Watch part of Dudamel’s inaugural concert online! Here on the Great Performances Web site, watch an abridged version of the program that premiered on October 21, 2009, featuring the last movement from John Adams’ City Noir, “Boulevard Night,” and the first movement from Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Langsam. Schleppend. Wie ein Naturlaut,” as well as all the accompanying interviews with Dudamel and Adams. To see the full program, check your local listings for encore broadcasts or buy the DVD, which can be purchased here.
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last night i watched the performance of dudamel. after the broadcast there was a number to call to order a dvd, i believe. i would like to order one but didn’t get the number! can you help me? thanks. mary
How do I order the DVD of the Dudamel and LA Philharmonic? Thank you.
Andy Garcia was a poor interviewer and the videographer kept showing his face (he was saying nothing) instead of just showing Dudamel. However, since Dudamel did most of the talking it ended up being fine. Next time have someone who knows something about the music conduct the interview. Otherwise, the program was marvelous.
Dudamel is to classic music what Arnold Palmer was to golf and Pavarotti was to opera. Maybe our youngsters will learn that there is another mujsical world beside “rap”
Dudamel is to classic music what Arnold Palmer was to golf and Pavarotti was to opera. Maybe our youngsters will learn that there is another musical world out there beside “hip-hop!”
Bravo Gustavo! And greetings from New York from another fellow Venezuelan.
I think Andy is a good host. He is a musican himself, in case you don’t know.
I truly wish Gustavo well but…I thought the concert was a complete snooze. Terribly disappointed. Not surprised there are so few comments about it because most viewers weren’t moved by the performance, other that to switch channels. Hate to be Mr. Negative about Dudamel’s opening, but this IS PBS and honest appraisal should be paramount. Thanks.
Mary and John, if you come back to this looking for answers, there is a link above the video thats says, Can be purchased here. If ordering online isn’t your cup of tea, the website has a number to order over the phone: 888-625-5360 Hope that helps!
I agree Peter! Did you see all those people sitting outside the Disney center watching? Hoping it expands some minds. Helps that he’s relatively young and looks even younger.
As to Andy Garcia, perhaps they could have gotten someone a little better at interviews. My opinion.
But other than that I thought the concert was Great! I didn’t think it was snooze at all, and Mahler’s No. 1 just gets me every time I hear it. Such a big finish! Ah, I was very pleased.
I simply cannot think of a better piece of music to open for the Inaugural than Mahler’s First. It is without a doubt, one of the finest pieces ever composed, and a very fitting opening considering it’s modernity and motion-picture attributes. Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic did a fine job with the piece, although I felt that the tempo was a little fast at times. Other than that, it was very good and I thoroughly enjoyed it; highly recommended.
Great concert, insulting presentation. What donut hole in Thirteen’s marketing department chose to run an intrusive, annoying, distracting crawl across the bottom of the screen plugging the Thirteen Arts web site? Probably the same dodo who leaves his/her Blackberry on in the concert hall so listeners can be disturbed by a ring tone featuring the greatest hits of Madison Avenue ad jingles. Highly disrespectful to performers & music, too.
Fantastic performance. I have seen that the DVD will be available for purchase from Amazon in December.
The maximum sound level on this online video is not high enough. I’m assuming the DVD won’t have a similar limitation.
Living in LA, I heard/read a lot about Dudamel but did not purchase any tickets yet to see him (heard that all concerts of the year were sold out at the Disney Hall??!). I put the tv on by curiosity, especially being a big Mahler fan. I have not heard Mahler performed like that for a long long time! It touched me so much. BRAVO!!!!!! and Thanks PBS for letting us see it! now I indeed want to see live that young Maestro, with his charming curls. I liked how he stood among the musicians at the final applause.
Most exciting performance and conducting I’ve seen in aeons. The degree to which Dudamel “feels” the music and what the composer intended is inspiring.. movements of his left hand are elegant and telling.. his curls express the inner resonance.
I don’t think MacDonald (#8) has ever played an instrument or has a clue to what it takes to conduct.
Andy Garcia? really bad! this was about the extraordinary Dudamel, not about Garcia! Bad interviewer, bad, bad! better choice next time please!!!!! The concert was EXCELLENT!
how do I order a DVD of the concert,My wife and I thought it was excellent
Please tell me, who was that unbelievable sax player? Never seen anything so brilliant.
To Brian Large, director of the broadcast: Whoever directed the actual camera angles and movements needs an admonishment or possible change of scenery. From the Mahler alone, it took until midway through the the third movement for your cameras to find the principal bassoonist and the HANDS of the tubist during their brief solos. But it was criminal to overlook the whole trombone section in all but 2 measures in the first movement, 2 in the second, and the ENTIRETY of the final movement, one so pregnant with exposed parts that it is a common favorite with them. Does your score reader only react to the word “solo?” I defy you to get the requisite “standing O” out of the Mahler if the low brass only contributes what you managed to get on camera. Your job is not just to entertain their eyes, but also to subtilely educate the viewers about the intricacies of the orchestra, ALL of it.
And to Maggie (#15): Having done both (playing and conducting), I can see that Mr Dudamel may occasionally have expended a bit more energy than was absolutely necessary on the podium (which, like too much of anything, can be visually tiring.) but he has plenty of time and the raw materials to grow and settle into the perfect balance.
Several prescient comments on your part. The camera angles and shots were pathetic. I worked in the music industry in Hollywood between 1974 and 1989, producing recordings of music by Alex North, Bernard Herrmann, Lalo Schifrin, Hugo Friedhofer, among others. It was good to recognise several of the older players in the orchestra. Dudamel is a superstar insofar as I am concerned. I have never liked Mahler, but Dudamel’s performance almost succeeded in revising my opinion of the First Symphony. Long may the Venezuelan wunderkind reign.
I too wish to order the DVD — Maybe you could offer as a premium during a fund raiser. I was transfixed when I chanced to tune in – have never heard such an exquisite performance. So can we have the order info?
Why does the sound on the European version of this concert seem noticeably better?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i_YEYFkIJE
If my ears aren’t playing tricks on me, than the engineering or technical crew of Great Performances that adjusted the sound for their broadcast needs to take some refresher courses on how to get the best audio possible.
Say what you will about Andy Garcia’s interviewing skills, but he at least knew how to pronounce Gustavo’s last name correctly: Du-da-MEL. So many of the other commentators didn’t.
I heartily agree with Ron Hess about the poor camera work. There were way too many shots of the new principal oboist, even when what we were hearing was some really great brass playing. A thought: Have the assistant conductor assist the director on where to point the cameras.
Last Sunday we heard a wonderful performance of Verdi’s Requiem, led by Dudamel. My sister came up from O.C. to hear him – she’s sung the work several times with the SF Symphony Chorus, and loves it – and couldn’t find enough good things to say about it. Interestingly, he was much less flamboyant in this work – appropriately so, IMHO.
We have season tix, and I’m hoping to live a few more years to hear more of his conducting. Esa-Pekka has left him a great instrument to play.
CharlesR Says:
Wow! L.A. is blessed, blessed with this wonderful man of musical exuberance and great choreonomy. It is the beginning of a long and wonderful career. What a fine example for classical music to have a young and enigmatic figure to bring the blessings of great orchestral sounds to a hungry public. Thank you maestro and may you live long and well.
Do you not have a schedule of concerts coming up in the next several months to be shown on KPBS-TV?
And, what happened to the Kennedy Center Awards December 6th? Do you not show that?
That concert revealed, perhaps more than any other, Gustavo’s leadership style and mastery. That was clearly visible, and audible during his rendition of the last movement of Mahler’s 1st symphony: Dudamel has direct eye contact with his players and inspires them with his enthusiasm. What a delight to watch and hear.
Too bad that the last movement of Mahler’s first isn’t included in the online portion.
amazing….. i watched some clips few months ago. i am not so crazy about specific music. i am very open minded. and i would like to add that although i like listening to classical music every now and then, but Gustavo takes classical music to many new level. Bravo, Gustavo.
thanks for all your hard work fantastically inspiring!
…so appropriate for a day like today!
When I opened the TV to PBS, the program had started. I was trying to identify the composer. Was it Stravinsky, was it Gershwin or Bernstein? I was introduced to John Adams with his City Noir. What a wonderful moving piece of work. Congratulations to Gustavo Dudamel for giving the music his extra feelings.
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