This is BADASS - George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein

This is BADASS - George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein | Classical Music Reaction

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@marcusanthonyPOV Жыл бұрын

If I were introducing someone to classical music, this would be one of the first pieces I'd recommend after Four Seasons and the Planets.

@GIDIREACTS Жыл бұрын

great introduction

$@fractuss$

@fractuss Жыл бұрын

@@GIDIREACTS And Claire de Lune.

@alhollywood6486 Жыл бұрын

This is the song of 20th Century America. What's amazing is George wrote this in 1924, Jazz was still nascent and yet he recognized its importance as uniquely American music. A true mensch.

@PrimeBallard 8 ай бұрын

@Gemoraly-iv2fzwe don't put it in a box

@lipby 8 ай бұрын

Also the tunes you hear at weddings: Pachelbel's "Canon" and Bach's "Air in G," just so you recognize the tunes when you hear them over and over again.

@dansmodacct Жыл бұрын

Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin in the same sentence is like peanut butter and jelly! Bernstein loved to play/conduct. He was also a masterful teacher and communicator of music. One of the greats!

@maxkaufman7215 Жыл бұрын

Also a composer, wrote the music for Westside Story, which played on Broadway and was also made into a movie.

@HermanVonPetri 8 ай бұрын

And the composer, conductor, orchestra and musical piece all so closely associated with and representing the vibrancy of New York City.

@andrewhcit Жыл бұрын

Gershwin died far too young; he was famous as a popular songwriter but was just starting to flourish as a classical composer at the end of his life. He didn't write much in the classical idiom, but most of what he wrote is brilliant. His Piano Concerto, his tone poem An American in Paris, and his opera Porgy and Bess are all well worth a reaction video.

@UnclePengy Жыл бұрын

This piece has been called a "musical portrait" of New York City in the 1920s.

@OctoPlaysPiano Жыл бұрын

YESSIR MY BOY GERSHWIN

@lynnw7155 4 ай бұрын

I love Gershwin, and Rhapsody in Blue is the most beautiful piece of music ever written.

@Timagoras1 Жыл бұрын

my only criticism of Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue is that it's way too short. I cry every time...

@Lippett Жыл бұрын

One of the most important and significant songs in American music history. Written in the 1920's the US was only 150 years old and trying to find its place in the world. Gershwin showed previously-an-afterthought American composers could hang with the legends of Europe and elsewhere.

@ftumschk Жыл бұрын

This is a fascinating piece, which absorbs a number of traditions and sets a direction of its own. There are the jazz elements, of course, but there's also a sense of how Gershwin was inspired by Rachmaninov's romanticism, plus we get a glimpse into Gershwin's influence on Ravel, and other composers, going forward.

@ayethein7681 Жыл бұрын

Seeing Gidi reacting to this made me pay more attention to it.

@RC2214 Жыл бұрын

This is the starting of the jazz and broadway (Hollywood) scenes of stage performance dance and cinema

@olliemartinelli4034 Жыл бұрын

This is the first orchestral piece I ever fell in love with. I was probably around 12. Gershwin (along with others of course but I think mainly him tbh) basically set the foundations for the music that would define Hollywood. I think Porgy and Bess is one of the most beautiful operas ever written. It's sad people still dismiss him because the classical world still often incomprehensibly snobs jazz.

@robinreed7207 5 күн бұрын

Sounds like the slow beginning of the day, then traffic gets busy. Then they go out for dinner and dancing. Then the night slows down and the the day begins again. That's how I take it!

@SkyCloudSilence Жыл бұрын

The theme @11:25 just makes my heart warm. I don't know why... Really nice. And puts a tear in my eye...

@Dylonely42 Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you reacted to and liked this, it is by far Gershwin’s most famous (with his Summertime song) but the composer is way too underrated for his other works. Gershwin’s music is of course not only about jazz joyful sound, but also very expressive part that sounds romantic. I wish you will react to other pieces from him, anything orchestral he composed is outstanding and deserve much attention.

@DaGuys470 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, a classic. Usually not my cup of tea, but it's fun to listen to now and then. Especially watching your reaction to it.

@pjkorab Жыл бұрын

Great spot with the Tom & Jerry mention - Scott Bradley did a great job by using Gershwin as one of the main inspirations for his music style in those cartoons (especially these iconic jazzy brassy action pieces). There's a great performance of a Tom&Jerry suite from one of the BBC Proms to watch here on youtube, it even includes some of the crazy sound fx made live by the percussionists, absolutely give it a go (although probably not the best idea for a react vid, due to copyright :/)

@lugwrench9832 Ай бұрын

Pure Americana, and it being Americana that represents all of us. Absolutely an amazing piece of music.

@Alex_LionComposer Жыл бұрын

Really glad you like this one, it's a lot of fun from start to finish! If you wanna check out some more Gershwin An American in Paris is another great piece he wrote after visiting Paris and meeting Ravel and Stravinsky (no piano in that one though)

@geraldmcboingboing7401 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering when you were going to get to Gershwin. This piece was my introduction to his music. It blew me away!!!

@markodebeljak1145 Жыл бұрын

Gershwin is not like some others composers special in only classical music, he wrote many popular music and was succesful. In that piece we can hear jazz, classical and pop melodies.

@pjkorab Жыл бұрын

Oh and imagine that up until roughly the time of Mozart/Beethoven it was absolutely the norm for musicians conducting the pieces while performing at the same time (often composers doing their own music). So yeah, back then *every* concert was as badass as this :D

@judywelch1044 Ай бұрын

I'm a 77 yr old woman and when I was 25 at the height of Rock & Roll, Motown, Beatle mania this is one of my favourite pieces of music... go figure. American in Paris is also a masterpiece by George.

@joshedwards9739 Жыл бұрын

When this piece was debuted in New York City in 1928, among those that were in attendance were John Philip Sousa, Mahler, Arron Copland and more.

@tsifarazafimamonjy7992 Жыл бұрын

You should listen to An American In Paris from the same composer

@williamhornabrook8081 Жыл бұрын

I got to play a concert band arrangement of this piece with a military band when I was in secondary school. It was definitely a highlight of my music "career." My saxophone teacher was the lead clarinet player so it was really cool to see him nail that intro glissando. It's probably my favourite third stream (jazz and classical fusion) piece ever.

@fasanov123 Жыл бұрын

I was hoping you’d react to this one soon! Such a classic!

@mattflynn5925 6 ай бұрын

This is my ALL TIME favorite! Tells such a beautiful story!

@cellevangiel5973 Жыл бұрын

I love the way it was played, jazzy. There is a recording with Gershwin playing the piano and that's how he did. It is not a classical symphony but something else. Love it anyway.

@joshedwards9739 Жыл бұрын

Just as an So you Know: Jazz is Americas Classical Music. Between Gershwin giving us the sound of the city and Copland the sound of the countryside- these are the forefathers of the American musical sound

@dazromen4224 11 ай бұрын

You should try 'An American In Paris' - the stages of exploration & discovery - the taxi horns, the excitement. And Gershwin achieved it all with music

@judywelch1044 Ай бұрын

To my understanding this is reflective of a day in NYC, from morning rush, days busyness, night life and days end.

@timu.ti. Жыл бұрын

Piano Concerto in F by Gershwin is similar and pretty much as good as this!

@dansmodacct Жыл бұрын

great piece!

@user-dd7kl5cw1p Жыл бұрын

agreed

@GIDIREACTS Жыл бұрын

noted!

@jaakkomantyjarvi7515 Ай бұрын

This piece is classified as a piano concerto by many music schools and is technically quite as demanding as many classical ones -- with the added difficulty (for many classical pianists) that it also has to swing.

@lunamae4718 14 күн бұрын

Notice how old all these conductors are. Unlike an athlete, A Musician gets to play his music all his life

@dshinaberry 3 ай бұрын

This is my favorite piece of music. I named my cat Gershwin.

@Reyrocksall Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite pieces

@FirstGentleman1 Жыл бұрын

This show was dope for sure!

@dansmodacct Жыл бұрын

💯

@alanfoster6589 3 ай бұрын

My mother had a baby Steinway grand and used to play the solo piano version of this by ear. Gershwin was only 38 when he died. Imagine if he'd lived another 30 or 40 years, what music we would have.

@susanfrancois1821 Жыл бұрын

Love that you are so into classical music young man, it never leaves you!

@timfenton7469 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why but this piece reminds me of what the night life of New York City during the 1940s and 1950s.

@Phantastically 8 ай бұрын

Would love to see you react to his Concerto in F

@yun-chenwu7798 9 ай бұрын

i recommended two classical pieces that are really funky! Gershwin : Cuban Overture Sofia Gubaidulina : Concerto for two orchestras Hope you enjoy it! 😊

@znotch87 Жыл бұрын

Great reaction, great piece again. Xylophones are made of wood, like a marimba. (In german it is orCHESTre and in english it's ORchestra.)

@jameskezman Жыл бұрын

My favorite anecdote about Rhapsody in Blue was that it wasn't finished on the night of the premiere. The big middle piano solo wasn't written down before the show. George had simply written, "Wait for my nod." The rest is history 😄 Bernstein and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra's 1958 recording for Columbia has become my favorite. It still sounds impeccable and it captures Bernstein at his height. Available of streaming platforms!

@franceshaas8255 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@miamianz 9 ай бұрын

This song. Was also the commercial song for United airlines in the 80s lol

@honestabe1940 4 ай бұрын

I think he composed this with Americas Big Cities in mind. There's actually a video of this with City Scenes.

@nickavenoso7851 2 ай бұрын

Gershwin was riding through New York I believe and was hearing the sounds of the city and wanted to replicate that in the piece.

@luke9947 Жыл бұрын

This is in the film Manhattan, great use of this music

@grittyshaker 7 ай бұрын

This song is absolutely perfect

@FavoriteMovieDate 9 ай бұрын

Masterful.

@Rabs1 11 ай бұрын

Fun fact- there are like 3 or 4 different well known versions of this piece. The full orchestral piece, the abridged piece that was popularized by Disney’s Fantasia, the version that Gershwin premiered for extended Jazz Band. Plus probably a few more versions I’m forgetting. Plus Hiromi’s Jazz cover of the orchestral piece.

@Walter_Arrecis_Letona Жыл бұрын

This is an awesome piece of music, I really like it and I liked your reaction, thanks again for the subtitles. You could react to Carl Orf's Carmina Burana. Greetings from Guatemala City in Central America.

@thethikboy Жыл бұрын

The musical incarnation of New Yori.

@adapa22 14 күн бұрын

If you want to react to Leonard Bernstein as Composer I suggest Dudamel Venezuela young Orchestra playing West Side Story

@simchabaruch7023 Жыл бұрын

Near the beginning when the clarinet hands "it" to the muffled trumpet. First rate.

@randomguy2426 Жыл бұрын

Great reaction, personally Didn't really Like this pieces cause maybe Jazz is not my taste(the pieces is indeed classical but Have jazz Influence on it),but the Finale a bit catch me

@maladjustedmusician 11 ай бұрын

Bernstein was the greatest pianist among the conductors, the greatest conductor among composers, and the greatest composer among pianists.

@stale.baguette Жыл бұрын

check out Still’s Symphony No. 2 and Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto. They are african composers and highly underrated. The 2nd one doesn’t have many good recordings except the one by the Cheneke! Orchestra!

@andrewhcit Жыл бұрын

Coleridge-Taylor's Ballade for Orchestra and Petite Suite de Concert are also excellent. Strictly speaking, neither Still nor Coleridge-Taylor was African (they were American and British respectively) but both are very underrated and were discriminated against in classical music circles because of their skin color, as was the equally underrated Florence Price who had to fight doubly hard to be heard as an African-American woman. I would especially recommend Price's Symphony No. 3 and Violin Concerto No. 2.

@stale.baguette Жыл бұрын

@@andrewhcit Oh yeah I love her too! Her piano concerto is also amazing

@thomastimlin1724 9 ай бұрын

You have some true gonads to listen to classical music, and Gershwin combined jazz and classical together. Check out African American Duke Ellington he was great!!!

@robinreed7207 5 күн бұрын

Rhapsody in Blue was written in the 1930's

@Haselius00 9 ай бұрын

I really do love the orchestral version of Rhapsody in Blue. But I think I'd rather hang out in a smokey night club with the stage band playing the original version while I'm sipping on a Gin Ricky. ;)

@Absolute_Solved 2 ай бұрын

Anyone else know this song from "Fantasia"?

@billy2022 Жыл бұрын

Hope GIDI can react to Beethoven sonata no 21 performed by Kissin

@artbagley1406 Жыл бұрын

Were you aware of "RiB" being "animated" in Disney's "Fantasia 2"? Here's a link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n8tdh7Zep8_YnoU.html . Enjoy! Here's what I found about the "RiB" version used in the cartoon: "... is an edited version of Ferde Grofé's orchestration of the piece performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Bruce Broughton."

@maggieandscotttodd3475 8 ай бұрын

This is great, isn’t it?

@Quotenwagnerianer Жыл бұрын

Bernstein was a little out of his depth with the piano part. This was definately slightly above his technical abilities judging by the high number of mistakes he made.

@ruhtrayen Жыл бұрын

Yes it's a bit terrible tbh

@Phineas1626 Жыл бұрын

Poppycock. He played it very well.

@Quotenwagnerianer Жыл бұрын

@@Phineas1626 He did not. Are you deaf? Do you need time stamps of the times he was just fiddling around instead of playing what he was supposed to play?

@Phineas1626 Жыл бұрын

@@Quotenwagnerianer “supposed to play…” You telling me what Leonard Bernstein was “supposed to play" is laughably stupid. He played exactly what he wanted to play.

@Quotenwagnerianer Жыл бұрын

@@Phineas1626 The only thing laughably stupid is your assesment of his playing. You do not play what you want to play, you play what the score says to play. You don't fuzz and fumble runs like he does, or hit wrong notes and then excuse it with "I wanted to play it this way".