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Leonard Bernstein's Legendary Concerts in Israel in 1948
During Israel's War of Independence, Leonard Bernstein gave a series of electrifying concerts in Jerusalem, Beersheba, and other sites.
Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mahler's Symphony No. 2, at Beersheba. Note the soldiers sitting on top of the walls. For an encore, they played Gershwin - "Rhapsody in Blue."
Rehearsing the IPO
From a Harvard spectrum article:
Myriad intriguing research threads emerged in the process. One has to do with shaping a regional context for Bernstein’s long and strong devotion to Israel. He first went there in 1947, traveling with his father Sam and sister Shirley to conduct the Palestine Symphony Orchestra. His concert in October 1948 for Israeli troops and settlers in Beersheba became a sensational event, attracting an audience of some 5,000 (Bernstein played Rhapsody in Blue as an encore). It was followed by a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony in Jerusalem.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~spectrum/past_spectrums/2006/fall06/bernstein2.htm
During Israel's War of Independence, Leonard Bernstein gave a series of electrifying concerts in Jerusalem, Beersheba, and other sites.
Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mahler's Symphony No. 2, at Beersheba. Note the soldiers sitting on top of the walls. For an encore, they played Gershwin - "Rhapsody in Blue."
Rehearsing the IPO
From a Harvard spectrum article:
Myriad intriguing research threads emerged in the process. One has to do with shaping a regional context for Bernstein’s long and strong devotion to Israel. He first went there in 1947, traveling with his father Sam and sister Shirley to conduct the Palestine Symphony Orchestra. His concert in October 1948 for Israeli troops and settlers in Beersheba became a sensational event, attracting an audience of some 5,000 (Bernstein played Rhapsody in Blue as an encore). It was followed by a performance of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony in Jerusalem.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~spectrum/past_spectrums/2006/fall06/bernstein2.htm