Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein *sync'd version*

This is the "Overture to Candide" composed and conducted by Leonard Bernstein. The operetta "Candide" (whom Bernstein obviously wrote the music for) was written in 1956. While the operetta received only moderate success, the "Overture to Candide" has become a staple in both orchestra and concert band repertoire, and is still considered to be one of Bernstein's finest works.

*Please note that this video is already on YouTube, but the difference with this one is that the audio/video is in sync, which I find vital to any video where it shows the conductor.

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• classical

[corda1983]

great video and thanks for the sync up, although i too have to take some umbrage at getting so worked up about the word "song". in this day an age to the average music fan (which we have nearly all been) the word "song" is interchangeable with piece, overture, lied, madrigal, tune - whatever you want to call it. it's like the word tannoy, which is also misused. being ignorant would be to dislike the music, but being uninformed should not be penalised.

[GeneralDAS]

@corda1983 How is it uniformed? My note at the beginning obviously shows something is wrong with using it. Thus, people that post comments otherwise are just being smart-asses, or being completely defiant. The latter is perfectly fine with me, just as long as it's on someones else's comment page..

[pianodan10]

Damn, this song gives me a hard on.

Seriously though, thanks for syncing the music.

Also seriously though, it doesn't help to be so high and mighty and against people's tendency to refer to all music as a bunch of 'songs'. If someone enjoys this piece enough to comment on it, why silence their praise? You know what they meant, even if the terms are wrong.

Not a flame, just some advice.

[GeneralDAS]

@pianodan10

I am not trying to be high and mighty. I am trying to preserve the respect this kind of music deserves, and using correct terminology is part of that respect. While you are right that I should not silence praise, when someone says "song", it's just one of those things that makes me grind my teeth. It's ignorance to me. So call it what you will. Maybe I don't have any real convincing arguments for it. But I still uploaded the video, and I will still do what I please.

[dancetoska]

lol the amazon ad on this video says "buy song"

[rockclimber21]

I would cut my foot of with a rusty butterknife if it only meant I could have him as a conductor for a day.

[rightxbackxatcha]

look at the trumpet players gnarly beard at :17:D amazing how he conducts. i'm trying to imagine what he's communicating to the musicians O.O

even while sight reading this down for wind ensemble people didn't get the syncopation and accenting right at 3:24. drove me nuts D: super psyched to play this in a couple months. ever since i've heard this two years ago it's been on my bucket list to play:P don't know if i'll ever get the chance again since i'm not a performance major. Business ftw ^^

[ReverendNegar]

At 2:32, Bernstein is like "Hell yeah, I wrote this groove."

[kevinpark140]

<3 leonard. his dancing is superb at 0:28 so cute lol

[conorconnor]

I REALLY would love a version of this on youtube that is both high-quality AND synched...

[FifthMallet]

@Lalumia4 1989

[MrMistycakes]

One of my favorite pieces of music evererer

[DubiousKing]

@bbbiggs That figure makes me want to pick up french horn again so I can play it.

[bbbiggs]

I feel as if the clouds of heaven open up at 4:20.

[TEgnoto89]

i found a video of the ny phil performing this ditrected by their concertmaster. it seems to have disappeared from youtube. does anyone have a link to this?