Conductor Herbert Blomstedt talks to Universal Edition about the life and music of Gustav Mahler. This interview is included in our new book Gustav Mahler: The Conductors' Interviews Edited by Wolfgang Schaufler www.universaled...
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@grandisdavid5 жыл бұрын
This is the type of conductor one can only love.
@sheebafan133 жыл бұрын
He brought the San Francisco Symphony back to the black.
@classicalperformances8777 Жыл бұрын
just thinking the same thing
@ursularissmann-telle4000Ай бұрын
I do ❤😊
@noreply78928 жыл бұрын
there is nothing more precious than blomstedt talking about mahler and bruckner
@pega17pl3 жыл бұрын
There is saying you can't be a Mahler fan and a Bruckner fan. What a stupid statement. - Heinz
@thiagoancelmo.clarinet13 жыл бұрын
"Beethoven speaks for us all", by far this one of the most beautiful explanation of Beethoven's music.
@ursularissmann-telle40008 сағат бұрын
Ich habe mir nun mehrere Mahler-Interviews in dieser Serie angehört und ich komme zu dem Schluss, dass dieses das tiefgründigste ist. Herbert Blomstedt ist ein wahrer Musikphilosoph, der es wagt, die Psyche der Komponisten, wie sie sich in ihren Werken ausdrückt, zu erkennen und zu benennen und dabei auch zu unterscheiden. Von seinen Äußerungen habe ich am meisten. Geradezu liebenswert finde ich seine Schlussbemerkung: Natürlich würde ich beide (Mahler und Bruckner) gerne treffen, aber ich fürchte, sollte mir dieses Privileg widerfahren, wäre ich vor lauter Bewunderung betäubt und würde nur denken; "Sind Sie das wirklich?!"
@3012507 жыл бұрын
Blomstedt is not only a great maestro but also a philosopher.
@pietstamitz13 жыл бұрын
Love that man! A very modest, serious, profound, kind and very great conductor and human being.
@BytomGirl Жыл бұрын
I was lucky to have season tickets to SFS for a few years when he was it's artistic director and conductor.
@HerrMichaelKohlhaas11 жыл бұрын
This was a really sincere interview. Thank you maestro for your insights!
@leestamm3187 Жыл бұрын
His comments regarding the conducting style of the mature Mahler are totally correct. Many accounts and reviews from his late era performances remark about his quite restrained, yet dominating presence on the podium. Though we know Mahler today as a great composer, he was regarded in his own time as one of the world's best conductors.
@robertmanno57493 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and great responses by Blomstedt.
@candy9986 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the Bernstein comments.
@pega17pl12 жыл бұрын
Blomstedt's comparison of Bruckner and Mahler is very interesting and amazing, too :) 06:35
@detectivehome33182 жыл бұрын
1:38 Directly referring to Bernstein's approach. (Which I happen to love)
@pega17pl3 жыл бұрын
(6:35) Blomstedt's comparison of Bruckner and Mahler is very interesting and amazing, too :) - Heinz
@xapaga13 жыл бұрын
Whenever he appears on NHK, Blomstedt speaks German unlike other conductors like Paavo Järvi, who always responds in English. This is the first time for me to see Blomstedt speak English. I understand his first language is Swedish, though.
@caginn12 жыл бұрын
Reminds Bruno Walter's paper 'Bruckner and Mahler' He also states same kind of ideas in that paper.
@caginn12 жыл бұрын
"Change characterized Mahler's life; constancy Bruckner's. In a certain sense this is also true of their work. Bruckner sang of his God and for his God, Who ever and unalterably occupied his soul. Mahler struggled toward Him. Not constancy, but change ruled his inner life, hence also his music."
@quinto3412 жыл бұрын
Very wise words on Bernstein, I like him
@johannesortmann2789 Жыл бұрын
The most just statement about Lenny Bernstein (2:04).
@pega17pl11 жыл бұрын
to your info: at 2010 Herbert Blomstedt was one of jurors at International Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition by Bamberger Symphoniker if you want to watch finale, please watch?v=cBqoilbBQpI&feature=endscreen&NR=1 to get more info about this famous conductor competitiion please search at web
@pega17pl12 жыл бұрын
Lot of thanks for this very valuable information. "Bruckner and Mahler" is worth to be read by any of Bruckner and/or Mahler fan. To all Brucknerians don't like Mahler and to all Mahlerians don't like Bruckner: you do not know what you missed! Once more many thanks for your valuable hint :)
@caginn12 жыл бұрын
Your welcome, is my pleasure. Then let me quote from it : "is symphonies also (and these before all) sprang from this fundamental religious feeling that swayed Bruckner's entire spirit. He did not have to struggle toward God; he believed. Mahler sought God. He searched in himself, in Nature, in the messages of poets and thinkers" &
@brooklynchorus83777 жыл бұрын
Good interview. The captions are awfully full of mistakes though...
@uemahlerinterviews7 жыл бұрын
The captions are automatically generated by KZbin, I'm afraid there's nothing to be done there. However, our transcript is available in the book: www.universaledition.com/sheet-music-and-more/Gustav-Mahler.-The-Conductors-Interviews-Diverse-UE26311
@brooklynchorus83777 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your information!!!
@olivierbeltrami2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, being in one’s “Beethoven late quartets period” and not connecting immediately to Mahler’s music. I would have thought one was a gateway drug to the other.
@caginn12 жыл бұрын
Does he say 'Turkey' at 10:50 ?
@ursularissmann-telle4000Ай бұрын
He does, I think he wants to refer to the genocide of the Armenians done by the Turks. 😢
@Infidelio12 жыл бұрын
He's probably referring to the Armenian genocide.
@classicalperformances8777 Жыл бұрын
at which moment?
@ursularissmann-telle4000Ай бұрын
@@classicalperformances8777around 10:50
@michaeldoyle67028 жыл бұрын
The maestro looks so much like the American playwright Edward Albee. Albee was an adopted lad. Blomstesdt was born in NYC. Wierd. Very same mannerisms.
@MrKlemps8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Doyle Actually he looks much more like the American journalist George Will.
@MrKlemps8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Doyle Actually he looks much more like the American journalist George Will.