Thank you for posting the names of the individual orchestral musicians. We often forget the composer and the conductor are not the only people involved. Lastly, youtube's penchant for cutting off the audience response to post an ad is as disrespectful a gesture as one can experience. Imagine, being in the concert hall and as soon as the last note is played, you're told to get out.
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.
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
@@hoodandco29 I agree!!! I'd sit there with my flute in my lap counting out those measures 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 what's going to be woken up by my head screaming at me 'hey ' reminding me that I had to come in soon.
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!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
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!
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 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
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
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.
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!!
This is a superlative performance of a majestic work, a favorite of mine for decades. As an amateur percussionist and tympanist I was very impressed with the way in which the tympanist executed his parts of the music. Rather than attacking the drums, he coaxed the sound out of the heads by hitting the surfaces on an upstroke, leading to an otherwise much fuller sound. Bravo! Kudos as well to the other performers!
The child may also resonate well with some Holz Planets Suite or Smetana The Moldau...can you imagine a river flowing? Child will take it from there. Beautiful music takes flight where the imagination takes it,or maybe imagination takes flight following beautiful music...either way good plan.🙏
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.
@ 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.
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.
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
I get a chill whenever I hear this music. I can only imagine how the first audience felt in 1893, when this symphony premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York. If I could I'd go back in time, just to see Dvorak conduct this masterpiece.
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.
Although I am not an expert in the field of music, I have never heard a more beautiful, perfect expression of the musical form. This performance of the New World Symphony is a testimony to the fact that music is a universal language.
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!! 🤗🙋🏻♂️
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.
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.
Wonderful conductor, magnificent orchestra and many thanks to the people operating the camera for the video. It is great to see them picking out the soloists throughout the performance. Alos kudos to the sound engineers. All round five star performance, thank much.
I am very proud to come from the same country as this brilliant composer. And I'm always moved when I hear his work in such a great performance as here..
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 !!
I am a professional translator. I'm the boss in my own company. The great thing of translating texts is that you can "combine" it with listening to classical music. So I start translating, then I switch on music like this video and then I watch this performance breathlessly until the end. And only then I continue to translate. As I said, translating and listening to music at the same time: a fantastic combination... :)
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 …
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.
bratři Slovinci, už jsem o tom psal, kdo by měl bližší srdce a duši nám... než právě oni... a na muzice je to krásně patrné, navíc je to dokonale provedené ... každý detail... jen si poplakat, že krása stále žije a Slované byli Ti kteří ji od nepaměti tvořili a rozdávali.... děkujeme ....
I love the internet sometimes! I came across this piece through Facebook reels. It's performances like this that absolutely make me miss honor choir. Thats when I first fell in love with music. Beautiful performance 👏
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 cried watching this. Lost my partner two years ago and and lost my connection with music. The intimacy of the filming of the players... Something came back. Thank you x
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.
Maestro Nesj Bečan, in his absolute comprehension of Antonín Dvořák's score, makes all the instruments of the musical canvas resonate, speak and shine in all the splendor and magnificence of this majestic work of art. Incomparable conducting and playing. Immensely gratified.
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.
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
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.
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!
@@zevnikov, about 4 months ago I asked where and how to get digital copies of this and other recordings of this orchestra. Do you remember? You promised to send me an e- mail...
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
The last time I heard this piece it was played by the Auckland Philharmonic. I had tears running down my cheeks from the sheer beauty. This version is beautiful.
BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO. To think that some of these performers are as young as 16 is incredible. I have never heard The Pines of Rome played like they do on that video. You can almost see the Roman soldiers marching down the Appian Way. Magnificent Conductor, magnificent musicians.
@@shahaadahabdul-jame8259 He has mine too. I am an Englishman/Australian and I love classical music. I have known this music since the '60s and this is by far the most powerful rendition of Dvorak's amazing music I have heard since the Berlin Philharmonic all those years ago. Magnificent. It is the only word.
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
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!!
I visited the church in middle of beautifull Czechia where Dvorak started as a young musician. It all came to context, he didn't create music for pundits, experts or nobility. He created music for everyday person and that's why is so melodic, moving and easy to understand.
I can barely get enough of this piece and the young musicians playing it here. I must have watched and savored this presentation fifty times already and enjoyed it as much as I did the very first time. A masterpiece by any measure.
I must say, there is nothing special: for me, for long time, these names, "Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra" and "Nejc Bečan" are a special guarantee for high quality performance, even of very difficult pieces like this. Just like this time. Thank you very, very much for sharing these sensational music videos!
It will never cease to amaze me how composers can understand the complexity of the human brain hear every instrument and create such magnificent sound amazing
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.
Absolutely outstanding! Totally agree with everyone about the quality here - not just the superb musicicans, excellent conductor but what a production team - incredible. I have just spent a magical time being transported along a musical river. The clarity of sound combined with the understanding of the director create a spellbinding experience. Thank you SO much for posting and to EVERYONE concerned in enabling me to experience this! This sets a new gold standard!
My mom learned me to listen to music. This symphony is about the new world. You can see the mountains, the plains , the river etc. This second part of the Largo is my absolut favorit. It is the burial of an native American. Love it and i play it oft
Cette symphonie était mon "rock" à moi dans mon adolescence. C'est toujours un bonheur quelques décennies plus tard.. Fantastique orchestre et fabuleux chef.❣️Frissons garantis 👏👏 🎶💓🎶🙏✨✨
I'm 85 years old and I also have loved this work from the first time I heard it I played the trombone in bands and orchestras when I was young Has to be one of my favorite 😍
When i was 6 (1986), i heard this for the first time with my grandpa, which loved classical music. Today, still one of my favorites, and reminds me of him every time i hear it.
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
Thank you for posting the names of the individual orchestral musicians. We often forget the composer and the conductor are not the only people involved. Lastly, youtube's penchant for cutting off the audience response to post an ad is as disrespectful a gesture as one can experience. Imagine, being in the concert hall and as soon as the last note is played, you're told to get out.
Absolutely!!
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. :)
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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@@hoodandco29 I agree!!! I'd sit there with my flute in my lap counting out those measures 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 what's going to be woken up by my head screaming at me 'hey ' reminding me that I had to come in soon.
Hard to believe that a city with population of 39000 can have an orchestra of such caliber. Bravo, Kranj. Bravo, Slovenia!
It is hard to believe that school of 900 students had such an incredible orchestra. ;)
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 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!
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 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
Lovely.
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
Same.
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 ! ❣️
@@jnstonbely5215 Cheap and tacky....Does not befit this symphony.
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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.
I'm sure he would be happy that you are listening to his 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.
@@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.
The photography the balance the youth all give me hope too for humanity.
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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!!
This is a superlative performance of a majestic work, a favorite of mine for decades. As an amateur percussionist and tympanist I was very impressed with the way in which the tympanist executed his parts of the music. Rather than attacking the drums, he coaxed the sound out of the heads by hitting the surfaces on an upstroke, leading to an otherwise much fuller sound. Bravo! Kudos as well to the other performers!
I’m going to introduce my 5-year old grandson to classical music with this performance of a magnificent symphony
The child may also resonate well with some Holz Planets Suite or Smetana The Moldau...can you imagine a river flowing? Child will take it from there. Beautiful music takes flight where the imagination takes it,or maybe imagination takes flight following beautiful music...either way good plan.🙏
At 5? Don't delay! Start now! Or run the risk of him being exposed to the tripe on pop music sources first
Have him also listen to Beethoven's 9th and Mozart's Requiem. Have him also watch Hilary Hahn on violin. OMG!!! Great stuff.
C’est une de mes symphonies préférées et particulièrement avec cet orquestre et ce chef d’orquestre❤
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!"
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You are a hero!
You are a hero!
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
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.
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.
absolutely... some of these younger maestro's are exactly what the greats were at their heights... and many starchy old pieces of stone forget that
Younger or not, I want emotion in what I hear even if it isn't technically perfect.
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
*I* thank your father, also.
Exactly so for me too!
I get a chill whenever I hear this music. I can only imagine how the first audience felt in 1893, when this symphony premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York. If I could I'd go back in time, just to see Dvorak conduct this masterpiece.
A chill, eh?
This symphony is a timeless testament to the Slavic people. May they find peace - such beauty must be preserved
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!
Magnificent! Anyone else have a tear?
Yes, definitely!
Yes
far more than one :D
Although I am not an expert in the field of music, I have never heard a more beautiful, perfect expression of the musical form.
This performance of the New World Symphony is a testimony to the fact that music is a universal language.
The best, the orchestra are so in tune with the conductor. I'm in tears listening to this.
Nothing maestro Becân does with this. or any other orchestra, has ever disappointed me.
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!! 🤗🙋🏻♂️
Perhaps, if having grown up listening to such music, fewer people would be cruel.
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
Yes...Every Empire had its day in the Sun... and then failed... usually from Within.. (and similar human weaknesses.... Sorry and then Cheers... ...
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
Wonderful conductor, magnificent orchestra and many thanks to the people operating the camera for the video. It is great to see them picking out the soloists throughout the performance. Alos kudos to the sound engineers. All round five star performance, thank much.
I am very proud to come from the same country as this brilliant composer. And I'm always moved when I hear his work in such a great performance as here..
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 !!
I am a professional translator. I'm the boss in my own company. The great thing of translating texts is that you can "combine" it with listening to classical music. So I start translating, then I switch on music like this video and then I watch this performance breathlessly until the end. And only then I continue to translate. As I said, translating and listening to music at the same time: a fantastic combination... :)
This orchestra provides the most exquisite emotion whenever I listen.
Among numerous performances, this orchestra is my favorite.
From Japan🇯🇵
ㅗ뉴코오오여우어류터여우려코로료더처러로러료랴갸거러
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
Made my day. The beauty of civilization and creativity
Great conductor. Great orchestra. Great composer. We also liked their fantastic rendition of Scheherazade. Wunderbar!
ㅗ노노노코노토뇨노텨노
Again, nothing they do disappoints.
How wonderful to see the younger generation make such wonderful music. Bravo to all.
Love seeing these accomplished young people.
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.
I keep coming back to listen to this beautiful recording. What a marvellous conductor...❤ 👏 👏
bratři Slovinci, už jsem o tom psal, kdo by měl bližší srdce a duši nám... než právě oni... a na muzice je to krásně patrné, navíc je to dokonale provedené ... každý detail... jen si poplakat, že krása stále žije a Slované byli Ti kteří ji od nepaměti tvořili a rozdávali.... děkujeme ....
여뎌고여댜우여더어여겨여뎌투야어오야도야ㅕ도여
Thanks!
Absolutely Fabulous a wonderful conductor with a wonderful young Orchestra!!! Ted Hilron
I heard it at the radio for first time when I was 12. It moved me profoundly. Now at 79 it still does.
I love the internet sometimes! I came across this piece through Facebook reels.
It's performances like this that absolutely make me miss honor choir. Thats when I first fell in love with music. Beautiful performance 👏
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.
여오오오오여여우여어어
Wunderbare Musik !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bravo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Danke ,Herr Zevnikov !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a beautiful performance. I love this symphony. Had Dvorak not visited the United States, we would all be the poorer for it.
I'm not alone!
Thank you Antonín Dvořák.
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
I cried watching this. Lost my partner two years ago and and lost my connection with music. The intimacy of the filming of the players... Something came back. Thank you x
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
조노노뇯ㅎ녀뎌오녀동
Why isn't Bečan more widely recognized and celebrated? His work always reveals something new to me about a piece. Bravo!
the melody is played in my heart, running through my veins. So beautiful😍
I am so very glad I stumbled into this orchestra's recordings! absolutely wonderful!
I so agree!
Me too
X
This was the first piece of Classical music my mother played in our household and is why I still enjoy Classical Music still.
I can't imagine how proud you must be to be a part of that performance! Exceptional
Maestro Nesj Bečan, in his absolute comprehension of Antonín Dvořák's score, makes all the instruments of the musical canvas resonate, speak and shine in all the splendor and magnificence of this majestic work of art. Incomparable conducting and playing. Immensely gratified.
Magnificent. Very generous audience greatly appreciating the then 33-year old conductor & his beautiful musicians.
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
Top 5 greatest works ever.
어어여뎌우야오어더어
녀여뎌어여더어야더엳
Certainly one my go-to’s. The other big one being the Rite of Spring.
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
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.
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!
And do not forget Pines of Rome, American in Paris, Elgar's Cello concert...
@@zevnikov Those are all excellent performances as well!
@@zevnikov, about 4 months ago I asked where and how to get digital copies of this and other recordings of this orchestra. Do you remember? You promised to send me an e- mail...
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
The last time I heard this piece it was played by the Auckland Philharmonic. I had tears running down my cheeks from the sheer beauty. This version is beautiful.
Not only very good performance of the young orchestra, but also a technical , proffesional video recording, editing..
100% agree, those aerial shots are awesome ❤
BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO. To think that some of these performers are as young as 16 is incredible. I have never heard The Pines of Rome played like they do on that video. You can almost see the Roman soldiers marching down the Appian Way. Magnificent Conductor, magnificent musicians.
OMG - Goose bumps - standing ovation is so well deserved 🙏🇳🇴
Amazing performance, amazing conductor. Nejc Becan has won a place in all of our hearts.
He surely has!
@@shahaadahabdul-jame8259 He has mine too. I am an Englishman/Australian and I love classical music. I have known this music since the '60s and this is by far the most powerful
rendition of Dvorak's amazing music I have heard since the Berlin Philharmonic all those years ago. Magnificent. It is the only word.
@@paulhubbard2033 in
These are youngsters, and they're fantastic!
My band in high school performed this and I have forever loved it. I'm 75 now and listen to it often.❤
This work is outstanding. One of the greatest musical treats ever
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
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!!
Just a very wonderful performance by the conductor and all members of orchestra, splendid
As a Czech must say that this is one of the best performance i've ever heard 😮 incredible kids 🙊👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Its amazing how younger musicians bring life to acompostion
The enthusiasm these young artist show when they play Antonin Dvorak shows how they appreciate their own heritage.
It's fresh, colorful, passionate, vibrant; everything a late 19th century symphony ought to be.
I visited the church in middle of beautifull Czechia where Dvorak started as a young musician. It all came to context, he didn't create music for pundits, experts or nobility. He created music for everyday person and that's why is so melodic, moving and easy to understand.
I can barely get enough of this piece and the young musicians playing it here. I must have watched and savored this presentation fifty times already and enjoyed it as much as I did the very first time.
A masterpiece by any measure.
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
El. Es uno de lod hrandrs
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..."
Antonin Dvorak is still alive in these young people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must say, there is nothing special: for me, for long time, these names, "Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra" and "Nejc Bečan" are a special guarantee for high quality performance, even of very difficult pieces like this. Just like this time. Thank you very, very much for sharing these sensational music videos!
Superb! Inspirational! Thank you so much!
It will never cease to amaze me how composers can understand the complexity of the human brain hear every instrument and create such magnificent sound amazing
WOW! I am truly amazed at the professional level of these young musicians...stunning!
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
Absolutely outstanding! Totally agree with everyone about the quality here - not just the superb musicicans, excellent conductor but what a production team - incredible. I have just spent a magical time being transported along a musical river. The clarity of sound combined with the understanding of the director create a spellbinding experience. Thank you SO much for posting and to EVERYONE concerned in enabling me to experience this! This sets a new gold standard!
An excellent comment. True and perceptive. Many thanks!
Dear Neil. I hope you will also like our other productions. And thank you for your compliment. I am glad, you enjoyed my vision.
@@zevnikov, where can I purchase a high resolution copy of this?
Astonishing good dynamic version,
I love 🙂😍😍😍👍
Do you got the same, kind of, for Smetana "Ma Vlast" then ? 🙏
Would be superbe 💙🤍❤
@@zevnikov Superbe🤩👍👍👍
Got Smetana Ma Vlast in this kind of concert too ?
Please.😗🙏
Would be huge 🙃😉💙
My mom learned me to listen to music. This symphony is about the new world. You can see the mountains, the plains , the river etc. This second part of the Largo is my absolut favorit. It is the burial of an native American. Love it and i play it oft
I have listened to other orchestras do this piece, but this is still my favorite.
Dear artists, thank you very much for incredible experience, thank you one more time, it was unbelievable for me, congratulation!
Cette symphonie était mon "rock" à moi dans mon adolescence.
C'est toujours un bonheur quelques décennies plus tard..
Fantastique orchestre et fabuleux chef.❣️Frissons garantis 👏👏 🎶💓🎶🙏✨✨
Semplicemente grandiosi!!!!!!!!!!!!!......complimenti
I'm 85 years old and I also have loved this work from the first time I heard it
I played the trombone in bands and orchestras when I was young
Has to be one of my favorite 😍
When i was 6 (1986), i heard this for the first time with my grandpa, which loved classical music. Today, still one of my favorites, and reminds me of him every time i hear it.
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