[til] Today I Learned About Bernstein's First Time Conducting West Side Story

in music •  8 years ago  (edited)

Hello everyone, for those of you who may or may or may not know, Leonard Bernstein is the original composer of West Side Story. So, I was surprised today to find a video recording of some of the takes of him conducting it with his own personal commentary dubbed over. I found this interesting because he stated it was his first time conducting West Side Story from beginning to end. (It's only 10 minutes though). Here is the video



Here are some other videos


Thanks for reading this! I was busy with a concert and couldn't post the usual Art of War review. Check Friday, hopefully I'll have some time to post it. 

Also remember to check for: My weekly 7 post, and my weekly piano performance of Christmas pieces.   


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I love Bernstein. Thank you.