You and me both. I have become fascinated / obsessed with Shostakovich's symphonic music, the 4th Symphony particularly, and I long to get to know his string quartets. The man was a giant of classical music and deserves all the accolades he gets!
Shostakovich didn't mean anything bad there. He simply didn't understand what was going on because of language. First he thought he must just thank. he got up. then applause continued, very quickly he walked to stage. He also was a very very shy person. this is a very precious video. I never saw that anywhere online.
You can also tell that the man next to him is translating for him. He was, by most accounts, a bit of an akward person, but this was really just down to the fact that he literally could not understand what was being said it that moment.
why am I crying ? this is so sweet omg. I love Bernstein and Shosty sooooooo much. I understand his music deeply on many levels. I love both of them so much. wish I could meet them too :(
This is the sweetest thing I've ever seen on CZcams. Shy, sweet Shostakovich, my favourite composer and my favourite symphony, and Bernstein's weird and wonderful conducting. ❤❤❤ Thank you so much for posting this
I don't think its that simple unfortunately. There will always be resentful and vengeful people who want nothing more than to watch the world in flames. Just think of Hitler. Or the Soviet union itself. Sure, he didnt live long enough to do it, but Lenin wanted to invade Europe as the first steps toward a world revolution. Stalin was going to invade Europe after he let Hitler soften it up for him (although Hitler invaded the USSR before Stalin could put the plan into action). And at the end of his life, Stalin appeared to be planning an assault, perhaps even invasion, of the west, but he also died before he could do it (look up the doctors plot and Stalins plans to invade the west). I wish it was as easy as laying down our weapons but in doing so we would give free reign to the people who do not respect our sentiment and who, as i said, want to watch the world burn.
Two giants of classical music. How glorious it would have been if Mr. Shostakovich could have visited Tanglewood one of those summers. I hope they've met again in a secluded corner of the universe.....
Do you think there still exist great musical minds like them? Im sure ther are wonderful conductors today but are there any great composers like Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Stravinsky etc? Or were they really the last ones of the classical dinasty?
He was reluctant at first, embarrassed a bit, touching his head, scratching his cheek, caught off guard by Bernstein's unexpected gesture, by audience's and orchestra's appreciation. Then he approached his foreign colleagues with a huge smile. For a moment this musical chronicler of his complex inner life and of the brutal world surrounding him was genuinely happy. But when the music stops, when guests leave the country, when all of the Khrushchev/US political circus ends he is again alone with himself at his "usually" high levels of anxiety while watching blood stained red cloud sunsets from the balcony of his Leningrad flat, while the 23rd Prelude from Op. 87 softly plays in the background, whether in his head, whether from one of his EMI recordings, whether from Tatiana Nikolayeva's fingers. When he finishes his cigarette and enters the room both pianos are "unmanned", there are no guests, his family is out. Suddenly Siberian winter-like coldness forces him to bed, his heart is racing. While covering his body in layers of linens a muffled scream then crying are heard from underneath. By each decade of survivor's life the terror takes its physical and mental toll. His wife returns home, calls him "Mitya!", then upon seeing him in bed fearfully rushes forward and after his "I am well" hugs him with mixed feelings of joy and worry. His Seventh starts playing on the radio. For Mitya it's more then a mere "distraction" as his life returns from and as a musical pulse.
Do you have any more phantasies about the private life of one of the greatest composers the world has ever seen ? Have you ever been to Russia to know what it is all about ? Can you speak and understand the Russian language to be able to know how they feel and live? Your comment sounds like the anti-Russian script of a Hollywood movie.
@@gorankatic40000bc It is the connotations you embed in your text and word semantics. Maybe you do not even realize that for it is typical for an American. I do not blame you at all, but it is visible in the words and style you choose. As if you had watched too many Hollywood movies about typical Soviet behaviour, which is usually politically motivated. Could be the script of some Doktor Schivago scenes. Anyway, I do not mean to insult you. There are stupid things foreigners tell about America either. Have you ever been in Putin's modern Russia ? You will be astonished what that guy has achieved in the past twenty years. Maybe that is why I like the scene between Shostakovich and Leonard Bernstein so much ! And Bernstein's words at the end of the clip.
Шостакович - величайший музыкальный гений 20 века.. удивительно скромный человек...И великий Бернстайн со своим блистательным оркестром.....Личности с большой буквы, титаны мировой культуры.... Вечная слава!....
Real history, yes. Glenn Gould made a famous series of concerts in Moscow around the same time, it was his own intiative and he was warmly welcomed by music lovers and concert goers in Russia.
@@attiliofisher1094 Yes, both as a composer and (just as much) a conductor. He was also one of the greatest popularizers of understanding classical music (and other kinds of music) of the entire 20th century.
Shostakovitch looked so nervous and stiff as he approached the stage. His daughter said he was always a nervous person. I guess that came from the life he lead during Stalin's time.
Shostakovich simply did not understand Bernstein's words. Bernstein held a great speech on his mission of friendship. It is high time to repeat such great performances with people from the two great countries meeting each other. And to overcome today's idiotism.
@@user-gc8pc3ol6l My piano teacher met DS at house of sculptor Merkurov 1941. He made impression of too nervous person with incoherent speech. My other piano teacher Karl Schnabel with his father Arthur met DS on their tour in Russia in 1930th.
Hardly possible to realize the stature of both men in full, Lenny having himself just written West Side Story. In 2023 the depth and profetic nature of his words are the more striking: "why couldn't such warmth overflow into the totality of our relations instead of wasting our energies in hostility and our wealth on weaponry? We could send art to the moon, exalt our Pasternaks instead of isolating them, we could feed and house and clothe everyone forever, lick cancer in a week, harness the sun's energy, learn a few languages, talk, travel, grow - and love". Could we please learn some greatness from people like these? It's high time. Thank you so much for uploading this, what an amazing document!
The excerpt of Shostakovich's 7th....powerful ...... years later ... Lenny was finally given the opportunity to guest conduct the Chicago Symphony in Shostakovich's 1st and 7th symphonies.....it was recorded by Deutsch Grammophon.....many critics say its the best recording of it around. Leonard loved Shostakovich's music....
It's a mark of Bernstein's genius that he was allowed to conduct some of the best orchestras in the world, including the Vienna Phil, the Berlin Phil and the Chicago. His recording of Shostakovich's 7th with the Chicago is the best in modern sound, and one of the best ever. He also made a legendary recording of the 5th, with the NYPO, in a hotel ballroom in Brooklyn in 1959. (HIs later recordings of the 5th, though with marginally better sound, lacked the same white-hot energy.) I'm not aware that he ever recorded Shostakovich's 10th, which is a cryin' shame.
@@williamdonahue6617 He had never guest conducted the CSO until about 2-3 years before his death. He never conducted the Berlin Philharmonic until about a year or 2 before his death. The shadows of SOLTI and Karajan loomed large.
Wow, I don't know how I didn't saw this before, I like Bernstein's energy when conducting one of Shostakovich's symphonies, having the composer himself in the audience, what a great honor, just by seeing the footage I can imagine what it must have been like being there.
Wow, what a treat! I've had the 1959 performance of the Shostakovich 5th with Bernstein and NY Phil for ages, but I had no idea that there had been any video or film recording of the events surrounding their trip to Moscow. To see this now only makes me want to see and hear more! I should say, too, hearing the "Nazi Bolero" of the first movement of the Seventh had me instantly in goosebumps! Simply *FANTASTIC!!!*
No one like Shostie and his music! Our paths crossed in the late 50's when he was touring music universities for his government. Sitting in music history class at San Francisco State University, intent in what Dr. Wendall Otey was teaching, Shostie walks into our classroom and sits in row behind me. I could see him clearly (in fact I could smell his wool suit)! Unfortunately, he left before my senses returned. Off to another class, but I don't think anyone knew who he was! I was a classical music student and symphony lover. Probably the greatest moment of my life!
@@DynastieArtistique He did not talk to me. He was touring many countries to see how their musical educational colleges were being run. He walked into the classroom, sat down, watched for ten minutes and then left. He was in the row in back of me, so I would have to say that I "smelled him," more than saw him. He was wearing a wool suit! Crazy?????
From the special "Bernstein and the NYP in Moscow", which can be seen at the William Paley Center in Manhattan, and should be made generally available. LB discussed Billy the Kid and the Lenningrad Symphony. They played the opening movement of the Shostakovich and they were supposed to film the Copland as well, but the cameras broke down. The Shostakovich was prepared only for this occasion - they did not play the rest of it - and the orchestra had several local players added for its ear-shattering tuttis.
Voir Shostakovitch sourire c'est aussi un événement. Ce compositeur, cet homme, était tellement tragique. Raison pour laquelle je l'adore - surtout sa cinquième symphonie et la "Babi Yar" aussi bien sûr.
👁️🌷👁️Leonard Bernstein war ein Pianist von unvergleichlichem Talent und die Hommage, die er dem ebenso großen Pianisten Dimitri Schostakowitsch zollte, war unbeschreiblich. Es hat mir gefallen, ich habe es geliebt.😳😇🌻🕊️🌺😀😀😀🙏
Leonard Bernstein directing the 'Leningradskaya' in Moscow. And after this the Moscow 'Bolschoy Theatre'' performed in the US. Isn't it high time to repeat such great exchanges between the two great countries ? The way Shostakovich reacted ( a bit shy and helpless) shows this was an authentic situation, nothing was planned or prearranged. Maybe he did not understand the English language of Leonard Bernstein. Yet this was one of the most moving moments between the two great countries and two great composers. Lenny Bernstein indeed spoke of friendship between the two countries.
This is wonderful. And heartbreaking, given today's multiple insanities. I especially loved Lenny's comment 'learn a few languages'.... LB was the sort of liberal I could relate to. Don't miss the shot of Boris Pasternak at the end.
I wish to thank Shostakovich with all my heart. His music is amazing. I'm awake at 3am in Los Angeles, and have to be sharp as a knife, in the apparel business in a few hours. I would still rather listen to Shostakovich. (sorry for miss spell.. . we are all from behind the fences:)
Hi, thanks for this wonderful testimony with not only Shostakovich and Bernstein but also Pasternak. I found a vidéo in youtube on a chanel in cyrillic of Shostakovich and Bernstein for the V symphony.
I love the video and Shostakovich’s symphonies, of course. Just noting Lenny’s comments at the end. He said if the US and USSR could cooperate and not make war we could “lick cancer in a week.” That was 1959. Overly optimistic on Bernstein’s, but it’s true that a huge amount of our energy goes into war making and the military industrial complex.
Indeed, and of course the large majority of the citizens of either nation gets zero benefit from this state of perpetual conflict. Only selected few do, the others foot the bill and provide the cannon fodder
Amazing! One great man sings the praises of another. What an electric occasion! Of course it would be completely impossible for any US musician to travel to Moscow to express any such sentiments today. Depressingly, one suspects that few if any such musicians would want to. This video is testament to the staggering cultural and political decline of the West.
Il grande omaggio di Bernstein al Geniale compositore Shostakovich a Mosca..Inizialmente Shostakovich pensò che dovesse ringraziare, poi gli applausi erano incalzanti e molto velocemente si avvicinò al palco. Era anche una persona schiva, riservata e questo è un video davvero unico. Non l'ho mai visto da nessuna parte online.
Благодарю utube и Google и тех, кто записал, сохранил и поделился этими кадрами ! Очень эмоционально, трогательно и трепетно. Очень надеюсь, что опыт ошибок позволит мудрости , здравомыслию и любви найти путь для осознания жизни во всем ее разнообразии и контрастах.❤❤❤❤❤
What a moving homage to those who have suffered and to the humanity that supersedes our greatest differences. I cry watching this, and knowing that Shostakovich lived through that siege. It’s almost too much.
Leonard lost in the dream of a world without evil. Meanwhile Dimitri S. gave us music where evil is never overtly conquered by soaring heavenly choirs or finales of triumphant trumpets. It can only be mocked or grieved over. Or sometimes, at best, even ignored for a little while.
This is a terrible comment you made. What irony. You referred to "a class act," yet you swore with Jesus' name and used the vulgar "f" word. You have NO class and you are commenting on class. LOL LOL LOL.
@@ugolinietienne6343 That is true. Regardless, I am correct. Listen to many different version and you'll a finally enter into agreement avec moi. Bon temps, mon ami.
Living as he did in a state where artists were subject to extremes of public denouncement or praise depending on the mood of the government,… He accepted this adulation fairly cautiously. Some of his work even after this would be banned by the Soviet government
@@yowzephyr "Pearl necklace..?"Firstly do not have one, and secondly nicknames for maestri have always grated just seems over familiarising and cheap, went to a music academy where respect for leading composers and conductors was expected and yes did not wear a pearl necklace there either.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr Think of it like calling trombones " 'bones," it is nothing more than an abbreviation. In language, intent trumps all. Shostakovich is an amazing composer and any name created out of love for his work should not be looked down upon.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr Ah, you went to a music academy. That explains it. Reminds me of individuals in military uniform I've seen on TV game shows who keep calling the host of the show "sir". The host finally urges the soldier to lighten up with the "sir" stuff, saying "Relax. We're here to have fun." And so it is with CZcams comments. You're not at the academy. You can lighten up and relax now.
За одну эту симфонию Шостаковича нужно в нести в список самых великих людей планета Земля. А тем, кто забывает, что такое фашизм, нужно не только смотреть кадры документального кино. Нужно Услышать ЭТУ музыку.
Its from the special "Bernstein and the NYP in Moscow", which can be seen at the William Paley Center in Manhattan. Someone posted the entire concert online but it has since been taken down. Since I only used a short clip of the performance it is allowed to be here (plus my channel is not monetized).
SHOSTAKOVICH ....one of the greatest of Russian composers. Read Solomon Volkov,s book..."Testament" ....and learn how this composer lived in fear during Stalin,s rule.
He deserves millions of applause from his audience around the world, though it would have been still better if Bernstein made a less political choice of music such as Jazz Suite or Festive Overture.
What a bright moment among the Cold War shadows of 1959. I have never been sure if DS was just a nervous wreck by nature, became that way after '37, or was embraced by Stalin BECAUSE he was a nervous wreck who could write amazing music, not all of it great, but in the case of the 7th, a war symphony of real stature.
Shostakovich lived his life during the Stalin era in the permanent sense of the imminent repression and imminent prison up to execution. During to the Great Purge in the 30s, he didn't go to bed but waited outdoor for a people sent to arrest him. He didn't want his family had been disturbed at night
I wish I too could personally thank Shostakovich for his wonderful music.
Right?!!
You and me both. I have become fascinated / obsessed with Shostakovich's symphonic music, the 4th Symphony particularly, and I long to get to know his string quartets. The man was a giant of classical music and deserves all the accolades he gets!
Me too
you could have written him, but I am not sure they would give him the letter back then.
@@anastassiosperakis2869 He just might have needed a translator.
Shostakovich didn't mean anything bad there. He simply didn't understand what was going on because of language. First he thought he must just thank. he got up. then applause continued, very quickly he walked to stage. He also was a very very shy person.
this is a very precious video. I never saw that anywhere online.
You can also tell that the man next to him is translating for him. He was, by most accounts, a bit of an akward person, but this was really just down to the fact that he literally could not understand what was being said it that moment.
Shostakovich always had to worry about what effect praise from the West would have on his life in the Soviet Union.
@@christianebbertz7057praise from the west could ruin his life??? For a great composer like him, this must have been so distressful.
This is absolutelly fantanstic footage!
I would not call him 'shy' but simply 'modest'. He was not used to show effects for attracting attention like those from Hollywood.
Awww, I’ve never seen this before!! Shostakovich’s awkwardness before he got up to shake hands was adorable. 😆😆😆
Oh hey it's you lol, this video is so wholesome I love coming back to it
@@anti64 WELL, WELL, WELL!!
Shostakovich always had to worry about what effect praise from the West would have on his life in the Soviet Union.
😮 You're here too
I knew it
Proof that musical geniuses are the best ambassadors.
What a true and wonderful little speech of Maestro Bernstein! I wish all Presidents, Kings and politici would watch Bernstein's speech ! (Holland-eu)
why am I crying ? this is so sweet omg. I love Bernstein and Shosty sooooooo much. I understand his music deeply on many levels. I love both of them so much. wish I could meet them too :(
This is the sweetest thing I've ever seen on CZcams. Shy, sweet Shostakovich, my favourite composer and my favourite symphony, and Bernstein's weird and wonderful conducting. ❤❤❤ Thank you so much for posting this
Bernstein's ending monologue convinces me that the wrong people are (and always have been) in charge.
I don't think its that simple unfortunately. There will always be resentful and vengeful people who want nothing more than to watch the world in flames. Just think of Hitler. Or the Soviet union itself. Sure, he didnt live long enough to do it, but Lenin wanted to invade Europe as the first steps toward a world revolution. Stalin was going to invade Europe after he let Hitler soften it up for him (although Hitler invaded the USSR before Stalin could put the plan into action). And at the end of his life, Stalin appeared to be planning an assault, perhaps even invasion, of the west, but he also died before he could do it (look up the doctors plot and Stalins plans to invade the west). I wish it was as easy as laying down our weapons but in doing so we would give free reign to the people who do not respect our sentiment and who, as i said, want to watch the world burn.
100%
Two giants of classical music. How glorious it would have been if Mr. Shostakovich could have visited Tanglewood one of those summers. I hope they've met again in a secluded corner of the universe.....
Thanks for that lovely thought. It put a smile on my face :)
Do you think there still exist great musical minds like them? Im sure ther are wonderful conductors today but are there any great composers like Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Stravinsky etc? Or were they really the last ones of the classical dinasty?
Amazing! More clips like this please as they are rare, Dimitri was not too fond of public appearances
watch the lectures by Marina Frolova-Walker and Michael Parlovff and you are in for a treat.
He was reluctant at first, embarrassed a bit, touching his head, scratching his cheek, caught off guard by Bernstein's unexpected gesture, by audience's and orchestra's appreciation. Then he approached his foreign colleagues with a huge smile. For a moment this musical chronicler of his complex inner life and of the brutal world surrounding him was genuinely happy. But when the music stops, when guests leave the country, when all of the Khrushchev/US political circus ends he is again alone with himself at his "usually" high levels of anxiety while watching blood stained red cloud sunsets from the balcony of his Leningrad flat, while the 23rd Prelude from Op. 87 softly plays in the background, whether in his head, whether from one of his EMI recordings, whether from Tatiana Nikolayeva's fingers. When he finishes his cigarette and enters the room both pianos are "unmanned", there are no guests, his family is out. Suddenly Siberian winter-like coldness forces him to bed, his heart is racing. While covering his body in layers of linens a muffled scream then crying are heard from underneath. By each decade of survivor's life the terror takes its physical and mental toll. His wife returns home, calls him "Mitya!", then upon seeing him in bed fearfully rushes forward and after his "I am well" hugs him with mixed feelings of joy and worry. His Seventh starts playing on the radio. For Mitya it's more then a mere "distraction" as his life returns from and as a musical pulse.
Hogy mersz így írni erről az emberről? Ki vagy te? Ez a művész érinthetetlen. Nézd távolról és törődj magaddal.
@@gabornagy8726 nobody is "untouchable", including Shostakovich, Orban, me and you.
Do you have any more phantasies about the private life of one of the greatest composers the world has ever seen ?
Have you ever been to Russia to know what it is all about ? Can you speak and understand the Russian language to be able to know how they feel and live? Your comment sounds like the anti-Russian script of a Hollywood movie.
@@henryseidel5469 what in my comment sounds anti-Russian to you?
@@gorankatic40000bc It is the connotations you embed in your text and word semantics. Maybe you do not even realize that for it is typical for an American. I do not blame you at all, but it is visible in the words and style you choose.
As if you had watched too many Hollywood movies about typical Soviet behaviour, which is usually politically motivated. Could be the script of some Doktor Schivago scenes.
Anyway, I do not mean to insult you. There are stupid things foreigners tell about America either.
Have you ever been in Putin's modern Russia ? You will be astonished what that guy has achieved in the past twenty years. Maybe that is why I like the scene between Shostakovich and Leonard Bernstein so much ! And Bernstein's words at the end of the clip.
Wish we could see the entire performance. This concert is legendary.
YT unfortunately blocks the full performance when it gets posted.
@@Nyssa337 Whaaaat!!!? Any idea where one could watch the full performance?
@@Thedearster Unfortunately no. I actually made this clip from the full performance which at the time was posted on YT but has since been taken down.
@@Nyssa337 Wow! Had no idea. Thank you
@@Nyssa337 it could work if you upload it somewhere else than CZcams. Maybe on dailymotion
I'm crying... Shostakovich, Bernstein and Pasternak! I love them so much! Thank you for all that...
Цирк уродов...
A truly wonderful slice of musical history
Шостакович - величайший музыкальный гений 20 века.. удивительно скромный человек...И великий Бернстайн со своим блистательным оркестром.....Личности с большой буквы, титаны мировой культуры.... Вечная слава!....
Это здорово, не просто красивая музыка, но то, как американцы ее играли, было слишком быстро. Ее следует играть медленнее, вам не кажется?
What a great document and this in the mid of the coldwar! Bernstein and Shostakovich ; two geniuses.
Do not forget Boris Pasternak, he was also there.
One genius and one asshole
Real history, yes. Glenn Gould made a famous series of concerts in Moscow around the same time, it was his own intiative and he was warmly welcomed by music lovers and concert goers in Russia.
bernstein genius? 😅
@@attiliofisher1094 Yes, both as a composer and (just as much) a conductor. He was also one of the greatest popularizers of understanding classical music (and other kinds of music) of the entire 20th century.
Shostakovitch looked so nervous and stiff as he approached the stage. His daughter said he was always a nervous person. I guess that came from the life he lead during Stalin's time.
Shostakovich simply did not understand Bernstein's words. Bernstein held a great speech on his mission of friendship. It is high time to repeat such great performances with people from the two great countries meeting each other. And to overcome today's idiotism.
Indeed. Before the purges and Terror he was known to be a cheerful, bold, impish personality at the Conservatory.
@@user-gc8pc3ol6l My piano teacher met DS at house of sculptor Merkurov 1941. He made impression of too nervous person with incoherent speech. My other piano teacher Karl Schnabel with his father Arthur met DS on their tour in Russia in 1930th.
I wish I could thank personally Shostakovich and Bernstein for their wonderfull music
A wonderful and moving moment.
Hardly possible to realize the stature of both men in full, Lenny having himself just written West Side Story. In 2023 the depth and profetic nature of his words are the more striking:
"why couldn't such warmth overflow into the totality of our relations instead of wasting our energies in hostility and our wealth on weaponry? We could send art to the moon, exalt our
Pasternaks instead of isolating them, we could feed and house and clothe everyone forever, lick cancer in a week, harness the sun's energy, learn a few languages, talk, travel, grow - and love".
Could we please learn some greatness from people like these? It's high time.
Thank you so much for uploading this, what an amazing document!
A wonderful document. To see the great man smile is a treat.
The excerpt of Shostakovich's 7th....powerful ...... years later ... Lenny was finally given the opportunity to guest conduct the Chicago Symphony in Shostakovich's 1st and 7th symphonies.....it was recorded by Deutsch Grammophon.....many critics say its the best recording of it around. Leonard loved Shostakovich's music....
It's a mark of Bernstein's genius that he was allowed to conduct some of the best orchestras in the world, including the Vienna Phil, the Berlin Phil and the Chicago. His recording of Shostakovich's 7th with the Chicago is the best in modern sound, and one of the best ever. He also made a legendary recording of the 5th, with the NYPO, in a hotel ballroom in Brooklyn in 1959. (HIs later recordings of the 5th, though with marginally better sound, lacked the same white-hot energy.) I'm not aware that he ever recorded Shostakovich's 10th, which is a cryin' shame.
@@williamdonahue6617 He had never guest conducted the CSO until about 2-3 years before his death. He never conducted the Berlin Philharmonic until about a year or 2 before his death. The shadows of SOLTI and Karajan loomed large.
Wow, I don't know how I didn't saw this before, I like Bernstein's energy when conducting one of Shostakovich's symphonies, having the composer himself in the audience, what a great honor, just by seeing the footage I can imagine what it must have been like being there.
これは本当に貴重な映像だしすごい演奏ですね。。。
4:13 Boris Pasternak
Such a great gesture of understanding, friendship and peace would bring people in deep trouble today.
Wow, what a treat! I've had the 1959 performance of the Shostakovich 5th with Bernstein and NY Phil for ages, but I had no idea that there had been any video or film recording of the events surrounding their trip to Moscow. To see this now only makes me want to see and hear more!
I should say, too, hearing the "Nazi Bolero" of the first movement of the Seventh had me instantly in goosebumps! Simply *FANTASTIC!!!*
No one like Shostie and his music!
Our paths crossed in the late 50's when he was touring music universities for his government.
Sitting in music history class at San Francisco State University,
intent in what Dr. Wendall Otey was teaching,
Shostie walks into our classroom and sits in row behind me.
I could see him clearly (in fact I could smell his wool suit)!
Unfortunately, he left before my senses returned.
Off to another class, but I don't think anyone knew who he was!
I was a classical music student and symphony lover.
Probably the greatest moment of my life!
Holy shit you met him yourself I’m so envious. Did you get to talk or even interact with him?
@@DynastieArtistique
He did not talk to me. He was touring many countries to see how their musical educational colleges were being run.
He walked into the classroom, sat down, watched for ten minutes and then left.
He was in the row in back of me, so I would have to say that I "smelled him," more than saw him.
He was wearing a wool suit! Crazy?????
From the special "Bernstein and the NYP in Moscow", which can be seen at the William Paley Center in Manhattan, and should be made generally available. LB discussed Billy the Kid and the Lenningrad Symphony. They played the opening movement of the Shostakovich and they were supposed to film the Copland as well, but the cameras broke down. The Shostakovich was prepared only for this occasion - they did not play the rest of it - and the orchestra had several local players added for its ear-shattering tuttis.
Voir Shostakovitch sourire c'est aussi un événement. Ce compositeur, cet homme, était tellement tragique. Raison pour laquelle je l'adore - surtout sa cinquième symphonie et la "Babi Yar" aussi bien sûr.
2:41 Nice of Prokofiev to join on the snare drums!
Prokofiev died in 1953, six years before this concert. Maybe you were making a joke though...in which case, funny. :)
It was a joke indeed ;)
😂😂😂
😂❤
We need more people like Lennie. He should be extremely disappointed of today's selfishness from the US and Russia
First of all, he would be disappointed by your comment.
@@pawelpap9 talk for yourself in your fantasy. Period
Russia is only trying to defend herself from the total breakup planned by Joe Biden and his friends.
I didn't know this video existed. Awesome to see.
Exceptionnel!
Merci beaucoup pour cette publication historique.
Thank you for this video! ❤
I particularly like the last movement of this Symphony with Saul Goodman banging away on his timpani drums
👁️🌷👁️Leonard Bernstein war ein Pianist von unvergleichlichem Talent und die Hommage, die er dem ebenso großen Pianisten Dimitri Schostakowitsch zollte, war unbeschreiblich. Es hat mir gefallen, ich habe es geliebt.😳😇🌻🕊️🌺😀😀😀🙏
Wow many thanks. My favorite composer and my favorite conductor
Спасибо за публикацию видео. Я убедился, что Бернштейн - потрясающий дирижёр. И, конечно, очень рад видеть нашего потрясающего Шостаковича.
ой, давайте его Бернстайн называть, как принято.
Leonard Bernstein directing the 'Leningradskaya' in Moscow. And after this the Moscow 'Bolschoy Theatre'' performed in the US.
Isn't it high time to repeat such great exchanges between the two great countries ? The way Shostakovich reacted ( a bit shy and helpless) shows this was an authentic situation, nothing was planned or prearranged. Maybe he did not understand the English language of Leonard Bernstein.
Yet this was one of the most moving moments between the two great countries and two great composers. Lenny Bernstein indeed spoke of friendship between the two countries.
So glad it was Symphony No. 7. One of DS's very best, and composed in memory of the Nazi siege of Leningrad. I bet Bernstein loved it.
I was so moved with all of this to see these greats of music that I have loved and love so much
Two masters
So cool to see this great composer in real life. I love and have played his music as a pianist. Wow.
Music brings all people of earth together as like a universal language
Beautiful document. Thank you
This is wonderful. And heartbreaking, given today's multiple insanities. I especially loved Lenny's comment 'learn a few languages'....
LB was the sort of liberal I could relate to. Don't miss the shot of Boris Pasternak at the end.
I wish to thank Shostakovich with all my heart. His music is amazing. I'm awake at 3am in Los Angeles, and have to be sharp as a knife, in the apparel business in a few hours. I would still rather listen to Shostakovich. (sorry for miss spell.. . we are all from behind the fences:)
Wonderful ! Thank you !
Hi, thanks for this wonderful testimony with not only Shostakovich and Bernstein but also Pasternak. I found a vidéo in youtube on a chanel in cyrillic of Shostakovich and Bernstein for the V symphony.
I love the video and Shostakovich’s symphonies, of course. Just noting Lenny’s comments at the end. He said if the US and USSR could cooperate and not make war we could “lick cancer in a week.” That was 1959. Overly optimistic on Bernstein’s, but it’s true that a huge amount of our energy goes into war making and the military industrial complex.
Indeed, and of course the large majority of the citizens of either nation gets zero benefit from this state of perpetual conflict. Only selected few do, the others foot the bill and provide the cannon fodder
Amazing!
One great man sings the praises of another. What an electric occasion!
Of course it would be completely impossible for any US musician to travel to Moscow to express any such sentiments today.
Depressingly, one suspects that few if any such musicians would want to.
This video is testament to the staggering cultural and political decline of the West.
Hear, hear.
The Nobel awarded poet Boris Pasternak hugs Leonard Bernstein!
What a precious record, Bernstein and Shostakovich! US and USSR, two great nations on the globe.
Il grande omaggio di Bernstein al Geniale compositore Shostakovich a Mosca..Inizialmente Shostakovich pensò che dovesse ringraziare, poi gli applausi erano incalzanti e molto velocemente si avvicinò al palco. Era anche una persona schiva, riservata e questo è un video davvero unico. Non l'ho mai visto da nessuna parte online.
Jesus imagine the cameras and cell phones out in 2023 on this moment.
Благодарю utube и Google и тех, кто записал, сохранил и поделился этими кадрами ! Очень эмоционально, трогательно и трепетно.
Очень надеюсь, что опыт ошибок позволит мудрости , здравомыслию и любви найти путь для осознания жизни во всем ее разнообразии и контрастах.❤❤❤❤❤
Oh no this is such a wonderful video...
A bit of a "when giants walked the Earth" vibe for sure.
What a great moment ♥♥
He is my favorite Russian composer.
Oh, if only.......
Serious drumming. They got it right
¡Homenaje merecido a uno de los más grandesª
What a moving homage to those who have suffered and to the humanity that supersedes our greatest differences. I cry watching this, and knowing that Shostakovich lived through that siege. It’s almost too much.
Amazing moment
moving; thank you;
Epic ❤❤😢
Shostakovich, compositor grande e inolvidable, su música para el mundo !
Che emozione due giganti ❤
Leonard lost in the dream of a world without evil. Meanwhile Dimitri S. gave us music where evil is never overtly conquered by soaring heavenly choirs or finales of triumphant trumpets. It can only be mocked or grieved over. Or sometimes, at best, even ignored for a little while.
Jesus what a fucking class act
This is a terrible comment you made. What irony. You referred to "a class act," yet you swore with Jesus' name and used the vulgar "f" word. You have NO class and you are commenting on class. LOL LOL LOL.
wonderful
alzo le mani e resto in assoluto silenzio... è il mio modo per essere riconoscente e grata di fronte a tanta bellezza. Grazie.
La 7ème, quelle émotion; on voit les ombres des disparus. Quelle oeuvre géniale, quels musiciens! Vive la paix.
Yes but the tempo is too slow here.
C'est la diversité des interprétations.@@ezekielbrockmann114
@@ugolinietienne6343 That is true.
Regardless, I am correct. Listen to many different version and you'll a finally enter into agreement avec moi.
Bon temps, mon ami.
Yes, that is true; salut, ezekiel!@@ezekielbrockmann114
It's sobering to consider that at the time of this performance the siege of Leningrad had taken place less than 20 years earlier.
Wow this is GREAT!!!!!!!!
Living as he did in a state where artists were subject to extremes of public denouncement or praise depending on the mood of the government,… He accepted this adulation fairly cautiously. Some of his work even after this would be banned by the Soviet government
Wow ... just found this. totally Amazing. 2 of the greatest together. USA v USSR. Music brings everything together.
There was only one Lenny. What a character!
Great Shostakovich and Bernstein Phenomenal!!!!!!
Boris Pasternak is the gentleman at 4:26
What music and art can do for human beings💕
Now that we need peace!!!
I love Shosty so much! My second favorite composer. (No one can touch Beethoven.)
yowzephyr "Shosty".....horrible cheap for a composer of his qaulity.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr Oh please. Unclutch your pearl necklace. Calling him Shosty is a display of affection.
@@yowzephyr "Pearl necklace..?"Firstly do not have one, and secondly nicknames for maestri have always grated just seems over familiarising and cheap, went to a music academy where respect for leading composers and conductors was expected and yes did not wear a pearl necklace there either.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr Think of it like calling trombones " 'bones," it is nothing more than an abbreviation. In language, intent trumps all. Shostakovich is an amazing composer and any name created out of love for his work should not be looked down upon.
@@sarahjones-jf4pr Ah, you went to a music academy. That explains it. Reminds me of individuals in military uniform I've seen on TV game shows who keep calling the host of the show "sir". The host finally urges the soldier to lighten up with the "sir" stuff, saying "Relax. We're here to have fun." And so it is with CZcams comments. You're not at the academy. You can lighten up and relax now.
DSCH's 5th ties with Copland's 3rd as my favourite symphony.
Everyone looks dignified👏👏👏
Гениальный и такой скромный Шостакович ❤❤❤
За одну эту симфонию Шостаковича нужно в нести в список самых великих людей планета Земля. А тем, кто забывает, что такое фашизм, нужно не только смотреть кадры документального кино. Нужно Услышать ЭТУ музыку.
The madness of the world comes through perfectly.
They were playing the marvelous 7th, The Leningrad...
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤
Such an underrated composer!
Sostak? Not by me he is not!!!
Nor by me! @@anastassiosperakis2869
Where did you get this from? Never seen it. I used to own the LP with photo of Shos. on stage shaking hands with Lenny.
Its from the special "Bernstein and the NYP in Moscow", which can be seen at the William Paley Center in Manhattan. Someone posted the entire concert online but it has since been taken down. Since I only used a short clip of the performance it is allowed to be here (plus my channel is not monetized).
@@Nyssa337 Thanks!
SHOSTAKOVICH ....one of the greatest of Russian composers. Read Solomon Volkov,s book..."Testament" ....and learn how this composer lived in fear during Stalin,s rule.
Этот композитор . Его Слава . Понимание его..это еще на века... его гениальная музыка пока еще до сих пор недооценена❤💯🎈🎇
AMAZING .... Mr Shostakovic understood war artistically and I think he is turning in his grave with current events involving Russia...
He deserves millions of applause from his audience around the world, though it would have been still better if Bernstein made a less political choice of music such as Jazz Suite or Festive Overture.
I can imagine it was a diplomatic gesture towards the Sowjet Government
What a bright moment among the Cold War shadows of 1959. I have never been sure if DS was just a nervous wreck by nature, became that way after '37, or was embraced by Stalin BECAUSE he was a nervous wreck who could write amazing music, not all of it great, but in the case of the 7th, a war symphony of real stature.
If we could get everyone to sing in a choir together there would be no more war. Everyone!
It would be necessary also to suppress the extra political power that is currently enjoyed by certain malevolent interests.
Well this shakehand was rather fast.
Shostakovich lived his life during the Stalin era in the permanent sense of the imminent repression and imminent prison up to execution. During to the Great Purge in the 30s, he didn't go to bed but waited outdoor for a people sent to arrest him. He didn't want his family had been disturbed at night
I see you read Volkov? Bummer.