A. Copland: Appalachian Spring - Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra

[@halvivaldi7749]

How these young people from Central Europe can capture the idiom and cadence of the great American outdoors is simply astonishing! Congratulations maestro Becan!

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

It is a little eerie, isn't it. Thanks for catching the wonder of it.

[@peggyfranzen6159]

Many thanks form Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Wisconsin!

[@vaxghost]

I find it extremely refreshing to hear a European orchestra who "gets" Copland. The inherent beauty, optimism and assurance so inherent in Copland's America is so often missed somehow, but not here. Bravo!

[@zevnikov]

Thank you for your compliment!

[@davidcantwell2489]

A compliment? Most definitely... I would say " A statement of fact ". God I would love to hear y'all play Fanfare for the Common Man. Once again absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@@davidcantwell2489 You're not the Only one... and a dozen or more other symphonies I can think of. They are truly amazing. It has gotten so I barely listen to performances of any other orchestras. Why bother?... 💖

[@angelaspencer2886]

I just discovered this wonderfully talented orchestra, and in the last two days listened to all of their available recordings. Now I am telling to everyone I know to do the same. Thank you for the beauty and joy they brought to me! I wish I could attend one of their performances.

[@chrisjude9933]

Pro tip : watch movies at flixzone. I've been using them for watching loads of movies lately.

[@messiahben7257]

@Chris Jude Yup, I've been using Flixzone} for months myself :)

[@kyloramon4970]

@Chris Jude yea, been using flixzone} for years myself :)

[@mariosmanesis5644]

me too

[@gilbertdaroy6080]

Young brilliant performers handled by. surprisingly, by an equally brilliant conductor. The rehearsals must have been a hoot. It's pure joy listening to this version.

[@philipmarq]

Another great performance by this Orchestra. They bring a wonderful, full of life presentation to the music they play. Copeland would be pleased.

[@happydog68]

WOW Just WOW what a great rendition of Copland's Appalachian Spring.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

The most beautiful performance of this uniquely American symphony that I have ever heard, including performances that I have heard in person by the Boston Symphony, L.A. Philharmonic, and even my hometown orchestra here. And all the more amazing considering that this is an orchestra composed almost completely of high school students and young adults. Wow! The rest of the music world could learn valuable lessons by listening to these wonderful young people. 😊💖💖

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Many thanks. You have spoken for me. So much of what this orchestra has given us is the best rendition available. This comes close to their interpretation of Dvorak's New World symphony, which to me is the truest rendition in the world. Both are absolutely the best.

[@priscilladwight8547]

So true!

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@@priscilladwight8547 Thank you, Priscilla. This orchestra is no more, but hopefully my friend Primoz, who founded it in 2002 and directed it those sixteen years, will have a new orchestra formed in Kranj before next year, with Many familiar faces on the stage. 💕

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@Morris Green Well... but you Are being rather picky, aren't you? 🙄🤔

[@tygeschelde9356]

@@elizabethschaeffer9543 æ?

[@kennethpack1963]

My favorite orchestra playing some of my favorite music, now who could ask for more than that...

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

You have said what is in my heart. Many thanks!

[@BoZana.BT13]

Ve slušam sekoj den mi se dopađaat vašite izvedbi bravooooooo👍 POZDRAV od Makedonija

[@billginnj6595]

This orchestra just keeps getting better and better, more amazing, with each passing year! Would love to see their performances in the 2018 series....

[@davidkling4663]

Bill G......Me too

[@michaelbradley1001]

When a concert theme is American music Copeland must be performed! Appalachian Spring is a wonderful choice. In fact it won the Pulitzer prize for music in 1942! It has been described as “one of the most inspiring and symbolic works of the century.” In one sense it takes courage to perform such a master piece. So how did Maestro Bečan and the Gimnazija Kranj orchestra do? SUPERB!! Their performance was so incredibly beautiful! Not only was the performance flawless but these wonderful musicians played with a passion and joy that would have brought tears to the great composers eyes. A huge bonus to these concerts is the superb filming of the orchestra. No one in the business does this better than producer/director Mr. Zevnikov.

[@zevnikov]

Dear Michael. Thank you for your compliments. I hope you are doing well in Alaska. I am debating doing Invitation to the Dance Night in 2017. It could be interesting musical journey. Hugs to you and Deena.

[@vima8680]

I am blessed indeed!!! Thank you.

[@Dimivim]

The more I listen to and study this masterpiece the more I love it...

[@qatriamlucy]

dear Angela, like you I discovered this orchestra by chance and ever since make it known to friends and family. They have a very special way of playing, very expressive, creative and alive.

[@keithbaker2132]

My mother played this every year on the first day of spring. Thanks Mom!!

[@priscilladwight8547]

Absolutely beautiful!!!! Amazing musicians!!!!! Lovely...

[@kenwbrenner]

One of my favorite orchestral compositions, and one of the best performances of such I've heard. Zevnikov - thank you for sharing this with us! This music reminds me of hiking on my beloved Appalachian Trail... God Bless

[@mariosmanesis5644]

i love them all, thank you so much

[@brianbaumgarn5795]

As beautiful as any Appalachian Spring I have ever heard and that is a bunch. Bravo.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

I agree. Many thanks for saying it.

[@jbut1208]

Drive through the American countryside with this music playing and soon you will understand how well Copeland captures the essence of the American spirit!

[@philthefox1948]

Tres belle interprétation de ce chef d'oeuvre absolu. Bravo aux chef et aux musiciens et particulièrement à la talentueuse Nadja Drakslar qui, en dépit d'une vue deficiente, m'émeut toujours aux larmes. Ecoutez donc le concerto de Mozart par cette grande dame : vous m'en direz des nouvelles!

[@sdorr]

Thanks!

[@stanwilson5635]

I believe and audience of Smetna, Copeland, Respighi and many other great composers would be giving a standing 'O' with tears of JOY on their faces for this dynamic and exciting orchestra and Maestro Nejc Bečan.

[@salmonbait2]

You are absolutely correct!

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Well said. Thanks for saying exacetly what I was thinking. Aren't they marvelous!

[@karenlorance8714]

I live in Montana, This reminds me so much of Montana; the wide open plains, the fertile river valleys, the majestic mountains, the endless skies. Come to Montana all you fabulous musicians and see for yourself! We love you! God bless you as your spread the beauty of your music around the world.

[@zevnikov]

Dear Kareen I cycled trough whole Montana. Medora, Glendive, Circle, Wolf Point, Cutbank, Whitefish, Marion, along Kootenai river to Idaho and further to Washington State and Seattle. Montana is na amazing State.

[@keithrobertson9075]

Simply sublime!

[@donnatiffan2434]

Absolutely beautiful. I am thoroughly enjoying all the videos you are uploading, but this was particularly stunning. Thank you. You have created a wonderful program at your school!

[@halyourpalg2019]

Copeland would be so PROUD!!!

[@malcolmmontgomery8666]

Just wonderful. Thank you.

[@happydog68]

Please do NOT forget to give a big thumbs up to the video and audio crews who did such an excellent job in this presentation. If not for them everyone would not be enjoying it and enjoy it I have ....several times.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

Absolutely! Primoź and his audio and video team are, in my seven-plus decades of listening to this amazing music, THE best to ever bring this music to me... not to mention his amazing high school/youth symphony orchestra. But he knows that, since I have told him Many times over the years. 👍💖

[@daveenyart]

Fabulous. You honor my country.

[@Dylonely_9274]

This is marvelous, thank you for your performance. 3:48 I love this melody, it’s heavenly…

[@Tecnocosas]

Excelenteeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Bravoooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

Wonderful!!!! thankyou.

[@ngabcle]

Shame on You Tube for so many interruptions to this sublime piece of music.

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Superb...

[@harryjordan-th8hh]

my favorite conductor

[@dennismurillodennis3079]

Copland made real American music for the world to play and enjoy.

[@Enyawestie]

It is so very beautiful.

[@mmciau]

Great performance - very well done

[@ronaldcammarata3422]

My favorite piece.

[@bmt22033]

I love Copland and this was an amazing performance! 17:12 gives me goosebumps!!

[@moviebuffful]

Hi great videos is there rite of spring yet one of my favourites

[@kennethpack1963]

I love the near sighted clarinet player

[@danakaleb4882]

She’s legally blind.

[@skyhawk2958]

Nadja Has been with the orchestra quite a while. She is brilliant. Kudos to the lead flutist also. I miss Ziva, the former lead oboist, she had tremendous talent as well.

[@sltomsik]

This performance is better than the what the American Symphonies give us. Je n'ai jamais l'écoute si bien joué.

[@Regigabrielsilva]

Maravilhosa obra! Um show de talentos, impecáveis!

[@irineoferreira4012]

Maestro e músicos jovens, com grandes talentos .

[@salmonbait2]

You guys are so damn good it's unreal! Love it all.

[@howyuanlok15]

Full of unexpected excitement and synesthesia...something new.

[@Eyologist1]

This piece by Copeland can be difficult to perform rightly. With its varied phrasing, syncopated rhythms, and "old West" themes that are unfamiliar to many conductors, it is easy to give it an "off-balance" presentation. Not this time, however. Awesome interpretation! Thank you, Maestro!

[@conradinhawaii7856]

THE most beautiful performance of this stunning symphony that I have ever heard, whether recorded or in the symphony halls of Boston, Los Angeles, or Honolulu. Go figure. 🤔🙄 And I'm very certain that Aaron was incapable of writing a bad symphony or Any bad music. 😊💖

[@BernardProfitendieu]

"old West"??? the Appalachians were in the East last time I checked. American themes galore, but none of them "old West" ... not everything is Billy the Kid or Rodeo

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@@BernardProfitendieu Well said. And I guarantee that Primož, Nejc, and all the "kids" in the orchestra know this, too. And "varied phrasing and syncopated rhythms", as the original commenter phrased it, are routine for this superb orchestra.

[@thadhorner5129]

@@BernardProfitendieu It is true the title of the piece refers to a range of mountains in the East. But nonetheless I keep hearing expansive themes that remind me of the Old West. Why that is, I don't know, but that's what I hear.

[@ronaldcammarata3422]

Don't know if this contains "old West" themes or not, but it is true that Copland did not name it Appalachian Spring. Martha Graham did.

[@donnawalsh128]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Stand in the parking lot for Clingmans Dome and behold the Majesty Grandeur and Beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains!!!!

[@gabrielebraga1353]

L ebreo americano Aaron Cop land profonde tutto il suo talento musicale proprio delle sue origini nella interpretazione de The Appalachian Spring.

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

First 2 minutes remind me of the Dawn on the Moscow River by MPM. But it's spring in Appalachian Mountains.

[@ltlarrow1]

well, darn, I guess when I come over there, no chance of getting a ticket

[@conradinhawaii7856]

You may be surprised. Write to Primož. His email address is below the intro and credits.

[@zevnikov]

Dear Michael. For you, there will be always a special VIP ticket for free. We appreciate our faithful fans!

[@eugenebriggs4467]

Nadia as usual is great with her solo. I would like to know more about her life. I noticed in this video that she is waring a wedding ring. Can anyone bring me up to date?

[@conradinhawaii7856]

I believe that she now has three children, and guest-performs with the Slovenian Philharmonic in Ljubljana, and possibly other orchestras. 💖👍

[@jimtorpe6189]

Bravo venez jouer en France !

[@sadekab8466]

رائعة جدا

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

Choice of music perhaps coincided with Inauguration of new American President and his Slovenian First Lady?

[@zevnikov]

No. It has to do with my cycling adventure from Boston to Seattle. You can check it out in my channel. ;)

[@christopherslane7830]

Tis a joy to be simple…

[@hankcranswick6778]

Does Gustavo Dudamel know of this orchestra?

[@BernardProfitendieu]

who cares?

[@johnedreslin]

Wonderful performance. Is this the youth symphony once again? There seemed to be more older players.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

This was a high school and youth symphony orchestra, which performed from 2002 through December 2018. It was around 90 percent made up of student musicians from Gimnazija Kranj high school, with the remainder being invited former students under age thirty, plus a handful of music tutors from the school. Nadja Drakslar, the superb clarinetist here, and also Urška Rihtaršič, on the seven-pedal harp, are just two of those former students in this concert.💖

[@ASiloti]

Wonderfull performance. I was concerned for the lead flutest who looks like she was sick starting at 2:12 and through the performance. I was amazed that she played wonderfully through out the performance with what appears to be some kind of problem.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

You are obviously new to the Gimnazija Kranj Symphony orchestra and to orchestral music in general. That is a clarinet... Not a flute. And there is Nothing wrong with her. That is Nadja Drakslar, one of the finest clarinet musicians you are ever going to have the privilege to see and hear, who just happens to be extremely sight-impaired. Doesnt affect her incredible talent on the clarinet one bit. I suggest you spend some time watching this incomparable performance of this orchestra and Nadja playing Mister Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A-Major, and then I guarantee you will never confuse a clarinet for a flute again, nor have any doubts about Nadja's amazing talent or how she puts her whole heart into performing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWHQepugnbqhoLM

[@conradinhawaii7856]

The lead "flutist" is the superb lead clarinetist, Nadja Drakslar, and was definitely not "sick". She was born 95 percent blind, and so must often lean close to her sheet music to follow the flow of the music. Look up her beautiful solo performance on this channel of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto with this orchestra.

[@albertodelgado3521]

Bravo♥★*¤°•

[@someday_will_be]

02:23 Is Nadja Drakslar myopic?

[@davidcantwell2489]

Read her comment in the video they did of rimsky-korsakov's scheherazade.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

Why is that more important to you than the beautiful way she plays? 🤔

[@danakaleb4882]

She’s legally blind. But her heart and soul have perfect vision and her music is sublime.

[@peggyfranzen6159]

The early morning, and...

[@richardwalrath4783]

💕😎

[@dneuens]

I wanted to love this because as an American I adore orchestras from other countries playing music of our composers, and even though their performance of An American in Paris was imperfect, I still thoroughly enjoyed it. I just couldn't for this piece. Too many performance errors and I assume the conductor is the one who tweaked the arrangement, taking out large (and sometimes very small) portions of the orchestral suite. For anyone familiar with the work, it confuses your expectations and completely alters the flow, making it feel rushed and hastily put together. Plus, shortening the final movement, which is one of the most beautiful compositions ever written, when it's not that long to begin with is unforgivable. Dang...

[@zevnikov]

This was the hardest piece for our orchestra. Imagine our kids, struggling to rehearse this. Maestro did it at his best. Even the most famous orchestras couldnt play this properly. Thank you for your honest review. I hope you still like our other performances. Greetings from Slovenia.

[@dneuens]

@@zevnikov It had some very good moments, and for sure a challenge to any orchestra. Your performance of An American in Paris was quite enjoyable!

[@zevnikov]

@@dneuens dear Dylan try also our The Moldau and From the New World Symphony. I would like to hear your comments.

[@christopherhill2786]

I agree entirely. Not at all together at 13:00

[@macmensch]

Right from the beginning there was something in my eyes……………..

[@fred1391]

15'01'' : Lord of the Dance

[@magdamohamed4058]

Please Nadja Drakslar do somthing Wear a glasses or a Lysk process you you are amazing performance

[@Tocsin-Bang]

Sadly Nadja has only 10% vision, glasses would not help.

[@danakaleb4882]

Glasses or lasik won’t help with her sight. She’s legally blind.

[@claudiomazzola4984]

2:39 Wait... what?

[@boyan64]

Claudio, she is almost blind I she can't see notes clear.

[@christopherhill2786]

They aren't at all together at 13:00 with some quite rough bits at around 13:20/30. Their performance of the "Pines of Rome" is much better than this.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

Please spare us your so-very-tiresome "expertise", bud. 😩

[@TedUrbanek]

Will someone PLEASE get the First clarinet some GLASSES!

[@cereretrop]

She has a vision disability which is why she moves close to the music frequently - glasses can’t help her. I’ll be watching for your apology🙂

[@conradinhawaii7856]

@@cereretrop Don't hold your breath waiting, from this jerk. 😩

[@omie5763]

M:

[@DennislinChannel]

annoying coughs

[@norronlee4945]

Commercial at 14 minutes "Aagh"

[@monopod1]

Such a shame that one player got horribly lost, but got picked up by the more experienced in the orchestra. I heard Slatkins version first, so I'm afraid that this performance was marred by that.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

Well... What a terrible shame for you. From now on, then, just listen to Slatkin's carefully edited, engineered, and sterilized studio version. You will be Much happier. But I'm sure that, if you Try Reeeally hard, you may be able to find the tiniest of mistakes even in Their version. 🙄🤣

[@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575]

that clarinetist acts like she needs glasses.

[@chuck1prillaman]

Unconventional interpretation. I'll have to come back to this.

[@conradinhawaii7856]

Or maybe, just don't. 😩🤣