Organ Symphony Saint-Saëns | Symphony no. 3 c-minor, op.78

[@davidburtonwood1449]

Beautiful! Great to see a diverse looking set of younger players

[@Longin-Marie-ii1iu]

I am Japanese. I was very touched and impressed.

[@lxdgr8]

I didn’t know this existed. Thanks, KZbin for throwing this gem my way!!!

[@nailbitter310]

Yes, thank you, KZbin algorithm!

[@leabee9990]

Bravo..... magnificent conducting by Maestro Hernandez with brilliant intuitive skills exhibited.. great organ and the four hands piano is one of the great movements with in one of the greatest orchestra and organ pieces ever written....

[@heldiovillar5094]

Had the privilege to go to a live performance of this wonderful piece in Hampstead, London, in 1989 with the great Jennifer Bate at the organ. Unforgettable!

[@kevindavidson6242]

What a Magnificent Organ in a Magnificent Structure, Fantastic Acoustics, Great Organist, by the way. Great Job! Thanks So Much for Sharing!! Keep up the Great Work! Thanks Again! Beauty Full

[@RobinHillyard]

This performance is a very fine achievement. The quality of the sound is remarkable for this type of venue. The orchestra really brings out the enthusiasm that Saint-saens put into this masterpiece.

[@ruudknegjens2367]

fantastic production and a fantastic performance .......

[@MauriceL2006]

I really love how engaging this interpretation is. The texture and layers are so clearly presented - especially the piano part which I have not noticed before. A rare gem for Saint-Saens' symphonic work!

[@arteguey]

Excellent interpretation and recording. Thanks for uploading.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

It's like reading a magnificent poem about the universe

[@shin-i-chikozima]

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[@anandsamuel1978]

What a beautiful Symphony and a superb performance! . Didn't know Saint-Saens wrote this even though I had heard this symphony before!

[@englishrose47]

It all goes very quiet. They’re waiting, we’re waiting, Then at 31.08 it comes crashing in like a thunderbolt. We’re all blown into the middle of next week! Absolute genius by Camille Saint Saens.

[@YX4zf3]

What a beautiful performance! I think the tempo of the final movement is perfect. So many conductors play it too fast, making it more of an Allegro vivace rather than a Maestoso.

[@RonaldWilliams-rz6wp]

I love energy behind the conductors' direction. It just brings out the enthusiasm of the musicians that she is facing. The whole ensemble plays so tidy which makes this French work clearly recognizable and understandable. Nice rural provincial sound too.

[@jgesselberty]

A perfect setting for this work, and the tempo was wisely chosen to compensate for the reverberation of the venue.

[@engelbertschoormans]

Wauw!! Klasse Geerten.

[@mike-williams]

I love this piece and have listened to it many times, but this time with completely fresh ears. What an engaging and transparent performance!

[@libiahernandez9080]

thanks so much!

[@shawardara]

Really tight, energetic performance. Marvellous.

[@zarbithechti]

C'est une bien belle performance, vive et compacte, avec un son d'ensemble à faire pâlir les cathédrales. Content, quoi !

[@johnweddel687]

Excellent! Solid tempo, clean playing by the orchestra, good balance between the orchestra and the organ.......and an organist who isn't shy about using the resoruces of the instrument!

[@pieterspaans]

Excellente symbiose van orkestrale en orgelmuziek in een prima afwisseling. Zeer wel geslaagde combi.

[@englishrose47]

It all goes so quiet. They’re waiting, we’re waiting. Then at 31.08 it comes crashing in like a thunderbolt and blows everyone into the middle of next week! Absolute genius by Saint Saens.

[@neiljosephbennett9119]

Bravo! Absolutely sterling performance!

[@charleshuijskens7950]

Prachtig concert en de geluidskwaliteit is erg goed!

[@boolofsson3367]

beautiful performance... and nice tempo. ThankYou!

[@ivanbeshkov1718]

The entire symphony is gorgeous. The first movement recalls Fingal's Cave, later Berlioz's Phantastique. Perhaps the bombastic last movement should be played separately, like the third movement of Beethoven's ninth, the second of Brahms' first symphony, the second of Haydn's 104, and of course Mahler's adagietto. Sometimes one isn't in the mood for an entire symphony just for the sake of one favorite movement. I welcome the recent trend in classical radio programming of playing individual movements. This takes my breath away 10:26

[@meyerlandman8762]

I recently discovered this symphony (and, by extension, the conductor) and have fallen absolutely, positively head over heels.

[@ninilustig]

Danke, sehr schöne music, …thanks for sharing ❤️

[@tonyallen3253]

Wonderful tempi, clarity and acoustics!

[@ejb7969]

Who are you, Sound Wave Collective? You are MARVELOUS! What an engaging group of musicians!

[@ejb7969]

I enjoyed every second of watching this video! See my other replies for details about how much I liked this.

[@markgray7007]

Lovely!❤️

[@victorgaete5795]

Creo que es la mejor versión de esta sinfonía que he escuchado en mi vida; yo se que cada interpretación es algo personal de cada artista, pero esta es la que me ha llenado más el gusto al oírla; principalmente puede ser porque es la que destaca el sonido del órgano principalmente, que en otras versiones aparece como muy disminuido. Gracias por esta puesta.

[@pirarucu72]

Magnificent!

[@arteguey]

The best interpretation I've heard!!!!!!!!!

[@JeanPaul-Hol65]

I think it would be better to avoid such optimistic judgments ... 😉

[@arteguey]

@@JeanPaul-Hol65 WHy? I didn't say it is the best interpretation ever; just that is the best I've heard. It's my personal experience.

[@pieromarson7617]

Bravissimi!!!

[@AthSamaras]

Thank You...!!! ...!!!

[@jepcorp]

WHOA! just whoa!

[@terrymetzger9909]

Look how happy those pianists are to be playing Fazioli

[@luisantonarellano3608]

Bravo Darío. Enhorabuena desde tu pueblo.

[@ilmontanaroignorante]

Ottima interpretazione

[@PA2OLD]

Wow, prachtige uitvoering! En een waar het orgel eens echt tot zijn recht komt. En waar het orgel precies 'in tune' staat met het orkest! Ik heb opnames waar dat niet is wat zeer storend is.

[@barronhung8246]

31:24

[@paoloangeri5146]

stupenda esecuzione bravissimi complimenti

[@sydneykiwi]

🎉👏🏻

[@catherinehegazi4440]

lovvvve the organ entering in at 31+

[@Mezzotenor]

Mr. van de Wetering, I greatly enjoyed your contribution to this performance. That said, the conductor at times seemed to be holding back the tempo unnecessarily, e.g., 33:39. Maybe this is because the sound engineers advised that the room was too live to play the symphony more briskly, that it might become a blur. Both sections of the first movement seemed to start hesitantly.

[@markfortuin7111]

Pity the camera hardly focused on the organist. A fine performance indeed.

[@McDuff_ZA]

It would have been nice to see his fingers in action

[@matthiaskotthoff5554]

An early masterpiece of progressive rock! Just wished a band like Yes, ELP or Genesis had played this!

[@stephaneroos9002]

the maestro gives to this masterpiece an incredible brilliance.The orchestra is awsome, and the organist just perfect. Some excellence !

[@renzo6490]

2nd movement begins at 12 minutes.

[@hpux4878]

Organ and Orchestra sound perfectly equilibrated

[@musicgroup237]

The most beatiful piece start at 11:10 or 11:30 or 11:46 or 12:10 (night and moonlight) ... ... then 16:51 (the melody is so warm to touch people heart) ... ... then 18:25 back to night and moonlight and repeat something differents ...... until 23:00

[@michaelmcgovern8110]

Did any plaster fall? Glass rattle? Nice JOB!!!

[@angusrobertsonpianist]

Magnificent, especially the last movement between 32.46&33.35, when the orchestra and the organ play together,& also from 39.00 to the end- exciting finish! Always loved this symphony since I was a kid.

[@king-xerxus7040]

The version I’ve ever heard.

[@king-xerxus7040]

The very best version I’ve ever heard. It emphasizes the Organ to its fullest potential as prescribed by the title of this piece.

[@CarlosPT-hb6zb]

Something failed with the final percussion. Would be made more fast, deep and strong. Very good organ and the 4 hands piano was fantastic.

[@aaronjorgefridman5662]

Bien interpretado. Bien orquesta, directora, músicos. Mal el director de cámaras, mal ubicadas. En ningún momento se ve el rostro de la directora. Una pena

[@robert-skibelo]

The video director is presumably used to filming football matches and riots for television. He has not the faintest musical understanding. The camera jumps nervily all over the place in a way that has no relation to the music and is simply an unwelcome distraction that ruins a good performance. Best to listen and not look at the picture.

[@ejb7969]

I don't agree at all. The video shows the players and the hall. It's not obtrusive, and well-coordinated with the music without being didactic.

[@gerardvandijk4452]

Orgelsymphony jammer dat het orgel en de organist het minst te zien zijn

[@McDuff_ZA]

I still prefer the 3rd Movement by Jonathan Scott

[@joseiovino]

Superb interpretation, but too much reverb on the recording. Why interfere with such a beautiful performance that way?

[@paulybarr]

That's the natural acoustic of a large, high- ceilinged, stone church; it's nothing to do with the engineering. No engineer would put that much reverb on a recording!

[@jorgezacharias4447]

Bravissimi!!! But the organ whas so piano, I like more force!

[@carryfreak5059]

I think the organ was giving all it had!

[@crw3736]

Fantastic organ sound. Congratulations to the organ builder.

[@evapendaki2530]

Beautifull But the sound not well ballanced for the Organ and Piano, they were choked by the Orchestre

[@ejb7969]

I disagree, as do many other commenters here. The balances were lovely, clear and revealing. The piano passages sound that way in all recordings. And the organ is usually overdone in recordings and live performances. Here it was foregrounded without being overwhelming. Bravo musicians, conductor and recording engineer!

[@hostlangr]

Eva Pendaki - correct!

[@hostlangr]

@@ejb7969, "...the church's echo-ey acoustic"?? See for example Notre Dame de Paris...........!! 1997, Casadesus - Lefebvre. or Eglise Saint-Eustache, Paris.. 2018, Soriano - Ospital.

[@平原直-f4u]

Ugly performance ! The comprehension of conductor on this symphony is totally misunderstanding and resulted miserable performance which should be too their regrets of orchestra members as well as audiences. However nothing is wrong with players except conjunction of tone is not well blended in some sections. Total playing time of 40:52 is telling everything. That’s why music is stopped and stopped at every page of score. Should you be against my opinion, please take a listen to performances such as Charles Munch, Jean Martinon, Michel Plasson, Charles Dutoit, Myung-Whun Chung. On their each performance music flows as river goes as well as controls varying the tempo or speed of each theme at will. Total playing time of each performance is of course less than 40 minutes.

[@ejb7969]

Ugly comment! The slower tempo was appropriate because of the church's echo-ey acoustic. I thought it was BRILLIANT to use a reduced string section, and the conductor maintained the musical line BEAUTIFULLY. The slower tempo revealed so many lovely details that usually whiz by in faster performances, exciting as they are. I love the classic Munch recording, and I've heard it live with one of the world's greatest orchestras. I also LOVE this TERRIFIC performance!

[@hostlangr]

@@ejb7969, "...the church's echo-ey acoustic"?? See for example the performance in Notre Dame de Paris...........!! 1997, Casadesus - Lefebvre. or Eglise Saint-Eustache, Paris.. 2018, Soriano - Ospital....!

[@ejb7969]

@@hostlangr I can't "sea" an acoustic. Are these recordings you are citing? I don't recognize the names you're mentioning. But nothing disproves my statement about the reverberant acoustic here - it's very audible in the fast music.

[@hostlangr]

@et7w 👍 Etwas 'verschlafene' Aufführung mAn. Die Beispiele zum Vergleich sind auf yt zu finden. Da gibt es noch viel mehr Hall! Trotzdem sind sie ausgezeichnet.