Symphony No. 3 / Gustav Mahler / Klaus Mäkelä / Oslo Philharmonic

[@madraven07]

Brilliant camera work.

[@VladimirFanshil]

The orchestra sounds incredible 👏👏👏

[@terryhammond1253]

🎹 This video reveals the absolute highest and best that humanity has to offer and what we can achieve when we come together. Superb orchestral playing...a glorious contralto...and a gifted conductor. Also, the excellent videography highlights the dedication and committment of each of those 100 musicians. An unforgettable performance. 🎹

[@keltus_warrior6491]

Having "discovered" Klaus Mäkelä only recently, I am captivated. His energy and enthusiasm are spell-binding. Klaus is a brilliant conductor.

[@g.alutiw3121]

Such a phenomanal young Conductor !!! He discoveres so much emotion in this masterpiece as possible - awesome !

[@Ashley-q4n6y]

Such an extraordinary work by Mahler! Great performance from orchestra and indeed the conductor. Awesome !!

[@ronflying1374]

I did not expect this - I was looking for some to work to. Then, I was completely mesmerised and could not stop. This music is so intensiv, I am totally under the spell of the conductor just like every one of the musicians...and I enjoyed the wonderful trombone solo

[@NeilFiertel]

It is wonderful to hear and see a younger generation listening to the wondrous music that has fulfilled my life for 70 years. One worries that young people have turned away from ever encountering composed music. The schools treat it as an eccentric irrelevant skill or knowledge and most students in North America never have any musical experience. I remember in grade 7 my classes had shop and craft but not music but I managed to slip into an intro to music one day for the older students and the music teacher whose name has forever stayed with me with great honour. Mrs. De Sola introduced me to Tchaikovsky and I fell forever into the world of classical greatness. I did not ever have music training at all but 70 years later here I am enthralled at Mahler's 3rd symphony final movement totally memorized for decades now listening and watching this perfect KZbin with a mixture of young and mature musicians conducted by a brilliant conductor, Makela. I am so very happy my musical hero Mahler lives today in our hearts.

[@Graciela-bq9ir]

Me gusta la música de Mahler y veo que hay gente muy joven interpretandola y no se diga del Director que bueno que todo se conjunta y deleita viéndolo s y oyendolos Viva Mahler y sus inter retes😊😊

[@tomboyer5608]

Wow this is an excellent performance. Especially love the 2nd movement -- conductor handles the transitions so beautifully and his communication is crystal clear -- he's easy to follow. Love how he conducts with his eyes. Had to google Makela -- had no idea he was just hired by the Chicago Symphony to be their next music director. (and the Concertgebuow!). What a star.

[@27brigitte]

The composer, the orchestra and the conductor......this is passion in its purest form.....Thank You

[@klárafekete-x3q]

Klaus Makela is a young STAR on the sky of music life! Irresistable, the way he is showing his feelings while conducting!

[@songandwind72]

We don't need him to show his feelings. We need the intentions of the composer to be conveyed. A conductor is just another spoke in the wheel.

[@Claude1Rochon]

@@songandwind72 i'm a music dog with genius and i piss on your leg. your blasé response was not needed here. spoiling other people's admiration is not cool

[@jimmorgan5612]

Yes, Mahler, dark and brooding.

[@Mr2Big2Tall]

Terrific performance, great sound, and excellent videoing! Thanks to everyone.

[@robertjschroff6307]

Dear orchestra and conductor! I heard you in Edinburgh last summer, was such a pleasure truly, but this record is a huge, phenomenal work of you all. Huge congratulations. The last movement is very much demanding, dealing with the wide open slow movement, requires loads of attention, emotional content with huge energy, stressing out a very large canvas of this grandiose movement, providing constant legato, delivering authentically the monumental poetry of the genius composer, Gustav Mahler. You did it perfectly. Wonderful.🧡🙏

[@Markinsky]

I am enjoying this performance. I am totally not a Mahler fan.However, I find this very listenable and I hear the craft in the composition I’m listening to the video rather than watching it. when I was in college, it was the same criticism about Ozawa when he first came on the scene was considered superficial, and we were all wrong. The trombonist is brilliant and plays solo more beautifully than I have ever heard. Bravo.

[@johnvaughan7096]

If that's the best trombonist you've heard, you haven't heard Klaus Brushke!

[@nicholasjagger6557]

Thanks for uploading this as it gives me a chance to see this wunderkind in action: the orchestra is just superb and so committed.

[@CarlosO.Santacruz]

Stunning performance, astonishing music-making and beautiful, thoughtful videography... and the nice touch of mystery, not showing the solo trumpet in the 3rd movement (49:00) where the camera pans above and away off-stage, towards the rafters (the mezzanine?) where the sound is coming from, but we don't see the player! That moment when the music dies down to focus on the distant horn call, reminds me of R.H. Blyth's poetic musing: "...Yet we feel the majesty, the dignity of mankind more than in Hamlet's most tragic speeches. Othello at his most poetic, Lear at his most pathetic, Macbeth at his most desperate, have not the grandeur of the old shepherd who... 'Still looked up to sun and cloud, And listened to the winds.' And then when he enters the music again (57:20) we only see him from the back. He deserves a credit mention, at the very least, for his wonderful performance! Cheers, massolrac 😎🖖Live Long & Prosper!

[@nelladewaal1]

SUBLIME!!! Thank you!!

[@martz1945]

Klaus Mäkelä impressiona-me pela sua juventude e mestria. A Filarmónica de Oslo é magnífica. Não sei quantas vezes já ouvi a mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston cantar no quinto movimento, bem como o coro (1:11:28). Afinal ainda há coisas belas neste mundo! Obrigado (Martz Inura)

[@barney6888]

This is rather good imo and I managed to listen to it on the maestro's birthday. Great orchestra and wonderful conductor. Singing is great !

[@docbailey3265]

So glad it suits your fancy.

[@andrewhaigh1531]

Utterly compelling from start to finish. Just goes to prove that with total rapport between a formidable orchestra and inspired conductor what can be achieved. Also many thanks for the first class presentation provided.

[@classicallpvault]

What? His Sibelius symphony cycle was an absolute shambles. This guy is the most overhyped classical musician in the world after André Rieu.

[@MaxPower-grrl]

🤭@@classicallpvault

[@bloodgrss]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKXCh6x6bLmIZpo

[@joellazar1312]

@@classicallpvault only seen a live Sibelius First which struck me as overconducted. This Mahler 3, as of halfway through the first movement is noisy and unidiomatic, That the orchestra seems engaged is in his favor. Technique rudimentary, concept, primitive. It will be interesting to see how- or if - he evolves.

[@pierocells]

Magnifique interprétation ! Merci !

[@osgrath]

What a glorious performance of an esquisite work of art. Mahler was a genius and Mäkelä is a 21st century genius.

[@miuzefreak]

01:01:45 mezzo soprano JENNIFER JOHNSTON… A REVELATION for me. fantastic!

[@cynthiaedlow5671]

Unquestionably, you wild horn-blowers and wand-sawers and stick-pounders - Best Band on the Planet!! Klaus, never forget the Oslo P is truly your home, no matter where you roam, brilliant young man.🧡

[@marcelocarosio3282]

a remarcable young conductor, very young with a graet talent

[@jamesmatthews905]

This is my favorite Mahler Symphony, although I love them all.

[@davidstahl5707]

What a MARVELOUS surprise to find this this morning in suggested videos!! One of my favorite symphonies and an introduction to a very talented and splendid conductor!! And to some other commenters I can hear the tympani quite well.

[@juergensteiniger5118]

I agree. Und nicht die vorzügliche Bildregie vergessen…So sehe ich endlich einmal die Einsätze der einzelnen Instrumente, danke dafür.

[@eagle1ear]

First Movement, Well done! Excellent ensemble balance and rhythmic cohesion. Slow movements are tough! Hard to keep the line flowing. Excellent solo players throughout, especially the trombonist! Very rich sound from the brass, all sections.

[@Valeria.NicolettA.]

Bellissimo ❤❤❤ grazie mille amore mio per inviarmi questa meraviglia ❤

[@ronhatley2444]

A stunning performance! Brava tutti!

[@suelenlima4203]

just Incredible!

[@Bornsteler]

Thank you for the full uncut version!

[@bobschaaf2549]

What conductor takes cuts?

[@johnpetefish3597]

Fantastic Interpretation! So much passion.

[@DDReed-y1i]

The flute player's eyes seem to smile all the time and SO talented

[@hiroshiyoo664]

Amazing performance and video editing!!!👏🏻👏🏻 You can everyone’s energies are together here for Mahler’s music. Everyone look so beautiful ❤

[@alpanito]

1:35:15 la música más bella y sublime jamás escrita! 😭

[@stephaneragondet4268]

klaus makela est extraordinaire , fantastique chef d'orchestre

[@AdamPalatine]

Well played, Oslo. Well conducted, Maestro Mäkelä! For me, this is one of Mahler's most interesting symphonies. There are countless surprising moments and truly ravishing parts. My favorite classic recording is Jean Martinon with Chicago in 1963. It's fresh and almost unhinged, almost wild compared to this much more regulated, though elegant performance.

[@Dylonely_9274]

Respect to all the musicians here and thank you for sharing this performance.

[@Dylonely_9274]

👏👏👏🙏

[@julianb.9824]

really wish I could see this music in action with movies... WOW, Unglaublich

[@Cyber_Khan_]

I just listened to the final movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3, performed by Klaus Mäkelä with the Oslo Philharmonic. I must acknowledge the technical quality of the performance. However, as someone who has shed tears of joy and pleasure while listening to Mahler under certain conductors, I found this performance lacked the emotional depth that typically moves me with Mahler's works. I believe Klaus Mäkelä still has room to delve deeper into the profound layers of Mahler's music to truly capture its emotional essence.

[@michaelkamowski6304]

Interesting perspective. I’m curious, though-are you suggesting that an emotionally moving experience, such as shedding tears, is the definitive measure of a conductor’s skill or understanding of Mahler’s music? While I appreciate that music can be deeply personal, I wonder if it’s fair to judge Klaus Mäkelä’s interpretation solely based on whether it elicited that particular reaction.

[@YngvilVG]

This is common complaint about Makela's conducting - I' m not sure I agree, and in any case, well, the orchestra is free to show him a thing or two , which I'm sure they did in rehearsal! Interesting to see where this young talented conductor is in 2030 years after a little heartache and resistance in life ... :)

[@hugogarciadelavega503]

Para mí, Bernstein es el director que mejor supo identificarse con Mahler. Su vídeo de la 3 sinfonía es magnífico y el nivel de emotividad conseguido en el último movimiento es simplemente inigualable.

[@hugogarciadelavega503]

@@michaelkamowski6304 se trata de una valoración subjetiva, en función de la carga emocional subjetiva que le produjo la interpretación. Es algo personal y una forma legítima de analizar una interpretación, a mi modo de ver

[@わたなべまこと-r5n]

It is very disappointing that the "Good button" can only be pressed once. Thank you for the opportunity to hear such a wonderful performance.

[@Ginkgo_biloba]

1:32:40 beautiful trumpet chorale

[@takwahlai8016]

Very happy to find this video, I recently heard Klaus Mäkelä conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Vienna, he created such a music that made me so moving, especially in the finale.

[@Spike-os2yc]

I was there as well! It was one of the peaks of my life

[@associationservidom]

Il faut être Mahler pour écrire 1h40 minutes de musique sans une seconde d'ennui !

[@kurtarmbruster]

In the first movement I hear eerie portents of coming war. A magnificent reading.

[@micheleo49]

Bravo ! Force, finesse, écoute de l'Orchestre... Direction magistrale de ce jeune Chef ! Klaus Makela ... Mahler lui va très bien

[@susisujetin]

This is an amazing symphony, Gustav Mahler was a genius!

[@autoghg]

Fantastic! Favorite orchestra witj favorite conductor and favorite composer (and third favorite symphony)!! I'm already very curious to see what you will upload next! I'm hoping for more brilliant perfomances and interpretations of masterworks!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

We are all hoping! Klaus Mäkelä has a tough program with Olso and then Amsterdam and then Paris.

[@pauloles2475]

What an emotive piece!! From the conductor, to the musicianship and all the way into the bodily contortions of the players. Wonderful

[@youcl5840]

amazing wow

[@BrucknerMotet]

The tail end of the finale imports a certain "reveling in the brass" sound that you can hear in Sibelius' 7th Symphony. And interesting to hear that massive organ sound on the closing chord.

[@pauliberg3492]

brilliant conductor

[@Madaduxum]

How unbelievably young he is. Really good Mahler too, by the way. The bimm bomm was great, perhaps my favorite part, down right spooky and frighteningly vehement.

[@MegaCirse]

Ecouter Malher, c'est abolir le déferlement des bruits et des images du quotidien pour entrouvrir l'espace d'un ailleurs où la contingence et la représentation cèdent la place à l'immatérialité du sensible. La puissance expressive de l'architecture sonore rompt avec toute forme de transcription du réel pour s'attacher à l'expression d'un univers fabuleux où la couleur et le rythme constituent une respiration qui donne souffle à l'exaltation 🔥🕌✨

[@docbailey3265]

Holy crap! I just started listening to Mahler. The last movement is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard. No, wait! The Adagietto from the 5th is. No, wait! The last movement from the 4th is. No, wait! The finale of the 6th is. No, wait!…

[@pckoha57]

The camera work was directed by conductor, simply brilliant.

[@JFKvictoryequation]

ほんと素晴らしいよマーラーさんは 泣ける

[@Dylonely_9274]

Thank you !

[@lourdesmatavera4288]

La dirección de Claus Mäikëla nos hace descubrir otras formas magníficas de escuchar las grandes obras maestras.

[@nimetchahnazaroff2539]

Es la 1ra vez qué lo escucho .Malher es bravo.

[@ramiroalvarez4166]

Para mí es realmente conmovedora esta interpretación, Mil gracias, desde Colombia

[@NZC_Meow]

Finally a recording with clear sound for the solos

[@henboker3]

I'm speechless!

[@jamesmatthews905]

So are we all!

[@hugogarciadelavega503]

Grande, Klaus Mäkelä! qué madurez demuestra al gestionar la complejidad de la obra, la capacidad par asumirla en su descomunal dimensión y su amplísima orquestación. Realmente, ya es uno de los grandes del momento actual. La Filarmónica de Oslo (no había escuchado esta orquesta) es magnífica y los numerosos solos que Mahler propone (como en todas sus sinfonias), resueltos a gran nivel. En resumen, una extraordinaria versión, sin acercarse, eso sí a la mítica de Bernstein en Wien en los años 70, pero en un muy digno puesto. Gracias por compartir

[@TheSecretRep]

Beautiful❤

[@johnvaughan7096]

The Scouse Diva!!! What a voice! I heard her at Lyon with David Zinman whom she thought was the best. Wonder what she made of little boy Klaus???

[@back2me225]

Excellent❤🎉

[@hybridlife5303]

He is a genius conductor. Mäkelä, All Japanese classical music fans are waiting for your concert. Please come to Japan as many times as you like.

[@nbrewer667]

So I've never head these oddly bent/trilled notes in the short english horn/oboe motif at 1:04:24 and 1:06:16. (I am hearing three notes where, in other performances, I have only ever heard two.) I just saw Mäkelä conduct this in Cleveland, and man, the weird way this motif was played called attention to itself and kind of took me out of the moment. It was even more exaggerated in Cleveland. Initially I assumed it was a flubbed note, but if it was then it was flubbed four times by two different musicians. So maybe this is how Mäkelä wants it to sound? In this video, the same motif appears at 1:08:05 and 1:10:20 seem normal.

[@dst0212]

Toll gemacht, an alle ganz besonders an Mahler, Klaus Mäkelä und dem Orchester ❤

[@マスターメグミン]

出だしの緊張感が素晴らしい👍

[@dst0212]

Was für ein Ende. ❤❤❤

[@henrithellier7684]

Quelle Maestria,,,Quelle énergie.. pour un si jeune chef...Du talent de la science ...d´une conduite d´Orchestre .d´une perfection hors-normes.. Et quelle sensibilité !!!! Si haut nos compliments ne peuvent l´atteindre Bravo avec toutes nos émotions !!!!.

[@MahlerHolic1860]

A great 3rd with a beautifully paced final movement. My favourite mezzo sang "O Mensch! Gib Acht" so I'm happy.

[@RumiRose12]

She was phenomenal!

[@MahlerHolic1860]

@@RumiRose12 I completely agree!

[@JT-qr8lt]

Great performance! Thank you so much for uploading! Now I must go to Oslo next year to catch live! Pls pls take this to Edinburgh next year🙏

[@vasilisgure]

Beautiful 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Thank you .

[@WaM1756]

At a very young age, he truly understands Mahler (my POV).

[@bloodgrss]

Not mine...

[@WaM1756]

@@bloodgrss For his age, truly exceptional I would say. Maybe not quite Lenny, but pretty amazing nonetheless!

[@youmothershouldknow4905]

David Hurwitz at Classics Today rips this guy to shreds

[@bloodgrss]

Yes, and for the most part rightly so. But Dave has a bit of a 'not recency' bias, and Klaus is a serious musician who may mature in time to the greatness his fans mistakenly claim for him today. Perhaps Yuja Wang will influence him forward...@@youmothershouldknow4905

[@joellazar1312]

@@youmothershouldknow4905 I rarely agree with David H, who detests my mentor, Jascha Horenstein, but I find this awfully prosaic and overblown.

[@rickack8176]

Right up there with Chailly.

[@allenhubbard7090]

It's great to see the Neo-Romantic School baton so ably picked up by a younger generation.

[@NZC_Meow]

Can you guys please post a video of something Shostakovich or Mahler on my birthday on 4th December next year too? It would be the best birthday gift ever ❤❤❤❤

[@JWP452]

Absolutely Beautiful Performance.

[@kevmortensen7462]

In one word: magnificent!

[@allenhubbard7090]

Next best thing to being there

[@symphonyofsolidarity]

My birthday is on 4th December, can you please upload a Mahler or Shostakovich video like you uploaded this one last year??? Please 😭 I love you Oslo Philharmonic, I listen to you almost everyday ❤ please please it would be the best birthday gift, just like last year 😭😭😭😭

[@石崎秀樹-j7k]

まるでブルックナー！最高。

[@ritamonkovich1469]

Hello! I follow your majestic pace around the stages - always in excellent shape - and since I am a composer I want to ask you if there is any possibility of performing my works to orchestra by you leading (of course). I"ll be glad to be informed in any case. Take care - all the best

[@DDReed-y1i]

I love this orchestra and, of course, the conductor!!

[@shupingwang3392]

This is such a well balanced orchestra ! And some credit needs to go to the conductor.

[@lausanneguy]

How good is *this*!

[@gt-lv3zo]

it's not !

[@Pmenom]

Beautiful performance until last movement.

[@zaqn-xs3ny]

1楽章ラストの白熱ぶりに思わず何人か拍手しちゃってるの目茶苦茶気持わかる。

[@ruffino6219]

The performance, sound quality, and video quality are top-notch. However, despite being in widescreen ratio, the video feels somewhat scattered and cramped. For orchestral performances, the main focus should be on showing the entire ensemble, with individual instruments and performers highlighted only at characteristic moments. This video feels rather scattered as it focuses too heavily on individual instruments and performers.

[@qqqqq-zk6wi]

좋은 연주는 멋진 곡을 더욱더 새롭게 보게 하는군요!!!!!!!!

[@andremxa3163]

If there was Heaven, that would be the music when one gets to the Gates.

[@DDReed-y1i]

One important thing is that the musicians all seem to respond to him.

[@tjauzz]

WOW!!!

[@christophehorton1070]

This is very good.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

With this interpretation I think it is time for a great revival of this third sympony.

[@michaelthoseby4682]

It's actually pretty commonplace in the concert hall already

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@michaelthoseby4682 Is it? I have not noticed.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Like most of Mahler symphonies it gets overplayed. Don't get me wrong I love this music, I think Mahler is one of the greatest composers ever. But the obsession with concert programmers with his music is doing it a disservice. It's in danger of becoming business as usual. And this music should never be business as usual.@@staffanolofsson8201

[@hsr.babY123]

​@@Quotenwagnerianerit is just thar we now see and hear many more orchestras online than ever before.

[@jeff2446]

Great performance. Can anyone recommend recordings (CDs/other high-quality audio) that is as dynamic and exciting as this performance?

[@matthewbbenton]

Leonard Bernstein’s recording with the NY Phil.

[@dionysioschalkomatas39]

To me the best Mahler 3 is Claudio Abbado with Vienna Philarmonic and Jessy Norman (Deutsche Grammophon).

[@nerowolfe5175]

Andres Orozco Estrada/Frankfurt. A revelation. It is only available on KZbin, as far as I know. For sheer balls- to-the-wall wondrous beautiful crazy, Tennstedt/Minnesota is also on KZbin.

[@jeff2446]

@@nerowolfe5175 Thank you and to the others who made suggestions!

[@bloodgrss]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKXCh6x6bLmIZpo