Leopold Stokowski conducts Tchaikovsky (vaimusic.com)

[rafaelsot01]

*gasp* Leopold!!....

[Lunabeam1]

@rafaelsot01 shhh it's Leopold

[KayleRJEastcott]

I wish talk shows would talk with people with real talent.

[TheDragon803]

As Leopold shows, batons are for pussies.

[deja2057]

the leopold look is good for leopold not so good for donald trump.

[deja2057]

as noted on the bugs bunny cartoon parody lopold was quite the ham conductor

or hand conductor....

[Mycroft93]

Leopold!!! 8O

[xthedon]

That woulda been funny if he woulda put his hand up with a glove on and pulled his hand back down and walked away with the glove still up there.

Sorry musical guys that are mad that 90 percent of the repliers only know him from the Bugs Bunny Cartoon.

Leopold!

[Lunabeam1]

@xthedon Fantasia :-D

[jimjoguila]

justin bieber brought me here lmao jk

[Providence932]

Leopold!



[TheDRexor]

Leopold!!

[KrAcKhEaD217]

The bugs bunny episode was on at 6 am and i had to know who leopold was. thanks internet!

[MrLS250]

A musical genius that was the human form of music. R.I.P Leopold

[pointreyes6]

Stokowski saw Mahler rehearse his 8th Symphony in Munich.

[TheBicienz]

leopold!



[GrahamChapman]

L-Le-Le-Bugs Bunny!

[schaffergallops]

what was the name of the work on this vid?

[tewbaguy]

I have to say this also- the conductor gives confidence to the entrances also. He will look your direction, and the eye contact with the principal musicians will give greater confidence and timing

[Miracle490d]

was this composition all Tchaikovsky? It's pronounced Check-ov-ski, isn't it?

[47571660]

"Painters paint pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." - Leopold Stokowski

[slicerprime]

Astounding! The master at work.

[tacetviola]

Is it just me or are his hands MASSIVE?

[EGarrett01]

Leopold!!!!!!

[neugim]

Leopold !

[diecaste123]

LEOPOLD!!! leopold? LEOPOLD? leopold!!

[Lunabeam1]

@diecaste123 Le Le Le Leopold!! xD

[1DeathEater]

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[burtmurdoch]

He's the greatest!!! Leopold!!!

[mayonaiseanonymous]

its a shame how nobody knows who this is anymore. even the cartoon version is little known anymore!

[Gorboduc]

I'll bet Stokowski played a mean theremin.

[judgekongo187]

itz....ITZ....LEOPOLD!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[MDthornton83]

So that's Leopold.

[northbeachfilms]

wait, this starts too late and ends too soon. what is going on here? ack.

[northbeachfilms]

this is the best. thanks for posting.

[hiflysi]

Le-le-Leopold!

[stopplayingwithmyfat]

I don't know much about symphonies and all that stuff, so my question is what does a conductor do? all he's doing is standing there and waving his arms to the music. i've seen enough tom and jerry and looney tunes cartoons with symphonies and bugs bunny as leopold, so what is their purpose?

[forgetyouman]

@stopplayingwithmyfat

The conductor does a couple things. They let the ensemble know when to stop and start, and they keep time to keep everyone playing at the same tempo. That's what most of the arm-waving is for. They also communicate dynamics - tell people when to get louder and softer or when one instrument should back down or play out more. Some conductors even use facial expressions to let people know what kind of emotion they should put into the music.

[stopplayingwithmyfat]

@forgetyouman in some of the videos i've seen, the musicians aren't even looking at the conductor most of the time, especially when they're playing, so how would they know when to "up" the music or "lower" it if they aren't watching the conductor?

[forgetyouman]

@stopplayingwithmyfat

They probably spend more time looking at their music. Watching the conductor is more of a glance or a peripheral thing. Plus, the conductor is responsible for rehearsals before the show, so by the time the perform, the conductor may be more of a reminder than anything. Think of it this way. Conductors are to ensembles what coaches are to football teams.

[tasteism]

@forgetyouman That's a good comparison. As well as the team could play without the coach at the very game, the musicians could play without the conductor. There is one exception though, I was singing for years in a very demanding concertchoir and in long passages without the orchestra, the conductor had to give us decent signals not to go down in pitch, which happens easily, if not corrected by a professional musician.

[physphilmusic]

@stopplayingwithmyfat Most professional orchestra members have such a strong innate sense of chamber music that they can play together without having to rely 100% on the conductor. And since the conductor only gives signals to musicians who are playing the most important parts, usually many members of the orchestras won't be looking at the conductor at the same time anyway.

Apart from that, if you were sitting where they are, you can still see the conductor in the corner of your eye.

[arabellak1]

@stopplayingwithmyfat I've had many years of experience playing in orchestras, and one thing people don't realize is that the conductor's real job is in rehearsal. He's the one that tells the musicians how to interpret the music, how he would like it to be phrased, where to play loudly/softly, the tempo, etc. By the time they get to the performance, they've rehearsed it so well that the conductor is just there to hold them together and remind them of how he wants it played.

[RK831]

Le-Leopold!

[joshua2443]

Leopold!

[exmateria]

like water.

bravo.

[DisNigRo]

Leopold!

[clotwortorange]

Leopold!

[Vorlnax]

Leopold!

[Kahouneko]

Leopold!!

[swing8214]

I just downloaded this mp3 at instantmp3s..com

[pierrebellot]

is it normal that this piece stop so brutally ?

[CornsilkSW]

I love the internet. Before it was around, you could only find this sort of thing if you were lucky, or by years of diligence searching inter-library loan catalogs. Thank you for sharing a cultural gem of western classical music with the world.

[JDL189]

LE - LEOPOLD!!

[saborboricuapr1]

Same here - looking bugs bunny videos found Leopold.. what a musician!!!!!! thanks for posting.... I had no idea who Leopold was...

[rvdsux]

AH- LEO-POL-ID ~the main conductor.~.

[classycafe29]

God hand 魔法の手　？

[matiasssk]

Leopold! jajaa bugs is better!

[jin12345678]

wow cool free bowing

[Torowe1]

anyone know if this is Philadelphia ?? or one of the London orchestras ?? And is this his own "version" of R&J (with minor touchups), rather than one of Tchaik's revisions ??

[yambertthenoble]

Leopold... Leopold! Leopold!

[aardvaark069]

leopold....LEOPOLD

[paulostroff99]

Beautifully played and conducted.

[marcxopoco]

Thanks for posting this.

Looks like a groups of retards found their to posting on this thread.

[MasterYoda320]

lol, i was watching bugs bunny and started investigating about this leopold..and found myself here :P

l-l-l-leopold

[meagamon490]

freebowings?!? omggg

[scarywitch13]

l-l-leopold...

[saabturbografx]

hmm why does everybody keep repeating just, "Leopold! Leopold" Is it an inside thing between classicists?

[RCamposRafael]

@saabturbografx No, it is because of Bugs Bunny, there is an episode where he conducts an orchestra, and he was dressed like leopold, and everybody in the audience repeated "Leopold"

[DIIRENA11]

LEOPOLD!!!

[carlosbuscatore]

Leopold!

[adulka1000]

moja rodzinka

[mandegar91]

i love how we all know what " *gasp* leopold...." is reffering too!! haha!!

[77orchidjim]

Leopold!

[PhilPhilUSA]

Leopold!

[miepdetruus]

leopold!! hehehe

[bonetmax]

master

[jayubig]

lol *gasps* Leopold!!!!!..................­..

[quad1000]

@jayubig: Excellent. l-l-leopold!

[joelzenny]

@jayubig LOL!!!!



[joemule52]

I'd hate to play in this group , the way he has the orchestra set up.

[esz111]

Leopold!

[jayubig]

lol bugs bunny you forgot the gasps

[mattleemattlee123]

We'll never see (or hear) the likes of him again. Lenny Bernstein was exuberant and wonderful, Eugene Ormandy was a genius and musically perfect, but then there was Leopold...

[hiflysi]

Leopold!

[visualmusicshow]

My Dad used to tell me, decades later, about how, in his youth, he heard Stokowski in Chicago, on tour with the Philadelphia Orch. I suppose: he'd come running out onto the stage, jump on the podium and give the downbeat - electrifying.

[spidey3000]

Leopold!

[grizabela00]

Leopoldd !!!

[TiempoAhoraPeru]

Leopold!........

[peladopilas]

Such long finger, very unusual, looks like he's got ten wands

[peladopilas]

Leopold!

[hafp90]

Leopold!

[TheRedComa]

Leopold!

[elviswasSTRUNGOUT]

Leopold!

[ARCHI4110]

Ulubiony mój film !

[billyguns2]

Fabulous! Stokowski, that old sorcerer, just got better and better; I thought he would live forever.

[sepputoni]

Ein Erlebnis, unvergesslich. Als 27-jähriger Trompeter in diesem Orchester,

[numberonefilmfan]

isn't this nice?