Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite - Sinfonia Rotterdam/ Conrad van Alphen

Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite Op 71a, Live in de Doelen Rotterdam.
Sinfonia Rotterdam - Conductor Conrad van Alphen.
20 September 2014

[@ExileWolf12]

For those who need index 0:16 Miniature Overture 3:53 March 6:42 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 8:41 Russian Dance (Trepak) 10:03 Arabian Dance 13:56 Chinese Dance 15:16 Dance of the Mirlitons 18:00 Waltz of the Flowers 25:47 Russian Dance (Trepak) - Encore

[@MatFox]

6:42 of course the favorite!

[@erichvalenca791]

정주철

[@DamianoS_]

love this kind of comments

[@TheYgyoon]

한국인 찾았다

[@patrickloftus_]

You my friend, are a saint

[@pinky4945]

I love when there changes song and it’s quite AND everyone starts having a coughing competition

[@ekscholl]

Bahahaha.... thought I was the only one that noticed that 😆

[@jeansanon2308]

@@ekscholl I saw too

[@overpoweredgeek5392]

Keep the 69 likes

[@Denise-vv9ns]

Yes that was still possible 6 years ago😒.... Would like to hear that more often again, healthy coughing😅🙏

[@jarnopalokari3702]

reminds of the Bugs Bunny cartoon, where he gets annoyed and shoots the cougher

[@TetanicRain]

I don’t know why, but the way the conductor conducts makes me very happy

[@Goku17yen]

Yeah same it’s so bouncy and fun but also reserved at times when needed

[@davidmccarter9479]

1959, Dad bought a gramophone and the first 33 and a third we played on it was this. I’m now 71 and it breaks me up. This is wonderful.

[@rafanifischer3152]

I first heard this in 1963 when my brother bought an LP (in stereo!). I have you beat David, I'm 74.

[@surenaemnm3724]

I am 28 from Iran. Respect to you sir for appreciating fine art and your haunting story.

[@sankalplele]

I have noticed that in other performances the tempo is faster. I'm in love with this version of Tchaikovsky's Masterpiece. Hats off to all the players and the conductor.

[@jorgeparedes5826]

Coincido con usted. Además entre pieza y pieza hay una pausa que permite terminar de "digerir" la que acaba de terminar.

[@ComposerInUK]

Let's not underestimate this music. It is wholly original and contains the first ever appearance of the celeste - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. It's such wonderful music which I think we sometimes take it for granted. This is one of Tchaikovsky's last major works and his mastery of orchestration is unparalleled. Three cheers for Tchaikovsky and this lovely performance,

[@frankjuggaloheathen1035]

I remember hearing somewhere that Tchaikovsky himself really hated this piece. Funny how sometimes a composer's least favorite piece ends up being his/her most popular.

[@victormainguitar]

@@frankjuggaloheathen1035 that is accurate. Tchaikovsky thought his 6 symphonies were his greatest works... I'd agree for what that is worth.

[@luisn642]

@@frankjuggaloheathen1035 Same for his 1812 Overture

[@benderrodrigues277]

Underestimate Tchaicowsky?????????🤔🤔🤔🤔 Id rather underestimate these duch "musicists"

[@bill1036]

Conductor has a very modern yet simplistic style. Very effective and easy to follow. Excellent performance from all.

[@Ken_Weber_organist]

Yes and you can tell just by the body language of him and the rest of the musicians there is an EXCELLENT rappor with them. It is quite obvious they are all really enjoying themselves performing this. GREAT TEAMWORK!!!!!

[@Goku17yen]

@@Ken_Weber_organistwho wouldn’t enjoy themselves performing this suite, it’s so fun to play!

[@FlexingClassicalMusic]

🌹 In the realm of classical music, every composition is a masterpiece, a brushstroke on the canvas of auditory delight. The emotive power of each note connects us to the past, offering a glimpse into the artistic genius that defines this timeless genre. 🎨🎼

[@31Alden]

Beautiful comment.

[@mjleger4555]

This takes me back to my childhood and Daddy, with his Ampex set-up with speakers in all four corners of our living room and this is one of the compositions that he put on the Nutcracker Suite every Christmas in our household. I played piano and flute with orchestras later in life and enjoyed it immensely. It brings back memories and tears to my eyes when I listen now! My sister played the violin and piano -- all of us kids learned an instrument when very young. Daddy played a little bit of piano when a child, (about 8 notes!) but never lost his love for music, although he became a physician and surgeon, we always had music playing in the home. Some of my siblings continued to play their instrument, others pursued other interests, but when we came home for Christmas, this entire Nutcracker Suite composition was always played at some point during the yule season, and we loved it!

[@harryhagan5937]

Sounds like a happy and genial family. How blessed you were and are. Thanks for the share.

[@mjleger4555]

@@harryhagan5937 Thank you, yes we were blessed; all that is gone now but my memories of those many family Christmases will stay with me forever.

[@MrVincent537]

Why many other conductors are unable to perform this music as sensible and as musically expressive as Conrad van Alphen proves that not every conductor is capable to really identify himself with the music which he is conducting. Conrad van Alphen is a genial conductor.

[@password.is.taco.]

That Waltz of the Flowers gets me every time.

[@alessandrosavoncelli]

Same

[@elausraliano]

When I was little I thought that this was the music angels played in heaven. I think my grandma told me that.

[@missdahlin4940]

GOD YESS

[@classicalviolinist2325]

Same

[@TheLegendAirOfficial]

@@classicalviolinist2325 yeah

[@pretzelzetzel]

I must say, this might be the best I've ever heard this played.

[@sultrysophist]

I was raised travelling the world because my entire family is in music. My mother a world famous singer, my father a producer, my grandparents world famous musical writers, my grandfather specifically was a conductor, a jazz trumpeter who had his own band at Disneyland. I have something like a "photographic" musical memory and can perfectly memorize extremely complex pieces of classical and electronic music in one or two hearings. I had almost the entire Nutcracker Suite memorized by the time I was 10 or 11 years old, and I've heard many different orchestras perform it. All that to say... I'm pretty sure this is not only the best performance I've ever heard of the Nutcracker Suite. Whoever did the arrangement and production on this medley is absolutely incredible, and the players are flawless. There are consistent differences in this production that are so nuanced and brilliantly integrated that they probably go unnoticed by most listeners. Thank you. Edit: Listening further, I'm crying at how brilliant this is.

[@homoerot03]

...

[@livium9184]

This is some of the most beautiful music ever composed, it simply melts my heart.

[@michaelangelo8898]

I have the utmost respect for musicians like these and all alike. THIS "gives me faith in humanity" 🙏

[@rafanifischer3152]

I didn't know this: a mirliton is an eunuch flute or onion flute; a musical instrument of the woodwind family that was. originally used during the 16th and 17th centuries and. is still manufactured today resembling a kazoo.

[@matthewberry3155]

This performance, to me, seems very precise in it's reproduction of this timeless classic. I love the ambient noise of the chairs squeaking and the audience just being there. I think that there are just enough instruments here to get the job done. Nothing more, nothing less. The recording is again very precise and accurate.

[@Nurolizer445]

*10:03** ARABIAN NIGHTS* Heard this for the first time while i was like 7-8 years old in the Tom and jerry movie but one day i suddenly remembered it and after some much of hard found this. I felt so nostalgic like i unlocked a old memory that was in my brain. It was like my first ASMR for me as a child. I really thank you for perfectly making this videos❤

[@peterjongsma5297]

Tchaikovsky is the highest selling classical composer.

[@mawgateway]

Conrad van Alphen is one of my favorite conductors. I love his expressive and genial style. His use of humor and looks of appreciation toward the orchestra are priceless. I also enjoy any conductor that doesn't simply crank out the beats with his baton, but rather uses the right hand for more minimalistic tempo guidance and his left hand for expression gestures. Beautifully done.

[@Gwen3344]

@mawgatewag I feel compelled to say that my experience of this conductor was quite the opposite. His gestures were over the top and hugely distracting from the music and the perfomances of the musicians; particularly considering that his hyperactive emotionalism was not in sync with the reverent joy that I experience when I listen to The Nutcracker Suite. Alphen comes across as an attention hog, a matter made worse by the director's lack of imagination. He mostly called only three camera shots: excessive exposure of Alphen, the first violins and the trombones. It is absolutely unforgivable that the camera(s) was not focused on the horns during their beautifully haunting passages in the waltz. Instead, we were forced to endure more of Alphen's mugging. We, and Tchaikovsky, deserved better!

[@mawgateway]

@@Gwen3344 Yikes. Your world sounds horrible. However, I am definitely in sync with your reverent joy on listening to Nutcracker.

[@Gwen3344]

@@mawgateway My "world sounds horrible" because I expresed an opinion about a conductor? Or does the "horror" lie simply in the fact that my experience was different from yours, and I dared to express it? Suffice it to say, mature adults can respectfully agree to disagree without resorting to petty and baseless insults; that you chose otherwise has its own peculiar "sound".

[@mawgateway]

@@Gwen3344 God bless you. But your world still sounds horrible to me. Am I not allowed to express my opinion?

[@Gwen3344]

@@mawgateway There is absolutely nothing in my comments that in any way implies, and certainly does not state, that you are not allowed your opinion. However, you are not *owed* agreement. Self-expression is fundamental to being human. Allowing, accepting, and even valuing differences in expression are simple acts of graciousness and humility. Your demonstrated deficits in those qualities makes your offer of "blessings" a mockery of God, and totally meaningless. As for how my life sounds to you, I can't help but be amused that you think that I should, or do, care. LOL!

[@ピアノ-h4q]

全音ピース《くるみ割り人形メドレー》 3:53 行進曲 6:42 こんぺい糖の踊り 8:41 トレパーク 15:16 あし笛の踊り 23:30 花のワルツ

[@xtremenortherner]

17:50 One of my favorite musical moments...,the intro to "Waltz of the Flowers"...,very nice job done by the harpist!

[@lemon-wf7dg]

RIGHTTT it is absolutely beautiful, reminds me of when that one Tom and Jerry in new york(or something) episode used it, I remember being amazed as a kid, listening to such beautiful music

[@jasonhurd4379]

One of the finest renditions of this work I've heard. Too bad the audience coughing ruined the harp cadenza in Waltz of the Flowers. The Dutch smoke like trains, so I guess it could have been a lot worse.

[@peterjongsma5297]

We sure do. Perceptive comment.

[@gregoryambres1897]

💪🏆💪 That man had a GENIUS for music that was simply EXCEPTIONAL. 💪🏆💪

[@missdahlin4940]

man, this conductor and pikachu in vacuum, who's more energetic? SOOO GOOD.

[@erichodge567]

Perhaps the most brilliant and effective set of character pieces ever penned!

[@VoidedMirror]

This music brings me so much joy

[@Ken_Weber_organist]

Best performance of Nutcracker I have EVER heard!!!!!!!!

[@paulus5877]

That brings me to tears in the new normal !!!! I saw Nutcracker last Winter in Wiesbaden, now everything has changed... So sad ... But you gave me Hope !!! Thank you so much :)Its absolutly stunning !!!!

[@CharmMoon]

Love how the whole orchestra enjoying the music

[@brownbalak4641]

My, what a wonderful piece and the whole gang is amazing. To all those were playing on the stage, if you're reading this, I have enjoyed your hard work. My ears are in heaven.

[@ericlopez4615]

I am now a rich man having listened to such gorgeous music. This is sonic bliss. It touches the soul, revealing its depth. It touches us the way it should. God gave Tchaikovsky a message to deliver, and he did. I pity those who don't listen. More so, those who don't know how to listen.

[@peterjongsma5297]

His motifs are just magical and astonishing. Little bursts of ecstasy.

[@debbyjongong182]

the nutcracker oh that barbie movie i watched 12years ago.. and i could still feel the memories through this flawless music..

[@ameliaw9967]

debby jongong ME! TOO!

[@dollylinkera]

Yes. I knew it by barbie

[@pedrofernandes431]

I love to see you folks love 💞 what you do!!! You play from the heart and by that way touch my heart! Thank you 🎵🎼

[@weshen83]

Tchaikovsky is my all time favorite composer, a tip from me: his violin concert performed by Janine Jansen. First Mr Perlman his performance was my favorite and then Janine came and took the first place in my heart.

[@31Alden]

A brilliant performance, conducted with joy and enthusiasm. A masterful, beautiful composition with a rich, full orchestral sound. Delightful!

[@nominalsofar3831]

Brilliant performance, and I have to say, what a conductor! Love his plain, simple but effective expression. Bravo!

[@alexgomez2]

My dad’s favorite suite for those “cold” winter days close to Christmas in Mexico. ❤❤❤

[@a1-h8]

What a wonderful piece of music! I love this performance, especially Conrad's characterful conducting - the faces and gestures are so entertaining, I could watch this all day

[@jeffrichardjr]

Absolutely amazing 👏

[@hanshoning9529]

Wonderful performance, and a pleasure to watch, partly because Tchaikovsky was such a great orchestrator, and it's fun to watch how he tosses the melodies from one section to another. This is one of those pieces of music that's even more fun when you know the back-story: that trumpet fanfare at the beginning was the bugle call that woke Tchaikovsky up every morning when he was staying in a hotel next to a military barracks. You or I would put in earplugs and go back to sleep, but that's why he was a genius and we're not; he'd get up and start composing. If you like "program music," the program for this piece goes something like this: Reveillez, wake up! It's a beautiful sunny morning in Rome, as the light creeps across the city. Now it's bright morning and we're off on a joyride through the Italian peninsula, to Florence to hear a Florentine folk song, then down to Taranto to dance the Tarantella! Finally, a magnificent sunset with the full orchestra getting into the act.

[@cindybarriosbartolo8847]

Entirely grateful for these amazing musical pieces.

[@stevespencer3415]

I have always enjoyed listening to this piece.

[@nicolehourcade]

Ik ben zeer bly te horen de orchestra and Conrad. I saw the balet 5 times in different countries with great dancers but it is a great pleasure to listen to the orchestral suite..

[@bkpark2353]

Thank you so much for delighting my ears.

[@tonydeangeles453]

That was AWESOME & ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL! Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@airasanias6047]

March and waltz of the flowers are the best

[@michaelangelo8898]

Or most generally enjoyed

[@alessandrosavoncelli]

Yeah

[@mosspatchouli631]

Inspirational Indeed!🎻Helps calm my nerves.

[@alwib4167]

such amazing performance

[@kockahrdlicka7167]

úžasné složení, Rozhodně se jedná o dílo génia, hraji roh v Praze orchestr a je to jedinečná interpretace.

[@Scorpion-ix2fz]

Casse-noisette est devenu, depuis sa création en décembre 1892, un véritable symbole musical. Le soir de Noël, Clara reçoit de son oncle un casse-noisette. Pendant la nuit, une merveilleuse féerie commence : dans le salon, les jouets s'animent et le casse-noisette se transforme en prince

[@japfourme381]

Simply beautiful all!! Wonderful to listen to!! Thank you!!

[@MusicalJeanAz]

What a wonderful orchestra! The Nutcracker Suite is so easy on the ears. Pure delight!

[@46tmb]

If Beethoven heard this he would confess...he is better than me

[@mariaangelarabellini6667]

El Waltz of the flowers es sublime!!! Y qué preciosa orquesta. Un placer para los oídos!!

[@javiernicho1608]

Siempre quedo sorprendido como es que los grandes compositores son atemporales, hacen que sus composiciones esten insertas en lo popular y en el entretenimiento actual .Hoy donde no es tan facil destacar sino eres grotesco o falto de talento

[@conniederuiter2751]

I love this song

[@MrsYasha1984]

Such beauty! Absolutely marvellous, beautifully played!

[@nianjiuyu9840]

Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet music is fantastic,melodious

[@Montano76]

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written.

[@Ivan-gt4ln]

Waltz of The Flower is something else man

[@AY-untitled]

Yeah it's so great isn't it? Wish I was as good as Tchaikovsky xD

[@Damethefirst]

Simply beautiful, very well done everyone!!

[@gloriavaldes5103]

Precioso es uno de mi preferidos en música clásica solo recuerdo las navidades cuando era niña mi papá QEPD lo ponía para navidad. Abrazos y bendiciones

[@DM-ks9zl]

Wonderful masterpiece

[@ArmandoRamirezBracamontes]

Friends, Beautiful interpretation of Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite. Thank you very much. Armando Ramirez Bracamontes

[@SuanyAmadorSuaniky]

I love it so much

[@cesydilupo]

mi affascina la passione dei direttori d'orchestra e suonatori.

[@hopekeehn4836]

Remember: each one of these ppl had to start somewhere. Don't give up!!

[@tommasterplus]

What a great melodist was Tchaikovsky! It makes me wonder in John Williams, such a great contemporary melodist too

[@EndorphikaMorphika]

Flawless! Beautiful!!!

[@Kochemar]

Bravo !! J'adore juste trop la musique classique et vous m'aviez donner du reve ! ❤

[@airasanias6047]

One of the best classical music performances I heard

[@karimscred6348]

Dutchies know how to to play Tchaikovsky :))) Wonderful!

[@jaapsmid1134]

A master, also composed 1812 ouverture. Something completely different.

[@jasg7550]

Maravillosa interpretación, no me canso de escucharla, Director y Músicos, lo mejor que he escuchado de esta suite, a la altura de Karajan en mi opinión.

[@amyn.middleton1456]

I'm here for this conductor

[@pandoraprometeo3634]

BRAVO!!!☮️💓🇲🇽 Wow, es increible y muy emotivo!!🌷

[@ch1pcheeze]

I’m in beginner orchestra and I wanna learn this soon when I’m in high school

[@claxonroy]

lo puedo ver un millon de veces!!!

[@sankalplele]

Splendid!

[@highac3s]

That tambourine lady was ON POINT.

[@litebulb0]

Came to the comments to say the same! I've listened to this piece many times and just now noticed how incredible she is!

[@carloslaguensbermejo9812]

Magnifica interpretación por esta prestigiosa orquesta sinfónica neerlandesa dirigida por Conrad van Alphen de la célebre Suite El Cascanueces compuesta por el genial compositor ruso P.I.Tchaikovsky. BRAVO !!! Saludos desde España.

[@cloudical1561]

im in 9th grade going to play the nutcracker, dance of the sugar plum fairy and trepak... wow im scared

[@pandoraprometeo3634]

Waltz of the flowers!!💓💓

[@ARMAKOFILMS]

Un un un unnnnn - fuckin - believably geniaaaaaallll music!!!

[@8pedropaulo]

A verdadeira poesia em forma de musica

[@angggg444]

beautiful!

[@권선동어르신]

한국에서 이런 수준 높은 클레식을 듣을 수 있을까요.. 너무너무 좋네요 눈물 날 뻔

[@alanissoto2895]

Preciosa esta melodia no me canso de escuchar esta pieza , yo la toque en un concierto mi instrumento es el violín y lo amoooo

[@Ladybearclaw28806]

Thank you!

[@BunnaphatTangpaiboon]

I'm the latest audience , Bravo 👍👍👍

[@chseoul]

I love it!

[@Gustavovon121]

Nunca me cansara esto. Orquesta para levantar la magia.

[@jasg7550]

Maravilloso sr. director, desde Chile, felicitaciones a Ud. y Orquesta.

[@zhaochangqian2175]

Rotterdam people were clearly ill. However, the conductor patiently waited for the coughings to subside before beginning a next segment. That, is civilization!

[@thegougy]

they should have given their ticket to some healthy person instead of ruining the performance (and recording) for others. It was way too much.

[@Notcho02-j3c]

19:53 my favorite part

[@rockytherookie8599]

Luke Cho mine too

[@elgoku8213]

Nobody Care's

[@shady490]

El Goku You don't care about grammar either, right?

[@elgoku8213]

IRON know :v

[@rafaeldiaz5489]

I like conductor and orchresta... specialy vals of the flowers. Greetings fro, Bogotá.

[@numberstimes]

I am learning to play the highlights on my zylophone. Wish me luck.

[@과묵한일상]

Legend …

[@LucileCoccinelle]

anyone else love watching the cor anglais in orchestra performances mostly quietly looking at their feet or counting the bars until FINALLY it's their turn? let's hear it for the cor anglais