Don't you also have the feeling that the beginning is being interpreted too militarily?

As a professional cellist, the reason you can’t memorize it is cause you’re a violist 😂 jkjk

It's so heartfelt. It's about their country. their culture. I think I have some genetic link there - so this is my first choice on youtube.

Perfect

@@rivkafrankel2650 thats beautiful

The High School Chamber Orchestra in Manhattan, Kansas performed this piece without music as well. Quite impressive! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fc1ppKWgmdSrYX0.html

@Hugh Jones Dieterich Buxtehude, born 1637 in Helsingborg (now Sweden, then Kingdom of Denmark) was an accomplished organist and composer. Franz Berwald, born 1796 in Stockholm, wrote four symphonies and some operas. Edvard Grieg, born 1843 in Bergen, was for all but the last two years of his life a citizen of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway; he was also half-Scottish. Norwegians have hidden depths and many talents for a small population.

Indeed! It is a blessing to enjoy from the best, here from my phone, and my earbud that want to explode, because I want to transmute my whole being into music. And also have the privilege to subscribe to wonderful performers' and outstanding composers' KZfaq channels, and my humble comments get a reply from them......??? Truly is a privilege to live this. Thank you Sir, for your kind and wise words. May God give you many more years in this journey.

penalcoz I am 69 going on 81

It is amazing isn’t it. It brings the world right to your home. I have discovered so many wonderful musicians (Nahre Sol, who also plays WONDERFUL Chopin Scherzos under her real name Alice Hwang), double bassist Mikyung Sung, and more.

Imagine forgetting to add a period after using 'period' in a phrase. Nah jk, any formalities across a platform like this would be ironically stupid in its own right ;) (I agree with you btw)

​@@ployplunder3109 You beat me to the punch D:

If it were only proof. Sadly, nationalism is fading, with all its naive innocence and character.

Sadly, I sense despair and despondency all about what was -until recently-"White Judeo-Christian-Humanist" Europe:. What a sad state of affairs-and an indictment of our continent's surrender to "political correctness," such as all this blm /reparations madness. BJ.. citizen of England [once a green and pleasant land]. PS: superb music played to perfection.

Wholeheartedly agree, I'm here again - this is pure joy..

Who could possibly disagree? I'm also here again, for the umpteenth time, in order to be refreshed, delighted & to shed tears of joy.

Wow ! That cellist is absolutely beautiful...and the girl is not too bad either

I listened to this so many times in 2018 to prepare for a string camp! Now we are playing this song again. It was a bit foggy in my mind until I found this video - then all the joy and memories of listening to the song came rushing back! 🥰

Mine too !! These offerings via KZfaq are one of the main reasons why I am grateful to the Lord for having me live enough years to be around in an era when humans anywhere can reach out to the best musicians, conductors, composers, enjoy their art !!! -while having a cup of coffee in your own home. Miraculous....

Merci

Thank you sir. KZfaq should make this mandatory.

Thank, merci,gracias

A lovely group of talented musicians putting their heart and soul into a wonderful piece of music from a brilliant composer.

thank you

Yes, she s inspiring, That kind of energy can t be taught

I can! It's really a great moment this concert. And I must agree - SHE is inspiring the enthusiasm for this music and this orchestra.

Standing, baroque style, moving around, 21st Century Euro style, very theatrical, very effective. Hear the String Quartet of this extremely underrated composer sometime. A forward-looking work which influenced younger composers.

what a discovery Sherlock!😑

elena stepanova you know that they just wanted to be kind and mark the different parts for everyone who only wants to listen to that part or maybe know what part they are listening to. No need to be rude

@@elenastepanova1471 lmao don't lose your shit they were trying to be helpful

@Pranav Viswanathan r/wooosh

Elena was not rude i presume...just a bit ironical and thankful

Yes. There is no conductor, so they have to communicate with looks and facial expression. It makes for a wonderfully theatrical performance. I always prefer when the musicians are standing.

Yes, I also like Kaleidescope, in Los Angeles in much the same way. Another wonderful unknown chamber orchestra (though they don’t stand) is River Oaks in Houston TX.

Very nice interactions among all the musicians, and the fact that they're all playing from memory means they can really concentrate on freely making music.

don't like the eye contact thing because it's phoney. a corny act. just play

She is superb

And I love that they are standing (except the cellists, obviously). So much more kinetic energy than sitting.

Totally agree..

Indeed. What more can be said?

Technically this isn't classical music... it's orchestral, but it's not in the classical style. I don't like actual classical music because it tends to be really formulaic, meanwhile Grieg has a lot of emotion, and this song was more of a love note to the baroque era.

I indicate classical music as renaissance music, baroque, rorocó, classical, romantic, postromantic, impressionist, etc. The music we hear in theaters and on the records, played by orchestras, chamber ensembles, etc. Could it be called cultured, academic music? Music that is not usually called "popular." Classics were Mozart and Haydn, for example. But I also like Peri, Caccini, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Corelli, Weiss, Händel, Bach, Wagenseil, L. Hofmann, D. Scarlatti, Spohr, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Verdi, Puccini, Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Shostakovich, Respighi, Ravel , Debussy, etc. etc. etc. Suite Holberg was one of the works I first heard. Together with Vivaldi and Mozart, she took me to everything else. You understand?. Thanks and regards.,

I've heard Western Art Music as a name for this.

COMICCONCARNE Technically this is not a "song" but a "suite".

Michael Reflexivo, don't read comicconcarne too seriously, he even don't know the difference between a piece of music and a song.

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NOOOOO!!!! I am just now discovering this wonderful group! How can this be? Why don't these idiot board members stop messing up perfectly wonderful groups like these?

Who would not want to flirt with Cello 2?

Also 1:29

@@lou9495 Terje Tønnesen is the lead violinist, I think he was also the artistic director.

Wayne Warmack The Lady between the cellists is stunning.

I had found your recommendation of it, thanks. This finishes my day of newly discovered Grieg works. Nothing beats overcoming ignorance by discovering listenable music.

So glad I could help...! :)

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"This performance is breathtaking and sensitive, charming and exciting." Breathtaking and exciting...perhaps. However, these musicians brutalize their string instruments way too much in the fast movements. A sensitive and charming performance does not include the sound of strings hammered against the fingerboard and grating noises. That's OK in Piazzolla or - to an extent - in Shostakovich, but not in Grieg. Their tempi also run away with them way too often. It's an over-the-top performance which has its nice and exciting moments, but overall, the playing is too undisciplined and crass.

@@tonyvillamotte4339 Well, let's agree to disagree shall we, Tony? :)

I concur. Grieg's composition & playing remarkable.Those marrying a talented musician I envy.

I think the bass player is stunning.

her face was stoic through the whole thing...this year i play solo bass for chamber orchestra on this piece. its so beautiful and she executed it amazingly along with the others.

who IS she?

I must say I really did enjoy playing as the sole bassist in a chamber orchestra (nowhere near as good as this one). A little bit fun trying to play divisi parts or simulate a thunderstorm (Beethoven 6) all on my own, though! I remember doing this piece as well. The only time we brought in another bassist was for the divided orchestra for music for strings percussion and celesta.

Yeah, but that bow hold though..Me and my sister have been going through this video catching mistakes and just funny shit...We are dying! XD

@@sarahdeclerck315 What is wrong with the bow hold? Or do you mean that you haven't seen anyone play German bow on the bass before? There are two bow systems, roughly equally popular worldwide, French, like a cello or violin, and German, with that "underhanded" grip using a slightly different-shaped bow, with a taller frog (derived from how a viola da gamba is played), like she is using. Look up players like Mikyung Sung or Bozo Paradzik for other German-bow players, or the entirety of the bass section of any German or Austrian orchestra, such as the Berlin Philharmonic. Some orchestras are all French, some all German, some mixed. (The San Francisco Symphony, for instance, is mostly French but has two German bow players, including the associate principal Dan Smith.) I myself played French when in college in California (since I'd previously played cello so it felt most natural), as did most others there, but my teacher played German. I am not sure what other mistakes or "funny shit" you are talking about. Like any live performance, people may make mistakes sometimes (which you can hear as well as see), but these are extremely good musicians and I didn't notice much out of the ordinary. (However, being entertaining to the audience is always good, and perhaps "funny shit": would qualify!) At any rate glad you are enjoying the video, and classical music in general! (I don't mean any of this as a criticism or complaint about what you wrote, just wondering a little more what you meant.)