Magnus Lindberg: Kraft / Gilbert · Berliner Philharmoniker

Magnus Lindberg: "Kraft" for clarinet, percussion, piano, cello and orchestra / Magnus Lindberg, piano · Bruno Delepelaire, cello · Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet · Simon Rössler, percussion · Wieland Welzel, percussion · Juhani Liimatainen, live electronics · Alan Gilbert, conductor · Berliner Philharmoniker / Recorded at the Berlin Philharmonie, 1 February 2014
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[zoom]

Awesome. This is why I sometimes (correction: always) wish I lived in Berlin.

[fRANCISwONG]

that one girl who's covering her ears at 2:03 hahaha

[LouisGuillotYT]

Really nice music ! Awesome to be able to see the performance.

[fiss]

Andreas Ottensamer Playing  the Gong??? 0:29. Is Andreas or not??

[dindondelafarce]

what a shitty music, no rhythm, no melody, just annoying noise... the weirdest part is that they look so serious... poor musician who do this for a living, I'd rather be deaf...

[sovietfun]

noise can be beautiful, this is just no substance.

[BegoneJonah]

The World's Greatest Orchestra plays the World's Silliest Composition.

Would this have been allowed during von Karajan's tenure? NEIN.

(And before you accuse me of being a Luddite, reflect that my favorite opera is Wozzeck.)

[clhrn]

This sounds like the most heavily edited work on the DCH.

[catherinehamer]

I don’t think that so called classical music is what defines the real musical creativity of past 60 yrs. For instance the sound of Pink Floyd or Punk Rock, Detroit Tamla Mowtown artists, David Bowie etc. they are the unique sound of 1970’s (at least for me). Whilst pop music does not attempt to be self consciously intellectual nor as harmonically complex as what we are listening to above, there is a zeitgeist about Pink Floyd or Bowie or The Stranglers etc that captured the very essence of the drab post war era that we shared and lived through together (despite the fears of Cold War and the relative economic austerity of the 70’s.) No classical composer can ever capture that essence or spirit of the era in the same way that pop music does. And I write this as a lifelong working classical musician and lover of Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski etc.

[RobTi]

I wonder what e.g Tchaikovsky or Debussy would think of this.

[ernestoferreri]

the emperor has no clothes... or qualitative judgment is failing me due to the obviously intentional chaos

[nillejoslin]

Nowadays, it is difficult to tell music, sound and noise apart.

[TheMikkis]

I can see how your musicians are suffering, Berliner Philharmoniker. Could you please stop torturing your workers and now on play music, not shitty noise. Thanks!

[WilfriedBerk]

Ziemlich international die "Berliner" ...

[srothbardt]

Sounds a bit like Charles Ives, but with considerably less ability.

[maestrotownsend]

See? This is why we can’t have nice things....🤮