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Leonard Bernstein (/ˈbɜːrnstaɪn/; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."
His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and from his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan,Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, On The Waterfront, his Mass, and a range of other compositions, including three symphonies and many shorter chamber and solo works.
Bernstein was the first conductor to give numerous television lectures on classical music, starting in 1954 and continuing until his death. He was a skilled pianist, often conducting piano concertos from the keyboard.
The Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 23 by Nikolai Myaskovsky was composed between 1921 and 1923. It is the largest and most ambitious of his 27 symphonies, planned on a Mahlerian scale, and uses a chorus in the finale. It has been described as 'probably the most significant Russian symphony between Tchaikovsky's Pathétique and the Fourth Symphony of Shostakovich'. (Myaskovsky in fact wrote part of the work in Klin, where Tchaikovsky wrote the Pathétique.) The premiere took place at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow on 4 May 1924, conducted by Nikolai Golovanov and was a notable success.
Soviet commentators used to describe the work as an attempt to portray the development and early struggles of the Soviet state, but it is now known that its roots were more personal. The harsh, emphatically descending chordal theme with which the symphony begins apparently arose in the composer's mind at a mass rally in which he heard the Soviet Procurator Nikolai Krylenko conclude his speech with the call 'Death, death to the enemies of the revolution!' Myaskovsky had been affected by the deaths of his father, his close friend Alexander Revidzev and his aunt Yelikonida Konstantinovna Myaskovskaya, and especially by seeing his aunt’s body in a bleak, empty Petrograd flat during the winter of 1920. In 1919 the painter Lopatinsky, who had been living in Paris, sang Myaskovsky some French Revolutionary songs which were still current among Parisian workers: these would find their way into the symphony's finale. He was also influenced by Les Aubes (The Dawns), a verse drama by the Belgian writer Emile Verhaeren, which enacted the death of a revolutionary hero and his funeral.
The Symphony No. 6 of Roger Sessions, a symphony written using the twelve-tone technique, was composed in 1966. It was commissioned by the state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. The score carries the dedication: "In celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the state of New Jersey".
Sessions began composing the symphony in the summer of 1965 while traveling in South America, and completed it at Tanglewood in 1966. It is the first of a trilogy of symphonies, composed in rapid succession, which Sessions associated with the Vietnam war. The premiere was a disaster, with the finale still incomplete and the first movement played as a finale to make up for this; it was given its first complete performance and its New York premiere by the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by José Serebrier on 4 March 1977. It was published by 1976. The score bears the copyright year 1975.
The symphony is scored for three flutes, three oboes, four clarinets, three bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, harp, and strings.
The Symphony No. 6 in D minor, Op. 104, by Jean Sibelius is a symphony completed in 1923. Although the score does not contain a key attribution, the symphony is usually described as being in D minor; much of the symphony is in fact in the (modern) Dorian mode. A typical performance lasts about 25 minutes. The composer called the work "cold spring water" in opposition to many contemporary "cocktails" - a veiled reference to Igor Stravinsky's often elaborate and extravagant orchestral style.
It was premiered by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, on 19 February 1923. It was to be dedicated to the Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar, but the publisher lost the dedication page.
The work is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, harp, timpani and strings.
The symphony has four movements:
This amazing lecture series (The unanswered Question ), is actually an interdisciplinary overview about the evolution of Western European classical music from Bach through the 20th century crisis and beyond a bit . Mr. Bernstein uses linguistics namely Chomskian Linguistics to provide a framework to illustrate how music and all the arts evolved toward greater and greater levels of ambiguity/expressivity over history until the 20th century crisis . He manages this impressive feat of popular education , by dividing music into; Phonology (the study of sound); Syntax (the study of structure) and; Semantics (the study of meaning)
Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic and plays piano in a performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at the Royal Albert Hall in 1976.
Bernstein conducts his own score form West Side Story in the recording studio, and has a "fun" time with a poor tenor who keeps screwing it up. I really can't blame Jose Carreras - it's just a great tense sequence caught on film.
Candide Overture, conducted by the composer himself, Leonard Bernstein. Concert performance of Candide with June Anderson, Jerry Hadley, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda - London Symphony Orchestra (London, December 13, 1989).
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history." His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and from his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan,[3] Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, On the Waterfront, his Mass, and a range of other compositions, including three symphonies and many shorter chamber and solo works. Bernstein was the first conductor to give a series o...
Filmed in 1977, the documentary had to wait thirty-one years before being released in his native country. It shows the iconic American conductor rehearsing and performing at a Bernstein retrospective in Tel Aviv - equally amazingly, the very first retrospective given to his music. #leonardbernstein #maestro #westsidestory Subscribe to EuroArts: https://goo.gl/jrui3M Watch an amazing performance of Bernstein's "Mambo" from "West Side Story" by Gustavo Dudamel with Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela: https://youtu.be/lceRH17lSfw In Leonard Bernstein: Reflections, he discusses his Boston childhood, his musical growth at Harvard and the Curtis Institute, and the influence of great masters like Reiner, Mitropoulos, and Koussevitzky. He shares his feelings on the primacy of tonal...
Excerpts from the documentary Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution, originally broadcast April 25, 1967.
Bernstein describes this passage as "always impossible" and suggests that the audience won't understand the words anyway, so what's the big deal? Awkward.
Maestro
Leonard Bernstein and Maximilian Schell discuss some of the aspects of the Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" and Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig Van Beethoven. They also discuss his life and how he composed some of his music.
Composed in 1966, Roger Session's 6th symphony is a three-movement modernist work that sandwiches an ethereal, yearning middle section between two frenetic displays of syncopated counterpoint. Obviously, this isn't light music. It will require some effort from the listener. But I think it is well worth it. It is structured, not chaotic. It moves, doesn't drag. It is layered in color rather than forcing us to endure a drab, spare texture. Performed by the American Composers Orchestra Conducted by Dennis Russell Davies For more information on this recording, visit the following Decca Record link: http://www.deccaclassics.com/en/cat/4445192 Artwork for this video is credited to Andrew J. Gross. Check out his website for more great art: http://www.grossawareness.com/
BUY THE RECORD https://www.discogs.com/release/13327704 This record was produced in cooperation with Pro-Ject Audio Systems to reproduce the original music and sound experience of this famous concert in the Golden Hall at the Wiener Musikverein. Pressed on 180g premium-quality vinyl in highest precision by Pallas Germany. Music Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm – Ludwig Van Beethoven https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/ludwig-van-beethoven-karl-boehm-wiener-philharmoniker/ Turntable Debut Carbon EVO - satin golden yellow https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/debut-carbon-evo/ Cartridge Pick it S2 MM https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/pick-it-s2-mm/ Recorded with Phono Box DS2 USB https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/phono-box-ds2-usb/ Pro-Ject Amazon Shop: https:/...
Enjoy a preview of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 from the next episode of "The Spirit of Beethoven" series on BSO NOW. About this Episode: Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, Pastoral, and Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht; chamber music performance of Debussy’s Sonata for flute, viola, and harp, featuring BSO musicians Cynthia Meyers, flute; Danny Kim, viola; and Jessica Zhou, harp. Available February 18 at 12PM through March 20 at bso.org/now. -- Follow us on all of our social channels! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bostonsymphony/ Instagram: @bostonsymphony Twitter: @BostonSymphony
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Sessions: Symphony No. 6: 1. Allegro · American Composers Orchestra · Dennis Russell Davies Sessions: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 & 9 ℗ 1995 Decca Music Group Limited Released on: 1995-01-01 Producer: Chris Hazell Studio Personnel, Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Philip Siney Composer: Roger Sessions Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Symphony No. 6: I. Allegro · Roger Huntington Sessions · Dennis Russell Davies · American Composers Orchestra Sessions: Symphonies 6, 7, & 9 ℗ 2008 Phoenix USA Released on: 2008-04-01 Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Sessions: Symphony No. 6: 3. Allegro moderato · American Composers Orchestra · Dennis Russell Davies Sessions: Symphonies Nos. 6, 7 & 9 ℗ 1995 Decca Music Group Limited Released on: 1995-01-01 Producer: Chris Hazell Studio Personnel, Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Philip Siney Composer: Roger Sessions Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Audio Network Limited Symphony No. 6 in F major Op.68 "Pastoral" (Excerpt) · David Tobin · Jeff Meegan · Julian Gallant · English Session Orchestra Classical Collection - Symphonic 2 ℗ Audio Network Ltd Released on: 2020-01-10 Artist: David Tobin Artist: English Session Orchestra Artist: Jeff Meegan Artist: Julian Gallant Auto-generated by YouTube.
German conductor Corinna Niemeyer leads the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in this performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major ‘Pastorale’. It was recorded live on June 30, 2018.
Living legend Martha Argerich is joined by Theodosia Ntokou in Beethoven's magnificent Pastoral Symphony (No. 6), transcribed for two pianos. Discover the album: https://w.lnk.to/anbLY While the best known two-piano transcription of this symphony is by Carl Czerny, a pupil of Beethoven, they have chosen to record Selmar Bagge's transcription, which Martha Argerich considers both pianistically superior and more technically demanding. #Beethoven2020 __________ Warner Classics ► Website: http://www.warnerclassics.com Subscribe to our: ► YT- Channel: https://wnrcl.me/subscribeYT ► Newsletter https://wnrcl.me/subscribeNL Follow us on: ► Facebook: http://www.fb.com/WarnerClassicsErato ► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/warner_classics ► Twitter: http://twitter.com/WarnerCla...
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Leonard Bernstein (/ˈbɜːrnstaɪn/; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."
His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and from his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan,Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, On The Waterfront, his Mass, and a range of other compositions, including three symphonies and many shorter chamber and solo works.
Bernstein was the first conductor to give numerous television lectures on classical music, starting in 1954 and continuing until his death. He was a skilled pianist, often conducting piano concertos from the keyboard.
Smooth Boppy Piano
Snapping Fingers
Riff: This turf is small but it's all we got, huh?
I wanna hold it like we always held it, with skin!
But if they say blades, I say blades but if they say
guns, I say guns. I say I want the Jets to be the
number one! To sail! To hold the sky!
Baby John: Rev us up!
Gee-Tar: Voom-va-voom!
Big Deal: Cha-chung!
Action: Wacko-jacko!
A-Rab: Digga-digga-dig-dum!
Riff: Now, protocality calls for a war council
between us and the Sharks to set the whole thing up.
So I will personally give the bad news to Bernardo.
Against the Sharks, we need every man we got we need
a lieutenant for the war council.
Action: That's me.
Riff: That's Tony.
Action: Who needs Tony?
Riff: We need Tony! He has a reputation bigger than
the whole west side.
Action: Tony don't belong no more.
Riff: Cut it, Action Tony and I started the Jets.
Action: What about the day we clobbered the Emeralds?
Big Deal: Which we couldn't have done without Tony.
Baby John: He saved my ever-loving neck!
Riff: Yeah, Tony has come through for us and he
always will.
Riff: When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way
from your frst cigarette to your last dyin' day.
When you're a Jet, let 'em do what they can, you got
brothers around, you're a family man! You're never
alone, you're never disconnected! You're home with
your own when company's expected, you're well
protected! Then you are set with a capital J, which
you'll never forget till they cart you away. When
you're a Jet, you stay a Jet!
Riff: I know Tony like I know me and I guarantee you
can count him in.
Action: In, out, let's get crackin'.
A-Rab: Where you gonna find Bernardo?
Riff: He'll be at the dance at the gym tonight.
A-Rab: Yeah, but the gym's neutral territory.
Riff(innocently): A-Rab, I'm gonna make nice with
him! I'm only gonna challenge him.
A-Rab: Great, Daddy-o!
Riff: So everybody dress up sweet and sharp and meet
Tony and me at the dance at ten. And walk tall!
A-Rab: We always walk tall!
Baby John: We're Jets!
Action: The greatest!
Drums
Snowboy: When you're a Jet, you're the top cat in
town, you're the gold medal kid with the heavyweight
crown!
Diesel: When you're a Jet, you're the swingin'est
thing. Little boy, you're a man, little man, you're
a king!
Jets: The Jets are in gear, our cylinders are
clickin'. The Sharks'll steer clear 'cause ev'ry
Puerto Rican's a lousy chicken! Here com the Jets
like a bat out of hell. Someone gets in our way,
someone don't feel so well. Here come the Jets
little world, step aside! Better go undeground,
better run, better hide. We're drawin' the line, so
keep your noses hidden! We're hangin' a sign, says
"Visitors Forbidden" and we ain't kiddin'! Here come
the Jets, Yeah! An' we're gonna beat ev'ry last
buggin' gang on the whole buggin' street! On the
whole buggin' ever lovin' street!