CSO/Mahler 7

[Mike Ferries]

Tonight on Great Performances ( check your local listings ) Pierre Boulez leads the Chicago Symphony in Mahler's 7th Symphony. It's worth viewing just to see Chris Martin play trumpet; that guy must be from another planet. My friend Pete Ellefson, now professor of trombone at Indiana U. and Northwestern U., rounds out the trombone section. I have alerted the wife and kids that the TV is reserved.

[chronolith]

I wonder if they are showing a single performance from one night, or editing a few things together across several nights.

I was at the opener (which was excellent) and I did notice the odd clam or two, but then no performance is perfect. Michael Mulcahy was just spectacular on the opening movement solos. A friend of mine who knows the Clevenger family (he is a teacher) said that Dale was not originally going to perform that night owing to eye surgery, but he was there and did not seem hampered at all.

I am hoping they will release the concert on their in-house label. If so it will be the 5th Mahler symphony they have released in just a couple of years.

[MartyNeilan]

I was at the opener (which was excellent) and I did notice the odd clam or two, but then no performance is perfect.

That is why I like live performances. There ARE clams. I have heard some very big name groups make some very big mistakes. However, I much prefer the energy, excitement, and passion of a live performance over one recorded in the studio where everything has been made perfect through multiple takes, "punching in," and (relatively new to the scene) digital manipulation.

[arminhachmer]

9pm eastern on PBS...awesome

[Michael Bush]

Nobody told the director there is a whole audience segment out here that just wants to look at the tuba, and to see more than the valve set.

[arminhachmer]

how true but...the cameraman is doing ok overall

[Dylan King]

I guess by cameraman you mean director. There were at least ten cameramen working that concert. The director did an OK job, but if you want to see EXCELLENT orchestral film-making, check out...

http://www.youtube.com/user/getupmornin ... f0e_n49dcQ

[mammoth2ba]

Thanks for bringing the program to our attention, Mike!

Unfortunately, our local cable doesn't deliver the PBS – HD broadcast signal.

The sound was fine, but it was a little odd seeing familiar faces from the CSO on screen rendered "à la Georges Seurat".......

(perhaps slightly appropriate since Grande Jatte hangs on a wall across the street from Orchestra Hall........)

[GC]

And of course our PBS stations out of Atlanta and Athens (on DirecTV local channels) decided to air Billy Crystal getting the Mark Twain award and Antiques Roadshow instead. Philistines.

[Michael Bush]

how true but...the cameraman is doing ok overall

Yes. I was just kidding. (Kind of.) At least I didn't mean to criticize. It was a very enjoyable production.

[arminhachmer]

no problem. The tuba got poor video coverage, as you said. I enjoyed it all and it kept me up past my bedtime.. Thank you for the link also.

[ZNC Dandy]

I got to watch it last night, since my fiancee so wonderfully DVR'd it for me. I thought it was astonishingly good. Well, other than the local station going out for the last 2 minutes of the 2nd mov, and the first 2 min. of the 3rd mov. The camera work was less than stellar as well. It helps when the producer of the telecast actually knows the music, and can focus on the soloist, or whichever section has the prominent part. I am continually blown away by the musicality, and dynamic contrast the Chicago brass gives. A fantastic example for anyone, on any instrument.

[Mojo workin']

For those of you in the vicinity of WETA's broadcasting area (Wash. DC/Baltimore), they are airing this at 4:00 pm today.

[Mojo workin']

I must say, that was some fantastic euphonium playing by Mike Mulcahy, as well as the rest of this all star brass section. They never cease to amaze and inspire me with the depth, clarity and power of their sound.

[awaters]

i just visited the WGBH boston website . they have the video up

[mammoth2ba]

The video broadcast remains available for online viewing, 1:25:02 duration:

http://video.pbs.org/video/1626498784/" target="_blank

Would like to see this on hi-rez DVD........

[Jeff Anderson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0KEiVB9v3c" target="_blank

Courtesy of YouTube here's the start of a live Mahler #7 broadcast of ours. This was the BBC feed from August of 2007 at the Proms. There's also a Shostakovich #5 out there from the next night.

Jeff Anderson
SFS

[glangfur]

- I really wish trombone players would quit messing around and realize that the Bach sound is the best. I hear fantastic trombone playing, but not all of those fabulous efforts seem to be making their way (on the seemingly very high-grade audio track) from the players' lips into the hall.

[/quote]

At least you prefaced that ridiculous statement.

[Mojo workin']

- I really wish trombone players would quit messing around and realize that the Bach sound is the best.

Prefaced or not - come on, man...

I think some guys named Alessi, Finlayson, etc. disagree.

[doublebuzzing]

- I really wish trombone players would quit messing around and realize that the Bach sound is the best.

Prefaced or not - come on, man...

I think some guys named Alessi, Finlayson, etc. disagree.

I am pretty sure Finlayson plays a Bach so I'm not sure he would disagree.