Stunning Diane as Director😍😍😍😍

I'm really fascinated by how the whole orchestra can make such a pleasant dynamic when the conductor is constantly dangle her wand from the ground to the roof without any changes...

Given my almost obsessive love of the 1812, I'm surprised I've never heard it with organ before. Such a MAGNIFICENT instrument! An exciting addition! Bravo to the organist! Ms. Bish's outfit is almost letter perfect for 1882, the year the piece was written. The bustle would have been bigger for a formal occasion. I also love the giant bow disgusting her platform, and how she swung around to conduct the cannons! Since there was a choir on stage, I found myself wondering what other works were on the program that evening. Thanks for sharing this wonderful performance with us.

Great performance! And, the organ added SO much power and depth to the finale!

A tremendous performance! BRAVO !! ENCORE!!

Absolutely stunning!

Powerful. Thank you, Chris, for sharing.

First time I’ve seen Ms. Bish conduct

I've watched almost every KZfaq of the 1812 and invariably somebody will comment that the cannon are out of time. They seem to think that all of the shots are to be on the downbeat.

Much better quality, thanks for uploading the whole thing!

I remember playing this...many times. What they USED to do in orchestras (don't know if they still do) is shoot a rifle into an empty oil barrel to replicate the cannons. The viola section was usually situated such that we were right next to the oil barrels, and this helped to damage my hearing. That and Led Zeppelin.... :)

First time i heard this piece i was about 11 at Watergate Barge on the Potomac. They actually shot canons from i think Arlington Cemetery and various bridges. Gold standard. Rattled the bones and told the story of our city being pillaged and burned. Loved the addition of the organ on this one.

Damn, that tuba player was going ham towards the end. Too bad the organ and out-of-time cannon covered him up so much. It's not common hearing a tubist covering up the entire brass section as he did. Kudos to that man.

Amazing performance !

You are great andcheerful！

You are really amazing !

love the organ in the background

Bravo!

The One and Only Diane Bish!! From Unitarian Friend!:-)

Bellissima esecuzione

Maravillosa interpretación!!!

Greatttttt💖💖💖💖

Bravo! Bravo!

amazing

Amo esa música. I love this music.

So much beautful

Ad in the middle of the finale. Unforgivable

This was an awesome performance. The only one that comes close is the one in Boston on the Esplinade on July 4th performed by the Boston Pops where the cannon fire is real.

0:47 He's thinking: "same note 13 times in a row? Whoa Dude!

Fantástica interpretación. Bella música y hay que saber parte de la historia con la invasión de Napoleón a Rusia.

I think maybe the visual and audio were not quite synchronized, so the conductor looks bad. If you close your eyes and listen, everybody is together-this is a better indicator of how well it's conducted.

Wow, great performance....cannon were off at the end, but the organ was really something.

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magnifique , quel belle version , a mourir

Tchaikovsky had quite a few competent contemporaries, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Glazunov, and Tchaikovsky’s favorite, Rimsky-Korsakov. I prefer to think that there was a friendly rivalry going on where they were inspiring each other.

I wish we could have heard all of this rather than the nice lady chatting over the top of the opening bars.

This performance of "The Year 1812," TH. 49, gives me an impression of the failed French invasion of Russia as it might appear on film, with the steamrolling of Napoleon's reduced force by the Tsarist defences west of Moskva for the climax.

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Rare une FEMME CHEF D'ORCHESTRE TALENTUEUSE ELEGANTE,SOBRE DANS DON COMPORTEMENT TRES BEAU

The funny thing is that Tchaikovsky hated the 1812. He considered it a piece having little skill in it, seeing he basically just hammered it out in six weeks without much real effort. The fact that it almost instantly become extremely popular really irritated him.

The audio and visuals seem synced up to me. What people are saying by the conductor being off is the fact that the conductor is usually meant to be in front of the orchestra in terms of timing so the orchestra can see ahead of time how the conductor wants the piece played. That's kind of the point of a conductor otherwise the orchestra would play without them because they all have the music in front of them. Those conductors who conduct with the music in time with the players are usually those who have practiced with the orchestra several times beforehand so they become more of a show piece than a conductor.

It was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

The shots sound more like a pistol than a cannon. It's actually kind of shocking because the previous video I watched was about the Lincoln assassination.

It's not the conductor or the orchestra--the audio and video are out of synch for the whole posting.

Ну...в общем неплохо. Вот только непонятно что там хор делал? Сидел для красоты? Могли-бы и полную версию с хором сделать.)))

you talked over the best part

I would much have prefered seeing Diane PLAYING THE ORGAN along with the orchestra than seeing her waving the baton

14:11 organ comes in

Those mullets . . . . .

14:11 You're welcome

Diane Bish can do no wrong (or would at least have to work very hard at it) in my eyes. She's really very good, I don't care who ya are.. Coral Ridge sure screwed the pooch when they ran her off.. IMO. She is a wonderful musician and an interesting teacher.

This piece is about a win over Napoleon. It is going to be use again soon by Russia 🎉

Odd choice of dress, some oddly weird moments with the orchestra holding together, but overall a fascinatingly individual, in the best possible way, of a much overplayed (and worse by so many big names). Thoroughly enjoyed, and who is that nice lady flautist doing the solo?

Very good performance, but...why not use the chorus? They're sitting there!!!

Why you talk during the most significant part of this masterpiece :/

Just to clear up ... That is Ms. Mish Top Organ player in World, not conductor.

Jesus

Tchaikovsky himself wasn't very fond of it. It was just an ordered piece A bit like Beethoven's Diabelli variations.

I want this dress and this podium, but my baton should be fancier y al lot of false diamonds

0:07

Cannon conductor has no idea what they're doing. Pity.

Her talking at the beginning ruins it. I'm mad at Diane now.

Not bad but who's the moo in the silly dress?

Oh that gown is so utterly ridiculous to conduct in but she looks so glamorous in it I don’t care.

Cannon😨

Чайковский в гробу переворачивается

what the hell is she wearing?

Wrong tempo--too slow!

She looks like Martha Washington flailing her arms up and down! She is DEFINITELY NOT a conductor!

She is a better organist then conductor.

A five manual organ for that? Disappointing at best. Sixteen minutes I'll never get back.

Ужас: не молодая женщина за пультом,ТРУБЧАТЫЕ КОЛОКОЛА(???), большой барабан с привинченной тарелкой и откуда то взявшийся ОРГАН(???????).Чисто американская ерунда((не сказать бы круче..)))!!!!!С приветом дядя Миша из России из Питера!

Le pauvre orchestre devait être à la peine, la "chef" n'indiquant aucun départ et avec surtout une battue très pauvre, pourquoi cette femme dirige t-elle?

Lovely organist but a terrible conductor an she like all Americans ruins the English Language. It is Chi-Kof-ski

Nice orchestra. Poor conductor and her commentary were out of place. That is the difference between a professional and an amateur.

Terrible conducting.Every musician looked thoroughly confused.