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- in 1968, Leopold Stokowski and the American Symphony Orchestra, which he had founded six years earlier, gave the opening concert of the Madison Square Gardens new building in New York City. Cameras were on hand to film one of the rehearsals and we see Stokowski exhorting his players to give him more tone ("piu, piu") in the celebrated Barber 'Adagio for Strings.' He was alone among the great conductors of the past who insisted on "free bowing" in the string sections, so that the players' up and down bows should all be different to each other. This method produced the famous "Stokowski String Sound" and achieved a seamless legato, particularly in slow music. It should also be noted that Stokowski was 85 years old at the time this film was made and he was still conducting almost as vigorously ten years later at the age of 95!
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" give the other conductors what they ask but give me what i ask" ........beautiful!
So "cool"... this kind of self-respect is the goal of my way 😉
Yes, his sentence is really good! You can' t counter anything
"Not very good, you'll do better tomorrow!" Straight savage.
Lol
MastaDamascus
I love that. It motivates the musicians. It may seem like a dick move but Leopold wanted to bring out the best of everyone.
It's quite a nice thing to say if you think about it
Kind of parental.
Leopold.. Leopold.... Leopold.. L' L' Leopold!...
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This should be mandatory viewing for any young aspiring conductors.
"Not very good, you will do better tomorrow. Now Schubert." LOL
This is a real gem. Stokowski's ear and his powers of concentration would shame a conductor half his age. And what a glorious sound the players make. Thank you for making this available.
The greatest conductor of all time. What a privilege to be able to see him rehearse! He must be doing amazing things with the Heavenly Choirs!
I’m here because of bunny but he is AMAZING
Lmao... Me too
I never understood the difference a Conductor makes until I watched this. Incredible. 👏
*waves hands*
"Not very good; you do better tomorrow."
Stokowski was a chad amongst chads.
10 seconds in, this piece is already touching the heart. It is obvious and yet cannot be explained. A miracle?
A gift? Either way something we cannot quite explain
Every conductor should watch this video. This is the way to run a rehearsal! He does not waste rehearsal time by rambling - he gets right to the point. The 'free bowing' I think was a big recipe to the famous Stokowski sound. Why no one else does this baffles me.
It wouldn't have hurt to signify that the cellos or violins gave him what he wanted after several tries.
Eliezer Pennywhistler You're right, but he was a product of his time, (born 1882!). There was a time when rehearsals were less polite. Toscanini (one generation older) was said to have been downright cruel. Claudio Abbado saw him rehearse in his youth, and said it was partly why he greatly admired Furtwangler's way instead.
"No noise, please!"
"Sorry."
This conductor was pure genius - he understood music so well... You can literally hear and feel the palpable difference he made in the way the orchestra played even in this rehearsal. . . Ahhhhhh... How I wish the world had more like him today!
There are my dude, there are...
As a person who has had the honor to play this piece I understand the conductor as to why he is so demanding. I love this piece💖❤️
i love this piece too, better than most, but please explain free bowing to me as he asks for it but doesn't evervsound out of tune or forced, just more enhanced,
It is amazing how rare such works are.
I live in Philadelphia. Stokowski built up the Philadelphia Orchestra and started the "Philadelphia sound," continued by Ormandy, Muti, Sawallisch and others. "Priceless," as they say. And at an advanced age Stokowski's talent still manifested itself.
muti,ennnn, XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
We do not see geniuses like Stokowski anymore. Bernstein, Furtwangler, Reiner, Szell, Munch, Walter, von Karajan, Koussevitzky.......they were difficult to please, but they set the standard for a lifetime.
He got one of the biggest strings sounds out of an orchestra. I see why now. You were a little mouse to him! Lol! Love it!
Gergiev carries on that tradition.
I second the gergiev recommendation. His version of Mahler 5 from proms and Firebird with Vienn phil are unmatched.
The sound Stokowski wanted is wonderful. Thanks for posting this gem.
You have no idea how tough. In 1970, I was a 2nd year student at Westminster Choir College, and we sang Beethoven's 9th under him. He wanted us to "strike" to protest the developments in Cambodia, but we had a brilliant young tenor who had just been accepted into the Army Chorus, and it would have disqualified him to be involved in a protest. Instead Stokowski himself delivered a blistering speech before beginning the symphony, dedicating it to what should be, not what was at the time.
A masterful demonstration. “You play like misers” a beautiful little piece of instruction.
A man like such should rule the world
as a band kid i felt all of this so much, "SHH! No noise please!", "MORE", "that's LATE"
If I was siting in on that rehearsal, I'd be bawling my eyes out. Adagio for Strings has that effect on me.
It's not often you hear this piece so alive, warm... everybody performs it the same way. Truly incredible interpretation! I think this is how Samuel Barber would have wanted it performed. Slow pieces are never meant to be too slow.
Stokowski clearly was expert in instructing the orchestra in the 'technical' specifics of how to move forward to his ideal of sound and performance of the work. I beg to differ with your speculation of how Barber would have reacted to the basic pulse Stokie chose in this video (really more Andante than Adagio). Re: "slow pieces are never meant to be too slow", that never entered Celi's, Klemperer's or even Bernstein's mind after a certain age, just to name three. Depends on the work, the quarter note marking in addition to the tempo description and the willfulness (some might say waywardness) of the interpreter etc. In my opinion, some movements within symphonies, for example, gain by being played closer to Adagio tempo than indicated (the Andante from Mahler's 6th). Conversely, and to make your point, the Adagietto of his 5th always seems more persuasive when played at 'proper' tempo, not the slouching towards Largo/funereal pulse some conductor's indulge in (it is a 'love' poem to Alma after all, no?)
Give me what I ask....Please.. He, then gives you BEAUTY
Che bellezza, dimenticata dal mondo odierno, imbarbarito e involgarito! Chissà se si risentirà mai un'orchestra suonare così...
LEOPOLD!
Amazing to watch him working with the orchestra. And that sound! And his plea to the musicians is so modest from such a great man, "Give me what I ask, please." (at 0:57)
Leopold ~ pure genius....5:50-6:32 he knows exactly how is supposed to sound and he goes to get it.... Leopold ~ pure genius...
This is FEELING the music.
Magnificent!
I can feel the emotion of the music.
Yes, I studied under Maestro
Many thanks for uploading this wonderful document!
A great maestro !
Thanks KURDinEXILE
Thanks marcxopoco
Thanks nicole warren
What a great conductor!
AUTHORITY!!
Masterful. For an old master of classical interpretation.
L-L-Leopold!!!
LLL- Leopold!
What a treat this video is.
Stokowski’s adagio for strings is 2 minutes shorter than the Bernstein LA Philharmonic. Quite an interesting comparison. Both great.
Thank you adam28xx for this marvelous video. You have history here.
L! L! LEOPOLD!!!
I think those who say that the tempo is too fast only say so because they're too used to many of the lumbering recordings. Charles Munch with the Boston Symphony, too, did this briskly.
I respect Stokowski's originality. The free-bowing means that the orchestra is more all over the place, less together. But the sound is profoundly original. Stokowski was more about being unique, about creating his own sounds rather than doing the standard.
free bowing for a professional orchestra should not make playing 'all over the place', especially 'less together'. This similar to chain breathing in a cappella choral music. In music there is no such thing as 'standard', not at the level where Stokowsi was.
The sound of genius.
LEOPOLD!!!!
Now I understand what a conductor does I thought he just wavied a stick .
What a honor! What a priviledge to be under the Hands of this great conductor. IMHO the greatest conductor of all time! Love 💕 his work!!
Wow you really notice the difference of the strings’ part of this piece in the first minute and a half. Incredible!
Wonderful to watch him. In complete control and he knows exactly what he wants from the players.
That Stokowski sound...wow.
...you cannot get this kind of sound without free bowing...he knew that!!
@ David Gray ... Hans Keller made that same point in a Radio 3 tribute to Stokowski on his 90th Birthday. Here below is the link if you didn't yet hear it. John Georgiadis was also a great Stokowski admirer and loved the freedom that individual bowing gave to the string sections. It was the main reason for the 'Stokowski Sound'! -
th-cam.com/video/KxADxrUNiZQ/w-d-xo.html
Sooo true👍🏻
LEEEOOOPOLD!!!!
Utterly beautiful 😊.
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for this amazing post.
This piece was not intended to be performed like a dead cat, meaning lifeless. It needs certain amount of flow and the conductor understands it, but the orchestra is just playing like it was the conductor's funeral...
😅😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
Oh no 😂😂😂😂😂
Amazing. Have heard so many performances of this adagio. This one is truly touching... Great artist.
É inexplicável oque sinto com a musica, a instrumental, a clássica, o jazz, a boa musica...me paralisa
I like the comment about being miserly with one's bow. Reminds me of a similar comment from my cello teacher to the effect that if you buy a bow of a particular length, you might as well use it all.
Leopold!!
fascinating to have this authentic performance of Stokowski and Barbers' Adagio (a long musical contact from Barber's Curtis days and LS at the Philadelphia Orchestra.)With this priceless document and your document of the rehearsal of the Rachmaninoff Rhapsody with J.Lowenthal we can begin to understand a bit of his ability to have such varied and intense string playing.Thank you! His arrangement of Scriabine's Opus 2 piano prelude and the 4th Tschaikowsky Symphony with this unique orschestra should be heard ,too! Thank you very much,adam28xx.
(Deep sigh) 😌
and just absolutely extraordinary
So beautiful 👏👏😭😭
Bravo!
what a treasure finding this one.... but if only the sound could somehow be remastered.... in any case. a most pleasant surprise and thanx!
"Not very good, you'll do better tomorrow" MASTER!
Merci pour ce talent
Hearing the final performance is ok. But this really shows the difference the conductor brings.
One of the most beautiful melodies.
More bow ! Great Conductors don't settle for half.
adam28xx, thank you for your Stokowski posts! He was my idol, growing up! Decades ago I visited the library of Congress, and my only objective was to view and handle the Stokowski Mussorgsky orchestrations. Your insights and these rehearsal videos have newer my awe for the maestro!!!
Many thanks for your kind comments. Yes, he was a great conductor and when he was at his best, few others could touch him. TH-cam is an excellent archive of past performances of many great musicians and I'm happy to have contributed quite a few uploads featuring the great Stokowski!
dont care for his tempo.....but the PIECE itself is such a masterpiece....it doesnt matter....smiles.....
Love this
Can't hold back the tears. Beautiful in a bittersweet type of way
Leopold your are amazing🎶🎶
Brillante como siempre, buscando la perfección.
he uses Italian musical terms as "espressivo" and "crescendo" just as they are written in the sheet music this would be enough to call it a big one
Leopold, Leopold
Leopold!
LEOPOLD!
i remember the cartoon! Leopold!
Leopold!!!!!
L-L-L-Leopold!
Fascinating
Une leçon d'interprétation du grand chef d'orchestre ... Expressif please!
amazing man....
Just now realized he's actually saying "you play like misers!"
a perfect piece for Stokowski with is unparrelled sensitivity to sound itself
Leopooold Le-le- Leopold!!!!! 🐰🥕
Very interesting to see and hear. Ta, Adam.
Спасибо.
Extraordinaire
LLEOPOLD!
Leopold! It's Leopold!!
Leopold!!! 😵😵😵
Mucha concentración de los músicos y atentos atentos.
He gets upset at 0:08, 0:23, 0:40, 1:45, 4:49, 5:06, 8:01, and 8:17 for those wondering.
😂
LEOPOLD!!!!!
Leopoldt!!!
"Not quite my tempo"
Legend.
Orchestra Performers: Leopold!
Carl Stalling/Scott Bradley/Leopold Stokowski are difficult composers/conductors but make music beautiful.
i like him as best conductor in history. fluid and sentimental.
A beautiful piece of music, and a conductor who, while maybe a bit harsh, knew how to wrong every bit of emotion from it.
I remember when I was very young seeing a TV public service spot advocating for the arts and it featured this performance, the climax. This old man, his hair, the music, the silence. This seven year old was awestruck and more than a little scared.
I wish someone might video of that performance so we wouldn't have to hear him speaking about mutes during the gp.
Thank you for posting 🙏
Maestro !
4:05 oh my..."senza sord."...I always thought like it sounded to me like they were playing with mutes, in this piece...I couldn't find the instruction in the score, so I thought my ears were deceiving me, but I was still never able to shake off that feeling...
I mean...from what the score said, or at least what I thought it said, the whole piece is supposed to be played without mutes...but it sounded like there were mutes at some points, to me...