long and successful career.
Peter George You are the men. As a director and producer of this amazing concert I would say: You have a heart! I will personaly send this to Nadja.
Nadja, thank you for bringing music to our world of destruction. We need more music and less conflict. I thank you for your courage and skill.
Nadja, your playing, expression, and virtuosity speak for themselves. You did a masterful magnificent performance. Critics die, but the masters live on! Wonderful, lovely performance. Thank you.
Your performance was amazing, your enthusiasm infectious. I guessed you had a medical problem but it didn't interfere with your music here! Chapeau!
I AM 87 YEAR OLD WIDOW AND MY FATHER INTRODUCED ME TO THIS MUSIC IN tHE 1950s I REALLY LOVE
..IT SO MUCH NOW AND THE.YOUNG MUSICIANS ALLARE WONDERFUL thanks
Iam a 64 year old man. I didn't get on well with my dad but I think he would have loved this, asI do. Its a pity we never enjoyed music together
I'm 69. Found this on my own when I was a kid - and still listening decades later and still get moved by the beauty of this music and the talented people who labor to bring it to us. I think Rimsky-Korsikov and Borodin are my favorite Russian composers but that doesn't mean I don't listen to or enjoy the others. What a rich culture the Russian people are part of!
Fuck you with your 87, Nobody cares about and your grandson is probably concerned by alcoholism and his son maybe believes he is a girl
Обожаю Шехеразаду Римского-Корсакова. Благодарю музыкантов за исполнение.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This orchestra and its fine conductor deserve all the accolades they receive for this performance. They’re young musicians, but they play with a maturity and passion that can take years to achieve. The soloists were nothing short of excellent. A glorious, emotional evening with one of the most beautiful compositions ever written. Bravo/brava to all!
Today is the fourth anniversary of my father's passing at 80 years old. Over fifty years ago he taught me to love classical music. Scheherazade was one of his favorite pieces. Every November 19th I pour myself a large single malt (we are Scottish) and seek out this marvelous performance by these young musicians. They have moved on now, but this performance does not age. Thank you Gimnazija Kranj and Zevnikov.
Beautiful it's the first time I listened to beautiful music I have been watching and listening to lots music
It's was a great comfort during the lockdown thank you so much Alice Morley UK
Ha. Very similar to me. My dad forced me to listen to chopin and mozart. What a wonderful suite. I will raise a glass in your fathers name
@@benxdybarto Thank you benxdybarto. Your father had good taste. I am enjoying a small glass of The Balvenie as I write this on a Thursday evening. If it was a Friday it would be larger. My father's name was Patrick. I am drinking to his memory and to your father. Slange Var!
Dear Steve. Thank you for you nice words. Greetings from concert director and orchestra. Enjoy also our other gems of classical music at @zevnikov channel.
I can only deeply agree with you! - Jürgen Briem, Paris
Muy sensible y conmovedora la obra y gran interpretación por parte del director y orquesta. La he disfrutado, gracias a Rimsky-Korsakov
As young as they were, I couldn't find any flaws! Kudos.
Words cannot express this wonderful orchestra of youths I love love love love this concert
The solo violin is beautifull
Slovenia, a small country, about 2 million inhabitants. Gymnasium Kranj was founded in 1810 and is one of the oldest and most respected schools in Slovenia. Maestro Nejc Bečan did a great job. So many young and brilliant musicians .... it was not easy to find and raise young musicians. I hope the orchestra will last a long time and become famous ...
Excelente!!!
I went skiing in Kranjska Gora in 1985 and I loved it there. My 2 female friends said the men were beautiful but not the women however I disagree I think the women in Slovenia are beautiful as well!♥️
Maravilloso desde Chile saludos hermoso concierto
So many young musicians. Makes me believe there will be a lot more when any of these move on and no less talent.
@@eamoncullen9851 They were jealous.
52 years ago aged 9, i was walking across my school hall and heard the opening movement being played. I stopped and asked my headmaster who was lost in the moment with his eyes shut. “ Sir, what is this music called” I said, as it immediately struck me as a thing of beauty. “ This my boy is Scheherazade by Rimsky Korsakov”, and from that day to this I have listened to the music and imagined the amazing adventure it tells of. I can imagine myself in the school Hall now, even the smell, as if it were yesterday. Mankind has done many dreadful things but one of his most inspirational achievements has been music, - music like this. Thank you for posting.
I could listen to this for 1001 nights
I laughed - but I agree completely!
Una belleza de ejecución y el violín hermosamente ejecutado con un sonido claro espectacular verdaderamente una ejecución maestra.
@@gastongallegos8290rezar 6
Lolz
Sometimes it's classical, and sometimes rock, but this is one of those times I just got goosebumps. The soloists are pure magic, the conductor pure dedication. This is why I love music.
The loveliest version of Scheherazade I've ever heard. Light, delicate, yet full of passion.
This is one of the most spectacular performances of Scheherazade I've ever heard. The youthfulness of the orchestra and its polished execution (especially by soloists) makes this performance one for the record books. Mega-bravos especially to the First Violinist, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe and the entire Double Bass section. No exaggeration here: I think this performance sets a new standard of virtuosity that will be difficult to match. Chip Hartman, USA
agree..
- I appreciate the youth of the performers. However, the very finest performance of this piece was by the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit conducting, London Digital Recording ca 1980. Check it out if you get a chance.
@@tirtaamerta3911 *özarzuelas.
You are so right, especially the concertmaster is brilliant.
Agreed. This is the rendition I always come back to. "Youth" orchestra or not, this is the best, for all the reasons you give. The conductor deserves an enormous amount of praise for bringing this group of young musicians together in such a unified and powerful expression of their music. Many thanks!
Just saw this in 2021. Nadja... playing in a professional orchestra? Win. Doing it against adversity? Double-win. No explanation necessary. We see you. We know what you're doing. It's f**king awesome. There are fully-sighted people praying they could land the opportunity to do what you do. Bravo! And to all the others in this amazing ensemble... violin... cello... flute... and all others... simply wonderful!
I immediately sent it to my 15 yo daughter, a flute player in her own right. What role models these young talented musicians. My eyes watered....
I like the audience having good manners. Didn't start the applause until the conductor said so. great!
This is Music. As long as there are people playing and listening to it, there's faith.
I love first violin. A truly stunning performance. Yes? XX
agreed.
I think people who have never sat in an orchestra and performed, and who criticized any musician in the orchestra, you people need some education. All musicians move! Do you not see that? The moving helps the musician achieve musical expression, which makes the music all the more beautiful. Achieving beautiful musical expression is a part of the musician's job! Leave the clarinetist alone.
They do not all move. You are making up lies in public.
Lee Ann Steinmetz - She is 90% blind.
they are hillbillies and nerds these people who criticize other peoples work.
Beautiful music!
Lee Ann Steinmetz
Bravo !
Rimsky Korsakov is one of the most underrated music authors ever. This piece is divine.
"His best-known orchestral compositions-Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade-are staples of the classical music repertoire" This is a quote from Wikipedia about Rimsky-Korsakov - he is far from being an underrated composer I can assure you about that.
I agree Hussein! Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade was one of my first exposures to classical music when I was a young teenager around 1960. For my 13th birthday, my Mother bought the LP album with Maestro Leopold Stokowski conducting (I believe) The London Symphony Orchestra. I cherished that vinyl record for many years. Mr. Stokowski had re-arranged the score, as he had done many times with other great Romantic works. I grew to love both the Romantic era as well as the 20th century orchestral works of these great Russian composers, Dmitri Shostakovitch being my all time favorite. The Russian people have an amazingly violent, yet fascinating history and much of it is reflected in their music.
The history of what is called Russia today is fascinating and complex. It IS reflected in all their arts and much of their science.
Hussein Mostafa - I’ve never heard anyone “under rate” Rimsky-Korsakov. Only a fool would do that.
And a great thief too.
Excellent perfomance.Rimsky Korsakoff was a great composer.I love russian music and this new young orchestra does it extremely well.
J’adore aussi la musique Russe , j’ai ce disque à la maison depuis si longtemps… Mais j’aime aussi la littérature russe qui est extraordinaire, mon premier livre : l’idiot ,de Dostojevski fut une révélation alors que j’avais 19 ans… Tout est magnifique en Russie 🇷🇺, et maintenant je suis un fervent soutien à la Russie de Poutine qui est sans aucun doute le plus grand président des temps modernes ! I love Russie
Beautiful. Incredible. Civilization and humanity still exist.
There is a spirit in this orchestra that is indescribable. I can't stop watching and listening to you with tears in my eyes. I am very grateful for what you do. Please know you are amazing artists, all of you, and very appreciated and admired. Thank you SO much!
Bravo to you for this heartfelt post. I agree completely!
Me too - an amazingly vibrant performance ! xx
And they are so young. I have heard Scheherazade many times, but this performance is masterful, fresh and so alive.
PS: Nadja, for years I taught visually-impaired children. Because of my experience, I recognized what you were doing and why. I loved seeing you adapt and overcome.
Thank you very much for all your videos of this youthful orchestra.
AMEN !!
Nice to see so many young faces in the orchestra giving life to this evocative and magical piece. Miraculous.
bristlecone Pinus The young faces ARE the orchestra, it's a youth orchestra - it speaks well for them if you thought they were extras or whatever.
People complaining about this wonderful lady Nadja have NEVER been in an orchestra before so SHUT UP - and listen to how beautiful this performance is!
AMEN !
Word!!
This is the 10th time I am listening to R-K ,Scheherazade, no different from first time. It is simply superb. What an orchestra and it’s leader.
Amazing what well played classical music can do for PTSD, intrusive thought patterns, flashbacks, and other psychic disturbances. My gratitude to all those who make this possible.
To Najda: You play beautifully. . None of the asinine comments that derogate you have any validity. This an amazing performance that I have watched repeatedly. I played this work many years ago and I just love this young extraordinary orchestra which you are a key part of. Please keep up your fine work.
Well said, sir. There is always someone to denigrate someone else, but I don't see them in the orchestra performing, especially in such a wonderfully gifted orchestra. I wish many years of fantastic performance to Nadja.
J.L. Callison Thank you for correcting the English of the previous poster. I don’t think the word they used is even a word.
Keep in mind that many of these people are envious of your talent.
If they want to know why you move the way you do, why don't they just ask! You're just great!
I agree with Fred Happel and Roger Beach- you are a skilled and wonderful musician and you have more support than you could imagine.
The lead Violin has the most gorgeous tone!
🙏🏽💔🙏🏻
it sounds so good 🥰
45.07 to 46.05...surely the most pensive violin note in history...sustained, pure, achingly emotional...a great end to a great performance.
Indeed
Stunning performance. Absolutely loved this. I am shocked to read the comment by Nadja. I am appalled that anyone would make personal comments about such an excellent musician. It would never have crossed my mind that the way she was playing was worthy of any form of negative comment. I thought her playing was top notch and she is also extremely beautiful to watch. The remaining performers are also an absolute joy to watch. Just excellent. Makes me want to go back to Ljubljana, they seem to be exceptionally talented!
No matter how much time goes by, I ALWAYS come back to this. Simply; THE BEST.
Same here.
Bravo! Excellent performance! A beautiful rendition of my most favorite piece of music. Nicely done. Thank you.
Same as some others I used to fall asleep to this when I was in college. I'm now 77 yo. Nothing else comes close to the beauty of it. Thank you.
What a wonderful performance. Thank you Rimsky-Korsakov, thank you Russia, thank you musicians, thank you Slovenia.
Absolutely wonderful. These young people have taken a tired old warhorse and made it a thoroughbred. Bravo!!! I shall listen again.
One of the most underrated pieces of music. It never fails to move me with its beautiful melodies.
Not under rated to me. When I bought my first stereo (a reel to reel tape deck), I also bought three albums to start with, this was one.
My husband and I first heard this played by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and we both cried because the music was so wonderful and beautiful. Everyone here has done a magnificent job. The conductor and first chairs were superb! 👏🏽
I have been a music listener for about 70 years, beginning with little yellow children's records on an old 78 rpm phonograph my parents bought. This piece was one that drew me to concert music as a young person. Some of those early-like pieces got old in a hurry but Scheherazade never did. NPR's music guide described it as "forty minutes of incandescent orchestral writing." This performance makes it glow even more brightly.
I have just come across this beautiful performance and I noticed Nadja’s movements, she played BEAUTIFULLY as did the entire orchestra.
Why would anyone make negative comments about her, shame on you.
Nadja, ignore those horrible people, keep playing this wonderful music that brings such pleasure to us all.
Best wishes.
Nadja,
I have learned your name by reading the comments from others. You need to acknowledge within yourself that you have brought Korsakov alive again by your musical skill.
We all appreciate this. You have made this world a better place and all who hear what you create.
It's difficult to believe these are STUDENTS!! Any one of them could have a spot on most major US symphony orchestras. Superb!!
@@lightseeker7956 Allow me to quote from their website:
"The secondary school was founded in 1810 by the Governor of the Illyrian Provinces under Napoleon. In 1897 the building was built and then expanded from year to year to be adapted the growing number of students.
Today the school has 8 departments, 29 regular classes, two classes with the international high school diploma and a class for the graduation course, a total of more than 900 students. It is one of the largest general secondary schools in Slovenia."
The term "international high school" makes me think these are teenagers.
I listen to classical music all the time. This orchestra of young musicians in Slovenia is the equal of any big-name orchestra I have ever heard. Congratulations on a job well done to all.
This piece never gets old. A masterpiece. Hauntingly beautiful.
Maintenant 60 ans que j'écoute cette sublime oeuvre de Rimski Korsakov, et cette prestation est admirable, la nouvelle génération est garante de la pérennité de ces humanités. Merci à eux.
To Najda and all the others playing here: You are all beautiful. Thank you for recording this and years later, brightening my day and uplifting my soul.
My internet feed is loaded with notices of Russian music and films. The name Rimsky-Korsakov is familiar, out of Russia, so I clicked. I was stunned when I saw the banner: Veliki bozicni koncert 2010. I am happy that little Slovenia has world class musicians. With love from Canada.
Vivid 19
Excellent in every way!
I saw a black guy in there. In the back at 5:01.
Beautifully conducted and played. Many thanks to my late mom, for I had great comfort in the classical and baroque music from the time I first heard anything while still in the womb, going to Grant Park concerts from before I was born in 1940 until 1959 or so. This is one of many blessings to me from Almighty Yahuah (KJV: "the LORD"), in the Name of our Master Yahusha, who gives us these abilities for the glory of our Abba ("Father"), amein & amein!
BRAVO. BRAVO. BRAVO to ONE AND ALL. Thank you for this absolutely beautiful music
The violinist is superb!
Love this , amazing group of young people❤
Even though this is ten years old, I would just like to say Thank you one and all, after a really long hard day, this has lifted me right up and got me smiling again, what talented people, you really do make a difference.
Really appreciate the camera-work, for showing the contributions of each group of instruments and each solo.
Scheherezade told stories to the king who wanted to kill her, as he had with each previous wife. Her stories saved her life and transformed him as well. It is a classic story, better known as the Arabian Nights. It is alll about spiritual awakening and transformation of the evil into goodness and love. In a movie of it, the same actor played the king as well as the lover she told about in her stories.
There are some exceptional players here, eg oboe,bassoon, but the complete orchestra is particularly exceptional!
I cried for 50 minutes... you are THE New World Symphony... and most particularly because of the personality of each of its musicians...Bravo Zenikov!
OK OK, I admit I’m slightly prejudiced as I played clarinet in High School!
An excellent performance. The first violin is an absolute star. The conductor is also very good. The oboe girl that gets featured a lot is just awesome. Cello girl is great too. Slovenian musicians are really good. Solid performance. Thanks for sharing this!
For several decades, Scheherazade has been one of my most favorite pieces. I have enjoyed listening to it thruout the ages, again and again. But to see it played by professional musicians is the cherry on the whipped cream. I am so grateful to Zevnikov for uploading this masterpiece of music and talent. It is so moving to see the young people playing the instruments I have only heard. Thank you, a thousand times over.
+Zeke Abrams. You are welcome. And thank you for all of your wonderfull compliments. I send them all to our kids. Come and vist us in EU, Slovenia (Ljubljana) in our next Great Christmas Concert, december 18th. This year we will play best slavic music in Slavic Evening.
+zevnikov Thank you for your reply and the invitation. However wonderful it may be to stand in the presence of such musicians, I fear I will not make it in time. I am a retired American living in Brasil who absolutely adores classical music (not a popular genre in this country). But please, I would love to learn more about this amazing orchestra; the outstanding violin soloist, the 'almost-blind' clarinetist whom I have come to adore and other members of the ensemble, as well. And, do I simply address you as Zevnikov? Or do you have another name by which you are known? If you wish, you can reach me with a bit more privacy at: zekeabrams@yahoo.com
I do hope to read from you, again.
zeke
jim caruthers, nadja drakslar is the love of my life!!!!!!!!!
+James Caruthers my heart was broken when i watched her concerto solo by mozart and noticed she was about three months pregnant!!!!
thankyou from me , my late father introduced me to this in the 60 s and i never knew i would see it actually played wonderful
I have loved this music since the age of twelve or thirteen when I would hear it on the radio, (I didn’t have a record player then). I am now 82 years old. This is a great orchestra of very talented young musicians. It’s a joy to hear this beautiful music so we’ll played. Thank you for posting.
I love this piece. Thanks to everyone in the orchestra for playing their hearts out.
Every time I listen to this piece, played by this orchestra, I am awestruck.
The conductor is so deeply involved, beautifully done. Wonderful performance. Among the best, no doubt. Soloists is amazing. Look at the age of the instrumentalists - so young. Wonderful!!! Nice to know that good music is appreciated somewhere in this collapsing world.
Bravo, Brava, Bravi!!!!!!
Yeah... And he didn't even need a toothpick... Imagine that ...... =^>
The orchestra is from a high school in Slovenia called Gimnazije Kranj.
@@JPKnapp-ro6xm It's always reassuring to see fresh young faces in any orchestra, especially when they're playing as good as these young men & ladies did. Brilliant ✨👍
Yes, it's fantastic to see young people who transform themselves into wonderful music. I'm 75 and I agree on the collapsing world. However, I hope that this kind of youth would be able to keep it together.
Bien sûr que Rimski Korsakov nous a laissé un superbe héritage musical !
I have been to Ljubljana in 2013 on a day trip; great city but it was a cold rainy day. I didn't know they have such a great orchestra and such a beautiful concert hall. In a cruise ship in 2017, there was a string quartet on board, the cellist was a lady from Koper, Slovania, she was quite good. Not far away to the west is Piran, or Pirano in Italian, home of Tartini, composer of the Devel's Trill Sonata for violin. Slovenia is a country full of music. 2010 was a long time ago, but this performance should last for a long long time. Great music, great orchestra, great conductor, great solo violinist, great video audio and the women in the orchestra are all beautiful. Bravo. They deserved the long applause.
This classical work from Korsakov steps slowly into your soul, as you keep listening to it.
Dear Najda, you are talented and very well determined, you made me remember how Beethoven struggled with loosing his sense of hearing at the beginning of his fifth symphony but he continued on and on and produced four more of his master symphonies, ending up with the Ninth Symphony with the Choral. Artists do not care much about what others say, they are more passionate, sensitive and human.
Please keep it up and may God Bless you.
To Nadja and Maestro Zevnikov: My mother was a Milan-schooled opera singer for 2 years before she started having 3 children; me, being the oldest, am the blame for her short career ending. But she taught us to love music in all of its many interpretations, and despite having "a tin ear" and 2 left feet, 75 now and disabled from the Vietnam War, music has always moved me, classical music and opera especially. It was a pleasure, a privilege and an honor to hear this superb version of a classic piece, from such a well-directed, cohesive orchestra of immense talent. Each and every one of the players deserve praise, but I have to single out the conductor and the soloists. And please permit me to add, that the only "movement" that counts is how this spectacular performance "moves" the listener's heart. My love and respect are yours, and my hopes for a decent world in the future are buoyed by knowing that there are talents such as you have displayed, lifting our spirits during this pandemic, no matter how young you are: you are our hope, our future. Thank you, from San Francisco, California, on April 1st, 2020. C'est magnifique!
Many thanks for this beautiful commentary. You have added a significant piece of creative work yourself here.
I only have heard and critically listened and attended to a limited number of live performances. This is so far the best reading of any symphonic poem I've experienced. Yes - Stunning !!! Comparatively, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner conducting in the 1964 RCA Living Stereo Recording at the famed Orchestra Hall is the most legendary recording session known to audiophiles the world over. The original vinyl and a remastered reel to reel may cost $50 to $400. I am not very sure if I have to thank the "Pandemic" - otherwise I would not have experienced this once-in-a-lifetime performance. Thanks a million You Tube....marvie A.
It's been many years since I last listened to Scheherazade. It's such a beautiful piece of music, and this performance by these amazing young musicians is absolutely Stunning. They are ALL so talented. Brilliant. Thank you ALL, for this beautiful performance.
I realize that not every piece of music is to everyone's personal taste or liking, but what I don't understand is why people can't just move on, rather than feeling that they have to leave nasty, hurtful comments. It's such a sad statement on today's lack of civility.
Words can't express my love for this piece. One of the most beautiful things ever written.
I’ve just saved this & when I’m discharged from hospital tomorrow am going to play this FULL VOLUME so my 100 year old house rocks. Can’t wait.
0:00 Movement I
10:20 Movement II
23:20 Movement III
34:20 Movement IV
Gracias 💟
Great young orchestra
Such young talent. I loved watching the conductor.
For me this is the best possible interpretation and presentation of Scheherazade in the world.
The direction is sympathetic to the nuances of the music and the soloists are simply amazing.
I find myself holding my breath during the solos--they are so exquisite. Many, many thanks.
My father loved this music and taught my brother and I to love it also. I only wish my father, would have lived to see our technology today wherein you could bring the masters of classical music right into your living room!!! So wonderful!
I wish I had the musical training and education to post something meaningful, alas, I do not. To me, this was 50 minutes of my life listening and seeing such great musical talent. Thank you all for posting this.
Dear Steve. Music connects us in mysterious ways and shapes. I am glad you enjoyed our passionate musical experience. For more, you could enjoy my YT channel. You will find an amazing musical journeys. Take care.
Without ears like yours, musicians would have little to do. You don't have to "know" music to know what you enjoy and relate to in music.
@@nrthchrlt5 A former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court once was asked if he could define pornography. He replied that he couldn't define it-- but he knew it when he saw it.
Your comment: "You don't have to "know" music to know what you enjoy and relate to in music." fits the same reasoning. I can't play a note, but I can certainly know beautiful music when I hear it. Conversely, I "know" bad music when I hear it.
Nadja's solos were beautiful. From my point of view, without prior knowledge of her vision difficulties, her movements were those of a passionate clarinetist -- nothing more !! BRAVO!!
@@navy57 Knowing pornography and knowing music are nothing alike. Defining pornography is based on whatever indoctrination one grew up under. It is not not an innate characteristic within the human psyche. As for music, the start of appreciation is actually the heartbeat. That is the base line. The nuances are acquired tastes and understanding. Everyone can relate to rhythm even on such a minimal level.
I agree, with Steve !
One of the greatest pieces of music ever written given absolute justice by this young, super talented orchestra.
A remarkable performance, so refreshing to see such a fine assembly of accomplish young musicians, even though this was twelve years ago, the verity of instrumental soloists makes listening to Scheherazade one of my favorite classics….
Nadja - all I can say is...you go girl! With two deaf children we understand how difficult it is for so many who do not have a disability to try to put themselves in the shoes of those who do. Keep playing on and on and on...you are beautiful where it counts most - in your heart!
First heard this around age 3, piano lessons began at age 4, cello at 9. Thank you mom & dad. I miss being part of an orchestra almost as much as I miss you. An exceptional performance by these young artists.❤️
Bravo to that young orchestra and the conductor! An amazing performance by every member.
the epitome of Russian musical orientalism.
The sweeping strings transcend you in the midst of tension and romance while the marriage of brass and wind speak more of the intricate link between passion and tenderness, caress and overwhelming desire.
If we make a parallel with Rimsky-Korsakov and another composer let's say Alexander Borodin, the different treatment of that "sweeping string" is highlighted. When you listen to Borodin's use of the string section especially in the popular theme from Prince Igor, you are transported, and swept of your feel with the only distinction that you're transported in a land of dreams. With the beautiful harp lines accompanying the theme expressions such as celestial, reverie, angelic, surreal are fitting.
In Rimsky Korsakov's Scheherazade the strings explore the many ends of the spectrum. While there are moments like at 3:36, where tension lessens and allows one to breath. Carried by the beautiful repeated figures of the woodwind and almost harp like treatment of the flute, the string (cello) comes back in a calm state, almost marking the call for romance.
Then it doesn't take long for the arresting turmoil to resurface. Swiftly at 4:53 we are reminded that we live in either our tragedy or that we still remain in the midst of action. And off course how couldn't be! Just a quick perusal of the story and we realize that there wouldn't be any other way to describe the plight of the Heroine.
What an amazing example of mastery! Rimsky Korsakov proves himself a great painter of the the human condition, our need for reverie, our predisposition towards violence, the tension that shouts in our forced silence and the effect of blood boiling emotions that either inspires us to the fantastic or the tragic.
+Gerard Beaubrun wow
YAA! IT'S awesome!
ooooo, gerard .....:-)
the story of scheherazade can also be seen as a metaphor for the human condition. the prince is our mortality, certain death but when? the anxiety over this lingering question causes us to find reasons to live, stories that are not ready to end, myths and paradigms, creations, inventions, reasons to live and rationales, stories to tell, belief systems ...we spin and weave these every day to allay this anxiety, confidant that our little fictions will never end ....and the morning will greet us one more day ...as this day.
Gerard Beaubrun. What is your need to express with words the evident? Anybody with some college can write this. But no education is needed to enjoy it. beauty.
Thank you, Nadja, for playing so beautifully, and overcoming a difficult medical
condition. You are indeed professional at the top level and play exquisitely. Thank you for sharing, for it helps us all to overcome our own "difficult conditions" to perform as we must in this world.
If Nadja is the clarinetist, she is fabulous!!!
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@@johnvaughan7096 Totally agree. For such a small country they have so many incredibly talented young musicians. I am completely hooked on the superb orchestra.
She is sensational. Have you seen her playing the Mozart clarinet concerto?
What musician had the medical condition
What I love about RK is that the orchestrations are lush and complex but the individual parts (other than lead melodies) are fairly simple to play.
The first clarinetist, has to be my most favourite person in the world.
When I saw that this was "a simply stunning performance" I simply cynically thought, "Oh aye?" But I listened, and by golly - it Is a simply stunning performance! Such energy, such precision, such feeling! Thank you!
The violin can arouse such emotion! Masterfully interpreted. I enjoyed all the solos, and when the same group of instruments shone on their own. The orchestra as a whole gave a very sensitive, moving performance! Excellent musicians!
It was perfect to have bouquets of flowers here and there for such a lovely piece of music. Impressive performance!!
Dear Nadja, You wrote this 6 years ago but it is just today June 20Th in 2021 that I heard this beautiful rendition of Sheherazade & how incredible everyone sounds. I saw you before I ever read this & I thought, Wow, while I know every musician, especially great ones, really feel the music they are playing. I saw you & thought how deeply you were involved with the incredible music. To actually read your pain & know people had actually offended you? This is devastating even to me. I'm afraid you were surrounded by Piraha's & fell into the water. However, by some of the comments that came in? I can see how many hands reached out to rescue you. You are lovely in every way possible & I'm sorry people have been so cruel, may they get what they deserve!