Stokowski Rehearsal - Beethoven 'Leonore' No. 3 Overture

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  • Опубликовано: 16 июн 2013
  • This is an excerpt from a rehearsal filmed in 1968 in which Leopold Stokowski, then nearly 86 years old, conducted Beethoven's Overture 'Leonore' No. 3. The location was the new Madison Square Gardens concert hall in New York and the orchestra was the American Symphony, founded by Stokowski himself in 1962. (This particular extract come from a 1970 TV documentary entitled "Stokowski at 88" which accounts for the narration and end credits.) Also on the 1968 concert programme was Barber's 'Adagio for Strings,' the rehearsal of which has also been uploaded here.
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  • @felixheiss
    @felixheiss 3 месяца назад +7

    A great conductor at work . I was lucky enough to see him live back in the early 1970s .

  • @Zarastro54
    @Zarastro54 10 месяцев назад +9

    An absolute perfectionist with an incomparable ear. As a layman, I can’t even tell the errors he’s hearing in the orchestra. You can tell he always gives 110% and wanted his orchestras to do the same.

  • @RoyalSnowbird
    @RoyalSnowbird 10 лет назад +50

    To have captured and be able to see this rehearsal today is priceless! Leopold Stokowski must be the ONLY CONDUCTOR in the history of the world of whom a cartoon was made for his hands-free style of conducting. A parody of him was done in Bugs Bunny's Leopold the Conductor - it is brilliant!! I urge you to go watch it!

    • @donaldelfreth553
      @donaldelfreth553 8 месяцев назад +1

      As a kid I watched that cartoon. Also grew up outside Philadelphia so Bugs' parody added to the legend for us.

    • @RoyalSnowbird
      @RoyalSnowbird 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@donaldelfreth553 He was a musical genius and it is fitting the he was memorialized in the Bugs Bunny cartoon for children from a young age to appreciate music even if it is presented in a funny manner. It is a RARE classical music cartoon (Despite some bits of classical music were used to create 'suspense' and 'anticipation' in many cartoons... this one underlined a particular conductor's genius abd it was brilliantly done !

    • @RoyalSnowbird
      @RoyalSnowbird 8 месяцев назад

      ​He was a musical genius and it is fitting the he was memorialized in the Bugs Bunny cartoon for children from a young age to appreciate music even if it is presented in a funny manner. It is a RARE classical music cartoon (Despite some bits of classical music were used to create 'suspense' and 'anticipation' in many cartoons... this one underlined a particular conductor's genius abd it was brilliantly done !

    • @RoyalSnowbird
      @RoyalSnowbird 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@donaldelfreth553​ He was a musical genius and it is fitting the he was memorialized in the Bugs Bunny cartoon for children from a young age to appreciate music even if it is presented in a funny manner. It is a RARE classical music cartoon (Despite some bits of classical music were used to create 'suspense' and 'anticipation' in many cartoons... this one underlined a particular conductor's genius abd it was brilliantly done !

  • @johncarter5145
    @johncarter5145 9 лет назад +14

    What a privilege to see and hear this man in action and how skilfully the players respond to his directions.

  • @jasdefy4502
    @jasdefy4502 4 года назад +30

    L-L-L- LEOPOLD!!!

  • @wohololao
    @wohololao 6 лет назад +24

    LEOPOLD!

  • @celineawproductions
    @celineawproductions 2 года назад +15

    It's like watching someone make a painting. It's incredible.

  • @ralfmeiers7114
    @ralfmeiers7114 Год назад +11

    Super rehearsal, so clear and determined! A great personality! Stokowski exactly new what he wanted. I' m impressed by his sentences: you are good players, you are good musiceans, you are intelligent, you can hear!" I think, he was an authority, a commander who want to impose his musical opinions but he also could motivate and rouse his musicians. Also the singular audition of that violinist (yong woman) and what he said to her about practicing and the quality of her instrument is very interesting. I could watch it again and again. Thank you Leopold!

  • @ntnstern
    @ntnstern 11 лет назад +6

    In this ten minutes I learned more about this masterwork than in the 30 years I heard it from several conductors!! Thanks for posting!!

  • @dreamer_4937
    @dreamer_4937 3 года назад +17

    I hope I still have his energy at 88!

  • @MarcAllenCramnella
    @MarcAllenCramnella 10 лет назад +17

    When he finally gets the orchestra to get the subito piano the way he wants it at 6:50 it is just magic.

    • @PikkaBite
      @PikkaBite 6 лет назад

      Still the best subito piano I've ever heard in my entire life.

  • @TheVaughan5
    @TheVaughan5 8 лет назад +9

    1968 was the only time I saw Stockowski conducting with the Philharmonia orchestra in London. I was very young at the time but I realized I was witnessing a legendary conductor in his final years.

  • @MT-ek9te
    @MT-ek9te 2 года назад +15

    Looney Tunes tribute to Leopold Stokowski is lovingly done !!!!
    What a privilege!!!
    .... Looney Tunes / Bugs Bunny may have just introduced millions of children to pursue Musical Careers to this very day... 50 , 60, 80, 100 yrs. to the day
    AMAZING

  • @gamad.6007
    @gamad.6007 Год назад +27

    Leopold!

  • @christopher32074
    @christopher32074 Год назад +14

    If an opera singer pisses this guy off, Leopold has a trick up his sleeve.

  • @skymarshallmarz5573
    @skymarshallmarz5573 4 года назад +12

    Thing about the Stokowski sound, especially the strings: he allowed and often encouraged free bowing, the opposite of all bows in unison. I noticed the sound is lush and original, as well as much free-er and open sounding. Stokowski, as well as a few other superb conductors, actually painted a picture through music, rather than something just played 'correctly'.

  • @bubblybassoonist
    @bubblybassoonist 9 лет назад +7

    As an amateur conductor... to see this is just beautiful. Thank you!

  • @lenanielsen5903
    @lenanielsen5903 3 года назад +11

    Leopold you are amazing🎶

  • @maurocoimbra9624
    @maurocoimbra9624 Год назад +6

    Absolutely precious!!!! How great is having an opportunity to see such a genius leading 'his' orchestra.

  • @b1na276
    @b1na276 4 года назад +30

    L-L-L- Leopold!

    • @MrBamcito
      @MrBamcito 4 года назад

      Never gets old

    • @ericmoorev956
      @ericmoorev956 3 года назад

      How are you doing today my name is Eric moore

  • @hariasimov21
    @hariasimov21 3 года назад +20

    Le-Le-Leopold !!!

  • @rufus_the_cat
    @rufus_the_cat 9 месяцев назад +14

    Leopold!!!!!

  • @medievalmusiclover
    @medievalmusiclover 8 лет назад +10

    Oh My God! This is the most wonderful Conductor I ever seen. Remarkable.

  • @MrPoupard
    @MrPoupard 10 лет назад +6

    A remarkable document. He's as fit as a fiddle for 86 - like a man in his 40s.

  • @linzierogers6227
    @linzierogers6227 5 лет назад +11

    I had a chance to be in Stokowski's presence up close as a college student. He came and conducted the choir of which I was a member, the composition I don't recall, but we were all in awe of him. He wasn't there long but gave us some helpful tips. He also had a small entourage with him.
    I also recall meeting Duke Ellington and shaking his hand. He played several of his tunes for us Extremely personable and likable on sight. The crowd was large and gave him a rousing welcome. Then he was ushered into the music school and played for us. I particularly liked "Sophisticated Lady." For what it's worth, quite of few of his compositions came from the pen of Billy Strayhorn, Take The "A" being one of the most notable..
    College life agreed with me.

    • @annedwyer797
      @annedwyer797 3 года назад

      Very cool...Strayhorn also wrote the wonderful "Lush Life".

  • @plank7170
    @plank7170 3 года назад +23

    Came here because of bugs bunny but stayed because it was beautiful

  • @catchoupiote
    @catchoupiote Год назад +12

    I can see now why the Philadelphia orchestra sounded so good.

  • @lamaquinadeportiva827
    @lamaquinadeportiva827 5 лет назад +33

    Thanks Bugs Bunny!!

  • @trekgeist
    @trekgeist 10 лет назад +24

    LEOPOLD!!!!!

  • @fernsimonwoehllerman
    @fernsimonwoehllerman 5 лет назад +14

    Leopold the great. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @winerzeren7235
    @winerzeren7235 3 года назад +9

    This guys is marvelous

  • @stamoum
    @stamoum 4 года назад +18

    LEOPOLD!!!!!!!!!!

    • @jpnolasco5292
      @jpnolasco5292 4 года назад +1

      Leopold!!!!

    • @wayneshum
      @wayneshum 2 года назад

      He is sharp at his age and is demanding I am imagine those prayers how they endure what he want ? He revolutionize the modern orchestra sound !A legend ! I still have his LP of this recording back in 1970

  • @marioescalante4401
    @marioescalante4401 6 лет назад +12

    Somewhere in the world at that moment, the blond-haired Opera singer, Giovanni Jones, was still blasting out that note - with his face so beyond blue it was black.

  • @jimmorgan5612
    @jimmorgan5612 6 лет назад +7

    Probably the finest conductor who ever lived. He let the music speak for itself with a little help.

  • @janetsmith2600
    @janetsmith2600 4 года назад +8

    Leopold Stokowski. The finest conductor that ever lived!
    Franco Corelli. The most handsome and finest tenor that ever lived!

    • @adam28xx
      @adam28xx  4 года назад +1

      Here they are together in "Turandot" .. ruclips.net/video/mgLkT-LiemM/видео.html

  • @DonTigre360
    @DonTigre360 Год назад +15

    ¡Leopold! 😮😮😮😮 🐰

  • @lucasful1810
    @lucasful1810 7 лет назад +6

    Sharing a birthday with this man gives me a little more hope for my artistic career as an old man haha.

  • @Killjoy45
    @Killjoy45 7 лет назад +13

    L-L-L-Leopold!!!

  • @RONILMAN1
    @RONILMAN1 7 лет назад +10

    Fué un apasionado de la música...Le le le Leopold!!!!

  • @johnries5593
    @johnries5593 6 лет назад +12

    "It's already marked, but mark it better". Running rehearsals is the conductor's most important job and Stokowski was clearly good at it.

  • @dewaynehall7104
    @dewaynehall7104 Год назад +6

    Came here from the bugs bunny cartoon this isn't really my type of music but I'm glad I found this video Leopold is truly a master of his craft

  • @phillipecook3227
    @phillipecook3227 3 года назад +15

    His voiceover outlinies his personal belief for which he was famous ( or infamous) that black notes on paper never was and can never be music, that in striving to "realise" what the composer intended the interpreter has a license to change what's written. Whether you agree with him or not, he was never shy about changing what was written. Toscannini did the same.

  • @johnsmith-zu5db
    @johnsmith-zu5db 8 лет назад +4

    You can't beat Stokowski for Brahms and Beethoven. Beethoven 7th with the BBCSO orchestra is electric and unforgettable. Quality conductor with a real eye for the finer points of detail from within the music itself. We'll never see the likes of Stokowski again.

  • @peterward2275
    @peterward2275 3 года назад +16

    Whoa he's a hard task master!

    • @DupreeKingdom04
      @DupreeKingdom04 3 года назад +5

      I know...sounded good to me! But the that’s the difference between average and greatness!

  • @peterward2275
    @peterward2275 3 года назад +13

    Leopold!!

  • @hank1972
    @hank1972 3 года назад +11

    Asa musician that grew up on Bugs Bunny. It is great to know who LLL Leopold actually was. TY Bugs and Leopold Stoikosk.

  • @stickwagger
    @stickwagger 11 лет назад +2

    Thank you. This shows him to be a true master of the orchestra.

  • @garywait3231
    @garywait3231 5 лет назад +5

    Like great wine, maestro grew better with age. Perfection!!!

  • @johnschlesinger2009
    @johnschlesinger2009 4 года назад +6

    Fantastic. He does it like a young man, and the standard is the absolute best.

  • @JeroenBaxexm
    @JeroenBaxexm 10 лет назад

    Great footage! Other uploads are great as well! Thanks for sharing!

  • @berlinzerberus
    @berlinzerberus 9 лет назад +12

    Great artist!

  • @antonycooke6402
    @antonycooke6402 5 лет назад +7

    Oh my! Truly great in every possible respect. Stokowski, like Karajan, was one of the very few who actually made such an audible difference that one could tell they were conducting just by the sound alone.

  • @planthi80
    @planthi80 11 лет назад +1

    WOWOWO! ...great posting...thanks!

  • @oscarolguin2234
    @oscarolguin2234 4 года назад +5

    This film is historic.
    Its wonderfull

  • @narutopersaud1315
    @narutopersaud1315 4 года назад +10

    6:25 I like it how when he corrected them he made them know their good players and should fix it

    • @Eden_Rubin_Music
      @Eden_Rubin_Music 3 года назад

      And the way he shouted is fine too? His vibe is terrible and banging on the desk and yell's with anger, not cool at all!

    • @IgnacioClerici-mp5cy
      @IgnacioClerici-mp5cy 3 года назад +2

      @@Eden_Rubin_Music shut the fuck up You idiot pussy

    • @luangouveia4715
      @luangouveia4715 3 года назад +1

      @@Eden_Rubin_Music oh please!! Don’t be a p***y

  • @abcnowcontrol
    @abcnowcontrol 8 лет назад +10

    Stokowski was a fine and great conductor.

  • @rtisom
    @rtisom 8 месяцев назад +3

    This is great, we are so lucky to have so much cultural history to appreciate. I think that the Hungarian Ferenc Fricsay also conducted without a baton. I’m not sure which others chose this style. The Leonore #3 it seems to me captures the essence of Beethoven.

  • @Jon-xi4xj
    @Jon-xi4xj 3 года назад +5

    Brilliant!

  • @abcnowcontrol
    @abcnowcontrol 6 лет назад +7

    A perfectionist.

  • @hmpsbsc
    @hmpsbsc 11 лет назад +3

    I always heard about the great LEOPOLD, however I've never seen footage of the maestro and action.
    I am very thrilling .... thank ADAM28.

  • @Retrographer
    @Retrographer 10 лет назад +2

    Fantastic !

  • @Artoliva
    @Artoliva 6 месяцев назад

    So many excellent musicians in one place is amazing ❤❤❤

  • @berlinzerberus
    @berlinzerberus 11 лет назад +1

    Really great!

  • @qasion
    @qasion 6 лет назад +5

    From the 60's and he was around 86, boy he did great. Back then most would be dead in their 70's.

    • @jefolson6989
      @jefolson6989 3 года назад +2

      Conductors are known for longevity

    • @annedwyer797
      @annedwyer797 3 года назад +1

      Maybe it's all that vigorous arm movement, someone said conductors make about 2 movements/second. And we know they can really work up a sweat; conducting is a workout! Maybe it's that combined with a love of making music that keeps some of them on the podium into their senior years. Herbert Blomstedt is still conducting at 93...and he STANDS during performances! (His devout 7th Day Adventist lifestyle probably helps too)

  • @user-wu1my4nk6g
    @user-wu1my4nk6g Год назад +5

    ストコフスキーの真剣さに驚く。ベートーヴェンのイデア忠実で、感動的!

  • @virtualpilgrim8645
    @virtualpilgrim8645 2 года назад +4

    Deems Taylor and Leopold Stokowski together were the dynamic duo which made Fantasia great.

  • @fernsimonwoehllerman
    @fernsimonwoehllerman 5 лет назад +11

    Leopold the great.

  • @emdb1981
    @emdb1981 6 лет назад +3

    We in the brass always get too excited, rarely see the hand turned the other way around! A true treasure!

  • @Milordvega
    @Milordvega 3 года назад +16

    "Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

  • @BalbirSingh-gr2qk
    @BalbirSingh-gr2qk Год назад +1

    ❤️ Great pc.

  • @remoncingkes1442
    @remoncingkes1442 5 лет назад +11

    Leopold! The great.
    I come here after seeing bugs bunny 🐰

  • @oucutie1
    @oucutie1 5 лет назад +6

    Leopold Stokowski. The gold standard of which all other conductors shall be measured!

    • @jefolson6989
      @jefolson6989 3 года назад

      Musically he was a marginal figurel, strange and flamboyant. But he sold tickets.

  • @crazinventor4442
    @crazinventor4442 5 месяцев назад +3

    Here because I learned that Christopher Lloyd modeled his portrayal of 'Doc' Emmett Brown in Back To The Future off of Stokowski. Stayed for the music and history.

  • @abcnowcontrol
    @abcnowcontrol 6 лет назад +1

    Terrific sweet memories.

  • @Hotspur77
    @Hotspur77 6 лет назад +1

    And great posting, adam28xx. Shows the creative process at work. How a routine reading of a warhorse can become something transcendent. Too bad there really are no conductors today who have the genius to re-interpret something from the pen of a Beethoven (or Bach as the case may be with Stokowski) - and the gravitas to impose that vision on an orchestra with such convincing force that his interpretation becomes theirs too...remarkable.

  • @richardresseguier1
    @richardresseguier1 4 года назад +5

    Un vrais artiste et un chef d'orchestre extraordinaire

    • @adam28xx
      @adam28xx  4 года назад +1

      Google translate: "A real artist and an extraordinary conductor"

    • @trx90vito29
      @trx90vito29 2 года назад

      @@adam28xx if only you knew what would come only a year later

  • @_KingofKingss
    @_KingofKingss 5 лет назад +29

    L-Leopold

  • @YannSGD
    @YannSGD 9 месяцев назад

    Magnifique !!!!!

  • @marcosPRATA918
    @marcosPRATA918 6 лет назад +3

    Excelente Stokowski.

  • @chrisconsorte7893
    @chrisconsorte7893 3 года назад +3

    That’s impressive!

  • @lansmelkor
    @lansmelkor 11 месяцев назад +1

    🎉 Bellísimo!!!

  • @FriendlyCroock
    @FriendlyCroock 6 лет назад +11

    4:13 All modern conductors please take notes. This is what YOUR JOB is, your job is NOT to be authentic. I know it's already "marked" but mark it better.

  • @nedth911
    @nedth911 4 года назад +15

    ah its Leopold!

  • @vicentesempere7968
    @vicentesempere7968 3 года назад +3

    Re-re-re-relax...!!

  • @marshallartz395
    @marshallartz395 3 года назад +4

    Wow! 😎🎹

  • @lansmelkor
    @lansmelkor 11 месяцев назад +1

    Magnificencia!

  • @dontedavis6575
    @dontedavis6575 5 лет назад +17

    Now the bugs bunny sketch makes sense. This man was insane

    • @brookebodden6248
      @brookebodden6248 5 лет назад +3

      Perhaps so... BUT insanely Brilliant! Genius!

    • @MegaFonebone
      @MegaFonebone 5 лет назад +6

      Not insane. A perfectionist, and uniquely able to bring out the best in a musical ensemble.

  • @sambrownbridge7917
    @sambrownbridge7917 Год назад +11

    The Gordon Ramsay of Classical Music

    • @r.j.wheels6755
      @r.j.wheels6755 7 месяцев назад

      This made me laugh

    • @shayna110
      @shayna110 3 месяца назад

      Yes he and other old-school composers of his time were very very tough

  • @jupiterlegrand4817
    @jupiterlegrand4817 Год назад +7

    The greatest and most sublime sound ever heard by man on earth is Beethoven, played by the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. I realize this is not that orchestra, I'm just saying...

  • @carmenlu8674
    @carmenlu8674 4 года назад

    BRAVO!!!

    • @ericmoorev956
      @ericmoorev956 3 года назад

      How are you doing today my name is Eric moore

  • @stevenmichael3426
    @stevenmichael3426 6 месяцев назад +1

    I wish there was a recording of him playing the Organ!

  • @WendeeLuv
    @WendeeLuv Год назад +3

    #LuvIt 🤍 This just #Rocked my mood! He is so magical! 🎼🪄🎼🪄🎼🪄🎼

    • @Classical741
      @Classical741 20 дней назад

      Beethoven - 19th Century metal mood.

  • @ivanserna2323
    @ivanserna2323 6 лет назад +2

    Grandisimo

  • @bo6168
    @bo6168 3 года назад +11

    Leopold.....

  • @franciscoalbuquerque9560
    @franciscoalbuquerque9560 17 часов назад

    O cara era um genio !!

  • @user-rn1lb8sx2c
    @user-rn1lb8sx2c 4 года назад +4

    Pretty cool

  • @classicalricky
    @classicalricky 4 года назад +6

    1st note: no no no, together.

  • @user-co7nf5vc8i
    @user-co7nf5vc8i 2 года назад +1

    great

  • @henryvelper489
    @henryvelper489 2 года назад +18

    Leopold

  • @antiloo
    @antiloo 6 лет назад +4

    Maestro Stokowski