Stokowski Rehearsal - Beethoven 'Leonore' No. 3 Overture 

Looney Tunes tribute to Leopold Stokowski is lovingly done !!!! What a privilege!!! .... Looney Tunes / Bugs Bunny may have just introduced millions of children to pursue Musical Careers to this very day... 50 , 60, 80, 100 yrs. to the day AMAZING

Came here because of bugs bunny but stayed because it was beautiful

L-L-L- LEOPOLD!!!

Thanks Bugs Bunny!!

Leopold!

LEOPOLD!

Super rehearsal, so clear and determined! A great personality! Stokowski exactly new what he wanted. I' m impressed by his sentences: you are good players, you are good musiceans, you are intelligent, you can hear!" I think, he was an authority, a commander who want to impose his musical opinions but he also could motivate and rouse his musicians. Also the singular audition of that violinist (yong woman) and what he said to her about practicing and the quality of her instrument is very interesting. I could watch it again and again. Thank you Leopold!

To have captured and be able to see this rehearsal today is priceless! Leopold Stokowski must be the ONLY CONDUCTOR in the history of the world of whom a cartoon was made for his hands-free style of conducting. A parody of him was done in Bugs Bunny's Leopold the Conductor - it is brilliant!! I urge you to go watch it!

Bugs Bunny brought me here.. L-L Liapold.. 🤯

L-L-L- Leopold!

What a privilege to see and hear this man in action and how skilfully the players respond to his directions.

If an opera singer pisses this guy off, Leopold has a trick up his sleeve.

An absolute perfectionist with an incomparable ear. As a layman, I can’t even tell the errors he’s hearing in the orchestra. You can tell he always gives 110% and wanted his orchestras to do the same.

L-Leopold

When he finally gets the orchestra to get the subito piano the way he wants it at 6:50 it is just magic.

I came here because of Bugs Bunny!

It's like watching someone make a painting. It's incredible.

I hope I still have his energy at 88!

Le-Le-Leopold !!!

Thing about the Stokowski sound, especially the strings: he allowed and often encouraged free bowing, the opposite of all bows in unison. I noticed the sound is lush and original, as well as much free-er and open sounding. Stokowski, as well as a few other superb conductors, actually painted a picture through music, rather than something just played 'correctly'.

4:13 All modern conductors please take notes. This is what YOUR JOB is, your job is NOT to be authentic. I know it's already "marked" but mark it better.

Leopold!!!!!

A great conductor at work . I was lucky enough to see him live back in the early 1970s .

"Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

I can see now why the Philadelphia orchestra sounded so good.

Asa musician that grew up on Bugs Bunny. It is great to know who LLL Leopold actually was. TY Bugs and Leopold Stoikosk.

¡Leopold! 😮😮😮😮 🐰

Leopold! The great. I come here after seeing bugs bunny 🐰

The greatest and most sublime sound ever heard by man on earth is Beethoven, played by the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. I realize this is not that orchestra, I'm just saying...

LEOPOLD!!!!!

1968 was the only time I saw Stockowski conducting with the Philharmonia orchestra in London. I was very young at the time but I realized I was witnessing a legendary conductor in his final years.

Whoa he's a hard task master!

In this ten minutes I learned more about this masterwork than in the 30 years I heard it from several conductors!! Thanks for posting!!

4:40 to 5:15 I always choke up when I hear this it’s the most beautiful buildup I’ve ever heard for this piece...and then I laugh because HES NOT SATISFIED!!

L-L-L-Leopold!!!

Fué un apasionado de la música...Le le le Leopold!!!!

I had a chance to be in Stokowski's presence up close as a college student. He came and conducted the choir of which I was a member, the composition I don't recall, but we were all in awe of him. He wasn't there long but gave us some helpful tips. He also had a small entourage with him. I also recall meeting Duke Ellington and shaking his hand. He played several of his tunes for us Extremely personable and likable on sight. The crowd was large and gave him a rousing welcome. Then he was ushered into the music school and played for us. I particularly liked "Sophisticated Lady." For what it's worth, quite of few of his compositions came from the pen of Billy Strayhorn, Take The "A" being one of the most notable.. College life agreed with me.

Leopold the great. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

So it was true. He conducted without a rod.

Leopold! So he was real after all 😂

ah its Leopold!

A remarkable document. He's as fit as a fiddle for 86 - like a man in his 40s.

Absolutely precious!!!! How great is having an opportunity to see such a genius leading 'his' orchestra.

The Gordon Ramsay of Classical Music

Came here from the bugs bunny cartoon this isn't really my type of music but I'm glad I found this video Leopold is truly a master of his craft

ストコフスキーの真剣さに驚く。ベートーヴェンのイデア忠実で、感動的！

Came from bugs bunny episode. Also reminds me of Chiaki from Nodame Cantabile

As an amateur conductor... to see this is just beautiful. Thank you!

Leopold!!

Leopold you are amazing🎶

Leopold!

His voiceover outlinies his personal belief for which he was famous ( or infamous) that black notes on paper never was and can never be music, that in striving to "realise" what the composer intended the interpreter has a license to change what's written. Whether you agree with him or not, he was never shy about changing what was written. Toscannini did the same.

LEOPOLD!!!!!!!!!!

Leopold !

Now the bugs bunny sketch makes sense. This man was insane

6:25 I like it how when he corrected them he made them know their good players and should fix it

Leopold

Leopold.....

its tough to play in orchestra

Maestro emphasized balance of each part. Brass Vs string etc...

Leopold Stokowski. The finest conductor that ever lived! Franco Corelli. The most handsome and finest tenor that ever lived!

You can't beat Stokowski for Brahms and Beethoven. Beethoven 7th with the BBCSO orchestra is electric and unforgettable. Quality conductor with a real eye for the finer points of detail from within the music itself. We'll never see the likes of Stokowski again.

Leopold the great.

Sharing a birthday with this man gives me a little more hope for my artistic career as an old man haha.

Somewhere in the world at that moment, the blond-haired Opera singer, Giovanni Jones, was still blasting out that note - with his face so beyond blue it was black.

This guys is marvelous

"Attack!" I watched one performance and two rehearsals.....I like them both but leaning to the rehearsals.

Leopold 😦😦😦

LEOPOLD

"It's already marked, but mark it better". Running rehearsals is the conductor's most important job and Stokowski was clearly good at it.

Actor Tobin Bell (SAW films) should portray Leopold Stokowski.

Here because I learned that Christopher Lloyd modeled his portrayal of 'Doc' Emmett Brown in Back To The Future off of Stokowski. Stayed for the music and history.

In my opinion, there is little room for individuality in a symphonic orquestra: the orquestra is the instrument of the conductor whether one likes it or not. Nobody says:" I didn't like LSO's interpretation of Beethoven's 5th!" No!... People will say; "I I didn't like Previn's or Karajan's (for instance) interpretation of Beethoven's 5th!" All this to express my comprehension regarding the some times rude ways of these old generation conductors (maestros) during rehearsals. By the way, I love Leopold! Not always, but in general.

This is great, we are so lucky to have so much cultural history to appreciate. I think that the Hungarian Ferenc Fricsay also conducted without a baton. I’m not sure which others chose this style. The Leonore #3 it seems to me captures the essence of Beethoven.

Great artist!

Deems Taylor and Leopold Stokowski together were the dynamic duo which made Fantasia great.

Oh My God! This is the most wonderful Conductor I ever seen. Remarkable.

I always heard about the great LEOPOLD, however I've never seen footage of the maestro and action. I am very thrilling .... thank ADAM28.

Like great wine, maestro grew better with age. Perfection!!!

L-L-L-L Leopold

This film is historic. Its wonderfull

Leopold stokowskinot Leopold Mozart just kidding from vienna Austria whith lovewhere it all bagan Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, schubert, bruckner, Brahms, johann strauss, Schönberg, alban berg, von webern

A perfectionist.

Leopold!

Fantastic. He does it like a young man, and the standard is the absolute best.

1st note: no no no, together.

Stokowski was a fine and great conductor.

When musicians were really musicians

From the 60's and he was around 86, boy he did great. Back then most would be dead in their 70's.

So that's him! The one and only L L L Leopold! :-)

LEOPOLD! 🤯

He certainly wastes no time getting what he wants. ...and he knows exactly what he wants.

Thank you. This shows him to be a true master of the orchestra.

Pretty cool

Leopold

OMG excelent! It sound great but LEOPOLD was so perfectionist

🐰🐰🐰

Brilliant!

Probably the finest conductor who ever lived. He let the music speak for itself with a little help.

We in the brass always get too excited, rarely see the hand turned the other way around! A true treasure!