Classical music would certainly benefit from a more organic, spontaneous approach regarding the audience and the concert proposal. The excess of reverence and solemnity that surrounds the concerts is often in dissonance with the piece being played -- take Beethoven, for example. The man was assaulting the heavens, we should be laughing, crying, drinking, dancing to his music, instead of this mandatory sitting and waiting for the end. And I'm not implying that the quiet audience and traditional concert format is always bad, the problem is always conceiving this approach as the standard. Of course the solution has nothing to do with those concerts and musicians that try to banalize classical music, or make it more appealing as a show. I'm probably alone here, but I would love to attend a wild presentation of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Mahler, Penderecki, Stravinsky, Villa Lobos etc., with people around being joyful and free instead of concerned with some elitist status. And by the way, thanks for the Mozart excerpts, they are awesome.

My little personal story...I went with my Mom and her husband to see Mozart's 20th piano concerto as that piece of music changed my life. When it was over, I was the only one on my feet clapping above my head and Mom tried to pull me down as to not embarrass us. I just stood up clapping. When music moves youj to your core, that is a fantastic thing.

No, it wouldn't be WONDERFUL. Some people have such an overrated sense of what is desirable. (The comment above expresses an exception)

@@nickgoldring1446 Thank you for clarifying!

I'm SO glad to read these comments. I have said the same for years: the absurdity of sitting in total silence at the end of some stirring movement (Brahms' 1st piano concerto, for example) is creepy. In NO other musical setting is this ridiculous restraint exercised: We cheer in ballet, we applaud and call out after some soprano sings "Vissi d'arte", we applaud when Adelaide in Guys and Dolls does her hilarious schtick. Yet, somehow in classical concerts, we sit like bumps on a log. It's ridiculous, and I'm glad to have Wolfie's own letters describing the scene.

Bernard Labadie explained this to the National Symphony Orchestra audience in Washington, DC last week, and they then played the second Andante. It was splendid!

Diesmal bekommen Sie einen Like von mir. Ihr Kommentar ist zwar, wie immer, gleich, aber Giedre ist definitiv intelligent und talentiert. Ich habe gemeinsam mit ihr studiert.

Yes, and show me a conductor who isnt intelligent and talented, please?

Notaire, der ChatGPT-Bot des hr-Orchesters. 😂

Agreed!

The score of the symphony or the video of this performance???

Conducting in two is completely fine. My problem with her is mainly that she's not very precise, she's giving too much information and sometimes her gestures are even a bit conflicting. The first thing I was taught as a conductor is to not overwhelm the orchestra with unnecessary information.

Any specific criticism of her conducting? Unclear beat? Wrong tempo? No dynamic guidance? No sense of phrasing? Or is just perhaps the wrong gender. I don't think the musicians looked miserable or anxious, and I don't think they had any trouble following her. On the contrary, I saw one or two smiles, and the front desk cellists seem particularly cheerful (17:07).

@@dorette-hi4j Sure! Her entire upper body is filled with tension, especially her wrist and shoulders, and she compensates by showing the beat with her lower body, which while it isn't too noticeable on camera is always distracting and extraneous. Those moments where she is trying to show very small gestures are especially egregious, as it becomes clear that she is unable to dictate a beat from the wrist without an incredible amount of tension because of holding in the wrist. When she makes a broad musical gesture that gesture is often slightly out of sync with the subdivided tempo as a whole, and so the result is tempo instability. Finally, and most distracting, is that her use of space is incredibly inconsistent and broadcasts, once again, a tempo instability that the entire ensemble senses. You'll notice that many of them aren't looking up at all- a marked contrast to other videos of the orchestra, which feature relaxed ensemble members smiling quite often (not "once or twice" in the performance of an entire symphony, thanks), faces out of the stands, joyfully interacting with the conductor and each other. There's very little of that here, because they're focused on something else- staying together. More importantly than any of these concerns: were you looking, in your comment, to exempt an entire gender from any criticism of musicianship or technical ability? It seems like that's the case. And if so, is that not more insulting, patronizing, and sexist than the comments of someone who just happens to think that another person, regardless of gender, doesn't seem to be terribly good at what they do? Anyway, it's just gross. Really gross.

@@ctfamily40 Fair enough, and I'm sorry to have implied that you personally were biased against female conductors. It is such a common prejudice (often expressed in veiled terms) that sometimes one suspects it when it isn't there.

@@onenightraven1978yes but she shouldn’t be guest again😂 if the conductor is the least good musician on the whole stage something went wrong…

What do you think you know about somebody's musical talent just by watching a video of them conducting? Or could it be you just don't like women conductors?

Ahhh so you are a professional musician and worked with her that you can judge her? ;))

What a stupid and unprofessional comment, who has no idea from classic music!

@@derfux979yes I’m a professional musician and experienced her already as a conductor in an orchestra.

Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache gell?

I am sorry - you make no sense! First you comment on the hair-style of the conductor in the Clarinet concerto. - now this. Why must you be a misogynistic troll, you poor unfortunate soul???

Und Sie sind nicht mal in der Lage, einen richtigen Satz zu schreiben. 😂

Warum soll eine Frau kein Orchester dirigieren?