Igor Stravinsky: Firebird (Finale) Pierre Boulez / Wiener Philharmoniker

[@walterfutterweit6476]

A dramatic 10 minutes of the Firebird by Igor Sravinsky, Note the gradual transition as it finalizes in a breathtaking last 4 minutes. As a music lover, the ending is a tribute to the Firebird, and will capture the heroic end of this masterpiece, one of the greatest pieces of music written.

[@biancabeluga1597]

Great post Walter!

[@walterfutterweit6476]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed this masterpiece, Bianca

[@davidgoldin5759]

The ending loves music, good food, and walking on the beach in the rain.

[@hghan]

@@walterfutterweit6476 I am 17 years old and my dream is pianist(you can check my channel) I'm very thanks to Agosti who transcribed this marvelous 3 dances for piano.

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Walter Futterweit I hear you with the rain. I drove over a hill in a storm. At the point the piece was most powerful the sixty foot trees were swaying and a flock of birds flew over. I was overwhelmed.

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

How great is The Firebird? I am 79 and have been listening to it since I was a teenager and I never fail to be charmed and enthralled by the sonic experience produced by the master magician himself. Of course, Pierre and the WP add to the thrill. It doesn't get better than this.

[@una4all1]

I love that piccolo hang-over at 1:43. It's such masterful playing.

[@lucasrojers336]

so true!! talk about a powerful player!

[@judekanawati7467]

I came just to listen to 7:43! We learnt this 3 years ago at our music institute!

[@thethirdman225]

Stravinsky + Boulez...doesn't get much better than that.

[@bambino100011]

TheThirdMan actually it does.... Stravinsky + Gergiev..... much better....

[@jabezcreed]

One of the greatest pieces ever composed.

[@dr.6156]

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the end makes me cry

[@mattkurke962]

Yes! It's a shame for those that don't have such a grand reaction. The French Horn, that beautiful theme, gets me every time.

[@rr7firefly]

Yes, it is quite an emotional conclusion. Amazingly, Stravinsky was commissioned by Diaghilev to compose this with only his short piece "Fireworks" as his repertoire.

[@michaelmichelz3349]

Everytime....

[@lexuan6710]

Everytime

[@jackfletcher1000]

I did not like this for many years now I love it

[@prototropo]

Along with the soul-warming finales to “Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition,” (Ravel’s orchestral iteration) and Smetana’s “The Moldau,” “L’oiseau” provides every possible image of Elysian Fields, All’s-right-in-the-the-World, There-is-Grandeur-in-this-view-of-life resolution.

[@GreatWonderMoose]

9:43 I love that low E.

[@alphotheone]

Although to Stravinsky himself this was not his greatest work for me it still takes me to another place, especially the hymn!. It made me go out and buy this Pierre Boulez version on 33 rpm when it first came out!

[@torterrakart7249]

I have heard that he thought that this was his best piece tho

[@cayde6669]

7:56 der Hornpart. einfach Traumhaft. Ich wünsche mir solche Musik in der Art muss in jedem öffentlichen Lokal in jedem Restaurant laufen

[@GordonHugenay]

+Jesus Lopez Dominguez lol, someone with a spanish name replies in english to a german comment that he doesn't understand french. That's what I call globalization. Anyway, he says that the french horns at 7:56 are dreamlike, and that he wishes that this kind of music must play at every public place/in every public restaurant.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

Tears, bloody tears in my eyes, just when I play that slow transition to the final in my head!!!

[@narayanan26]

The Performance of Gergiev with London Symphony Orchestra was great

[@katrinavillaflor7302]

Watching this on Disney's Fantasia 2000 made me love this from a very young age ❤

[@dr.6156]

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[@oliviabrownfield3636]

The chords at the end always get me. Ahhhh too good!

[@danielhu9283]

For some reason this piece reminds me of when an athlete finally crosses the finish line in a long, long race.

[@alberg6290]

finale of the Firebird is wondrous, enchanting, magical and any number of adjectives that haven't been invented yet

[@kitikitibangbang6296]

I first heard this piece at the Lincoln Center in NYC. I'll cried at the end

[@withjezos]

7:39 to the end WOW!

[@michaelmurphy326]

great sensitivity to important musical detail...this mythic story goes to our core and like a subtle thought in this story its the details of harp, piccolo, subtle tremolo, soft hunt horn calling the countryside that well serves the bold conclusion....to call, to haunt....to signify Maryushka's Firebird......her glowing rainbow feathers were magic and remain undimmed, but show their colors only to those who love beauty and seek to make beauty for others.

[@jackfletcher1000]

I freely admit. It took me many years to appreciate this wonderful music, shame on me.

[@mortalfrog0815]

that bassoonist is just magnificent! just as the rest of the orchestra, i also love the horn solo!

[@ronstriebig2749]

Just so beautiful and very very clever and spellbinding

[@kenhabeeb]

That's also an excellent finale. Tempo, volume...played by seasoned, professional musicians.

[@debhernandez5188]

Simply brilliant!

[@heinerle456]

@blechmusik Danke, für das Hochladen dieser wirklich beeindruckenden Interpretation. Ein wunderbares Finale, und das, obwohl nur fünf oder sechs Damen die Herren dabei unterstützen konnten.

[@silviocpfrg]

Magnífica composição de Stravinsky.....grande condução Pierre Boulez !!!

[@leoguillou-keredan9800]

Youhooooooooou !!! Cet oeuvre est magnifique à en donner des frissons ! Une pure merveille :)

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

One of the best I've heard. Love the pacing, the extreme ritardando just before the coda.

[@tobythetramproductions]

I remember I played this in 6th grade and I loved it! I'm a trombone player by the way.

[@b286guy]

There is another wonderful performance of this piece on KZbin, also with Pierre Boulez, but instead conducting the Chicago Symphony. It's interesting not only to hear the different approaches taken by two great orchestras, but also similarities and differences in Mr. Boulez's own interpretation.

[@johndoe-vo4vd]

I love how Pierre Boulez integrates the bass trombone part with the tympani part in the finale, but i would've loved to hear a better controlled sound like the Chicago Symphony Orchestra version. I also love how the trumpet sound is full and rich with energy! Great job Wiener Philharmonic!

[@filler2013]

I love the ending of The Firebird. From 10:24 and on gives me chills!

[@jackfletcher1000]

It took me years but I finally came to know this wonderful music.

[@thebones]

love the detail Boulez draws from these players, great performance of a masterpiece.

[@charlesbarry971]

I have not listened to enough of Stravinsky.

[@D92Torre]

They performed it in a perfect way.

[@juditjeanne]

omg i'd love being here, playing with Boulez :)

[@RolfHener]

Aus Anlass des 132. Geburtstags von Igor Strawinski, gibt's hier den Feuervogel "L 'Oiseau de feu" (Finale), mit den Wiener Philharmonikern u. Lt. von Pierre Boulez. Eine Aufnahme von den Salburger Festspielen. Viel Spass!

[@seongmin_choi1123]

7:45 That is literally movie music itself! It is quite remarkable to have composed such works in those days

[@akiyaakira]

beautiful resolve for this work.

[@jesusleon5764]

Such a perfect version!

[@Shaktidej]

from 7.00 till the end : absolutely jawdropping !!!

[@60ECg]

@Magnas01 The ballet was composed in 1909-1910. Three suites were made from the ballet. The 1911, 1919, and 1945. Ansermet was thought to be the best interpreter of Stravinsky aside from Stravinsky himself. Ansermet did not like the suites. This is a snippet from the ballet that Boulez and the Wiener orchestra are attempting to play.

[@andrescastilloarce]

Boulez is a true master

[@markenmel1]

yes, and then jump to Siberian Khatru...YES

[@elderlypoodle9181]

I hear you Mark !!! 🙏🏻

[@gaelcornuau1668]

@@elderlypoodle9181 YES!! me too!! But it can be "Parallels" too;)

[@gaelcornuau1668]

@@elderlypoodle9181 YES!! Me too!! But it can be "Parallels" too ;)

[@spaceruler8452]

最初の入りが素晴らしい。指揮振りを見るだけで、安心します。

[@kepplerM]

Wow... Great piece!!! I love music's modernism

[@MenifeeManiac]

Having played this excerpts of this piece in high school orchestra, finally hearing the entire piece was a fantastic experience; especially from 9:20 on, as I played trombone. The Finale of the Finale.

[@The1976spirit]

It´s really hard to find a better video on youtube!!

[@MrCC379]

The Buster Keaton of conductors!

[@jackfletcher1000]

Looking backwards I simply don't know why I did not understand this masterpiece, first time round., but I'm cured now.

[@EneOneOne]

Masterpiece!! !

[@panchistoide]

ejemplarmente maravilloso ,dispuesto al ensombrecimiento

[@nadiecat1]

At 4:45 does anyone know what instrument that is I know it's in the oboe family, but I've never seen it before.

[@Perpetualsify]

Nadia Sloat it’s been 5 years since your question, i don’t know if somebody answered it for you… that’s Viennese oboe, one of the instruments that makes Vienna phil special. They don’t use “regular” oboes that you might be familiar with.

[@ThundrSkull]

Perpetualsify not the hero we deserved but the one we needed

[@heinerle456]

@SophiaMacLoren @Voodopuppe87 VPO's headcount is 140 (8 women + 132 men); 2 women are on stage: 1st violin, bassoon;

[@jhb134]

@iOnlySignIn - Well, Karajan was often, in the SHADOW of his, great predecessor - Furtwangler. To be honest, I like Monteux, in parts of Stravinsky's legacy, ESPECIALLY the (seemingly) ancient version of Rite of Spring interpretation, from 1929! Monteux also recorded some, excellent Stravinsky recordings, with the Boston Symphony, et. al. Thanks!

[@naoking0205]

抑制されたフォルテの中にも響きがしっかりと残っている。音楽の渦に飲み込まれた印象。ブラボー！！！

[@iggypopdavidbowie68]

INCREDIBLE!!!

[@federicafurchi]

What dynamic is it at the end of the piece?

[@juliannetraven5168]

+Jena Cullen Fortissississimo, I believe, or ffff. Stravinsky didn't do things by halves.

[@OoberMcGoober]

How is it not mezzo forte after the crescendo?

[@james_subosits]

On the trombone parts it's subito pp

[@Carlito_Sway]

The preferred musicological terminology for that dynamic indication is “bigger than Dollywood”

[@keeganmclean2017]

Yes

[@enriquepradoandrade1940]

para celebrar el equinoccio de primavera dejar lo viejo...

[@jhb134]

@RRpitchperfect - (all-male) - No, but it must SEEM like it! I see one woman, next-to the bassoonist, and another, in the string/violin section. Boulez has specialized in Stravinsky's music, for decades; this is, but, one example.

[@RodrigoArosL]

@iOnlySignIn revisen la version de Gergiev en el festival de salzburgo en 2000..........

[@GuillermoPussetto]

Very nice.

[@coldstream07]

They're actually #3 behind the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (#1) and the Berlin Philharmonic (#2). As for their hiring practices, I have yet to come across a European orchestra that is "overrun" by Asians, women and/or "other minorities". On top of that, I don't believe that you can measure musical ability, skill and talent or a person's general musicality by the colour of their skin or their gender.

[@mortalfrog0815]

best video on youtube!

[@bogorzelak]

Very very good :-)

[@kenhabeeb]

6:12 to 6:20 is fat music to a drummer's/percussionist's ears. That's musical genius at work.

[@mortalfrog0815]

i used not to like the firebird! but that is just wonderful!

[@JohnBorstlap]

Beautiful and brilliant piece. Ironically, PB allows himself to conduct it because it is old music. If it were written in, say 1985, he would have condemned it because of being 'not of its time'. Read his articles to understand his historicist views on music history.

[@alexhandley4833]

+John Borstlap You are absolutely incorrect! He believed that all music written in the 20th Century was to be championed! No matter how it was written! Besides, he was a true champion of Stravinsky and other composers like him no matter when it was written!

[@JohnBorstlap]

Alex Handley I fear you have been misinformed.... PB was well-known for his contempt for 'les invalides de nostalgie', with which he meant the 20C composers who had not felt the 'necessity' to embrace avantgarde languages. He viewed music from a historicist perspective, as if fixed on a time line. In 'Orientations' - a collection of articles and essays - you can read it all there.

[@alexhandley4833]

Im gonna keep it simple and just say you are wrong. But nice try though

[@JohnBorstlap]

Alex Handley How could you know? (Irony)

[@anon-rf5sx]

+Alex Handley Really? I think he didn't have a good opinion of, for example, Shostakovich. I don't know even if he ever conducted his music

[@ECHORAVE]

Ive seen this Entire piece Perfomed live.. fucking Epic!!!

[@Gurkengraeber11]

der feuervogel rockt !

[@misterjag]

Drumming the Timpani on this must be a blast.

[@Donutswithlazerz]

misterjag I’m about to play timpani on this with my college symphony and I honestly can’t wait

[@95thRiflesOCI]

10:42 kinda sounds weird but otherwise epic

[@thethirdman225]

+N LM That might have been the same flute player at 8:33 who seems to be in a bit of a hurry...

[@satanofficial3902]

Music is the soundtrack of Eternity.

[@satanofficial3902]

What happened at the very first moment of Eternity? Music began to fractalize.

[@jansen_music]

He's concise baby!

[@rhorschack]

That's some fun trolling. Congrats !

[@60ECg]

@Josep489 No, the Vienna piccolo is shrill like the strings. The version you downloaded in far better. The piccolo in your version has a much broader sound that I prefer. He also observes accents and dynamics better. Muti was principal conductor of the Philharmonia for years, I like what he did with that orchestra, Boulez conducted La Mer, with the Philharmonia and Cleveland, and I liked what he did with both orchestras. But I do not think his conducting is up to par in this work.

[@eriksonpascal9336]

Where is the tuba?

[@Magnas01]

does anyone know what version this is? 1919?

[@EhrenValme]

hey just relax. I know how you feel but these guys have been around since Karajan

[@bretthetzel4133]

yayay

[@sivadepilif]

interesting the resonant end

[@clairekono9723]

[@60ECg]

@Joseph489, I believe that you have downloaded the most perfect version of the Firebird. The orchestra, and the conductor are at fault in this performance. The orchestra does NOT PLAY IN UNISON. They do not play together on the beat, sorry they just don't. When the score calls for the orchestra to play a piano dynamic, the bottom falls out of the sound. It is not me, it is the orchestra. This is especially true of the strings. Brass and woodwinds are weak. Oboe sound is especially bad.

[@Tracotel]

Splendid!

[@teresarivera6442]

Wiener Symphoniker Erich Leindsorf (Wiener Konzert 2011) Der Feuervogel

[@Fireblaster-yu8tm]

at 10:41 the instruments kept going in the guys face lol

[@hornplayerchris]

James Bond theme in background 4:45

[@bambino100011]

Soooooo Gergiev or Boulez???????? :)

[@Voodoopuppe87]

@SophiaMacLoren i saw one woman playing viola :D

[@johnkavanagh7831]

If that is not a performance by which all other performances should be judged, my ears have stopped working properly.

[@jassenjj]

It's a great rendition, but no... Even Boulez ignored the staccatos at the finale and it is a mistake as he knew Stravinsky personally.

[@ellik02]

horn solo 7:40

[@Just_Daz]

9:05, isn't that a female harpist at the front?

[@SKAR030]

JonTron 9:20

[@bloggulator]

yes... whats with that?

[@F1ve-seveN]

10:11 I know it's only a note and it's a minor mistake but somehow this drag pisses me off so much.

[@SuperAqueos]

Europe is not the US. They have very few foreigners bluntly compared to us.

[@alexuturgaidze5722]

Echos of Korsakov.