Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” with Gustavo Dudamel & the LA Phil

[@Heyjeh1]

I heard the LA Phil play the rite of spring with Zubin Mehta when I was a student at USC. I was stunned by the performance. A few years later I joined the orchestra in 1984, and there have been hundreds of amazing performances of this piece. It is in the orchestra’s DNA.

[@TrainwaySons]

Wow this record is so clean ! It's easy to hear each instrument separately.

[@s.c.1494]

I believe this is the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Yes the sound/recording engineering crew (and equipment) in this hall is top notch; perhaps there are some advantages being in LA where the cinematic industry is centered. I have also heard a recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 from this hall and the clarity and balance of the orchestra and the soloist is just amazing!

[@KentoSky]

Big up for the mixing engineer

[@gridley]

If you listen to a variety of recordings made in Disney Concert Hall, there's a clarity and reverberation that's noticeable. Compare the exact same piece of music played elsewhere, go back & forth between the two tracks, & then you get a better sense of the differences.

[@achievemusic7790]

It's the conductor, the musicians, and the acoustics of Walt Disney Concert Hall, all making a difference! This is amazing world-class music- making!

[@curiousnomad]

Dudamel knows every note- no score. Awesome. Incredible performance.

[@jaygbardo8781]

right hand is always the beat. Left hand entrances and expression. Tempo is not too fast...lines are immaculately clean...this is masterful.

[@dianalee3059]

Dudamel…what an astonishing talent. He is conducting this difficult and intricate composition from memory. Most every time I’ve seen him in concert, same thing. RESPECT.

[@dianalee3059]

Always amazes me when I see him conduct from memory and I have with him, more often than not.

[@metalheadjock3513]

I've never heard the "Rite" played with such frenetic energy, yet executed so cleanly. I've adored this piece ever since an Aunt took me to see it when I was a kid. I was thinking, "Hmm...a French titled ballet score...ok, so this will be along the lines of, say, Ravel's GORGEOUS "Daphnis et Chloe"....(Cut to me cowering behind the seat in front of me). I was MORTIFIED. So violent, brutal, chaotic. I then understood why the premier in 1913 caused riots, as concert-goers ran from the orchestra hall in horror at what they were hearing. Some went so far as to physically attack the orchestra itself! One critique of the day referred to this work as, "The r*ping of the orchestra". The plot? In ancient, pagan Russia a young girl was chosen every year as a sacrifice to ensure crops would produce a bountiful harvest. She would be forced to dance herself to death. The positively demonic ferocity of the Sacrificial Dance musically, describes this ingeniously. The Rite was among the pieces that led me to become an orchestral musician myself. I've played this work MANY times. Time signatures, tempos change so rapidly. Btw, part of the score was used as a temporary track in Star Wars. It was used nearly ver batim. This performance was conducted so calmly, for the most part, by Dudamel. It is as perfect in cleanliness as it is in its brutality. Best performance I've heard since 1988. I'd expect nothing less from the "Dude". I'd do anything to see this live. EXCEPTIONAL LA PHIL!!!!

[@s.c.1494]

Thank you for sharing your personal story and background on this fantastic and monumental work. The sound engineering/recording crew in this hall is amazing, capturing the orchestra's monstrous sound so clearly. Frankly I have never quite liked this piece until today so thank you LA Phil for the wonderful clean execution.

[@robertaswanson5633]

Thank you for telling us the plot.

[@gcg8187]

FINALLY i can see and hear my boy denis in the orchestra

[@jsaavedr1]

My Allah, those Horn players are amazing. Such power all 9 of them produce.

[@thegameranch5935]

Yeah its awesome

[@libelle176]

Simply phenomenal!!!Dudamel´s Rite performances(i heard two with the LAPO and one with the Boston Symphony)are the best i have heard in 53 years of listening.Incredibly coherent,balletic,transparent,with a seamless stream of dangerous,yet controlled energy.Only Gergiev and Salonen come close.

[@hectorberlioz1449]

What a bullshit, obviously you never heard Ozawa, Abbado, Muti, Rattle or Haitink doing the 'Sacre'. Gergiev was so overrated, terrible conductor....

[@Drwdoyle]

I was there!

[@Mur4dMusic]

Lucky you

[@samanthab6642]

Great bassoon playing.

[@alicesrabbit7126]

SO SMOOOOOOOOTH.

[@jamaicanpianistcomposer]

LISTEN!!!!!..... FIRST? NOTE!!!!! my God?...MY GOD!!!!!

[@cybergrind]

Maestro Dudamel, una de las mejores versiones que existen del Ritual.

[@leonardlandau720]

Awesome performance and Dudamel is such a star!!

[@gearaddictclimber2524]

The best rendition of the sacrificial dance I’ve ever heard! Man that tempo is nice and spiffy and really makes those short articulations come alive!

[@mariav.267]

Thank you all for your beautiful music!

[@droidean]

This is great! I wish it included the entire work.

[@jaygbardo8781]

Beat pattern is omni-present and clear....emotion is found in technical excellence....the balance of orchestra lines is uncanny.

[@paulmurillo4991]

By far, the best interpretation I’ve ever heard!!!

[@branwilly1]

The phrasing is so fresh in this recording.

[@diegowilliams7599]

That bassonist is on fire!

[@koralidamanna4814]

El maestro Dudamel, la Orquesta, todo magnífico!!!👏👏👏💐💐

[@gabrielaschumann5942]

Bei Gustavo Dudamel sehen die Musiker völlig entspannt aus - er ist beim Dirigieren relexad - das ist es!!

[@dellen52]

That bass drum in the last strains of the song is EVERYTHING. I've listened to countless versions of this work since my high school conductor turned me on to it, but felt like I was hearing much of it for the first time in this version. Such is the magic of Dudamel.

[@dianalee3059]

May 5 Dudamel and the LA Phil will be performing this at the Music Center

[@andrewbryson2900]

Dudamel’s hair articulates with the orchestra

[@Hikahikaruru]

Last dance is wonderful ! Timpani is great ! What strong sounds! My best Rite of spring!

[@verasantarelli4088]

Grande performance di Gustavo Dudamel con la Filarmonica di Los Angeles.

[@hermescamacho145]

Le Sacre de 2020

[@greencraig8570]

I am looking forward to seeing Dudamel in BCN in 2023 at the wonderful Gran Teatre del Liceu.

[@vijaykrishnan7797]

A very good piece to extinguish my anger

[@MustafaKemalSaydam]

Without partitur... Excellent maestro and excellent orchesta.

[@dianalee3059]

Raise your hand if you picture volcanoes spouting and dinosaurs roaming the earth when hearing this wonderful music!

[@kalllistos]

Always! ☺

[@thegameranch5935]

I picture a human sacrifice of the spring

[@maj-lenaskagerlund3118]

Of course I do. But I've actually seen the ballet too. So I have the correography in my head as well. And you are right. This is a brilliant piece of music! One of my special projects studying to be music director.

[@robertperez2262]

No Jumping mostly

[@jackywacky9]

I don’t understand how you could picture anything but pagan rituals

[@jre58591]

Thanks, but why not post the entire concert?

[@psalmtone2008]

Probably because Deutsche Gramophon has the rights to the recording and the video...

[@thegameranch5935]

@@psalmtone2008 is there a place where can i see the whole concert?

[@emiplays7126]

Thank you Walt Disney and everyone who worked on Fantasia for introducing us to this unrivaled masterpiece

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

Perssonally, it is my favorite part.Perfect morning clock alarm...

[@ritalupoli4093]

Magnífico!!!!!

[@dwhudson1354]

Bravo!

[@marianneh6410]

my god! welch ein ereignis!,! ! Danke dudamel danke la phil

[@josejosejose655]

IS GREAT !!!!!!

[@barbarapease9399]

You don't look like Mickey Mouse. I just LOVE this piece.

[@psalmtone2008]

Are there really many better orchestras in the world than the LA Phil? That can encompass the range of rep these guys do?

[@jassenjj]

Well, it is true that musicians demonstrate a great mastery of their instruments here, but Dudamel forced them to go way out of what this piece is supposed to be. The rendition was like a product of McDonalds.... it resembles the thing in some way, but...

[@samanthab6642]

@@jassenjj dammmmn boi!

[@jamaicanpianistcomposer]

@@jassenjj Ever heard of interpretation? This piece has been played by a thousand others worldwide so If you wanted your usual run of the mill fillet minion, I don't know why you're here then?

[@paulybarr]

@@jassenjj What on earth are you talking about? Dudamel hasn't 'forced' the players to do anything that isn't in the score. As with any conductor ( and I have been intimately acquainted with this music for 45 years and heard hundreds of performances, both live and recorded) he makes choices about relative balance between parts or lines but nothing more than that. This is simply a well- played performance that is no better or worse, certainly not more idiosyncratic than any other performance at this level.

[@jassenjj]

@@paulybarr Thanks, Paul. "Simply" and "well-played" summarize my opinion too.

[@ИгорьДымченко-к9л]

Stravinsky discovered new kind of Orchestration - Rhythmically Polyphonic Orchestration.

[@pablorivero7365]

Enorme Gustavoooo!!!! Saludos desde Argentina.

[@whrmccgah]

I'm falling in love a little with the timpanist here.

[@truetube5190]

whrmccgah love how loud those hits are during the sacrificial dance!! they really pop out

[@panteleimonkyrilenko]

Mesmerizing

[@hectoralmeidaduran3061]

Increible interpretación de esta pieza tan enigmática de la obras de arte musical ….dudamel conoce cada nota y la orquesta le responde con a sus movimentos nwcwsaeia

[@amhejaz89]

I never knew "Rites of spring" existed until I watched Steve jobs (2015)

[@gleblogvinenko9425]

Браво!

[@thelookingcat]

1:47 Gould takes a breath but the Bass Clarinet keeps going? This is unusual. Out of sync?

[@redjohn8870]

3:34 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@Jusecadi74]

Maestro!

[@Belfreyite]

I really liked this performance by the CSO conducted by Daniel Barenboim, but this is every bit as good.

[@vannigiovannigio8861]

Soo dope.

[@rachelpalmero4268]

imagine you were one of them playing, preveledge.

[@Franceses98]

Fenomenal!!!

[@SergejRazinkov]

Das ist wunderbare Konzert Aufnahme dieses revolutionären Werkes aller Zeiten. Maestro Dudamel kennt mit Sicherheit jede Note in diesem Meisterwerk und deshalb erfolgreich dirigiert ohne Partitur, auswendig! Es ist schon bekannt das auf Grund dieses modernen aller Zeiten Werkes liegt die klare, harmonische Logik. Diese Logik besteht sehr oft aus einfachen Akkorden. Zum Beispiel: 1Part " RITUAL OF ABDUCTION ".2Part."SACRIFICIAL DANCE " ZIFFER 186 -bis zum Schluss. Ein Dirigent der diese Logik nicht kennt und nur die Struktur lernt wird immer in "dunklen laufen " Vor allem wird er auch nicht von Orkestr gespielte Musik richtig hören! Ich wollte mich noch vielleicht mit einer interessante musikalische Gedanke umzutauschen. Part 2: "INTRODUCTION " Ziffer 82-83." Es könnte in dieser Zeit ( 1912-1913) die Vorbote für Zukünftige Musik. DER JAZZ! Es gibt noch Musik Episoden in"La Sacré du Printemps " die dafür sprächen. Um " La Sacre" besser zu genießen wäre es ambesten diese Musik zuerst einfach aus der Partitur auf dem Piano können zu spielen.

[@garrettpierson2775]

Modern day Master!!!

[@sandc411]

fantastic percussion...

[@simonaperez1475]

Esto es lo mejor

[@davidgeyer118]

This music soynds like it was used in the movie"jaws" doesnt it?

[@Infidelio]

how about showing the horns every once in a while?

[@king_leo3269]

Is it just me or do the trumpets feel a bit “lack lustre”, especially in the first part?

[@kestrel4733]

That's some side embrochure the 1st chair flute is rocking

[@kestrel4733]

@@paulybarr I was referring to the principal flutist and how his embouchure is off the corner/side of his mouth rather than centered like many flute players. From my understanding it’s no different than a normal embouchure it’s just the way some learned to play. As far as I can see he is playing a normal c soprano flute as he is sitting in the principal chair and alto flutes generally have a noticeably large gap between the two hands on the keys that is more pronounced than a normal c flute and has more pads here. In the rite of spring the alto flute has its own part entirely so it’s sitting on the far end of the flute section farthest away from the principal and the principal oboe. At 1:57 in the super zoomed out shot of the full orchestra you can see the woman playing it to the far right of all the flutes and again at 8:24 where it actually zooms in on her. Alto flutes are definitely super cool!

[@pippikrumeluss5167]

This is Denis Bouriakov

[@dekun007]

Lying in the bed with closed eyes, it was Like war hing a movie. Without watching a movie.

[@ozc3731]

11:00 sounds like Lugias entrance in Pokemon XD gale of darkness

[@tonomora6837]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jaygbardo8781]

Wow! Slower tempo 9:40 that was cool...

[@andrewbryson2900]

This is how I go to sleep at night

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

We survived the Covid global apocalypse, we do our best to survive the Putin's madness... anyone can survive this performance

[@Jerry-hp5sf]

Great performance. Too bad the camera work is so dreadful.

[@三枝僚]

Like a techno music.interesting.

[@henriquemonteiro7245]

nathan chen brought me here

[@dianalee3059]

This must be a recent version, Dudamel’s hair is grayish

[@samrogers7657]

If 3:30 isn’t metal, I don’t know what is

[@bedouiyosr6546]

Why is it sped up?!

[@paulybarr]

It's not. They're just playing lots of fast notes.

[@sophie_gamez7919]

Lol it’s for drama ic effect

[@vacuumlover1]

10:20

[@santiagoandresnietoguevara6214]

14:05 poor timpani :'(

[@tomaneyy]

bd 13⁉️

[@jorgecruz7662]

Placer les celli à côté des premiers violons et séparer les premiers et deuxièmes violons et une aberration incompréhensible.

[@markiz1009]

В Его исполнении это просто виртуозный "концерт для оркестра" и не больше этого. Пустое, виртузное исполнение.

[@aydansalinas3698]

Doodoo

[@searchmeinyoutube]

Everything was played just like it was written. No "professional judgement" interference was there.🙌👍