Stokowski Rehearsal - Beethoven 'Leonore' No. 3 Overture
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- 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.
- Hudba
A great conductor at work . I was lucky enough to see him live back in the early 1970s .
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.
What a privilege to see and hear this man in action and how skilfully the players respond to his directions.
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!
As a kid I watched that cartoon. Also grew up outside Philadelphia so Bugs' parody added to the legend for us.
@@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 !
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 !
@@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 !
L-L-L- LEOPOLD!!!
It's like watching someone make a painting. It's incredible.
I hope I still have his energy at 88!
Leopold!
L-L-Leopold
lepold! :o@@tuttt99
LEOPOLD!
In this ten minutes I learned more about this masterwork than in the 30 years I heard it from several conductors!! Thanks for posting!!
When he finally gets the orchestra to get the subito piano the way he wants it at 6:50 it is just magic.
Still the best subito piano I've ever heard in my entire life.
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!
Leopold!!!!!
Bugs Bunny.
Leopold!!! *fixes bowtie*
L-L-L- Leopold!
Never gets old
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
If an opera singer pisses this guy off, Leopold has a trick up his sleeve.
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
I can see now why the Philadelphia orchestra sounded so good.
The greatest musical sound ever heard on earth.
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.
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'.
Thanks Bugs Bunny!!
As an amateur conductor... to see this is just beautiful. Thank you!
Absolutely precious!!!! How great is having an opportunity to see such a genius leading 'his' orchestra.
Le-Le-Leopold !!!
Leopold you are amazing🎶
¡Leopold! 😮😮😮😮 🐰
Yes!
Bugs Bunny
LEOPOLD!
Came here because of bugs bunny but stayed because it was beautiful
A remarkable document. He's as fit as a fiddle for 86 - like a man in his 40s.
Oh My God! This is the most wonderful Conductor I ever seen. Remarkable.
LEOPOLD!!!!!
trekgeist leopold!!!!
LE-LE-LE-LEOPOLD!
package for Bugs Bunny (contains ear muffs)
Leopold!!
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.
Very cool...Strayhorn also wrote the wonderful "Lush Life".
Leopold the great. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Whoa he's a hard task master!
I know...sounded good to me! But the that’s the difference between average and greatness!
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.
LEOPOLD!!!!!!!!!!
Leopold!!!!
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
L-L-L-Leopold!!!
This guys is marvelous
Leopold!!
Fantastic. He does it like a young man, and the standard is the absolute best.
Leopold Stokowski. The finest conductor that ever lived!
Franco Corelli. The most handsome and finest tenor that ever lived!
Here they are together in "Turandot" .. czcams.com/video/mgLkT-LiemM/video.html
Probably the finest conductor who ever lived. He let the music speak for itself with a little help.
Sharing a birthday with this man gives me a little more hope for my artistic career as an old man haha.
Fué un apasionado de la música...Le le le Leopold!!!!
Asa musician that grew up on Bugs Bunny. It is great to know who LLL Leopold actually was. TY Bugs and Leopold Stoikosk.
"It's already marked, but mark it better". Running rehearsals is the conductor's most important job and Stokowski was clearly good at it.
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.
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.
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
L-Leopold
Leopold!😲
6:25 I like it how when he corrected them he made them know their good players and should fix it
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!
@@Eden_Rubin_Music shut the fuck up You idiot pussy
@@Eden_Rubin_Music oh please!! Don’t be a p***y
"Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Like great wine, maestro grew better with age. Perfection!!!
This film is historic.
Its wonderfull
A perfectionist.
Stokowski was a fine and great conductor.
Thank you. This shows him to be a true master of the orchestra.
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！
Leopold the great.
From the 60's and he was around 86, boy he did great. Back then most would be dead in their 70's.
Conductors are known for longevity
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)
Deems Taylor and Leopold Stokowski together were the dynamic duo which made Fantasia great.
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.
We in the brass always get too excited, rarely see the hand turned the other way around! A true treasure!
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.
Great artist!
So many excellent musicians in one place is amazing ❤❤❤
I always heard about the great LEOPOLD, however I've never seen footage of the maestro and action.
I am very thrilling .... thank ADAM28.
Great footage! Other uploads are great as well! Thanks for sharing!
ah its Leopold!
Leopold Stokowski. The gold standard of which all other conductors shall be measured!
Musically he was a marginal figurel, strange and flamboyant. But he sold tickets.
Leopold! The great.
I come here after seeing bugs bunny 🐰
WOWOWO! ...great posting...thanks!
Brilliant!
Un vrais artiste et un chef d'orchestre extraordinaire
Google translate: "A real artist and an extraordinary conductor"
@@adam28xx if only you knew what would come only a year later
Leopold.....
Fantastic !
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.
Leopold
Leopold! 😱
_breaks baton in half_
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.
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.
1st note: no no no, together.
O cara era um genio !!
Really great!
Maestro emphasized balance of each part. Brass Vs string etc...
Terrific sweet memories.
The Gordon Ramsay of Classical Music
This made me laugh
Yes he and other old-school composers of his time were very very tough
Now the bugs bunny sketch makes sense. This man was insane
Perhaps so... BUT insanely Brilliant! Genius!
Not insane. A perfectionist, and uniquely able to bring out the best in a musical ensemble.
Excelente Stokowski.
Leopold! So he was real after all 😂
😂
Re-re-re-relax...!!
Magnifique !!!!!
#LuvIt 🤍 This just #Rocked my mood! He is so magical! 🎼🪄🎼🪄🎼🪄🎼
Beethoven - 19th Century metal mood.
❤️ Great pc.
That’s impressive!
🎉 Bellísimo!!!
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...
Leopold 😦😦😦
I wish there was a recording of him playing the Organ!
L-L-L-L Leopold
Wow! 😎🎹
So it was true. He conducted without a rod.
its tough to play in orchestra