Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande / Boian Videnoff - Mannheimer Philharmoniker

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Suite Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 46
Mannheimer Philharmoniker
Boian Videnoff, conductor
Director: Alexander Radulescu
Director of Photography: Thomas Kutschker
Elbphilharmonie Großer Saal, 13.11.2017
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[@themusicman6667]

I believe some of Sibelius's loveliest themes are here. He probably needed little inspiration in 1904 for the the heart-rending 'Death of Mélisande' scene at 20:42 cleverly contrasted with the energy at 17:42 of the 'Entr'acte'. Four years earlier, the composer's daughter Kirsti had perished soon after birth, a bitter blow that literally drove him to drink, and his empathy for the dying Mélisande is tangible. Maeterlinck's symbolist play, being episodic, never reveals what the heroine is dying of... a broken heart at her lover's murder, or postpartum bleeding, or something altogether more impalpable? We do know she is a lost soul in an alien land who, falling for Pelléas at first sight, felt compelled to follow her heart. (Sibelius had experienced a similar _coup de foudre_ on meeting his wife-to-be, Aino). Mélisande defied her marriage vows and a 'symbolic' sacrifice must be paid. Though she departs, her tiny daughter will in some way take her place.

[@NewCarNewsTV]

at 20:40 "Death of Melisande" One of my all-time favorite pieces. They do it justice.

[@marceloarenas5486]

This is a very hard piece to listen to. Demands attention and good sensibility. It's an incredible Sibelius piece!!

[@ワンワン-e8o]

17:42 この曲が大好きです❤ 素晴らしい演奏ですね😊 感動しました！

[@aidandevlin5099]

Glorious cor anglais playing!

[@eugenemayburd7728]

Bravo, Maestro Videnoff !

[@michaelthoseby4682]

Seems to have been an early manifestation of Covid-19 in the audience!

[@rodolphehenkel9268]

Une très belle œuvre que je ne connaissais pas ´´ philharmonie de Mannheim dirigée avec brio ´´ j’adore

[@agapanthus1953]

Was that the prow of a Viking longboat at 17:17????

[@ve022]

Best part :21m to the end

[@mauriciovercesi5476]

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[@fflambeauutube]

Lovely music but I cannot understand how the musicians can follow this conductor: his motions are not usual for a conductor and are rather jerky. Nevertheless, the musicians are looking at him so there must be some sort of communication (perhaps more visual?).

[@fflambeauutube]

He gets an A for humor though when at the end of a movement he stops the orchestra so the audience can cough and applaud!

[@송찬영-w4j]

3:40 8:03 9:47

[@Shahdmansour44]

17:43

[@paolo24019]

The conductor seems a clown doing his best in a circus....

[@kh23797]

Boian Videnoff, a clown? Hardly, Paolo...

[@mauriciovercesi5476]

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