London Symphony Orchestra (Gergiev) - "Bolero" 🎵

Valery Gergiev dirigiert hier - mit einem Zahnstocher - das Orchester zum bekannten Musikstück von Maurice Ravel.
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[@maryhalverson5713]

This masterpiece should never be interrupted by ads. It's inexcusable and speaks poorly of the products, as well as KZbin's crass ineptitude.

[@JC-nh4yf]

es el mercado amigo

[@Mrbeahz1]

Agreed! This piece might still be available ad-free somewhere.

[@brunkonjaa]

SmartTube for AndroidTV Revanced KZbin for Android phone 😉

[@carloshumphrey1]

Consider subscribing to KZbin Music Chanel Premium. The extra that you pay is worth the lack of adds.

[@tommyblack7998]

Yeah. It began with an ad with a big shaggy dog. Mind you, the musicians and conductor need to chill out. I got rid of the ads on my desktop computer with an ad blocker, but on my Android phone, googlebooger blocks the ad blocker app.

[@ruteniorutenio477]

The day youtube interrupted Ravel's Bolero with an ad I quitted using youtube to hear music. End of an era. Farewell fellow youtubers.

[@charleswolfe7636]

I am totally appalled by not one but two commercial interruptions! In Bolero, no less!! Are you f***ing kidding me?!?

[@Andyaero]

And this is exactly why adblocker was invented.

[@babboon5764]

@@Andyaero It doesn't prevent You Tube barging in tho does it? Phillistines is too kind a word

[@stephentom625]

Can we all take moment to pay respects to our Bass players who have to play the same two notes over and over for 15 minutes.

[@stevet.4974]

Not an enviable task...

[@jonwatte4293]

Correction: it's three notes.

[@panthercreek60]

Let's not forget the percussionists

[@musiclovetara]

Lol

[@N0tarnie]

The same two integral notes though!!

[@andrewperkovich8184]

I would be terrified playing that snare, the amount of skill to keep that going perfectly is absolutely astounding.

[@donnabittner69]

The hardest working 💪 one there.

[@stevet.4974]

Your right dude, it is quite challenging to play something relatively simple over and over again in perfect time.

[@thomasevans6468]

Too right, although one time a young kid sitting behind me on a plane managed to do it for 10 hours straight, using the back of my seat as a snare.

[@commentingpausedtoprotectus]

It's the only time you don't want to do a rimshot

[@andrewperkovich8184]

@@commentingpausedtoprotectus 😂😂😂

[@douglashackett4282]

It is unconscionable that youtube would place a comercial in the middle of this!

[@stefanvane.5052]

Best of Bolero !! Thank you Mr. Gergijew & Orchestra !!!

[@bethwitrogen7091]

This version, this cinematography, saved my life in hospital a couple years ago. Transported me to a better place.

[@graceamerican3558]

Personally I see caravans. Congrats and here's to better health. Glad you're here today.

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

So pleased to hear it. And thanks for the story. Bless you X.

[@ericfischer8295]

Also for those asking... he is using a toothpick as a “FU” to certain critics who said the baton he HAD been using was too small

[@converse3670]

Yeah, people really complaining rather than listening. If it's OK for him why not for you?

[@clareswahn106]

batton too small LOLS

[@DouceVipere]

I love it! 😂

[@witri9]

Lol. Thanks for the tidbit.

[@hannahperry906]

Respect to him, a classical punk.

[@dariag1599]

Gergiev from Russia is the best conductor 🎉 amazing !

[@norronlee4945]

Unshaven, later sweating; and conducting with a toothpick. Marvelous eye contact.

[@toddcole1805]

Not knowing anything about him I first thought who was the awesome drunk

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Norron, well said, that is precisely what the art of conducting is all about. "Eye contact".

[@Eddie_Barzoon]

Yet, the best!

[@el_aleman]

that's leadership, the art of getting people to make things happen by one's sheer persona (in the good sense that is)

[@hashmash12]

He reminds of the conductor from that one Buggs bunny episode

[@samirchamandour]

The Best Bolero I've heard Thank you Maystro Gergiev

[@pythonanywhere3392]

I have chills. This conductor is menacingly brilliant. Jack Nicholson's long lost cousin is amazing!

[@someonesomewhere6667]

Jup. Saw it too 😂😂😂

[@Mac-sg2rk]

Not surprised I'm not the only one that saw that lol!!!

[@houstonrebel4449]

I thought that too. The Shining.

[@unrulysue6927]

Always thought he looks like Jack...or Jack looks like him..lol.

[@bradhaupt1759]

All conducting and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

[@charactercomedy5513]

Bolero is one of the most dynamic music I have ever heard. The London Symphony Orchestra is superb. The conductor is amazing. I can't stop playing this song. Ravel was a genius. The ending blows me away. I agree with Neil. I never get tired of it.

[@user-ug6ho8cz8v]

М ох

[@kittykatz4001]

I can’t stop playing this either! I think it’s the best version I have ever heard!

[@autonerecords1410]

this is the best version of Bolero on YT hands down(IMO). This conductor is a genius. The percussion guys would have been melting down, easily hardest thing to play on drums , like the rubbing head and stomach thing for 15 minutes straight..other versions a bit too quick(or too slow) for my taste, this has tension like its just about to fall over but never does..like great jazz.

[@Whocares0009]

Yes I dare to say this is even better than the original.

[@sivanbezalel5769]

Good God the best comment I’ve ever read in my life

[@sivanbezalel5769]

Autone Records I agree

[@7DOLLABEATS]

@@sivanbezalel5769 the comment has filled me with more energy than my 8:00am dunkin ☕ 😆😆🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lisamcmullan6484]

I agree

[@ludovicocapparelli8032]

He was criticized for directing without a baton. So as a FU he used the smallest baton he could find: a toothpick

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

Marvelous!

[@martinfrasier5167]

Yes what a man.i like that style

[@michaelk6864]

Awesome, I love it!!!

[@rudolfx1070]

Rigid snake stick mate; check the indentations from the drum stick, precision comes from imprecision, so where did it go? (the shake's admonition.)

[@roywilson1416]

It didn,t bother him, The Orchestra or the Audience. brilliant

[@shaeholden1743]

I never get tired of hearing this composition from various orchestras, and I enjoy this as the best presentation of it that I've ever heard.

[@adana7838]

Agree absolutely

[@user-hq6lv7cn3x]

Самое лучшее исполнение Болеро, слушала многих. Это лучшее!!!! Спасибо оркестру и дирижеру!!!!!👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@yale3d]

France and Russia met in London for a brief moment to show how amazing this world could be. I'll never forget this experience.

[@suavid7553]

СПОСИБО маестро Гергиев, оркестр супер БРАВО 🌹🌹🌹👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤❤

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

Every time I listen to this piece, I think Ravel must have been a terrific lover.

[@isaorozco778]

“The only love affair I have ever had was with music” Maurice Revel.

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

Perhaps this piece is so grand because he sublimated that drive into his work.

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Ravel himself disliked this piece. When you listen to all his other wonderful compositions, I can see why. He was a perfectionist. But I just think it's wonderful. I played the side drum in it many years ago. The most terrifying experience in my life!!

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

@@DavidA-ps1qr wow, I can just imagine! I live in northern MI, and a few years ago I saw the group Pink Martini at Interlochen Arts Academy. They opened with this piece, and my first thought was "Bolero AGAIN?" But they blew my socks off, it was fantastic. Hands down the best performance I've ever seen. When it ended we were all on our (sockless) feet clapping and whistling like mad. Tears were running down my cheeks. (When I was five, I cried listening to the theme from "Born Free." It seemed weird, so I asked my mother if people ever did that. She gave me some non-committal response like "I wouldn't worry about it." I felt more peculiar. Years later I realized that I should have asked my father, the music lover. All my life I've wept at tremendous performances. And I hate to say this, but among others, "Ravi Shankar's music made me cry..." THERE'S a performer.)

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

@@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412 Actually, your original comment is correct. Over the years Bolero has become a very sexually charged work. But I'm not so sure Ravel had this in mind when he wrote it :-) It is wonderful that we can feel emotion from music. I admit to shedding tears when listening to certain pieces and think it's lovely that you admit to the same. David A.

[@el_aleman]

I think Gergiev and the LSO own this piece of music now ....it's going to be a long time before another orchestra and conductor can match this,,,they spin music in to sheer energy !

[@kittykatz4001]

He also conducted the Maryiinsky orchestra playing this. I don’t like it as well as this performance.

[@myfavs5901]

Best “Bolero” EVER!

[@samsdaughterdehaven9990]

how can you not burst into tears over this magnificent piece of music?!

[@wendycarter5718]

And an equally magnificent rendition ! In my opinion the very best !!

[@tomwalsh7832]

Couldn’t agree more. My wife always says why does this excite you so. I can’t tell her why, as I don’t have the words!!!

[@anthonydeas2173]

I did.

[@genewilliams617]

Y E S !!!!!!

[@joebarbera7680]

The young fella on the violin at 14:44 looks like he’s about to levitate from his intensity. Love it.

[@user-pr6ry4ke5t]

Врубать рекламу посреди такого шикарного произведения, да и ещё два раза - это кощунство!

[@neilliebenberg2120]

This is an incredible piece of music, masterfully played. Those who think it is repetitive are sadly mistaken. It changes and gradually escalates all the time. Extremely demanding on each orchestra member. How the violins play the rhythm in the early stages for example. How Ravel wrote each instrument blows the mind. Never get tired of it.

[@user-ch9hx9kj2s]

Это сказка! Слушайте!

[@ronaldmcdonald8303]

I wish I knew how to compose music, I'm always dreaming up nice music but forget it when I wake up or don't have the skills to write it down in time!

[@liamkerslake1933]

Like being on a slow escalator.

[@jilllynn371]

My dad’s favorite, is now mine 💕

[@PaulaWallem007]

I agree with you! I can’t believe anyone would find this boring! I find this to be one of the most upbeat and powerful pieces… and this one in particular, definitely one of my favorites :) ❤

[@user-pp4wq5xq5e]

Величайший поклон барабанщику,державшиму ритм во все время исполнения произведения!

[@irinayakusheva2959]

Их два

[@itsmeyoufool37]

As a non classical musician, I have to say Gergiev is my favorite, his passion and sensitivity is truly astounding. What an amazing human

[@charleschuckfinley3304]

I totally agree but such a shame that he is an avid Putin loyalist and supporter of the Ukrainian invasion 😢😢

[@meycoe]

@@charleschuckfinley3304 what! oh, bummer I really liked him before I read that :(

[@kittykatz4001]

@@charleschuckfinley3304 Really?!?! 😢 That’s too bad!

[@recepcionbajomolle6768]

@@charleschuckfinley3304 We, the occidentals are avid USA fans... while they invading and torn to pieces Afghanistan, Yemen, Siria, Irak, etc.

[@Aduysvmncmkouyf]

@@recepcionbajomolle6768 not like us citizens are the ones who invaded Iraq or support it

[@alexaGIartist]

My mom went blind suddenly, She is a dancer and losing sight made her feel sad. I put this track on loop for her so she can dance and make sorrows go away. This is a superb version of this magnificent piece. Thanks for sharing. You made my mom so happy with this.

[@alexaGIartist]

@Mohamed Bakai Agreed, totally. Thank you. BTW The little prince is one of my favorites because of my mom reading it to me when I was little. I am reading to her now.

[@flashyflasch501]

That is so beautiful. I have been turning deaf over the last two years. I can only hear 30%. Now I have these great aides and I can hear almost as I could before. We used to ask each other as child what to choose, blind or deaf. Still I say deaf, because of the aides you have. Thank you for sharing this of your mother. Wish you well.

[@ABDULWAHEED-nu5pj]

My dear your mom may listen Sura Rehman from Holy Quran and all her ailments shall heal up. This part of Holy Quran has healing effects indeed.

[@ABDULWAHEED-nu5pj]

@@flashyflasch501 My dear you may listen Sura Rehman from Holy Quran which has healing effects for ailments.

[@Firqin1986]

​@@ABDULWAHEED-nu5pjProve it!

[@tackanderson19]

Maestro Gergiev is Ravels Bolero. Stunning!

[@pinkyfloydyfan1]

The best version of this undisputed masterpiece: the scores of the mucisiens are played with conviction and enthusiasm. An interpretation that makes people love classical music and its bewitching virtues. Valery Gergiev's eyes are staggering at times.

[@danstrayer111]

the toothpick is a nice touch. There's a tale about that.

[@pennysargent9557]

I once saw him conduct the World Peace Orchestra . He is surely a magician. Magic to me anyway.

[@Rundu1987]

Gergiev is the best conductor on the planet today.

[@modelsteamers671]

Certainly the dirtiest.

[@ajlangdon78]

I say it's a tie with Dudamel

[@OMateGabor]

That look the conductor gave when he opened his eyes... imagine the look he could’ve given for a cough 😂

[@oliviapereira364]

Well, he does look like Jack Nicholson in Shining

[@savioryeo7005]

Now that you mention it. Too funny.

[@elisabettagazzo4894]

Grandissimo Gergiev.

[@flashyflasch501]

Amazing. This is one of the best versions i have heard.

[@charlestseng1014]

Indeed.

[@SaundersE5]

It is magnificent

[@josorr]

@@bentcrazy1324 If you do it right, size doesn't matter.

[@michaelborgelt1600]

Sir Simon Ratcliffe with the Berliner Philharmoniker tops all. Not more seen on YT. Many greetings from a Heavy Metal Fan : - )

[@kittykatz4001]

Valery Gergiev also conducted the Maryiinsky orchestra playing Bolero too. It wasn’t as good as this performance.

[@oliviawutam]

I want to recognize all the musicians = magicians. I can't play more than 3 notes, then I get lost, but I admire it all, even at midnight. sleep can wait. THANK you

[@gillescollette1]

Amazing, especially the drummer

[@gordonsparkes4831]

Louche 'n loose, this is THE version of this piece!! The conductor is just that .... like a lightening conductor, the music flows THROUGH him! So authoritative, he is able to master the orchestra with his facial expressions .... and a cocktail stick!! Both hilarious and deeply impressive. Respect.

[@jennyGump2860]

Same!! Respect!!❤😂

[@susanvossoogh8237]

Danke, dieser Bolero Gergiev, ist perfekt, mit Gefühl, Autenisch mit viel Liebe im Herzen, spielen alle im London Symphony Orche🍀♥️🌈, danke

[@cessaly100]

Yep! I am enthralled! I have watched it many times-STILL intrigued!

[@user-dc3yy1lp7u]

❤️👍

[@user-lq7qi9ql1h]

Вот тебе и данке, немчура. Знай Наших! 🇷🇺

[@WillyTheWombat]

I love having this play in the background while I'm working from home. However, I find that when the play reaches the 9 minute mark I always sit back in my chair and just watch in awe and be totally at peace with nothing getting anything done til the play ends.

[@joaorossi6823]

Maravilhoso

[@hermanbotha1444]

Why work if you can sit and listen to this with your eyes shut? Just absorb the sound!

[@agatagarcia4454]

VERY, VERY, VERY, GOOD. A PLEASURE!!!! THANK YOU. 🌹🌾

[@jimdartouzos2127]

One of The Best Classical compositions ever written....with each instrument played to Perfection. ...An Amazing Performance...Conducted by One of The Best...Valery Gergiev.

[@sagajohansson8091]

I don't know much about the conductor, but by the looks of him he knows exactly what he's doing, and is enjoying every second of it Lovely vibes

[@johnmoyer4745]

The entire orchestra was incredible and the maestro at the podium. Wanted to give a special out to the woodwinds! Brava and Bravo, to everyone.

[@iaaaronpj]

Millones de orquestas la han interpretado, miles de directores la han dirijido pero sin duda esta es la mejor

[@JOSE-du7mu]

No has escuchado a Gustovo Dudamel dirigiendo esta obra...Buscalo.

[@iaaaronpj]

@@JOSE-du7mu Si, si lo he escuchado, pero personalmente creo que Gergiev lo hace mucho mejor.

[@adriaticseaeyes]

It’s a gradual rise, then swelling, rolling, heaving of sweet melody .. then the heart and and ears are flying on a rollercoaster of emotion.. I absolutely love it -always takes my breath away and moves me to tears

[@pawelkuczera]

Not easy maintaining crescendo for 15 min or so. Idea was to create impression of distant and approaching caravan traveling through desert or some other place. That's why it's at tits fullest at the end and passing in front of spectators.

[@carolynwagner9430]

The concentration each of those individual players, are amazing to watch!.and how it builds beautifully!

[@jkeelsnc]

Absolutely brilliant. I love Bolero anyway and this is about the best rendition I have heard.

[@maryellenmoss4025]

I agree !!!!!!

[@Joe-ij6of]

The first rehearsal for this concert... Jack Nicholson shows up in a tux and pulls out a toothpick Percussionist: hmm, looks like we'll be playing Bolero

[@michaelmorford3932]

This piece is the musical rendition of earning a goal you've been striving for over long years. It starts out slowly, but builds... bit by bit... each rise in tension is the self confidence growing. The snare, ever present and steady is the will to wake up each day and push harder and harder... as the journey progresses it gets stronger and stronger and then finally! The Crescendo, when you look back at all the steps you've taken and you triumphantly shout!

[@ludicrousspeed2824]

Unbelievable !! Jeesh i wish i could have heard this version live.

[@anniegooden5084]

of all the pieces i have heard in my life (thanks dad) this is by far, the greatest. I cry. every. single. time. Thank you Bolero.

[@Mr39036ce]

yes this is a great piece but keep looking there is a whole universe of music out there.

[@breen600]

This is unreal. So good for the soul it's hard to explain

[@mariusburger1533]

The drummer is a legend!

[@kittykatz4001]

The MVP!

[@vanessalang2018]

The goat

[@kevinbonello3935]

WTF is wrong with you people at YT? interrupting such masterpieces with Ads??!

[@unrulysue6927]

I said that too. Unevolved apes running things at YT.

[@bettinabeckroge2808]

Der Bolero in dieser von Leichtigkeit und tänzerischen Schwüngen bis zum fulminanten Orchesterklang sich aufbauenden Gesamtkunstwerk, mit dem Zahnstocher in voller Konzentration dirigiert, mit dem Orchester zu eins verschmolzen, das ist die hohe Kunst des Ausdrucks in der Musik. Ich bin begeistert und gefesselt von dieser unvergleichlichen Interpretation. Bravissimo an das großartige Orchester und an den wunderbaren Dirigenten Valery Gergiev ! 💕👏🙏💃

[@DerafsheKavian]

Best version I have head in the many decades that I have known this piece.

[@mage692]

Das ist die Beste Bolero Version auf KZbin

[@marcosalexandre2291]

The most powerful crescendo that I saw. And this with a toothpick.

[@elenalitvinova6483]

Ощущения фантастические, музыка вгоняет в транс, гипнотизирует, уносит куда-то вдаль. И очень интересно смотреть на такое множество самых разных муз инструментов.

[@aroe7379]

One of the best performances. I really enjoyed this ❤️

[@fernandovelasquez5114]

I first heard this beautiful symphony when i came to America, that was 50 years ago. I still remember my music teacher. Bolero is inspiring and awesome, I will never that moment. God bless and enjoy such beautiful work of art. Paz

[@TheGerfalkon]

My friend, a movie composer, uses this recording as an ear-reference to how orchestra should sound. This is a beautifully conducted and performed reference of each instrument's timbre, intonation, spacing, as well as a reference to how recording should sound.

[@katjazucker6580]

Oooh he is the Yoda of the orchestral Jedi . May the power indulge within a toothpick.

[@beckycastillo1411]

Beautiful song. If I was a millionaire I would pay all of them to pay this song for me. I would probably cry. To hear such beautiful music. 🙂🥰

[@wallflower630]

The embodiment of musical bliss... Bravo!!!!!

[@benjaminschabel4847]

I better download this piece of beauty, before it dies to cancler too.

[@denniscallehan9392]

They played theirs hearts out. Every one of them. I like, at first it starts slow. Then he has them all at it. Outstanding.

[@HolyHeinz]

Only 24k views, wtf? One of the greatest orchestras in the world deserves better... Greetings from Germany 🧡🧡🧡

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

The LSO always delivers, don't they?

[@HolyHeinz]

@@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412 Always, yes!

[@MystiCaendra]

Das Video geht aktuell durch die Decke. Nur wegen diesem steigt die Zahl meiner Abonnenten. Ein wenig nervt das ja, weil es wirklich nur wegen "Bolero" ist und das Video nicht einmal von mir selbst stammt. Herjeh, mal sehen, ob diese Leute checken, dass es noch anderes auf dem Kanal gibt, was so gar nichts mit klassischer Mucke zu tun hat.^^ Liebe Grüße

[@HolyHeinz]

@@MystiCaendra Wird schon... 🙋‍♂️😎🌈

[@KOKAYI69]

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[@seandolan5803]

A favorite piece of mine since I was at the young age of 6 or 7....still strikes chords in my soul to this day...it was my inspiration into black metal!

[@James-cc6mn]

Amazing beautiful..perfect

[@mikegarfield5951]

Hauntingly beautiful. Brilliant musicians

[@acyutanandadas1326]

Nice to see the snare drum sticks moving from the rim and strokes expanding with volume to the center Most difficult part to play in the orchestra

[@dederomm8545]

Dieser Mann, Valerie Gergiev, lenkt mit nur einem kurzem Blich, das gesammte Londoner Orchester. Und sein angeblicher "Zahnstocher" dürfte auf einer Auktion mehrere Tausend Pfund einbringen. Ein Mann mit einem unwahrscheinlichem Charisma. Selbstherrlich, aber Genial.

[@user-rl5ey2sp3q]

Прекрасная музыка, великолепное исполнение, и красивые ,чопорные, аккуратные британские мужчины🌷🌷🌷 Бишкек

[@mariakowalczyk6324]

Chciałabym usłyszeć kiedyś to na żywo i być w takim miejscu 😍🙆‍♀️🙏

[@user-jt9kf3ww9b]

Идеально, безукоризненно, бесподобно. Браво оркестр, браво маэстро

[@tomtomkowski7653]

Jack Nicholson - what are you doing there with that toothpick? :) Masterpiece!

[@n2king532]

Google ads absolutely ruined this.

[@elenalitvinova6483]

The sensations are fantastic, the music drives you into a trance, hypnotises, takes you somewhere far away. And it is very interesting to look at such a variety of musical instruments.

[@ewaldvonkleist6834]

The best conducting of the piece. I have reviewed many in my life and Gergiev has accomplished divine status.

[@elkeschonbeck1961]

Dirigent in völliger Leidenschaft, LUST, Absturz , Trauma , Erotik in Harmonie mit Musik. Klasse 🤗 Gänsehaut und schweben .Gergiev lebt RAVEL

[@ericfischer8295]

Omg I was so happy to find this version! The other video just vanished a few weeks ago! Thing had like a half million views.

[@afallman]

It's the best. I can even see those camels )

[@unrulysue6927]

@@afallman Camels? Lol. I find this comment astonishing because when I was a child listening to this on my parents stereo I always imagined a caravan coming from a distance, getting closer and closer. I believe however, that the peice is supposed to represent a bullfight, ending with the crashing death of the bull. This is why it's called "Bolero"

[@ericfischer8295]

@@unrulysue6927 I always imagined a sort of movie, following a kid dreaming of making a rocket, and getting in on the NASA program, and the ending is with the launch of Apollo-11 ;3

[@Whocares0009]

This is the best version.

[@myfavs5901]

@@Whocares0009 I absolutely agree!

[@oliviamonkey]

Bravo, each musician has precise timing according to the notes. the discipline is astounding too. Musicians have my greatest admiration of all humanity.

[@kevinfgallagher1329]

It is the perfect music to make love....If the couple can use all their moves and imagination until the climax at the finish it is wonderful and unforgettable

[@ewaldvonkleist6834]

His version is one of my favorites, and I have love this piece for over 3 decades.

[@mallorca-by5bc]

Fabulous! Bravo maestro! You are the best thing I could hear in this crazy world! Thank you! Thank you Palmyra!

[@mobyt.3900]

is he conducting with a TOOTHPICK? thats freaking awesome!

[@shawnkiley5827]

Yes. He conducted with a toothpick for awhile because the press would carry on about him being so theatrical that he would regularly lose a baton or three in one performance. Very tongue in cheek reply to the critics, but also shows he does not take it all too seriously.

[@MrUsnavyvet]

What really amazes me about this song is that the snare drummer, and drummers, never missed a beat. You would think hearing all of those other instruments playing would make them lose their concentration but they were just perfect.

[@yigal2b]

As always. Timeless.

[@kittykatz4001]

I have loved bolero since I was a little girl. The musicians here played with such commitment, intensity and with such passion! Very intoxicating! Bravo 👏!

[@MariaJose-lk1zm]

Emocionante 👏👏 La pasión de Valery Gergiev cuando dirije se transmite y se integra con la interpretación de los músicos...el resultado es sublime y llega al corazón ❤

[@charlesfalzon3372]

Just two words……. Splendidly executed!!!!!

[@Astrobrant2]

In the suggested videos column I saw one that said, "The most elegant key change in pop music." Instead of clicking on it, I remembered "Bolero" and came here. Now I'll go to that other video and see if it's anything that compares to 15:12 in this piece. Okay, I'm back. My reaction, "Ehhhh" Warning: if anyone wants to watch that video, you get about 5 seconds of the key change in the performance (Celine Dion singing, "All By Myself") and 27 minutes of musical technobabble and extreme over-analysis.

[@williamkennedy5492]

Such a marvelous piece of music, I first heard this in the 1950s as a kid, my grandad had a wind up gramophone and this was in the drawer underneath, along with "who stole my heart away " So now as i approach 73 i look back at fond memories and this is one of them. But i ask why the philistines at YT see fit to disturb my listening on my flat screen with numerous adverts, They are such an uncouth bunch for doing that !

[@goxaline]

His stick is the ultimate proof that the size doesn't matter!!

[@APerson-ni1gb]

Thanks Toothpick Conductor, I couldn’t remember this Piece but I remember This Conductor! God Bless 😆

[@lavonbowling5580]

A solo traveler beginning a long journey through a vast desolate expanse of desert comes to mind for me when I hear this. With each encounter, a new layer of experience is added and becomes part of his journey with the completion being the sum total of his experiences. This truly is a masterpiece that pulls you in one instrument at a time!

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

My arms and legs are covered in goosebumps!! FANTASTIC !!!

[@yomyTNTman]

Watching the sunrise on the beach with this playing in the background is one of my most beautiful memories.

[@user-pp1kc5ec9l]

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