Gershwin: Cuban Overture | Joshua Dos Santos

[@JoshuaDosSantos]

www.joshuadossantos.com

[@EVGENIVSC]

I always say that young people orchestras are our hope for the future. Music saves our soul.

[@ferociousgumby]

From 2020, I salute you. Never have we needed it more.

[@jacopomagaraggia1883]

Assolutamente d'accordo!!!

[@maxwellnorton5939]

Cuban Overture is certainly as significant a piece as "Rhapsody" and "American" - it deserves to be performed more.

[@larryecross]

I agree

[@ferociousgumby]

Hot stuff! If you didn't know this was Gershwin, you'd never guess. It seems he could do anything.

[@hartzell7407]

Possibly true about the first section (although there a lot of his signatures there, too), but the middle section (the slow canon), is pure, unmistakable Gershwin. The bluesy wails of the strings soar over some of the most lush polytonal underpinnings I've ever heard. He managed to make totally unexpected progression choices seem inevitable. Just brilliant.

[@ferociousgumby]

He left the world too soon.

[@ayokay123]

Have never heard a youth orchestra anywhere near this good.

[@bartmacmillan1152]

Agreed! You might find several that can come close, but this is a surprisingly mature performance by a young group. There's a tiny precision problem near the end, but they come out of it for a strong finish! The percussion section is EXCEPTIONAL in this! I have heard some performances where they get a little too carried away, but this group plays like they are a complete part of the ensemble! Also, there are a couple of you tube recordings of this with the trumpets playing rotary valve instruments; that just does NOT work in Gershwin. Loved seeing this trumpet section on piston trumpets (with the Amado water keys! good job guys!) This is definitely a very fun performance of this piece!

[@carlpiazza1950]

Our great american composer!

[@prototropo]

I can't believe I've never heard this suite, and I love Gershwin's big works. What a wonderful performance; sexy and confident!

[@annamariarusso9841]

Sempliicemente meravigliosi ! Strepitoso il Direttore d' Orchestra !

[@ferociousgumby]

There are lots of other performances of this on KZbin, and they drive me crazy because none of them are anywhere near this one in expressiveness, tempo, sheer musicianship, great conducting, getting right inside the music. George would have loved this!

[@larryecross]

Absolutely in agreement

[@larryecross]

George certainly would have been just floored over this performance- I know it's exactly as he had it in his mind !

[@ferociousgumby]

@@larryecross If I have just the sound on, I keep "seeing" him up there conducting. Did you know there are Gershwin sightings, sort of like Elvis, ever since he died, including by his own brother? He left us too soon, so I guess he likes to hang around sometimes.

[@masterflailer]

Extraordinary performance of this very complex piece by this youth orchestra. They sound like a million bucks!

[@beardedCY]

What a piece! Long live Gershwin! A genius! And a great performance!

[@ALBANYBON]

EXCELENTE JOSHUA!!!!! MIL FELICIDADES DESDE ESPAÑA ATTE: TU EX COMPAÑERA DE UNIVERSIDAD ALBANY REBON BESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS Y EXITO!

[@hourlynewscaster]

I only found this piece recently. I thought I had heard everything Gershwin wrote ... but, WOW. What an amazing piece of music.

[@thomasrichardson4240]

What playing !!!! So warm, so affectionate.

[@ferociousgumby]

Here I am again! Such a joy. I won't listen to ANY other version. The strings have such heat, and the percussion!

[@AbrahamDiner]

Gracias por devoverle el aire cubano a esta overture. Me imagino a George Gershwin en La Habana en 1932 con Ernesto Lecuona, Amadeo Roldan, Alejandro Garcia Caturla paseando por la ciudad. Las melodias cubanas resaltan al principio y al final, pero la parte central tiene una melodia española parecida a las del maestro Ernesto Lecuona. No te olvides que habian muchos gallegos en Cuba.

[@leoncoda]

Esta obra tiene bastantes alusiones al son ÉCHALE SALSITA del cubano IGNACIO PIÑEIRO a quien GEORGE GERSHWIN conoció también en el viaje que éste hizo a La Habana en 1932

[@rolandolau3645]

Ignacio Piñeiro y su septeto nacional inspiró al maestro en esta pieza musical

[@luisguillermolopezpaez3516]

Cuba antes de los castro 😂😂😂

[@mikeuk4130]

This orchestra is a golden wonder and its performance is jungle-fresh!

[@maxwellnorton5939]

This is indeed a top performance. I would love to have been there.

[@alanmorr3635]

+Maxwell Norton Yes, so would I but I did attend a concert with this played in Glasgow Scotland UK not so long ago, that performance was equally as good

[@MariaPerez-zm6hj]

Verdaderamente és una preciosa pieza de música ternaria del maestro Gershwin con influencia de los grandes de la música cubana. Las escuché por primera vez en el film/biografia Rhapsody in Blue. Quedé encantada.👏

[@d09071958]

A youth orchestra, outstanding!

[@padredemishijos12]

This is fantastic. He did it without a score. Very impressive!

[@larryecross]

He is the best

[@georgeb1364]

I just noticed that too!

[@changchp]

He can conduct many long symphonies from memory. Please also check Vasquez, Lopez-Gomez and Dudamel👍

[@verasantarelli4088]

Ci sono molte altre esecuzioni di Gershwin Cuban Overture,ma nessuno di loro è vicino a questa espressività, tempo, pura musicalità, grande direzione, dentro la musica. Grandissimo Dos Santos!

[@MrStax40]

Brings you to tears , magnificent

[@valdassteponaitis6133]

I'm crying! Thank you very much for this magical music experience!

[@cristinarodriguez6234]

Por primera vez en todos éstos años que conozco ésta música y mira que escuchado versiones, unas 20. Ésta es la primera vez que llevan el ritmo como deben llevarlo sin el habitual y chapucero "desboque" que tiene la sección de percusión.

[@johannessanmiguel]

Es correcto pero me explicaron una vez que debemos ser indulgentes. No es sencillo incorporar esa percusión en esta estructura.

[@82luft49]

Magnificent. A Great performance that made me stand up and clap. Bravo to all.

[@gonguin57]

magnifica interpretación!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@OlavoLuisatto]

Wow. Great. Congratulations to 1st Trumpet. Congrats also to 1st Oboe, 1st Flute, 1st Clarinet. Excellent Hornists. Excellent Strings and Percussion. Bravo!! 👏👏 Muchas Gracias. Best regards from BRZ🇧🇷Santos City. São Paulo State. Thank you !!!

[@grantpitter1]

This has got to be the best version I've heard so far - pacing is fantastic!

[@d09071958]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful moment, I am cured of all my ills.

[@st.denysthemartyr791]

Beautiful performance! I'd love to see this live...probably my fave piece right now. Thanks for sharing this

[@dmusick100]

Wonderful !

[@TIOMKIN1]

A Excellent Performance. Thanks. Out.

[@yeseyperezlopez9824]

Muy orgulloso! Gracias, Gershwin!

[@blackbrownbeige55]

**Love this performance** perfect tempi,spirit and energy. AND...of course great Youth Orchestra led by a great conductor: Joshua Dos Santos GERSHWIN got it right in 1932. The original title of the score is RUMBA. He captures the energy of 1930 Havana to a bulls eye. Research and listen on you tube to Antonio MACHIN, Sexteto HABANERO, Miguelito VALDES and Orquesta Casino de la Playa and to early MACHITO and his Afro Cubans to hear what GERSHWIN was drawing upon. WE RETURN TO CUBA....2015

[@anitasanzcellista]

Bravo Joshua :) Besos!

[@johannessanmiguel]

Gershwin nos conocía bien. Arranca bien escandaloso, como todo en la isla. Decía Reynaldo Arenas que el cubano no es capaz de sufrir ni llorar en silencio.

[@SamCrisc]

Splendid performance!

[@philipernstzen7702]

Thank you so much, this is a wonderful orchestra

[@piqueras63]

Me encanta esta interpretación, Enhorabuena.

[@ericn617]

This might had been called VIVA GERSHWIN. GERSHWIN = GENIUS

[@ferociousgumby]

I have been reading various Gershwin bios, and they ALL miss the boat on this one. One said it was poor stuff compared to Rhapsody in Blue, and another said it was fairly good lesser Gershwin, but perhaps because of all that tricky polytonality and contrasting rhythms, it "never caught on". Such Neanderthals! And one of these bios was written in the 1980s. There was a transformation, even a transfiguration going on in music then, with Gershwin breaking ground and leading the way, and they simply did not or perhaps would not hear it.

[@kendn01]

These kids are GOOD!

[@3delmartinez]

Bravo !!!

[@d3vs3b96]

Hermosa interpretación! Me encanta esta obertura!

[@franciscobetti769]

Maravilha!!!!

[@fmartinezben]

My God!!! They are only teenagers..But they sound like profesionals...

[@ferociousgumby]

Love the two contrasting rhythms - how does he do THAT? He's Gershwin. "Swonderful.

[@larryecross]

They are better than the LA Phil

[@larryecross]

Such amazing talent ! and of course Gershwin !

[@verasantarelli4088]

Joshua Dos Santos ha individuato il collegamento fra l'inesprimibile contenuto della musica e l'inesprimibile contenuto della vita.

[@eveeve7026]

so handsome !!!!!!!!

[@d.h.k.c8113]

Why has no modern rap producer sampled the part at @7:57 yet?

[@ALex-dm4ko]

For personal use: 8:14

[@LazlosPlane]

Excellent performance. But as with most it should have an accelerando for those closing several measures

[@jds17_pvp29]

super

[@3gpabu9l5]

Браво!

[@leoncoda]

Esta obra tiene bastantes alusiones al son ÉCHALE SALSITA del cubano IGNACIO PIÑEIRO a quien GEORGE GERSHWIN conoció en el viaje que éste hizo a La Habana en 1932

[@DonDiego.]

También podemos escuchar casi que fragmentos del famoso "Manisero" de Moisés Simons.

[@Dylonely_9274]

4:14

[@robertbloom1637]

bravo !! spirited and meaty as a new york strip steak !! ha ha dumb metaphor,,his love of clarinet,,,and the horns..its always a new york rhapsody for me all his stuff really..i read he rode roller skates all over the city as a poor kid hustling the streets,,,,lower east side like irving berlin...the whole world ...right there,,,,more diversity here in nyc than anywhere on the planet....this cuba...nyc !!! hahaha

[@LazlosPlane]

Did they change the name of the orchestra? Didn't used to be Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra?

[@fiddler1094]

There are different orchestras the Simon Bolivar AND the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestras! hahaha

[@LazlosPlane]

Lorenzo Olivero Both fabulous.

[@TheMikkis100]

Sounds quite a lot like it'd be by Heitor Villa-Lobos

[@shonnyno]

Rumba??? I would say Conga!!

[@StefanoCaldara73]

Venezuela un Paese giovane...che peccato che sia in queste condizioni

[@Swimmer47]

Bravo!

[@jds17_pvp29]

super

[@mati_rulo]

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