"Reaching for the Note" is a PBS biography from their American Experience series. That credit should have been given with this. I have had a DVD of it for years.
No wonder he loved Mahler so much. There are a lot of parallels: Conflict between conducting and composing, joy and suffering being very close, being jewish....
I posted a new video about Leonard Bernstein titled "The Real Maestro." He took a wrecking ball to Beethoven's symphonies systematically changing the sound from good to bad by doing sinister things like adding more trumpets to create a noisy trumpet heavy sound and blaming the bad sound on Beethoven's lack of ability to orchestrate. He conducted Beethoven with three times as many strings as are appropriate, creating a harsh rough sound when the whole orchestra was playing and then used his television lectures to brainwash the public into believing that Beethoven intended it to sound that way.
Wonderful documentary, thanks for uploading. You can see the inherent 'clash' between a Jazz musician and a classical musician - Wynton often telling Nicola to go with it, to improvise, to change on the spot if necessary, and Nicola being very resistant to it - and understandably so.
RIP Leonard Bernstein, a giant of American music. Pianist, composer, conductor, educator, humanitarian, he will never be forgotten. Those young person's concerts must have been wonderful, we need someone doing that today, when classical music is being bad-mouthed and branded as too white, too patriarchal and other nonsense like that. Bernstein's great hero was Mahler and he indeed asked to be buried with a copy of the score of Mahler's 5th symphony in his coffin. I actually feel that Bernstein was a far superior composer to Mahler. I have yet to even hear all his works but have always enjoyed those I have heard eg "West Side Story", the symphony "The Age of Anxiety", "Kaddish", "The Chichester Psalms", "Wonderful Town". I was very sad when Bernstein died, I think it was cancer that took him. He was a genius in my opinion.
Too much other people speak here, in recordings which s shown as a audio, lenny speaks actually before camera...they should show them...A bad Reminiscent. Thumb down...
Lenny became the center of my childhood when I discovered him on television. He gave me the only musical education I ever had as a kid and invited me into that great joy of music. I got to meet him once, backstage at the Hollywood Bowl, a moment I will never forget. Thank you, Lenny!
Every musician, ALL musicians, have a hole in their skill set. A reason to be in awe of - or jealous of - another musician. A reason to feel humble - or inadequate. It forces you to work with other musicians and value the gifts of others.
Grant Park, Chicago, 1968. The Chicago Symphony had just concluded a performance of "Candide" when Bernstein made a surprise curtain call. As he was heading back to his limousine, surounded by dozens of people, he took time to sign the programs of two young sailors standing 20 yards away. I was one of them.
Como siempre hay que lamentar que este documental sólo esté en el idioma de los "yankees" y no en LA LENGUA de las LENGUAS: EL ESPAÑOL...🇪🇸 estoy harto de escuchar esa "jerga"...que aprendan a hablar como Dios manda...!!! Así de claro...🇪🇸😠😡🤬
He seemed like such a wonderful guy. I wonder if Bernstein had stuck with film scores he might have had a more personally satisfying compositional career. I love his educational series on the classics. No one is better!
The gorgeous pic with the lovely twosome on the plane, the big smiles, they looked so proud n right for each other. ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
Oh God, those suave good looks this guy has! The rugged eyebrows the salt n pepper hair!! What a lucky wife as well to have married him!
♥️
"Reaching for the Note" is a PBS biography from their American Experience series. That credit should have been given with this. I have had a DVD of it for years.
This would have been a lot better had the producers not been obsessed with West Side Story which runs from 27:20 - 39:00
No wonder he loved Mahler so much. There are a lot of parallels: Conflict between conducting and composing, joy and suffering being very close, being jewish....
Excellent documentary. I have a much greater appreciation of Leonard Bernstein after watching this film.
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No words can say except in the exceptional comments here of others.
Thank you for this. No words can say.
What an amazing documentary. Just finished Bradley Cooper's Maestro. This documentary gave such a deeper insight to the man.
Bradley Cooper nailed him. Just go ahead and hand him the Oscar and if your trying to quit smoking, do not and I reapeat do not watch Maestro😅
5:25 Piano Concerto in G Major ~ Maurice Ravel.
I am guessing this documentary was made in the later 1980's/1990's?
1998
This one also good
The shows he did for children were fantastic.
So marvolous ❤
What is the piece playing at the beginning of the film
Beethovens 7th symphony (2nd movement I think)
I posted a new video about Leonard Bernstein titled "The Real Maestro." He took a wrecking ball to Beethoven's symphonies systematically changing the sound from good to bad by doing sinister things like adding more trumpets to create a noisy trumpet heavy sound and blaming the bad sound on Beethoven's lack of ability to orchestrate. He conducted Beethoven with three times as many strings as are appropriate, creating a harsh rough sound when the whole orchestra was playing and then used his television lectures to brainwash the public into believing that Beethoven intended it to sound that way.
43:58 Bernstein was doing a savage performance of Bloch's Schelomo!
He lived at a very difficult time to be an original composer. Not much musical space hadn't been trodden over.
Wonderful documentary, thanks for uploading. You can see the inherent 'clash' between a Jazz musician and a classical musician - Wynton often telling Nicola to go with it, to improvise, to change on the spot if necessary, and Nicola being very resistant to it - and understandably so.
What awful music - Nicola's talent is wasted on it.
Seems like hagiography...
He doesn't look like Bradley Cooper at all... and vice versa....
An excellent documentary on one of America's greatest conductors and composers. May his memory be a blessing 🙌.
Wasn’t his wife costarican? Not chilean
NormaPaula CHILEAN.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr Look it up on Google she was born in Costa Rica from a costarican mother
RIP Leonard Bernstein, a giant of American music. Pianist, composer, conductor, educator, humanitarian, he will never be forgotten. Those young person's concerts must have been wonderful, we need someone doing that today, when classical music is being bad-mouthed and branded as too white, too patriarchal and other nonsense like that. Bernstein's great hero was Mahler and he indeed asked to be buried with a copy of the score of Mahler's 5th symphony in his coffin. I actually feel that Bernstein was a far superior composer to Mahler. I have yet to even hear all his works but have always enjoyed those I have heard eg "West Side Story", the symphony "The Age of Anxiety", "Kaddish", "The Chichester Psalms", "Wonderful Town". I was very sad when Bernstein died, I think it was cancer that took him. He was a genius in my opinion.
Too much other people speak here, in recordings which s shown as a audio, lenny speaks actually before camera...they should show them...A bad Reminiscent. Thumb down...
Molto bello, grazie! 🙏
A beautiful soul ❤. The gift that keeps on giving
homosexual
Wow!
Leonard Bernstein is dead?
Yes. He died quite a few years ago from lung disease.
Yeah. For 23 years.
@@nataliep.9047 try 34.
Précieux souvenirs en hommage à celui qui fut l'un des majeurs de la direction d'orchestre au XXème siècle.
Pas de traduisation soit nécessaire!
Lenny became the center of my childhood when I discovered him on television. He gave me the only musical education I ever had as a kid and invited me into that great joy of music. I got to meet him once, backstage at the Hollywood Bowl, a moment I will never forget. Thank you, Lenny!
Brilliant Biography!
He was always with cigarettes.
Every musician, ALL musicians, have a hole in their skill set. A reason to be in awe of - or jealous of - another musician. A reason to feel humble - or inadequate. It forces you to work with other musicians and value the gifts of others.
Grant Park, Chicago, 1968. The Chicago Symphony had just concluded a performance of "Candide" when Bernstein made a surprise curtain call. As he was heading back to his limousine, surounded by dozens of people, he took time to sign the programs of two young sailors standing 20 yards away. I was one of them.
Como siempre hay que lamentar que este documental sólo esté en el idioma de los "yankees" y no en LA LENGUA de las LENGUAS: EL ESPAÑOL...🇪🇸 estoy harto de escuchar esa "jerga"...que aprendan a hablar como Dios manda...!!! Así de claro...🇪🇸😠😡🤬
Just saw this last night with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It was an absolute masterpiece, I hope it gains more and more popularity! ❤❤❤
Just very moving.
A narcissistic personality with no love for anything but himself, cigarettes and cheap sex.
Sheer Genius!
He was more than a talent. He was a FORCE
He seemed like such a wonderful guy. I wonder if Bernstein had stuck with film scores he might have had a more personally satisfying compositional career. I love his educational series on the classics. No one is better!
Last 20 minutes quality is really bad unfortunately 😢
I feel he is part of me......an enriched part of me. His Divine Spark is profoundly my Divine Spark. I love him. Irenee Riter
Winnie Wallace.... Best documentary on Bernstein A must watch.!!.