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Do you have any interesting anecdotes to share from your time with Leonard Bernstein?
Bernstein was a very complex personality.
One had to watch out, because he would frequently include a hidden test in his instructions, to see if you knew what you were doing. Once, I was assistant when he conducted Stravinskys Rite of Spring, with the Philharmonic in the Parks.
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The final section contains complex rhythmic changes; Bernstein rebarred this section to make it more practical. I had only a few days to be ready, as an assistant should, but said to myself: Watch out, he will pull somethingso, I made sure to learn his revisions of the bar rhythms, even if learning the entire score was impossible in that amount of time.
Sure enough, he sent his son over to me, saying: My father would like to listen to the last section from the audience; Please conduct it!—Ouch!!! I was scared to death, but did it, and passed the test.
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