Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado - LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, Andris Nelsons

Accentus Music presents a new DVD/Blu-ray release available in January 2015:
Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado
LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, Andris Nelsons
Isabelle Faust, violin
Bruno Ganz
It was a deeply affecting and appropriate farewell. The spirit
of Claudio Abbado, the great conductor and founder of
orchestras who died in January 2014, was present in music,
words, and silence. Thousands upon thousands came to the
Basilica di Santo Stefano in Bologna and the Piazza della
Scala in Milan to pay their last respects. In Lucerne, the
members of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA paid tribute
to this extraordinary man and friend with a deeply moving
concert - “The emotional intensity was unbelievable; this
could only be achieved by true musicians, by those capable
of love.” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) Friends and associates look back fondly on Claudio Abbado and speak of how they experienced these moments of grief and farewell.
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[@Balfour.]

We have lots of great conductors. We had only one Abbado. RIP Maestro.

[@TheVaughan5]

We have a lot of mediocre conductors and a few great ones would, I think, be more accurate.

[@ColColt45]

A great man, highly respected and loved by many to include his audience, orchestra and many fans the world over. I only wish I could have seen him at least once. RIP Maestro Abbado.

[@alexalfarodelgado]

The most beautiful farewell, langsam of Mahler Third Symphny, words can not express the gratitude for life in all its manifestations, by the breath of the universe that we live

[@michalkovac8382]

RIP Maestro :( :( i was tuba player and i love orchestral music,.and for me are your recordings of Mahler symphonies with Lucerne festival orchestra,..the best. My mom ,in her younger age,she sing with you,.she had that honor,sing with you,..i wasnt so lucky :( when i knew that day,u died,..i,..couldnt breathe. Thank you for your passion,art,soul,love,energy,..u r legend. Your name and your recordings are in Hall of Fame..people over world know you,..thank you Maestro. Make same amazing concerts in heaven,as you did here.

[@samye8571]

Great music never pass away. So is the great conductor for music.

[@marcap1000]

Beautiful. No words needed. Thank you

[@rinosquarzoni9438]

Abbado e stato tea i primi 5 direttori piu grandi di tutti i tempi.Grazie maestro per avermi aiutato a vivere meglio.

[@andy.w]

Thanks @howimettheopera for sending me here.

[@adelaskari7952]

very emotional... Maestro Abbado was the man of silence.. he was the best conductor that Berlin philharmonic had.. he reach simply to deep and beauty.. R.I.P Maestro..

[@novagerio9244]

Best? Why and how? There was Nikisch, there was Furtwängler, there was Karajan?...

[@carlobrotto7132]

​@@novagerio9244 I dont think you can find any entitled to answer to your question abou how and why in here. You have to trust Berliner Philarm. who stated Abbado as the greatest director in the history of their orchestra, up even to legendary HvKarayan. Furtwangler is out of contest, his bizarre psycho-cerebral metaphysical way of conducting was joked by half of world orchestras.

[@wallander54]

Quelle émotion palpable à ce concert joué en mémoire de l’immense chef qu’était Claudio Abbado. J’ai amplement partagé cette émotion car c’était pour moi un des plus grands et je l’aimais beaucoup. RIP M. Abbado !

[@denverschooloftheartsorche9702]

I don't think I have ever seen musicians on stage so visibly moved by their own playing. Deeply touching-if you're pressed for time start watching at 3:05. Watch until the very end.

[@Amelia4144]

+Denver School of the Arts Orchestra Program Yes, you are right. A good teacher too, indeed.

[@RenamPablo]

Music really reached to its purpose!!! ❤

[@javiermarting]

Difficult to watch this till the end without tears in your eyes... I think Abbado WAS indeed conducting the Allegro Moderato of Schubert's Unfinished. He was right there with the baton in his hands... can’t you feel him?

[@barbellerch4223]

Hier wird an einen wunderbaren Musiker, Menschen, erinnert. Er hinterlässt ein großes Loch. Thanks Claodio!!! Ruhe in Frieden.

[@maryyueil]

My heart is broken, I am speechless, R.I.P. Claudio, our loss is Heaven's gain.

[@TheBudajang]

Deeply Touching... RIP Abbado.

[@onesimo4206]

Deeply moved..

[@samye8571]

In memory of Claudio Abbado.

[@rinosquarzoni9438]

Un grande ricordo per quello che e stato uno dei più grandi direttori di tutti i tempi.

[@theingabo212]

R.I.P Maestro Claudio Abbado! You will be deeply missed in our heart!❤

[@claudiopescatore77]

what an uplifting experience. Thank you Maestro Abbado, thank you, his musicians !

[@victorreyesmeneses4981]

Hasta hoy lloro la partida de un gran maestro director de grandes orquestas: DON CLAUDIO ABBADO...su estilo al dirigir era muy simple, pero llamativo... Ahora esta dirigiendo un gran coro de ángeles el el cielo....

[@stefanufer608]

I was fortunate enough to have heard Abbado many times at the Proms in London - some of the most moving musical experiences of my life - Mahler 2, 9

[@durhamgrigg3125]

Thank you. Rest in peace dear Gustov and Claudio - who, together with such a wonderful ‘band’ of musicians, created such life changing musical experiences for us all!!

[@richardwilliams473]

Abbado and Mahler merged together in this concert .BRAVO

[@DC-qd7uz]

RIP maestro

[@qhubbles]

Since its upload, every time I see this video I end up terribly touched and moved. I feel that "kollective Traure" inside, and the emotion from the musicians grieving his dear conductor. I wonder, how was he as a person?

[@annapaszkowski6873]

An admirer from Rome you are perfectly right, è commovente - What an exquisite and extremely moving musician in each of his performances he is, this can be understood not only following him in the admirable videos, but in hearing his smooth voice speaking in his graceful musical Italian with a slightly German inflexion • so to say, an epitome of his whole career as an international musician rooted in Europe

[@fabiusgraco5296]

Inúmeros grandes maestros regeram a magnifica Berliner Sinfoniker , mas Abbado terá sido o mais humano e o menos autoritário dos seus condutores; trouxe graça e charme à tradicional competência germânica. Agora tem a chance de ser o titular da "Filarmônica do Céu". Pena perdermos ser humano tão precioso.

[@styleexnietz1900]

Devotion to the True. Climb to the highest mountain of Art until death. My Deepest Respect, Abbado.

[@Liandolo]

Maestro....il tuo esempio ci farà sentire per sempre orgogliosi della nostra Italia.

[@cnchenrui]

deeply touched

[@dictysjk]

Eine sehr emotionale und ergreifende Darstellung. Sehe mir dieses Video oft an und immer kullern mir die Tränen aus den Augen.

[@Dimivim]

Oh my God. They played Schubert's Unfinished as it would be with Abbado Conducting. !

[@josemanuelmaciasromero5393]

Muchos de ellos con las lágrimas en los ojos y dando lo mejor de sí mismo

[@Amelia4144]

+Jose Manuel Macias Romero Y llorando la ausencia del Maestro. Hermoso aunque duela.

[@chaehyeonkim8801]

Every time I see this video, I literally cry 😭

[@pepemartinez1007]

Uno de los más GRANDES directores ! Descanse en Paz

[@carlosalbertooliveiraville5204]

I'm in tears, after seeing this beautifuk, though very painful homage to the great ABBADO !

[@user-eu6ef6ih3z]

Клаудио Аббадо - выдающемуся дирижеру современности Вечная память.Вечная память.Вечная память.Аминь.🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️🤍🕊️

[@nicolasantoro4049]

Abbado legendary

[@manocherdusti2194]

🌹🌹🌹

[@huguesreiner5107]

Applaudir avec les larmes

[@pauliberg3492]

wonderful..amazing..

[@hufemeve]

Extremadamente doloroso .........aun así en ese estado emocional, el legado del maestro Abbado irradia con infinito fulgor y brillo como nunca!!!

[@judahfeitelson8746]

You will be greatly missed!

[@tillhaeberlen1798]

Thank you for this video

[@valensaso]

0:26 es schubert sinfonía 8. Gran maestro Abbado

[@michelangelo1791]

My heart

[@user-lu2vb5un1f]

I feel like Luigi Nono is missing! Should have played something from him for him...

[@ukjinheo5068]

아 눈물나..

[@zonamshresth4339]

Rip sir

[@jvdesuit1]

What a great director has the world lost. I was lucky to attend his 2012 concert where he directed Egmont full score and the Mozart requiem and those incredible 50" total silence of the audience at the end of the concert were so moving and all of us thinking that probably we would not see him at the next festival. M. Nelssons should take him as an example of modesty and simplicity. One doesn't need to make all that cinematic gestures and faces to give his indications to such an orchestra of such a dimension and skill. Nuance and again modesty please.This is not Hollywood . This is music for the sake of music and a composer and the audience at the festival is really one that understands music whether at the stalls or at the last mezzanine. Riccardo Chailly has been appointed as musical director from 2016 to 2021 and will give the opening performance of the 2016 summer festival with Mahler's 8th that Abbado was to perform in 2012 but had to cancel most probably due to his declining health conditions. This is a great choice, Chailly has the stature to take the follow up of the great director and founder of this probably best orchestra in the world.

[@BillyDelia]

+jvdesuit1 Nelsons is a great conductor, which is why Lucerne and other top-tier orchestras around the world invite him. He is a kinetic conductor to be sure, but his gestures are genuine and to imply he is "Hollywood" is completely uncalled for. Please take note of the exaggerated gestures of the concert master / first violin who is obviously a fine musician as well. Mr. Nelsons drew astonishing music from this wonderful orchestra and did Mr. Abbado proud.

[@billsullivan3920]

+jvdesuit1 The people that think they love music, but do not like people that show emotion, should wear dark glasses, close their eyes, or sit in the back of the hall.

[@jvdesuit1]

William D'Elia "he is "Hollywood" is completely uncalled for": William I'VE NEVER WRITTEN THAT or else a word or negation has been missed while typing which is sometimes the case when I write. On the contrary he is probably the only one conductor with Haitink for example to be so humble, forgetting the camera which many others instead are fascinated or hypnotized for example Dudamel, Rattle, Barenboim to mention a few. What has always fascinated me with Abbado is this concentration on his orchestra and nothing else. The outside world doesn't exist anymore as soon as he steps on the stage. And it remains like that even when the audience is cheering him. As I said I had the chance to attend his concert in 2012 with the Egmont score and Mozart Requiem and that was absolutely fascinating especially that full minute of silence at the end of the concert. We were all performers and audience in unisson with this great musician.

[@Amelia4144]

+Bill Sullivan And they should go to the doctor's: something is wrong in their health ...

[@shiroisho]

irremplazable , es y serà su festival

[@ukjinheo5068]

마에스트로 영면하소서.

[@onesimo4206]

03:02

[@pega17pl]

(3:05) Leider hat Mahler "Nicht fuchteln!" bei seiner ehrfurchtsvollen Hommage an Beethoven vergessen.

[@ukjinheo5068]

영면하소서 마에스트로여.

[@sashakingcrimson5462]

💻💻💻💻

[@hyunjeonglee2207]

3:05

[@rafmatignon1030]

Quando qualche "autorità" (si fà per dire) italiana si accorgerà di aver avuto e con la morte perso uno dei più grandi direttori d'orchestra e interpreti del mondo , dopo Toscanini,?

[@redvs3996]

Nos queda Mutti

[@guilhermecaldas7358]

F

[@alexandresaddi7082]

R.I.P Mastro Abbado ♥️ Where can I watch the whole concert?