Mahler - Symfonie nr. 10 - Yannick Nézet-Séguin | Concert

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[stillstanding]

If Mahler didn't complete this symphony then sure as hell his (spirit, soul) did! Mahler was a perfectionist, I know. And this may be his most perfectly, imperfect work. His genius conquered death. Nothing less than that, here.

[WoutDC]

1. Adagio: 0:05
2. Scherzo: 26:05
3. Purgatorio: 38:25
4. Scherzo: 43:10
5. Finale: 55:12 (edited: thanks to Porky Minch)

[musingsofamusician]

Absolutely heartbreaking piece. One of my favorite moments is at 1:14:50, I can feel him yelling out in desperation. I feel this piece, despite all the things that happened and Alma breaking his heart due to infidelity, he ultimately forgives and still loves her. He's clinging on to life and not wanting her to be without him, willing to go to Sigmund Freud to do anything to salvage his marriage. The quote in the end that he wrote and the beautiful ending, he truly loved Alma.

As for the horror chord, I feel that represented the death of his daughter and how he felt about it. A parent losing their child, how heartbreaking it all was and how it affected his marriage. I also feel at the end, he also ultimately forgives himself. He probably blamed himself as to why his daughter died and why his marriage was falling apart. When I listen to this piece, I realize too often I look at my past mistakes and blame myself. Mahler near the end, he finally let's that all go and for me I get this brief moment of letting go too, so I cannot help and cry to myself. The story of this symphony is something I feel many can resonate with if they look deeper into it.

[aydenrodriguez]

Don’t get me wrong, every single one of Mahler’s symphonies are greater than phenomenal, real, and define. But besides the 7th and 9th, this has to be his most raw symphony. Even if left unfinished. I love every one of his symphonies. I’ve listened to all of them, except this one. Until today. I can’t get over how surreal it is. To me it’s his most moving. Especially that finale. Most might think differently. But I love this one. I can’t believe I didn’t give it a chance today. The finale kills me

[karelnovacek]

It is immensely gratifying that the barriers have broken down and Mahler's Tenth is being played more and more in its entirety. When I was growing up, only the Adagio was usually played, and in the recordings was added as "a fifth movement" to the Ninth Symphony, so I conflated the two works together, and for a long time afterward it was difficult for me to understand this movement as the opening part of a different world, as a counterpart to the wonderful Finale. When I began to really get to know the Tenth, I had a rather ambivalent relationship with the movements between the Adagio and the Finale, and it was not until many years later that I was able to understand and fully feel the First Scherzo and the Purgatorium. I have to admit that I still don't understand the Second Scherzo, the movement seems chaotic to me and I have the impression that Mahler would have worked on it a lot more. In contrast, the Finale was drafted as a perfect, extremely moving expression of the deepest human feelings that always moves me to tears. Bravo the Rotterdam Philharmonisch Orkest and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin for an extremely empathetic, concentrated and dynamic interpretation of this masterpiece!

[bilahn]

To think that Mahler was near death yet only 50 years old when he wrote this. The closing bars of the finale are of such profound beauty and have such a sense of finality, that one wonders where Mahler could have gone after this, if had lived 10 20 or 30 years more. It truly seems to say - I have finished - I have no more to say. So profound and beautiful.

[ragadolls]

The Cooke completion is one of 20th century art's great miracles.

[bcing]

This last movement is so heart wrenchingly gorgeous it’s nearly unbearable. The anguish and pain in life that he so eloquently transcribed and transposed through music is unparalleled. Thank you Mahler.

[gezobel]

I'm rather more of a Bruckner man myself but if I had to take any Mahler symphony to my desert island it would be No 10 or No 9 as my second choice . The slow movements are truly gorgeous and if Mahler had composed nothing else in his life he would deserve his place in music history for these alone.

[naviddsiddiqui]

Never before has this symphony sounded so exquisitely beautiful. Mahler would have been delighted.

[danseymour]

We are so fortunate to have this video

[MVargabass]

Adagio 0:00
Scherzo 26:05
Purgatorio. Allegro Moderato 38:25
Scherzo. Allegro Pesante. Nicht zu schnell 43:08
Finale. Langsam, schwer 55:13

[FreakieFan]

1:20:47 - The 1st violinist was in tears! And so was I.
A monumental masterpiece.

[JO-tysr]

I once read that 90% of this symphony is Mahler's own thing
I can't even imagine how beautiful it would be if Mahler himself completed this symphony

[thomasley]

Mahler‘s true and final farewell.

And to think that we could well have been deprived of it all! Of that now famous first movement with its devastating catastrophe chord. Or this last movement with its heartbreaking flute melody, or its elevating last reconciliation with the world. If people like Cooke didn't dare to try to complete it. Or, who knows, if Alma had simply destroyed it. What good fortune that we are able to hear it. Maybe Mahler would have changed it again and a lot (as he did with "completed" symphonies), but the melodic material is there, and it would have stayed, I'm sure. So, it’s nothing short of a miracle that it was saved.

[desireemontalvo-dobao]

I love the finale's opening, it really tells you this is the grand finale, not just of Mahlers life, but the end of all classical music.

[tomislavhrzenjak]

That flute section at 57:32 is so quiet and gentle, but at the same time it's so painful and sad. It sounds like suffering in stillness and absolute loneliness. It's one of the most touching, heartbreaking and beautiful sections of the whole piece.

[tomab]

This solo of flute 57:20, so heartbreaking. The man just aside, closing his eyes, moving his front when a perfect note is playing, enjoy this so profondly.

[ericdevaughn]

I love Mahler. When you listen to Mahler you live in his world because he created an entire world in the hour+ that the symphonies last. We wallow in Mahler. That is a good thing. This symphony was breaking new ground for him. Great performance. Great to hear, excuse me, wallow in this performance!

[bilahn]

I heard this live in concert by the Minnesota Orchestra this weekend (twice!) under Osmo Vanska. I have waited DECADES to hear this live. I have always loved the 1st movt, but the rest took some time and now I see this symphony as being utterly remarkable and unforgettable. The Scherzo is the best he ever wrote - the Finale is a fitting end to Mahler's life.


Vanska did an incredible job - I won't say better than Seguin but different and equally wonderful. I was in the second row - I was in tears at the end. The hall was sold out - what an experience.


It will be recorded this week - I can't wait for its release. Thank God Alama didn't burn the manuscript as he had asked!