BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy for piano, voices, chorus and orchestra, Op. 80

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[With captions in German & English translation]. A pre-cursor to his Ninth Symphony, Beethoven’s sparkling 1808 Choral Fantasy for piano, vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra is a poetic tribute to the divine power of music. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Choir are joined by a cast of Singaporean vocalists Ee-Ping, Jessica Chen, Rebecca Chellappah, Jonathan Tay, William Lim and guest Chinese tenor Long Long, plus Malaysian piano wunderkind Tengku Irfan in this sunlit gem.
0:00 I. Adagio
4:30 II. Finale.
15:47 "Schmeichelnd hold und lieblich klingen"
19:34 Applause
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Choruses dedicate this concert to all healthcare workers in Singapore - thank you for your care in these trying times.
Concert sponsored by Symphony 924.
Recorded live at the Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore, 8 Nov 2019.
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, Principal Guest Conductor
Tengku Irfan, piano
Ee-Ping, soprano
Jessica Chen, soprano
Rebecca Chellappah, mezzo-soprano
Long Long, tenor
Jonathan Tay, tenor
William Lim, baritone
Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir
Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director
Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster
An SSO Digital Premiere #SSOPlayOn
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@shadowweaver3693 Жыл бұрын

The thought that ONE person ALONE could write such a thing just blows my mind

@singaporesymphony Жыл бұрын

And by this time, he was already partially deaf.

@carolhuru8173 Жыл бұрын

Incredible forever...!

@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын

And this isn't even B at his best.

@AlexandreLuiz-ph8ns 10 ай бұрын

@@Tolstoy111agree.❤

@Arkhangael 5 ай бұрын

And he was deaf

@renzinobiotti3076 3 жыл бұрын

Beethoven, the voice of god !

@carolhuru8173 Жыл бұрын

An European genius and his music conquered entire world.This Singaporean performance is saying everything. Pleasure to watch many times !

@yazeedbushnaq1925 Жыл бұрын

Imagine if Beethoven lived another 15 or 20 years, how richer our human musical heritage would have been!

@richardweil8813 2 жыл бұрын

You know if Beethoven had never composed the 9th this would be hailed as his masterwork, but its greatness is eclipsed by the glory of the symphony. There is nothing one can say about genius on this level except to enjoy it. And this wonderful performance brings all that magic out.

@woody000007 Жыл бұрын

This fantasy is realy "a sketch "for the ninth symphony

@colinnewton5254 Жыл бұрын

I regard this as Beethoven's masterpiece. This performance is spoilt by the harshness of the Steinway, the baseboard needs to really hefty to give a better tone.

@manofstambo7742 Жыл бұрын

The choral fantasy was ‘training’ for the 9th, imho.

@mikhailstepounin9448 Жыл бұрын

5th, 3d,6th Symphonies, piano 5? Grandiose. But this masterpiece is separate beauty.

@Tolstoy111 Жыл бұрын

@@colinnewton5254 This is his best piece? Really? Not any of the symphonies, string quartets, piano sonatas, conceros...but this?

@JBorda Жыл бұрын

This like a Piano Sonata, a Piano Concerto, A Symphony and a Choral in a single package. Beethoven, thanks.

@user-iv3jn2bq7u 10 ай бұрын

Beethoven the greatest composer of all time. I can even imagine how he did all this by himself. If he was alive now, I would tell him that he is the best. I really love his compositions. Bravo to Beethoven

@JBorda Жыл бұрын

It is so sad when it ends. You could listen to this godly music for ages.

@jamesgoldberg5401 15 күн бұрын

Forever!

@tonvverah6728 3 жыл бұрын

Grandiose pianist who plays the piece flawlessly without any score! Great orchestra, great conductor and just as great choir.

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

Without a score, I didn't even realize...mind blown🤯

@gianmasini Жыл бұрын

overweight director, but flying like a feather at the end. Bravo or bravissimo! Great pianist and great chor too. Really nice all

@georgiaguardian4696 2 жыл бұрын

This is not just the best in Asia, it’s one of the best orchestra, the best venues, the best performers in the world of classical music in the entire world, even surpassing Europeans and Americans.

@user-ci9vb7gw4p Ай бұрын

最好的樂團？柏林愛樂，維也納愛樂，紐約愛樂，眾多樂團在一旁笑而不語！

@martinstremlow2997 4 күн бұрын

Thank you Singapore Symphony Orchestra, thank you Beethoven, the immortal! What a great performance performance!

@martinstremlow2997 12 күн бұрын

Beethoven opus 80! To listen to this great and sooo wooonderful performance on u-tube is a marvelous thrill. Imagine you were there live!! Must be breathtaking. Congratulations to all those performing. Orchestra, soloists, pianist , chorus and last but certainly not least conductor!

@katrinat.3032 Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite performance of LVB’s Choral Fantasy

@williamsimonds5429 Жыл бұрын

There are many performances of this work on You-Tube. This one is the best of all. Great Pianist - Sextet - Choir and Conductor. Great Everything.

@edmundroberts5601 3 жыл бұрын

Edmund Roberts. From Canada with love. That was superb, they all seemed to enjoy performing as much as I enjoyed listening. Enthusiasm and skill makes for a winning combination.

@singaporesymphony 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, Edmund! It was indeed one of our fondest memories from 2019, and this year a way we can keep marking Beethoven's 250th birthday.

@gaylewood5665 4 жыл бұрын

A joyful, joyous concert. What fun to see Andrew Litton practically dancing on the podium. The smiles of the choir and soloists delivered the music’s message of universal friendship so wonderfully. ‘Fried und freude’ to one and all in these troubled times.

@marcvolpe8252 9 ай бұрын

GAYLE YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL ADORABLE SEDUCTIVE RAVISHING CAPTIVATING AND PASSIONATE MARRY ME ❤

@SelectCircle 2 жыл бұрын

Best performance of this piece on KZfaq. Thrilling!

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

I must listen to this 3 or 4 times a week. I just love it! It's glorious! It's playful! Beethoven is toying with me, taking me back and forth between the child like melodies then into coronation music. It's joyous and royal at the same time a along on this steady crescendo to the beautiful choir. What a feast for our ears and mind. This music feeds my soul.

@dennispearson871 Жыл бұрын

The Performance Was Magnificent !!! An Extremely Deserved Prolonged Standing Ovation for both Soloist , Choir , and Orchestra !!!..I LOVE IT When An Audience Realizes they have just heard Greatness !!!....

@DheeraVenkatraman 3 жыл бұрын

This is BY FAR the best interpretation and rendition I have heard of the piece. You can feel the energy and dynamism in every single player, and especially all of the soloists. Absolute perfection. One of the few renditions that actually makes my eyes tear because it's musically so perfect.

@singaporesymphony 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, Dheera! We long to sing (it) again!

@schattensand Жыл бұрын

No way, yet the german was very good and everybody enjoyed the play. Reference so is Barenboim as Pianist/Conductor and Carola Höhn as Sopran.

@helmut.schmid2874 7 ай бұрын

In a light mood Beethoven displays - almost advertises - all his skills as a pianist, composer and arrangeur on all levels with unsurpassed mastery.

@helmut.schmid2874 7 ай бұрын

Yes, I think he shows off here, displaying all the tricks of his repertoire, free of all sentimentality or political allusion. Through this he reaches the fringes of the absolute for me.

@HexPulsion Жыл бұрын

This is the best version I've heard. Bravo. So many thanks for sharing!

@MrMarcoaramirez 3 жыл бұрын

¡Fantástica! ¡Que orquesta tan maravillosa! ¡El pianista insuperable! ¡Los solistas, de antología! ¡El coro, vino de la gloria, esas bellísimas voces orientales, inolvidables, siempre recordables! ¡El director simplemente maravilloso, fuera de serie, único, el alma de la orquesta, increíble! ¡Un concierto excepcional, una experiencia única altamente satisfactoria!

@aggmvandenbroek5466 3 жыл бұрын

what a fantastic performance by a super pianist, a super orchestra, a super choir and a super conductor who - just like Leon Bernstein did - happily conducts his orchestra! How can one take the thumb down ???

@severinacappelletti8364 2 жыл бұрын

È quello che mi chiedo anch'io...purtroppo non tutti apprezzano questa musica meravigliosa. In effetti non è di facile comprensione: bisogna immaginare la costruzione architettonica dell'opera. Tanti anni fa ne avevo registrato una diretta dal magico Leonard Bernstein: è stato un 'emozione unica. Tuttora pelle d'oca e lacrime a stento trattenute...

@lhcinv9143 2 жыл бұрын

And a super composer also...

@astrolazuli Жыл бұрын

Wow the conductor is amazing! He puts so much emotion into his movements, and thus the entire orchestra shines as well. The single best rendition of this piece by far. Bravo!

@adriakmelani 4 жыл бұрын

An uncommonly performed piece and i am glad that it is available on youtube by the SSO. Brilliant playing with fine strings and woodwinds from the SSO. Irfan played intelligently and the chorus plus the six vocal soloists really amplify this majestic choral fantasy. I wish i were there for the live performance. Thanks for uploading this infrequent work by Beethoven. BRAVO

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

So great, I got goosebumps on my arms and tears in my eyes. Thank you for this moment of joy during this year of isolation!

@singaporesymphony 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, Kathryn! The pleasure is ours!

@winstonotillio7705 11 ай бұрын

To all talented musicians.....bravo! ( of course beetjoven too!!l)

@dy6682 2 жыл бұрын

Beethoven unites, Covid divides. Splendid performance. Not too often do you see the conductor so animated during the performance as this gentleman.

@treeskates Жыл бұрын

So much joy.

@christopherjones8168 Жыл бұрын

Just love to see the enjoyment in the faces of the choir

@RIMOCARS 4 жыл бұрын

18:35 Nice Swing

@alvarobruna2227 Жыл бұрын

Beethoven, for ever Beethoven.

@jasonorchids 4 жыл бұрын

Very elegant playing by Tengku! Thanks SSO!

@georgiaguardian4696 2 жыл бұрын

After listening to few SSO performances, it’s clear to me that it’s one of the best if not the best orchestras in the entire Asia.

@singaporesymphony 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words, George!

@annalatter7098 9 ай бұрын

just so great love it .i wear headphone's when i listen to BEETHOVEN.

@vinnyvid11 23 күн бұрын

I absolutely love the enthusiasm of the conductor! Pure joy!!

@curtcarlson8312 Жыл бұрын

Amazing -- such passion and joy to be part of this magic composition. This from tiny Singapore. Can you imagine that just a generation ago Singapore started from zero -- no water, energy, natural resources, land, or economy. They prove what people can do.

@detectivehome3318 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my most favourite Beethoven. Thank you eternally @Singapore Symphony !!

@fritzgysin 5 ай бұрын

Amazing, this music can reunite mankind. Thank you Singapore, thank you Asia. We all live on the same earth!

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they got so much applause, they deserve it

@gaylewood5665 4 жыл бұрын

Just love this even more every time I watch it.

@hahnmunnindo4294 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo Singapore & Tengku Irfan...💖💖💖👍👍👍🙏😍

@alvinchen6262 2 жыл бұрын

This performance is total perfection!

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

This piece has childlike beauty.

@yvescote9537 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. The pianist is outstanding. And the conductor is so engaged and so colourful. Bravo!

@Nobilangelo 3 жыл бұрын

Bravissimo! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ And thank you for the subtitles.

@adrienndayegamiye1253 2 жыл бұрын

Que de bonheur d'écouter cette magnifique prestation de Beethoven ! Tout ramène à la joie totale malgré cette longue pandémie. Je suis si heureux de découvrir cette orchestre de Singapore: le pianiste , le conducteur exubérant, les choristes si joyeux et l'orchestre si performant ! J'ai écouté votre musique plusieurs fois de suite, et deux jours de suite. Ce sera ma musique d'écriture, car Beethoven m'inspire énormément. Car il est un génie intemporel.

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

This brings me so much joy!! I've listened to many performances of this piece, with different tempi, but this is the greatest!!!

@sandymarks5361 3 жыл бұрын

A tribute to everything beautiful in music , Beethoven , the chorale, the pianist , orchestra and conductor - Bravo , I have enjoyed "multiple " viewing of this superb production celebrating JOY in every way , yes Andrew Litton with his joyous expresssion , everything about this recording is fantastic - well done!!!!

@annalatter7098 9 ай бұрын

i been playing this for 40 yr's. OMG So Beautiful BEETHOVEN. Befrore The 9th. Was Composed.

@JohnDoe-jt4ju 3 жыл бұрын

My late Mother who was born in Germany before the war loved this piece as well as Beethoven's 9th; used to make her cry. She always preferred remembering Germany and how beautiful it was up until the war when she at age 11 had to leave with her family.

@godehardbrysch7905 3 жыл бұрын

Good evening John, in Germany it is now 0:42 - (my mother was born in 1924) - I live near Cologne. - Why not come to visit Beethoven's birthplace in Bonn? Not far away in Siegburg Engelbert Humperdinck was born, he was the composer of "Hänsel and Gretel", on You Tube there are some performances, especially the great "Brüderchen komm Tanz mit mir". - Jacques Offenbach was born in Cologne, however typical, the people from Cologne had some difficulties with his work, so he went to our friends in France. Beethoven's house is quite modest, the room where he was born very small. A fantastic museum is in Eisenach: Bach's birthplace - This museum is multi-dimensional, highly modern with all technical equipment. Well, the beauty of a place, for me as former geography teache,r all places have their special charm. It's amazing how Asian people enjoy classical music. Sometimes I have the feeling they appreciate it more than we Europeans. In our opera houses there are many Asian singers, especially from Japan and South Korea. Wish you all the best.

@ioanazazloti4762 3 жыл бұрын

A joy, a boundless happiness!

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I love this conductor! Bravo to everyone, so beautiful!!! This pianist has a light touch, so beautiful!!! Singers, awesome!!

@jackeycheng7883 Жыл бұрын

Bravo to the pianist and the orchestra as well as the choir not to mention the excellent audio and video recording ‼️👍👏🙋🏻😃🎹🎼🎶

@davidharrison7494 2 жыл бұрын

A wonderful performance of my favourite Beethoven piece together with the Triple Concerto. A multicultural Singapore Symphony, singing in German, a great piano soloist , super choir and everyone, including the conductor, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Classical music at it's best as the universal language !!.

@singaporesymphony 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! We look forward to performing this again some day!

@KellyPedro 3 жыл бұрын

Esa disciplina admirable del Asia oriental. Las voces solistas llegan al podio un instante antes de que les toque cantar y lo hacen en perfecta consonancia con la orquesta. El conductor, cómo disfruta. Da gusto ver a alguien que vive su oficio con tanto entusiasmo.

@howardchasnoff208 3 жыл бұрын

Beethoven had already written his finale to the ninth symphony he only had to rework it. He is a master of music using one and five chords. He shows his greatness grandeur and inspiration by filling his scores with one and five.

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for bestowing this beauty upon us!!!! We need beauty now more than ever. I am so grateful that I love classical music and am so grateful that I can access this 'higher form of art' so easily. This is a world class performance!! 😁🎼🎶🎶🎻🎻

@abdrani2924 Жыл бұрын

Bravo Tengku Irfan 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@krisnuwonono6150 3 жыл бұрын

I remember going to the live performance with my school there, in November. I was enthralled by the spectacular performance. I could hear everything in the concert hall, even though I was seated near the top. Well Done!

@curtistominaga-piper2141 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Singapore!!!!

@miekiesa150 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing performance! Was just on stage performing this great piece in South Africa, loved every moment

@juergstuber1269 Жыл бұрын

You made my Christmas evening - thank you so much all of you ☺

@ariadne4720 2 жыл бұрын

superb performance, not only performed cleanly, but with great heart. Thank you, SSO!

@lerkkweed 2 ай бұрын

Magnificent production and performance of this magnificent work. Thank you.

@katrinat.3032 Жыл бұрын

Never gets old. Love it Love it Love it

@danielpanait3758 3 ай бұрын

One of the best! OP. 80 and also iterpretation, chorus, orchestra, sound, camera, alllll Congratulations

@jonguirl3942 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, I love it! Thank you soloist singers and orchestra! Love the subtitles too - this is the only youtube that has them as far as I know.

@singaporesymphony 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Fun fact, the subtitles/captions were done by our in-house Graphic Designer, who happens to also sing!

@jonguirl3942 4 жыл бұрын

@@singaporesymphony Also - thanks to the video producer - very nice following the video around the orchestra and focusing on the musicians who are playing the prominent parts. Lovely!

@arandompersonwhodontknowwh4787 3 жыл бұрын

Ladies and get lemon, would the video producer accept interrupting this lovely music work by advertisements. In a concert hall people would avoid even coughing.

@arandompersonwhodontknowwh4787 3 жыл бұрын

Printing error, not get lemon but gentlemen. Apologies for that.

@colinnewton5254 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.! ! !

@jepcorp 2 жыл бұрын

A sprite, crisp performance---perfect in execution. Bravo!

@gabrielmerello2441 2 жыл бұрын

Una de mis piezas favoritas y esta versión es magnífica. ¡Qué maravilla!

@francisanthonypeters9002 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Bravo bravissimo! 👏

@sindykeng1214 4 жыл бұрын

Wow ... in fact it sounds so amazing....Bravo!! watchin it from TV is totally different. love it good job cameraman!

@katrinat.3032 3 жыл бұрын

I agree it's a great video in addition to great music. Even though we are here for the music when the cameraman and editors do a great job it just adds to the fun!

@helenmalinowski4482 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you SSO.. TOP production, orchestra, chorus and delightful Youth Choir. Keep going, and stay free.

@Roxasxaldin 3 жыл бұрын

First time seeing Tengku's recording in super HD. Never really got to see his hands this close! Amazing performance!!

@barbarosdemirtas278 4 жыл бұрын

Bravissimo👌

@johnbridger5629 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant.

@pipagaosg 4 жыл бұрын

The recording is fantastic!

@nayanmorar9974 3 ай бұрын

Awesome, simply awesome ... 25 minutes of time well-spent, everyday and the lyrics are simply poetry in motion. Most grateful for small mercies. Thank you, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and team for an amazing performance as well as for the translation in English.

@1reasler 2 жыл бұрын

SSO always delivers. Best talents.

@hussainsaibo9692 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! Wonderful !!!!!!!

@baldwinpatrickjon9301 Ай бұрын

Simply magnificent.

@tanenghok 3 жыл бұрын

Great performance .... simply beautiful ... thank you for uploading.

@singaporesymphony 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@martinroco 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias, eterno Beethoven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@chengjinkoh 4 жыл бұрын

Bravissimo Irfan! You're always sooo inspiring!

@magicmachine1637 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best way to hype yourself up for a visit to the local art museum!

@shieladlx7595 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous !

@manofstambo7742 Жыл бұрын

Very good and it was good that the conductor acknowledged the chorus, for the most part. He should have had them bow on the 2nd encore, of course

@allansobin2188 2 жыл бұрын

Magnificent!

@inhthynguyen1410 Ай бұрын

Thank you for the video!

@MauricioFerreira-bq3od 11 ай бұрын

Bravoooo !!!

@roberttrepagnier9149 2 жыл бұрын

Superb performance

@peterszigeti7476 Жыл бұрын

Great! Great! Great! Thank!

@KariokaDeSampa Жыл бұрын

Toda vez que revejo este vídeo me emociono e arrepia, 👏🏻 bravo, bravo, bravíssimo!

@wertherquartett 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@milancerny9529 Жыл бұрын

The Best of the Best!!!!!👍

@Chris-um3se Ай бұрын

BEYOND BRILLIANT -- BRAVO !!

@martinroco 3 жыл бұрын

EXELENTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@angeloindolfi6698 6 күн бұрын

Just...WOW!!!

@nikdel6204 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent

@betherealdeal 2 жыл бұрын

18:25 My N is feeling it. When the beat drops