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Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

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Bernstein in Vienna: Beethoven, The Ninth Symphony

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1h 18m

1970

Synopsis

To play Beethoven's music is to give oneself over completely to the child-spirit which lived in that grim, awkward, violent man. Without that utter submission it is impossible to play the Adagio of the Ninth. Or, Heaven knows, the first movement. And the Finale? Most of all! It is simply unplayable unless we go all the way with him, as he cries out "Brüder!" - Leonard Bernstein

Director

Humphrey Burton

Music

concertsymphonyludwig van beethoven

Cast & Crew

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

as Self / Tenor

Gwyneth Jones

Gwyneth Jones

as Self / Soprano

Martti Talvela

Martti Talvela

as Self / Bass-Baritone

Shirley Verrett

Shirley Verrett

as Self / Mezzo-Soprano

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

as Self / Conductor

Michael Wager

as Self / Off-screen Announcer

Vienna Philharmonic

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