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

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.

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

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

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!

L-L-L- 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!

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

I hope I still have his energy at 88!

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

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.

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

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

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'.

Leopold you are amazing🎶

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

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!!!!!

Le-Le-Leopold !!!

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

L-L-L- Leopold!

Leopold the great. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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

This guys is marvelous

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

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

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

LEOPOLD!!!!!

Thanks Bugs Bunny!!

¡Leopold! 😮😮😮😮 🐰

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

LEOPOLD!!!!!!!!!!

Whoa he's a hard task master!

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

Leopold!!

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.

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

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

L-L-L-Leopold!!!

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

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

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.

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

This film is historic. Its wonderfull

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

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

A perfectionist.

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

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

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.

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

Leopold the great.

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

"Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

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！

Stokowski was a fine and great conductor.

Great artist!

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.

Oh my! Truly great in every possible respect. Stokowski, like Karajan, was one of the very few who actually made such an audible difference that one could tell they were conducting just by the sound alone.

WOWOWO! ...great posting...thanks!

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

Great footage! Other uploads are great as well! Thanks for sharing!

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

So many excellent musicians in one place is amazing ❤❤❤

Brilliant!

Un vrais artiste et un chef d'orchestre extraordinaire

Fantastic !

Really great!

L-Leopold

O cara era um genio !!

Terrific sweet memories.

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

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.

❤️ Great pc.

And great posting, adam28xx. Shows the creative process at work. How a routine reading of a warhorse can become something transcendent. Too bad there really are no conductors today who have the genius to re-interpret something from the pen of a Beethoven (or Bach as the case may be with Stokowski) - and the gravitas to impose that vision on an orchestra with such convincing force that his interpretation becomes theirs too...remarkable.

ah its Leopold!

1st note: no no no, together.

Excelente Stokowski.

Leopold Stokowski. The gold standard of which all other conductors shall be measured!

Re-re-re-relax...!!

Leopold.....

That’s impressive!

#LuvIt 🤍 This just #Rocked my mood! He is so magical! 🎼🪄🎼🪄🎼🪄🎼

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.

Magnifique !!!!!

The Gordon Ramsay of Classical Music

🎉 Bellísimo!!!

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

Leopold

I wish there was a recording of him playing the Organ!

Wow! 😎🎹

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

Magnificencia!

Pretty cool

BRAVO!!!

Grandisimo

Leopold 😦😦😦

Maestro Stokowski