Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific … Read Full Bio ↴Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every Western classical genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as among the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture".

Born in Salzburg, then in the Holy Roman Empire and currently in Austria, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. His father took him on a grand tour of Europe and then three trips to Italy. At 17, he was a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position.

While visiting Vienna in 1781, Mozart was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He stayed in Vienna, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years there, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas. His Requiem was largely unfinished by the time of his death at the age of 35, the circumstances of which are uncertain and much mythologized.

Rhapsody in Blue
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Rhapsody in Blue' by these artists:

101 Strings When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra Falling in love again Never wanted to What am I to do? Ca…
Arthur & Lucas Jussen See lucky old man, he's done it all He's been in…
Arthur Fiedler Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Arthur Fiedler conductor; Boston Pops Orchestra; Earl Wild piano Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops Orchestra Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Arthur Fiedler; Boston Pops Orchestra Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Arthur Fiedler;Earl Wild;Pasquale Cardillo Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
BBC Symphony Orchestra Hugh Wolff & Jean-Yves Thibaudet [Wyclef] Yo, the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse yo Yo,…

Bell Book Candle anyway - I see ya anyday - I wanna hear you say,…
Bell Book & Candle anyway - I see ya anyday - I wanna hear you say,…
Bell, Book & Candle anyway - I see ya anyday - I wanna hear you say,…
Billy May & His Orchestra My mama done tol' me When I was in pigtails My mama…
Billy May Orchestra My mama done tol' me When I was in pigtails My mama…
Bobby Hackett When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Chucho Valdes (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
DA PUMP 終わらない夏君が変わった Rhapsody in blue なびく髪が触れるたびユレる La la la la body…
Deodato (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Duke Ellington There is a gay Lady in blue Haunting my dreams all…
E.T.O. (Electronica Techno Orchestra) You seem to be a different person But I don't have…
Esquivel (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra In the blue of evening, when you appear close to…
Gathering Field She got a tattoo of a bracelet on her wrist…
George Gershwin & Paul Whiteman's Orchestra When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
George Gershwin (performer) (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
George Gershwin piano; Paul Whiteman Orchestra When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Gershwin (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Gershwin - A. Fiedler - E. Wild - Boston Pops Orchestra Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Gershwin / Bernstein (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Hadrien Feraud (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Harry James and His Orchestra When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
J-POP 90's BEST Those blue eyes they just look away They look everywhere but…
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop [Wyclef] Yo, the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse yo Yo,…
John Carlini (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Kate Bush & Larry Adler I spent a lot of my time looking at blue,…
Kyosuke Himuro If I could I'd give you All of the world Warp it…
L. Bernstein - Los Angelos Philharmonic Orchestra - L. Bernstein Piano When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Larry Adler (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Michel Camilo J. Geils Band Miscellaneous Angel In Blue We met in a bar Ou…
Music by G.Gershwin (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
N/A Stuck in the blue Stuck in the blue Wish you can lace…
Neal Hefti and His Orchestra When I hear that serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Norman & Wells In the twilight glow I see her blue eyes crying…
Oscar Levant (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Paul Weston & His Orchestra Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Paul Whiteman When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Paul Whiteman His Orchestra When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Paul Whiteman & Bing Crosby When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Paul Whiteman And His Concert Orchestra When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra Ross Gorman When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Philharmonia Orchestra (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Ray Anthony When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Ray Conniff Well, I've just been thinkin' things over How I have loved…
Richard Clayderman (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
Si Zentner When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Steven Richman - Harmonie Ensemble/New York Daydream, I fell asleep amid the flowers For a couple of…
The Army Air Force Band & Glenn Miller When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
The Band of Yorkshire Imperial Metals (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
The BBC Orchestra When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
The Billy May Orchestra My mama done tol' me When I was in pigtails My mama…
The Boston Pops Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
The Glenn Miller Orchestra When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
The Philharmonia Orchestra (Story about a girl) (Story about the world) Suddenly …
V.A. I saw an angel in blue jeans today I felt that…
various artists There she goes There she walks Not alone Angel in Blue She…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem. Agn…
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte Erzeugt von heißer Phantasie, In einer schwärmerischen Stund…
Ave Maria Ave, ave verum corpus natum De Maria virgine Vere passum imm…
Ave Verum Ave ave verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine Vere passum, imm…
Ave Verum Corpus K.618 Ave verum corpus, natum De Maria Virgine Vere passum, immola…
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 Ave verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine Vere passum, immolat…
Ave Verum K.618 Ave verum corpus, natum De Maria Virgine Vere passum, immola…
Batti Batti O Bel Masetto Batti, batti, o bel Masetto, La tua povera Zerlina; Starò qu…
Benedictus Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domine. Hosanna in excelsis!…
Communio Lux Aeterna SOPRANO SOLO AND CHORUS LUX eterna …
Confutatis Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis, voca me c…
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Tod und Verzweiflung…
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja Stets lustig heissa hopsasa! Ic…
Die Zauberflöte K. 620 Act 2: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, Tod und Verzweiflung…
Die Zauberflöte: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, Hells Revenge cooks …
Dies Irae Dies irae Dies illa Solvet saeclum en favilla Teste david…
Domine Jesu Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fid…
Domine Jesu Christe DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Hostias Hostias et preces tibi, Domine laudis offerimus tu suscipe…
I Introitus : Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
III CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
III. Dies Irae CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste…
III. Sequentia: / Rex Tremendae Majestatis CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
Introitus Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Introitus Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
iv HOSTIAS et preces tibi, Domine, laudis…
IV. Offertorium: / Domine Jesu Christe DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Kyrie Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.…
La' ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni): Là ci darem la mano, Là mi dirai di sì, Vedi…
Lacrimosa Lacrymosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla judicandus ho…
Laudate Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Laudate eum, omnes populi Quon…
Le Nozze di Figaro: Che soave zeffiretto Sull'aria... Che soave zeffiretto... Zeffiretto... Questa se…
Le nozze di Figaro: Cinque... dieci... venti... trenta... Cinque... dieci... venti... trenta... Trentasei... quarantat…
Lux aeterna SOPRANO SOLO AND CHORUS LUX eterna …
O Fortuna O Fortuna, velut Luna statu variabilis, semper crescis a…
Offertorium Domine Jesu DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Offertorium Hostias HOSTIAS et preces tibi, Domine, laudis…
Offertorium%3A Domine Jesu DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Porgi amor Porgi, amor, Qualche ristoro Al mio duolo A′miei sospir! O …
Porgi, amor (Le nozze di Figaro) Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro al mio duolo a'miei sospir! O …
Queen Of The Night Aria Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem herzen Tot und verzweiflung …
Recordare Recordare Jesu pie, quod sum causa tuae viae, ne me perdas…
Requiem 1. Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux…
Requiem Dies irae CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste…
Requiem in D minor K 626: 3. Sequentia: "Recordare" Recordare, Jesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae, Ne me perdas …
Requiem in D minor K. 626: I. Introitus: "Requiem aeternam" INTROITUS Requiem aeternam dona ets, Domine, et lux perpetu…
Requiem in D minor K.626 Dies iræ, dies illa Solvet sæclum in favilla Teste David cum…
Requiem in D Minor K.626: 1. Introitus: Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, Et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem in D Minor K.626: 3. Sequentia: Lacrimosa La crimosa Dies illa Qua Re sur get est fa vi lla Iudicandus…
Requiem in D Minor K.626: 4. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Domine, Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae, rex gloriae Libera animas…
Requiem in D Minor K.626: 4. Offertorium: Hostias Hostias et preces, tibi, Domine, Laudis offerimus: Tu suscip…
Requiem Introitus Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem Rex Tremendae Majestatis CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
Requiem%2C Dies irae CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste…
Requiem, Dies irae Dies iræ, dies illa Solvet sæclum en favilla Teste davidcum …
Requiem: Agnus Dei CHORUS AGNUS DEI, qui tollis peccata …
Requiem: Dies irae Dies iræ, dies illa Solvet sæclum en favilla Teste davidcum …
Requiem: Domine Jesu DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Requiem: Introitus: Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem: IV. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe DOMINE Jesu Christie, Rex Gloriaee, libera …
Requiem: Lacrimosa Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem: Requiem Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei…
Requiem: Rex tremendae CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
Requiem: VII. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi Dona eis requiem sempite…
Requiem: VIII. Communio: Lux aeterna SOPRANO SOLO AND CHORUS LUX eterna …
Rex Tremendae Rex tremandae maiestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, sal…
Rex Tremendae Majestatis CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
Ridente la calma K.152 Ridente la calma nell′alma si desti Né resti più segno di…
Sanctus Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth! Pleni sunt…
Sequentia Dies Irae CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste…
Sequentia Rex tremendae CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
Sequentia%3A Dies Irae CHORUS Dies irae, dies illa Solvet saeclum in favilla, Teste…
Sequentia: Rex tremendae majestatis CHORUS Rex tremende majestatis, Qui salvandos salvas gratis …
Time To Say Goodbye cutumn roams silently through the streets, You'll be gone, a…
Tuba Mirum Tuba mirum spargens sonum per sepulchra regionum, coget om…
Turkish March Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa Issa …
V. Sanctus SANCTUS, Domine Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt …
VII. Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem Agnus…
VII. Communio: Lux aeterna SOPRANO SOLO AND CHORUS LUX eterna …

Voi che sapete che cosa è amor Voi che sapete Che cosa è amor, Donne, vedete S′io l'ho nel …

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@SheldonSchorer

4y↑8

I had occasion to discuss Bernstein with someone who had played under him in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. The stories he told of the depth of his understanding of each instrument and how he coaxed the best performance out of each player are amazing.

I had met him for lunch a day after Leonard Bernstein died. As my friend, (let's call him Cohen) played the double-bassoon in the Israel Philharmonic, I asked him to tell me some Leonard Bernstein stories. This is how he told it to me.

First of all, he said, Bernstein was an incredible musical genius. When rehearsing, he would always recognize any wrong notes and would both point it out and correct it. He was a wonderful teacher who knew each instrument and what the player would have to do to improve and get it right.

Did he ever correct you? I asked. He paused, took a long breath, and said - let me tell you what happened to me.

There is passage in a piece by Bruckner where the double-bassoon plays an exceptionally long passage. It's impossible to play the entire passage in one breath, so the question is whether you should take the breath near the beginnin or the end of the passage. I asked Bernstein which I should do. He said, "Cohen, I want you to do the entire passage in one breath." I protested that it was impossible, and he knew it and I renewed my request for instructions on when I should take my breath. He said, "One breath. Let's do the piece now, with one breath."
So the orchestra geared up for that piece, and when I reached the passage, I filled up with air, tried as hard as I could, but simply couldn't complete the passage. Bernstein said: "Don't worry. On the night of the performance you'll do it in one breath."

All of the time until the night of the performance, I was panicking out. What did this maniac want from me. If I try to do the whole piece in one breath, I will fail and the audience will know it. I'll embarrass myself. But if I take my regular breath, Bernstein will be disappointed in me.

I asked him, so what did you do?

On the night of the performance, I decided to try to do the passage in one breath. And I did it - in one breath!

I asked - did Bernstein stop the show to give you an applause?

No. But a bit later in the performance, he looked at me and briefly nodded his head. That was all, and that was plenty. When I went home, I was walking on air. I was floating. Bernstein knew how to motivate and get the best out of everybody.

He added a coda to the story. "Someone told me that when Bernstein returned to New York, he rehearsed the Philharmonic to do the same Bruckner piece. He also instructed Kelly, the double bassoonist to do the passage in one breath. Kelly complained: you know that that is impossible! Bernstein replied, "Why can't you do it? After all, Cohen in Israel did it."

@SheldonSchorer

3y↑6

I met a friend for lunch a day after Leonard Bernstein died. As my friend, (let's call him Cohen) played the double-bassoon in the Israel Philharmonic, I asked him to tell me some Leonard Bernstein stories. This is how he told it to me.

First of all, he said, Bernstein was an incredible musical genius. When rehearsing, he would always recognize any wrong notes and would both point it out and correct it. He was a wonderful teacher who knew each instrument and what the player would have to do to improve and get it right.

Did he ever correct you? I asked. He paused, took a long breath, and said - let me tell you what happened to me.

There is passage in a piece by Bruckner where the double-bassoon plays an exceptionally long passage. It's impossible to play the entire passage in one breath, so the question is whether you should take the breath near the beginnin or the end of the passage. I asked Bernstein which I should do. He said, "Cohen, I want you to do the entire passage in one breath." I protested that it was impossible, and he knew it and I renewed my request for instructions on when I should take my breath. He said, "One breath. Let's do the piece now, with one breath."
So the orchestra geared up for that piece, and when I reached the passage, I filled up with air, tried as hard as I could, but simply couldn't complete the passage. Bernstein said: "Don't worry. On the night of the performance you'll do it in one breath."

All of the time until the night of the performance, I was panicking out. What did this maniac want from me. If I try to do the whole piece in one breath, I will fail and the audience will know it. I'll embarrass myself. But if I take my regular breath, Bernstein will be disappointed in me.

I asked him, so what did you do?

On the night of the performance, I decided to try to do the passage in one breath. And I did it - in one breath!

I asked - did Bernstein stop the show to give you an applause?

No. But a bit later in the performance, he looked at me and briefly nodded his head. That was all, and that was plenty. When I went home, I was walking on air. I was floating. Bernstein knew how to motivate and get the best out of everybody.

He added a coda to the story. "Someone told me that when Bernstein returned to New York, he rehearsed the Philharmonic to do the same Bruckner piece. He also instructed Kelly, the double bassoonist to do the passage in one breath. Kelly complained: you know that that is impossible! Bernstein replied, "Why can't you do it? After all, Cohen in Israel did it."

All comments from YouTube:

@johnseriousmen9256

3y↑2.9K

There’s a special place in hell for whoever put an ad smack in the middle of this

@poprockahead3924

3y↑32

Absolutely, straight to execution!

@Video7Rose

3y↑57

Amen to that!

@segmentsAndCurves

3y↑26

PAY.

@SpeegBJ

3y↑10

Thanks Tyler.

@hifijohn

3y↑53

cast the devil away with your savior called adblocker.

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@darthstarkiller1912

16w↑332

Just think, 2024 marks the centennial of "Rhapsody in Blue" which is still a masterpiece of modern music. Gershwin was a genius, and Bernstein's conducting and piano playing were out of this world. Incredible performance.

@johnscanlan9335

16w↑6

Amen!!!

@kevinmalone3210

15w↑4

I'll 2nd that!

@David-yw2lv

14w↑2

The Bret "Hitman"Hart of musical compositions,the best there is,the best there was,the best that ever will be.

@terryg0102

13w↑4

So true!

@blind5678

11w↑2

Agreed!

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@jhk5

13w↑124

57 years ago I had the privilege of having my first plane ride. My complimentary earphones started playing this for my 11 year old brain while I was up in the fluffy clouds and blue, blue sky. Life changing.💙

@AnimationNation2004

1y↑605

You know you’re a legend when you can conduct and play piano at the same time

@signorscimmia2624

39w↑37

And without any score

@pilotrtc

36w↑4

Amen to that!

@peggyl2849

35w↑24

@@signorscimmia2624 Yes, I noticed that too - this level of music mastery is not of this earth.

@intuitive7274

32w↑5

Absolutely genius

@enjaygizzle215

31w↑8

Genius doesn't come close to describing this man's acumen.

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@KillaSoda

3y↑1.5K

The man on the clarinet is killing it..... mad respect.

@justindrucker6267

2y↑364

That’s my grandfather, Stanley Drucker! He’s 93 and still playing every day. Thanks for your kind comment, I’ll be sure to pass it along 🙏

@cjrose2684

2y↑36

Amazingness!!! Touches me soul to hear him play so beautifully

@justinye8700

2y↑30

Justin Drucker that’s crazy!

@sandpiper9288

2y↑16

@@justindrucker6267 No way!

@sandpiper9288

2y↑13

@@justindrucker6267 I heard it it played but never that well.

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@michaelkennedy4444

3y↑1.5K

It’s just so American and so New York. A masterpiece.

@victoria87cub

3y↑19

so true

@paolobertorelli9377

3y↑54

It IS New York, for me.

@Tmanaz480

3y↑9

Mandatory Martini.

@hildagertler7736

3y↑80

Where would early American music and Hollywood be without the Jewish talent

@michaelkennedy4444

3y↑10

@@hildagertler7736 Agreed , but be careful, some SJW may find issues with that comment.

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@LyndseyMacPherson

2y↑408

Can you imagine the sheer joy Bernstein feels as he's playing this, with the orchestra right there, at his disposal, like an extension of the piano itself? Would be a magnificence unlike any other felt by ordinary gods and souls. Glorious.

@lisamoag6548

23w↑3

yes, yes I can!

@evamatej694

22w↑4

Completely

@c.a.savage5689

20w↑6

Gershwin's music is glorious. Pure genius.

@garyneidhardt1362

18w↑4

Having heard a variety of arrangements over the years, the Philharmonic adds expression and character beyond what I've heard before.

@violinmke

15w↑1

A genius met a genius in one of the high points of American created music

@ianwhitehead4337

1y↑107

Who's here simply because this is a truly timeless piece of music by a man who was in a class all of his own.

@tyreburster

1y↑5

I just like the tune. I am fortunate enough in that I have seen and heard a live performance by the BBC Concert Orchestra, with Dudley Moore at the piano. A real privilege.

@terrellholmes2726

11w

2.12.2024 I'm here for the one hundredth anniversary of the premiere of this masterpiece.

@melissalysk1039

I put this on to drink my first cup of coffee with!!! ❤

@jeanparke9373

5y↑3.3K

I remember Lenny as if I saw him yesterday - I am turning 100 next year. We are from the same town (Lawrence, MA) and went to the same grammar school for a year. He was not a musical prodigy at that point but seeing him blooming as a legend of the 20th century music was quite mesmerizing.

@jamescohen5200

5y↑335

wow what a piece of history you have lived

@advaithbala3087

5y↑198

It is such an honor to witness a man who has lived through a world war

@PhilMatous

5y↑157

Thanks for this personal memory, Jean.

@chuckdriver7741

4y↑113

Jean Parke - thank you for sharing such a fantastic story. Happy Early Birthday! 🎂 💯‼️

@tomryan3908

4y↑31

THANK YOU FROM EIRE MS.PARKE FOR THIS EXCELLENT PERSONAL INSIGHT 👌👌👌👌👌👌MAY YOU STAY FOREVER YOUNG IN MIND BODY AGUS SPIRIT 🇺🇸🤝🇨🇮🙂🌑🙃🇨🇮🇨🇮💎💚💎🇨🇮🇨🇮✌🐕 P.S.HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COME!!🥳🥳🥳🎩🧣🎩💎💚💎🐕

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@manateemax5439

4y↑3.9K

Okay. No pressure. Just the clarinet intro to Rhapsody in Blue with Leonard freakin' Bernstein. I got this....

@toddfoster7370

4y↑658

That clarinetist is Stanley Drucker. He was principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic for over 40 years. Bernstein called him Junior. Probably one of the few clarinetists in the world who could have looked Bernstein in the face and say I got this

@balancedactguy

4y↑186

I thought the same thing. One wrong note and EVERYONE in the the house would have known it! That's Pressure!

@jean-baptiste6479

4y↑74

I was at s concert once. The clarinettist botched the intro 😐

@balancedactguy

4y↑58

@@jean-baptiste6479 That must have made you and the audience cringe. I wonder if he moved a "Few Chairs Down" after that?

@jean-baptiste6479

4y↑60

@@balancedactguy no, it was a military orchestra in France, they were excellent otherwise and maybe the guy was making it perfect during rehearsals 👍
That same night they played "in the stone" (EWF) perfectly.

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@zuzannawisniewska4464

49w↑257

It is probably one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, and so evocative of 1920s New York. This piece is wonderful...

@fionabartholomew329

41w↑2

Reminds of 50s New York in the movies

@juanarocha8629

39w↑7

He wrote it on a train to Boston

@Whatismusic123

33w↑1

This is absolutely incompetent, by no means "great" and definitely not "greatest".

@haarry2206

32w↑5

@@Whatismusic123 you don't even know what incompetent means lmao

@Whatismusic123

32w

@@haarry2206 yes I do, it's you who does not know what "great" means.

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@TBBrickYT

52w↑146

Now THAT, ladies and gentlemen is the best performance of Rhapsody in Blue EVER!!! ❤🎉❤🎉❤

@maryannangros8834

28w↑5

Yep!

@gerardzimmermann3309

17w↑2

Without a scintilla of doubt whatsoever.

@cpboyce2

17w

Great, yes, but I prefer the original with Gershwin at the piano and the inimitable Paul Whitean on clarinet. PERFECTION
https://youtu.be/VxNbAtTMZXc?feature=shared

@kevinmalone3210

12w↑1

Absolutely, Bernstein and his orchestra showed how its done.

@doublelibra357

4y↑543

I hope there is celebration in 2024 when the The Rhapsody turns 100.

@michelangelobuonarroti916

3y↑6

I thought the same.

@eileensattic

3y↑5

I thought the same thing as well!

@stanborg1545

3y↑5

And we will get 45 back.

@lukehauser1182

3y↑4

I'm gonna start celebrating now, just to be on the safe side!

@christopherorourke6543

3y↑3

It would be very appropriate, respectfull & honorable to George Gershwin & those members of his family to do so.

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@expadenso6181

3y↑570

Ritornello: 0:00
Train: 4:38
Stride: 5:18
Shuffle: 9:37
Love: 10:40
Stride again: 15:43
Ritornello again: 16:24

For my own personal use and sanity

@indrawanjunaidi5356

3y↑55

5:46 - 6:03 Tom & Jerry

@rachelmargossian8009

2y↑17

Please keep your sanity

@royalemeraldbuilder5058

45w↑10

@@indrawanjunaidi5356Haha I heard Tom and Jerry too, but not there😅 they definitely make an appearance in the last section of the Love Theme, from 14:45-15:43. Those are the same notes from the earlier sweeping violin part if you pay attention, but they sound so unlike each other I didn't even notice until today. All I could think about was Tom and Jerry 😂

@lllr179

44w↑3

I just saw this performed tonight by Rami Bar-Niv from Israel, piano solo. Heavenly!

@glennhecker4422

43w↑7

Doesn't 10:40 through about 13:30 almost sound like how this piece would sound if Sergei Rachmaninoff had composed it? It has that same sort of passion and romanticism.

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@judyshnider3006

2y↑1K

It’s a tragedy that George Gershwin died so young. “The candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long”.

@albasardo2266

2y↑16

Che triistezza..a soli 39 anni.. Stessa sorte del compianto Chopin, ed ancor più giovane, il grande Mozart, a soli 35 anni.. 😔

@nancyarnott699

2y↑18

Or maybe vice versa? "The candle that burns half as long burns twice as bright."

@scienceoftbp7367

2y↑4

@@nancyarnott699 I think Rossini composed very few works after age 40, and he lived to 76 so maybe?

@afridgetoofar1818

2y↑2

George who?

@yes1635

2y↑20

@@afridgetoofar1818 George mama

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@dgschwal9776

3y↑669

I first heard this on a recording at my aunt's home when I was 7 years old. I loved it then and at 72 it is still my favorite piece of music.

@ShadowGaming26548

3y↑1

Really ?

@harrietgate

2y↑8

@DG Schwal. Young children are very open and impressionable. I developed a love for West Side Story at about the same age. Looking forward to the remake in early December.

@iggy9955

2y↑7

And my favorite since 12y to 61 y old. Almost 50y and more 20 i hope.😃

@sergiopohlmann8094

2y↑4

Me too

@sergiopohlmann8094

2y↑11

I was 6 years old (1942) when I first heard Rhapsody in blue. It was etched in my memory forever.

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@naufala93

2y↑224

Whenever I hear Rhapsody in Blue, what cames to my mind is New York City in 1920s and 1930s. George Gershwin is great!

@racheldrum1982

2y↑12

I hear the inner voice of a black man who came up to New York during the first Great Migration, between 1900 and 1930, who's just worked another long, hard day. He's bone-tired and missing his boyhood in coastal Louisiana or maybe Georgia.

@nathanieldavis5231

1y↑7

Great music always paints a picture.

@psijicassassin7166

52w↑3

The music reminds of Native American Indians in their reservations reminiscing how their grandfathers were murdered by cowboys.

@SlashinatorZ

20w↑1

What about Fantasia?

@xtbum3339

19w↑1

The United Airline commercials back in the 70's come to my mind 🙂

@sophia-qo7xh

3y↑328

he makes the solo in the beginning look so easy to play on the clarinet....
and the transition from clarinet to trumpet is absolutely flawless

@vol770

35w↑1

It's a trombone

@janelee4494

31w↑1

@@vol770😂

@chongziyueharrychs7864

30w↑9

@@vol770 that is a muted trumpet, not a trombone

@PhantomViper49

25w

@@chongziyueharrychs7864 in the beginning when trombone plays right after clarinet 😂

@GrassWasTakenAgain

21w

@@PhantomViper49he’s not talking abt that

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@jswain2351

33w↑50

You can’t appreciate the genius of Gershwin without the full orchestral presentation of the piece. You can’t appreciate the genius of Bernstein until you watch him perform AND CONDUCT so seamlessly and magnificently. Perfectly complementary to show their extraordinary talents.

@intuitive7274

32w↑4

Absolutely correct

@rebeccadurand1722

❤❤❤❤

@karenshear4169

50w↑36

When I was eleven years old my dad sat me down and asked me to listen to "An outstanding bit of music." Rhapsody in blue. 1964l It is my all time favorite to this day. (Thanks dad!)

@hardingtess42

3y↑396

Bernstein playing and conducting Gershwin's masterwork 'Rhapsody in Blue' - perfection.

@nancydemoss7904

3y↑11

Has anyone ever heard of Gershwin plays Gershwin? He plays his most popular on solo on an upright piano It's pretty cool.

@ParkAvenue34

2y↑2

@hardingtess
The entire Bernstein Family was musical a protege. An American Institution.

@sharondexter715

1y↑2

I agree

@barryschwarz

52w

Bernstein was a towering talent, but I don't like his take on the piano solos. Too pompous and aggrandized.

@Ripleycat

And composer!

@pf5658

3y↑721

Simply put, one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.

@lurking0death

3y↑52

And, one of the most original...first American jazz based piece ever and a bombshell in the classical music world. People were blown away by it.

@nitasheehan2704

3y↑8

Without a doubt.

@erikwesterberg7220

3y↑19

My half Jewish father could never listen to Gerswin in public since he broke out in tears. Now 60 years later I finally understand why....

@nitasheehan2704

3y↑5

@@erikwesterberg7220 I love Gershwin.

@erikwesterberg7220

3y↑3

Me too, Nita

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@polaanna4071

35w↑145

I was there that night with my parents and brother. My dad had a tear in his eye...Loved it! He was 3 years old when it was written and it was his first time at a live performance of it. I am now booked to see Marin Alsop conduct it at the Royal Festival Hall in October - wonderful memories! 5:29

@artbagley1406

32w↑3

It's become all to constant that I begin to cry when I "know what's to come." The first notes of Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams," beginning measures to Dvorak's "New World Symphony" (No.9), and of course Beethoven's 5th -- turn on my "waterworks." My daughter (now 36) was raised on Disney movies; the one that held my attention longest (to this day) is "The Lion King." Loved its Buddhist "circle of life," everything's interlinked message; but, oh!, the music. My family made the "mistake" (for me) to see a live theatrical performance at our local performing arts center. When the animals charged down the aisles, from the lobby of the theater to the stage, and the magnificent live orchestra belted out the first notes of the overture (Simba's presentation to Mufasa's kingdom) -- I LOST IT! Good thing I brought along a handkerchief, two actually! Magnificence! I'm a sucker for emotional music and stagecraft!

@theimp5901

20w↑2

Jealous LOL ! Hope you enjoyed !

@polaanna4071

20w↑3

@TheImp5901- it was magical. Marin Alsop contemporary version also - I'm so lucky ❤

@patricialesser2332

17w

You were blessed to witness this!

@walterappling6230

2y↑157

It’s not so easy to remember, more than 30 years after his death, how incredibly talented Leonard Bernstein was as a musician.

@barryschwarz

52w↑8

Yes indeed. From classical music to West Side Story, he was extraordinary.

@jpkatz1435

21w↑3

Not was, is!

@kevinmalone3210

15w↑1

@@jpkatz1435Past tense, since he is now deceased.

@michaelodonovan7405

7y↑1.7K

Gershwin in his own words on how he wrote the piece,
'It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattle-ty bang, that is so often so stimulating to a composer – I frequently hear music in the very heart of the noise.... And there I suddenly heard, and even saw on paper – the complete construction of the Rhapsody, from beginning to end. No new themes came to me, but I worked on the thematic material already in my mind and tried to conceive the composition as a whole. I heard it as a sort of musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting pot, of our unduplicated national pep, of our metropolitan madness. By the time I reached Boston I had a definite plot of the piece, as distinguished from its actual substance'.
The work was completed within a few weeks.

@jojotamayoayo1709

6y↑80

Truly genius thankful Gershwin was with us on earth if even for a very short while*

@tuxguys

6y↑39

I hope that this account of Gershwin's thought process is accurate, because it's WONDERFUL!

@joelsandler8754

6y↑44

The best medicine to remind people what America is and should always be.

@jamesschoon1074

6y↑32

Even JK Rowling came up with Harry Potter on the train, and Ayn Rand wrote an entire book on how the railways are the life and soul of a nation, in all of these contexts, literally and metaphorically, these transcontinental/national railways represent the diversity of the people and the struggle.

@marktully7755

5y↑12

...unreplicated national pep....

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@billr3640

7y↑71

I am so grateful to have lived in the times when we had superb musicians like Gershwin, Bernstein, Goodman, Sammy Davis, Brubeck, Heifetz, Perlman, and Ellington, and Fitzgerald and Vaughn, and on and on...How lucky I am.

@johndymond1605

3y↑1

Possibly the greatest era to live through.

@valluscott8616

3y↑2

Bill I love your comment.

@darrellsmith3602

50w↑1

I am 78 and it is these type of performances that make me believe I was so very lucky to grow up when I did!

@mikeliles6166

2y↑62

This has to be one of the best Performances of Rhapsody in Blue EVER...Lenny was Outstanding in Every way. What makes this amazing is how he plays the piano. The tempo Lenny uses is UNMATCHED. Others often try to play the music too fast. Lenny is in complete control with his tempo and the Orchestra is completely in SINC. This is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING> There were no computers or synthesizers in 1976. WHAT YOU SEE, IS WHAT YOU GET!!!! PERFECTION!!!

@thelongview4360

41w↑4

I completely agree! So many other musicians totally mess up the tempo. L.B.'s pacing is exquisite! It might even be better than G.G.'s!

@thefuturepast

21w↑3

Exactly how I always felt. Well said.

@theimp5901

20w↑1

Yes , the "notebots" of today won't match this musically. Ever. Yu Ja Wang has the heart to play this ... with Lenny conducting this orchestra.

@johntindel1048

18w↑4

Combine that with being impeccably filmed and recorded...where are the mics?! It all sounds so frigging perfect...

@matthewbartlett3442

22w↑31

It’s amazing how it switches between piano and full orchestra constantly and never seems to lose any power in the transitions

@BonfiglioSergio

9y↑180

Spectacular. A really spectacular performance. Leonard will remain in our hearts forever.
Leo, we miss you so much....

@esterbalbi4558

8y↑3

+Sergio Bonfiglio
I gree with you!! the best!! so wonderful and magic!!

@BonfiglioSergio

8y↑5

+Ester Balbi this man was a myth, not only one of the greatest composers of the last century, but also one of the greatest directors and a great performer too.. Mother Nature has been prodigal in talents to him.

@BraddBSmith

8y↑2

+Sergio Bonfiglio I think you mean legend, not myth, he DID exist.

@BonfiglioSergio

8y↑5

Ha ha ha... sorry for this language error... you are perfectly right. In Italian you can say the word "myth" referring to someone who was or is existing as a compliment, "so good to become a myth". While the opposite: a "legend" refers to someone or something that is not sure to have existed. Language differences... But we all love Leo, don't we ?

@stevencustadero3093

8y↑10

+Sergio Bonfiglio It is Interesting that more than 1,000 years ago an illiterate Chinese general said the following: you are only truly dead when the living stop remembering you. Bernstein and Gershwin live on!

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@claudiaharris187

2y↑21

I'm sobbing! For the way this country was, or the way we thought it was, and can it ever be in the future for everyone?

@whispersmith

33w↑4

The goal being unreachable is not a reason to stop reaching for it. We are often defined not by achievement, but by struggle

@stephaniestanley8041

3y↑66

I decided today. This will be played in its entirety at my funeral...all 17 plus minutes. Everyone get over it. You'll have to sit through it!

@linlongtin6404

3y↑7

I had it on my dad's funeral cd. It was perfect.

@stephaniestanley8041

3y↑4

@@linlongtin6404 oh Lin. I went to a friend's funeral today. He was only 49. Before going I listened to this and made my decision. Thank you for sharing.

@ascotberks2018

10w↑1

Great idea.

@tirsabril5494

9w↑1

Hopefully with no ads!

@dennispearson9287

3y↑86

I LOVE THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE FULL ORCHESTRAL VERSION !!!...A Thouroughly American Composer From New York , Being Performed By America's Greatest Conducter , And Orchestra , ( The New York Philharmonic !! ) One Could Not Help But To Believe That Everyone Performing This Piece , Was Actually BORN FOR THIS MOMENT IN TIME !!!..

@psalmtone2008

2y↑2

Los Angeles Phil with him is arguably better...and live to boot...but then again I'm a homer rooting for my home team! :)

@dennispearson9287

2y↑2

@@psalmtone2008 I Ain't Mad At-Cha !!!....

@coosoorlog

7y↑3.2K

Clearly the piano score was not difficult enough, so Bernstein decided to conduct at the same time to make it challenging.

@Jaaassaa

7y↑156

Coos Oorlog Gershwin did this in the actual original performance

@MrDaiseymay

7y↑11

---SO YARBOO AND SUCKS TO HIM

@gregorycook5070

7y↑46

Coos Oorlog Bernstein wouldn't pass off an opportunity to conduct if he to play every single measure of the score

@1969cmp

7y↑50

Coos Oorlog There are, it seems, people who are just too talented.

@maureenyager7316

7y↑4

Coos Oorlog

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@douglasjcox

8y↑374

My favorite piece of music of all time. The blend of European classical music and American jazz. Gorgeous as performed by Bernstein.

@emibethsantana7045

v. v. mllx

@sunkim3116

8y↑1

Queen-queen

@MrDanamp

7y↑18

Mine, too! This piece is what turned me on to classical music at a VERY young age. I still cry every time it gets to the slow theme...

@jimstenhousejr7290

7y↑2

Wendy Arrington

@Andy-ot2vg

7y↑8

Me too, Wendy -- I saw Bernstein perform this live in concert when I was 16, and I still get chills.

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@dawnfarris4233

3y↑33

The finest rendition of this favorite George Gershwin classic. Leonard is playing exactly what George wanted from the pianist- I cant get enough of this. 2x a week whether I need it or not 😊. Such a moving composition. Thank you, Gershwin & thank you Maestro Bernstein!!💗

@rockahbilly76

15w↑12

One of most satisfying pieces of music ever. I've viewed this video at least a dozen times and never tire of it.

@scottstuit9305

5y↑470

The Rhspsody at 95 years old in 2019. It is just as beautiful, inspirational, and relevant as ever. A magical performance for the ages. Bravo Meastro.

@padraicfanning7055

4y↑7

This means it falls into the public domain on January 1, 2020.

@scottstuit9305

4y↑1

@@padraicfanning7055 That is correct.

@KikatzuMusik

4y↑2

@@scottstuit9305 You could live forever, sir.

@charlesdavis7087

4y↑2

you still cooking? Hi, this is Charles. Listening... to this master work... and how Lenny and George.... moved through various time periods... together.... in New York.... and in certain social and musical Societies. It is know. Same with Michael Tillson Thomas. Excellence is self-evident... Teachers, teachers, friends, Teachers, and. Beauty speaks for it Self. So can Truth. Memory can't forget. Or can it? The Answer.... is ...... three g's and an E flat. Yes.... (musical notes.). Set upon Time and Eternity... and everybody knows it. !!! !

@annedemol1006

3y↑1

la beauté,ABSOLUE;

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@509734

5y↑1.5K

Some guy: a conductor does nothing in a performance
Bernstein: hold my beer

@vincentd.1424

5y↑34

Baton*

@noelfarrell7627

5y↑9

stfu twat

@ggalvin1882

5y↑5

Noel Farrell hahaha that’s pretty funny

@ggalvin1882

5y↑1

Noel Farrell I like hearing an insult from a woman who says twat 😂

@tokenlau7519

4y↑2

Not some guy, but Nigel Kennedy. If Bernstein did not conduct they would still played it just the same. They have ears and sense of rythm and melody, that's all what is needed to play it well.

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@jimquigley1127

2y↑18

Classical music meets jazz in a most sublime form. Such a perfect match of drama, tenderness, love, beauty and grandeur. This gift of genius wants only to be heard. All of us who have heard it surely must be moved. What inspiration and vitality! It lives.Thanks George Gershwin. You will be everlasting in the hearts of your countrymen. Thanks @UCcATZsQUgI3SEeoEp6Hwgtg for posting this.

@levieenrose7646

1y↑48

Whenever I hear Gershwins masterpiece, I think of a New York skyline as the sun is rising. Magnificent!!

@dianebenzler9133

4y↑84

I feel Leonard Bernstein was a real blessing and a joy to listen to, thank God he's on video for future generations!

@ElleSunminLee

4y↑1

He was definitely something very special gift to humanity! <3

@oluaprotciv

9y↑193

I'm Brazilian and I don't mind saying that I love the United States. This piece breathes American vitality, color and creative power.

@mendellabkowski7828

9y↑8

Sou americano mas falo português 😀

@tuxguys

8y↑14

+Paulo V
Thank you for appreciating US.

@dougoverhoff2038

6y↑16

It definitely represents Americana! This is a timeless piece, a classic from a true genius, played by a virtuoso and a magnificent orchestra. I just want to know who the plebeians and Neanderthals were who gave this a thumbs down. What, exactly, were they expecting? I can understand someone's critiquing a few minor technical flaws, but, come on, how bad could this have been, really? Some people's children! They must have some unimaginatively high standards to thumb this down, that's all I can say. It's a masterpiece, in my view.

@tjp2109

Thank you. Yes, it's what America USED to be. Now the country is overrun with scarwwwdy cats, afraid of their own shadow. Creative? Nope, a person has to be politically correct creative, not real creativity. Color? Nope, has to be a correct color. Vitality? Nope, vitality is seen as incorrect.

@Pablo-zk6ug

3y↑4

I'm from Spain and I hate USA but this is one of my favorite piece of music ever

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@elizabethle221

1y↑22

The best music ever. I have loved Gershwin's music since I was a child. Leonard Bernstein is a master, I felt exhausted from watching. Just incredible.

@moskillz76

3y↑25

Whenever I hear this song I feel like I've been transported to the roaring 20s in a time machine. The perfect combination of jazz and piano concerto. Truly one of the greatest American compositions of all time.

@theimp5901

20w

There's some Latin influence as well !

@zappycrook1130

4y↑826

Simply piano ads: 'Leonard after 3 days with Simply Piano'

@hermanlai6035

4y↑9

I've found a love..

@simpysprouty3657

4y↑23

Only after practicing 40 hours a day tho...

@tboadventures9238

4y↑4

N Ally I watch 2 set also

@danielcanning6963

4y↑3

@@tboadventures9238 Same

@salvat3735

4y↑6

LING LING 40 HOURS

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@marcchami8851

6y↑544

This 17 minute video told a bigger story than any other movie I've seen. Gershwin master piece.

@charlesdavis7087

4y↑8

This was breath taking. And it was given to me... as mine. My "Rhapsody" in blue, the American Rhapsody.... in many colors, Our 'spirit'. Historic. Listen.... then and now. OURS! Thanks George. ... and lenny for the spirit that lives behind the notes.

@manfredlipp6410

3y↑2

@@charlesdavis7087 don´t forget Ferde Grofé!

@charlesdavis7087

@@manfredlipp6410 Who's Ferde Grofel?

@warrengwonka2479

And you can hear George play it with a band and not an orchestra here.

@charlesdavis7087

@Riana Fokine Back in the 70's there was a commune called the Love Isreal Family. I knew many of them.

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@debbiecrenshaw1257

1y↑19

Gershwin and Bernstein were both geniuses. Unbelievable human execution of brilliance.

@valve6642

1y↑1

If u love Gershwin, you like his 'Cuban Overture'. These young musicians get it right!
https://youtu.be/X_I7nf5I6yo

@juliacastano-xs5si

Absolutamente !

@topsyturvyy4558

1y↑54

One of most beautiful and enigmatic pieces of music ever written! Leonard Bernstein, a genius at his craft!

@wolfil8019

4y↑144

Since I was a child of about 5 years old, when I first heard this, I found the clarinet in this song utterly lovely. I still go into ecstasies when I hear it. An utterly beautiful composition in which the elements of blues, jazz and classical are brilliantly blended. (As a 5-year-old, though, I only know that I loved it ... that was 60 years ago.)

@carlosalbertosimonetti8218

2y↑2

Apesar de ouvir desde jovem esta obra magnífica, agora aos meus 73 anos que fui arrebatado por uma intensa emoção de derramar muitos lagrimas doces, me senti abençoado pelo despertar e agradeço a minha assistente virtual, a Alexa, que conhece minhas músicas prediletas. Muito obrigado.

@winstonbeech3418

My dad taught clarinet lessons when I was a kid and I remember his students playing that opening to Rhapsody in Blue. It was the craziest thing I ever heard, I thought it was some kind of trick or tuning exercise.. lol. I visualized the mouthpiece popping off the clarinet and rising up to the ceiling. Later I asked my dad if he could "make the mouthpiece go up to the ceiling" and he knew exactly what I meant. I have a number of recordings, including I believe this Bernstein version on vinyl, and one I can't remember the name of where the opening clarinetist drags that gliss waaaaayyyy out, it's the longest and slowest performance I've ever heard of it, and no clue who the player was. It takes a tremendous amount of control. I've mostly played saxophone and I have trouble even doing a short gliss - like the opening to "Yakkety Sax". My dad played a very hard reed - a Vandoren 5 that he worked down to his liking. Amazing he could make it go "to the ceiling and beyond" with such a hard reed.

@fabriziomata9004

4y↑58

Nothing screams America more than this song...

@FreakieFan

3y↑4

Not a song

@youraverageblackboy5402

how? lol

@sunimod1895

2y↑1

bernstein, gershwin, copland are the quintessential american classical composers imo

@carolenewman5180

2y↑30

I agree. One of the greatest pieces of music ever written. American. Bold, great and unabashed in its beauty

@kinky_Z

7w↑3

I was living and going to school in Philly when this concert was performed. I was so poor... barely making it. I would have given anything in the world to have had the money to go into New York, to buy a ticket and to have been there for this magnificent performance.... I always loved Bernstein and I loved Gershwin since 1958 when I was 8 years old and my grandma would always play him. I still love this masterpiece.

@dannydoc1969

6y↑13

I went to P.S. 6 in Manhattan and was extremely lucky to have Mr. Bernstein come to our school to hold a Childrens Young People's Concert. He was fun and made us fall in love with classical music, a true genius and great teacher.

@topturretgunner

Good on you. That must have been something.

@Tracymmo

12w

Nice!

@geraldhitchens8130

4y↑90

This is possibly one of the greatest pieces of music ever written and so evocative of 1920 s New York.

@brianlutz7813

2y↑5

It is, no possibly about it

@nathanieldavis5231

1y↑2

Yes it is

@mikecook3999

2y↑64

I've been a professional musician for years. I was raised on this genius. Thanks Mom.

@nathanieldavis5231

1y↑1

Me too as a baby I heard Gershwin from Mom. From Pop Miles Davis , then I became a drummer.

@kevinmalone3210

12w↑7

This is the best version of Rhapsody in Blue on YouTube. No exceptions.

@leewhite2830

9w↑1

Yet SHAME on YouTube for chopping it into pieces with commercials! This is an unforgettable piece of the American songbook which should never be interrupted.

@nancyevers5447

My father played this on Sunday mornings, as I do and I am 81 now.
Wonderful the best evers.

@rexlex1736

3y↑76

"Rhapsody In Blue" is the eternal essence of NYC any way you look at it.

@karlhungus5554

3y↑5

@Guy Incognito I have that association, too. But, in my case, I think it's from Woody Allen's movie "Manhattan," as this music is featured in the film.

@_cat_0w0

3y↑2

@@karlhungus5554 4 me its from the movie Gatsby since its used in it

@karlhungus5554

@@_cat_0w0 I've not seen "Gatsby," but have heard of it. Would you recommend it? Obviously, it has some great music, since "Rhapsody in Blue" is featured.

@_cat_0w0

@@karlhungus5554 Yes, I would definitely recommend it! Its a great movie

@richiebear1969

3y↑2

You have to have a little faith in people.

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@Trixex

3y↑274

It's insane to think that something so modern was composed such long time ago

@teebee3416

3y↑7

great to see you appreciate great music

@Nooticus

3y↑6

^ its beyond insane to think. Literally all music was and is ahead of its time

@Laimickel

2y↑13

1924 is still modern history, and, also, not that long ago.

@prayagsuthar9856

2y↑6

i'm very small, so idk about completely modern. With the clarinet and the loud trumpets and all, this song feels like it has a very 1920s character, and I actually like it for that.

@jeanettenawatzki9472

2y↑5

But it isn’t modern....it’s pure classic that exceeds time. Pure genius

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@ewadronzek423

11w↑2

It's been 100 years since its premiere, and you still want to listen to it.
Great workmanship🌷

@rockahbilly76

17w↑12

The greatest song EVER and played and conducted by the virtuoso himself.

@joelds1751

3y↑21

Those of you with parents or grandparents who lived in NYC or across the Hudson, in the 20's, like my dad's mom and dad - Gershwin's music makes you feel the whole experience, vibe, mindset and feelings of NYC at that time. My grandpa used to talk about Gershwin and Frankie from Hoboken all the time at our Sunday dinners at grandma's house back in the 60's, here in San Diego.

@robertcavalier6133

2y↑16

An American classic! The performance characterizes the great American way. New York City's attributes shine through. The orchestra knows exactly how to dazzle a capitvated audience. As someone who lived in New Jersey for 3 years as a student at The Lawrenceville School -- I'm honored & delighted to express my feelings about this powerful showcase of bravado and grace! Love it! * Robert Cavalier; Forest Grove, OR; 22 Sept., 2022.

@jaxhoffalot2812

1y↑2

An excellent summary. I feel like it captures a time & place that no longer exist, but are somehow familiar. A more accurate musical encapsulation of New York City is not possible.

@jeffbarber3018

8w↑1

Gershwin's music played in our home when my wife were raising our children. This song in particular, reminds me of when my wife and I used to hold both of our children in our arms and dance around the dining room. That is a moment in time that I miss, but the beautiful music of Gershwin keeps that memory alive.

@mlbrooks4066

7w↑2

I saw the Baltimore Symphony do this recently. Incredible clarinetist. After the performance there was this little kid in the aisle so excited. He kept saying “I love the clarinet!” And the audience screamed for the clarinetist like the Beatles were up there. YaoGuang Zhai.

@JAYEGRL

6y↑30

Thank you for posting! This performance never fails to please! I saw him in concert with his orchestra in the mid 70's. He spoke to me during intermission and, when he learned I was an aspiring percussionist, waved a tympani player down to show me how to tune them. I was 8 or 9 at the time and never forgot it. He was a giving teacher and a real class act!

@jzthompson9598

3y↑2

His 'Young People's concerts' changed my life. I remember his explanation and performance of "Carmen" and "Peter and the Wolf" made me a life-long lover of classical music, at the same time as I was falling in love with the Beatles.
Those were magical times.

@Fan1Magic

4y↑68

That last repetition of the main theme before going into the last, fully-fleshed out final chord is one of the most beautiful and triumphant thing a human will ever conceive

@afridgetoofar1818

2y↑1

Hyperbole

@mugfan9779

2y↑4

@@afridgetoofar1818 facts

@lemarkipusylvers4840

2y↑2

So true

@bruceghent8776

1y↑34

Hard to believe that this piece is nearly 100 years old. It premiered in April, 1924 at the Aeolian Hall in New York as part of a programmer of modern Music. Don't recall anyone remembering anything else that night other than this self-styled masterpiece. I watched this telecast live in 1976.

@theimp5901

20w

WOW ! I remember it too. ! We're spoiled for life ! I was 25 and it still takes my breath away.

@BlueberryMuffin-nt7ew

19w↑3

I was born on the date of this broadcast. 🎉😊

@mercedes932

3y↑27

Such a shame we lost George Gershwin at such a young age. Just imagine what else he could’ve written!

@dannydoc1969

7y↑50

Lenny is like a kid in a toy store, he's having so much fun, he has his own Symphony orchestra to back him up, playing one of his favorite tunes. His love of all types of music was legendary. I met him and his family on line at a Grateful Dead Concert at the Fillmore East, briefly, Bill Graham, came out personally to escort them in, before the doors opened to the public.

@yvonneorloski3823

Amazing!

@1948dock

8y↑20

Have heard Rhapsody 1000's of times in 50 yrs - this is my fav.

@jojotamayoayo1709

6y↑2

Never tire of it!

@jackvoss5841

2y↑27

I have to come back every once in awhile to again immerse myself in the majesty of George Gershwin’s mind. Magnificent. Absolutely magnificent.
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

@ascotberks2018

10w↑2

My dad had a reel to reel tape recorder. When I was four or five he would sit me next to the speakers and he would point out how all the instruments were calling out to each other in this music. The music was telling a story.

So pleased United Airlines keeps this music front and center. It is from the great American songbook.

@willlord7232

4y↑53

This music shows the amazing things humans can do together, united by our love for each other instead of divided by hatred. Gershwin is so clearly influenced by the jazz of the 20's in his composition, and many at the time would have written of that jazz as negro music and paid it no mind or shunned it because of reacism. Gershwin recognized the genius of that music and by combining it with the classical tradition of Europe he created something entirely new and fantastic. Its amazing the beauty we create when we build bridges instead of walls...

@joansmith3296

7y↑338

how amazingly beautiful! i can see the buildings and trains. i can see the bridges and all the lights and the traffic in the streets. the people walking on fifth avenue and the theater lights in times square. yes, i'm a native new yorker. gorgeous, just gorgeous, gershwin was a genius and bernstein was the best.

@shanilmisra

7y↑36

I'm from Africa and you made me see this song in a different light. It truly encapsulates everything American of the era. How better to portray the energy and vibrancy of New York than with this genius music?

@danlbentley9769

7y↑14

You said it, people struttin down the street....maybe in Harlem, 1930.

@loumaresca6142

7y↑1

Very well stated! You're right on the mark!

@TheDavidlloydjones

Um, Jean, (and Dan'l, below), uh, Paris?
N'ya pas de "Fifth Avenue," ni de "Harlem" la.
Well, Josephine Baker maybe...

@catherineeng8

6y↑2

I love what you wrote. Same. I am from New York too. This composition takes my breath away every time I hear it. My son got to perform this with his youth orchestra in Shanghai a few years ago, on July 4 no less. I was worried this would all come across as a little too American, but the audience loved it and gave them a standing ovation. Maybe they could see their city in it too.

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@patton303

2y↑12

Bernstein was such a killer musician. Playing the piano and driving the clock at the same time. Just astounding.

@AlgerianRatt

2y↑21

It's so cool how the pianist is also the director

@rayfreedell4411

2y↑2

And the violinist behind him looks like Kelsey Gramer!

@marysalisbury9270

He was the conductor of the New York Philharmonic orchestra. They were well schooled under their maestro.

@jwcorcoran9838

3y↑112

I burst into tears of joy at the end of this, it’s just too goddamn epic.

@ParkAvenue34

2y↑2

@JW Corcoran
Do you ever look up the sheet music for these pieces?
I find them absolutely mesmerizing. 🎶Notes flying around, bridges,etc.
Note:
Check out Alexander Scriabin — Mysterium. This piece might be more accurately filed under “Impossible”. ...

@michaelweisberg6685

3y↑18

Conductor, Composer, and Pianist, there are few whose very persona is Music itself.

This is my favorite rendition of Rhapsody in Blue for Bernstein and for the perfect pacing in the Philharmonic interpretation.

Greatness never dies with Leonard Bernstein making music that we can enjoy forever.

@silviocaetanodesouza4908

Excelente. Composições para ouvir sempre. Pena termos perdido estes compositores tão bons.

@rumismith89

3y↑12

My college roommates and I listened to the Paul Whiteman Orchestra version over and over. Our friend, Diane, would lift the needle off the record just before the end of the initial clarinet run to groans from the crowd. I am 75 and I have listened to every version that was available, most of them over and over.. This has amounted to hundreds of listens. I never tired of it. If this is played at my funeral, I might rise from the dead.

@itsdarksucks

2y↑25

The love theme in E major that comes in at 10:40 melts my heart. Especially when the piano joins in with those chords. So beautiful 😢

@westsidestory5114

1y↑1

The Count of Tuscany

@youreadyfreddie

6y↑125

10:21 - 12:30 breaks my heart a little bit because it always makes me think of my mother, a classical violinist, who is gone now. Thank you, Maestro.

@user-uu2cj9ct3j

3y↑97

I forgot how much I bloody love this piece. Was one of my favorites as a youngster. Lovely performance and recording!

@mihaelasearov659

3y↑4

You've put my thoughts into words! I clicked on the link and then it hit. How could I have forgotten about it?

@guadalupepaxtian3331

3y↑22

How wonderful it's to se Leonard playing and conducting this masterpiece.
I've never seeing before.
I'm from México City, thanks a lot.

@guadalupepaxtian3331

3y↑2

To see, excuse me.

@julieames1920

2y↑17

As a child, I listened 🎶 to my older sister play this on our piano. She played everything Ira and George Gershwin made. She played all the other classics, too.

@tabfiend

5y↑250

Magnificent. I am Australian but this music always makes me think of the United States during the 1920's and 1930's (New York). It captures the speakeasys, the street scenes and the overall "vibe" of America.

@edwardgallagher6432

4y↑10

My mother was in an iron lung in 1949 at Grace New Haven Hospital and the nurses played this for her and she passed on her love for this masterpiece to all of us.

@gheorghedragan8314

Leonard Bernstein,mare muzician,compozitor,dirijor,aici interpret de exceptie cu o tehnica rafinata.

@sansenemi

3y↑1

The scenes of probihition, drunk people, bribes and mobsters killing eachother for money. Yeah right.

@staalman1226

3y↑6

@@sansenemi 1.) "probihition" 2.) way to be that guy.

@zeero62

3y↑7

Your interpretation is spot on.....as a matter of fact, Rhapsody in Blue debuted on Feb 12, 1924, at the New York Modern Music Festival.

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@brucebarlie8544

6y↑135

I was so very blessed to have seen Leonard Bernstein and the NYP ...at Carnegie Hall in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration...It was one of the musical highlights of my life and I've been to scores of concerts...To see and hear the combination of conductor, piano soloist and orchestra, playing one of the greatest pieces of American music was like I died and went to heaven !!! So awesome to have it on you tube...for everyone to enjoy !

@ellismedavoy7314

You are so lucky,.

@rachelthomas2393

Lucky you

@barryweinrich7289

That must have really been something . This floors me every time I watch . A well oiled machine Superior talent all around.

@RadicalnessTV

4y↑2

niggka you watched a predator #bernsteindidntkillhimself

@emjackson2289

That McDonnell Douglas F15A Eagle in front of The Gateway to the West, St Louis, this. . . . .magic

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@tatyanachapman1265

33w↑8

Omg how I adore Leonard Bernstein conducts and plays at the same time of this masterpiece you cannot get any more New York then this !!! Love it so much always have always will my favourite piece of all time by George Gershwin <3 <3

@elizabethmurphy9384

2y↑7

I think that is the warmest I have ever heard the clarinet solo that opens the piece.

@HelloThere6043

6y↑91

Amazing! Leonard Bernstein is not only an amazing conductor but an amazing pianist. He is truly one of the greatest musical minds to ever walk the earth.

@lucyfoster4082

4y↑5

Spencer Pryor No slouch as a composer either....I don’t care that he won’t be remembered for his “serious” pieces—West Side Story and Candide will live forever.

@tnmtemerity

4y↑5

He was amazing. Playing music by the son of immigrants, he himself an immigrant - and LGBT. It’s curious that people derided by the current administration are actually those who bring us greatness.

@SheldonSchorer

4y↑8

@rolandronald3178

4y↑2

One thing I admire about Bernstein was his open-mindedness to the "new" music of the 1960's. His appreciation for the complexities in the compositions of Brian Wilson and Lennon-McCartney likely helped open the minds of older generations at the time. Benny Goodman was another one from the same era who could spot incredible talent amidst music aimed toward a much younger audience. He once cited "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" as the third-greatest song ever written! I certainly wouldn't go that far, but Goodman's opinion made me reexamine the song in an attempt to understand his strong feelings towards it.

@SheldonSchorer

3y↑6

@yliberal6355

3y↑17

Excellent audio! If you wear headphones you can hear every instrument in this classic piece. Bravo Gershwin and the New York Philharmonic!!

@frank60657

1y↑17

The love of Gershwin flows through the body and fingers of Bernstein. What a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing!

@torbjorneriksson9304

1y↑5

I bought this record in the 70’s, and thought it was the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard. The record was lost, but now, some 50 years later, I know I was right the first time. It still is the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard. 👍

@HayastAnFedayi

4y↑56

11:53 still gives me goosebumps every time, used to listen to this song before every time I flew my plane in flight school, obviously the United commercials I saw as a kid were the reason for equating this masterpiece with aviation, but I can’t think of any other song that encapsulates the wonder and love of flight than this song, for whatever reason, especially 10:40 - 12:30

@barbararomanowski2904

The strings are just magical

@mackie9255

3y↑26

You can just see the music flowing through his body the whole time - that's what I find so amazing about good orchestra conductors. They ARE the music.

@nancyarnott699

2y↑1

Especially so since he plays the piano parts as well as conducts. He does both with such intense feeling.

@amandaleopold1687

1y↑6

The clarinet opening gets me every time. I will forever love this masterpiece!

@c.a.savage5689

20w↑7

This is such an incredible piece of music and SO brilliantly played. I have no doubt it was a mystical experience for Bernstein, the musiciens and the audience. Bravo.

@jojotamayoayo1709

7y↑15

Thank you Mr. Bernstein and of course Mr. Gershwin, this is my all time favorite composition, you make life so much richer, for having been here!!!!!!

@hcopen6051

8y↑148

This piece of music has always been one of my favorites! When I was a child getting ready for school in the late 80’s and early 90’s, my mother would only allow The Weather Channel to be on the television. The commercial that usually came on right before “Local on the 8’s” was a United Airlines commercial; and, as most of you know, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is their theme music. So, my mornings were spent eating cereal while listening to Mark Mancuso tell me about the week ahead and watching United’s aircraft soar through the clouds to Gershwin’s Rhapsody. I am now a 38 year old who is fascinated with the weather, in awe of aviation and in love with classical music. Now if I could just become a meteorologist who conducts a symphony orchestra on a 747 my life would be complete!

@wyatt6097

7y↑1

Follow your dreams...

@markwalker2952

Amen!

@crowtheaxolazelle5923

W o w

@organbuilder272

6y↑1

+Hcopen - What a worthy wish list, who knows, Maybe some day........

@marielfranco1504

Chilhood is the only important, the rest of our lives we play that what we feel at that moment...;-) If you can, go to give a huge hug to your mother...

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@jetsetter8541

2y↑9

Every single orchestra player gets 100% of the credit. Amazing!

@rockturtleneck

16w↑7

This music to me perfectly captures the feeling of walking around New York City for the first time and staring up in wonder at the skyscrapers while the hustle and bustle of the city swirls around you. Gershwin's composition and Bernstein's performance are equivalent to a musical Chrysler Building, a testament to man's ambition and artistic acheivement.

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