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

[@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

[@Ashley-q4n6y]

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

[@keltus_warrior6491]

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

[@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. 🎹

[@dongenovese1809]

“. . . the best that humanity has to offer . . . .” Hear - hear.

[@klárafekete-x3q]

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

[@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😊😊

[@27brigitte]

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

[@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.🧡🙏

[@Mr2Big2Tall]

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

[@VladimirFanshil]

The orchestra sounds incredible 👏👏👏

[@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!…

[@marcelocarosio3282]

a remarcable young conductor, very young with a graet talent

[@madraven07]

Brilliant camera work.

[@DDReed-y1i]

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

[@miuzefreak]

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

[@DDReed-y1i]

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

[@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.

[@classicallpvault8251]

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]

🤭@@classicallpvault8251

[@bloodgrss]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKXCh6x6bLmIZpo

[@joellazar1312]

@@classicallpvault8251 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.

[@hiroshiyoo664]

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

[@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.

[@Dylonely42]

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

[@Dylonely42]

👏👏👏🙏

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@NZC_Meow]

Finally a recording with clear sound for the solos

[@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.

[@osgrath]

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

[@pierocells]

Magnifique interprétation ! Merci !

[@jimmorgan5612]

Yes, Mahler, dark and brooding.

[@micheleo49]

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

[@ramiroalvarez4166]

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

[@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!

[@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.🧡

[@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)

[@suelenlima4203]

just Incredible!

[@Bornsteler]

Thank you for the full uncut version!

[@bobschaaf2549]

What conductor takes cuts?

[@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.

[@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.

[@stephaneragondet4268]

klaus makela est extraordinaire , fantastique chef d'orchestre

[@ronhatley2444]

A stunning performance! Brava tutti!

[@nelladewaal1]

SUBLIME!!! Thank you!!

[@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

[@johnpetefish3597]

Fantastic Interpretation! So much passion.

[@Ramblin-Man]

Superstar Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä (pronouced like how "Maix-que-laix" would sound in French...), 28 is the new and youngest head conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since it was founded in 1891. Mäkelä had served previously as chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic in Norway since 2020, and the music director of Orhcestre de Paris since 2021. This was announced two days ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqbXXnWKhrCiisU

[@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.

[@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.

[@susisujetin]

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

[@kurtarmbruster]

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

[@julianb.9824]

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

[@JFKvictoryequation]

ほんと素晴らしいよマーラーさんは 泣ける

[@pauliberg3492]

brilliant conductor

[@youcl5840]

amazing wow

[@henboker3]

I'm speechless!

[@jamesmatthews905]

So are we all!

[@Ginkgo_biloba]

1:32:40 beautiful trumpet chorale

[@newlovewaver]

Beautiful❤

[@Dylonely42]

Thank you !

[@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.

[@kevmortensen7462]

In one word: magnificent!

[@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???

[@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!

[@allenhubbard7090]

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

[@dst0212]

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

[@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 🔥🕌✨

[@vasilisgure]

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

[@back2me225]

Excellent❤🎉

[@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. ❤❤❤

[@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🙏

[@jamesmatthews905]

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

[@allenhubbard7090]

Next best thing to being there

[@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 ❤❤❤❤

[@DDReed-y1i]

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

[@andremxa3163]

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

[@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

[@JWP452]

Absolutely Beautiful Performance.

[@Pmenom]

Beautiful performance until last movement.

[@tjauzz]

WOW!!!

[@石崎秀樹-j7k]

まるでブルックナー！最高。

[@dst0212]

Gustav mahler, Schutzpatron der Blechbläser

[@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 !

[@qqqqq-zk6wi]

좋은 연주는 멋진 곡을 더욱더 새롭게 보게 하는군요!!!!!!!!

[@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

[@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.

[@hirooza3637]

集中力の高いすばらしい演奏。まだまだ成長の余地があるこの若手指揮者を注目していたいと思う。 ソリスト、concertmaster皆がすばらしい。いつかライヴで鑑賞したい。

[@christophehorton1070]

This is very good.

[@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。

[@jgesselberty]

Might be the recording engineers, but the timpani can hardly be heard. This compromises the entire final pages of this well conducted and well played work.

[@mswdesign9164]

I don't see the effort, so while it could be the engineers, it's also on Klaus. HAve you listened to the Orozco-Estrada video? That's how you do it.

[@packer812]

It might be the accoustics. I remember when I used to attend concerts in the Oslo Concerthall in the 90's. The timpani could hardly be heard. The musicians complained that they couldn't hear eachother. The orchestra deserves a better hall to play in.

[@baldrbraa]

@@packer812My experience also. I went to lots of concerts (last minute cheap tickets, always way in the back) when I was studying music in 80s. Later when I got to visit other concert halls in Europe, it was shocking to hear what the music could really sound like.

[@packer812]

@@baldrbraa ​ I heard the Oslo Phil in the Musikverein many years ago. I could hardly believe it was the samw orchestra that I had previously heard in the Oslo Concerthall. It was a completely different sound. You could actually hear the timpani and the woodwind and strings sounded much warmer. An entirely different experience.

[@Edward_Hughes]

Of all the performances of Mahler's Third I've heard, I think maybe this is the closest to perfection.

[@bloodgrss]

Must not have heard many...kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKXCh6x6bLmIZpo

[@maxlinder5262]

He's very young .....He must have started conducting when he was 13 or14 ....😅... And his face is very interesting ... character...😊

[@Dylonely42]

What is the matter ?

[@石崎秀樹-j7k]

いつ聞いてもこの曲を聞くと葬儀開始前にかけるといいと初めて聞いた時から思いました。

[@canisqmajoris]

Holy mother of god

[@Dylonely42]

49:01

[@janklaas6885]

📍1:01:44

[@deniseucha4136]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@michaelthoseby4682]

Actually this was rather good. Much better than his performance with the Concertgebouw on YT which was just plain dull

[@b286guy]

He has no chemistry with that orchestra.

[@meesvannierop9303]

@@b286guy May I ask on which performances or experiences you base this?

[@peterdunn4633]

But he does.@@b286guy

[@georgoulakisspyros5895]

Την έβαλε στο ωδείο Ηρώδου Αττικού ( Ηρώδειο) αλλά έμπαινε βροχή κρίμα που δεν έγινε

[@Jorgereflexivo]

After 25 minutes we go back to the beginning, oh no!

[@somateria]

Amazing performance. Not having the viennese oboes is still a shortcoming.