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DW staff (av/kjb)August 30, 2007

Trombonist and arranger Eric Crees compiled and adapted select songs and symphonic works from Leonard Bernstein's successful 1957 musical "West Side Story."

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Venezuelan Brass Ensemble
"West Side Story" is loosely based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"Image: Barbara Frommann

The "Cool" fugue, the mambo and the song "Somewhere" are among the excerpts he focused on.

Under the direction of Thomas Clamor, the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble showed off their versatility -- even adding in song and dance -- in their performance at the 2007 Beethovenfest.

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The Venezuelan Brass Ensemble Performs Bernstein's Three Dances from "West Side Story," arr. Eric Crees (MP3, 10:28)

englisch: 3 Stücke aus der West Side Story (Fassung für Blechbläser-Ensemb - Produziert: 30.08.2007 - 13:43:32 von Bernstein, Leonard
August 30, 200710:28 min
Der Dirigent Kurt Masur, aufgenommen am Dienstag (08.04.2008) während einer Probe in der Beethovenhalle in Bonn. Masur war viele Jahre Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig. Von 1991 bis 2002 wirkte er zudem als Chefdirigent des New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Von 2000 bis 2007 war er Musikdirektor des London Philharmonic Orchestra. Seit 2002 hat Masur die musikalische Leitung des Orchestre National de France in Paris inne. Foto: Felix Heyder dpa/lnw +++(c) dpa - Report+++

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