Symphony No. 2 / Robert Schumann / Dowland: Lachrimae Antiquae / Klaus Mäkelä / Oslo Philharmonic

The Oslo Philharmonic with chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä perform:
John Dowland: Lachrimae Antiquae
Robert Schumann: Symfoni nr. 2
#classicalmusic #concert #symphony #schumann #orchestra #conductor
The performance is a part of Oslo Philharmonic's digital concert series Mellomspill II.
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Video production: Trippel-M Levende Bilder
Multicamera director: Robin Richardsen
Sound production: LAWO
Music producer: Vegard Landaas
Lighting design: Petter Dahl Nielsen
In cooperation with Norway Live.
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[@jodurdos]

What a conductor! What an orchestra! They are in unison. The orchestra receives his messaging, and he knows how to transmit it. Tall and great “wingspan” and he knows how to use his gestures to transmit to the orchestra. But also his face when conducting. What an elegance!. Makela is definitely a crescent star. He knows his score inside out, structurally, harmonically and the message in it. Can’t wait to see him conducting in person. Makela has the talent and he is an elegant and sensitive conductor from every angle. Saw him in Brahms’ 4th. What a performance! Congratulations to the Oslo Philharmonic for having him! No doubts he will guide the orchestra to big successes. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful performance!

[@marquinhos134]

Você já disse tudo. Depois vou ouvir a quarta de Brahms.

[@plumb.474]

Just saw him in Chicago conducting the CSO in Mahler 5 & Sibelius' Swan of Tuonela.. beyond words... everything you said above so true....his elegant gesturing...silky communication w/orch....2500 Chicagoans literally jumped to their feet at the last note of Mahler...the applause was explosive...truly a life experience...

[@plumb.474]

I decided if I was flying up to see this perf. Id go twice...Sat nite in 1st balciny but Fri for the matinee I sat behind the orch to watch him conduct...he looks as if he's having the best time...a proverbial kid in a candy store...smiling most of the time..I spoke w/an usher who had gotten to attend his rehearsal & shared that he is a real technician...extreme attn to detail

[@Tradairn]

Must be looking for a job if you simp so much.

[@NZC_Meow]

I really wish I had the resources to visit Oslo. Some of you guys are very lucky to be able to go there in real life. Thank you for uploading these performances for us. Even if I spent my life savings I wouldn't make it to Oslo. But no worries, I can watch it on KZbin, thanks to you guys ❤

[@keltus_warrior6491]

I love to see how Herr Mäkelä pauses with concentrated inner reflection. Very Zen of him!!

[@kuntakinte3299]

tak to już jest w pewnym sensie dewiacja, >>> ?

[@user-jf2cr7td9e]

La transition entre Lachrimae Antiquae de Dowland et le début de la Symphonie n° 2 de Schumann est si naturelle et vraiment émouvante.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Just listening to this wonderful and graceful performance makes I forget about the trouble and annoyances of this transiet world

[@waggishsagacity7947]

A glorious performance of a grand, but not often-played, Schumann Symphony [No,. 2], under a superb conductor, and accompanied by outstanding videography, sound recording, and editing. Does it ever get better than that? Can it? Thank you so much everybody at the Oslo Philharmonic. It was an unforgettable experience, indeed.

[@Opoczynski]

It's a pleasure to watch this conductor. He clearly knows the score, which he doesn't use. The orchestra players clearly love him and give him the best.

[@montyvierra2678]

Thunderous applause!

[@enriquesanchez2001]

An utter joy from a lifetime of enjoying this stroke of genius! I actually shed a few tears at the end... so sue me ♥

[@soonerborn6694]

When this pandemic subsides safely, my first trip to Europe will be to Oslo to see and hear you in person as well as experience your city / country. God bless and stay safe.

[@OsloPhilharmonic]

That's fantastic! You are most welcome!

[@soonerborn6694]

@@OsloPhilharmonic Thank you and until then, I’ll keep watching your outstanding content - best regards.

[@danteodor2003]

I went to Oslo to see Klaus Makela and the Oslo Philharmonic in 15. September 2022. Shostakovitch interpretation was amazing! Incredible indeed!

[@philipernstzen7702]

What a beautiful comment. When you are there, I should hope to meet you so we can celebrate a great conductor. My regards.

[@nickgoldring1446]

The closing bars of mvt.1 were brilliantly rendered, never have i been able to appreciate that in any other recording.

[@lidiapdv]

Klaus Mäkelä is absolutely brilliant. What a privilege to be able to listen to this. Thank you!

[@Tangotaenzer-2]

One of my favourite symphomies, wonderfully played.

[@youngwoo5860]

Olso Philharmonic and Robert Schumann Symphony No2 touch deeply in every conrner of my heart. It's passionate and sofisicated performance. It is so impressive that all of the solists play earnestly their part. What a progressive and brilliant condoctor is !! Recording is well.

[@VictorRodriguezSaavedra]

Sublime. The complicity between Klaus and the Orchestra makes you feel like you're there. No other Philharmonic has made me want to observe, study and understand music. I adore them. Long live all of you and please continue to delight us forever. Thank you from Chile.

[@dansneed3487]

Superb performances in every way. The Schumann is the best performance and recording of the work that I've heard in my many years of collecting recordings and attending performances by some of the world's greatest orchestras, including the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics. Schumann is my favorite composer and his Second Symphony is my favorite musical work. Congratulations and my thanks to the Oslo Philharmonic, its superb conductor and the recording/video team for capturing and sharing these excellent performances.

[@Claude1Rochon]

Klaus . Softly intense . Intensely soft . He acts as if he was a public to his Orchestra... knowing...patient...demanding. Sometimes he just stands there waiting. Impressive. A painter. A Rising Star in my book.

[@plumb.474]

A rising star indeed...just flew home from seeing him conduct the Chicago Symphony orchestea in Mahler5...sublime...!

[@frankfiello7904]

2020 was/is a dark year. but music such as this keeps a light on. Thank You

[@gorankatic40000bc]

Schumann's 2nd is his great work but I return to Dowland in this interpretation that captivates me. Sadness is all engulfing and almost without barrier.

[@bosareva]

Was für ein wunderbarer Dirigent, ein hervorragendes Orchester und welch ein klasse Pauker! Mein geliebter Schumann in höchster Blüte! Großen Dank! Besonders erfreut mich die Wiederholung der Exposition im ersten Satz.

[@joachimkrist1464]

das trifft es genau. Aus der Seele gesprochen. Danke!

[@user-hb7sy7ed4j]

Great performance! This no. 2 is my most favorite of Schumann’s four symphonies.

[@itsmeranrun]

the camera quality, objects focus, sounds of every instruments, the team work is just a perfection❣

[@das3841]

art of The music to become and conductor's conductor! Blessed genius!

[@curtisgrindahl446]

I just watched a masterclass for conductors produced almost ten years ago and Klaus was one of the students. Even then he appeared comfortable in front of the orchestra. He is an inspiring young man and a very fine conductor. What a pleasure to see his work with this and other fine orchestras. Of course, the Norwegians were quick to see what they have and made him first principal conductor and then musical director. What a wonderful orchestra. This will be a beautiful thing to watch develop over the years.

[@plumb.474]

Curtis...what is the name of the masterclass...YT?

[@vgstep]

Jorma panula Nordic masterclass 2013 I believe he's in that ​@@plumb.474

[@enriquesanchez2001]

@@plumb.474 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2Glo4Cwmsxnjac

[@curtisgrindahl446]

@@plumb.474 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5_LZ3x3nb-GhNk. Klaus is the first student conducting in the class led by Jorma Panula in 2012. It is a real treat for fans of this fine young man who has taken the world by storm the last year... Oslo, Paris and now Amsterdam and Chicago. It is fun following his development.

[@federicogarciabragadoacin3927]

A wonderful performance and with the same enthusiasm as if the audience were in the concert hall

[@DavidKEogh-zd4gr]

How a cameraman can miss showing the tympani playing the last few bars of this wonderful work is beyond my comprehension.

[@packer812]

Or showing close ups of the second flutist doing nothing while the principal flutist is playing a fabulous solo.

[@helmutgehrmann464]

Meine liebste Sinfonie von Schumann, am schönsten interpretiert!

[@bephrem]

absolutely wonderful

[@smihca]

Wonderful. Bravo for Dowland

[@Lurcanio1]

Bravo, a excellent performance of a truly great symphony. It's wonderful to see how a new generation of excellent conductors is emerging, and that they appreciate Schumann and know how to do his music properly.

[@nikolaicoco333]

Danke schön!!! Bamberg

[@user-pi2tl8iu6z]

MERRY X-Mas! 참 좋습니다(very good)! From Busan, S.Korea.

[@musicshin2]

What a young brilliant conductor

[@craigkowald3055]

Beautiful sound and, very importantly for Schumann, excellent balance.

[@Dylonely42]

I really like the Oslo Philharmonic orchestra. Mäkelä is a truly great young conductor.

[@marcgeusens]

Music from heaven, played by a fantastic orchestra from heaven, conducted by a dirigent (read: angel) from heaven! Thanks for this glorious moment of peace and light in this dark periode!

[@hogyndrwg6253]

What beautiful playing!

[@mariarosariobuban9546]

Sublime! ❤️Bravo!❤ 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@hirooza3637]

素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます コンダクター　クラウス・マケラさんのこれからが楽しみになりますし、オスロ・フィルとの信頼関係がさらに素敵な演奏になっていることがひしひしと伝わってきます。いつか、ライブで鑑賞したいですね。

[@fertysurfer]

You can't have too much of a good thing so happy to see this reposted as it's fantastic. The orchestra seem to have really settled into the no audience format and it is the most animated and happiest I have seen them in a performance. Great to see so many smiling faces.

[@gladysridella5032]

You have no idea how much these videos have helped me work during the pandemia and they still do. So enjoyable, I love Klaus performance. Glad to see all the musicians on stage.Thank you, thank you Oslo Philharmonic! Keep safe.

[@balawendertom]

❤ Great! Amazing!

[@bohuslavpavlyshynets]

I haven't found better interpretation of these works. You got a nice conductor. With time, I begin to understand how important is who is the conductor.

[@gianmasini]

Listen to Daniel Harding and Claudio Abbado ones. and in last final movement keep Kleenex near to you. Immense!

[@bohuslavpavlyshynets]

@@gianmasini links please.

[@gianmasini]

@@bohuslavpavlyshynets kzbin.info/www/bejne/imLdqJZrbshqmJY

[@gianmasini]

Very great too Celibidache'one. Listen and watch to Harding performance, and let me know. Amazing IV movement.

[@tb4302]

Please, try also Paul Paray.....(kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHaXpoiVhbV6Y9U)

[@eraclyon]

Brilliant!

[@JoelLeBras]

The future best conductor of XXIst century.

[@rtorresj7038]

Maravillosa música, llena nuestro espíritu de paz y alegría. Perfecta la orquesta y mi admirado director. Espero poder verlos a ambos algún día en persona pero mientras tanto mil gracias!!

[@surkova_a]

Удивительный дирижёр. Всё так тонко. Браво!👏👏👏

[@kuntakinte3299]

mamy tutaj z geniuszem, koniec i kropka. Każdy geniusz ma jednak swoje "zbączenia" :), to jest bardziej ciekawe i może przynieść większą popularyzację muzyki, jaką właśnie słuchamy:)

[@user-yt3sb3sg3q]

Bravo!!!!🎉🎉❤🎉🎉

[@litoboy5]

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[@jairochaves8916]

Peacefull!!!!

[@tranminhtri9963]

Congratulations. You've survived 2020. Happy New Year and wish you all the best

[@larryprimeau7738]

3rd movement the best I've yet heard.

[@ernani54]

tres bonne interpretation de cette deuxieme symphonie de schumann bravo maestro

[@vincenzoieracitano]

The tempo of the Adagio espressivo is fantastic. not too romantic or rhetorical, not too cold and aseptic, it is a delicate light and moving song as it should be

[@vayhn]

This is just great

[@jcui5007]

Thank you.

[@wilmaledesmaalcantara3680]

Me encantó, el oboe EXCELENTE. FELICITACIONES 🌹

[@rafgeusens7538]

Een geweldig orkest en een dirigent met een uitstraling die je zelden ziet.

[@rafgeusens7538]

A superb orchestra and a charismatic conductor!

[@memattia3198]

Oh wow, I'm amazed! Great performance!

[@juanmanuelvazquezmeza4596]

a Master piece, gracias

[@user-tv5jw1tj1r]

perfect....the sound is great...прикольно.викинги на флейтах...

[@PatriciaSardinha512]

Uau! Incrível!

[@jeanne-margot2797]

the first piece had me in tears. splendid interpretation and conducting. thank you !

[@azraeljo6862]

I am partial to Vivaldi's agressive style- I love music that feels like the Earth falling part. With slow tempo, I lasted a few second, but whoa- this music stopped me in my track! During the first movement 1:46 this section is a whole different beast. I feel like I am soaring with the angels-after the Earth is shattered.

[@echosierra95]

24:05 Adagio espressivo

[@cosmicbomb8486]

What a beautiful and enthusiastic performance!

[@jandrewscali]

Oh, there should have been a standing, cheering crowd!! But bravo! To the Oslo Phil and Maestro Makala. (My U.S. keyboard will not do the proper vowels!)

[@litoboy5]

COOL

[@jameschicken1008]

got to say the dowland was new on me but it was surprisingly pleasant and interesting

[@edwardnah6739]

Schumann got lots of influence from Schubert and Beethoven. Especially from Schubert final symphony. Sawallisch showed powerful interpretation without losing beautiful romanticism. I am expecting Makela/Oslo phil will show powerfully romantic sounds of Schumann 2/3/4 soon..

[@jodurdos]

Would love to see him conducting Beethoven’s 3rd

[@dashaagafonova519]

с 17ого с 17ого!!

[@larryprimeau7738]

Dowland transcendent

[@arkazoo4769]

Schumann - 4:20

[@ohmyjune]

16:58

[@user-be2jj7hy2r]

4:19

[@ahngina1102]

16:56 18:01

[@dashaagafonova519]

"Безбожно"

[@andreysimeonov8356]

It seems that it is very important to be sonically flat, shallow, narrow-ranged and colourless, as well as deprived of any more spontaneous and authentic emotional expression in musical performances nowadays. While in Baroque and Renaissance musical aesthetics (to a certain extent in Viennese-Classics as well) such an attitude is somewhat justified, in Romantic works it is totally counterintuitive. I suppose this is so because music has for long time been treated as a branch of Positivist natural sciences. Sad, indeed! For me, this obsessive striving for perfection for the sake of some objective sonic veracity is completely sick. Being imposed as some 'social norm', it has more and more been looking as an irrevocable prerequisite to anyone who wants to achieve something appreciable in the field of Classical music. This is not an art, this is pure politics with its imposed respective standards for social desirability and correctness. In the very end, as any other kind of human psychic and spiritual activity, art IS subjective, no matter how much effort will be put to deny that. Maybe the only true, veridical rendition of a musical work is that made by its own composer. In any other case, a performer's personal inner world is always projected in his/her interpretation in fine, sometimes very subtle ways. This is how things work, no matter of one's conscious, volitional efforts and attempts at control. Let me not be misunderstood as some sort of an essential hater: I have no doubt that the guy in front of the orchestra is very talented, maybe still a bit young and inexperienced, and I wish him every possible success. Nevertheless, I consider him at high risk to be formatted (which amounts to be deformed and burned out) by the grand musical institutions that are seducing him now with their 'objective' opportunities for unlimited self-realization. Well, as we all learn in one way or another, there is always a price to be paid. Only art is priceless, at least in itself.

[@packer812]

I like his Schumann very much.. He should stick with Schumann, Mendelssohn and Russian music, and leave Mahler and Bruckner alone, at least for now.

[@bigbong620]

Just about the most insipid performance of a Schumann symphony I have ever heard.

[@garrettcampbell47]

Uneven interpretation...Tempi unsatisfactory as well as instrumental balance in several, imperative passages.

[@miuzefreak]

4:22 SCHUMANN SYMPHONY

[@chuckardenstrike6809]

4:21

[@Serena-hj8vg]

4:20