[78-L] Bernstein's Rhapsody

[Don Cox]

On 06/07/2013, David Lennick wrote:

> Getting back to Mal's other question, there were a number of examples
> of conductors playing the solo piano part and leading the band, but in
> most cases each of them had only one good piece. Mitropoulos did the
> Prokofiev 3rd Concerto (not a performance I care to live with), Bruno
> Walter had a Mozart Concerto, Lenny did a very good Ravel in 1946.
> Iturbi's live performance of the Rhapsody at the Gershwin Memorial
> Concert contains bad playing and bad conducting, to the point where
> apparently Nat Shilkret stepped up to the podium during the
> performance and took over.
> 
Many pianists play Mozart concertos and "direct" the orchestra.

Pianists and conductors are often in conflict, so I suppose it is a case
of either shoot the pianist or the conductor.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
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