GLOURIOUS! -- Mahler 2nd Symphony "Resurrection" - Ending

The ONLY piece of music you will EVER need to listen to... ever again; I promise!!!!!!!
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Miah Persson (soprano)
Anna Larsson (mezzo-soprano)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)
Prom 29, BBC Proms
Friday, 5th August, 2011
Royal Albert Hall

[@mjclark641]

It baffles me that someone can 'hear' these sounds in their head, scribble them onto paper, then a group of people born a hundred years later can produce this from those sheets of paper.

[@danmart1879]

This is about as close as one can get to feel reverence without being religious. Absolute masterpiece by Mahler and an electrifying performance by the orchestra, the chorus, and the conductor. Phenomenal camera work too. Five Stars, Truly a heavenly work of art !!!

[@faaip0de0oaid]

Exactly.

[@jononeillcarlyjoseph1179]

And the soloists!

[@swesleyc7]

If this doesn't make you believe in a loving God there's nothing that will.

[@hillcresthiker]

Well- thats one side of it....but I am an avowed atheist and this symphony always brings tears to my eyes, as does the ending of the Third symphony@@swesleyc7I dont think you need a loving god as much as you need to feel a respect for this amazing universe and mans capacity to create great art! Just my opinion.

[@EASYTIGER10]

0:40 I love the way Mahler has the soloist doubling the choir and then emerging out of it - he used the effect in other places including the 8th.

[@skfovbk]

the long pedal note of Mater Gloriosa in 8 is truly astonishing

[@NonInflatable]

Anyone grieving, in despair, without hope, at the end of their tether for any reason should be directed to this music, the most glorious, life-affirming of any music, Mahler's finest, for me. Music is God's greatest gift to mankind, other than love and life itself.

[@mr-wx3lv]

It almost feels like this is the symphony to end all symphonies. Yet this is from early in his career. I don't think Mahler could ever replicate what he achieved here...

[@OneQuietLife]

My personal feeling is that his Eighth was very looslely a kind of duplicate

[@danmcglaun328]

Mahler 2 is the epitome of all Western music. Mahler suffered the most tragic personal affronts, with the deaths of his children and the facing of his own mortality at a young age, and nevertheless wrote music that soared triumphantly to laugh in the face of death and discouragement, to exalt in the power of life. "Sterben bin ich um zu leben" (I will die in order to live") is perhaps the most powerful set of words ever conceived by a human, and this is the power that this music possesses.

[@kneza96BG]

Nah, Bach's Mass in b minor is the epitome, but i get your point :)

[@pega17pl]

@@kneza96BG - Bach would never have defied fate, god-fearing as he was. - Heinz

[@kneza96BG]

@@pega17pl True, totally agree

[@CaptainCompassion1]

Yes.

[@mikef5881]

And don't forget his marriage to Alma, the serial cheater!

[@5PctJuice]

Mahler's symphonies tell the stories of many things. They speak of love, of heartache, redemption, or even the universe itself. His music is thought of as prophetic of the 20th century, and it shows. The 2nd, 3rd, 8th, and 9th all tell this story: life, from beginning on through crisis, love, and death. When people ask me why I love his work so much, this is what I tell them.

[@mikebartling7920]

Absolutely "GlOURIOUS!"!!!!... Mahler had to have one heck of a vision when writing this most amazing work.

[@tomkuwahara188]

This is one of the most difficult choral pieces to pull off. You sit for an hour and then you start with singing as soft as humanly possible to as loud as humanly possible in the incredible climax to the piece. It's the only piece I've had to sing that was printed in the old treble clef for the tenors in the choir. It meant transposing down in your head a half step the whole way through. Easy enough for instrumentalists, very hard for singers!

[@MOGGS1942]

I sang with the tenors in a performance of this monumental work. Still gives me goosebumps after all these years.

[@mmark300]

Reading many comments compels me to confess that I came here after hearing Bradley Cooper name this song on the Colbert Questionnaire as one he would choose if forced to listen to only one song for the rest of his life. And I searched for "Mollers Resurrection". Haha! Man, this was awesome!

[@OneQuietLife]

And now he's playing Leonard Bernstein!

[@kirstymoss9810]

Absolutely astonishing, I have tears and goosebumps every time. The choir and orchestra are emotionally United as one angelic voice. Bravo!

[@jgesselberty]

Dudamel brings a youthful freshness to everything he attempts. Magnificent.

[@judyhines7403]

We performed this magnificent piece in 1966 with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Mendelssohn Choir. Exquisite beyond words. It's 2018 and we still get goosebumps when we hear it.

[@jameshama]

Hello Judy how are you doing today

[@sabinalundahl9943]

This movement HAS everything that describes a human lifetime on earth. I cried a lot!! How amazing, painful , and hopeful!! Just beautiful! I admire the choir, the orchestra, the soloists and Dudamel for their incredible musical gift to all of us!! WOW!!

[@swesleyc7]

The greatest music ever made in human history has been in the pursuit of glorifying Jesus Christ. This is one of them.

[@markhall7646]

It had been twenty-eight years since I heard this work, when I found it on KZbin. When I did, and put my headphones on to listen, I lost all sense of passing of time until I returned in the standing ovation at its end, face wet with tears and trembling uncontrollably. If this does not move you in the least, please check your pulse and see if you don't have large gauge IV access already- you may be in the process of being embalmed!

[@joeheid4757]

I can't listen to this for more than 5 seconds before I sense extreme emotion where as I'm practically in tears. By the end I'm a blithering idiot.

[@57monks]

@@joeheid4757I could not believe what I was hearing when I first heard this on a recording over 45 years ago. Then I heard it live at Carnegie Hall on Easter Sunday 1979. There are no words to describe what a transcendent experience that was.

[@RogerHWerner]

Whenever I hear people comment about the intensity of Wagner, all I can think of is the 5th movement of Mahler's Second. I doubt there is a more moving and intense piece of music in the classical repetoire. Look at the faces of the two lead vocalists at the end...one is almost in tears. When this movement is performed properly it brings tears to the eyes. This version is wonderful!

[@Duketributechannel]

Yes dear gentleman ,,, i wrote this before. ... " Richard Wagner... he smiles from above... and accompanies this masterpiece with his paternal gaze thinking... I haven't lived in vain! " . Without any doubt the finale of Mahler's second is to be numbered among my favorite 6/7 favorite musical moments,... supreme and sublime... eternal in the pantheon of human artistic genius in the field of music.

[@bobschaaf2549]

​@@Duketributechannel Wagner would have thought of Mahler as a clever Jew, skilfully counterfeiting German culture. No more. He was not a beneficent man. That said, this is a glorious performance.

[@helmuthuber766]

@@bobschaaf2549 So ein Blödsinn! Wagner hatte in seinem Umfeld viele Juden und transponieren Sie den später aufkommenden Hass (60 Jahre nach Wagners Tod) nicht auf Wagner. Er hätte Mahler respektiert. Dieses Denken, das Sie besitzen, schauderhaft …. Hören Sie lieber dieser Musik zu und studieren Sie Geschichte.

[@angelalfonsorojasquiroz5936]

MUY VERAZ TU COMENTARIO, PERO MAS ALLA EN LO PROFUNDO DEL UNIVERSO, SE ESCUCHA LA OCTAVA SINFONIA Y SU PROFUNDISIMO FINAL, TANTO; QUE EL MISMO MAHALER DESCRIBIO: SOLO LOS DE BUEN CORAZON, ESTARAN JUNTO AL CREADOR, VIENDO COMO SE RESQUEBRAJA EL UNIVERSO.

[@trevorjones3273]

As a previous commenter has said, Abreu is dead and so is the excellent and inspiring El Sistema and its senior orchestra. I really hope the orchestra can be resurrected in another country, and that the national El Sistema can be reconstituted under a far superior President than the criminals running Venezuela right now. This Mahler performance is so ultimately inspiring and should stand as testimony of how excellence can be achieved in a poor country.

[@NonInflatable]

5.53 Watch the member of the orchestra wiping the tears from his eyes. Exactly.

[@jediprice70]

I don't know who you saw, but I saw a guy wiping sweat off his face. :)

[@bravaLiz]

i do believe you are correct. you ARE referring to the clarinetist. correct?

[@martapoes]

the mezzo soprano is almost sobbing....

[@bdavis7981]

Which is quite something, she's a Mahler specialist and has done hundreds of hours of Mahler. Check her out with Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne orchestra doing Mahler 3. That is the best performance of that work ever. Mahler would have loved her.

[@pietalpha2]

I was there and in tears at the end of this performance. Such music! Such playing of it!

[@bobturnley2787]

Awesome video that kept the focus on the orchestra instead of lingering on the excellent conductor, Gustavo Dudamel. The Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela sounds fantastic as does the National Youth Choir of Great Britain performing in London's Royal Albert Hall.

[@warsd4]

The double basses at 4:12 look like they are about to explode.

[@DaviSilva-oc7iv]

4:12

[@arpolwest1]

In 1945 as a 9 years old I was in a choir in Buenos Aires Argentina and we sang with the Teatro Colon strings ensemble, a contralt and under the direction of Pedro Valenti Costa The Stabat Mater by Pergolessi In Radio Splendid! I wonder if there is a record of that and or a movie. Also would be great if Gustavo Dudamel could direct something like that. A training like that gave me a taste and love of good music! But everything is Music including all sort of popular expresions!

[@AnilKumar-rp2vs]

A great performance. I particularly liked that the two soloists joined the chorus in the closing pages. Most other performances have the soloists just sitting down and not participating. Bravo Gustavo!

[@mvmcampos]

One of the best conductor ever , Gustave Dudamel with his preference for great orchestras.Fantastic!!

[@mvmcampos]

I dedicate this wonderfull and majestic master piece to my beloved brother (he gave up...). He need to died to find life in our hearths... He was a Ópera singer.. a Tenor...

[@newgeorge]

I was at the performance of this amazing piece in the Proms season 2017 and it was a truly unforgettable experience.

[@luismariavieitosoria1263]

Mahler writes the Music of the Gods. It's not human music. He shows God.

[@davidsolomon8203]

Luis Maria Vieito Soria, We are in total agreement: In several comments on this music, I have written, time and again, that this music was not earth-born!!!

[@knutkliempt1431]

Im April 2019 sang ich als Chorist in der Berliner Philharmonie im Konzert eine Verschränkung von Mozart Requiem mit der 2. Sinfonie von Mahler, arrangiert von Wolfgang Roese /ORSO Orchestra & Choral Society. Obwohl ich keiner religiösen Gemeinschaft angehöre, bekomme ich beim Hören dieses Finales immer wieder Gänsehaut.

[@RobinHillyard]

It’s always amazed me in these final bars who Mahler is able to achieve climax after climax without any apparent diminution of intensity.

[@mikeburns9109]

Yes! My thoughts exactly.

[@MD-md4th]

The final two minutes is banal and noisy: “Let’s pound out some notes and crash some cymbals!”

[@ramin9881]

That tear at the end! ❤️

[@FreethinkerMr56]

It is a shame that this magnificent performance of this monumental masterpiece, due to contractual reasons (as far as I know), will not be released for commercial sale on DVD or CD. Shame on you BBC!

[@newgeorge]

my favourite bit is the crowd's eruption at the end!!

[@apollosaturnv17iss75]

I’m blown away! MAGNIFICENT!

[@johnnewton4461]

My favorite video of anything, ever. Miraculous.

[@5PctJuice]

3:10 = The best visual representation of the power of this, the most triumphant moment in any Mahler symphony (in my humble opinion, that is).

[@joyride999]

Utterly agree

[@MD-md4th]

I agree, the true climax. Thirty seconds of glory and the greatest passage in all of Mahler. What comes after seems forced and a bit disappointing.

[@tonybarnard8071]

The conductor here is great!

[@timavery7984]

Just astounding.

[@lightaengel]

Magnifique, Divin, Merveilleux: L'apothéose de la Beauté.

[@DesireAngelica]

¨I shall die to find life¨ God´s Glory

[@lilje372]

I don't believe Mahler necessarily meant a typical Christian resurrection with this, as he was born and raised Jewish and only later converted to Christianity. He wasn't religious for neither of both religions (he also featured Nietzsche's also sprach Zarathustra in his 3rd symphony, Zarathustra famously stated that God was dead). He had a much more natural philosophical approach to life and death.

[@G5xgajsjY793]

Catch me weeping for 8 minutes straight

[@bonnieful]

What is it about this piece that always brings me to tears. Exquisite.

[@hillcresthiker]

I have asked myself the same question for the past 50 years!

[@1964fleetwood]

Written by the hand of God. Using Gustav Mahler as his instrument.

[@mvidias1]

Totalmente de acuerdo.👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@sofiadidonna3655]

Gloria a Dio!

[@warwickthekingmaker7281]

@Vittorio Abbate where did you get that from? I'm genuinely curious about Mahler's religious views.

[@CsnvLsRnst]

Written by Mahler, using his own talent and effort. The credit is his.

[@maelughran6981]

@Rainbow Vic You are not only foul-mouthed but wrong ( i.e. ignorant). Mahler was unquestionably a believer when he composed this symphony. So you should get your facts right before offering such abuse.

[@Duketributechannel]

Richard Wagner... he smiles from above... and accompanies this masterpiece with his paternal gaze thinking... I haven't lived in vain!

[@RogerHWerner]

If you love this music you really need to listen to Bruno Walter's 1960 Columbia Symphony version on Sony Classics. Walter was friends with Mahler and this was his second to last recorded symphony. This version newly blew me off my chair and Mildred Miller's mezzo is extraordinary!

[@rugsack2005]

Wow, Wow, Wow Would love to go back in time and see this performance live

[@MOGGS1942]

Everything about this is perfect. Terrific soloists, magnificent orchestra and choir, and Gustavo Dudamel, who is quite superb. Mahler's OK, as well.

[@richardwilliams473]

HEAVENLY MUSIC

[@jonathanpartin9833]

My favorite by him.

[@NonInflatable]

4:20 is unbearably wonderful. It invariably brings tears to my eyes.

[@cluengove]

Maravillosa interpretación. Deusche Grammophone o BBC Proms deberían publicar en DVD esta joya del espiritu y del arte musical. Interpretes Venezolanos, Britanicos las dos solistas suecas, bajo la dirección de Dudamel, fundidos en el espiritu del Ser. Bravissimo.

[@cunkmusic8748]

Utterly breathtaking

[@MahlerThird]

The Royal Albert Hall is the best place to hear Mahler. The pipe organ is just right. I have seen numerous Mahler concerts there. Pure magic! Thanks for posting.

[@Bartokfriend]

This is a gorgeous performance of a gorgeous piece! It requires attention, so not right for this occasion. I put it in because I think it is the last piece of live classical music that Larry heard--in the camper, played by the BSO at Tanglewood!

[@orlandob7849]

moved me to tears, glorious!!!

[@ingomarkoch6184]

Majestically powerful.

[@liauchungren848]

So deeply touching !!! Bravo !!!

[@oracletaloulou1448]

Such an amazing piece. It makes fly every time I listen to it. Mahler in all his beauty

[@klauskuck3688]

Unglaublich euphorisch ❤

[@camillebouchard6436]

Wonderful !

[@jameshama]

Hello Camille how are you doing today

[@MrUsnavyvet]

If this does bring you to tears, you have a cold heart!

[@danmart1879]

God has blessed this magnificent music !!!

[@barkers16]

Best piece of classical music ever written! Was lucky enough to hear this performed sublimely in King’s College Chapel in Cambridge by the university choir and orchestra. When lockdown rules allow this is top of my list to hear live again. Always moved to tears at the end ❤️

[@OneQuietLife]

Have you heard it live yet?

[@barkers16]

@OneQuietLife yes been lucky to hear it multiple times including Sir Simon Rattle conducting it at the Proms ❤️

[@alexandermacpherson7294]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@hanliewillson5104]

I am speechless In tears

[@carlosidalza7697]

Gigantes de América Latina Venezuela.

[@5PctJuice]

The power behind Mahler's music is truly inspiring and terrifying at the same time. This could be the music of a revolution, and I always think of it when I am inspired to write something, although, being a trombonist, I am biased toward the 3rd, 5th, and 8th symphonies :)

[@RBP1963]

Great Dudamel !!!!❤

[@offyougonow1007]

You're ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! Please, please post it ALL! That was magnificent!

[@jameshama]

Hello Catherine how are you doing today

[@maiconaleandro]

I don't forget this music, it's magnific.

[@prevalain]

Well if you don't feel "elevated" to soaring heights when you hear this Symphony's Finale, you never will. My favorite video recording of this work remains Staatskapelle Berlin directed by Pierre Boulez

[@bravaLiz]

yes. agree!

[@mr-cs2ip]

Que poder tiene la musica!!! ..

[@rinosquarzoni9438]

Dudamel,il migliore di tutti bel dirigere la 2 sinfonia di Malher.straordinario.

[@juanvicentezerpa7250]

beautiful Venezuelan symphonic orchestra

[@jameshama]

Hello Juan how are you doing today

[@aquagroove]

wonderful!

[@surearrow]

>>----------------------------> "As if gazing upon a pond, the reflection is indulged, while the depth ignored." -E.S. Kensly Such is the world who praises the deeds of man, and shuns the depth of his creation. The meaning behind this music is what is glorious.

[@brucegelman9671]

surearrow A beautiful observation.The poetry of existence is, I am afraid, too hard for most to grasp.Keep seeing the world in a grain of sand.Peace.

[@oliverroycroft1082]

This is legendary

[@cucosx]

por un momento creia que arrancaba los reposabrazos de mi silla!!! da igual de donde seas cuando escuchas esta musica solo existe una conexion casi mistica del ser humano con el gran espiritu!

[@henkbouwman8276]

Really fantastic, unbelievable achievement, bravo bravo

[@jeffreymafereka9477]

Great Orchestra indeed, Energetic.

[@seleniaaguilar9059]

Majestuoso!!!

[@uriel7977]

cannot get any better than this...

[@iluizandrade]

Impressionante!!!

[@bravaLiz]

and i do agree with NonInflatable's comment, as well as with prevalain. However, ALL here are musicians... whether vocalists, instrumentalists and of course conductor. my thanks to OQL for posting and sharing.

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

Sublime,magnificent!

[@markhall7646]

I know this clearly... as I am cremated, whether or not there is audience to hear this lovely ending I want it played as the doors close and the angry rush of the flames envelop me to consume the last of my mortality; as warm as the swaddling blankets I was wrapped in at birth. As the imperfect, weak mortal falls away I shall still remain in the silent memory of the One True God, awaiting His call. I know as sure as I know my own name I will rise to His call, in newness of Life; to be judged in His Presence. If I am found worthy of life everlasting I hope to serve Him beyond all memory of days, if not, I will rest in Oblivion's thrall to know no more. Merciful is He, Creator and Savior, to whom all souls belong! Death, what are you? need I even fear the silent enemy who cannot hold shut the dearest hopes of the heart or silence the voice of God?

[@mjclark641]

Will there be sausage rolls though?

[@hillcresthiker]

I am an atheist and I love your words.

[@stephenkorab6456]

​@@mjclark641Childish troll. This isn't for you ... go elsewhere ...

[@johnhoy6635]

wonderful.......

[@dr.kenmahood4917]

Magnificent!

[@Mike80097]

magnificent!

[@chba2288]

Amazing , wonderful and so meaningful for the young musicians of Venezuela , who represented , in London, may thousands of their colleagues who , I am sure , watched this with tears in heir eyes. Unfortunately, Abreu is dead and so is El Sistema , thanks to criminal politicians , like Maduro , present everywhere in the world , inept, immoral and ready to kill anything that is so beautiful , with their stupidity , ignorance and ego .

[@wilsonpereira1307]

You are absolutely right!

[@SirAranLuis]

Sublime.

[@hANNAbONE]

^^^this^^^ - the only music you'll ever need to listen to. Kindly listen to the whole piece. Outstanding.!!

[@ZenGrammy]

This will be the finale to my funeral.

[@littlekiwi9724]

Penthesilea - what a fantastic idea!

[@alancrabb]

Will they have room in there for all these people?

[@spoilerzado]

i think the same

[@Balfour.]

Most epic funeral ever

[@markhall7646]

I can think of no dearer hope than that for the Resurrection to life Eternal, no greater triumph than Death defeated at last!

[@wardropper]

There are now several KZbin postings of this work with much better sound quality. It's worth checking them out. This one sounds very muffled.

[@paacer]

Thanks must check them out . I would love to see the complete symphony with this ensemble .

[@danaritchiefujikake565]

Glorious!

[@LAFAUVETTE777]

Zubin Mehra, la plus belle de toutes les interprétations, et les choeurs sont sublimes !

[@gertmuze1962]

Breath-taking!

[@jlestebanruiz]

Breathtaking. I'm not sure if I'd choose it over the 8ths finale.

[@hillcresthiker]

This is a question I have deliberated all of my life!

[@debbiewilson9712]

Another high point of Western Civilization.

[@tkobani4187]

High point of human civilization you little westerner#*&!#

[@bdavis7981]

Thank you so much for putting it like that. I'll put my life on the line to defend it. I've returned to this comment to make an edit. My comment in this post is in direct response to the comment by Debbie Wilson not Eugene Kobani, just to be clear. But to reflect somewhat on Kobani's, Mahler did have eastern influences in his music, even Chinese.

[@GreatMalmsteen]

Hahaha somebody is jealous of the western culture

[@JagerFrostTroll]

"Human Civilization". No, it's White Western Civilization that made this music, no one else did.

[@Herman6507]

Och du Liebe... Western or non-western that is how far your civilization state has come?

[@paulcutter3218]

Perhaps the most inspired and inspiring 5 1/2 minutes in all of music. Rapturous.