Sibelius Symphony No. 2 - Finale (3/3) - Davis/GMJO

[@windstorm1000]

Sibelius loves featuring the cold, lonely tones of the winds against the massed restless strings and barking brass---it certainly is a 'northern' sound--you'd never mistake for the south. Unique sound.

[@AuntieTruth]

That was quite literally the finest performance of the 2nd Symphony. They deserved that monumental ovation.

[@НатальяМовчан-и8ф]

Wonderful Sympfony

[@Johlies]

This is absolutely wonderful. Completely different interpretation than I'm used to, and I like it. These players are playing with such passion and depth that's needed for a piece like this. Sibelius didn't write this symphony on a whim; there's a deep meaning behind it, particularly in this last movement.

[@jerchiury]

"every symphony must involve the world" said Gustav mahler to the young sibelius. and there it is.

[@IvanHernandez-gx4rt]

Sir Colin Davis was a really loved conductor in England and around the world. Great performer of Finish great composer and patriot Jean Sibelius. An absolutely deserved ovation Sir Colin.

[@wodantheviking]

Wow! Near the end Sir Colin tells the orchestra to pull out all the stops. Then you can read his lips saying "Wonderful". Understatement!

[@1tufboy]

I constantly return to this video and play it again and again. So beautifully played with such intensity and emotion and under the direction of Maestro Davis, a master conductor and loving humanitarian.

[@GourouxPete]

Fabulous orchestra - wonderful musicians - legendary conductor Sir Colin. This is a performance to die for!

[@sim100]

Double Basses and Timpanist sweating blood! Truly amazing interpretation!!!

[@yuchichou777]

Despite the fact that this is a youth orchestra, the performance is truly first class. SomE may be misled by the name "youth orchestra", I have lots of colleagues/friends played with famous youth orchestras in the grad school or even beyond. Therefore some of them were at the peak of their training and that's why the performance is so moving and incredible. The passion they show in their performance, is RARE in the professional orchestras, let's face it. Loved the performance! Congratulations!

[@ozsfi]

I loved the orchestra! I think Sibelius is the only composer who makes me cry, cry for joy merged with a bit of sadness. After watching and listening to those beautiful melodies and then seeing the reaction after the end I started crying. Because we had him in Finland ! He could have been born in Sweden. Would he have the same effect on me then? Would he have been able to compose in the same way?

[@hadleykoltun1376]

Really? You don't cry when you hear Brahms, Mahler or Stravinsky?

[@ozsfi]

Stravinsky, probably not, Brahms and Mahler have written songs, some certainly are moving, but I'd probably not cry listening to their symphonies. But I have not heard all Mahler's symphonies. Of course I just cry occasionally listening to Sibelius, because missing home. And it only means a few tears, I don't sob :) But I remember crying when listening to "The Saga", though I was not in a foreign country, I was only 15 or something. Do you cry listening to music?

[@hadleykoltun1376]

Yes, sometimes my eyes well up or I feel sentimental. I first heard Sibelius when I was in high school and I liked it (the Second and Third Symphonies).I feel some energy with him but have never felt tearing...but then again, I am not Finnish of Scandinavian. To be frank, as an adult, his music appears to be a bit campy. Also was listening to Stravinsky as a high school student and have re-discovered it and really like it. Truthfully, Brahms brings tears to my eyes, he strikes a chord.

[@comalley0130]

that yell at the end. oh my god. i played the overture to the barber of seville with my highschool orchestra, there is no better feeling than the end of a piece, after all this effort and all this energy, work and all that emotion you communicate. just to hear that yell from the crowd like i did after the barber, best feeling on the planet hands down. thank you so much for uploading this, absolutely love this piece

[@pulciomo1]

This FINALE, the best in the classic music, let you on the Sky and make you see God, almost for a while. The timpans is your heart beating so emotioned.

[@colin_rose]

first and foremost, the violinist at 5:28 is really cute the tympani player at the end of the movement has so much energy -- wow! simply stunning -- especially the roll from 4:18 to the end.

[@1tufboy]

Wonderful to see the emotional involvement of the players and their physical movement. Beautifully played also.

[@Miaumiau1757]

This is the most beautiful piece of Sibelius. He's the master of expressing feelings from Finland.

[@123Scears123]

Quite, quite wonderful! An almost unique piece beautifully played. Thank you for the posting.

[@garrysmalls7586]

an amazing performance. breathtaking.

[@1tufboy]

An incredible performance by incredibly talented young musicians! Love the "mellow fellow cello players" starting at 3:12 followed by the stalwart & swarthy dudes bowing their testosterone-filled hearts out in the string bass section!

[@deeliciousplum]

This was such a joy to listen to. Thank you so much for sharing these.

[@SchwarzeDose21]

just for everybody who don't knows: this orchestra is better than nearly the most professional orchestras in the World..accept that, they are on one step with the european youth orchestra, the world youth orchestra, the simon bolivar youth orchestra and the most professional orchestras in the world, in my opinion are the berlinphil, NYSO, london symphony orchestra.. better..- technically. but this orchestra is much more awesome to watch, cause ther is so much joy in the playing of young people..

[@ernestmoney7252]

Standard works like Sibelius 2 can become somewhat stale when performed by professional orchestras. It takes a "Jugendorchester" - an orchestra of young people - who have not yet become jaded by repetition, to breathe new life into the composition. This is a beautiful example of that phenomenon.

[@windstorm1000]

such a cold, lonely sound, that is oddly appealing at the same time---like mittons left out in the snow.

[@eTpERI]

This piece always moves me... such a delight! =)

[@jcmud]

Great conductor, great performance. Beautiful. Thanks for posting.

[@НатальяМовчан-и8ф]

Great music great condictor .. like Sibelius .... this is part from.Sympfoni l know ... it mskes me cry

[@cutencrazy07]

I love Sibelius Symphony No.2 Thanks so much 4 posting :)

[@ilokivi]

@flipflops373 Sibelius described the composition process thus: "it was as if the Almighty had cast the pieces of a jigsaw on the ground for me to put them together". I have lived in Finland and his works speak so eloquently.

[@Medsas]

when the trumpets come in at 3:39... thats the proudest and best moment of the symphony

[@lennysmom]

Thanks for posting this.

[@windstorm1000]

Look at that timpani playing! I hear/feel the north wind blowing when I hear this movement.

[@ernestmoney7252]

They are too young to have become jaded by repetition, and so you get a performance of great freshness and dedication. It is obvious from their body language and expression. An orchestra of mature players never looks like this.

[@metroidfoosion73]

The issue is you’re judging with your eyes instead of ears. If you actually listened, you would hear there is none of the nuance or attention to detail you would expect from a mature orchestra, it’s all just loud and brash

[@gymnastxoxox]

i have to say, the conductor doesnt look that excited to be conducting the most BEAST piece ever :D

[@jgesselberty]

I would add: Mahler 3rd symphony, finale Prokofiev: Final chorus from "Alexander Nevsky" Schoenberg: Finale from "Gurrelieder" Beethoven: Final movement - 9th symphony Shostakovich: Final movements from 5th and 7th symphonies.

[@MetroDuroc]

Best crowd reaction ever.

[@MOGGS1942]

Could I also add the last movement of Saen Saens Symphony No. 3,(The Organ Symphony),to your impressive "goosebump" list.

[@Moonmatt2]

Jesus if orchestras got responses like that after a performance then more people would join an orchestra

[@pulciomo1]

It's a travel to heaven

[@xevanjx1]

This is the kind of piece that you get goosebumps while playing. It's happened. haha :)

[@cutencrazy07]

This is so freakin amazing

[@stephenestall9044]

Wonderful!

[@schlesmail1]

I've always felt there were parts of this movement that sound cinematic. For another example of a Sibelius composition that would be well-suited for film (perhaps as a background to opening credits), give a listen to Spring Song (Vårsång)--last time I looked, there were two versions of it on KZbin. With all the excellent theatrical music Sibelius composed, it's a shame he never wrote anything for cinema.

[@tubemagpie]

@mdenero I have just told someone what this does to me... It has always done it since i was 13 (I'm 64) when I first heard only a part of it! I heard it on BBC Radio's Desert island Discs. I will have to stop here..wiping my eyes.

[@Insanelycoolprincess]

This is so nice I love it :)

[@Marinka37]

Do you heare in this music a motive of renovation, revilal, regeneration? For me it's a place of a life power, energy, renaisance. From minor to major. From precipice to stares. From a hell to hope.

[@irene13925]

Gracias.

[@msknathan]

The shocking thing is that it's even better live.

[@fiawlty]

@codypalooza I was forgetting the greatest goose pimple ending of the lot - Shostakovich 7!

[@Insanelycoolprincess]

Outstanding

[@lastferdo]

for me the best perfomance would be the one I have recorded live with the Sao Paulo State Symphony, conductor: Frank Shipway, saw that live, almost had a heart attack!!!!

[@s121jean]

He must have believed in God when he was writing the fifth symphony and felt "God is opening his doors for a moment, and his orchestra is playing the fifth symphony"

[@fiawlty]

@codypalooza How amazing - I thought exactly the same as you whilst listening to this! Tiroler has given a spot on list , but also try Walton sym 1 1st movement, Mahler 1, Bruckner 8, Bruckner 7 1st mvt, of course Beethoven 5&9, Tchaikovsky 4, Rachmaninov 1. And if you are feeling strong, Brahms 4 - the whole final movement builds like Sibelius 2, but it builds down, not up - beware, it can seriously damage your health!

[@varoujan78]

Sir Colin Davis with the correct speed,as Sibelius himself wanted it.18 seconds faster than Bernstein if only the sound engineer put a more directional mike for the drums and tympanis.A difficult piece to conduct indeed.

[@timsuffolk]

RIP Maestro

[@PaoYong]

That. That was epic.

[@codypalooza]

@tirolerhut79 thanks a ton! ill be sure to check some of those out, ive heard most of them and they are fantastic.

[@UturnatA2]

I really hate it when a video is not in sync with audio... especially because I try to learn what the conductor's doing.

[@longeaton34]

Sibelius rocks! Finest symphonic finale of its time. .........oh err, maybe with the exception of Gustav Mahler....

[@MScJorgePoveda]

Es interesante como Sibelius combina el "obstinato" de una melodia con la aparicion de otras melodias y se van superponiendo y contrapunteando ,sin que ninguna de ellas ceda terrreno...para ir juntas construyendo este final en que todas se amalgaman.

[@Leon-Hardt]

Que bello ese final es muy sublime BRAVO BRAVO muy elegiaco el final diria. Bravo!!!!!!

[@weizhen2009]

Very Good!

[@sasquatchfromengland]

@Strefanash thats silly, after such a performance everyone should applaude, if only to say thankyou. Clapping makes people feel good.

[@donaldsepanek8809]

You're right on the money: That's exactly what it was!

[@iduefoscari]

The coda of the final movement of the Bruckner 5 may be the finest in ALL classical music!

[@codypalooza]

can anyone recommend a symphony similar to the grandeur of this finale? hard to find one as good as this, help is appreciated.

[@Bruchag]

@codypalooza Try Bortkiewicz Symph No.2 on here...brilliant live recording and has got everything Russian flying around...cheers

[@hautboisjj]

bravo to mr. "douglas boyd" =D bravo!

[@MultiMeetube]

Is there a video available of the whole symphony by this same orchestra and conductor?

[@nichtgestopft]

@ChinLinn you're so right o_o

[@mybigtrombone]

Rather an agitated woodwind section, don't you think?

[@wolfgangresch1650]

🙏🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆♥️♥️🎶

[@windstorm1000]

@alexpjp I agree with you--they drown out the winds.

[@pingpongjj]

It was too fast at the end. Sounded like the orchestra was rushing through the music. Bernstein's tempo was a lot better.

[@andydavis981]

Brilliance extraordinaire. Makes me feel the world will survive our communist onslaught!!!!! Wonderful

[@musicsmithnz]

Does anyone think this sounds like John Williams?

[@williamsavola9749]

KZbin.com Sibelius - Savola Sibelius-Sym No. 2 (complete) Scandinavian Sym of Detroit-Savola.wmv - Sibelius Tschaikowsky-Romeo et Juliette, Finnish Radio Sym Orch - Savola .wmv - Tchaikowsky William Savola - Excerpts # 2 - Debussy & Wagner - Debussy & Wagner exerpts

[@misuiu64]

@ChinLinn Song?

[@musicsmithnz]

@Music4life0991 Grammaticaly speaking its exactly the same. I phrased it that way to be witty:) Obviously it didn't work :p

[@Pleendriver]

@Numboss No, this comes from human beings. Isn't that fantastic?

[@flipflops373]

@Numboss I agree with u, this music does come from God! Cuz without God, there never would have been music in the first place, or humans to make music

[@cabbage142]

@ChinLinn troll much?

[@scottziegler4238]

I got seasick watching this. Too much movement can be a distraction.

[@Medsas]

video/audio not in sync :(((

[@s63283]

And don't forget "Danse generale" from Dahpnis and Cloë by Ravel (watch?v=yWW7x0ZvswA) and "Lauriers" from "Cyprès et Lauriers" by Saint-Saëns (watch?v=GTqdwd0QaNg - this is a horrible performance though)

[@MOGGS1942]

Isn't it just !!! Over too quickly for me,however.

[@ryandavies7929]

Too fast in my opinion. Bernstein with the Vienna philharmonic takes it just right. Personally, it takes away from the emotion and glory in the finale but music is always open to interpretation I suppose. Nonetheless an amazing performance.

[@AB-yb1yt]

playing too fast