MOZART Le nozze di Figaro (Overture) LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791)
The Marriage of Figaro "Overture"
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra

[@jezebel324]

The relationship between a conductor and the performers is a magical thing

[@onlinebills9169]

Is it now? Magical? Really? As magical as master and servants "Do what Im telling you exactly as Im telling you, or else!" kind of thing? Not that they havent practiced together a few dozen times until they've got it right. I guess the relationship between a general and the marines is also "magical"!

[@johnblahuta6904]

@@onlinebills9169 oh come on! the relation between a conductor and his orchestra IS magic! Yes, theybpracticed again and again and the conductor instilled what he felt into the performers! THAT'S the magical thing, don't you get it??

[@receipt022]

This is by far the best version I could find anywhere on the internet. Superb in so many ways.

[@pedrogutierrez-rr2ro]

TIENES Q SALIR MAS ..NO MIENTAS, NO TIENES PUTA IDEA DE MUSICA CLASICA ...ESCUCHA DE NUEVO LOS VIOLINES POR FAVOR ....!!!!!!!!

[@beckett-c7h]

Breathtaking. Creates such anticipation.

[@MXDelfos]

What a great conductor Bernstein was! I did not expect his Mozart to be so good!

[@ΒασιλειοςΑντωνιου-κ2ε]

listen it also with Riccardo Mutti. I think that Bernstein says a history to the listeners of the top of aristocracy with light smile. Mutti says the same story to all but laughing and I mean the way he uses with his total body and face language to transfer to the musicians the feeling of dynamics to add to the music the color of the joke.

[@marcellobufalini]

@@ΒασιλειοςΑντωνιου-κ2ε I love your comment, just it's "Muti", not "Mutti"!

[@ΒασιλειοςΑντωνιου-κ2ε]

@@marcellobufalini there are videos in you tube with R.Muti explaining to new conductors how to express and transfer conducting to the musicians how Italians feel and laugh in a joke. I prefer orchestral music but I think R.M is a very talented conductor for operas

[@marcellobufalini]

@@ΒασιλειοςΑντωνιου-κ2ε I agree, Muti is a fabulous operatic conductor!

[@erincsuh]

I love this piece - if excitement could be expressed in a work of music, this would be it!

[@georgehahn2979]

Great performance is every respect. Bernstein GOAT among American conductors.

[@theirishfan1988]

my favorite Mozart piece and my favorite performance. So many feels...

[@FrankieFile1]

I love Mozart’s musical playfulness.

[@Geige-g4c]

Me too

[@georgehahn2979]

MOZART is shining down his approval.

[@MrKwan1975]

C'est magnifique!

[@LatinoChap]

Very lively Overture from Composer Mozart. Thank you KZbin for posting!

[@larrynguyen85]

I just love the contrast here between the vivacious, boisterous, exuberant music and Bernstein's understated, controlled, cool-as-a-cucumber conducting.

[@Rosangela161]

Magistral!!!! Genial director. Gracias.

[@matmm75006]

The perfection

[@standingupt]

TEMPO, TEMPO, TEMPO-love it!!

[@sacking53]

Great. Heard this live yesterday. Wonderful piece.

[@ahal_gokdepe]

This exact concert ? How was Bernstein ?

[@SophiaLotsari]

lol

[@dustinheese]

Perfect in Trading Places

[@dilipaweeratunga]

I love the ending. Also that subtle refference from 'here comes the bride' at the end.

[@georgea4009]

Love mozart

[@MrGer2295]

Wonderful ! Thank you for uploading :)

[@JohnBlahuta-bb2iy]

Lenny is really enjoying this!

[@meheaton1]

Modern day musicians , I think, do not realize how much Bernstein changed the music world in his time (1960 - 1980 ) leading to the way things are done today. He was a true giant of the 20th century. Younger musicians check out the whole series of "young people's concerts " - Bernstein on CBS network for 15 seasons.

[@onlinebills9169]

You say: "Modern day musicians , I think, do not realize how much Bernstein changed the music world in his time (1960 - 1980 ) leading to the way things are done today" You mean like rap and those baboons talking about their ho3s, killing, having a bunch of s3x and using drugs? Because this is "music" today

[@yurd563]

More thanks!

[@PastorJasonEllis]

I love it 👍🏽

[@spencermarkham1]

Thanks to Trading Places and the joyous tone of the piece it should be considered as much a Christmas song as it is an introduction to a comic opera about romantic misunderstandings and the snobbish aristocracy!

[@ninotepnadze1121]

Bravoooo!

[@Andrew2kt]

Wow! David Nadien is the concert master!

[@randalbedingfield9199]

I know; wish I knew when this was shot

[@mkietzmann]

Brilliant piece. I'm neither a musician nor a director, so here comes an ignorant question. Since none of the musicians appear to be looking at Mr. Bernstein, what would change if he wasn't there? I'm serious.

[@NichtWunderkind]

they look when they need, hes like a guide i think thats the simplest answer i can give you

[@mkietzmann]

@@NichtWunderkind Thank you. That'll do.

[@meheaton1]

the answer is another question: what would change if Bernstein or any conductor had not been at the rehearsals. that is where the foundation is laid.

[@robertandrews3147]

Your breakfast, sir....

[@tzuslash2344]

Orange Juice..i knew!

[@Geige-g4c]

Lol​@@tzuslash2344

[@vishnuhalikere2151]

1:34 my favorite part ❤

[@atrebil71]

Sembra davvero la versione che si sente nel film “Una poltrona per due”. Solo che nei titoli, si legge “musiche di Elmer Bernstein”; che fu compositore (ed evidentemente arrangiatore), ma non aveva alcun legame parentale con Leonard.

[@60bui]

È appena troppo veloce, peccato, sarebbe stata eccezionale 🤷‍♂️

[@GF-63]

As it should be. A lesson from the top down.

[@matmm75006]

3:29 4:07 best part of this Ouverture.

[@pawejasniewski2255]

cool.

[@dianecripps204]

Wow, this really takes me back to the days when women were all but excluded from symphonies. Imagine a world in which Hilary Hahn couldn't even get a job as a second violinist.

[@dotwarner17]

I can never listen to this without substituting in some, ahem, Looney lyrics: "How do?/Welcome to my shop/Let me cut your mop/Let me shave your crop/Daintily, daintily...Hey, you!/Don't look so perplexed/Why must you be vexed?/Can't you see you're next?/Yes, you're next, you're so next!"

[@johncoontas7212]

I love that this is an all-male orchestra.

[@denpl]

This particular orchestra can easily play this piece without this particular conductor! FRANTIC IMPRESSION OVERALL.

[@MrBassman91]

'Your Breakfast Sir...'

[@georgea4009]

Gzaat

[@Charliecomet82]

Beef jerky time!

[@paralysisbyanalysis2287]

It ain't cool to be no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving. YAH!

[@johnblahuta6904]

Maybe just a touch too fast, but that's just me. Otherwise perfect.

[@GSHAPIROY]

The figures in the oboe parts in m. 65, and likewise in m. 66 for the flutes should be non-legato.

[@earthtoandrew1405]

am I the only music memory thing here

[@phyllismosley2660]

No I am in music memory

[@allie14__]

Same

[@allie14__]

I placed 2nd last year and that was because of my spelling.

[@earthtoandrew1405]

@@allie14__ BRO I WAS FIRST

[@LegoX.mp4]

I’m in it and I also won first place last year

[@willhale9502]

Julius Baker on flute? Too quick for me to tell. Sounds like him. But maybe not.

[@jeremycohen8991]

It’s definitely him.

[@adrianasalas1553]

I have my test tomorrow’s

[@facusaquito]

Adriana Salas good luck 🍀

[@adrianasalas1553]

@@facusaquito well a won last place

[@facusaquito]

Adriana Salas 😂

[@adrianasalas1553]

Stop

[@adrianasalas1553]

I worked rlly hard

[@rachelthomas2393]

Why is he wearing a blazer? Looks like he's going on a picnic

[@CristinaGonzalez-lw7sg]

lol i have this for home work

[@txman276]

Bernstein rolls however he wants I guess lol.

[@jamesmiller6299]

This could be a Young People’s concert. Afternoon performances are less formal.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

your breakfast sir

[@ramirezlegend]

Leonard fucking Bernstein!

[@Whoareyoucalling]

Real Ramirez wish he would of toned down on all the string players. There's way to many and at several points during the performance you can clearly hear how they overpower all the other instruments being played.

[@sonjainge69]

did you study Mozart's sheets, how he wanted to have played the different instruments.......? Each conductor- even every orchestra- has a different style, interpretation. Sometimes to can listen to a classical piece of music and you can TELL who the conductor is...!!

[@ramirezlegend]

john blahuta hahaha Wow Defensive much? I love Leo’s interpretation!

[@kerrimorris7728]

Are there any women in this orchestra?

[@execelsior999]

None at this time - but Bernstein made great efforts to introduce women and African Americans into orchestras.

[@johncoontas7212]

What difference would that make? Would it make it sound better? If it was all female, it would some how be "celebrated." But since it's all men, it's a problem. Good grief.

[@mirandaw2520]

@@johncoontas7212 The person never said it was a problem. You're the one who was making it into one. But since this was 1 year ago you probably don't care

[@mrbrightside8913]

@@johncoontas7212 the difference is that women would be allowed into the symphony setting, respected as the same level as men, able to be role models for young women, and ultimately have a great impact upon the system. The only reason you don't see this is because you have your eyes squeezed shut.

[@onlinebills9169]

You've got to love it: and all-White, all-male orchestra! It's not that today's liberals are into this kind of music to know and try to cancel!

[@ubipatumbi]

Presto (ma non tanto)...

[@BoredOfBills]

I think he races through it - WAY TOO FAST - in 1786 you weren't going out AFTER the opera... so you weren't impatient. It was your whole night out. No one could sing it this fast (all the melodic lines of the arias are in the overture) so why bang through it this quickly, the whole thing becomes a MUSH of strings rather than a clean and beautiful suggestion of what's to come in the main event which is measured and actually sometimes very slow... 3/10 in my view.

[@SorMarchese]

I am sorry but that is not true. Lorenzo DaPonte himself wrote, that the opera is very long, but but they couldn't make it shorter, since instead of ensembles and arias the piece would only consist of recitatives. Infact in the autographs there are abbreviations that seem incredible. Eg. the famous aria of cherubino was tilted.

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

How can that be “too fast”? It’s exciting!! And the tempo marking is “Presto”. (And I’ll bet George Szell’s tempo would be the that way,too.)

[@gesualdodavenosa8550]

@@johnrobinsoniii4028 So is the recording by Thomas Schippers. Even ever so slightly faster!

[@DamaruInochi]

Not to digress, but did the bassoon come in an eight note too late? You see Lenny looking for him, as if to say “hey, where are you?” at 1:30. Then he rolls his eyes at 1:32 as if to say “ugh! You idiot!!” I’m not trying to imply that musicians are perfect, but when the proficiency of the musician in question is playing at a level that allows him to be in the NYPhilharmonic, under Bernstein’s baton. He better know what the hell he’s doing.

[@denpl]

Here bernstein tries to imitate Bruno Walter's conducting technique.

[@noelwilde]

Didn't he study under him?

[@lucianopassera1505]

Se il padre avesse saputo apprezzare di piu questo genio della musica.peccato la sua vita dissoluta

[@johnblahuta6904]

Bernstein did not have to imitate anyone...a genius in his own right.

[@johnblahuta6904]

22 don't have the faintest idea. Probably rapper fans.

[@Hosenrolle1]

Modern instruments? LOL! Seriously?

[@pedrogutierrez-rr2ro]

HAY UNOS VIOLINES Q DESAFINAN ALLI ....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@user-dx5il5ts4x]

I love this piece - if excitement could be expressed in a work of music, this would be it!

[@user-dx5il5ts4x]

Bravoooo!