West Side Story, with a dancing brass band: The Dances from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story are performed here by the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble under the baton of Thomas Clamor. This fascinating arrangement for brass players is by Eric Cress. The performance took place on 4 September 2007 at the Konzerthaus Berlin. The musical West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990) was premiered in 1957. It was a huge hit right from the outset and before long, it had been played in many countries across the world. The choreographer for the premiere, Jerome Robbins (1918 – 1998) developed sections of his work into the ballet West Side Story Suite, premiered in 1995. Other composers have also arranged versions of Bernstein's popular West Side Story hits for various instrumentations. Eric Cress' arrangement for brass is as rousing as the original – not least because here, at the end, the musicians raise their instruments to dance along with the music. The Venezuelan Brass Ensemble was established in 2004, as an offshoot of the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (known today as the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela). The group brings together some of the most talented young brass and percussion players in the country to perform an extraordinary repertoire of pieces for massed brass bands. © EuroArts Music International Watch more concerts in your personal concert hall: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Subscribe to DW Classical Music: https://www.youtube.com/dwclassicalmusic #VenezuelanBrassEnsemble #KonzerthausBerlin #brassmusic