Somewhere I missed that among his other accomplishments Leonard Bernstein was a world class pianist as well. Here he is both conducting and featured pianist in George Gershwin’s masterpiece, “Rhapsody In Blue” —
https://youtu.be/cH2PH0auTUU
Somewhere I missed that among his other accomplishments Leonard Bernstein was a world class pianist as well. Here he is both conducting and featured pianist in George Gershwin’s masterpiece, “Rhapsody In Blue” —
https://youtu.be/cH2PH0auTUU
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
Leonard Bernstein (/ˈbɜːrnstaɪn/ BURN-styne;[1] August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."[2]
More from Wikipedia:
He was also a graduate of Harvard and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and from his music for West Side Story, Peter Pan,[3] Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, On the Waterfront, his Mass, and a range of other compositions, including three symphonies and many shorter chamber and solo works.
Bernstein was the first conductor to give a series of television lectures on classical music, starting in 1954 and continuing until his death. He was a skilled pianist,[4] often conducting piano concertos from the keyboard.
As a composer he wrote in many styles encompassing symphonic and orchestral music, ballet, film and theater music, choral works, opera, chamber music and pieces for the piano. Many of his works are regularly performed around the world, although none has matched the tremendous popular and critical success of West Side Story.
He was the kind of over achiever that keeps me humble.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
My favorite Keith Urban song, You’ll Think Of Me (live) —
https://youtu.be/Jk1nw4Uoxig
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
I love it when someone posts a new link in this thread. I get to see what they like, and I always find new things on the sidebars.
Watch Roy Clark's face as he attempts to keep up with his fingers.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
Roy Clark is an awesome talent---it is a shame that most people know him from Hee Haw without really appreciating the scope of his talent.
He has to rank at the top of banjo players.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
Roy Buchanan from a 1976 “Austin Live” performance playing Hey, Joe. Roy Buchanan is a legendary little known performer except to guitar aficionados who uniformity recognize him as one of the Blues greats. He died in 1988.
https://youtu.be/FMcjPZgK9GM
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“You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.” — Too fundamental to have an attribution