Leonard Bernstein, Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5, Allegro non troppo (1979)

Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Music: Symphony no. 5: Allegro non troppo.
Composer: Dimitri Shostakovich
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert: A registration from 1979.

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
....is one of the best and most famous composers, conductors and musicians of the world, ever.

The innovative music, Bernstein composed for the immense popular film "West Side Story" must be one of the reasons, at least for the beginning of an unique development in and for the history of music, and for the name Leonard Bernstein.
We will never forget him.
He lived from August 25, 1918 till October 14, 1990.
His passing away is a loss for the world.
His music is eternal. His musical interpretations and performances are unforgettable because they are unique.

More:
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NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
http://nyphil.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Philharmonic

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DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich

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SYMPHONY NO. 5
Symphony no. 5, Allegro non troppo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._5_(Shostakovich)
http://video.pbs.org/video/1295305133/%5D%20PBS%20Video

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• Allegro non troppo
• 1979
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[jetblack132]

The guy sitting to the (audience) left of the oboes, you can see him at 0:57, is he..... playing a bass flute?

He's totally playing a bass flute.

[EttasFavourites]

@jetblack132 No, he is not. Search in wikipedia how a bass flute looks like and then you will see that a bass flute has a different model than this one. There is not a curve in this one. There are even much more really spectacular bass flutes, hold in the same way as the bass clarinet, so in front of the musician. Resting on the floor. And then we can imagine that through that big instrument goes a lot of air before there is the deep low bass sound.

[Strefanasha]

As I get older and finally outgrow my own youthful angst shostakovich and his main influence Mahler, cease to do it for me. which is just as well or i would be dead by now.

this is altogether too violent, the despair too powerful.

I do not believe i speak out of ignorance. I loved this stuff when i was 20 and I have performed it as a [former] bass player in a professional symphony orchestra.

titanic struggle is so overrated

[EttasFavourites]

@Strefanasha Just listen to what you love the most, and leave for others what they like... I do so also! I am not always in the mood to listen to powerful music either! I also listen to for instance the Tibetan "singing bowls", very very relaxing, has nothing to do with classical music, just beautiful pure harmonious sounds..... Wonderful! watch?v=L9xdDUmaMps

[brianandrewstuart]

Bernstein is grooving

[fremsley001]

Life-affirming.

[HDVideosCool]

Thank for post

[soccerkid398]

@Strefanasha This piece is not meant for Shostakovich to inflict his despair on you, it was written to identify with all those who were suffering around Shostakovich in Russia at the time. After his fourth symphony was publicly denounced, he wrote this. Those who heard this symphony identified with the pain in the third movement and the hope that he instills here with the glorious and hopeful horn solo all while satisfying the government with what they perceived as a celebration of Russia.

[brickoak]

Bernstein is having so much fun!

[WAMEDJO]

@EttasFavourites

I think it's a good thing that it exists for each specific mood a related musical transcription, because to me one of the most precious gift of music is that it can change the way you feel. Some people don't want to hear music that might stresses them out, but to me it's a kind of role-play.

[EttasFavourites]

@Strefanasha For me the main reason to upload this video is Bernstein.

[EttasFavourites]

@Strefanasha Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings! I agree with you, and me, myself, can enjoy this piece of music free from the reason Shostakovich composed it. For me it is a powerful expression of myself, my inbeing, on moments that I felt and feel it. Like springtime in Norway is an expression from being frozen into feeling life again. The outburst of green and water here is comparable. But I cannot always listen to this music as well. It can be too much.

[Strefanasha]

@L0rdR4hl i am well aware of russian history, being a russophile from way back. but i no longer have the heart or constitution to watch holocaust movies like Schindler's List. Likewise I see no reason to experience the horror Dmitry Dmitrievich lived through, which horror, as you say, permeates his work. If nothing is gained by my inflicting my despair (and there is enough of it) on others, why should Shostakovich inflict his on me?

[L0rdR4hl]

@Strefanasha Well, considering the time in which Shostakovich lived, "too violent" and "despair too powerful" sounds about right.