I first heard this Symphony in 1948 and was hooked, and have remained so since. At 92 I am short of superlatives to describe this best ever performance. There is still hope for humanity after all.
Wow! I'm 61, and it was 1977 when I heard The New World. My best friend Mark Owens had tickets for a performance by the Sacramento Symphony, and he invited me. That experience is now a landmark in my youth. I bought a record and often played it at home on my dad's Magnavox console stereo with built-in record player. Now, this morning, TH-cam's algorithm suggests this particular recording for me, so I decided first I would see how many upvotes it's received, and then I scanned down to discover your comments. So, I will be saving this for later listening.
As the orchestra is from a Slovenian Secondary School (that's high school to us) you can now find your faith restored in what schools can teach us, too. Rejoice!
I have conducted that symphony more than once. I think I know it well. , One of my favorite symphonies to conduct. I can tell you that this orchestra is not overrated contrary to what I read in some comments. It does not have the polish maybe of some of the top US or European orchestras, especially in some of the entrances and some tuning in the winds and brass.. BUT! What people need to listen to is the music, the absolutely beautiful phrasing, the wide range of dynamics, the passion. "It makes sense". It flows beautifullly This symphony comes alive.with this conductor and this orchestra. I have heard this symphony many many times, with some of the best conductors colleagues of mine with some of the best orchestras, I have never been as touched as with this particular performance, It is simply.... beautiful. Also. it is an orchestra where musicians listen to each other as if playing in a chamber music groups. Extraordinary.
Yes, that is correct. In fact the switch in the tuning was far more progressive. There were many studies done on why the human hear and the raising of the pitch for the past 400 years.
Great to hear... so much of everything is analysed to paralysed these days. What I think you are saying is the great arc of this performance communicates the power of the message in an unprecedented way - and if that is what you were saying, I could not agree with you more!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
For the perfectionists posting here, please remember that this is a youth orchestra, with a young maestro. There will be the occasional error - that’s part of gaining experience. That considered, this orchestra is unbeatable in the quality of their performance and the range of orchestral music they cover.
I've seen people claim this symphony is overrated. Sorry, but you will not convince me of that. This is hands down one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard. It's easily top 5 best symphonies imo. It's perfect the entire way through.
@@gilbertdaroy6080 As much as I enjoy Brahms' symphonies, especially the first two, this is so much more dynamic than Brahms on his best day, and the slow movement cannot be exceeded, in my opinion.
I have played music for more than 50 years. I don't know this group or the conductor. I wish to make several observations. 1. I can't tell their ages but there's no grey hair on the stage. 2. There's a few things that they didn't do as well as some more experienced, famous orchestras, but they are small things that are rather insignificant; music fans that nitpick are rather unhappy people. 3. Their tuning is great, the tempos are aggressive. There's some great blending in the woodwind duets. Everyone is shaping the lines... They held my attention through the entire performance. 4. This felt like a very raw performance not in terms of ensemble or technique, but in terms of *emotion*. There's no cynicism here, no apathy. Every person on that stage was there, dedicated to putting their hearts and souls into the making of the music. I fell in love with all of them because they are caring about communicating with me. This is a great symphony and this performance of it is a worthy addition to the soundtrack of life on Planet Earth. I cried for the sake of beauty, smiled at the little victories that occurred at each cadence and modulation, and exulted in the raw power they drew from thin air and sent to my ears and heart at the speed of sound. Thank you, thank you ALL. Very much. May God bless you, each one.
an excellent example of the duality of man. don't be discouraged. this isn't the only wonderful thing man has done. (i know, i know. i'm using man as a genderless pronoun. the duality of persons doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.)
There have always been and will be cruel people. Our task is not to let them prevail over the beauty of life. In Argentina we currently have that situation, in this case with whoever governs us... Hopefully we can overcome it and manage to return to the peace we had. I salute those who, through music, lift the spirit and move us like Dvorak!! 🤗🙋🏻♂️
19 minutes, only violin and cello, at the very core of the 2nd movement. Second of silence beforehand to focus your attention. Bam, possibly the most beautiful few seconds of music ever written. For me anyway. So many highlights from Dvorak's crowning achievement. What a piece of music
Outstanding! I'm 70 and have been listening to this symphony for at least 50 years. I never heard a more touching performance. I do have tears. To see young people doing this, for love, offsets so much of the foulness of recent history and gives me hope for the future.
I am 74. I fell in love with this over fifty years ago. Last night I was privileged to see it performed live for the very first time at St. George’s Hall, Bradford, England. It was the Brno Philharmonic. A Czech orchestra playing the most famous piece by their most famous composer.
My mom played this in my home as young child. My dad was born in Czech too but from Poland mostly. He escaped a Nazi camp. My parents split when I was baby. Glad to hear this again from Czech composer.
I have been taking a Prague tour by "Free Walking Tours". The guide gave us a little "homework" that included listening to Dvorak. ❤Here I am, a diligent student😅
I love this symphony as well. Played cello in this in High school in the early 1980s. One thing I love about orchestra music and the whole concept of the conductor is the way it reminds me of God. The great composer, orchestrator conductor and director of all life. Sometimes I need to rest, sometimes I need to play quietly, sometimes I'm the main part. But I always have to keep my eye on the conductor and follow his lead and read the music he's given me he makes everything beautiful in his time. Praise His name
I heard this classical piece when I was 12 years old in radio station belonging to completely other country’s time zone .. It was an ongoing obsession for me to always wait for this piece .. And then few months later I literally bought a cassette of the entire symphony from HMV records .. Till date I have those cassettes although I don’t listen from cassettes , this piece is such a spiritual experience for me …
I was very excited to land in the USA 30 years ago, was inspired by this music and full of imagination for this New World. After 30 years up-down-up-down-...., now I am seeking a new world again. The world is not the same any more, and a true New World might not exist in this planet, but the inspiration from this music will last forever, it is universal.
Same lol Stuffy adults repeatedly telling me the rock/metal/techno/game soundtracks/whatever I liked were garbage and that classical was much better, from my childhood to my twenties, might have done it :P I try to remember that when there's a new popular thing that doesn't agree with me
A European composer wrote this magnificent piece inspired by his impressions of the USA during the late 19th century....,just shut my eyes & I can "see" what Dvorak felt! Also such a youthful orchestra & conductor perform it beautifully...,Simpatico...,del cuore la sensazione !!
Just a time stamp in case you want to go to specific movements: 1. First Movement. Adagio - Allegro Molto : 0:02 2. Second Movement. Largo : 9:16 3. Third Movement. Scherzo - Molto vivace : 21:25 4. Fourth Movement. Allegro Con fuoco : 29:05
Like many viewers, I am 70 years old and have been listening to this symphony for over 50 years. This music always gives me goose-bumps at certain places; however, this performance gave them to me during the entire piece! May I congratulate all these musicians and this maestro. The French horns and the kettle drums are absolutely THE BEST BAR NONE. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO!!
While that may be true, as a listener, I'm not thinking about the past. I am responding with my own emotions. It's the music and art that transcends a particular place and time that still resonates. This piece is an example
The most poignant moment during this entire performance happens at 10:00 in the video. The conductor looks at his English horn player and gives her an acknowledging smile as if to say, "It's all you, my dear. Make us proud." You feel as if you are a small part of a very intimate professional relationship. And that is beautiful.
This symphony has so much meaning for me, growing up on the wide. lonely plains of Midwest farm country. It encompasses the power of the land as Copland does- and in an even greater sense because it came from an outside perspective of America. This orchestra is also full of people so young! And that youthful passion shows through in this performance. This rendition brought a tear to my eye, and a fresh gust of high plains wind through my soul. My only regret is I wasn't there at the show! Thank you to everyone who played, and for posting this for us all to enjoy. ❤
I just used this performance with my young violin students and I was absolutely moved by the emotional fortitude that was done here. i played this with my high school orchestra and has long been one of my favorites in the classical music genre. I am definitely using this version more with my teaching.
My father introduced me to this symphony back in the sixties, so i was listening to the beatles, Dvorak's nineth and classical in general, all at once I cannot thank him enough because this trend in musical appreciation continues on for me, up to this day
My Dad and I first heard this symphony in the mid 70's. We were in a Warehouse Record Store and it was playing all through the store. Normally you hear rock. We both fell in love with it and each bought a copy. Still play the record and other performances. One of my favorites. Lost my Dad 3 years ago. I have a picture of him listening to records with me 3 years prier. I hung it in the Livingroom. I feel he is listening with me. Your performance is outstanding.
I LOVE THAT YOU GAVE THE NAMES OF EVERYONE EVEN INCLUDING TECHNICAL PEOPLE AND EVEN CAMERA PEOPLE - EVERYONE GOT CREDIT IN THE DESCRIPTION, FINALLY - THAT'S A FIRST !!! (I'M A CAMERA PERSON TOO) SUCH A GREAT PERFORMANCE, AND POLITE AUDIENCE, TO WAIT FEW SECONDS FOR THE CONDUCTOR TO FINISH, AND NOT RUIN THE RECORDING, BY CLAPPING OVER THE ENDING !!! (I EVEN LIKE THE CONDUCTOR'S SUIT !!!)
Dear,polite audience,simple rolls when to clap hands used to be taught win every school in Serbia and definitely in Slovenia and other so called Eastern European Countries....we did not have lot's of things from the "New world" but nothing can't kill the culture......
@@mirjanamilosavljevic4261 I visited Yugoslavia before the secession wars, just after Tito's demise and the end of the USSR. I found it a great country where peace was breathed, everyone felt safe and Croats, Serbians and Muslims not only coexisted but sat at the sidewalk cafés drinking together. I loved it. Cars were left with the windows down at dusk in the parks; I never felt the underlying tensions. Blonde and dark girls strolling at dusk together, teens in uniform strumming guitars and singing in the plaza. Could never ubderstand what happened two years after. You were a great country when you were a united Yugoslavia. Guess you could never accept there are different people all over the world and makes me pessimist about the future of the world. I'd love to go back before I'm too old to walk; hopefully the pandemic will let me do so soon.
I did not think that any orchestra could match the power, the fullness and arrangements of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, but these youths and their most human of conductors is at the least the match of Berlin.
Many people know that Dvorak's New World Symphony was composed when the maestro visited New York City in the year 1893. What many people may not know is that Dvorak spent the summer of '93 living in a small Czech enclave in Iowa. That small enclave is Spillville, Iowa and the town still exists today. The town lies in a valley along the Turkey River. My wife and I had the pleasure to visit Spillville about 100 years after Dvorak's stay there in the early 1990s-- it is a small, quiet village with not much in the way of commercialism-- just the way one would want to imagine it looking at around the time of Dvorak's stay. There was a bed-and-breakfast in the center of town and we slept there and had a nice breakfast the next morning. About the only exhibits that tie in with Dvorak are the Bily Clocks Museum which features many carved wood clocks by some early Czech settlers in the town-- and then there was the Czech church where we were told that Dvorak faithfully showed up each Sunday. Within the church, there is a small organ, and we were told that Dvorak had played some of the church's music on that very organ. We were not allowed to touch the keys of the very old organ-- but I held my hands a few inches above them and immediately, I felt a sense of connection with the maestro to know that his hands had played music on those very keys! Spilville is a town that seems to have never changed much since Dvorak's stay-- a place that time forgot! -- reminding me of the famous musical play, Brigadoon. (Brigadoon is a story of a small Scottish village that became trapped in a time warp of the 18th century and reappears once every 100 years.) Dvorak was known to be a bird lover back in his native Czechoslovakia as they helped to inspire his music with their melodic songs. When in Spillville, Dvorak was said to have spent the mornings walking around the village and he keenly listened to the unique American bird songs that emanated from the trees near the river. There is a municipal park by the river and my wife and I had the thrill of hearing some unique bird songs while walking that park-- the thrill was to feel the same inspiration that Dvorak must have felt! --if only I had his ability to translate those sounds into musical notes on paper, I thought! It is said that Dvorak's experience with the bird songs in Iowa led him to write his somewhat famous American String Quartet. Here is a link to that visit and the string quartet on TH-cam: charlotteconcerts.org/what-was-dvorak-doing-in-iowa/ If one listens closely to the interplay between the lead violinist and the viola in the American String Quartet, it does seem as if Dvorak did re-create the interplay of song birds as he might have heard them along the Turkey River valley in Iowa. I also read a reference that said that when Dvorak returned to New York after his summer trip to Iowa, he had put some finishing touches on to his New World Symphony which were inspired by those same bird songs that we heard in Spillville! Since the New World did not have its world premiere until December of 1893, it seems very plausible that his Iowa trip inspired parts of the great 9th symphony! If one plays the TH-cam track here, pay close attention to the clarinet at 22:20 and again to the flutist at 26:38...and the clarinetist again starting at around 30:50. Those three spots in the video depict the sounds of song birds! Then listen to how Dvorak carries those singular bird sounds into a larger sound re-created by the full bevy of instruments of the orchestra! It's the same sound repeated by the full symphony. There are other spots in the New World that also seem to be inspired by bird songs. There is no proof that those sounds in the New World were inspired by Dvorak's trip to Spillville, but it does seem that he did put those finishing touches on his masterpiece after his stay there!
Thank you for sharing this historical as well as personal anecdote concerning Dvorak, and his humble summer stay in Iowa in ‘93-the year of his great composition! I have heritage in the Czech Republic, and am curious about the “town that time forgot”-Spillville.
Privileged to accompany my high school son on a European tour and Youth Music festival in Vienna, Austria, in 1992. There were 11 wind ensembles competing.. the top 5 easily had this caliber of performance. Our group (Greater Milwaukee Youth Wind Ensemble....high schoolers who had to be invited to audition to join...) took First prize, with only a Japanese group above them taking Grand prize. An amazing experience. The point is... high schoolers can be absolutely stunning musicians.
@@kareemahmullen8940 I agree. According to the website, they are a youth orchestra normally but this recording might have a few youths in it, but it definitely not composed of mainly high school students.
Thank you, to TH-cam, thanks Antonio Dvorak's, thanks director Becan, and thanks ; zevnikov . For make me feel happy, unsparing leasing to this beautiful symphony#9. 🙏❤️💛🧡
@ Kristýna .Lédlová I'm not Czech but Dvořák is also my composer. His works belong to the whole humanity, without borders. However I never understood the "pride" thing. The only person that can be proud of Dvořák is Dvořák himself. Same for being born Czech, Chinese or Bengali. You didn't choose to be born to a specific nation. You should be proud of things you do, not the things you are.
To Parsifal: You are what you feel and how that affects what you do. If you don't feel Czech and feel Russian (post 1956 for instance) then you do different things. What is understood readily by others changes. And that chain of actions makes a different you. People find meaning initially in their culture. Only when they exceed those bounds do we create something beyond it. And for most who do exceed those bounds, they much prefer to gather in what they have learned from other cultures to enhance their own than to claim it as theirs. And that is the miracle of Symphony #9: From the New World.
This is my favorite symphony, and so far my favorite performance. I can’t rave about this group enough. Their performance of Beethoven’s 9th, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade are stunning as well. Bravo!
With all due respect I was here for a 30 second to a minute clip from one piece but stayed watching the whole thing and I wasn’t disappointed this was amazing
The New World has been one of my favorites since hearing it for the first time in high school, 1958. So I had planned to put this on as background as I worked on a boring spreadsheet. The 1st movement was a bit distracting but the start of Largo I just had to bring the video up to see what was happening. The youthful composition of the orchestra was amazing; such maturity in the performance. And then there are the camera selections carrying me to the instruments of interest as they lead; and the sound engineering is all captivating. Did I catch a conductor's smile of satisfaction at the end of Largo? This is amazing.
This music -- this performance -- both illuminates and strengthens the human soul and spirit. Privilege to watch and listen to such heart, intelligence, challenge, and solace ...
I am so happy for the young lady that played the English horn solo in the second movement. You could tell she poured herself totally into it. Wonderful.
I first heard this wonderful piece of music when I was 14, in 1954, when I was baby sitting for a family. They had a hi-fi system and many classical records. One of which was the “New World”, a tribute to our nation, America..
I think somewhere in there, certainly by the end of the first movement, everyone, including the orchestra, realized it was going to be a very special night.
I have loved this music for at least 50 years, but never before have I heard it performed with such PASSION. Amazing! And all played by kids about the age I was when I first heard this. Wonderful! BRAVO to all! Robert Anderson
My favorite symphony, especially because I toured the Bily Clocks Museum in Spillville, Iowa in the late 1950's when you could still see the bed where Antonin Dvorak slept. Now his apartment is a museum to him and his music.
All these students musician are very talented and genius they work very hard, they don't finish the practice until 9 pm. And when they have concert to perform they don't finish until 12 midnight. I know it because my son is studying at Royal academy of music doing masters degree In Classical. Music.
So many comments from people who say they were hooked on this from first hearing. Well I’m amongst them. First heard it over fifty years ago, cannot hear it enough? At 74, saw it performed live for the very first time in Bradford, England
I do feel that the young musicians that emerge from this academy are some of the best in the world.I listen with great enjoyment to everything they produce.
Of all symphonies written by man this is the best! It symbolizes the struggles mankind has for freedom while under tyranny and ends with the bonds of tyranny broken! It was played beautifully and powerfully at the same time. I really got more out of it with the aerial camera's use. I fell in love with this symphony at the age of 25 and I am now 85!
Wow, great work everyone! Heart and soul really came through and high production.. beautifully done. Between this and the Scheherazade concert from years ago I am now a fan of you and your cast of wonderful young musicians! Keep the music alive we all need it now more than ever.
This was one of the first pieces of non-overplayed classical music I ever heard, and I first heard it when the 4th movement was played when I was watching One Piece. Still one of the best scenes in anything I've ever watched.
My favorite of all symphonies. Performed with perfection and zest... a real joy. I listen to it every other month.... it is so calming and at the time invigoration!!
The conductor has a superb ear. 20:54 he looks at the contrabass like saying don't mess up now. Then, in the end, he makes to raise the best performers. One of the best performances in all youtube. Kudos to all the participants.
I've tried to appreciate even enjoy this symphony without success over the years, until I came across this performance. It's like hearing something for the first time. how could i have been so blind?
My father worked for DECCA Records during the iconic years when the world's greatest classical recordings were made, so I have heard many of the critically acclaimed versions of the popular classics. The '9th' though, is my all time favourite piece. I have always found that the finest recordings of it are filled with emotion; from passion to longing, from sadness, to overt joy. Above all, it is the mastery of the third movement that makes or breaks it IMHO. The percussionists must control the orchestra in this movement, while the soloists need to soar above; yet it is the powering lilt of the strings that must drive the soul of the movement. In listening to this rendition, I have found one of equal stature to the best. Bravo!
So many times, I've listened to this. My friend is from Iowa and not too far from that small town where Dvorak once visited. Love this music and this orchestra and this conductor.
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I first heard this Symphony in 1948 and was hooked, and have remained so since. At 92 I am short of superlatives to describe this best ever performance. There is still hope for humanity after all.
So well said!!
This symphony moves me so much more than any other music, I'm sure if I am blessed enough to reach your age, it will still be my favourite
Wow! I'm 61, and it was 1977 when I heard The New World. My best friend Mark Owens had tickets for a performance by the Sacramento Symphony, and he invited me. That experience is now a landmark in my youth. I bought a record and often played it at home on my dad's Magnavox console stereo with built-in record player.
Now, this morning, TH-cam's algorithm suggests this particular recording for me, so I decided first I would see how many upvotes it's received, and then I scanned down to discover your comments. So, I will be saving this for later listening.
Music is ageless 78
The single best symphony ever. :)
I have to listen to this for a school assignment, but man does this restore my faith in what schools want us to learn
I'm so happy for you.
I had to do this for an assignment last fall and Ive been unable to find a better performance i liked more than this one...
you're at a good school
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As the orchestra is from a Slovenian Secondary School (that's high school to us) you can now find your faith restored in what schools can teach us, too. Rejoice!
I have conducted that symphony more than once. I think I know it well. , One of my favorite symphonies to conduct. I can tell you that this orchestra is not overrated contrary to what I read in some comments. It does not have the polish maybe of some of the top US or European orchestras, especially in some of the entrances and some tuning in the winds and brass.. BUT! What people need to listen to is the music, the absolutely beautiful phrasing, the wide range of dynamics, the passion. "It makes sense". It flows beautifullly This symphony comes alive.with this conductor and this orchestra. I have heard this symphony many many times, with some of the best conductors colleagues of mine with some of the best orchestras, I have never been as touched as with this particular performance, It is simply.... beautiful. Also. it is an orchestra where musicians listen to each other as if playing in a chamber music groups. Extraordinary.
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what hertz? in the US in 20th c natural hertz 432 was changed to 440 hertz-
Thank you for your expert opinion
Yes, that is correct. In fact the switch in the tuning was far more progressive. There were many studies done on why the human hear and the raising of the pitch for the past 400 years.
Great to hear... so much of everything is analysed to paralysed these days. What I think you are saying is the great arc of this performance communicates the power of the message in an unprecedented way - and if that is what you were saying, I could not agree with you more!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I am thankful that I can listen to this while I cook and eat my breakfast. Dvořák would be jealous.
Depends on what you'r eating.
Dvorak.
My Parents: "he's probably listening to some modern profane garbage"
Me rocking out to this bop: *aggressive conductor movements
lol, me in class doing the same thing
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chuckle, perhaps if they are stuck in Vivaldi, this is "modern profane", but I would not call i garbage :-)
@@andrewkatz5035 stuck in Vivaldi?! Sincerely hope you mean that solely in a purely chronological way
Ian, What you describe is how it is and always has been. "... teach your parents well..."
I’m going to introduce my 5-year old grandson to classical music with this performance of a magnificent symphony
For the perfectionists posting here, please remember that this is a youth orchestra, with a young maestro. There will be the occasional error - that’s part of gaining experience. That considered, this orchestra is unbeatable in the quality of their performance and the range of orchestral music they cover.
Hard to believe that a city with population of 39000 can have an orchestra of such caliber. Bravo, Kranj. Bravo, Slovenia!
I've seen people claim this symphony is overrated. Sorry, but you will not convince me of that. This is hands down one of the best pieces of music I have ever heard. It's easily top 5 best symphonies imo. It's perfect the entire way through.
I agree. Not overrated at all. Dvorak's skill in the development of themes in this symphony rivals that of Brahm's, who I think is overrated.
@@gilbertdaroy6080 As much as I enjoy Brahms' symphonies, especially the first two, this is so much more dynamic than Brahms on his best day, and the slow movement cannot be exceeded, in my opinion.
I do so agree. All four movements are truly beautiful.my favourite is definitely the 2nd
@@bloke372 You are absolutely right. The 2nd is _unique_ in all symphonical works, save perhaps the Khachaturian _Gayne_ Adagio. (Y)
i agree
I’m 13 and playing 4th horn on this piece! Definitely one of my favorites EVER
Great! Don't stop with practice!
I'm 65 and I wish I could play an instrument. I love the 'distant' sound of the horn.
@@zogzog1063It might be fun to start learning piano!
I was 20 years older than you when I got to play it. Very cool that you get to play this at your age
Don't ever stop playing and practicing. You'll sit in an orchestral chair one day.
I have played music for more than 50 years. I don't know this group or the conductor. I wish to make several observations.
1. I can't tell their ages but there's no grey hair on the stage.
2. There's a few things that they didn't do as well as some more experienced, famous orchestras, but they are small things that are rather insignificant; music fans that nitpick are rather unhappy people.
3. Their tuning is great, the tempos are aggressive. There's some great blending in the woodwind duets. Everyone is shaping the lines... They held my attention through the entire performance.
4. This felt like a very raw performance not in terms of ensemble or technique, but in terms of *emotion*. There's no cynicism here, no apathy. Every person on that stage was there, dedicated to putting their hearts and souls into the making of the music. I fell in love with all of them because they are caring about communicating with me.
This is a great symphony and this performance of it is a worthy addition to the soundtrack of life on Planet Earth. I cried for the sake of beauty, smiled at the little victories that occurred at each cadence and modulation, and exulted in the raw power they drew from thin air and sent to my ears and heart at the speed of sound.
Thank you, thank you ALL. Very much. May God bless you, each one.
Mille grazie per questa bellissima interpretazione
Relax
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I'm glad the conductor recognized the young lady with the solo. She deserved it.
Hmm...maybe he “recognized” her for ; shall he ponder another reason.
I mean have you checked her out ? Yeowwww ! ❣️
0:00 - I. Adagio - Allegro molto
9:16 - II. Largo
21:24 - III. Scherzo: Molto vivace
29:06 - IV. Allegro con fuoco
Thanks for the timestamps.
Finally! A timestamp comment that doesn't have 20 replies saying, "You are a hero!"
nice
You are a hero!
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The greatest symphony that came out of America was written by a tourist. Truly, the land of opportunity.
How can some people be cruel and unkind to each other when we can produce such beautiful music ?
It's what makes humans humans - capability of both great good and beauty, and utter evil and savagery.
an excellent example of the duality of man. don't be discouraged. this isn't the only wonderful thing man has done. (i know, i know. i'm using man as a genderless pronoun. the duality of persons doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.)
We live in a world of duality. We come here to learn by it.
There have always been and will be cruel people. Our task is not to let them prevail over the beauty of life. In Argentina we currently have that situation, in this case with whoever governs us... Hopefully we can overcome it and manage to return to the peace we had. I salute those who, through music, lift the spirit and move us like Dvorak!! 🤗🙋🏻♂️
129 years old, still feels brand new every time I hear it.
wow, what do you do to live so long? What is the secret?
@@hashman-iso being born 129 years ago
@@hashman-isonot dying
bro how are you still alive.
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19 minutes, only violin and cello, at the very core of the 2nd movement. Second of silence beforehand to focus your attention. Bam, possibly the most beautiful few seconds of music ever written. For me anyway. So many highlights from Dvorak's crowning achievement. What a piece of music
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Outstanding! I'm 70 and have been listening to this symphony for at least 50 years. I never heard a more touching performance. I do have tears. To see young people doing this, for love, offsets so much of the foulness of recent history and gives me hope for the future.
I am 74. I fell in love with this over fifty years ago. Last night I was privileged to see it performed live for the very first time at St. George’s Hall, Bradford, England. It was the Brno Philharmonic. A Czech orchestra playing the most famous piece by their most famous composer.
@@englishrose47 wonderful!
I'm 96 and I heard this song when pop played it
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I fully agree. This performance is indeed unusually heart touching.
My mom played this in my home as young child. My dad was born in Czech too but from Poland mostly. He escaped a Nazi camp. My parents split when I was baby. Glad to hear this again from Czech composer.
Wow your dad escaped a Nazi concentration camp
My dad was a Nazi soldier at a camp
Bless Your Heart . . .
@@quindiliusbarnaclejonesTheIII Aww . . . C'mon Now . . .
@@lucybrindlebrownie8994 I meant my great grandoa
@@lucybrindlebrownie8994 So SILLY!
I have been taking a Prague tour by "Free Walking Tours". The guide gave us a little "homework" that included listening to Dvorak.
❤Here I am, a diligent student😅
Movement: *ends*
Audience: "So, anyway, I started coughing."
So WE, tell the story!
I love this symphony as well. Played cello in this in High school in the early 1980s. One thing I love about orchestra music and the whole concept of the conductor is the way it reminds me of God. The great composer, orchestrator conductor and director of all life. Sometimes I need to rest, sometimes I need to play quietly, sometimes I'm the main part. But I always have to keep my eye on the conductor and follow his lead and read the music he's given me he makes everything beautiful in his time. Praise His name
I heard this classical piece when I was 12 years old in radio station belonging to completely other country’s time zone .. It was an ongoing obsession for me to always wait for this piece ..
And then few months later I literally bought a cassette of the entire symphony from HMV records .. Till date I have those cassettes although I don’t listen from cassettes , this piece is such a spiritual experience for me …
ㅕ녀오녀더녀녀뎌우텨녀어여어여령7여여여여엳6어야겅7뎌격7덕7격
Great conductor. Great orchestra. Great composer. We also liked their fantastic rendition of Scheherazade. Wunderbar!
ㅗ노노노코노토뇨노텨노
Top 5 greatest works ever.
어어여뎌우야오어더어
녀여뎌어여더어야더엳
I was very excited to land in the USA 30 years ago, was inspired by this music and full of imagination for this New World. After 30 years up-down-up-down-...., now I am seeking a new world again. The world is not the same any more, and a true New World might not exist in this planet, but the inspiration from this music will last forever, it is universal.
The New World is what you are inspired to do and be. If you hold this music in your heart you will never grow old.
오뎌뎌듀오여여오여댜도
I'm late to classical music in my mid 30's and this just blew my mind.
Never too late.
Better late than never…!
Same lol
Stuffy adults repeatedly telling me the rock/metal/techno/game soundtracks/whatever I liked were garbage and that classical was much better, from my childhood to my twenties, might have done it :P
I try to remember that when there's a new popular thing that doesn't agree with me
Antonin Dvorak is still alive in these young people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A European composer wrote this magnificent piece inspired by his impressions of the USA during the late 19th century....,just shut my eyes & I can "see" what Dvorak felt!
Also such a youthful orchestra & conductor perform it beautifully...,Simpatico...,del cuore la sensazione !!
Just a time stamp in case you want to go to specific movements:
1. First Movement. Adagio - Allegro Molto : 0:02
2. Second Movement. Largo : 9:16
3. Third Movement. Scherzo - Molto vivace : 21:25
4. Fourth Movement. Allegro Con fuoco : 29:05
오오오유여오어여어어양
Magnificent! Anyone else have a tear?
Yes, definitely!
Yes
Like many viewers, I am 70 years old and have been listening to this symphony for over 50 years. This music always gives me goose-bumps at certain places; however, this performance gave them to me during the entire piece! May I congratulate all these musicians and this maestro. The French horns and the kettle drums are absolutely THE BEST BAR NONE. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO!!
Listening to classical music is like embarking on a journey through the epochs, where the melodies become portals to the emotions of bygone eras. 🚀🎶
ㅗ오녀뇨유여도오여도여
While that may be true, as a listener, I'm not thinking about the past. I am responding with my own emotions. It's the music and art that transcends a particular place and time that still resonates. This piece is an example
This orchestra provides the most exquisite emotion whenever I listen.
Among numerous performances, this orchestra is my favorite.
From Japan🇯🇵
ㅗ뉴코오오여우어류터여우려코로료더처러로러료랴갸거러
The most poignant moment during this entire performance happens at 10:00 in the video. The conductor looks at his English horn player and gives her an acknowledging smile as if to say, "It's all you, my dear. Make us proud." You feel as if you are a small part of a very intimate professional relationship. And that is beautiful.
LoL maybe is that, it can be just the conductor got the feelings of the piece idk
It looks more like a clarinet she's playing.
@@rosiep3209 I checked and it seems actually an english horn ;)
@@JonathanLivingston87 ok
made me rewind thank you
This symphony has so much meaning for me, growing up on the wide. lonely plains of Midwest farm country. It encompasses the power of the land as Copland does- and in an even greater sense because it came from an outside perspective of America. This orchestra is also full of people so young! And that youthful passion shows through in this performance.
This rendition brought a tear to my eye, and a fresh gust of high plains wind through my soul. My only regret is I wasn't there at the show! Thank you to everyone who played, and for posting this for us all to enjoy. ❤
I just used this performance with my young violin students and I was absolutely moved by the emotional fortitude that was done here. i played this with my high school orchestra and has long been one of my favorites in the classical music genre. I am definitely using this version more with my teaching.
My father introduced me to this symphony back in the sixties, so i was listening to the beatles, Dvorak's nineth and classical in general, all at once
I cannot thank him enough because this trend in musical appreciation continues on for me, up to this day
My Dad and I first heard this symphony in the mid 70's. We were in a Warehouse Record Store and it was playing all through the store. Normally you hear rock. We both fell in love with it and each bought a copy. Still play the record and other performances. One of my favorites. Lost my Dad 3 years ago. I have a picture of him listening to records with me 3 years prier. I hung it in the Livingroom. I feel he is listening with me. Your performance is outstanding.
ㅗ오너녀쥬녀져녀져온
I LOVE THAT YOU GAVE THE NAMES OF EVERYONE EVEN INCLUDING TECHNICAL PEOPLE AND EVEN CAMERA PEOPLE - EVERYONE GOT CREDIT IN THE DESCRIPTION, FINALLY - THAT'S A FIRST !!! (I'M A CAMERA PERSON TOO)
SUCH A GREAT PERFORMANCE, AND POLITE AUDIENCE, TO WAIT FEW SECONDS FOR THE CONDUCTOR TO FINISH, AND NOT RUIN THE RECORDING, BY CLAPPING OVER THE ENDING !!!
(I EVEN LIKE THE CONDUCTOR'S SUIT !!!)
Dear,polite audience,simple rolls when to clap hands used to be taught win every school in Serbia and definitely in Slovenia and other so called Eastern European Countries....we did not have lot's of things from the "New world" but nothing can't kill the culture......
yes
B
@@toorajmaghsoudlou3830 - I'M TRYING TO "B" THE BEST I CAN "B" !!!
@@mirjanamilosavljevic4261 I visited Yugoslavia before the secession wars, just after Tito's demise and the end of the USSR. I found it a great country where peace was breathed, everyone felt safe and Croats, Serbians and Muslims not only coexisted but sat at the sidewalk cafés drinking together. I loved it. Cars were left with the windows down at dusk in the parks; I never felt the underlying tensions. Blonde and dark girls strolling at dusk together, teens in uniform strumming guitars and singing in the plaza. Could never ubderstand what happened two years after. You were a great country when you were a united Yugoslavia. Guess you could never accept there are different people all over the world and makes me pessimist about the future of the world. I'd love to go back before I'm too old to walk; hopefully the pandemic will let me do so soon.
the melody is played in my heart, running through my veins. So beautiful😍
Made my day. The beauty of civilization and creativity
The best, the orchestra are so in tune with the conductor. I'm in tears listening to this.
I heard it at the radio for first time when I was 12. It moved me profoundly. Now at 79 it still does.
Its amazing how younger musicians bring life to acompostion
I did not think that any orchestra could match the power, the fullness and arrangements of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, but these youths and their most human of conductors is at the least the match of Berlin.
Not only very good performance of the young orchestra, but also a technical , proffesional video recording, editing..
100% agree, those aerial shots are awesome ❤
Many people know that Dvorak's New World Symphony was composed when the maestro visited New York City in the year 1893. What many people may not know is that Dvorak spent the summer of '93 living in a small Czech enclave in Iowa. That small enclave is Spillville, Iowa and the town still exists today. The town lies in a valley along the Turkey River. My wife and I had the pleasure to visit Spillville about 100 years after Dvorak's stay there in the early 1990s-- it is a small, quiet village with not much in the way of commercialism-- just the way one would want to imagine it looking at around the time of Dvorak's stay. There was a bed-and-breakfast in the center of town and we slept there and had a nice breakfast the next morning. About the only exhibits that tie in with Dvorak are the Bily Clocks Museum which features many carved wood clocks by some early Czech settlers in the town-- and then there was the Czech church where we were told that Dvorak faithfully showed up each Sunday.
Within the church, there is a small organ, and we were told that Dvorak had played some of the church's music on that very organ. We were not allowed to touch the keys of the very old organ-- but I held my hands a few inches above them and immediately, I felt a sense of connection with the maestro to know that his hands had played music on those very keys! Spilville is a town that seems to have never changed much since Dvorak's stay-- a place that time forgot! -- reminding me of the famous musical play, Brigadoon. (Brigadoon is a story of a small Scottish village that became trapped in a time warp of the 18th century and reappears once every 100 years.)
Dvorak was known to be a bird lover back in his native Czechoslovakia as they helped to inspire his music with their melodic songs. When in Spillville, Dvorak was said to have spent the mornings walking around the village and he keenly listened to the unique American bird songs that emanated from the trees near the river. There is a municipal park by the river and my wife and I had the thrill of hearing some unique bird songs while walking that park-- the thrill was to feel the same inspiration that Dvorak must have felt! --if only I had his ability to translate those sounds into musical notes on paper, I thought! It is said that Dvorak's experience with the bird songs in Iowa led him to write his somewhat famous American String Quartet. Here is a link to that visit and the string quartet on TH-cam:
charlotteconcerts.org/what-was-dvorak-doing-in-iowa/
If one listens closely to the interplay between the lead violinist and the viola in the American String Quartet, it does seem as if Dvorak did re-create the interplay of song birds as he might have heard them along the Turkey River valley in Iowa.
I also read a reference that said that when Dvorak returned to New York after his summer trip to Iowa, he had put some finishing touches on to his New World Symphony which were inspired by those same bird songs that we heard in Spillville! Since the New World did not have its world premiere until December of 1893, it seems very plausible that his Iowa trip inspired parts of the great 9th symphony! If one plays the TH-cam track here, pay close attention to the clarinet at 22:20 and again to the flutist at 26:38...and the clarinetist again starting at around 30:50. Those three spots in the video depict the sounds of song birds! Then listen to how Dvorak carries those singular bird sounds into a larger sound re-created by the full bevy of instruments of the orchestra! It's the same sound repeated by the full symphony. There are other spots in the New World that also seem to be inspired by bird songs. There is no proof that those sounds in the New World were inspired by Dvorak's trip to Spillville, but it does seem that he did put those finishing touches on his masterpiece after his stay there!
Very interesting. Thank you for that piece of history!
Thank you for sharing this historical as well as personal anecdote concerning Dvorak, and his humble summer stay in Iowa in ‘93-the year of his great composition!
I have heritage in the Czech Republic, and am curious about the “town that time forgot”-Spillville.
Thank you for the enlightening.
Very welcome and enlightening comment. Much appreciated!
Absolutely Fabulous a wonderful conductor with a wonderful young Orchestra!!! Ted Hilron
The photography the balance the youth all give me hope too for humanity.
An amazing conductor who coaxes world class performances from essentially a school band. I'm in awe.
Though still young, most of these faces look beyond high school - essentially a symphony orchestra, no band.
What is conductor’s name?!
@@philodonoghue3062 his name is in the description
Privileged to accompany my high school son on a European tour and Youth Music festival in Vienna, Austria, in 1992. There were 11 wind ensembles competing.. the top 5 easily had this caliber of performance. Our group (Greater Milwaukee Youth Wind Ensemble....high schoolers who had to be invited to audition to join...) took First prize, with only a Japanese group above them taking Grand prize. An amazing experience. The point is... high schoolers can be absolutely stunning musicians.
@@kareemahmullen8940 I agree. According to the website, they are a youth orchestra normally but this recording might have a few youths in it, but it definitely not composed of mainly high school students.
Thank you, to TH-cam, thanks Antonio Dvorak's, thanks director Becan, and thanks ; zevnikov . For make me feel happy, unsparing leasing to this beautiful symphony#9. 🙏❤️💛🧡
How wonderful to see the younger generation make such wonderful music. Bravo to all.
I keep coming back to listen to this beautiful recording. What a marvellous conductor...❤ 👏 👏
This touches the soul, makes ones hair raise, bring tears....such a great performance with such clarity. 👌👏🇿🇦
One of the best pieces of music ever written… outstanding
So proud to be Czech. So proud of our composer Dvořák. So proud of our culture. Great performance too. Thank you for it.
Stay Proud! A great culture that always finds its heart in everything it does.
Thank you for the contribution to the mankind!
@ Kristýna .Lédlová
I'm not Czech but Dvořák is also my composer. His works belong to the whole humanity, without borders.
However I never understood the "pride" thing. The only person that can be proud of Dvořák is Dvořák himself.
Same for being born Czech, Chinese or Bengali. You didn't choose to be born to a specific nation. You should be proud of things you do, not the things you are.
@@parsifal6094 fair here
To Parsifal: You are what you feel and how that affects what you do. If you don't feel Czech and feel Russian (post 1956 for instance) then you do different things. What is understood readily by others changes. And that chain of actions makes a different you. People find meaning initially in their culture. Only when they exceed those bounds do we create something beyond it. And for most who do exceed those bounds, they much prefer to gather in what they have learned from other cultures to enhance their own than to claim it as theirs. And that is the miracle of Symphony #9: From the New World.
This is my favorite symphony, and so far my favorite performance. I can’t rave about this group enough. Their performance of Beethoven’s 9th, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade are stunning as well. Bravo!
With all due respect I was here for a 30 second to a minute clip from one piece but stayed watching the whole thing and I wasn’t disappointed this was amazing
Watching him continue to play to this day reminds me of the past 50 years ago. Anyway, I hope it continues and contributes to cultural development.
Love seeing these accomplished young people.
The enthusiasm these young artist show when they play Antonin Dvorak shows how they appreciate their own heritage.
This symphony is a timeless testament to the Slavic people. May they find peace - such beauty must be preserved
OMG - Goose bumps - standing ovation is so well deserved 🙏🇳🇴
The New World has been one of my favorites since hearing it for the first time in high school, 1958. So I had planned to put this on as background as I worked on a boring spreadsheet. The 1st movement was a bit distracting but the start of Largo I just had to bring the video up to see what was happening. The youthful composition of the orchestra was amazing; such maturity in the performance. And then there are the camera selections carrying me to the instruments of interest as they lead; and the sound engineering is all captivating. Did I catch a conductor's smile of satisfaction at the end of Largo? This is amazing.
This music -- this performance -- both illuminates and strengthens the human soul and spirit. Privilege to watch and listen to such heart, intelligence, challenge, and solace ...
What a beautiful performance. I love this symphony. Had Dvorak not visited the United States, we would all be the poorer for it.
I’ve played it and it’s a great piece of music, as you are constantly ask to change your perception of the music. It’s great fun.
I am so happy for the young lady that played the English horn solo in the second movement. You could tell she poured herself totally into it. Wonderful.
at least someone else felt that!
I was listening for her the whole time
She of course was perfect, but I liked the little smile the conductor gave her when it came her moment to shine...
I am so very glad I stumbled into this orchestra's recordings! absolutely wonderful!
I so agree!
Me too
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Love how there’s oboe and English horn solos scattered throughout ❤️
Music is ageless
I first heard this wonderful piece of music when I was 14, in 1954, when I was baby sitting for a family. They had a hi-fi system and many classical records. One of which was the “New World”, a tribute to our nation, America..
I think somewhere in there, certainly by the end of the first movement, everyone, including the orchestra, realized it was going to be a very special night.
Why isn't Bečan more widely recognized and celebrated? His work always reveals something new to me about a piece. Bravo!
C’est une de mes symphonies préférées et particulièrement avec cet orquestre et ce chef d’orquestre❤
I have loved this music for at least 50 years, but never before have I heard it performed with such PASSION. Amazing! And all played by kids about the age I was when I first heard this. Wonderful! BRAVO to all!
Robert Anderson
My favorite symphony, especially because I toured the Bily Clocks Museum in Spillville, Iowa in the late 1950's when you could still see the bed where Antonin Dvorak slept. Now his apartment is a museum to him and his music.
I've been there too! Small world. My family comes from Protivin, IA and we are all Czech. Special music this...
All these students musician are very talented and genius they work very hard, they don't finish the practice until 9 pm. And when they have concert to perform they don't finish until 12 midnight. I know it because my son is studying at Royal academy of music doing masters degree In Classical. Music.
MAY THE COMPOSER AND THE ORCHESTRA AND THE CONDUCTOR LIVE. 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many comments from people who say they were hooked on this from first hearing. Well I’m amongst them. First heard it over fifty years ago, cannot hear it enough? At 74, saw it performed live for the very first time in Bradford, England
It's fresh, colorful, passionate, vibrant; everything a late 19th century symphony ought to be.
I have heard and seen lots of fine music, but I get to say, this is one of the BEST I have heard and enjoyed...!!!!
I do feel that the young musicians that emerge from this academy are some of the best in the world.I listen with great enjoyment to everything they produce.
New world. It actually does transport to a different world...
This work is outstanding. One of the greatest musical treats ever
I can't imagine how proud you must be to be a part of that performance! Exceptional
Of all symphonies written by man this is the best! It symbolizes the struggles mankind has for freedom while under tyranny and ends with the bonds of tyranny broken! It was played beautifully and powerfully at the same time. I really got more out of it with the aerial camera's use. I fell in love with this symphony at the age of 25 and I am now 85!
I first heard this music at 11 years old, and it still entrances me at 89..., SO-O-O BEAUTIFUL! JH
I Totally agree Mike Gross
Neither does this music symbolize anything, nor is it his best. It is just the most popular. The 7th is definately his best.
@@josephhowell8307 Same here at 87
these young musicians played with vigour and we enjoyed every minute Bravo
Antonin Dvorak was a genius, the orchestra amazingly great and the conductor a brilliant bad ass. I love it!
This is milestone recording. An amazing spectacle of these young musicians. Bravo. Best version on TH-cam. I am speechless. Braavooo
Thank you so much for producing and posting this. What an amazing orchestra...music from God, no less.
Wow, great work everyone! Heart and soul really came through and high production.. beautifully done. Between this and the Scheherazade concert from years ago I am now a fan of you and your cast of wonderful young musicians! Keep the music alive we all need it now more than ever.
Agree. I listen over and over. Always fresh..” an amazing spectacle
Dude, you're awesome, I'm your biggest fan! Two requests : Finlandia and Swan of Tuolena. Perfect for you guys!
@@plastique45 Soon. With a new orchestra and the same conductor, that will blow your mind. We will go to crowdfunding soon!
This was one of the first pieces of non-overplayed classical music I ever heard, and I first heard it when the 4th movement was played when I was watching One Piece. Still one of the best scenes in anything I've ever watched.
My favorite of all symphonies. Performed with perfection and zest... a real joy. I listen to it every other month.... it is so calming and at the time invigoration!!
The conductor has a superb ear. 20:54 he looks at the contrabass like saying don't mess up now. Then, in the end, he makes to raise the best performers. One of the best performances in all youtube. Kudos to all the participants.
Magnificent. Very generous audience greatly appreciating the then 33-year old conductor & his beautiful musicians.
I've tried to appreciate even enjoy this symphony without success over the years, until I came across this performance. It's like hearing something for the first time. how could i have been so blind?
0:00 1st Movement - Adagio - Allegro molto
9:15 2nd Movement - Largo
21:22 3rd Movement - Scherzo. Molto Vivace
29:04 4th Movement - Allegro con Fuoco
thnks
Thank you soldier 🫡
ㅕ뎌여오여뎌여여여여
My father worked for DECCA Records during the iconic years when the world's greatest classical recordings were made, so I have heard many of the critically acclaimed versions of the popular classics. The '9th' though, is my all time favourite piece. I have always found that the finest recordings of it are filled with emotion; from passion to longing, from sadness, to overt joy. Above all, it is the mastery of the third movement that makes or breaks it IMHO. The percussionists must control the orchestra in this movement, while the soloists need to soar above; yet it is the powering lilt of the strings that must drive the soul of the movement. In listening to this rendition, I have found one of equal stature to the best. Bravo!
@@HilaryPalencar Thank you for the voice of support ma'm. I know that scorn too!
There is another Great Ninth, Beethoven's,
@@kansasross Here you have it. I hope, you will enjoy. th-cam.com/video/dINk-dOywQY/w-d-xo.html
the most beautiful symphony and my absolute favorite
So many times, I've listened to this. My friend is from Iowa and not too far from that small town where Dvorak once visited. Love this music and this orchestra and this conductor.
Hello how are you doing
Just a very wonderful performance by the conductor and all members of orchestra, splendid