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Leonard BernsteinIsrael Philharmonic OrchestraThe Symphony Hall, Osaka, 1985
- 24 min
- 1.7M
- karaberu
Leonard Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story was scored in 1960. It is an orchestral suite in nine movements adapted for large symphony orchestra from parts of his musical West Side Story.
West Side Story Suite is a ballet suite choreographed by Jerome Robbins. Robbins conceived, directed and choreographed the 1957 musical West Side Story, then co-directed its 1961 film adaptation, before including parts of the choreography in the anthology Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
Leonard Bernstein - West side Story (Suite)Armenian Philharmonic OrchestraConducted byLoris TjeknavorianAram Khachaturian Concert HallYerevan - Armenia
- 15 min
- 2.3K
- Loris Tjeknavorian
- Story Sources
- The Operatic Trap
- Careers
- The Film
- The Dubbers
It is widely known that West Side Story (WSS) is based directly on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (R&J). Far less well known is the fact that Shakespeare based his play (1594) on other material, particularly a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke entitled The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562). The theme of two lovers thwarted by circumstanc...
Soon after its premiere, Bernstein wrote about the lengthy gestation between the show’s conception and birth: "All the peering and agony and postponement and re-re-rewriting turn out to have been worth it." Part of that agony was the decision "not to cast ‘singers’: anything that sounded more professional would inevitably sound more experienced, an...
Bernstein once said the show could not "depend on stars, being about kids." Hundreds of young hopefuls auditioned for the original production. Of the forty ‘kids’ who landed the jobs - - for most, their Broadway debut - - many went on to a wide variety of show business (or related) activities. Perhaps not all their pathways were to greater glory, b...
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1961 went to the movie version of West Side Story, earning a total of ten Oscars. Although Bernstein did not suffer the indignity of the mayhem perpetrated on his score in the movie of On The Town, the movie of West Side Storydid make some minor alterations. "I Feel Pretty" was transferred to an earlier scene, ...
The singing voices of Richard Beymer (Tony, in the movie) was that of Jim Bryant, a Hollywood jazz and commercial arranger and bass fiddler, chosen because his singing timbre matched Beymer’s spoken sound. Similarly, Betty Wand, a mezzo-soprano, was hired to do some, but not all, of Rita (Anita) Moreno’s singing. Wand later sued to get a percentage...
OSJsymphonic.net - Facundo AgudinSuite "West Side Story" - Bernstein
- 25 min
- 13K
- Leandro Suarez
The four shows On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and West Side Story show a progressive line of stylistic integration in Leonard Bernstein's compositional development. An ever-advancing economy of musical means and tightening of structure proceeds from one show to the next.
