Monday YouTube Fix: Mahler 2 with The Cleveland Orchestra and Leonard Bernstein
Andrew Hitz
I was today years old when I learned that Leonard Bernstein only conducted the Cleveland Orchestra once in his career! At least it was a phenomenal performance…
Here he is conducting them in 1970, filling in for George Szell who was in the hospital.
The story goes that Bernstein went to the hospital to visit Szell and that Mrs. Szell wouldn’t let him in because he was wearing a white leisure suite and told him he looked like an ice cream cone.
This is one of those stories that may not be true but I choose to believe it is because it is awesome!
Enjoy!