Day 280: Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
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Day
280 — Time travel with YouTube—Mahler 4
08-May-1972
(Montag–Mon.)
TRANSCRIPT
Regular day.
Mahler’s 4th at night. Much better.
REFLECTIONS
Mahler
4. After a
normal day, Mahler’s 4th at night. This sounds like
the actual concert of the Bernstein-Mahler series.
Yesterday morning may have been the televised
version, or the final rehearsal. You can never tire
of Mahler—or Bernstein and the amazing Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra. The opening photo shows
Bernstein conducting the VPO in this concert of
Mahler 4.
Time
travel through the magic of YouTube.
Yes,
folks. It’s time travel. It’s truly magic. It’s like
stepping into a time machine or the gate thingy from
“Stargate” on TV. Here is a look at the actual Mahler
4 concert from tonight (or yesterday morning)—36
years ago. Amazing, these Internet(s). Enjoy.
Great
audio and video quality. It seems
like analog recording was pretty good 36 years ago.
You can even hear Bernstein occasionally mumbling
(5:31–5:38; 6:39 and others) as he conducts. The
audio and video quality is quite remarkable. This is
analog, not digital, and it looks and sounds really
great. If you are a teacher, using these YouTube
videos gives students a great look at musical
performances.
Roland
Berger. The photo
below is of VPO first horn, Roland Berger, an amazing
player of the Viennese horn tradition. Some great
horn playng in the first movement of Mahler 4.
YouTube
Links:
Bernstein-Mahler 4, Movement
1 (1972)
and the Vienna Philharmonic
Bernstein-Mahler 4, Movement
2 (1972)
and the Vienna Philharmonic
John
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