Thanky u soo much for posting this video... I m from Turkey on the year of late 80 s my father was pushing us to watch and listen classic music ( when ı was 13 years old) and Danny Kaye let me to love classic music... Thank u dad and thank u Danny Kaye... Great memoris old good days.....
I'm was amazed at Danny Kaye's performance here. Rehearsed or not, his conducting was very impressive. He seemed to know exactly what he was doing. A wonderful artist.
December 20th. 2022. Hahaha, LOL !!😂 Well, hello there !! I saw the complete show last night. Totally unexpected. Thank you for giving me "an after-taste". I had watched a short documentary about Danny Kaye. Next "an evening with Danny Kaye" appeared. And it could have been anything... An interview with him, another documentary, I didn't have a clue... So I started watching.., well the rest is history. Afterwoods, I slept wonderfully. And, yess, waking up in the morning I was still in this laughing-mood. And as I do need to do a few preparations of some sort for tomorrow, this "trigger" did get me straight back in my laughter of last night !! So, thank you !! Ever so kind 🎯‼️ Wishing you pleasant days in the days to come and the best for the new year.🎀💯 God bless you and your extended ones 💐 Sincere regards in Christ Jesus Our Lord through The Holy Spirit 💖, in His service ✝️🌹, A. DEE WAI 🕊️
I wish he would have done at least the entire first movement of Beethoven No. 8. Considering that Kaye was supposedly musically illiterate, what little I heard was a performance of great verve, rhythmic propulsion and nuance. Granted, you have a great orchestra that could have brought it off without anyone on the podium; but Kaye’s stick technique, even more pronounced in its effectiveness in “Fiddle-Faddle” (probably very carefully rehearsed), is remarkable -- praised by such luminaries as Dimitri Mitropoulos, William Steinberg and George Szell. It was Mitropoulos who supposedly said to Kaye, “I have been working with this orchestra for eight years, you for only several hours. Somehow, you get them to play better than I have been able to get them to play. And I hear you have never studied music. What a waste of talent!”
....thats literally the point. Danny Kaye was an entertainer and comedian, not a musician or conductor. This was a specific event for this specific purpose. Lots of younger people view symphonies to be stuffy serious boring events. Bringing some causal comedy to otherwise a stuck up event makes it more accessible. Many different orchestras do this quite often to help bring in younger audiences and keep the orchestras alive. Also worth noting, all of those musicians can play these pieces with or without a conductor. By showtime, a conductor is essentially just window dressing. All the work he does with the orchestra takes place during rehearsals.
December 20th 2022. With all due respect, but stating what you did - makes clear that you do not recognize a genius at work. AND you, for real, should see the complete show !! This was "JUST" a fragment. Regards,
Loved him. Such a talent.
love this
Lovely reminder of how talented were our actors and actresses. Truly, we lived in a superior world.
Thanky u soo much for posting this video... I m from Turkey on the year of late 80 s my father was pushing us to watch and listen classic music ( when ı was 13 years old) and Danny Kaye let me to love classic music... Thank u dad and thank u Danny Kaye... Great memoris old good days.....
I loved watching these on Sunday Concert hosted by Hikmet Şimşek 😉
I'm was amazed at Danny Kaye's performance here. Rehearsed or not, his conducting was very impressive. He seemed to know exactly what he was doing. A wonderful artist.
Leroy Anderson should be placed in the gallery of the Classics! His musics is so joyful to hear, whether slow or fast, each piece is adorable!
And they can all SING! Incredible -- and such FUN! Thank you Maestro Kaye!
Danny Kaye was remarkable. I don't know what year this was filmed, as Kaye passed away in 1987, but the NY Philharmonic was outstanding.
So many great memories of watching this - what a genius. Thanks for posting it.
Wow! Zubin gave Danny the keys and let him drive!!!!
That was "Fiddle Faddle" by Leroy Anderson -composer
He was genius for the ages
1:53 Fiddle Faddle
by composition, Leroy Anderson
Браво!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love this man!!!
Fantastico, un genio di una simpatia unica.
Super duper!
Prestissimo 😱💖💖💖
December 20th. 2022.
Hahaha, LOL !!😂
Well, hello there !! I saw the complete show last night. Totally unexpected.
Thank you for giving me "an after-taste". I had watched a short documentary about Danny Kaye. Next "an evening with Danny Kaye" appeared. And it could have been anything... An interview with him, another documentary, I didn't have a clue... So I started watching.., well the rest is history. Afterwoods, I slept wonderfully. And, yess, waking up in the morning I was still in this laughing-mood. And as I do need to do a few preparations of some sort for tomorrow, this "trigger" did get me straight back in my laughter of last night !! So, thank you !!
Ever so kind 🎯‼️
Wishing you pleasant days in the days to come and the best for the new year.🎀💯
God bless you and your extended ones 💐
Sincere regards in Christ Jesus Our Lord
through The Holy Spirit 💖,
in His service ✝️🌹,
A. DEE WAI 🕊️
ne eğlenceli ne hoş adamdı bee
Блестяще!
He knew his way around the orchestra, that's for sure.
Lleva el compás a la perfección
A symphony with no slow movement
Danke Ludwig.
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson & "Mack the Knife" used to hang out with "New York Phil", the harmonica player. But Kaye was an amazing talent.
and did not read music.....yes genius
Is it necesserary To read music To know music?
I don't think so...
I wish he would have done at least the entire first movement of Beethoven No. 8. Considering that Kaye was supposedly musically illiterate, what little I heard was a performance of great verve, rhythmic propulsion and nuance. Granted, you have a great orchestra that could have brought it off without anyone on the podium; but Kaye’s stick technique, even more pronounced in its effectiveness in “Fiddle-Faddle” (probably very carefully rehearsed), is remarkable -- praised by such luminaries as Dimitri Mitropoulos, William Steinberg and George Szell. It was Mitropoulos who supposedly said to Kaye, “I have been working with this orchestra for eight years, you for only several hours. Somehow, you get them to play better than I have been able to get them to play. And I hear you have never studied music. What a waste of talent!”
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How annoying. He’s not “conducting” anything. He just clowning around to the music.
....thats literally the point. Danny Kaye was an entertainer and comedian, not a musician or conductor. This was a specific event for this specific purpose. Lots of younger people view symphonies to be stuffy serious boring events. Bringing some causal comedy to otherwise a stuck up event makes it more accessible. Many different orchestras do this quite often to help bring in younger audiences and keep the orchestras alive.
Also worth noting, all of those musicians can play these pieces with or without a conductor. By showtime, a conductor is essentially just window dressing. All the work he does with the orchestra takes place during rehearsals.
December 20th 2022.
With all due respect, but stating what you did - makes clear that you do not recognize a genius at work.
AND you, for real, should see the complete show !! This was "JUST" a fragment.
Regards,
You need help. Or a sense of humor. In the meantime, don't comment on what you don't understand. Idiot.
Now that's the proper way to do humor - joke WITH virtuosity, not instead of it.