After a long search, I have finally found my favorite performance of Maurice Ravel's BOLERO. Not only is this music in my personal top 10, but this performance is stunning in many ways. The conductor is Daniel Barenboim, long one of my favorite conductors because of his unique approach to conducting. The Orchestra is his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, composed of young Arab and Israeli musicians. Their performance is an inspiration. Watch Barenboim not conduct, in order to give his young players full reign and they respond, almost beyond belief. If this is possible in music, it must be possible in life. Maybe get the politicians out of the way and let these young performers show the way. Give this a listen.