Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 (REACTION) Philippe Jordan, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

[@nncortes]

Thanks for listening. One of my favorites. Mahler is one of the most profound composers.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Magnificent. Truly beautiful

[@deborahvernarelli6394]

Wow!! Ayouth Orchestra! So young and so very talented. I played the French horn in hhigh-school, and the baritone in a marching band/drum and bugle Corp. Talk about differences in the mouthpiece between those 2 instruments 😅. This was so beautifully performed by those young players. They really made those instruments sing. Absolutely stunning. Thank you for introducing this to me, Saeed. Much love to you and your family ❤️ 🫂.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Truly magical. Totally new for me, but its definitely music i want to learn more about. Thanks for watching. Much love to you and your family ❤️🫂

[@RalphSpoiledsport]

I do enjoy Mahler. I am most familiar with No. 5, so this is a treat. This is encouraging, as it seems to be an orchestra with no grey hair.

[@RalphSpoiledsport]

Also impressive are 9 cellos and 4 basses. I can't even count the violins and violas.

[@ed.z.]

Mahler hits all the emotional colors of life with his 9th symphony. It gangles every nerve in me and takes me through a portal beyond time and space.

[@auntiethetical]

Mahler has never been my favourite composer, but this particular work is hauntingly beautiful.

[@SaeedReacts.]

This is totally new for me, but wow! Impressive!

[@thomasjoyce7870]

So much of Mahler's work centered on life and death. His beloved little daughter died about 2 years before this symphony was completed, and often the final movement of the 9th is interpreted as a dirge, a song of mourning. He also had a love for life, and when he died 2 years after completing this incredible work, some interpreted the final movement as his farewell, his swan song, so to speak. What actually was in the maestro's mind was in all liklihood only known to himself. For one of the most romantic pieces of music ever composed, check out the 4th (of 5) movement(s) of his 5th symphony. It is often available as a stand alone work, and generally known as Mahler's Adagietto. Roughly 8 minutes.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for taking the time to share a bit of info. Very interesting!

[@denee940]

What has always amazed me about classical music is how each individual musician spends years learning their craft, then come together to give voice to music the composer first envisioned in their mind. The fact that people create music - any sort of music-is a wonder to me. To answer your question, I believe the foundations of classical music began centuries ago in religious music and slowly became more secular. Thank you for the great reaction.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Yes! I was thinking a similar thing while listening to this. Thanks for sharing this! Definitely want to learn more.

[@briserv8748]

And this was performed by a youth orchestra, simply awesome! Thank you!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Magnificent! Thanks for watching.

[@orlylivne]

It's so beautiful this one! It's great that your channel offers a diverse range of music genres. Thank you Saeed!!! And of course I liked your reaction as always!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Truly magical music. Thanks for watching, Orly!

[@danielmarquard828]

React to Giulini Mahler 9 with Chicago. He is extremely slow, but it's heartbreaking. Considered as one of the best Mahler 9 recordings ever.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@Kjartan1975]

Gustav Mahler's 9th was my first classical piece I bought after watching a movie. I believe it was Death in Venice by Visconti. I love this symphony which brings me to tears. I recommend everyone to watch classic music live. Headphones or speakers can not capture this experience at all.

[@soozb15]

@@Kjartan1975 I think that movie used the 5th symphony. Bit it's been many years since I saw it.

[@Kjartan1975]

@@soozb15 oh thanks for that and yes, my memories failed. It is been decades ago.

[@sashakindel3600]

The first movement is my favorite part of this symphony. It's very intricate.

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

Saeed I personally think your channel is so successful because you don't stick to 1 or 2 genres. You are unique. I enjoyed this. Greetings from South Africa

[@SaeedReacts.]

I truly love discovering all these artists in different genres. And it definitely offers plenty of choice for people 😀 Greetings from Belgium.

[@MarkhamShawPyle]

Brilliant. Saeed, eventually you’ll want to work your way to The Source: JS Bach. Four jumping-off points, easily accessible-starter pieces, if you like-, and with plenty of excellent renditions on the Tube (many of these by the Netherlands Bach Society), are: BWV 846, the (keyboard) Prelude & Fugue in C major; BWV 53, the (organ) Prelude & Fugue in C Major; BWV 1007, the Cello Suite No. 1 in G major; and any or all of BWV 1001-1006, the Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1006, the Partita No. 3 in E major, is perhaps my favorite of these). The American writer Madeleine L’Engle recalls in her memoirs that when she was learning piano, she kept asking her teacher for pieces with ‘more feeling’ … and kept getting pieces of lush Romanticism: when all she wanted, as she realized years later, was Bach. His work is mathematical, architectural, but transcendent: a study in the utility of restraints, similar to how the technical requirements of a sonnet, say, make for poetry. When you understand how Bach writes music, you understand how to write poetry-and prose. Meanwhile, keep up your always excellent work here in all genres, for which we are all, or ought all to be, grateful.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I definitely want to learn more about classical music and the great composers. I can see how it would make me a better writer and overall human being. Thanks for taking the time to share all this.

[@MarkhamShawPyle]

@@SaeedReacts. I simply think you'll enjoy it. I don't presume to prescribe it as if it were medication. You're clearly an admirable Overall Human already.

[@1957PLATO]

It’s impossible to not be moved by Mahler. That is if you are a human being.

[@llanitedave]

I'm a bot, and I'm still moved by it. 😁

[@ohfour-seven6228]

Mahler is my favorite classical composer. Some critics call him the last of the great romantic composers, other call him the first of the moderns. I consider him a bridge between the two. Every Mahler symphony takes you to the highest high, as well as the lowest of lows and everywhere in between. And at the end of each symphony you are completely drained. My favorite symphony is his 7th and my favorite movement of any of his is the first movement of the 2nd symphony. I'd urge you to check them out, they are transformative. And guaranteed a good time!

[@SaeedReacts.]

Thanks for taking the time to share some info. Really beautiful music.

[@davidl8298]

Hi there, try to listen to the whole symphony as the last movement will then make more sense, he was a brilliant composer, there is a symphony number 10 - his last - but it was left unfinished but completed by musicologists. Best wishes David from the UK

[@SaeedReacts.]

Amazing music, its definitely a piece i will add to my list. Thanks for watching. Greetings from Belgium.

[@davidl8298]

​@@SaeedReacts.Hi Saeed, thanks for the reply. Your video came up as a recommendation presumably as KZbin knows I am a classical music lover. I assumed you were North American as you look like you are from California! Well I never expected Belgium, but hey the Internet is global🙂. If you get the chance pull up Carl Nielsen's Symphony number 5, it will be on KZbin, it's about 35 minutes long the whole thing, now that's exciting. Have a good day, cheers David 👍👍

[@tjrivers]

Mahler was my Dad’s favorite composer, but I never heard this one, wow. This was spectacular. Also, I am a big film buff, and a John Williams fan, too! It’s been said that 1939 was the best year for films…and I agree, so hope you discover those greats as well. You can’t go wrong with Directors like John Ford, Frank Capra, Michael Curtiz and others. All contributed to 1939 great ones.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Love film. I saw The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, i believe those were from 1939. I saw Casablanca, that is a Michael Curtiz film. So many great pictures!

[@tjrivers]

@@SaeedReacts.YES! You might like “How Green was my Valley” and “The Grapes of Wrath” both favorites of mine…ENJOY!

[@SaeedReacts.]

@@tjrivers Now i dont know if this is coincidence or something bigger, but i recently added Grapes of Wrath the book to my reading list. I did a reaction to The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen (currently blocked). And i found out later that Tom Joad was a character in this John Steinbeck novel. And now you tell me about the movie. The universe is telling me i need to check it out 😄

[@tjrivers]

@@SaeedReacts. Great! Both of those movies are John Ford masterpieces. I would love it if you checked them out!

[@kingvii7250]

Actually Napoleon once said that the best example of human intelligence, excellence and splendor, you find in music.

[@SaeedReacts.]

I would agree with that

[@llanitedave]

You truly are not bounded by genre! Nobody reacts to classical. You definitely stand out from the crowd, and I think it's great. I learned to love classical long before I learned to love rock or country or jazz or folk or any other style. It is still the ultimate music for me, and Mahler is one of the greats.

[@SaeedReacts.]

Truly beautiful music. There are almost no words for the emotions this brings.