A rock star performance bringing emotion rarely felt from music! This has always been a favorite in times of concern and anxiety and makes my heart sing. I want to air conduct like a Bernstein!
The 3rd movement is so grand and joyous, and the ending is so triumphant, hence in many performances, a lot of people in the audience think that it is the end of the symphony, but alas it isn't. Hence, getting applause at the end of the 3rd movement is more often than not, the usual. The 4th movement is a lot more subdued, even melancholic, although still quite lovely. The ending is somewhat of a mystery to me. It descends into a quiet almost death-like ending. Very unusual. Perhaps it was fore-telling as it was Tchaikovsky's final masterpiece.
The march is grand, I’ll give you that, but it never sounded joyous to me. Not in the context of the symphony. Some performances emphasize that, but the best ones highlight the menacing nature of the march as it gets closer and closer and closer. When it arrives, the strings slash, the timpani assaults, the cymbals explode and the bass drum thumps like Death knocking at the door. If it’s joyous, it’s a joyous march that crushes everything in its path. What are we left with after this tour de force runs us over? Well, the Adagio lamentoso, the blackest music Tchaikovsky ever composed. The last music he would ever write.
Maybe you could try watching the movements 1,2,4,3. That way, you have a relief from the grief of the 4th. 3's strong enough it could have made a fine ending to the symphony--that brass scale reminds me of the final movement of Dvorak's 8th!
i was supposed to perform this the week everything shut down from covid. watching bernstein conduct is absolutely mesmerizing and in a way makes up for the disappointment of not getting the chance to perform this :’)
Just brilliant. In so many of the other versions of this scherzo on youtube, the orchestra has to hold on to dear life keeping themselves together enduring an overly rapid tempo throughout. At this slower tempo, Bernstein really lets the music sing out. The rallentando into the grand statement of the main theme at 7:13 and then the subsequent accelerando towards the coda that starts at 8:09 is like Russian Pomp & Circumstance.
Exactly. The march should never be so fast that a line of troops couldn't march to it! For some reason the ultra-fast tempo was the order of the day at that time, and this interpretation was sneered upon as outrageously eccentric.
Was so lucky to see this performed in LA around this time. This interpretation was looked on with great skepticism at the time as far too slow (if you can believe it). I think there were other reasons Lenny's detractors needed to make their objections known. At the performance I attended the auditorium had to be evacuated between the 2nd and 3rd movements due to a bomb threat! It's possible the rendition I witnessed contained a tad more vivace than at a usual performance.
Wow I just came from the Karajan version. This is so much better. Karajan version is just angry, which I don't think it should be. Bernstein makes it delightful and jubilant.
If any musicologist knows the life of our dear Lenny, they will understand what (and why) I write: it is a true testament of a "physical" man tormented by "physical" conflicts ~ "The only time I am not in pain is when I am conducting" ~ but clearing you can see at certain times the struggle he is having in breathing ~ wanting desperately to wring the life out of the music, but fighting the desperate urge to gasp for air. At brief moments you can spot the "edge of collapse" ...
Are you serious ??? What could you possibly think 3/4 means in the title?! The Symphony has 4 movements ... this is mvt #3 ... the TH-cam user uploaded the Symphony in sections for easier access instead of uploading the entire Symphony in one video. Just substitute 4/4 and you'll get it ...
One of my favorite symphony movements
A rock star performance bringing emotion rarely felt from music! This has always been a favorite in times of concern and anxiety and makes my heart sing. I want to air conduct like a Bernstein!
The 3rd movement is so grand and joyous, and the ending is so triumphant, hence in many performances, a lot of people in the audience think that it is the end of the symphony, but alas it isn't. Hence, getting applause at the end of the 3rd movement is more often than not, the usual. The 4th movement is a lot more subdued, even melancholic, although still quite lovely. The ending is somewhat of a mystery to me. It descends into a quiet almost death-like ending. Very unusual. Perhaps it was fore-telling as it was Tchaikovsky's final masterpiece.
its considered tradition to applaud after the end of the 3rd mvt.
The march is grand, I’ll give you that, but it never sounded joyous to me. Not in the context of the symphony. Some performances emphasize that, but the best ones highlight the menacing nature of the march as it gets closer and closer and closer. When it arrives, the strings slash, the timpani assaults, the cymbals explode and the bass drum thumps like Death knocking at the door. If it’s joyous, it’s a joyous march that crushes everything in its path. What are we left with after this tour de force runs us over? Well, the Adagio lamentoso, the blackest music Tchaikovsky ever composed. The last music he would ever write.
Actually about half the audience was applauding.
The person who clicked dislike should be ashamed...
I always stop here. I'm not emotionally prepared yet to watch the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky's 6th directed by Bernstein. Maybe some day I'll be.
Maybe you could try watching the movements 1,2,4,3. That way, you have a relief from the grief of the 4th. 3's strong enough it could have made a fine ending to the symphony--that brass scale reminds me of the final movement of Dvorak's 8th!
It's worth watching it just to see how strongly Bernstein emotes, even if the 4th movement is a foreshadowing of Tchaikovsky's death in sound.
i was supposed to perform this the week everything shut down from covid. watching bernstein conduct is absolutely mesmerizing and in a way makes up for the disappointment of not getting the chance to perform this :’)
Just brilliant. In so many of the other versions of this scherzo on youtube, the orchestra has to hold on to dear life keeping themselves together enduring an overly rapid tempo throughout. At this slower tempo, Bernstein really lets the music sing out. The rallentando into the grand statement of the main theme at 7:13 and then the subsequent accelerando towards the coda that starts at 8:09 is like Russian Pomp & Circumstance.
Exactly. The march should never be so fast that a line of troops couldn't march to it! For some reason the ultra-fast tempo was the order of the day at that time, and this interpretation was sneered upon as outrageously eccentric.
"I know how it ends. And it does not end well."
troppo troppo bravo il maestro.
Was so lucky to see this performed in LA around this time. This interpretation was looked on with great skepticism at the time as far too slow (if you can believe it). I think there were other reasons Lenny's detractors needed to make their objections known. At the performance I attended the auditorium had to be evacuated between the 2nd and 3rd movements due to a bomb threat! It's possible the rendition I witnessed contained a tad more vivace than at a usual performance.
6:02 It's Hans Knappertsbusch playing the cello!
Haha! Nope. Lorne Monroe.
Wow I just came from the Karajan version. This is so much better. Karajan version is just angry, which I don't think it should be. Bernstein makes it delightful and jubilant.
Superb Rendition of the greatest 3rd Movement in Symphony History!!!!!
Yes, as a Scherzo which traditionally is the four movement symphony's 3rd movement.
Waaaaw!
If any musicologist knows the life of our dear Lenny, they will understand what (and why) I write: it is a true testament of a "physical" man tormented by "physical" conflicts ~ "The only time I am not in pain is when I am conducting" ~ but clearing you can see at certain times the struggle he is having in breathing ~ wanting desperately to wring the life out of the music, but fighting the desperate urge to gasp for air. At brief moments you can spot the "edge of collapse" ...
It's fun to see Bernstein conducting with such vigor and vigor.😄
Nice, but... Why in 7:13 it's so slow?? wtf
Because It's better than normal tempo. Try this: th-cam.com/video/yay-hNN8ZSg/w-d-xo.html
@@bernzzang How about the original score? there's no change of speed
It would seem Lenny is going for some Russian Pomp & Circumstance, particularly with the subsequent accelerando to the coda that starts at 8:09.
that man can dance better than me!
Are you serious ??? What could you possibly think 3/4 means in the title?! The Symphony has 4 movements ... this is mvt #3 ... the TH-cam user uploaded the Symphony in sections for easier access instead of uploading the entire Symphony in one video. Just substitute 4/4 and you'll get it ...
@2:47 in particular ...
I would give any thing to conduct
Alguien habla español
Al parecer muy pocos se atreven a escribir en español.
Wonderful !!!
... BUT where is the 4 movement???
Here: th-cam.com/video/PvoQLKgssYk/w-d-xo.html
this is just the third one
Good rendition, no doubt about it, but obviously Bernstein is not a Russian...
This pales in comparison to the Karajan interpretation.
Agree with you.
I do not think so. Karajan is fantastic BUT directs the orchestra at such a quick tempo (end of third movement) that deprives it of full sentiment
@Malkolm Lind Chaotic? lol how about the change of speed in 5:50? the score don't say anything about that
@Malkolm Lind So listen Gergiev, Solti... these directors play "as fast they you can" too?
@Malkolm Lind I never heard best version than Karajan.
Definitely one of the gay-Master's failures. Too heavy, too self-concerned.