MTT/SFS: Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 - 2nd mvmt

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the San Francisco Symphony in a performance of Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony.

[@sr14225]

William Bennett just passed away, so sad, he was a brilliant oboe player. I remember Michael Tilson Thomas from his Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra days. He's an incredible conductor. I wish my conductor would have given me this much liberty when I played this solo. William did such a beautiful job with that solo. It takes a bit of air, no good place to breathe.

[@sieunl]

Dear Mr. Bennett, Thank you for your beautiful playing. You will stay in our hearts for many, many more years to come. Rest in peace. It is so heartbreaking to see other beautiful faces in this video who have also passed away...

[@BytomGirl]

Absolute perfection,,, the music that permeates the soul, the oboe solo, the conducting and incredible orchestra... like being in a dream floating among the stars... I am coming back to it again and again...

[@mydogskips2]

+BytomGirl I agree. It is played just a bit slower than most others, which to me is the perfect tempo. And the oboist, he just plays with such a soft and delicate tone, wonderfully nuanced expression, it's beautiful. The tonal balance of the orchestra is just amazing too, it's so smooth. And the phrasing is perfect as well, everything is so even; it really is as close to absolute perfection as I can imagine.

[@BytomGirl]

mydogskips2 Thank you, that is exactly how I feel, it's even better to be in Davies Hall and listen to it live... I have been to many of SFS concerts as it is my local orchestra. This oboist sadly passed away shortly after this concert. RIP. Another perfection is Adagietto from 5th symphony of Mahler conducted by Bernstein, it's like a meditation for the soul.

[@leia.amidala77]

Star Trek Voyager Counterpoint:D It's nice to have someone around who appreciates a bit of Tchaikovsky no and then....your shuttle will be ready within the hour

[@jeremysmith7597]

Beautifully done! I love the rubato. I love how expressive everyone is. So much nuance! This is one of my favorite pieces, and this is my favorite interpretation of it. I absolutely love this.

[@BytomGirl]

+Jeremy smith Me too... it makes me feel like I am floating among the stars... so peaceful, so beautifully done.. balsam for soul.l

[@JWP452]

William Bennett.... RIP! A brilliant musician and wonderful person. He collapsed on stage during his performance of Strauss oboe concerto, He died a few days thereafter. How sad. :(

[@derajajattnaw4677]

greatest piece of music I've ever heard that literally made me love music again after coronavirus sent me into a depression slump

[@veravvinn]

RIP Bill Bennett and deepest condolences to his family and colleagues.

[@ducklein]

Blll Bennett, Peter Shelton and Larry Granger, all gone now, and all way before their time. How wonderful we have this to listen to and watc to remember them.

[@sallyjdawg]

rest well Mr. Bennett - thank you for all the beauty you gave us.

[@EmanuelGaldr]

I wonder if the audience back then realised they were listening to the ultimate rendition of this movement. This is beyond exceptional.

[@violet055]

This is such a beautiful piece...it literally lead me to tears when i heard the oboe

[@wonyeol.lee.]

"This is the melancholy feeling which comes in the evening when one sits alone, tired from work, having picked up a book but let it fall from one’s hands. A whole host of memories appears. And one is sad because so much is gone, past, and it is pleasant to remember one’s youth..." ---by Peter Tchaikovsky (1878)

[@BytomGirl]

+Wonyeol Lee You took it out of my mouth... I only have memories now, memories of things and people that are never coming back.. of the music we listened to together... and there is only sadness and yearning..

[@lisamartin3399]

Brilliant oboe playing. Bill Bennett will be truly missed. RIP

[@mikevandyke7223]

must be very nice in heaven!

[@joelhihi]

Waouh, what a wonderful oboe !

[@piinkatheart]

amazing eye contact/communication between oboist and mtt! he definitely brings out tchaikovsky's true emotion in this movement!

[@davidpancerev9658]

Albeit rather terse.

[@froggiebassoon]

Gorgeous Bassoon solo, absolutely inspiring. Makes me proud to be a bassoonist.

[@jeepxjdude2000]

Captain Janeway, report to your ready room.

[@elissacousland44]

+jeepxjdude2000 Even years later, it's still the best episode.

[@dphorgan]

+Max Caulfield I really enjoyed the 2 parter, "Year of Hell" episodes.

[@Rhaifha]

YES. This made me appreciate voyager so much more. :D

[@dphorgan]

Dude are you cereal? The episode where the Doc has to "hide" in Seven's body in order to avoid a Xenoholographic group of Aliens was a great one also.

[@leia.amidala77]

I replicated some coffee, black as usual?

[@smthone]

Ever since I heard this play on the Star Trek Voyager episode Counterpoint (random I know), I've been looking for it lol.

[@CaptainM792]

Netflix is very helpful in narrowing the search

[@permaveg]

"Music is the shorthand of emotion" Tolstoy.

[@mariollombart6951]

I usually like russian conductors for russian composers (Pletnev excluded) but i find brilliant maestro Tillson Thomas in this performance

[@EvgeniiaDolinenko]

It's sad to know that the man performing solo oboe died some years ago....

[@robynsalain]

un hautbois inoubliable, une splendeur!

[@abandoomed7968]

there is definitely something to it in this rendition

[@MartijnDendievel]

Rest in peace William Bennett, you were one of the greatest!

[@FilipSandecomposer]

An incredible performance, I have not heard anything like it!...thanks for posting!

[@1972jewish]

prety sad this mov., i cannot help thinking of Tchaikovsky`s sad life & death

[@Mako.sharkeeeeeee]

This is going to be in my recommended because of music class-

[@flutinliz]

RIP, Bill. Thanks for all the notes.

[@9948845]

Un si grande musique dans un tel décors crée un effet si magistral que c'en est presque féerique.

[@oboeguy53]

I have played the Strauss Concerto and, even at age 28, I found it the most difficult composition ever written for the oboe - not only musically but for its superhuman physical demands (akin to trying to force the Pacific Ocean through a collapsed straw for 30 minutes). However, it also one of the most gorgeous compositions I have ever played. While it is sad that we have lost a great oboist, I suspect that Mr. Bennett died a happy person - doing what he loved - playing the music of heaven. RIP

[@RebeccaMooreHealthCoach]

Simply gorgeous oboe solo from Bennett. His music lives... And nobody holds and plays clarinet like that--- classic John Mack, Marcel Tabuteau 6 inches from the body! Unless you're talking European oboists like Holliger or Mayer (?!#$)

[@krijones]

We are all so heartbroken. But I can't help but see that he left this world doing what he loved with all of his closest friends and colleagues.

[@JulieProductions]

Such a sad loss for the oboe community! He will now grace the angels with his beautiful playing.

[@jrbaytown]

A brilliant rendition! It puts my soul at ease from all that is going on in life.

[@JuanDVene]

2:47 Those violas are GIGANTIC O_O

[@hjbajq]

We went to the live performance on 9-25-10. If you ever get a chance to see MTT and SFS, DON'T miss it. They are absolutely wonderful!

[@dutchoboe]

We will miss you Mr. Bennett~ Thank you so much for your magnificent work

[@PurpleZebras150]

Just heard this live today, this movement was my favorite :)

[@LoriZig]

William Bennett, oboe + Steve Paulson, bassoon + Robin McKee, flute + Tim Day, flute = Woodwind Nirvana

[@ViolinTendencies]

Rest in peace, William Bennett 2/28/13

[@cke900]

3:00 violin excerpt starts

[@ikshields]

@ALBIBISBIS Not "self-indulgence" at all. You seem not to know how music like this gets made -- which is expert, collaborative, and carefully rehearsed -- not some kind of ego thing. In this case, the conductor worked with Bennett (the oboe) and Paulson (the bassoon) for exactly this effect, and they delivered as great professionals do. The oboe starts, in a simple, childlike way; then, the bassoon finishes, like the voice of years of wisdom. Try listening again, and you might catch it.

[@Mintdesigns11]

oboe solo make me cry!

[@MrWalbudri]

Simply beautiful

[@robbell.swindon9018]

I want my MTT...Rob Bell Swindon SoundCloud free app Adagio in Cm opus 1 and She's Beautiful derived from this classical piece also Dreams Are Timeless final mix 19th August please enjoy

[@parcivalg.5659]

Ciaikovskij è meraviglioso; le sue idee sono di una bellezza assoluta. È uno dei massimi compositori della storia della musica.

[@callistadenis966]

Magnifique

[@ClarissaBrown-e9b]

Thank you so much, all of you, Mr Thomas, and especially Pyotr Ilyich. Ten achingly beautiful minutes during which I reminisced about my visit to Tchaikovsky's house museum in Klin, and other special places. Clara, South Africa

[@DrSlinkyWW]

Bill Bennet sounds great. Love the vibrato.

[@davidpancerev9658]

I'm sure Bernie Goldberg played it well with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra..my dad was on Bassoon ..RIP to them all.. they deserve the rest.

[@CapriceBozza80]

Don't forget Luis Baez on Bb Clarinet.

[@ivonneperez88]

He is always smiling! He is a very fun person to work with.

[@eunicelam19980626]

Wow both the bassoon and the oboe player played a great solo !

[@rennedescartes2221]

I listen to this music firstly at concert, I liked this part so much.

[@ИннаГруздова-с7н]

превосходной красоты произведения Чайковского в великолепном исполнении . . .👍👏💖ИСКУССТВО . . .

[@StevenHendee]

Such beautiful playing. I feel I grew up with his sound.... RIP.

[@theamazingme4454]

0:50

[@spamacow]

0:50

[@GIOBODAN]

Questo bravissimo oboista suona con gli occhi!

[@duston1649]

My favorite piece from LMEA allstate this year. I was the oboe soloist

[@ALBIBISBIS]

@ikshields Thanks for praising me and making so many suppositions about about me. You call that 'childlike'??? That's like a hippopotamus after swallowing an elephant! The movement's tempo marking is Andantino in modo di canzona which means that there needs to be a certain pace and that it is song-like (a song not a funeral march!). Listen to Karajan, Muti, Abbado and Masur etc.

[@CreateCliches]

Who is the conductor?

[@alvincay100]

CreateCliches Michael Tilson Thomas

[@pwebsers]

@ikshields most epic woodwind quintet ever? we'll need to find a horn player, clarinetist and flautist of the same calibre...

[@cubsfaninstlouis]

Christ is Born!-Glorify Him! I love the second movement! I like this symphony espscially the 2nd movement!

[@peterjohnstone2877]

Thinking a lot about you and Peggy and your two boys Bill. Thank you for all the beauty you gave us all.

[@MrNatti151]

@Jalilvideogeek93 Starbucks is great too,but you are right is music is simple amazing:)

[@minkim3919]

0:00

[@duston1649]

Facts

[@Mciftci93]

Absolutely beautiful! This entire symphony is one of the best I have ever heard. Thank you for uploading! :)

[@MrNatgor]

Это потрясающе. Слушаю и смотрю, не могу оторваться. МТТ - потрясающий дирижер. Я знаю 4-ю смифонию, но так прочувствовать еще через лица и руки исполнителей, особенно МТТ! Как я завидую людям так живущим музыкой1 Спасибо огромное.

[@Jalilvideogeek93]

I listen to this movement every morning. It inspires me. Who needs starbucks?!!

[@chungchihsu2000]

metaphysical comfort.

[@AhmedGs964]

Awesome and incredibly gorgeous!!!!

[@ikshields]

William Bennett, oboe + Steve Paulson, bassoon = Woodwind Nirvana

[@faustinebm5431]

mon morceau préféré

[@GordonKindlmann]

So sad about Bill Bennett Jr.'s passing. Unbelievable.

[@imnotactuallythisold]

RIP Mr. Bennett.

[@theamazingme4454]

5:28

[@tiagobrandao6588]

2:55 what's wrong with that viola on the right side, on the back?

[@matthewlin754]

Extension for comfort.

[@tiagobrandao6588]

the one with the weird shape from the man with grey hair and beard? I didnt realised the was another row behind the one I was talking about

[@matthewlin754]

Yeah, the guy with the gray hair. Are you talking about the guy behind him sitting in his own row?

[@tiagobrandao6588]

Ok we are talking about the same person, I was just making sure. Thanks for the info BTW

[@ptrefftz]

The viola isn't acoustically proportionate to its range. The extra lobes on the side are meant to increase the size of the instrument so that it matches its range.

[@robynsalain]

un grand bonheur de tous les instants!

[@ellis12241]

Hate to say it, but wow he holds his oboe close to his body.

[@LucFortu90]

Love this Oboe Solo.... beautiful sound!

[@yuchichou777]

We lost the great man today...

[@thebudgielover1198]

i just watched this at school

[@Chilangueitor]

William Bennett

[@vidur10]

Nice passionate conducting!

[@MrsButterfly850]

R.I.P. William Bennett

[@clarinetexcerpts]

RIP Bill Bennett....

[@SuperPurplepiano]

RIP William Bennett

[@heatherwright8839]

RIP William Bennett

[@Grolson1993]

RIP William Bennett

[@kiwicherryprincess]

Lovely. :)

[@user-ok6ef9zn4f]

2:53 anyone notice what that violinist is playing? or am I the only one ... ( top right ) 😂

[@gnome8979]

That's Don Ehrlich and his famous misshapen viola.

[@jimmieisstillcool]

1:08, 2:17 1:59, 2:47

[@HarrisonSwitchTX]

1:30 tho

[@alisonkirgis1577]

Superb!

[@oboeplayer9]

Tré Tré Magnifique!

[@unclejohnthezef]

1:35 tho..

[@lennic95]

This guy holds his oboe like a friggin clarinet O.o