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

[@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!

[@briserv8748]

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

[@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!

[@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 ❤️ 🫂.

[@sashakindel3600]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@1957PLATO]

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