Young People's Concert: "Bach Transmogrified" / Bernstein · New York Philharmonic
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Published 2018-04-26
with the New York Philharmonic
Written and conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein discusses different transmogrifications or treatments of Bach's works. After an organ recital of the Little Fugue, guest conductor Leopold Stokowski conducts his own transcription of the fugue for symphony orchestra. Other transmogrifications include Foss' Phorion and a version of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 performed by the New York Rock and Roll Ensemble.
In this excerpt, Bernstein discusses the Bach Little Fugue in G Minor heard on the Moog Synthesizer.
Original CBS Television Network Broadcast Date: April 27, 1969
Produced and directed by Roger Englander
Available through KulturVideo.com: www.kulturvideo.com/Young-People-s-Concerts-Volume…
© 1990, 1993 The Leonard Bernstein Office Inc.
All Comments (21)
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"Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet... but your kids are gonna love it."
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What many of the so-called "purists" like to forget is that Bach himself was very interested in making instruments. He was known not only for his organ playing, but also for his expertise in organ building. He helped Gottfried Silbermann with the development of the PianoForte and gave a lot of impetus for the further development of many instruments of his time. I think it's safe to say that Bach would have loved to own a synthesizer.
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That kid who shook when he heard the bass went on to become skrillex.
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the first bass drop was pure fire
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I was there when this was done live! What great memories for me.
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His space machine puns absolutely bombing somehow makes this video even better
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The combined look of fascination and hatred from the orchestra is precious.
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"Hello, HAL" Sadly funny how new that joke must have sounded back then.
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The range of emotion on peoples faces are fascinating. Boredom, Confused, Inspired, Awestruck.
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The sounds we take for granted in 2020.
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It's the musical equivalent of the steam train racing towards the movie theater screen
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2:33 I love it when the robot on the left peaks its head out to hear that groovy sound.
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“This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence”
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It’s a playbach tape recording
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I love the fact that Bernstein broke a lance for the Synthesizer & emancipated it as a real instrument (as it rightfully deserves), back when people still laughed it off as some fancy new thing. Just a few years (maybe 5 or 6) Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze filled concert halls with a big moog like this one here & showed what it was capable of. Earth-shattering fat sounds, hypnotic sequencerlines, poly-rythmic patterns & unearthly pads.
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I was pleasantly surprised by Bernstein's view on the synthesizer. He seemed to dig it. I certainly did and I'm watching it 53 years later. I'm also quite certain I would have loved it at the age these kids were too.
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This sorta thing along with a glass of moloko plus would sharpen you up for a night of the old untraviolence.
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Man, I can't get over how charismatic Bernstein was.
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He failed to mention this kind of synthesizer only plays 1 note at a time. Hence why they had to play it on tape.
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54 years later and now we have Keygen Church. I love to find pieces of history of electronic music like this video here.
